Tuesday 2 October 2012

How to Root Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 XXALE8 Firmware


Have you owned Samsung Galaxy S3 android device and thinking to root it? Here we have simple tutorial how to root Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 on Android 4.0.4 ICS XXALE8 firmware. Samsung Galaxy S 3 is the hottest Android phone in the market. Samsung Galaxy S 3 has got some marvelous features like 4G support, a large 4.8inch display with 306ppi pixel density. Some other features of S3 are its large internal memory size, RAM, Operating System, Corning Gorilla Glass, Camera and best Accessories etc. What if you can even make it better? Well, you really can. You can over-clock your device, remove ads from all your free apps and a lot more things but for that you first need to root your phone. How? That’s what we will be telling you all. So, here is the tutorial on How to Root Samsung I9300 Galaxy S3. Before beginning with the tutorial, we suggest you to read things like Things Needed, Note and Disclaimer properly.
Note: Once your phone is successfully rooted, your phone’s warranty will end. Make sure you follow this tutorial if you have the stock firmware version XXALE8 on your phone and if it isn’t there then we don’t suggest you to continue rooting. You can also checkout in which firmware the phone was running SettingsAbout Phone. Also, make sure you backup everything present on your phone.

Disclaimer: Rooting is a really technical work, so we suggest you to perform it under the guidance of an expert. And in case you brick your phone or damage it in anyway then we should not be held responsible for the damage done.

Things Required: 

1. Original Flagship Samsung Galaxy S3 Phone.
2. Make sure Enable USB debugging is checked on your S3 by going to Settings > Applications > Development > USB Debugging.
3. Backup all your data like phone contacts, sms, call logs and apps.
4. Make sure your computer is having all the necessary S3 drivers pre-installed.
5. You phone should have at least 70% of remaining battery.

Steps and Procedure to Root Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 Android 4.0.4 ICS XXALE8 firmware

1. Download below both zip files into your PC.

  • Odin3 v3.04 flashing tool from here.
  • CF-Root for Samsung Galaxy S3 v6.3 rooting package from here.

2. Once you downloaded the both files. Extract them in a separate folder and place it on the desktop (or anywhere else). Below you can look at image then you will get clear idea. In Odin folder there will be odin.exe with three supported files and rooting package folder contains CF-Root-SGS3-v6.3.tar file.
3. Open the Odin folder and Launch the Odin application by double clicking the Odin3 v3.04.exe.

4. Now switch off your phone and boot into Download Mode. For that you need to press and holdingVolume Down Menu Center + Power On Buttons together. Once you get android robot image then you can release all those buttons.
5. Once your phone enters into the download mode. Then connect the phone with your computerusing the USB data cable. If you will see the light blue color in ODIN ID:COM field then your phone is detected and if you don’t try re-connecting your phone with the computer.
6. Now on ODIN go to, PDA option and then browse to the file that we extracted from the rooting package folder there locate the CF-Root-SGS3-v6.3.tar file.
7. Make sure only F.reset Time and Auto reboot options are checked.

8. Click on Start Button. Then you device will be reboot automatically and it will take some time to complete the rooting process. In Odin you can see green color in the ID:COM field, that means your phone is successfully rooted permanently without any problems.

In Rooting it will install superuser app, clockworkmod recovery mode and CWM utility manager in the phone. Now you can easily install custom based ROM like CyanogenMod 9 rom on Samsung Galaxy S3.

Author’s Bio: This article is written by John. John is a property dealer and an Android developer who’s living in the United Kingdom. You can contact John in case you Need A Property UK or in case you are searching for real-estate advice's.

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