yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mapatton82:
Awesome, thanks for the info. Always nervous about pulling the trigger the first time, especially since I have never used Odin before (coming from the Droid X).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cmg5461:
I have a feeling it's me driving through 3g only areas on my way to work. I noticed it first thing when I got here this morning.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jackdubl:
I didn't think I was having issues with the original, either, unless I did a factory reset. But now I'm thinking I just wasn't AWARE of any issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gamer113:
did your use the root66 coming from factory or reflash after he was flashed with the invisiblek version?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mean Sixteen:
Anyone else have no 4g at all? I have not seen it since rooting last night. Rebooting doesn't do anything.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s197:
No issues. Might want to check if maybe 4G is down in your area.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheClap:
I didnt when I first turned on my phone (totally stock) and now I do. Heres what I did to fix it:

Settings --> More settings (under Wireless and network) --> Mobile network --> Access Point Names --> make sure the LTE- Verizon Internet has a green dot next to it. Then reboot your phone (or try the airline thing, that might work too since it cycles the radio).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ruddogg:
Just rooted with the image in the OP, everything working great so far. 4G good...

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Trying to get Wireless Tether to work, says there's errors, in the log it says,

Setting ad-hoc mode - Failed

Activating Encryption (wpa_supplicant) - Failed

Anyone know how to get Wireless Tether to work?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
If you're referring to Wifi Tether app (yellow wifi signal icon), download the version from the Play Store and set the device profile to "Samsung Galaxy Nexus (CDMA/LTE).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s197:
Check in the apps section, there's a thread on Wireless Tether with a link to the apk and what settings to use.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ruddogg:
Thanks guys. Got it to work. I was using Wireless Tether 2.07 from my HTC Thunderbolt, but once I downloaded the new one. It works.

I downloaded Wireless Tether 3.2 http://code.google.com/p/android-wi...etail?name=wifi_tether_v3_2-pre1.apk&can=2&q=

Changed the profile to "Samsung Galaxy Nexus LTE and now the Wireless Tether works, I'm able to tether my iPad to it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Since Koush released official CWM for our Verizon Galaxy S III now, I have updated the OP with instructions on how to flash it using Rom Manager.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ruddogg:
@OP - open1your1eyes0 - Heard there's an update, any chance you'll update the ROM to the new OTA update, supposedly it fixes the email problems that I was having.

1.) For work we use Office 365, after I set up the account, it downloads the email, the a notification pops up, saying that I need to update the security settings. Even when I click on that and update, it doesn't work. I've since deleted the work MS Exchange off the phone. Leaving the account on, the phone starts getting hot & the battery drains really fast.

2.) The Samsung Email app, when I try to set up a Yahoo mail account, it sets it up, then randomly it deletes the account, and I have to go back in and "restore" the email account. I've deleted that mail account off the Samsung Email app and set it up under "Other Mail Accounts," and it works fine, doesn't get deleted.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] frifox:
flashed it (touch version) and it doesnt do nandroid backups. click backup and it kicks me right back to the main menu.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ruddogg:
Just tried it, Nandroid back up doesn't work. Says "Error while backing up boot image."
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mean Sixteen:
I tried this. LTE was not lit up. I lit the green dot and cycled airplane mode and rebooted several times each but every time the dot above the LTE was lit. I cannot get it to stay on.

Any help appreciated.

When I get home I may try flashing stock unrooted image to see if that fixes it again. Then start over.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
You're right...I'm experiencing the same thing. Don't use the touch version for now until it's updated you can still flash as per OP and use the regular CWM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ruddogg:
Regular CWM is not working either, it's having an "Error Backing Up Image"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Ugh...you're right again. :( Disregard this then...I'm removing it from OP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] frifox:
yep, for now this version from AtLemacks works better. wrong filenaming but still, it backs up. it should do while we wait for a stable official release.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jlokos:
which version are you referring to? AtLemacks has 4-different recoveries files referenced. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pdinphx:
Can someone confirm that flashing this image thru ODIN will replace build.prop?

I was tinkering with build.prop, accidentally saved a truncated file and tried to reboot. Ooops ...

Pj

Phoenix, AZ
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] frifox:
I believe any would work but personally I flashed the touch one.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pdinphx:
I will answer my own question ... yes, it does.

Flashed rooted stock image and booted right in ... no problemo.

Pj

Phoenix, AZ
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Noxious Ninja:
I first rooted with the root66 image. Then I used BetterCut to launch HiddenMenuWifiOffload and disable that, but that doesn't get rid of the nag menu. Apparently, it only gets rid of the nag popup when you're using data-heavy apps over your data plan. (Side note: I hear you can use an ADW custom shortcut instead of trying to track down AnyCut or BetterCut. It requires using ADW Launcher at least temporarily, but you only have to make the change once, so it's probably not a big deal.)

Finally, I used SQLite Editor to mod the Settings Storage secure.db, and that not rid of the nag menu. Also, I still have Device Status: Normal.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ssmaster:
Please delete.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jbass350z:
Does anyone have a non-torrent link for this ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ponyboy82:
Another vote for this ^ My download has been sitting at 0% for a while now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mcramer19:
+1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ponyboy82:
Ok, I think I got it downloaded (torrent noob here). The file size is showing as 650.7MB and md5 is 7bd012a938005284da77bd2f8ef16f15.

In the OP, "be4350a56e739eaf7a4184352d653a7b" is listed next to the file, is that supposed to be the correct md5?

Edit: Ok, so I realized I need to extract the 7zip file (duh). However, when I try I keep getting errors that it's not a valid archive.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mapatton82:
I'm not at home but I think I remember the file being 1.3gb, it think. Sounds like you only got a partial file.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Will reupload to another location when I get home tonight.

That's the correct MD5. The MD5 is of the 7z file not the one inside it. Try to redownload it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Also decided to rename the thread title since many people refer to this build as "Root66".
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ponyboy82:
Thanks guys. I tried using Opera's built-in torrent client just because that's what I had installed, but it seemed to be messing up. I'm trying to redownload now with uTorrent and it seems to actually be doing something, which is always a good sign.

Update: Woohoo - got it downloaded successfully finally! I'm really glad I decided to check the MD5s! Thanks again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yznhmr:
do we have to reload the recovery.img after loading the root 66?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
If you would like to use CWM yes otherwise root66 flashes stock recovery during the process.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yznhmr:
thanks Op. I have reloaded everything and is working well now..

camera is functioning again and I reloaded the touch recovery..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
FYI for anyone that is having problems backing up to EXTERNAL SD Card please take a look at this: Link

Took me a while to figure out why my 64GB MicroSD wasn't being detected by any recovery and several apps couldn't detect it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TokedUp:
Just bought my phone and rooted it with this .tar using Odin and all went well. Thank you so much! Looking forward to the future of this new community!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s197:
Any way of checking the format type via the phone? I forgot to format this card FAT32 so it's formatted to whatever SanDisk does out of the box and I don't have a microSD adapter handy.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Unfortunately not through the phone but the default comes either NTFS or exFAT so it's probably in your interest to acquire one to reformat if possible, or in a phone with UMS support.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s197:
Gah, that's what I was afraid of, I remember all the issues with not having FAT32 on the Inc. I'll go reformat. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rigman:
Can we please have some date references in the OP? The title says 'Solved', but then there's several quoted posts with no date references. To someone just now reading this thread, how do I know if it was 'Solved', then someone found issues. Or if the quoted posts were before the 'Solved' status? A time line would be helpful please. At least a 'Solved date', and then a sentence saying 'No known issues since this date', if that's the case.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] juntistik:
Been running this for two days it has been nothing but seamless.

Had some issues with 4g speeds not breaking 10mbps, sometimes as low as 2mbps, but I restarted my device and then hit 29mbps. Not sure if this is coincidental or related to something completely different, anyone else experience anything like that with this rom?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Solved meaning read everything above "Old Request" to show the solution. If you still see it on OP that means no issues were found or I would not have put it up as "Solved" status.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tedkord:
Guys, please excuse a noob question...do I need to achieve root first or will flashing this via Odin give me root access on its own? Brand new stock VZW locked SGS 3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] stang6790:
Flashing the Root66 in Odin will give you root.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Alright guys, as promised earlier, I have reuploaded the file to another download link which I posted to the side of the Torrent link now. Please feel to test it and provide mirrors if possible because we know a lot of people are going to be using this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] silver04v:
Is there an md5 on these files that we can check?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Woah sorry bout that. I edited out the quote that had it before but forgot to put it for you guys. Just updated. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bgs_piece:
Can this be done over the method shown in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1756885?

I flashed the ~1.5 Gb file and am rooted but now I am always getting "Settings has closed" message and was hoping flashing this would take care of this issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Yes and for your case I highly recommend the optional factory reset step #4 as well to make sure of no leftover corrupt data from that image.

Sidenote: Please don't quote the whole OP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bgs_piece:
I really would like to do it without doing option 4; could I try it without resetting and if it still is acting up reflash this and doing option 4 at that time?

Also, does doing a factory reset format the internal sd card?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Sure you can try to flash first see if that fixes things, if not then factory reset and reflash. I cannot confirm if the factory reset wipes your internal or external SD card. By idea it should not but I would back anything up that you have on there just in case. Do let us know if it does so I can note for future reference.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Samsung.Galaxy.S3:
This won't trigger that one counter, will it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Forgetfull:
Just a fyi. Flashing this fixed my messaging not working problem.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Stam2000:
Thanks much. Everything is working perfect. Seeded on a 30Mbps upload for everyone
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bgs_piece:
Did you do the factory reset option?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] manatti:
I can confirm that my sd card did not wipe. I even flashed recovery with terminal emulator and everything is working fantastic 3 days in. Used titanium backup to remove some verizon and Sammy items and I am happy. Big props to sticking through this. Who can I buy a man sida(beer). WiFi tethering in socal at 19mbps down with a 9mbps up. Battery with solid usage ended day at 37percent left with more than moderate usage.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bgs_piece:
Well, I tried to flash without factory resetting and no better. It actually got worse; I am now getting android.process.acore has stopped working in addition to the settings stopped working. Trying again after factory reset this time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] simollie:
To flash this do I have to re-enable the apps I disabled in TW, like with the invisiblek one?

right now I'm on stock not rooted. thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] siff:
No you don't, you didn't need to re-enable on invisiblek's either.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brenardo:
I have flashed this IMG with no problems and it is up and running fine.

The only thing I have noticed is the first screen during boot says Samsung then under it I have a unlocked lock that says custom under it.

And from my understanding this is not normal.

I had flashed bleks IMG and all seemed well but I wanted to get back to correct VZW IMG.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kman79:
I noticed the unlock lock as well, don't want to assume too much and I'm probably wrong, but on the Galaxy Nexus, that unlock lock stood for an unlocked bootloader :good: I know, wishful thinking.:(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sincerity:
pretty sure the unlocked thing at boot just means root...mine does it too...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brenardo:
The strange thing about it all is my wife's phone doesn't have the lock and her system image status still says stock

While mine says custom.

I have a feeling that my flash counter has tripped

I am completely new to Samsung devices Other than a very brief stint with a GNex
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Forgetfull:
No. But all I had set up was my Google account. No apps downloaded etc. It was basically factory reset except for having a Google account and me going through the beginning activation process.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ponyboy82:
Does anyone know how to check the flash counter? I tried searching but all I could find were posts about methods to reset it. Is there a good way to tell if yours has been tripped?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mrRobinson:
Go into download mode. with phone off, hold vol down + home + pwr
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sincerity:
then what do you look for?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Now that Koush's Official CWM has been fixed with version v5.8.4.9, I have updated the OP with easy install instructions. Do not user the Touch version just yet guys until it's updated as well. Only the regular works.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Forgetfull:
So we can use rom manager to flash cwr just like normal? Awesome.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Yep. This time it's working. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chakra:
does this trip the flash counter?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Budwise:
I purchased the Touch CWM via the ROM Manager app and now whenever if flash it doesnt give me the choice, it just flashes the Touch version :/

adb to the rescue!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
If you flash as per instruction in the OP it will flash the regular version, then just hit cancel when it asks you if you want to flash the Touch version after that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ponyboy82:
Bump, just in case this got lost
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Quize:
Is there any way we can get the power_profile.xml fix added to this for those who have yet to flash? Have confirmed the bug exists on the Verizon rom as well.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1732722
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mrRobinson:
You'll see it plain as day... you won't have to look for anything.

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As an aside, for those who use this and stay on stock rom (but load cwm recovery),

I've updated my aroma de-bloater utility to also deal with vzw specific apk's.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zanktank:
New method to simply flash clockwork via Rom Manager worked perfectly and is much simpler than the prior method using ADB.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 762x51:
Please forgive the noobness. If I root with this method and install recovery from Rom Manager, will I have to reinstall all my apps and set all my settings again or does it keep everything as is and just add root?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Just avoid the factory reset step (unless you are having issues right now) and you should have all your apps/settings/data intact. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] simollie:
It only adds root and recovery. Everything else are intact, given you don't do a factory reset yourself.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 762x51:
Excellent! Thanks guys!

Just a tip, you might want to put instructions for booting the phone into Odin/download mode in the OP. Saves some searching for us who are new to Samsung.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] josephpalozzi:
Worked perfectly

This was a very simple root. Thanks for pioneering the method!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wierdo124:
Agreed. Had to track down instructions in the other thread. Had Motorola and HTC but new to Samsung!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Done! ;)

Good tip guys! I agree. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] d1ez3:
Thanks a lot, that was surprisingly easy and painless. But now that I'm rooted with a locked bootloader.. now what. Should I stop OTA updates from Verizon and try the CPU sleep mod? Anything else we can do currently with a rooted VZW model
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mapatton82:
I am running the CPU sleep mod and the Invisiblek v2 kernel. This phone is running great!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] voigts:
Wonderful. I would hate to think of not having root access for Titanium Backup. This was too easy.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rynek:
How will OTA affect

So if we have root, and an OTA update comes through and updates the phone, what will happen?

Is the worst that it will just be unrooted? Or if we have debloated the phone will there be issues? What happens if there is an OTA update on a rooted phone and you accidently update?

If the worst scenario is you lose root, then I don't mind too much.

Thanks :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fudsey:
For some reason the CWM from Rom Manager does not show my SDCard only internal memory. I was using the ADB push version but Rom Manager did not see it so I installed the RM version. I tried to mount external sd but that did nothing.

Is there something I am missing?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s197:
Check the format of your SD Card, certain formats were causing it to not be seen. Go with FAT32.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
fudsey, you are correct. This version of CWM does not currently use the External SD Card properly so the support had to be removed but at least it is a working solution where as before even the internal would not work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fudsey:
Ahhh OK thanks was thinking I missed something.

Landon, Thanks it was working with the sprint version but not properly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] stang6790:
Worst case would be you lose root and it breaks our method of obtaining root. So you do not want to accept an OTA until the developers determine what to do.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] troutbeck27:
OK, new to Samsung but not rooting and flashing as I previously had a D2.

In reading the instructions in the OP it says to extract the tar file (step 5 in OP).

I don't want to assume anything here but is the Proper Rooted Stock Image the tar file referenced in step 5?

Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
That is correct. Just extract it from that 7z file and then browse to it in ODIN when flashing (use "PDA").
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] simollie:
you mean the problem has nothing to do with the SD card format, FAT32 or not? external SD is simply not supported yet, is that right?

another (stupid) question: I did a backup and sure enough it went to the internal SD card. If I do factory reset, does that wipe it out? My understanding is that the factory reset basically wipe /data and /cache. Is that the same in Samsung world?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
The external SD card should be formatted to FAT32 anyways because it was stated earlier that exFAT support would never come to recovery. But as for the current state SD card was not working at all even with FAT32 formatted SD cards so the support was removed for it in the last update.

That is correct, factory reset keeps your internal memory and SD card data intact.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] troutbeck27:
OK just a little nervous on this but I have everything downloaded (I downloaded the first file rather than the Torrent)

Are these the correct steps? just double checking

1. open ODIN

2. check PDA option

3. browse to the tar file, and open

4. make sure phone is plugged into USB

5. power up into ODIN mode and accept disclaimer

6. start ODIN and sit back with fingers crossed and hope it works:)

Am I missing anything? Also how long should it take to install and reboot?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Samsung.Galaxy.S3:
Settings

Does any settings on the phone itself need to be changed (USB debugging or what not) prior to the above steps? :confused:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] troutbeck27:
Yeah I forgot about that step, might also need to allow for the installation of non-market apps. You need to be in debugging mode and also make sure that through stock application manager that you don't have any disable apps (I am not sure if it makes s difference or not but I thought I read somewhere that it could).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bgs_piece:
After experiencing the "Settings has stopped" message, I tried to flash this without performing a factory reset but unfortunately the settings has stopped was still there. I then tried do a factory reset since others were reporting the internal sd card was not erased, but mine was. After doing the factory reset and flashing this again, everything seemed fine except for the fact that everything on the internal sd card was gone. The settings has stopped message was not there after rebooting, but when I tried to access the applications tab under settings, it opened and after about 10 seconds it closed and there was the mesage again "Settings has closed"

I don't know what to do; I can't get into the manage applications option without settings closing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zapote21:
Extremely easy, although I am very familiar with Samsung products...