Android 5.0 Lollipop Cynogenmod bet a12 ROM & Root for Galaxy Note 3!

If you are in town for Android 5.0 Lollipop ROM today, not when Samsung updates their software, grab the latest CM12 ROM beta by XDA user Temasek, available for T-Mobile Note 3 SM-N900T, SM-N9005, Canadian SM-N900W8, and Sprint SM-N900P.
This is a “beta” version which has pretty much everything working except video recording and NFC.  I have been testing it as daily driver for last couple days and have to say the battery life and performance is excellent.

As for benchmarking performance, it didn’t do as well as the CM12 ROM I tested on a Galaxy S5 couple days back but it does better than stock TouchWiz Note 3.  Apart from benchmarks, performance is outstanding, UI is superfluid and fast as you would expect from the latest Android 5.0 Lollipop.

Overall, CM12 ROM beta is probably not recommended as daily driver (unless you can live with broken video recording and NFC) but you can always make a backup ROM, try Lollipop, then restore your ROM back.  So, definitely give this guy a test drive this week(end) and do let me know what you think!

Download:

Download Android 5.0 Lollipop ROM CM12 Beta for Galaxy Note 3 (for all T-Mobile Note 3 SM-N900T, SM-N9005, and Canadian SM-N900W8)
Download Android 5.0 Lollipop ROM CM12 Beta for Sprint Galaxy Note 3 SM-N900P
Download Android 5.0 Gapps
Download SuperSU v2.30 (You MUST use this version to get full root!)

To install, reboot into recovery, make backup ROM, wipe data/factory reset, install ROM, install Gapps, install SuperSU, and reboot.  (If for some reason you end up in a bootloop or get force-closed keyboard error on boot, reboot into CWM recovery, go to Mounts & Storage->format /system.  For TWRP, go to Wipe->Advanced Wipe->Wipe /system.)

Credits – XDA <— Please donate to the developer of this ROM or hit Thanks button on XDA if you like it, thx! and Thanks Download Android ROM.com for providing us the downloads.

Q&A:

Q: I don’t have Play Store nor any of the Google apps!

A: You forgot to install Gapps, reboot into recovery and install it! (See above for download.)

Q: The ROM is not booting!
A: Try formatting /system and re-install ROM, sometimes the system partition gets corrupt and you may have to try 2 or 3 times before the ROM boots.

Galaxy Note 3 Reference
You will need a rooted Galaxy Note 3 to install all ROM/kernels.
NOTE: THE AUTHOR OF THIS SITE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU MESS UP YOUR PHONE, PLEASE READ INSTRUCTIONS TWICE BEFORE TRYING IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME TO ROOTING AND CUSTOM ROMS!