I will admit, it is nice to start talking about custom ROMs for Motorola devices again. After a breakthrough on the unlocking of Moto bootloaders, developers have been hard at work to bring their ROMs to a new line of devices. Today, we are featuring RageHD for the DROID RAZR HD on Verizon, developed by BigDaddyHicks and his team. 

This ROM looks to bring a smoother experience to users, with a de-bloated (thank goodness) and zipaligned system, you will be flying though apps. PIE controls have been added for an extra-classy way to control your device, Goo Manager has been installed for easy updates, plus battery tweaks were performed to increase your device’s daily lifespan.

To top it off, there is already a theme available for the ROM called Metallic Blue which is shown above. Pretty snazzy looking.

Features:

• Deodexed
• Debloated
• Zipaligned
• Pre-Rooted
• Adb Insecured
• Adrenaline V3 Boost (Thanks to ImbaWind)
• Loopy Smoothness (Scrolling Smoothness Tweak)
• Full Init.d Support
• PIE Controls (LMT Launcher)
• DSP Manager
• Goo Manager Updates
• Amazing Battery Saving Tweaks
• Tons Of Awesome build.prop Tweaks

To download and install, you will need your bootloader unlocked and a custom recovery installed. If you need to do that still, look here on this post. If you are already unlocked and ready to rock, follow the via link below.

Via: DROIDRZR

Cheers MichaelFranz!

Custom ROM Friday: RageHD for the Motorola DROID RAZR HD is a post from: Droid Life

Tomorrow is Friday, which means it is that time of the week where we need our all-knowing and all-powerful community to start feeding us submissions for tomorrow’s Custom ROM Friday. This is your chance to make sure that your favorite developer is getting the attention they deserve for that underground ROM that brings oh-so-many features to your underprivileged devices. 

To submit a ROM, tell us below in the comments section which device(s) the ROM is for, the name, a link to where we can see it, and a few features which make the ROM stand out among others. Easy, right? Let’s get to it.

Check out our previous Custom ROM Friday posts.

Get Your Submissions in for Custom ROM Friday is a post from: Droid Life

Welcome to Custom ROM Friday. Today, we are featuring CleanROM for the Galaxy Note 2 from developer scrosler. There is only so many ways to describe a custom ROM, so who better to sum up their work than the developer themselves? Here is the basic idea behind the ROM - “CleanROM is targeted to the towards the user that wants a stock ROM experience with the ability to choose the features and functions they want, demand performance and expect stability!” 

Seems, legit, right? On top of having a completely stable and performance-enhanced build, users are able to choose which add-ons and modifications they want to use. For example, features such as Samsung’s multi-window are beefed up to allow any app to be compatible, as well as the unlocked ability to WiFi tether. As a cherry on top, the developer also threw in some additional ringtones and fonts for the device.

Below we have placed some features that should certainly get some excited, as well as a link to where you can download the ROM.

Notable Features:

• International N7105XXDMB6 Jellybean 4.1.2 Base
• Multi Window Control to add or remove any app you want!
• WiFi Tether Unlocked!
• Unsecure boot image with init.d support!
• Samsung Find My Mobile capable!
• Long Press to skip music tracks with screen off!
• Additional Ringtones and Fonts!
• Performance and Stability that is nothing short of Legendary!

To download CleanROM, head to the full XDA thread here.

Overview of CleanROM via YouTube:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Cheers everyone who submitted a ROM!

Custom ROM Friday: Scott’s CleanROM for Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is a post from: Droid Life

Tomorrow is Friday, which means it’s time to submit your choices for Custom ROM Friday. There are hundreds of developers out there with tons of great work, so here is your chance to make sure that everyone is getting their fair share of the glory.

In the comments, link us to your favorite ROM currently and go over why it should be featured. In essence, what makes this ROM better than the others? Let us know which device you are running it on too.

Check out our previous Custom ROM Friday posts.

Now Taking Submissions for Tomorrow’s Custom ROM Friday is a post from: Droid Life

Yesterday, we took submissions for Custom ROM Friday and got an overwhelming response to check out SynergyROM for the Galaxy S3. SynergyROM brings your basic Galaxy S3 skin look, but with lots of performance tweaks and optimizations such as re-sizable floating windows, Photo Sphere abilities, and other goodies. 

A team of developers have worked the ROM to be compatible with Galaxy S3 devices on all four major carriers, so there’s no discrimination going on here. Naturally, if you are interested in flashing any ROM, you will need to be running a custom recovery on your device. Below, we have taken a few of the major highlights of SynergyROM and listed them below.

Features:

• Jelly Bean 4.1.2
• Fully Deodexed, Zipaligned, Busybox, Superuser, Debloated
• Multiwindow with free-floating windows, created exclusively by Team Synergy!
• Team Synergy’s custom init.d scripts for insane performance
• Blocked Samsung’s “root checker” and screenlogger services
• 23 notification toggles
• 4-in-1 reboot menu
• Fully rotating homescreens
• Wifi Tether app working right out of the box
• Customized mounting scripts (see Q&A)
• Custom boot animation support
• 4G and WiFi speed tweaks
• Verizon OTAs blocked
• Customized SystemUI interface
• Tons more tweaks and enhancements

To download SynergyROM for your Galaxy S3, hit up their XDA thread here.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Cheers everyone who submitted a ROM yesterday!

Custom ROM Friday: SynergyROM for the Samsung Galaxy S3 is a post from: Droid Life

As someone so kindly suggested on Twitter, how about we move away from Facebook news for a minute and get back to our roots? Since tomorrow is Friday and all, it’s time for us to accept submissions for Custom ROM Friday. This is your chance, every couple of weeks, to tell us what your favorite ROM of the moment is and for which device. Sell it to us in the comments by listing out features, the developer’s name, and the device you are using it on – just make sure you leave enough details so that we know why this ROM is kick ass.

The last couple of CRFs produced BAMF, CarbonROM, and Shiny, so let’s see what else is out there.

Check out our previous Custom ROM Friday posts.

Taking Submissions for Custom ROM Friday is a post from: Droid Life

This week, there was an overwhelming cry for us to feature BAMF’s Paradigm v3.1 for Custom ROM Friday. We touched on the original Paradigm last year, but it looks like there has been some major updating going down since then. It is based off of Android 4.2.2, and brings some killer custom features, coupled with great speeds and long battery life. What else could you ask for in a custom ROM? 

It is currently available for Nexus devices such as the Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 7, and Nexus 4, but there are murmurs suggesting it is also coming to the Galaxy S3. Below, I have thrown in some of the more awesome features that come baked inside, which should help you decide if you want to go ahead with your flashing. As a quick example, there are some extra LWP’s (I love LWP’s), configurable search soft key, and even a snazzy custom boot animation.

Add-ons:

• All stock sound files
• Additional live wallpapers not included in AOSP
• Enabled extra browser settings
• Increased rotation and animation speed and opened up 360 degree rotation
• Accurate battery
• Custom clock widget from ICS pre-release
• Added long press of Recent apps to activate menu key
• Configurable Search soft key with option to enable/disable
• Custom launcher with search bar removed, 4×5 grid layout, and custom app drawer button

BAMF Add-ons:

• Custom boot animation with audio (thanks to gadget! for the logo)
• BAMF LTE Widget
• BAMF Torch Widget
• Configurable Lockscreen with three hotseats, selectable left target, and pull down for Torch
• Completely configurable QuickSettings replacing normal settings in Status Bar

Downloads: Nexus 4 | Nexus 7 | Galaxy Nexus

Via: Team BAMF

Cheers everyone who submitted!

Custom ROM Friday: BAMF Paradigm v3.1 For Nexus Devices is a post from: Droid Life

It’s Thursday, which means it is time once again to submit your suggestions for tomorrow’s Custom ROM Friday. CRF is the perfect time for developers to grab the spotlight and show off what they are bringing to the community. With the number of ROMs growing, it is sometimes hard to breakthrough and have the masses find your work and unfortunately, I get lost in all of those countless forum threads.

If you want to submit a developer’s ROM or submit a ROM of your own, please provide a brief description of the ROM, which device(s) it is available for, and a link to a thread where we can check it out.

Check out our previous Custom ROM Friday posts.

It’s Time to Submit Your Suggestions for Custom ROM Friday is a post from: Droid Life

Since the departure of Pete Alfonso and updates to his Bugless Beast ROM, folks have been on the search for a new minimal, stock AOSP build that brings smooth operation and vanilla Android feel. We received a few requests to make sure everyone new about a somewhat newcomer to the custom ROM scene called, Shiny. 

The developer has been building multiple ROM’s from source, but this is his first published work for the toro Galaxy Nexus. It brings a complete OTA feel to the device, running Android 4.2.2. What will make this different from your stock firmware though is the replacement of the stock browser app with Google Chrome, the ROM is deodexed, comes with custom reboot options in the power menu, and more.

Features:

• Stock Android 4.2.2, build JDQ39
• Source (AOSP) built kernel (boot.img)
• Deodexed
• Easily rootable (see information below)
• G-Apps (GMail, Play Store, etc.) included in build along with Nexus apps
• Stock browser replaced with Google Chrome
• Shiny restart options
  
• 4.2 wallpapers and sounds included
• Updated frequently
• Everything works!

If you are not for all of the crazy aesthetic changes that some ROMs bring and you just want a smooth operator (shout out to Sade), then check out Shiny.

For instructions on flashing and finding downloads, head on over to the forum thread by following the via below.

Via: RootzWiki

Cheers JaronDW!

Custom ROM Friday: Shiny ROM for Verizon Galaxy Nexus is a post from: Droid Life

We have an absolute blast going through your personal ROM submissions, so let’s keep it going. Over the past two weeks, we have asked you to provide a link to your favorite ROM that you would like us to feature on the site during Custom ROM Friday. It’s a great way for developers to finally receive some much-deserved recognition for all of that hard work they put into making our devices better, plus it gives other users out there a chance to try out a ROM they might not have heard about.

Here is an example of what we are looking for:

Hey DL brosefs, check out this Custom ROM for the “insert device name here.” You can see details about it at “insert link to forum/thread here” and it’s totally sweet because “insert various reasons why you need to share this ROM with the world here.”

Tomorrow, we will go over any submissions and write up a few to share with everyone.

Send in Your ROM Submissions for Tomorrow’s Custom ROM Friday is a post from: Droid Life

It’s Friday, Friday, gotta flash ROM’s on Friday! Well, now that you all hate me for getting that stuck in your head, let’s start talking geeky ROM goodness. Today, we are featuring custom ROM’s for the Galaxy Note 2 on Verizon and the Galaxy Nexus on Verizon. 

The two ROM’s are Jelly’Beans’ and MMuzzyROM. Both are heavily based in the stock look of Android, which we here at DL can greatly appreciate. So, what makes these ROM’s noteworthy? Let’s start with Jelly’Beans’ for the Note 2. As I mentioned, the ROM gives the look and feel of Jelly Bean, while still retaining the functionality of certain software that Samsung includes on their devices, such as multi-window. By taking it a step further, the developer has enabled all apps to work with that feature, successfully bringing the best of AOSP and TouchWiz together and in perfect unity. You may now kiss the bride.

In terms of other features, there are the popular statusbar customization options for toggles and mods, the developer has removed the annoying location icon from the top bar (thank you!), and a long list of other goodies. To see the full list of ROM features and to download this ROM, check out the thread on XDA here.

Now, onto MMuzzyROM for the Galaxy Nexus toro. We all know there is a countless amount of custom ROMs available for this device – it’s the beauty of owning a “Nexus.” What makes people different is that some want features upon features, while others want a more pure Android, smooth experience without all of the bells and whistles. If you recall Bugless Beast, that ROM was well known for being pure Android with just a few tweaks to make it run very smooth, stable, and fast. And now with Pete gone from the development game, in comes MMuzzyROM.

With this ROM, users can take advantage of an enhanced power menu, quick setting modifications, and native data tethering. In essence, it is a bare bones ROM that brings minimal changes to the device, but plenty of performance tweaks and other small mods. If you are looking for speed and performance, try out MMuzzyROM. You can check out the full list of features and get downloads right on their thread here.

Via: Jelly’Beans’ | MMuzzyROM

Preview of MMuzzyROM:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Cheers Tim242 and and Jared!

Custom ROM Friday: Jelly’Beans’ for the Verizon Galaxy Note 2 and MMuzzyROM for the Galaxy Nexus is a post from: Droid Life

Last week’s user-submitted Custom ROM Friday went so smoothly, we’re doing it again! With so many different phones and tablets out there, we know it’s easy to have some great work fall through the cracks and into the black holes of the Internet, so here is your chance to make sure that favorite developer of yours is getting some spotlight. 

Here is an example of what we are looking for:

Hey DL dudes, check out this ROM the “insert device name.” You can see it here at “insert link to forum/thread here” and it’s totally sweet because “insert various reasons why you need to share this ROM with the world here.”

Tomorrow, we will go over any submissions and write up a few to share with everyone.

We’re Now Taking ROM Submissions for Custom ROM Friday! is a post from: Droid Life

We have Custom ROM Friday back in action, and this is the first week we asked our readers to choose which ROM we feature. We had an overwhelming response and according to your voices, we have chosen to feature CarbonRom. 

I flashed Carbon to a Nexus 4 and in terms of changes made to Android 4.2, it’s over the top, but in a good way. The developers added a ton of useful customization options, as well as other performance settings that make the Nexus 4 (or any other device you happen to flash it to) even more of a beast than it already is.

For example, the PIE feature that we have written about before is on board, as well as a kernel that handles over/underclocking with ease. They have added the ability to change all your enabled quick settings in the pulldown bar, and it also has theme capabilities on top of options to change your navigation bar’s colors and enabled buttons.

Note:  To flash a custom ROM, your device must be unlocked and running a custom recovery.

Installation instructions:

1.  Download the right zip for your device and place it on your internal memory.
2.  Download the gapps zip and place that on your internal memory as well.
3.  Reboot into custom recovery.
4.  Create a nandroid backup.
5.  Install the ROM zip file.
6.  Flash the gapps zip file following ROM installation.
7.  Reboot and enjoy.

With a ROM like Carbon, it is hard to go over every added feature, but I can now see why so many people have been singing its praise. For a quick overview of some fancy features, see the list below.

Features:

• Comprehensive speed enhancements, including Linaro -O3.
• Unofficial Voodoo Sound support on Note 2 and i9300 devices.
• Carousel lockscreen
• Customizable lockscreen buttons and sliders
• Chronus clock widget
• Customizable hardware and software keys
• Transparent navbar and status bar
• Navigation bar widgets
• Customizable power menu
• Notification power widget
• Notification brightness adjustment
• Customizable quicksettings panel

Supported devices:

• Samsung Galaxy SIII
• Samsung Galaxy Note II
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus
• Samsung Galaxy Note International – n7000
• Samsung Galaxy SII International – i9100
• LG Nexus 4 – mako
• HTC International One X – endeavoru
• HTC One S – ville
• Asus Nexus 7 – grouper
• Samsung Nexus 10 – manta
• Samsung Infuse 4g – infuse4g

Video:

Click here to view the embedded video.

To download and get to flashing, check out their homepage.

Cheers everyone who recommended Carbon!

Custom ROM Friday: CarbonRom For Nexus 4 and Other Devices is a post from: Droid Life

With the number of devices ever growing, it’s hard for us to keep track of the individual ROM’s and hacks for each phone. At this rate, it’s simply impossible. Back when we all had the OG DROID, life was good. But now, it appears to be time to outsource this task to you, the community. To make sure we are giving you the best the developers have to offer, we are asking that you submit your favorite ROM’s for us to write up on our Custom ROM Fridays. 

CRF is a way for us to show device owners the best available work out there in terms of rooting and ROM’ing. If you have a favorite developer that is pushing out some amazing work, I’m sure we would love to hear about it.

To submit a ROM for tomorrow, please place a link and brief description down below in the comments section. It would be great if you gave us just a couple of highlights that people could see and we would know what we’re missing out on.

Here’s a brief example:

*Link to forum thread or download* This ROM is for the Motorola X Phone and it’s great because it allows users to change the color of their notification area and to turn cats into dogs.

Tomorrow, we will go over any submissions and write up a few to share with everyone.

Taking ROM Submissions for Custom ROM Friday! is a post from: Droid Life