Galaxy ACE 3 LTE CM13 (CyanogenMod 13) Marshmallow ROM

Galaxy ACE 3 LTE CM13 (CyanogenMod 13) (Codename: loganreltexx) Marshmallow Custom ROM is an UNOFFICIAL Android Marshmallow build for Galaxy ACE 3 LTE. This Galaxy ACE 3 LTE CM13 (CyanogenMod 13) ROM is brought to you by developer kotzir. Not to be surprised if I will say that kotzir has also ported CyanogenMdo 14 to Galaxy ACE 3 LTE. Yes, Galaxy ACE 3 LTE CM14 (CyanogenMod 14) Nougat 7.0 ROM is live. Current status of this ROM is UNKNOWN. It is strongly recommended that you take either a NANDROID backup or take a complete sync of your phone data.

REQUIRED DOWNLOADS AND GUIDES FOR GALAXY ACE 3 LTE 2016 CM13 ROM FLASHING:

GALAXY ACE 3 LTE CM13 (CYANOGENMOD 13) MARSHMALLOW CUSTOM ROM INSTALLATION GUIDE:

Make sure that you have a custom recovery installed on your Galaxy ACE 3 LTE. If not then download the recovery from above downloads section and you can follow this TWRP recovery installation on Samsung phone using ODIN guide.

Points to NOTE on Backup:
– Try to avoid restoring apps backup using Titanium Backup. It may break things up.
– Don’t restore system data using Titanium Backup! It will definitely break the current installation.
– It is also discouraged to Restoring Apps + Data using Titanium Backup.

1. Follow this if you are flashing CyanogenMod 13 ROM for the first time to your Galaxy ACE 3 LTE phone, or coming from another ROM:

   • Download and Copy the GApps and Galaxy ACE 3 LTE CyanogenMod 13 ROM ZIP to your phone.
   • Take a backup using a synchronization application or using Samsung Smart Switch or if you have TWRP installed then boot into TWRP recovery and take a NANDROID backup using the TWRP itself.
   • Boot into Recovery. Make sure to have a Custom recovery like CWM or TWRP or any other custom recovery.
   • Wipe data factory reset, Cache partition, Dalvik Cache and Format the System partition.
     – Here is a guide explaining how to wipe data using TWRP recovery.

     This will delete all your data on your phone. IGNORE IF YOU DON’T WANT TO OR IF YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE THIS. You may consider complete backup of your phone data or take a NANDROID backup of the current ROM.
     – How to backup all data on your Android Device.
     – how to take NANDROID backup using TWRP recovery.

   • First flash the CM13 ROM ZIP from device. Then flash the GApps zip from your device memory.
     – Here is a post explaining how to flash a custom ROM using TWRP recovery.
   • Then reboot into recovery (don’t skip this) and flash the CM13 Marshmallow Google Apps package.
     – Here is a post explaining how to flash GApps using TWRP recovery.
   • Reboot and Enjoy the CyanogenMod 13 Marshmallow ROM on your Galaxy ACE 3 LTE.

2. Upgrading from earlier version of CyanogenMod 13 ROM on Galaxy ACE 3 LTE:

   • Copy the latest Galaxy ACE 3 CyanogenMod 13 ROM ZIP file to your phone.
   • Boot into Recovery.
   • Flash the latest CM ROM ZIP from your phone.
     – Here is a post explaining how to flash a custom ROM using TWRP recovery.
   • Then flash the CM13 Marshmallow Google Apps package.
     – Here is a post explaining how to flash GApps using TWRP recovery.
   • Reboot and Enjoy

Complete the initial setup and enjoy Android Marshmallow 6.0.1 with CyanogenMod 13 for Galaxy ACE 3 LTE. After this CM13 installation you may want to enable ROOT access on your phone and here is how you can do that:
How to Enable ROOT Access on CM13/CyanogenMod 13