Need some help about flashing a ROM - Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys
I need some help. First of all, I have some experience flashing stuff. I had a galaxy s2 that I moded before.
Got my note 3, 4 days ago. And I'm already hating the sammy rom. My gps sucks, and tw is lagging a lot. So I was thinking about flashing something better into this badboy. I'm not asking for wich is the better rom. Actually, I feel like a newcomer that cant tell wich kernel or recovery should I flash. I've search a lot trying to understand what to do. On my old S2 I only had to flash philz kernel and from there I just had to flash root and after that I could do w/e I wanted.
So I want to know 3 things:
if there is a similar system since I hate flashing trough odin.
Need someone to point my in the right direction on a kernel (loved dorimax on S2, or apollo)
And what should I do to flash TPRW
I know that maybe I didnt looked hard enough on the forum, but, the information is scattered, I'm going in circles on what to do. I dont care about knox btw, the cellphone is out of warranty.
Thanks for reading
Shadeftw

If you want to flash the custom ROM then you can flash it from any custom recovery, like you said Philz is one, but people generally prefer TWRP for our phones. And as custom ROMs generally come as a zip package you don't really have any option but flashing it from a custom recovery anyway. Odin is good as long as files are in tar format.
I loved the S2, my favourite was the Siyah kernel Anyway, I am using Audax kernel on my phone now, which is good, but you can also look at Arter kernel, its damn stable, and he is a great dev. There is another kernel called Lean, about which I am not really interested. And for ROMs I never move from anything non-TouchWiz based, cause those are the most stable ROMs out there, with least number of bugs and retaining the feature set of a Note phone, little laggy yes, but I can live with that rather than living with a plethora of bugs and other nuisances.
You have got a great phone, enjoy it.

ithehappy said:
If you want to flash the custom ROM then you can flash it from any custom recovery, like you said Philz is one, but people generally prefer TWRP for our phones. And as custom ROMs generally come as a zip package you don't really have any option but flashing it from a custom recovery anyway. Odin is good as long as files are in tar format.
I loved the S2, my favourite was the Siyah kernel Anyway, I am using Audax kernel on my phone now, which is good, but you can also look at Arter kernel, its damn stable, and he is a great dev. There is another kernel called Lean, about which I am not really interested. And for ROMs I never move from anything non-TouchWiz based, cause those are the most stable ROMs out there, with least number of bugs and retaining the feature set of a Note phone, little laggy yes, but I can live with that rather than living with a plethora of bugs and other nuisances.
You have got a great phone, enjoy it.
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Thanks for helping me.
S2 was a really fun phone, loved it until it died. Siyah was really awsome too
I need your help if possible. I'm feeling kind of bad since I dont want to be boring
Could you sugest me:
- A nice 1st time Lolipop ROM so I can get used to flash them
- You mentioned several kernels, what do you consider is the most stable from those.
- How to backup EFS folder (cant find any program or apk that does it, on my S2 I had NVTOOLS)
- A nice root methode (I've looked for a good root method and the one I tried didnt work and I had to flash the original firmware to get things good again.)
If I may ask, can you post links on what versions should I download (LP ROM, kernel and recovery)? Not sure if the forum rules permit it, in any case, PM'me with them if possible. I've got the LTE sm-n9005 version. Would be very thankfull if you could help me out with the basic stuff since I'm really unsure of what to download and what is compatible with(feeling like a total noob here).
Once again thanks for helping me
Shadeftw

Shadeftw said:
Thanks for helping me.
S2 was a really fun phone, loved it until it died. Siyah was really awsome too
I need your help if possible. I'm feeling kind of bad since I dont want to be boring
Could you sugest me:
- A nice 1st time Lolipop ROM so I can get used to flash them
- You mentioned several kernels, what do you consider is the most stable from those.
- How to backup EFS folder (cant find any program or apk that does it, on my S2 I had NVTOOLS)
- A nice root methode (I've looked for a good root method and the one I tried didnt work and I had to flash the original firmware to get things good again.)
If I may ask, can you post links on what versions should I download (LP ROM, kernel and recovery)? Not sure if the forum rules permit it, in any case, PM'me with them if possible. I've got the LTE sm-n9005 version. Would be very thankfull if you could help me out with the basic stuff since I'm really unsure of what to download and what is compatible with(feeling like a total noob here).
Once again thanks for helping me
Shadeftw
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- http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/development/rom-qs-n9005-lp-t3037655
This, if you would like to use Xposed. If you don't need Xposed then use any stock Odexed ROM, for example this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2649176
Now these are the ROMs which are basically stock ROM, with some nifty features added. But if you want a fully featured ROM then use AryaMod, http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/development/rom-aryamod-v1-tw-lollipop-t2990920
But all Xposed modules won't work with this ROM as it has its own modifications. But otherwise I don't think there is any feature which is lacking in this ROM :laugh: I was a happy user, if it weren't for Xposed I would still be using it I suppose.
- Stock kernel is the most stable man, seriously. But if you are like me who can't live without additional features then try arter, http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/development/arter97-kernel-galaxy-note-3-t3028148
Or try Lean, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2488082
- Hold on, I have forgotten about the procedure, I will come back when I remember though.
- Rooting is easy. Flash TWRP, https://twrp.me/ Then flash this SuperSU zip from the recovery (TWRP), https://download.chainfire.eu/696/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip

ithehappy said:
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/development/rom-qs-n9005-lp-t3037655
This, if you would like to use Xposed. If you don't need Xposed then use any stock Odexed ROM, for example this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2649176
Now these are the ROMs which are basically stock ROM, with some nifty features added. But if you want a fully featured ROM then use AryaMod, http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/development/rom-aryamod-v1-tw-lollipop-t2990920
But all Xposed modules won't work with this ROM as it has its own modifications. But otherwise I don't think there is any feature which is lacking in this ROM :laugh: I was a happy user, if it weren't for Xposed I would still be using it I suppose.
- Stock kernel is the most stable man, seriously. But if you are like me who can't live without additional features then try arter, http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/development/arter97-kernel-galaxy-note-3-t3028148
Or try Lean, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2488082
- Hold on, I have forgotten about the procedure, I will come back when I remember though.
- Rooting is easy. Flash TWRP, https://twrp.me/ Then flash this SuperSU zip from the recovery (TWRP), https://download.chainfire.eu/696/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip
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Thanks! You are awsome!
I'm at work now, so, I cant do this. When I get home I will do it and give you feedback.
Thanks once again.
*EDIT*
Well, I downloaded the recovery file file from TPRW, the thing is, its .img instead of .tar so I cant flash it trough odin. Am I missing something? xD
*Edit 2*
Found out about flashify 10/10
I was not used to this kind of stuff ahah

Shadeftw said:
Well, I downloaded the recovery file file from TPRW, the thing is, its .img instead of .tar so I cant flash it trough odin. Am I missing something? xD
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If you want to flash with Odin then you need this file, .tar one, https://dl.twrp.me/hlte/twrp-2.8.7.0-hlte-4.4.img.tar
I am not sure whether that link will open for you or not, but I just copied the URL.
PS: This is the link to EFS backup by the way, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2447342

ithehappy said:
If you want to flash with Odin then you need this file, .tar one, https://dl.twrp.me/hlte/twrp-2.8.7.0-hlte-4.4.img.tar
I am not sure whether that link will open for you or not, but I just copied the URL.
PS: This is the link to EFS backup by the way, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2447342
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Thanks for everything. I've managed to root, install recovery and back up EFS. I have a last question. I'm going to use Sammy's ROM for a while, can I use any of those kernels on it?
EDIT: **** me, I decided to install lean kernel to experiment and my ROM didnt booted, so I decided to instal araya xD

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Custom ROM and kernel with overclocking support required.

I have a samsung galaxy trend s7392. Since it lags when playing high end games or using heavy apps, I'd like to overclock it. I have already rooted it. It has JB 4.1.2 as stock firmware with samsung touchwiz 4.0. Since it's not a popular model, the developers might not have developed anything yet for it. But since this phone's look, feel, features and stock firmware are a lot similar to more popular models like grand quattro i8552, i9082, etc some of you could know what roms and kernels would work good with it. Please help. I've googled my hands off. Thank you so much.
todopertin said:
I have a samsung galaxy trend s7392. Since it lags when playing high end games or using heavy apps, I'd like to overclock it. I have already rooted it. It has JB 4.1.2 as stock firmware with samsung touchwiz 4.0. Since it's not a popular model, the developers might not have developed anything yet for it. But since this phone's look, feel, features and stock firmware are a lot similar to more popular models like grand quattro i8552, i9082, etc some of you could know what roms and kernels would work good with it. Please help. I've googled my hands off. Thank you so much.
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You might have better luck by going into the i8552 forum and ask a developer there if he knows if it is compatible. They would know the best.
todopertin said:
I have a samsung galaxy trend s7392. Since it lags when playing high end games or using heavy apps, I'd like to overclock it. I have already rooted it. It has JB 4.1.2 as stock firmware with samsung touchwiz 4.0. Since it's not a popular model, the developers might not have developed anything yet for it. But since this phone's look, feel, features and stock firmware are a lot similar to more popular models like grand quattro i8552, i9082, etc some of you could know what roms and kernels would work good with it. Please help. I've googled my hands off. Thank you so much.
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Hi, I also own a Galaxy Trend S7392 and looking for a custom rom. But I couldn't find one. To start developing a new rom, I tried building from AOSP sources. The build was successful, but while flashing it on phone, ODIN reports FAIL as soon as it starts writing system.img. I am unable to figure that out why is it so.
I am looking for some concrete steps so as to compile a ROM for our phone and flash it from AOSP sources specifically. If you have any idea about that, please help.
trivalent said:
Hi, I also own a Galaxy Trend S7392 and looking for a custom rom. But I couldn't find one. To start developing a new rom, I tried building from AOSP sources. The build was successful, but while flashing it on phone, ODIN reports FAIL as soon as it starts writing system.img. I am unable to figure that out why is it so.
I am looking for some concrete steps so as to compile a ROM for our phone and flash it from AOSP sources specifically. If you have any idea about that, please help.
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After successfully building a rom you need to flash the rom from inside of recovery. I'm not sure of the specifics of your rom for flashing. You will need to go to your rom thread for that and read the guids on how to flash it correctly. You will also need a gapps package. goo.im has this. If you built for 4.3 aosp they have the gapps there. If you built for 4.4 you can try these gapps. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2397942
atrus5 said:
After successfully building a rom you need to flash the rom from inside of recovery. I'm not sure of the specifics of your rom for flashing. You will need to go to your rom thread for that and read the guids on how to flash it correctly. You will also need a gapps package. goo.im has this. If you built for 4.3 aosp they have the gapps there. If you built for 4.4 you can try these gapps. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2397942
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Thanks for the reply atrus5.
My phone is currently using STOCK ROM for my Galaxy Trend. There is no thread dedicated for Galaxy Trend Duos S7392 so there is a little information available at the moment.
I am stuck on flashing the AOSP generated system.img to my phone. GAPPS will come a lot later .
trivalent said:
Thanks for the reply atrus5.
My phone is currently using STOCK ROM for my Galaxy Trend. There is no thread dedicated for Galaxy Trend Duos S7392 so there is a little information available at the moment.
I am stuck on flashing the AOSP generated system.img to my phone. GAPPS will come a lot later .
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You have to flash the whole zip that gets built not just the system.img
atrus5 said:
You have to flash the whole zip that gets built not just the system.img
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OK, but I don't know how to generate the whole ZIP. Moreover,
ODIN requires .tar.md5 package to flash it. This is what I did :
1. Extract STOCK tar.md5 package
2. Replaced system.img with the one I compiled.
3. Repacked tar.md5 package.
4. Used ODIN to flash the tar.md5 package.
5. ODIN reported failed as soon as it started flashing system.img
Further help will be highly appreciated.
trivalent said:
OK, but I don't know how to generate the whole ZIP. Moreover,
ODIN requires .tar.md5 package to flash it. This is what I did :
1. Extract STOCK tar.md5 package
2. Replaced system.img with the one I compiled.
3. Repacked tar.md5 package.
4. Used ODIN to flash the tar.md5 package.
5. ODIN reported failed as soon as it started flashing system.img
Further help will be highly appreciated.
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You will need to flash the rom from recovery.
First you will need to be rooted. If you don't have that you can find it here at this link. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2494471
You will need to have a cwm recovery. Here is the link to that. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2552935
Inside of cwm recovery you will need to factory reset/erase data, erase cache and dalvik.
Then flash the rom and gapps packages.
i don't know if your device is locked or not since I do not own this device. This is the best that I could find. I don't know if it works. This advice is for the i8552. Your best bet is to look through these threads to find what you are looking for. http://forum.xda-developers.com/grand-quattro
atrus5 said:
You will need to flash the rom from recovery.
First you will need to be rooted. If you don't have that you can find it here at this link. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2494471
You will need to have a cwm recovery. Here is the link to that. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2552935
Inside of cwm recovery you will need to factory reset/erase data, erase cache and dalvik.
Then flash the rom and gapps packages.
i don't know if your device is locked or not since I do not own this device. This is the best that I could find. I don't know if it works. This advice is for the i8552. Your best bet is to look through these threads to find what you are looking for. http://forum.xda-developers.com/grand-quattro
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Lots of links to study.... Thanks
1) The phone is rooted. NO issues with that.
2) CWM recovery is not available for my phone. I tried the CWM recovery builder to build image, but the build failed. I tried to build the same manually, but on flashing, I get E:Failed to Verify Signature.
NO way ahead...
trivalent said:
Lots of links to study.... Thanks
1) The phone is rooted. NO issues with that.
2) CWM recovery is not available for my phone. I tried the CWM recovery builder to build image, but the build failed. I tried to build the same manually, but on flashing, I get E:Failed to Verify Signature.
NO way ahead...
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Talk to the main developers on the links that I gave you and see what they say. I can't really help you since I don't have the device. You will get more help from them then here. They will be able to steer you in the right way. sorry
atrus5 said:
Talk to the main developers on the links that I gave you and see what they say. I can't really help you since I don't have the device. You will get more help from them then here. They will be able to steer you in the right way. sorry
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No need to be sorry... You have done your best. I have posted few queries, waiting for the response.
Thanks a lot for your efforts and guidance.
Topic dead?
Guys, I'm also using Galaxy Trend Duos S7392. Need a custom firmware because of the excessive bloatware on the stock ROM.
todopertin said:
I have a samsung galaxy trend s7392. Since it lags when playing high end games or using heavy apps, I'd like to overclock it. I have already rooted it. It has JB 4.1.2 as stock firmware with samsung touchwiz 4.0. Since it's not a popular model, the developers might not have developed anything yet for it. But since this phone's look, feel, features and stock firmware are a lot similar to more popular models like grand quattro i8552, i9082, etc some of you could know what roms and kernels would work good with it. Please help. I've googled my hands off. Thank you so much.
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Can you tell me how to root it??
Even I want the rooting guide. Hope you successfully make a rooting guide with some good ROM later on. We wil support you,
Akhileshvv said:
Guys, I'm also using Galaxy Trend Duos S7392. Need a custom firmware because of the excessive bloatware on the stock ROM.
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you can remove those bloatwares by just rooting and using root app delete to locate and delete. it will not only free rom but will also make your phone faster since the bloatwares that used to run in the background consuming cpu, battery and ram will have been removed.
Samsung galaxy trend s7392 folks use kingoapp from kingoapp.com to root your phone. it will surely root it. I've upgraded to galaxy i8552 quattro and the two phones are just a copycat of each other. so there are chances a custom rom intended for quattro(more popular of the two) could work on trend.
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Already rooted on the first day itself
todopertin said:
you can remove those bloatwares by just rooting and using root app delete to locate and delete. it will not only free rom but will also make your phone faster since the bloatwares that used to run in the background consuming cpu, battery and ram will have been removed.
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It's already rooted bro. I have done it on the very first day I bought the device. Still, not all bloatware can be removed by just rooting. So, I think there is a need of optimised ROM like CyanogenMod or any other.
Akhileshvv said:
It's already rooted bro. I have done it on the very first day I bought the device. Still, not all bloatware can be removed by just rooting. So, I think there is a need of optimised ROM like CyanogenMod or any other.
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Hey first of all, after rooting you will gain super user access and ofcourse after that you will be able to remove any system app(bloatware).
pls help i also have the same device
I have gt7392 pls help me to put any custom rom available if u get any solution pls share with me.
Thanks in advance
I am also an unhappy user of s7392. It is indeed a laggy phone and to be honest, root (vroot)+ removing any unused application, including play store, hangout and google+ didn't help it too much. Phone is still hanging, lagging and sometimes not showing who is calling or, worst, not ringing at all.
An optimised ROM it will be really grate.
BR

[Q] Can anyone tell me which one is he most stable CFW now?

Like the title, can anyone tell me which one is the most stable cfw now? b/c there many cfw in the forum and I dont know which one is good, or having problem, issue....ect. If not, I will go back to stock, root, install revovery, and update stock 4.4.2 KK
street.basketball said:
Like the title, can anyone tell me which one is the most stable cfw now? b/c there many cfw in the forum and I dont know which one is good, or having problem, issue....ect. If not, I will go back to stock, root, install revovery, and update stock 4.4.2 KK
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well on first note you can flash a rooted kk and keep recovery there are two ways of doing so, now for your first question recommending roms is not that good because everyone has a different preference in my case I need power and battery life since I mainly use my phone for gaming but you might have something else in mind so it's always best to just just flash on your own until you find something that suits your needs
Madhi rom is a pretty good rom and stable rom. So far I found 0 bugs with my everyday use. I recommend it. And having a nandroid backup makes the return to your stock rom a 5 minute process, if you didn't like it
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XxZombiePikachu said:
well on first note you can flash a rooted kk and keep recovery there are two ways of doing so, now for your first question recommending roms is not that good because everyone has a different preference in my case I need power and battery life since I mainly use my phone for gaming but you might have something else in mind so it's always best to just just flash on your own until you find something that suits your needs
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But what i need is a stable rom, like there no bugs, issue, errors blah blah, so if you know any like that, tell me
j1miroquai said:
Madhi rom is a pretty good rom and stable rom. So far I found 0 bugs with my everyday use. I recommend it. And having a nandroid backup makes the return to your stock rom a 5 minute process, if you didn't like it
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Thanks man, can you give me a link? And nandroid backup is in cwm recovery right?
nandroid backup is called the process of taking backup your entire phone . data system cache etc.
You can find it in all custom recovery programs cwm , twrp .VERY VERY VERY usefull
I used both cwm and twrp for nandroid backup and it's a pretty straightforward process.
here is the link for Mahdi ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2590700
XxZombiePikachu said:
well on first note you can flash a rooted kk and keep recovery there are two ways of doing so, now for your first question recommending roms is not that good because everyone has a different preference in my case I need power and battery life since I mainly use my phone for gaming but you might have something else in mind so it's always best to just just flash on your own until you find something that suits your needs
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Wait, you said I can update 4.4 and still have recovery? I though I only can keep root, can you show me how?

Opinions on best root method, ROM & Kernal for SM-n9005 (lollipop 5.0)

Hi guys,
Been reading these forums for the last few hours but still struggling to make my mind up...I would like to know your opinions on the best method of rooting my phone (SM-n9005 on lollipop 5.0) and what ROM and kernal you recommend please? The most important factor for me is stability/lack of bugs but without going back to an earlier version of android. Or would that mean that it would make more sense to keep the stock ROM/kernal?
I apologise in advance for any stupid questions as I am pretty new to this but very eager to tinker!
Thanks!
my choice!
Darren653 said:
Hi guys,
Been reading these forums for the last few hours but still struggling to make my mind up...I would like to know your opinions on the best method of rooting my phone (SM-n9005 on lollipop 5.0) and what ROM and kernal you recommend please? The most important factor for me is stability/lack of bugs but without going back to an earlier version of android. Or would that mean that it would make more sense to keep the stock ROM/kernal?
I apologise in advance for any stupid questions as I am pretty new to this but very eager to tinker!
Thanks!
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* Root via CF Auto Root
* Flash AryaMod ROM (via TWRP)
* Flash Lean Kernel 6.3 (via TWRP)
Well my choice for rooting is simple. Install a custom recovery (TWRP), then flash the SuperSU zip from there, done.
My preferred custom ROM (for you) would be Arya, cause it comes with lots of features, and it's based on stock Samsung TW ROM, so its stable as hell.
Kernel? Well I am sorry to say I can't say that, probably Audax? I am on Stock at this moment, and all I know if I move to a custom kernel it will be Audax at this moment, cause honestly I don't see any reason to use any other kernel other than that. I prefer a kernel for its additional features, and those aren't available then I don't see any point of using a custom kernel
ithehappy said:
Well my choice for rooting is simple. Install a custom recovery (TWRP), then flash the SuperSU zip from there, done.
My preferred custom ROM (for you) would be Arya, cause it comes with lots of features, and it's based on stock Samsung TW ROM, so its stable as hell.
Kernel? Well I am sorry to say I can't say that, probably Audax? I am on Stock at this moment, and all I know if I move to a custom kernel it will be Audax at this moment, cause honestly I don't see any reason to use any other kernel other than that. I prefer a kernel for its additional features, and those aren't available then I don't see any point of using a custom kernel
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Thanks a lot for the help! By the sounds of it then, i will definitely go with the Arya ROM...I'm assuming this and Aryamod are the same thing? Also, will this offer many more advantages as the stock ROM and will it be as stable? The main reason i have decided to root my phone is to get more out of apps requiring root and to get rid of bloatware.
With regards to the kernal, i guess being a novice, all i understand is that they can improve battery performance and phone performance so i would like to go for one fitting this. Unless i have missed the idea completely lol
Thanks again mate
Darren653 said:
Thanks a lot for the help! By the sounds of it then, i will definitely go with the Arya ROM...I'm assuming this and Aryamod are the same thing? Also, will this offer many more advantages as the stock ROM and will it be as stable? The main reason i have decided to root my phone is to get more out of apps requiring root and to get rid of bloatware.
With regards to the kernal, i guess being a novice, all i understand is that they can improve battery performance and phone performance so i would like to go for one fitting this. Unless i have missed the idea completely lol
Thanks again mate
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This is Arya mate, http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/development/rom-aryamod-v1-tw-lollipop-t2990920
Yes, the ROM is damn stable, as stable as stock ROM, I used the ROM for almost two months, and in fact I am downloading it now, getting bored of stock ROM.
Yes, kernel can improve battery life and performance, if you know what to tweak.
ithehappy said:
This is Arya mate, http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/development/rom-aryamod-v1-tw-lollipop-t2990920
Yes, the ROM is damn stable, as stable as stock ROM, I used the ROM for almost two months, and in fact I am downloading it now, getting bored of stock ROM.
Yes, kernel can improve battery life and performance, if you know what to tweak.
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Thanks a lot! I'm just backing up my phone then I'm going to try to root it and install the ROM tonight! I think i'll leave the custom kernal for a while so I can see how i get on with the stock kernel. At least then i'll hopefully be able to compare once i do flash a new one.
Thanks for being patient
Darren653 said:
Thanks a lot! I'm just backing up my phone then I'm going to try to root it and install the ROM tonight! I think i'll leave the custom kernal for a while so I can see how i get on with the stock kernel. At least then i'll hopefully be able to compare once i do flash a new one.
Thanks for being patient
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Sure mate, we are here to help. Just do a wipe before doing all that, cause without wiping the ROM and all its features might not work and the ROM won't be stable anyway. Wipe everything from TWRP, under Advanced wipe section, except external SD card of course. Take a backup beforehand. Remember, if you do that advanced wipe thing, then you won't have anything on your phone, so better download Arya before doing all that.
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Sure mate, we are here to help. Just do a wipe before doing all that, cause without wiping the ROM and all its features might not work and the ROM won't be stable anyway. Wipe everything from TWRP, under Advanced wipe section, except external SD card of course. Take a backup beforehand. Remember, if you do that advanced wipe thing, then you won't have anything on your phone, so better download Arya before doing all that.
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I've managed to root it without any problems so I'm well chuffed
I decided to get the hang of titanium backup and TWRP backup before i start messing about too much with custom ROMS. Which for me, is a very sensible decision
I've been looking at the Arya rom which like you said, seems amazingly stable now, and the Darklord N5 or S6 port, which apparently is stable now too. Do you have any experience with the Darklord N5 or S6 ROMs? How do these compare to the Arya? Lastly, now that I've rooted it, is there much to gain from a custom ROM as it seems that you can get many different apps to customise different things whilst keeping the stability of the OEM ROM?
Darren653 said:
I've managed to root it without any problems so I'm well chuffed
I decided to get the hang of titanium backup and TWRP backup before i start messing about too much with custom ROMS. Which for me, is a very sensible decision
I've been looking at the Arya rom which like you said, seems amazingly stable now, and the Darklord N5 or S6 port, which apparently is stable now too. Do you have any experience with the Darklord N5 or S6 ROMs? How do these compare to the Arya? Lastly, now that I've rooted it, is there much to gain from a custom ROM as it seems that you can get many different apps to customise different things whilst keeping the stability of the OEM ROM?
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Unfortunately I don't posses any idea about those ROMs mate. As much as I would like to respect and admire those developers (you have no idea how hard it is to do even a simple mod, let alone a full ROM like that), at the same time I will have to say almost all the ported ROMs have some sort of issues, be it S6 or Note 5 or Note 4, yes, they might be negligible to some, but I want my phone to be performing as stable as possible. And as Arya is based on Stock Note 3 firmware there is no chance of any instability. But if you find Darklord Note 5 port stable and don't encounter any problem then use it, by all means. Heck if Samsung doesn't release 5.1.1 i next couple of months then I too obviously will that route, but for now 5.0 is okay enough for me.
And yes, with a custom ROM you can do a lot of things as you have already experienced. You rooted it to install the custom ROM, and then there are the ROM features which need root, so yes, custom all the way. This is coming from a stock ROM lover by the way, but as I said before, Arya is as stable as a stock ROM, and comes with some really handy features additionally, so its a simple decision for me
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Unfortunately I don't posses any idea about those ROMs mate. As much as I would like to respect and admire those developers (you have no idea how hard it is to do even a simple mod, let alone a full ROM like that), at the same time I will have to say almost all the ported ROMs have some sort of issues, be it S6 or Note 5 or Note 4, yes, they might be negligible to some, but I want my phone to be performing as stable as possible. And as Arya is based on Stock Note 3 firmware there is no chance of any instability. But if you find Darklord Note 5 port stable and don't encounter any problem then use it, by all means. Heck if Samsung doesn't release 5.1.1 i next couple of months then I too obviously will that route, but for now 5.0 is okay enough for me.
And yes, with a custom ROM you can do a lot of things as you have already experienced. You rooted it to install the custom ROM, and then there are the ROM features which need root, so yes, custom all the way. This is coming from a stock ROM lover by the way, but as I said before, Arya is as stable as a stock ROM, and comes with some really handy features additionally, so its a simple decision for me
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That sounds like good advice mate. Thanks for all of your help!

Looking stock sm-230nu lollipop rom

Looking stock sm-230nu lollipop rom not a lot of bloatware, that runs smooth, not buggy and is stable. That can be flashed through a recovery. Oh yea had this tablet for well over 1 1/2 and never rooted nor installed any roms on it. So if you guys can point me to a great rom and tell which recovery that runs great with my device I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks
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Looking stock sm-230nu lollipop rom not a lot of bloatware, that runs smooth, not buggy and is stable. That can be flashed through a recovery. Oh yea had this tablet for well over 1 1/2 and never rooted nor installed any roms on it. So if you guys can point me to a great rom and tell which recovery that runs great with my device I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks
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The SM-T230, SM-T230NU, and SM-T231 have not received an official lollipop update, so to the best of my knowledge there are no stock lollipop ROMs available for your model. There is CyanogenMod 12.1 available but last I heard it was still fairly buggy and development was at a standstill.
TWRP Custom Recovery for the SM-T230/NU
There's actually several stock-based KitKat roms but the ones that seem the most popular are:
Acheron Rom
TranchidaKat
Also there are a few custom kernels which might help give your device a performance boost:
CTXz's Overclocked Kernel
Nuki-Stock-T230NU
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The SM-T230, SM-T230NU, and SM-T231 have not received an official lollipop update, so to the best of my knowledge there are no stock lollipop ROMs available for your model. There is CyanogenMod 12.1 available but last I heard it was still fairly buggy and development was at a standstill.
TWRP Custom Recovery for the SM-T230/NU
There's actually several stock-based KitKat roms but the ones that seem the most popular are:
Acheron Rom
TranchidaKat
Also there are a few custom kernels which might help give your device a performance boost:
CTXz's Overclocked Kernel
Nuki-Stock-T230NU
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Thanks a lot guy. I was really hoping to find a stable non buggy lollipop rom for my device. Either way you have !e on a great start. If anyone is reading this. Is fastboot enabled to flash at the bootloader, but then again this Samsung ?
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Thanks a lot guy. I was really hoping to find a stable non buggy lollipop rom for my device. Either way you have !e on a great start. If anyone is reading this. Is fastboot enabled to flash at the bootloader, but then again this Samsung ?
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I hoped that info would be useful; I'm sorry I couldn't point you to any stock LP, I know that frustration. On Samsung devices, bootloader (usually referred to as download mode) you need to flash things using Odin as far as I know
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I hoped that info would be useful; I'm sorry I couldn't point you to any stock LP, I know that frustration. On Samsung devices, bootloader (usually referred to as download mode) you need to flash things using Odin as far as I know
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Thank you You were very helpful.
thisisapoorusernamechoice said:
I hoped that info would be useful; I'm sorry I couldn't point you to any stock LP, I know that frustration. On Samsung devices, bootloader (usually referred to as download mode) you need to flash things using Odin as far as I know
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Not sure what happened in our conversation. I really do appreciate your help and knowledge. As of right now, I have this tablet running white noise to a Bluetooth speaker to drown out my neighbor. I want to run a lollipop rom but I probably will have time till the end of this weekend or maybe next week to install. I am oncall for a week and really hard to get to it. If you or anyone out there knows of a lollipop rom for the "sm-t230nu" device that runs real smooth I can go for it.
As for odin, I used to purchase nothing but Samsung mobile devices in the past but the download mode with odin works but can hose the bootloader, and efs. Never had a good experience except for the older devices when Samsung actually provided the software, not why they never provided the ability to unlock the bootloader even when they used to develop nexus devices for Google. I would rather use the dd command or flash by fastboot, or use a actual recovery that is proven.
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Not sure what happened in our conversation. I really do appreciate your help and knowledge. As of right now, I have this tablet running white noise to a Bluetooth speaker to drown out my neighbor. I want to run a lollipop rom but I probably will have time till the end of this weekend or maybe next week to install. I am oncall for a week and really hard to get to it. If you or anyone out there knows of a lollipop rom for the "sm-t230nu" device that runs real smooth I can go for it.
As for odin, I used to purchase nothing but Samsung mobile devices in the past but the download mode with odin works but can hose the bootloader, and efs. Never had a good experience except for the older devices when Samsung actually provided the software, not why they never provided the ability to unlock the bootloader even when they used to develop nexus devices for Google. I would rather use the dd command or flash by fastboot, or use a actual recovery that is proven.
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I'm not sure what you mean, "what happened in our conversation," I was just trying to give you what info I knew to address your questions. If I gave you faulty info or didn't adequately address your questions, I'm sorry, but there was no malicious intent. I'm not an expert and it sounds like you might have a better handle on the lower-level stuff. As I said, from all that I've read, the only lollipop available for the SM-T230NU is the buggy CM 12.1 builds I linked to. Odin has always worked fine for me but I understand if you'd rather not use it. I linked to TWRP recovery in my first post, but here it is again:
TWRP Custom Recovery
Also there is Philz Touch, which is a touch-screen version of ClockworkMod Recovery:
Philz Touch Recovery

Stable ROMs for 910F?

Hey everyone. I know this has probably been posted so many times and it is a bit of a noob question. But I would like to know what are the most stable Marshmallow (MM) ROMS for the 910f. If there is another post like this, please just link me instead. Also, a reference on how to root would be nice (I'm not really concerned about KNOX).
I used to have an HTC Rezound so I'm pretty familiar with rooting but I accidentally hard bricked it. I'm really hesitant on rooting again. But I hate the TWZ theme on the phone and I'd like to uninstall some stock apps. Also AOSP was great for me but I see a lot of threads that say some things don't work (like camera and screen rotation which are important for me).
tl;dr: need best ROM for 910f, without issues, as daily driver (preferably AOSP and MM 6.0.1)
shock_and_awe said:
Hey everyone. I know this has probably been posted so many times and it is a bit of a noob question. But I would like to know what are the most stable Marshmallow (MM) ROMS for the 910f. If there is another post like this, please just link me instead. Also, a reference on how to root would be nice (I'm not really concerned about KNOX).
I used to have an HTC Rezound so I'm pretty familiar with rooting but I accidentally hard bricked it. I'm really hesitant on rooting again. But I hate the TWZ theme on the phone and I'd like to uninstall some stock apps. Also AOSP was great for me but I see a lot of threads that say some things don't work (like camera and screen rotation which are important for me).
tl;dr: need best ROM for 910f, without issues, as daily driver (preferably AOSP and MM 6.0.1)
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To root your N910F easiest and safest way...
Flash latest twrp from here through odin.
https://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxynote4qualcomm.html
Flash supersu 2.78 SR5 through twrp.
http://download.chainfire.eu/1014/SuperSU/SR5-SuperSU-v2.78-SR5-20161130091551.zip
As for ROMs its all down to personal preference. Do some research on here there is quite a few. Try out a few see which you like :good:
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To root your N910F easiest and safest way...
Flash latest twrp from here through odin.
https://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxynote4qualcomm.html
Flash supersu 2.78 SR5 through twrp.
http://download.chainfire.eu/1014/SuperSU/SR5-SuperSU-v2.78-SR5-20161130091551.zip
As for ROMs its all down to personal preference. Do some research on here there is quite a few. Try out a few see which you like :good:
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Thank you so much for the reply! I have been busy with exams at the moment so I didn't have a chance to thank you earlier.
Are there more than one method to root? I'll definitely be doing what you suggested this weekend. And as for a ROM I was thinking of keeping a stock rooted ROM for 6.0.1 Marshmallow and just install a theme mod.
I would like AOSP but I haven't seen any that are stable enough so far...

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