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Custom ROMs for Android

The Android developer community promots the ability to develop custom ROMs or custom Android builds. A custom ROM (Read Only Memory) is an aftermarket firmware production based on the Android source code provided by Google. So you can install a custom ROM on your device to keep your device alive and updated with the latest version of Android. Another reason to install custom ROMs is to remove bloatware that comes as a part of many manufacturer skins. While there are many custom ROMs out there, not all of them are stable enough to be used as your daily driver. Installing a custom ROM requires you to unlock the bootloader first, and have a custom recovery installed.

CyanogenMod is a discontinued open-source operating system for mobile devices, based on the Android mobile platform. Developed between 2009 and 2016, it was free and open-source software based on the official releases of Android by Google, with added original and third-party code, and based on a rolling release development model. In 2015 some reports indicated that over 50 million users ran CyanogenMod on their phones. It was also frequently used as a starting point by developers of other ROMs.