OmniROM is an

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s, based on the

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mobile platform. It involves a number of prominent developers from other projects.

Development

OmniROM was founded in reaction to the commercialisation of ROM project

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. At launch, the project provided custom firmware based on

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, and they moved to

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shortly after its release. Their KitKat firmware included support for the

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, Oppo Find 5,

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and Lenovo A6000. OmniROM quickly gained popularity during development of Android 4.4 KitKat. In June 2015, the project started to release

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s based on

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for the

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, Oppo Find 7/7a,

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and

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. OmniROM was one of the first custom ROMs to provide patches for the KRACK security vulnerability. As of January 2018, Oreo builds were on a weekly update schedule. OmniROM was one of several ROM development teams being courted by ASUS, teaming with XDA, to help seed development for

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. OmniROM was the first custom ROM for

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. In March 2020, OmniROM began offering builds including

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Reception

In 2013, Russell Holly of

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said "OmniRom is the ultimate Android tweaker ROM." A later review said OmniROM is "one of the few community-focused Android builds available today that is focused on supporting as many devices as possible while adding new features as often as possible." In 2017, Tomek Kondrat of

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, after an interview of two developers, said OmniROM has a distinct and polished Android experience, with a history of introducing excellent features, and said "Innovation, transparency, community, and freedom are the founding ideas behind the project!" In a 2017 detailed review on the

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, Jeff McIntire concluded "OmniROM has some unique features" and called it "a no-frills, easy-to-configure ROM that won’t bog down your phone with bloatware." In 2018, Williams Pelegrin of Android Authority said OmniROM is one of the more popular Android ROMs available, and it contains little to no bloatware; however, he criticized OmniROM's camera app for taking pictures that are over-exposed and blurrier, particularly in low-light conditions. OmniROM has been mentioned in books.

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* {{Android Custom Android firmware Free mobile software

Development

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