A comprehensive step by step guide to Android Custom ROMs. Everything you need to know on how to download and Install Custom ROMs on your Android phone/tablet device.

1. How to Flash Custom ROM on
Android Phone/Tablet
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2. What is a Custom ROM?
As we all know Android is an Open Source
Project which means developers are free to use
the stock firmware/ROM and customized it
according to his/her choices, which makes it
look good from the Stock ROMs. As compare to
Stock ROMs they are highly Customized and
Optimized.
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3. Popular Custom ROMs?
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CyanogenMod (www.cyanogenmod.com)
AOKP (www.aokp.co)
Paranoid Android (www.paranoidandroid.co)
PAC-ROM (www.pac-rom.com)
And Many More…. Just Google Search or Look
at xda-developers.com these were the most
popular and I have used them.
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4. Why Use Custom ROMs?
• Frequently Updated (Bugs are fixed as
spotted)
• Gives you the opportunity to try the latest
version of Android OS even on a low end
Android smartphone.
• Introduced with latest features
• Built-in tweaks which improves the overall
performance of your device.
• And Many More…….

5. Requirements?
• Most of the time Root Access is Required.
• Custom Recovery ClockworkMod/TWRP
Recovery must be installed in order to Flash
Custom ROM.
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6. Guidelines!!
• First thing, Download the Correct Custom
ROM for your Specific Device/Model Number.
• Most of the Custom ROMs need Gapps
(Google Apps i.e Google Search, Play Store,
Gmail and so on), So Download Gapps.
• Make a Backup of Your System, Apps, and
Data

7. • You can use Titanium Backup to Backup
Everything, Nandroid Backup is highly
recommended, You can also take it using
Custom Recovery.
• Before you start installing Custom ROM, it is
highly recommended that you’ve got good
enough battery charge on your device.
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8. How to Install Custom ROM?
Now when you’ve learnt the basics about Custom
ROMs, its now time to understand How to Flash
Custom ROM Using Custom Recovery.
• Transfer the Custom ROM and Gapps zip files to
your Phone.
• Reboot your phone into Custom Recovery Mode
by Pressing and Holding the “Volume
Up+Home+Power” simultaneously for a few
seconds and you should the recovery menu, of
TWRP or CWM Recovery.
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9. • You’ll be using the Volume Up/Down buttons to
navigate between the options and Power button to
select the desire option.
• Perform the following actions:
- Navigate to Wipe Data/Factory Reset and select ‘Yes’
- Wipe Cache
- Wipe Dalvik Cache
• Head over to the "Install" or "Install ZIP from SD Card"
section of your recovery.
• Browse the storage directory where you’ve placed the
files and confirm to flash it.
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10. • Use the same method to Flash Gapps package.
• Once all steps are successfully completed,
head back to main menu and select the option
Reboot or Reboot System Now.

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