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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] critofur:
RE: what version: I had stock T999, did the OTA update, then rooted...

"EDIT3 sounds like malware..." - I don't think so, I think it's T-Mobile saying that they don't accept my "modified" device on that data plan.

I'm flashing the "root66.stock_TMO_T999UVALH2.tar" now...

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Crap, wipe/factory reset after flashing the "root66.stock_TMO_T999UVALH2.tar" and I still get re-directed on my 4G! My whole point of getting this phone was to get a data plan again, but Android without root is totally unacceptable of course!

Device status Normal

now, interesting... Why it's still re-directing me, T-Mobile must have changed something on my account so it's not actually anything on the phone that's causing that?

It says that my data plan is called "Unlimited BlackBerry - Plus" - I'll have to call them and ask about that... Somehow T-Mobile's computer messed up my data plan setting it to a "Blackberry" plan, rep on the phone has changed it back to the right plan. Phone rep said that the previous person that had my phone number must have had a BlackBerry and their computer system must not have fully propagated my information (that the number is now for a S3 device). Weird... My Account now shows "Unlimited - Plus" instead of a BlackBerry plan and the rep said it could take some time (up to 2 hours) before my data plan works again...

So, if I start using the Superuser program, is my Device status going to change to "Modified" again? But is the consensus that I should not worry about that affecting my data service? 4G should still work fine on a device with a status of "Modified"?

Thanks - good to know. It was just a coincidence that had me thinking that my device status was keeping me from accessing my data plan...

EDIT: 4G working now, I guess there had been no need for me to wipe/reset :P Time to re-install all my apps... :D
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrRobinson:
110% not something they say. Again please disregard the "modified" status and scanning.... you see. It has ZERO ill effects on the functionality of your phone.

Again, device status won't matter. its confusing you with your issue of not having data and/or 4g and not related in the least.

Seems like you just rebooted not factory reset. to factory reset boot into recovery (with phone off hold vol up + power). Once in recovery select to factory reset. Once you do that use Odin to load the image in this thread.

I use ATT so not 100% clear on tmo data plans but from a quick google search it seems to me that web2go stuff isn't for this phone and seems like something that might have carried over from whatever old phone you had. I'd call tmo tell them your imei and tell them you have the galaxy siii and ask to confirm correct data plan for modern smart phones.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nhariamine:
Yes of course

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if you can then just make it easier for other people.

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it's so nice

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like any other kernel

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Same here
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] critofur:
Sorry, did not see your reply while I was editing my post several times... Was T-Mobile's screw-up - their computer put me on a "Blackberry" plan, previous customer w/my new number must have had BlackBerry, they said.

Yes I was having trouble with the wipe/reset - for some reason the phone would not stay on the menu long enough for me to complete the process, I have successfully wiped since then - I watched it go through the process...

4G working fine now, but superuser does not seem to be doing anything? I'll have to re-root? I will read through the instructions again now...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrRobinson:
no problem, just didn't want you wasting time chasing down something unrelated. install busybox and update su binary. then launch superuser and make sure it is set to prompt when apps want permission.

edit: i think in superuser you can check to update su binary. forget if its in busybox or superuser....
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] eggydrums:
Hi guys I'm new here, and new to Samsung, if I use this method, then afterwards I can just flash whatever I want? Ak Roms, kernels etc...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] raykovitz:
Yes you can, using TWRP or CWM.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DeeXii:
Has anyone tried a jig?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrRobinson:
The jig that worked on my gs2 doesn't work on the gs3. I think Samsung removed that capability.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] TomTcom:
I'm sorry for the dumb question but when you go into download mode as the OP states, connect to computer, odin...etc....do you hit "Volume up" first before connecting to the computer and opening Odin?

So to be clear, the screen on your phone should say in red "ODIN MODE" before you can do anything with Odin. Am I saying that correctly or does that make sense?

***Edit*** Nevermind, I was nuking my question for my custom instructions for myself...I realize after looking at the Odin thread that you are NOT in Download mode until you hit Volume up.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kingston73:
I just did this and it all went well until I tried booting into recovery. I thought I installed twrp recovery but I keep booting into stock recovery. Any ideas why?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrRobinson:
You must be doing something...

To help take any errors out of your hands grab goo manager from the play store. Launch that and select install open recovery.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] FineWolf:
Any VTR image for Videotron?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrRobinson:
That's one I never made. If I see one more person care ill throw it up.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] EndUser2012:
Good JOB!

This was excellent... I tried using CM10 and wanted my stock rom back I went with the stock rooted t-mobile image with root instead. PERFECT! Have not gotten hit with the OTA update notice yet but honestly until the official Jelly Bean release is passed fro the S3 I am content here. I paid for the Triangle Away App and reset my flash counter... I like custom roms typically but in this case I am opting to stay as close to stock as possible. The bloatware removal tool worked good for me as well.

Thank you!

- Stock ROM and De-Bloated - All I wanted ... for now =)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] iranz:
i'm thinking about rooting my S3.. i read it was necessary to backup your phone before rooting it.. below is a link to backing up a phone.. is it necessary to backup a phone's NV including data settings before rooting it?

here's the link to the method of backing up a phone:

http://tadam.info/browse.php?u=3d9d790d32272c1db4a3Oi8vZm9ydW0ueGRhLWRldmVsb3BlcnMuY29tL3Nob3d0aHJlYWQucGhwP3A9MzI5MDQ4MDI%3D&b=13#post32904802

please let me know if its necessary to backup for rooting.. thanks.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] razielpr:
Why when i unzip the root66 file i get another rar file about 1.5gb and when i unrar that it gives me a bunch of other system files and odin don't see it??
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrRobinson:
when you unzip the root66 you get the 1.5gb tar file. point odin at that, don't extract that.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] RaymondPJR:
Do it to be safe!!!! If you lose your IMEI you will be sorry! Just do it and keep the copy on you PC!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ashokjadav:
when will we get the lastest updated LJ4 for flash via odin...thank for the previous ones...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] razielpr:
Ok did it and worked flawless thanks.

If i flash a custom rom now it will trip the counter or no.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aerowinder:
Here is what trips the flash counter: flashing something through Odin, that isn't stock firmware. Nothing else trips it. Flash away through recovery.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] razielpr:
Ok thanks for your help.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kingston73:
Isn't there something already posted in another thread?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1943422

or if you just want the modem:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1880987
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrRobinson:
I'll have the stock Odin flash T999UVALJ4, odexed etc up later today. with injected root of course.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] madflava54:
So...I am a noob and rooted a few phones before, but this method seems incredibly easy.

For kicks, I just tried rebooting into "download mode." It gives a warning and Volume Up or Volume Down. At this screen, I plug my phone into a PC (does it work for Macs?) and hit Volume Up, flash the downloaded file, and that's that? Nothing else? It just seems too easy to be true and wanted to be sure before I go find a PC to borrow.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aerowinder:
Basically. There are methods that do not wipe out your data, though (see my signature). I think people have had mixed results with Macs, trending towards no.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] madflava54:
So, I watched the video. I am a tad bit confused. In the video, you establish root after flashing CWM and loading up some zip file that roots the phone. In the method from this thread, it seems like you just like you open ODIN and then run the file and then you are rooted.

Did you just reference the video to show just that first half of the video up until he installed CWM?

Lastly, is there a way to backup the phone before rooting? Thanks for your patience and helping.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrRobinson:
Just fyi, the method in this post does not wipe data.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aerowinder:
The two methods are mutually exclusive.

Here's a recap of my video:

1) Reboot phone to Download mode.

2) Flash CWM Touch with Odin.

3) Reboot phone to recovery.

4) Flash Superuser with CWM (this is what gives you root).

Either way works.

Edit: Thanks for pointing this out, mrRobinson. I was under the impression that it was a full image; after looking at the file size, it clearly isn't.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrRobinson:
what i have in the OP is a full image. it reflashes /system bootloader modem recovery kernel etc. Just doesn't touch the data partition. so if you are coming from a different rom and going back to stock you will want to do a factory reset otherwise you'll get errors. If you are just trying to gain root and already on stock or just want to get back to known stock cause you flashed something then all your data is fine.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] madflava54:
Thanks. I think I will follow the OP once updated. I don't think I need CWM as I just want to be stock and get root. OP appears to be

1) Reboot phone to D/L Mode

2) Flash mrRobinson's file with Odin.

3) Rooted and reboot.

I guess I am cautious because I had a HTC Sensation and it was a nightmare after it was updated to ICS. I vowed never to root again, but like a dog that returns to his vomit...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kingston73:
I was a little gun shy too, had the sensation and rooting was tough and ics didn't work great, just decent. this is nothing like that, EXTREMELY easy to do and no drawbacks.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Woody:
This was the method I used first and is actually how I come back to stock-rooted after testing some things. Incredibly easy, I agree.

If you Factory Reset with stock recovery it will wipe your internal, just an fyi. I have actually modified the img to include TWRP instead of stock recovery and don't have to worry about that. If/when "official" comes out, I have a flashable version of stock recovery if I decide to take the OTA (however that seems really unlikely unless I have to warranty replace).

Moral of the story, usually when it is this easy, it is too good to be true. That is not the case here. It actually IS this easy.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrRobinson:
Updated TMO Image to T999UVALJ4

OP Updated.

Download - root66_TMO_T999UVALJ4.7z

I don't have tmo so the first to try this is the guinea pig...;)

but i'm a trained professional..
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aerowinder:
The flash counter isn't tripped; what prevents it from being tripped? Obviously, the files are edited because root is in system. Clearly it's not "stock", so why does the phone think it is?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrRobinson:
2 files are added to the system.img.ext4.

that is all. It was unpackaged, added, and repackaged in such a way odin doesn't recognize it isn't still completely stock.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Wildchld:
Thanks for the new TMO T999UVALJ4!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] KraFT_mk:
del
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] stlouie65:
Thanks for the update mrRobinson, is there any reason why my wifi will not turn back on after applying this.

Edit: It's all good, redownloaded, and ran it again through ODIN.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] GhostIsBaked:
How's the TMO T999UVALJ4 tar working for you guys with d2tmo?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Osolot:
I'd let you know.. but I'm too askeered (as usual) to try. I would like to know if I can use this with mobile odin

(Osolot is always too askeered to try anything without hand holding... and wife is at work.. only other thing to calm Osolot is talking in third person)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] GhostIsBaked:
Osolot will know in a couple of seconds. I am about to test it. Osolot also lonely? Osolot go crazy? :silly:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Yes itll work in Mobile Odin. But if you have paid version, you can root the unmodded fw during flash.

I always keep the root66 versions on my pc for use with reg Odin, and the original fw on my phone for Mobile Odin.

Has always worked beautifully for me either way.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] RaymondPJR:
Oops, you thanked the wrong person.:silly:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrRobinson:
So latest image working for people? I couldn't test myself but a lot of downloads and no complaints of bricked phones... :D
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] stlouie65:
So far so good. Just a tad of a lag, but everything seems to be working. Still launching apps to make sure the are fine. Appreciate the ROM
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] reapur:
Hi Guys,

I followed the OP a while back and still very happy with the results.

Whats' the diff between TMO T999UVALJ4 and TMO T999UVALJ2

I can't find a change log or any summary.

Thanks
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] karipay:
Latest image is working fine. The only thing I noticed was startup programs were kinda slow after restarting. But once they're loaded, it's back to normal.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mysticfrog:
thanks mr Robinson for all the contributions you make...

No issues at all btw.... It starts off a little slow but after that its

all good bro..
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Spidey01:
Bit slow as I assume, cache house keeping magic happens for loading apps after the update but so far so good! Thanks.

Oddly, I'm "Normal" with this firmware where as with the same LH2 it said "Modified".
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] txcyko:
why cant i get usb storage to work after odin'ing the tmo version.. i got cwm installed but i cant get any file onto sdcard or externalsd... tried through cwm and pull down usb storage option....only mtp and ptp functions showing up

please help any advise is appreciated much.

also keeps popping up "Hardware Id Missing"
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] RaymondPJR:
According to the Samsung website, one of the improvements was to Media Hub and playback of content. Of course I can't remember the other improvement although there is a new modem.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AllAboutAndroids:
Link was down for Wind Mobile! Here's the fixed version:

WIND Image

Note: This is based off of WIND T99VVLALE6.

Perm Mirror: Download - MD5 Sum: daf38b93401cc8187a04447f2665d9f7

Thanks!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] gilbert3492:
Do you mind updating the link for the wind image, I think its broken... Thanks!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrRobinson:
Updated. thanks allaboutandroids
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] reapur:
So I read back a few pages and can't find the answer.

Since I already did the steps in the OP a while back for the previous version, and I also installed CWM and did the NVbackup.

Do I need to redo all the steps in the OP to put on this new version or can I load from recovery like normal?

factory reset, installed upated, wipe cache, reboot?

thanks
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrRobinson:
This is only Odin flashable. It won't delete anything you have but will put stock recovery back. You can flash in cwm this one http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1943422
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] claucXC:
MD5 Sum for Latest Image?

mrRobinson, Can you please post the MD5 sum for the latest image? Didn't see it in the OP or the last few pages of posts. Thanks!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Its listed on the download page. :thumbup:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] eagle63:
I know others have asked this question in the past, but I haven't seen an answer: Can the "Mobile Odin" app be used to flash these images? (or maybe a better question is, has anyone here used Mobile Odin to flash mr robinson's images?)

I've noticed that the mobile odin app advertises that it can automatically root a stock image using "EverRoot". I take that to mean that you could - in theory - download the stock OTA image and install that via mobile odin which would root it in the process. How is this different than taking an already rooted image that Mr Robinson provides? Is one better than the other?

Thanks for any info, just trying to wrap my head around the many different root options available. Thanks!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Yes you can flash these with mobile odin. However, if you enable everroot you will end up with both superuser (unless mrRobinson changed it in last update) and SuperSU. I keep the stock unrooted fw on my phone for use with mobile odin, and the root66 fw on my computer for pc odin.

Yes if you are rooted now, you can flash either the fw or the ota and use everroot.

The difference is mobile odin injects root during flash. Root66 is prerooted. Both are good methods and I use both frequently. If you're not rooted already though mobile odin is useless and you have to use this or another method to gain root.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] eagle63:
Thanks, yes I'm already rooted. (using the T999UVALH2 image from this thread) So in other words I could take the latest rom from this thread, and flash it using mobile odin but NOT enable everroot? (since the image is already rooted) That sounds like a nice way to do it, thanks!!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Yup you can do that! :thumbup:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ohliu:
Has anyone successfully flashed the pre-rooted WIND image onto a T-MOBILE T999 before? I'm currently using the Tmo t999 on Wind with a Tmo radio, but the problem is that my phone can never enter roaming mode. Can anyone shine a light on this? Thanks in bunches!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] RaymondPJR:
The original thread this was posted in was closed, so I had to reply in here where I know Woodrube hangs out. Too funny, gave me a good belly laugh!:laugh::laugh::laugh:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] scooter1942:
When I extract the LJ4 for t-mo, the file is a .tar.md5

Can I just remove the .md5 part and flash?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrRobinson:
flash with the .md5 still there. that's how stock is so when i rebuilt this time i made the tar an md5sum tar.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] eagle63:
I applied the latest image using Mobile Odin and everything seems to have worked fine, however I'm noticing that if I go into settings --> About Device, it shows the build number as IMM76D.T999UVALH2. Is this right? Shouldn't it be *UVALJ4 at the end? My baseband version did change, however, it's now T999UVLJ4.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] inkemplete:
Hey, im new to all this...im just wondering what you mean by check the md5 sums?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] RaymondPJR:
That is to make sure you have a good download. Place the file on your sd card. With root explorer, longpress on file and choose "Properties" You will see the MD5 number (very long). Make sure it matches what is listed for that file in the OP.

EDIT: If it doesn't match, don't flash it as it may fail or prove buggy.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rookiegenius:
hmm I can't extract the file downloaded. In properties, it says ".7z" file. I can't extract it using either winrar or 7zip. help pls...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sirganon:
I just updated from the LH2 from this thread to the LJ4 from this thread. I've had that update message from Samsung for about two days. I thought updating might get rid of it but it hasn't. Is there a way to get rid of it without losing root or messing anything up? I've heard that if you try to start it with root it will deny you the update but I haven't tried and I'd rather not mess with it if I don't have to.

EDIT: I ended up trying to start the update. It immediately said the update failed and the notification went away
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] inkemplete:
Another question, if i flash this onto my phone will i lose cwm? And also, ill get all ota updates without errors or anything?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rookiegenius:
this drives me crazy, How come I can't extract it.. the file downloaded is .7z. someone pls tell me how to extract this to tar.?

P/s: I already redownloaded it. same issue.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrRobinson:
I've never used Mobile Odin so not sure if it didn't apply something it needed to. I know if you use normal odin it should be uvalj4 at the end. what if you just redo it? it won't wipe data so shouldn't hurt to flash again.

won't mess up with just root but if you made any other changes it would. can you freeze or delete fwupgrade app and maybe fota client if you see that? then reboot see if it goes away.

Yes you will lose cwm and get stock recovery back. with stock recovery and no changes to system software you will get ota updates without errors. Retain root through those updates using something like voodoo ota rootkeeper app. OR you can flash cwm or whatever recovery and someone usually makes a cwm flashable update too.

I'll assume windows... go to www.7-zip.com and download the software there to extract it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rookiegenius:
omg this is soooooooo weird. I installed 7-zip , however, it says "can not open file.. as archive". I tried both Winrar and 7-zip... same issue. never had this problem before. Tried on 2 laptop one Vista and the other 7. same problem. when open with Winrar, it says "the archive is corrupt"

Is it just me...???
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] scooter1942:
If you're rooted but have stock recovery, the update will go through, you'll lose root, and have to reflash the rooted image. If you have a custom recovery, it'll just fail

Yes, and yes.

Edit: got sniped again...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rookiegenius:
hmm can someone confirm the latest Tmo image work? I tried everything I can but it still failed extracting. (even tried copying the 7z. file to my note tablet, still failed extracting). I already downloaded the file 3 times...

since no one complains about this so i don't know what's going on any more...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrRobinson:
Well I cant confirm cause I don't have tmo but it's over 500 downloads so far and others have said it worked for them. I can't imagine what's going on with your download. Does the md5 check?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sirganon:
I can confirm its working with no problems. I used WinRAR to extract the .tar.md5 from the .7z and it all went smoothly for me. Did all this on my XP computer. If you would like I could upload it to my box account when I get home and post a link.