[RELEASE] ShinTo Kernel “NewBorn” L09A02 for LP

!!!PLEASE READ AS CHANGES ARE EXTENSIVE!!!

More information of the origins of ShinTo Kernel can be found in previous version posts.

How to install ShinTo Kernel?

  1. First CREATE A BACKUP OF YOUR ROM (in case something awful happens and you need to restore)!
  2. Did you create the backup in recovery?
  3. Go to recovery mode (Power off phone / Once powered off, press PWR + HOME + UP VOL).
  4. Once inside recovery (tested with TWRP 2.8.5.0) you select install and choose the .ZIP that you have previously downloaded from here.
  5. Once installed, reboot into normal mode and wait for the phone to come up.

One thing you will notice right out of the bat is that the led starts to blink in different colors and brightness; that’s ShadowLED working for ya 😉

How to UNinstall ShinTo Kernel?

  1. Flash any other kernel you would like on top of ShinTo Kernel.
    ShinTo kernel uses it’s own unique and private “init.d” so from this version on, it won’t touch  /system/etc/init.d anymore.
    All options can be enabled/disabled in Synapse and the settings survive a flash, reflash & even a format, backup, restore, etc…

Alternatively you can recover the backup of your rom if you messed something up.

How to go from EXT4 to F2FS & vice versa?

ShinTo Kernel includes a new and much improved clever code at bootup that takes care of a couple of things for you, so you can test F2FS in any combination you see fit, and even go back to EXT4 if you don’t like F2FS without loosing any data but you have to follow some logical steps detailed here by the great Megaflop666:

  1. Update TWRP to the latest and greatest (2.8.5.0 at the time of this writing), you can download it from http://teamw.in/project/twrp2
  2. Drop to TWRP and flash the latest Shinto Kernel
  3. Reboot and let the phone fully boot up and settle down, give it 15 minutes
  4. Open Synapse and make sure all settings are stock, if it tells you that your previous settings cannot be used, click “Understood“, and then click the apply check mark at the top.
  5. Go into ES File Explorer or something of your choice and get ALL USER DATA THAT YOU WISH TO KEEP off of the internal SD card.
  6. IF YOU MISSED IT BY NOT READING #5, YOU WILL LOSE ALL PERSONAL DATA ON YOUR INTERNAL STORAGE BY DOING THIS (as TWRP doesn’t back that part up)!
  7. Drop to TWRP and run a FULL NANDROID BACKUP to your External SD Card.
  8. Go to SETTINGS and unselect (un tick) “use rm -rf instead of formatting” (We want TWRP to actually format with f2fs)
  9. Go to Wipe and Choose Advanced Wipe
  10. Select System and choose change or repair file system
  11. Choose f2fs and go through the steps where it tells you that all data will be lost and apply it.
  12. Follow steps 9-11 for Data and Cache one at a time.
  13. Go to SETTINGS and select (tick) “use rm -rf instead of formatting” (We don’t want TWRP to restore back to EXT4)
  14. Do a restore, but ONLY CHECK SYSTEM & DATA for restoral, NOTHING ELSE IS NEEDED.
  15. It will tell you that your backup was made with ext4 and may not boot, don’t worry it will boot.
  16. After restore, reboot your device. First boot will take a few because it’s a new file system and your apps will have to reconfigure themselves, etc.

You can see what partitions are in what format if you go to the i/o VM tab in Synapse. 

On what models does ShinTo Kernel work?

For the time being, it has been confirmed to run very fast & stable on the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005 (international SnapDragon) and on N900T (TMO T-Mobile USA), on any Samsung LOLLIPOP 5.0.x TouchWiz rom.
It is only meant to work on Samsung TouchWiz roms, for now… 😉

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18 Responses

  1. Silvester says:

    A thank you, i thought i messed something up somehow!
    Thank you for your hard work!

  2. niezamema says:

    Hi, im a big fan of Shinto kernel when using Kitkat.. But now, since TW lollipop,i didn’t like the TW interface and colour…That is why im using AOSP base rom for my daily driver..Hope u consider to create Shinto for AOSP lollipop…Now feeling like to use TW again just to test your kernel.. 🙂

    • CeKMTL says:

      I suggest you stay in aosp and hang on there for a little bit more. Once LP build is stabilised I will port over to aosp and also KK. It just takes time as it’s original.code that I am writing and not as easy as applying patches.
      Thank you for you interest and support, really appreciate it!!

  3. kevp75 says:

    Nice job bro!

    • CeKMTL says:

      Thx Kev!!!
      Wait for L09A03 that should be released today… it will be a lot better with better stability! 😀
      Hope you’re doing fine!

      • kevp75 says:

        Nice dude!
        02 seems pretty stable to me 😉

        Got a quick question for you, (or rather request), is there any way we can have shadowled fire off earlier in the boot process? Preferably pre bootanimation?

        • CeKMTL says:

          Yep of course, I can cook up something for you after tonight’s release of L09A03.
          As a matter of fact I think I could make it fire as soon as /init loads so that means after 2-3 seconds of initial boot.
          Hit me up in about 4 hours on my Twitter via DM @CeKMTL or via email
          Let me know;)

  4. Jason says:

    Thanks so much for this awesome work. A02 is stable for me. 🙂
    A quick one, I realize the default CPU gov is interactive without tweaking anything. Do I need to change the gov to precognition to get a best battery life and yet great performance? Thanks

  5. mohd imran says:

    hai , i do like yr kernel , can i use on dokdo 7.3.1 hlte rom ?

  6. mohd imran says:

    can i use shinto kernel on dokdo rom for note 3 n9005 ?

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