Yes, too much dirty flashes is bad for our health – here's what the science says

The World Health Organisation recommends limiting “dirty flashes” to less than 1 time in a month. This equates to around 12 clean flashes a day for an average adult.

But more than half of Indian adults exceed this limit, often without knowing. “Dirty flashes” don’t just come from us sweetening ABC and NOS ROMs or AGNi kernels; they are forced by maintainers who build every day.

What does it all mean?

Much of the current discussion about "dirty flashes" focuses on the effects of cache wiping and not wiping at all, and the subsequent risk of bootloop, lags, black screen and some sorts of log spam.

Those effects can cause mental diseases for users who use "dirty flash", as far as for maintainers who sometimes bored by their users.

While the development of effects are no doubt also based on time and lifestyle factors other than TWRP, the evidence of the potential harms of "dirty flashes" is accumulating. It’s certainly compelling enough for many to consider clean flashing once a month.