Are you an expert Android user? Try the new ROM for Galaxy S2 I9100G. Once you root this, your smart phone will show much better features. For all Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100G model users, SlimBean is a custom ROM that is based on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean OS and comes with all features that Jelly Bean comes on the other custom ROMs..
The main features that you’ll find with this new custom ROM are: multiple profile, themes engine, many performance enhancers with a lot of customizations options, quiet hours, new widgets, a new UI and multiple other features. This custom ROM isn’t official firmware released by Samsung, and if you’re installing this custom ROM, you are doing it at your own risk.
Pre-requisites and Guidelines:
- This tutorial and all instructions listed here are only for the Samsung Galaxy S2 model no I9100G. So don’t try to use the same for any other device or the I9100 variant, you risk damaging your device.
- The Samsung Galaxy I9100G has to be rooted and so the device must have a custom Recovery image. In this guide, we will use the CWM Recovery image, but you can use TWRP or other.
- Back-up all your data stored in your device’ internal memory, but first of all you need to make a full NANDROID back-up of your actual ROM that you are currently running in your device. This back-up file will be a restore point if something doesn’t work well, or you don’t like it much, this custom ROM.
- During the installation guide, you’ll be ask to wipe your data and the factory reset for the smartphone, after you do this action you’ll lose the data that you have stored on the device’ internal memory. To be sure, you won’t lose any critical data, make a back-up of all information.
- Save your SMS, using the SMS back-up and restore app. For saving you APN Settings you can use the APN Settings Back-up and Restore app, for back-up the call logs that you’ve stored on your device you can use the Call Logs back-up and restore app, for making a back-up of your contacts you can synchronize all the contacts with your Google account.
- The data stored on the internal or external memory card will not be erased or touched by the flashing process.
- You need to enable the USB debugging option to make possible connections between your device and the PC. This option can be enabled from the Android Developed Options.
- Verify the level of the device’ battery. There must be enough power in it to perform the rooting process otherwise the device may face a forced shutdown in the middle.
- This article and all information from the same are only for instructional and educational purposes. So, don’t use this guide if you don’t have enough experience with the flashing process or you aren’t advanced Android users. We can’t be blamed or hold liable if you decide to apply this guide on your device and you lose data or you damage your device.
Make sure you read all the instructions and don’t skip any step or the correct order from this article.
How to install SlimBeam Android 4.2.2 JB Custom ROM for the Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100G:
- Download the SlimBeam Android 4.2.2 JB Custom ROM file from HERE and save it in your PC without extracting its content of the zip archive.
- Download the Gapps compatible with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean from HERE, and like above save it in your computer and don’t extract its content.
- Now, connect your S2 I9100G device to the PC using its original USB cable.
- Move the downloaded files, that you have downloaded at the step 1 and 2 and copy them in the smartphone’s internal SD card.
- Disconnect your smartphone to the PC when the files are totally copied in your smartphone.
- Now, power off your SGS2 I9100G device.
- Boot the device into CWM Recovery mode. To do that you have to press Volume Up, Home and Power buttons simultaneously until the CWM Recovery mode is loaded.
- From the CWM Recovery mode, select ‘back-up and restore’ option and take a full Nandroid back-up of your actual ROM, if something goes wrong and you want to restore your previous ROM you can use this file.
- From the CWM Recovery mode, select ‘wipe data/ factory reset’ option and confirm this action.
- From the same menu CWM Recovery mode select ‘install zip from SD card’ and after that ‘choose zip from SD card’ find the custom ROM that you have downloaded in the step 1 and confirm its installation.
- Now make the same thing for the Gapps pack. From the CWM Recovery mode, select once again ‘choose zip from SDcard’ and confirm for flashing the Google pack applications.
- After you have installed completely both the files, you need to return in the main menu of the CWM Recovery mode, and from there select the ‘reboot system now’ option. This option will restart your device.
- Now wait a couple of minutes to get smartphone booting for the first time in the new custom ROM.
- Join your Google account details.
That’s all!
Note: In case the first boot takes too much time, you need to repeat the entry tutorial once again and be careful not to skip any step that we have listed above.
If this custom ROM doesn’t meet your expectations, you can easily restore your previous ROM using the NANDROID back-up file that you’ve been before. To make a NANDROID restore you have to reboot your device into the Recovery mode menu, and from there select the ‘back-up and restore’ option.
Congratulations! You’ve successfully learnt how to install the new SlimBeam Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean Custom ROM for the Galaxy S2 I9100G device.
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