Over the course of development, ROMs develop identities of their own. CyanogenMod, identifiable by the color cyan, can easily be associated with customizability. But, if you think that's the only ROM out there that can give you that ability, you'll need to climb out from under your rock.
If you're craving for excellent performance and a touch of orange in your life, you'll want a MIUI ROM. Developed by XDA Developers member gh.rohit, the MIUI-India ROM packs the same clean icons characteristic of MIUI with a lot of improvements and performance enhancements, such as tweaks to remove lags and a boost in battery life.
Currently at version 1, the MIUI-India custom ROM is based on MIUI.us 2.10.12 and has a few goodies thrown in, such as the Siyah 1.1 kernel and Gmail v4.2. The dev also added some new tweaks for smoothness, battery life, and RAM management, as well as increased touchscreen sensitivity. You can also expect smoother scrolling thanks to some extra tweaks, nips and tucks. Volume for notifications, ringtones and speaker have also been increased. MIUI Extended Settings, DSP Manager and a JB Remix Theme have been added to the kitchen for you to check out.
This guide shows you how to flash the MIUI-India ROM for the Galaxy S3 I9300.
Warning
- The instructions in this guide are intended for use with the Samsung Galaxy S3, model number GT-I9300. Applying these instructions on another device or model may produce undesired outcomes.
- The information in this guide is provided for instructional and educational purposes only. There is no guarantee that these instructions will work under your specific and unique circumstances.
- Use these instructions at your own risk. We shall not hold any responsibility or liability for whatever happens to you or your device arising from your use of the info in this guide.
- Read and understand the whole guide first before actually performing the instructions.
Requirements
- Samsung Galaxy S3, model number GT-I9300, with ClockworkMod Recovery installed
- Download MIUI-INDIA_GT-I9300_V1.zip (476 MB) from the following sources:
- Make sure your device's battery still has at least 70% power. You don't want the device to shut down in the middle of the procedure.
- Backup all personal data on your phone to make sure you have a copy of your personal data (e.g., contacts, SMS, MMS, Internet settings, Wi-Fi passwords, and the like) in case the procedure in this guide erases such data.
Instructions
- Copy the MIUI-India ROM to your Galaxy S3′s internal SD card.
- Turn off your Galaxy S3.
- Boot into Recovery Mode by pressing and holding down the Volume Up, Home, and Power buttons.
- Make a NANDroid Backup by selecting Backup and Restore. Select Backup.
- Select Wipe Data/Factory Reset. Confirm the action on the next screen.
- Select Advanced and select Wipe Dalvik Cache. Confirm the action on the next screen.
- Select Wipe cache partition. Confirm the action on the next screen.
- Select Install ZIP from SD card. Select Choose ZIP from SD card and select the MIUI-India ROM.
- Select Go Back.
- Select Reboot System Now.
Great job! You're now running MIUI-India custom ROM on your Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300. Enjoy the beauty and improved performance of the ROM.
