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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonu42:
You clearly are very misinformed......
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thalinor:
Thank you VERY much for this effort.

Just one question; forgive my ignorance as this is my first Samsung device.

So I take it img's are the equivalent of sbf's?

If so, with the stock Verizon listed here on XDA I can reflash that image and be totally unrooted and stock when I am done, correct? Bloatware and all [even if I remove it now], ready to OTA when they release the update for world roaming?

And there will be no flag that says I ever had anything other then stock everything on this device correct?

Thank you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
yes, when using odin with samsung devices, anytime you flash a stock package it repartitions and reformats the system...putting the device back to a factory untouched state.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] OldManJames:
Lol. Flashing things in Odin and in recovery are quite different. I'm asking if anyone has done it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shredder47:
I don't even have my phone yet, but I'll be seeding the torrent from my university....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonu42:
What part of locked bootloader didn't make sense to you? We can't write to boot.img, and the kernel lies there......
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Immolate:
But... there is a flash counter. They may come up with a way to reset the flash counter. It's been done on other devices. Not sure if that's possible on a phone with a locked bootloader.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ratledge:
It sure as H does! :p
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28413277&postcount=16
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] invisiblek:
we can most certainly flash a custom boot.img

but it will not boot...

http://i.imgur.com/Ci0gY.png
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
im well aware there is, but i bet there will be ways around it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonu42:
I know, I was implying it is locked down with a security check, sorry. I've been reading every post on all the bootloader threads, I assume too much :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jhanford:
I can finally bring my Angry Birds progress from my DX!

In all seriousness though. The dev community now is way stronger than when the DX came out. The feeling of despair a month after launch was palatable. When we finally got root, it opened up many possibilities, and while we didn't get Nexus-style customisation, the DX dev community grew to the point where, even now, you can get MIUI, CM7, CM9 and a whole host of other roms.

To go through that same set of feelings in less than 12 hours is a testament to the quality of devs we have now.

We have root. It has begun.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] viper8u2:
Wondering this myself
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thalinor:
ok so I DID just trip the flash counter correct, so if they look then they can see that it was done?

If so, Not a problem, If I have an issue I can just wait for the OTA update which should also trip the flash counter, correct? At that point I just reflash stock, update and If I ever have a problem, hypothetically the OTA update failed several times and i had to keep trying. While that may not work on anyone with technical knowledge of the device, it will certainly be enough to fly with a Verizon Rep.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] OldManJames:
No **** the kernel lies in the boot.IMG. Im asking a question I haven't seen answered until another response I just got. Until then I hadn't seen any attempt to flash a kernel other than Odin.

And you are very much over simplifying a locked bootloader. Some locks are a big deal than others. Most android devices ship locked its not like this is some drastically new idea.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tekhna:
So now the question is whether we can override the system checks?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
can we please quit making comparisons between samsung and moto devices...the difference here is the gs3 has odin and recovery can be accessed without some hack pseudo-recovery method. This here alone will make things alot easier!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JimmyHACK:
^ THIS
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MichaelVash7886:
Which means devs can be more aggressive in their efforts since it's not a pseudo-recovery?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Correct!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PeteyNice:
Wow. invisiblek, you made my Incredible great and I am thrilled that you are developing for my new phone! This works great! I have root and CWM! The only thing I would change in the directions is that since you are already in adb shell you just do reboot recovery at the end, not adb reboot recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sidn3y:
Pardon my Android noobness. If I root, will I lose everything and have to redownload my apps/contacts/etc? Not that it's a big deal, just want to be prepared.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] deitiphobia:
What really gets me is that Verizon has allowed its previously flagship phone, the Galaxy Nexus, to be a completely unlocked phone. It's also from Samsung. But with this phone from Samsung, they somehow find reason to lock the boot loader. Why Verizon? Why? It's gonna be largely circumvented so why even bother?

I think a lot of the anger is also because many jumped on the S III before the new shared data plans kicked in.

When I heard the news I thought of the Scene in Episode III where Obi Wan yells at Anakin...."You where the chosen one!" Such epic grief and dissapointment. The SIII WAS the no compromise phone...great camera, great screen, great speed and processor, great Ram at 2 gigs, No BS variants. But Verizon had to go and spoil the party.

/rediculous rant
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] funkymonk101:
MD5 Sums

Could someone be so kind as to post md5 sums for the files involved in this process? Nothing worse than spending an hour trying to figure out why the process didn't work only to discover your download didn't complete successfully ;)

Odin307.zip

recovery.img

rooted.system.img.tar
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] acetkbez:
good catch
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JackpotClavin:
Anybody wanna try this?

Since you have a custom recovery working, pulling the init scripts from your stock boot.img and packaging them into a recovery.img and dd if'ing that new recovery.img (even though at this point, it *should* now actually boot up into android). A custom kernel *should* work too. At this point, holding the recovery key combination will now boot your up normally (as if you didn't even press the key combination). Albeit, in order to boot up with a custom kernel, you'll have to do the recovery key combination, and you'll lose your recovery unless you dd if your clockwork recovery back to the recovery partition (like we give a fuc.k.jpg). Failure to boot up without holding the recovery key combination will simply mean you won't have your custom kernel
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonu42:
that would be cool........... or set it up like this.

Key combo > Recovery > Init (using custom CWM setting) > custom kernel >android
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JackpotClavin:
I mean, you *could* set up a bootmenu type deal in the recovery partition similar to the the cyanogendefy team where pressing the volume rocker down at the same instance where the LED is flashed blue will take you into recovery, and not doing so will boot normally. that way you won't lost clockwork and you can still boot up into android with a custom kernel (best of both worlds)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aj8600:
and with his 666th post he changes the game, thanks invisiblek!

will seed till the cows come home
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Freshgeardude:
Will this wipe the device?

I skimmed through the post and I didn't see any mention, but we are flashing a new system.img

Just want to make sure before I try this out
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
the galaxy nexus was never verizons flagship phone because they had no control over it...the razr had way more spotlight!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dwatowski:
No, this did not wipe the /data partition. After applying the system.img and rebooting my device was exactly as before, wallpapers, apps, text messages sent/received, etc were all the same.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JackpotClavin:
Can somebody who has flashed clockwork see what this command returns?

Go into clockwork and use ADB and go into the adb shell and type cat /proc/version

Then boot stock normally and type cat /prov/version

post what your device returned as the kernel version for both clockwork and the normal bootup. if these numbers are different, it *most likely* means that the recovery does not have a signature and custom kernels are possible if placed on the recovery partition
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shuura:
this is just awesome!! I received my phone yesterday and was quite disappointed at the thought of not being able to wipe the vz bloatware. many thanks invisiblek!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PeteyNice:
Normal:

I can't get adb to work in CWM
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JackpotClavin:
Damn. Thanks for trying though. That would probably have been the nail in the coffin for seeing if the recovery trick can run custom kernels. I guess we will have to wait a bit longer for confirmation
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s197:
THIS is the kind of discussion that belongs in the dev section. Thank you. Can the upset Motorola users take it to general? You're not helping with progress by *****ing here and there's plenty of threads for you in general.

And to help with the progress, I've started seeding the .tar file.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PeteyNice:
OK, it was a driver issue.

CWM:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Robster180:
So what does this mean? Can we use the recovery image for custom kernel? Sorry if I'm jumping the gun, just really anxious
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JackpotClavin:
Yeah invisiblek just got it working. He booted a non-stock kernel on his S3 via the recovery mode workaround http://pastebin.com/eARk7r48
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Robster180:
You guys are beyond incredible, can't wait for the phone to come in Monday, I had lost all excitement until now, sweeeeeeeeeeeeeert
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neh4pres:
Would it be a bad idea to use Google's tether app on this phone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BungeBash:
Ok so reading through all of the multiple dialogues, and I correct to assume that I am only rooted while booting into recovery mode?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] biff6789:
No, if you follow the root method you are rooted on a normal boot. If you want a custom kernel then you have to do it through recovery atm, but that is only a temporary solution.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aj8600:
All this in one day.... And the phones technically not out...... This is going to be great. I'm so glad I didn't jump ship at the first sign of trouble

Edit: why is this not a sticky??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] deadfrog82:
so am i to understand the encrypted bootloader can be bypassed in a better way than the droid x? If this is true then great. But if it is some half assed work around that doesnt truly open the device up every one who ordered you have been warned. I have a galaxy nexus so i can just cancel my order and go back to that, which by the way is on jelly bean and is way faster then the s3 stock. Already played with an att version so i do know. Just so f....... disappointing because i wanted this device to be open. F... verizon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SirKronan:
Has anyone given our modded wallet apk a try on a rooted SGS III yet? Just curious. Props to all the hard work you guys are doing!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] erronr:
We don't even know if this is an encrypted bootloader. It's merely locked at this point. The DX used a chipset encryption. Being that this device is the same as other the chance of that protection being the same is slim.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DebianDog:
<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> T Flash...

<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

When you said flash you meant T Flash correct?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] superstargoddess:
The OP has the best post EVAR. Love it!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] burkett375:
From the OP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Droosh:
Glad to see some root progress. I was a big fan of your work on the DInc.

And to all the guys coming from Moto devices... If we get some breakthrough like 2nd-Init did for the DX that will be great! Hell, even the DX2 has a CM9 alpha running on an older GB kernel. I just hope we don't have to hang in that long. :banghead:

Sent from my Verizon locked down GSIII
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DebianDog:
If I do not click T Flash the Start button is not available
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hotelmrrsn:
quick question, can't you just install CWM recovery via Rom Manager once you have SU?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s197:
Just hit the PDA button then browse to your .tar file.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DebianDog:
Had to do a battery pull to get it too work but I am all good now.

Off to PayPal to send the DEV some $$$.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jackdubl:
Quick newb question: am I supposed to place the files on my phone or on my cpu?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shuura:
on your PC.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aatrek:
Could someone please post a step-by-step guide to get back to stock, like how to use Odin and the stock Samsung image?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jackdubl:
Can I just create a folder in my platform-tools folder and put the files in there? Or, where did others place the files?

Also, we could just flash CWM through rom manager and skip the last step, correct?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] telveer:
Kudos

Kudos - Got my S3 yesterday and followed your steps as-is (without CWM, I just needed root). Worked like a charm! The main reason I root is to remove bloatware.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shuura:
you can place the files in any folder on your PC. Odin doesn't require it to be placed in a specific location. I simply placed mine within my Android\SGS3 folder.

As for CWM, I haven't flash it as of yet. My initial desire was to obtain root and remove all bloatware!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neh4pres:
Do I need Windows drivers to use Odin?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jackdubl:
OK, I've never really used ODIN other than the Nexus, which doesn't really count. So how do I "fire up ODIN"?

Neveremind. Figured it out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DebianDog:
Yes load the kies drivers http://www.samsung.com/us/kies/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] satadru:
Actually, it would be useful if somebody would try to do the rooting and restoring with the Heimdall software, since it is multi-platform.

Heimdall: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=755265
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jackdubl:
Ok, rooted. Then I did step 4, but I don't think it worked. How can I tell? I wouldn't even know how to boot into recovery if it did work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wpbear:
Doesn't that install a fancy Samsung program aswell; is there a place just for the drivers?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Elite49:
It should appear as an App BUT I'm not sure since I'm coming from a Droid X2. For me it would be in app drawer if it's Clockswork Recovery Mod. I'm pretty sure I'm wrong...

Anyway someone on Engadget in the comments posted

" The 700Mhz spectrum that Verizon uses for its LTE has a provision in its use that effectively makes it "against the rules" for Verizon to have locked bootloaders on phones that use that spectrum.

It will probably take a few complaints to the right authorities to get them to allow an unlock tool, but they must do it per the terms of the spectrum purchase."

I do remember reading this a few months ago on some site.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ckochinsky125:
Sadly I think there was a loophole hence why no lte moto devices got an unlock tool.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mad96:
You know if you go in the app drawer long press the app then drag it down to the bottom of the screen to where it says more info , uninstall updates if necesSary then do the same process and it will say disable , works just like tibu but it's just part of ics.

M.yA.nD.droidS3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jackdubl:
Well, I did step 4 but I have a feeling it didn't work. There is definitely no CWM app in my app drawer, although I have never heard of such a thing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] enomele:
Gonna start downloading the stuff and root. That you so much invisiblek. You are the man. I've been following you from when you starting working on the incredible. Love your work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MichaelVash7886:
Way to go invisiblek. Rooted, going to wait for more development before I start flashing roms.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aatrek:
It doesn't work that way, there is no CWM "app" to put in your drawer. It's part of the system - when you boot up into recovery mode, you are in the CWM system at that point.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jackdubl:
Ok! everything worked! Now who wants a donation? By the way, is there a way to boot into recovery straight from the phone or do I have to use adb exclusively?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hotelmrrsn:
I got SU, but when i tried to do the adb commands i got a message saying that 'adb' wasn't a recognized command. Can I just flash CWM recovery via Rom manager safely or do i need to use the specific recovery.img provided in the OP?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AtLemacks:
Ok, I have tried everything under the sun, and I am not being sarcastic. I have factory reset from recovery, factory reset from the device, I have deleted and pushed it back, then deleted restarted and pushed it back, deleted then factory reset, deleted and run odin to install rooted system image, and just used odin to intall system image without deleting. Messaging app is BROKE. How can I get back to unrooted state with a factory image?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s197:
I know this doesn't answer your question, but just curious, if you use a 3rd party message app like Handcent or Go, does it work?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AtLemacks:
Give me a minute and I will let you know. I just tried to reset then odin again with the apk and odex fully removed. If this doesn't work I will download Go (even though it's ****ing gay) and let you know.

Oh, and also, I got the apk and odex from someone who's phone was working perfectly fine.

---------- Post added at 06:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:48 PM ----------

Now phone is in a bootloop...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Have you tried flashing the factory stock image via ODIN yet?

Link Here
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AtLemacks:
The file it had me download isn't seen in ODIN. This is the file name : "Samsung-Updates.com-SCH-I535_VZW_1_20120705143513_fti2qg2lmf"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Ya I was just going to suggest flashing that stock image.tar in the PDA function of odin. Should put the device back to untouched stock bloat.

---------- Post added at 07:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:59 PM ----------

you have to extract it with 7zip
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Freshgeardude:
I followed the directions as said, but after my phone tried to reboot after the flash, it is stuck on "Samsung GALAXY SIII" screen and not going any further.

Should I try re-flashing it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
That's basically just a package file. Use Winrar or 7-zip to pull the tar.md5 file out of that package. That's what you have to flash.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AtLemacks:
Ok, I use Winrar. I'll see if this works. Give me a few to post back.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Stam2000:
Possibly because it still uses 3g for voice. It's the only thing I can think of
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AtLemacks:
OK........... Stock image works. NOW, I am going to try to re-install rooted. Wish me luck, lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aatrek:
When you reinstalled the stock image, which button do you use - BOOTLOADER, PDA, PHONE, or CSC?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AtLemacks:
I've only used PDA. I followed instructions to the T. My first 2 Android phones were Moto X1 X2, then Rezound, now this so it's been different. I ensure to READ every time, lol. If I shouldn't be using PDA then someone should have written that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] espnaholik:
Worked for me

Pretty easy method. Especially coming from Thunderbolt (original manual root method) Now we just need some ROMs!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] akanealw:
You could use script manager and make a script that is just "reboot recovery" without the quotes of course, and make a widget for it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s197:
Quick Boot app should work too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AtLemacks:
I can report GREAT SUCCESS!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ufjay5:
once rooted can you tether?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Freshgeardude:
Dont disable apps before flashing

WARNING FOR EVERYONE

OK, im not sure if this is the issue, but its the only logical explanation to the failure I just had.

I tried to flash the file using ODIN, first time, it wouldnt get past the "Galaxy S3 screen"

I flashed again, and it went into boot animation (yippee right?, nope) and it would NOT reboot fully.

I tried flashing it again 3 more times and it was still stuck there, so i am going back to STOCK right now.

The only explanation for this is that I DISABLED APPS in ICS that were system apps. (you know, the bloat)

I suggest people re-enable all of the disabled apps BEFORE FLASHING.

its possible only one of the dozen or so i disabled could be the issue, but regardless, something did it.

I hope I helped everyone out and hope this doesnt happen to anyone else
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] akanealw:
Yup, that would be simpler :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AtLemacks:
I am going to have to say you are probably right. When I was trying to fix my Messaging App issue I had flashed in ODIN with the Messaging App disabled and the phone would not make it past the VZW signal animation. I did a factory reset each time I got stuck there and it booted back up. So, I would have to agree, having ANY stock app disabled might cause problems. If you have this problem, simply factory reset.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BungeBash:
How did you disable the bloat if you weren't rooted yet? As for me I'm fine waiting for a proper root that doesn't involve replacing my recovery
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kevjs1982:
I've just noticed that since the last upgrade (give or take a couple of days - can't remember exactly when the upgrade happened) that all the photos I take have no EXIF data - apart from Make, Model and if it's turned on Location.

Andorid 2.3.7, Build 6.0.A.3.75 (T-Mobile UK version).

Is anyone else having the same problem, and if so have you found a fix?

Alternatively does there exist an alternative app that stores the data and can be launched pressing the shutter button when in standby? (even better if it doesn't stop playing the current song - argh!!!)

The main bit that is annoying me is the missing date/time taken field :(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sixdaysandy:
I've used the SG Generic 75 ROM and had no issues and the CH Generic ICS ROM and I've taken photos with the both and all the exif data has been stored.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kevjs1982:
Hmm, DDMS says the following when you take a photo

07-07 18:05:37.058: ERROR/CMarlinMediator(139): [721411536] ERROR : const sony::drm::CTime sony::drm::CMarlinMediator::getTrustedTime() calling tt_GetTrustedTime. return code 588120065

Tried disabling "Use network provided values" for the time to no effect :(
[HTC One X] Gamool:
Hi all,

As we all know, battery life for the One X sucks big time.

I need to know which ROM of the ones posted in the development section is better when it comes to battery life.

My current state is consuming 50% of it in the first two hours and this is horrible for me.

Appreciate your assistance! ;)