yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] boomerod:
Don't know if this is what was causing my repeated fails about a 1/3 of the way through, but as soon as I used the included Samsung/Verizon USB cable it flashed on the 1st try.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] idelgado782:
Thank u so much guys!!! I installed cwm from the recovery app made my nandroid and now I'm running a deoxed rom! I love this community :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chocolate8175:
The bars next to it means you have one of the three location options checked, if you turn them all off the bars will disappear and you'll just be left with the crosshairs
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SpanKyM3:
Sorry for any NOOB questions i may post here but am new & learning hope you all understand :)

SO i got my S3 rooted with Odin & used the rooted flash without all the bloatware.

what i would like to get back

01.on the samsung keyboard missing the voice input?

02.on accounts & sync only shows for google account & facebook how to have outlook express accounts regular pop emails back on?

03.when i get missed emails i used to get how many i missed showing on the icon now not amymore for gmail & regular email accounts?

04.Do any of you recommend a ram,internal memory,sd card,phone battery cleaner to keep phone running tip top

One last thing the adb command which i didnt do yet.i stopped at after i flashed just to be rooted,what advantages is with that?should i do that too for whatever?For now my goal is to be rooted but would like to explore more.

Thanks all.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yznhmr:
well, to answer your number one question next to"SPACE BAR" press and hold and you will get the option for the voice icon. Not sure what you're missing for question number two. I have Outlook set up on mine ..works fine as do my missing e-mails in such you might try going into settings on the e-mail account. If you download the CWM recovery from Google play it will install a new recovery for you and you don't have to do ADB
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] joebob296:
When I need to re-flash back to factory settings so unzip the file and place it in the PDA spot in Odin correct? Why do we use the PDA spot?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pjamv5:
Actually, because all of these system images are based on the original, signed Samsung image, none of this should increment your flash counter. I believe that the unlocked padlock that some people are seeing on startup has to do with the presence of custom recovery as opposed to an incremented counter.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hsomnus:
The lock appears because there are sys apps that have been frozen
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Rob_Storm:
That can't be true. I'm running the stock rooted with no frozen apps and still have the custom screen as well as showing modified under settings, about phone, status.

Must be the custom recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ErylFlynn:
For those with the Samsung Custom boot screen:

I assume you flashed the first rooted image. If you did it is simple to get rid of. Flash the Root66 through Odin, then factory reset your device. I had the Samsung Custom with unlocked padlock until I did all the above.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jnehama:
Is there a reason to worry about that padlock scree as long as I don't need to send the phone in for service? I don't want to have to reset my phone just to get rid of that screen for cosmetic reasons. If the phone needs to go back I assumed I would flash the stock no root via Odin and that would get rid of root and that screen.

I have the screen and never flashed the original root.img only the root66.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DarthCivicus:
Is the odin suppose to show yellow at the top left when the device is connected? If it is mine is not doing it, the drivers are installed and the PC is recognizing it... any ideas buddies?!?!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ErylFlynn:
2 reasons. One warranty coverage. Second it means there might be files that do not belong on your phone causing problems.

Your call. If you are here you are likely adept at setting your phone up after a wipe so should be a minor inconvenience.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dividebyzero:
Just to add to the "unlock icon and custom message" discussion. I have flashed the rooted stock image and the teamwin recovery and i only get the unlock icon sometimes when i reboot (not all the time).

I have nothing frozen but i did deactivate some stock apps (only Verizon stuff i believe... vz navigator for example).

No other changes except to install regular apps from the app store.

Hope that contributes some.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] newuser134:
Does rooting change something in the original messaging app settings menu?

Please see this post to see what happened:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28867587#post28867587

I made a nandroid seconds after rooting, and I just restored that, and even then the vibrate settings in the messaging app settings, under "Notifications" is missing. So it must happen when a rooted stock image is installed. Anyone know how to recover the vibrate settings under the messaging settings? If anyone else is rooted, could you please check to see if it's still the in the messaging settings?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tillithz:
Depending on which method, different things are changed. I have rooted with two different methods and found that some dialer codes work/dont work along with referrences to sprint or not. this is the fun of testing and hacking....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sjmoreno:
Cannot disable stock Samsung keyboard

Like the title says, I cannot disable the stock Samsung keyboard on this rom. I have tried Swiftkey and the Swype Beta and although I can select them in the Settings/language & input the checkbox for the Samsung keyboard is disabled and stays checked no matter which keyboard I select.

I've read some others on this thread state that they are using both of these alternative keyboards (Swiftkey / Swype beta). How?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sjmoreno:
Sixaxis controller won't pair

This might be related to the same issue of my previous post about alternative keyboards not working. When I try and pair my PS3 DualShock/Sixaxis controller to my phone it appears it won't pair. I've run the compatibility app and it says this phone is "most likely supported" and one of the steps during the pairing/setup is to select the Sixaxis contoller as a keyboard in the settings->language&input.

The after I enter in the bluetooth id of the controller into the phone and hit Pair the lights on the controller continue to flash rather than stop flashing (with one light remaining on) as to be expected if successfully paired.

Has anyone tried using this app and a ps3 controller with this rom successfully?

Thanks in advance for any help on this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ErylFlynn:
Oddly yes I can't change keyboard either. Stuck with the Samsung one as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] c4v3man:
I got mine to pair by using a USB OTG cable and hooking up the PS3 controller. Once you fire up the SixAxis app, you can pair, and it'll discover the BluetoothID over the USB connection, and set itself up. Works without being plugged in now. Haven't tried manually pairing though...

Obviously you'll need to be rooted.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sjmoreno:
Yeah, after wasting a few hours on trying to get this thing to pair I broke down and ordered a OTG cable from Amazon. Hopefully it will get here before I leave for vacation Friday.

I've tried both of these roms (rooted stock and stripped rooted stock) and I have the same problem with the alternate keyboards and I don't know if this issue is also involved with that problem since it is also an input device which you have to select in the language&Input settings.

I may give it another try with another rom (maybe route66?) to see if I can get Swype to work at least.

Update: Swype works fine in the route66 rom for me. I haven't tried the pairing of the PS3 controller though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neur0t0xin64:
I replaced the stock version of this with the supposed "proper" image and it correct some very minor issues that I assume are now common knowledge. However, I really liked the email app in this. It was themed black (or am I crazy?). Can anyone pull that and post or send it to me please?

Thanks!

---------- Post added at 06:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:45 PM ----------

If you notice, there is a "default keyboard" drop down right above the list of keyboards. Select which ever you want from there. The stock keyboard will be greyed out but not unchecked. I ran swype with no issues at all on this. The stock keyboard did not work properly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Kellic:
Hey guys. What's up with the MD5 on the Torrent http://goo.im/devs/invisiblek/i535/rooted.system.img.tar.torrent ?

Downloaded it 3 times and its never matched 0f50fd1d2a8e18154cca712bf1e9d1bd

:confused:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hsomnus:
Where is the FWUpdate.apk located in the phone?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s197:
/system/app

Assuming you meant FWUpgrade.apk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hsomnus:
Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shinjielric:
Took about 10 minutes to flash and everything is working smoothly. Not a single problem. Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] joebob296:
Thanks for the guide works great but I did run into a small problem. When I try to make a nandroid backup it says missing /sdcard/android_secure. How do I add that file to my sdcard; it used to be on there when I had my DX. I reformatted the card when I got my sgs3 to fat32 and the card works but no longer has that file. How to I add this file to the sdcard?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] art0605:
Ahh f it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] art0605:
Dear God this is the longest 8 mins of my life. And by 8 mins, I mean it's been 15...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] walloftvs:
So is MMS working with this or not?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] themusicmonkey:
It worked for me...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sinphaltimus:
SixAxis PS3 Controller App

Not sure what the initial issue is but I have my PS3 controller paired to my phone without using any cables between my phone and the controller. I used the PC app (SixAxis_PairingTool) from SixAxis to program my PS3 controller on the PC (assign my SGS3 BT Address to the controller) as described on their website - http://www.dancingpixelstudios.com/sixaxiscontroller/instructions.html

I've only tried it with on emulator and it works. it also works navigating the phone without touching the screen.

Hope that helps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NFSP G35:
Same here
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sinphaltimus:
PS3 Controller

I'm also on the route66 rom if that means anything.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KennyCap:
Just rooted. Great guide it took almost 12 minutes in Odin. Time to install a recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] freakyguy88:
thanks it worked!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] unhappybirthday:
The OP was written summer of 2012 when we didn't have a way to unlock our bootloader. The link below is an updated rooting guide that includes instructions for doing that too, if you want:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2046439
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
+1. He a little late to the party. Fixing to run into all kinds of problems. :rolleyes::laugh::cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] arkas90:
i've tryed two times with the stock

but the phone restart forever :(

there is a procedurer that simply put the root without flashing any mod?

because i need the root to unlock the phone, but for use skygo my phone cant be rooted

there is a mode for it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] basstek1:
Link's dead. Please reupload....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lepa71:
Do you know how old this thread is?

ps I enjoyed the message for VZ.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Timothy08:
is this for the ota 4.3? or no...i seen it and i was like please be for the 4.3 ota
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
No, it isn't.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Timothy08:
awww.. i thought it was... man i was looking forward to it... i miss my asop roms... even tho im not with verizon why should my bootloader be locked?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Sent from my SCH-I535

You Odin 4.3 and your bootloader will be forever locked. Can use SafeRoot and SafeStrap but no more AOSP for you. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 5ft24:
May want to add pre 4.3 to the title. I'm seeing a lot of noobs seeing a title and flashing the files without reading anything first and bricking their phones. If they can't read the 1st page, they certainly won't read 49 pages...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
If users can't read the first page they shouldn't be rooting anyway.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Timothy08:
what if i took the ota still locked when i do to download mode and says this

Odin mode

Product name SCHi535

current binary samsung offical

system status none

qualcomm secureboot enable

warrenty bit 0

bootloader ap swrev 1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
You didn't ask a clear question. If you are on the official VRUCML1 4.3 OTA, everything that [MENTION=4538493]prdog1[/MENTION] said pertains to you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jonoderr:
Download files?

Is there a new place I can get these download files, as my goomanager is down?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dz2k:
you could probably find these elsewhere on the forum or via a search engine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonu42:
What that guy is saying, is as of the momemnt, we are more or less on pace with the other devices of GS3.

We can flash roms, but no kernels or radios. Which is more or less what everyone else is doing. But for AOSP, AOKP, CM9/10, we will need custom kernels, which we will most likely never get.

BUT there is a way around this. If we can get awesome devs, which I'm sure we will, the superclean rom versions for the Fascinate were a great hit, replaces status bar with AOSP framework, replaced touchwhiz almost completely, and it didnt need a new kernel.

I'm going to personally try and accomplish this, but don't bet on anything :)

Also I am downloading at 5mbs, there are seeders, I for one will seed this cause its legal.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] biff6789:
Went to bed depressed as ever over this bootloader garbage... and then woke up to this beautiful little gem :D

I freaking love you guys. XDA is the best community on the web.

So this should now allow custom ROMs since we can all restore a custom nandroid now, right?

EDIT: Looks like Supercurio on Engadget comments says that the kicker is you will unable to recover from a bad flash in recovery. Meaning brick city.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonu42:
System.img is not signed, meaning we can flash custom roms left and right. However no kernels...................
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] WBMc36:
Downloading now, seeding as best I can now, once I finish downloading I can try to seed a little faster but my internet is kind of bad.

Thank you blek! I followed your work on the OG Inc, and am very happy to see you on the GS3 as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pozer69:
I will seed for awhile
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] micromania:
had to enable DHT to be able to see other seeders and peers for the torrent.

Got 0 seeders and 0 peers before that
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rancur3p1c:
skipped steps 1, 2 and 4, worked fine for me have root.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] suzook:
Well then vzw is gonna have to do tons of warranty replacements over the next year. If the dicks would have left the bootloader unlocked, we all could have just reflashed back, and walla...back to working. F them, it should teach them a lesson.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] redbearde:
Got my phone Thursday. I'm not any sort of programmer, but I can follow directions. Your root method worked precisely as you said it would on my phone.

THANK YOU.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] invisiblek:
This is incorrect (unless i'm really missing something)

If you 'brick' you'll still be able to get into Odin Mode. From there flash the stock rom its linked at the top of the OP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] opimpao:
XDA community rocks! I was worried that I would have to have my phone a week or two before I could root it, but now the rooting method is out before I even got it! THANKS!!!! I love it when we can give the finger to stupid Verizon who thinks they need to lock every single phone on their network.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ImgBurn:
Awesome!!!!!!!:highfive:

One question how will this effect OTAs.? I belive some of the other carriers/ international Sammy's have gotten an update already. What will we need to do to get OTA updates?:eek:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] biff6789:
Excellent, thank you for clarifying :)

Now that we have root and are able to adb dump, can't we dump this guy's full system to possibly get his unique bootloader that he mistakenly had out of the box?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1754173
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] deadfrog82:
Why is everyone so excited. Had a droid x, and let me tell you, it sucked ass. Yup, you could get root and even get a ROM but it was not good at all. No kernel means its not optimized as well as it should be. Which essentially means battery life doesn't improve and in my case got worse. Also the speed smoothness of the phone doesn't really improve at all. This method is pointless and I am switching carriers I'm sick of this ****.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neh4pres:
Have never got adb to work correctly. Maybe I will try this later and see if I can get adb setup correctly. But can't wait for something simpler
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neh4pres:
+9000
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yonith:
Don't forget, this phone is blazingly fast out of the box, unlike that Droid X. Overclocking and undervolting won't really be that necessary.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DebianDog:
Well yes and no there are PLENTY of ROMS that greatly improved battery life. I have had my X run almost 2 days in the days of Apex 1.4. But I hear you, if there was another carrier that reached my house I would cancel my contract today.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buur11:
This is excellent news to wake up to. Rooting now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Robster180:
Yeah but you're still dealing w/ running on top of touchwiz, unlocked bootloader means REAL Jelly Beans, optimized and everything
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonu42:
Here's a plan I thought of, deal with touchwhiz for a year, or hopefully a debloat light version of it which does not require a new kernel. So 12 months have passed.

350 - 120 = 240 + 200 = new phone

In a year our phone will most likely be worth at least 300-350. Sell it, get new phone. Done.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DebianDog:
The touch wiz is not horrible on this phone and as soon as you have root you can debloat.

Or you can take the phone back in the next 2 weeks for a full refund. http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/support/return-policy
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Zaf9670:
Some people seem spoiled...

Man all these talks of returns and it has barely been 24 hours (if even that for some). Pretty sure this phone isn't going to go overlooked and I would wager this has more people on it than the Droid X did in its early stages...

Patience is key. In related news rooting now. Thanks invisiblek!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonu42:
Yes but after 14 days we have to keep it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thekendog:
invisiblek is the ****! Been running his CM9 nightlies for a while now on my OG Inc. Stoked to see him on here!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LLStarks:
But you have 30 days to activate before that 14 days starts.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Robster180:
We really need Silasrye to make an ADB dump now that we have root for a Dev to look it. He may in fact have the golden ticket to the bootloader or it could just be a system f*** up either way is worth a shot.

If you see this please give the rest of the community a hand Silasrye
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonu42:
Having a 300 dollar trophy for 44 days wont please my mom.........
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DebianDog:
Spoiled? more like Jealous! I see the Europeans flipping though alternate ROMs and kernels like mad. Here only us VZW customers are flopping around like dead fish for just root. Sure it will be possible (actually root is) and we will have alternatives but CRIPES!!!!

I went though this with the Droid X and I am really not happy right now :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NFSP G35:
First of all, major props to OP for getting this done! :good:

2'nd... can we get some file hashes? Having trouble downloading, I can't get uTorrent to recognize the .torrent and it downloaded once as 6.8k and the next time as 6.6k :eek:

---edit: nevermind, I'm dumb LOL
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Flowah:
Droid2 can't do custom kernels, but we still got CM7/9. 2nd-init style. Dunno if that will work for non-Motorola phones. I'm not even quite sure what all these words mean, I just know that Droid2's have never received custom kernels like my Droid1 did but that it didn't stop CM from coming on.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Coop9:
This phone has been in the wild for what, 48 hours?

Droid X owners, you should have got the incredible, you would have seen what a good dev community can get done. This is not a Droid X. Chill out, relax and let the folks who know what they are doing work on it. Give them time, and in the meanwhile SHUT THE HELL UP. Whining and demanding get you nowhere.

If you want a phone that is completely open, you should have got the Nexus.

Never expect AOSP or flashing kernels on a phone that isn't a Nexus.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tillithz:
i agree.

i consistently get 3 days out of my droid x when i only use it for phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] i5aac:
I, too, feel that this will be different than recent Moto phones. In keeping pace with all the pre-order threads, I am thrilled to see so many great devs on-board with device. I was rather disappointed with these bootloader rumors, but with such a massive team for this device, I would guess full access is literally right around the corner.

Great start so far guys!

Side note: I would try this now, but my phone (which I was told I could have June 28th) is sitting in a box AT MY LOCAL BEST BUY! The store manager called me to tell me it was here, but that i couldn't have it until the 10th when Verizon launches in store. Hoping someone else will see this and boycott them as well! I'm sorta telling everyone!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] OneStepAhead:
Not totally true, could sell it on eBay. Probably get $600 for it right now, or $650 if you have a 32.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
the gs3 will get jelly bean via ota...relax folks, with it only being 2-3 days that a few have had the device, atleast we have root already.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tekhna:
I would encourage everyone to file FCC consumer complaints in regards to Verizon's Block C wireless spectrum purchase and the dubious legality of locking bootloaders. It's probably pointless, and may not even hold up, but it's worth a shot.

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/it-is-illegal-for-verizon-to-lock-some-bootloaders/

http://www.fcc.gov/complaints
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SaurusX:
Have pity on us poor Droid X'ers. We're having PTSD flashbacks of the last two years of having an encrypted bootloader. To be ambushed a second time is almost too much.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheMorlince:
Map of seeders

Was up till 2am keeping track of this issue and getting upset at Verizon. Of course as soon as i went to bed this came out. I Wont have the phone in hand till Monday but decided to help everyone and download/seed this torrent to help out the cause.

Here is a map of the current seeders if you are interested. There is also someone in Sweden seeding, but would have made the map hard to see exactly where everyone else is.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] OldManJames:
Has anyone tried flashing a kernel in recovery? I'm willing to bet it would work