Hey guys, brand new to this business, I've had my Nexus 7 for a little over a week now, and I love it. I keep hearing about rooting and unlocking and installing ROMs. I'm fairly tech-savvy but also fairly new to Android. I don't get luxury items for myself very often, so I am torn between the desire to do awesome things with my fun new toy and the crippling fear of destroying my new $250 device. I've been playing it very safe, following all the guides step by step, and I believe I have successfully unlocked, rooted, and made a backup of my Nexus without troubles. Now I am faced with the decision of what to do now??
I'm guessing the next thing to do would be to install a ROM. After reading this forum, it seems pretty divided over whether there are good stable roms worth installing right now. I've been reading a lot of posts about roms and I am having the damndest time figuring out the most basic of questions: What does it actually do? I hear terms like 'performance boosting' and 'new functionality' but is that worth taking the risk of installing a new rom if I'm new to this, albiet extremely cautious and thorough in following directions and guides?
I guess my tl;dr version of this post would be: Is it worth installing a rom? Is there a good 'starter' ROM for new guys like me? And can anyone give me a clear example of what installing a ROM would actually do for me?
Thanks guys. This seems like a really helpful forum and I'm glad to have found it.
~Rodeo
I'm guessing the next thing to do would be to install a ROM. After reading this forum, it seems pretty divided over whether there are good stable roms worth installing right now. I've been reading a lot of posts about roms and I am having the damndest time figuring out the most basic of questions: What does it actually do? I hear terms like 'performance boosting' and 'new functionality' but is that worth taking the risk of installing a new rom if I'm new to this, albiet extremely cautious and thorough in following directions and guides?
I guess my tl;dr version of this post would be: Is it worth installing a rom? Is there a good 'starter' ROM for new guys like me? And can anyone give me a clear example of what installing a ROM would actually do for me?
Thanks guys. This seems like a really helpful forum and I'm glad to have found it.
~Rodeo