Dragon’s Jelly Bean Rom V2.4 arrives for Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone and in the due course of this article we will be checking out the same. Please note that for all those who wanted to have a near endless list of features which this custom ROM firmware comes along, then this firmware will help you to experience the same. This firmware is based on the latest Jellybean 4.1.1 firmware build though there will be a patch update of 4.1.2 at a later stage in the coming days. So, over a period of this article we will be checking out on how you can apply this with the help of detailed pre requisites and a detailed guide.
Since this firmware is based on the XXDLIB Firmware, you will be required to ensure that your Galaxy S3 is sporting this XXDLIB firmware. Just in case if your phone is not on the Rooted XXDLIB firmware, then with the help of below two steps, you can easily update and root the device.
Highlight Features:
- Removed bloatware Apps (Can be Installed With Aroma)
- Busybox
- RAM Optimizations
- GPU Acceleration
- Zipaligns Apk’s At Boot
- Cell Standby Fix (Build-in)
- Wifi Fixed (Thanks to gh.rohit)
- 1% Batt Mod
- 10 Steps Auto Brightness Mod
- Fixed Browser
- Fixed Email
- Custom Boot Animation Supported
- Updated Host List
- Extended Power Menu
- Call Rec Enabled (Thanks To Wanam)
- Hide Sms From Call Log (Thanks To Wanam)
- OOM Priority Supercharger ( Thanks To Zeppelinrox )
- Init.d Tweaks
- Build.prop Tweaks
- OTA Updater
- Enable/Disable Fast Dormancy (thanks to gokhan)
- CpuSpy
- FontInstaller
- SuperSu 0.96
- Touch Recovery 6.0.1.2 (Aroma)
- PlayStore 3.8.17
Disclaimer: Follow all the instructions mentioned in this article as if there is any damage caused due to not following instructions then we shall not be held liable or responsible. Just in case if you face any issues then we will try our level best to address the same.
Make sure that you have installed the Samsung USB Drivers and Latest KIES in your computer as these both will be required in the due course of this process. As of now this process will only work on the Windows based computers.
From the path “Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging”, enable the USB Debugging in your Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone. Also, minimum battery life should not be less than 30%.
With the help of below mentioned manual steps you will have to create a backup of all the data and not with the KIES tool. Don’t backup the data with the help of KIES tool as it doesn’t support the device if you are staying out of Poland.
SMS – Use “SMS Backup & Restore app”,
Contacts – Sync with the Gmail application,
Call Log – Call Log and Restore
Images, Songs, Videos, Files – Copy to internal / External SD Card,
APN and MMS Settings – Note down from the path “Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names”
So once you are done with the above mentioned steps, you can easily apply this update with the help of a detailed guide mentioned in the next page.
