at a time when Nexus 5 users have been enjoying the new exclusive flavor of KitKat as well as other Nexus users are counting down the very hour when Android KitKat would reach their device, there is still a larger community of Android users who can only keep their fingers crossed in a hope that KitKat might come to them some day. most of non-Nexus users have not received even the lower versions of the OS like Android 4.2 as well as 4.3. Yesterday, we published a news that Samsung has pulled back the already out Android 4.3 update for the Galaxy S3 as well as postponed the OTA for note 2 to fix some serious issues.
The users of both the Galaxy devices have been forced to remain with Android 4.1.2 as well as keeping in view Samsung’s software update policy for its older devices, it appears that it would take forever for Android 4.4 KitKat to come to these models. thanks to the open source nature of Android that does not let some die of eating as well as others die of hunger. Yes, this is pretty true for those who have a rooted device with a custom recovery installed on it. I see it as an irony that we have lazy as well as careless OEMs whose only goal is to dump the market with new models, as well as then we have hard-working developers who keep trying to give us the latest as well as best of Android.
Anyway, if you own a Samsung Galaxy note 2 as well as are frustrated with the jumbo delays in firmware update from Samsung as well as your carrier, it’s time to kick them to side as well as move on. You need not be jealous of Nexus users as the Android 4.4 KitKat based custom ROMs are now available for practically all the variants of Galaxy note 2.
In the present short article we’ll see some new ROMs that will let you enjoy the latest version of Android on your phablet device. before proceeding, make sure you have one of the following variants of note 2:
Samsung Galaxy note 2 GT-N7100
Samsung Galaxy note 2 LTE GT-N7105
AT&T Galaxy note 2 SGH-I317
T-Mobile Galaxy note 2 SGH-T889
Sprint Galaxy note 2 SPH-L900
Verizon Galaxy note 2 SCH-I605
You can check your phone’s model by going to Settings> About.
Disclaimer:
Please note that the procedure described below as well as considered risky as well as despite that fact that is has been tested successfully, you can get into trouble if you do not follow the steps to the word. We or the developers of the included ROMs shall not, in any type of case, be responsible for any type of mishap. Do not proceed unless you understand what you are going to do. Remember, you’ve been warned!
Requirements:
A rooted Galaxy note 2
Latest version of CWM (v6.0.4.3 or above) or TWRP (vv2.6.3.0 or above) recovery installed on the device. If you do not have the latest version of these recoveries, you’ll receive “Failed!” message while installing the ROM. The older versions do not have support for Android 4.4 KitKat. To update your recovery software, you can use the ROM manager app (for CWM) or Goo manager (for TWRP).
About the ROMs:
Please note that all the ROMs that are listed below are still in experimental stage. Therefore, do not expect bugless performance from them. I have tested the Omni ROM as well as the only issue I discovered was the camera FC bug. We hope that with new versions of the ROMs, all such bugs will be fixed.
Downloads
Android 4.4 KitKat ROM on Galaxy note 2:
Galaxy note 2 international GT-N7100:
ParanoidAndroid: pa_n7100-4.0-20131111.zip
CM 11 ROM: cm-10.2-20140209-NIGHTLY-n7100.zip
Galaxy note 2 LTE GT-N7105: cm-11-20140209-NIGHTLY-t0lte.zip
AT&T Galaxy note 2: cm-10.2-20140209-NIGHTLY-t0lteatt.zip
T-Mobile Galaxy note 2: cm-10.2-20140209-NIGHTLY-t0ltetmo.zip
Sprint Galaxy note 2 SPH-L900: cm-11-20140209-NIGHTLY-l900.zip
Verizon note 2 SCH-I605 (CM 11): cm-11-20140209-NIGHTLY-i605.zip
Download the latest SuperSU:
UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.69.zip
Download camera App:
After installing the Android 4.4 based ROM in case you discover that your app is not working, please download any type of of the photosphere camera apps from below as well as install it manually.
Android 4.4 KitKat Camera
Focal camera App
Android 4.3 camera App
How to install a custom ROM on note 2:
Do not forget to backup your phone’s EFS data or IMEI before involving in any type of such activity. read this short article for detailed tutorial.
Make sure you device is charged up to 70%.
Copy the downloaded Android 4.4 ROM file in zip (do not extract) to your note 2.
Then copy the Gapps file to the device.
Now copy the “UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.69.zip” file to the device too.
Boot your Galaxy note 2 into CWM/TWRP recovery mode. To do this, hold down the Volume Up+Home+Power buttons together for 4-6 seconds till the screen turns up as well as you see the recovery screen. If you are not able to get into recovery using the key combo, use any type of of these apps.
If you are using CWM, use the volume keys to scroll up/down as wnull