[Verizon] Which ROM is better...

[kobiyashi]

It's just extremely frustrating to try learning about a ROM or kernel and be confronted by a 700+ page thread. It's not that I don't understand the situation, but that I don't have the time to get as informed as I'd prefer to be given this nigh-anarchic development structure.

 

[EarlyMon]

Not long ago, the XDA wiki featured a clear index of roms for the major Android phones, with excellent descriptions. Sadly, the custom rom page for the Gnex lists nothing. I guess that the wiki is falling out of vogue, and that is really sad.

 

[quiklives]

Yeah, it would be nice if there was something more organized, but without a very controlled organizational structure, a larger group would probably result in more bureaucracy and slow down the releases (and probably reduce some of the features we are enjoying).

This is a really good point, as there seems to be a pretty direct correlation between team/organization size and slower updates. Individuals/small teams seem to have new ROMs and updates ready constantly, while CM9 has taken what, 2 months and some, since the GNex was released, and official updates from manufacturers take way longer than that. It seems counter-intuitive: you would think that more people working on it should get the work done faster, but in practice, that doesn't seem to be the case at all.

 

[Techno Tonis]

Over in the OG Droid forum, there use to be a sticky where users could give ROMs ratings and reviews...why don't we do something like that here?

 

[EarlyMon]

Over in the OG Droid forum, there use to be a sticky where users could give ROMs ratings and reviews...why don't we do something like that here?

Staff would gladly support you on this.

I'd recommend a rom poll, if new roms come along, send a PM to your favorite mod (or me, LoL ) and we can always update your poll for you to show new roms, etc.

Then, have that OP have links to the various threads for each rom, if you like.

Then users could chime in with their star ratings.... anything you can think of to try with our existing tools and format, we'll support you.

If the idea flies, we can point the root sticky rom list to that thread.

It's our forums, so make it how you like.

If you need further capabilities, please drop a thread into our Suggestion Box forum - Phases listens to you.

 

[Renegade360]

Was running Codename, I like the rom but got tired of having to wipe settings every time I loaded a new rom. Switched over to AOKP, I like this rom better than when I was on Codename and I haven't had to wipe settings in the past 4 updates. Yippee. Besides the Wiping settings, I still like AOKP Better than Codename. But that's just me.

 

[EarlyMon]

This is a really good point, as there seems to be a pretty direct correlation between team/organization size and slower updates. Individuals/small teams seem to have new ROMs and updates ready constantly, while CM9 has taken what, 2 months and some, since the GNex was released, and official updates from manufacturers take way longer than that. It seems counter-intuitive: you would think that more people working on it should get the work done faster, but in practice, that doesn't seem to be the case at all.

Large teams sometimes learn the hard way that 9 women can't have a baby in 1 month, and when 8 others step in to help, the 1 trying often takes longer to get started making any progress.

 

[kobiyashi]

A ratings/comparison thread sounds awesome. It would also be something that doesn't seem to exist elsewhere!

 

[Techno Tonis]

Staff would gladly support you on this.

I'd recommend a rom poll, if new roms come along, send a PM to your favorite mod (or me, LoL ) and we can always update your poll for you to show new roms, etc.

Then, have that OP have links to the various threads for each rom, if you like.

Then users could chime in with their star ratings.... anything you can think of to try with our existing tools and format, we'll support you.

If the idea flies, we can point the root sticky rom list to that thread.

It's our forums, so make it how you like.

If you need further capabilities, please drop a thread into our Suggestion Box forum - Phases listens to you.

Beautiful.

So... who wants to set it up?

 

[Yeahha]

Beautiful.

So... who wants to set it up?

Thanks for bumping this, I set one up yesterday http://androidforums.com/verizon-galaxy-nexus-all-things-root/508089-official-rom-review-thread.html