Install CyanogenMod 13 ROM on Galaxy S3 (Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow)

The legendary Samsung Galaxy S3 has now received the second custom ROM based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The first ever Marshmallow ROM for Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 was AOSP, based on Android Open Source Project. It was very buggy and very unstable.

Now, the second ROM is CyanogenMod 13, which has a lot more features and it is more stable. CyanogenMod 13 is based on the latest CM sources and features Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow on board, which is an update over the old Android 6.0 version.

According to ‘forkbomb444’, the developer of the ROM, many things are working. You will be happy to hear that important features and services are already working such as WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, colors, SD Card, RIL (phone calls, SMS, mobile data), camera, DRM and GPS. Some known issues include non-FAT32 SD cards not working alongside WiFi P2P.

How To Install CM13 Android 6.0.1 on Galaxy S3

You need to download the ROM file itself (cm-13.0-20151212-UNOFFICIAL-i9300.zip) as well as Google Gapps (Download). To flash these two files, you need a custom recovery such as PhilZ or TWRP (Install).

Step 1. Download both required files, the CyanogenMod 13 Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow ROM and Marshmallow Gapps and move them to the internal storage of your Galaxy S3.

Step 2. Turn your Galaxy S3 off and boot into recovery mode, TWRP or PhilZ. To do so press and hold the volume up, home and power keys at the same time.

Step 3. Once in recovery, make a full Nandroid backup. The ROM is not stable and you will want to go back to your previous ROM.

Step 4. Wipe data, cache and dalvik cache.

Step 5. Flash CM13 ROM and then flash Marshmallow Gapps.

Reboot you phone and get ready to enjoy Android 6.0.1 on your Samsung Galaxy S3.

7 COMMENTS

    • its because you dont have enough space on your internal storage. try deleting uneeded things and try using the slim mini gapps version

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