Thursday, December 10, 2015
Install android lollipop on sprint samsung galaxy note 3 hltespr via Aicp custom rom
Install android lollipop custom rom on your sprint galaxy note 3 hltespr via Aicp custom rom.Sprint galalxy note 3 supports lte connectivity and this means you have a snapdragon 800 processor clocked at 2.30 ghz with 3 gb of ram and 64 gb internal storage.Rest of the specs are similar to that of international variant of galaxy note 3.
Since this rom which we are going to flash on note 3 is carrier specific variant don't try this on other variants of this device.Even though they some of the other models have similar specs they differ in connectivity radios which means flash on other variants will result in loss of signal and imei and in worst case you might end up bricking it.
Prerequisites:
Since this rom which we are going to flash on note 3 is carrier specific variant don't try this on other variants of this device.Even though they some of the other models have similar specs they differ in connectivity radios which means flash on other variants will result in loss of signal and imei and in worst case you might end up bricking it.
Why to go for a rom on Sprint galaxy note 3?
- Less bloatware: Usually Carrier variants comes with lot of bloatware and unwanted stuff.This might hinder performance a bit which might result in laggyness.Custom roms will have less bloatware or no bloatware at all as a result of which you will notice its performance is much better than on stock rom.
- Better performance: Though performance can be increased by controlling cpu and Gpu with root apps you might not achieve what you want.There is better scope for performance on custom roms as developers implements different mods to make it perfect.
- Better Battery life: Battery life is always opposite to performance.Greater the performance least the battery life you get.In order to get a balance one between them you have to go for custom roms.
- Best customization: Most of the apps with root access will work better on custom roms than on stock roms.For instance take xposed installer.It offers lot of modules for customization but will work perfectly on custom roms than on stock one.
Prerequisites:
- Charge your note 3 to at least 70% so that you don't run into any problems.
- Backup all your apps and data on your device to external sdcard or computer as flashing Aicp custom rom will erase all the app data on your device including contacts.
- Enable usb debugging on your note 3.Of course you don't need to do this for sure but enable it.Download cyanogenmod rom and gapps if you need them.
- Backup Efs and modem partitions of your sprint samsung galaxy note 3.
- You must have a custom recovery like Twrp installed on your samsung galaxy note 3.
Install Aicp custom rom on sprint galaxy note 3 hltespr:
About Aicp custom rom:
Aicp is one the best custom roms available in android development .Aicp stands for android ice cold project.Initially this custom roms used android open kang project as a base (Aokp in short) but they later moved to cyanogenmod rom as aokp stopped updating its sources.SO you can expect all features of cyanogenmod rom in Aicp with some extra features too.
Features of aicp rom:
- Theme engine: Theme engine is from the cyanogenmod custom rom which basically changes the look user interface from lock screen to ring tones all the way up to boot animations.The speciality of the theme engine is the ability to choose individual elements of every theme you have installed.So you like the ring tons and wallpapers of one theme and icons of other theme then you can have them at a time.Just open the theme chooser and you will understand how to do it.
- Performance control:A default cpu manager app to control frequencies and governors.You can adjust cpu frequencies and also set them on boot too.
- Trebuchet: This is the default launcher that ships with cyanogenmod rom.But if you flash gapps then you might loose this.It doesn't have too many features like nova or other launchers but its simple and fast.
- Status bar Tweaks:Status bar has lot of tweaks which include a brightness slider.Slide in status bar to adjust brightness of the screen.Double tap on status bar to sleep device and also network speed indicator for on going traffic info.
- Gesture anywhere:Gesture any where is also available which makes it easy for you to launch apps with gestures instead of returning to home screen and app drawer to launch apps.
- App circle:In addition to this app circle bar is also present which makes it too easy to launch apps with just a swipe from the edge of the screen.
- Omni Switch: Omni Switch is an alternative for default recent window in android.To use this Open omni switch app from app drawer and set your preferred options.It opens a floating bubble just like facebook messenger and floats on every app and actions click on it to open your recent apps.
Flash Aicp rom using Twrp recovery:
- Download Aicp rom for hltespr and Gapps transfer it to sdcard or internal storage of device.
- Power of the device completely.
- Press volume up,power button and home key simultaneously and once you see boot loader screen release buttons.
- Using volume down as a navigation button move to recovery and click on power button to confirm action.
- Once you are in twrp backup existing rom first.It might about 5 minutes for backup to complete.
- Wipe data,cache and dalvik cache.You may not need to wipe system.
- Flash ROM and then gapps.
- Reboot to system.Wait at least 20 minutes for initial boot to complete and once done you can explore ROM features.
This is a simple tutorial guiding you to install Aicp custom rom on sprint samung galaxy note 3 Hltespr..As this rom is meant only for this variant of don't try to flash it on other variants like on exynos or some other carrier variants as it might cause lot of errors or even brick it.
