Samsung Galaxy S3 Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Update Now Available CM Style

If you have the Samsung Galaxy S3 and you want to get your hands on Jelly Bean but don’t want to wait there is good news. Courtesy XDA there is a CyanogenMod 10 CM10 available for the S3.

Samsung Galaxy S3 Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update via CM10

The update comes from XDA Developers who brought Jelly Bean to the Samsung Galaxy S3. However it is not quite ready to be used every day as there are some features missing such as camera not being stable, Wi-Fi tethering not working and FM radio is missing. However you can enjoy Project Butter and Google Now. If you want to install it then follow the steps below. Bear in mind that it will only work with the i9300 model of the S III. Proceed at your own risk.

How to install

Install the CM9 ROM on the Galaxy S3 from the XDA-Developers forum thread. Then download the Google App package, and copy the ROM and App package onto the SD card.
Switch off the Galaxy S3 to boot into ClockworkMod recovery.
Pressing Volume Up, the Home button, and the power button together will boot into the recovery mode.
When the screen turns on, stop pressing the buttons. Wait a moment and a list of options will be presented; navigation is done through the volume buttons (up/down) and selecting options is done via the Home button.
Navigate to “wipe data/factory reset,” select the option, and then “Yes” to confirm.
After the aforementioned information is wiped, choose the install zip option from the SDcard.
Navigate to the ROM file, and select “Yes” again to begin installation.
Once installation is complete, choose the zip file again and the Google Apps package “gapps-jb-20120703.zip” file. After being selected, return to the main recovery menu and select the option to reboot.

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