Customization - the beauty of Android! Many users cite the freedom to tweak and modify Google's operating system as its strongest virtue against its main competitors - iOS and Windows Phone. While Apple and Microsoft's mobile offerings are supposed to be "perfect" the way they are, they are full of little and not so little things that even the most casual, unpretentious users wish were different. So is Android, of course, but unlike iOS which requires jailbreaking, and Windows Phone, which looks and stays the same no matter what, it comes with the privilege of being relatively easy to customize. Seamless, even, if you just want more personalization options without going deep. Simply open the Play Store, install a launcher, choose a different theme and enjoy it. And for the adventurous, there's even the possibility to switch to a different Android ROM all-together, although this comes with a fair share of risks and inconveniences - including data loss and bricking. That's where Xposed comes in.
Xposed is like a software version of Google's Project Ara. It's a framework which lets you install "modules" with added functionality on top of Android. Many of them replicate functionality you'll only find inside custom Android ROMs, such as the ability to set a screen unlock pattern with a 4x4, 5x5, or even 6x6 grid, for example. Now this feature is just a few taps and a reboot away. No flashing necessary, but you will have to root your device. If you haven't done that already, by the end of this article, you will surely know whether it's worth it. You will need a device that runs either Android Gingerbread or Ice Cream Sandwich, and we recommend at least 1GB RAM, as all of Xposed's active modules consume small amounts of additional memory.
Xposed is like a software version of Google's Project Ara. It's a framework which lets you install "modules" with added functionality on top of Android. Many of them replicate functionality you'll only find inside custom Android ROMs, such as the ability to set a screen unlock pattern with a 4x4, 5x5, or even 6x6 grid, for example. Now this feature is just a few taps and a reboot away. No flashing necessary, but you will have to root your device. If you haven't done that already, by the end of this article, you will surely know whether it's worth it. You will need a device that runs either Android Gingerbread or Ice Cream Sandwich, and we recommend at least 1GB RAM, as all of Xposed's active modules consume small amounts of additional memory.
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