Android 14 custom ROM version was released on two legendary Samsung phones, Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2

Android phones usually have at least two years of software support. To extend the software support of your devices, you can use custom ROMs to give old mobile devices a breath of fresh air. The efforts of third-party developers have brought good news to technology lovers when two long-standing Samsung phone lines, Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2, launched in 2012, were upgraded to Android 14 thanks to into custom ROM.

Both the Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2 are phones that were released more than a decade ago and have been discontinued for a long time. Therefore, using them as your main phone is not a good choice. We recommend that you choose to use newer Samsung phones. However, the good news for technology lovers is that both of these legendary phones are equipped with the custom ROM version Lineage OS 21, although this is not the official version.

Custom ROM versions for Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2 were announced by a third-party custom ROM developer, both created based on Android 14. The highlight of Lineage OS is that it gives users a smoother experience with minor tweaks to optimize their devices.

The last update that Samsung released for these two devices was Android 4.4 KitKat, accompanied by the corresponding TouchWiz interface version. Although the One UI interface does not appear on the Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2, it is important that you can experience the latest version of Android 14 on these 12-year-old devices.

Some stability issues and storage encryption will not work, and there will be some bugs as this is an unofficial custom ROM version. So we advise you not to use this custom ROM version on your primary mobile device. Installing a custom ROM version is more complicated than updating regular official software. Therefore, you need to learn carefully about this unofficial custom ROM version and how to install it to avoid causing damage to your device.