Root and Custom ROM Samsung Android Phone

Nov 2018

After recently having bricked my realtively new One Plus 5 phone on a recent motorbiking trip (albeit biking on the highest motorable road in the world), I decided to overhaul my 2014 Samsung Galaxy Grand 2.

Here is a summary of my experience overhauling it to get it to work rather smoothly.

Flash TWRP recovery using Odin

• TWRP 3.0.0 Recovery
• Samsung Win Drivers
• Odin 3.07

Install Cyanogenmod ROM+

• Boot in TWRP recovery
• Cyanogenmod 13
• Patch 1
• Patch 2
• Bare minimum GApps, ARM-6.0-pico
• Install Cyanogenmod ROM + Patches + GApps

Root the phone

• Boot into TWRP recovery
• SuperSU flashable
• Install SuperSU

Rerference Links

• https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-grand-2/orig-development/rom-cyanogenmod-13-galaxy-grand-2-t3485393
• https://www.cyanogenmods.org/forums/topic/galaxy-grand-2-cm13-cyanogenmod-13-marshmallow-rom-sm-g7102/