LG G Pad 10.1 is a configured Android tablet, with its 10.1 inch display you can watch movies with high clarity. With its powerful processor you can play high graphic games with easy and fast multitasking. Well LG put its official customized Android OS in its G Pad and is look pretty bad too. If you think the same as me, then you will get happy to know that I have some solution to this problem, No not any launcher better than that — a custom ROM. Custom ROM is customized Android OS specially for some purpose like to change the interface, performance or battery backup of the previous Android device.
These custom ROMs are made by some third-party developers that means these are not official OS so if you install these on your device then it may voids your device’s warranty. There are also some preparations and precautions to take before installing a custom ROM to any Android device, you can read all of them below.
- First all you need to root your LG G Pad 10.1 and install a custom recovery after it.
- How to Root LG G Pad 10.1, also read how to install custom recovery to it.
- Charge your phone sufficient enough, so it can easily go through the whole installation process.
- Make sure that you backup all of your important data because this installation process will wipe all the data stored on your phone’s memory, not the memory card or any external drive attached to the G Pad.
- This custom ROM installation guide and files provided here are only for LG G Pad 10.1, do not try to use them with other variant (not even with the 8.0 version of LG G Pad).
Candy 5 ROM:
Candy 5 ROM is built from Cyanogen mod 12.1 source to give user a fully customize-able custom ROM with Candy 5 features and custom kernel. This custom ROM have OTA update support so you can easily get new updates and features made by Candy 5 ROM team.
Features: CyanogenMod 12.1 based, candy interface, custom navigation bar, clock and date options, battery saver mode coloring, dark mode, wakelock blocker, theme engine, lock screen shortcuts, custom DPI, omni switch, custom notification lights, disable IME selector, rotation 360 degrees, animations, visual improvements.
Euphoria OS 1.1:
Another custom ROM based on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop with its features and interface but Euphoria ROM is different from all those custom ROMs. Euphoria OS have its own custom kernel for better performance and smooth multitasking. You can use this ROM for better battery performance.
Features: Android 5.1.1 Lollipop based, Double tap to wake, double tap to sleep, quick pull down quick settings, customize-able notification bar, status bar customization, SuperSU by Chainfire, app list and grid view select, battery saver brightness, ambient display, automatic brightness control, lots of customization options.
Stock ROM for LG G Pad 10.1:
Stock ROM for LG G Pad 10.1 is not the old one this stock ROM is pre-rooted so you don’t have to root your LG G Pad again. This stock ROM is not tweaked for any performance or smoothness, this is your old beloved LG G Pad 10.1 ROM with all the old features and user interface and simplicity.
Features: Deodexed, zip aligned, pre-rooted with chain fire SuperSU, flash-able through custom recovery, Google apps pre built-in this ROM.
Download LG G Pad 10.1 Stock ROM
BlissPop 5.1.1:
BlissPop 5.1.1 is another Android 5.1.1 Lollipop based custom ROM but this ROM is highly customize-able so use this custom ROM if you use to customize you phone for some good looks. And this is not it, this custom ROM is also tweaked for better multitasking, performance, battery backup and stability. Bliss Pop custom ROM also have its own custom kernel for more performance than ever before. Check out some features of this custom ROM below.
Features: Based on CyanogenMod 12.1, clock and date options, battery options, bliss logo options, notification count, breathing notifications, navigation bar toggle, power button ends call option, memory bar in recents task screen, left-handed mode, double tap to wake/sleep, omni switch, status bar header, tile options.
Temasek custom ROM:
Temasek custom ROM is the most tweaked custom ROM for performance, Temasek custom ROM also have its own pre-installed kernel for more performance and smoothness. If you want your tablet to play high graphic games like Shadow gun or Modern Combat 5 then you should go for this custom ROM.
Features: Android 5.1.1 Lollipop, status bar customization, clock alignment, floating windows, charging animations, dotted circle battery bar settings, battery bar, battery colors, quick pull down, smart pull down, quick settings arrangement, DPI settings, live display, ambient display, doze, network traffic, recents RAM bar.
Skinny ROM:
Skinny ROM is the smallest custom ROM for LG G Pad 10.1, this custom ROM is trimmed to give you most space and storage for you. You can download and install this custom ROM on your LG G Pad if you want to store lots of music, movies, songs and pictures on it. As this custom ROM is small so it is also battery friendly and gives you good and smooth user interface.
Features: Stock kernel for same stability, based on Android 4.4 Kit kat, de bloated (removed lots of unusable apps), deodexed for system apps customization, pre rooted with SuperSU, busy box installed, init.d support and much more to explore.
These custom ROMs don’t come with Google apps pre-installed to make the custom ROM package smaller to make it easier to share with you all custom ROM lovers. But don’t you worry about it, these Google apps can easily be downloaded and installed on your phone. Download the appropriate Google apps respective of your custom ROM from here and install it as directed.
If you know about any custom ROM which is not listed here and you want to share that ROM with us then you can do that using the comment section below. Also if you got stuck on anything about custom ROM then shoot it directly in the comment section.
Take Into Account:
The custom ROMs featured in this post are not going to work on all versions. Many ROMs are made for a particular model number. You can see the model number that the custom ROM is made for after you click the download links.
August 2, 2016 @ 14:48
None of this worked in my LG G Pad 10.1 (v700). =/