HOW-TO: Install Android 4.3 on Samsung Galaxy S4

A few days ago, Google’s latest operating system Android 4.3 has made it’s way to the Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Play edition. Before that, the OS was only available for Google’s Nexus devices. Galaxy S4 Google Play owners claim that Google delivers this 150MB update OTA (over-the-air). However, non Google Play versions of SGS4 are not supported yet, that’s why we are now happy to introduce this tutorial to those of you who are keen to use the brand-new Android 4.3 on your device.

Jelly Bean 4.3

NOTE! Keep in mind, we are no responsible for what’s done to your device. This tutorial will take your handset through the rooting process. Please follow the below steps accurately in order to not brick your phone.

NOTE! This tutorial will only work with the I9505 version of Galaxy S4 and requires Windows operating system.

Prerequisite Steps:

First of all, fully backup your phone. Going through this process will wipe all data on your device.
Make sure you have the USB driver installed on your computer. If not, go ahead to the Samsung’s Developers page and install it.
Check to have at least 60% left on your battery.
Enable USB debugging on your device. To do that, go to Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging.

Rooting Steps:

Download and extract CF-Root v6.4 on your desktop.
Download and extract Odin v3.07.
Turn off your handset and wait like 5-6 seconds for the vibration confirming it’s completely shut down then, boot the phone into Download Mode by holding Volume Down, Home and Power buttons all together until Android appears on the screen. Then press the Power button again to enter Download Mode.
Run Odin.exe as Administrator and connect your phone into PC via USB. ID:COM box should now turn yellow. A successful connection should also be indicated by an “Added” message in Odin. This step might take some time.
Once your phone is successful connected, press the PDA button in Odin and pick the root file extracted during the first step.
Click on Start button in Odin to start installation process. It will take up to 6 minutes, so please be patient.
Eventually, you will get a “Pass!” notification in the ID:COM box and your device will reboot automatically.
Your Samsung Galaxy S3 has now been rooted.

Flashing Steps:

Once you’ve successfully rooted your device, proceed flashing it with a custom recovery. This will allow you to install news ROMs. I personally used ClockWorkMod Recovery. Download and extract the .tar.md5 file to Desktop. Installing it will require the same steps you went through the rooting process. So:

1. Turn off your handset and wait like 5-6 seconds for the vibration confirming it’s completely shut down then, boot the phone into Download Mode by holding Volume Down, Home and Power buttons all together until Android appears on the screen. Then press the Power button again to enter Download Mode.

2. Run Odin.exe as Administrator and connect your phone into PC via USB. ID:COM box should now turn yellow. A successful connection should also be indicated by an “Added” message in Odin. This step might take some time.

3. Once your phone is successful connected, press the PDA button in Odin and pick the root file extracted during the first step.

4. Click on Start button in Odin to start installation process. It will take up to 6 minutes, so please be patient.

5. Eventually, you will get a “Pass!” notification in the ID:COM box and your device will reboot automatically.

NOTE! Do NOT remove the USB cable while the handset is being flashed.

TROUBLESHOOTING! If your phone is rebooting into recovery mode, press “reboot system now” and then agree to disable flash recovery.

Installing Google 4.3 ROM:

Download Janjan’s ROM from Xda-developer forums, which ports Google Edition Android 4.3 without any changes.

NOTE! Do NOT extract the file downloaded during the 1st step.

Connect your Samsung Galaxy S4 into computer via USB cable and copy the zip file to the internal storage.
Disconnect your handset from computer and boot it in recovery mode. To do that, press Volume Up, Home and Power buttons until the Galaxy S4 logo appears. Quickly release the buttons.
Use the volume buttons to select factory reset then press the Power button to proceed.
Select clean in order to install a new ROM from the internal storage on your device.
Select the .zip file you copied earlier to your Galaxy S4 and press the Power button to proceed.
Select “reboot system now” when prompted and then disagree to “disable flash recovery”

Congratulations! Your Samsung Galaxy S4 is now running the latest Google Edition Android 4.3 OS.

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