CUSTOM ROMs, Your Alternative Rescue
- AlienTuhin
- Feb 25, 2018
- 3 min read
Custom ROMs, a very useful tool for smartphone developers and enthusiasts. Custom ROMs are third party developed android based OS and UI for your phone which enables a lot of hidden features in your phones and provides the users the privilege of customizing their phone at complete ease. Gone were the days when rooting your phone and installing a custom ROM was a jargon of a job. In the present era of software development, rooting a phone and installing a custom ROM has turned into a layman’s job. Let’s get to the root of this procedure by first knowing about “ROOTING A PHONE”.
Rooting a phone means getting to the root administrative permissions of the software of any smart device. It is the procedure of accessing the bottom-most layer of the software of the device. Rooting an iOS device is as difficult as developing a windows device. These are some the very reasons why apple devices are termed to be the most secure.
The disadvantages of rooting a device were far more than the advantages in the past times. There was every chance of completely distorting the software of the device and thus rendering the device unusable. These risks are completely eradicated in the present era with simplified tools and stuff. There are mobile rooting tools like the KINGROOT and FRAMAROOT. Rooting can also be done with the help of a computer device by getting the sub-root permissions of the device. External rooting can be a bit risky. It is noteworthy that rooting a device will void the warranty of the device even if its unrooted later because by getting to the root of Oxygen OS of One Plus, etc. The main difference is that the custom ROMs are developed by third party developers and they may be very unstable at times. Bugs and stuff make them quite unusable at times. We shall talk about the cons later.
Let us now check the various custom ROMs available widely and perform a detailed analysis.
LINEAGE OS
Earlier known as Cyanogen mod, this is the most balanced and stable custom ROM available across devices. Lineage OS is developed by a group of developers from XDA forums and is widely available across devices. This custom ROM hardly deteriorates the camera quality and is mostly free of bugs. Lineage OS is mostly stock android experience with loads of customized features. The camera quality and battery performance may degrade slightly but may surprisingly improve the camera quality in many phones.
RESURRECTION REMIX
With a plethora of features, the RR team always fascinates its users with their surprisingly modified and averagely stable custom ROM. They are among the fastest to provide updates and thus latest Oreo based custom ROM for a majority of devices is not such miles away. More features mean less stable ROM and thus the RR has not proved much in the field of stability. With OTA updates under its hood the RR custom is really option to watch out for advanced features.
SLIME ROMs
The minimalist custom ROM as a signature. Slime ROMs are for the users who watch out for minimalism and are etched to speed and fluidity in their device. This custom OS offers minimum customization but is very fluid and fast. This custom OS has some severe bugs. The camera performance is quite sure to degrade and battery performance also gets affected. This is still a great custom android based OS for users who need a smooth and sound android experience and are not too much inclined to customization.
These are our best picked custom ROMs available across the web. There is an ocean of custom ROMs available across the web but we would still recommend you to choose a custom very careful and follow the instructions provided thereby very carefully to prevent rendering your device unusable. We shall now discuss the cons of installing a custom ROM on your device.
The biggest con while considering a custom ROM is BRICKING. The meaning of this term is as simple as it sounds. It means converting your piece into nothing more than a piece of brick. This means rendering your device unusable by being completely careless while following the procedure or by forcing the device into something which it is not capable of. In the present scenario, this is actually the most and only prominent con. Other cons include deterioration in the camera quality and output processing speed and degradation of the battery performance. Another important con which can be mentioned id the lack of software support from the developer. Moreover, while using custom ROMs on our phones we are actually compromising privacy and we may be easily victimized by hackers and Cryptojackers. As far as our opinion is concerned, we would seriously recommend our users to stick to their stock software experience provide to them by their smartphone manufacturers keeping only security reasons in mind.
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