Android is an open-source project which allows many developers to be able to join the Android community. Thus, it is no surprise that the developer community for Andoird is quite large, and this allows them to be able to develop custom ROMs as well as custom Android builds for various devices. Most of these developments are based o the custom code which is already provided by Google and has a few helpful tweaks added to them to make them more user-friendly.
As such, there are several custom ROMS out there, but in this list, we have curated only the best for you. The ROMS listed below are stable and have the most exciting and useful features which you will be eager to try!
This is the biggest name in the community, and you might even be familiar with it. It has the largest team of developers, and its code often acts as a foundation for others to be able to develop their ROMs. In the fall of 2016, Cyanogen Inc arrested its development operations, and as such, CyanogenMod shut down, or di it? Ever since then, the developer of this ROM has changed its name to LineageOS, and it continues its operations even today. It acts as source code for many, but it functions well as a standalone as well. It has several useful features such as changing nab bar, overall theme, as well as customizing the status bar and more. Google’s AOSP forms its backbone, but with LineageOS, it gains greater customizability and stability. It supports builds up till Nougat support for Oreo is to come quite soon.
If you prefer a minimalistic and clean-cut design, then this is the one for you. This project is based on Google’s AOPS code but has a few useful tweaks added to it. It is lightweight and highly functional. This custom ROM offers quite a few useful features, but the most notable of all is the addition of Slim Recents and Slim PIE. What are they? Well, the Slim Recents can be used to display all of the recently accessed apps on the sidebar instead of them taking up your entire screen. The Slim PIE acts as a replacement to the navigation bar. It is highly functional and especially so when you are using your device in the Immersive mode. Other useful features of this app are a custom dialer, lock screen shortcuts, customizable Quick Settings tiles as well as a privacy guard and more. This project is simple and has a minimalistic design. Thus you end up a neat and clear-cut user interface that you can customize as you please. This is available for all fo the major OEMs, such as LG, HTC, Google, MOTO, OnePlus, Samsung, and Xiaomi, plus even more. A build for Oreo is in the works and set to launch soon, but till then it supports up to Nougat, 7.1.12.
This is one of the most acclaimed ROMS out there and it, too, doubles as a standalone ROM as well as the source for many others. The Paranoid Android team for development aims to give its users a refined and polished experience while using as little resources as they can. Although it may not have a ton of features that the others on the list might, you will not miss it when you start to use it. It claims to offer their users a “soothing experience,” and so far it holds to that promise. While t may not have a bucket full of features, it has a few unique features that do help it stand out from the rest, such as the Hover mode. This mode allows users to be able to view and interact with their notifications form any screen (once it has been integrated into the AOSP code as a part of the feature heads-up notification. It also incorporates its version of the PIE menu and has a fully immersive mode for your Andoird device. Paranoid Android has been around for a long time; it has been hailed as the main project from which several features have been exported to Google, one notable feature is the Ambient mode which as called the Peek mode in Paranoid Android. It is available on Sony, Nexus, OnePlus, Pixel, Oppo and more devices. While support for Oreo release s in the works, it does support Nougat beautifully. While there had been a few bugs in recent times, it has now come back stronger than ever.
If you want your Android device to have more features than ever before, then Resurrection Remix is the one for you. Resurrection Remix is quite popular because it aims to provide its users with the maximum number of features that it can. Its main code consists of AOSP, LineageOS, Paranoid Android, and SlimRoms. This, it combines the best of them all in one package. However, as Resurrection Remix tries to add just about everything to its code, its effects can be easily seen. The code is to heavy on the systems resources, and having so many codes and features mixed can make it quite unstable at times. The support for Oreo is coming soon, and it also supports devices from major companies such as Lenovo, MOTO, LG, Huawei, Samsung, OnePlus, HTc, and more.
This can be described as a more stable version of RR. It offers great features without making the ROM unstable. Instead of merging all of the codes like RR, the Dirty Unicorns team rewrites the codes to make it more stable and enjoyable for its users. While this may result in the updates coming in a little slower, it pays off in the end. The support for Oero for all major devices such as Moto, Samsung, LG, Nexus, OnePlus, Pixel, and more.
This has been built directly by using the AOSP source code with a few additions from various projects. It does not lack in, and you can use it to modify your lock screen, status bar as well as various other Android settings. Currently, it is available on major devices such as Samsung, LG, HTC, Xiaomi, Lenovo, OnePlus, and more.
With this, you can customize your device the way you want it, without losing out any stability. While it is still only available for Nexus and Piel, it delivers great performance and hence could not be excluded from this. With this, you will get great features without sacrificing your battery life or the ease of use. This project is growing in popularity and gaining a lot of support. Hopefully, they will soon branch out their list of devices. But the best part? It is one of the only ones on the list that already has support for the Oreo release.
When you first start with this one, you will feel as if it is nothing special. After all, it seems to offer all of the features that just about any other custom ROM out there will provide you with. However, once you truly start using this on your device, you will uncover its different layers. The Carbon ROM is widely regarded as the most stable ROMs in the market at the moment. It has several modifications for your System, Status Bar, Lights, Gestures, and more. Although it may not have as many features as Resurrection Remix
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