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Friday, December 11, 2015

Install Resurrection remix custom rom on samsung galaxy s4 i9500

Now you can update your samsung galaxy s4 SM-I9500 to android lollipop 5.1 by installing resurrection remix custom rom. Samsung galaxy s4 was released in the 2013 with little upgrades over the predecessor galaxy s3 .It has a Exynos 5 octa core processor with 2 gb ram along with 16 or 32 gb storage options.It sports a 5 inch super amoled display with full hd resolution which is protected by corning gorilla glass 3.Primary camera on this phone is 13 mp while the secondary camera is 2mp.It device has battery of 2600mah which is upgrade from the galaxy s3. The device was initially released with android 4.2 jellybean on board and later updated to kitkat and has been upgraded to lollipop recently.

Since the device is samsung its been released with different two different processors and also on many carriers . Though the device has an octa core processor touchwiz ui lags a lot and device heats up quickly if you play games or surf the web for few minutes. There is lot of bloatware on the device which occupies at lot of space which you can actually free up by rooting the device.

The first thing you might has done is install android apps with root access and final thing is to flash a custom rom which is fast and stable enough for daily usage.If you are in search of Lollipop custom rom for galaxy s4 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 I9500.This post is specific to the Samsung galaxy s4 I9500 so 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 I9500 variant of this device.
Prerequisites:

Charge your mobile to at least 80% so that you don't run into any problems.
Backup all your apps and data on your deivce to external sdcard or computer as flashing resurrection remix rom will erase all the app data on your device including contacts.
Enable usb debugging on your s4.Of course you don't need to do this for sure but enable it.
Download resurrection remix rom and gapps if you need them.
Backup Efs and modem partitions of your samsung galaxy s4.
You must have a custom recovery like Twrp or CWM installed on your phone.

Install Resurrection Remix Custom Rom On galaxy S4 I9500:

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.

Install Resurrection Remix Custom Rom On galaxy S4 I9500

Features of RR rom:

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:

Download resurrection remix lollipop rom (Resurrection remix_lp_v5.4.5)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 or CWM recovery 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 resurrection remix custom rom on sasmung galaxy S4 I9500..As this rom is meant only for this variant of the S4 I9500 don't try to flash it on other variants like on I9500 as it might cause lot of errors or even soft brick it.As this rom is still in alpha there may be more bugs than expected.

Android 6.0 marshmallow based Cyanogenmod 13 custom rom on samsung galaxy s4 Jflte

Samsung has recently announced that they are about to release android 6.0 that is marshmallow update for bunch of its flagship devices. Samsung galaxy s4 is one of those device which might receive the update.But as you know being a samsung flag for the year 2013 there are lot of variants of galaxy s4 which means not all s4 variants receive it at same time.

It might take lot of time from now for the update to receive but if you want to try latest version of android version on your samsung galaxy s4 there is a workaround but its risky and some of you guys already know how to do it.

If you an android enthusiast then you might be waiting for the official cyanogenmod 13 to come out. There are no official build of the same yet.But we are lucky to have an unofficial build for samsung galaxy s4.This build is specific to jflte variant of galaxy s4 which houses a snapdragon 600 processor instead of samsung's in-house exynos chipset.

If you own a exynos device then this is not for you.Its better if you stay away from this.If you own a snapdragon 600 based and don't know how to install this then don't worry at all in this guide you will see how to have android marshmallow installed on your galaxy s4 jflte.
But before proceeding further:

Check you samsung galaxy s4 model number by going into about device and confirm that you are using jflte variant which houses a snapdragon 600 processor.
Make sure that kies is already installed on your computer.If you don't have then do install them.
You must have updated it to official software that is already available if you are starting from scratch.
Root: You need to have root access on your samsung galaxy s4 to install cyanogenmod 13 custom rom.If not you have to follow the whole guide.
Backup:Backup all your data which includes contacts,apps,photos videos etc everything to computer or any cloud networks as installing CM 13 on galaxy s4 jflte will erase all the data on your handset.
Backup Efs partitions: This is for those who already have twrp installed.Backup all your efs partition of your samsung device on existing rom.Just in case if you loose signal or imei you can just restore it back.
Battery: Charge your galaxy s4 to 100% so that you wont encounter any battery related problems while updating it.
Downloads: Android marshmallow for samsung galaxy s4 (androidfilehost mirror) on your computer or device itself.If you want gapps download them too.
Recovery: You need a custom recovery like twrp already installed on your galaxy s4.

Marshmallow based CM 13 custom rom for samsung galaxy s4 Jflte:

As this rom is not yet official one you may not find all the features of original cyanogenmod offers and also this rom is some what buggy. Though all the features work properly there is an issue with camera.Both cameras wont work at all.But if you are ok with this then try this on your s4.

Cyanogenmod 13 custom rom on samsung galaxy s4 Jflte

This rom is originally complied by an xda senior member "AntaresOne", a big thanks to him for taking his time out for compiling this rom for galaxy s4.All the standard features of Marshmallow are available in this rom.If you don't know the features if I have listed them below do check them out.
Features of android marshmallow:

System ui tuner: This is new feature that let you tweak ui a bit but has been hidden just like developer option.If you want to add it to setting app,swipe down the notification panel and on top you will notice a gear icon.Press and hold it and you will notice that it starts spinning.Just leave it once you notice the vigorous spin and you will see a toast message "system ui tuner" added to settings.
There are ton of brand new wallpapers.
Google launcher now has vertical scrolling instead of horizontal.
Multi window: Google finally introduced multi window concept in tablet version of os.You can run two apps in a single window.Activating multi window is also too easy.When you open recents you will notice there is another option beside the closing button on cards.Press on it and activate multi window.But this multi window is not configurable which means adjust width of apps that are running.
Phone short cut on lock screen is replaced with google now.
Search bar in settings menu.
New volume panel: You can now adjust volume of media, call and notification from single window .This feature is absent in previous versions of android though present in most of the oem provided firmwares.
Auto rotation on home screen is also added which you can find in launcher settings.
Now on tap: If you use google now frequently this feature might help you a lot.Usually when you press and hold on home button it will take you to google now.If you enable this feature when you try to access google now on any app it load some related suggestions along with some google now card.
Screen shot notification will also have delete button along with share option.
Memory option: This is available in settings .It gives you memory usage on your device from last "3hrs or 6 hrs or 1 day".
App permission manger is the major thing in android m.This lets you to block certain permission so that the app cannot access them.like if you don't want facebook to access your bluetooth you can now do it with out rooting your device.

These are some of the newly added features in android m marshmallow and there are lot of changes beneath which could improve performance and also battery life but as you know this is an early build which might not run as you expect.

Flash marshmallow based cm 13 on galaxy s4 using twrp recovery:

Download cm 13 rom for galaxy s4 (cm-13.0-20151108-UNOFFICIAL-jflte.zip)and Gapps transfer them to sdcard or internal storage of device.
Power of the device completely and wait for few seconds to confirm that it is completely off.
Using button combinations reboot into recovery or use quick boot app to enter recovery.
Once you are in twrp recovery click on backup and choose all the partitions and make bakcup first. It might about 5 to 10 minutes for backup to complete and do not interrupt backup process.
Now click on wipe and select system,data,cache and dalvik cache options.Don't select internal storage.
Once you have wiped required partitions go back and click on install.
Navigate to location where you have placed your marshmallow zip file and select it.
Swipe to confirm flash and wait for 5 minutes for process to complete.
Again click on install and select gapps this time,swipe to confirm to flash.
Once gapps are flashed reboot to system.Wait at least 15 minutes for initial boot to complete and once done you can explore its features.

Once the rom boots up you will explore the rom.though it is buggy you can use it for sometime for sure.If you have any other queries regarding installing marshmallow based cyanogenmod 13(cm 13) on your samsung galaxy s4 jflte leave a comment below.

Cyanogenmod custom rom for samsung galaxy s4 i9505 (jfltexx)

Install official cyanogenmod custom rom on samsung galaxy s4 SM-I9505 (Jfltexx) and update it to latest android version that is lollipop 5.1. Samsung galaxy s4 was released in the 2013 with little upgrades over the predecessor galaxy s3 .It has a quad core Snapdagon 600 processor clocked at 1.9ghz with 2 gb ram along with 16 or 32 gb or 64gb storage options.It sports a 5 inch super amoled display with full hd resolution which is protected by corning gorilla glass 3.Primary camera on this phone is 13 mp while the secondary camera is 2mp.It device has battery of 2600mah which is upgrade from the galaxy s3. The device was initially released with android 4.2 jellybean on board and later updated to kitkat and has been upgraded to lollipop recently.

Since the device is samsung its been released with different two different processors and also on many carriers . Though the device has an octa core processor touchwiz ui lags a lot and device heats up quickly if you play games or surf the web for few minutes. There is lot of bloatware on the device which occupies at lot of space which you can actually free up by rooting it.

The first thing you might have done is to install android apps with root access and final thing is to flash a custom rom which is fast and stable enough for daily usage.If you are in search of Lollipop custom rom for galaxy s4 and could not find one then you are on right place.In this post we will guide you to Flash Cyanogenmod (Cm )custom roms on samsung galaxy s4 I9505 (jfltexx).This post is specific to the Samsung galaxy s4 I9505(Jfltexx) so 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 galaxy s4 I9505 (Jfltexx) variant of this device.
Prerequisites:

Charge your mobile to at least 80% 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 Cyanogenmod rom will erase all the app data on your device including contacts.
Enable usb debugging on your galaxy s4 i9505.Of course you don't need to do this for sure but enable it.
Download Cyanogenmod custom rom and gapps if you need them.
Backup Efs and modem partitions of your samsung galaxy s4.
You must have a custom recovery like Twrp or CWM installed on your phone.

Install Cyanogenmod Custom Rom On galaxy S4 I9505 (Jfltexx):

Cyanogenmod custom rom for samsung galaxy s4 i9505 (jfltexx)

Cyanogenmod ROM (CM):

Cyanogenmodmod is one of the best custom roms available in android development ecosystem.They support lot of devices.This rom is based on android open source project with lot of added features.This rom give you better stability,performance and decent battery life.

Features:

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 and gpu 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.
Software Updates: Cyanogenmod rom is usually available in three types one is nightlies which gets updated with new features every night and are quite stable for daily usage.second one is the snapchat which is monthly build version which will be stable version and other one is the release candidate.Some times nightlies are considered must stable than the snapshots.
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.

Flash Cyanogenmod custom rom through recovery:

Download Cyanogenmod rom for Jltexx 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 or CWM recovery 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.

If you don't find root access after flashing this custom rom then go to about device and tap on build number continuously till you see a toast message you are now a developer.Go back and you will find developer settings.Open it and scroll down you will find an option for root permissions.Set permission according to your needs.

This is a simple tutorial guiding you to install cyanogenmod custom rom on sasmung galaxy S4 I9505..As this rom is meant only for this variant of the S4 I9505 (Jfltexx) don't try to flash it on other variants like on galaxy s4 I9500 as it might cause lot of errors or even hard brick it.

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