Best Custom ROMs for Realme 5 Pro (Android 10)

Realme 5 Pro was one of the best Budget Smartphone release of 2019 and gave a tough time to Redmi lineup. It also got a good response in developing community and there are many good Custom ROMs available for Realme 5 Pro. We have compiled this list of 5 best Custom ROMs for Realme 5 Pro that are stable, receive timely updates, and can be your daily driver.

Custom ROMs are the aftermarket firmware that you can flash to get a whole new OS experience. When it comes to Realme, which runs on ColorOS with a lot of Bloatware, you will love Custom ROMs. One of the best thing about Custom ROM is the level of Customizability it brings to Android, also, you get a lot of features and better support for Magisk Modules and Xposed Modules.

Speaking of Realme 5 Pro, it was released back in August, 2019. It sports a Qualcomm SDM712 Snapdragon 712 chipset and Adreno 616. It comes in 4 variants: 64GB 4GB RAM, 64GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM, and 128GB 8GB RAM. The display is a 6.3 inches IPS LCD panel with 1080 x 2340 pixels resolution. It houses a Quad-camera setup on the back that consists of 48 MP primary lens, ultrawide, macro, and a depth lens. For selfies, a 16 MP camera is present in a teardrop notch. It is fueled by a 4035 mAh battery that supports 20W fast charging.

best Custom ROMs for Realme 5 Pro

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List of Best Custom ROMs for Realme 5 Pro

  1. Pixel Experience
  2. Evolution X
  3. LineageOS 17.1
  4. DerpFest
  5. AospExtended ROM V7.0

Pixel Experience

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The Best Custom ROM for Realme 5 Pro is Pixel Experience. It is an AOSP based Custom ROM inspired by Google Pixel Smartphone OS. It contains all the goodies of Pixel OS like Wallpaper, Ringtones, boot animations, animations, and all other things.

Furthermore, PE is one of the most used custom ROM among the Android community because of its timely updates of Android security patches and customizations features.

GApps come flashed with this ROM so you can flash the ROM and use it right away. It is very stable, and users who are using it gave fairly positive feedbacks.

Maintained by: Orgasmtrron

ROM OS Version: Android 10

Status: Stable

Evolution X

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At 2nd Position in our list of Best Custom ROMs for Realme 5 Pro is Evolution X. It is an AOSP based custom ROM with all pixel stuff like Wallpaper, Sound, boot animations, fonts, and icons. The GApps are preinstalled in the ROM.

The ROM is based on the Pixel OS but comes with a lot of customizable options. The ROM also receives timely security updates.

Maintained by: yog12

ROM OS Version: Android 10

Status: Stable

LineageOS 17.1

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LineageOS is the most used and most trusted Custom ROM out there. It was started as CyanogenMod and known to be the first custom ROM or firmware which was able to make its way to some smartphone as pre-installed default firmware.

LineageOS is based on AOSP code and you will hardly feel a difference from stock Android. There are some third-party apps like Trebuchet, AudioFX, Clock, Dialer. Jelly, Eleven Music Player, Recorder, Snap Camera. All the apps are useful and there are no Ads in them. LineageOS comes without Google app or GApps, you have to install them after flashing the ROM.

Due to its stability and performance, many other custom ROMs use LineageOS code as their base, some of them are Resurrection Remix and crDroid.

Maintained by:  kemo12533

ROM OS Version: Android 10

Status: Stable

DerpFest

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DerpFest is based on AOSip and adds a lot of extra features that are not found in AOSiP. You can check the features in the image below:

DerpFest features

Maintained by:  kaderbava

ROM OS Version: Android 10

Status: Stable

AospExtended ROM V7.0

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AEX is last in our Best Custom ROMs for Redmi Note 7 Pro list. AospExtended is an AOSP based custom ROM with some respectable amount of features. The UI is pure Stock Android with a Custom AEX wallpaper and an AEX boot animation.

There are three extra apps which are Via browser, Retro music player, and a Wallpaper app of AEX. Other than that, there is no bloat, and ROM is quite clean. If you ignore the customization options, the ROM can be said as Stock Android.

The Extension option in settings contains all the Customization options of ROM, There are a fair amount of features for the Status bar, Navigation bar, Lock screen, and System.

Maintained by:  yog12

ROM OS Version: Android 10

Status: Stable


That’s it, these are 5 Best Custom ROMs for Realme 5 Pro that you can flash and use as your daily driver. You can also root your device and use magisk Modules and Xposed framework.

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