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How to install firmware on Samsung Galaxy S3 with ClockworkMod Recovery? (Video)

How to install custom firmware on Samsung Galaxy S III with ClockworkMod Recovery (CWM)? Yeah… We don’t want to stay on stock official firmware all the while, right? Try out the latest and greatest custom firmware which loaded with newest stuffs and better tweaks and hacks. And lots of fine tuned custom Android ROM are available for Samsung Galaxy S3. But before install a new custom firmware with CWM, be sure to make a full system backup with CWM first. Because the new firmware will replace your existing firmware.

Prerequisites

  • ClockworkMod Recovery
  • Firmware

In order to install firmware in CWM zip format, you need to have ClockworkMod Recovery on Samsung Galaxy S3 first. Follow this guide to install CWM ~ How to install ClockworkMod Recovery (CWM) on Samsung Galaxy S3? (Video)

How to install custom modem on Samsung Galaxy S3?

Personally, I don’t install custom modem on my Samsung Galaxy S III. I will stick with the modem (radio / baseband) that comes along with the firmware unless the modem is highly recommended by others. So have to install official custom modem on your Samsung Galaxy S3 manually. What is the benefit of using custom modem? Using the correct modem will give your Samsung Galaxy S3 better signal coverage, reception, speed and battery life. Choosing the correct modem take time. You need to benchmark the 3G speed, battery consumption, signal strength… Monitor its performance for days. So I don’t change modem much unless I found the one that I am using is bad.

Samsung Galaxy S3 modem
Official Samsung Galaxy S3 modem

How to load Nexus 7 recovery mode?

How to load Google Nexus 7 recovery mode? I tried to boot into Nexus 7 stock recovery but failed. Only managed to load Nexus 7 Fastboot mode. Then it stuck at Google Logo when try to load recovery. Not a big deal because stock recovery can’t do much stuff when compare to ClockworkMod (CWM) Touch Recovery and TWRP Recovery from TeamWin Recovery Project. I managed to root Nexus and install CWM Touch Recovery with Google Nexus 7 ToolKit’s 1-click method. So how to load Nexus 7 recovery mode now?

Quick Boot (Reboot)

How to install custom kernel on Nexus 7?

Kernel determines the overall performance on Android devices. The better kernel you have, the better performance and more features you will get for your Android smartphone and tablet like Google Nexus 7. What is the benefit of using custom kernel? Overclocking, undervolting voltage control, multiple tweaked CPU governors, GPU overclocking, I/O tweaks are some of the features of custom kernel. So if you want to have better performance on Nexus 7, try out custom kernel…

Custom kernel on Google Nexus 7

Download Extended Power Menu for Nexus 7

There are only Power off, Airplane mode and Silent mode in power menu on Google Nexus 7. Therefore, I use Quick Boot (Reboot) application to reboot and load into recovery. But that’s not the best way. So Extended Power Menu for Nexus 7 comes to rescue…

Extended Power Menu for Google Nexus 7

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