How To Flash Custom ROMs Onto Any Android Device

Android is fun - you can do anything you want with your Android device provided you have the needed knowledge. Flashing custom ROMs is one of the fun things you can do with your Android device. Whiles this gives you the opportunity to upgrade to a newer version of Android, it allows you to add more power to your device; improving speed, battery life, using custom fonts, using a custom bootloader, increasing the device processor speed just to mention but a few. In this post, I will be taking you through the general steps in flashing customs ROMs onto any Android device. First thing you have to do is get a custom ROM ready and you're good to go. Check out Android Custom ROMs; What They Are, Their Advantages, Disadvantages and Where One Can Find Good Ones.

1.   Flashing A Custom Recovery: All Android devices come with a preinstalled recovery which you'll need to change to a custom one. The recovery is similar to BIOS found on a computer where you perform Administrative tasks. This is the most difficult step when it comes to flashing ROMs - once done, its easy to flash the ROM from here.

There are many ways of doing this depending on your device. Samsung users have Odin and Heimdall while others may use a tool called fastboot to load recovery onto their device. There are two main types of custom recoveries you can use to do the flashing; CWM (ClockWorkMod) recovery and TWRP (TeamWin Recovery Project). It is very important to follow the instructions of the ROM provider when flashing any ROM to save your device for getting bricked.

2.    Flashing The ROM: The final stage is flashing the ROM. Once you've downloaded the ROM in the .zip format from the internet and have saved it in the root of your Android device, you'll then need to boot into recovery in order to install the ROM. Booting into recovery depends on the device you're using - it requires the use of different key combinations that is Power button + Volume down + Home button(if it's a physical home button). Once you're in recovery, wipe data, wipe dalvik cache, factory reset and flash the ROM from your device storage.

Once, done flashing ROM, it is advisable to flash Google Apps Package (Gapps) onto your device. For legal reasons, this is kept separate from the ROM. Once done with this, reboot your device and enjoy your new ROM.

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