4.3 Applied on StockRom via Sideload

[Guest .Benny.]

I got fed up of waiting for the OTA update so applied the update via sideload file from here and can confirm all went well. Now time to play and see what's changed.

Benny

[Guest EddyOS]

Not a lot tbh! It's patched the master key exploits going from reports and has a new camera app but it's otherwise a standard Jelly Bean affair. Does seem smoother tho IMO

[Guest masterpfa]

I got fed up of waiting for the OTA update so applied the update via sideload file from here and can confirm all went well. Now time to play and see what's changed.

Benny

How have you found performance and battery life since your switch?

I too, originally, sideloaded 4.3 Stock, but my phone was a poor substitute for my previous Stock Rooted Deoxed 4.2.2 ROM I had been using. Eventually I ended up flashing a 4.3 Deoxed ROM found on XDA, rooted and have been reasonably happy since, although not seeing the battery performance increases seen since updating my Galaxy Nexus (sideloaded) and Nexus 7 (2012) (OTA) to 4.3 which have both seen massive improvements in this department.