r/Android • u/ControlCAD Google Pixel 10 Pro XL • Jan 27 '26

Video What happened to Android custom ROMs? - 9to5Google

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=HImV4rSps48
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u/tigull Pixel 4a / Galaxy S7 Jan 27 '26

What I really miss is having enough time on my hands to devote it to messing around with custom OSs qnd such

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u/ansibleloop Jan 27 '26

Yeah I kinda need a stable device these days

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u/yeayeasure Jan 27 '26

Sounds like you became a parent

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u/tigull Pixel 4a / Galaxy S7 Jan 27 '26

Bingo

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u/NaorobeFranz Jan 27 '26

Becoming a parent is a choice. You have to make sacrifices such as less time for hobbies. It's not like they randomly lost time to tinker, they made a choice to give up such things.

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u/JJ3qnkpK Jan 27 '26

..duh? They decided to do other things with their time, and mucking with their phone (potentially putting it into unstable states in which it might miss a call from partner/kids/work, become unbootable, etc.) is now a much lower priority.

Add that stock ROMs are better than they've ever been, with long support time-frames and more features, and the need for custom ROMs becomes even less. It's a double whammy to the cost/benefit ratio of custom ROMs.

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u/Screamline Pixel 9A Jan 28 '26

Thanks. I hate it

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u/inteligent_zombie20 Jan 27 '26

This.. Life is lifing and the time to tinker and flash roms and keep up with forums etc is just not there any more. Now I just want a phone that works.

Sad this is what it has come to

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u/tauisgod Jan 27 '26

I spent too long a few months ago trying to find a custom ROM for an 8" Galaxy Tab just because I hate touchwiz and Samsung's preloaded garbage that much.

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u/Simon-Says69 Jan 27 '26

You could make the time, it's just not a priority for ya anymore.

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u/InevitableCodes Jan 27 '26

Sadly there's less and less developer friendly devices as bootloaders on many phones are locked with no way out.

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u/NaorobeFranz Jan 27 '26

Basically moto, pixel and OnePlus. Older phones like LG are still active too.

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u/NaorobeFranz Jan 27 '26

Exactly. BS comments. You decide what your time goes to. I still flash ROMs on my devices just like on the HTC G1 15 years ago. Doesn't even take long. It's way faster compared to the past.