Nexus 6 is the new flagship device and the most powerful resurrection. Motorola and Google has almost put it all to make it one of the beastly device with latest Stock Android v5 Lollipop. Nexus 6 has a Quad Core 2.7 GHz Krait 450 CPU on a Snapdragon 805 Chipset paired with Adreno 420. This is the most latest and powerful specs any phone has currently. But still users who want to root their Nexus 6 and get more out of them would be looking for the custom ROM available for Nexus 6. We have searched it all and found the best available custom firmwares for Nexus 6 phone. We were not able to test the ROMs as we are yet to get our hands on it. But still there are lots of users out there who have tested the ROM and praising them.
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Best Custom ROM For Nexus 6
SlimLP Android 5.0 for Nexus 6
Developer – SlimROMs
As the name suggest, the ROM is entirely about speed and performance. It is based on AOSP and strips off the unnecessary features of the stock ROM, while making the other features much more efficient to provide a smooth and fluid user experience. Also battery life will increase significantly.
Features
Some of the main features of this ROM have been highlighted below –
- Slim Recents – The recent apps option has been redesigned to provide a better multitasking experience.
- SlimPIE –This helps in faster app switching.
- Privacy Guard –This in-built app will help you to control those permissions.
- Advanced reboot menu – You can reboot to recovery, power off, soft reboot etc directly.
- Double-tap to sleep
Problems Reported
The ROM is still in alpha mode for Nexus 6. As a result, there are still a few inconsistencies that need to be figured out. Many users have reported that all the Google Apps (Google Maps, Gmail, Play Store etc) are not working simultaneously. So, people who are heavily dependent on these apps should probably stay away from this ROM at the moment.
Download Links
You can download the ROM, GApps and other necessary add ons from this link – Download SlimROM.
How To Flash This ROM
Just follow the steps below to the letter and the setup will be complete in no time.
- Download the ROM, GApps from the link and transfer them to your SD card.
- In recovery mode, wipe data, cache; in mounts and storage format system and in advanced wipe dalvik cache.
- Flash the ROM and then the GApps.
- Finally reboot, and you are all setup.
You can know more about Slim ROM for Nexus 6 from the XDA link – SLimROMs XDA.
OmniROM for Nexus 6
Developer – OmniROM Contributors
OmniROM is another custom ROM which is based again based on AOSP. OmniROM is actually developed from the famous Cyanogen MOD ROM so one can definitely expect some brilliant features from this. It is lightweight, yet is power packed with features that every Android user should cherish.
Features
This ROM has several unique features, some of them have been written below –
- Choose what you want – The Google Apps package that needs to be installed with this comes in various formats – Google Stock Package, Full Modular Package, Mini Modular and Macro Modular Packages. They differ in size and by the number of Google Apps that will be installed.
- Flick2Wake And Flick2Sleep – These two options are found in the advanced settings of this ROM. With these options turned on, one can power on the device simply by flicking the wrist.
Problems Reported
This ROM is in alpha version at the moment. The ROM actually can be easily used as a daily driver, however one problem has been found by several users. The advanced settings is force closing. So the options like Flick2Wake cannot be used at the moment.
Download Links
You can download the ROM from this link – ROM and GApps from here – GApps.
How To Flash This ROM
Just follow the steps below to flash the ROM.
- Download the ROM, GApps from the link and transfer them to your SD card.
- In recovery mode, wipe data, cache; in mounts and storage format system and in advanced wipe dalvik cache.
- Flash the ROM and then the GApps.
- Finally reboot, and you are all setup.
- ALso, if you do not have root access, simply flash SuperSU
You can know more about this OmniROM for Nexus 6 from the XDA link – OmniROM XDA.
Liquid Smooth for Nexus 6
Developers – LiquidSmooth developer
Liquid Smooth is actually an aftermarket firmware. Like the other ROMs above this, it is also based on AOSP. This, too, focuses on smooth performance and then allows its users to add the features they want later.Some users have also reported a better battery life compared to stock firmware.
Features
Some of the best and unique features of this ROM have been written below.
- Forced encryption disabled – From Android 5.0 onwards, encryption has become mandatory in Android. The Nexus 6 is no different. However, it has been seen that this encryption actually causes loss in performance, often by more than 50%. Liquid Smooth has the option to disable this, so that you can get the maximum performance from your Nexus.
- Spam filter – Almost all of us has been affected by spam messages atleast once in our lives. At such times, we often crave for a good spam filter to take care of these on our behalf. That’s exactly what this ROM has – an inbuilt spam filter.
- Privacy Guard – Like Slim ROM, this too has a privacy guard to manage app permissions on your Nexus.
- Custom toast animations
- Double tap statusbar to put device to sleep
- Screen Density changer.
Problems Reported
This ROM is still in nightly version, so there are quite a few problems in this. A major problem that has been experience by several users is the fact that they are unable to change the APN settings. There isn’t any option for APN change yet. For several users who need to change those to enable internet should not download this ROM for now. Also, camera is force closing in some devices.
Download Links
You can download the ROM from this link – ROM and GApps from here – GApps. The GApps is the same as that for the SlimROM.
How To Flash This ROM
The instructions to install LiquidSmooth ROM have been written below.
- Download the ROM, GApps from the link and transfer them to your SD card.
- In recovery mode, wipe data, cache; in mounts and storage format system and in advanced wipe dalvik cache.
- Flash the ROM and then the GApps.
- Flash latest SuperSU app to get root permissions.
- Finally reboot, and you are all setup.
You can know more about this ROM from the XDA link – LiquidSmooth XDA.
We shall keep on updating as these versions get updated and other ROMs are developed. Continue to keep a check on this article to get the latest updates, and let us know about your favourite ROMs in the comments below.
