Hello everyone :)
I have an old GS3 and time is starting to take it's toll on performance. Therefore I am thinking of rooting it to improve performance. (I ve already done pre rooting stuff to improve performance like disabling bloatware and turning off graphics from developer options).
The problem is I belong in the category, if you are not sure how to do it don't do it! So I want to be careful about it.
I am mot a multimedia heavy type of guy so half of my 8 Gb storage is free.
What I want to do is intstall CM11 (to upgrade from android 4.3 to 4.4.4) and afterwards add a 4 Gb SD card and use it as RAM.
I know I first have to start with backing up contacts and Data.
Then I plan on installing CM11 with the steps from that vidoe/guide:
How to install CyanogenMod 11 on Samsung Galaxy s3 - Papp Ferencz [Can't post URL]
1. Download snapshot: cm-11-20141115-SNAPSHOT-M12-i9300.zip (212.87 MB)
[A new snapshot just came up at CM11 site, cm-11-20150901-SNAPSHOT-XNG3CAO3G0-i9300.zip, I m thinking of using this instead.]
2. Google and download android 4.4.4 gapps
3. Copy the files on the internal memory.
4. Boot in recovery more: Home+Power+Volume_Up
5. Wipe Data/Factory reset
6. Wipe Cache partition
7. Go to Advanced mode and wipe Dalvik cache
8. Install zip -> Install from Sd card -> 0\ -> cm-11-
9. And the gapps-kk-20140105-signed
Will this, to the best of your knowledge (I know there are no guarantees) do it right?
Then I plan to use an 4 GB class 10 (probably) SD card and use that guide
site androidpit /increase-phone-ram [can't post url]
[Scroll to the second section for details:
How to increase your RAM when you have root access
In this section we're going to explain how to increase your RAM with a rooted device. The trick involves creating a partition on your SD card, which will act as a secondary source of RAM. To do this, we will be using the ROEHSOFT RAM Expander (SWAP) app ... ] etc
Do you guys also know if this will work?
I m open to alternative implementations as well if you guys have tested something and are confident it will owrk on the I9300 int version.
Thanks a lot for your help :)
I have an old GS3 and time is starting to take it's toll on performance. Therefore I am thinking of rooting it to improve performance. (I ve already done pre rooting stuff to improve performance like disabling bloatware and turning off graphics from developer options).
The problem is I belong in the category, if you are not sure how to do it don't do it! So I want to be careful about it.
I am mot a multimedia heavy type of guy so half of my 8 Gb storage is free.
What I want to do is intstall CM11 (to upgrade from android 4.3 to 4.4.4) and afterwards add a 4 Gb SD card and use it as RAM.
I know I first have to start with backing up contacts and Data.
Then I plan on installing CM11 with the steps from that vidoe/guide:
How to install CyanogenMod 11 on Samsung Galaxy s3 - Papp Ferencz [Can't post URL]
1. Download snapshot: cm-11-20141115-SNAPSHOT-M12-i9300.zip (212.87 MB)
[A new snapshot just came up at CM11 site, cm-11-20150901-SNAPSHOT-XNG3CAO3G0-i9300.zip, I m thinking of using this instead.]
2. Google and download android 4.4.4 gapps
3. Copy the files on the internal memory.
4. Boot in recovery more: Home+Power+Volume_Up
5. Wipe Data/Factory reset
6. Wipe Cache partition
7. Go to Advanced mode and wipe Dalvik cache
8. Install zip -> Install from Sd card -> 0\ -> cm-11-
9. And the gapps-kk-20140105-signed
Will this, to the best of your knowledge (I know there are no guarantees) do it right?
Then I plan to use an 4 GB class 10 (probably) SD card and use that guide
site androidpit /increase-phone-ram [can't post url]
[Scroll to the second section for details:
How to increase your RAM when you have root access
In this section we're going to explain how to increase your RAM with a rooted device. The trick involves creating a partition on your SD card, which will act as a secondary source of RAM. To do this, we will be using the ROEHSOFT RAM Expander (SWAP) app ... ] etc
Do you guys also know if this will work?
I m open to alternative implementations as well if you guys have tested something and are confident it will owrk on the I9300 int version.
Thanks a lot for your help :)
