Completely lost... could use some direction.

[Da_Masta_Mek]

First off I must say that this is an amazing forum, very very informative. I was a long time android user until my wife talked me into buying the iPhone 5s, needless to say that phone got smashed and I went right out and bought the Note 5. But all that aside, I need help with my nexus 7, I want to root it and install a custom rom in order to speed this slug up but I am confused. Did rom development for this device stop? If not, what roms are currently being updated? Is there a such thing as a better rom depending on what you use the Nexus for? I might have more questions but am unable to think of them right now. Thank you in advance for any and all help you can give me.

 

[cpaight]

XDA's a good place to start:
Nexus 7 Original Development

 

[anon(5597702)]

Rom development is alive and well for the N7 2012 (also referred to as "grouper"). That was an important criterion to help me decide to pick up a used one on the cheap.

I used Xenon HD for quite some time and it works well -- just about the best you can do with Lollipop on the device. But the lag issues seem to creep up.

Now I'm using this great spin of Kitkat 4.4.4:

[ROM][4.4.4] OmniROM for Nexus 7 WiFi (2012) | Nexus 7

Note the distinct lack of complaints in the thread. I strongly recommend this one as a stable, lightweight rom that, as an added benefit, contains the latest Nexus security patches.

Good luck!