If you own the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini you can now make the update to Android 4.3 for your handset.
While this is not the official version it is free of bloatware and doesn’t come with any errors. The update comes courtesy of the CyanogenMod team and it offers a TouchWiz interface that isn’t as demanding, so the ROM makes the most of your handset. It comes with Bluetooth Low Energy, Virtual Surround Sound and Open GL ES 3.0. The 1GHz bug that was an issue has also been resolved. Owners of the handset can enjoy 2D/3D acceleration; along with CPU sleep mode, offline charging, native tethering and support for 64GB external storage.
If you want to go ahead and install the update to your Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini you will want to back up the device first and enable USB de-bugging on the device. It goes without saying that you need to download and install CyanogenMod on the handset. Once you have done this you can then follow the steps to install the update.
1. Connect your S3 Mini to your PC via the USB cable.
2. Copy the CM 10.2 ROM and Google Apps package, then 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.
Your Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini will reboot and you will then be able to enjoy all theat Android 4.3 offers.
