Installing Android 4.3 Paranoid Android ROM On Galaxy Nexus

If you’re using an I9250 variant Galaxy Nexus, XDA developer BigBrother1984 has a treat for you: a very fast and stable Paranoid Android custom ROM based on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean.

This guide will walk you through the installation process. As always, Droid Report assumes no liability for the firmware installation. Proceed with caution.

Before Getting Started

This guide is intended only for Galaxy Nexus handsets bearing the I9250 model number. Flashing any other device through this method may result in a bricked phone.

You will need to be rooted and running ClockworkMod.

As always, you want to backup your device and charge it to at least 80 percent. Finally, enable USB Debugging mode by navigating to Settings -> Developer Options.

Installing Paranoid Android 3.99 ROM (Jelly Bean 4.3) On Samsung Galaxy Nexus

1) You’ll need to download the ROM, which can be found here, as well as the Google Apps package.

2) Using your USB cable, connect your Galaxy Nexus to a computer and copy the Paranoid Android 3.99 ROM and Google Apps package to the root folder of your handset’s SD card.

3) Boot into recovery mode by holding down Volume Down, Volume Up and Power buttons together.

4) Using CWM recovery, perform “wipe data/factory reset,” “wipe cache,” “wipe dalvik cache,” and finally, format the system through the “mounts and storage” submenu.

5) Finally, hit “Install Zip from SD card” within CWM recovery and navigate to the ROM you copied earlier, which will be in a .zip archive. Once you select the ROM, your Galaxy Nexus will begin to install Paranoid Android 3.99 and the process should take five minutes or so to finish. Do nothing until the installation is complete.

6) Once the ROM is loaded, navigate to “Reboot System Now” and allow the phone to restart. Once it boots back up, you are officially running Paranoid Android’s 4.3 Jelly Bean custom ROM. Kudos.