How to flash Clockwork Mod Touch Recovery 6.0.1.2 for Galaxy S3 I9300

If you want to apply Clockwork Mod Touch Recovery 6.0.1.2 on your Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300, in this article I will present a guide about “how to Update Galaxy S3 I9300 with Clockwork Mod Touch Recovery 6.0.1.2.”
For make this update, please notes this tutorial could only have applied on rooted Samsung Galaxy S3 device. When you will install this recovery, you’ll be able to use custom ROMs firmware.
For be able to guide you need quick pre requisites to follow:
Warning

• The instructions in this guide are intended for use with Galaxy S3 GT I9300 smartphone International version.
• 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

• This custom recovery image is only for Galaxy S3 GT I9300 smartphone International version, and we will apply only for this model. If you apply on the network / boot loader locked devices.

We always recommends creating a manual full backup for your precious data present in your Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300 smartphone; you can use the next instruction below mentioned:
For SMS-you can use SMS backup and restore tutorial;
For contacts, you can use Sync with your Gmail tutorial;
For Call Logs, use Download Call Logs Backup & Restore App For Android;
For all Images, Video, Files, Songs- Should Copy to internal/ External SD card;
For save your APN and MMS Settings -“Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names” or you can use this tutorial for save your internet settings.

• Check your battery on your phone and charge it at a minimum is not less than 40%.

• Go to access this path “Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging”, and there verify if you’ve enable the USB Debugging, if not enable it.

• Turn off all the antivirus protection and firewall tools, these can interrupt the proccess of firmware update.

• Check if your device is rooted or not, for make this, please download the “Root Checker” application from here.

• Verify again if you made all this prerequisites above mentioned and now you can forward the next instructions where we have detailed a guide on:

Guide to Install Custom Recovery Image in Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300:

1. Download the Latest Clockwork Mod Touch Recovery 6.0.1.2 Image.
2. Download Odin from here to your computer.
3. Connect your phone on your computer with your original USB cable.
4. Place this recovery file on your external SD Card, not in internal memory
5. Now disconnect your phone from your computer and turn off the device, to enter in the Download Mode.
6. To enter on Download mode, please holding the Volume Down button+ the Home Key button which it is in the middle.  Note: If your phone starts in “Normal Mode” retry the process to enter in Download Mode.
7. Open Odin app, from your computer, and connect your device on “Download Mode”. Now check if the ID: COM section in Odin becomes Blue that indicating drivers have been successfully installed.
8. Click on “PDA” to select “CF-Root-SGS3-v6.4.tar” file.
9. Press “Start” after the file was selected to start the process of custom recovery installation.

Now you will see a progress bar that will indicate you the status process of custom recovery installation.
The device will restart, and the home screen will be displayed on your device, now you can disconnect your phone to the computer.
Attention Note: If your Samsung Galaxy S III doesn’t turn ON(just in a rare case) or say gets stuck on the Samsung Galaxy Logo, in this case you need to long press the power button to power off the device, or re insert the battery to start the process from the begin.
Congratulation! You successfully flashed on your Samsung Galaxy S3 the latest Clockwork Mod Touch Recovery 6.0.1.2 Image.
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Force Latest OTA Update on your Android Devices and Download new Firmware

When phone activations are around 1,5 millions Android operating system, I think the users always wait the new updates, in this case if you have a smartphone and want to obtain the last updates and want to know how you can force a smartphone base Android to check for an update, please read below.  Most of the situations the GPS/EDGE connections are slowly and via OTA (Over the Air updates) can’t to download easily  the latest update. Also, when you are into the WIFi or 3G/4G networks connection, the OTA last updates can be downloaded without the problems.

If you want to check for updates in on manually method but to force updates on your Android smartphone,  then you can apply this short guide to get the latest OTA updates in a forceful method.

To Force Latest OTA updates on your smartphone device and to download Firmware you’ve tap:

• Menu button on your phone, select “Settings” > “About Device” > “Software Updates” > after that please find two options “Auto Update and Wi Fi only”, now you can select any option upon your choice.

• In this step once you press on “Update”, you will get a prompt regarding the Software update which is listed below.

• Select the Option of ”OK” after which the firmware update will be searched and listed. If there are any updates available, then this updates will be downloaded over the Wi Fi network, or 3G network.

Whit this short guide you’ll be able to update how you can Force Latest OTA Update on your Android device and to Download the Firmware. Please feel free to share with us another ideas in the comment section, and if you need more help about how you can force latest OTA Update, we will be here and happy to assist you.

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How to Reset Android phones to Increase Space and Speed

When you restore your device software back at one previous version like when you first purchase the device this means you made a factory reset. Generally we speak of two types of reset options for your device:

• The first method is Soft Reset:

With this method, you  to reset your device to factory default version and to format the SD card, and with this method, you can increase the storage space, and when the reset are done you’ll win the speed for your device. The soft reset method doesn’t require  special assistance from an expert.

• The second method is: Hard Reset

When the soft reset is not  possible, or has other interruption problems, in this case you should make hardware reset with your device. A hard reset for your phone have a special procedure that include some codes or a specific way to format, this method require  some technical skills to do it in an easily way.  In fact, this method is like to reinstalling a new operating system on your personal PC.

If you’ll apply the second hard reset method the data on your SD card still remains and if you want to format the SD card then you need to follow other process to format it.

On this method, the hardware reset, you need to redownload your apps and your settings.

To get a hardware reset for your device, you can follow this procedure:

First turn off your smartphone.

Now press and keep holding HOME button and RED power button for 30seconds until you’ll see a triangle sign with an exclamation mark on the center of a triangle. Keep holding it even the G1 logo is displayed.

Now you have to follow four combination code options:

1. ALT + L– this combination toggle log text display between exclamation and menu options.
2. ALT + S-this combination applies SD card Update.
3. ALT + W – this combination wipe data and factory reset.
4. HOME + BACK-apply for reboot of your smartphone device.

If you hard reset your device phone then you need to re-register your mobile phone. The complete hard reset is done when you have forgotten the Lock Pattern or the Unlock Password.