Custom ROMs Category

ANDROID PHONES

Nov 22, 2013

PSA: Wiping partitions using custom recovery on the Nexus 5 takes a long time

The Nexus devices have always been aimed at developers or advance users, who like to tinker around with their phone. The Nexus 5 is no different, and already has a bunch of ROMs and Kernels

ANDROID PHONES

Nov 14, 2013

Unofficial CM11 builds available for Nexus 5, HTC One and other devices

At the beginning of this week, the CyanogenMod team provided an update regarding CM10.2 and their plans on CM11, based on Android 4.4 KitKat. In their announcement, the team also mentioned that device

ANDROID 4.3

Nov 10, 2013

AOKP team provides an update on their Android 4.3 and 4.4 builds

With Android 4.4 already being available in AOSP, nearly all the popular custom ROM developing teams have started working on porting their features to the latest version of Android. The AOKP (Android Open Kang

CUSTOM ROMS

Oct 13, 2013

OmniROM from ex-CyanogenMod members to bring Multi-window, Roadrunner mode and more!

The commercialization of CyanogenMod came as a surprise to all. Some were excited about their favorite ROM going commercial and bigger, and some, including members of the CM team who were kept in the dark

ANDROID 4.3

Sep 29, 2013

AOKP ROM crosses 3.5 million users; Releases Android 4.3 based nightlies

The CyanogenMod team are not the only one going places. AOKP ROM, one of the most feature rich and customizable ROMs out there, today announced that they have crossed a major milestone of 3.5

ANDROID PHONES

Sep 23, 2013

Oppo’s ColorOS ROM ported to the HTC One

Apart from unveiling the N1, Oppo also announced - yesterday - that the handset will ship with its ColorOS ROM out-of-the-box. ColorOS is not a new OS as the name would suggest. Instead, it'

ANDROID PHONES

Sep 19, 2013

Custom kernel for HTC One brings pick2wake; Automatically wakes the device when picked up

Last month, LG unveiled its flagship handset for the second half of 2013 - the G2 - with some unique features like QSlide and KnockOn. The latter is a very interesting feature since it allows users to

ANDROID 4.3

Sep 3, 2013

AOKP 4.3 preview builds based on Android 4.3 available for some devices now

The AOKP team has been lagging behind compared to other custom ROMs in releasing an Android 4.3 based ROM for their followers. The team provided a status update a few days ago confirming that

AOKP

Aug 23, 2013

AOKP team provides an update about AOKP 4.3 based on the latest version of Jelly Bean

Today, in a blog post over at their official blog, the AOKP team provided a status update about their ROM based on 4.3. While most ROM developers have already released nightly or alpha builds

CUSTOM ROMS

Aug 19, 2013

Paranoid Android bumps HALO to 2.0; Adds multi-touch, plug-ins support and more

The Paranoid Android team has been hard at work on bringing PA to a daily-driver level with the latest version of Jelly Bean, Android 4.3. The team is not just adding existing features,

ANDROID PHONES

Aug 14, 2013

MultiROM boot manager allows booting multiple ROMs on the Nexus 4!

Installing or flashing a new custom ROM is nothing new in the Android world. However, dual booting custom ROMs is still in nascent stages and available for very limited devices. Joining this list today is

ANDROID 4.3

Aug 14, 2013

CyanogenMod 10.2 nightly builds based on Android 4.3 rolling out!

The CyanogenMod team today announced that it will start rolling out nightlies for the first batch of CM10.2 nightlies for some selected devices. While unofficial CM10.2 builds for quite a few popular Android

CUSTOM ROMS

Aug 12, 2013

Paranoid Android team working on a “professional firmware”; Aims for something totally different!

After the CyanogenMod and AOKP ROMs, the Paranoid Android team is the most popular one in the Android community. In the past, the Paranoid Android team has came up with some unique features including per-

AOKP

Aug 6, 2013

AOKP ROM crosses 2 million device installations!

Apart from CyanogenMod and Paranoid Android, AOKP is among the most popular AOSP based custom ROMs available for Android device. What makes AOKP special are its plethora of customization options, which allow you to change

ANDROID 4.3

Aug 4, 2013

How to flash Android 4.3 Google Play edition ROM on your Galaxy S4

Yesterday, the Google Play edition of the Galaxy S4 and the HTC One started receiving the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update from their respective OEMs. While Android 4.3 is still known as Jelly

ANDROID 4.3

Aug 1, 2013

First Paranoid Android build based on Android 4.3 released

It has hardly been a week since Google unveiled the new Nexus 7, and a new version of Jelly Bean - Android 4.3. The company also immediately pushed the source to AOSP allowing developers to

CUSTOM ROMS

Jul 28, 2013

How to install a custom recovery on a rooted Android device

Generally, once you root an Android device, a custom recovery is also installed along with it. However, there can be cases when you have root access on your Android device with no custom recovery installed.

CUSTOM ROMS

Jul 28, 2013

How to install custom ROM on a rooted Android device

Flashing a custom ROM on an Android device is not a tough job. It is the initial rooting part that is complex and requires a lot of effort. (Xanax) In fact, once you are rooted,