CustomROM - Roms, Kernels, Recoveries, Gapps and more

The bootloader or HBoot is your gateway to the world of rooting, modding & flashing. It is the first point of interaction between your phone’s hardware and software. But does everyone know what it is and what it does? We guess not.…

Rooting an Android device gives the user access to a plethora of super-powerful hidden features and system-level operations and files. But, on the flip side, some apps and games refuse to work on rooted phones. We’re talking about apps like…

All right, so you’ve got an Android device, you kind of want to try something new, you want to switch to a custom ROM because you’re frustrated with the way your equipment is functioning, or it’s running an outdated version of Android, or…

A Stock ROM is the version of the operating system (Android) that the manufacturers of a phone provide with the device. This varies from device-to-device. Take, for example, MIUI. A phone that Xiaomi makes comes with MIUI from the factory,…

Many people, when they move to iPhones from Android, miss the freedom of just flashing a ROM and making the phone feel and perform differently. iOS isn’t Open Source, but Android is, so what’s stopping the developers from porting Android to…

OTA stands for over-the-air, and no prizes for guessing, OTA updates mean over-the-air updates. The term explains it all, but let’s dive into more details, all the way from the elementary level. Over-the-air means without any solid media…

No. There hasn’t been any prosperous port of iOS for any Android phone yet, because it isn’t possible, as of now. Reason being the source codes. iOS, unlike Android, is proprietary or closed-source, and no-one has access to iOS source…

This has surprisingly been a very common doubt among newbie flashers and ROM enthusiasts. This confusion exists because of the lack of knowledge on how exactly rooting works, and how ROMs are installed. No worries, we’re here, let us…

We love Android for its versatility and customizability. It is the crowd favorite for being so intuitive, yet simple at its core. But, like always, some people just aren’t happy with what they’re offered. They want to go a step further,…