Top 7 reasons you should get a custom ROM installed for your Android phone, today!

A stock ROM is a version of the Operating System that comes pre-installed with the phone that you buy.
Whereas, a custom ROM is an independent version of the Operating System which is customized in some ways to benefit the overall user experience of the phone.

Now, why would you care about them when you already get a pre-installed version of the latest Operating System? - Here's why.

There are several benefits of getting a custom ROM for your phone.

1. Longer OS update support for your Android phone & quicker updates.

Purchased a phone & it's not even six months since the phone launched but the question is whether or not will your phone receive the newly announced Android version?
Most phone manufacturers often stop providing update for the previous models of phones or are very slow in providing the latest Android version.

LG Optimus One (P500) released in October 2010 was launched pre-installed with Android 2.2 Froyo & LG thankfully provided with it's last, then the latest Android 2.3.6 (GingerBread).
But today it has a stable & fully working Android 4.4.4 (KitKat) & 5.0 (Lollipop) is in the works.
It received all the major Android updates released by Google even after 5 years of the phone's launch.

2. Ability to remove all unused apps.

Custom ROM's gives you an option to remove all the unused apps from your phone. Yes even the one's which does not show 'uninstall' button. This helps you free up the storage space & also reduces the RAM consumption of your device.

3. Improves performance.

Uninstalling all the unused pre-installed apps by itself gives a bump in your phone's performance.

Additionally custom ROM's also allow you to overclock the speed of your device which results in increased processing power from your device.

4. Improves battery life.

Like overclocking the device, phone's can be underclocked too which uses comparatively less process power thus saving the battery. (sometimes results in reduced performance).

5. Ability to install custom Mods.

A custom Mod named Halo can be easily added to your custom ROM.

Halo basically brings Facebook Messenger type chat heads to all other apps, thus improving the overall functionality of the apps increasing user experience.

6. Vanilla Google experience.

Custom ROM's are generally based on Vanilla Android experience, the UI you will generally find on Nexus devices. Which is simple & free of sometimes unnecessary skins.

7. Ported apps & ROM's.

Custom ROM's allows you to install & use manufacture specific apps, like Xperia's Walkman, it can be used even if you own a non-xperia device & wish to use Walkman.

Also, you can install ported ROM's. That is, you can get a Xperia based User Interface & apps installed in your Micromax Canvas HD, which gives you a complete look & feel of Xperia devices.

Many more benefits are ROM specific..

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