Android 5.1.1 Lollipop Update Guide for Samsung Galaxy Note 3 & Galaxy Note 2 Coming Very Soon

By Staff Writer

Sep 01 2015, 20:41 PM EDT

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Note 2 are now bound for the official over-the-air release of the latest Android 5.1.1 Lollipop software update before Marshmallow or Android 6.0 gets into the lengths and breadths of mobile phone industry. While its official rollout date has not been market out yet, many custom ROMs are being created by varied developer communities to get a taste of what the final Lollipop update has to offer.

As the month of September opens, different custom ROM developers have brought the Lollipop stage for Samsung Galaxy devices including the Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Note 2. Custom ROMs up for grabs are Resurrection Remix, EuphoriaOS, Pacman and CyanogenMod 12.1, among others.

These ROMs usually weigh around 217 MB only bringing several new features and system and battery performance optimization based on the Android 5.1.1 Lollipop.

For Resurrection Remix, it features the following:

Dark material theme
Quick smart pull-down
Lockscreen shortcuts
Quick unlock
Toast animations
Changeable clock color
Weather display on status bar
Network traffic monitor

For Pacman, it features the following:

Privacy guard
Slim pie control options
Advanced keyboard options
Halo
Battery indicator
Omniswitch
Gesture anywhere
PAC performance
AOKP weather options
PAC console
Listview and toast animation options
Navigation bar customizations

For crdroid, it features the following:

Slim pie control options
Omni ambient display feature
New head up notification feature
Superuser indicator
Power menu and notification tiles
Adblocker

EuphoriaOS meanwhile features a smarter and stable performance.

Users are advised to make sure the models of the devices are fit to qualifications since proceeding to installation process might brick unqualified ones. Do not forget to charge up the battery to at least 80 percent. Ensure the USB driver is installed on your PC. Also, back up all necessary data since the installation will wipe out all the data.

To go on with the installation, here's a good way to go:

1. Download custom ROM into PC.

2. Plug the device to PC using the USB cable.

3. Copy the Android 5.1.1 Lollipop zip file and Google Apps zip file into the SC card.

4. Shut down the device.

5. Remove it from PC.

6. Press hold volume +, home and power buttons simultaneously.

7. Clear phone memory by tapping 'wipe data/factory reset.'

8. Clear the cache memory by tapping 'wipe cache partition.'

9. Go to ClockworkMod.

10. Select 'advanced.'

11. Tap 'wipe dalvik cache.'