The year 2018 was the year when smartphone manufacturers started to improve the camera. Oneplus also stepped up and launched its camera-centric phone. Oneplus 6 and Oneplus 6T both the phones offer OIS have dual camera setup. The phones also featured 6.41 inches of bezel-less AMOLED display. The phones were launched on Android 8.0 Oreo and are currently running the latest Android 10. The phone is very famous when it comes to custom ROM development and there are tonnes of ROMS available for Oneplus 6/6t. So here we have stripped down to the best custom ROMS for Oneplus 6/6t that supports face unlock and is stable when it comes to daily usage.
All of the custom ROMS do have a good amount of customizations and support. They all have their telegram support channel where users can seek any kind of help if stuck anywhere or have any bug. When it comes to stability some ROMS are more stable some are less but in our test scenario, all of the ROMS below are capable of daily usage. Download links are also mentioned along with their telegram support channel.
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Best Custom ROMS for Oneplus 6/6t
- Havoc OS- The name of the ROM is enough to tell you that this ROM has tonnes of customizations. The ROM is based on AOSP and Pixel experience so it has a vanilla Android running with its own level of customization. The ROM is stable enough to be the daily driver and gives descent battery and not the excellent. Though installing a custom Kernel could improve battery backup even more. The features list of Havoc OS is pretty long so here’s the full list of features.
General:
MD2 UI
Rounded UI
Inbuilt GApps (optional)
Enhanced QS Battery Estimation
Pixel Lockscreen weather
Substratum Support
Compiled using SDCLANG
Signature Spoofing
Micro-G support
Lockscreen charging animation
Status Bar:
Clock & Date Settings
Custom Logo
Brightness Control Gesture
Double Tap to Sleep
Network Traffic Indicator Settings
Carrier Label Settings
Battery Icon Style/Percentage Settings
Status Bar Icons Toggle
HD/VoLTE Icon Toggle
4G/LTE Icon Toggle
Data Disable Icon Toggle
Roaming Indicator Toggle
Small Mobile Type Icon Toggle
Bluetooth Battery Status Toggle
Quick Settings:
Quick Pulldown
Battery Estimates Toggle
QS Customisations
Rows/Column
Tile Title
Vibrate on Touch
Background Opacity
Header Image
Brightness Slider Customization
Brightness Slider On Bottom/Top/Hidden
Auto Brightness Icon
Brightness Control Buttons
QS Elements Customization
Tile Tittle
Vibrate On Touch
QS Footer Customization
Settings Icon
Running Services Icon
Edit Icon
User Switcher Icon
Ambient Display:
Ambient Options
Always On
Always On When Charging
Wakeup On New Notifications
Wakeup on New Music (Music Ticker)
Sensor Based Screen Wakeup (Tilt/Hand Wave/Pocket)
Double Tap for Ambient Display
Battery Level at Bottom
Screen:
Corners Customisation
Rounded Corner Radius
Corner Content Padding
Legacy App Scaling
Force Higher Aspect Ratio for Selected Apps
Buttons:
Volume Rockers
Volume Steps
Swap Keys
Long Press to Seek Tracks
Keyboard Cursor Control
Volume Rocker Wakeup
Volume keys Answer Call
Power Button
Power Menu Customization
Lockscreen Options
Visibility on the Lockscreen
Reboot
Advanced Reboot
Screenshot Option
Screenrecord
Screen-Off Torch
Double Tap Power Button
Long Press Power Button
Navigation bar:
Layout
Normal
Compact
Left-leaning
Right-leaning
Invert Layout
Gestures:
Jump To Camera
System Navigation Settings
Prevent Ringing Gesture
Swipe To Screenshot
Touchscreen Gestures
Lockscreen:
Double Tap to Sleep
Media Cover Art
Media Cover Art Blur Level
Music Visualiser
Unlocking
Pocket Detection
FP Authentication Vibration
FP error Vibration
Elements Customisation
Status Bar
Quick Settings
Lock Icon
Charging Info
Notifications:
Flashlight
Blink for incoming call
Blink for Call Waiting
Screen
Edge Lighting Customisation
Status Bar
Heads Up
System
FC Notifications
Misc
Kill App Button
Noisy Notifications
In-Call Vibration
On Connect
On Disconnect
On Call Waiting
Animations:
Animation Duration
System Animation customization
QS Tile Animation Customisation
Battery Saving:
Smart Pixels
Suspen Actions
Miscellaneous:
Gaming Mode
Wake Up on Charge
Charging Animation
Screenshot Type (Full/Partial)
Other Features:
LiveDisplay
Seperate ringtone for SIM1&2
Screen Refresh Rate (For Supported Devices)
ALways On Display
Theming
Styles and Wallpapers
Dark Theme
Accent Colour
Icon Shape
QS Tile Shortcuts:
Heads Up tile
Caffeine tile
CPU info tile
Smart pixel tile
Live Caption
Screenrecord tile
Gaming Mode tile
Screenshot tile
LTE tile
Music Tile
LiveDisplay
Switch Data Card Tile
Reboot Tile
Reading Mode
Gaming Mode
Compass
Sound Search
Compass Tile
Language
How to install Havoc OS in your Oneplus 6/6t?
- First, you need to have an Unlocked Bootloader and TWRP recovery.
- Download the ROM, GApps (Optional), Magisk (Optional) from the links below.
- Wipe Data, Dalvik, Cache.
- Flash the ROM and TWRP
- Reboot to recovery
- Flash GApps (Optional), Magisk (Optional).
- Reboot and Enjoy.
Evolution-X ROM For Oneplus 6/6t
If you want the most stable ROM along with good support of OTA and security patches. Then this is the best ROM for you it has a good battery life and is very much stable. Usually, a new update arrives within a week. Lots of new features are added. Recently they have added Face Unlock on their build which is ported from OOS. It also has edge lighting from the Oneplus 7 pro. There’s a long list of customisations available in Evolution-x ROM full list of features is right below.
Themes
– 40 Accent Colors
– 17 Custom Fonts
– 5 Icon Shapes
– 5 Lock Screen Clock Styles
– Pixel 2019 Wallpapers
– Pixel Theme Picker
Statusbar
– Clock Options
– Battery Icon Styles
– Carrier Label Settings
– Rounded Corners
– 4G/LTE Icon Toggle
– VoLTE Toggle & Custom Icons
– Brightness Control
– Network Traffic Activity
Notifications
– Edge Lighting
– Blink Flashlight On Call
– Force Close Notifications
– In Call Vibrations
– Kill App Button
– Notification light Config
Quick Settings
– Custom QS Header Images
– Battery Percentage Configs
– QS Opacity & Color Configs
– Custom QS Footer Text
– Toggles To Hide Misc Icons
– Bottom Brightness Slider Toggle
– Gaming Mode Quick Settings Tile
– Quick Pulldown (Left/Right)
– Quick Settings Rows & Columns Customization
– Tile Titles Toggle
Gestures
– AOSP Gestures
– Toggle To Hide Navbar Pill
– Back Gesture Height Config
– Double Tap to Sleep Lockscreen
– Double Tap To Sleep Status Bar
– Screen Off Power Button Torch
– Swipe To Screenshot
Lockscreen
– Custom Clock & Date Fonts
– Fingerprint Authentication Vibration Toggle
– FOD Icon Picker
– Lock Screen Charging Info
– Lock Screen Music Visualizer
– Lock Screen Shortcuts
– Lock Screen Media Artwork Configs
– Pocket Detection
– Status bar visibility toggle
Hardware Buttons
– Power Menu Customization
– Volume Rocker Cursor Control
– Volume Rocker Playback Control
– Volume Rocker Wake
Animations
– Disable Transition Animations
– Screen Off Animations
– System Animation Configs
– QS Tile Animations (Flip/Rotate)
– QS Tile Animation Duration & Interpolator configs
Navigation
– Invert Layout
– Nav Bar Tuner
Miscellaneous
– Alarm Blocker
– Default USB Config
– Doze Settings
– Time In State Monitor
– Sensor Block Per Package
– Signature Spoofing Support
– Gaming Mode
– Smart Charging
– Wakelock Blocker
– Wake On Charge
How To Install Evolution-x ROM for Oneplus 6/6t?
- First, you need to have an Unlocked Bootloader and TWRP recovery.
- – Have OOS 10.3 flashed to both slots!!
– Make sure you’re running the latest TWRP
– Boot into recovery
– Flash BUILD.zip
– Wipe Cache
– Format data
– Reboot to recovery (optional)
– Flash Magisk.zip (optional)
– Reboot to system
PIXEN OS for Oneplus 6/6t
This ROM is the combination Pixel Experience and Nitrogen OS which happens to be one of the best combinations in a custom ROM. The ROM is very clean and is almost as stock Pixel experience. It is very much stable and this ROM also has face unlock and OTA support. The ROM gives close to Pixel ROM experience along with a lot of customisations. It comes with Pixel launcher and has all the Pixel features. The full feature list of PIXEn OS is right below along with the installation guide.
Gapps included- Pixel Dialer, Pixel Messaging, Pixel Contacts, etc etc etc..
Pixel Bootanimation
Pixel Launcher
Pixel Theme
Pixel Sounds
Pixel Fonts
Pixel Weather
Pixel Theme styles
Google assistant animation
Many other features and cosmetic changes to resemble Pixel
Statusbar
Quick settings
Buttons
Navbar
Gestures
Lockscreen
PowerMenu
Notifications
Misc
Basically, Everything that Nitrogen ROM is having
Some Other useful Features
(Not present in both PixelExperience and Nitrogen)
Swipe for Screenshot
Notch hide
Pixel clocks
More accents
More fonts
Old style mobile network icon
Battery styles
Full-screen apps
Hide Gesture Navbar
Hide Gesture back arrow
Customisable back screen gesture height
Omni style network speed monitor
Unlink Ringer and Notification volume
Multi sim ringtone
Ambient music ticker
Option to disable lock screen MediaArt
Option to disable QS on the secure lock screen
VOLTE icon with toggle
Live display
Long swipe back gesture functionality
Navigation bar customisations
OTG toggle
Ambient brightness settings
Clock options
Volte icon mods
4G icon for LTE toggle
Battery position customisations
Toggle for arrow while typing
Force Expanded Notification option
Back gesture haptic toggle
Scheduled Night mode
Scheduled Dark mode
Many more useful things
Device-specific additions
– OnePlus camera including Portrait, 4K 60fps, Nightscape, slow-motion etc
– OnePlus Screen recorder with internal audio recording support
– OnePlus Doze/Ambient – Pick to wake, Wave to wake, Pocket
– OnePlus Off-screen gestures – O, V, A, <, >, etc
– OnePlus Alert Slider
– DC Dimming
– Double-tap to wake
How To Install PIXEN ROM For Oneplus 6/6t?
- First, you need to have an Unlocked Bootloader and TWRP recovery.
Boot in TWRP recovery Swipe to factory reset Flash OOS 10.3.0 or above Flash TWRP Boot Recovery Flash OOS 10.3.0 or above (yes again) Flash TWRP Boot recovery Flash PiXeN-OS (Gapps and TWRP built-in) Boot System Boot Recovery (optional) Flash Magisk (optional)
Conclusion
So that was the best custom ROMS available for Oneplus 6/6t all of these are very good ROMS and in this quarantine time, users can try each one of them. Whichever they feel is good for them can be their daily driver.
