Samsung Galaxy S4 Still Popular in the Custom ROM Community, Rumors about Galaxy S7 Becoming more Common!

have a large number of fans and people are commonly interested in not just their new devices, but their older ones as well. Even some phones like the Galaxy S4 are still being talked about quite actively, and they are popular in the community of custom ROM developers.

Just recently, a newly released ROM allowed owners of the phone to update all the way up to Android 6.0.1, bringing the device up to date with the current trends in Android and making it about equal to some of the newer offers on the market. Of course, there are some limitations to how well the OS can run, and even though it should have been specifically optimized for the phone, there may still be some issues here and there.

As with the installation of any custom ROM, users should be careful with their data and make sure that they perform a proper backup before proceeding with the flashing procedure, as all information on the phone will be lost once the process is done. This is a commonly issued warning in most flashing tutorials, including the ones that come with the custom ROM for the Galaxy S4, but it’s still worth keeping in mind as some users tend to forget certain pieces of data that are not automatically backed up.

In addition – and this also applies to flashing any custom ROM again – the user should make sure that they are willing to have their warranty voided, as this is what happens when a custom operating system is flashed. This includes the S4, although at this point not many people probably need to worry about their warranty, given how much time has passed since the device came out.

Meanwhile, rumors continue about the next release in Samsung’s line-up, the Galaxy S7. Various suggestions are being brought up about what they might choose to do for this phone, and people are definitely very excited. But not much is known on the official front, as can be expected, as Samsung tend to be very secretive about their developments and rarely speak up about their work before they have all their marketing and PR talk ready and in place.

There are lots of talks about Samsung continuing on their road of competing directly with Apple, something which the company has been doing for a while now. We don’t know how much farther Samsung would be willing to go in this regard and what we can expect from their next release, but it’s definitely noticeable that they have been going directly against Apple with some of their recent releases, and we expect this trend to continue.

Could this mean copying some of Apple’s ideas in the Galaxy S7? For example, it’s been suggested that 3D touch might find its way to the new device, although admittedly there are no official sources confirming this claim. 3D touch received mixed responses when it came out on Apple’s devices, and people are still trying to adapt to the new technology properly, with some claiming that it was a rather failed experiment that should not be continued or attempted again.