Which CWM and ROM should I choose? - Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

First sorry for my english
I will do my best
I would like to customise my S4 Mini
But some questions before beginning
Which CWM shoul I install?
CWM Recovery 6.XXX or [CWM Advanced Edition] PhilZ Touch
Next step, what is the différence between OFFICIAL ROM and UNOFFICIAL ROM?
[ROM][4.4.4][I9195/I9190][OFFICIAL] LiquidSmooth v3.2 - Nightly:0808
[ROM][GT-I9195/9190] [UNOFFICIAL] [AOSP][KK] [20140623] **C-RoM** - v7.1 : 4.4.4
Which one will be better and why?
And perhaps last : How can I save all my data and apps before installing a Custom ROM?
And how can I restore them without any pb
Thanks and Tchusss :good:

noone to help me ?

u_no_fr said:
First sorry for my english
I will do my best
I would like to customise my S4 Mini
But some questions before beginning
Which CWM shoul I install?
CWM Recovery 6.XXX or [CWM Advanced Edition] PhilZ Touch
Next step, what is the différence between OFFICIAL ROM and UNOFFICIAL ROM?
[ROM][4.4.4][I9195/I9190][OFFICIAL] LiquidSmooth v3.2 - Nightly:0808
[ROM][GT-I9195/9190] [UNOFFICIAL] [AOSP][KK] [20140623] **C-RoM** - v7.1 : 4.4.4
Which one will be better and why?
And perhaps last : How can I save all my data and apps before installing a Custom ROM?
And how can I restore them without any pb
Thanks and Tchusss :good:
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If you use PhilZ touch you'll have a touch UI in your recovery in the other version you have to use hardware buttons to navigate. Unofficial means that the Rom isn't buil from the original devs of the Rom but from someone else who ported it to our device and official means the Rom is built by the original devs of the Rom.

u_no_fr said:
First sorry for my english
I will do my best
I would like to customise my S4 Mini
But some questions before beginning
Which CWM shoul I install?
CWM Recovery 6.XXX or [CWM Advanced Edition] PhilZ Touch
Next step, what is the différence between OFFICIAL ROM and UNOFFICIAL ROM?
[ROM][4.4.4][I9195/I9190][OFFICIAL] LiquidSmooth v3.2 - Nightly:0808
[ROM][GT-I9195/9190] [UNOFFICIAL] [AOSP][KK] [20140623] **C-RoM** - v7.1 : 4.4.4
Which one will be better and why?
And perhaps last : How can I save all my data and apps before installing a Custom ROM?
And how can I restore them without any pb
Thanks and Tchusss :good:
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I'd use PhilZ Touch personally, there are a few more options with it, you can easily navigate and there's a file manager you can use from there as well (think it's called Aroma from the top of my head, could be wrong). The differences of official and unofficial have been said already, but which is better is completely dependant on what you're looking for in a custom ROM.

Which varient do you have? i have duos
I use f4k kernel which lets me overclock it to 2 GHz, plus i use CWM 6.0.4 ( I am not sure it there is official philz touch for my gt-i9192), plus have carbon rom 4.4.4 and customused it like hell. currently installed miui express launcher and miui theme for cm

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Stock ROM Questions

Hello guys~
Is it possible to root and overclock a stock ROM? Thanks!
root yes, overclock only if you flash different kernel than stock
uhm, do stock roms support ext4? and.. how can i install stock rom now? i am currently on cm7..
danielstar13 said:
uhm, do stock roms support ext4? and.. how can i install stock rom now? i am currently on cm7..
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Flash custom kernel with ext4 supported on your stock rom, you will get ext4 supported
Sent from MARVEL JellyScream
danielstar13 said:
how can i install stock rom now? i am currently on cm7..
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I will post 2 ROM's for you,rooted and non rooted:
KimsMod STOCK http://www.mediafire.com/?5k6qrf9kk1v43ly (is rooted but STOCK ROM WITH STOCK KERNEL)
STOCK ROM NON ROOTED (with adreno libs and beats audio)http://www.mediafire.com/?c5mdz0ed3lvmp0t
For install,you have to do:
-reboot in cwm recovery
-wipe data twice
-wipe cache twice
-wipe dalvick cache twice
-wipe battery stats(if you want)
-install ROM
-reboot
-AND YOU'RE DONE
Press Thank's if i helped you.Have a nice day !
guys, who here has the task manager fix for sense 2.1?
[ROM] ♣♣♣ KimsMod Supreme ♣♣♣
I am currently on Wildchild v2.1
I went through [ROM] ♣♣♣ KimsMod Supreme ♣♣♣ thread in Development and seems to be a good option to change my ROM.
But I see different versions of ROM there and being new I cant post question in development forums, so can anyone provide a Changelog for KimsMod ROMs....or may be some link to find it.
khatodankit said:
I am currently on Wildchild v2.1
I went through [ROM] ♣♣♣ KimsMod Supreme ♣♣♣ thread in Development and seems to be a good option to change my ROM.
But I see different versions of ROM there and being new I cant post question in development forums, so can anyone provide a Changelog for KimsMod ROMs....or may be some link to find it.
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Kimsmod -->stock rom rooted
Kimsmodv2-->stock rom rooted with custom kernel and ext4 scripts enabled
Kimsmodv3-->i don't know ...
Kimsmodv4-->i don't know
For Kimsmod ultimate change log for the rom thread is available.
Press thank's if i helped you.Have a nice night !

rom vs theme ??

Hey guys I have rooted Galaxy nexus . it is on 4.2.2.
I have read various information pack.
I want to mainly modify the looks of my gnex. Make it looking different . maybe like Samsung and xperia .
I want to aask will ROM serve the purpose or theme ?
what is main difference between theme and ROM ?
and can cyanogenmod 11 be installed on 4.2.2. ??
Hey guys I have rooted Galaxy nexus . it is on 4.2.2.
I have read various information pack.
I want to mainly modify the looks of my gnex. Make it looking different . maybe like Samsung and xperia .
I want to aask will ROM serve the purpose or theme ?
what is main difference between theme and ROM ?
and can cyanogenmod 11 be installed on 4.2.2. ??
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Hi, i hope i understand clearly - do you want install custom theme, right? So you have to install ROM with theme manager support, like CM or AOKP.
Difference between theme and ROM?? Sorry, but this is veeery noob question... Theme only modifies system look. ROM... is a ROM This is a whole system.
And yes, you can install CM 11 BUT:
- You have to install firstly newest CWM Recovery 6.0.4.3
- make full wipe and system wipe before install
arslan_sweeto1 said:
Hey guys I have rooted Galaxy nexus . it is on 4.2.2.
I have read various information pack.
I want to mainly modify the looks of my gnex. Make it looking different . maybe like Samsung and xperia .
I want to aask will ROM serve the purpose or theme ?
what is main difference between theme and ROM ?
and can cyanogenmod 11 be installed on 4.2.2. ??
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a theme only replace the system ui and some apps ui and for using it you must have installed a rom that supports the theme engine, so a rom replace the entire system, it is something like a custom version of android!
[you can install the xposed framework and xthemeengine too, so you can apply a theme without changing rom]
and cyanogenmod 11 can be installed on the gnex, not on 4.2.2! it will replace your 4.2.2 with a custom and adapted [and very smooth and performant] android 4.4.2 kitkat!

a question about [rom][android 4.4.2] N7100XXUFNC2®™ => AirCommand ultimate

i can not understand , what is this ?
HTML:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2707431
is this a stcok rom or custom rom ?
or is this a some thing like DrKetan_MultiTool ?
iam downloading stock rom 4.4.2 french from samsung live update
if this is a stock rom with more Ability I will cut my stock rom downloading from live samsung update and download this stock rom with more ability >> ([rom][android 4.4.2] N7100XXUFNC2®™ => AirCommand ultimate)
The_WarriorII said:
i can not understand , what is this ?
HTML:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2707431
is this a stcok rom or custom rom ?
or is this a some thing like DrKetan_MultiTool ?
iam downloading stock rom 4.4.2 french from samsung live update
if this is a stock rom with more Ability I will cut my stock rom downloading from live samsung update and download this stock rom with more ability >> ([rom][android 4.4.2] N7100XXUFNC2®™ => AirCommand ultimate)
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????? any body can answer my question ?
The_WarriorII said:
i can not understand , what is this ?
HTML:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2707431
is this a stcok rom or custom rom ?
or is this a some thing like DrKetan_MultiTool ?
iam downloading stock rom 4.4.2 french from samsung live update
if this is a stock rom with more Ability I will cut my stock rom downloading from live samsung update and download this stock rom with more ability >> ([rom][android 4.4.2] N7100XXUFNC2®™ => AirCommand ultimate)
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This is a custom ROM.
So what I mean is: this is NOT official ROM from Samsung, but it is built from a firmware like that (stock based ROM), so You will have all the Spen features and Sasmung stuff. It is rooted, You probably trigger your knox flag and Your warranty will be void.
Non stock based ROMS are others that don't support all samsung apps, like Snote, Multiwindow etc. These are for example: Cyanogenmod, AOSP, AOKP, AOSB, Paranoid Android, MIUI and others.
Android phone user said:
This is a custom ROM.
So what I mean is: this is NOT official ROM from Samsung, but it is built from a firmware like that (stock based ROM), so You will have all the Spen features and Sasmung stuff. It is rooted, You probably trigger your knox flag and Your warranty will be void.
Non stock based ROMS are others that don't support all samsung apps, like Snote, Multiwindow etc. These are for example: Cyanogenmod, AOSP, AOKP, AOSB, Paranoid Android, MIUI and others.
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so you tell me this rom is better than stock rom 4.4.2 ?
what is inistall stpes ? i have 4.3 stock rom now ! can i inistall that custom rom without any wipe ?
can i only go to inistall zip files in recovery and inistall that custom rom ?
i need that custom rom becuse i think that rom have all s5 va note3 ability ,I Do I understand correctly??
The_WarriorII said:
so you tell me this rom is better than stock rom 4.4.2 ?
what is inistall stpes ? i have 4.3 stock rom now ! can i inistall that custom rom without any wipe ?
can i only go to inistall zip files in recovery and inistall that custom rom ?
i need that custom rom becuse i think that rom have all s5 va note3 ability ,I Do I understand correctly??
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To make it easier for you to understand ,the ROM link you provided is "stock" samsung ROM but the difference is it's "pre rooted" (but you still got to update to latest SuperSu by chainfire for the apps to detect it's root) and it's dedoxed. It has NO note 3 or Samsung S5 modded apps ,if you want to a ROM with note 3/s5 apps go for DN3RC2 or Jellykat v5 both are based on leaked NC2 firmware (the official one is ND3). As you said you are on stock 4.3 so there's a guide made available by a fellow xda user @smeet.somaiya where you don't need to root or worry about deknoxing ,link to his Thread.Follow his guide if you don't want to root your phone yet
i inistalled this rom :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2707431
and i like it
but i have a problem !!!! when i go to the setting for choose a walpaper and chose Home and Screens>WAlpapers i recive this error :
unfortunately, settings has stopped
The_WarriorII said:
so you tell me this rom is better than stock rom 4.4.2 ?
what is inistall stpes ? i have 4.3 stock rom now ! can i inistall that custom rom without any wipe ?
can i only go to inistall zip files in recovery and inistall that custom rom ?
i need that custom rom becuse i think that rom have all s5 va note3 ability ,I Do I understand correctly??
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Yes, mostly any custom ROM is better than a stock ROM.
It's faster and it has mostly more features, for example You may have Note 3 and S5 features (however not all of them if our phones don't have a proper hardware for it, f.e. fingerprint scanner etc.)
To install other ROM it's mostly recommended to do a full wipe, as upgrading may result in many "Force closes" or the phone won't even boot.
So always wipe data, dalvik cache when changing to other ROM.
Android phone user said:
Yes, mostly any custom ROM is better than a stock ROM.
It's faster and it has mostly more features, for example You may have Note 3 and S5 features (however not all of them if our phones don't have a proper hardware for it, f.e. fingerprint scanner etc.)
To install other ROM it's mostly recommended to do a full wipe, as upgrading may result in many "Force closes" or the phone won't even boot.
So always wipe data, dalvik cache when changing to other ROM.
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tnx
can you tell me guys what custom rom is better than all custom roms ? DN3 or jellycat ? (on android 4.4)
it's a LEAKED stock rom before official French 4.4.2 release.
it does have more tweaked function but is a customized one. it also doesn't work like DrKetan_MultiTool as it doesn't provide other fumctionality other than to flash the rom.
The_WarriorII said:
tnx
can you tell me guys what custom rom is better than all custom roms ? DN3 or jellycat ? (on android 4.4)
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Somehow the DN3 couldn't boot at my note. From stock based ROMs I used only AirCommand ROM and it was working pretty well, however I personally prefer CM-based ROMs, they are much faster and support ART.

[Q] cosmic 4.1

Find low volume bug again in call .. For that i need to first decrease volume then increase it in call to get back normal..
which themes are compatible with cosmic cm v 4.1
@k2wl Great thanks for your great rom CosmicCm v 4.1...do forgive me for being such a noob... please tell which themes are compatible and where to search for them..i think themes compatible to only trebuchet launcher can be used.?..is it possible to change the gallery...can i have the gallery of jellybean 4.2.2 ? Thanks in advance
cosmic cm 4.0 and 4.1 not getting boot
dear friends i am noob for the forum and my first question i need your help as when i flash cosmic cm v4.0 and 4.1 with phillz touch cwm recovery in galaxy grand it gets stuck at Samsung logo previously i was on cyanozenmod 11 rom please help me. I've wiped data cache delvik cheche already but no luck. Thanks in advance.
Download k2wl latest kernel and flash
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say2sumit said:
dear friends i am noob for the forum and my first question i need your help as when i flash cosmic cm v4.0 and 4.1 with phillz touch cwm recovery in galaxy grand it gets stuck at Samsung logo previously i was on cyanozenmod 11 rom please help me. I've wiped data cache delvik cheche already but no luck. Thanks in advance.
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Flash rom
flash kernel 1.7.6

[Q] Return from CM12.1 to a stock based rom

Hello
What is the best way to go from CM12.1 to a rooted, stock based rom? Like the DstrikerZ1KaiROM. Can I just flash it from recovery then flash the latest RockZ1L kernel for it?
Thanks!
kristof93 said:
Hello
What is the best way to go from CM12.1 to a rooted, stock based rom? Like the DstrikerZ1KaiROM. Can I just flash it from recovery then flash the latest RockZ1L kernel for it?
Thanks!
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There are prerooted stock ROM as flashable zips here in this forum. Just scan the General Section and choose your preferred version. This would be the easiest option as long as you have an accessible recovery.
Without recovery (or when you want a non rooted genuine stock version) you have to use flash tool and download a stock firmware.

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