Viper OS is an android custom ROM, which aims to bring stability & useful features. Many of you might find it a new ROM as it has just released around the launch of android Nougat 7.1. But its release date hasn’t made it a dark horse, it has been able to achieve good success in a short span of time and has evolved into becoming a very stable ROM and is giving a tough fight to all the competitors out there.
The ROM is compact
and simple and doesn’t overdo in terms of feature which offers a great
balancing experience to the users. In recent times it has also updated their
source code after the launch of android Pie 9.0. I would recommend all of you
to give this ROM a go if you are looking for decent customization options.
If you are looking for a stable ROM with true tested features, minimal bugs, then this ROM perfect. Viper OS uses lineage OS as a foundation, which means, it is more secure than others.
Features List:
QS
settings
Rounded
corner settings
QS for
Reboot/Recovery
Style recants
AOSP and Quickstep
Face
auto unlock
WheaterClient
Battery
info Charging
Color
engine
theme
QS style
Buttons
and navbar settings
LED
battery Charging
LED
notifications colors
Power
Menu advanced
Fonts
packages
Viper OSROM – Review:
Well, Starting with the pros. By, default this ROM comes with a standard launcher which provides all the basic functionalities.
Swiping to the right. would let you view Google cards & swiping up from the bottom reveals the app drawer, where you get to see all apps installed on your phone.
Security:
Talking
about security, this ROM is no match in terms of security when you compare it
with other ROMS. Since it’s based on lineage OS the status of SELinux is set to
enforcing which means, it prevents apps and services from accessing files that
they are not supposed to be, this way a potential malicious process is limited
& your security preserved.
Customization:
When it
comes to customization, OH Boy, there is a lot, you can do it with this ROM.
Inside
settings -> under the category of Venom, you can see there are a lot of
options available to customize everything. Each category has organized in a
very neat way. There is a dedicated toggle that is present inside the Quick
tile menu to access these advanced settings.
Features:
This
ROM provides a OnePlus style of navigation gestures and it works across the
system. These gestures make the whole user experience much faster and easier.
You can
swipe up from the bottom to jump into the home screen and swiping up from the
bottom and holding it for a second reveals the app switcher, where you can view
all of the recently opened applications.
To use
a back gesture, you could either swipe up from the bottom left or right. Keep
in mind, these gestures, may not work as intended and at a certain point it
becomes unresponsive and you may end up restarting your phone.
Next up, when you are inside the app switcher, you can close all apps with a gesture, you can simply use the swipe down gestures free up the ram space. This is so cool, if you feel, your phone is running out of memory, you can use these shortcut gestures to free up the system space.
Talking about gestures, you can double-tap anywhere on the home screen to invoke the torchlight. I feel this gesture is quite handy and you don’t need to use any quick tile panel to access the torchlight toggle. Just with this simple double-tap gesture, you can quickly control the state of the flashlight.
System-level of customization:
When it
comes to system-level of customization, you can see, there are a lot of things
you do.
Under
the color manger toggle, you can use the accent color according to your fancy
and at the same time, you can also customize the look & feel of the Quick
tilt style. As, there are a lot of styles available.
Also,
you can change the style of the toggle switches & there are few switch
styles available that can be applied with a single tap.
When it
comes to lock screen, you can customize the look of the clock, there are four
styles available at the moment & it looks so cool.
Overall,
I would say there are tons of options available that you can dig around. Normal
things like, Wi-Fi – Bluetooth, fingerprints, Wi-Fi hotspot, UPI apps, face
unlocking, wide Vine L1 everything works fine.
The
performance and battery life both are good. While gaming, I did play PUBG at
HDR extreme mode & it feels good and you may notice a few frames drops and lags.
When it comes to battery, I do get 5 + hours of SOT which is not bad.
Now if we talk about Cons,
This
ROM is seemed to be OBSOLETE and you may not expect to see any further builds.
In fact, the developer of this ROM for Poco f1 is going to close the thread but
OnePlus users may hope to see any future builds based on android 10
When it
comes to navigation gestures, as I told you there is a slight glitch in the
system UI, which would make the whole device freeze for a moment & may
become unresponsive.
Even
though the ROM is more secure but still I don’t
understand why It didn’t pass the safety net check & don’t
worry, UPI apps works fine.
So, in my opinion this Rom is the most underrated ROM which I have ever come across. A big kudos to the developers for their efforts putting in this ROM and I hope they continue to provide support for the older android devices.
How to Install ?
Now if you’re interested in installing this, here is a step by step installation guide. You Can Install Viper OS from any stock or custom ROM. This process requires a clean installation method. So, backup your important data. I’m not responsible, if something goes wrong, proceed at your own risk.
Download all the files from the above links & place it in to your SD Card / Internal Storage
Then, On Your Current ROM, Sign Out from Google Accounts, Remove Lock Screen Passwords, Pins, Fingerprints. This helps us clean installation hassle free, else you may run in to any encryption issues.
Then Backup your Data to your Computer or Laptop.
Now Boot in to TWRP (Use Specific Key Combination)
Perform clean install, if you are coming from different Rom Wipe -> Advanced Wipe -> System, Data, Cache, Dalvik/Art.
Then Install ZIP – Select “Viper OS ROM” then choose Add More Zips – Select – “Gapps” and “Disable Force Encryption” Zip Files and flash it.
Once Its Done, Go Back TO Home – Wipe – Format DATA – type “YES” to remove encryption (WARNING: This will wipe the entire internal storage so I assume you have backed up your data)