Want to try the latest and greatest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean on Samsung Galaxy S III? You are in luck today. XDA Developer, Faryaab created an Android 4.1 Jelly Bean ROM for Samsung Galaxy S3 from Galaxy Nexus Jelly Bean OTA. And it is using modified CM9 Kernel. One thing to take note. This is a very early build. So far on the first version that I tried. These functions are working ~ ADB, touchscreen, hardware acceleration, notification LED, cellular radio (but no audio so no calls), physical buttons, SMS, accelerometer and charging. There rest of the stuffs is not working like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, audio, camera, MTP, storage… Anyway, you can give it a try and have a feel of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean on Samsung Galaxy S3. Note – don’t try it with external SD card plug in. Else it will be corrupted.
As expected, this build is just for fun. Because you can’t use it as daily ROM. But rest assures that a stable Android 4.1 Jelly Bean ROM will be available for Samsung Galaxy S3 sooner or later. Check out XDA website for more information.
Installation guide ~ How to install firmware on Samsung Galaxy S3 with ClockworkMod Recovery? (Video)
Download Android 4.1 Jelly Bean ROM for Samsung Galaxy S3 here.
It’s good to note that the short standby time was fixed, seems like a simple mistake on Samsung side. It will be fixed pretty soon in official ROMs, but still there is a solution already:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1732722
wow..4.1.
hmmm.is it possible to be ported on HD2?
Should be, sooner or later…
Is there going to be also official release of it ?
Sure there will be. The question is when…
hello jayce,
how r you. today i bought s3. its amazing, like it.as soon as i got it i went to your website, did some goodies like rooting it and removing not useful apps. now i want custom kernel which one r u using which one good so far?
thank you.
Tried SiyahKernel only.
https://www.jayceooi.com/2012/06/20/how-to-install-custom-kernel-on-samsung-galaxy-s3/
Hi there!
Just wanted to install Jelly Bean on my i9300 using the CWM method but really confused as to which version to install??? Just came across a version at XDA :
I9300XXDLI8
Base Firmware: I9300XXDLI8 (4.1.1)
Region Europe
Country: United Kingdom
Carrier: Unbranded
Build Date: 15 September 2012
Modem: XXDLI8
CSC: OXADLI8
Change List: 178140
Is this the one u recommend or the one u have provided the link for:
Android-4.1-JellyBean-GNex-OTA-Port.zip
The one u have provided is 217 MB and the other one is about over 800 MB….
Plz let me know the difference and recommend which one to install using CWM…
Thanks and REgards
Sorry HassaN, I have no idea about the 800 MB firmware. Better ask at the place that you found this.