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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] techgov8:
Next time just unchecked auto reboot. This just means when its done flashing the firmware then you unplug the usb do a battery pull and then turn your phone back on.

Tap'n
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
Out of curiosity, what is F. Reset Time?

I did uncheck it accidentally, but the Unroot worked without issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Nobody I have chatted with really knows...most just leave it checked by default.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
I googled before asking, and couldn't find much info either.

http://android.stackexchange.com/qu...ctionality-behind-the-odin-buttons-checkboxes

"Auto Reboot and F.Reset Time - when the flash is done, auto reboot and reset the timer of the flashing when done. Usually can leave those two checked."
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AtomicX:
For some reason when I boot into ClockWork Recovery, There is no option for Backup/Restore, on the top it says it is version 3e.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
sounds like your in stock recovery not clock work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
Did you install v6.0.1 from EZ Recovery?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] josh995:
EDIT: Nevermind. ez unlock 1.2 did not work for me, it would just sit there at a white screen. 1.1 did work
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
I just Rooted my replacement S3.

I installed 1.2 and it works fine.

I had it saved previously to my ExtSdcard, and installed it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AtomicX:
I went into EZ Recovery, Selected CWM 6.0.1.0 then hit Flash! and then hit Reboot Recovery.

EDIT:

Turns out that I had the "Stock" radio button selected!

Selected the CWM for the radio button, works good now
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] josh995:
Help!

I installed the ez recovery CWM app and it said it was successful but when I boot into recovery it says android system recovery <3e> at the top.

I'm trying to do the synergy imei backup and i installed the zip to my sd card and theres no "install zip" on my recovery, theres "apply update from external storage"

I selected that and then tried installing the synergy imei zip and it says 'signature verification failed'

I followed step by step, to a T... What did I do wrong :/

I also did the ez unlock and that was successful...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
I remember I had an exFAT card that CWM didn't see. I had to format to Fat32.

Don't know if yours is the same issue though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] josh995:
EDIT: I used ROM manager to flash cwm, working now. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Rushead:
It's probably the radio button thing. In EZ, be sure you hit the radio button next to cwm. (not that you need this information anymore :rolleyes: )
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
you didnt follow the steps to a T or else it would of worked. It sounds like you never flashed cwm 6.0.1.0 after downloading and opening the ez recovery app...therefore you booted into stock recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Rushead:
+1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hakoreh:
I am using the earlier version of the EZ Unlock tool and it says my bootloader is unlocked but when I try to flash CM10 I get an unauthorized software go to Verizon store message..which I fixed but yeah is there a way to manually check the bootloader is unlocked for real? Is there any other reason I would get that message even if my bootloader is unlocked?

Thanks..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] techgov8:
What version are you using? Make sure its 1.2 I use that and have no problems. Im running a ROM right now

Tap'n
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] emichroc:
Sorry if this has been discussed already. I recently got a new s3 from VZW since my first was crap. This is on G7. My old phone took the OTA to G7. VZW has in their system that I'm on G7. If I root and need to go back to Stock, I can only go to G1 according to the OP. Wouldn't VZW then know I'm rooted and trying to go back to stock essentially voiding my warranty? Long story short I fear rooting if there is no way to get back to the way the phone came. I know the OTA should show up again but don't you think VZW knows that?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wooddale:
I believe if you go back to stock g1 it will keep asking you to go to g7. I also think you can go back to a stock g7.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
it does not matter what version of stock your on...flashing stock firmware does not void the warranty. not to mention you can always ota back to g7 if it worries you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Eris _2.1_2010:
Im debating on upgrading to the S3 on USCC and was wanting to know if theirs has is unlocked?

Sent from my Galaxy S Mesmerize running AOKP Build 4 JellyBean with Devil Kernel 1.6.1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
yes it is. the verizon variant was the only locked s3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LasVegasRomeo:
Has anyone used or knowns if Mobil Odin works with the fascmate?

Sent from my SCH-I500 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
no unfortunately it does not.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] josh995:
Help! I just odin back to VRALF2 and now my phone is stuck at 4G LTE startup screen...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Follow the very last step of section 6...if your device wont boot, hold the volume up and power button for 30sec, it should power off. Get into stock recovery and wipe/data factory reset.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheBurgh:
Just came over from the droid razr. These instructions were spot on. Thanks a million.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Death Roe:
Okay, forgive me, I've rooted my phone, but it's been a while since I was a hardcore root junkie.

I'm running a CM10 Nightly mod, do I have to wipe all my data/factory reset before I download the newest Nightly build, or can I just leave everything alone and flash the ROM via ROM Manager?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wooddale:
I believe you can just clear cach& dav unless they tell you elsewise. You know they alwaws say wipe if you have any problems.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Rushead:
+1

Yeah, nightlies usu. can be dirty flashed, but blame no one but yourself for any issues. ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PsiPhiDan:
The link to the Samsung Drivers in step 2 appears to be broken. Can I get the drivers another way?

Is it as simple as plugging my phone in and letting Windows find the drivers and install them, or are these some special drivers I need?

I would hate to screw up on essentially the first step, haha. That's why I am asking. Thanks in advance!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jonhern:
i get an md5 file, HOME_I535VRALF2_I535VZWALF2_618049_REV09_user_low_ship.tar.md5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] geoff5093:
I get a forbidden error when trying to download the stock rooted image.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
thats what its suppose to be...or am I missing something here?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Let me take a look...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jonhern:
ok, i just wanted to make sure, this is my first samsung phone and i was getting a message to leave cs when i loaded the file. Running it now and looks to be working. Thanks for your help.

---------- Post added at 04:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:38 PM ----------

it would not work for me ethier. I used the torrent link in this thread to download the stock image. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1755386
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] geoff5093:
Looks like that is the actual stock ROM, not the stock rooted ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jonhern:
my bad, there is a torrent around for that too that i used to root.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Links are fixed guys...the rooted stock image by mrRobinson is now a torrent link and you will have to unzip after downloading.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] geoff5093:
Finished downloading and currently flashing, thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
your welcome! added section 3 for flashing beans custom stock rom in recovery and/or flashing any .zip file in recovery such as custom boot ani's.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mmmeff:
Made a little something to make your section 2 nice and easy.

This app, as long as you have root, will make installing any recovery a breeze. Enjoy!

Look for VZW GS3 EZ-Recovery over on rootzwiki (in the VZW GS3 Development Section). I can't post links on XDA yet since I'm under the 10 post limit here.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
will do thx!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bjaurelio:
Thanks for this guide and thanks to all those who put the hard work into rooting this phone. If only we could get an unlocked bootloader like everyone else. This makes me sad I switched from Sprint.

Then again, LTE on a shared data plan is better than downgrading from wimax to 3G speeds but still paying a $10/mo 4G fee.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Samsung.Galaxy.S3:
Thank you

Fantastic thread. Nice to just have one place to get this kind of info. :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] c4v3man:
Completed section 1 using Root66 image, works great, no data loss. Couldn't tell it was done other than superuser needed an update from the market once it booted up. Thanks for compiling the guide.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dcox28:
Dumb question here but when I copy the recovery.img file to the root of my SD card, it never shows up when I go through Root Explorer and search through my SD Card. If I plug the phone into my pc and go to the CARD from my pc then I can see it as well as other folders that I can't see through Root Explorer. So there is something i'm not doing correctly because when i try to do terminal emulator it says it can't find recovery.img even though it is sitting there in the root of my SD Card.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

EDIT - Another weird issue i noticed is that I have a music folder i created on my SD card and I have about 16 gigs of music in there. I did all this when I used this same SD card in my Tbolt. when I got the SGS3 i just used the Tbolt SD card in my SGS3. Anyway, when I DON'T have the phone plugged into my pc and I go to Root Explorer and go to the music folder, its empty. However, I can go to the Google Play Music and all of my songs show there and can be played. When I DO plug the phone into my pc and view the contents of the Music folder from there I can see everything.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Look in mnt/extsdcard
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dcox28:
thank you so much. That was driving me crazy. I am a dumb ass.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Imatoasta:
This might be a dumb question but can you just flash CWM recovery through CMW now instead of doing the commands with the img? I just downloaded CMW and it had a version for the Verizon S3 so I flashed it through that and it worked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sevillian:
Great thread
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wooddale:
If the link is broke you can probably google it and find another link. They just get downloaded to your computer then when you open it uses them.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
Yes,

Windows did it automatically for me once, when I plugged in my S3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PsiPhiDan:
Thanks guys - I just downloaded them from another website. Time to start this rooting process! :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
They work fine for me...fyi next time look in the other sections. i have more than one link to the samsung drivers posted just incase one goes down. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cnlson:
any update for VRALHE?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Not yet...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jo_blow421:
I just followed the steps for return to stock using odin and used the stock.vzw_root66. but when I try to boot it won't get past the 4gLTE boot animation. I let it go for a pretty long time and did some battery pulls and still same result. Trying to download it with odin again in case something went wrong for some reason. Am I doing something wrong?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
You need to wipe data/ factory reset from stock recovery...last step of section 6.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jo_blow421:
Oops I figured it out right after my post from a different thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Addiso:
Gna get this phone soon just wondering if you guts think Verizon will update your phone as they program it and such? Don't wanna end up being on the HE one if there isn't way to root that one yet
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] countryfolk07:
I have a question, if i want to odin back to stock just to clean things up, do i need to relock the bootloader? Not for a return, just a fresh start. Thanks for any info.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Nope thats why it says "for returning device purposes" :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] S_rob7488:
When I plug my phone into Odin and your post says in the OP that I should see "comport #" in the upper left corner and I dont see it what should I do? I was stuck in a bootloop after rerooting my phone yesterday using the other version (forgot the name, but for Mac) and had installed Rom Toolbox to install a font which I've done numerous times before didnt think to nand and then I got bootloop...so I am trying to return everythin back to stock for now. I did download and install the Samsung drivers and ran Odin to open it and it is running I also downloaded the LF2 stock rom as the other HD one said it was going to take 2 days to download.. lol if anyone has any thoughts I would greatly appreciate it!

Edit: after I initially open Odin and click PDA and choose the stock rom, it says it is checking MD5 and then successful then it says "leave cs.." not sure if that is something to do with what I am clearly not doing right...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
^the farthest box to left in odin will show A com port number...that means your connected to the pc thru one of the usb ports. If you see no number, your device is not connected. Retry downloading/reinstalling drivers and possibly try another usb cable.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] msnglink:
so ez unlock just goes to a white screen? its done it on 1.4 and 1.2 verson
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
any reason why you didnt try 1.1?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] msnglink:
I tried 1.0 and it says unlocked but when I reboot my phone it says locked again

Just found out why, some how my phone is on vrlhe not vrlhd . Going to Odin over
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
that should not matter...how are you verifying that its locked?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] msnglink:
ez unlock, keeps saying it locked then i unlock it, the when i reboot my phone it says locked again, also i didnt have root so im going thru it again

finally found out my issue, my front usb's suck donkey, ez unlock still not working right but i had a diifrebt adb unlock on my pc
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Rushead:
Sup, Juan. Got this phone for my wife last month. It's pretty sweet. I'm guessing if the HE poses any problems these guys will figure it out. Rooting was super smooth. Wayyyyy easier than the Dinc2 (which wasn't hard, really). BTW the phone shipped with G7 & immediately OTA'd to HD. Still no problem rooting. Running stock touchwiz debloated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Addiso:
Thanks for the reply now I got an idea of what I will be doing as soon as I get my hands on my upgrade.

And looking at it yes, way easier than going through the downgrade and s-off if only the dinc2 was one tool roots and using apps to unlock and flash recoveries but oh well back to dinc2 forum :P
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tailsthecat3:
Section 2 is my jam!

However, I have build number IMM76D.I535VRALHE, will this root method work??

Thanks for this guide. Verizon replaced my Nexus with the 32gb GS3 and all I want is root. Now if only I wasn't at stupid work right now, all getting in the way of important stuff, like gaining root access.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Skyllos:
Will this still work after today's ota?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vlucchetti:
Droidstyle - the man! Piece of cake. Got my new S3 today, stopped the new ota from installing, then rooted, unlocked and flashed (AOKP) everything. One question - does this recovery work for restore? I know that some of the blue recovery in AOKP for fassy did not restore due to md5 error.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] schwartzman93:
I am trying to flash my phone back to stock using ODIN and the COMBINATION_I535VRALHD_I535VZWALHD_1092717_REV09_user_low_ship.tar .md5 wont work...it keeps telling me that md5 hash value is invalid...please help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] techgov8:
What version of ez unlock are you using?

Tap'n
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Try redownloading

If still nothing then try another stock rom
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Yes.

Yes restoring works fine with CWM and TWRP recoveries.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aznguyen316:
Hello all, I am selling my Verizon Galaxy S3 this weekend. I want to return it to bone stock like it came from Verizon as new.

I can just follow section 6 and just flash the VRALHD and be done with it right?

I am currently rooted and unlocked on Liquid Smooth RC5. I can just ODIN in and follow the steps with VRALHD (I'm reading it will re-lock my bootloader automatically) and I will be locked and unrooted? Just want to original with ICS to sell. Just want confirmation if I need to do anything else before. This will also clear all my data on internal storage? Thanks thanks!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Yes you are correct.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aznguyen316:
I appreciate that, thank you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cowsquad:
I am about to root my wife's gs3. Wish me luck. I have rooted my gnex an it was easy as a cake.

tapatalked² from cowsquadGnex®
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Good Luck!! On a side note, I edited the guide some in attempt to clean up and clarify things a bit more.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
No problem! I cant believe your leaving the s3 for a locked bootloader :confused:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lennie paz:
I just got an S3 and would like to root and unlock. Are there any downsides to doing it? I have a Transformer Prime and I'm rooted and unlocked on that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Addiso:
Nope just make sure before you start flashing back up your imei
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lennie paz:
I just opened a command prompt in the adb folder on my pc. I typed in the words "adb reboot nvbackup" and the phone rebooted. How do I know if it backed up my imei?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buzzdroidx:
wont root?

Ok, although I am sure I followed the directions, when i use the ez recovery i can see the files in the drop down and choose them, but there is never any "flash" option available, or at least I can't seem to find it. so when i do try and reboot with the 3 physical buttons, I choose the twrp option of updates to flash and it fails with a key request... Maybe Im still locked? it says unlocked on ez unlocker and root is working...now what? ok! redownloaded it and got into a new recovery but still wont load a new rom failed to verify signature and abort. hmmm any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aznguyen316:
Yeah seems crazy right? We'll see how long I have it if I get tired of having a locked down android. The S3 was locked but it got pwned, so there's hope especially if the Razr HD and Maxx HD both have similar methods of unlocking. I've had two android devices and both I was a serious rom flasher.. /shrug Thanks for all your help though, you helped me get root on my S3 originally after doing an unroot. Root66 method =) so many thanks there.

Oh, one more question. Does this flash modem too? I'm currently on G7 modem... will it update to the HD modem with the VRALHD file too? Reading the OP, since there's a writeup on flashing modems via Odin I'm guessing not. Maybe I should flash the HD modem while I have CWM on my device and then Odin the stock VRALHD.

*edit again* seeing there's an HE modem OTA, maybe I'll just let that OTA happen after doing VRALHD stock flash.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buzzdroidx:
update! success I was able to flash the twrp recovery and then flashed the codefire rom and gapps and waiting for the boot...I did a cache and dalvik wipe first

well ok its taking forever to boot is that normal?

and im in!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] oppis300:
Has this method been confirmed as working with the new OTA update? VRALHE...dying to root just want to confirm
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Skyllos:
I just went ahead and tried and it worked as it should with no problems.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Odin packages contain the modem aswell, so no you wont have to flash seperately.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Glad to hear!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Yes its noted in section 2.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Take a look in the imei threads...should be explained there. :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aznguyen316:
Followed everything in Section 6 to return the phone to stock with VRALHD. Worked out great! I was afraid at first because on the first two auto reboots it showed a Samsung Logo and below it "CUSTOM" with an open lock image, but after powering off to remove my SIM and microSD and powering on to check things, it was gone =) Off to the Motorola world now!

Thanks a mil Droidstyle and community!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wooddale:
Curious why back to Motorola world?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aznguyen316:
Not particularly because of Moto, but more of the hardware offering. After having the S3 for a couple months, I enjoyed the hell out of flashing roms but for everyday use I felt the S3 was a bit big. I used it to watch mkv's maybe once on a flight, other than that I am usually texting and reading RSS. The screen is great for that stuff, but one-handed operations were tough and I came from a iP4S and before a Droid Eris (modding was great on that too). Anyway I prefer being able to do things one handed - texting, checking email, reading a few feeds quickly etc and the 4.3" screen in a form factor no bigger than the iPhone 5 was a huge draw. Not to mention it has an S4 CPU in it and that's pretty much all I want. The most recent factor that pushed me though was the M getting 4.1.1 Jelly Bean leak AND receiving root access. Unlocked bootloader would be awesome, but having JB and root is enough to satiate me as the big reason I unlocked my S3 was for JB roms...

I am not seeing any other manufacturer release a mid-sized phone with high-spec internals other than Apple and I'm not due for an upgrade yet so I can't afford the iP5. The M was my next best option as the Galaxy S3 mini disappoints in terms of hardware. Plus this M is built like a tank! wow it feels so good in the hand, I miss this form factor - yet now with a 4.3" screen!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] keithrich1990:
Thanks

Thanks for the work, new to the Verizon family got my GS3 first thing I found was your thread. Its easy and complete for anything you need. Thanks again
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tailsthecat3:
I used this guide, section 2, to unlock, root and clockwork my I535vrlhe gs3. It worked like a charm and I was done in about fifteen minutes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wooddale:
I got club fingers so one handed is not an option plus Im old and need big screen. Im a little disapointed Im the S3 radios (modems). If your in solid 4G or solid 3G all is good but it seems while traveling the S3 tends to drop 4G unless its really solid. I understand while driving this could happen but it has happened while stationary also again just dont seem to hold on to 4G. I have a Bionic also rooted on 232 and it holds much better. Im looking at the new HTC comming out and the gigantic Note2. HTC is 5" screen but I think the radios on the HTC are much better than the Note2 will have to wait and see. On the other hand the HD Max aint looking bad either. Guess Im just a phone slut lol.