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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] inco9nito99:
Can someone please assist me. I am new to this unlock/rooting thing on my newly acquired SGS3 running the latest software update I updated to yesterday (xxxxHE?). I get to step 5 under section 2 to root/unlock my phone with Windows and for some reason whenever I try to open the file (waiting for it to open up in MS-Dos Prompt), it opens into a text file. I am lost as to why this is, I tried installing the other DebugFS file and doing the same, but it makes no difference. When I connect the phone to my USB, should it be MTP or PTP? Does it matter? I usually leave it on MTP. Thanks all!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dcharleyultra:
What are you using to unzip the file?

Swyped from my SPH-L710
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] inco9nito99:
Winrar.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
when you unzip it, open it and click on the executable file that says root debug...if you click on any of the other files, you will just see text.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] inco9nito99:
Yup, I'm on WinXP, I extracted the folder directly to desktop. I double-clicked on "RootDebugfs" (it even has an "MS-DOS Batch File" icon), and it opens up Notepad with a bunch of text that looks like what it should show in a Command Prompt window where I can type in options. :confuse:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
try unzipping it with 7zip and see what happens.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] inco9nito99:
Same thing. It doesn't open in command prompt just opens a notepad file.

Windows XP, as administrator.

When I right-click the "RootDebugfs" I have options for compatability under different windows versions and that doesn't even help. I also don't have an option to "open with" otherwise I'd try that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hobart!:
For The Noobs.....How to Flash A Rom..Video by me

http://youtu.be/O-7Xopdm5Yc
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
try a different pc if you can...im betting its something going on that side of the coin.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Rushead:
Try holding ctrl or shift when right clicking....should give you "open with" option.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] inco9nito99:
Thanks guys, it ended up being a computer error, which upon searching why I couldn't execute the file in command prompt, found many other users having similar issues. I redirected some files in the registry and viola! Thanks all!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AJ26T:
Is there a odin file for the newest HE update incase i want to unroot i dont have to flash old aoftware then update
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wooddale:
Yes look in OP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AJ26T:
Yeah looked thats y i asked OP only goes up too F2 not new HE
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
why do you need HE? to answer your question no there is no HE odin package. HD is the leaked version of it tho....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AJ26T:
I just didnt have to go back to g7 or whatev and update again last time i did that i had to get a new sim

But thanks for answering
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] phieta:
In Section 6 on flashing stock image, maybe move the asterisk up and next to VRALHD to let users know that that file is the one that wipes the internal sdcard. Helps the individuals out there that don't care to read the directions all the way to the bottom and deleted all their pics/backups. Yep...

But thanks for the informative guide.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] WhiteReign:
I learned the hard way not to Upgrade your Phone today. I just got it and wanted to root. I did the upgrade like a tard and now I get Verizon error so its breaked! DONT UPGRADE!!!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
To clarify, you Rooted 1st, then accepted an OTA upgrade?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] WhiteReign:
no OTA then rooted so now I cant use any rom as of this point. I am using Odin to go back but still get the same error. :( when using a rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] john21511:
I was rooted and unlocked running stock kernel and ROM update happened I only lost root. It updated to the lhe. Re did the procedure thank you Adam for casual and now I have root back running CM10 nightly 10/22.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
So you accepted the OTA (HD or HE I presume) which made you unable to Root afterward.

I didn't realize that the update would do this.

I'm not sure if it is something in the ROM preventing Root, or user error.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Yes the root method works for all current releases as noted in section 2...he is clearly doing something wrong.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
unlock your bootloader.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Amphibliam:
I am trying to restore stock via Heimdall as I have a mac and it says some xml file is missing. Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Amphibliam:
Also, is it safe to unroot using the CasualApp?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
i have not tried unrooting with casual so not sure...although i dont see why it wouldnt be. also i dont use mac or heimdall so yea, cant help much there.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] WhiteReign:
Thank you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Amphibliam:
So after ODINing back to stock, it says Custom with an unlock symbol every time it boots. Any way to stop this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wooddale:
I believe I read there is a way to get rid of it I think its in the Android development thread with all the roms you can flash.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
mine did that right from the factory...but it seems the majority of devices did not. so let me ask, did you wipe data/ factory reset from stock recvery after going back to stock?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sandhuxda:
I am following Section #1 (for Mac/Linux). Successfully rooted. But when I select "Flash Unsecure Aboot", CasualApp says

"*WARNING* It is possible that updating your device with any firmware past 15AUG2012 may cause this exploit to render your device inoperative. Please look at the comments on the thread on XDA-Developers.com"

I am running

- Baseband: I535VRLHE

- Kernel 3.0.8-1092717

- Build IMM76D.I535VRALHE

Is it safe to unlock the bootloader? I am trying to install SynergyROM.

Thanks.

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Never mind. Got help here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33212254
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] luthi3n:
So I'm trying to odin back to LF2 (what I had downloaded at the moment) and odin looks like it's kinda just chilling. In the message box this is what I have:

It's just kinda hanging there I think. I didn't change any of the boxes (auto reboot and reset time checked by default) and did it under PDA like always. This normal?

And now after letting it sit for a while it says Fail with a big red box in top left and added these two lines:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mike216:
I've had it hang for a while. Make sure your patient with it!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] luthi3n:
I have to, but it's never come up as saying FAIL in the top left with this message in the box:

Anyone have suggestions?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mike216:
I would restart Odin and try again. You might have to pull the usb cable and restart odin
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] luthi3n:
Finally got it to go somewhere but it's been stuck on this step for a while now:

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Tried going back to LF2 and it managed to get this far:

It's been like that for a little bit now. That normal? I seem to recall it moving a little faster. I'm half tempted to just let it go till the morning and see if it goes anywhere
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
sounds like you have bad downloads.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] luthi3n:
Hopefully that's all. I just downloaded the root66 one and am gonna give that a go. I manage to mess myself up even more by forgetting to unlock the bootloader before I flashed Clean so now I got the damn triangle so hopefully odin will actually work now.

Edit:

It's been on the same step for a good ten minutes now. Just says boot in the top left box and the last message in the bottom right was NAND Write start!!

Any suggestions?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
before you run odin, are you seeing a com port number in the far left box? If no then your device is not connected.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] luthi3n:
Yep, that's all showing up.

Edit:

Hmmm. Trying it right now on another PC and its making it further already. The only thing I could think of was maybe a driver issue on my PC and that's why I switched to another one that didn't have anything on it already. My AV was disabled too so its looking like it was an issue with my PC. Fingers crossed tho
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mike216:
What happened? You get it bud?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] George111-Loves-His-DInc:
Does it matter what version of JDK I'm running when I try to root my phone? I'm on a Mac running 10.6.8, so my computer isn't compatible with the latest JDK version (I need to have Lion or greater). I really want to root my GS3, but I'm afraid having an older version of JDK will cause problems with the rooting process!

I'm running Java version 1.6.0_37 currently, if that helps. Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] luthi3n:
Yep. Got it worked out. Worked like a charm on the other PC so I was thinking either a driver conflict or something on my PC getting in the way. Had everything I could think if tho that might possibly do that all disabled tho so who knows. Thanx for the help tho guys.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mike216:
Good news I love good endings
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Amphibliam:
Quick question. I'm on HD, but I'm not getting the update to HE, so I think I need to be on G7. Will flashing the images in ODIN wipe my data?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
you can just flash back to vralf2(i know for a fact it wont wipe data unless done manually from stock recovery) and then take the ota.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wooddale:
When you flash F2 in Oden do you have to take the G7 OTA first and HE or will it let you go right to HE?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
I believe you go right to HE...I have not tried it, but thats how it use to be on my gs1.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nickjensz:
Quick question.... now that I'm rooted, unlocked, and have TWRP flashed and backup made, can I flash a rom, and if I don't like it just do a restore back to my ICS backup?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
Yes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nickjensz:
Right on! Thanks Man!:good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
I always have redundancy backups for my data and apps.

I use My Backup Pro and Titanium Backup.

There are also other apps you can use to back up your data and apps if you want.

Happy Flashing :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] marcustaz:
Great job OP, thanks a bunch for the post!! repped!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
both those links work in the op so im not sure what your point is...but thanks anyway i guess.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
Links are spam.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Woody:
Took care of those for you and also the ones in JellyWiz and CleanROM too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
lol i did not click on them. thx
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] emichroc:
I tried something today. I was on stock HE rooted and was having hardware issues (since fixed). I've gone the Odin path before and I ran into the stupid ota service unavailable bug. This is now my second s3.

Thinking I had to return this phone as well I wanted to try another way to unroot. I download the he ota from the thread below. Flashed the stock recovery, locked the boot loader, moved the zip to my ext sd card, renamed it to update.zip, booted to recovery, and flashed the ota. It went through just fine. Rebooted and root was gone. Tested with terminal emulator and titanium and root was definitely gone.

My question is this, am I actually good if I attempt to warranty this in the future? There isn't any residual files or data left over is there?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1964502
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] marcustaz:
If you used Odin there is a good chance you tripped the flash counter. Reboot into download mode and check the counter it if its 0 you're okay if it's not your warranty is void. However you can download triangle away to reset the trip counter however you need to be rooted. Once you've done that successfully you can then unroot the phone and wipe data and you should be good to go.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
you should be fine...the only way you would trip the flash counter is if you flashed a custom kernel or recovery thru odin. if thats the case then use triangle away to reset the counter, then you should be good to go.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cowsquad:
Call me stupid, but how in the world I just open the Adams tool in Ubuntu. It says to double click and it should pop up, but it doesn't work. I'm pissed off with myself right now

F my life I just did java -jar and the name of the tool and it worked

edited:

Why in the hell the Op said to double click. It doesn't make sense

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how long does it take to finish the first debugfsroot? its been like 8 min and it hasnt finished yet.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DJ Carpenter:
My phone is just staying in roaming, how do I fix this?

EDIT: Re-provisioned my phone and it's now fixed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
because when i double click the file casual it opens...pretty simple!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Legato Bluesummers:
Casual opens for me on a double click. It doesn't take long. If it stalls on any step for more then a minute it isn't working. Twice I tried rooting my phone using casual. Both times I wasted an hour. It would push the Apk fine but when rebooting it wouldn't do anything. I ended up using casual to push CWM on then flashed a SU zip file. That rooted me.

When I Odin my phone back to stock. Casual works first try. But any other time it hangs.

Sent from a GlaDos Baked Potato

Edit SU file I flashed

http://db.tt/y7p0kqU6
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cowsquad:
Really? On Linux system a jar file would never open with double click. I am using Ubuntu. By the way the USB s3 files are and exe file. Isn't that for windows.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dirt_Mcgirt:
Ok so I been out of the "rooting" community. I just bought a used GS3 and didnt come with the oem cord. Now will this make a real big diff? Can I just use my moto one?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
Yes. You should be able to use your Moto one.

If it fits. No problem.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...196853-motorola-charger-fits-galaxy-slll.html
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wooddale:
I never unpacked the OEM cord been using Moto since day one
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
yes they are...i have had casual running on windows with no problems, so intitally i wrote section 1 based for it. although others reported problems, so i changed section 1 for mac/linux per adam outlers thread. i dont use either os so folks will need to figure some of it out on thier own. you are more than welcome to suggest changes to section 1and ill edit it!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] frenchy714:
Root for i535.10???

Thank you for the great guide! I apologize if this has been answered already, but will this method work for a device with a baseband i535VRLHE and running hardware version i535.10?

Edit: Got confirmation that it can be rooted.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Guide updated for rooting/unlocking stock jellybean (section 1)...the previous methods no longer work. I removed section 1 guide on casual since I do not use mac or linux and was getting way too many pm's on how to use it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Addiso:
I was wondering after your all rooted and all wouldn't that let you downgrade using odin again where you can then root on ics and unlock without having to trip the flash counter?

Sent from my Goonified Paranoid Jelly Droid Incredible 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Yes you can downgrade to ics with odin then follow section 2! Both section 1 and 2 work fine and you can go back and fourth between the two. Just make sure you use section 1 to flash/root/unlock stock jelly bean and section 2 for stock ics...should be no issue!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jrobie79:
well I guess I'm an idiot...I just tried to root my phone and used method 1 without even realizing I didnt have jellybean. So I went through all the steps with Odin, and got to section 2 and realized I followed the wrong directions. Now when I start my phone up, it flashes the Samsung for about 1/2 a second then goes to the Galaxy S3 then the 4G animation. When it gets to my home screen where I swipe my password, the touchscreen doesnt work sometimes, and sometimes it does. So great it works, I get to my homescreen and within 5 seconds everything freezes, it stays on wherever I was (in an app, different home screen) the haptic feedback works on the back key and the menu key, and the power key will shut the screen off, but it doesnt turn it back on. It stays in whatever shape it was in when it froze or if i shut the screen off for about a minute then reboots...

what the hell did do and how can i fix it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Addiso:
Odin back and follow the right directions lol

Sent from my Goonified Paranoid Jelly Droid Incredible 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jrobie79:
i am quite ignorant when it comes to this...it seems i have jelly bean on my phone right now, not ice cream sandwich...and now my swype doesnt work for anything. How do I go back to my ICS before I started all this ish
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
wipe data in cwm and restore back up or flash a ics rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SGT:
Section 1 instructions worked great for me (first time doing this on the GS3) except for when I got to step 7. I would see the blue letters at the top of the screen on the left so I let go of all the buttons. The screen went black, then came back with a screen which said samsung and had an unlock icon in the middle, then the phone proceeded to boot normally. I redid the whole step again and got the same results. I tried continuing to hold all the buttons THROUGH the blue letters only to have the phone not respond until I let go . . . then same result. Finally I decided to keep the up vol and home button pressed on but release the power button. This brought up the blue letters a second time and then booted to recovery.

Just wanted to share in case someone else started seeing similar results.

Thank you for the write-up. Enjoying JB now :P
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] waffleb051:
I sneezed and my phone was rooted. How easy this rooting process is blew my mind, thank you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ManLaw:
Im on 4.0.4 and followed step #2

when i try to run rootdebug it goes through all the steps but nothing happens on my phone

checked the 2 boxes under developer and security

tried a few times in a row and got nothing
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lohp75:
can i odin back to stock while on "extended network"? and is the stock VRBLI5 the official OTA?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
that's a driver issue or a permissions issue on your end.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
yes I think you should be able to and no the VRBLI 5 is a leak.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lohp75:
thanks for the quick response bud! im on the G7 baseband right now and on extended network so i'm kinda hesitant to flash back to full stock. ill have to get the HE .img and go from there cuz i'm also hesitant to flash a leak ya know....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] skynet11:
Ohai droidstyle - how've you been? Just got an SGS3... I already unlocked/rooted it though :silly:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Welcome aboard! :highfive:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] skynet11:
:highfive: I'm probably gonna try a TouchWiz ROM first... Might even try to make a TSM one if they'll let me ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Schweet!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ManLaw:
How do I fix this
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
make sure when you run rootdebugfs that your pc is set to run as administrator. Also might try reinstalling samsung drivers...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ManLaw:
ive used 3 different computers and none work

im assuming theyre set to run as an admin, but how do i check
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lohp75:
Right click on the bat file and click on run as administrator. Or right click bat file, click properties, security, and tick the little box at the bottom always run as admin.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vlucchetti:
Link to VRABLJ1 rpm file gives a 404 error message.

Found another link to it: http://truelinux.net/sch-i535/rpm/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ManLaw:
i must be retarded because i just tried both ways and it still wont work
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lohp75:
Ur not retarded dude, just having a bad run at it. I would trash that root debugfs file u d/l and start from scratch. Also make sure ur grabbing the right one for either JB or ICS. Makes a big difference bro.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Im not sure what to tell ya...I just ran it on a friends gs3 thats currentlt on stock VRALHE with no problems.

Edit* try uninstalling the samung driver and let windows install the drivers automatically.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Quacker:
This topic doesn't mention kernel issues when switching from ROM to ROM. I've been told that if, for example, I go from AOKP to CM10 or from AOKP back to stock, I need to reflash a different kernel. Can someone explain this to me in more detail? The last phone I owned was a Droid 2, and while I got used to installing many different ROMs, I literally never dealt with custom kernels.

Right now I'm on AOKP, but I'm finding it buggy and sluggish. At this point, I'm considering either installing CM10 or going back to Touchwiz ICS stock.

If I chose CM10, could I simply wipe data/factory reset and format /system in recovery before flashing the ROM, or do I need to worry about the kernel as well? And if I chose stock instead, could I simply follow the Section 6 instructions for "Odin back to stock" and not worry about the kernel?

Sorry for my ignorance about this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
just wipe data/ factory reset, format system, flash rom. Kernel is packaged with the rom. Custom kernels can be flashed seperate from the rom, but when you change roms the stock kernel packaged with it will flash over the custom kernel.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Binary Flood:
Hard Brick

-My Galaxy S3 cannot use ODIN or Any type of Root Tool

-on CAUSAL it hangs at the copying su

-on ODIN it will stay at flashing NON-HLOS.BIN

-all the drivers have been installed for the device

-I've tried all the root images from G7 to 4.1.1 still hangs on odin

-Im wondering are the USB Protocols damaged on my phone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
I replied to this in puremotives thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Binary Flood:
Sorry
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
no biggie :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] travis.bridges10:
So I just want to be sure I'm 100% clear. I am currently running CR 3.1 de-odex with other mods/themes. If i follow section 6 and want the JB leak J1, after completing I will be of course be running 4.1.1, but will I also be un rooted w/o custom recovery? And able to accept OTAs?

Now if I want the 100% stock 4.1.1 but want to remained rooted but still want OTAs, then which section is best to follow?

What I'm truly wanting to do, and I don't think it's efficiently achieved, is to keep root but still be able to accept OTAs as they come. While some thoroughly enjoy all this flashing, for me, simpler is better. It's kinda a I want my cake and eat it too. I want root, the latest and greatest, w/o all the hassles. Possible? Thanks in advanced!!!