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What is the best Custom ROM?

Short answer:

there is no "Best ROM", you must find the one you like the most :man-shrugging:

Long Answer:

Whilst there is no "Best ROM" as mentioned above, you will have to find one which suits you and which you enjoy using, however, here are some ROMs that I personally recommend:

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LineageOS

LineageOS is a custom distribution of Android designed for full freedom, security, and for longevity of various different devices.
Lineage first appeared after the popular CyanogenMod project had died off in 2016, and is now one of the most stable and polished ROMs out there. The verification process for official devices is thorough and guarantees a smooth experience, and for every official device there is detailed install instructions starting from unlocking the device's bootloader.

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ArrowOS

ArrowOS is a custom ROM aimed at "Keeping things simple, clean, and neat.", as they call it on their website.
They base from AOSP, and not LineageOS like some other projects, and add only features which they think will be useful to the end user, whilst also improving general performance and fluidity, as well as battery life.

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DotOS

Whilst many don't like DotOS, I consider it a pretty solid Custom ROM overall.
DotOS stands for "Droid on Time OS", it aims to stick to the "Simple, Unique, Secure" philosophy.
They base themselves off of AOSP, and then change the design drastically from what is shipped on Stock Android.

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Things you absolutely <span style="color:red;">SHOULD NOT </span>do:

As with any kind of modding, there are some things you should just generally be careful about, so, I&apos;ve condensed some of that into this list here :) Don&apos;t flash ROMs which aren&apos;t made for your device, you will end up Soft bricking the device or worse Don&apos;t flash .zip files or anything else if you don&apos;t trust whoever is distributing them! never flash stuff like voltefix.zip, pubgfix.zip, or anything similar without investigating first. Usually, these are made to troll people, and they are known to Hard Brick devices by overwriting the entire storage or removing criticial partitions <span style="color: red;">Do not run fastboot erase abl! "abl" stands for "++A++ndroid ++B++oot++l++oader", erasing it makes your device practically useless, as it would then be Hard Bricked</span> Do not erase or overwrite partitions with Fastboot that you don&apos;t know what they are! So please don&apos;t run commands like fastboot flash system,fastboot flash boot.img etc if you don&apos;t know what they do, and if you don&apos;t trust the person giving you things to flash!

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Introduction to Android Modding

Getting Started Disclaimer and Introduction Navigating around this book Pros/Cons to modding your Android Device Things you SHOULD NOT do Enabling developer options Unlocking your Bootloader Choosing a Custom ROM

Jun 17, 2022
Where to get Android Mods and alike

:::warning :warning: under construction! ::: How do I even get all of this? [name=Some Random Reader] [time=May 8, 2022] I&apos;d recommend by just using your favourite search engine (e.g Google, DuckDuckGo, StartPage) Seriously, type in your device&apos;s Name, Codename, or Model Number, add "ROM" or "Root" or something at the end, and &#xE9; voil&#xE1;! you got yourself some (usually) decent results!

Jun 17, 2022
ADB and Fastboot

Enabling ADB on-device To enable ADB on your Android device, first enable developer options. To do that, head to your phone&apos;s "About Phone" page in the settings app, and hit the "Build Number" text about 10 times. on MIUI you might have to hit "MIUI Version" instead. Once you&apos;ve done that, search for "ADB Debugging" or "USB Debugging", then enable it. Now your device will ask whenever a PC with ADB installed and running connects if you want to allow a connection using ADB Installing it on your PC/Mac

Jun 17, 2022
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