Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300 users can now upgrade their phone to the latest MIUI V5 (version 4.7.25) official custom ROM based on Android 4.4.2 KitKat OS. Apart from offering the latest MIUI V5 experience on top of Android KitKat, version 4.7.25 Developer Version brings a slew of UI overhauls, bug fixes and feature enhancements (full changelog given below). In this article, I’ve put together an elaborated step-by-step tutorial on how to upgrade your GS3 smartphone to this custom ROM. Just make sure you’ve carefully all the prerequisites twice so that you don’t get your phone screwed up with a void warranty.

For those who didn’t know or weren’t sure, MIUI (pronounced Me-You-I) is Xiaomi Tech’s proprietary Android-based user interface (somewhat similar to Huawei Emotion UI) that features colorful icon packs, smooth animations, streamlined interface, exceptional performance and above all, hardcore stability. If you’re a person who likes experimenting with different ROMs & firmware then I’d definitely recommend you to take it for a spin too. Enough chatter, let’s go to work! [Read more…]