Years ago, on Fridays, we would share Custom ROM Friday posts that would highlight new and exciting developments in the world of custom Android ROMs. It was great times, as it seemed like the majority of our readers at the time were deep into running custom software and accessing root...
No root, no fun, I always go with custom ROMs and a bunch of modules, LSposed services and apps with root services.
Currently in Magisk I have the following modules:
Play Integrity Fix and Playcurl both to pass Safety Net and device integrity.
REX YT and REX YT music I found it faster and easier to handle with said modules than using a revanced app manager (especially because I change custom ROMs often and I hate ticking stuff often LMAO).
Systemless Hosts for AdAway.
Zygisk LSposed for a bunch of other services.
Zygisk Detach to have a sane way to avoid auto update per app in the Google Play Store.
In LSposed I have currently on the following apps:
Classic Power Menu which gives me quick access to my Google Home gadgets, even from the LS.
Discovery Killer to get rid of Google Discovery, or better yet, take advantage of it and replace it with a better app, like Feeder.
Lucky Patcher to get coins and stuff for the old game “Nimble Quest” which I had to side load because it is no longer possible to download it from the Playstore, nor buy stuff “legally” (yey freedom!).
Twifucker for getting rid of Twitter ads and some other perks which I don’t think I use (I also use Instander for the same subject).
Regarding the apps I granted root permissions to work nice:
AdAway to block ads systemwide with the host file without wasting the DNS/VPN spots nor draining Battery.
App Manager to manage apps (duh).
Battery Guru to manage the battery (I’m still amazed iOS has more transparency than android in this regard, at least in A14 with my phone I’m not able to see the battery health of my hardware).
BBS, I used to use it to check wakelocks, but Guru does it too, I have it on, but the app is frozen.
Classic Power Menu
Discovery Killer
Droidify (the only sane way to auto update apps without manual interaction, I think).
Force Doze, to save battery, allegedly.
Fp Downloader to spoof my fingerprint when Google bans it, just open the app and that’s it.
FKM to manage my kernel, install other kernels, backup boot and dtbo images etc.
Hail to froze apps as I like.
Horizon Kernel Flasher to flash other kernels (I found it faster than FKM).
IceBox, similar to Hail, I found it first but I could just use Hail alone.
Swift Backup to have a sane system backup, again, iOS does this way better than Google, with Swift Backup at least you get a way to backup all the relevant stuff of your info and it also support plenty of cloud services.
Termux to manage detach and some other stuff.
I wouldn’t say I’m a power user, but I like complete freedom of using my phone as I please, and as a former jailbreak user I won’t let Google get rid of that fun for me.