How can I check for custom ROM?

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Meenal picture Meenal · Mar 24, 2014 · Viewed 12.1k times · Source

I want to check in my device whether a custom ROM is installed or not. I don't want my app to run if there is a custom ROM on any device. How could I know this through code?

Answer

Akbar Sha Ebrahim picture Akbar Sha Ebrahim · Mar 24, 2014 
System.getProperty("os.version"); // OS version
android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK      // API Level
android.os.Build.DEVICE           // Device
android.os.Build.MODEL            // Model 
android.os.Build.PRODUCT          // Product

Use this and then compare it with the Google stock images.

Check this answer as well.

One more thing, almost 99% of all the custom ROMs are rooted so you could check whether the device is rooted or not. The RootTools library offers simple methods to check for root:

RootTools.isRootAvailable()

Get the RootTools library.

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