How custom ROMs influenced Android's best features

Android custom ROMs were among the first to add the ability to run a second copy of the same app natively. This meant you ...
Liliputing

CyanogenMod 6.0 custom Android ROM now available

After weeks of testing, the latest version of the popular CyanogenMod custom version f Google Android is available for download. CyanogenMod 6.0 lets you replace the software that shipped with your ...
Android Police

LineageOS 23 keeps the custom ROM spirit alive with Android 16

Rajesh started following the latest happenings in the world of Android around the release of the Nexus One and Samsung Galaxy S. After flashing custom ROMs and kernels on his beloved Galaxy S, he ...
Android Authority

The days of custom Android ROMs are numbered, and Google is to blame

Android used to be synonymous with freedom. If you didn’t like your phone’s interface or bloatware, you could simply install a custom ROM — the colloquial term for a forked version of the Android ...
9to5google

What happened to custom ROMs? [Video]

Rewind almost 15 years, and the Android ROM scene was thriving. Nightly builds, tons of projects, we truly were living in a golden age. Nowadays, things have changed significantly. Just what happened ...