Samsung has put a stop to the update for the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini but owners of the device shouldn’t worry as the CyanogenMod team have stepped in and they are offering an update for the handset.
Anyone who wants to make the update to Jelly Bean 4.3 for the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini can install the custom ROM and the good news is that the ROM is free from bugs and issues.
The TouchWiz intrerface has also been tweaked and this means that it doesn’t drag the handset down as it did before. The ROM also comes with virtual sound surround, support for Bluetooth Low Energy, Open LG ES 3.0, 2D/3D hardware acceleration, sensor functionality, native tethering, CPU sleep mode, offline charging and support for 64GB SD card. The ROM is also said to fix the 1GHz bug.
Owners of the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini can check out the instructions below to make the update to their handset.
1. Connect your S3 Mini to your PC using the USB cable.
2. Copy the CM 10.2 ROM and Google Apps package. Paste them onto the SD card of your phone without extracting any zip files.
3. Unplug the phone and turn it off.
4. Reboot your phone into recovery mode by pressing and holding the volume up, home and back keys at the same time until the Samsung logo appears.
5. While in recovery, make an Android backup of your present ROM. Select “backup and restore > backup” to save the ROM onto the SD card so you can restore your older ROM anytime.
6. Do a complete wipe. Choose “wipe data/factory reset” and “wipe cache partition.” Then select “advanced > wipe Dalvik cache.”
7. Once the wipe is done, install CyanogenMod 10.2 by selecting “install zip from SD card > choose zip from SD card”. Find the CM 10.2 you pasted earlier and confirm the installation.”
8. Once this is done, go back to the main menu while in recovery mode and select “reboot system now.”
9. The phone will now reboot. This might take five minutes or so before you see the home screen, so don’t worry.
All you have to do now is enjoy your new operating system on your Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini.
