Are you a Galaxy Note 2 LTE owner and an Android enthusiast, who is always looking for something new to try out?. Well, those who like to play with custom ROMs or want to get their hands on the newest firmware through custom roms, we have a good news for all of em’. The custom ROM CyanogenMod 11 based on Android 4.4 KitKat has been developed for the Galaxy Note 2 LTE GT-N7105. As usual this great work has been done by the awesome developers at XDA-developers.
So, are you willing to get your hands on the Android 4.4 KitKat using CM 11 custom ROM? Well, I’ve explained the method below in simple and easy steps. You just need to follow this guide to letter.
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Before we go ahead, here are some pre-requisites that you need to follow:
- Make sure that your device is rooted. Follow this guide to root and install TWRP recovery.
- Make sure that you backup your ROM using the TWRP recovery. There is Backup option in the recovery you should see it upon you boot into it.
- Make sure that your phone’s battery is charged over at least 60%. This is highly recommended in order to prevent any power issues on the device during the flashing process.
- Make sure that you have backed up all your important Contacts, Call Logs & Messages. It is highly recommended in case of any mishap or data loss to backup all your important data.
- Make sure that your device is Galaxy Note 2 GT-N7105. Check the model under Settings>General>About Device>Model.
- Install the listed files carefully, follow this guide to letter in order to prevent any mishap.
Before moving further, please keep in mind that this is a ROM is not stable, and is a nightly. It may contain bugs, do not expect it to work properly and as smooth as an official ROM. Only flash it if you have the know-how about custom ROMS. This ROM may not be kept for daily use.
Files you need to download:
- Download Android 4.4 KitKat CM 11 Custom ROM: Download HERE.
- Download Gapps for Android 4.4 KitKat: Download HERE.
How to Install CM 11 Custom ROM Android 4.4 KitKat on Galaxy Note 2:
- Before going ahead, once again make sure that you Backup your current ROM using TWRP recovery. This is handy in case the custom ROM doesn’t work fine and you want to go back to your old ROM immediately.
- Place the downloaded ROM .zip file on your phone’s SD card.
- Place the downloaded gapps .zip file on your phone’s SD card as well.
- Boot into TWRP recovery mode [power off complete then turn on by pressing and holding Volume Up + Home Button + Power Key ]. Make sure that you follow the installation guide attached above in pre-requisites’s first step.
- In TWRP recovery tap “Install>Zip files>Choose the ROM’s zip file that you placed.”
- Install it, the installation should take a while.
- As soon as it ends flashing the ROM, now once again in TWRP recovery select “Install>Zip Files > Choose the gapps .zip file that you placed”.
- After it ends flashing the gapps, reboot your device.
- You should see the CM logo on the boot now. It will take a few minutes to boot into the system, hold your nerves while it starts.
- In case the device is strucked at bootloop, boot into twrp recovery and wipe factory data/cache/dalvik cache.
- It should work fine now.
Congrats! You’ve successfully installed Android 4.4 KitKat custom ROM on your phone. In case you got any queries or difficulties, feel free to stop by the comment box below. We will try our best to help you out. Thanks!
things installed fine, but now i m locked out from the phone as somehow my normal lockscreen password has changed? anyone know the default password for this?
When flashing I get the following message:
set_metadata_recursive:
some changes failed
E: Error in
/external_sdcard/cm-11-20131116-Linar (status 7)
Error
flashing zip ‘/external_sdcard/cm-11-20131116
Updating
partition details…
Failed
Edit: My TWRP was too old. Now it flashed and works.
New problem with this CM and Omni-4.4. No signal! WIFI works but no connection with the gsm/3g/4g.
Not working. My note 2 n7105
@amalrajitha:disqus can you tell us what problem are you facing?
New ROM Link Added. Also make sure that you’ve latest twrp recovery installed.
@disqus_o6e7cwdr5F:disqus Minor bugs were expected, so it did. As soon as i find a stable CM ROM i’ll link in it here. Thanks for leaving the feedback 🙂
Thanks for this “howto”
@disqus_o6e7cwdr5F:disqus Recovery changing worked? Recovery doesn’t play a role here, the issue could be that you might not be able to get the complete flashing successful, anyways glad that CWM sorted out the matter for you 🙂 Have a great day.
@disqus_281btCb29H:disqus try recovering the password using your gmail account or Wipe factory data from Recovery to remove the password. This is not supposed to happen if you flashed the ROM properly as the old system should be replaced with the new one, perhaps to unlock your phone try one of those methods.
New ROM Link Added! Try Now!
I will. I think it had something to do with flashing with TWRP.
I tried to flash Omni-4.4 with CWM, and now it connects. It didnt before.
Nope. If you have latest version of TWRP there is no problem. Whether you use TWRP or CWM both have same effect. The issue could be the flashing process might not be complete or there must be a bug in ROM.
New ROM link added.