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Samsung will probably never be pushing Android 5.1.1 for the Galaxy S3 Neo but XDA has got us covered where several developers have provided custom S3 neo ROMs allowing users to taste the Android 5.1.1 lollipop on their devices. This Galaxy S3 Neo Motion ROM is the best one out there. Only three things are not working on it – NFC and FM radio. Other than that, this ROM is flawless. This is how Galaxy S3 Neo Motion ROM looks like.

* Download ROM from below given link.
* Put it on SD card and flash using custom recovery
* After flashing  – hard reset in custom recovery

After flashing ROM go to /system and edit last build.prop line from ro.multisim.simslotcount=1 to ro.multisim.simslotcount=2

• download link

Download Xperia E3 twrp custom recovery

You can download Sony Xperia E3 custom recovery for installing variety of hacks and custom firmwares. However installing Xperia E3 TWRP is not as straight forward as Samsung phones.

* Download attached kernel – everything is included in this file.
* Reboot your device into boot loader
* flash it using flash tool or adb
* now boot your device
* while booting press volume up and down to boot recovery or else let it boot to boot system.

That is it, you will now be able to install custom ROMs and perform all sorts of hacks on to your Sony Xperia E3 android phone. TWRP for Xperia E3 is similar to the CWM but adds ability to interact via touchscreen instead of buttons. So both provide similar functionality.

The Android 6 Marshmallow ROM for HTC One V is available for download. Since this is an early port, not every thing is working and this includes camera, flashlight, adoptable storage and headset microphone do not work in calls. To install it, you will need latest version of TWRP.

After that, download the ROM from here and flash it by downloading it to storage card and flash it from recovery. We also suggest install gapps since they are not part of the ROM. This too can be installed from recovery.

Installation instructions for downloading and installing Android 6 Marshmallow ROM for HTC One V

Windows users: Download and install this tool. Mac OS X users: Download Android SDK and get the platform tools. Linux users: Get adb and fastboot using your package manager.
Download the rom and copy it to sd card
Boot into bootloader and flash this recovery
Boot into recovery
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Select install zip from sd card.
Install the rom-zip.
Extract boot.img inside the roms zip-file.
Boot into bootloader and flash the kernel:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Reboot your device, it will take about 10 to 20 min to boot.

We have a very easy way of unlocking the ATT HTC One A9. You will be able to convert your ATT A9 to the USA Unlocked A9 running 1.12.617.6 version

To unlock AT&T HTC One A9, you will need three things. 1.12.617.6 RUU that is downloadable from here (direct download link from HTC’s website).
2) Drivers, S-Off and bootloader unlocked from HTC dev’s website
3) ADB.

Unlock ATT HTC One A9 steps

step 1: boot into download mode using following command. This is the black screen that you can get to from the bootloader. You can also boot into download mode by turning off the phone, and holding the power + volume down buttons until you see the htc logo.
adb reboot bootloader

step 2: Change CID. Type this.
fastboot oem writecid BS_US001

step 3: if your mid is something other than 2PQ912000 you can change it with the command
fastboot oem writemid 2PQ912000

step 4: Now type in this:
fastboot reboot-bootloader

step 5: now run the RUU’s setup that we downloaded earlier. Run it and flash the ROM. You can now install HTC One A9 custom recovery and root it using super SU.

HTC One A9 official wallpapers: Download HTC One A9 factory wallpapers

HTC has included some breathtaking wallpapers for the HTC One A9 and one HTC One A9 has shared them with us. The official factory ROM includes six wallpapers and all of them are related to nature in some manner. The first HTC One A9 wallpaper is about a rock, second is about cloud, third rocks, four desert, fifth lava and last one shows sand.

The HTC One A9 wallpapers have resolution of 2160 x 1920 pixels and are perfect for any phone with full HD resolution. So if your phone has FHD resolution, downloading these HTC One A9 wallpapers will be an excellent choice. They look amazingly well on my Apple iPhone 6S. 

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HTC One A9 TWRP is a custom recovery for the android phone that allows you to flash custom mods and custom ROMs. TWRP for HTC One A9 is similar to the CWM but allows one to interact using touchscreen instead of mashing myriad buttons.

Download TWRP for HTC One A9

The TWRP for HTC One A9 was coded differently compared to previous HTC’s android device as with A9, the company has moved to black based OTA system. This means any changes made to system partition will cause an OTA update to fail.

• download link and rename the img file to recovery.img

Type in these commands in ADB.

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
* then boot into recovery and format your data partition.
* Ignore password prompt.
* Go to wipe > format data > type in “yes”.

Root HTC One A9

HTC One A9 has DM verity enabled and makes use of encryption so root on One A9 is achieved only through system less root methods. We suggest going for the super SU which automatically disables forced encryption and dm-verity, but requires a “Format Data” in TWRP. So boot into TWRP and then select ‘format data’ in TWRP.

* reboot into recovery, then sideload supersu.zip you downloaded earlier. Go to advanced> adb sideload in TWRP and then from your computer run it.
adb sideload supersu.zip

Someone at XDA has skinned the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 5.1.1 launcher to look like one on Android 6 marshmallow launcher. For this, you must be on android 5.1.1 on a Samsung device so if you are on Galaxy S3 Neo, upgrade to something like Motion S3 neo ROM. Naturally, you will need a S3 neo custom recovery and root to get this hack done.

Installation instructions:
1. Download and extract this file
2. Put apk in system/priv-app/TouchWizHome_ZERO (or ZERO-MR1) and set rw-r-r permissions for the apk.
3. Finally put the two libs in system/priv-app/TouchWizHome_ZERO (or ZERO-MR1)/arm/lib and set rw-r-r permissions for the libs.
4. Reboot and wipe data of touchwiz Home from Settings

Features:
* Added new 6.0.1 Clock image
* Replaced wallpaper button with 6.0.1 one
* Replaced page indicator with new rounded from 6.0.1
* Replace entire folders colors with 6.0.1 color scheme (Grey, Light blue, Green, Orange and Yellow)
* Fixed in Settings black text on black BG thanks to Martillero