When talking about the Android ecosystem, the first thing that usually comes to mind is its relative “open-ness.” With this in play, hackers and power users and those with enough guts and technical know-how can easily tinker with their device and take advantage of the tons of personalization and customization offered by the operating system. This usually comes in handy especially if you are not content with the stock Android experience that came with your Android-powered smartphone. This process is not without risks however because tinkering with your device is the surest and fastest way of kissing your warranty goodbye – not to mention running the risk of turning your expansive handset to a building material (brick).
If you happen to have MetroPCS for your wireless provider of choice and are rocking the carrier’s version of the Samsung Galaxy S III, you can now have a taste of these personalization and customization options on your handset provided that you have enough guts and technical know-how to go through the whole process.
As it stands, a version of the CyanogenMod 10 Nightly Build is now available for the MetroPCS variant of the Samsung Galaxy S III. For those not in the know, CyanogenMod is one of the most popular custom ROMs in the Android ecosystem and packs support for numerous handsets and devices. The version of the custom ROM that recently became available for the Samsung Galaxy S III from MetroPCS is a nightly build which simply means that the ROM is just in its experimental stage.
Due to its experimental nature, it can only be expected that the CM10 Nightly for the Samsung Galaxy S III still has bugs but we can be assured that the CyanogenMod Team is hard at work in getting this to the stable region. After all, the whole CM10 custom ROM is already getting very stable so if you are interested in giving your handset a taste of the CM10 Nightly Build, all you need to do is to download the pertinent files and you will be well on your way to experiencing CM10 on your MetroPCS Samsung Galaxy S III before you know it.
As for the Samsung Galaxy S III, the handset still remains as one of the more capable handsets in the smartphone market today. It has its circuitry built around its QualComm MSM8960 SnapDragon chipset under the hood and this SoC brings into play a dual-core krait processor clocked at 1.5 GHz and a staggering 2GB of RAM. In terms of storage, the Samsung Galaxy S III comes with 16G of onboard memory with the option to have this expanded using its microSD card slot. Display-wise, the Samsung Galaxy S III comes with a massive 4.8-inch SuperAMOLED HD panel with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels while its dual-shooter configuration boasts of rear 8MP shooter and a front 1.9MP video call and self-portrait camera.
