As far as I know, not near enough Galaxy s3 owners are taking advantage of this amazing utility. It allows you to install multiple ROMs on your device without having to wipe the one you already have. I currently have 5 ROMs on my phone ranging from touchwiz to Cyanogenmod, Lollipop to Jelly Bean. It's very versatile and guess what!
It was recently updated to work with Lollipop ROMs! You can install any ROM you want as a secondary ROM and test to see if it works as a daily driver! No more getting scared about a brick or bootloop because a simple REBOOT switches you to your primary ROM!!
I constantly switch between CM ROMs for fluidity, Lollipop ROMs for cutting edge features, and TouchWiz ROMs to unleash the full potential of the camera, as well as get all those TouchWiz features like WiFi calling! You can flash any ROM, test experimental builds and flash any kind of ROM you want all without wiping the ones you already have! Unlimited ROMs!(space permitting)
Now, it may not be as simple as ROM manager for Nexus devices but it's pretty darn easy. here's the steps:
Flash MultiBoot Recovery(based on twrp 2.8.3.0)
Go to Advanced>
MultiBoot>
Create ROM>
Set ROM(to what you created)>
"Flash the ROM and gapps just like any other">
Set ROM>
Boot ROM(Click on one you just created)>
A menu will pop up saying Boot ROM!
There. You are done. I can boot into recovery and boot a ROM in a matter of seconds. Slimkat, SlimLP, CM11, CM12, TouchWiz 4.1.2, 4.3, 4.4.2, PAC ROM, any of them!
I just want more people to take advantage of this wonderful feat of developer genius!!! I feel like only have of the phones potential is had without this amazing recovery. Now that it is updated to allow Lollipop ROMs, it is too hard to keep it in.
Head over to development, it should be on the first page and try it! Alternately search for "Multiboot" and look for the thread.
All credits go to @Phil_Suz for being an amazing god.
but my question to you is, do you have to wipe out the current rom? and then do the process? or can you keep the current ROM? if so that would be awesome.
ALso another question.. if I am on 4.4.2 TW, can i still install lollipop as a multiboot rom with out having to wipe out my current rom (TW 4.4.2 Likewise S5)?
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but my question to you is, do you have to wipe out the current rom? and then do the process? or can you keep the current ROM? if so that would be awesome.
ALso another question.. if I am on 4.4.2 TW, can i still install lollipop as a multiboot rom with out having to wipe out my current rom (TW 4.4.2 Likewise S5)?
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You don't have to wipe your main ROM at all! It is just a recovery, and each secondary ROM is like a whole different device on your sdcard, you just have to switch to it it's amazing let me tell you. Your primary ROM, kernel, modem etc will not be affected at all until you decide to change it, which you just do like any other ROM (just be careful formatting because that will delete the multiboot folder on root of phone). If you flash another ROM and it doesn't boot, just reboot the phone to your main ROM and or go to recovery and try again you can create and delete ROM's as much as you please and even set up how much space you want to make the different parts of the ROM take on your sdcard (data, system, cache). Flash the multi boot recovery, read how to use it and you're golden there's also a video someone made of how to use it. If you don't like multiboot just flash another recovery and reboot the recovery. You won't lose anything unless you created an additional ROM or ROMs.
Can you give me instructions on how to do this properly? The video is a bit confusing. I understand how to create a new rom. I am just a bit lost, on how to switch to my current ROM, or set it up.
This is true its useful... for those who could figure out what to do at right times.
not only that but other carriers have it baked into the kernels for simply a reboot option.
we have more complicated version yet out phones are not bootlocked. if more people got tmobile phones I am sure they would have worked these issues out by now.
I certainly have taken advantage of this. Alternate between your favorite roms with ease.
reminds me of safestrap, which i used on my droid4, and appears to be available for some flavors of the SGS4 and some galaxy Notes. it also uses twrp. think of it as creating partitions on your PC - you make a partition for each Rom - they were called ROM Slots in safestrap - make a given slot active, then flash the rom and whatever else you want as you normaly would right there in twrp. if something breaks or you find a showstopper bug or just need to switch roms, simply reboot into recovery, change which rom is "active" and then exit - it loads the rom you just selected. it was great on my droid4 since gps and camera were both kinda buggy in almost any custom rom, and i was nervous not having it on my galaxy relay, but it worked out. it'll be nice to have on the sgs3, especially since I want to try out some L roms.
here's the thread for the multiboot recovery, so nobody else has to search for it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2646528
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So i just did the 3 step root and im at the clockwork mod recovery screen
There is different stuff to choose and i have no clue what to select?
Can someone please direct me to what to do next this is my first android phone and i have no idea how to load a rom or what i should be doing next
thanks in advance
Well are you hoping to flash a custom ROM? If so, you'll need to download the ROM and copy it to the root of your SD card. Then when you boot to recovery, choose the options to wipe data, wipe cache, and then install a zip from SD. If you want to back up your phone, choose the Nandroid option.
You got pretty far without knowing how to complete your journey.
so if i click nandroid that will back up what my phone is set at now?
what is a good custom rom to use ?
I would like to have wifi tether but do not have 4g and probly wouldnt use it very often, i read something that there was a stock rooted rom? I also do not want to lose my camera?
Start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Evo_ROMs
Then just read up on the dev pages/threads for the popular ROMs. I use Fresh 1.0.1 with the netarchy 3.7.3c Fresh-compatible kernel (haven't switched to the new one that just came out today). Camera works great, wifi tether app is built-in. If you want that, download both (just search here), put them on your SD card, reboot to recovery, and flash the ROM, then the kernel. You don't have to flash a new kernel or even radio if you don't want to, but everything is installed the same. Usually reading a couple of pages for each ROM will tell you if there are an problems. Other options are the stock rooted ROM, DamageControl, Baked snack, or there are a couple of new ones for Froyo as well, but they have some features left out (like 4G, wifi, MMS . . . depends on the ROM).
Nandroid (or, inside Android, ROM Manager) will make a system image for you, saving everything exactly as it is. To restore, boot to recovery and choose the correct options for that. Should be pretty self-explanatory.
Always wipe data and cache before flashing, and it's a good idea to search Google for Cyanogen's recommendations for recalibrating your battery (it's on his wiki). Just don't flash a stock, non-rooted ROM or any OTA updates that Sprint tries to push on you. Always get something that the devs here say is safe for rooted phones.
Hope that clears some things up for you.
I have a AT&T samsung galaxy S3 rooted by using the samsung galaxy toolkit http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746665
I'm interested in flashing the following CM10 Nightly rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1778270 to my phone but have a few questions before I proceed.
1) What precautions should I take before flashing a custom rom? I understand I first need to make a nandoid backup (which I have done) and verify that I have the correct rom for my specific phone model that I will be flashing to. If I were to choose the CM10 Nightly rom, the link from the post goes to http://get.cm/?device=d2att which appears to be correct for my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S3 SGH-1747.
2) Since I flashed with the samsung galaxy toolkit, it flashed the following recovery "CWM-Based Recovery v5.5.0.4 - Do I need to use a different recovery in order to use the CM10 Nightly roms or is this one compatible? If not, how do I go about changing to another recovery?
3) What is the steps for flashing properly? Would I need to update kernel or model or just simply download rom, save to SD card, boot to recovery, then flash the rom in zip form?
I appreciate any your responses in advance. I tend to over analyze and I feel i've read enough about the process of flashing custom roms but I want to be certain. Thank you!
It looks like you got all you ducks in a row, on behalf of the community thanks for being a smart user :good:.
1) You nailed it....make absolutely certain you are downloading the correct software for your device, flashing an incompatible ROM can leave you with a really sexy, expensive paper weight. The d2att identifier is unique to the AT&T variant of the SG3 (i747). Before you flash any new rom or kernel (or anything else for that matter in my opinion) make a nandroid or equivalent backup from your recovery. I do this even for the smallest mod, tweak, theme whatever if for nothing else incase i dont like it it an easy undo 'button'. Besides that i like to keep a fairly recent backup on something other than my phone.
2) For all intensive purposes that version of CWM will work, atleast currently. I would recommend you update it however as that version is several builds behind and there are sometimes updates in the more current ROM builds that may not play nice with older recoveries. The easiest way to do this is download Clockwork Rom Manager from the play store, on the main app screen at the very top is the option to install the latest recovery. It will download, preferably on wifi to minimize downloading errors as much as possible, and then install automatically. There is also atleast one other alternative recovery that i know of, TWRP, which is worth checking out in my opinion. Just keep in mind the backups from the different recoveries are NOT interchangeable.
3) It always best to follow any and all directions in the OP of whatever ROM you are installing as most differ. The generally accepted order for flashing goes something like this although everyone will have an opinion on this i'm sure. ROM > Gapps (if required by the rom) > Reboot > Kernel > Reboot. If you are really concerned you can always just flash one at a time allowing a full reboot in between each flash, personally i think this is overkill but thats just my opinion.
One last personal suggestion, I always keep a copy of my rom, kernel, and any required supporting software on my external sd just in case. It comes in handy if for some reason you try something that doesn't work out the way you had hoped and you are away from a computer and your phone is unable to boot into android. Some would argue that a nandroid makes this unnecessary but with 32 gigs in my current setup its not like im hurting for space. Hope this helps to clarify some things for you, good luck!
dntesinfrno, Thank you very much for your reply and kind words
A lot of the information has been posted on the boards but it can be a little confusing and too much information at once.
You mentioned that I can simply use Rom Manager then click "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery", are there any reports of there being problems in using rom manager to flash the recovery or is the S3 fully supported?
As for the kernel flashing.. I'm really only interested in flashing custom roms (CM10), is it necessary to flash the kernel as well when flashing custom roms? I didn't see anything on the other thread stating anything about flashing kernels so i'm guessing it's not needed?
I'm for sure going to take your recommendation and make a backup of current rom and kernel. Would you recommend Rom Manager to backup the current rom? I see an option that says "Backup current rom" in the application. How do you go about backing those up?
Thank you again! :fingers-crossed:
since I have the cwm-based recovery v5.5.0.4 i'm wondering if I were to use rom manager and flash the latest clockworkmod recovery, would it actually stick after the reboot?
found the following thread here and it looked almost identical to mine: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801534&highlight=cwm-based+recovery
Ended up using rom manager to flash clockworkmod and after rebooting multiple times and booting into recovery, the official clockworkmod recovery is installed. (showing "ClockworkMod 6.0.1.2" now)
As for backing up kernel and everything else, will rom manager do that as well?
Thank you
I have a question and I cant seem to figure out the answer. Im sure this is a no brainer but Im still not sure on the answer. So i have my phone rooted and been using mostly slimbean or liquidsmooth roms, but I have been looking into roms that are based on samsungs touchwiz or whatever there called.
I know theat Slim and liquid is based on AOSP roms (if thats the correct term) but I want to try different ones too, im happy with what I have running as my daily, but i also like to try to change things up, once in a while.
My question is, can I go from an aosp rom to the ones based on the Touchwiz and vise versa? ill go through the usual steps, wipe/reset data, cache and delvik, format system and then install rom and gapps. Is that all thats needed? Does it really matter what rom it is as long as its for the d2att (im on canadian virgin mobile s3) as long as I follow the usual installation steps?
Thanks
does not matter. just go about your regular steps. i do it all the time.
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My question is, can I go from an aosp rom to the ones based on the Touchwiz and vise versa? ill go through the usual steps, wipe/reset data, cache and delvik, format system and then install rom and gapps. Is that all thats needed? Does it really matter what rom it is as long as its for the d2att (im on canadian virgin mobile s3) as long as I follow the usual installation steps?
Thanks
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As long as you wipe all that you have mentioned you should be good. Just so you know...do not flash gapps on Touchwiz roms unless the dev specifically says to do so. They are normally already included. AOSP are the ones you need Gapps with normally. Heads up regarding internal storage as well. If you are on a 4.2.2 AOSP rom and go to a 4.1.x rom, your internal storage will mostly be moved to a folder "0". This is a known issue so don't panic. Everything is in that folder.
Alright so I'm new at this and haven't managed to brick my phone yet so that's a good sign.
As far as I've learned the process is Root>Recovery>Rom Flash, at least generally.
I rooted it successfully, but when I try to install recovery with ROM Manager it lists only one S3 with a bracketed cell phone provider I don't think I have. So I ditched CWM and went to Goo Manager but when I try to install that, it just hangs on some download page telling me its about to start.
So I'm going to assume the recovery thing is pretty easy to sort out and move on to my next question.
My S3 is unlocked, but I am under Koodo, which is an extension of Telus. My phone model is a I747M, not an I747. As far as I can see they are identical in hardware and software, but I'm really wondering what ROMs I can install. I've researched but didn't find much, and I don't want to blindly flash a i747 rom onto a potentially different phone, and risk anything.
Oh and PS any ROM with the vanilla android (like on the google phones) will do.
Thanks.
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Alright so I'm new at this and haven't managed to brick my phone yet so that's a good sign.
As far as I've learned the process is Root>Recovery>Rom Flash, at least generally.
I rooted it successfully, but when I try to install recovery with ROM Manager it lists only one S3 with a bracketed cell phone provider I don't think I have. So I ditched CWM and went to Goo Manager but when I try to install that, it just hangs on some download page telling me its about to start.
So I'm going to assume the recovery thing is pretty easy to sort out and move on to my next question.
My S3 is unlocked, but I am under Koodo, which is an extension of Telus. My phone model is a I747M, not an I747. As far as I can see they are identical in hardware and software, but I'm really wondering what ROMs I can install. I've researched but didn't find much, and I don't want to blindly flash a i747 rom onto a potentially different phone, and risk anything.
Oh and PS any ROM with the vanilla android (like on the google phones) will do.
Thanks.
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Hello Noob (I mean that kindly, I used to be one)
I'll help you with what ever you need. I'm Canadian and on Bell i747M. Feel free to ask me any questions and I'll reply as soon as I can. Hopefully I wont be too confusing. I'll just try to break down all your questions in a point form.
First, i747 and i747M are almost identical. With the latest 4.3 ROMS there are differences in the bootloader that will make data not work on your phone. For now, stay away from any stock 4.3 ROM. AOSP ROMs (CM10, Task650) are fine.
Recovery: Through Rom Manager you will want to download the recovery titled "Samsung Galaxy S3 (ATT) " The AT&T version of the S3 is commonly shown as D2ATT(i747). This recovery will work for you. I have had a problem with TWRP myself recently being stuck on the download page. There is another way to install TWRP, but it is a bit more difficult. Try CWM first and if you like I will give you instructions for TWRP.
ROMs: If you want the most common and most stable Vanilla ROMs for your phone you are gonna want Cyanogenmod or Task's ROM. They are very similar with a few different features. Beware, if you ask questions in Task's thread you will be told it is an ATT ROM only. It does work on the i747M though.
Latest Cyanogen: http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=d2att
Latest Task : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766684
You will of course lose Touchwiz on these ROMs.
Touchwiz Roms:
STAY AWAY FROM 4.3 ROMS!!!!!!
These ones will do as is. Watch that they are still 4.1.2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766684 This one has a white theme and is my favorite.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2176793 This one has tons of options.
As always be sure to read the OP in every thread. You will learn lots there. If you want any more info reply and I will try and help.
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Hello Noob (I mean that kindly, I used to be one)
I'll help you with what ever you need. I'm Canadian and on Bell i747M. Feel free to ask me any questions and I'll reply as soon as I can. Hopefully I wont be too confusing. I'll just try to break down all your questions in a point form.
First, i747 and i747M are almost identical. With the latest 4.3 ROMS there are differences in the bootloader that will make data not work on your phone. For now, stay away from any stock 4.3 ROM. AOSP ROMs (CM10, Task650) are fine.
Recovery: Through Rom Manager you will want to download the recovery titled "Samsung Galaxy S3 (ATT) " The AT&T version of the S3 is commonly shown as D2ATT(i747). This recovery will work for you. I have had a problem with TWRP myself recently being stuck on the download page. There is another way to install TWRP, but it is a bit more difficult. Try CWM first and if you like I will give you instructions for TWRP.
ROMs: If you want the most common and most stable Vanilla ROMs for your phone you are gonna want Cyanogenmod or Task's ROM. They are very similar with a few different features. Beware, if you ask questions in Task's thread you will be told it is an ATT ROM only. It does work on the i747M though.
Latest Cyanogen: http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=d2att
Latest Task : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766684
You will of course lose Touchwiz on these ROMs.
Touchwiz Roms:
STAY AWAY FROM 4.3 ROMS!!!!!!
These ones will do as is. Watch that they are still 4.1.2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766684 This one has a white theme and is my favorite.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2176793 This one has tons of options.
As always be sure to read the OP in every thread. You will learn lots there. If you want any more info reply and I will try and help.
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Awesome, I appreciate the writeup. So I flashed recovery successfully (ROM Manager doesn't seem to have d2att anymore so I used ODIN).
I'll probably go for Cyanogen mod tommorow, I'll post again if I have any questions.
Thanks.
Czaran said:
Awesome, I appreciate the writeup. So I flashed recovery successfully (ROM Manager doesn't seem to have d2att anymore so I used ODIN).
I'll probably go for Cyanogen mod tommorow, I'll post again if I have any questions.
Thanks.
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CM is a good ROM. There should soon be Kitkat versions available. You will be seeing nightly updates when it does come around. Before you start flashing, you should learn what a 'Nandroid' is. You can take a Nandroid backup in CWM or TWRP. Always save these to an External SD card. If anything ever goes wrong with your ROM, you can just re flash the Nandroid backup and be back to where you were the day you did the backup. The farther you get into flashing the more likely you will need these. Before doing your first Flash, do an Nandroid and copy your photops and stuff off of the phone. When jumping between Stock and AOSP roms, you will need to do a full wipe and will lose what you have not backed up. Be sure to sync contacts to Google....this is the one that has screwed me the most.
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CM is a good ROM. There should soon be Kitkat versions available. You will be seeing nightly updates when it does come around. Before you start flashing, you should learn what a 'Nandroid' is. You can take a Nandroid backup in CWM or TWRP. Always save these to an External SD card. If anything ever goes wrong with your ROM, you can just re flash the Nandroid backup and be back to where you were the day you did the backup. The farther you get into flashing the more likely you will need these. Before doing your first Flash, do an Nandroid and copy your photops and stuff off of the phone. When jumping between Stock and AOSP roms, you will need to do a full wipe and will lose what you have not backed up. Be sure to sync contacts to Google....this is the one that has screwed me the most.
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Alright, so I have CWM v5.5.0.4, which from what I understand is pretty outdated. It was probably just me following an outdated guide and forgot to look up an updated version. Will I need to update of will it cause any problems? I already backed up my phone on 5.5.0.4 with Nandroid.
Also I feel like I'm misunderstanding the procedure of flashing a new rom. So I downloaded a cm-10.1.3 zip which is is the latest stable build on android 4.2.2. This has an .img inside so this is the rom. I use CWM to flash this onto my phone correct? (Once I figure out if I need to update CWM)
Lastly whats the deal with Gapps? I downloaded the CM Gapps for 10.1 from their wiki. Is this the only way to get Gmail, Maps, and the Google Play Store onto the phone?
From what I understand I think I can just use odin to flash, correct? If so I'd probably prefer that because its the most familiar and noob friendly.
Czaran said:
Alright, so I have CWM v5.5.0.4, which from what I understand is pretty outdated. It was probably just me following an outdated guide and forgot to look up an updated version. Will I need to update of will it cause any problems? I already backed up my phone on 5.5.0.4 with Nandroid.
Also I feel like I'm misunderstanding the procedure of flashing a new rom. So I downloaded a cm-10.1.3 zip which is is the latest stable build on android 4.2.2. This has an .img inside so this is the rom. I use CWM to flash this onto my phone correct? (Once I figure out if I need to update CWM)
Lastly whats the deal with Gapps? I downloaded the CM Gapps for 10.1 from their wiki. Is this the only way to get Gmail, Maps, and the Google Play Store onto the phone?
From what I understand I think I can just use odin to flash, correct? If so I'd probably prefer that because its the most familiar and noob friendly.
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I wouldn't use Odin. It really will only become necessary if you want to flash back to complete stock.
You do want the latest version of CWM installed or you will run into problems flashing. You can get this 2 ways.
1: through Rom Manager. You will find your specific CWM with these steps. a-Recovery Setup b-ClockworkMod Recovery c-Hit menu button to left of home and pick 'Show All Devices' d- Here scroll until you get 'Samsung Galaxy S3 (AT&T)' D2ATT. e- Click Flash ClockworkMod Recovery. Allow permissions for root. Ignore the touch option unless you want to pay for it. I can teach you the free way.
You will now have the latest CWM
You can download the latest CM-10.2, it is in release candidate stage and is extremely stable. They have been working on it for months. It will give you 4.3 (The good kind, not the one I warned against). After downloading a ROM, you leave it zipped exactly like it is. Do not extract it, just move it to your SD card. You will also want Gapps. Gapps is necessary because it is Google's own software that is legally not allowed to be built into ROMs. It must be installed separately. You can find those here. They help you know which to use with chart depending on which Cyanogen you use http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Gapps. Again just move the zip over to your internal.
With these 2 zips transferred to your phone you are ready to start. Before you do, make sure you have transferred all your pics and stuff off of the phone. Also be sure to save your contacts. You can now boot into recovery. You should notice recovery version 6.0.4.3. Volume button scrolls menu, Power button selects. You will want to do a Nandroid backup in case anything goes wrong. I know you did one with CWM 5.5 but should do another just to be sure it is with current CWM. You can delete the other one later.
Goto - backup and restore
Goto - backup to external or /storage/sdcard1 (i put both because im already on 4.4 and may have different menu than you.
Let this work and when done continue to flashing ROM
Go to 'choose zip from /sdcard'
Select CM-10-xxxxxxx.zip
After this completes you will do the same with Gapps.zip
After completion of both files you will need to factory reset your phone. Flashing AOSP over Stock will cause boot loops if you do not.
Go back to CWM main menu and select wipe data/factore reset
After completing this go to wipe cache partition and select this.
Finally you want to wipe Dalvik cache. you will find this in CWM under main menu /advanced/wipe dalvik cache.
Upon completion of this you should have CM10 4.3 running. Just exit CWM reboot phone and when booted follow setup instructions.
Let me know if you get stuck somewhere.
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Upon completion of this you should have CM10 4.3 running. Just exit CWM reboot phone and when booted follow setup instructions.
Let me know if you get stuck somewhere.
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Alright cool. So through Mod Manager, there was not d2att, there was only S3(Metro PCS) which I thought was a bit odd. I found a way to flash an updated recovery via terminal emulator so that went well.
And your steps were very well written and concise. I'm now running CM without a problem.
Thanks for your help!
Czaran said:
Alright cool. So through Mod Manager, there was not d2att, there was only S3(Metro PCS) which I thought was a bit odd. I found a way to flash an updated recovery via terminal emulator so that went well.
And your steps were very well written and concise. I'm now running CM without a problem.
Thanks for your help!
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Cool terminal emulator was that other way to do it. Hope all is well for you with this. Welcome to flashing. As another tip, if you are going to flash a lot, there is an app called Titanium backup that is well worth the $5 it costs. It saves all your apps and data and after a clean wipe you can just reinstall all your apps in one step. For example after a wipe you will not lose your Angry Birds levels if you restore your titanium data. It's worth a look.
Hello friends,
I'm a happy touchwiz user running DN3 v3 with mj5 bootloader (knox free). All is well.
But i want to try new AOSP 4.4 builds like PARANOIDANDROID, PAC, omni etc. Is it possible to do that like from latest knox free bootloader and tw4.3 TO aosp?
Has anybody tried this? please suggest what procedure should i follow.
thanks
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Hello friends,
I'm a happy touchwiz user running DN3 v3 with mj5 bootloader (knox free). All is well.
But i want to try new AOSP 4.4 builds like PARANOIDANDROID, PAC, omni etc. Is it possible to do that like from latest knox free bootloader and tw4.3 TO aosp?
Has anybody tried this? please suggest what procedure should i follow.
thanks
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Hey,
You will love AOSP! I have tried CM11 and OMNI, and both were smooth and stable. You will have a much faster phone but you will use all the Samsung apps, including the S-Pen tricks. Your S-pen will still work though.
My advice? Well:
1. Make a Nandroid Backup (using your custom recovery). You might wanna get back to your current ROM if anything goes south or you just don't like AOSP.
2. Update your custom recovery. Actually I would suggest you do this even if you don't flash any AOSP 4.4 ROMs. I recommend TWRP 2.6.3.x.
3. Make a full wipe before installing anything. Full wipe means everything but your SD cards (internal and external). Though, I would recommend to also wipe your internal SD card, after you back up your stuff (watch out not to lose your nandroid backups that might be on your internal SD).
4. Flash the ROM you choose and be very careful to read the flashing instructions. You'll feel like an a$$hole if you ask for help on the ROMs thread and find out that you missed some step because you didn't read the OP carefully.
5. Usually you'll have to flash other fixes/addons for everything to work. Look for them in the OP, if it's needed or recommended, it will be listed there.
I hope that helps! Come back if you have trouble.
flash AOSP
Just flash as usual but remember you need to read the instruction carefully for each aosp rom forum.
1. you need to use cwm 6.0.3.7 version onward or TWRP 2.6.1.0 ( can search through xda forum)
2. Do full wipe including System, Data, Cache, Dalvik, Android Secure, and Preload.
3. Flash the aosp rom you prefer
4. Flash the gapps
5. reboots (It might take some time for first time)
Ok thanks guys, I'll try it today.
Sent from my BE(a)ST.. Samsung Galaxy Note2