CM has always been the thigh of Android customized ROMs. After the first generation of CM became popular in the community in 2013, the CM version was favored by the majority of Android users. Custom ROM development enables users to customize different icons, desktop initiators and other firmware under the same system, giving users more personal color performance.

But before Christmas, CM's Twitter officially announced that the infrastructure related to the CyanogenMod project would be completely offline and would not be reopened at the end of the Christmas holiday. This marks the end of the CyanogenMod project, and a new customized ROM form Lineage OS will be officially launched. CM has gone, but fortunately, there are other mixed versions of Android available, some of which are more popular are Paranoid Android, Resurrection Remix and Dirty Unicorns.

CYANOGEN MOD & LINEAGE OS

Backed by the Cyanogen Mod tree, Lineage OS seems to have more star auras than other systems.

The developers of Lineage said that they would return to the grass-roots level for development and return to the mode of collaborative development and operation and maintenance of community developers, just as Cyanogen Mod originally originated from community driven to ensure professional quality and reliability.

PARANOID ANDROID

The design of the official website is very simple. If CM is the most popular customized Android ROM, most people have to admit that Paranoid Android is the second popular version. Paranoid Android borrows from many CM firmware styles and running functions, but Paranoid Android also has its own characteristics, such as Hover.

Hover is a click notification function. It supports pulling all the programs you have used before from the window and clicking the notification. This means that you can quickly respond to specific notifications in the notification bar, which is a very practical function for users who often forget social information.

There is also the use of Immersive mode (full screen mode) and Pie (virtual navigation key), which looks simple and stylish. But the disadvantage is that, This ROM has not been completely Chinese.

RESURRECTION REMIX

Resurrection Remix also does not leave the shadow of CM. Some of its configurations, including the main screen, lock screen, notification curtain, application drawer, and other custom options, refer to CM's theme engine. However, although it is slightly smaller than the first two systems, it is actually the system with the most customizable options.

Some enthusiasts believe that Resurrection Remix is the "father of Android customization". Because the routine of Resurrection Remix usually combines the strengths of a hundred companies, provides the best parts of various open source ROMs and some original development, so it is also very smooth.

Recently, the official has released the Resurrection Remix version of many devices on the Nougat version. If you value the aesthetic requirements of Android, you may try it.

DIRTY UNICORNS

Some people say that the biggest feature of Dirty Unicorns ROM is that it has no features. If you want to talk about popular features, simplicity is a more appropriate positioning.

Dirty Unicorns used to provide customized development with CM's theme engine, but recently it was reported that it would switch to Substratum to change the theme. This move has attracted wide praise, because more and more custom ROMs have begun to change from CM's theme engine development to Substratum, which is a professional theme management software that can be obtained in the market and includes Sony's Overlay Manager Service (OMS). The development team behind Dirty Unicorns said that the short-term goal is to integrate Substratum while fully utilizing the new functions of Nougat, focusing on creating more intelligent firmware in the operating system.