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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
Yes. I just did it. Works on lj7

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Yes it will work
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] oohoy:
rooted!!! on first try. video was very easy to follow...wasnt as easy as unrevoked's 1 click rooter, but still easy enough, lol

on my way to flash custom rom now, cheers
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] d0g:
Can you then flash TWRP, and it will stick? Or will the phone restore stock recovery at boot?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dcharleyultra:
The key to using Odin to install a custom recovery is to not let the phone boot after using Odin. (Do not tick auto reboot.)

After Odin has flashed your recovery, pull the battery while still in download mode. Next go into recovery. Now you can reboot the system.

Swyped from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] d0g:
I see ... but if I flash CWM that way, then install TWRP from Goo Manager ... will it "stick"? Or must I flash TWRP through Odin?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dcharleyultra:
It will stick.

You can also just flash TWRP instead of CWM.

Swyped from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] zanderman112:
Yeah, but you also have to flash the root.zip file to remove the install_recovery.sh or else upon booting up the stock recovery will come back.

1.) Odin ANY custom recovery .tar file

2.) Boot straight into recovery

3.) Flash TeamEpics root .zip file

4.) Reboot.

Your custom recovery will now stick and you will have root access.

If you flash CWM at first, then you can use GooManager to install TWRP after step 4.

Sent from Mr Z's HP Touchpad
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ehBrY:
Posted in wrong thread
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] PsycloneTW:
I rooted my stock TW JB GS3 today using TWRP and and noticed now that after the phone restarts that it takes much longer than before for my widgets to display any content, particularly G+, Facebook, Twitter, etc. essentially any widget that has to hit the internet for content. Before, they would display at least cached content but would update pretty quickly after a restart. Now after a restart I timed it at 4 and a half minutes before G+ displayed anything other than 'Loading...' same with my other connected widgets.

Anyone stock rooted TW JB and seeing this? I did not clear any cache as part of the recovery install/root process, not sure if that would have an effect or not. This is puzzling...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EK2:
Im trying to instal the TeamEpic-Root-from-Recovery-v5, but for some reason it wont install

-- Install /sdcard ...

Finding update package ...

Opening update package ...

Verifying update package ...

E:signature verification failed ...

Installation aborted.

any ideas?

Also, when i got into recovery my said Android Recovery 3e NOT ClockMod Recovery 5.5.4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dcharleyultra:
You still have stock recovery if it says Recovery 3e.

Swyped from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EK2:
I solved my problem, used different TeamEpic Download file :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] robert90262:
does this work with the jellybean
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] zanderman112:
Yes.

Posted by Mr. Z's Galaxy S3.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] robert90262:
Ok just checking I bought a s3 from Craigslist and it already had stock jellybean installed want to root but not brick
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] doubledragon5:
Ok I tried this method and followed the instructions to a "T". But when you boot into recovery, it is still the stock recovery... Anyone have a different way of doing this? I did do a update to the phone when I first got it a month ago, so not sure if that is the reason why it doesn't work... I also checked md5 on both tar and odin and they match.. I also unchecked reboot. I tried this 3times and still no luck. This seesm simple enough but looks like it is not.. Question should I try downloading the files again using a different browser other than IE.

Got it installed and rooted. I used the touch verson of cmw and success
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Neil Fruit:
Sprint has included files to check for stock recovery on boot. If the files are not there or are altered it will reinstall stock recovery. Install Team Win's Root from Recovery zip. When you flash the file, uncheck the reboot box. When the flash is complete, immediately unplug the phone, pull the battery, boot directly into recovery (it should be your custom recovery), flash the Root from Recovery zip (which will modify those Sprint files) and then reboot. This should keep the custom recovery for you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dcharleyultra:
What were you doing wrong?

Swyped from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] esqueue:
Thanks for this. My root got corrupt for some reason and it wouldn't reroot no matter what I did. Instead of installing sprint superuser.zip I installed that badass file and everything worked.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] FAR1007:
Hello All. I just got my Sprint Samsung Galaxy SIII and wanted to ask if the steps here will Root my phone. I want to Root for WIFI Tethering. Please advise and thanks for any help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MikeWjF:
Sure will, just rooted mine.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
yes, qbking77's steps still work
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] deltawye:
Can we possibly root our phones without a PC? I would never need a PC if this was possible! Since I've had this phone and my nexus 7 my laptop has been collecting dust, and it bugs me that I have to break it out to root a new android device...ha if it's not already possible, I hope one-day an awesome dev will make android devices (rooting) PC independent.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] raishiro:
I upgraded to the latest LJ7 firmware as soon as I got this device on black friday. I noticed that the unroot method says it won't work on LF9 or higher. So I'm assuming that I am able to root using this guide but cannot unroot? If so, i'll hold off on it for now
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DocStrange33:
do i flash theCWM-Recovery-LTE-SGS3-Sprint-v5.zip in the stock recovery odin doesn't recognize the .zip ext what do i do???
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dcharleyultra:
No, you do not. You misread the link's OP. If you have stock recovery, you want to use the method that uses Odin.

Swyped from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dan330:
hi everyone,

I have rooted before and the S3 should be easy to root..

looked over the vid and instructions, not hard at all..

but i fell short before the first step... loading the Drivers on my Windows XP laptop!!!!

i have downloaded the drivers (v1.4.6.0)from the link above and even tried the new drivers from Samsung's web site (v1.5.14.0).

I have tried 3 different usb cables (including the new one that came with the new S3).

I have tried 3 different usb ports on my laptop.

i have even tried my friends Windows XP laptop.

each time i connect my S3 to the laptop via the usb cable..

it will connect to the laptop with as a camera to share photos.. gives me a selection of types of photo connects: Control Center, Dropbox, word, etc...

but when i try to connect to enable the Media Drive (MTP).. finding new device...

i get an error and the install wizard comes up..

"an error occurred during the installation of the device, the required section was not found in the INF."

so.. .what am i missing??? :crying:

I think i might have a brand new bad/broken samsung S3.

what do you all think?? :confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Evilone69tmg:
You got this error after installing the drivers? The error you are saying is the same one I got on my laptop at work which runs xp. But after installing the new drivers it works fine.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dan330:
ok.. i tried the driver which was available in this thread.. and i tried the new driver that was avaiable on Samsung's website. both same issue.

Can you send me your driver installation file .exe?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Evilone69tmg:
I used this one.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dan330:
update on the solution:

going to samsung's website and searching through the support area..

it requires you have the latest version of Windows Media Player!!! i upgraded the file and it asked me to go through 3 reboots.. and it finally worked!!!!

:cyclops:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] vizionforever:
black screen blue light of death?

I do Appreciate your work! I seem to have a soft bricked phone and am looking for advise...I was following the instructions here

http://www.epiccm.org/2012/06/sprint-sgs3-stock-restore.html

Where I think it went wrong was after applying the unroot zip in CWM recovery I let the phone boot up instead of putting it into download mode immediately to flash the stock rom...This however was not specified so I do'nt know?(just a step I remember from rooting in the first place) also please advise if auto reboot and f. reset time should have been clicked? Still able to boot to stock recovery and download mode. Let me know you best thoughts on this recovery process! thanks for all your work!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] vizionforever:
Soft brick Ideas?

So I got a phone that wants to sound like it is booting up and the blue light blinks but no screen and it will power off if I hold the power button down...Ive read about this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1919919&highlight=stock+rom+odin

Will report back!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] vizionforever:
What worked to de soft brick my sprint s3

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1919919

I used the 4.1.1 at the top then ODIN 3.7 fail then used older ODIN 3.4 PASS!

So weird always this way with odin... even with the epic!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] prboy1969:
Just used this to Root my SGS3 on 4.1.1 :) . Thank you very much for this :) .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Bondue:
So this does indeed work if you are currently running 4.1.1?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Yes

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] prboy1969:
It most definitely does :) .

TEAM MiK

MikROMs Since 3/13/11
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Evo_Shift:
In the QBking video it shows him using a file that ends in .tar but the download ends in .tar.md5. Do we need to do something to the .tar.md5 file for it to become a .tar only file?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dcharleyultra:
No, Odin can use either.

Swyped from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] FlakMagnet:
Woah. Don't try to use the .md5 file. Customarily files ending in ".md5" are just text files containing an md5sum hash of the contents of the file they're named after. The hash is used with an md5 checksum command or program to verify that a downloaded file is complete with no errors.

I think if you Odin the md5 file to your phone that you will have issues.

I could be wrong, and the file's provider named it funny.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] deeking2:
A little help ?

I installed CWM recovery this am and am trying to get root installed but when I tell it to flash the file I get an error that the signature verification has failed! I used the "team epic" instrutcions.

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] deeking2:
Fixed it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dcharleyultra:
How did you fix it.

Swyped from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ramer:
I am on stock recovery and my phone has been updated to v4.1.2 (MB1). Have the files in the OP been updated, or does it matter to get root?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] zanderman112:
The files will still work exactly the same. Follow the instructions, and you'll be good.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cmdauria:
Is there any benefit to updating to 4.1.2 before rooting? My phone is prompting me to do so. I just left the sprint store and I am ready to root!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Yes let it update completely before rooting it's just going to make your life simpler.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] porti:
I need a help. I want change the f****g t-mobil boot logo and loud sound. Its a horrible.

I do all that in the video but the CWM wont start after getting a "pass" massage in odin. If i want start only in cwm mode ( volume up + home + power buttons ) the device stopping, showing on the screen only the samsung and the top of the left corner lighting a red point.

What did I do wrong?

My phone is a samsung gt-i9305 ( LTE version ).

Thanks for all!

Janos
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Notorious:
This is only for US variant galaxy s3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] porti:
What can I do know? I ruined anything? Wont start recovery mode, but the phone boot up normally, dont lose any data/setting.

If I press later in the "settings" >> "back up and reset" >> "factory data reset" feared I something to be?

How can I change the logo or just simply the boot sound? If I restart the phone in the night my sleeping wife awakes from the start up sound :) Need a solution! :) Can I do this without rooted phone? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30267782

Can work this? Or simply put my finger over the speaker?

http://www.vickyz.com/i9305xxbll5-root-tutorial-galaxy-s3-i9305-lte-jelly-bean-firmware/2/#

Thank your answer!

Janos
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] porti:
nobody?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 4n6science:
I followed the method in the video on my ATT SGS3 and everything appeared to work. When I went to run SU to download the new binaries it said i did not have root access. How can I just go back to normal? My phone turns on and starts properly but becomes sluggish and unresponsive after about 2 minutes.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hkhan1:
Do the factory reset.

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Use the link below for my dropbox and download the file unzip it. Follow the institutions and have fun. This is working for all.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/05k2igfesulcuix/GalaxyS3RootUSCanada.zip
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Tommyboy2k:
need drivers help...

watched the video downlaoded everything went to download the drivers from the link mentioned went to site drivers dont exsist.... please can some one repost a good link to the drivers for the sprint model..gs3

tj
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Just Google Samsung drivers you can find them right on the Samsung website

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Tommyboy2k:
and this is way we ask questions...... you usually get a simple answer.....thank you very much
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] carrilloevo:
So I just bought a sprint gs3 and its on 4.1.2 md4, will this root method work on my phone? thank you in advance
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Yes absolutely

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] carrilloevo:
OK so I just did it.... Thanks, also do I need to unlock the bootloader to flash roms or that's all I need.?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
That's all you need.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] internetpilot:
Not my first rodeo -- I've rooted quite a few Android devices now, including two Samsung phones, but I can't get this to work on either of my two sons' Sprint SG3s.

I followed the step-by-step precisely, even installed the USB drivers again. I have no problem copying the root.zip over to internal SD, then ODIN'ed CWM without a problem, pulled the battery, booted into CWM recovery, but nothing will mount so I can't flash the root.zip. I've even put in a small external SD card (with the root.zip on it) in case CWM was being cranky about that, rebooted to CWM recovery, but still no joy.

So far I've re-downloaded and also ODIN'ed CWM a second time, but the same thing happens.

Can anyone think of what I'm missing here?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
What version of CWM? This should work perfectly... Try this thread it's slightly different but essentially the same http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=34579827

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] internetpilot:
Whatever version is linked in the OP of this thread -- it's says v5 but I'm not sure of the exact version # since I let it go back to stock recovery. Thanks for the other link -- I'll give that a try and report back. Maybe TWRP will work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] internetpilot:
Nope. Exact same problem. Nothing will mount when booted into either CWM or TWRP recovery, so I can't flash the root.zip. It would appear that Sprint/Samsung has changed something as this method does not seem to work. I noticed a couple other people having the same problem using the Samsung Galaxy S3 Toolkit v7.

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Okay, now I have a significant problem. Even though I never was able to flash root.zip to get root, when I rebooted my phone stock recovery was NOT restored. I thought it was supposed to do that? So I ODIN'ed the stock recovery back and now stock recovery can't mount anything just like TWRP and CWM.

At this point, I just want to restore it back to stock and I'll root later once whatever is going with the newer models of this phone is figured out. I don't really see a safe way to get back to stock considering all firmware images floating around there are now suspect on this particular phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] internetpilot:
I'll just keep replying to myself here...haha.

Finally found something relevant doing a search (imagine that), where in another thread someone was having similar problems after attempting to return to a stock recovery and the solution turned out to be flashing a different stock recovery image (even though they're supposed to be the same thing). The one that successfully flashed and mounts everything is from the Toolkit.

However...when I go into stock recovery now everything does mount, but I get an android on his back with a triangle and a "!". Is that just because the the flash counter is at like 5 by now so it thinks I'm running a custom ROM? I just want to know if I'm okay now to receive any future OTA's. Normally I wouldn't worry about OTA's but it doesn't look like I'm going to be rooting these phones anytime soon, so even flashing a rooted stock ROM in the future doesn't seem to be an option.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] swiggs98:
I just picked up a new Sprint GS3 today as my old one died a horrible death in the pool :( I am experiencing the exact same issue as you described... getting a custom recovery installed via ODIN, no problem. Getting the recovery to mount anything... no go. I have PM'ed a few folks that may have some insight. I will let you know if I figure anything out and would appreciate the same if you have any luck.

I can't live with myself if I have to settle for a stock ROM! After all, that's why I bought a Samsung Galaxy device.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] internetpilot:
Well, as much as I hate to see anyone else having this issue, it is a confirmation of sanity for me. Like I said, this is far from my first time of rooting, so I did suspect that Samsung or Sprint had changed something. Thanks for the reply and I will definitely keep the thread updated with any progress.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Have you guys tried using Odin to restore device to an older version then attempting everything. That may work going back to an lj7 set up.

Like using this first http://www.epiccm.org/2012/06/sprint-sgs3-stock-restore.html?m=1

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] internetpilot:
Unfortunately, I had a limited time window to get the phones rooted and setup. When root failed, I just had to set it up and move on. Now I have no way to back up or restore the data, and the phones are in use.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] internetpilot:
Kinda talking out of posterior here, but could it be from Samsung/Sprint doing something different with the bootloader on this new batch of S3's?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] deutscher3891:
having all the same problems here. can flash the customer recovery but neither, TWRP or CWM, is able to mount anything.

I hope someone can figure it out and it doesn't get pushed aside because the phone is a year old.

I really can't stand TouchWiz and want my AOSP experience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
All of you experiencing the issue with recovery mount should be posting in the threads for each of the respected recovery systems. Posting here will not solve it as quickly as if you posted in the right thread. I think we could help you resolve this if you posted there. [MENTION=2522676]deutscher3891[/MENTION] [MENTION=3561052]internetpilot[/MENTION] [MENTION=4781306]swiggs98[/MENTION]

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Tankshell:
4.1.2

Will this root method work on AT&T GS3-i747 running 4.1.2?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tony_2018:
The usb drivers are missing from the root method link. Any of guys can help with that?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MonsterBoX:
.tar file

i know I have done this b4 but don't recall anymore.. haven't used odin since the original epic...

the .tar file comes with ".tar.tar".... do I just delete the end .tar or do i delete the end and add ".md5" ... it comes as a WinRAR archive for me by by deleting the end it is still a WinRAR archive but by adding ".md5" it changes to md5 file but gives me a possibility of corrupting the file message.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Extra thanks to CMTeamEpic, just got a deal I couldn't refuse for the S3 on Sprint, upgraded from a off-contract Epic 4G Touch (S2) that I had on PagePlus. Took forever at Best Buy and we were starving and tired when we got home with two pizzas. I was trying to root my fiance's and my new S3s while in bed, and this among two other things, made my night and let me be able to get some sleep before getting up at 5.

Rooted both, restored app backups via Titanium Backup. She's happy, I'm happy.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Danny1st:
Will un-root return to stock method still work on the newest update (not the one that is presently still being pushed). Bought the phone in November of last year and it had the most up to date OTA prior to rooting in June.

It states in the return to stock link from the OP that this method should not be used if on LF9 or newer which I assume I was? It also states that newer instructions incoming which are not posted. Under the comments section in that post people are experiencing soft bricks.

Another thing, when I download the stock recovery tar it is only 11.6 meg? Is that right, verified with checksum and it states it is a match, but that seems very small for a stock tar?

Any and all help with this issue is greatly appreciated in advanced. And I hope I didn't miss some obvious post that addresses this.

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I'm on "The People's ROM GS3.17" if it makes any difference...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hbcasurfer:
Help! to

OK...

I used this way to root!! & it worked! Root checker says it's rooted and I can use superuser, root uninstaller, etc...!

When I try to use wireless tether(the main reason I want to root) it won't go and it won't connect & says my phone is in an "unknown state. try to reboot"!

Please help!

thanks!

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Is there a newer version of wireless tether? to use?

HELP?!?!?

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Just tried android wifi tether with same results. no connecting! but doesn't say the "unknown state" part!