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MultiROM is a one-of-a-kind multi-boot mod. It can boot any Android ROM as well as other systems like Ubuntu Touch, once they are ported to that device. Besides booting from device's internal memory, MultiROM can boot from USB drive connected to the device via OTG cable. The main part of MultiROM is a boot manager, which appears every time your device starts and lets you choose ROM to boot. You can see how it looks on the left image below and in gallery. ROMs are installed and managed via modified TWRP recovery. You can use standard ZIP files to install secondary Android ROMs and MultiROM even has its own installer system, which can be used to ship other Linux-based systems.
Features:
* Multiboot any number of Android ROMs
* Restore nandroid backup as secondary ROM
* Boot from USB drive attached via OTG cable
You can also watch a video which shows it in action.​
WARNING
It is dangerous. This whole thing is basically one giant hack - none of these systems are made with multibooting in mind. It is no longer messing with data partition or boot sector, but it is possible that something goes wrong and you will have to flash factory images again. Make backups. Always.​
IMPORTANT
I'm not responsible for anything, you do all this on your own risk.
Once you have flashed and set up MultiROM, don't flash another boot.img using fastboot.
If you want to uninstall MultiROM, just flash the MultiROM uninstaller.
Your device must not be encrypted.
To all devs maintaing Stock-based ROMs: Feel free to use my patched stock kernels to add MultiROM support to your ROMs.
When booting another ROM, you'll notice that in some cases, you can enter the recovery of the boot.img of the ROM. Please don't use it, flash everything using MultiROM TWRP.
INSTALLATION
Install the MultiRom Manager app from the store and install the recovery and multirom.
Reboot into MultiROM TWRP and flash the MultiROM installer --> Sould be done automatically.
Make sure you are on a Rom compatible with one of these kernels and flash it
In order to boot a secondary rom you MUST enable the "kexec workaround" option in the MultiRom settings found in the recovery.
That's it. You can now go to "MultiROM menu" (Top right corner in the recovery) to start flashing other ROMs.
Alternative installation method (if installation via the above method fails)
Download the files named multirom-<date>.zip and recovery-<date>.img from here.
You should use md5sum to validate the downloaded files using the provided xyz.md5 files in the same download location.
Copy the files to the sdcard of your device.
Use "adb shell" to open a shell on the device and use "su" to obtain root rights (adb must be set up on your computer, instructions are found on xda).
Adjust the following command and enter it in the shell: "dd if=/sdcard/recovery-<date>.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/FOTAKernel"
Reboot into recovery (shutdown, then VolDown + Power).
Flash the multirom zip from the sdcard.
Enjoy.
Adding ROMs
Go to recovery, select "MultiROM menu" (Top right corner in the recovery) -> Add ROM. Select the ROM's zip file and confirm.​
Using USB drive
During installation, recovery lets you select install location. Plug in the USB drive, wait a while and press "refresh" so that it shows partitions on the USB drive. You just select the location (extX, NTFS and FAT32 partitions are supported) and proceed with the installation.
If you wanna use other than default FAT32 partition, just format it in PC. If you don't know how/don't know where to find out how, you probably should not try installing MultiROM.
If you are installing to NTFS or FAT32 partition, recovery asks you to set image size for all the partitions - this cannot be easilly changed afterward, so choose carefully. FAT32 is limited to maximum of 4095MB per image - it is limitation of the filesystem, I can do nothing about that.
Installation to USB drives takes a bit longer, because the flash drive is (usually) slower and it needs to create the images, so installation of Ubuntu to 4Gb image on my pretty fast USB drive takes about 20 minutes.
Enumerating USB drive can take a while in MultiROM menu, so when you press the "USB" button in MultiROM, wait a while (max. 30-45s) until it searches the USB drive. It does it by itself, no need to press something, just wait.​
Updating/changing ROMs
1. Primary ROM (Internal)
Flash ROM's ZIP file as usual, do factory reset if needed (it won't erase secondary ROMs)
Go to "MultiROM menu" (Top right corner in the recovery) in recovery and do Inject curr. boot sector. if it is not done directly during installation of the Rom.
2. Secondary Android ROMs
If you want to change the ROM, delete it and add new one. To update ROM, follow these steps:
Go to "MultiROM menu" (Top right corner in the recovery) -> List ROMs and select the ROM you want to update.
Select "Flash ZIP" and flash ROM's ZIP file.
Install a stock rom as secondary
This only works if you are using MultiRom version 33c or larger (excluding 33x-z).
1. Existing primary stock rom
Use these instructions if you plan to move an existing stock rom installed as primary. This guide assumes that multirom recovery is properly installed.
Shutdown the device.
Start the device into multirom recovery (VolDown + Power).
MAKE A BACKUP!
Go to "MultiROM menu" (Top right corner in the recovery) in recovery and tap "Swap roms".
Select the option "Copy primary rom to secondary/internal" and start the operation.
Wait until the operation finishes and flash your desired rom. (Alternatively you can also use any secondary rom to be the primary rom using the "Swap option" mentioned above.
Reboot.
2. Fresh stock installation
Use these instructions if you do not have a stock rom installed as primary. This guide assumes that multirom recovery is properly installed.
Shutdown the device.
Start the device into multirom recovery (VolDown + Power).
MAKE A BACKUP!
Install the stock rom via an install zip of via an FTF. NOTE: For the FTF method you need to shutdown the device and boot into download mode (VolDown pressed while connecting the USB cable; cable connected to the PC). Use for instance flashtool to flash ONLY the kernel, system, and cache image. In addition, you MUST select "Wipe apps_log"!
When the device reboots, let it boot up and finish the first time setup procedure.
Shutdown the device.
Start the device into multirom recovery (VolDown + Power).
Go to "MultiROM menu" (Top right corner in the recovery) in recovery and tap "Swap roms".
Select the option "Copy primary rom to secondary/internal" and start the operation.
Wait until the operation finishes and flash your desired rom. (Alternatively you can also use any secondary rom to be the primary rom using the "Swap option" mentioned above.
Reboot.
CHANGELOG
Code:
=== Version 33d (Bugfix release) ===
- Fix the apps_log issue for good (FINALLY).
- Support for LOS in combination with stock.
=== Version 33c ===
- Sync with XperiaMultiRom repository: cleaner implementation of some patches & extends the rom support w.r.t. old builds.
- Improved compatibility of custom N roms (AOSP init system) with stock roms: Allows to use stock roms as secondary rom.
- Bug fix: Set the version number in the Mrom binaries (for automatic updates).
=== Version 33b ===
- Small maintenance update to support "embedded/combined ramdisks" of secondary roms.
=== Version 33a ===
- Fixed booting Stock after starting secondary N rom.
=== Version 33z ===
- Fixed boot image injection of stock roms.
=== Version 33y ===
- New nokexec version 4 (previous: version 2).
- Support for AOSP 1.3.3 kernels (1.2.2 based kernels are also supported).
- Support for Android N (>= 7.0).
- Support for Sony Z2 stock roms as primary rom (I am investigating the installation as a secondary rom: it's installing, but not yet booting).
=== Version 33x ===
- Update Multirom from version 32 to 33.
- Update Multirom TWRP from version 2.8.7.0 to 3.0.2.
Detailed Xperia-Multirom Changelog
MultiRom
MultiRom Recovery
General Multirom Changelog
To be found here.
SOURCEs
MultiROM - https://github.com/XperiaMultiROM/multirom/ (branch master)
Modified TWRP - https://github.com/XperiaMultiROM/android_bootable_recovery (branch master)
Kernel w/ kexec-hardboot patch - https://github.com/Myself5/android_kernel_sony_msm8974/ (M5-Kernel)​
FAQs can be found here.
CREDITs
Tasssadar
Myself5
AdrainDC
Olivier
Garcia98
Thunder07
skin1980
Envious_Data
[NUT]
AndroPlus
Panic Brothers
I do not accept donations. But you may consider donation to Myself5 who did the original port, or to Tassadar who envisioned Multirom and did most of the implementation. We just jumped on the rolling train
Myself5:
Tassadar:
Thanks a lot to those who have donated!
XDA:DevDB Information
MultiROM for Sony Xperia Z2, Tool/Utility for the Sony Xperia Z2
Contributors
Myself5, Diewi
Source Code: https://github.com/XperiaMultiROM/multirom/tree/master
Version Information
Status: Testing
Created 2015-01-13
Last Updated 2018-01-23

DOWNLOAD
I still need to fix touch inside the MultiROM menu, for now you need to use the volume buttons to navigate.
https://diewald-net.com/files/public/MultiRom/sirius
The recovery.img is Tassadars modified TWRP to flash secondary Roms. It is needed to flash the secondary Roms.

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This is some real good progress in the Z2 development. When I'm not using the XDA One app I'll properly check out this thread. Thank you so much for this. I'll throw a donation your way at the end of the month.
EDIT:
Personally I think the installation instructions are a little bit ambiguous. Or is that your aim for this early in development?
Like in step one, I am assuming you need to be on an L ROM running your L kernel?
Is the multiROM TWRP embedded into your kernel?
The multiROM installer is the file multirom-20150113-v30x-UNOFFICIAL-sirius.zip, correct?
When do we need to flash the recovery.img you have provided?
Are the files under the KK/ directory needed yet?
Sorry for all the questions, I'm curious and want to try this but I don't wanna make any errors in the installation.

gamer649 said:
This is some real good progress in the Z2 development. When I'm not using the XDA One app I'll properly check out this thread. Thank you so much for this. I'll throw a donation your way at the end of the month.
EDIT:
Personally I think the installation instructions are a little bit ambiguous. Or is that your aim for this early in development?
Like in step one, I am assuming you need to be on an L ROM running your L kernel?
Is the multiROM TWRP embedded into your kernel?
The multiROM installer is the file multirom-20150113-v30x-UNOFFICIAL-sirius.zip, correct?
When do we need to flash the recovery.img you have provided?
Are the files under the KK/ directory needed yet?
Sorry for all the questions, I'm curious and want to try this but I don't wanna make any errors in the installation.
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CM12 needs to be the host rom
after that you can install all you want

gamer649 said:
This is some real good progress in the Z2 development. When I'm not using the XDA One app I'll properly check out this thread. Thank you so much for this. I'll throw a donation your way at the end of the month.
EDIT:
Personally I think the installation instructions are a little bit ambiguous. Or is that your aim for this early in development?
Like in step one, I am assuming you need to be on an L ROM running your L kernel?
Is the multiROM TWRP embedded into your kernel?
The multiROM installer is the file multirom-20150113-v30x-UNOFFICIAL-sirius.zip, correct?
When do we need to flash the recovery.img you have provided?
Are the files under the KK/ directory needed yet?
Sorry for all the questions, I'm curious and want to try this but I don't wanna make any errors in the installation.
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you need to flash the recovery.img to the FotaKernel Partition. ATM my M5-Kernel-V2-L is the only host kernel supported (therefore you need to be on CM12 as the Hostrom), more are yet to come (I work on a KK host kernel already and @AndroPlus Kernel is going to get supported soon too). The KK folder is not needed ATM, you just need M5 Kernel, the recovery.img flashed to FOTAKernel (see Recovery Collection Thread on how to do this) and then just flash the multirom*.zip and you are ready to go.

Hi Myself5, thanks for making multiboot rom for Z2, i always wanted to try something like this but my bootloader is "unlock allowed: no" is there any hope to run this on a locked bootloader / stock kernel or should i just complety forget about multiboot forever ??
Thanks for the work.

ptmaniac said:
Hi Myself5, thanks for making multiboot rom for Z2, i always wanted to try something like this but my bootloader is "unlock allowed: no" is there any hope to run this on a locked bootloader / stock kernel or should i just complety forget about multiboot forever ??
Thanks for the work.
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MR needs a kexec-hardboot patched Kernel to load any other rom's kernel. However, as you can't flash any modified kernel I guess this is not possible for you. Sorry for that.

Hi and thanks for this beautiful feature. But I have a problem: I am on stock ROM 4.4.2 . Can I install a second ROM with a MultiROM remain on stock?

dalla96 said:
Hi and thanks for this beautiful feature. But I have a problem: I am on stock ROM 4.4.2 . Can I install a second ROM with a MultiROM remain on stock?
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not yet. You need a MR compatible Host Kernel (it needs kexec-hardboot). Till now only my M5 Kernel for CM has it. Wait some weeks, I'm working with @AndroPlus to get kexec-hardboot going withAndroPlus Kernel

Double Post. Credits @tapatalk ...

Myself5 said:
not yet. You need a MR compatible Host Kernel (it needs kexec-hardboot). Till now only my M5 Kernel for CM has it. Wait some weeks, I'm working with @AndroPlus to get kexec-hardboot going withAndroPlus Kernel
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OK thanks you very much

Are we Need to mod the ROM for that? Are that only work with Z2 ROMs?
I would test it soon as possible with androkernel.

dkionline said:
Are we Need to mod the ROM for that? Are that only work with Z2 ROMs?
I would test it soon as possible with androkernel.
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no?
just install supported kernel, mod and the custom recovery.img

Just like all recoverys, otg stick doesn't mount... Please use Nut's recovery TWRP as base, that works ever. Is it normal that I can't touch anything really when the MultiRom Menu comes while booting?

Heyyy came across this and its awesome!!! So currently this mod works only for CM-based? Can I use a cm12 as a main and envi rom as my 2nd rom? D:laugh:
EDIT: Actually I tried flashing envi rom but it couldn't boot. My orginal CM12 rom boots fine though. Maybe I'm missing something. Do I need to flash kernels to the rom?

TheFerhatKing said:
Just like all recoverys, otg stick doesn't mount... Please use Nut's recovery TWRP as base, that works ever. Is it normal that I can't touch anything really when the MultiRom Menu comes while booting?
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... Both your questions would be answered if you would have red the OP. I use @[NUT]s Device trees for TWRP already don't know why OTG is not working for you. A recovery log would be cool (After attaching the USB use adb to get it by using the command)
Code:
adb pull /tmp/recovery.log
The touch, as clearly written above the download link, is not yet working, I still need to fix this.
earthtk said:
Heyyy so currently this mod works only for CM-based? Can I use a cm12 as a main and envi rom as my 2nd rom?:laugh:
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No as AndroPlus Kernel now has kexec-hardboot too you can use either stock or CM12/based (I'm working on a CM11 compatible Kernel) as the host Rom and any Z2 Rom you want as secondary Rom this is because secondary Roms need no patching (exept whats done when installing my MR itself) so you can use any Rom you want.
dkionline said:
Are we Need to mod the ROM for that? Are that only work with Z2 ROMs?
I would test it soon as possible with androkernel.
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as you can read above, you only need to mod the host Rom (the Rom which is actually installed to the place it "belongs to") by installing a kexec-hardboot compatible kernel. And yes, OFC it does only work with Z2 Roms, this Mod is just for booting a Rom from a different place, not to magically make every Rom compatible with the Z2

I had read the whole op but not what was written over the download link sorry . But I didn't found where you said that you used Nuts device trees. I'm gonna do a log for you

TheFerhatKing said:
I had read the whole op but nut what was written ovet the download link sorry . But I didn't found where you said that you used Nuts device trees. I'm gonna do a log for you
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Yeah, well you couldn't knew this, thats true Just checked again and discovered that I just mentioned him at the credits, not why. Sorry for that Looking forward to the log

[MOD][UNOFFICIAL] MultiROM v33 for onyx

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Introduction
MultiROM is one-of-a-kind multi-boot mod for OnePlusX. It can boot any Android ROM as well as other systems like Ubuntu Touch, once they are ported to that device. Besides booting from device's internal memory, MultiROM can boot from USB drive connected to the device via OTG cable. The main part of MultiROM is a boot manager, which appears every time your device starts and lets you choose ROM to boot. You can see how it looks on the left image below and in gallery. ROMs are installed and managed via modified TWRP recovery. You can use standard ZIP files to install secondary Android ROMs and MultiROM even has its own installer system, which can be used to ship other Linux-based systems.
Features:
* Multiboot any number of Android ROMs
* Restore nandroid backup as secondary ROM
* Boot from USB drive attached via OTG cable
Warning!
It _is_ dangerous. This whole thing is basically one giant hack - none of these systems are made with multibooting in mind. It is no longer messing with data partition or boot sector, but it is possible that something goes wrong and you will have to flash factory images again. Make backups. Always.
-- updated for new bootloader 10/24--
Installation
Download & Flash:
TWRP Modified Recovery: TWRP_multirom_onyx_20161024-01.img
MultiROM Installer: multirom-20161024-v33b-onyx.zip
MultiROM uninstaller: multirom_uninstaller.zip
Patched Kernel: Primary roms Must NOT have a Kexec Hardboot Patched Kernel
Modified recovery (TWRP_multirom_onyx_YYYYMMDD.img) - download the IMG file and use fastboot, TWRP or Flashify app to flash it.
MultiROM (multirom.zip) - download the ZIP file and flash it in recovery.
You current rom will not be erased by the installation.
-> Installation guide by @Vatsal
Adding ROMs
1. Android
Go to recovery, select -> MultiROM menu -> Add ROM. Select the ROM's zip file and confirm.
Go into mr settings and tick the No-Kexec workaround, to be sure (adb is handy too)
2. Ubuntu Touch
Use the MultiROM Manager app to install Ubuntu Touch.
Using USB drive
During installation, recovery lets you select install location. Plug in the USB drive, wait a while and press "refresh" so that it shows partitions on the USB drive. You just select the location (extX, NTFS and FAT32 partitions are supported) and proceed with the installation.
If you wanna use other than default FAT32 partition, just format it in PC. If you don't know how/don't know where to find out how, you probably should not try installing MultiROM.
If you are installing to NTFS or FAT32 partition, recovery asks you to set image size for all the partitions - this cannot be easilly changed afterward, so choose carefully. FAT32 is limited to maximum of 4095MB per image - it is limitation of the filesystem, I can do nothing about that.
Installation to USB drives takes a bit longer, because the flash drive is (usually) slower and it needs to create the images, so installation of Ubuntu to 4Gb image on my pretty fast USB drive takes about 20 minutes.
Enumerating USB drive can take a while in MultiROM menu, so when you press the "USB" button in MultiROM, wait a while (max. 30-45s) until it searches the USB drive. It does it by itself, no need to press something, just wait.
Updating/changing ROMs
1. Primary ROM (Internal)
Flash ROM's ZIP file as usual, do factory reset if needed (it won't erase secondary ROMs)
Go to -> MultiROM in recovery and do Inject curr. boot sector.
2. Secondary Android ROMs
If you want to change the ROM, delete it and add new one. To update ROM, follow these steps:
Go to -> MultiROM -> List ROMs and select the ROM you want to update.
Select "Flash ZIP" and flash ROM's ZIP file.
Source code
MultiROM - https://github.com/Tasssadar/multirom/tree/master (branch master)
Modified TWRP - https://github.com/MR-op3/android_bootable_recovery (branch mr)
Kernel w/ kexec-hardboot patch - Not needed
Device Tree - https://github.com/MR-op3/device_oneplus_onyx/commits/mr
XDA:DevDB Information
MultiROM, Tool/Utility for the OnePlus X
Contributors
martinusbe, Vatsal, DavyA
Source Code: https://github.com/MR-op3
Version Information
Status: Beta
Created 2016-02-17
Last Updated 2016-10-24

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in OP for now

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Please read all about the no-kexec workaround from the author directly, (to avoid duplicity and get latest information), thanks to @nkk71
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64248526&postcount=4

Looking forward to this!
Verstuurd vanaf mijn ONE E1003 met Tapatalk

Looks very interesting.
Will this include the ability to install ROMs to SD card in the future since the phone only has 16 GB of internal storage?

Good to see great development on OPX thus far.
I'd like to point out that MultiROM v33 is out now!
Thanks for all the development
Regards.

very cool, i was just looking into that

Hey
So, I've waited long and now is it here *yeah*
Thank you a lot
But I have a (dumb?) question: Where do I have to download Sailfish OS? I know, in the "Sailfish wiki" but I didn't find it. Maybe it's WIP and it's not finished yet, but if it's somewhere in the world wiiiiideee web, please post a link, because I'm very interested to this ROM.
Sorry for my Bad english

IchBinNoob said:
Hey
So, I've waited long and now is it here *yeah*
Thank you a lot
But I have a (dumb?) question: Where do I have to download Sailfish OS? I know, in the "Sailfish wiki" but I didn't find it. Maybe it's WIP and it's not finished yet, but if it's somewhere in the world wiiiiideee web, please post a link, because I'm very interested to this ROM.
Sorry for my Bad english
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Salfish OS is WIP and there isn't a download link. You can find the post in "OnePlus X General"

DavyA said:
Salfish OS is WIP and there isn't a download link. You can find the post in "OnePlus X General"
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Yeah, thanks I already knew the post, but I want to test it now

Any bug list? or things that needs to improve?

Just curious whether or not you're using MM sources included in the new TWRP with eng.stk's commits. Great work

It is testing and will be some bug.
Yes, it's a old build and in the next days I'll build with new sources

finally.. waiting for multirom-enabled kernel for 1+x..

DavyA said:
It is testing and will be some bug.
Yes, it's a old build and in the next days I'll build with new sources
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Does installing secondary and swapping primary-secondary works?

A video demo would be great...

Did anyone actually test this yet?

taaeem said:
Did anyone actually test this yet?
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Just tried it. When adding a ROM it fails as it requires a MULTIROM binary but besides that it's great.

any news for the Kernel?

I try it. Look cool. For uninstall it I use the Moto G Multirom uninstaller zip. Works pretty good!

[MOD]MultiROM for Galaxy A5 (SM-A500)

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Introduction
MultiROM is one-of-a-kind multi-boot mod for Galaxy A5. It can boot any Android ROM as well as other systems like Ubuntu Touch, Plasma Active, Bohdi Linux or WebOS port, once they are ported to our device. Besides booting from device's internal memory, MultiROM can boot from USB drive connected to the device via OTG cable. The main part of MultiROM is a boot manager, which appears every time your device starts and lets you choose ROM to boot. You can see how it looks on the left image below and in gallery. ROMs are installed and managed via modified TWRP recovery. You can use standard ZIP files to install secondary Android ROMs, daily prebuilt image files to install Ubuntu Touch and MultiROM even has its own installer system, which can be used to ship other Linux-based systems.
Features:
* Multiboot any number of Android ROMs
* Restore nandroid backup as secondary ROM
* Use for example Ubuntu Touch or Desktop alongside with Android, without the need of device formatting, once they are ported to Galaxy A5
* Boot from USB drive attached via OTG cable​
Warning!
It _is_ dangerous. This whole thing is basically one giant hack - none of these systems are made with multibooting in mind. It is messing with boot sector and data partition. It is no longer messing with data partition or boot sector, but it is possible that something goes wrong and you will have to flash factory images again. Make backups. Always.​
Installation
1) Flash Modified TWRP with odin or extract the tar file and install the img file with flashify or another recovery that has img install feature
2) Flash MultiROM zip in TWRP
3) enjoy
MultiROM has 3 parts you need to install:
Modified recovery Download the Modified TWRP for MultiROM
Patched kernel *OPTIONAL* : Not Needed
MultiROM download the ZIP file from second post and flash it in recovery.
Downloads:
Modified TWRP for MultiROM: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=110082 Since the recovery image was too big for recovery partition, I used LZMA compression instead of LZO for the kernel, which saved about 3 MB
MultiROM: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=110089
MultiROM Uninstaller: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=110117
If you get force closes on secondary nougat ROMs:
Flash the rom, open /sdcard/multirom/roms/rom_name/system/build.prop on primary, or on TWRP with "vi" editor
and change:
Code:
ro.sys.sdcardfs=true
to
Code:
#ro.sys.sdcardfs=true
Then reboot.
DO NOT reboot the rom before changing build.prop line otherwise you will still get force closes!
You current rom will not be erased by the installation.​
Important: Since the Kernel hasn't Kexec Hardboot patch, you have to check "use no kexec workaround" box in multirom settings
Adding ROMs
1. Android
Go to recovery, select Advanced -> MultiROM -> Add ROM. Select the ROM's zip file and confirm.​
Using USB drive (not tested yet)
During installation, recovery lets you select install location. Plug in the USB drive, wait a while and press "refresh" so that it shows partitions on the USB drive. You just select the location (extX, NTFS and FAT32 partitions are supported) and proceed with the installation.
If you wanna use other than default FAT32 partition, just format it in PC. If you don't know how/don't know where to find out how, you probably should not try installing MultiROM.
If you are installing to NTFS or FAT32 partition, recovery asks you to set image size for all the partitions - this cannot be easilly changed afterward, so choose carefully. FAT32 is limited to maximum of 4095MB per image - it is limitation of the filesystem, I can do nothing about that.
Installation to USB drives takes a bit longer, because the flash drive is (usually) slower and it needs to create the images, so installation of Ubuntu to 4Gb image on my pretty fast USB drive takes about 20 minutes.
Enumerating USB drive can take a while in MultiROM menu, so when you press the "USB" button in MultiROM, wait a while (max. 30-45s) until it searches the USB drive. It does it by itself, no need to press something, just wait.​
Updating/changing ROMs
1. Primary ROM (Internal)
Flash ROM's ZIP file as usual, do factory reset if needed (it won't erase secondary ROMs)
Go to Advanced -> MultiROM in recovery and do Inject boot sector.
2. Secondary Android ROMs
If you want to change the ROM, delete it and add new one. To update ROM, follow these steps:
Go to Advanced -> MultiROM -> List ROMs and select the ROM you want to update.
Select "Flash ZIP" and flash ROM's ZIP file.
Explanation of recovery menus
Main menu
- Add ROM - add ROM to boot
- List ROMs - list installed ROMs and manage them
- Inject boot.img file - When you download for example kernel, which is distrubuted as whole boot.img (eg. franco kernel), you have to use this option on it, otherwise you would lose MultiROM.
- Inject boot sector - Use this option if MultiROM does not show up on boot, for example after kernel installation.
- Settings - well, settings.
Manage ROM
- Rename, delete - I believe these are obvious
- Flash ZIP (only Android ROMs) - flash ZIP to the ROM, for example gapps
- Add/replace boot.img - replaces boot.img used by this ROM, this is more like developer option.
- Re-patch init - this is available only for ubuntu. Use it when ubuntu cannot find root partition, ie. after apt-get upgrade which changed the init script.​
How does Kexec workaround works
You need to a kexec-hardboot supporting kernel or the non-kexec workaround as described perfectly by @nkk71 here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...26&postcount=4 (Be sure to leave him a thanks!)
Source code
MultiROM - https://github.com/nkk71/multirom
Modified TWRP - https://github.com/nkk71/android_bootable_recovery
Device Tree: https://github.com/DeadSquirrel01/android_device_samsung_a5ultexx branch cm-13.0-mrom
Kernel w/ kexec-hardboot patch: NOT NEEDED​
Credits
A big thanks for:
@nkk71 For kexec workaround and for helped me in IRC
@Tasssadar For MultiRom Source Code
That made this possible
Donations (Please donate to the Creator @Tasssadar )
I'd be glad if you could spare a few bucks. You can use either paypal or Bitcoins, my address is 172RccLB2ffSnJyYwjYbUD3Nx4QX3R8Ris​
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​
XDA:DevDB Information
MultiROM for Galaxy A5 (SM-A500), Tool/Utility for the Samsung Galaxy A Series
Contributors
DeadSquirrel01
Version Information
Status: Beta
Current Beta Version: 1.0
Beta Release Date: 2016-09-10
Created 2016-09-10
Last Updated 2016-09-10

Reserved

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!FINALY!!!!!!!!!!!:good::good::good:

-CALIBAN666- said:
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!FINALY!!!!!!!!!!!:good::good::good:
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He he thanks

one lil question from me.my current rom be untouched when i flash it,right?Because my current rom is working perfect and i dont need fail,thanx.

-CALIBAN666- said:
one lil question from me.my current rom be untouched when i flash it,right?Because my current rom is working perfect and i dont need fail,thanx.
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No, it will br untouched, but a backup waste only 5 times, at massimum, so, if you have some free space make a backup, but as I said, it will be untouched

;DD will it work like this?
primary - stock touchwiz
secondary - cm 13
?
Thanks

supertiger1234 said:
;DD will it work like this?
primary - stock touchwiz
secondary - cm 13
?
Thanks
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Sure

It's working perfectly! Thanks! hmm is cm 13 the best or rr? or anything else? xD
Edit: I'll choose your PacRom ;D

supertiger1234 said:
It's working perfectly! Thanks! hmm is cm 13 the best or rr? or anything else? xD
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CM is pure android, rr has lots of feature regarding the personalization, so, if you want a rom wich is pure android, get the cyanogenmod, otherwise, if you like to personalize your android get the resurrection remix. Oh you installed multirom, so you can install both of them (you can install more than 2 roms) and decide which one is better for you
EDIT: if you use pac-rom you have to move this as primary, because it has a bug that won't boot if you set it as secondary

hmm is it normal to have "failed to mount /preload (invalid argument)"? happens when i flash rr
Edit: when i choose rr from the list, the device just reboots to multirom menu. hmm

supertiger1234 said:
hmm is it normal to have "failed to mount /preload (invalid argument)"? happens when i flash rr
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Not, try to reboot to recovery and then reflash

DeadSquirrel01 said:
Not, try to reboot to recovery and then reflash
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Okay I deleted and reflashed the rom, still the same error, hmm
Edit: when i go to mount and try to tick preload, it doesnt tick

Mmm, maybe i have to remove preload from the fstab. Now i'll do and notify once it's done

Works on my A500M with Stock 6.0.1 and CyanogenMod 13, thank you very much for port this mod to Galaxy A5

supertiger1234 said:
Okay I deleted and reflashed the rom, still the same error, hmm
Edit: when i go to mount and try to tick preload, it doesnt tick
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Fixed, now download new twrp version (link in main post) and it should work
@codebseraph thanks for the support

DeadSquirrel01 said:
Fixed, now download new twrp version (link in main post) and it should work
@codebseraph thanks for the support
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Hmm, The errors fixed buut now when I choose my second rom, it reboots to multirom menu xD
The non-kecex link doesn't work. Is there something important there?

Is the secondary rom pac-rom?
If yes, u have to move it as primary because it has a bug

DeadSquirrel01 said:
Is the secondary rom pac-rom?
If yes, u have to move it as primary because it has a bug
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I'm trying rr and it's not working xD it's scary swapping
ResurrectionRemix-M-5.7.3-20160830-a5ultexx

supertiger1234 said:
I'm trying rr and it's not working xD it's scary swapping
ResurrectionRemix-M-5.7.3-20160830-a5ultexx
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Well, it's a problem of the zip of the ROM. move it as primary or wait until I create a working installer
EDIT: maybe try with this installer https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=file-thanks&fid=24591020540824243&mid=71&download_id=vlofv1jeu8k8ubpcpd375ql164&tid=1473585621&hc=c6de356c2e1c646fcb44f52216b36595df13152b92265bbb693814053fe5ca85

[MOD] MultiROM-20200708-v33x - TWRP_3.4.0-0 [No Kexec Workaround]

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I have tried to put as many safeguards as I can,
but I cannot be held accountable for any soft-bricks, hard-bricks, loss of data and/or information,
or anything else going wrong.​
Introduction
MultiROM is one-of-a-kind multi-boot mod for Samsung Galaxy S5 (klte). It can boot any Android ROM as well as other systems like Ubuntu Touch, Plasma Active, Bohdi Linux or WebOS port. Besides booting from device's internal memory, MultiROM can boot from USB drive connected to the device via OTG cable. The main part of MultiROM is a boot manager, which appears every time your device starts and lets you choose ROM to boot. You can see how it looks on the left image below and in gallery. ROMs are installed and managed via modified TWRP recovery. You can use standard ZIP files to install secondary Android ROMs, daily prebuilt image files to install Ubuntu Touch and MultiROM even has its own installer system, which can be used to ship other Linux-based systems.
Features:
* Multiboot any number of Android ROMs
* Restore nandroid backup as secondary ROM
* Use for example Ubuntu Touch or Desktop alongside with Android, without the need of device formatting
* Boot from USB drive attached via OTG cable
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Warning!
It _is_ dangerous. This whole thing is basically one giant hack - none of these systems are made with multibooting in mind. It is messing with boot sector and data partition. It is no longer messing with data partition or boot sector (actually the no-kexec workaround is messing with your boot sector), but it is possible that something goes wrong and you will have to flash factory images again.
Make backups. Always.
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Installation
Manual installation
Note 1: Your device must not be encrypted (hint: if you don't know what it is, then it is not encrypted).
MultiROM has 2 parts you need to install:
MultiROM (multirom-YYYYMMDD-vXX-UNOFFICIAL-klte.zip) - download the ZIP file from the download section and flash it in recovery.
Modified recovery (TWRP_multirom_kltexxx_YYYYMMDD.img) - download the IMG file from the download section and flash it in recovery.
Your current rom will not be erased by the installation.
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Downloads
multirom-klte-kltechn-klteduos-kltekdi-kltekor
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Adding ROMs
1. Android
Go to recovery, enter the MultiROM section of TWRP (by clicking the icon in to top right corner) -> Add ROM. Select the ROM's zip file and confirm. As for the space, clean installation of stock 4.2 after first boot (with dalvik cache generated and connected to google account) takes 676mb of space.
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2. Ubuntu Touch this is NOT SUPPORTED
Use the MultiROM Manager app to install Ubuntu Touch.
Ubuntu Touch is in development - MultiROM will have to be updated to keep up with future changes in Ubuntu, so there's a good chance this method stops working after a while and I'll have to fix it.
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Using USB drive
During installation, recovery lets you select install location. Plug in the USB drive, wait a while and press "refresh" so that it shows partitions on the USB drive. You just select the location (extX, NTFS and FAT32 partitions are supported) and proceed with the installation.
If you wanna use other than default FAT32 partition, just format it in PC. If you don't know how/don't know where to find out how, you probably should not try installing MultiROM.
If you are installing to NTFS or FAT32 partition, recovery asks you to set image size for all the partitions - this cannot be easilly changed afterward, so choose carefully. FAT32 is limited to maximum of 4095MB per image - it is limitation of the filesystem, I can do nothing about that.
Installation to USB drives takes a bit longer, because the flash drive is (usually) slower and it needs to create the images, so installation of Ubuntu to 4Gb image on my pretty fast USB drive takes about 20 minutes.
Enumerating USB drive can take a while in MultiROM menu, so when you press the "USB" button in MultiROM, wait a while (max. 30-45s) until it searches the USB drive. It does it by itself, no need to press something, just wait.
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Updating/changing ROMs
1. Primary ROM (Internal)
Flash ROM's ZIP file as usual, do factory reset if needed (it won't erase secondary ROMs)
Go to the MultiROM section of TWRP (by clicking the icon in to top right corner) and do Inject curr. boot sector.
2. Secondary Android ROMs
If you want to change the ROM, delete it and add new one. To update ROM, follow these steps:
Go to the MultiROM section of TWRP (by clicking the icon in to top right corner) -> List ROMs and select the ROM you want to update.
Select "Flash ZIP" and flash ROM's ZIP file.
In some cases, you might need to flash patched kernel - get corresponding patched kernel version from second post and flash it to the secondary ROM sama way you flashed ROM's ZIP file.
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Explanation of recovery menus
Main menu
- Add ROM - add ROM to boot
- List ROMs - list installed ROMs and manage them
- Inject boot.img file - When you download for example kernel, which is distrubuted as whole boot.img (eg. franco kernel), you have to use this option on it, otherwise you would lose MultiROM.
- Inject curr. boot sector - Use this option if MultiROM does not show up on boot, for example after kernel installation.
- Settings - well, settings.
Manage ROM
- Rename, delete - I believe these are obvious
- Flash ZIP (only Android ROMs) - flash ZIP to the ROM, for example gapps
- Add/replace boot.img - replaces boot.img used by this ROM, this is more like developer option.
- Re-patch init - this is available only for ubuntu. Use it when ubuntu cannot find root partition, ie. after apt-get upgrade which changed the init script.
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Source code
MultiROM - https://github.com/nkk71/multirom
Modified TWRP - https://github.com/nkk71/android_bootable_recovery
Device tree - multirom-klte
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Thanks
MultiROM team
@nkk71 for No Kexec Workaround
@klabit87 for inspiration and mrom device tree
@vasishath
@shahan-mik3
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FAQ and other notes
No-kexec workaround
Q: What is the no-kexec workaround?
A: The no-kexec workaround by nkk71 allows you to use MultiROM without having to flash a kexec enabled kernel.
More info here
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Q: MultiROM bootmenu never show up?
A1: You need MM (or based) kernel.
A2: Go to recovery, enter the MultiROM section of TWRP (by clicking the icon in to top right corner) -> Inject boot sector.
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Q: Secondary ROM reboot to recovery?
A: Enter recovery > MultiROM menu > List ROMs > Select your ROM and Run Restorecon.
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Changelog
Code:
MultiROM-20200708-v33x - TWRP 3.4.0-0
======================================
* MultiROM: Better compatibility with android 8 and 9
* MultiROM: Fix magisk root on secondary rom
* Include all recent improvements from TWRP 3.4.0-0
MultiROM-20180111-v33x - TWRP 3.2.1-0
======================================
* MultiROM: Better compatibility with android 8
* MultiROM: Update default android rom icon
* Include all recent improvements from TWRP 3.2.1-0
MultiROM-20170728-v33v - TWRP 3.1.1
======================================
* Fix MultiROM DPI
* New implementation to handle external boot
on Ext4 / F2FS MicroSD or USB Drive in order
to allow access to the external storage for media,
through the storage 'external_multirom' path
* Include all recent improvements from TWRP 3.1.1
MultiROM-20170411-v33b - TWRP 3.1.0
======================================
* Update Qcom overlay headers to latest cm14.1

mohammad.afaneh said:
mine
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The first time I see a brother from jordan here , welcome mate
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yazeed_twb said:
The first time I see a brother from jordan here , welcome mate
Sent from my SM-G900FD using Tapatalk
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welcome man

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welcome man
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Welcome
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Finally somebody ports multirom for S5 Thanks for your work, I can't wait to use this

Oh my god.
If I edit Device Tree for kltekdi, can I see MultiROM's dream on my galaxy ?

Will we get a working multirom manager in the future?

I tried MultiROM for kltekdi, but i can't make modification twrp.
please give me tutorial or recovery image.......

iamshapeless said:
Will we get a working multirom manager in the future?
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Why not!
Garry050 said:
I tried MultiROM for kltekdi, but i can't make modification twrp.
please give me tutorial or recovery image.......
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I will build it for you soon.

Unfortunately our Sgs5 phone is not on list of supported devices for Ubuntu touch, neither have port....

I add a rom but not able to boot new rom , it only boot primary rom. Tried every option possible in twrp .

1981sebas said:
I add a rom but not able to boot new rom , it only boot primary rom. Tried every option possible in twrp .
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Tested on stock 6.0.1 and on cm14.1 as primary work on both!
Did you choose the secondary rom from boot menu?

mohammad.afaneh said:
Tested on stock 6.0.1 and on cm14.1 as primary work on both!
Did you choose the secondary rom from boot menu?
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I never had option at boot it automatically boot on primary rom even if i hold volume key . Iv tried every option possible in twrp . Can you please explain me after adding rom the exact procedure .

1981sebas said:
I never had option at boot it automatically boot on primary rom even if i hold volume key . Iv tried every option possible in twrp . Can you please explain me after adding rom the exact procedure .
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Download multirom zip file and flash it.

mohammad.afaneh said:
Download multirom zip file and flash it.
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Dont work with phoenix rom as primary . Boot menu never shows .

1981sebas said:
Dont work with phoenix rom as primary . Boot menu never shows .
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Maybe phoenix kernel included old or different headers.
I will try it later.

mohammad.afaneh said:
Why not!
I will build it for you soon.
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i tried multirom for kltekdi again.
i'm so stupid... I thought about multirom twrp again, it was easy to build...
(I used a 6.0 based device tree on 7.1 based branch)
thank you thank you thank you....

Garry050 said:
i tried multirom for kltekdi again.
i'm so stupid... I thought about multirom twrp again, it was easy to build...
(I used a 6.0 based device tree on 7.1 based branch)
thank you thank you thank you....
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If you just renamed every klte to kltekdi it will be the same!
Or you compined kltekdi with multirom configs?
Any way I will make device tree for rest variants.

[MOD] MultiROM-20170825-v33c-UNOFFICIAL - TWRP 3.1.1 [No Kexec Workaround]

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Introduction
MultiROM is one-of-a-kind multi-boot mod for Sony Xperia Z2 (Sirius). It can boot any Android ROM as well as other systems like Ubuntu Touch, Plasma Active, Bohdi Linux or WebOS port. Besides booting from device's internal memory, MultiROM can boot from USB drive connected to the device via OTG cable. The main part of MultiROM is a boot manager, which appears every time your device starts and lets you choose ROM to boot. You can see how it looks on the left image below and in gallery. ROMs are installed and managed via modified TWRP recovery. You can use standard ZIP files to install secondary Android ROMs, daily prebuilt image files to install Ubuntu Touch and MultiROM even has its own installer system, which can be used to ship other Linux-based systems.
Features:
* Multiboot any number of Android ROMs
* Restore nandroid backup as secondary ROM
* Use for example Ubuntu Touch or Desktop alongside with Android, without the need of device formatting
* Boot from USB drive attached via OTG cable
Click to expand...
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Warning!
It _is_ dangerous. This whole thing is basically one giant hack - none of these systems are made with multibooting in mind. It is messing with boot sector and data partition. It is no longer messing with data partition or boot sector (actually the no-kexec workaround is messing with your boot sector), but it is possible that something goes wrong and you will have to flash factory images again.
Make backups. Always.
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Installation
Manual installation
Note 1: Your device must not be encrypted (hint: if you don't know what it is, then it is not encrypted).
MultiROM has 2 parts you need to install:
MultiROM (multirom-YYYYMMDD-vXX-UNOFFICIAL-sirius.zip) - download the ZIP file from the download section and flash it in recovery.
Modified recovery (TWRP_multirom_sirius_YYYYMMDD.img) - download the IMG file from the download section and flash it in recovery.
Your current rom will not be erased by the installation.
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Downloads
multirom-sirius
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Stock 23.5.A.1.291 kernel with multirom and FOTArecovery support
Download link
Adding ROMs
1. Android
Go to recovery, enter the MultiROM section of TWRP (by clicking the icon in to top right corner) -> Add ROM. Select the ROM's zip file and confirm. As for the space, clean installation of stock 4.2 after first boot (with dalvik cache generated and connected to google account) takes 676mb of space.
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2. Ubuntu Touch this is NOT SUPPORTED
Use the MultiROM Manager app to install Ubuntu Touch.
Ubuntu Touch is in development - MultiROM will have to be updated to keep up with future changes in Ubuntu, so there's a good chance this method stops working after a while and I'll have to fix it.
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Using USB drive
During installation, recovery lets you select install location. Plug in the USB drive, wait a while and press "refresh" so that it shows partitions on the USB drive. You just select the location (extX, NTFS and FAT32 partitions are supported) and proceed with the installation.
If you wanna use other than default FAT32 partition, just format it in PC. If you don't know how/don't know where to find out how, you probably should not try installing MultiROM.
If you are installing to NTFS or FAT32 partition, recovery asks you to set image size for all the partitions - this cannot be easilly changed afterward, so choose carefully. FAT32 is limited to maximum of 4095MB per image - it is limitation of the filesystem, I can do nothing about that.
Installation to USB drives takes a bit longer, because the flash drive is (usually) slower and it needs to create the images, so installation of Ubuntu to 4Gb image on my pretty fast USB drive takes about 20 minutes.
Enumerating USB drive can take a while in MultiROM menu, so when you press the "USB" button in MultiROM, wait a while (max. 30-45s) until it searches the USB drive. It does it by itself, no need to press something, just wait.
Click to expand...
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Updating/changing ROMs
1. Primary ROM (Internal)
Flash ROM's ZIP file as usual, do factory reset if needed (it won't erase secondary ROMs)
Go to the MultiROM section of TWRP (by clicking the icon in to top right corner) and do Inject curr. boot sector.
2. Secondary Android ROMs
If you want to change the ROM, delete it and add new one. To update ROM, follow these steps:
Go to the MultiROM section of TWRP (by clicking the icon in to top right corner) -> List ROMs and select the ROM you want to update.
Select "Flash ZIP" and flash ROM's ZIP file.
In some cases, you might need to flash patched kernel - get corresponding patched kernel version from second post and flash it to the secondary ROM sama way you flashed ROM's ZIP file.
Click to expand...
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Explanation of recovery menus
Main menu
- Add ROM - add ROM to boot
- List ROMs - list installed ROMs and manage them
- Inject boot.img file - When you download for example kernel, which is distrubuted as whole boot.img (eg. franco kernel), you have to use this option on it, otherwise you would lose MultiROM.
- Inject curr. boot sector - Use this option if MultiROM does not show up on boot, for example after kernel installation.
- Settings - well, settings.
Manage ROM
- Rename, delete - I believe these are obvious
- Flash ZIP (only Android ROMs) - flash ZIP to the ROM, for example gapps
- Add/replace boot.img - replaces boot.img used by this ROM, this is more like developer option.
- Re-patch init - this is available only for ubuntu. Use it when ubuntu cannot find root partition, ie. after apt-get upgrade which changed the init script.
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Source code
MultiROM - https://github.com/mohammad92/multirom
Modified TWRP - https://github.com/nkk71/android_bootable_recovery
Device files - https://github.com/mohammad92/multirom_device_sony_sirius
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Thanks
* TWRP team
* MultiROM team
* nkk71 for No Kexec Workaround
* AdrianDC
* XperiaMultiROM team
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FAQ and other notes
Q: MultiROM Menu touch are buggy sometimes?
A1: I got it working by this patch and this modded input type
If you can get much better touch patch then you are a nice guy..
A2: Use volume keys to navigate and power key to select.
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No-kexec workaround
Q: What is the no-kexec workaround?
A: The no-kexec workaround by nkk71 allows you to use MultiROM without having to flash a kexec enabled kernel.
More info here
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Changelog
Code:
MultiROM-20170825-v33c - TWRP 3.1.1-20170825
======================================
* Set default brightness to 200
* TWRP: Enable Sony RIC
MultiROM-20170812-v33c - TWRP 3.1.1-20170812
======================================
* Fix MultiROM Menu touch for Z2
* New implementation to handle external boot
on Ext4 / F2FS MicroSD or USB Drive in order
to allow access to the external storage for media,
through the storage 'external_multirom' path
* Include all recent improvements from TWRP 3.1.1

It`s awsome man ... great job .
أحسنت

Can you give kexec kernel too?

Thank you very much man!
Is there any problem if I want to install different Android versions? I want to keep Miui 8 (6.0.1) and try RR 5.8.4 (7.1.2).
Thanks in advance

itsnie said:
Can you give kexec kernel too?
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No need for kexec kernel for this to work but I will try.
Adriano-A3 said:
Thank you very much man!
Is there any problem if I want to install different Android versions? I want to keep Miui 8 (6.0.1) and try RR 5.8.4 (7.1.2).
Thanks in advance
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Not tested, but if there no bootloader change it will work.
I got my z2 few months ago but never tested all things yet as its not my daily device and got it to work on sony stuff as Im a samsung user for long time.

mohammad.afaneh said:
Not tested, but if there no bootloader change it will work.
I got my z2 few months ago but never tested all things yet as its not my daily device and got it to work on sony stuff as Im a samsung user for long time.
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Ok. So welcome to Z2 space
I'll try and report the result.
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Man I'm trying to install the new TWRP but no success.
If I try by current TWRP 3.0.0-2, only Boot option theres to flash your TWRP. This won't works since the file isn't a kernel. I tried it...
If I try to flash it by fastboot (fastboot flash recovery yourtwrp.img) it flashes but nothing changes, nothing at all.
Must your TWRP to be flashed in FOTA partition using dd commands?
My Z2's history: stock MM .291 > UB > kernel Abricot v8.1 > MIUI 8

Adriano-A3 said:
Ok. So welcome to Z2 space
I'll try and report the result.
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Man I'm trying to install the new TWRP but no success.
If I try by current TWRP 3.0.0-2, only Boot option theres to flash your TWRP. This won't works since the file isn't a kernel. I tried it...
If I try to flash it by fastboot (fastboot flash recovery yourtwrp.img) it flashes but nothing changes, nothing at all.
Must your TWRP to be flashed in FOTA partition using dd commands?
My Z2's history: stock MM .291 > UB > kernel Abricot v8.1 > MIUI 8
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Will try to make a script to my twrp img into the kernel.
Can you pull and upload the boot.img that contain twrp?

mohammad.afaneh said:
Will try to make a script to my twrp img into the kernel.
Can you pull and upload the boot.img that contain twrp?
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Of course
Download the sony_abricot_kernel_v8.1.zip and extract sony_abricot_kernel_v8.1.img

mohammad.afaneh said:
No need for kexec kernel for this to work but I will try.
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Yes i know but no kexec have some bug with this device, if power off from 2nd rom, i can't turn on my phone, i need to hard reset with power and volume up before turning on!
Also your recovery isn't working, simple i can't boot your recovery with key combinations "volume down then power"

itsnie said:
Yes i know but no kexec have some bug with this device, if power off from 2nd rom, i can't turn on my phone, i need to hard reset with power and volume up before turning on!
Also your recovery isn't working, simple i can't boot your recovery with key combinations "volume down then power"
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Thanks for the feedback will try to fix it soon.

Adriano-A3 said:
Of course
Download the sony_abricot_kernel_v8.1.zip and extract sony_abricot_kernel_v8.1.img
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Sorry for late response, I have done the script but boot.img size more than 20MB (zImage gzip format) we cant flash it.
Will try to build stock kernel with lzma or another compression soon. Also I need some free time to work on multirom for stock.
You can swap ROMs for now by installing AOSP on primary and stock on secondary.

mohammad.afaneh said:
Sorry for late response, I have done the script but boot.img size more than 20MB (zImage gzip format) we cant flash it.
Will try to build stock kernel with lzma or another compression soon. Also I need some free time to work on multirom for stock.
You can swap ROMs for now by installing AOSP on primary and stock on secondary.
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I got it
But I prefer to wait your next release
I've been looking for Kali Nethunter and noticed that some flashable zips perform a kind of patch on bootimg. Maybe you get something that help you on your work

MultiROM-20170825-v33c - TWRP 3.1.1-20170825
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* Set default brightness to 200
* TWRP: Enable Sony RIC

Stock 23.5.A.1.291 kernel with multirom and FOTArecovery support
Supports TWRP 3.1.1-20170825 only, link in OP
Download
Source code
android_kernel_sony_23.5.A.1.291
sony_23.5.A.1.291_ramdsik
android_device_sony_common
Thanks
* AdrianDC and sonyxperiadev team for init_sony and keycheck source
* Dees-Troy for extract elf ramdisk source
* pec0ra

Can i install from nougat? I'm using Carbon Xperia by M-Rom now n want stock custom rom for the second rom
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