[ROOTING GUIDE] Step by Step Rooting guide for Samsung Galaxy S3 NEO GT-I9300I

Although there are so many ways to root your Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo GT-I9300I but here I am going to present the very simplest and safest way to root your device.
Most of the rooting guides are not working but here I am going to introduce a process which will really work for you.

Before proceeding to root your device if you want to take a backup of your current data then please follow the link for how to backup all the data on your android device:
Step by step guide to take full backup of your phone data

Please make sure that you have the following things in hand to start the safe rooting method.
Required things (below are the download links for the corresponding files):
- Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo phone drivers
- Custom recovery file for i9300i
- Flashable ROOTing zip file
- Samsung ODIN flasher application
- At least 60 percent or more battery charge

If you are on Android KitKat 4.4.4 then you need the following recovery:
- TWRP recovery file for i9300i on Android KitKat

STEP by STEP working ROOTing guide for your Galaxy S3 Neo GT-I9300I:

The complete process will be split into two things as following:
- Installing the CWM based custom recovery
- Installing the ROOT package using the CWM custom recovery

NOTE:
Make sure that you have already downloaded all of the above mentioned files and done the following things:
Installed the driver for your phone
Installed the ODIN application on your PC before proceeding further

WARNING:
Please close the KIES application if it is running in the background.
It may prevent the ODIN application to ROOT your device successfully.

Installing the CWM based custom recovery:

STEP 1:
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Put your phone into download mode.

Press and hold these three buttons until you see a WARNING SCREEN! to enter into the download mode:
Volume DOWN keys + Power key + Home key

When you see the WARNING SCREEN press the volume UP key to continue into the recovery mode.

STEP 2:
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Open the ODIN application on your PC.
Connect your phone(while it is still in the download mode) to the PC using a USB cable.
ODIN will show an Added! message on the message box.

[Device added on the ODIN screen]

STEP 3:
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Click on the AP button on the ODIN application and select the i9300i-cwm-6.0.4.4_v1 file.

For users on Android KitKat 4.4.4 they have to use the TWRP recovery instead of the CWM recovery.

[Click on the AP button and select the CWM recovery file]

STEP 4:
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Select the appropriate options before flashing the recovery image.
only the Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time
Make sure all other boxes are un-checked.

[Select the options]

STEP 5:
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Select the start button, which will start the flashing process.
When you get the PASS message, then your phone will reboot automatically.

[Click on Start and wait till it completes]

You may disconnect your phone and proceed for the next process

Installing the ROOT package using the CWM custom recovery:

NOTE:
Rooting guide will only work after the custom recovery installation.
If you will SKIP the custom recovery installation process and perform only these steps then rooting will not be done.

STEP 1:
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Copy the Flashable ROOTing zip file that you have downloaded to your SD card.

STEP 2:
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Press and hold these three buttons until you see a WARNING SCREEN! to enter into the recovery mode:
Volume UP key + Power key + Home key

When you see the WARNING SCREEN press the volume UP key to continue into the recovery mode.

STEP 3:
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Select the Install Zip from Sdcard option in the CWM recovery screen.
Select the Flashable_Root_4.3_For_Samsung.zip zip file where you have kept in the SD card.
Now reboot your phone.

After successfully completing all the above mentioned steps your device will be rooted.

Stay tuned to get the latest info and some more How to do guides.

Author : Modder

I am an embedded software engineer by profession and an advanced Android user who knows a little more than many out there. I work on creating and promoting GCam APK which is a modified APK done to get several extra features on the stock app in Android. Basically this is done using reverse engineering the original app file. I work on publishing about GCam APK Port, custom ROMs and some Linux how-to guides. I use this YouTube Blue APK and the NewPipe APK as a daily Youtube apps.

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