[Verizon] Noob to the Galaxy Nexus

[abezzilla99]

Hi, I am new to the galaxy nexus scene. I have come over from a very "easy" phone when it comes to custom roms (LG Ally). I had one of my cousins help me through the process of rooting and unlocking my nexus and right now i have "AXI0M CROSSBREED, Mod version: Crossbreed M2" it works flawlessly but i was wondering if anyone in this forum knows where i can get the latest updates for this rom and support. Thanks in advance for the help.

Also I would also like if someone can direct me somewhere I can learn some of the basics and terminology for the galaxy nexus. Again thank you!

 

[Outatime]

Since the AOSP 4.0.4 has released, I suggest you try either the AOKP or LiquidSmooth ROMs that are not hybrids.

 

[quiklives]

The best thing you can do to learn is to work your way through this guide: http://androidforums.com/verizon-ga...ll-things-root-guide-updated-3-25-2012-a.html

There's lots of information in there on what everything means in terms of root and ROMs.

I do agree with the previous post that something like AOKP or Liquid are the better-supported, more stable ROMs in general, especially since Axiom is based on AOKP to begin with, but there's nothing wrong with Axiom - the support thread for it over at RootzWiki is here: | AXI0M CROSSBREED | AOKP | 4.0.4 | KANG/HYBRID | 3/20/2012 | - [CDMA] Galaxy Nexus Development - RootzWiki and that should have new versions (and instructions) in the first post.

 

[Turdbogls]

currently axiom crossbreed is using 4.0.4. and while it is not built from source, you are going to have a hard time finding anything different between crossbreed and AOKP build 29 which is built from source. hold on to the ROM for a while, keep an eye on the thread posted above and it will eventually get updated.

 

[abezzilla99]

The best thing you can do to learn is to work your way through this guide: http://androidforums.com/verizon-ga...ll-things-root-guide-updated-3-25-2012-a.html

There's lots of information in there on what everything means in terms of root and ROMs.

I do agree with the previous post that something like AOKP or Liquid are the better-supported, more stable ROMs in general, especially since Axiom is based on AOKP to begin with, but there's nothing wrong with Axiom - the support thread for it over at RootzWiki is here: | AXI0M CROSSBREED | AOKP | 4.0.4 | KANG/HYBRID | 3/20/2012 | - [CDMA] Galaxy Nexus Development - RootzWiki and that should have new versions (and instructions) in the first post.

Thanks. Is there any differences feature wise between AOKP, Liquid, and Axiom? Currently performance is not an issue at all so that wouldn't really make me want another rom.

 

[abezzilla99]

I've decided to give liquid a try. Coming from axiom crossbreed is there anything other than wiping data, cache, and dalvik that i need to do before flashing? And is there anything other than the rom itself i would need to flash?

 

[quiklives]

I've decided to give liquid a try. Coming from axiom crossbreed is there anything other than wiping data, cache, and dalvik that i need to do before flashing? And is there anything other than the rom itself i would need to flash?

Actually, if you do a full data wipe, you don't also need to wipe cache and dalvik - but you can, it certainly won't hurt anything. I'm not sure if Liquid has separate Google Apps or not, but if it does, you'll generally want to flash those while still in Recovery, after flashing the ROM but before rebooting the phone. If it does have them, there will be instructions for them and a download in the same place you get the ROM instructions and download.

Other than that, there's nothing you have to flash. You can flash a custom kernel to try to improve battery life, change performance, undervolt, etc, but it's not necessary, and the kernel included with Liquid may be excellent. I don't even know which kernel is included, honestly.

 

[abezzilla99]

Actually, if you do a full data wipe, you don't also need to wipe cache and dalvik - but you can, it certainly won't hurt anything. I'm not sure if Liquid has separate Google Apps or not, but if it does, you'll generally want to flash those while still in Recovery, after flashing the ROM but before rebooting the phone. If it does have them, there will be instructions for them and a download in the same place you get the ROM instructions and download.

Other than that, there's nothing you have to flash. You can flash a custom kernel to try to improve battery life, change performance, undervolt, etc, but it's not necessary, and the kernel included with Liquid may be excellent. I don't even know which kernel is included, honestly.

Thanks. I tried it out and didn't like it as much as axi0m so i went back. Just wondering, is the official aokp rom better than the axi0m crossbreed?

 

[quiklives]

Thanks. I tried it out and didn't like it as much as axi0m so i went back. Just wondering, is the official aokp rom better than the axi0m crossbreed?

I am a big AOKP fan. I don't know if Axiom shares all of AOKP's features or not. I know that it's essentially built off of AOKP, so my instinct is that AOKP would be a better overall experience since it's built from source.

But honestly, there are so many talented devs working on awesome ROMs for this phone, it's hard to keep up, and hard to compare and say anything is better.

You can always make a nandroid, try out AOKP, and restore if you decide you don't like it.

build 30 should be appearing any day now, and I expect it to be more stable (EDIT: b 29 is perfectly stable, there are 3 known bugs, and I just mean I expect they'll be resolved) and with new features vs build 29.

 

[abezzilla99]

I am a big AOKP fan. I don't know if Axiom shares all of AOKP's features or not. I know that it's essentially built off of AOKP, so my instinct is that AOKP would be a better overall experience since it's built from source.

But honestly, there are so many talented devs working on awesome ROMs for this phone, it's hard to keep up, and hard to compare and say anything is better.

You can always make a nandroid, try out AOKP, and restore if you decide you don't like it.

build 30 should be appearing any day now, and I expect it to be more stable (EDIT: b 29 is perfectly stable, there are 3 known bugs, and I just mean I expect they'll be resolved) and with new features vs build 29.

How do nandroid backups work. What is stored in them.

 

[scary alien]

How do nandroid backups work. What is stored in them.

A Nandroid backup is basically a snapshot of various partitions of your phone's internal memory (although for the GNex, its all internal memory).

A backup of the /cache, /data (excluding the "SD card" contents), /boot, /recovery, and /system partitions are copied to the /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/ccyy-mm-dd.hh.mm.ss folder. There's also a nandroid.md5 file included in the backup, which contains the MD5 checksums of the other files (this is used during a restore to make sure that the files are whole and uncorrupted).

That way, you can restore the entire setup you had at the time the Nandroid backup is made.

Its also a good idea to copy your Nandroid backup off to your PC, etc. for safekeeping.

Cheers!