So I tried out with TWRP and it worked 🙂 CWM’s latest version for S3 does not support installation of Open Gapps, one of the best Gapps provider for Custom ROMs and actively maintained. Then I came to know it was the recovery console I was using, was the cause of this. Everything is working, except I wasn’t able to install the Open Gapps, which was needed to get the phone linked with my Google account. The closest to perfection was Paranoid Android with which my battery lasted 4 days but then I found one another good CyanogenMod build, maintained by JustArchi on XDA Forums.įinally I got to this link on XDA Forums and found a CM Unofficial build actively supported by JustArchi. Instead of going for anything else, I tried several CyanogenMod based builds(unofficial ones), but none worked well.

Battery lasting 4 days with Paranoid Android Unofficial Build I’m a fan of CyanogenMod, but they officially have stopped providing updates for Galaxy S3 and their last stable build for this phone was CM 10.2.0, even the last nightly build is CM 11, which is no good as they are quite out dated. Once I got my hands on OnePlus Two running Android 5.1.1, I couldn’t resist myself from trying to get it on my older phone, i.e.

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