devgoyal519
Newbie
What is a custom os can you tell it's advantages . When we press volume down key + home + off button it comes to download . Please help
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A custom OS is a ROM built by an enthusiast or team of such rather than the manufacturer. Advantages may include more features or customisation, less bloatware, and sometimes even android versions that had not been officially released for the device. Drawbacks may be that not all are as stable as stock software (some may be as stable or more so, but not all will be), some may have features that don't work, or there may be differences in performance (which can go both ways, e.g. the ROM could be faster but have poorer battery life). There aren't general statements you can make like this, it depends on the particular ROM.
These things are specific to the particular device model you have. Some may have many custom ROMs, some may have none at all. Some are easy to unlock and install custom software on, some are impossible. Without knowing what phone or tablet you have it's impossible to be more specific.
Now your second question seems unconnected to the first. That just sounds like you've used a key combination to enter "download mode", which is a normal feature on many phones (others have something similar called "fastboot mode"). Just reboot the phone to get out of it if that wasn't what you wanted to do.
These things are specific to the particular device model you have. Some may have many custom ROMs, some may have none at all. Some are easy to unlock and install custom software on, some are impossible. Without knowing what phone or tablet you have it's impossible to be more specific.
Now your second question seems unconnected to the first. That just sounds like you've used a key combination to enter "download mode", which is a normal feature on many phones (others have something similar called "fastboot mode"). Just reboot the phone to get out of it if that wasn't what you wanted to do.
devgoyal519
Newbie
Actually can you tell what are it's disadvantages . Sir I just shut down my tablet ( SM-T310 ) Which is tab 3 and then I pressed Shut down key + Volume down button + Home key . It came to download a custom os which can cause critical problems in device . I started downloading it but after 4 hours it remained the same . Can you tell me what is download mode and it's disadvantages + advantages . Thank you Sir but please help me out .
An android device will not automatically download a custom ROM. The only case where this might happen would be if you were already running that custom software. Are you?
Download mode is a mode that can be used for installing updates. But there are things you aren't telling us: why did you press the power+volume down+home keys together? It's not something that you do accidentally, but only if you want to get into download mode and use something called Odin to flash new software to your phone. So why did you do this in the first place?
Second question, you use this phrase "can cause critical problems in device". Where exactly did you see this phrase, and what was the full message (exact words)? This is the sort of message you might see if you are already running custom software (standard, boilerplate warning, same as the warning that disabling a system app could make the system unstable, which appears no matter how irrelevant and unnecessary that system app actually is).
What I'm wondering is whether you already have custom software installed on your tablet? This isn't something that can happen by accident, so anyone who is running custom software would know they were and know what it meant, unless they had bought the device second-hand and a previous owner had installed it, or sometimes if they let someone else modify the device. But we have seen both of these things before, so I'm wondering whether that is what is happening here.
Download mode is a mode that can be used for installing updates. But there are things you aren't telling us: why did you press the power+volume down+home keys together? It's not something that you do accidentally, but only if you want to get into download mode and use something called Odin to flash new software to your phone. So why did you do this in the first place?
Second question, you use this phrase "can cause critical problems in device". Where exactly did you see this phrase, and what was the full message (exact words)? This is the sort of message you might see if you are already running custom software (standard, boilerplate warning, same as the warning that disabling a system app could make the system unstable, which appears no matter how irrelevant and unnecessary that system app actually is).
What I'm wondering is whether you already have custom software installed on your tablet? This isn't something that can happen by accident, so anyone who is running custom software would know they were and know what it meant, unless they had bought the device second-hand and a previous owner had installed it, or sometimes if they let someone else modify the device. But we have seen both of these things before, so I'm wondering whether that is what is happening here.
devgoyal519
Newbie
It's unusual for an android device running official software to mention even the possibility of installing custom software, other than telling you that it's detected that you have done so.
But if we accept that this one does, all it's telling you is that if you follow the instructions it will put the tablet in the right mode to install different system software. It's not saying that if you press those buttons it will automatically download a custom ROM (how would it know which one), it's saying that if you press those keys it will put the tablet in the mode where you could install one if you had downloaded it already. It seems poorly worded, and it's surprising that it says this at all, but I can't think of anything else it could mean.
But if we accept that this one does, all it's telling you is that if you follow the instructions it will put the tablet in the right mode to install different system software. It's not saying that if you press those buttons it will automatically download a custom ROM (how would it know which one), it's saying that if you press those keys it will put the tablet in the mode where you could install one if you had downloaded it already. It seems poorly worded, and it's surprising that it says this at all, but I can't think of anything else it could mean.
devgoyal519
Newbie
Thank you Sir It helped me a lot