In my situation, most friends switched to Android/iPhone in the past 12 months. Those who changed earlier went for S2 or Single Core Samsung/HTC. Those who changed more recently all went for Note 2 and S3. These phones are still quite capable. I think most of them will get stucked with S3, won't go higher for at least another 12 months. Who knows?

After another 12 months, I'll be working or continuing my master. Things may be different from what I thought.

Anyway, it's just to say... Not everyone will upgrade. At least some of us here still find GNex very capable. Maybe can't catch up in Graphic and Camera performance but UI smoothness, it's hell a lot better than all the phones from same generation.

Well... Unless you got a deep pocket or you got a lot of free time, you can switch phone whenever you like.

What I mean "you got a lot of free time" means you can monitor the sales thread and look for those who is selling their newest smartphone (don't like or wanna try another flagship- eg: Bought S4, used for 2 weeks, tried HTC One, find HTC One better, Sell S4 buy HTC One), you can just take their unit and keep on trading. Maybe just 2k++ at the beginning. But you can only do so with a spare phone. Monitor market price and sell it out before it starts dropping. This takes a lot of time but it entitles you to play phone-hopping without losing money. Some ppl can even earn a little by doing so.
Like a trader, but don't trade to earn a lot. Spending time in the second hand market, a lot of time.

Sometimes you can get a phone and sell it out the next second for 50 to 100 higher. Sometimes you miss the time to let out and probably lose 50 to 100. Really takes a lot of time. No time to do so and no own car for COD else it should be enjoyable to have this kind of hobby

I probably won't sell it. Just let my bro have it or something. Next time I may start trading if I got the time

Btw, the homescreen thing, actually can be done by all phones. Just whether they wanted to do it. If you go for popular devices, they'll have just as much ROM as a Nexus can have. They have them based on AOSP and some based on manufacturer's ROM. However, most of the users chose to stay with stock. It's their choice, don't blame the phone

Nexus is just easier, and meant to be flashed 

There are ppl that use it fully stock without unlocking bootloader. They don't need it.
We need it

Lot of features offered in custom ROM I can't live without. Ask me going back to stock ROM, I'll suffer for quite a long period of time. 

Mine

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Never trigger my phone in my pocket with this setting.

Wake: Swipe bottom up from center
Sleep: Swype right to left on the navbar. But I got my Recents button Longpress as power. Normally use that one instead of PGM to sleep.

That not a odd case, no one ppl know my phone is Galaxy Nexus, some of them even didn't hear that before. 

2 days no flash, hand itchy, time to try Halo from PA.

I use file expert (phone) + filezilla (pc) for FTP.

Both need to be on same wifi network. Then use Fileexpert to 'Share via FTP'. It'll host a FTP server. Just key in these details into Filezilla to access your phone storage.
It's not the matter or JB or GB. Nexus user just get bored too easily. Want upgrades all the time
Next year wait S4 reach 1.2k (AP) price then can change to S4 

tried, need to force uninstall my existing TALK in order to install the new Hangout App

maybe because my TALK is under system app

not much comment yet .. cuz just install havent put it into real action yet ..

i really LOLed at this 1
find accessories LV - hard.
find polar bear in lowyat??
LV- 
malaysian market alot of broton sunglobals.
maybe u can find those.
there are also WTS those batteries, u can check their stalls.

It's best for you to do clean installation.
Haha. Polarbear cell. LOL. No, there's no need to change case. It's the exact size like stock.

vanir no doubt is one of the smoothness rom i ever try too.. haha..
u should try domination rom.. maybe it had a chance to compare with vanir..

about battery life.. i ady join those nocarebatterywhateversot group liao.. 
always had charger, extra batt and powerbank with me..

more than 3 days didnt flash rom dy.. still with liquidsmooth v2.4+skl 242..
maybe weekend only flash..
wanna try rasberry rom

different ppl different taste ma.. haha  

don wan leh, i no money to get a new nexus and also i love my Gnex so much

link for kernel  plz

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Nvm found edi