crDroid is a customized fork of
Android
Android most commonly refers to:
*Android (robot), a humanoid robot or synthetic organism designed to imitate a human
* Android (operating system), a mobile operating system primarily developed by Google
* Android TV, a operating system developed ...
based on
LineageOS
LineageOS is an Open-source software, open source Android (operating system), Android operating system for smartphones, tablet computer, tablets, and set-top boxes. It is community-developed and serves as the successor to CyanogenMod, from which ...
. It has offered unofficial releases of Android 10 up to Android 15 Custom ROMs.
The crDroid website provides a list of supported devices along with the date of the latest release for each.
History and reception
Cristiano Matos developed the initial releases of crDroid in late 2012 for the Samsung Galaxy S3.
In 2014, Saad Khan of Team Android highlighted crDroid's features in a detailed article.
crDroid has gained recognition for its stable releases and user-friendly experience. Notable mentions include articles by Neeraj Jast in 2015, Rafia Shaikh in 2016, and Mathew Diekhake in 2017.
crDroid's popularity increased in 2019 with the availability of Android 10 for various devices, as recognized by Arol Wright of XDA developers.
In 2022, crDroid released version 8 (Android 12).
The current crDroid version 11 is Android 15. Alongside this release, they're also rolling out crDroid 10.11, which includes the December 2024 security patches.
Mentions throughout the years
See also
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List of custom Android firmware
This is a list of Android distributions, Android-based operating systems (OS) commonly referred to as Custom ROMs or Android ROMs, forked from the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) without Google Play Services included officially in some or ...
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