How to Root the Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE (Korean)
While there may be a number of tools claiming to root the Galaxy S3, the one that we can all trust is the Chainfire’s CF-Root method. It roots the device within a few seconds and lets you enjoy your favorite root-only apps on your device. If you have a Korean Samsung Galaxy S3 and you wish to root it, here’s how you can do that:
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 LTE (Korean), 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 LTE (Korean):
I. Before You Begin
1. This’ll void the warranty of your device. We won’t be held responsible for the consequences of doing this procedure. Do it at your own risk.
2. This only works for the SHV-E210K (Korean) variant of the device.
3. This should only work on Windows based PCs.
4. Make sure you have the Samsung USB drivers installed on your PC.
II. Downloading Required Files
1. Download Odin and save it to your desktop.
2. Download CF-Root and save it to your desktop.
3. Download CWM Recovery and save it to your desktop.
CWM Recovery (It’s attached in the #497 post)
III. Rooting the Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE (Korean)
1. Right-click on both Odin and CF-Root one by one and select Extract here. It’ll uncompress all of the required files for you.
2. Double-click on Odin executable available on your desktop and it’ll launch.
3. Click on PDA and choose CF-Root that you extracted to your desktop.
4. Uncheck the Repartition option if it’s already checked in the Odin.
5. Checkmark the boxes that say Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time.
6. Turn OFF your device.
7. Turn it back on by holding down Volume DOWN, Home, and Power buttons together.
8. Press Volume UP when you see a warning message on your screen and you’ll reboot into download mode.
9. Plug in your device to your PC using the USB cable.
10. Click on Start in the Odin and it’ll start the flashing procedure to root your S3.
11. When the flashing’s done, your device should automatically reboot.
12. You’re done!
Your Samsung Galaxy S3 is now rooted and you can confirm the same by installing Root Checker from the Google Play Store.
Maybe the root on your S3 is just not sufficient for you to perform your tasks? Well, here’s how to flash a custom recovery which will then let you flash a custom ROM on your device. A custom ROM brings lots of features for you to try out, so go ahead and give it a shot.
IV. Flashing a Custom Recovery on the Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE (Korean)
1. Launch Odin by double-clicking on its executable file.
2. Click on PDA and choose CWM Recovery available on your desktop.
3. Uncheck Repartition if it’s already checked in the Odin.
4. Put a checkmark in the boxes that say Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time.
5. Turn OFF your device.
6. Turn your device back on by holding down Volume DOWN, Home, and Power buttons together.
7. Press Volume UP and you’ll reboot into download mode.
8. Plug in your device to your PC via USB cable.
9. Hit Start in the Odin and it’ll start flashing CWM Recovery on your device.
10. When the recovery’s flashed, your device will automatically reboot.
11. You’re all set!
And there you go. Your Samsung Galaxy S3 now has a custom recovery that will let you do a lot of things on your device, including flashing custom ROMs and Kernels, taking nandroid backups, and so on.
You can click here to find all of the Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE (Korean) How To’s.
You can also find all of the Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE (Korean) ROMs we have here.
