{"id":50543,"date":"2023-03-09T22:21:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T22:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2023\/03\/09\/10-years-ago-custom-rom-friday-was-shiny\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T22:22:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T22:22:49","slug":"10-years-ago-custom-rom-friday-was-shiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2023\/03\/09\/10-years-ago-custom-rom-friday-was-shiny\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Years Ago, Custom ROM Friday was ‘Shiny’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Holy craaaap<\/em>, guys, we\u2019re getting outdated. 10 years in the past, we have been nonetheless doing a Custom ROM Friday<\/strong><\/a> submit each single Friday. 10 years in the past, on March 8, we posted up the Shiny ROM for the Galaxy Nexus<\/a>. Written in my submit, I famous that Pete Alfonso had left the ROM improvement scene, and with that transfer, of us have been in search of replacements to run on their Android telephones. Shiny ROM was gaining a number of recognition through RootzWiki<\/em>, so we highlighted all of it these years in the past.<\/p>\n

Curious what was inside Shiny ROM? Highlights included a inventory deodexed (I miss this phrase) construct of Android 4.2.2, was simply rootable, Google apps (Gmail, Google Play, and many others.), Android 4.2 wallpapers and sounds, and \u201cthe whole lot works.\u201d You recognize when the ROM developer lists that the whole lot works, you\u2019re gonna have a very good time.<\/p>\n

Following our posting of the ROM, the developer of Shiny, Baldwinguy77<\/em>, commented the next.<\/p>\n

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Hey everybody! Baldwinguy77 right here, I simply had to verify I finished by to present a HUGE due to Droid Life and the entire Shiny customers who stopped by to suggest Shiny for Customized ROM Friday. I\u2019ve been following this website since I first bought the OG droid a number of years in the past, and I\u2019m extraordinarily honored to be featured on right here, what I (and lots of others) contemplate to be the head of Android information. Thanks once more, and sustain the wonderful, distinctive work right here on Droid Life.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Shout-out to Baldwinguy77! We hope you\u2019re doing nicely all of those years later. I really want to do some kind of observe up with a number of the OG ROM builders. I feel that may very well be fairly enjoyable, proper? And earlier than you ask, sure, I’ve reached out to Federico of LauncherPro numerous instances and he has but to reply to my requests for an interview. Secure to say the rewrite isn\u2019t coming, of us.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n