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General => Technology & Hardware => Topic started by: Growler on July 31, 2013, 10:31:09 am

Title: New to Android... do I want to install custom mod?
Post by: Growler on July 31, 2013, 10:31:09 am

So I picked up a LG L7 new for $99 to dip my feet in the android world.

Nice phone, may not be the fastest thing in the world but it will do my needs.

What advantages do I get from going to a custom rom, what roms should I look at?

Phone is currently running 4.1.2, I undertand it support 4.2 on roms no issue.

Title: New to Android... do I want to install custom mod?
Post by: Growler on July 31, 2013, 10:36:11 am

Pacman rom works on it.
Cyanogen works on it.
Miui Rom works
Then there is all these ones like CM 10.1 Avatar Rom Extreme, Galaxy S4 etc etc.

Title: New to Android... do I want to install custom mod?
Post by: mattnz on July 31, 2013, 10:47:32 am

If you don't see yourself using the features of the rom (or the OS upgrade), I wouldn't bother.

Maybe use it for a while and get a feel for what extra functionality you might appreciate.

Title: New to Android... do I want to install custom mod?
Post by: Retardobot on July 31, 2013, 11:10:16 am

I probably wouldn't bother with a ROM until you're ready to upgrade.

The cheaper phones don't take to ROMs too well as the devs tend to spend less time on optimizing them for low-end devices.

However, I'll +1 LiquidSmooth ROM whenever I can.

Title: New to Android... do I want to install custom mod?
Post by: Xenolightning on July 31, 2013, 05:19:14 pm

Probably stay away from MIUI, it's not a "speedy" rom unless you do further tweaks to it.

If you want something that will improve the day to day performance and battery life, I'd recommend the Raw Cyanogenmod. It works fantastically.

Title: New to Android... do I want to install custom mod?
Post by: Bounty Hunter on August 01, 2013, 06:35:15 pm

Not worth it for the lower end phones tbh