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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Aistina:
Thanks, this couldn't have been easier! I used Odin on Windows, but for future reference, can someone confirm if Heimdall worked correctly for flashing to their S3?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] 9Lukas5:
Has anyone made a backup successfully yet? I tried it from cwmmanager and from recovery. Used recovery is v1.2, but the data partition always gets only 360 MB and then the backup of data stops, system partition has with 1GB the correct size, but when I look with rootexplorer into the data partition it says nearly 2GB for it and cwm stops after 360MB :confused:

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] bedtime_with_the_bear:
Absolutely correct - the su binary is installed into /system (hence the need for an insecure kernel or recovery). It is flagged such that it will run with full root privileges regardless of who else runs it. It is su that actually runs your root commands.

The apk offers all of the intelligence and the user interface, the logging, access control (preventing apps from doing things at will), etc.

It's not that the secure kernel is bad at the job, its more a case of Samsung's philosophy being something like - its not a dev phone so we won't supply it ready rooted, but we care about our customers and the dev community, so we won't try to stop you either.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] 1234568:
One last question to complete the picture. ;)

So the SU binary in /system is responsible for elevating commands to root. The superuser apps (of which there are several) then contact this binary. This provides some level of security as the superuser app can moderate which apps are actually allowed to elevate root commands.

What is stopping a malicious app from behaving in the same way as a superuser app and granting its own root access?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] 9Lukas5:
This is the wrong place to discuss this.

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] NZtechfreak:
Root guide to supplement Chainfire's with lots of screen grabs to be extra noob friendly here - http://www.androidnz.net/2012/06/at-your-own-risk-how-to-root-your.html

Video too, if people find that more helpful:

[youtube]qLLIExY6xmw[/youtube]
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] roma1927:
On the GSIII with CWR vs 1.0 and root is possible flash new CWR 1.2 with Odin Mobile Pro?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] themanguydude:
Just a quick question, do you need to enable USB debugging in any stage of the entire process?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] TotallydubbedHD:
I would suggest enabling it, even for future use - it's just easier to access ur folder and things via that option.

You would also need to access ur INT SD card in this process to flash Super SU - thus you need to put super SU in your INT SD card, and via debugging mode it's the easiest to do that :)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] 9Lukas5:
Has anyone made a complete backup successfully yet?

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] bobolobo:
Mission option.

When i boot to CWM i only get these options:

Reboot system now

apply update from external storage

wipe data/factory reset

wipe cahce partition

apply update from cache

There is no install from SD :confused: ..
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SL:
Tried all weekend but still could not get into revocery.

Not sure why...but practise is not working. MY computer do not recognise the unit so I could not get it to reboot into recovery via the adb method.

Now I am at a critical point..my phone no longer boot (on pressing the power button and when it boot up, it shows samsung and then a blank screen) . I still could get to the download screen and use odin....I must totally screw up the phone.

Any help would be appreciated as the phone is no longer in working condition. (except for getting to DL screen and using idon)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
May try flashing one of the firmwares with Odin that way you have something to boot into. Have no idea what the problem is.. I followed the steps and everything went just fine.

sent from my Galaxy S III
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Huupie:
Yeah Rooted!

Rooted, took me more than 30 seconds though :p.. Thnx Chainfire:)!!
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SL:
What I need is a "TAR" rom(???) that I can flash to the phone.

The only thing I can do now is flash to the phone via odin. (and I have the cwm and the unsecure kernel on the phone)

Can no long get the phone to boot to anything else.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] viulian:
The /data/media is not backed up into data.ext4.tar while doing the backup ...

My data.ext4.tar has 64Mb and when I checked on the phone, it the /data has about 1.3Gb.

I did a quick visual diff between the contents of the .tar as well as the phone /data folder, and I noticed the media folder was missing in the tar.

Checking the phone itself, the /data/media uses almost all the space from /data partition:

[root@s3]/data# du -s media
1354716 media
[root@s3]/data# du -s .
1425800 .
[root@s3]/data#

The difference between the size of the two folders is about 71084Kb which is roughly the size of the tar. So I guess the backup only grabbed the everything minus the media folder, but I would have to make a thorough diff to see the differences between the tar and the others (it means we can actually tar the media folder back into the .tar if we would want).
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Chainfire:
That's normal ... on these class of devices, /data/media == internal sdcard - that's why it isn't wiped, and isn't present in backups.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] viulian:
Ha! You are right :) I checked inside media and saw that it had the internal sdcard contents, but then I checked if /data/media is actually a link and it seemed like a normal folder.

I thought maybe there's more ..

Conclusion: backup works (I did not try the reverse operation though, so not sure if it really works, but I could untar the files and so on so I guess I can manually replace if something goes wrong).
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] RTBee:
First of all, this is not directed at you specifically, but there are a lot of similar comments and questions on this thread. This thread is under Android Development. There are others designed for question and answer and more 'noobish' inquires. Most all of the questions many are asking can be found out with just a little googling or just reading thru earlier threads. Please spend some time to educate yourself first before posting. The Developers and contributers to this thread are working really hard and spending a lot of time and effort to provide to us an incredible product. Let's not waste their time reading thru questions which have already been answered or discussed elsewhere. So don't apologize for being ignorant, we've all been there, just do a little homework.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SL:
I am thinking that my unit is a "T mobile USA" version while those out there.. are different than mine and it may has some bearing to my issues?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] bobolobo:
Update; Have tried again and in odin i get pass(grenn), but only 0:3, not 0:4 as in the video guide?.. Could that be the issue and how could i fix this ?..
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] kenan99:
TriangleAway :D

Triangle Away for sIII:D. god thank you cf

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] LJE:
Make sure you downloaded the cwm zip and not the insecure kernel zip.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] ECrispy:
Is there a touch based recovery for the S3? I remember reading about a touch version of CWM.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] bobolobo:
Thanks, that was the problem. Is there any problems with the insecure kernal i have fashed?..
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] unfurled:
Confirmed working with my LE8. Thanks Chainfire! :)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] hkfriends:
I don't have "Triangle" sign when booting up (my S3 had been rooted and flashed CWM 5.5.0.4 v1.2)

I noticed only the counter in download mode with value of "1" so far...

I am using ZSALED firmware, is this "Triangle Away" can reset my download counter to zero ? :confused:
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Dovern:
thank you very much for your great work!
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] zuts1:
Hi,

I have an Australian I9300T with build I9300TDUALE6. I rooted it with the instructions in the first post using the 'recovery' method and it is rooted so thanks for that.

I upgraded triangle away but when i run it it says it cant find my hidden partition and so I am stuck with a flash count of 1.

Any suggestions?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Jack_Random:
Works like a jiffy, although can't set /system/app to R/W to un-install bloat

Any suggestions? Flashed v 1.2 CWM zip, installed SU zip from link using recovery and installed CWM manager as well as jrummy busybox, titanium backup works btw
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Mopral:
just to be sure:

-have you launch SU once to download binary?

-which version of busybox do you have?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] 123shree:
Yes it will set the counter to zero..

It won't work on the ALE9 firmware only.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] 123shree:
I can mount /system/app to R/W using Root explorer...
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Jack_Random:
Yes, did launch SU for bibary upgrade and did upgrade and jrummies 1.20.1, latest version in his app

Guessing gotta do a hard reset, reflash CWM and SU and try again...
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] kingjeremy81:
Hi

I can't download

Odin3-v1.85.zip - [Click for QR Code] (198.4 KB, 1921 views)

CWMManager-SGS3-v3.50.apk - [Click for QR Code] (325.7 KB, 2956 views)

CF-SGS3-CWM-v5.5-v1.2.zip - [Click for QR Code] (6.26 MB, 3870 views)

any other links? please :)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] 123shree:
Sorry, nobody will mirror that.

I had the problem too.. just wait for a while. :-)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Mopral:
I just try and all three links works
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] aneeqkhan:
Hi guys

M on ALE9 firmware. So wanted to know if i can root the device using the method ih the op. N is triangle away gonna work with my firmware for resetting the counter???
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] 10076757:
Is it better to update to the latest firmware and then root it? will it be compatible?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] 123shree:
Updating to the latest firmware and then root is a really bad idea because with every update Samsung will try to kill an exploit. ( what I really mean is root will work but triangle away may not work!!!! )
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] 9Lukas5:
The root method described here works on every firmware, because there isn't an exploit or anything like that needed.

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Gesendet von meinem GT-I9300 Galaxy SIII
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] schrickm5:
Is there a chance we could hard brick the S3 on CWM, as I did it on my S2 and had to get it sent in, they replaced a BUS board, so now I am a little wary of formatting using CWM, as I hear the Exynos chips all have the potential to hard brick especially with ICS kernel leaks....

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/hard-brick-bug-on-galaxy-s-ii-and-note-leaked-ics-kernels/
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] 123shree:
Less likely to happen ( Think chainfire has already patched it... not sure though )
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Entropy512:
The I9300 is probably immune to the eMMC corruption bug experienced by the S2 series and the Note.

Check the flash name and fwrev:

cat /sys/class/block/mmcblk0/device/name
cat /sys/class/block/mmcblk0/device/cid | cut -b 19,20

If it's not MAG4FA, VYL00M, or KYL00M fwrev 0x19 you're probably safe.

If it's one of those three chips with fwrev 0x25 and above you're definitely safe.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Chainfire:
Let me just roll that into an APK ...
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] detule:
Also, the emmc pdata in the kernel source released by samsung doesn't advertise MMC_CAP_ERASE <- I hear this was the culprit with the s2.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Inc:
I have a problem getting to recovery; I have followed the instructions below with success - but when I turn off the phone after, and try to go to recovery, it gives me the same screen as in the beginning (Downloading...) - with no options to choose from.

What to do ??

Brgds,

Inc
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] schrickm5:
Thanks alot guys for the info above....

Humble apologies, but how do I check the flash name a frew.

Really want to learn.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] 123shree:
Install CWM recovery from chainfire's instructions and then turn off the phone and press volume up+home+power and it will boot into the recovery :)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] 123shree:
From chainfire's comment I can say he is already busy making an app for that ;)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Inc:
*doh* - didn't see the volume-UP ... hehe - my bad ;-)

Thanks,

Inc
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] 123shree:
A small request!

Chainfire, one request..

Can you make the font size in CWM a little larger??

I mean for such a large screen, small fonts really don't fit that well.

It's really hard to read.

Thank you. :)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Chainfire:
There you go ...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1693704
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Chainfire:
Nope.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] 123shree:
Well that was fast.. :)

TESTED.... says unknown chip and atleast it isn't the chip known to be bad :)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] energie:
my eMMC chip is:

VTU00M :confused:
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SteveTilsed:
Just gone over the instructions before my phone arrives, looks like things have moved on since my HTC Dream, luckily it looks easier **touches wood**

Thanks for the work OP
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] zuts1:
@ Chainfire[

QUOTE=zuts1;27008585]Hi,

I have an Australian I9300T with build I9300TDUALE6. I rooted it with the instructions in the first post using the 'recovery' method and it is rooted so thanks for that.

I upgraded triangle away but when i run it it says it cant find my hidden partition and so I am stuck with a flash count of 1.

Any suggestions?[/QUOTE]

if i flashed a stock international rom and rooted it then used triangle away

. Could I restore the original I9300T ROM from the CWM backup i made without increasing the counter.

Please help
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Chainfire:
Yes you can!

But... the system status in download mode will not stay on official. You say you can flash international ROM to you GT-I9300T ... I think I need to adjust Triangle Away for this model.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] zuts1:
Thanks for the reply. Before flashing stock international i may wait a bit for an updated triangle away for I9300T.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] avetny:
Never gonna touch my favorite triangle! Its my passport dude :D
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] ECrispy:
Question for the devs, and esp Chainfire - will your great work here be applicable to the US versions of the GS3? i.e. can they share the kernel since all the proprietary code should be in drivers, right?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SL:
MY firmware is vvlle6.

If you guys want to show me my how to extract the rom from the phone, I will get you the rom. But I am not installing any more unsecure kernel or cwm to the unit. I have broken 2 units already. This is the third. I believe the existing fix are for units out there now is different than mine....and therefore does not work on my unit and that is why all my flashing brick my phone.

I have done all kinds of rooting for various phone (more than most people because I have access to all kiind of latest phone) before so I cant say I am a noob and doesnt know what I am doing.......and am one thaT READS and reads.

Yes, I can get to recovery when the unit is "virgin". But as soon as I flash via odin the unsecure kernel and the cmw..my unit..."brick" to the point that it wont boot or get into recovery.....so if you want the new firmware.....let me know how but I will not go installing any more of the current "fix" until the t-mobile unit is out
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] sh_mohanna:
Unrooting

Hello everyone,

I'm wondering if I rooted My S3 and I want to give it for warranty, can I unroot it again? What is the best way to do that?

So far I did not find any stock ROM that can be flashed again to retrieve the warranty status.

Regards,
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Chainfire:
Could you post a screenshot of your "Settings -> About device" screen? (scroll to the bottom of that page)

Also, if you have adb:

adb shell getprop > prop.txt

And attach prop.txt (look for your IMEI and serial numbers first and 0 them)

I also suspect you have a different model... But still flashing insecure kernel or recovery should not brick your phone - you should still be able to recover it with ODIN... Then again, we don't have a stock firmware so that can be difficult.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] ber64:
Hello

I have a problem

I have flash the recovery and the the root is OK

But now I want to do the CWMManager-SGS-3.50.apk but I don't see the apk. I have only a file in zip in my donwload file.

What does I do? I flash this file CWMManager-SGS3-v3.50.zip with Odin Mobile?

Sorry for my english
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Chainfire:
Visit this thread in your web browser on your phone, and click the CWMManager download link. Download, and open. Voila :)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] ber64:
Yes thanks and now It is installed

But when I open the CWM he says me

This version of CWM Manager should be used with CF Rootv5.0 or newer

Is it normal?

And i have buy the triangle away. Is it good for the Galaxy S3?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Chainfire:
Make sure it has root... and make sure my recovery is installed ...
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] anukilimanoor:
I have the same doubt.. Hope some one will definitely answer this question...
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] 1234568:
Yes you can return to stock. See walk-through here.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] ber64:
I am sure because I have Super User and when I open It , I see CWM, Mobile Odin, and Triangle Away
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] XabiX666:
Hello,

is the insecue kernel "CF-Insecure-SGS3_XX_NEE_ALE8-v1.2" ok to be used with this version of phone?

Thanks

:cool:
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Vatoe:
I have had this issue twice on two different nandroid backup's, both made with 'v1.2'. The restore of the backup, seems to hang on restoring 'android .secure' - both times the error message states that it could not locate the sd card - having already completed most of the restore process. The phone boots fine, so no issue there, just the hang as reported. Anyone else having this issue?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Chainfire:
The message is normal - ICS doesn't currently use .android-secure - but I'm not sure why it would actually hang ... it's the last step in the restore process, it should just reboot at this stage.

Do you have a working sd card inserted ? Do you restore from internal or external ?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] phunni:
I only have Linux based systems here, so I'm going to need to try and do this on Heimdall. I've spent ages Googling and trying to get a clear idea of how to do this process via Heimdall instead of Odin and, while I have some ideas, I am far from confident as to how to do this in Heimdall.

Is anyone able to "translate" these instructions for Heimdall?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] out-lawz:
issue on installing recovery

Hello Chain + everyone

i have SGS3 from Australia from Optus carrier

i have followed the steps in the guides to root the device , and all of them lead to one way

which is using clockworkmod recovery

i followed the steps however; i always seem to get stuck on the odin program once i hit "start" it goes ok for a sec, then it gets stuck at the process recovery.img

, so either that or it fails ,

can anybody tell me what am i missing ?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SL:
Here you go.

I will post the rest later.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] hal752:
I've installed CWM through the root option. It seems to work fine but I cant mount the storage to move a file over in cwm. Am i blind or isn't there a option?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Chainfire:
Right right - this is indeed *not* an international SGS3 ! I didn't think those other were out yet.

You shouldn't be flashing *anything* in the Samsung Galaxy S III I9300 forum (which you are in!). Your device uses completely different chips from our devices!
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Plexicle:
How the hell do you get the TMo S3 weeks early without realizing it?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Chainfire:
I was wondering the same thing... and it's his 3rd unit too :) Maybe it has to do with his Canadianness?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Vatoe:
It doesn't reboot. It just stops/hangs after the stated error message. I manually selected reboot from the menu. I also didn't mention, on the first occasion I attempted a restore, the process wouldn't commence without me mounting the SD card first.

Im using a Samsung 32GB external SD card.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SL:
Lets put it this way.

:) :) :) and no comment and you should delete the picture if possible
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Chainfire:
I removed the image... but you could have done that yourself :)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] SL:
Thanks buddy.

A dead give away is when i said have played with more phones than most.

Years ago, I send you a few roms in the windows days when no ones else has it....

I stopped doing those **** these days although once in a while i have given certain developers the "R" before the phone hit the market.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] zuts1:
@Chainfire

Thanks a lot :) . I just used the updated triangle away and it has reset the counter. A fantastic job, well done m8.

However the phone status from settings still reads Modified. If i flash back to a stock Telstra GT-I9300T rom will it revert to 'normal' status. Could the same effect be obtained by unrooting using the option in SuperSU.

One final question, If i flash a stock international UK rom will my phone no longer be a GT-i9300T. I guess I am asking if my phone is a different model because of the ROM or because of some major hardware difference. My phone is currently on the stock Telstra ROM and the only mod applied was rooting via flashing the CWM in this thread.

Sorry for all the questions.

Cheers

Paul
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Reviewers:
Thanks for the early CWM.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Vatoe:
I was restoring from an external Samsung card. When it hangs/stops, it doesn't reboot, I manually do it via the clockword mod menu. I have also noticed, that I need to mount the SD card prior to making a backup, whereas on my Galaxy Note, the external SD card is auto mounted.

The S3 restores are working perfectly, so its no biggy, just wondering if there was an issue with this occurring - which you have explained.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Chainfire:
Well it's not normal, I'll be trying to find and fix this.