How to Root Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 on Official Jellybean 4.1.2
How to Root Samsung Galaxy S3 – Samsung Galaxy S3 is the previous mega-hit device from Samsung. The new king Samsung Galaxy S4 has already taken place of its predecessor Samsung Galaxy S3, but there is still a big number of people using Samsung Galaxy S3 and loving it. Samsung doesn’t forget to roll-out new firmwares for its old devices. Samsung Galaxy S3 has just recieved Official Jellybean 4.1.2 XXEMC2 firmware. You can easily update your Samsung Galaxy S3 with Jellybean via Samsung Kies.
In this Jellybean update Samsung Galaxy S3 received many new features and also the speed and battery life is improved by Samsung. Also better RAM utilization is done. New Phone app, fast app drawer launching, fast app switching and sound enhancement is also done in this update.
Once you complete updating it, you need to Root Samsung Galaxy S3 to obtain some extra ordinary apps and installed Custom ROM’S by various developers of XDA and other android forums. So in this article, I’ll share the easy guide to Root Samsung Galaxy S3.
We will root Samsung Galaxy S3 with the latest CF-Root process which is used for lots of other android devices and becoming popular day by day. We have already tasted it on our devices and it is proven to be working. Still, rooting is not an easy job, it involves a risk of bricking your device.
Disclaimer: Rooting will void warranty of your device, rooting is a process which also has risk of bricking your device. We are not responsible for any damage occurs to your device by following this tutorial. Carry on at your own risk!
Before I continue to share guide on How to Root Samsung Galaxy S3 on Jellybean 4.1.2 first let us see the features of Samsung Galaxy S3.
Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 Features and Specifications
Screen: 4.8″ Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Processor: Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9
Chipset: Exynos 4412 Quad
RAM: 1 GB
Battery: Li-Ion 2100 mAh battery
Camera: 8 MP with LED Flash.
Colors: Marble White, Pebble Blue, Amber Brown, Garnet Red, Sapphire Black, Titanium Grey
Required Downloads to Root Samsung Galaxy S3
- CF-Auto-Root-m0-m0xx-gti9300.zip [Download Link]
- Odin V3.07 [Download Link]
- Samsung Galaxy S3 USB Drivers [Download Link]
Prerequisite before Rooting Samsung Galaxy S3
- Must charge your phone’s battery 70% so you don’t lose power while doing the process.
- Enable USB Debugging from Settings > Developer Options.
- Download the required files and extract them on Desktop or Install if necessary.
- Do backup everything important like contacts, logs, messages with Super Backup.
How to Root Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 on Official Jellybean 4.1.2
- Open Odin3.exe which you have downloaded.
- Click PDA Button and select .tar.md5 file from CF Auto Root extracted folder.
- Must un-check repartition or else your Samsung Galaxy S3 will be bricked.
- Turn of your Galaxy S3 and get into download mode by Pressing and holding Volume Down Button + Home Button + Power Button and the Volume Up to continue in Download Mode.
- Connect your phone via USB cable.
- You will see your phone’s port connected and will be shown in COM in Odin.
- Click Start button in Odin.
- Odin will flash rooted kernel and your Samsung Galaxy S3 will once boot into recovery and then reboot.
- That’s it, You have rooted your Samsung Galaxy S3 now.
