Last time we came up the Jellybean 4.1.2 custom ROMs series for the GSM Galaxy Nexus and today with this new Year we bring the continuation of the previous series, now listing the best 4.2 Jellybean based custom ROMs for the same.
Galaxy Nexus was a co-operated 4th Nexus series smartphone released during the fall of 2011. This outstanding device is full of surprises and superb integration of marvelous hardware and software. The release of Jellybean 4.2 brought several minds of the XDA developers community to bring up the best of Android via the custom ROMs.
This list embraces the most popular custom ROMs with respect to speed, stability, performance & battery life. I would advise you to try each of these to experience a sense of variety and finally select a one which matches your requirements. If you still haven’t rooted your Galaxy Nexus visit this post and follow the simple Instructions, follow the same guide for universal instructions on how to flash a ROM on Galaxy Nexus.
The ROMs down here are listed in a random order, so kindly do not consider them as top 5 or 10 since its a handpicked list.
1. Xylon ROM [JB 4.2.1]
Developer: DaXmax
About the ROM
Xylon is one of recently introduced custom ROMs for Android devices. Initially, it started as a part of Fruits & Veggies (FNV) Project, which is now considered as the root of Xylon. It basically aims at distributing a fully transformed aftermarket Android firmware which shall take the device’s hardware to its extreme potential. along with that, Xylon has some useful cherry picks from the CM & AOKP code which is improvising day by day with the continuous hard work of the team members.
The current version available for the Galaxy Nexus is 015 Stable, released on 6 Jan, 2013.
As in the views of DroidViews, Xylon is a ROM completely capable of accompanying those who require the Vanilla taste with customize-able UI and extreme performance boost.
The users have already tagged this ROM as “Great” by its appearance and stability.
Notes
Download the stock Gallery from below if you want photo Sphere, but you shall have to lose the CM camera features.
Useful links
Original XDA thread | Xylon Github | Xylon Google+ Community
How to Install?
If you want Photosphere, you might want to flash the stock Google Gallery. You’ll might miss CM camera features..
Once all of your download is done, move all the zip you downloaded to your device’s storage.
Reboot into recovery— This step is for beginners, who is already on Xylon, you just have to dirty flash, no need for a clean flash. —
Go to Wipe, select “Factory Reset“
press Install.
Select “xylon_devicename_000_xx-xx-2012.zip“, “gapps-jb-2012xxxx-signed.zip” and your other packages..
Then, swipe to install.
Once all the processes is done, reboot.
Wait for a couple of minutes, go n make cup of coffee for yourself.
BAM! It’s done! enjoy the smoothness!
2. ParanoidAndroid ROM [JB: 4.2.1]
Developer: D4rKn3sSyS
About the ROM
ParanoidAndroid, a CM code based custom ROM initiated its path with the release of Android 4.0 Ice cream Sandwich, and till this day has made a lot of contributions to this open-sourced Android world. Its has always been extraordinary with PA and its services, providing features that none other custom ROM has ever provided in the history of Android. coming to the features, PA has gained substantial popularity for its hybrid mode and extended graphical customization settings, which are its foremost functions accompanied by several other performance related tweaks and merged codes.
The current version of the ROM available for Galaxy Nexus is 2.99 BetaNINE.9 dated 13 Jan, 2013.
As in the views of DroidViews, ParanoidAndroid is a perfect companion for those users who seek loads of Graphical Customization.
For the users, the ROM is one of the milestones that this Android world could have achieved. really stable and fun to play with.
Useful links
Original XDA thread | Official PA website | PA Github | PA Gerrit code review
3. MiNCO ROM [JB: 4.2.1]
Developer: minooch
About the ROM
MiNCO ROM is a contributed collaboration between minooch and Francisco Franco, the famous Android Kernel developer. In fact, this is one of the very few ROMs that Franco has ever supported officially, so you might feel lucky. This ROM adds the stability and performance of FK (Franco’s Kernel) to a marvelous piece featuring customization. The ROM is based off of Android 4.2.1 featuring some very useful tweaks. Not just these, it also features some special MiNCO specific MODs created and developed by XDA member Vomer.
The current version for the Galaxy Nexus is staged version 6 dated 22 Dec, 2012
As in the views of DroidViews, MiNCO is the worthy choice for those who seek complete stability and substantial performance boosts.
According to the users, this ROM is a powerful collaboration bring the best of both the sides.null