Nestle would never have even envisioned that some day billions of Android individuals would begin chanting the name of one of its confectionery products. I never have seen such a dazzling method of marketing any type of product. everybody with an Android phone or tablet is seeking to get KitKat. While Nexus individuals have already been enjoying the new flavor of Android, or about to get it anytime soon, there are billions others who are still looking toward their gadget OEMs as well as carriers to have at least the lower versions of the platform like Android 4.2 as well as 4.3.
Owning a Google Nexus gadget is a type of assurance that you would be one of the very first to get the current version of Android, however if you got a phone/tablet from makers like Samsung, LG, HTC, Sony, etc., you may have no option however to wait perpetually. even if you get a new (?) update, it’s got to be an old thing by the time it reaches you. Samsung’s treatment with its prominent phones like the Galaxy S3 as well as note 2 is a extremely appropriate example of exactly how makers shirk from sending software application updates to their users.
Yesterday we published an post on installing Android 4.4 KitKat based custom-made ROMs on the Galaxy note 2 as well as lots of of its variants. prolonging our KitKat treat, we have now include a collection of Android 4.4 custom-made ROMs for the Samsung Galaxy S3. If you own any type of of the complying with variations of the device, you can update your phone with the newest feeling of Android:
Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300
Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE GT-I9305
AT&T Galaxy S3 SGH-I337 (the ROMs for this design can likewise be installed on the Canadian variations e.g, Rogers, Bell, Telus, etc.)
Sprint Galaxy S3 SPH-L710
T-Mobile Galaxy S3 SGH-T999
Verizon Galaxy S3 SCH-I535
Warning:
The procedure explained below is not indicated for best noobs as it is thought about risky. comply with all directions very carefully if you do not desire to caught into a compromising situation. We would always be at our end to assist you in situation of a mishap however we take no responsibility. proceed only if you agree to these terms.
Prerequisites:
A rooted Samsung Galaxy S3. If you have not rooted your phone yet, please take a long time as well as root it utilizing our simple rooting tutorial.
The KitKat ROMs we are going to talk about are custom-made ROMs as well as as a result they need the existence of a custom-made healing like ClockworkMod or TWRP on your device. Not only this, you need to have the current version of the healing you use. You can download ROM manager (CWM) or Goo manager (TWRP) to set up the current version.
Note:
Since Goo manager is working appropriately these days, we suggest that you set up CWM version 6.0.4.3 on your device. If you understand exactly how to set up healing picture data utilizing ADB command, download the current CWM healing .img data from right here as well as set up it. 6.0.4.3
About the ROMs:
Please note that a lot of of the ROMs that we have pointed out below are based on CM 11 as well as as a result have all the bugs of their parent. Being in early stage of development, it is evident that you may encounter a few bugs in performance. Please set up the proper ROM on your phone, test them as well as if you discover them steady sufficient for you,use them. We hope that with new updates, all these ROMs will ended up being a lot more mature as well as stable.
Downloads:
Download the Android 4.4 ROM:
Now right here are the CyanogenMod 11 based KitKat ROMs for Samsung Galaxy S3. In situation you discover a lot more that a person ROM provided for your S3 model, download any type of of the two.
Samsung Galaxy S3:
CM 11 ROM: cm-11-20140209-NIGHTLY-i9300.zip
Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE:
CM 11 ROM: cm-11-20140209-NIGHTLY-i9305.zip
AT&T & Canadian Galaxy S3 (SGH-1747 and 1747M):
CM 11 ROM: cm-11-20140209-NIGHTLY-d2att.zip
BeansTalk ROM: BeanStalk-4.4001-20131120-d2att.zip
Sprint Galaxy S3:
CM 11 ROM: cm-11-20140209-NIGHTLY-d2spr.zip
T-Mobile as well as Canadian Galaxy S3 (SGH-T999 as well as T999V):
CM 11 ROM: cm-11-20140209-NIGHTLY-d2tmo.zip
Verizon Galaxy S3:
CM 11 ROM: cm-11-20140209-NIGHTLY-d2vzw.zip
US Cellular Galaxy S3:
CM 11 ROM: cm-11-20140209-NIGHTLY-d2usc.zip
Download most current SuperUser:
UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.xx.zip
How to Install:
Important: Do not fail to remember to backup your phone’s EFS/IMEI before. checked out this post for detailed tutorial.
Charge your phone.
Copy the downloaded Android 4.4 ROM data as well as the current Gapps bundle from above as well as copy them to your phone.
Also copy the SuperSU zip file to the device.
Boot your Galaxy in healing mode. right here is exactly how to do it: hold down the Volume Up+Home+Power buttons together for 4-6 seconds till the screen turns up as well as you see the healing screen. Alternatively,you can go into heanull
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