Tech & Co.

Almost ever since Android was released, hardware manufacturers have been putting their own spin on the mobile operating system. Most hardware manufacturers have made skins for Android to differentiate themselves from other companies. Some of these skins improved Android in its early years, but they have been lagging behind stock Android lately. Most of the skins that companies put on their Android smartphones today are cartoonish, drastically different from stock Android, and slow down the phone itself. These faults with skins have made many people, tech savvy and not, want companies to do away with skins on their Android smartphones and let stock Android's light shine. Installing a stock Android ROM is a way to solve this problem, but you should not have to go through the troubles that come with flashing ROMs to get stock Android on your phone. Samsung, Google, and HTC have attempted to solve this problem by releasing versions of their flagship devices, with stock Android 4