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Custom ROMS for Android - Explained !

Image Source: Quora Many of you might have come across the term "Custom ROMS" or "Custom Firmware" for the android device you own. As much as you would like to install them, it is difficult for you to install a custom Rom, provided you are a noob  when it comes to this. This post is aimed to explain what a ROM and its associated terms are, with respect to Android , precisely. ROM: A custom ROM (Read-Only Memory) for android has a firmware programmed into it. This firmware is the software that is built from Google's source code of android OS (operating system). The source code was projected into open development by Google in the form of Android Open Source Project (AOSP). A custom ROM is essentially, the "modified" version of the stock Android source code released every year by Google, the benefits of which are theming (not just different launcher themes, but theming the whole elements of OS, even official whatsapp ,etc), rooting and much...