I always use Voodoo OTA RootKeeper as a temporary unroot tool for my Samsung Galaxy S2, S3 and Kindle Fire. Why? OTA RootKeeper will not make root survive OTA on these Android devices. However, I have Google Nexus 7 now. And it is just like other Nexus devices – Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus… It should be able to use Voodoo OTA RootKeeper to protect root access and survive OTA update. But I still have no chance to test it out yet…
Having a good kernel on Android devices can further improve its overall performance. The better kernel you have, the better performance and more features you will get for your Android smartphone like Samsung Galaxy S III. What is the benefit of using custom kernel? Root access, insecure adb, custom boot animation support, overclocking, undervolting voltage control, multiple tweaked CPU governors, GPU overclocking, I/O tweaks, automatic backup of EFS partition, NTFS USB driver support are some of the features of custom kernel. So if you want to have better performance on Samsung Galaxy S3, try out custom kernel…
Everyone wants a perfect Samsung Galaxy S III. What should I do in order to get a fully working Samsung Galaxy S3? Check all Samsung Galaxy S3 hardware functions before you pay for it. As usual, Samsung includes its own hardware testing application for Galaxy series smartphones. Therefore, you and I can check Samsung Galaxy S3 hardware function with it.
Samsung Galaxy S III firmware has 3 main components ~ PDA, PHONE and CSC. PDA == build version of the firmware, PHONE == baseband / modem version and CSC == consumer software customization (specified to geographical region and carriers). CSC contains the software packages specific to that region, carrier branding and also APN settings for data connection, MMS for your service provider. You can change CSC if you have Multi CSC packages like below example. By the way, only Samsung Galaxy S3 firmware with correct PDA, PHONE and CSC combo will get updated with Samsung Kies.
Note – This will factory reset your phone. Everything will be deleted. Do backup before perform this task.
Samsung Galaxy S III is equipped with ARM Mali-400 MP GPU (overclocked version of Samsung Galaxy S II). So Samsung Galaxy S3 can play Tegra, Snapdragon and PowerVR games with Chainfire3D’s help just like Samsung Galaxy S2. However, Chainfire3D was not updated for quite sometimes. So it does not support the latest NVIDIA Tegra 3 games. Or maybe it does? Anyway, if you have old Tegra 2, Snapdragon and PowerVR games and want to play them on Samsung Galaxy S3. Feel free to install Chainfire3D on Samsung Galaxy S3. Note – root access is required.
