A custom ROM is a version of Android which third-party developers build for android device. They are meant to replace what is known as the stock ROM, or the version of Android that the manufacturer provided on the device.
There are many advantages of Custom ROM
- increases battery life
- removes bloatware
- increases performance
- upgrade the current OS version to the latest or the desired version
It has few disadvantages too
- invalidates warranty
- hardware failures such as camera, Bluetooth
If you use a Custom ROM from a trusted source these downside except the invalidated warranty should not come up.
Where to find Custom Rom for your device
The two most trusted source of Custom ROM are CyannogenMod and XDA-developers Forum
CyannogenMod is the most popular and reputed they offer custom rom for most of the devices out there.
Their Rom mostly increases performance and battery life
and give enthusiast level performance settings.
If you don't find it here you can look up in XDA developers forum
It is used various developers who works to make best ROM out there , it has sub forum for every android device out there.
But be cautious to usr it because this roms are made by individuals and there is no guarantee for its success.
So only use those for which the developer has claimed its stablity and hardware support and others users have shared their success with it.
After you have found the Custom ROM for your device and is ready to install
The first step is to flash a different recovery called
ClockworkMod Recovery onto your device.
There are tools like heimdall and fastboot to help you for it.
The next step is to actually flash the custom ROM onto your device.
Once the .zip file for the ROM is
downloaded from the Internet and uploaded onto
your phone’s storage via USB cable, you’ll need
to turn off your phone and then turn it on to boot
into the recovery. Booting into recovery takes a
different button combination than just the Power
button, and this varies among devices as well. To
cover all devices, you’ll probably be fine if you
simply hold all the physical buttons on your
phone while pressing the Power button, such as
Power + Volume Down (and Up just to be sure) +
Home (if it’s a physical button).
Once the recovery has loaded, you’ll need to
navigate its menus to wipe the phone and then
flash the .zip file onto the device.
For ClockworkMod Recovery, the correct options are
wipe data/factory reset and install zip from
sdcard.
Once this has completed, reboot the device normally and it should load your custom
ROM.
Let me know in the comment if you have installed a CustomROM in your device, and how is your experience with it.
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