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What's the best rom for nexus s?

In your opinion what's the best ROM for nexus s and why?
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Right now Oxygen 2.3.2 Workds great for me. But CM7 and NSCollab are also 2 very great Roms. In the end you have to test yourself which Rom fits you best..

for whatever reason, anything CM-based has always run clunky for me on this phone. bugless beast is good, but imo oxygen is your best bet.
i run carbon co2 1.1, which actually runs a lot smoother for me than oxygen despite it just being a themed oxygen mod.

there is no best , everyone has his/her own damands and needs
also , every ROM has its own good point and weak point , all depends on what you want
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for the moment , i like MIUI brainmaster , good UI although kills my battery very fast but i have additional one , so i wouldn't worry about it

v3rk said:
for whatever reason, anything CM-based has always run clunky for me on this phone. bugless beast is good, but imo oxygen is your best bet.
i run carbon co2 1.1, which actually runs a lot smoother for me than oxygen despite it just being a themed oxygen mod.
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i have noticed the same thing about cm-based roms

qtwrk said:
there is no best , everyone has his/her own damands and needs
for the moment , i like MIUI brainmaster , good UI although kills my battery very fast but i have additional one , so i wouldn't worry about it
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Have you tried Trinity TEUV kernel?

I use and recommend Oxygen 2.3.2 with latest SG-11UV kernel. Stable, great battery life (with 200-1100 lazy) and 4600+ Quadrant score fast @ the available 1320MHz
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I prefer stock rooted with a BLN-supported kernel (using Peter Alfonso's).

Naa Laa said:
Have you tried Trinity TEUV kernel?
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well , no completely , i had almost every kernel in dev section flashed and used about a day or so , can't really tell how much good or bad were them during that short of time .
talon , franco , netarchy, lucid , matr1x , trinity , peter alfonso ...etc

qtwrk said:
well , no completely , i had almost every kernel in dev section flashed and used about a day or so , can't really tell how much good or bad were them during that short of time .
talon , franco , netarchy, lucid , matr1x , trinity , peter alfonso ...etc
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Peter's and Trinity are your best bet with battery life and performance =] you should try another ROM
as for me i run smoothly on a CM kang + THERMITE

thanks for advice, I was using stock with talon kernel, battery was pretty good,but since I brought second battery so i no longer worry about it

Hi There,
Generally there's no "Best Rom"... every rom has its pro & cons as well as its own features ... I suggest you to try a couple of them mentioned on this thread, all of them are really valid, result of great work of many and skilled developers.
To me, KelLMSKing MIUI 2.6.2 ( http://goo.gl/oMIiE ) runs really fast on my phone more then CM7.1 with which I had many problems.

The latest Oxygen release to me is the best. Very fast. Rock solid stable. Great battery life.
It dies nit add anything fancy, just keeps the look and feel of stock.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using xda premium

Yesterday I decided to give oxygen another look and to me it takes too many things out of stock. You can't hold press to change the wall papers, the phone icon in the launcher is not as nice looking as stock, the music app is out dated and it won't update to the new one you have to just have 2 music apps and there was a few other things that bugged me also but those were the top 3 I can think of.
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Cm7 runs great for me!

I would prefer Oxygen, with the latest GLaDOS kernel. Best combination for me.
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Pete's Bugless Beast Gpa19. Why? It's really bugless and beastly.
Works well with his kernal or Matrix.
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CM7 is awesome!

[c]K said:
CM7 is awesome!
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CM7 launcher is laggy.
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GLaDOS and Matr1x are both awesome at 440-1100mhz (110 live oc) and lazy governor.
Update: Try the Matr1xRom, tested it and it's NICEEEE!
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Apex or GummyNex and what kernel combo?

To anyone who has tried both of these roms or just one, what's your opinion on them? Also what kernel combo should I use Matr1x but my phone always has an occasional reboot and I feel it's because of the kernel so which other one's should I try?

bump? help?

I recommend the ROM I'm using it is much better IMO. More features integrated from a lot of other ROMs. For info of my ROM and Kernel just check my signature...
Nexus S - CyberGR Hybrid ICS (5), Matrix Kernel (15)

309041291a said:
I recommend the ROM I'm using it is much better IMO. More features integrated from a lot of other ROMs. For info of my ROM and Kernel just check my signature...
Nexus S - CyberGR Hybrid ICS (5), Matrix Kernel (15)
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thanks may try but have you tried any of the roms I mentioned?

Gummynex is probably the best rom i have used. Customisable and stable and I feel like the battery life is better. Maybe that's my imagination but it sure feels better.
I also use matr1x and I think the problem you are having with reboots is because of the kernel being undervolted and your phone doesn't like it. Up the voltages by 25mv and that will sort that out.

Darrien13 said:
thanks may try but have you tried any of the roms I mentioned?
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I tried Gummy. I still like this one over it though
Nexus S - CyberGR Hybrid ICS (5), Matrix Kernel (15)

I'm curious to this as well. I'm running Apex 1.0.2 with the Apex launcher since I got the phone a few days ago and love it so far. Good battery life, much faster than stock, haven't found any issues so far. I'm curious as to the comparison to Gummynex and differences from someone who has used both. I'd like to give Apex a few more days before I flash another ROM....
Edit: sorry, followed a google search, just saw this is the Nexus S forum, I have the Galaxy Nexus, but still curious...

I had apex v 1.0.2 and its really nice with matr1x v.17, i personally recomend it!! To see more about this combo check out nexusshacks website.
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Hit thanks if i helped u.

OMG! which one

So getting a Nexus S 4G and i see there are alot roms so what would be the top 5 i should try

In my experience, every single one is worth running. We're really lucky to have so many talented devs sharing their work with us.
For stability I recommend codename Android or crossbones. Cna is more fully featured, but I couldn't get the market to let me buy apps on it. Ymmv. Crossbones is very stock-like, but everything just plain works and it has never rebooted on me.
If you're after performance mark vis' cm9 with v6 supercharger script is hard to beat. The euroskank cm9 kangs are rather good as well.
Aokp is the top dog feature-wise, gummy nex is a close second. These also have the most themes available if I'm not mistaken.
Congrats on getting one of the best phones around. Don't forget to experiment with all the awesome kernels we have, and remember that all gsm nexus s kernels will work on our 4g model also.
I'd link you but I'm mobile. Good luck and happy flashing!
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I've tried them all and AOKP has proved to be the most feature-rich, smooth, and efficient rom for my phone.
It is frequently updated, has cool themes available, and runs fast and smooth. My favorite kernels for this rom are Steve Garon's. I've hit 50+ hrs of battery life with almost 6hrs of screen on time with this combo, with zero reboots or lag.

Ahhh man that's a hard one..
There's just so many to choose from! Lol
Currently I'm trying out vhgomez's LOTA r1 and it's pretty nice but I'm using trebuchet launcher because of the "join with apps" feature that makes the app drawer open up quickly every time, but overall its very nice. But in my experience with the ROMS I've tried I would list MY favorites as
1. AOKP ( feature packed )
2. Codename Android ( stable with awesome mods but keeps it light )
3. Apex ( quickest IMO )
4. Bugless Beast ( super stable with nice noti. toggles )
5. CM9 ( overall nice, stable, couple of nice tweaks )

This isn't in any specific order but here are the ones I recommend...
1) AOKP (Milestone 4)
2) Pete's Bugless Beast
3) CM9 (3.4-current)
4) Slim ICS
5) Codename Android
I have personally tried a CM9 Kang, CNA, and I'm satisfied with Milestone 4. The other ROMs I've heard GREAT things about. The ones I personally tried pack more feature, where as the other 2 focus on minimal features and maximize performance and battery. There are however, many other great ROMs like Gummynex that I haven't mentioned. Try a lot of them. You'll also look into Kernels... Matrix, Eugene's, and my favorite Air Kernel are the recommendations...
Nexus S (GSM i9020a)
AOKP (Milestone 4)
Air Kernel (3.45)
OC 1000/100 (Lionheart)
Live OC 105

309041291a said:
This isn't in any specific order but here are the ones I recommend...
1) AOKP (Milestone 4)
2) Pete's Bugless Beast
3) CM9 (3.4-current)
4) Slim ICS
5) Codename Android
I have personally tried a CM9 Kang, CNA, and I'm satisfied with Milestone 4. The other ROMs I've heard GREAT things about. The ones I personally tried pack more feature, where as the other 2 focus on minimal features and maximize performance and battery. There are however, many other great ROMs like Gummynex that I haven't mentioned. Try a lot of them. You'll also look into Kernels... Matrix, Eugene's, and my favorite Air Kernel are the recommendations...
Nexus S (GSM i9020a)
AOKP (Milestone 4)
Air Kernel (3.45)
OC 1000/100 (Lionheart)
Live OC 105
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+1 for air kernel!

hmm, Mr.Esp..
with that name you should already know which rom and kernel im gonna recommend

simms22 said:
hmm, Mr.Esp..
with that name you should already know which rom and kernel im gonna recommend
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I know, cm9 kang+Trinity kernel
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ljordan2 said:
I know, cm9 kang+Trinity kernel
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bingo!!

Just try codename Android and you don't want anything else anymore!!
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CM9 nightly 20120310 has the best battery life, is stable with some features, not as many as CodeName, but enough for me.

try this .. miui is the best...
[ROM][4.0.4][MIUI][2.3.2] Oodie pRiMe " rOcket fUeled " | 05/March | Smooth !!

Nuhetri's v3.0.1 has been the best for me. But you might want to try at least 3 to 5 ROMs before you decide which one you like the most.
You can check bedalus work on benchmarking ICS ROMs, it might tip the scale:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1481856

Any good GB roms out there

Mr.Esp said:
Any good GB roms out there
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Bugless Beast for straight stability, oxygen for stability plus some mods.
I haven't tried to many but those 2 are pretty awesome. I tried CM7 but I didnt like it, it seemed to "loose" if that makes sense lol. But NSCollab is pretty good even though its based off of CM7 it feels like stock and it performs well

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Any good GB roms out there
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NSCollab is the greatest gb rom ever.

Mr.Esp said:
Any good GB roms out there
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Koush's GB ROM is smooth and has great battery life
And.... as for
ICS ROMs?
Slim ROM is awesome
Vs Nexus S 4G

I would say CNA 1.5.5 and CM9 are two of the most feature rich and stable releases that we have around right now

All ICS ROMs Benchmarked
SUMMARY OF RESULTS
#1st place: Pixel Rom 1.6 ICS (Android 4.0.4) moves up to number #1!
#2nd place: Stuffed Crust! MIUI 4 2.3.9 (Android 4.0.4)
#3rd place: [MIUI4].2.3.2 Oodie pRiMe 4.0.4 rOcket fUeled (android 4.0.4)
#4th place: CyberGR-MOD|NS.NGN ICS v.9 HYBRID
#5th place: ICS 4.0.4 IMM26 v1.1 (android 4.0.4) thanks evilisto

Theres nothing better than the latest CM9 kang with Trinity power in it.
You can download the latest CM9 Kangs HERE

[Q] Best custom rom for battery??

Greetings everone!
Cause of my work, i talk a lot so could you tell me the best rom/kernel for battery?
thks in advance!

I use Pixel Rom 1.72 with Air kernel 3.9. With 3g and wifi active some calls/sms etc.. my battery lasts a little more over a day and half.
But, i think, it depends on how you use your mobile phone.
Pako

Yeah it really does depend on how you use the phone. Buglessbeast and cm9 are really good on battery life. Air kernel is good but has a lot of bugs I would suggest. Pete's Kernel that comes with bug less beast or matr1x kernel
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I'm using CyanogenMod v5...good battery life!
Anyway the 4.0.4 update has improved battery life (so, in general, about ICS, ROM based on 4.0.4 has a good battery life) imho.

My top three are aokp, Euroskank kangs, and codename. in that order. ...... But always with matr1x 18.5. Actually I wouldn't necessarily recommend any particular rom over another instead I would definitely recommend matr1x kernels with any rom!

Cm9+Trinity euv
2 days (without 3g), screen on 3hrs
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i have almost always the wifi, 3g and bluetooth on, 2 emails to synchronize and i speak really really a lot. i had a nokia e72 and the battery was dead until the end of the day. but i had to change it because of the emails.. i couldnt work with e72.. now i am happy with my nexus s except the battery life.. i used powermax app and i noticed 50% improvement but i noticed bugs and reboots.. now my battery lasts 6 hours.. i know that no miracle can happen but at least to improve it.. now i have cybergrmod v9 4.0.3 with airkernel 3.8

Brain master cm9 black + air kernel 3.95 stock settings. I chose to swap air kernel for the default kernel because I noticed an improvement in battery life and identical performance
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GummyNex has good battery with air Kernel.
Nexus S (GSM i9020a)
GummyNex (9.0)
Air Kernel (3.45)
OC 800/100 (Lionheart)
Live OC (100 -Noop)
v6 Supercharged

309041291a said:
GummyNex has good battery with air Kernel.
Nexus S (GSM i9020a)
GummyNex (9.0)
Air Kernel (3.45)
OC 800/100 (Lionheart)
Live OC (100 -Noop)
v6 Supercharged
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I find gummynex to be too buggy as well as air kernel. V6 supercharged had a negative effect on my phone.
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I went back to GB ROMS
After trying out 4.0.4 ROMS including Pixel's, I went back to Gingerbread ROMs and got 2 day battery life out of BrainMaster's last MIUI GB ROM. 50 SMS, some email, some web searches, some navigation with G Map with navigation. One day only with heavy use, youtube, 3 hours of calls, etc. I don't do anything on wifi because I have an unlimited data plan. My wifi and bluetooth is off always, and I turned off automatic brightness. I always use the awesome speaker phone at the max volume on the NS instead of sticking radiation next to my head. So I'm guessing I'm on the higher than average side of battery use.
I actually found MIUI's default apps like their camera, SMS, lockscreens, themes, sounds and combined with all the tweaks BM's put in really gave me way better browsing, texting, media experience than anything ICS has to offer. Loving this smooth ROM, with way better developed apps by MIUI and great battery life. Simply rocks.
Having seen how bad the battery life is on most ICS based phones, I'm going to pick up a dual core device as my next phone that has GB on it. Most reviewers knocks any new phone with GB on it as a minus because they think ICS is better. They are either idiots or they don't push their phones like I do.
Since when is a meager 8 hours of use "good" battery life?

heinst said:
I find gummynex to be too buggy as well as air kernel. V6 supercharged had a negative effect on my phone.
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Really? I have the total opposite.
Nexus S (GSM i9020a)
GummyNex (9.0)
Air Kernel (3.45)
OC 800/100 (Lionheart)
Live OC (100 -Noop)
v6 Supercharged

CyberGR-MOD|NS.NGN ver. 10 Hybrid Mix ICS with latest air kernel.smartass v2 and noop. im getting 15hours of battery.

AOKP + Air Kernel 3.9.5
really smooooth

*CM9
*Matrix kernel
*lowering display brightness ( check u'r battery usage on setting )
*disable data or use droidwall app
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stable ICS rom?

Hey guys, I bought myself a Nexus S one month ago and I've flashed about 15 different ICS ROMs. Is it just me or are there almost no stable ICS ROMs? All of them had random reboot issues apart from AOKP and CM9. I had no reboots on AOKP but the clock got stuck every 2nd day, so my phone wouldn't wake me in the morning which is even worse. CM9 I liked a lot, but I couldn't phone in the hands free mode (don't know the propper name of it in english) because the mic wasn't loud enough. Currently I'm on ras cream sandwich and it reboots while i'm listening to music which is really frustrating. Oh and before i forget, I always flashed matr1x kernel and used smartass governor, no OC.
Is there any stable ICS ROM apart from CM9 and AOKP? Or can i fix the other bugs?
Thanks in advance!

Your problem is the kernel, not the rom. My phone also reboots while listening to music in the undervolted matrix kernel. Stay with rascream and flash the _thalamus kernel and see how stable it is. That kernel is really stockish and stable. If you don't want to flash you could try to raise your voltages to stock values in nstools. Some phones like undervolting, some not. ;-)
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hm I didn't know matrix kernel was undervolted, I thought that's only the case with trinity TEUV kernel by default well I'll try another kernel for the time being and see how that goes.

Yeah. Some of our phones can't handle the voltages mathkids kernel supplies outta the box unfortunately. Either adjust them back to the stock ones or search for another kernel. I prefer either thalamus or Simple Kernel. I just recently flashed the latest version of the former and its great. You can try Air kernel if you want a few more governors and whatnot.
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Like.. that's what STOCK is all about.
The people that made the phone are the most interested in making a stable ROM, no compromises.

Most stable and fast rom
Try APEX ROM 1.1.2 (latest release), that's what i'm using until aokp milestone 6 comes out. there is no lag, no reboots (just if u OC too much),...

Slim rom with no tweaks is smooth. Try it and u will not regret it.
Good luck
Vs Nexus S 4G

MIUI roms are very stable these days.
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Well it differs from phone to phone. My phone is good with Matrix kernel. Might be one of the best custom kernels to run for my phone if not the best. Matrix isn't a compromise for my phone.
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For several days I'm with Slim ICS and Matr1x and I have no problems with random restarts. No OC and no tweaks!

Try CyberGR ROM
I have installed CyberGR ROM and I have not suffered any reboot. I followed one by one all the steps of the development part and I'm quite happy with it.
Good luck.

Well, if you really want stable, get Stock 4.0.4. I'm on 1100+ hours on uptime without a single reboot... The only thing I've done to the stock 4.0.4 is getting root.

I would also like to know. from my own experience, stock 4.0.4 is best, but can CM9 very be made that stable? I'm running it now with ink kernel and no tweaks and it seems slightly laggy :/ should I flash brainmasters tweak pack?
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Bugless Beast hasn't given me any issues. I've rebooted to flash other kernels but the only two kernels that have given consistent performance are Simple(stock with bln) and thalamus. Once I get my new battery, I may see how long I can go without rebooting. But if you want rock solid, go with stock ROM. Hell, my cousin has an EVO 4G and has almost 1200 hours up time. Lol.
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AOSP+ definitely belongs to this category. Stock with a few useful modifications.

You should try AOKP again
I know you've already used AOKP but you should try/flash it again. I'm sure that the clocking was freezing because of some flashing issue.
Go to this link and download the milestone-5 version (m5) of AOKP. Also, you should use this rom with matr1x v19.5 cfs.
Milestone means that it's stable, so you shouldn't have problems with it. I use this rom and matr1x 19.5 on my daily device and haven't had any problems nor reboots. Great performance and great battery life too. Besides that, the rom is highly customizable.

Apart from stock, Have you tried BuglessBeast? Very stable. No need to flash any custom kernels.

if ur using ra scream use one of the trinity kernels. its super stable, super smooth, and long battery life

im using this black ice rom, in love with it .. shud try

alexfiorani said:
I know you've already used AOKP but you should try/flash it again. I'm sure that the clocking was freezing because of some flashing issue.
Go to this link and download the milestone-5 version (m5) of AOKP. Also, you should use this rom with matr1x v19.5 cfs.
Milestone means that it's stable, so you shouldn't have problems with it. I use this rom and matr1x 19.5 on my daily device and haven't had any problems nor reboots. Great performance and great battery life too. Besides that, the rom is highly customizable.
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I searched the internet and apparently I'm not the only one with that problem. I tried AOKP twice (i think build 32 or something and m5), always with matr1x kernel. Could this also be a kernel Issue?
I don't know that much about Android, but what I found out in the past days is that my Nexus S can't handle UV. I also get very high Android OS battery usage sometimes but I don't know why. High meaning Android OS once used more battery than display even though i had 2h screen on time. I suspect it's got something to do with titanium backup not restoring apps correctly, but that's just a stab in the dark.
Currently I'm on Apex v1.1.2 with stock kernel. No random reboots so far. I didn't restore apps via titanium backup (which was a pain in the ass). So far Android OS seems to use way less battery than before. But yesterday I had something like SOD when received a call while using TuneIn, so I had to pull the battery and call back. Not what I call stable.
I know that's a lot of text and probably also a bit OT sometimes but I hope some of you will read it , I'm not really a flashoholic and I'm getting sick and tired of switching roms, but I need my phone to be reliable. I'm really tempted to just switch back to stock ROM with stock kernel at the moment...
the things I'd really like to have is bln, notification toggles and stability.