[Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries] 3dwizzard:
As a teenager, I used to be all about custom roms and follow topics such as this one with lots of interest.

As time passed however, a trend started becoming obvious.

All custom roms have problems and no custom rom is perfect to replace the stock rom.

You might try to lie to yourself that you have something better but in reality the stock rom is forever going to be the best thing you've got, no matter which phone you have.

It's time you all buy a new phone or stick with the stock rom.

Why exactly do all of you complicate your lives with a custom android 11 rom for a 2016 phone?

What are the benefits of using this android over the latest final stock rom?

What is so great about android 11 on a 2016 phone, to actually warrant all of this hassle.

I can understand why somebody might want to run the newest android on an old phone as a curiosity a proof of concept to experiment with it and see how it runs.

But why would you ever want to daily drive a partially functioning rom that is supported just by one guy in his spare time, vs a stable stock rom that's tested by an army of official developers?

Does this rom manage to squeeze anything more from this dead and dusted old ass phone from 2016?

Does running this rom, increase the battery time vs the sock android 7.1.1 rom?

Does it magically make videos or photos look better than the stock rom?

Does it make the whole phone using experience faster?

What are the benefits of using this rom vs the stock rom??

Does this rom make your life better or worse vs using the stock rom???

These are the only questions that matter for me, when I draw the line!

I just want to know the answer. Why DO YOU, want this rom or any other custom rom for that matter?

What do you crave for when you install this rom?

What does your current android 7.1.1 lack and why can't you just live with android 7.1.1 like I do?

I am serious. I have android 7.1.1 on my galaxy j5 2016 and everything I run on it simply works.

I have the latest playstore I have the latest firefox/chrome browser, I can use youtube or youtube vanced with no trouble.

I can play any game that my hardware is able to run(though I don't really play games on a phone because they suck)

I have almost 2 days of battery life if I don't go crazy on youtube with it.

I can use gmail, google maps, whatsapp, telegram, signal, I can take pictures and videos.

I can use instagram, facebook, twitter, pinterest, tiktock, tinder, uber, bolt, food delivery apps, calculator, caldendar, EVERYTHING and they all run fairly decent on such old hardware still.

Remember this phone was nothing to brag about even back then in 2016 as it was cheap as dirt compared to it's bigger brothers.

I can make phone calls and receive them. Sms or MMS if there's need for such old methods of texting.

I can use my public transporation app to see when the bus or tram comes next to my station.

I can use anything I want on this phone. It really never ever tells me this phone is too old for this or that app, I never once got a "sorry this android version is too old to your this app"

I use the latest stock rom with a bought theme that I liked from the galaxy store and for the launcher I use Nova Launcher that I've configured to my liking.

Nova launcher makes the phone so much snappier than the default launcher and so much better looking.

I have the latest magisk version on it, everything rooted and happily working.

I use file manager + everything just works.

With the exception of a bigger screen, an in screen finger print reader for faster unlock, 120hz display and a better camera, there is no reason to upgrade this phone at all for me.

It just does everything that I need and more and I've dropped it a million times and it's still not scratched or cracked.

I've been using it since 2016 and the latest android 7.1.1 is enough!

So what exactly do you hope to achieve by throwing away a perfectly stable stock android 7.1.1 rom and replacing it with these various experimental frankenstein custom roms based on adndroid 10 or 11?

If anybody here has some mature smart answers, I would love to hear them.

I bet not even one of you has asked themselves why are you flashing this rom on your phones.

You are all want the latest version of everything and you don't even stop for a microsecond to ask yourselves if you really get something better or worse.