Now you can take the full backup of Android ROMs using two popular methods. The first method uses TWRP Recovery; this tool is widely used to completely flash ROM, Zip files, and backup android ROM. If you don’t want to upload your backup to cloud storage or look for a method that does not require the internet, this method is for you.
If you’re accustomed to working with a rooted phone, there should be nothing in this guide that’s peculiar or alarming. Finally, you might want to relock your bootloader as well.
- Every UI looks unique and has a different set of features.
- Custom ROM provides the root access to their Android devices.
- Some require a manual approach using the ADB and Fastboot tools with the command line.
- Once you’ve downloaded the ROM, you’ll need to download the Google Apps and install them.
- If you have found any discrepancy or missing information, please feel free to post it in the comment section below, don’t worry I will update as soon as possible.
When the download has finished please extract the file to your PC desktop and open the “Odin..xxx.exe” file. You may also check this video if you have any doubt about the above process. Now we need to enable the developer options, USB debugging and perform the OEM unlock on your M31s.
Odin, for example, requires Windows, so keep that in mind while trying to update the firmware on any Samsung phone. Moreover, make sure you have the latest Samsung Android driver package installed. If your phone reports its software is up-to-date, but you know an update is available for your model, we can take advantage of the manual download methods. Notably, the modding community has managed to reverse-engineer Samsung’s Odin-Loke flashing protocol. stock firmware Heimdall, for example, is a cross-platform open-source tool that can be used to flash Galaxy devices. With that said, we will be sticking with Odin in this tutorial for the sake of user-friendliness and better compatibility factor. Before proceeding to the list let me explain what is a stock rom or stock firmware.