You all know I am no stranger to Team Whiskey and their ROMs. I have brought you all the updates to Obsidian with the exception of Obsidian V5 beta (that was strictly because it was a beta and I personally didn’t notice much difference between V4.2 and V5.0). Now the guys have raised the bar to a whole new level. We all know about the Nexus S and Gingerbread; we want Gingerbread on our devices and are patiently waiting for our developer community to make that happen. Why are we waiting on the community? Let’s face it, the manufacturers and carriers pretty much suck at doing anything that relates to getting us updates. They are more focused on new devices and making you spend money. It’s not their fault, at least not directly. If they could charge for an OTA they would make money and be happy. In the mean time, instead of waiting on them, we turn to our brilliant minded friends based all over the world to do what the OEM’s and carriers say is impossible. This brings me to my point, Nero V3, by Team Whiskey.
I don’t even know where to begin with this ROM. I suppose the first thing we should start with are screen shots.


I think that is enough to whet your appetite. Now for a short list of what you would be gaining from this ROM.
- Nexus S microbes live wallpaper
– Nexus S nexus live wallpaper
– Nexus S car dock application
– Nexus S Power Widget
– Nexus S icons
– Nexus S audio/notification files
– Nexus S Launcher
– Nexus S Wallpapers
– Nexus S Genie Widget
– Nexus S transition animations
– Nexus S settings menu icons
– Heavily modified frameworks (Gingerbread)
The actual list of work that has been put into this ROM is substantially longer of course. In my opinion, the more Nexus S integration brought through to pretty much the same phone, our Vibrant, the better.
Nero V3 does support the Voodoo lag fix and was literally updated just yesterday afternoon. So the latest and greatest Voodoo version 5.0.4 that was posted is included now. It has been disabled by default and can easily be activated if you wish. It should make a substantial difference in your overall speed, especially since Samsung opted out of their rfs for the much faster ext4 system in the Nexus S. I personally have never used any of the lag fixes and have yet to suffer in any visual speed degradation. Here are a few screen shots of linpack and quadrant for those of you that like to see them. Please remember, I am not using any of the lag fixes either. The Benchmark picture is a little hard to make out, the test came in at 1062.

This ROM is still a 2.2 base ROM with a lot of Gingerbread theming and Nexus S integration. If you have experienced any of Team Whiskeys work in the past, you will know that they pride themselves on speed and stability. Nero V3 is no exception. You will easily notice how fast, fluid and responsive this ROM is the first time you boot it up. As for battery life, I usually give a good 24 hours of use before I make any comments on that. I won’t break that rule just yet. I have no doubt that the battery life will be great. Look for a comment late tomorrow on my experience.
There are two versions of this ROM available to download. One is of the screen shots you have seen above. This is the standard stock look. They also have a fully customized version that includes the (sometimes wanted) Touch Wiz interface. So if that is your preference, have no fear, Team Whiskey has your back.
If you are really wanting more Gingerbread and have no desire or need to buy a new phone, I highly recommend downloading this ROM and seeing what Team Whiskey has been up to since Obsidian. I fully expect to see some amazing things heading our way in the very new future. Head on over to the Nero thread at xda-developers and get your Gingerbread/Nexus S ROM file. Please read all of the information posted by Team Whiskey as it is all important. I would hate for you to miss something and end up disappointed. Happy flashing, everyone!
UPDATE: I got the pleasure of interviewing Team Whiskey. It is a pretty amazing interview. Feel free to check out the exclusive interview when you get a chance. I think you will like what they have to say.








Flashed this last night. Excellent build from one of the best development teams around. Thanks TeamWhiskey! Integrated the JL5 updates in less than 2 days, pretty quick
Great review! Thanks Stormy!
Just a quick update on battery life.. Been off the charger for 11 hours, partial during a few hours of sleep. I am at 57%. NO GPS, NO Bluetooth. Just data and WiFi. About 10 calls, couple hundred texts and a couple hundred emails.I am not running any LWP’s either. Also, keep an eye out for a full on interview from Team Whiskey soon. Working on the final edits now.
And I am not even sure if I ever charged to 100 percent or not.
you guys are the best just flashed and i never want to put it down
v3 is based off the JL5 leak that i leaked a couple of days ago. I gave Sombionix the Deodexed link before I posted it on XDA. I’ve been checking daily for any new builds on the Samsung server and will give the team 1st access (besides the ODIN link that I ask Chainfire to post up for everyone)
Always the dopest roms from Team Whiskey, this one is blazing. (boot screen of the year btw) My 60yr old dad loves it too, says its the best one yet hehe.. makes me want to take the phone back from him and give him my boringly rom’d MyTouch 4g…
I’m still on v1 but love every tw release!!
has anyone else had trouble w/ buying appss from the market under Nero3? i keep getting server error
I couldn’t purchase ADWLauncherEX…. Well, actually I could purchase it, I just couldn’t download it! I ended up flashing PepperKake (a ROM no longer available on XDA due to some douchebaggery). I was able to download. Other than the market issue the Nero ROM is quite solid and enjoyable.
[...] recently brought you a look at their latest release, Nero V3. The team is also responsible for Obsidian, Onyx, Bionix and Fusion. They ranged from stock 2.1 [...]
My device no longer reads my external sd card.
ok reboot a couple of times and the sd card is good now
running the beautiful babe , made me change my mind about getting the nexus s, this is an excellent, everyday use build/ got all my friends with galaxy s envying my galaxy nexus 2.2/2.03 s lol
how do i update my vibrant to 2.2 please help
[...] took a look at Team Whiskey’s latest ROM entitled, Nero V3, for the T-Mobile Vibrant. I am sure many of you have flashed this amazing ROM and I hope you have [...]
[...] took a look at Team Whiskey’s latest ROM titled Nero V3 for the T-Mobile Vibrant. I am sure many of you have flashed this amazing ROM and I hope you have [...]
being usin this for like a week now. no problem until last night when my internet was just disable couldnt get no 3g or edge till i wiped and reflashed .. besides that great job
[...] long they last is a major selling point to me. Initially the battery seemed to be worse then with Nero V3. I had reports from some friends stating the same thing. The issue was easily remedied in 2 ways. [...]