Caporegime
Got my S3 today after it was delivered to my neighbours yesterday and they weren't around yesterday evening. Any essential things I should do?
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Man of Honour
Soldato
Spend a week with it standard and reading up on roms/kernels & flashing before you do anything!
Soldato
Fellas, about to root my phone later today (done this before on a different phone but ages ago). Should I still follow this guide: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18412021 since the JB update etc?
Also, which is the latest warmalite version (stable) I should download and link?
Cheers
Also, which is the latest warmalite version (stable) I should download and link?
Cheers
Caporegime
Root > Wanamlite
But seriously, become fully familiar with it first
Haha I was tempted to do it right away, but think I may as well get to know TouchWiz, only ever had HTC Android phones.
Soldato
Whats everyone on now 4.1.2 WL or 4.1.1?
Thanks
Thanks
Man of Honour
I'm on 4.1.1 still until the .2 becomes fully stable.
Soldato
Do you have a link please, been on his website but unsure I'm looking at the correct version for my phone
Mart
Man of Honour
I downloaded it via here http://wanamlite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=18126
Soldato
Can anyone recommend me a ROM? I'd like to go with wanamlite but I have a US Sprint S3 and apparently it won't work?
Any ideas on a good one/
Any ideas on a good one/
Caporegime
There's a Sprint S3 sub-forum on XDA - http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1707
Ok! I followed the root guide sucessfully. So what should I do next??
Should I install a custom ROM?
Can I just install a Stock JB ROM
How do I back up everything? For instance things like whatsapp contacts and photos etc.
I have backed up my contacts and photos on KIES, what I don't understand so much effective that is after I install a ROM, i.e can I install a ROM over the existing one, without wiping photos and contacts.
Should I install a custom ROM?
Can I just install a Stock JB ROM
How do I back up everything? For instance things like whatsapp contacts and photos etc.
I have backed up my contacts and photos on KIES, what I don't understand so much effective that is after I install a ROM, i.e can I install a ROM over the existing one, without wiping photos and contacts.
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Soldato
Yeah I'm just currently wading through it all, how do I tell which one is decent etc?
Soldato
Just installed a new ROM as a 2nd ROM via Siyah and the speed/stability of it is awesome
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1944035
Looks like a new kid on the block, but he's definitely doing it right!
Those of you running Siyah (or not, if you nandroid...) I recommend it - give it a try, you've got nothing to loose except an hour or so testing
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1944035
Looks like a new kid on the block, but he's definitely doing it right!
Those of you running Siyah (or not, if you nandroid...) I recommend it - give it a try, you've got nothing to loose except an hour or so testing
If you want to back everything up, just reboot into recovery (power on with home button+volume up I think), and do a backup in recovery. This will create an image of the phone in it's current state. Some apps such as Whatsapp backup chat history on the sd card. You don't need to touch the internal/external storage when flashing roms.
As for flashing new roms, contacts are stored in your google account, and photos will be on your sd card. When you do a full wipe and install a new rom, its just the rom and apps that are wiped.
Caporegime
Rooted and Wanamlite is downloading.
Soldato
Soldato
If you're downloading wanamlite v5, you'll have to wait for JB Domination as the current version (1.4) isn't compatible with wanamlite v5, only upto wanamlite v4.3
Caporegime
Yeah I flash v4.3 and just done JBDomination now. Didn't bother reading properly though so just rebooting and now I might actually have a notification bar. 