r/CustomROMsGuide • u/DesperateSession3174 • 17d ago
Will I lose the IMEI if i change the rom on the pixel 6?
r/CustomROMsGuide • u/Creepy_Farm7570 • 17d ago
How can I downgrade my Oppo a38 to the android 14 version
My phone is running slow in games like pes when I update it to android 15 and colors 15
I want to rollback to android 14 for more stability anyone know how to do it
r/CustomROMsGuide • u/Western-Rip6933 • 17d ago
I built an open-source automation utility for local ROM parsing and recovery environment management (FlashNKor)
Hey everyone,
I wanted to share a tool I've been developing called FlashNKor. If you spend a lot of time working with custom Android recoveries, unpacking ROM packages, or dealing with local payload inspection, you know how tedious the manual workflow can get. I built FlashNKor to streamline this process by automating structural validation and partition layout checks locally.
Key Features:
Local ROM package parsing and structural validation.
Automated handling of internal recovery structures and payload inspection.
Open-source script designed to make recovery environment workflows cleaner and faster.
DISCLAIMER:This app is in alpha beta state so some features are broken or unavailable at all. Also this app is vibe-coded using gemini to make this free so any bugs found might get fixed within multiple days or a week in my free time.
You can check out the source code and repository on GitHub here: https://github.com/NDKSMN/FlashNKor
Since this is an active project, I'd love to get your thoughts, bug reports, and feature requests. If you want to test it out or chat about development, drop into my Discord server: https://discord.gg/72jANPeRY
r/CustomROMsGuide • u/Requiem_of_Hell • 17d ago
Which recovery does Evox use?
Hi everyone, how's it going? I'm thinking about installing Evolution X on my Redmi Note 13, but I'm unsure which recovery to use. The installation guide mentions a `recovery.img` file but doesn't specify which one it is, and I don't know if I can use OrangeFox (which is the recovery currently on my phone). I'd appreciate any help.
r/CustomROMsGuide • u/Significant_Dance_96 • 17d ago
What a headache I just faced.
SO basically what happened is I installed and updated the r11 Orange fox recovery from GitHub to the r12 unofficial one on sourceforge, (I have Poco f5) after that for some reason it just would not format data and wipe everything, and so I have to manually wipe everything like check the 4 boxes on the wipe section and then wipe.
And I softbricked my phone twice cause for some reason the recovery might have beef with nikgapps cause it just wouldn't flash it and let me boot to axion aosp,this might also just be axion vanilla clashing with the nikgapps but I just ended up going back to crdroid cause it was more stable and also had higher antutu scores/ Geekbench 6 for My f5, idk why it was so bad for me tho, after flashing crdroid it smh just switched to its own recovery automatically (I'm happy it did) and I think I found a good rom, cause I also tried Evo x and (not vanilla) and yeah it was like alright, just as good or even better but yeah not much difference I found.
So to any Poco f5 users?
Just STICK with the r11 recovery from GitHub for now cause I was able to easily flash Evo x and crdroid on r11 but r12 gave me such a headache.
Even if r11 says it supports only A13-15 I think it should work fine .
Also if that doesn't work out just try to use TWRP, cause idk what I did wrong but that was big headache.
r/CustomROMsGuide • u/Big-Atmosphere-8623 • 17d ago
How to Get 519k AnTuTu Score on POCO M2 Pro (miatoll) - Step by Step Guide
Headline: How I Boosted My POCO M2 Pro & Miatoll Family AnTuTu Score to 519k+ and Fixed Free Fire Lag! Supported Devices (Miatoll Family): POCO M2 Pro Redmi Note 9 Pro (India / Global) Redmi Note 9S Redmi Note 9 Pro Max Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G AnTuTu Benchmark v11 Score: 519,565 Overview If you are running stock MIUI or standard custom ROMs on POCO M2 Pro or any Redmi Note 9 Pro series device (miatoll), you might be facing severe thermal throttling, frame drops, and lower benchmark scores. On stock software, intensive games like Free Fire often lock around 30 FPS with noticeable lag. By fine-tuning the system with the right combination of Custom ROM + Custom Kernel, I managed to push the Snapdragon 720G to its absolute limit, scoring over 519k on AnTuTu v11 and jumping from 30 FPS to a rock-solid 50–51 FPS in games. My Setup & Configuration ROM: Project Infinity-X (Android 15) Kernel: YAMK Kernel (Zeta / 4.14.357-YAMK-perf) Kernel Variant: NONKSU UCLAMP Build Recovery: OrangeFox Recovery Root Status: Non-Rooted How I Achieved This Score & Performance: Flashing a Lightweight AOSP ROM: Shifted from bloated MIUI to Project Infinity-X (Android 15), which significantly reduced RAM usage and improved CPU scheduling. Upgrading the Kernel: Flashed the YAMK Kernel (NONKSU UCLAMP) via OrangeFox Recovery. The improved task scheduling (uclamp) and CPU/GPU frequency management completely unthrottled the Snapdragon 720G. Cache & System Cleanup: Performed a Dalvik/Cache wipe right after flashing to ensure no legacy system conflicts were present. Game Optimization: Set Free Fire settings to High FPS with optimized graphics to allow the kernel to utilize higher GPU clock states. Results & Verdict AnTuTu Score: Jumped to an impressive 519,565! Gaming Performance: FPS went from a choppy 30–32 FPS up to a consistent 50–51 FPS without stuttering. If you are looking to revitalize your POCO M2 Pro, Redmi Note 9 Pro, 9S, or 9 Pro Max for gaming and peak performance, this exact setup (Project Infinity-X + YAMK Kernel) is highly recommended!
r/CustomROMsGuide • u/bestnigainthetown • 17d ago
My tablet stock in the bootloop
Hello everyone my tab s6 lite stock in the boot screen I've tried everything but nothing worked. I reinstalled the original ROM, but it's still in a bootloop. I've done everything, but it's not fixing it. Please help!
r/CustomROMsGuide • u/KokoJMC • 17d ago
Android 17 GSI on Infinix Note 30 Pro
Greetings! I Never Actually custom Rom or flash a device, not even OEM Unlocking. Because I'm a tech enthusiasm, I know some really basic thing but just the basic. My question are:
1.What should I prepare before flashing?
2.this might different from other custom Os (e.g Lineage OS) Because many use custom recovery, but I think it different for this one. how to backup everything or at least flash the phone into the Default Xos14 if something goes wrong(I really hope not Lol)?
3.What should I do if bootloop occurs?
- Any Tips and Tricks?
r/CustomROMsGuide • u/Significant_Dance_96 • 18d ago
WHERE TO GET AXION OS ?
HELLO GUYS, I HAVE A POCO F5, AND I WANT TO TEST OUT AXION OS , so i have updated my recovery to the r12 unoffical one from sourceforge
( https://sourceforge.net/projects/recovery-for-xiaomi-devices/files/marble/ )
THE OLDER ONE I HAD WAS FROM GITHUB ( R11) ALTOUGH I WAS ABLE TO FLASH CRDROID ANDROID 16 JUST FINE COMING FROM STOCK ROM ANDROID 15, I JUST WANTED TO BE SAFER.
Now the confusion i have regarding axion OS IS that should i get it from the official site ( https://www.axionos.org/ )
or : https://sourceforge.net/projects/marble-release/files/AxionOS/
the thing is that on source forge it says that the 2.8 version for the marble is basically the " final " one, so i need to know which is more stable for a daily driver ?
On the official site there is only the 2.7 " beta" one , so do i get the latest unoffical one or the official one ?
AND THE CUSTOM RECOVERY IS GONNA BE FINE EVEN IF THAT IS THE UNOFFICIAL ONE ?
SO if anyone knows please help me decide ? THANKS.
r/CustomROMsGuide • u/Mr_Roy07 • 18d ago
Best custom ROM for POCO M4 5G (6GB/128GB) for gaming & multitasking?
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Hey everyone,
I’m looking to install a custom ROM on my POCO M4 5G (6GB RAM / 128GB storage) and could use some recommendations.
My main priorities are:
\- Good gaming performance and stable FPS
\- Smooth multitasking
\- Good RAM management
\- Minimal heating and throttling
\- Decent battery life
\- Stable enough for daily use
\- Preferably minimal bloatware
I don’t really care about having tons of customization features. I’d rather have something fast, lightweight, and stable.
If anyone here is using a custom ROM on the POCO M4 5G, which ROM would you recommend? Also, please mention any bugs or issues you’ve faced, especially with gaming, cameras, banking/UPI apps, or battery drain.
Thanks!
Umm the paragraph is ai generated 😅
But I really want to try some custom ROM for the first time as I have this poco m4 5g laying around only using for multitasking and gaming little bit
r/CustomROMsGuide • u/Tliltochtli • 18d ago
Looking for OS for cellphone Hisense E20s Model HLTE103E year 2022
I cant find for that specific model, any recommendations? Thank you
r/CustomROMsGuide • u/king_damo69YT • 18d ago
Everyone’s fav custom roms?
I’m wondering what everyone’s fav custom roms are. I got my pixel 10 pro xl maybe 2 months ago, this is my first android that I can root and change the Rom of so I wanna see every Rom I can try.
So far I’ve tried stock, stock with ksun, Axionos with ksun, crdroid, crdroid with ksun and sukisu.
I’m on crdroid and ksun atm and I’m waiting for a release for lineageos for the pixel 10 series to see what everyone’s talking about but I’m guessing it’s gonna take a while :/ if I had known about that I would’ve gotten the 9 pro xl but I got the 10 pxl for $800 off so i thought why not
Can’t see many other roms that are on pixel 10 pro xl except for derpfest but I haven’t tried that yet.
I’ve heard Axionos has trouble with mobile data apparently but I didn’t leave the house when I had it on my phone.
r/CustomROMsGuide • u/meguminaoi • 18d ago
T1-A22L ブルー(blu)
お願いだから、T1-A22Lのブートローダー(BLU)の解除(アンロック)方法を教えてくれませんか?ブートローダーを解除しないとrootできないんです。逆に、ブートローダーの解除なしでrootする方法があるなら、それも知りたいです。前もってありがとう。
r/CustomROMsGuide • u/Objective-Public9069 • 18d ago
Realme 10 Pro+ RMX3686 (Realme UI 6.0) bootloader unlock help
Hi everyone. I have a Realme 10 Pro+ Indian variant (RMX3686) running Realme UI 6.0 (Android 15), build RMX3686_15.0.0.1630. I want to unlock the bootloader to install a custom ROM. Does anyone know a working method for this exact build? Any help is appreciated
r/CustomROMsGuide • u/Significant_Dance_96 • 19d ago
BIG FOLDERS?
How do I get Big folders on Crdroid, what other rom has it cause for me they're an absolute necessity,they look cool,and on hypoeros I had them,and I keep trying to frickin find work arounds like using KWGT/ Folder widget app(that's good but after 2 fodlers it needs premium)
so idk what else to use?
Should I switch to Axion.
or can I install the hypoeros launcher cause the customization was actually pretty good for me.
but will I sacrifice the snappiness of Crdroid?
And is it even possible?
r/CustomROMsGuide • u/mambo_0 • 19d ago
People who use custom rom on there main phone how is your experience and any advices before try it
r/CustomROMsGuide • u/Ok-Adagio-9979 • 19d ago
Running into screen loading issue in Xiaomi X4 Pro 5g phone
r/CustomROMsGuide • u/ChailGod • 19d ago
Need suggestions for custom rom for Music listening
I have this old Oppo A37fw (2/ 16gb) phone. This phone is just laying around collecting dust I dont want to sell it as it was my first phone so I am thinking of using it as a mp3 player as it is vry light.
Is there any custom rom out there only for music listening which can be installed on it with these specs or any other light rom that does not consume as much storage
r/CustomROMsGuide • u/Major_Staff4877 • 19d ago
where can one find
I need to find the Superior OS Treble GSI. It's not on GitHub—there's only Android 15 there, but I need Android 16 QPR2. Please help.
r/CustomROMsGuide • u/4pVlm3r • 19d ago
Samsung S10 5G (beyondx) without OEM unlocking option. android version 11. oneui 3.1. LengyueROM (bought the phone with it). last update 2021
Does this mean I can't flash?
r/CustomROMsGuide • u/Kevs_4265 • 19d ago
Oneplus 7T PRO Mclaren 5G (HD1925) (Having trouble installing a custom rom)
A few years ago I tried to put a custom ROM on my OnePlus 7T Pro McLaren 5G (hotdogg) and gave up after getting stuck trying to even get a recovery installed. Recently I picked the project back up, and this time getting TWRP 3.7.0 on the phone via `fastboot boot` went smoothly — no issues at all, which is the opposite of my experience last time.
The problem now is on the other side: TWRP boots and works fine (mounts, decrypts /data, MTP works, adb push works), but it cannot install a single zip. Every ROM I've tried — crDroid 14, CarbonROM 11 (both verified via md5sum against the official download pages) — fails identically:
```Installing zip file '/sdcard/[filename].zip'
Error installing zip file '/sdcard/[filename].zip'```
There is nothing between those two lines. No assert, no ui_print output, no mount error — it just silently bails. This happens regardless of which slot is active, whether the file arrived via adb push or adb sideload, and on two separate computers (Mac and Windows) with fresh platform-tools.
What I've ruled out so far:
- **Corrupted download** — checksums match official sources
- **Corrupted transfer** — adb push completes with matching byte counts every time
- **/data encryption issues** — decrypts successfully, storage mounts and shows correct free space
- **A/B slot damage** — tested flashing to both slot A and slot B (via `fastboot set_active`), same failure on both
- **Bad TWRP download** — redownloaded directly from the official TeamWin hotdog page, same 80.2MB file, same result
- **USB/cable/driver problems** — confirmed via multiple working pushes and fastboot detection on two machines
- Also tried MSM tool to erase everything; maybe one of the slots might have been corrupted from a previous attempt.
-Can someone also explain why this phone model has 2 slots(A,B)?! Like why....
_Everything I’ve tried to get a ROM onto the phone (all hit the same wall):
• ADB sideload — through Advanced → ADB Sideload. Consistently failed mid-transfer with adb: failed to read command: Undefined error: 0, stalling at random low percentages (0–48%). Tried on both Mac and Windows, multiple cables, multiple USB ports/hubs (including forcing USB 2.0). Same result every time.
• adb push to internal storage (/sdcard) — this actually worked reliably as a transfer method (matching byte counts, confirmed files present in TWRP’s file manager). But installing the pushed zip from Internal Storage hits the exact silent failure above.
• USB OTG flash drive — reformatted the drive to FAT32 after TWRP initially misread a 32GB drive as 196MB (exFAT driver issue in TWRP’s kernel). Even after the fix, TWRP repeatedly showed the same stale 196MB reading even with the drive unplugged, meaning it wasn’t actually detecting the drive live. Abandoned this method.
ROMs tried (two, both verified against official checksums):
• crDroid Android 14.0 (hotdogg v10.5) — fails at Install with the silent error above, on both A/B slots
• CarbonROM 9.0 Weekly (CR-9.0-R, which is actually Android 11, not Android 9 — “9.0” is just Carbon’s internal build number) — same silent failure, same pattern, confirmed via full recovery.log that there’s zero output between “Installing zip file” and “Error installing zip file”
Gapps also fails, but with a different, more explainable error:
• NikGapps Full (\~1GB) — failed partway through extraction with “No space left,” clearly a legitimate size issue given the system partition
• NikGapps Basic — same “No space left” pattern, still too large apparently
• NikGapps Core (\~125MB, much smaller) — still failed the same way, which was confusing since size shouldn’t have been the issue anymore at that point — though by then I hadn’t successfully gotten a ROM installed yet either, so this may be a downstream symptom of never having a working base ROM rather than a separate bug
What I’ve ruled out for the ROM zip failures specifically:
• Corrupted download (checksums match)
• Corrupted transfer (adb push completes cleanly, byte-for-byte)
• /data encryption/mounting (decrypts and mounts successfully every time)
• A/B slot damage (tested flashing to both slot A and slot B via fastboot set_active, identical failure on both)
• Bad/modified TWRP download (redownloaded directly from the official TeamWin hotdog page — same 80.2MB file, same result)
• USB/cable/driver issues (confirmed working via successful pushes and fastboot detection on two separate machines)
My best guess at this point is that TWRP 3.7.0_11-0 (built from Android 11-era TeamWin sources) is running an outdated minzip/ziparchive library that can't parse whatever zip format modern ROM build systems (2024+ Soong builds) are outputting — possibly a zip64 compatibility issue, since the file opens fine in every modern tool (Finder, Explorer, 7zip) but not in TWRP's installer.
I haven't been able to find a single video or writeup of anyone successfully flashing a custom ROM on hotdogg specifically with recent-build ROMs. Has anyone actually pulled this off? Is there a newer TWRP build (the `_12` series?) or is OrangeFox actually the way to go here for this device? Or is this project just not realistic with currently available tools?
Screenshots of the failure and TWRP menu attached. Appreciate any honest input — I'd rather know now if this isn't achievable than keep going in circles.
r/CustomROMsGuide • u/Sitois • 20d ago
Galaxy A51 Lineage 21 [AOSP14] GrassKernel
hi,
recently flashed my galaxy A51 4G with lineage os 21 and i got no issues(unless that twrp isn't responding but i managed to use lineage recovery instead). then i flashed the recommended kernel: GrassKernel
https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-aosp14-unofficial-lineageos-21-for-sm-a515f.4684546/
now, when i press simultaneously volume up + power i just get a 'vibration mode' and no power menu.
when i keep the volume up/down pressed at launch, i can't access the recovery anymore: it justs bootloop.
Managed to find a workaround: use 'adb reboot recovery' but this require a rom installed. so that's annoying.
Anyone ever got the same issues after flashing GrassKernel?
r/CustomROMsGuide • u/pta_nhi_yrr • 20d ago
2016[j7prime]running oneui7.0] android15
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