Nexus 6: Custom ROM List

Once you are rooted and have a custom recovery installed, then it’s time to pick from this Nexus 6 custom ROM list of all the ones I can find right now.

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy vanilla stock Android as much as the next person but there’s just something about getting some very useful and unique extra features along with it. I am a recovering flashaholic and these days I will generally flash an updated custom ROM about once a month. That is, assuming an update doesn’t include some really interesting feature or something because I’ll flash it the day of release if I can.

There’s just something fun about being able to install a different firmware onto your smartphone and see just about everything, features and design, change from how it was last week. I’ve gone from Cataclysm to SlimROMs to Paranoid Android to CM12/12.1. I mainly stick to CM12.1 now because it has relatively good support on the LG G3. My custom ROM of choice on the Nexus 5 was Paranoid Android but I wasn’t seeing much support from them on the G3 upon release.

Even then, Paranoid Android’s Legacy base builds are CM anyways so I figured I might as well stay on the base.

During this time I have grown quite fond of CyanogenMod but this wouldn’t have been possible if it weren’t for the ability to disable the navigation bar via a build.prop modification and use the Pie Control application from the Google Play Store. I have just formed such a habit of using Pie Controls that it is going to be hard for me to stray away from it. Either way, with the Nexus 6, you can install a plethora of custom ROMs which will give you all sorts of features so let’s take a look at some of your choices.

There are all what I have been able to find on the XDA Developer forums. If there are some missing, or if some links are dead, please let me know by leaving a comment at the bottom of this article.

Nexus 6 Custom ROM List

• Official CM12.1 Nighty
• OmniROM
• SlimLP
• Dirty Unicorns
• RastaPop
• PAC-ROM
• Paranoid Android
• Resurrection Remix
• AICP
• Candy 5
• Euphoria OS
• AOSiP
• Chroma
• Benzo Rom
• Unofficial Temasek
• OptiPop
• BlissPop
• CyanHacker Rom
• N6Shamu
• MeanPop
• Terminus
• Team UB Rom
• Cyanide L
• Martyrs’ Day
• Unofficial CM12.1
• CleanROM
• Exodus
• CherryCM12.1
• Validus
• SinLess ROM
• DarkKat
• FlexOS
• XenonHD
• NexZen
• l33t
• Unofficial Beanstalk
• Rayglobe
• Oct-L
• Lollipop Dream
• Project D.I.S.C.O.
• Vanillapop
• Outqast
• LightROM

Custom ROMs to note, in my humble opinion, have been moved to the very top. So ROMs like CM12.1, SlimLP, Omni, Paranoid Android, Resurrection Remix, Candy 5, AICP, PAC-ROM, RastaPop, Dirty Unicorns, etc. Although, you shouldn’t feel typecast to getting one of the mainstream custom ROMs. That’s the whole point of a custom ROM is that each one of them caters perfectly to a segment of the user base. Read through them, if you have the time of course, and find out which one best suits your style.

Try it out for a week or two and see if it’s something you enjoy. As OnePlus says though, Never Settle, and continue looking for the best one. Even if you think one custom ROM might be the best you might find another one that is even better than that. You’ll never know until you try them out and this is one of my favorite aspects of the Android community.

How to Install a Nexus 6 Custom ROM

If you are curious about how to install one of these amazing custom ROMs listed above, you’ll want to check out a tutorial I wrote previously. The article covers how to install a custom ROM on the Nexus 6 and will take you through the entire process, from beginning to end. Just like that article mentions, you’re going to need to have root access to your Nexus 6 and you’re going to need to install a custom recovery on the Nexus 6 as well. Please follow those tutorials for guidance on how that is done if you need.

I want to hear which custom ROM(s) you like the most. Let me know which ones you think perform the best on the Nexus 6 and why you think they are better than the rest.