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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Neverendingxsin:
No more padlock here either
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] XTRoRDiNAiRE:
i booted into bootloader and it just said downloading....

how would i know if i am unlocked?

the only difference i noticed was that when i boot into recovery i dont get that samsung thing with the lock picture under it..so it reboots faster

other than that how would i know
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dchurch85:
Thank you that's why I was confused. When I did it through terminal emulator, I still had lock. Through adb, it's gone now. Let's let the fun begin!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] psycho_asylum:
Same. Followed the steps in Terminal Emulator and now it boots super fast.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Vorfidus:
EDIT: Nvm, dumb question. I'm an idiot :S
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hilbe:
Waiting on invisiblek to upload the non kexec CM10. Very excited. Quick dev.

http://www.androidfilehost.com/main/Samsung_Galaxy_SIII_Developers/Invisiblek/cm10/testing/nokexec/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Schaweet:
Lol..... You totally misunderstood the post. Reread Adams post again. That is not what he said.

The sprint part was that they flashed the sprint kernel as a test to ensure the bootloader that they modified would accept non-Verizon kernels.

Sent from my SGS3 on Synergy Nightlies
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PJnc284:
It's not a sprint aboot. He flashed a sprint kernel through odin as a proof of concept that it now accepts a non Verizon kernel.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 1ManWolfePack:
So I booted into Odin mode and of course it still says Qualcomm secure boot enabled (like others mentioned) but I swear it was a different color for the font before. Mine is grey now. It was either white or green before. Can anyone else confirm?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] djmasoda:
It's awesome watching this unfold. Has anyone seen any discussion about a port of the tool for Windows users? I don't have any Mac or Linux systems sitting around. It's great to see this device's bootloader fall. I wonder if the bounty will get served. :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] joebob296:
As far as the tool port I haven't heard of anything. But read Adams original post it tells you what to do there.

Sent from Verizon's now unlocked Galaxy S3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jdubau55:
You need to change your signature.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mjb32803:
Flashed from terminal.

Lock is gone from boot screen!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PJnc284:
The .jar file works on Windows.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Xyyd:
Works on windows just fine
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] msnglink:
flashing the win ubuntu adam said to install on the windows pc then ill unlock my s3. damn im happy
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hilbe:
You don't need to. I put on how to do via terminal.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30277016&postcount=1089
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheBiles:
Don't waste your time. Just use the terminal.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Scott:
Nevermind. I did not see the option, lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] piiman:
I think it had something to do with how you rooted your phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PJnc284:
Just double click it as you would a .exe file (assuming you have java installed). Or you can just use a terminal emulator as described in a couple of the posts above if you're already rooted.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NFSP G35:
Wow! So we can do this entirely from the phone via terminal emulator?

That is straight-up LEGIT!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] teamhurtado:
That boot time is blazing fast. And my quadrant score is over 9000! :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] djmasoda:
Now that this thread is blowing up, I think we've got some options. Amazing. I'm rollling with it!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jdubau55:
I pushed the aboot.img and I am definitely still using kexec to reboot. Will wait for more instructions.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Scott:
Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Worked for me!

Boot time is liek 1/5 of what it used to be!

And it doesnt have the stupid unlock icon!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Schaweet:
Are you still using the kexec enabled CWM? Did you flash a new kernel?

I'm sure you'd have to re flash a kernel and use a different recovery. That said, wait for a dev to give directions. I'm waiting as well.

Sent from my SGS3 on Synergy Nightlies
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jcurley:
We just need to see when imo or any of those guys release a kernel without kexec.

Ran this in terminal, rebooted, no pad lock.

Sent from VZW S3 all 1.5 Synergized up
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NAU420:
does anyone know how to check and see if the phone is unlocked?????

I never had the lock screen on boot up, so if any one knows a way to check please tell.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Schaweet:
I thought the recovery was what enabled kexec not the kernel. The kernel is just a kernel. That is my understanding anyway. I thought once the BL was unlocked we could ditch CWM 6.0.1.0 and go back to the standard CWM and then flash the same kernel we were using with kexec. Of course, I'm stating what I thought as to how it worked.

Still waiting for the smart guys to chime in.

Sent from my SGS3 on Synergy Nightlies
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jgrimberg1979:
Dial ###1234###* and it will bring up the bootloader info and it will say secure or not
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] egore93:
I did that and it just stayed there nothing popped up? What did I do wrong?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] codyvance:
Lol

Sent from my Verizon Galaxy S3

Running the kick ass Synergy 1.7 with lean kernel .1, and unlocked bootloader.. F u verizon
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cell128:
Can't tell if joking or not lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] egore93:
I take it I just got played.:crying: I came from a tbolt what do I know about Sammy:o
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jdubau55:
No and no. I know until a recovery and then a kernel is flashed in that recovery I'm still on kexec. Just saw everyone talking about fast boot ups and wondered.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NAU420:
Yeah it seems no one knows how to check, I've ask twice on the other thread and so has a few others But no answer yet to the question.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] teamhurtado:
Not sure if someone else has asked, but will this allow us to share/flash ROMs with the other S3 variants or will each carrier be forced to maintain their own ROM repositories?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] duarian:
So will flashing the stock image re-lock the bootloader? I only ask for warranty purposes if I ever have to take my phone into VZW.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Schaweet:
Read Adams post. He links you to the stock bootloader and the stock ROM image. You'd have to flash those. They are linked in the first post in the thread.

As far as seeing if this actually worked, I actually think I know how to test it, but I'm just not willing to be the first to try lol. Adam even says what to do in his directions. Just flash a custom kernel. I'm too skerd to do it though.

Sent from my SGS3 on Synergy Nightlies
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cell128:
By this you mean Odin right? Because I would also like to know before I take the plunge to glory
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] duarian:
Correct, flashing one of the stock files from the root/stock thread. I have a couple. One of the stock image and one of invis's first OTA update. I have heard that no, it will not revert back and yes, it will. I sadly already flashed so I am sort of in a panic mode right now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] houseboatwayne:
Anyone know the link to Invisblek CM10 ROM?

From my Galaxy S3 running AOKP JELLY BEAN
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cell128:
Lol thankfully I'm at my bar right now otherwise I woulda flashed without reading the warning label first too
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hilbe:
Not out yet. Begin refreshing.

http://www.androidfilehost.com/main/Samsung_Galaxy_SIII_Developers/Invisiblek/cm10/testing/nokexec/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Phasze:
So.........

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30274025&postcount=317
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
Source?

https://www.verizonsgs3.us/how-to-manually-unlock-your-bootloader/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Travisimo:
Just to clarify... in Adam's original post, there is a link to "bootloader" and "pda" - those are the two files we need if we wish to return to fully stock bootloader and image, right? We just flash those two files in ODIN?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] duarian:
This is a question I have asked in a couple posts and I have gotten two different answers. Yes we need those and No we don't.

I would like to know if flashing a stock rom will write over the unlocked boot image as well for warranty purposes.

If we do need those files, do we just flash the PDA and boot image using odin in PDA mode?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jdhas:
http://goo.im/devs/invisiblek/i535/...2vzw-CM10-invisiblek-KANG-08-15-2012-1920.zip
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pinhead875:
Why are you guys waiting for a non-kexec cm10? What does it change about the functionality of the rom?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jdhas:
Nothing. Just boots MUCH faster. Also, bragging rights.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] luke1987:
Will unlocked bootloader help with dev in any way. For instance the lingering 3g issues? I'm guessing not, but thought maybe I could get definite answer...

Edit. It should make kernel dev easier, which will lead to more aosp kernels right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ksizzle9:
The definite answer is an ABSOLUTE YES!!!!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jdhas:
Believe it: http://review.cyanogenmod.com/#/c/21348/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hsomnus:
I installed wubi on my laptop, as recommended below. After the required reboot I can only use Ubuntu, windows I'd gone and I've lost all my files, photos, music etc. Is there any way to get back if did I **** up majorly?!!!

"As of the date of this posting, this works great on Linux and it should work wonderfully on Mac too. If you're using Windows, I recommend downloading Windows Ubuntu Installer(WUBI) to install Ubuntu from within Windows."

HELP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Vorfidus:
Lol you should be able to boot up windows from the boot menu.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jdhas:
1 The boot loader has nothing to do with 3G or IMEI. Those issues are still being actively researched.

2 Yes, more kernels and more roms. More development in general is very likely.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xXJay_RXx:
*pinches myself* yup I'm not dreaming.the bootloader on this beast is set free from Verizon's claws by the good people here on XDA
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] digitalsynner85:
Bootloader unlocked, the link to the post that states so is http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30274025&postcount=317. Enjoy
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hsomnus:
This is my screen after I sign in from reboot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Schaweet:
Apparently you failed to read the last 10 or so pages lol.

Sent from my SGS3 on Synergy Nightlies
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
you have to get rid of that mentality.....don't flash anything unless you are ok with being without a phone until you get near a pc......that should be a rule of thumb anyways. I never use Rom Manager or Clockwork Recovery unless forced to and any time a rom is offered in both CWR and Odin forms I ALWAYS take the Odin way. If it means I have to wait a few hours until I get home at my pc, then no big deal. It can wait. There have been times I was willing to take that chance. The flash went poorly and I had no phone for a few hours until I got home and used Odin to completely fix everything. No big deal because I knew the risk going in.

Also flashing in Odin tends to do a better job than the CWR methods. I have had times when I was forced to use CWR for a file where it didn't flash completely....but this never happens using the Odin method. Odin is a more complete way to flash.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ckochinsky125:
I never keep phones the whole time anyway so not to worried about it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NightxFall:
I guess I'll be using Odin haha. Anyways I'm glad the devs already got root and a "proof of concept" way to flash custom kernels.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tehh4ck3r:
The verge picked up on this, hopefully it will start getting some more press http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/7/31...tloader?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] drbveb88:
+1... the phone runs great out of the box. Its not like we will have to suffer through these early weeks.

Any body else getting between 10-14 hours with 5 hrs of screen time on the battery life? incredible!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s197:
It goes in alphabetical order: (e)clair, (f)royo, (g)ingerbread, (h)oneycomb, (i)ce cream sandwich, (j)elly bean.

Next release is key lime pie, I believe. Then who knows, lemon ices or someting....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] faehsemc:
10char
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ckochinsky125:
Agree. Before I rooted and rom the phones because they needed it but the sgs3 is fine out of the box. Maybe once everything gets worked out and jb is ported I will but until then stock is plenty fast for me
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] morpheus928:
OK had to comment on this statement, Odin maybe the more complete way to flash in comparison to CWR but it is also more dangerous to use if you don't know what you are doing, use the wrong tar file and you can end up with a nice looking paperweight, CWR was designed to avoid that issue, I have never heard anybody being able to brick there device using cwr to flash but Odin on the other hand just search xda under brick and Odin there are plenty of cases of poor souls looking for help with a bricked device due to user Odin errors. Odin is a great program but you really need to know what you are doing to use it properly, now if you are using a one click versión that's idiot proof then click away. I personally hope you guys are able to get that bootloader unlocked and get CWR working on your device so you can unlock the full power of the s3 I have faith in the developers here at xda but I do feel that we must be realistic about the possibility the bootloader may never be unlocked, I got this phone for my wife and she loves the phone, I'm waiting on the red version from at&t (she has Verizon I have AT&T, long story don't ask lol). The average customer will not care about a locked bootloader so those hoping for a outpouring of rage from the masses , your going to be disappointed only us technerds and phone geeks care about this issue and we are a very vocal minority when compared to Verizon's consumer base. Let's try and stay positive people I know it's hard but we can do it. :):D:thumbup:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
Great post.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] morpheus928:
Thanks :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] icebear8:
wont you guys be able to do something with the US cellular Galaxy 3 if it has a unlock bootloader? don't they run on the same radios and LTE?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Loglud:
Don't have a sgs3 however I did quite a bit of work on the looked bootloader of the book tablet which has the OMAP 4430. It's a different chip but you should be able to use the same buffer overflow method within the boot header. Check out the code here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1517513
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sniper_5:
Please excuse the noob question, but would there be a way to boot the OS from the SD card and use the internal storage as app/ data storage? reverse the roles to bypass the VZW boot.img etc? I'm sure it would be risky and slower though... Something like Linux does where you can run the OS from a disc with the ISO image.

Sent from my DROIDX
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] stiltzkin:
I think you're referring to chroot on a loopback device (similar to how you can run Ubuntu now). Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think it's feasible to run the entire Android system that way. It's not a bad idea though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] johnh123:
Of course, as big an issue as this all is, I'll bet we are going to have RIL problems anyway, so this will probably never be a big rom device. Thunderbolt still isn't even running ics because of the ril.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neyenlives:
the Droid X2 just got CM9 ICS.....and it was supposedly one of the devices all the devs hated the most.......
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jhanford:
Where there's a will, and other such phrases. It all depends on what we want to put up with and what tradeoffs there are. Even the DX is running (albeit a somewhat Frankenmonster) version of ICS.

The SGS3 has ICS now, so any ROMs around ICS are totally doable (as evidenced on the other carriers). If Samsung releases JB on the SGS3, Verizon will HAVE to follow - can you imagine their embarrassment if they're the only global SGS3 carrier without JB? In doing so, we'll get access to the RIL for JB and so custom ROMs based on JB will flourish.

Obviously, the next Android version might be when we see the pain. But again, if it was possible on the DX, I don't doubt some clever devs will keep us going with the latest at least until the two years is up (2014!).

At that point we'll all be ditching Android for WinMo anyway :laugh:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NotATreoFan:
Lemon. I would LOVE to see Google use that for a version name. :D

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Sent from the United States and my DROID Charge using Verizon's fast LTE network.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] depthless:
did this break predictive text for anyone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Vorfidus:
You don't get a boot option when you restart your pc? Btw my pc crashed when I went to reply to your post. Now it won't load back up. Ugh!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hsomnus:
I don't get a choice on boot but I just turned it off completely and turned back on...now windows booted up and I can't find wubi program anywhere
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] robpet2:
When you reboot the computer, hit the Esc Key to get to the boot menu. I almost freaked out too when I just did it.

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 3 running SynergyROM v1.6
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] con247:
redacted
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] manaox2:
If this doesn't work, please make a new thread. You can use a windows setup cd for XP, vista or 7 (whichever you had) and go to the recovery console. Make sure you have your BIOS options boot order set to allow booting from the cdrom before the hard drive. I'm assuming your windows boot drive is C: and that you didn't format and install ubuntu but rather set grub up with 0 sec timeout for this.

For XP in the recovery console, type: "fixboot C:" and hit enter, then type"fixmbr" hit enter, then hit "y" and enter, then take out the cd from the drive and type "exit".

For vista or 7, type: "bootrec.exe /fixboot" and hit enter, then "bootrec.exe /fixmbr" and hit enter, then "bootrec.exe /rebuildbcd" and hit enter. Then remove cd, type "exit" and hit enter.

This will replace the Ubuntu bootloader with the windows bootloader and fix the boot to windows.

---------- Post added at 01:10 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:06 AM ----------

And there goes Samsung Developer edition sales, right out the window. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Zool4nd3r:
Worked for me. I just followed the instructions for Terminal so I did it straight from my phone. Took my about...90 seconds or less to download, put at root of SD card, hop in terminal, follow instructions. Reboot is so much quicker. I'm still running Kexec (Paranoid Android) but it takes about half the time, and no more padlock icon on boot :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JCSIII:
I tried the same method and the reboot speed is crazy.I guess thats the sign that its unlocked?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NegativeOne:
Out of all the people to brick while doing this... you're the only one to brick his computer and not his phone. Congrats m8 ;). Sorry to be a brat about it, but it looks like ppl are already helping you out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Vorfidus:
Lol I didn't even install ubuntu! But I had to replace my main hard drive, I guess it just crashed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NegativeOne:
ouch -lose any data?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yosterwp:
Shouldn't the original post be updated? I thought the bootloader being unlocked would make the title on this page...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Kellic:
Yes because they are going to start from page 1 and read up to the last page. *sighs* The outright arrogance and douchebaggery of the folks on XDA never ceases to amaze me. Maybe he should have read the last couple pages....but.....I swear XDA in the last few years has become known for: bad documentation (Take a god damn tech writing class for god sake because a word placement can make the difference between someone bricking their system and someone happily chugging along on their phone. http://web.mit.edu/me-ugoffice/communication/technical-writing.pdf) Nazism when it comes to where to post. (OMG ITS IN THE WRONG FORUM! KILL IT! KILL IT WITH PLASMA!!) And out and out I know better then you so shut it. Basically elitism at its worst. OK venting done.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NegativeOne:
Cool story bro.:good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmotyka:
^^^^

IIIIIII Im with this guy! Cool story bro :highfive:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sniper_5:
anyone try this yet? I can't afford a Warranty replacement or I'd gladly test it. Right now I don't have a computer running right now, and the aboot posted earlier fails to download. :(

Synergy-1.7-I535
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] con247:
That one doesn't run (not dangerous however). I linked a new version in my general thread that has been confirmed not to brick (so it is safe) but we don't know for sure if it works.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MissionImprobable:
Kind of consfused by the layout of this forum but I wanted to post this in case you guys hadn't seen it yet. Much easier Windows ADB method via DMX:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj3VxiE1Ack
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hipcatjack:
So yeah, you know that there is now an app in the play store that unlocks the bootloader for you right? Its called "Vzw gs3 Ez-unlock (Bootloader) " by a dev called mmmeff

And you don't even have to brick your computer to do It! :p
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MissionImprobable:
There's a thread up about it now so it's all gravy.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] faehsemc:
So now that we are unlocked will it be more feasible to port from the international s3 as well as other carriers?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NegativeOne:
No. All of the devices are quite different. Different processors, different radios, different in other hardware too... the screen controller may be different specifically between the US and Int'l vers
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Vorfidus:
A joker, eh? If it means anything I had it fixed within an hour... XD
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tedkord:
I'm using TWRP 2.2. The only issue I've seen is it won't read my internal sd, so I've gotta put the .zip I'm flashing on the external sd.

Oh, and I'm unlocked via the one click method. And here I was worried that once they figured out the unlock I'd need to short a connection with a paperclip...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hipcatjack:
That was something I was prepared to do. Did it with my Google tv "sorta ".

sent from an UNlocked I535!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] faehsemc:
I understand that with the international version. Being the hardware differences.. but even with the other US variants? That seems false. We were able to port on the HTC droid incredible 2 from the desire Incredible S (which is the international version of 2) from Runnymede and several other phones that still had different radios and hardware changes. Now I understand work must be put into it to get them to work on our phones, I wasnt asking the ability to just flash any variant at random. I was asking since now we are not KEXEC screwed anymore, is it possible to port from similar devices and now a lot more easier too.