Early build of Android 5.0 AOSP ROM available for Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300)

Once upon a time, the Galaxy S3 was the epitome of smartphone tech. It had masterful specs, a brilliant screen, and features up the wazoo. Though 2012 seems like just yesterday, time has not been kind to the pebble-shaped product. Samsung has sullied the S3’s place in the annals of Android history with a surprising amount of update chaos. The standard Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300) model was not to be given a KitKat update, and even the LTE variant would wait for ages to receive it. The culprit? Samsung blamed things on the hardware: the 3G models had 1GB of RAM (with LTE models having 2GB). Given that Android 4.4’s less-taxing requirements supported even 512MB, it was clearly an issue of sheer laziness, or else problems originating from TouchWiz’s bloat.

Regardless of whatever official Android version your S3 is currently running on, one thing is decidedly clear: it will absolutely not be receiving Android 5.0 Lollipop. Officially that is.

But, there is hope for all those willing to do a little leg-work: thanks to the brilliant minds at XDA Developers, Android 5 AOSP is coming to the GT-I9300! User arter97 (Park Ju Hyung) has created a working build of the major OS revision. Note that AOSP is based on the original Android source code and thus does not contain Samsung’s TouchWiz skin overlay.

Installing this will require root status, and a great deal of familiarity with flashing ROMs. Additionally, as this is an Alpha release, many features are currently not working, including the camera, sensors, internal and external storage, WiFi, GPS, and even screen-off functionality. Granted this sounds like a lot of “not yets” but with patience (and arter97’s dedication) hopefully everything will be running smoothly in a matter of weeks. And at the end of the day, something is always better than nothing.

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Chainfire successfully roots the Nexus 9

Well that certainly didn’t take long. Rooters and modders that have expressed interest in the extremely new Nexus 9 will be pleased to know that superuser guru Chainfire has already successfully managed to root Android Lollipop running on the Nexus 9.

Considering that the factory images for Android 5.0 were only just released a few hours ago, it’s pretty fair to say that Chainfire works pretty darn efficiently. After all, in that amount of time he not only managed to root Lollipop on the Nexus 9, but he also managed to create a 64bit version of the superuser binary as well.

Now for those who can’t wait to get this device rooted (that would be me), there are a couple of things to keep in mind. Right now there is no custom recovery for the Nexus 9. Also, as this is a brand new device running a brand new version of Android, the typical CF Auto-root method is also not yet possible, as the CF Auto-Root framework hasn’t been updated to patch live kernels (which is an Android 5.0 requirement) or to work with 64 bit devices. That means that if you don’t have experience with ADB and Fastboot commands, you might want to hold off just a bit.

That being said, anyone familiar with ADB will be able to root the device in most likely under 5 minutes, as the process really is pretty simple. Chainfire has provided the 3 files you will need to complete the process, which basically consists of:

1. Enabling fastboot oem unlock via developer options and executing it
2. Performing fastboot boot inject.img
3. Performing fastboot flash boot patched.img.

As mentioned before, anyone with a bit of ADB/Fastboot time under their belt will find this process extremely easy to do. Chainfire went on to say that he will get started updating Auto-root with all of the new 5.0 components, but that it would require a bit of time.

Android L brought forward an insane amount of changes, and considering that 64 bit support came with it, it’s no wonder that it took Chainfire “a few hours more than I had hoped for” to get everything working. Rooters should also keep in mind that lots of root apps will probably be very buggy, or may not work at all on Android L until they are updated.

For those looking for the CFAR method to root their device, simply check out the Chainfire thread regularly to see when the update arrives.

With all the great things we’ve seen and heard about the Nexus 9, will you be rooting yours? Let us know why or why not in the comments below.

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