Amid much talk of Jelly Bean Ice Cream are still the ROM Sandwich holding court and today we want to introduce you to one that impressed us for lightness, quality and (in part) originality: Slim ICS , available for Galaxy S , S II , S III , Nexus S , Galaxy Nexus and HTC X One .
Presentation
ICS is a slim AOSP ROM which means that Android is "pure", but inside you will find some selected items from CyanogenMod and AOKP (Kang Open Android Project), then in an attempt to offer a firmware with the experience of 'designed to use Google, but with the best tricks developed by the developer community. As you can see from the image opposite, the current version is based on Android 4.0.4 with built-in optimizations Linaro the much-discussed (and not turn it into a rocket interspatial). The ROM is completely in Italian and is very light, both in terms of memory space occupied, that of free RAM at system startup; is presented without any bug worthy of note and is more than ready for everyday use .
Features
The first launch of Slim ICS may be a bit 'confusing, because the ROM takes the concept of “minimalism "to a fairly high level. The basic idea is basically right: provide a clean system then the user to customize his own image and likeness. In this logic, then we will find a really basic launcher (which, if you were looking for an Ice Cream Sandwich, within half a minute you will want to replace with Apex or Nova ) and in general when you first start an Android that contain little or nothing: unlock face, voice recognition, and most of the GAPPS you need to install it yourself if you want, but will not be a complicated thing because they favor the app I update all the missing software will be listed and available to download with a single tap. It will take a little 'patience initially, but certainly in the end you will have a custom ROM more than others, also, again thanks to Me Update, even after firmware updates will be available via OTA , though note that this app is all stable, except in our tests it crashed several times.
Among the salient features include:
Slim Advanced Settings (ASS) : a long menu of options where we can adjust the various functions of the ROM, the weather in the notification bar , the options for saving , through various toggle, nav bar (if we want), customization of lockscreen (up to 8 features quick release), and more.
Theme Engine directly from CyanogenMod to quickly change the system looks
LCD reduced density: everything appears smaller in the Slim ICS because this value has been reduced, which can still be reset to default settings if you want to go see the icons with the dimension to which you were accustomed. Our advice is to use one for a little 'affect that makes the new density, probably after a few days of use you'll enjoy it more and maybe you will not come back.
Settings dedicated to a single device (not always present), which allow you to customize several features specific to a given model, for example on Galaxy S II can adjust how the screen or the backlight button.
Performance
Performance is generally very good and the lightness of the default ROM certainly helps to achieve excellent results. Obviously, the performance depends very much on the customizations that each will thereto, but in any case Slim ICS ranks to become one of the firmware "fast." We also found bugs in his particular use unless a certain slowness in the change of luminosity when automatic mode (there are still extensive configuration options in this regard).
The screens below are the results of three known benchmark performed on Galaxy S II: Quadrant (2744), AnTuTu (5614) and Vellamo (816) all provide excellent scores.
Conclusions
ICS is a ROM Slim ideal for those looking to experience the stocks and light, provided you have the patience to spend some 'time (very early) to configure it properly. You can download the latest version directly from the official website, while you are installing from recovery in two steps: first you have to flash the file matches the name of your device and then the package slim_commons.
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