For Android enthusiasts, rooting and custom ROMs were once the ultimate draw. They made Android exciting and turned every phone into a project worth tinkering with. But the modding scene's golden age ...

CalyxOS, a privacy-oriented Android fork, has announced a pause on updates. But given the challenges most custom ROMs face, will it return?

There's some trouble brewing ahead for developers of custom ROMs for Pixel phones. In the midst of a reorganization about how the Android open-source project is run, Pixel ROM devs have been ...

Android moder Duca, has created a custom Android ROM for the TCL Idol 2 OneTouch smartphone giving the quad-core phone an Android L makeover.

Home > Phones Google Keeps Android Open Source, But Custom ROMs Get Harder to Make Google says AOSP is not going away, but these changes make things tougher for the custom ROM community.

With the launch of Android 16 earlier this week, Google did not release the Pixel hardware repos and device trees that are particularly important for custom ROM developers. This led to speculation ...

Reflecting on the end of Nova Launcher, my journey with Android customization, and the nostalgia of tinkering with my devices ...