Nokia was once the pioneer of the mobile industry, but due to its inability to evolve as per the demand made it fail. Thanks to the HMD Global – a Finnish Company that owns Nokia, grabbed the nerve of the users and launched several new Android-based Nokia Smartphones. For the past few years, the company has launched various smartphones, including the Nokia 7 Plus. It was launched last year, featuring mid-range specifications and features.
The Android One based smartphone was launched with Android 8.1 Oreo and later received the Android 9.0 Pie. The upgrade to Android 10 is also on books, but some users are looking for alternates as they are fed up from the stock Android experience. To cater to the demand, the third-party developers at XDA have developed several new Android 10 based custom ROMs for the Nokia 7 Plus.
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Nokia 7 Plus Specifications and Features
The Nokia 7 Plus features a 6.0-inch IPS LCD capacitive display waving the resolution of 1080 x 2160 pixels at an 18:9 aspect ratio. The display is protected by a Corning Gorilla Glass 3 and supports 403 ppi density along with a 77.2% screen-to-body ratio. It comes powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 chipset coupled with an Octa-Core processor and Adreno 512 GPU.
Nokia 7 Plus is available two different storage variants such as 4GB + 64 Gb and 6 GB + 64 GB internal storage. The storage can be expanded upto 256GB with a microSD card. In optics, the smartphone comes with a dual-camera module consisting of a 12-megapixel primary sensor and a 13-megapixel sensor with a 2x optical zoom. Further, there’s an inbuilt Zeiss optics, dual-LED dual-tone flash, and HDR support. On the front, there’s a 16-megapixel camera for selfies and video calling.
The smartphone supports WiFi, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, NFC, and USB 2.0. Nokia 7 Plus hosts a 3800 mAh Li-Ion non-removable battery with 18W fast battery charging support. It is available in Black/Copper and White/Copper colors. There’s a rear fingerprint sensor for quick authentication.
Android 10 Features
Android 10 has fully refined the Android operating system by introducing upgrades to the core system. The security, performance, and support for next-gen technologies are part of the latest package. The features such as smart replies and focus mode are making the smartphone more intelligent.
Android 10 Features at a glance
- Live Caption: The Android 10 users need not convert audio messages into transcripts. The Android 10 has an inbuilt feature of Live Captions, and it will be available on Pixel smartphones this fall.
- Smart Reply: Android 9.0 Pie introduced a reply from the notification bar, and Android 10 has moved a bit further with smart replies. It will offer recommended user actions once they receive a message.
- Dark Mode: How anyone can forget about teh Dark Mode? It is the hottest feature right now, and many users are looking for dark alternates of the primarily used apps. Apart from the apps, the Android 10 offers official native Android dark mode. The user can switch to dark moe across all apps with a single toggle.
- Improved Sound: Unlike the older versions, Android now offers the users to tweak the output of their smartphones. They can filter background noise and fine-tune the audio.
- Gesture Navigation: Gesture Navigation is now the internal part of Android. The users can go back and forth with more fluid gestures. It enhances the overall user experience by introducing smooth and straightforward gestures.
- Enhanced privacy controls: Android 10 has made the user driver of its data. All the data privacy-related settings have been accumulated in a single place. The users can easily manage ads, apps, and web activity settings from a single location.
- Security Updates: Ahead of Project Treble, the Android 10 security updates will be rolled out via regular Google Play System updates.
Similarly, there are many other advancements in Android 10. These features are the reason that users are looking for Android 10 based custom ROMs.
List of Android 10 based Custom ROMs for Nokia 7 Plus
Most of the Custom ROMs are free from Bug. These can be used as daily drivers for the Nokia 7 Plus. If you got any issue while using the ROM, you can directly contact the developer or post the topic in the respective threads.
Pixel Experience
The Pixel Experience ROM is known for its features extracted from Pixel devices. The Pixel phone launcher, wallpapers, icons, and ringtones are part of teh Pixel Experience ROM. It is designed to offer maximum stability and security for the users. The developer always builds the ROM to enhance the overall functioning of the device.
All the features such as WiFi, Ril, Mobile data, double-tap to wake, Adaptive brightness, dark theme, flashlight, camera, VoLTE, Selixnux are working without any issue. The fingerprint issue has also been resolved via the latest update, and now there are no known issues for the ROM. It will work flawlessly on your Nokia 7 Plus.
Follow the links below if you are interested in flashing the Pixel Experience ROM on your device.
HavocOS 3.0
HavocOS 3.0 is based on the AOSP code and is inspired by Google Pixel. It has refined Material Design 2 UI that is well accepted by the users. Apart from the Android 10 and Pixel-based features, the ROM also incorporates additional customization options.
All the features like WiFi, RIL, display gestures, adaptive brightness, dark theme, ambient display, flashlight, camera, VoLTE, and fingerprint sensor are working on HavocOS 3.0. The user needs to flash Gapps externally to enable Google services. However, the developer has rectified all the issues on the ROM.
HavocOS 3.0 supports stock kernel, so make sure you’re using the same kernel before installing the ROM. Before installing, make sure to read all the instructions carefully by heading over to the link below.
LineageOS 17.0 Unofficial
LineageOS provides support for maximum Android devices. It’s basic code and support attracts the users to install LineageOS on their devices. LineageOS 17.0 unofficially support Nokia 7 Plus. It is a free and open-source ROM vast number of smartphones. It was forked out of the CyanogenMod in 2016 and rebranded the project as LineageOS.
LineageOS 17.0 is based on Android 10 and will pack all the features of the latest Android. It will extend support for Wi-Fi direct printing, call recording on support, phone calls, and Systrance Android Studio Tool. All the features are working on teh LineageOS 17.0.
The users need to flash Gapps externally if they need Google services. The link to download the ROM can be found below.
These are some Android 10 custom ROMs available for Nokia 7 Plus. However, it is not confirmed whether the Nokia 7 plus will get the Android 10 update or not, but the stable custom ROMs are always there at the service of the device owners. In the future, if any new custom ROM arrives, then we will surely add it to our list.
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