Is it a good time to Root my AT&T GS3 yet?

**Pdelponte** · 07-30-2012, 01:21 PM

1st off let me appologize in advance for any misuse of Android terminology, I have only been using Android for less than a month.

So I have been looking all over the internet for info on Rooting my AT&T GS3 and loading a "Vanilla" Jelly Bean on it, BUT, it seems that developers are still in the early stages of getting the Root figured out, and pushing a Jelly Bean ROM.

My question is: Is it a good time to Root and flash a Jelly Bean ROM to my AT&T GS3? or should i wait, hoping that better Roots/ROMs will come out?

I won't Root my device unless I can find a way to reliably backup my phone. I have looked at Nandroid but I think that is out of date now.

Please let me know if there is a reliable Root method WITH backup and if there are any GREAT Jelly Bean ROM for my AT&T GS3.

Thanks In Advance.

**strabo231** · 07-30-2012, 02:09 PM

Originally Posted by Pdelponte

1st off let me appologize in advance for any misuse of Android terminology, I have only been using Android for less than a month.

So I have been looking all over the internet for info on Rooting my AT&T GS3 and loading a "Vanilla" Jelly Bean on it, BUT, it seems that developers are still in the early stages of getting the Root figured out, and pushing a Jelly Bean ROM.

My question is: Is it a good time to Root and flash a Jelly Bean ROM to my AT&T GS3? or should i wait, hoping that better Roots/ROMs will come out?

I won't Root my device unless I can find a way to reliably backup my phone. I have looked at Nandroid but I think that is out of date now.

Please let me know if there is a reliable Root method WITH backup and if there are any GREAT Jelly Bean ROM for my AT&T GS3.

Thanks In Advance.

Jellybean roms are not quite ready for everyday use and/or someone with little to no experience with root. If that is your reasoning for wanting to root, I would just hold off for now and see if the jellybean over the air update will get released soon. There are of course other advantages to rooting the phone, and you could simply root the stock rom for now. CWM backups work just fine. You would have a reliable backup. Just did it to a friends S3 the other day, and there are still quite a few bugs left to be worked out. We've got some awesome devs hear though, so it won't be long!

**Pdelponte** · 07-30-2012, 04:42 PM

Originally Posted by strabo231

Jellybean roms are not quite ready for everyday use and/or someone with little to no experience with root. If that is your reasoning for wanting to root, I would just hold off for now and see if the jellybean over the air update will get released soon. There are of course other advantages to rooting the phone, and you could simply root the stock rom for now. CWM backups work just fine. You would have a reliable backup. Just did it to a friends S3 the other day, and there are still quite a few bugs left to be worked out. We've got some awesome devs hear though, so it won't be long!

Thanks, sounds like i need to wait a bit for a reliable Jelly Bean ROM to come out.

ALSO, What is CWM?

**strabo231** · 07-30-2012, 05:00 PM

Originally Posted by Pdelponte

Thanks, sounds like i need to wait a bit for a reliable Jelly Bean ROM to come out.

ALSO, What is CWM?

Yeah sorry, I forgot that you did say you weren't familiar with all the terminology. My bad lol. CWM is clockworkmod. We don't use "download mode" or anything on rooted phones. This is where you install all your roms and mods and such, factory resets, backup and restore, etc.

I believe the s3 is CWM 6.0.0.7 if you wanted to look it up

**taylorz_412** · 07-30-2012, 05:20 PM

Originally Posted by Pdelponte

1st off let me appologize in advance for any misuse of Android terminology, I have only been using Android for less than a month.

So I have been looking all over the internet for info on Rooting my AT&T GS3 and loading a "Vanilla" Jelly Bean on it, BUT, it seems that developers are still in the early stages of getting the Root figured out, and pushing a Jelly Bean ROM.

My question is: Is it a good time to Root and flash a Jelly Bean ROM to my AT&T GS3? or should i wait, hoping that better Roots/ROMs will come out?

I won't Root my device unless I can find a way to reliably backup my phone. I have looked at Nandroid but I think that is out of date now.

Please let me know if there is a reliable Root method WITH backup and if there are any GREAT Jelly Bean ROM for my AT&T GS3.

Thanks In Advance.

All I can say is read read read and re read everything you just read before you do anything lol

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**DavidsTech** · 07-30-2012, 05:28 PM

I heard the same thing as someone else said, the Jelly Bean Roms don't seem like something you want for a daily driver. But, a lot of others are loving the Ice Cream Sandwich Roms. And there are some of those available.

**strabo231** · 07-30-2012, 06:56 PM

Originally Posted by DavidsTech

I heard the same thing as someone else said, the Jelly Bean Roms don't seem like something you want for a daily driver. But, a lot of others are loving the Ice Cream Sandwich Roms. And there are some of those available.

Someone whos been around the block a few times and knows kinda what to expect in terms of bugs and stuff could probably use it just fine as a daily, but I don't think its a good idea for someones first custom rom. It would be good to learn with something that wasnt 100%, but I think a new build would get overwhelming to someone new. Just my opinion. I could be wrong.

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**Djedgarftw** · 08-07-2012, 08:51 AM

Heres a link to diffrent roms i did and the CM10 JB rom i have their is stable and a daily driver

AT&T Galaxy S3 Roms/Kernels/Mods/Tweaks

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**916x10** · 08-11-2012, 12:44 AM

Originally Posted by Pdelponte

1st off let me appologize in advance for any misuse of Android terminology, I have only been using Android for less than a month.

So I have been looking all over the internet for info on Rooting my AT&T GS3 and loading a "Vanilla" Jelly Bean on it, BUT, it seems that developers are still in the early stages of getting the Root figured out, and pushing a Jelly Bean ROM.

My question is: Is it a good time to Root and flash a Jelly Bean ROM to my AT&T GS3? or should i wait, hoping that better Roots/ROMs will come out?

I won't Root my device unless I can find a way to reliably backup my phone. I have looked at Nandroid but I think that is out of date now.

Please let me know if there is a reliable Root method WITH backup and if there are any GREAT Jelly Bean ROM for my AT&T GS3.

Thanks In Advance.

Root was figured out long ago....I've had my phone since the 28th of June and it's been rooted since the week after that. I could have rooted the same day but I wanted to experience the phone in stock form first, get used to it, see what it does and how it performs. The best way to root it is via

This is what I would/did do....following the tutorial listed above, it will root your phone and install Clockworkmod Recovery and best of all, you won't lose any data and your phone will look exactly as it did before the process. Once you get CWM then you can perform a Nandroid backup that way you'll have a nice clean foundation to fall back on if need be.

Just a fyi, Nandroid is not an app that gets out of date, it's a description of a type of backup you can make. As for if you can or should root/run a custom rom, that's up to you. I've been rooted for over a month now and I haven't flashed a custom rom yet...the one I really want, ParanoidAndroid, just came out a couple days ago but is getting the kinks worked out of it...I'd also like JB but the only one I know of is CM10 and it's not yet fully functional either so i'm just being patient.

Let me know if you have any other questions