hi guys, I'm very new to android and I'm considering buying this phone, i posted a question before this but nobody answered me.

anyway, i was asking if it will be difficult to unlock boot loader and root the nexus with MacOSX ?

also i've been reading around to prepare myself to the world of android and there's a few things i need to ask.

from what i can understand, after rooting, you can install custom ROM which is like customs themes and some performance alteration, am i right ?

next is kernel, kernel is pure performance tweak like giving better battery life and so on. correct ?

so after rooting i can choose a custom ROM and Kernal to install at the same time right ?

Finally, whats the difference between AOKP and AOSP ?

1. Unlock and rooting using MacOSX, shouldn't be that difficult. All the instruction can be found on the internet.
2. Most custom ROMs are there not for the themes but more toward performance, lean and better battery consumption, the same thing goes to the kernel.
3. After rooting, just install custom ROM and then go with the kernel.. after installing the CMW Recovery, you don't really need to use fastboot on your PC .. just copy the .zip files into your /sdcard and use CMW Recovery to flash them into the unit.

AOSP = google stock ROM, AOKP = enhanced AOSP done by Kang Project team.

AOSP and AOKP is in the ROM itself is it ? or i have to install them separately from the ROM and Kernel ?

if I'm on fw 4.0.1, do i need to update to 4.0.3 to root ? and in the future if lets say I'm on 4.0.3 rooted nexus and then 4.0.4 fw is release, do i have to reroot all over again ?

Can anyone provide me link to nova launcher?

AOKP is the ROM itself. The ROM has it own kernel, but if you're thinking of going for another kernel, you could download and install that particular kernel later on.

No, you can root while you're on stock 4.0.1. I've no idea on OTA update, will it remove your rooted unit.. but if you install custom ROM, you won't probably get OTA update, need to do manual update.

so the custom roms and kernel, do they require you to update your stock roms before flashing with them ?

Quick search on google will return this link:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1389071

Yup, for those who're concern about the type of leather they use, you can email them and ask. Here is his post:

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2193721/+756

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Added on January 23, 2012, 5:11 pm

What telco you're on, there are two numbers to send your SMS. I sent to Digi/Maxis's one and I got a reply straight away.. one with the wrong IMEI number because I entered wrongly and the reply said not registered, the second time with the correct IMEI and it sent back a reply with the warranty info.

For the kernel, you need to check, some require you to have 4.0.3, so you do need to have 4.0.3 ROM, and only option is to go for custom ROM since google hasn't released 4.0.3 ROM. For going to custom ROM, you do not need to update your stock ROM, it will be overwritten to the new ROM that you flash in.

i see.

so everytime you flash a custom roms, will it delete everything in your phone ? like contact, sms, apps and so on ?

I'm too new to give answer on this, but if you need to wipe clean you data, the answer will be yes.

Yes, no problem for me. My warranty period starts at 16/01/2012 and ends on 13/01/2012.

ok, thank you for explaining to me. anybody else can answer the question ?

Most rom cooks will advise you to wipe before flash. But you can choose not to. If the phone fail to reboot than you boot back to recovery to wipe it
Use titanium backup to backup your apps n data. Restoring back is easy

if i backup with Titanium backup and i decided to wipe the phone, wouldn't all the data be deleted from the wiping process ? how come still can backup ?