Update your Galaxy S3 I9300 to latest Android 4.4.4 KitKat with CM11 Milestone 9 ROM. The development team of CyanogenMod ROM rolled out Milestone 9 build for CM11 ROM for Galaxy S3 I9300. That means, you can now download and install custom firmware CM11 M9 to update your Galaxy S3 I9300 to latest Android 4.4.4 KitKat. A Milestone build is way better than nightly and a step towards a stable CM11 build. This new Milestone 9 brings some improved features and bug fixes. The hardware of Galaxy S3 I9300 is enough to run CM11 smoothly. Continue reading this guide to know how to install Android 4.4.4 KitKat based CM11 (Milestone 9) custom ROM on Galaxy S3 I9300.
Recommended Readings:
Changelog:
Warning!
This tutorial is only for Galaxy S3 I9300. Don’t try this guide on any other Android device. Also, we (Android Pulp Team) are not responsible for any damage caused due to the instruction given in this page. Try this at your own risk. However, it is very unlikely that your device will be damaged if you follow all the instructions as it is which are mentioned in procedure.
Pre Requisites:
1. ROM flashing require you to wipe your internal memory data, hence you required to backup your device data. You can follow our ultimate backup guide.
2. Make sure your device have at least 60% battery power. If your phone shut down during installation then there is good chance to brick your device.You can install an app like Battery Notifier BT Free on your Android device to check it easily.
3. You must have USB Driver Installed for Galaxy S3 I9300 in your PC. [Download USB Drivers]
4. Make sure USB Debugging is enabled otherwise it's won't be possible to transfer file between PC and Galaxy S3 I9300. [Guide].
5. Your device have latest CWM version 6.0.4.4 and up or TWRP 2.6.3.1 and up installed. [General Guide]
If you done everything that we mentioned above then you are ready to follow step-by-step guide on how to install Android 4.4.4 KitKat based CM11 ROM (Milestone 9) on Galaxy S3 I9300.
File Required(Download by clicking on it)
Recommended Readings:
- Install Android 4.4.2 CM11 Milestone 4 KitKat ROM on Galaxy S3 I9300 – How To Instruction
- Update Galaxy S3 I9300 To Android 4.4.2 KitKat via Omni Nightly–How To
- Update Galaxy S3 I9300 To Android 4.4.2 KitKat via AOKP ROM–How To
- Update Galaxy S3 I9300 To Android 4.4.2 KitKat via CM11 Nightly–How To
Changelog:
- Themes support for additional UI elements
- Heads Up Notifications – Bug Fixes
- Lockscreen – Allow doubletap to sleep when using secure keyguard
- Torch – Improve performance
- Safe Headset Volume – prompt when interfering with 3rd party device (Jawbone, Square, etc)
- Center clock support
- Quick Settings – respect locale changes on additional tiles
- Proximity Wake-Up support – prevent accidental wake-up of device by checking to see if proximity sensor is blocked (eg. Device is in a bag or pocket).
- Spam notification filtering – Set notifications to auto-ignore based on content (perfect for those pesky games that want you to ‘Save 20% on our new game’). Long-press offending notification to set as ignored; manage in Privacy settings.
- Settings Search – Additional improvements and highlighting
- Data Usage Info – Add support for CDMA devices without sim cards
- Bluetooth – Add additional A2DP profiles
- Bluetooth – Disable AVRCP 1.5 by default (fixes various car unit compatibility)
- Email – Fix saving attachments to storage for POP3 accounts
- Translations (Thanks CM Crowdin Team!)
- Account for Play Services induced wake-locks
- Fix encryption on some LG Devices
- Dialer – add support for Korean and Chinese to smart-dialer
Warning!
This tutorial is only for Galaxy S3 I9300. Don’t try this guide on any other Android device. Also, we (Android Pulp Team) are not responsible for any damage caused due to the instruction given in this page. Try this at your own risk. However, it is very unlikely that your device will be damaged if you follow all the instructions as it is which are mentioned in procedure.
Pre Requisites:
1. ROM flashing require you to wipe your internal memory data, hence you required to backup your device data. You can follow our ultimate backup guide.
2. Make sure your device have at least 60% battery power. If your phone shut down during installation then there is good chance to brick your device.You can install an app like Battery Notifier BT Free on your Android device to check it easily.
3. You must have USB Driver Installed for Galaxy S3 I9300 in your PC. [Download USB Drivers]
4. Make sure USB Debugging is enabled otherwise it's won't be possible to transfer file between PC and Galaxy S3 I9300. [Guide].
5. Your device have latest CWM version 6.0.4.4 and up or TWRP 2.6.3.1 and up installed. [General Guide]
If you done everything that we mentioned above then you are ready to follow step-by-step guide on how to install Android 4.4.4 KitKat based CM11 ROM (Milestone 9) on Galaxy S3 I9300.
File Required(Download by clicking on it)
- CM11 (Milestone 9) For Galaxy S3 I9300 [Filename: cm-11-20140806-SNAPSHOT-M9-i9300.zip]
- Google Apps [Filename: GApps_Standard_4.4.4_signed.zip]
How to Install Android 4.4.4 KitKat based CM11 (Milestone 9) ROM on Galaxy S3 I9300
- Connect your device to PC using USB cable and then copy downloaded files to the SD card of your device. Important: Don’t extract any files.
- Disconnect USB and then turn off your Galaxy S3 I9300.
- Now, boot into recovery mode. To do so, press and hold Volume Up, Home and Power button together until Samsung logo flash twice and then leave the button. You should see recovery menu soon. In recovery use Volume Keys to navigate between option and Power button to select an option. Alternatively try this: Recovery Mode without Key Combination.
- Perform a Nandroid backup of your existing ROM that you can restore later if this new ROM not work or you want to go back into your previous ROM. To perform a backup, select Backup and Restore, then on the next screen, select Backup again. Go back to main recovery menu after backup is complete.
- Now, perform data wiping task. To do so, select wipe data/factory reset, then select Yes on next screen to confirm your action. Wait few minutes till the data wipe is complete. Now come back to CWM recovery main menu. Select wipe cache partition and after wiping process done, select Wipe Dalvik Cache under advance option to perform Dalvik cache wiping.
- Select install zip from sdcard, then select choose zip from sdcard. Now, locate the CM11 M9 Zip file that you copied earlier in Step 1 and select it by pressing Power button. Confirm installation by selecting Yes – Install _____.zip on the next screen. The ROM installation will begin.
- Once the ROM installation process end, repeat the step 6 but choose the GApps_Standard_4.4.4_signed.zip file instead of ROM zip to install the Google apps package.
- When installation is completed, go back to the main recovery menu and select reboot system now to reboot your Galaxy S3 I9300 and boot up into Android 4.4.4 KitKat ROM CM11 (Milestone 9).
- Returning to Previous ROM: To go back to your previous ROM, boot into recovery, select backup and restore then restore your previous ROM by selecting it from the list.
- Connect your device to PC using USB cable and then copy downloaded files to the SD card of your device. Important: Don’t extract any files.
- Disconnect USB and then turn off your Galaxy S3 I9300.
- Now, boot into recovery mode. To do so, press and hold Volume Up, Home and Power button together until Samsung logo flash twice and then leave the button. You should see recovery menu soon. Alternatively try this: Recovery Mode without Key Combination.
- Create a Backup using TWRP Backup Option.
- Perform a Factory Reset (this will delete all apps and their settings and game progress). To do this, Tap on Wipe, then at the bottom of the screen do a Swipe on the ‘Swipe to factory reset‘ option.
- Now its time to add zip file for flashing. Tap on Install, then browse to the location where you saved the files and tap on the CM11 M9 Zip file. Then tap on Add More Zips, and add GApps_Standard_4.4.4_signed.zip. Now at the bottom of the screen, do a swipe on the Swipe to confirm flash option to begin flashing.
- When installation is completed, go back to the main recovery menu and tap on Reboot and then, tap on System to reboot your Galaxy S3 I9300 and boot up into Android 4.4.4 KitKat ROM CM11 (Milestone 9).
- Returning to Previous ROM: To go back to your previous ROM, boot into recovery, select Backup then through Restore option, restore your previous ROM by selecting it from the list.
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