yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] lukyjay:
This will work no matter what's on your phone.

It's so easy.

1. Download your firmware and extract it to your Odin folder so you have your .tar.md5 file, flash it to your phone while your phone is in download mode using Odin. Use it as the PDA in Odin. Wait 5-15 minutes. Go to recovery and wipe everything. Done.

I'm doing it now :)
[Galaxy S III General] matijaz:
Hey guys,

i have cm10 on my i9300 and i'd like to revert back to stock rom, unrooting is not needed, nor is triangle away needed. just want to try stock JB.

Problem is that i have Linux on my machines. I flashed my i9300 using cfroot and heimdall. can something similar be done with stock rom? i got the rom from sammobile.com.

Should i search for windows machine or?

Thanks in advance!

Edit: after untaring that .tar.md5 file i can see -rwxr--r-- root/root 1101420964 2012-08-21 10:44 system.img

-rwxr--r-- root/root 4964608 2012-08-21 10:44 boot.img

-rwxr--r-- root/root 52855268 2012-08-21 13:04 cache.img

-rwxr--r-- root/root 109941124 2012-08-21 13:04 hidden.img

-rwxr--r-- root/root 5652736 2012-08-21 10:44 recovery.img

-rwxr--r-- root/root 12583168 2012-08-27 08:43 modem.bin

should i try with heimdall -- cache cache.img --modem modem.bin --hidden hidden.img --recovery recovery.img

what to use for boot?

--primary-boot or?

anyone tried that?
[Galaxy S III General] Silversun634:
wrong forum {deleted)
[Galaxy S III General] Tomatoes8:
How do you check which country your handset is from? Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] Diiiiips:
Yeah, I have a similar query. Which firmware would I need? Even after selecting my country and network I see a massive list of firmwares for the phone on SamMobile.
[Galaxy S III General] amit-noob:
Take the latest one according to the date...all will work fine.....

Just in case if you will take the old one, you will need to do OTA Update or from kies to update the latest one
[Galaxy S III General] shiva111:
awesome tut..

thanks a lot, you saved me, very easy steps for unrooting SGS3 and resetting flash counters. Done it without any problems, but hard had to hard reset at the end. Thanks again, awesome work.:good:
[Galaxy S III General] anson199799:
After I unroot my S3 can they check my root record??
[Galaxy S III General] Naismith:
Great work, thanks for the info, easy & clean. :good:
[Galaxy S III General] Cruzaders:
I need to use my warranty coz i can't connect my pc to charger/ pc, any way to roll back to stock stuff?

To know more read this lol: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1929215
[Galaxy S III General] saad chughtai:
I cant find my exact firmware guys i need help... the PDA and CSC limit it to singapore and malaysia. Its region is SFR(france). I live in pakistan and i am not receiving updates on my SGS3. While all others are. That led me to conclude that something was wrong. And this issue is more related to flashing stock firmware than unrooting but the latter is also a problem. I cant unroot as i cant find my exact firmware. If i need to claim my warranty i have to have my device status normal, no modifications,stock everything etc BUT the same product code with which i bought it and the same IMEI. Strange issue yes and im quite unlucky. Will those remain unchanged? region can be changed to france by an app but its the product code and IMEI im worried about. Any sugessions guys?
[Galaxy S III General] mooseboy85:
Can any one help me please im using 4.0.4 ics rooted but want to update to offical 4.1.1 jellybean?
[Galaxy S III General] joelstitch:
I can't find the firmware for the United States. Can someone direct me to it?
[Galaxy S III General] ehsas65:
how to unroot galaxy s3 I9300 on MAC. Kindly help.
[Galaxy S III General] cagatay117:
What if our screen gets broken or a button stops working? What if the only thing we can do is handing the phone to service?
[Galaxy S III General] audit13:
Try flashing the stock ROM twice with a factory reset from stock recovery in between each flash.
[Galaxy S III General] nihil sleighride:
Great tutorial, worked like a charm. Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] NeithNasakii:
What About CDMA Sprint SIII?

This is exactly what I am looking for but I need to do this for a Sprint CDMA Type Galaxy SIII device... Does anyone know how? Or will this work? (If so, what firmware do I download?)

I would like if possible a step by step tutorial and how to eliminate all traces that I rooted the device and flashed non-stock ROMs on a Sprint CDMA Galaxy SIII

I tried searching the forums and this is as close to what I am looking for that I have found, if this is the wrong area don't bash me too hard and please point me in the right direction and maybe even hold my hand while we walk there x3 I need to take this into Warranty and don't wanna risk being caught red handed with traces of a custom ROM on my device rendering my Warranty Warrantyless...

Technical Details:

Phone Model: SPH-L710

Android Version: 4.1.2

CyanogenMod Version: 10-20121021-NIGHTLY-d2spr

Carrier: Sprint

If you need more info please let me know =)

Wow moments later after posting this I found this!~

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1904099

This is what I'm looking for... Never mind!~ Thanks anyway!! I hope this helps someone out so I'll just leave it here!~
[Galaxy S III General] Noxien:
Thank you very much for your instructions, :good:

I was able to use them to restore my Canadian Rogers S3 SGH-i747M back to stock so that I can receive the OTA Jelly bean update on December 3rd
[Galaxy S III General] aro:
zip extracts to many folders, but no tar.md5

hi,

i downloaded that latest firmware for vodafone germany from the samsung website.

when i extract the zip, I get a bunch of folders, but no tar.md5 file.

what am i doing wrong? :(
[Galaxy S III General] Ichi_Bear:
I have an unlocked UK Galaxy S3. I'm not sure which firmware to download. I want to unroot back to stock Jelly Bean. Please help. Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] panchh25:
help

Hi

I seem to be in a right state and im hoping someone can help. I rooted my galaxy s iii and all was fine, I then decided didn't want to be rooted anymore and I didn't know how to unroot. I ended up resetting my phone which has wiped off the super user info so I cant use triangle away. ive tried to use odin3 to see if rooting again will help but I cant get it to open it flashes up for a second then disappears.so as it stands I cant update to the new firmware so I keep getting a pop up every 3 hours asking me if I want to update, I cant re root to use triangle away so I can unroot. im totally stuck and have know idea what to do, can someone please help me please.
[Galaxy S III General] kwadwoo:
Triangle away doesnt help

I want to unroot my device, and needed to set my count to 0 with this program.

The problem is when i run it, and it reboots, i press volume up and stuff, but it doesnt change my flash count.

I have a rooted galaxy S III i9300 on stock 4.1.1

Nvm I figured it out a while ago, just check counter without restarting your phone, so right after you reset it.
[Galaxy S III General] mohnim:
I've just unblocked my phone and have a new imei number, can I used this method to unroot it without changing the imei number and without blocking it again

I want to go back to stock
[Galaxy S III General] mohnim:
Just realised that after I got my phone unblocked I lost my root but in setting it still says modified, would this method get me back to stock? ??
[Galaxy S III General] farmski:
hi... emergency.. i ned to send back for repairs but i cant find my origianal rom version..

GT-I9300

4.0.4

BASEBAND I93OOBVLH1

BUILD N.O IMM76D.I9300XXBLG8

ORANGE UK.

*#1234# SAYS

AP: I9300XXBLG8

CP:I9300BVLH1

CSC:I9300OXABLG8

On the list of roms i cant figure which is the one i need... could anyone advise on this

appreciate any help thanks
[Galaxy S III General] shayind4:
Will this method work for i9305 LTE?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] jonners59:
Bigginers Question

Hope you can help me here.

I am not a techie, but am aware that by rooting I can do more with my phone, namely the use of certain apps like Titanium Backup, so I rooted my phone - quite straight forward.

I am now getting messages to upgrade the phone, but I can not whilst it is rooted, so I am now looking at this thread. It looks straight forward, and have cleared the counter using TriangleAway app. I am now about to load the non-rooted OS/Firmware. Once this is done, do I just re root my machine as before, or will that then put it back to the previous OS level????

At the end of the day, all I am really looking for is a machine that is rooted and on latest SW/OS release.

This may sound like a stupid question, and it probably is, but I would like to know.

PS: Many thanks for all this hard work you have put in to this and for sharing it.
[Galaxy S III General] saintsantos:
Already checked binary and everything is stock...Now what?

I restored my phone back to the original stock ROM and when I checked the Binary count for flashes it told me I was at 0 and I was running the stock ROM, which I was, but my question is do I still need to flash an un-rooted firmware or can I unroot through superSU?
[Galaxy S III General] zaid10:
Does this work if i start at my current rom CM 10.1?
[Galaxy S III General] rajss_1:
unroot galaxy s3

can i install I9300XXDLK1 on I9300BUBLG3 firmware on my rooted phone. i am currently in india and phone is from U.K . I want to unroot my phone. which firmware should i choose??
[Galaxy S III General] almondhon:
showing samsung after rebooting

Hi , I did all the way up to odin successfully reboot then it shows 'samsung' and got hang there about 10mins already.

is this normal?
[Galaxy S III General] Mohanned85:
Thx
[Galaxy S III General] jonners59:
No one is administrating or responding to this thread- far too many un answered questions. Poor show.
[Galaxy S III General] zeyadrani:
Thanksss for that..but,i am from egypt and i cant find the firmaware for my Region on Samfirmware...what should i Do?!!!
[Galaxy S III General] Tovagulet:
Are you serious?

http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=GT-I9300&pcode=EGY&os=1&type=1#firmware
[Galaxy S III General] zeyadrani:
Thankssssss alote
[Galaxy S III General] greatony:
Thank you a lot for the detailed guide.

It was very helpful.
[Galaxy S III General] ticojpunk:
Does this method of unrooting also replace a custom recovery with the stock recovery?
[Galaxy S III General] Pard0ned:
Yep. Flashing a stock rom in odin will also flash the stock recovery.
[Galaxy S III General] ticojpunk:
If I use this method to unroot the stock rom, will all my apps/settings/etc remain in place? Or does this make your phone act like a new factory fresh device? Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] Ang3losqws:
Help please

Hello and thanks for the great post. The problem is that my touch screen is not responding. is there a way to reset the counter through clockwork mod recovery or any other way without using the screen?

Thank you in advance.
[Galaxy S III General] chris151722:
yes there is, check my simple guide here it will help you..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2074756
[Galaxy S III General] persiantom:
unroot s3

I got a S3, 1930. on 4.1.2

Took me a few minutes to root it, (having had iphones in the past, and know that a jail broken iphone can be reversed by updating its firmware).

I decided to try the same on my rooted S3, reset it to factory setting(off course after backing it up), connected it to my pc and let Samsung Kie to update it again (although it had the lasted update).

Result:

My Samsung was unrooted.

Checked it with various available options and yes supersu had disappeared and my S3 was the same as the day I had it.
[Galaxy S III General] ticojpunk:
Do you mean you just used the factory data reset option from the settings menu to reset your phone to stock unrooted?
[Galaxy S III General] codereaker02:
question

hello i have a question, i just want to reset the binary counter and change device status from modified to normal, but still i want my phone rooted, just want to reset to normal status, i just bought this phone a week a go and root it, does reseting the binary counter will remove root?
[Galaxy S III General] trincazz:
Please Help

I was using Polan 4.1.2 official RoM. Tried unrooting to the native India 4.1.1 so to get the official update for 4.1.2.

Used odin, odin says success but my phone isn't booting. It starts and gets stuck at the samsung logo. Kindly help.
[Galaxy S III General] johnsonsimon:
I have followed instructions but still the phone shows modified. Will try again, I am sure I did something wrong.
[Galaxy S III General] sandeep5885:
stock rom for Pakistan

http://www.hotfile.com/dl/157353038/6c8a1dc/I9300XXALE9_I9300OJVALE9_PAK.zip.html

found over the internet - androidromupdate.com/2012/06/13/samsung-galaxy-s3-stock-rom-asia-gt-i9300-firmware-build/

hope it helps
[Galaxy S III General] navaraqesa:
custom binary

Please help me someone ... I cant reset flash counter with triangle away, when I reboot my phone into Odin mode there is alwasy "custom binary download yes (1 counts)" ... sorry my english is not good ...please help me :)
[Galaxy S III General] Teura:
If you have custom recovery installed, it can prevent flash counter from ever being zeroed due to phone checking the recovery status at startup.
[Galaxy S III General] sandeep5885:
refer to this thread: -

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
[Galaxy S III General] navaraqesa:
yes i have custom recovery (omega rom 4.1.2) ... but also when in my phone is installed stock version of ROM there is also in download mode "custom binary download yes (1 counts)"

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i know this way and i used it too but now it (trinagle away) doesn't work i mean that Triangle Away can't reset flesh counter... when i open this application there is written this text >>> ! please note some devices keep resetting the counter to 1 as long as you are not running both a stock kernel and stock recovery <<< .... and now i have no idea how to reset flesh counter, actually it doesn't disturb me in anything but the right thing is when i press to reset flesh counter it must be resetted ... and i want to have "right thing" ... my english is very bad and can u understand what i mean?
[Galaxy S III General] jonners59:
DId you try clearing the cache and all that. I think it is volume up+Home+on/off....... Similar to the Download state. Then select the clear cache.... It is document in the thread.

Hope it is of help.
[Galaxy S III General] navaraqesa:
thank u but i know this too ... i have already done "wipe cache partition" wipe data/factory reset" "wipe dalvik cache" and "wipe battery stats" ...but the same result :(
[Galaxy S III General] jonners59:
Sorry, I wish I could help more. Mine always shows modified too, but I always keep mine rooted, so I expect it. You need to contact the guy who developed it. Contact him/her directly and then post the response here.
[Galaxy S III General] jgoodleaf:
Resolved?

Did you get an answer or resolution to this? I have macs. I can run Heimdall, but not Odin. I could run a VM, but I don't trust that.
[Galaxy S III General] MotasemBT:
help please

im lost in threads all over google search so i will ask you direct please help me

im from Jordan in the middle east and i want to send my mobile to warranty

i have sgs3 i9300 and rooted with custom firmware IncertCoin V5 ( http://insertcoin-roms.org/2013/01/29/insertcoin-galaxy-s3-5-0-0/ )

first off i read a lot and realized that i have to rest counter for how much number of flashes to 0 and i must unroot my devise until l now every thing ok i can do but my problem that i dont know what is ( base-band ) and i don't know what its used for but as i see every country has its base-band so i want the original ( stock ) firmware for my mobile but i forget what was the original for my phone so i need help in this :(
[Galaxy S III General] zaid.oj:
Hello my Jordanian friend (Hala ya Garaba) :D

you can see your baseband under settings>About device

When you flash a ROM everything is changed except for the baseband. The baseband sticks to your device no matter what ROM you're using. The only way to change it is using either Smartflash or nvflash. did you use either of those two? if not then your baseband is what your phone says it is :)
[Galaxy S III General] Excelsius:
So why not use Odin's latest version, 3.07, instead of 1.85? http://android.sc/download-odin-3-07/
[Galaxy S III General] mitsulamorte:
hi, just one question, following this process will I keep all my data and apps?
[Galaxy S III General] FaultyMango:
Hey mate. Yes this process will delete your data, unless you back up important contacts and sms or anything else using either samsung kies or a backup app on the play store. I would highke recommend 'My Backup' by Rerware LLC.

Cheers:D

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Also backup the data to your external sd card.

Cheers:D
[Galaxy S III General] shubham aggarwal:
hello,

i tried to root my samsung s3 but it is not rooted according to root validator & binary count is 3 & superuser is also not working..

i am not able to update my phone as phone's status is modified..

please help me..
[Galaxy S III General] FaultyMango:
Go to google and search for 'Farmaroot' it is a one click root. Once downloaded, select froyo an hit root. Then reboot the phone. I forgot who developed the app.
[Galaxy S III General] Zikolina:
But how should I restore my apps and settings after I reset flash counter and flash the stock rom if I don't have titanium backup?
[Galaxy S III General] FaultyMango:
Use an app called 'My Backup'

Cheers:)
[Galaxy S III General] Ekaansh:
Rooting method?

I just wanted to ask that will this work for all the rooting methods? Will it work for CF-AUTO-ROOT? Also, what's the best method to root?
[Galaxy S III General] Raymon2012:
hey

Can I use triangleTriangleAway v2.75 to reset counter on Jelly bane 4.1.2 ??
[Galaxy S III General] Crosswind96:
Since I can use Triangle Away v.2.55 on Jb 4.2.2 there shouldn't be a reason against using it on your device.
[Galaxy S III General] CsabaZz:
Thank you mate, you saved my life (my girlfriend killed me if I would lost my 5 years warranty :)). Firstly the get-stock-updates process was failed because I forgot to restore the stock recovery, but secondly I restored not only the boot but the recovery too, and everything is working fine till now. :)
[Galaxy S III General] PRGS3:
I see another member asked but got no reply.

I also want to unroot but I have a Mac. Is there a method I can use?

I found this while Googling - http://www.androidrootz.com/2012/10/how-to-unroot-samsung-galaxy-s3-no.html - using Odin mobile and apparently no PC needed.

The tutorial title mentions its for the US carrier models. Any idea if it could work for the international version or why it wouldn't?

Curses for having a Mac
[Galaxy S III General] scottlohr:
would you know where to find wehre kies saves the firmewaer it downloads before it installs it on your phone.

Thanks

Scott
[Galaxy S III General] PatrascuRadu195:
hello, i managed to get rid of binary count, now it shows 0 but in recovery mode the android appears with red triangle like its sad but in menu it shows device status normal and so on...what should i do?
[Galaxy S III General] Kombian:
Thank you for a great tutorial!
[Galaxy S III General] Flavine:
Step 4 should be edited to make it easier to understand.

From

4. Check if Custom Binary Download is NO, if Yes then proceed to step 6 if it says 1 count or something like that then go to step 5

To

4. If Custom Binary Download is NO, proceed to step 6. If it says 1 count or something like that then go to step 5.
[Galaxy S III General] ecoach:
Thanks for this great tutorial!

Ray
[Galaxy S III General] mitsulamorte:
hi, I have a doubt, when I follow this unroot process it erase all my datas (apps, settings, contacts...)?

thank you in advance.

ops i already get an answer but i didn't get any notification mail, sorry
[Galaxy S III General] zzzero:
The final warning on the "Triangle Away" made me chicken out. Lol. Anyone encountered problems (brick) with it? Good day.
[Galaxy S III General] tintin1503:
Nice and easy steps by step tutorial for the newbies :D

Easily got back to the phone status - normal and flash counter to 0
[Galaxy S III General] wanttounroot:
updates

does this post will work even upto this date??or are there some updates that is needed..

please help just want to make to safely unroot my phone at this time

TIA

Samsung galaxy s3 i9300 international version

4.1.2..
[Galaxy S III General] trincazz:
Unroot International Version

Im on PA 3.15 with AOSP 4.2.2 kernel Baobab V0.2. I want to unroot my phone back to stock JB.

My concern is the kernel, will this kernel be compatible with the stock JB rom, how should i go ahead with this..?
[Galaxy S III General] rlucasrn:
Help

Guys... i watched reset binary counter video and followed the steps but the result is "Yes - 1 count". What should i do to get it "NO" and get back my OTA Updates?! I'm beginning on GS3 threads, so sorry if i'm making a dumb question...
[Galaxy S III General] joshua101:
I unrooted my phone just yesterday and worked like a charm so!!
[Galaxy S III General] ashwin123:
if it stays at 1 it means u were on a non stock kernel... what u need to do now is root (since u have just unrooted you are on a stock kernel) use triangle away and flash the stock rom again.... the counter will then be 0 but status might show modified, in that case do a factory wipe and youd be back to a totally stock s3 :)
[Galaxy S III General] wanttounroot:
nice

thanks for sharing
[Galaxy S III General] rlucasrn:
Thanks ashwin123... i got success rooting with a stock kernel on S3 toolkit and then used the triangle away. After that did all wipes (data & cache)...Now is everything working fine...:good:
[Galaxy S III General] ashwin123:
Cool, good to know that all worked out :)
[Galaxy S III General] vonniel:
I've downloaded everything I need, but the problem is Odin won't detect my file, I'm sure it's the correct region, I didn't get it from sammobile because my phone carrier wasn't on it, but I found the latest version, yet Odin won't detect, please answer quickly! Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] dodgebizkit:
With all the crap that bogs down the s4 in 4.2.1 will anyone really want to unroot to install the update of crapware?:P
[Galaxy S III General] bumbumquietsch:
Hi,

I followed the instructions, unfortunately the S3 is now stuck in a boot-loop (the Samsung Logo coming up again and again).

Anyone got an idea on how to proceed? I can still get into Odin/Download Mode, but nothing else...
[Galaxy S III General] birlematei:
I ran into that problem a while ago. Try going into recovery and format cache. This is how it worked for me.
[Galaxy S III General] mpsoftnet:
Thank a lot!!!! Worked for me too!!!
[Galaxy S III General] Aaronbr0:
All Ive got to say, is thank you my friend. It didnt work for me to just format the cache, but I did a factory reset with it as well, and wa-la! Thank you again! :D
[Galaxy S III General] JethroCl:
Hello,

I just reverted my S3 back to stock 4.0.4 ROM, with success.

But when I go to software-update to update to the stock 4.1.2 Jelly Bean rom, my phone says "No updates available".

I'm quite sure that the Galaxy S3 has got the 4.1.2 official jelly bean.

Can anyone confirm?
[Galaxy S III General] touchface5:
I believe that being on ics you will need to first update to 4.1.1 via odin then you should see the new update. Being on 4.0.4 you cant go directly to 4.1.2 ota u need at least 4.1.1.

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Assuming your model galaxy 3 firmware is released. Check sammoblile for the latest version firmware of your model phone I know T-Mobile is out with ota 4.1.2 (I have T-Mobile) not sure about other providers.