most custom roms are made for nexus phones and ported to others so the custom Roms for nexus 4 should be super stable. its the official Google development phone..

Coming from Galaxy S1 I had trouble adjusting for like 2 or 3 days.. now I used to it already. Only thing I don't like is that every time I accidentally slide up the home button it opens Google Now.

Google really is disappointing now. How can they keep things exclusive to the Nexus 5? going to android.com and seeing the features, some of them is purely nexus 5 features.. android.com should be showcasing AOSP features, and not for their own device..

Google is going down the Apple route, locking things to their latest gadget just like what apple is doing every time a new iOS is released. Gone are the days when Nexus=no bullshit developer phone series and a big f*** you to selfish companies like Apple and Samsung. Hell, now even Samsung is better, with Galaxy Note 1 getting Premium Suite upgrade to be on par with the Note 2 when it came out.

The very fact we had to wait so long for 4.4 when AOSP has been released for a week or more is already showing Google's "Apple" behavior.

I feel cheated by Google buying this phone. Of course I can flash custom ROM.. but Google already betrayed all of us. GEL launcher and 4.4 should be included with Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4. How can Google stop supporting GN when custom ROMS can run 4.4 WITH GEL perfectly? TI updated their binaries according to XDA.

/rant over

anyone having lag when pressing the home button on stock 4.4? using the back button instantly returns me to launcher but home button takes about 1 second of lag.. zz?

check out the android police article.. its just plugging in the USB cable and running a program and it automatically updates your Android to 4.4. but it wipes your data if you do not edit the file (its described clearly in the article.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/11/14/an...3-and-nexus-10/

nova launcher dont have the swipe to left Google Now integration.

nah.. some people prefer swipe to left. I hate swiping up my home button. I find it very unintuitive. coming from galaxy s I never imagined to swipe the home button. sometimes when I scroll my browser page or twitter my fingers reach too far down and accidentally opened Google Now. wish I could disable the swipe up.

its just Google providing users with more choice.

that function is from Google Experience Launcher. Nexus 5 have it preinstalled but other devices you must manually install the apk file.

I'm using ART and damn my phone is flying. opening apps are almost instant. Only thing is whatsapp need to use old version from xda and wake lock detector cannot work.. others all fine.

I don't use TB so I can't comment but according to this website it doesn't.
http://www.androidruntime.com/list

GEL doesn't have this problem. The icons are pretty big though. I think the blur you're referring to is the display colour calibration.. if you used custom Roms and kernel they come with Franco's display modification which enhances the blacks and saturations. stock Google calibration is really bad.

WhatsApp for ART fix
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2527879

reverted to dalvik and tried out the bionix +dalvik patch... ART is still smoother. gonna go back to ART.

stock ROM with Franco kernel

as long as you modified your OS, be it root or custom kernel, you can't update via OTA. flash using the factory image.