Create a custom hardware profile in the AVD Manager. Input a screen size of 4.8 inches, a resolution of 720 x 1280 (HD), and 1GB of RAM.
While Genymotion is not a perfect replica of Samsung hardware, it is more than adequate for most app‑testing scenarios.
Download this AVD config snapshot (example) or follow the manual steps above. Samsung S3 Emulator
Samsung has largely moved on to newer chips, but you can still access the for legacy devices.
, official support for S3 hardware has long since concluded, but several methods remain to recreate its environment for development or personal use. Development and App Testing Create a custom hardware profile in the AVD Manager
Because the Galaxy S3 is an older device, it won't appear in the default device list. You must create it manually:
The emulator could not emulate the actual Exynos 4412 chip’s unique blocks: the Image Signal Processor (ISP), the multi-format codec (MFC), or the dedicated audio DSP. Instead, it provided stubs —dummy implementations of the HAL that returned plausible but synthetic data. The camera HAL stub would generate a checkerboard or static pattern. The sensor HAL stub would report constant accelerometer values (0,0,9.8) and a fixed orientation. Download this AVD config snapshot (example) or follow
—on its own. The virtual screen turned a blinding, pure white.
Replicating a phone from 2012 might seem unusual, but it serves several distinct, high-utility use cases: