Origin of Samsung’s Galaxy Mega series dates back in the year 2013. Samsung released two devices, the Galaxy Mega 5.8 and Galaxy Mega 6.3. These were not the mainstream flagship devices, however, they did quiet well in terms of sales. Galaxy Mega 6.3, the bigger variant carried a 6.3-inch SC-LCD capacitive touchscreen display. It was powered up with Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 Dual-Core CPU accompanied by Adreno 305 GPU. Storage options were 8/16 GB and RAM was 1.5 GB. Galaxy Mega had an external SD card slot as well. 8MP shooter at the back and 1.9MP shooter was fixed on the front. Galaxy Mega 6.3 ran on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean out of the box and its updates ended at Android 4.4.2 KitKat. Since then, the device has been neglected completely by Samsung in terms of software updates.
Since the discontinuation of Galaxy Mega’s official software updates, the only updates that the Galaxy Mega is relying on are custom ROMs. Earlier, we had a chance to taste Android Lollipop on the Galaxy Mega. We also had a chance to run the Android Marshmallow on Galaxy Mega by means of custom ROM. Now we have the Android 7.0 Nougat out for the Galaxy Mega 6.3 as well.
Android 7.0 Nougat for the Galaxy Mega 6.3 I9200 and the LTE variant I9205 comes out based on an unofficial build of CyanogenMod 14. Luckily, the most common features like Calls, sending text messages, mobile data, Bluetooth, Audio, Camera and Wifi are found working on this ROM. The ROM is in its early development stages and it’s supposed to carry a few bugs here and there. But if you are a power Android user, the bugs really shouldn’t matter and the installation should go smooth for you.
In the following post, we will show you a very easy method to install Android 7.0 Nougat on Galaxy Mega 6.3 I9200/I9205 via CM 14 custom ROM. To make sure that nothing goes out of the way, follow the instructions carefully.
Precautions
- This ROM is intended for Galaxy Mega 6.3 I9200 and I9205 . Do not try flashing this ROM on any other device otherwise you will result in bricking it. Check your device’s model number under settings > about device.
- Charge your phone up to 50% to avoid any power issues during the flashing process.
- Flash a custom recovery on your Galaxy Mega 6.3 I9200 and I9205 .
- Backup everything including your important contacts, call logs and text messages.
- Don’t forget to create a Nandroid backup. This is highly recommended so that you can revert back to your previous system in case of a mishap.
- Backup EFS partition to avoid EFS corruption later on.
- Follow the instructions to the letter.
DISCLAIMER: FLASHING CUSTOM ROMS VOIDS THE WARRANTY OF A DEVICE AND ITS NOT RECOMMENDED OFFICIALLY. WHILE YOU’RE GOING TO DO THIS, MAKE SURE THAT YOU’RE DOING THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK. IN CASE OF A MISHAP TECHBEASTS, SAMSUNG OR THE DEVICE MANUFACTURERS MAY NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE.
Install Android 7.0 Nougat on Galaxy Mega 6.3 I9200/I9205 via CM 14
- Download latest CM 14.zip file according to your device
- Download Gapps.zip [arm, 6.0.zip] file for Android Nougat.
- Connect your phone to your PC now.
- Copy all .zip files to the storage of your phone.
- Now disconnect your phone and turn it off complete.
- Boot into TWRP recovery now, in order to do so, turn it on by pressing and holding Volume Up + Home Button + Power Key. You should see the recovery mode in a while.
- Now in TWRP recovery, wipe cache, factory data reset and advanced options > dalvik cache.
- After wiping all these three, select “Install” option.
- Now select “Install Zip > Select cm-14.0…….zip file > Yes”.
- This will flash the ROM in your phone, once done get back to the main menu in recovery.
- Now once again select “Install > Select Gapps.zip file > Yes”
- This will flash the Gapps in your phone.
- Reboot your device.
- You should see the Android 7.0 Nougat CM 14.0 running on your device in a while.
- That’s all!
In order to enable root access on this ROM, go to settings > about device > tap the build number for 7 times. This will enable developer options on in settings. Now open developer options and enable root.
First boot may take up to 10 minutes, you may not worry if it’s taking that much long. In case it’s taking too long, you may boot into TWRP recovery and wipe cache and dalvik cache and reboot your device as it may fix the issue. In case your device is having issues, you may return to your old system using the Nandroid backup or follow our guide here to install stock firmware.
Got any queries? Reach us out through the comment box below.
Nice Work Usama.
Hello, I cant get android 7 on my samsung galaxy 6.3 I9205. How can I do it? Can you show me a video when you let it see how itt works?
@gertvandam:disqus The method to install Android 7.0 via a custom ROM is given above. You can try this one. We do not have a video for this.
I do exactly this and cant even flash the custom recovery, it gives me a message about some Knox thing and FRP, Help please, Thanks.