[Q] Custom ROMs and their similarity

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agurudev

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Does anyone else feel that most custom ROMs today look and feel 95% similar? I mean the only changes seems to be which module they are using for the tweaks and the boot animations though some are much more stable than the others.

I am Carbon and love the minimalist approach that it has taken and it is super smooth and stable.

From a ROM perspective, I find that there are two which are doing things differently -
1. PA ROM, they have gone away from the customization menu and allowed this to happen dynamically
2. MIUI - Completely different look and feel.

Are there others which are vastly different from the rest? Look forward to your suggestions. Thanks.
 
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Different... maybe the ones based on sense, touchwiz... but yeah, a lot of roms have the same things but with different form.
 
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agurudev said:
Can you please name a few Slim features that are unique? I need to try this if it is good.
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He said original, not unique. Other ROMs might have taken some features but it was original to that ROM. Hardly any features would be "unique" as its likely another will take the commits and implement it into their own ROM.

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Lethargy said:
He said original, not unique. Other ROMs might have taken some features but it was original to that ROM. Hardly any features would be "unique" as its likely another will take the commits and implement it into their own ROM.

Sent from my Nexus 5
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Got it and you are absolutely right, most of these are in Carbon which I am on. I was wondering if there were any unique Custom ROMs. I listed 2 on my OP, looking for any more.
 
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agurudev said:
Didnt know that, thanks for the info. I thought it was different grounds up as I could not find Root, App drawer, etc. So is there any ROM that is different? How about the beta version of Ubuntu thats out now?
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That's more like an entire new OS compared to an Android custom ROM.

Ubuntu Touch, Firefox OS, Sailfish OS.

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agurudev said:
Do we have Sailfish for our hardware?
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Their devs (or someone helping them develop the OS) are porting it to the Nexus 5. There's an experimental source which you can build, its not daily driver capable yet. I've built it and successfully booted into it on my Nexus 5 before.

See my other post:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53079592


Sent from my Nexus 5

Edit: my images went down, let me reupload them.

Edit2: they're up again :)
 
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    agurudev said:
    Can you please name a few Slim features that are unique? I need to try this if it is good.
    Click to expand...
    Click to collapse
    He said original, not unique. Other ROMs might have taken some features but it was original to that ROM. Hardly any features would be "unique" as its likely another will take the commits and implement it into their own ROM.

    Sent from my Nexus 5
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    Elluel
    Elluel
    agurudev said:
    Do we have Sailfish for our hardware?
    Click to expand...
    Click to collapse
    Their devs (or someone helping them develop the OS) are porting it to the Nexus 5. There's an experimental source which you can build, its not daily driver capable yet. I've built it and successfully booted into it on my Nexus 5 before.

    See my other post:
    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53079592


    Sent from my Nexus 5

    Edit: my images went down, let me reupload them.

    Edit2: they're up again :)
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