[MOD] [i9500][Multiboot] RomSwitcher

Do you want App switching between TouchWiz and AOSP?


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2 night and day over dual boot channel and pacrom.

Worked well only 2 reboot which are due to over Ram utilization. Theme chooser is prefect. for camera, just switch to TW. lolzzzz.. its a perfect combination between TW and Pacrom. Perfection with smoothness and hell of options. Great Grarak buddy.

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viktorlucky

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thanks grarak for this mod.
i try it but i get boot loop on my screen after i flash your modified pac and gaps zip.

here is my step.
- currently i'm on crash rom v7 with adam v1.8 kernel.
- reboot to recovery
- flash pac rom modified zip from page 2
- flash gaps modified from page 2
- reboot

and i get bootloop on samsung logo.
any clue about this matter?
sorry for this noob question.
 

skivnit

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May 21, 2012
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thanks grarak for this mod.
i try it but i get boot loop on my screen after i flash your modified pac and gaps zip.

here is my step.
- currently i'm on crash rom v7 with adam v1.8 kernel.
- reboot to recovery
- flash pac rom modified zip from page 2
- flash gaps modified from page 2
- reboot

and i get bootloop on samsung logo.
any clue about this matter?
sorry for this noob question.
Flash perseus after gapps



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UchihaKakarot

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Flash AOSP rom again
I was on dualboot with crash rom v6.5 and pacman rom. So I wanted to update my rom and wanted stock kernel. So I followed these steps:-
1. Booted to touchwiz.
2. Went to recovery mode(TWRP recovery)
3. Flashed crash rom v7.
4. Booted in touchwiz(crash rom v7).
5. Went to recovery and flashed pacman rom(zip from page 7).
6. Clicked on boot to system.
When I followed these step I got a bootloop on samsung screen. So what should I do. How should I preceed.....PLS HELP!!!!


SORRY FOR MY BAD ENGLISH:(
 
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skivnit

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I was on dualboot with crash rom v6.5 and pacman rom. So I wanted to update my rom and wanted stock kernel. So I followed these steps:-
1. Booted to touchwiz.
2. Went to recovery mode(TWRP recovery)
3. Flashed crash rom v7.
4. Booted in touchwiz(crash rom v7).
5. Went to recovery and flashed pacman rom(zip from page 7).
6. Clicked on boot to system.
When I followed these step I got a bootloop on samsung screen. So what should I do. How should I preceed.....PLS HELP!!!!


SORRY FOR MY BAD ENGLISH:(


Flash perseus after pacman and gapps

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kenn7

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i've renamed and replaced the touchwiz.img with the one that i extracted from wanam's
but still in "about device" i get perseus as my kernel..
what else do i need to do?
 

Arjav23

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To remove aosp Rom, should I delete entire dual folder or the other folders inside the dual folder

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UchihaKakarot

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Nvm I managed to get stock kernel with this switcher now its perfect. Its bacj to normal. Anyways thanks for the help. :)

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Akhil

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my TW messages are gone when switching to PA rom ...

normal or a problem ?

Normal. As both ROMS share different partitions.

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---------- Post added at 05:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:46 PM ----------

To remove aosp Rom, should I delete entire dual folder or the other folders inside the dual folder

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Delete entire dual folder and your second ROM will be deleted.

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---------- Post added at 05:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:48 PM ----------

@Grarak
i've renamed and replaced the touchwiz.img with the one that i extracted from wanam's
but still in "about device" i get perseus as my kernel..
what else do i need to do?

If you want to change the words in "about device" , you need to edit build.prop file in /system.

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    RomSwitcher for i9500

    Sources
    https://github.com/Grarak/RomSwitcher
    https://github.com/Grarak/android_bootable_recovery
    https://github.com/Grarak/RomSwitcher-i9500
    https://github.com/Grarak/android_kernel_samsung_exynos5410

    Features
    boot multiple ROMs on your device (no limits, TW 4.4, AOSP 4.4, AOSP 5.0)
    easy install mutiple roms through CWM based recovery
    RomSwitcher Kernel

    How to install
    Make sure busybox is installed
    Make sure your internal SD card has at least 1GB free space (one AOSP + Gapps rom requires ~650MB)
    Download RomSwitcher App: Download
    Follow the instruction in the app
    Select Reboot to RomSwitcher Recovery
    In romswitcher section install a rom of your choice

    XDA:DevDB Information
    RomSwitcher i9500, a Tool/Utility for the Samsung Galaxy S 4

    Contributors
    Grarak

    Version Information
    Status: Stable

    Created 2013-09-07
    Last Updated 2014-05-03
    66
    Changelog

    3.1
    Updated Recovery
    Updated Kernel
    Add LED Blinking control
    Update AOSP Lollipop Ramdisk

    3.0
    Unlimited ROMs
    CM12 support
    No Appsharing anymore
    Redesigned application


    2.4.1
    fix Miui booting on Subroms

    2.4
    Updated Recovery
    Updated Ramdisk
    Support for Miui

    2.3.2
    fix camera on sub roms

    2.3.1
    add camera workaround

    2.3
    Update recovery
    Update ramdisk

    2.2
    Update recovery
    Update ramdisk
    new Appsharing implementation
    drop support for TW 4.3

    2.1
    Update kernel to Perseus 19.1
    Update ramdisk

    2.0
    Changelog switch to version numbers
    adding Backup/Restore options to RomSwitcher
    new mount directories for RomSwitcher
    remove Datasharing
    drop support for AOSP 4.3

    22 Feb
    RomSwitcher Kernel:
    Update to Perseus alpha 18
    Updated AOSP 4.4 ramdisk
    Support for PAC 4.4

    22 Feb
    RomSwitcher Kernel:
    Update to Perseus alpha 17

    RomSwitcher Recovery:
    Updated to 6.0.4.7
    some image changes

    Removed Manualboot

    14 Feb
    RomSwitcher Kernel:
    Update to Perseus alpha 16.1
    fix wifi on official CM roms

    14 Dec
    RomSwitcher Kernel:
    Update to Perseus alpha 15.2
    Add support for Kitkat

    11 Nov:
    RomSwitcher Kernel:
    Fix SuperSU problem on TouchWiz

    09 Nov:
    RomSwitcher Kernel:
    Perseus alpha14

    31 Oct:
    RomSwitcher Kernel:
    Disable Knox and Selinux (thanks wanam)

    RomSwitcher App:
    RootTools 3.3

    28 Oct
    RomSwitcher Kernel:
    Updated to Perseus alpha13 RAW
    Remove support for TW 4.2.2
    Add support for TW 4.3
    add new Manualboot

    RomSwitcher App:
    add new Manualboot

    20 Oct
    RomSwitcher Kernel:
    Add manual reboot
    Support for Fourth rom

    RomSwitcher App:
    Support for Fourth rom

    RomSwitcher Recovery:
    Supoort for Fourth rom

    15 Oct
    RomSwitcher Kernel:
    Use Perseus alpha12 for TW and AOSP roms

    RomSwitcher App:
    Reboot to RS Recovery without to install it
    Fix launch on OmniRom

    12 Oct
    RomSwitcher Recovery:
    add missing images and scripts

    RomSwitcher Kernel:
    defconfig: use LZMA

    11 Oct
    RomSwitcher Kernel:
    Support tripleboot
    System partition is in /data/media/.(second/third)rom/system.img

    RomSwitcher Recovery:
    Initial release

    RomSwitcher App:
    Tripleboot support

    03 Oct
    RomSwitcher App:
    Rework on the App:
    new features:
    Setup Menu
    enable App/Data Sharing
    Wipe options for 2nd rom
    OTA updates
    Password

    RomSwitcher Kernel:
    scripts for App/Data Sharing

    27 Sept
    RomSwitcher Kernel:
    use /data/media/.secondrom as folder for data and cache for 2nd rom

    09 Sept
    RomSwitcher Kernel:
    move romswitcher apps to 2nd rom (always the latest RomSwitcher App on 2nd rom)
    update to latest cm kernel from intervigilium

    01 Sept
    RomSwitcher Kernel:
    set permissions for /1stdata at boot
    fstab: add nosiud to mnt flags
    remove RomSwitcher.apk (please manual install it on AOSP)
    init.rc: init.rc: do not comment out mtd mountpoints

    29 Aug
    GraSwitcher App -> RomSwitcher App
    (removed OTA updates)

    24 Aug
    GraSwitcher App:
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    Avoid extract error

    23 Aug
    Initial Release
    30
    FAQ

    Check the FAQ in the app
    19
    Credits

    AndreiLux
    Intervigil, codeworkx, Faryaab (device tree)
    Gokhanmoral (using some scripts of his Siyah Kernel)
    DerTeufel1980 (recovery scripts)
    Chenglu (touch recovery source)
    CyanogenMod (CWM)
    Disturbed™ (testing and support)

    remind me if I forget to give credits to anybody..