yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Droid2drummer:
If anyone ever gets the roaming issue or data without ability to make calls or SMS or get wrong number in min or phone number I do this. Odin if I have to after I see no result.

1. Flash aosp ROM . clean and hit auto in networks then ruim from nv reboot. Should come up ..if not Odin back to stock or flash stock backup and wipe then go to aosp ROM and keep playing with the network settings. Some reason our stock settings Dont do much good
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] :
That Solution is not fixing the problem for everybody, here is the exact solution. You should be rooted and installed Terminal Emulator on your phone.

From Terminal Emulator

su

rm /efs/FactoryApp/keystr

rm /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode

echo -n ON >> /efs/FactoryApp/keystr

echo -n ON >> /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode

chown 1000.1000 /efs/FactoryApp/keystr

chown 1000.1000 /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode

chmod 0744 /efs/FactoryApp/keystr

chmod 0744 /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode

From Computer

adb shell su -c "rm /efs/FactoryApp/keystr"

adb shell su -c "rm /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode"

adb shell su -c "echo -n ON >> /efs/FactoryApp/keystr"

adb shell su -c "echo -n ON >> /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode"

adb shell su -c "chown 1000.1000 /efs/FactoryApp/keystr"

adb shell su -c "chown 1000.1000 /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode"

adb shell su -c "chmod 0744 /efs/FactoryApp/keystr"

adb shell su -c "chmod 0744 /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Droid2drummer:
Did you wipe data factory reset AFTER you odined?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bitemeoftn:
I'm trying to do this for my wife's phone but it's been stuck on boot.img for a little over an hour now. Is that normal? Thank you in advance for any responses.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidxxxxx:
No..that's not normal..I would pull battery and reinsert and boot into recovery before your battery dies..and re try..make sure to wipe correctly. .
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bitemeoftn:
I've finally gotten it to where she can get data, but she still can't make/receive any calls/texts. I'm not really sure what to do now. Her IMEI was messed up but I got that fixed which is why she has data. I just can't figure out why she can't make any calls....

I GOT IT!! Turned out to be one of the dumbest things ever. I just had to change USB ports to get it to flash lol. Again, thanks everyone for your help. (droidxxxxx) :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] arkas90:
i have followed the procedure but at the end of the flash with odin

the phone remains in loop on the screen 4glte verizon...

how can i resolve?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Guys, please ignore this thread and follow here instead: this is ICS builds and now very outdated:

[GUIDE] Jelly Bean Factory Images

[GUIDE] Root for Jelly Bean 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 OTA
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] adiv.paradise:
Does anyone know what the bootchain is for this? After flashing through Mobile Odin, my phone bootlooped, and with a stock recovery and a faulty microUSB port that doesn't connect to the computer, nandroids and odin aren't an option. I'm hoping to try and use one of the OTA updates to breathe some life back into the phone, but I need to know what the current bootchain is, otherwise the update.zip will crash (it checks the current bootchain and crashes if it's wrong). If I can recover from the bootloop, then I can get rid of the 'system status: custom' thing in Download mode and return the phone on warranty and not worry about getting accused of playing with root and whatnot.

EDIT:

Figured out how to crack open the tarball and mount the system image. Build.prop lists the bootchain as VRALF2.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nabel_sweed:
thank it is work 100% with s3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] manatti:
Thanks for your hardwork
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Tbenson:
One of the things that stands out from the output of running the below

./simg2img system.img.ext4 newsys.img.ext4
computed crc32 of 0x67bae0a7, expected 0x00000000

The checksum after is not meeting what's expected. Not sure if this was the reason I couldn't flash the file. (invalid ext4 file)

I too have to head to bed. We see what tomorrow brings.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] invisiblek:
skip the mkuserimg command completely, that should do it. just unmount the image and use that to flash

that is normal, i remember seeing that
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jdubau55:
I flashed the stripped version, but couldn't get ADB to install any of the removed apps. Root Browser also couldn't install any apps either.

I installed the non-stripped with root and now messaging FC. That's a pretty much needed app IMHO.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonu42:
On the stripped version, flashing this will restore all taken out apps, and probably solved other issues.

http://www.mediafire.com/?6jv8wn9l5n0li9y
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jdubau55:
I might try that later...installed a text app from the market to deal with messaging.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gamer113:
Could someone list all issues with the other rooted rom so I can compare to my phone.

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
I just tried the rooted last night and Messaging app kept crashing. Also predictive text wasn't working and T9 Swipe as well, among a few other minor things here and there. Pretty much what everyone else has mentioned so far. Haven't found the Sprint elements yet but those issues are definitely there.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sneakysolidbake:
An easy work around for the messaging issue would be to flash the stock android messaging app from invis's thread.

Also install an ics keyboard from the market, Samsung one is atrocious IMO.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
I think the key issue is that we actually have to "workaround" things. If that rooted system.img is really just stock + Superuser/su there is no reason why we should be experiencing anything different from stock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BungeBash:
Correct, and when one thing is not working, you often find more. Such is the case with this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gamer113:
my messaging is working fine but swype i can confirm is not working.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Watch if you do a factory reset things will start breaking even more.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jdubau55:
So that's what it is? My main issue is MMS is not working. I have SMS working through Go SMS.

If anyone knows the manual MMS setting I can plug in for VZW that would be helpful.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dagokun:
Thanks to everyone for working hard! Not sure if this has been said and done already, but

I checked md5 on the stock image available from Samsung-updates.com and the one I downloaded using Checkfus to make sure 2 files are the same.

Samsung-Updates.com-SCH-I535_VZW_1_20120705143513_fti2qg2lmf

md5: EE893E6E082ACCA60C59B0D374D6A2AC

SCH-I535_VZW_1_20120705143513_fti2qg2lmf

md5: EE893E6E082ACCA60C59B0D374D6A2AC

I am not sure where CheckFus downloads firmware from (hopefully not Samsung-updates server...) but two should be the same based on md5.

If flashing one of these files get rid of the sprint options and other problems, most likely they are indeed for our phones?

I dont think the OP of the original root image would make it out of other GS3 system image, so the problem may be due to something else...

I feel that if we use these files to create rooted image, we will most likely end with the same result.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Tbenson:
I just used the stripped version that invisiblek posted. Then pushed Then apks that i want. Keyboard works and have no issues so far.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BungeBash:
Are you willing to do a factory reset on the device and confirm that it stays working? I'm still waiting to get off work before I can dive back into the roms.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Here's a theory I'm interested in trying.

1. Flash full stock image

2. Flash the "supposedly broken" rooted system.img that is in that thread

3. Flash CWM recovery

4. Take the full stock image, untar it, then

- Delete recovery.img (stock recovery), retar it again OR

- Delete everything besides system.img.ext4, retar it again OR

- Delete everything besides system.img.ext4, convert it with simg2img.sh, retar it again

5. Flash the new modified full stock image (now it doesn't reflash recovery to stock)

6. Boot and confirming everything is working

7. Boot in CWM recovery (which still stayed from before) and just flash Superuser.zip to root
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mrRobinson:
i made root injected images for att in this thread.

you guys want me to try a vzw one?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ScottIsMyName:
Please do sir!

---------- Post added at 10:48 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:44 AM ----------

If you flash the stock once you are rooted, do you lose root? If so, how about just installing Voodoo OTA root keeper before restoring the stock image and then you're good to go with root again?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Tbenson:
I will when i get home from work. That way i can reflash if there any issues.

Also just to note i am always seeing the custom icon on reboot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mrRobinson:
Here you go guys. Nice clean rooted image.

Download Here.

follow same instr. i posted here.

be4350a56e739eaf7a4184352d653a7b stock.vzw_root66.7z
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s197:
Thanks for your help. Can you post the MD5 please?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mrRobinson:
updated with md5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Sir! You are a gentleman and a scholar. Thank you so much for you time and work to create this. Works absolutely perfect exactly as stock just with Superuser.apk/su added. I can confirm no issues whatsoever, even after a factory reset. I am posting this on OP and highly advise everyone to reflash with this one. Thank you again. Would you care to share your method of creation for us since none of us have been able to create a proper rooted tar so far? :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s197:
So even swype/predict text all of that works?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tekhna:
Does replacing the system.img wipe your phone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Everything thats not on a ext. Sd card.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] techno_hippyGuy:
Ok, I'm going to sound really dumb here, but when you say clean rooted image, are you saying debloated? stripped? something else entirely?

...been a long day at work and brain's frazzled atm =P
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Neverendingxsin:
100% stock Verizon rooted.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Yep...all good...and no Sprint elements either :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SotYPL:
I can confirm that it's working fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Budwise:
How is one image 1.5GB and the other 651MB?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sfin54:
When you extract it, it becomes 1.6GB
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
It is compressed inside a zip file.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Budwise:
ah, gotcha. 7zip ftw.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sfin54:
I just flashed this, and did not lose any of my data, apps ect.

Hope I did it right..........
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BungeBash:
You should not lose any data when you just flash the system.img. Great job btw and I will definitely check it out shortly. Also, we can get a Torrent up for this if someone has a tracker. I will be able to seed in about 2 hours once I get home on my 20MB line if we get a torrent going. Once again, awesome job guys!.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Budwise:
I was having some odd wake-up issues with the last one so i went ahead and flashed this. Seems fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] juntistik:
Ill seed from my phone too :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lowg:
What was the original source image? Not sure how this could be different than invisiblek's image. :confused:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Original source was used from the factory stock image on Sammy-Updates. Although invisiblek claims to have used the same, there are clear issues with his rooted system image that multiple users have already confirmed. I can confirm the same and I can also confirm that the one created by mrRobinson resolved each and every one of them. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s197:
Maybe everyone that 1 star'd this thread should change their vote now ;)

Edit: Guess you can't change your vote. Maybe be less quick to judge next time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cadams122593:
can you explain what to do when this file is downloaded? i know its a 7zip file. when i extract it, i get a tar file. what do i do from here?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kinbee13:
Very nice, still going to use the swype beta keyboard but its untelling what else was broke in the other rom, this one works. Not going to do a factory reset to check messaging, but everything else seems golden
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s197:
Flash in ODIN. THere's another thread with a video tutorial if you need it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Let's just hope we can get more of those 5 stars from the new users then. ;)

Very simple, follow the same idea as in the original thread, just flash it with ODIN.

I did factory reset myself and confirmed that factory reset works properly too. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cmg5461:
Can I flash this right over the other image? or do i have to go back to stock and flash from there?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gamer113:
sorry same ? as above
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] WuTangWindu:
I just flashed this over the old with no problems. Keyboard works like a charm but I like Swype beta better. Thanks for this it makes me feel better to have the right one.

Galaxy S III via Tapatalk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Recommend to do a factory reset to 100% sure, then boot directly into ODIN mode and flash this image.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gamer113:
im running titanium now so i can restore my stuff lol lots of work..

so to clarify we dont have to restore to stock?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eastwood1:
i cant make Odin go up far enough for me to hit the start button. I don't know what im doing wrong. Any suggestions?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zanktank:
So coming from the img with sprint elements, I should flash this directly over using ODIN pda? Additionally, do I need to repeat the sdk functions to get recovery back as well? Is recovery even necessary considering there is nothing available yet to be flashed with it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] juntistik:
Going to flash this when I get home, thanks everyone for the hard work
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Not necessary because the image with flash over stock anyways. Just recommend backup, factory reset, then flash the tar in ODIN.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] raisins:
Downloading now...

Right now my phone will not boot up most likely because my computer blue screened when I was flashing a ROM with Odin.

What scares me more though is that I reflashed and it wasn't interrupted but it still wont boot up (but it is getting hung up at a different point).

Hope this one works

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buhohitr:
To do it right, you should factory reset your phone, then use Odin to flash the new image. At this point you should have root, but if you want CWM (this is optional), you have to use ADB to push CWM to your phone.(CWM is needed for install other apps like nanodroid, custom rom/kernel, if you just want root only then you don't need this).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gamer113:
:crying: wish you luck
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Tbenson:
Mr robinson,

Did you follow this post topic do this image?

Im curious as I got so far last night using the other guide but it failed to flash and i want to try it just to do it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=22798858
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buhohitr:
How bout just odin pure "factory stock" image? once your phone is back to normal, then you can try to reflash root image again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Factory stock image is no longer necessary since this image contains all of it + root as well. The only thing that I recommend is factory reset to erase any "corrupt" data that may have been leftover from that original bad root image in the other thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] raisins:
I was going to do that if this one doesnt work. But am I better off just going to the factory stock first, just so it doesn't get any more messed up?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cmg5461:
flashed directly over non modified previous rooted img. Worked flawlessly! Thanks guys!

ALSO:

retained device status: normal!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eastwood1:
How can i make odin small so i can hit the start button. Im not able to hit start button since its so far down. what am i doing wrong?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
You probably need to increase the screen resolution of your monitor.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buhohitr:
odin version of CWM

open1your1eyes0, can you post a link on OP for the cwm Odin version, so noob can use instead of using ADB?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gamer113:
Can you elaborate are you using a windows based pc or?????
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Unfortunately CWM is not ODIN flashable since Verizon Galaxy S III has locked bootloader and does security check for recovery and kernel.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eastwood1:
I cant move Odin up so i cant hit the start button when i load the .tar file. Here is a pic. notice the start button is below where i cant click it. Im having no luck minimize the Odin. I have to be doing something wrong here. Thanks for any help you can give.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gamer113:
try to change your resolution on your monitor to something bigger what resolution are you using now?

or you can try to auto hide you lower taskbar to hit start
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eastwood1:
I seen where i can auto hide task bar under properties. let me give that a try.

Thanks for the help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gamer113:
if that don't work adjust your resolution up higher that will work for sure you can pm me i can assist you more if need be so we don't hijack this thread anymore.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jackdubl:
So you did a factory reset and no problem with messaging app or anything else. And we just follow the exact same procedure as the first time? Let me make sure before I do it: go back to stock- - flash image with root- - push recovery- - profit? Factory reset will work?

Or can I just flash this without doing anything else? If so, I keep CWM and factory reset works?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
You got it. ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] raisins:
Is there a way to do a factory reset through Odin? I can't boot normally as of now
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DebianDog:
STFU it is broken and we would like it fixed. Quit being a douche.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gamer113:
no need to flame him this thread should speak to him loud and clear.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Boot into recovery mode after phone is off. There will be a factory reset option in there. See this thread for how
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eastwood1:
Ok that worked and i got Root!.

Now i have to get a recovery. Time to watch those videos. :-) Seen @droidmodderx has a video up. Going to watch his vid and see if i can get a recovery on my S3.

Appreciate the help you both gave me. TY.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gamer113:
Glad i could help you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Happy to assist. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lowg:
And you know this how, I know you didn't create it. Did mrRobinson say he used this image?

FWIW, I think more likely that mrRobinson used a different image, or made some additional changes, invisiblek's image has been diff'd with the sammy-updates image...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] luke1333:
can i flash this if im already rooted and running cwr. i wont wipe anything or lose apps etc right???
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jhanford:
I didn't see one yet, so here's a torrent for the updated file. Please seed: View attachment stock.vzw_root66.7z.torrent

I've got fairly good upload, but the more the merrier!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Shane RC51:
I just found stumbled on this thread - haven't been on xda all day since I've been busy playing with the phone. Is it possible that some people who flashed the original are problem free? I rooted within 5 min of taking the phone out of the FedEx box, so I don't really have anything to compare the rooted img to the stock one.

I'd assumed that nothing had changed except the SU addition. I don't seem to be having any problems with anything. What exactly are people having issues with? Maybe I just got lucky???

=)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] juntistik:
Great, downloading now and I will remain seeding as long as possible. I hate that i waited 20 mins to check the last post on this thread

Edit: Torrent working, will seed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] raisins:
Well I did a factory reset and flashed this one, but it is still stuck on booting.

Going to do another factory reset, flash the factory stock from Samsung, and then flash this one again
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jprow507:
Thanks for getting this file working!! A quick question.... Does the custom recovery file in the other thread have anything to do with the issues people were seeing or was it solely related to the system.img file which is now fixed? Just wondering if i should flash this and go root only or if I should also install custom recovery?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gamer113:
have you tried a battery pull?

I am just trying to help in your crazy situation
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] raisins:
You mean when it gets stuck at the boot animation? If so then yeah, ive tried that.. still gets stuck :\
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jackdubl:
I think you're supposed to flash stock and THEN do factory reset, right?

Also, any explanation why this file is less than half the size of the original?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Try a factory reset, power off, odin the .tar mrobinson posted. Also make sure you got a good download. The file should be around 1.52 gb when extracted. There is no reason to go back to stock because this is the same thing other than the root.image added.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jprow507:
It's zipped with 7zip... unzip it to get the full 1.6GB TAR file
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Read my previous post
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ScottIsMyName:
Thank you so much! This has solved all of the problems with the original method.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jhanford:
OK, just to reiterate: I have a torrent going and there's a few people on seeding it. The more we get, the better it will be for everyone. :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BungeBash:
Had to stop at the girls parents place. I'll be on shortly seeding my butt off. Thanks for getting a tracker up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] raisins:
That's what I did. The md5's were the same so it downloaded alright.

Anyway, I just flashed the factory stock and this one booted up! Now, should I do another factory reset before flashing this rooted rom?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BKinney:
Will seed all day
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] burpootus:
Same here, rooted mine on Saturday and it has been running smooth. I don't use the stock messaging app, I use GV instead, so I might not know of a problem there. I've seen nothing Sprint related either.

I've always heard it's better to be lucky than to be good :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] raisins:
Finally got it! Had to flash the stock rom, do another factory reset, and then flash this rom.

Thanks for all of the help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yukonhijack:
Making a Nandroid backup now with this image/recovery, and seeding the stock image now. Thanks a ton!!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tekhna:
Which drivers are you guys using? I don't see the Verizon drivers on Samsung's website.