You know, there are lots of fixes for any problems this device had at one time, but many require rooting and installing custom roms/kernels/recoveries and certain non-stock apps. I realize that some people like staying stock as much as possible...I don't. I want to get root immediately and start customizing. That's just me. Some people don't like to eat meat...I do. Some people can't imagine not driving everywhere...I've never owned a car. We're all different. But sometimes you just have to understand that your desire to stay all stock comes at a price. Lag exists. That's why custom roms exist...to eliminate lag, among other brilliant things.
That's all fine and well, but I never stick with custom ROMs because, as you said, we're all different, and I want one that has a UI that mimics stock 100%. I don't want to see anything in settings that isn't in stock, I don't want anything in the launcher that isn't stock, absolutely NOTHING in the UI that isn't found in stock. They can tweak the kernel or the back end for performance if they want, but I don't want to see one single UI change that isn't in the stock ROM. Also when it comes to gapps, I don't want to see a single app that wasn't pre-installed on stock (except for Superuser obviously). For instance, on the Motorola Xoom, most gapps packages include the "News & Weather" app that's found on phones. That app has never been pre-installed on any Xoom stock ROM ever.
I have no idea if there's a ROM like that for the Galaxy Nexus, but there sure wasn't when I owned a Nexus S. If there were a ROM like that for the GN, I might consider using it.
Some people say "Well then why not just run a custom kernel with the stock ROM?" I've tried that too but I like to keep kernels and ROMs matched as I've had issues mixing and matching ROMs and kernels in the past. Plus, I think a small part of me gets nervous about running a kernel made by someone who doesn't have access to documentation for the hardware they're developing for. Let's be honest, only Samsung and Google truly know what this hardware can do and what its limitations are.
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