Android: ROMs - Root - Utilities

ROMs
Samsung ROM naming convention

B5330XXAL4 :
B5330(=model)XX(=Region)A(=Year)L(=Month)4(=Revision)
XA Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom
XW France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom
XX Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom

ALI4=Android 4.0.4 ICS (2012/9)
BMC2 =Android 4.1.2 JellyBean (2013/3)
BMD2= Android 4.1.2 JellyBean (2013/4)


YEAR CODES
K 2011
L 2012
M 2013
...

MONTH CODES
A January
C March
E May
G July
I September
K November
L December

REVISION CODES
1 = 1
2 = 2
A = 10
B = 11
C = 12

Root your device

Requirements:
Settings, Developer options
ON
USB debugging(Checked)


App to verify:
root verifier (install from F-droid)

Check XDA developers for information and procedure
http://www.xda-developers.com/root/

Suggested Utilities:

Superuser
F-droid 0.76
OI Explorer 2.03   (Free File explorer, not root)
Ghost commander 1.52.2   (Free Advanced File explorer, apps,...)
All-In-One Toolbox 1.5  (processes, cleaner, app2sd, filemanager)
BusyBox Pro v19
APK extractor (free  - extract apps to apk)

Root verifier (free)(com.abcdjdj.rootverifier)
Root checker (burrows.apps.rootchecker)(with ads, required google services,  good info about system)
Super user (com.noshufou.android.su)
Disk Usage (com.google.android.diskusage)(free)

(Useful but not free as free beer or freedom)
System Tuner Pro  2.1.2 (tasks, root uninstall system apps, terminal, startups,)
Android tuner 0.12.9 (root, uninstall user apps, many tools, root explorer, terminal, firewall,startups,..)
Root Software

ROM Manager 5.5 (free includes ads)
 install ClockworkMod
 ROM download, backup, restore, fix permissions...