- To restore your Phone factory setting and give it a fresh start.
- Unbrick your Phone if it is soft bricked or stuck at bootloader (Bootloop)
- If Phone shows too many forced error closes and random restarts?
- Fix it with your downloaded firmware.
- Upgrade or downgrade Android versions on your Phone
- Remove custom ROMS you had installed.
- Getting your Phone back to factory setting would help its pricing if you are trying to sell it.
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Which one is better, Stock ROM or Custom ROM?
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I agree with Krishnendu Mukherjee .It totally depends on what custom ROM you are talking about and of course your device model.
There are both very good and very bad quality ROMs available to download , the range of selection varies with device models.I currently use Cyanogenmod 12.1 and the performance gains are quiet significant . Cyanogenmod is quite popular an has a great team of deveolpers behind it . Do some research over the net (XDA-Developers Android Forums is a good place to start) about your phone if some custom ROM exists for your device . Then read the reviews and most importantly bug reports.If they are positive , you are free to try it.The question does not clearly ask regarding any particular custom ROM for any particular device so i'm afraid that a targeted answer cannot be supplied.
Some reasons in general why you would consider flashing a custom ROM:
- Less Bloatware then stock rom . Bloatware refers to unnecessary apps that are pre-installed by manufacturers.
- Better UI . Some people don't like the skins that manufacturers place on the stock ROMs.TouchWiz and Sense UI are some examples.People may opt for a more AOSP/Pure Android experience.
- Performance Gains.This is largely dependent on which ROM you are talking.
- Custom ROMs add their own tweaks and features.For example in Cyanogenmod you have a plethoria of settings not found in stock devices.From changing every element of the navigation and status bar , it own built in theme engine , changing boot-animations and even an option to enable root access it present in developer options.
- A newer Android Version.
- Better Update Cycles.This greatly applies to Cyanogenmod ROMs
Potential Demerits of Custom ROMs:
- Risk Factor.Custom ROMs involve flashing a custom recovery and unlocking bootloader . There is significant risk of rendering your device unbootable if you don't follow steps properly.
- Bugs.Custom ROMs do not pass through the same quality checks and optimizations that manufacturers impose on stock ROMs . So a custom ROM is more likely to contain bugs than stock ROMs.Read reviews and bug reports before flahing ROMs.
- Hardware Issues.Custom ROMs may not properly support every bit of hardware in your phone, so you may run into bugs, non-functioning hardware, or just other issues.
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