If you own a Samsung Galaxy S3 and have also used AOSP ROMs, you'd know the awesomeness of both TouchWiz and AOSP ROMs (cyanogenmod, AOKP etc). The vanilla experience of AOSP and the goodies of Samsung's TouchWiz are both very tempting and it's very difficult to choose between the two. For this reason, XDA Elite Developer gokhanmoral has made a new kernel (SiyahKernel) with a custom recovery which enables you to dual boot your i9300 and enjoy both flavors.
Before we start, here are a few things to keep in mind:
- Always make a nandroid backup in case anything goes wrong.
- The kernel only supports TouchWiz and AOSP Jelly Bean ROMs (Any Ice Cream Sandwich or
MIUIROM is NOT supported) [Update: The latest build from MIUIAndroid is supported. Tested and working.] - Keep a backup kernel and recovery to flash, just in case you're not happy with Siyah.
In Siyah recovery, follow these steps:
Dual boot options.
- Format 2nd ROM data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache.
- Install 2nd ROM from (location)
- Flash gapps
- Flash SiyahKernel again to 2nd ROM
- Reboot.
Once you've rebooted, you'll find that to reboot into the secondary ROM, you have to press the Home or Volume down key while it's booting. You can also boot into the 2nd ROM from STweaks. Another useful feature of STweaks is the slide2wake option, it is really awesome.
Enjoy!
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