yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Just follow section 6, make sure to use the VRBLJ1(root66) file...if you decide later you want to be unlocked and flash a custom recovery, then follow section 1 from steps 5 to 10.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] travis.bridges10:
So the root66 file keeps my root. Can I accept OTAs with that since I'll be locked?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
yes... although you may need to run ota root keeper from playstore so you dont lose root after accepting a ota. Fyi I never accept ota updates and dont recomend anybody who customises thier device do so either. The devs will release faster updates then VZW will anyway.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] travis.bridges10:
Cool thanks. Yea I probably won't accept any little updates from here on out but when the official JB hits, I'm gonna want that and root, that's it. I appreciate your help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
No problem! :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] travis.bridges10:
One more question... I've never used Odin before. Does Odin take care of all the wiping for you? I went from stock to Liquidsmooth to CR 3.0 to CR 3.1. By following this guide I wont have a remnants of the previous roms to cause bugs right? I always did the 3 wipes and when going from 3.0 to 3.1 deodex I did the 3 formats instead of the usual wipes (heard that was better).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] travis.bridges10:
Ok so Im getting started on this... Iv downloaded Odin and extracted, but now when I try to extract/unzip the root66 its not allowing me because my Winzip trial is over. Any workarounds? I unzipped Odin through Windows, I dont know why its not letting me do the same with Root66!

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Got it extracted... Used Bitzipper!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] travis.bridges10:
Ok so Im finished... Why is TB not showing my Missing apps to restore. I made a backup before, going through with all this.

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Problem solved. After all the searching Ive done here, you'd think id be able to pull up what I need quickly. Anyways I think my noob questions are finished for a little while. Now I have to re setup the phone and Im golden. :D

Thanks for the guide very useful. My first run with ODIN was a success, thanks to you, your guide, and your knowledge! The community appreciates the work you smart people do for us less fortunate. lol :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dcharleyultra:
Travis, so why were your apps not visible in TB?

Swyped from my SPH-L710
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] travis.bridges10:
When changing roms I guess the new install of TB change the back up destination. So to fix...

In TB

Menu > preferences > backup location > detect.

It will search your system for a TB folder. Once it finds it, select it. And you're golden
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lohp75:
I made the mistake of crypting my internal storage for using my corporate email, it was a step that had to be taken to set it up. Now I realized I messed up by doing that. Is there a way to permanently decrypt the phone so I can get back in track with flashing and wiping. It's locked down tight to do anything through CWMR. I can't believe I was that much of an idiot! :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
can you get the device into download/odin mode?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lohp75:
I was hoping to not have to Odin to stock. But ya I can get to d/l mode. If that's the route I have to take then I'd prefer to Odin with the HD build cuz it wipes and re locks bootloader. But again I'd rather not Odin if I don't have to :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Odin back to stock its not that hard...not sure why your stuck on using HD or wanting to lock the bootloader? I would use the J1 build and wipe data factory reset from recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dangerou:
I flashed the CWM 6.0.1.0 and when i run recovery and do a backup it dates my folder 1970 may 5. is there a way to make the date correct?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] marcustaz:
Hoping to find an answer to this one as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lohp75:
Thanks for trying to help droidstyle. I figured it out last night without using Odin. Had to flash latest TWRP and use it to wipe/format internal data which totally reformatted internal sd and was back in business :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jbombs16:
If you use the Rom Manger app to create the backup, it should have the correct date (plus you can add whatever other description you want to the backup name)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JoeyBert:
I'm looking for the file to get back to Stock for version VRLHE - any help?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dangerou:
I think the paid for version of Rom manager that i have only goes up to 5.x.x.x
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AJ26T:
Is it possible to unroot back to stock on our device using mobile odin?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
I wouldnt see why not.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AJ26T:
Would it auto relock bootloader?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
depends on the stock rom you odin with.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AJ26T:
I want to get back to factory like sending back to vzw so im guessing my best bet is to just use pc then
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wooddale:
I used 7 zip to unzip extract tar now it says root66 no wipetar md5 file 1-228-861 kb is that good to go
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wooddale:
When I flash the stock JB it will have JB kernel and radio if I dont like radio can I flash back HE radio
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wooddale:
Are you on JB? How is JB radio Im on HE and having no problems I just want to play but dont to get any worse. I would imagine all the RPM files and all the other stuff is all in the JB.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
J1 radio works good for me...read the thread on rpm linked in my guide. I dont think its nearly as big deal as initially made out to be.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Coderedpl:
Section 6 => VRBLJ1 4.1.1 = link down
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Both links work fine for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wooddale:
I have a couple different email servers my main one is AOL. Must be the way my security is set up it wont download on AOL. If I go to Interenet explorer and use my Yahoo account it downloads fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RKramden:
FWIW, I installed the latest jb rooted stock Rom. I went to make a nandroid backup via Rom manager but forgot to unlock the bootloader which resulted in a yellow triangle of death. To make a long story short, I got into the download mode, then hit vol. down to reboot, and viola, my phone rebooted normally. Don't know if this is a feature of jb, or just luck, bit it saved me from having to Odin again

Sent from my G3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
hmm interesting...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BigErnM:
Mine did that too after I flashed the stock rooted JB root66 version because I initially forgot to re-unlock the bootloader. I checked in EZ-unlock which was still installed from the no wipe method and it showed unlocked, but apparently you must have to toggle it to lock and then unlocked or just click on unlock again. I did exactly what you did when I tried to boot into recovery without it being unlocked and it booted normally, then I could re-unlock the bootloader. Working fine since.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
guide updated!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buhohitr:
Flashed the no data wipe version and everthing is working fine. Not a problem. The only thing I have to redo is Google wallet, but this being warned and expected. Thanks again for keeping things up to date.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Updated yet again...I believe having 2 root sections is causing confusion. Please feel free to comment or offer any suggestions thx!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buhohitr:
Droidstyle, I have a question about no wipe rom. Is this rom comes with 100% stock rom like, kernek, rom, bootloader etc...and a few add-on by dev like rooting, init support etc.. The reason I ask because I have a Asus Infinity tf700 and the rom that dev released does not included bootloader and firmware update, they only included rom and kernel. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wooddale:
Its not that hard. Maybe you should just say one is an alternate way like the 2 root systems were. Also note somwhere you can use the unlock app to unlock and that should be good. No matter what your gonna get Questions
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
I would suggest backing everything up and using the full wipe version...I think folks using the no wipe versions are the ones having the most issues. I know the full wipe version replaces the bootloader, rom, kernel, rpm...so its a full update. The no wipe versions should be the exact same but does not wipe data. The root66 roms are completely bone stock, the only difference is SuperUser is injected into the rom. I dont think there are any other mods like lidroid and init packaged in it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Malathan:
Ditto. Fantastic work everyone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bhollehday:
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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jihoonie:
Thanks

Glad there's a guide for all of us former Droid X users.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] inm8num2:
Very nice guide, thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gdavenpo:
NO network!

rooted two phones tonight, (root only)

first went fine. no issues got root, and was able to use the play store just fine. (and foxfi worked also)

second went fine (or so i thought). rooted, has SU, BUT would not join the Verizon network. nothing worked. followed the same steps for both.

did a battery pull to reboot the phone, still no network.

started to download the unrooted file, but decided to simply try again.

this time everything worked fine. full access. I have no idea what went haywire the first time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Ok guys a little update. I have made some changes...section 2 is now updated with kexec. This means we now can have a custom recovery and kernel, not one or the other like before. So I deleted all the old methods since they are now irrelevant. Follow section 2 and you will have cwm with a custom stock kernel loaded up. Any further kernel releases will most likely be in a .zip format, so just follow section 3 to update. thx
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Stonedtree:
Help

Hi There, I have rooted and installed CWM and made a backup. I am trying to flash the official stock rom from samsung for the galaxy s3 via link from this site. When I select it from the ext sd card it says "can't open /sd card/samsung-Update.com-SGH I747M_BMC_********.zip(bad)" installation aborted.

PLz help=)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
The official stock rom must be flashed via odin...refer to section 1.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kernelhappy:
Remain calm and don't Panic!

As a seasoned Moto crackflasher, Samsung and Odin are new to me. So I found this and went straight for the root rom. I followed the directions (almost) and the flash failed. I tried flashing again, failed again. Rebooted and received the: "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." I connected and flashed again, still failed, this time the computer making the usb connect disconnect connect disconnect noises repeatedly.

Then it dawned on me, I plugged in the device the first time before I started Odin. I pulled the battery, shut odin. I started odin, rebooted into recovery and connected the device. This time it flashed no problem, rebooted with root.

This is my wife's S3, she wanted her games moved over and I was nearly divorced (I never should have let her touch/like the thing before I tried this).

Moral of the story is: follow the directions EXACTLY and don't panic.

Thanks for the guide, I'll be around for more.

I'm still on the fence whether or not to dump my Razr. I like the S3 screen and speed way better, but the the fact that my Otterbox commuter fits into the factory car dock is something I can't give up. (AKA Otterbox if you're listening, make a case and dock for the S3).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] imnikhil:
Galaxy SIII not switching on

some one please help me I rooted my T mobile galaxy s3 and tried to install jellybeans from other sources through clock recovery mode, after that when I rebooted the phone it is not starting now like dead cell phone. When I connected to PC it make sound og pluged in and out Odin also show its connectivity but when I try to reinstal its ROM it stuck to connecting mode???
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
This is for verizon not tmo!!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HiWhatsUpNothin:
Works perfect! Thank you! Running on VZW Galaxy SIII
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] illmatic`:
Im new to the Android world and this is my first Android phone, but i managed to root it using your instructions with no problem. However, after rooting, it seems like my battery life is draining a lot quicker than it was before..everything is the same as it was before root, and ive disabled all the bloat and other useless things just like it was before. Anyone know what the problem is or how i can fix it? Ive read about the battery calibrator thing being a myth, so i was wondering if there was a fix for this, as i love my phone being rooted. Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
You might have a rogue app...i would go to section 2 and install a custom recovery. From recovery wipe cache, then under advanced, wipe dalvik and battery stats.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] illmatic`:
So should i install the custom recovery linked in your step 2? Also, would it work using the Terminal Emulator App within the phone?

Ive seen other methods to go about it and the ADB program wouldn't start up for me, so i was wondering if that other alternative would work just as well.

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jihoonie:
Awesome

New to Samsung rooting this is an awesome guide. Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Terminal is another alternative...i had that method in the guide. But instead of listing 12 different methods, i will continue to edit the guide and onle list the easiest and most effective methods for new users to follow. The ez recovery app is by far the easiest and 100% fool proof method....adb is for advanced users only. Look it up on caynogen website as they have the best write up on installng adb.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] illmatic`:
Sorry, i just have one more thing to ask..i followed those directions and rebooted after flashing CWM touch with that app. Andorid updated things before it booted up to the home screen, and now im noticing my cpu usage/android system usage is high now. Even when im not doing much, the cpu will spike high at times. Should i just wipe everything and start over?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cablebarn:
Thank you for the guide you guys make it easy i used it to help a buddy of mine out just wonted to let you know thanks for your hard work:)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] V@no:
What is SS_DL.dll for that comes in stock package?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
I appreciate the feedback!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] j0shtalgia:
Alrighty. My attempt to put CM10 on my VZW Galaxy S3 has filed for the 2nd time. Working on restoring to stock again.

Not sure what I'm doing wrong. From stock out of the box I have done the following steps:

1. Rooting

2. Unlocking BootLoader

3. Installing EZ Recovery

4. Rebooting into Recovery

5. Factory Reset / System Format

6. Install CM Nightly from .zip

7. Install GApps from .zip

8. Reboot.

First time - I ended up getting the CM Splash screen for half an hour. Would not progress beyond that. Rebooted - same thing, never loaded.

Second time - Got the "unauthorized software, take your phone to your local Verizon store".

Anyone have any idea what I might be screwing up?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wooddale:
Bad download?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] j0shtalgia:
I re-downloaded the 2nd time just to rule out that possibility =(

I remember on my Droid X I would have to SPB before flashing CM initially....perhaps I'm missing a step?

Current Version info for the phone is as follows:

Android Version 4.0.4

Kernel Version 3.0.8-618049-user
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wooddale:
Stock HE is

4.0.4

3.0.8-1092717
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] j0shtalgia:
Not really sure what that means. Would you be so kind as to elaborate?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wooddale:
Im sorry you said you were stoick out of the box which would mean you were 1535vralhe build which is the latest build ( stock ). 4.0.4 means it is ICS android version 3.0.8-1092717 is the kernel version. So the numbers means you are on ICS android version but your kernel is different so something has changed from stock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Sounds like you didnt get your bootloader unlocked. Make sure superuser is granting root permissions to the ez unlock app when it is first opened. You can also open up the superuser app and check there. My suggestion would be to odin back to stock via section 5...use a rooted full wipe version, unlock, flash cwm, then flash cm10 & Gapps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] j0shtalgia:
Third time worked last night! Best guess is EZ-Unlock gave me a false positive. Thanks for everyones help!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidxxxxx:
I am noticing my ez lock is not reading the status correctly..it says un known..but it must be un locked because I'm on clean rom 5.0..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Yea it does that...not sure why.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidxxxxx:
I guess hitting unlock before every flash might be a good idea then...lol... Do you think it could have a tendency to swicth by itself?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
I have never had it switch back...although I freeze the app after unlocking.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hobart!:
So should I Odin to stock every once in a while? Is that advised? To get all the bits and pieces in the ota? Also if yes...I have the full wipe ICS tar file..I think G1...so I just extract .tar and flash in Odin? Update to latest ota... Then follow instructions to reroot?

Never Odin back to stock before...been on custom ROM since aug
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wooddale:
Not sure but I think if you want to go back to stock you need to go to vrl2 G1 was sticj but never offical so I dont think it will let you go to HE.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hobart!:
Where is the file then? Only file is g1 in op
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wooddale:
Your right its not there anymore G1 came out after l2 and was never an offical OTA but it must work or it wouldnt be there. I still have the old one on my computer.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hobart!:
Ah..ok
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] putney1477:
This is an awesome guide. Thanks so much for writing it. I just got my sgs 3 yesterday. I am coming from HTC rezound. I have had a Samsung fascinate and droid charge that I have rooted and rommed, and I am familiar with Odin.

I just want to make sure I am doing this right. Things seem to have changed since my last sammy.

Right now I am bone stock.

So what I need to do now is follow the guide, get rooted, unlocked and flash cwm. Then I make the IMEI backup? Right? Then I can flash a custom Rom?

Thanks so much for your help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
yep thats correct! :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobAbooE:
And following your guide and not using odin will not trip that flash counter?

I have never used odin, is like rsd lite for motorola? I have rooted a dx and a dinc. Getting a new phone is like learning a whole new language.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buhohitr:
Hi, the link for Unofficial Rooted VRBLK1 4.1.1- is no longer working. I have cleared cache/cookies etc..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Yes it is...il try and get it back up asap.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buhohitr:
deleted.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
No motorola and htc are completely different than samsung devices. With Samsung, Stock firmware is flashed thru the program odin. We use this to get back to stock, root, and recover from softbricks. All custom roms, some stock roms, kernels, radios, mods, and themes are flashed via cwm or twrp recovery. Our custom roms usually have the kernel packaged into them unlike moto devices. Since moto bootloaders are locked your are stuck with safestrap and using only the stock kernel. So everytime a update is released you must return to stock, OTA(to get latest kernel), then reroot, recovery, flash a custom rom. Since the s3 bootloader is unlocked, there is never a need to OTA once your on a custom rom. Anytime you flash a rom the kernel will be replaced with whatever is packaged in it. Also radios can be flashed over any rom/kernel combination. Basically this device is unbrickable, just make sure you never flash any GS3 INTERNATIONAL rom/kernel/radio on this device!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobAbooE:
Super easy. I am rooted, unlocked, recovery installed and backed up my imei. Couldn't have been easier.

Thanks!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hobart!:
The Unofficial Mr Robinson link is still broken..tried from pc and phone...the K1 link...J1 link works fine...Just reporting!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Unfortunately until mr.robinson uploads k1 to devhost there is not much i can do. I accidently deleted k1 off my sd or else i would throw a dropbox link up temporarily.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hobart!:
I think I might have gotten it yesterday....If i do there is nothing wrong with the image right? I can still use it? It wasn't taken down because there were problems with it??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
no its fine... PM me a dropbox link if you have it... should be a 700mb.zip thx!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buhohitr:
The unofficial PRE-ROOTED K1 full wipe version is working now. Woohoo!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Casbah:
Comment on a ROM

Wow it's been a long time since I've had the chance to post.

I started with an iPhone (AT&T), then went to an HTC Droid Incredible (Verizon:still love that phone), then to an iPhone 4, and now back to a Samsung Galaxy S III (still sticking with Verizon because of the coverage)...

Anyway that's not the really the point of this post :D

I bought the Galaxy just a few days ago on Black Friday and have since gone from stock to CM10 (which is pretty nice) then to trying out another 4-5 ROMS (all nice but not quite what I wanted) to finally (for now) settling on LiquidSmooth which I absolutely LOVE!! It's incredible fast and lightweight and is working wonderfully. I just wanted to give cudos to the team for their efforts and to the Cyanogen folks for their work too since some of it is in this ROM. Terrific job guys, really!

Looking forward to getting back into things here at XDA.

If you're looking for a nice ROM really give Liquid a try! What's also really great is the 50GIG Dropbox hack that's included. Now I've got 52.8 gb (had 2.8) avail in my dropbox. Wohoo!

Cheers!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmaeishi:
Can someone tell me how to see if it's my SIM card that is the problem on my phone? I have had problems with various CM roms (10.18, 10/25, 11/21) and it seems like with some of them re-booting the device brings back some internet connection. Then it gradually fades (per speedtest.net app) from OK service (around 1Mbps) to very slow (.25 Mbps) to none. I haven't found a rom that keeps my internet to 3G--it could be that I have bad service, also, but would it work better with LTE than 3G? How can I see if the problem is caused by bad SIM card, other than trying another SIM card? Or is that the best thing to do-- take it to retailer, which will require unrooting and headache. If it is the sim card, is their an easier way than dealing with the store people?

Any ideas or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. I move between two locations, and this device connection to internet is really a problem for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wooddale:
You can just get a sim from your carrier and do it yourself