stock lollipop to custom 4.4.4

[EvolJester1982]

Hello. I gotta question.. I've got LP 5.0.2 installed. Rooted with TWRP. And I don't like lollipop, to many issues with compatibility. So my question is can I use twrp to install clean ROM 4.4.4,?? I no its a downgrade. But I can do it on. MY gs3's , just wondering if its the same...

 

[computerslayer]

Hello. I gotta question.. I've got LP 5.0.2 installed. Rooted with TWRP. And I don't like lollipop, to many issues with compatibility. So my question is can I use twrp to install clean ROM 4.4.4,?? I no its a downgrade. But I can do it on. MY gs3's , just wondering if its the same...

It's generally bad form to post the same thread in multiple forums. This forum is the best one - please consider deleting your duplicate in the General forum.

Yes, you can use TWRP to install a custom KitKat ROM from Lollipop. I just downgraded myself from stock 5.02 to CyanogenMod 11. The key was to wipe everything except internal storage, assuming you want that.

 

[EvolJester1982]

Yea. didn't mean to dub post. ill delete the other.

But thanks for the answer. Do need to do advance wipe? The devik and one other.. Can't rebember.. On my gs3 I used CWM. So its a little different.....

 

[computerslayer]

Yea. didn't mean to dub post. ill delete the other.

But thanks for the answer. Do need to do advance wipe? The devik and one other.. Can't rebember.. On my gs3 I used CWM. So its a little different.....

No worries. Thanks for your consideration.

I don't know if you have to do an advance wipe. I'd be leery of doing anything less than an advance wipe - KitKat and Lollipop are pretty different versions of Android. I wouldn't want to risk anything get mixed together if there isn't a clean install on a blank slate.

 

[EvolJester1982]

OK. I went into advanced wipe and cleared devik, data and system.. I left my internal storage.. That was the correct way to do it correct???

It saying that I only have 7.63gb free?? That don't sound right....

EDIT: installed CleanRom 3.0.8 (4.4.4 KK) from LP 5.0.2

 

[Masterchief87]

OK. I went into advanced wipe and cleared devik, data and system.. I left my internal storage.. That was the correct way to do it correct???

It saying that I only have 7.63gb free?? That don't sound right....

EDIT: installed CleanRom 3.0.8 (4.4.4 KK) from LP 5.0.2

That would be because you didn't format data so there is still stuff left over on your internal storage. I recently downgraded from lollipoop (Yes I spelled it that way on purpose) back to kitkat for the same reason and I had to format data because I still had gigabytes of space being taken up by Additional files for large games like GTA. What I did was move all the stuff I wanted to keep to my otg flash drive then formatted data and finally selected advanced wipe then wiped everything but USB otg. Finally I installed carbon ROM and gapps and all is good.