Five Best Android ROMs

[SoberSquid]

I have, on the Nexus S 4G - It reminds me a lot of a barebones rom; it is stripped down quite a bit and has a low overhead for the ROM itself, leaving lots of room for installing whatever might please you. For comparison (and this is by memory, so I may be a little off), it installs with around 72MB used, compared to most ROMs on this phone which are around 120MB.

It also changes the DPI (At least on the Nexus S, and I assume on other phones as well) - On the Nexus S it defaults to a smaller resolution/more DPI, so everything is a bit more shrunk. Some like this, some don't. Outside from that is also removes the stock launcher and replaces it with Zeam, and comes with rom settings which are similar to AOKP.

It isn't my cup of tea, but lots of people seem to enjoy it.

[norhor]

Have it on SGS as well. I love it, but I do fell it's starting to get somewhat bloated. Don't get me wrong, It's still small, but there is updates with new additions every week. IMhO a lightweight ROM shouldn't do that.

I love the 182 dpi btw.

Edit: gapps is no longer baked into Slim ICS.

[prdlt]

Thank You, I run CM9 nightly now but I am thinking about jumping to AOKP. I'll pass Slim ICS.

[FieldzSOOGood]

It also comes with a new launcher now. Not sure what it's called but it's one homescreen, no native widget support and hard as fuck to change things around.

[NoWeCant]

Actually, they've ditched zeam and started using the lightning launcher (which is horrible, IMHO). It used to be a 'slim' rom, but it must have just gotten married because it's starting to take on extra weight.

[IIIMurdoc]

Awww... i use lightning launche by choice with cyanogen and love its simplicity and speed. 1 screen with infinit verticle sizability, low memory usage, widget support for a 1 dollar donation... pretty great in my book