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MultiROM for the Wileyfox Swift
MultiROM is one-of-a-kind multi-boot mod for Wileyfox Swift. It can boot any Android ROM. The main part of MultiROM is a boot manager, which appears every time your device starts and lets you choose ROM to boot. You can see how it looks on the left image below and in gallery. ROMs are installed and managed via modified TWRP recovery. You can use standard ZIP files to install secondary Android ROMs and MultiROM even has its own installer system, which can be used to ship other Linux-based systems.

Features:
* Multiboot any number of Android ROMs
* Restore nandroid backup as secondary ROM

You can also watch a video which shows it in action.
Warning!
It _is_ dangerous. This whole thing is basically one giant hack - none of these systems are made with multibooting in mind. It is no longer messing with data partition or boot sector, but it is possible that something goes wrong and you will have to flash factory images again. Make backups. Always.
Installation
Firstly, there are videos on youtube. If you want, just search for "MultiROM installation" on youtube and watch those, big thanks to all who made them. There is also an awesome article on Linux Journal.

Note 1: Your device must not be encrypted (hint: if you don't know what it is, then it is encrypted).

MultiROM has 2 parts you need to install:
  • Modified recovery - download the IMG file from second post and use fastboot or TWRP to flash it.
  • MultiROM - download the ZIP file from second post and flash it in recovery.
You current rom will not be erased by the installation.
Download links are in the second post.
Adding ROMs
1. Android
Go to recovery, select MultiROM -> Add ROM. Select the ROM's zip file and confirm. As for the space, clean installation of stock 6.x after first boot takes 900+mb of space.
Updating/changing ROMs
1. Primary ROM (Internal)
  • Flash ROM's ZIP file as usual, do factory reset if needed (it won't erase secondary ROMs)
  • Go to MultiROM in recovery and do Inject curr. boot sector.
2. Secondary Android ROMs
If you want to change the ROM, delete it and add new one. To update ROM, follow these steps:
  • Go to MultiROM -> List ROMs and select the ROM you want to update.
  • Select "Flash ZIP" and flash ROM's ZIP file.
Explanation of recovery menus
Main menu
- Add ROM - add ROM to boot
- List ROMs - list installed ROMs and manage them
- Inject boot.img file - When you download for example kernel, which is distrubuted as whole boot.img (eg. franco kernel), you have to use this option on it, otherwise you would lose MultiROM.
- Inject curr. boot sector - Use this option if MultiROM does not show up on boot, for example after kernel installation.
- Settings - well, settings.

Manage ROM
- Rename, delete - I believe these are obvious
- Flash ZIP (only Android ROMs) - flash ZIP to the ROM, for example gapps
- Add/replace boot.img - replaces boot.img used by this ROM, this is more like developer option.
- Re-patch init - this is available only for ubuntu. Use it when ubuntu cannot find root partition, ie. after apt-get upgrade which changed the init script.
Source code
MultiROM - https://github.com/multirom-swift/multirom
Modified TWRP - https://github.com/multirom-swift/Te...covery-Project
MultiROM device tree - https://github.com/multirom-swift/an...yfox_crackling
Thanks a lot to Tasssadar for creating this awesome utility.
And to @nkk71 for the No-KEXEC workaround


XDA:DevDB Information
MultiROM, Tool/Utility for the Wileyfox Swift

Contributors
beroid, nkk71
Source Code: https://github.com/multirom-swift


Version Information
Status: Beta

Created 2016-11-23
Last Updated 2016-11-23
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No-kexec workaround

Mini FAQ:
Q: What is the no-kexec workaround?
A: The no-kexec workaround by nkk71 allows you to use MultiROM without having to flash a kexec enabled kernel.

Please read all things about no-kexec workaround from the author words only, (to avoid duplicity and get latest information), thanks to @nkk71
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...34&postcount=4
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