The Android 16 QPR1 source code is now live on the AOSP (Android Open Source Project) (via Reddit ). This means custom ROMs ...

Custom ROMs have been a point of interest for smartphone enthusiasts for a long time now. Users install custom ROMs to revitalize their aging smartphones. Many Android manufacturers promise up to four ...

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After a 2 month delay, Google has finally published the source code for Android 16 QPR1 to AOSP. Here's why that matters!

OmniROM, a new custom ROM for Android, has been made official at BABBQ (Big Android BBQ), by several developers whom you may already know including Chainfire, Xplodwild and Dees_Troy. In case you’re ...

We all know that countless phones are decommissioned well before their time. They lose software support from their companies and wind up taking space on shelves, in drawers, or in landfills. However, ...

Despite the withering incentives to root a device as Android matures with each iteration, the custom ROM community continues to provide what the software devs of major OEMs just cannot – extended ...

The team behind the Paranoid Android ROM has now announced that its Android 11-based “Ruby” update is now available in alpha for the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro. With Android 11 ROMs being few and far between ...

There are so many custom ROMs out there. When I say “many” I mean literally thousands of them. So periodically we do a top 10 of the best custom ROMs out there. Some of them are available for many ...

Rooting on Android seems to be slowly falling out of fashion, especially with the recent decline of developers working on rooting methods. One part of Android modding that seems to still be going ...

I've been reading a lot about Android tweaking lately, and with tweaks like GravityBox available, is there any advantage to flashing a custom ROM? Wouldn't it be better to just add the features I want ...