How much time i should wait?

eskorpiao112 · May 7, 2014

Guys, i want to install CM11 in my Galaxy SIII (GT-i9300) but i have affraid that in the future the phone may breaks and i need the warranty to repair it. So how much time do you think that i should wait before doing modifications to my phone. I bought my Galaxy SIII In the end of march 28 of march i think.

Please give me answers. I'm tired of this touchwizz crap being slow -.-

foggydisaster · May 7, 2014

eskorpiao112 said:
Guys, i want to install CM11 in my Galaxy SIII (GT-i9300) but i have affraid that in the future the phone may breaks and i need the warranty to repair it. So how much time do you think that i should wait before doing modifications to my phone. I bought my Galaxy SIII In the end of march 28 of march i think.

Please give me answers. I'm tired of this touchwizz crap being slow -.-

I think if you are confident enough to do the modifications you should do it, what can happen is a soft brick which can be fixed with Odin. Hardware bricks are rare. Though you should decide for yourself, the only thing I'm telling you is that there's no point to wait as long as you want to do it and you know what you're doing. If you need help you can ask me anytime

eskorpiao112 · May 7, 2014

foggydisaster said:
I think if you are confident enough to do the modifications you should do it, what can happen is a soft brick which can be fixed with Odin. Hardware bricks are rare. Though you should decide for yourself, the only thing I'm telling you is that there's no point to wait as long as you want to do it and you know what you're doing. If you need help you can ask me anytime

I have affraid of problems on hardware, like screen or touch that doesn't work or motherboard burned (sudden death problems for example)

ghostofcain · May 7, 2014

Sudden death shouldn't be a problem with newer firmwares, but other hardware issues are relatively rare, so I'd go ahead my phone stayed stock for approximately 6 - 7 hours.

Sent from my GT-I9300

eskorpiao112 · May 7, 2014

ghostofcain said:
Sudden death shouldn't be a problem with newer firmwares, but other hardware issues are relatively rare, so I'd go ahead my phone stayed stock for approximately 6 - 7 hours.

Sent from my GT-I9300

And your phone never had a problem with hardware?

ghostofcain · May 7, 2014

No never. I had a SanDisk SD card fail on me, but that was replaced under warranty but nothing Samsung related.

But it's your warranty so bear in mind that they may reject any claim, although in the UK the fact that you've modified software does not give them the right to decline a hardware claim.

Sent from my GT-I9300

eskorpiao112 · May 7, 2014

ghostofcain said:
No never. I had a SanDisk SD card fail on me, but that was replaced under warranty but nothing Samsung related.

But it's your warranty so bear in mind that they may reject any claim, although in the UK the fact that you've modified software does not give them the right to decline a hardware claim.

Sent from my GT-I9300

I am portuguese and i live in portugal. And i have affraid of losing the warrant and my phone brokes and i don't have warranty

foggydisaster · May 7, 2014

eskorpiao112 said:
I am portuguese and i live in portugal. And i have affraid of losing the warrant and my phone brokes and i don't have warranty

I don't think you should be that afraid of doing it. The chance of a fail is very low and the sudden death syndrome has been fixed long time ago. If you really want it, give it a shot... Personally I've never had any hardware related problems while flashing ROMs
And also the European buyer protection law is on your side

eskorpiao112 · May 7, 2014

foggydisaster said:
I don't think you should be that afraid of doing it. The chance of a fail is very low and the sudden death syndrome has been fixed long time ago. If you really want it, give it a shot... Personally I've never had any hardware related problems while flashing ROMs
And also the European buyer protection law is on your side

So you trust in that cyanogenmod installer?

foggydisaster · May 7, 2014

eskorpiao112 said:
So you trust in that cyanogenmod installer?

Actually I've never used it. I did the zip way xD
if you need help with that I can help you.

eskorpiao112 · May 7, 2014

foggydisaster said:
Actually I've never used it. I did the zip way xD
if you need help with that I can help you.

Thanks dude. I will think about doing that. I have many things to think and i have affraid of doing that :/

foggydisaster · May 7, 2014

eskorpiao112 said:
Thanks dude. I will think about doing that. I have many things to think and i have affraid of doing that :/

Just take your time in thinking... One can never think too much xD

eskorpiao112 · May 7, 2014

foggydisaster said:
Just take your time in thinking... One can never think too much xD

Ahah dude. I will wait more time for doing changes.

foggydisaster · May 7, 2014

eskorpiao112 said:
Ahah dude. I will wait more time for doing changes.

Sure, let me know what you decide

eskorpiao112 · May 7, 2014

foggydisaster said:
Sure, let me know what you decide

Okay dude. Thanks for the help!

ghostofcain · May 8, 2014

foggydisaster said:
Actually I've never used it. I did the zip way xD
if you need help with that I can help you.

I'm with you there, if you do it by hand you should have a better idea of what is going on, and imho if you don't have the time to learn what's involved then you should query whether you really want to go down the custom root

Sent from my GT-I9300

eskorpiao112 · May 8, 2014

ghostofcain said:
I'm with you there, if you do it by hand you should have a better idea of what is going on, and imho if you don't have the time to learn what's involved then you should query whether you really want to go down the custom root

Sent from my GT-I9300

I usually install custom roms on my phones but this phone was expensive and i dont want to lose the warranty

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ghostofcain · May 8, 2014

eskorpiao112 said:
I usually install custom roms on my phones but this phone was expensive and i dont want to lose the warranty

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Then don't do it, although I went custom route from day 1 I was using stock based roms until recently, this is the first Android device I actually felt comfortable using stock even if it was a little flabby.

Stick a launcher on and look around here there is a lot you can do without even rooting your device, there really is no hurry to do anything.

Sent from my GT-I9300

eskorpiao112 · May 8, 2014

ghostofcain said:
Then don't do it, although I went custom route from day 1 I was using stock based roms until recently, this is the first Android device I actually felt comfortable using stock even if it was a little flabby.

Stick a launcher on and look around here there is a lot you can do without even rooting your device, there really is no hurry to do anything.

Sent from my GT-I9300

Yes. And with the update cancelled i will wait for some update.

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Jumaqidi · May 8, 2014

when u are ready to root and flash custom rom, flash a custom recovery like cwm too. NANDROID BACK UP straight away after flashing custom recovery. The cyanogenmod installer is safe to use. I have personally used it and it was smooth. Back up ur efs too. If u dun know wat is efs, go read on it. Good luck rooting and flashing. It is safe unless u dun follow instructions or read carefully.

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