How to Root the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini (Canadian)
Rooting is the process of gaining administrative rights on your Android device. Once we root our Android device, we can then make changes to it to customize it well beyond what it normally can do.
Once you have root access on your Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini (Canadian), you’ll be able to:
- Remove apps that were preinstalled by your carrier/manufacturer from your device.
- Free up storage space (because of the above benefit).
- Increase battery life (apps that might have been running constantly can be removed).
- Increase performance (after removing apps that are always running, the device will be less bogged down and run smoother).
- Update to a new version of Android (by flashing a custom recovery/ROM, see the end of this procedure for more info on that).
- Tons of other customizations when you use your new found administrative rights to flash a custom ROM (again, see the end of this procedure for more info on that).
Interested? Here’s how to root your Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini (Canadian):
I. Before You Begin
1. This will void the warranty of your device. However, you can reinstate the warranty by unrooting your device if there’s any unrooting procedure available.
2. This should only work on Windows based PCs.
3. This only works for the SM-G730W8 variant of the device.
II. Downloading Required Files
1. Download Vroot and save it to your Desktop.
III. Rooting the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini (Canadian)
1. Install the Vroot tool on your PC by double-clicking on its setup file and following the installation wizard.
2. Turn ON USB debugging on your device by heading to Menu > Settings > Developer options > USB debugging.
3. Plug in your device to your PC via USB cable.
4. Double-click on Vroot shortcut icon available on your Desktop and it’ll launch.
5. Hit Root button in the tool and it should begin rooting your device.
6. Once rooted, head over to Google Play and get the English version of SuperSU installed on your device.
7. You’re all done!
By the way, don’t be scared, you can always put your device back to stock by heading to our Rooting How To’s section, finding your device, and doing the How to Unroot listed for it there.
Thank you kindly for this 🙂 It is hard to find any information on this device
Hello Trevor,
Great! Glad we could help you!
hi im trying to unlock this version of the samsung galaxy mini the canadian, i bought the unlock code but when i insert the foreign sim it wont prompt me to insert the code.. im stuck can you please help me out.. i tried flashing, reinstalling the firmware to another one, hard reseting but nothing…
Hi David,
Although our name’s TheUnlockr, we really don’t provide help on SIM unlocking a device. By unlocking we mean roooting/jailbreaking your device to get the most out of it.
What we can suggest you is contact the provider who supplied you the unlock code, as he may help in this case.
Thanks!
Doesn’t work for me 🙁
I have a g730w8 and I’m going crazy. Impossible to root!
Hello,
What error did it generate when you tried to root your device?
use “towelroot” app to root the sm-730w8 version of this phone
It works! Android 4.4 kitkat prevent us from using custom recovery, but vroot solve it for me :D! thanks a lot!