Paranoid Android For Samsung Galaxy S Plus

Samsung Galaxy S Plus, a variant of Galaxy S was launched approximately two years ago. This phone had a great success in the market. Nowadays also, a lot of users are using this model. As we know that the Android OS is upgraded periodically. So, due to outdated hardware specs, companay didn't released latest updates for this phone.

But, you can install the latest updates on this model by using custom ROMs. Paranoid Android is one of the best ROMs available for Galaxy S Plus. This ROM will provide you the latest version of Android 4.4 kitkat with some additional apps and feature. This ROM also provides you some great customizations which will be very helpful to users. Also, this will change the theme and interface of your device which is very attractive and simple to use and this will make you happy if are bored of the old interface of the phone.

This ROM is based on AOSP (Android Open Source Project). It is having some great features like Hover which displays notifications on the screen, Pie, additional lockscreens, additional tiles in status bar, tweaks so increase the performance as well as battery backup and many more.

Disclaimar :
The steps involved in this article are risky and can permanently damage your phone. Neither I nor the developer will be responsible for any kind of problem to your phone. Please read the article carefully before implementing any changes. Also, flashing the custom ROMs will void your phone's warranty. This ROM is for Samsung Galaxy S Plus with model number GT-I9001 only. Don't try to flash it on other models.

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Pre-Requisites :

1. Keep your phone charged, at least upto 60% so that the installation process will proceed interrupted.
2. It is very important to take the backup of necessary things such as Contacts, SMS MMS, APN lists, EFS folder, etc. to an external memory card. You can use any backup and restore software available on playstore.
3. Make sure that your phone is rooted. Don't try to flash this ROM on stock recovery. Install this ROM by using CWM or TWRP recovery. (How to root?)

Downloads :

• Paranoid Android ROM
• Gapps (Download for Android 4.4.2)

Procedure :

• First of all, download both the files given in the Downloads section. Dnn't extract them. Move them to the internal SD of your phone.
• Reboot into Recovery Mode of your phone. For this, switch of the phone. Then, press and hole the power + home + volume up buttons simultaneously.
• It is recommended that you should take a NANDROID Backup which might be useful to you if anything goes wrong.
• Now, wipe data, cache and dalvik cache.
• Click on  'install zip from sdcard' and select the file you have downloaded from 'Paranoid Android ROM' link. This will flash the ROM and might take several minutes.
•  Now, Recovery Menu will appear again.
• Again select 'install zip from sdcard' and this time, select the file you have downloaded under the title 'Gapps'. This will install google apps and might take several minutes.
• Now, again the Recovery Mode will appear. Reboot your phone normally.
• If you get stucked in bootloop, factory reset the phone or try to flast the ROM again.
• After rebooting the phone, if you come across force close errors, make factory reset. If the problem continues, try to flash the ROM again.
• It's done! Enjoy with the Paranoid Android and don't forget to hit the +1.

 If you are having any problem, then let us know.