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Install Dr.Ketan ROM on Galaxy Note 5 and get all Note 7 features

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 brought a lot of goodies on-board. Apart from equipping the up-to-date and top-notch hardware, Samsung improved the software up to a great extent as well. The Galaxy Note 7 brings a new enhanced TouchWiz UI. A new Air Command has made its way for the S Pen. The new S Note application is way cool. Gallery application has been revamped, there’s a new UI for the settings application and the entire System UI has been revamped as well. Galaxy Note 5 users looking forward to upgrading to the Galaxy Note 7 just for the sake of these features might want to wait for a while. The software of the Galaxy Note 7 has already been ported to the Galaxy Note 5, that means you can already get your hands on all the new cool stuff without upgrading your device and spending a thousand bucks.

The ROM has been ported by our friend Dr Ketan. Dr.Ketan’s ROM for the Galaxy Note 5 incorporates plethora of features which makes the device a power-hub. The new Note 7 port ROM still incorporates all those features running the new UI on the top. The ROM is based on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow Grace UX N920KKKU2ZPG5. The new Note 7 Port ROM can be installed on Samsung Galaxy Note 5 N920I, N920G and N920C. I myself have consistently remained a user of the Dr.Ketan ROM starting from the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, then Galaxy Note 4 and at the moment Galaxy Note 5 and found it to be the best replacement for the stock firmware of Note. The ROM gives you a complete control over its features. You can choose the features you wish to install and enable and leave others untouched. Apart from the features, the performance and stability are the two things that you will find great in this ROM. It’s time for us to move ahead and have a look at the list of all the features embedded in the ROM and then flash the ROM safely.

Galaxy Note 7 Port ROM for Galaxy Note 5 Features

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N7 Edge features (No AOD,)
N7 Air command with working Air dictionary (Translator) and Glance, S Note
N7 Applications and frameworks for most features and UI related like SystemUI,Settings,Video, gallery etc

– Supports Gear Watch
– Support Gear VR
– Fully working N5 Camera
– Light Debloated
– Deodexed
– De-Knoxed
– Pre rooted
– Enabled all languages
– Included stock Kernel
– 5 Way reboot menu
– Screen mirror fixed
– Auto Call record
– Smart Call block
– Camera shutter sound toggle
– Messaging Features

Backup/Restore Option
No SMS to MMS conversion
200 recipient

– Shortcut you assigning to long press home (aroma selectable)

Flashlight
GoogleOK
KillApp
Screenshot

– Power menu updated for two more fetures apart from 5 way reboot

TorchLight – Flashlight
Shortcut – You can select any application or shortcut (special shortcut you can get from aroma like google/Kill app/ScreenShot/Torch) You have to select Shortcut as default action when you first time click on it. Later you can re assign shortcut anytime from ROM Tool – Reser power menu shortcut

– Two Display scaling (Settings-Display)
– Key light duration
– Outdoor Mode
– 3Minit (will be available as separate flashable zip)
– Potato clock
– ScreenShot Toggle
– Network meter with color option
– System UI clock options

Stock clock (ROM Default)
3 minit clock
Stock Clock with Second
Stock Center Clock with seconds

– Viper Sound Mode (Stock built in kernel compatible)
– Dolby Sound Mode (Stock built in kernel compatible)
Aroma have chouce to select Viper only Dolby only OR Both
– Long press home customization.
You can use almost any app or short cut with long pressing home. To use it open settings – default application – device assistance app – device assist app – select LP home in place of google.
– SystemUI mode preinstalled.with following modes

Memory View near brightness control (Toggle available in ROM Tool – SystemUI mods)
Memory view color option
Lt statusbar virtual key for recent (Toggle available in ROM Tool – SystemUI mods)
Rt statusbar virtual key for power meni (Toggle available in ROM Tool – SystemUI mods)
Network meter Lt side statusbar (Toggle available in ROM Tool – SystemUI mods)

-Toolbox updated for 12 app (Need to select from aroma)
– Screnshot shortcut added to aroma. (Requires if you want to assign long press home/Power menu shortvut to set as screenshot)
– Backup/Save option added to messaging app.
– High Volume warning disabled
– No call end delay pre activated.
Ongoing notification clear option
– Fixed Gray color in power saving mode
– KeyLight duration setting (Settings-Display)
– Titanium and Mega Preinstalled as user app and you can simply remove as normal apk.

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Early Preparations

This ROM will work for Galaxy Note 5 N920I, N920C and N920G only. Do not try this on any other device or else you will result in bricking it.
Charge your Note 5 up to 50% to avoid power issues during flashing process.
Enable USB Debugging and OEM Unlocking on your Galaxy Note 5.
Backup EFS partition. This is important in order to avoid EFS corruption later on.
Backup your media content, important call logs, contacts and sms messages as well.
If you already have a TWRP recovery installed, backup Nandroid. Otherwise backup Nandroid before flashing the ROM using TWRP recovery.
Turn off/close Samsung Kies in your computer since we are going to use Odin3.
Turn off Firewall/Antivirus if you have enabled.
Follow this guide to the letter to avoid any mishap during the entire process.

Disclaimer: Flashing custom ROMs or tweaking the device in any way is not recommended by device manufacturers. In case a mishap occurs, we or the device manufacturers or the ROM developer may not be held responsible. Make sure that you are doing everything at your own risk.

How to Install Dr.Ketan ROM on Galaxy Note 5 and get all Note 7 features

Download Samsung USB drivers and install them.
Download Odin 3.10.6 and extract it to get Odin.exe file.
Now download the Bootloader and Modem.zip file according to your Note 5.
Extract the downloaded .zip file to get the .tar/md5 file now.
Download N920 Dr.Ketan custom ROM M12_XDA_N7 Port.zip file and copy it to your phone’s internal storage or a USB OTG if you have one.
Now put your Galaxy Note 5 in download mode. To do so, turn it off and then turn it on by pressing and holding Volume Down + Power + Home Key. Once booted up, press Volume Up to continue into download mode.
Connect your Galaxy Note 5 to your PC now.
Open Odin.exe now. Odin should show a blue light over the ID:COM box as an indication of successful connection and also show “Added” in the log on the left.
Uncheck the “Auto-Reboot” option under the “Options” tab in Odin. The only selected option should be F.Reset Time.
Now click on “AP” tab in Odin and select the Bootloader_Modem.tar/md5 file that you got for your device after extracting the zip file in step 3 & 4.
Once the file has been selected in Odin, flash it.
After the file has been flashed, Turn off your device by pressing and holding Volume Up + Down + Power key.
Now boot your device into TWRP recovery mode. To do so, press and hold Volume Up + Home + Power Key. TWRP was flashed alongside the Bootloader and Modem, so your phone will now boot up into the recovery.
In recovery, select “Install > Locate the ROM.zip file that you copied in step 5″. Select the ROM.zip file to begin flashing.
As AROMA installer opens up, select the options/tweaks that you want on the ROM and follow on-screen instructions to flash the ROM.
Upon finishing installation, reboot your device. First boot can take up to 10 minutes.
Once the phone boots up, you will have the new Note 7 UI running on it. That’s all.

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This post was last modified on October 6, 2018 2:28 am

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Devtonu Chatopadhaya says:

October 12, 2016 at 11:11 am

with a note 5 .. n920g
was trying the same.. without any luck.. I have a build no. MMB29KN920GDDS3BPI3
baseband version N920GUBU3PI5
when I am connecting to odin and trying to flash the firmware I am getting an error stating failed..
I have a 1 September security patch
please advise
thanks