One of the greatest things about the Galaxy Nexus is that it’s a pure Google device, which means that it has more development than any other device on the market right now. I was surfing the forums today, mainly Rootzwiki, and found a ROM that tasted to my liking the moment I clicked on it: Black Ice by travp624. It’s got some reminscence of the Black and Cyan theme by gsxrdon, but most of the theming has been done by the developer himself. The ROM is also built off of AOKP source, and from the looks of it, it’s incredibly solid.
If you’re not familiar with AOKP, it’s a ROM built by Team Kang, led by RomanBB. Basically, it’s similar to CyanogenMod, and offers a TON of tweaks which are available to your device. Also, the ROM is built off of AOSP source, which means that you’re getting the real deal. There’s also no visual changes to the ROM either, so for all you stock freaks, you’ll be glad to know that this ROM looks stock ICS. A lot of Galaxy Nexus owners tend to use AOKP as their ROM of choice, simply because it has a ton of tweaks, while maintaining that stock look and feel.
The ROM runs on Android 4.0.3, has AOKP source baked into it, and runs on the stock kernel. You can obviously load up your own kernels such as Franco’s or Imoseyon’s, but this is what comes baked in for now.
So far for me, the ROM has been blazing fast, but that’s probably because it’s built off of AOKP source. Nonetheless, the ROM has its own custom themes, such as keyboard themes, blacked out Applications, and built in battery mods. Other than that, it’s got most, if not all, of the features we’ve come to known and love on AOKP. Check out the gallery below for more screenshots of the ROM in action.
You can find the full feature list here:
features copy and pasted from AOKP thread
This is full AOKP as its built from teamkangs source slightly and only slightly modified by me! ​
- built from AOKPsource (source)
- power menu (source)
- ICS style toggles
- superuser & busybox built from source, included
- deodexed & unsecure boot.img (for adb remount)
- Facebook contact sync
- Black ICE Control application lets you take control of your ROM. Customize it how you want it. (Full credit to Roman for making this. I only themed it (no more unicorns))
- Navigation Bar options & layouts (search bar layout, menu visibility options,etc) — long press search button enabled
- IME Switcher toggle (show/hide notification when you type)
- Customize your carrier label
- Override lockscreen timeout (ie, use Android’s timeout when turning the phone off, so it won’t lock itself)
- LED pulse timing options
- Statusbar toggle options
- much much more in there
- battery mods built in (including circle mod)
- Unique Power Saver functionality
- Turn data off while your screen is off
- manually sync at a time interval for all your accounts (Gmail, etc)
- Check out all the options in ROM Control
- add cm filemanager
- add dspmanager
You can find Download and Install Instructions below:
Instructions:
DISCLAIMER:Â WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO YOUR PHONE. DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK. BY ROOTING YOUR DEVICE YOU HAVE ALREADY VOIDED YOUR WARRANTY.
Prerequisites:
1.You must be rooted
2. You must have ClockworkMod Recovery flashed.
1. Download the 3 required files here: (ROM) (GAPPS #1) (GAPPS #2 Blacked Out), and place it on the root of your SD card (meaning not in any folder)
DO NOT UNZIP THE FILE. Leave it in .zip format.
2. Reboot into recovery (To do this  manually, shut off phone, hold volume down+power, choose “Recoveryâ€)
3. Make a complete backup of your current ROM just in case something goes wrong or you decide to go back to your current ROM.
4. WIPE DATA AND CACHE. I CAN NOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH
5. In ClockWorkMod Recovery, choose install zip from SD card and install the ROM, then the first GAPPS #1 file you downloaded.
6. Reboot into Android. Sign into your Google Account.
7. Reboot back into Recovery. Install the GAPPS #2 Blacked out.
8. Reboot into Android. You’re done!
Additional support for the ROM can be found here.
