Closed Project: Cyanogenmod 12 (Lollipop 5.0.x) for Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360



Happy New Year everybody!
Great news for Cyanogenmod fans! Our little Samsung galaxy Y GT-S5360 will be getting the CyanogenMod 12 rom. This means that our device will soon get Android 5.0.x Lollipop. Well that's great news for this device after a long time. Cyanogenmod 11 is also getting stable after each update. I just hope that the developers of cyanogenmod 12 (androidarmv6) hurry up and release a stable version of cyanogenmod 12 as they already have released an experimental build but its not flashable and can brick your device so everybody pls don't try that build right now!


NOTE:- Guys I have seen a few comments where people are asking me how to flash this rom. I am saying it again its just an EXPERIMENTAL build and you should NEVER try to flash this kind of build. Experimental builds are only for developers. Such kind of build can hard brick your device which means that it is dead and there is no way to fix a hard bricked device. I will write a new post when a flashable build of the rom is released with ways to install it on your device. But till then be patient.

UPDATE :- Sorry Guys but I just got to know that the project has been shut down because there was no way by which ART (Android Runtime) could be fixed for Galaxy Y. Also an update regarding Cyanogenmod 11. We would not be getting any further updates for CM11 as well. That project has been shut down as well. The download server as well as Jenkins has been shut down so those who want to download the latest CM11 build can download it from here. So again we will NOT get Cyanogenmod 12 for Galaxy Y as well as NO UPDATES for Cyanogenmod11.

Post by Manik Chhabra

LewaOS for Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360

Hey guys! So I m finally back after my exams. Now back to work!

This post is about LewaOS which has been ported from Samsung Galaxy Ace. The ROM is stable which means it does not have any bugs. For all those who are not familiar with LewaOS - Lewa OS is a third-party Android ROM produced by a Chinese company Lewa Technology. It mainly focus on developing ROMs for 1000-reminbi-phone.As of April 2013,they have more than 2 million users,and as of July 2012,they are the Top 3 custom Android ROM in China,together with MIUI and DianXin OS(or called as Tapas OS).Lewa is also the first-ever custom Android ROM in the world that supports dual-SIM standby feature. 

Requirements:-

1. A Samsung Galaxy Y with stock firmware
2. LewaOS.zip from here
3. CWM Recovery from here
4. PercyCM Kernel from here

Installation Instructions:-

1. Turn off your Galaxy Y and boot in recovery mode using the three button combination (volume up+home+power button)
2. Now using the volume up/down keys to navigate select apply update from sd card
3. Choose CWM Recovery.zip
4. Now your Galaxy Y will boot in ClockWorkMod Recovery v5.0.28
5. Go to mounts and storage and mount all partitions except sd-ext as it is not possible on the stock kernel
6. Then select wipe data/factory reset and then wipe cache
7. Now go to advanced and select wipe battery stats and wipe dalvik cache
8. After all this is done go to apply update from sd card>choose zip from sd card>percy cm#2.zip
9. Wait for the installation to complete and then go to advanced and select reboot recovery
10. Your device will reboot in ClockWorkMod Recovery v5.0.26
11. Now do everything from step 6-8 again
12. Then go to apply update from sd card>choose zip from sd card>LewaOS.zip
13. Wait for the installation to complete and then select reboot system now

Screenshots:-

Posted by Manik Chhabra

Plasma Tweak for Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360

Hey guys! So this post is for all those who find their GT-S5360 slow. This script will drastically speed up your Galaxy Y. The best part is that this script is compatible with all the stock and custom roms but you have to make sure that your rom has init.d support.

 

 

Requirements:-
1) A rooted Galaxy Y with stock or custom rom with init.d support
2) A root browsing tool of your choice
3) Plasma Script from here

 

 

Installation instruction:-
1) Download the script and move it to the root of sd card
2) Using your Root browsing tool move the script file to /system/etc/init.d/
3) Change the permission of the script to rw-r-r (touch and hold on the script file for 3 seconds and then select permissions)
4) Reboot the device and feel the speed of the plasma script

 

So I have been and will be out of the blogging world for a month because I am preparing for my examinations but I will be back with new content on Galaxy Y in the first week of October.. Till then Bye!

Posted by Manik Chhabra

Website changes and new look

So as you all know, the website has been pretty much dead for the past 3-4 months due to my high inactivity and lack of new content such as roms, kernels and themes for the Galaxy Y GT-S5360. A big thanks goes to Manik Chhabra who has just recently started taking my place in posting new content for the Galaxy Y while I was away from the blogging world and I would like to mention that I will also begin making new posts and upload videos again for the last few roms and themes that were missed out.

The other news is that this website will now have support for the new Galaxy Young (S6310) model. You will see roms, kernels, themes, tutorials, tips and tricks posted for it as well as videos in the YouTube channel. Since the phone is very affordable and is not bad at all for its budget price, you could even consider upgrading to it if you are on a very tight budget.

Also, if you haven't noticed already, the website now has a new look. This was done so that all three archive projects can now have the same look. It is possible that you may encounter 404 error pages and small glitches in the first few hours until the new template is succesfully implemented to the blog.

Inspire Holo Version ROM for Samsung Galaxy Young Duos (GT-S6312)

If you are tired of the TouchWiz look on your Galaxy Young Duos, then you may want to try out something new. Something like this Inspire Holo version ROM developed by xda member vlc07.

As you can see in the screenshots below, the rom has been given the Holo look. Something like running an AOSP rom or CyanogenMod10 on your Galaxy Young. Not only does this rom offer you a different look, it also offers some additional features. For a list of all the features, read the list below.

Features:

• Complete Holo themed
• Stock 4.1 AOSP Trebuchet Launcher
• CyanogenMod wallpapers
• Rooted

Deodexed

Samsung Bloatware removed

Holo Calculator

Holo Calendar

No Statusbar SIM icons to take up space

Stock Android 4.1 AOSP experience

Customized boot animation

Screenshots:

Download ROM - Click here.

Installation:

1. You must have CWM Recovery installed in order to flash this rom succesfully. If you still haven't done that, you may check out this post.
2. Download the ROM to your sdcard.
3. Power off your phone and boot into CWM Recovery.
4. Choose wipe data/factory reset.
5. Go to mounts and storage and mount /system if it is not mounted.
6. Choose install zip.
7. Choose choose zip from external sdcard.
8. Choose the ROM zip file.
9. Choose Yes to confirm when asked.
10. After the installation is complete, go back and choose reboot system now.

Source: xda

Solution to CWM Recovery v6.0.53 flashing error on Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360

Hey guys! So almost all Cyanogenmod 11 users know that CWM Recovery v6.0.53 was released for flashing cyanogenmod 11 roms after 20140723 as it was necessary to format system to MTD system. But many got the error saying "This package is for totoro your device is GT-S5360" and then we finally get the error saying "Installation Aborted". So here is the solution to the problem.

Instructions to solve problem:-

1. Extract the CWM Recovery 6.0.53.zip
2. Go to META-INF/com/google/android/
3. Open the updater-script file using notepad in the folder
4. Remove the following lines. These are the first 3 lines of the updater-script

assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "totoro" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "totoro" || abort("This package is for \"totoro\" devices; this is a \"" + getprop("ro.product.device") + "\"."););

     5.  Save the changes in updater-script
     6.  Now zip the folder
     7.  Transfer it to the root of your Sd Card
     8.  Boot in recovery mode and then flash the new CWM Recovery v6.0.53

Posted by Manik Chhabra

Kitkat Easter Egg for Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360

Hey guys! So this mod is for all those who like Kitkat 4.4. Presenting kitkat Easter egg for any ROM on Galaxy Y. This mod will install the kitkat Easter egg on your Galaxy Y which can be seen by tapping on the Android version option in the settings.

Requirements:-

1. Kitkat Easter Egg App for LDPI from here
2. Java Development kit from here
3. Dex2Jar convertor from here
4. A root browsing tool of your choice
5. Framework.jar of your rom
6. Platlogoactivity.class from here

I have tried my best to make the installation easy so I hope nobody has problems installing the mod.

Installation Instruction:-

1. Using your root browsing tool copy the framework.jar of your rom from the /system/framework folder and paste it in the root of your sd card
2. Connect your device using usb and transfer the framework.jar to your computer.
3. Extract the framework.jar using Winrar or 7zip (classes.dex is the extracted file)
4. Now extract dex2jar-0.0.9.15.zip
5. Rename the folder to 123 and move it to the root of your C: drive
6. Now move the classes.dex to the 123 folder in the root of C: drive
7. Open the setclasspath.bat in the 123 folder. It would just flash for a second and would close then so dont go on trying to open it a 100 times 
8. In the 123 folder, hold the shift key and press the left click button.
9. You will find an option called "Open command prompt window here" select it
10. A command prompt window will open with the text C:123
11. In the command prompt window type the code "C:123>d2j-dex2jar.bat classes.dex"
12. It would take some time and then you will see a folder called classes-dex2jar
13. Open it and replace the platlogoactivity.class with the downloaded one in the folder com/android/internal/app
14. After you have replaced it you now have to compile this folder back to the dex file
15. Now open Command Prompt again using the same way above and type the code"C:123>path and type the path of your Java Development Kit. It would most probably be in the Java folder in the program files... For me its is C:123> path C:Program files/Java/jdk.5.0_77/bin
16. Press the enter key and type the code "C:123> jar cf "classes.jar" android com javax
17. Wait till the jar file is made
18. After the jar file is made type the code "C:123>d2j-jar2dex.bat classes.jar"
19. Now a file named classes-jar2dex.dex will be made. Rename it to classes.dex
20. Open command prompt and then type the code "C:123> path (path of your java development kit as written above)
21. Press the enter key and type the code "C:123> jar cf "framework.jar" classes.dex"
22. Now transfer the kitkat easter egg app and the framework.jar to the root of your sd card
23. Install kitkat easter egg app in your galaxy y
24. Using your root browser replace the framework.jar in the /system/framework with the new one and change the permission to rw-r-r
25. Reboot your device
26. Go to settings>about phone>tap continuously on the android version

And here are some screenshots of the mod:-

Posted by Manik Chhabra