A Nexus device is well known for its easily unlockable bootloader. This means that plenty of custom ROMs, kernels and other mods are available for them within a couple of months of their launch. You must be looking for ROM which offers best battery life, Performance management without sacrificing Fingerprint scanner. ROM developers now have a stable base on which they can add in their own tweaks and customisation options. Here you’ll find Best Nexus 6P Custom ROMs.
Prerequisites to Flash a Custom ROM
- Your device should have unlocked bootloader.
- A custom Recovery like TWRP is needed.
- Backup your current ROM and Important data.
Warning!
These Custom ROMs are only for Huawei Nexus 6P. Flash these custom ROMs at your own risk. The developer of the ROM or we (droidopinions) should not be held responsible for any damages.
1. PureNexus
This ROM is only for Nexus devices and is one of best Custom Roms for Nexus 6P. PureNexus is also rooted out of the box, while being almost as stable. It is based on official Android firmware, so you’ll be having complete pure Android experience with this Rom along with tons of tweaks and firmware optimization that you won’t get on stock firmware. Flashing PureNexus will wipe your installed apps and its associated data. Some features are as follows:
Project Fi and T-Mobile US Calling support
Layers 4.0 support
SELinux Enforcing
KitKat style Silent mode
UI improvements
Improved App installer
Display weather status in notification drawer
Keep in mind that you will separately need to download and flash an Android 6.0 compatible Google Apps package after installing PureNexus.
2. Cataclysm
Unlike other custom ROMs, you can flash Cataclysm over your existing stock Android installation. This means that you will not lose your installed apps and their data, which is a huge win. Some of the features include:
Smart Radio, Quick Settings customisation
Status bar customisation
LED notification customisation
Lock screen customisation, Navigation bar customisation
Go through the Cataclysm app once you have installed the ROM and you will find options to customise nearly every aspect of the OS.
3. Chroma Rom
This is a custom ROM by zephiK, Recognized Developer. The ROM being a custom ROM still manages to have Android Pay working. Just like Pure Nexus, it is based on Android Open Source Project and comes with many tweaks. For customization purpose, it comes with Layers support that helps to customize most of the user interface sections in a very simple manner. Simply we could call it as simple as Google’s stock firmware with tons of features.
4. Benzo ROM
BenzoRom includes all the customizations you would need in a ROM based on stock Android, Starting from Layers support, Pie controls, App sidebar, Viper4Android to custom Animations it has it all. You might face few minor bugs here and there. Other than that its a good stable ROM.
Features:
Layers Manager, Un-encrypted
PA PIE Controls
Animation Options
Ad-Blocker, App Bar
DPI Changer
Lockscreen Options
Slim’s Ambient Display
Statusbar Clock Options
Quick Settings Options
Google Webview
Scroll Effects
OmniSwitch
Screen Recording
Wake Gestures
OTA Updates
Wi-Fi Calling
5. CleanCore N6P
This ROM has trimmed all the unnecessary application that comes pre-installed on your device. It has no other customization, they provide absolute stock experience with no bloatware and minimal gapps. You can expect good performance and a long battery life with this ROM.
The ROM is meant for users who like to keep their phone bare minimal, without too much hassle. Or the users who use alternative applications to the one’s that are removed, the users that are not heavily invested in Google’s ecosystem. You could easily install any of the applications removed from the Play Store if you need to.
The following things have been removed from the ROM
Books
Chrome
CloudPrint2
Drive
EditorsDocs
EditorsSheets
EditorsSlides
FitnessPrebuilt
GoogleEars
GoogleEarth
GoogleHindiIME
GooglePinyinIME
KoreanIME, Maps
Newsstand
Photos
PlusOne
PrebuiltNewsWeather
Missed your favorite one? Tell us in the comments below which ROM suits you best or the one you like the most.
you might want to look further,, Dirty Unicorns blows Pure Nexus away.