yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Eddiekranc:
how can i go about rooting my stocked lh9 ? i tried using the method on the kit that says that should work on any build but when booted into recovery , the install zip option is missin, the recovery looks weird too like if it was a stock version of the recovery
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] crzytxn:
Two Things I Noticed Recently

Hello folks, let me chime in and try an answer the last two questions. Apparently, OTA updates will not work with a rooted device running CWM or TWRP. I do not know why. And after returning my phone to stock, and installing the latest update, the ToolKit didn't work for me. The stock recovery, would over ride the rooted recovery options. Ended up re flashing to an older version, rooting, and then installing the DrewGaren rom version 3.5. Now its back up and running. As I said, I cannot explain it. But that's what happened to me.

Crzy
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aaroncal:
Ok so I'm on stock lh9 it flashed cwm but it would not root it through the toolkit after Odin any one have any help to offer

Edit: I just went ahead and took the plunge and went back to older firmware
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pyrostic:
Are there plans to make this work with VZW?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bill.g:
Thanks this worked perfect for me.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] GladdBag:
Awesome

Thanks very much to mskip for the toolkit and wwjoshdew for the how-to video. Just followed along with the video and it worked perfectly - Bell S3.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] onlywild:
Thank you for the toolkit

I just fininshed rooting and flashing cyanogenmod 10-20121006-NIGHTLY-d2att to my Samsung galaxy s3 I747

I will be donating to your efforts as a builder of this very well built tool kit. Hopefully others may follow the rest of us in their endeavor to replace "Bloatware" ROMS with a well built, and supported rooted/ bloatware-less ROMS.

On a side note, could you post on your sticky. Users who try the toolkit should make sure that the USB to Phone cable is a usable and viable cable not a cheap or worthless cable. So if one doesn't work try another cable.

It will cause a lot of headaches for the ones who think the toolkit doesnt work for them. when in fact its a hardware issue.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TheHourHand:
When I try to Download Stock Odin Flashable Rom I get a zero-length file.

What am I doing wrong?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] trujap:
if i upgraded my OS to MVLALI JB would this toolkit still work? or would i need to revert back to the 4.0.4 ROM?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] martinomac:
does not detect phone after odin

Hello,

I'm having some trouble rooting and adding CWM. Some details:

- running VMware Fusion 5 with Win7 Ultimate.

- installed kit, drivers, phone detected...success

- I was able to see phone in Win7 (using PTP)

- chose option #9 for i747M (rogers)

- chose option #3 (allionone)

- it loaded odin, PDA installed, rebooted and PASS appeared in Odin, clicked finish

- then, I could not continue with the toolkit installation as it does not detect phone in Win7 anymore.

Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

thanks,

Martin
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] society mike:
Vmware an apple thing?

If so, it says at the beginning you have to have a real windows PC.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] martinomac:
Yes, its virtualization software - clearly its not compatible with Samsung drivers.

I tried on an old PC laptop and it worked, thank you!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kinghorsey:
No nothing to do with Mac and the free player won't work.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] swtnix:
cwm backup error

I haven't found any references to this, but when I backup in cwm, it gives me an error and says it cant backup "/system".

I used toolkit to root and install cwm 5.5.0.4.

any ideas?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zild8:
hi

I have a s3 from telus that a been unlock and im using it under virgin .

Wich method do i have to take, the one from telus i gess
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] swtnix:
I re-rooted and installed cwm 5.8.4.7 and all is good.....
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shawn122:
I have an s3 from Telus now using on rogers. I used the Telus image and all is working okay.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] swtnix:
Jelly Bean Orgasm!

ok. after getting my recovery issue sorted, I was talking with a friend who has a S3. He is having problems and I told him maybe we should flash it with a different rom to see if that helped (second phone same issue, probably not hardware ) anywho I figure if I'm going flash his I might as well flash mine first. Well CM10(10/19 nightly) and 15mins later and all I can say is wow (that would be the jelly bean O part). This is what smartphones are meant to be. If you have a S3 and your not running CM10, WTF!

Maybe something goes weird, but I've been running strong for 1hr and no hiccups. even the 4g seems faster. wifi-hotspot clocked 5.4mb on my laptop!!! Now my mission is to start helping other lost souls (former fanboys that converted) flash CM10 and donate. I know holidays are coming, but I'll do my best to give whatever I can. and of course mskip

@mskip

Bro, after bad experiences with htc then making the switch to S3 and finding the "Toolkit" which got back into full mod with my phones. I really was starting to miss my nexus one with CM7. You made it simple and true. Then the iceing (or Butter) on the cake was Jelly Bean.

I'll definitely be getting the donate version. Keep up the great work bro....

To all the devs (CM team!!) out there as an IT guy I truly understand dealing with folks and yet put something out that adds to the goodness. You are appreciated....
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gundamboy:
I'm dying to know, will option "16" be available anytime soon? ;) this toolkit is amazing, saved me from a brick. Donated! :D
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] diffstyle:
CWR

I am having some issues after doing the "all in one" option. I have full root access but when i hold down the power button and volume up keys, it does not take me into CWR but flashes the Samsung logo and just displays a black screen. What shall I do to get CWR working so i can flash MIUI?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] diffstyle:
CWR

I am having some issues after doing the "all in one" option. I have full root access but when i hold down the power button, home and volume up keys, it does not take me into CWR but flashes the Samsung logo and just displays a black screen. What shall I do to get CWR working so i can flash MIUI?

Update: Just used the Toolkit to flash CWR touch and everything works. =)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] markwebb:
Ok, I used the methods described and successfully flashed the phone and rooted! I am able to create backups and flash ROMS.

Now, because of coverage and signal issues with AT&T (new customer), I may have to return the phone and cancel service. :(

So, how do I UNROOT and get back to stock?

EDIT: Found all the info I needed on here to unroot and get stock ROM as well as the Triangle .apk to reset counter (which worked). Great forum!

Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blaker13:
Can this be any firmware?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PrinceMS:
@diffstyle - Try flashing CWM recovery through ODIN (search for it)

@blacker13 - Yes any "stock" firmware should be ok.

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Does anyone know if UNLOCK option is working now? or should I just buy the unlock code?

I can't download and test for next 2 days :(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Fallon:
No working unlocks I'm aware of other than from the carriers or some of the pay for unlock codes sites.

When an open source unlock is created I bet it will be included.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BigBen:
Virus found in download!

Thanks for this toolkit, Mskip. However, when I downloaded, Norton found WS.Reputation.1 in the file. I downloaded from http://d-h.st/A8D. Norton removed it, and I will install it if I need it, but heads up all!

.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] swtaltima:
Got a pocreeeblem

suppose to say got a problem for the header lol

I followed the steps in the video to a T and it did not root my phone so I tried to retrace my steps and selected to put it in dl mode... stuck on screen saying "waiting for usb debugging mode" I think Im gonna gonna stay stock but dont want to harm my phone so how do i get out of debugging mode????
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Fallon:
You have to hold down the power button. adb reboot might do it too. You probably weren't in download mode though. Your phone reboots and has a huge android guy on it saying don't reboot. If you never saw that, you werent in download mode, probably because you never enabled usb debugging.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mskip:
Info about certain AV programs flagging up false positives is already in the 1st post but thanks for the message.

Mark.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BigBen:
Roger that Mark. Good to know. Thanks. I retract my warning. I apologize for missing your mention of this. I searched the thread but didn't come up with anything on viruses.

Ben
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] wgbobbobly:
Tmobile's Half A$$ Update

Hi mark,

I just got the Tmobile update that came out a couple days ago, and now wanted to root my T999, and wanted to make sure that this toolkit work still work after this latest update.

My info is:

Android Version: 4.0.4

Baseband Version: T999UVLJ4

Build Number: IMM76D.T99UVALJ4

Thanks a ton for your toolkit! :laugh:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mskip:
Yes it will work with 4.0.4. Tomorrow I will finally be able to start updating the Snapdragon Toolkit. I was meaning to do it a while ago but other things got in the way.

Should only take a few days so there will be a new version for Snapdragon users soon.

Mark.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Randomsanity:
I saw earlier some users with the Canadian I747M version were having troubles, has that been resolved?

I also made the mistake of updating my S3 when I got it and am now running 4.0.4. Does that mean this kit will not work for me? I wanted a more noob friendly root method.

Thank you.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JohnM109R:
I'm wondering about this myself as Im pure stock right now and just itching to get JB...

But I wonder if skip has fixed some of the problems some Canadian users have been having...is there a new update comeing soon MSKIP...:good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xtwo:
Should I choose "reflash stock recovery via odin" or "download, extract, flash stock rom via odin"?

I have a rogers s3, I installed a custom rom and my gps stopped working. Apparently to fix this issue I have to flash pure stock using Odin. I already downloaded a rogers stock rom, which of the above options should I choose now?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JohnM109R:
I'm pretty sure you need to do this.... download, extract, flash stock rom via odin this will put back everything to stock... including recovery.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mmurphmsu:
Connection to PC

Has anyone had an issue where their phone will not show up in Windows Explorer? Don't suggest that I try a different cable, install drivers, pull the battery or reflash CM10, as thats not the issue. I think it has something to do with CWM. I was able to plug my phone in this morning and see it on my PC, I did a backup in CWM, then rebooted and now my PC doesn't see my phone. To fix this previously, I had to use Odin to flash back to stock twice. Any suggestions?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eggwardo:
Does this work for rooting if your phone up to date from at&t? I'm referring to the "LH9" version. I used another root method and had to revert back to "LG1" to get it to work, and then the phone updated to "LH9" and was unrooted.

Thanks, for any input.

I'm rooting an at&t phone.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] maxnic:
Yes. I did this today. I'm on AT&T with

Model: SAMSUNG-SGH-I747

Version 4.0.4

Baseband: I747UCLH9

Successful root.:good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] punkyskunky:
Im having issues rooting my phone. I have the Sasktel S3. When I go to root I don't get to pass on Odin. I only get to reset and if I hit the x then the toolkit tries to do its thing but it says that its not allowed to write. Any assistance is helpful.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nate_benji:
I noticed when i downloaded the stock Bell Galaxy s3 rom: SGH-I747M_BMC_I747MVLALE8_Android_4_0_4

It changed to this after it was extracted: I9100TDVLP4_I9100TTELLP2_I9100TDVLP3_HOME.tar which is for the galaxy s2 i9100

I wonder if the original zip file was labelled incorrectly, or if the extracted file is labelled incorrectly..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Corvida:
Please add a link to the instructions about getting the SDK for ADB to work properly or linking to this thread (3rd post): http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1725839

I wasted several hours trying to get this toolkit to work properly because I didn't have the SDK installed on my PC. The toolkit never got past the "waiting for usb debugging to be enabled" message even though it was enabled and my computer recognized the phone. Eventually it moved on, but I had to manually boot the phone into download mode for Odin. Odin worked fine, but the toolkit never recognized the device after exiting Odin and rebooting the phone.

I didn't think I needed the SDK because I used your toolkit for the Galaxy Note 2

without

the SDK installed and it worked without a hitch. :confused:

FYI:, Even with the SDK installed and a successful completion I still don't see my serial number anywhere in the toolkit.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BCSC:
Have updates to this tool been abandoned? Thanks for the work so far. Has been of great help to me.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kinghorsey:
The SDK is not not needed. I've used this toolkit on several PCs nine of which had the SDK.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dank101:
I actidentally flashed the root tar as the bootloader and it still works... WHATS GOING TO HAPPEN TO MEEEEEE!

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] poriggity:
Thank you for this! I am gathering up the courage to root my newly acquired S3 on AT&T... Once I do, I will be ready. I have the toolkit downloaded already!

I couldn't help myself.. I rooted my S3 using this toolkit, and it was seamless and easy!

Scott
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] harrythescorpion:
Hi guys, i Did a stupid mistake. i used the version for international galaxy s3 first. i have an telus i747m galaxy s3. now its a softbrick :/

i cannot go into dowload mode. when i try, its just a brief vibration, samsung logo comes up for a split second and then it goes off. thats it. what can i do to go to download mode? a USB JIG may be? please suggest
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BCSC:
Get a USB Jig. If youy are going to play with your phone you should have one already. Then flash this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1727401

You can try to find a jig here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1869203

or ebay.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] loginatnine:
I just upgraded to 4.1.1 yesterday via the official Telus ROM, unfortunately I lost root... Can I do anything to help you update your (very useful) tool so it supports jellybean? Or can anyone point me to another method to root it? Build number is JRO03L.I747MVLDLK4

Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] unit68:
look in the android development thread one of the stickies is for rooting and its been updated for the new 4.1.1 Canadian releases
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Uss_Defiant:
I've got a bell SGS3, does this increment the flash counter?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ratatouille:
YES
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] wbounds:
Tripped bianary counter. But made a nandroid to sd card and pc easy. Please can anyone out there help with the reset of the counter. It really bugs me! Thanks.....AT&T
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Uss_Defiant:
No need to caps, there's a method to flash/root without increasing the counter. It would be cool if this implemented that method.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ak789:
Agreed....but keep up the good work
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mskip:
For a Recognised Contributor you should know better than to ask a question that was answered just 2 posts above yours lol. Tut Tut :p

Mark.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mskip:
Actually there is a need for the caps when you are the 3rd person to ask exactly the same question withing the space of 5 posts..

The method of rooting without increasing the flash counter involves flashing a complete Rom that has root injected into it. That may be fine if you have a brand new phone and havent set it up yet but not much good if you have set up your apps/screens and then decide you want to root. I may decide to add this method into the root options in the future but not right now.

Mark.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ratatouille:
Thank ou for understanding the caps, I did not want to be rude by the way, but as you stated, reading a little will never do any wrong. I intented rooting my Roger's S3, but my baseband is I747MVLLE8. I know some other members succeeded in rooting, but which "insecure kernel" is safe to choose. I tried to ask in the thread yesterday, but so far no one answered.

Sorry for repeati g and using some thread space.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mskip:
What is your model number in the settings, About device screen?

From what I understand the Canadian models are exactly the same as the Tmobile models so that is the option you should choose. As soon as I can get a boot image from the Canadian models I can add support to the ToolKit.

If you wanted to help then you could root using option 4 in the rooting section which will flash cwm recovery and install superuser via recovery. Then you could do a nand backup and send me the untouched boot image which is included with a nand backup. This method will definitely work for rooting as the compiled CWM Recovery from Team Epic has proven to work on all Snapdragon variants :)

Totally upto you though.

Mark.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ratatouille:
Will do so as soon as I am back from work. I747M is my model number. Thank you.

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I was wondering if it was normal. I finally rooted. Option 4 as you said. I now get a white spot everywhere i touch the screen an com.gapps forces closes every minute.

http://db.tt/cyvGAlWB

Here is my boot.img

Would be awesome if you could fix the white dots

By the way, I thought it was rooted but after following all steps, I found out that SU was not installed...

Hopefully it isn't f****d up. (No offense with the language please)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Uss_Defiant:
The bell / Rogers / tellus Canadian models are the same as att, just with different rom's, while the mobilicity / wind Canadian model's == T-Mobile.

If i can provide any help ( without increasing my flash counter ) plz let me know, I've got a bell variant.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mskip:
The AT&T model is SGH-I747 so the Canadian variants should be exactly the same and the same images used but I will still look at the boot image you sent and compare. Thanks.

Swipe down then goto settings, Developer options and make sure usb debugging is the only option ticked. Sounds like the 'Show touches' option has been enabled somehow. Anything in that section apart from usb debugging can be unticked.

Try rebooting your phone and see if SuperUser is in the App Drawer.

Mark.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mskip:
Thanks for the info I will make a note of it :)

Mark.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] wraithdu:
Actually that ODIN flash does not wipe /data and so keeps all your installed apps and settings (it's mentioned in the OP with a few confirmations in various posts). It is a ~750 MB download though, so I could understand not making that part of the toolkit.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ratatouille:
They did not appear. Thanks for the tip on the touches... What about the forces closes?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Uss_Defiant:
Np, check this out, may be more usefull than my words.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27938452&postcount=2
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] indianx:
Waiting for the Unlock option.

Cannot use the phone at all since its locked to bell my i747.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ratatouille:
I unlocked it for 7.99
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] indianx:
How, where? Thought those sites are scams.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ratatouille:
I left you a peersonnal message.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] wtaggin:
stuck after odin

Trying to just do the Root + Busy box on ATT 4.0.4 I747 IMM76D....

Goes through Odin fine. Took quite a while to go from RESET to PASS. Once it said PASS on Odin, I hit Exit (as ToolKit says to do so it can continue...) but ToolKit never continues. I have verified that I have followed all steps up to this point, but cannot get ToolKit to continue doing it's thing. Has this been experienced yet?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] harrythescorpion:
Thanks, i was not able to buy a usb jig, but i kind of made one and it worked. then i flashed the link that you posted and now the phone is working fine. i used my car charger, cut the pin off. i bought a pack of resistors from the source. i plugged in the pin that i took from the charger into the phone, then short circuited the pins 4 and 5 with a 330K resistor. i held it down for 3-4 seconds and the phone booted up right into download mode.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] wtaggin:
Well, got it figured out this morning. Did a fresh install of drivers, and while my computer did not ask to restart after installation, I went ahead and did anyways. Looks like it worked...couple things I, personally, had to do, are listed below

1) Uninstall original drivers (as the tutorial says)

2) Restart after uninstall of drivers

3) Install drivers from Toolkit, restart again

4) Unlock (have a pin on my phone) the S3 after the Odin procedure...it was hanging on RESET and could not get past this until I unlocked the phone....

Thanks again for this awesome script
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Duskycub:
New Jelly Bean update

Was wondering if anyone knows if this will work with the new jellybean update to root it or should i use the manual way thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BCSC:
I attempted to use this after flashing the new JB update and it caused problems. I used the all in one option and flashed CWM Kernel, and Busybox. I was pretty sure that it wouldn't work, but gave it a shot anyway. Stay away from flashing an old Kernel using this tool. CF-root works very well and is much less painful.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Duskycub:
Yes I started then decided.to do it the no trip way
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dreckis604:
is it viable to still flash insecure boot loader???? I want to install a rom after stock OTA JB update and have my device rooted with cf root