The best way to get advance customization is to use it with Custom ROM not with the stock firmware. That’s my point of view, apart from that, if you’re looking for smooth and stable Custom ROM then Monster ROM is good choice. It is based on stock firmware, comes with many tweaks to improve handset performance such as less RAM usage tweaks, internet tweaks and graphics tweaks to improve the overall gaming performance. If you’re wanting to read more about this ROM then you must visit the read thread here.
It should be noted that if you skipped or avoided any step listed in this guide, then it can lead to problems such as bugs and issues or it can brick your device too. So, in order to install this ROM successfully it is highly recommended that you follow all steps very carefully.
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The first and most popular Custom ROMavailable for the Samsung Galaxy Core is Monster ROM. Based on stock firmware, the Monster ROM provides stability and smooth operation through callibrations to improve the handset performance. Advanced tweaking gives the phone better performance with lower RAM usage overall. The decrease in RAM usage as well as graphics and internet tune ups make for an improved gaming experience. Modifications include new status bars, media gallery and video player improvements, a new boot animation, lockscreen changes like shortcuts and toggling, a new framework ported from Android v.4.3, as well as multi-window toggle, the Samsung Galaxy Core becomes a completely new smartphone. Many more features and add-ons create a totally customizable experience.
best way to get advance customization is to use it with Custom ROM not with the stock firmware. That’s my point of view, apart from that, if you’re looking for smooth and stable Custom ROM then Monster ROM is good choice. It is based on stock firmware, comes with many tweaks to improve handset performance such as less RAM usage tweaks, internet tweaks and graphics tweaks to improve the overall gaming performance. If you’re wanting to read more about this ROM then you must visit the read thread here.
Note: - If in any case, your phone gets damaged or bricked then we will be responsible for that. This guide in only meant for education purpose only.Before proceeding to installation guide you must read all the pre-requisites listed below very carefully and make sure you phone compile with them.
Pre-requisites
This ROM is only made for Samsung Galaxy Core I8262 model and meant nothing for any other device. Don’t try this ROM over any other device. It could damage it to very high extent.Your phone must be on Custom Recovery i.e CWM recovery. This ROM can only be flashed with CWM recovery. CWM recovery installation guide is also included this post, so use it to install CWM on your phone.
Backup your current ROM for future safety. If anything goes wrong after installing this ROM then you can switch back to old ROM using this backup. To make backup, go to recovery mode (look in installation guide), and then look for ‘backup and restore” then “backup“.
The process will erase your phone’s memory completely. So if you have saved any data on your phone’s internal memory then save it to some safe place before moving any other step.
Enable USB debugging, go to settings -> developers options ->then check the USB debugging box.
Make sure that your phone is charged to good extent. Is should be alive for whole process. It is recommended that you charge your phone up to 50%. This post have been updated with newer version of Rom, and few changes have been implemented in installation guide. The Monster Custom Rom is updated to build 3with many changes, improvements and addons features.
Downloads
- Download Monster Custom ROM zip file here. (532897011.zip)
How to install CWM recovery on Samsung Galaxy Core I8262
If you’re already on CWM recovery then skip these steps and move to installation guide. This is only for stock recovery or recovery that comes with the hand set.- Firstly download the CWM recovery image from here (recovery.tar) to your PC.
- Now download Odin program here (Odin3-v1.85.zip) to your PC and extract it to safe place. Now open the excatracted folder and look for “Odin3 v1.85.exe”. Run it and move to next step.
- Turn off the phone and wait for 5-7 seconds.
- Now press and hold Volume Down + Home + Power buttons until Warning message appears on screen, then press Volume Up to proceed to download mode.
- Now connect your phone to PC using USB cable, and look on Odin program, ID:COM section will turn to green. If not then try disconnect and again connect your phone. If still Odin does not catch your phone then you should install USB drivers using Samsung Kies first then try again.
- Now on Odin program, select “PDA” button and then find and locate the
downloaded “recovery.tar” file.
- On Odin make sure that “Re-Partition” box is unchecked and don’t make any changes.
- Click on Start button and wait for the completion.
So till now you have successfully installed CWM Recovery on your Samsung Galaxy Core I8262. :
How to install Monster Custom ROM for Samsung Galaxy Core I8262
- Firstly download the two zip files listed in download section and put them to SD card of your device.
- Now turn off the device and wait for 5-7 seconds.
- Now boot into the recovery mode press and hold Volume Up + Home + Power buttons at the same time until Samsung Logo appears on the screen. The release the buttons and you’ll at recovery mode very soon.
- Now from recovery mode perform the followings:
- Select and perform “Wipe data/Factory reset”.
- Select and perform “Wipe cache partition”.
- Go to “Mounts and Storage” and mount the followings: mount system, mount cache and mount data.
- Go to “Mounts and Storage” and select “format system” and perform it.
- Go to advance and then select and perform “Wipe Dalvik Cache”.
- Now it is time to install the ROM. Select “install from sd card” and then “choose zip from sd card” then find and locate the downloaded “532897011.zip” file. Select “Yes” on next screen to confirm the process. It will take several minutes to complete, till then wait.
- When it completes, again select “install from sd card” and then “choose zip from sd card” then find and locate the downloaded “fix1 for b2.zip” file and confirm “Yes” on next screen.
- When you done with installing both files, from recovery options select and perform “Wipe data/Factory reset”.
- Now select “reboot system now”.
All done. You have successfully managed to install this ROM on your device.
If you have problem or trouble while performing this tutorial then let us know by commenting.
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