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Update your samsung galaxy s4 mini GT-I9195 to android lollipop using resurrection remix custom rom. Resurrection remix custom rom is based on android lollipop 5.1.1 which is latest version which you can get right now.Samsung released galaxy s4 mini as an alternative to galaxy s4 for consumers who cant afford its flagship galaxy s4. It sports a 4.30 inch amoled display with 540x960 resolution.It has a snapdragon 400 processor clocked at 1.7 ghz with 1.5 gb of ram.

It has internal storage of 8gb and is of course expandable with a micro sd card.Primary camera on this device is a 8mp sensor while secondary camera is 1.9mp.It is powered by a lithium ion 1900 mah battery.Though it is launched with android jellybean its been updated to kitkat.NFC is also supported but only in GT-I9195.

The first thing you might has done after rooting s4 mini is installing  android apps with root access and final thing  is to flash a custom rom which is fast and stable enough for daily usage for ultimate customization.If you are in search of Lollipop custom rom for galaxy s4 mini and could not find one then you are on right place.In this post we will guide you to Flash Resurrection custom roms on samsung galaxy s4 mini GT-I9195.This post is specific to the galaxy s4 mini GT-I9195  it better to check your device model number before proceeding further.

To check your device model number go to settings and then to about device.You will find your device model number confirm that you are using GT-I9195 variant of this device.Prerequisites:

About resurrection custom rom:

This Resurrection remix rom which your are about to flash on galaxy s4 is a android 5.1.1 lollipop which  is based on cyanogenmod,slim,omni and original remix roms.  So you can all the best features of other roms included in this rom along with performance and a decent battery life.

• Navigation bar tweaks: You can enable disable or navigation bar and also you can adjust the size of navigation bar.Navigation ring included toggles to in case of quick access just swipe from bottom of screen and you can access apps which you have set.
• Status bar tweaks: Status bar has lot of tweaks which include a brightness slider.Slide in status bar to adjust brightness of the screen.Various tweaks are available to carrier label too like color and switch.Quick and smart pull down are also present.Battery icon too has tweaks.
• Gesture anywhere: This basically lets to open any app at any time(while using other apps) with just a gesture.You have to set the gestures and use them.


• Recent panel mods: Stock recent panel do not have an option to clear all the apps at once.In this rom you a button to clear apps and can even set the position of the button.
• App circle Bar:Swiping from the left or right edges of the screen an app bar pops up and you can choose what app you want to launch.This is great way of multitasking.
• Lock screen mods: This includes placing of 5 shortcuts on lock screen and also set targets for the slider.
• 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 crazy thing about this theme engine is its ability to choose individual elements of every theme you have installed and overlap with themes.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.

Flash Resurrection remix custom rom through recovery:

1. Download resurrection remix lollipop rom (Serrano3gxx or serranoltexx or serranodsdd ) and Gapps transfer it to sdcard or internal storage of device.
2. Power of the device completely.
3. Press volume up,power button and home key simultaneously and once you see boot loader screen release buttons.
4. Using volume down as a navigation button move to recovery and click on power button to confirm action.
5. Once you are in twrp or CWM recovery backup existing rom first.It might about 5 minutes for backup to complete.
6. Wipe data,cache and dalvik cache.You may not need to wipe system.
7. Flash ROM and then gapps.
8. Reboot to system.Wait at least 20 minutes for initial boot to complete and once done you can explore ROM features.