Stock ROM Vs Custom ROM

If You Are An Android User, Then You Must Have Thought About Upgrading Your Android Version. In This Topic Of Upgrading Android Version, You Have Heard About "Stock ROM" And "Custom ROM". These Are Also Called "Official Firmware" And "Unofficial Firmware".

Many People Search On Google That "How To Upgrade Kitkat Version To Marshmallow?" OR "How To Upgrade Nougat To Oreo In Android?"
So In This Blog, We Are Going To Learn:-

• What Is Stock ROM?
• What Is Custom ROM?
• Difference Between Stock ROM And Custom ROM

So Lets Start....

What Is STOCK ROM?

It Is Basically The Software That Comes Pre-Installed In Your Phone Such As Kitkat, Lollipop, Marshmallow, Nougat,etc.When We Purchase A New Phone, The Software Which Comes With The Phone That Is Installed By The Manufacturer Is Known As Stock ROM. These ROMs Are Made By Google And There Are Very Less Chances That It Contain Bugs. And There Are Bugs In The ROM, Then They Are Fixed By Updates.

What Is CUSTOM ROM?

Custom ROM Is A Third Party ROM Which Can Be Made By Any Developer And You Have To Install It Manually In Your Phone For Which You Have To ROOT Your Phone Which Is A Very Risky Process For A Normal User. Basically Custom ROM Is A Very Customized Software Having Lots Of Tweaks And Features That Stock Rom Doesn't Have.

The Developer Makes Custom ROM And Uploads It In The Internet Where Anyone Can Download It. But It Has A Problem That It Contains Bugs Or Error Which Can't Be Fixed By The User. Usually Most Of The Custom ROMs Contains Bugs For Which The User Doesn't Want These Bugs And They Usually Tries To Rollback To Their Stock ROM Which Is Made By The Developers Of Google And Doesn't Contain Bugs OR Errors.

Examples Of Custom ROM Are:-

• Resurrection Remix
• Cyanogen Mod
• Lineage OS

Apart From These, There Are Many More ROMs Available..

Difference Between Stock ROM And Custom ROM

• Stock ROM Is Made By The Developers Of Google Whereas Custom ROM Can Be Made By Any Developer Who Knows Coding.
• Stock ROM Ensures The Warranty Of Your Phone Which Can Be Used If  Phone Causes Any Problem But If You Install Custom ROM In Your Phone, Your Warranty Will Void.
• There Are Very Less Chances That You Will Find Any Bug Or Error In Stock ROM , And If There Are Some Bugs In The Phone, Then Google Fixes It By Updates Whereas Custom ROM Contains Many Bugs And Errors Which Cannot Be Fixed Once Installed.
• Stock ROM IS Made By Google So We Can Trust About Security And Privacy But Custom ROM Can't Be Trusted As It Is Made By An Individual.
• In Stock ROM, We Can't Delete Inbuilt Apps Which Are Added In The Phone By The Company But In Custom ROM, We Can Easily Uninstall Any Kind Of App.
• In Stock ROM, We Can't Customize Our Phone But In Custom ROM, We Can Customize Lots Of Things.
• Stock ROM Is Safe But When We Install Custom ROM, There Are Chances That Our Phone May Brick Or Become Dead If We Install Inappropriate ROM That Is Not Made For Our Phone.

So I Hope You All Understood The Difference Between Stock ROM And Custom ROM. So Please Keep Reading My Blogs And I Will Se You In The Next One.