yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
I know that's what you were doing, I only wanted to clarify for others that while it may in fact be an issue, it hasn't been seen much around here. I just didn't think its enough to advise folks to not try the latest update (I know that's not what you were saying).

The more info we all have about this stuff the better off we are for making the, to flash or not to flash, decision.

Sorry if I sounded argumentative or harsh. Wasnt intended to be.

Thanks for letting us know what you learned btw.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] reapur:
Mr Robinson Thanks for the updates.

nm, I'm updating :)

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!

Do not enable talk back. Piece of $H!T app. now how do I get rid of that hand icon in the notification bar?0

Going back to last release until I find a fix somewhere. I managed to disable talkback, but the hand icon sits in the notification bar no matter what.

Cheers
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jaliscojorge:
This makes it very simple to root my sgs3 and who ever else's that asks me to root theirs. I wish this same principle applied to the S4. Did samsung block this type of rooting method on the S4 or is it just not been tried and done yet?

From sgs3 quickness :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
My guess is it just hasnt been done yet. Id be surprised if the same method didn't work on the s4.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
+1
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] unciviilized:
hey guys trying to root my s3 but seems like the download links are down , does someone have the TMO T999UVDMD5 rooted image?

i tried rooting with odin, i installed cwm and flashed the cwm su.zip , I see the su app but i dont have root access. Can someone please help, thanks
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Dev-host is down. Im uploading UVDMD5 now. Ill post the link when its done.

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Where did you get the SU zip?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aerowinder:
Flash proper SuperSU zip from my signature.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Here ya go!

Root66_UVDMD5
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DougAdamsFan:
I feel like a total nub right now. I've never done the md5 check sum thing before. I followed the instructions for doing this up to the point where I'm supposed to copy and paste the given MD5 checksum to check against the .md5 file but I don't know where to find this value.

Can anyone offer me some help on this?

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Nevermind I found it on the download page. But I've tried DLing several times and the sums never match, any advice?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DougAdamsFan:
I've now tried all of the mirrors from the link Doc posted and the link in the first post. The checksum that always comes back is F48F831C4B9F54FB9C352C521D7F07A6, yet both sources say the sum should be 56a154304065c4e8aad9374645c44553
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Ill look at it when I get home. Are you downloading to your phone or computer?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Ok, I figured it out. You are good to go. The MD5 listed on the download pages is for the file you download, NOT the file you extract from that download. They are two different files, even though one is archived within the other.

If you check the MD5 on the .7z file, it will match what is on the download page. Extract it and the MD5 on the .tar.md5 will match the first you listed, which matches mine as well.

Flash away!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DougAdamsFan:
Fantastic. So now all I need to do is rename the file and drop the .MD5 file extension and i'm good to go right? Or is there some other process I need to do to convert it to the tar file?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] reapur:
I can't find it.

Where is the MD5 checksum value on the download page? Do you mean the first page of this thread?

Update!!!

Oh jeez, doh! It's on the download page when you click to download the file. I just never noticed it before. Cheers
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Sorry, I mustve missed your post. No need to rename anything. If you leave the .md5 there, odin will check it before flashing. If you remove it Odin will skip tge check. Its more of a tag to tell Odin its there. The file is still a .tar though.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DarkyX:
How can I upgrade to version 4.1.2 or higher?

4.1.1 Jelly Bean (October 2012) - TMO T999UVDLJA this is what I am currently using on my T-Mobile S3.

I want to upgrade to 4.1.2

Can I upgrade by just downloading the upgraded ROM listed in this post and flashing using Odin to 4.1.2?

If I cannot then what is the best method and safe to upgrade to 4.1.2 or the latest?

I am asking because I already hard bricked my phone on Saturday.

The phone would not turn on at all.

I was very lucky there is a local shop that did fix it.

Now I am very cautious.

Also how can I tell if I tripped the counter on my S3?

XDA developers are the best and I been a fan since my G1
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Just flash in odin as usual.

You will see the counter when you boot into download mode.

Or just get triangle away. Itll tell you the count and reset it if you wish.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DarkyX:
To clarify it is safe and ok to re flash using Odin from 4.1.1 Jelly Bean (October 2012) - TMO T999UVDLJA <--My S3

File Name: root66_TMO_T999UVDLJA.7z

to

4.1.2 Jelly Bean (April 2013) - TMO T999UVDMD5

File Name: root66_TMO_T999UVDMD5.7z

?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Yes
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DarkyX:
I did the upgrade. I wanted some of the new features on my S3. Like Multi Window.

Everything works great.

Thank you so much for your help
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
If someone helped then please be kind and press the Thanks button on their post. Its located in lower left corner of the post. Looks like a mirror image of:good:.

Doc is a great developer and loves to help. The least we can do is to thank him.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Chromium:
Just flashed the image through Odin for wind and everything went well. Then I installed twrp through goo manager and that worked as well. So I went into twrp and made a nandroid. After that I did full wipe and attempted to flash aokp but it failed with an assert prop error. So I restored the nandroid and tried to reboot but it got stuck on the Samsung galaxy s iii screen. So I pulled the battery and tried to go into recovery but got stuck on the same screen. I can get into download mode. Please help. Thanks in advance.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Please go back to TWRP and clear Dalvik as well as Cache. Reboot. The boot up will take a while. Let the phone alone even if it appears to be stuck at the Galaxy Screen.

Even after half an hour to 45 minutes, you don't see change, then re-flash Root66 via odin.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Chromium:
My problem was that i couldnt get back into twrp. Anyways, i ended up using odin to reflash twrp and then it worked.

Unfortunately when i try to flash aokp it fails with an assert error. Its the official milestone build directly from their site. Fortunately i happened to have a copy of liquid smooth so ive flashed that for now.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aerowinder:
Use d2tmo recovery, and make sure you're on the latest firmware for your device.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Chromium:
What do you mean? Im using TWRP 2.5.0.0 for the d2tmo.

Also i noticed that the updater-script file for AOKP has the following line at the top:

assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "d2tmo" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "d2tmo");

Im guessing this caused it to fail, because liquid smooth does not have this line in its updater script and it flashed fine.

Edit: Nevermind. When i used goo manager to install TWRP it installed a d2can version IIRC.

So you are suggesting to flash the one for the d2tmo?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
If I were you, I would stick with the D2CAN version of the Recovery. Given you don't have SGH-T999. Instead you have SGH-T999v. So purely wanting to be on safer side, I'd stick to D2CAN version. If the ROM does not flash then change the updater script and remove the assert or use another Rom that does flash over d2can.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aerowinder:
I submit that someone who knows the difference between d2can and d2tmo knows what can and can't be flashed to their device. Unsure how using the d2can recovery (CWM doesn't even have one) is safer. Because if you're editing scripts, it doesn't matter anyhow. You can just remove the assertions entirely.

I know for a fact d2tmo recoveries work on d2can devices. Actually, pretty certain all d2 recoveries are interchangeable. The fact of the matter is, that most scripts don't support d2can recoveries (via assertions). You can edit the script of every zip you want to flash... or just use d2tmo recovery.

Save time not editing scripts for every zip you want to flash, or spend time editing scripts for every zip you flash. Choice is yours.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Chromium:
Thanks for the clarification. Any ideas why Goo Manager would flash the d2can img rather than the d2tmo?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aerowinder:
Because you have a d2can phone. Goo is actually correct. The scripts have incomplete support for your device (all d2tmo and no d2can). If I had to guess, the new T999L is going to have the same issue.

Just don't forget that you can't flash d2tmo firmware. This includes modem.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
I agree with you that if you are smart enough to install a Recovery, you can remove all the Asserts anyway. The only reason the Risks exists is that, some roms (I don't want to name) tend to actually include baseband code changes (not baseband firmware). They are also known to include Camera firmware as well. The latter is decidedly different from other firmwares.

So this is the true reason that we need to keep in mind. Those roms that are truely neutral to such specificity won't have the Asserts and can be flashed. I can't look up now. But I had come across cases where D2TMo versions have had given issues to SGH-T999L users and V users. Case to the point is the T-Mo update rolled out on UVDLJC Stock Rom. It made changes to the way Antenna is accessed by the APC. The firmware wasn't modified but they turned off the LTE Mode. There was a UK user whose 900 band (I think. ) got blocked to where he wouldn't get any data signal at all.

Lastly if the device user is comfortable and knowledgeable on the SoC differences then we don't need to do handholding anyway.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] coszy:
Update:

I fixed my phone, Sorry for the late update.----6/20

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Where can I get a totally stock rom with root injected in a zip format? I'm using mac and will use cwm recovery.

Please help.

I messed up my phone.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
There's a stock deodexed one her in development.

You could also use Mobile Odin and flash either stock or root66 firmware with it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
I don't know if ODIN is made for MAC. He said he has a Mac.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Right, which is why I suggested Mobile Odin. It's an app used to flash firmware and zips directly from the device.

Highly recommend.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Apologies. I somehow glazed over it. :p(Dunno how ! :fingers-crossed:) Apologies again.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
None required. Not a big deal at all man!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] HoustonsBirdman:
Just stumbled across this thread. Sure didn't realize we had a "counter" on our phones LoL .. I rooted the day I took my S3 home :p had a count of 2 I assume from root and then TWRP .. Just took care of it though with ChainFires app. Now saying 0 count and Samsung Original .. definitely worth it for those who were in the same boat as me and flashed before this method or also like me didn't research first.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] N_lover27:
Hi using the TMobile variant in india which is factory unlocked Just for Info.. If i Root the Device With ODIN and used T mobile Rooted Rom to Do so.. Will the Device become Locked?

PS: I do not think So but Still wanted to Confirm Before Doing anything
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
I do not believe doing ODIN flash will re-lock the phone. Your Flash counter will go up though. But I guess you knew that.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Towle:
The flash counter won't go up if you're using the file in this thread.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
I am not sure. Mine did go up as verified and cleaned by Triangle Away.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aerowinder:
Custom recovery?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Yes I have TWRP but I used ODIN PC version to flash as the OP said.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Towle:
That's why your flash counter went up.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
That, my dear friend was my point when I advised cyber_avijitthat using ODIN flash will increment the counter.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Towle:
Root66 is also flashed in Odin and will not trip your counter. But you are correct, flashing recovery in Odin, or any other way, will trip your counter.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aerowinder:
root66 does not trip the flash counter, but using a custom recovery will. You can clear with Triangle Away, but it will trip again next time it fully boots.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] marcoxx626:
ok, please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm currently on a custom rom and my flash counter is at 2. So if I flash root66 through ODIN it will then have everything stock plus root and also the stock recovery? Could I then use triangle away while on root66 to reset the flash counter and then unroot through SuperSU?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] yakabud:
This is my everyday rom. Tried different roms but not as stable and perfect as this one. Thank you.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] yeeahnick:
Will the 4.1.2 rooted come out for Videotron soon?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
No way to know. Judging from past releases, it'll be soon, but no way to know for certain.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] _MrAwesome_:
Wind and mobilicity have their updates out can you upload them please? I'm with fido now and I can't upgrade :(
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mrRobinson:
Up now. Videotron, Wind, and Mobilicity all up.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] yeeahnick:
Thanks alot, downloading now! You the man!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] scoutingwraith:
Does this root method delete any apps or files i have on my S3? Does it do re flashing of the whole ROM or just rooting without touching anything any of the settings i have set up on the phone? ( I am using an S3 t-Mobile with image: TMO T999UVDLJA)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Go Right ahead. It will not do anything to your Apps & such except rooting.

P.S. Given you are on LJA, this process will upgrade your Bootloader & Modem (Baseband) to T999UVDMD5. Don't think that'd break anything either.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
This is correct. You're good to go.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] yeeahnick:
Does anyone know where i can get the flashable modem from the MF2 Videotron release?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Wardawn:
Download the full rom and flash with mobile odin

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Like i said download the full rom and flash with mobile odin.

I also read that you can create your own cwm zip. I have only read this, haven't tried it.

http://androidforums.com/galaxy-s2-...t/540640-make-my-own-cwm-flashable-modem.html

http://mobility.forumsee.com/a/m/s/p12-9236-075696--how-make-cwm-flashable-modem-for-i9100g.html

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=22964708692722611
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Wardawn:
Here is a screen shot
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] yeeahnick:
where can i download it please?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Ill have them out shortly. No need for posting three times in all these threads! Not even totally relevant in two of em.

Be patient please.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Madre Monstruo:
I rooted my other GS III with this with no problem. I'm trying to root my other one and I keep getting a failed message. does this work with GS III LTE? that is the only difference to the phones. so I'm confused.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
No! If you got it to flash it'd brick the phone!

I have a similar one for the T999L. Go to my T999L thread here in development and use the Stock System for Odin. It's not the full firmware, but does the same thing as root66.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Madre Monstruo:
You've saved my ass a million times. thanks! :laugh:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] 7xnari:
when will the next firmware version come out for tmo?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
This is not within the scope of this thread.

No one knows.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] xenine:
i'm unrooted but i'm on the most current stock rom, 4.1.2 Jellybean (TMO T999UVDMD5).. i'm thinking about installing a different radio modem since the one in JB drains battery. is it possible to install the radio modem from 4.0.4 ICS (TMO T999UVALJ4)? if so, how?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Yes possible. Look for the thread in Doc Holliday's signature 2/3 posts above
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] k00lguy105:
Thanks, rooted fine, but what about DEODEXED? Im trying to install themes but a DEODEXED rom is required, how can I do this without tripping the flash counter?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MightySoul97:
flash write failure

ok. i read through the process, then downloaded odin, the drivers, and root66_TMO_T999UVDMD5.tar.md5 (that one wouldn't download faster than 50k/sec, so it took a minute...ish), then opened odin, clicked phone, found the md5 file and let it do its thing.

but it didn't reboot like i expected. it just said Flash Write Failure, so i hit reset and tried it again, but now odin just says SetupConnection....

after you flash the downloaded file to the phone, what do i do if it fails? can i unplug the phone and plug it back in? i only used your method because i wouldn't lose my data before i finally got Titanium Backup functional. i don't want to mess anything up by unplugging it if that would cause problems...

right now the phone says

ODIN MODE

Prod name t999

cust bin DL no

curr bin Sam Offic

sys stat offic

qualcomm sec boot enabled

ODIN : flash write failure

so does anyone know what to do next?

oops. just saw that i posted in the dev thread and can't figure out how to delete this..... anyway, sorry. moving it to q&a
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
You can't.

You have to flash roms from a custom recovery. Once you install a custom recovery though it will retrip every bootup. (Won't go over 1 unless you trip it another way.)

However this is all pointless. Root66 is still the best way to root imo, but not for the no trip part. It is easy enough to reset to zero while going back to unrooted stock if ever needed. People put waaay to much care into the counter. It just doesn't matter.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] k00lguy105:
So I can reset the counter with TriangleAway? I would just like the option to still have warranty. "Won't go over 1 unless you trip it another way." ?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Yes, Triangle Away will reset the counter. What I meant by that is as long as you have a custom recovery or kernel, you can reset the counter, but it will trip again when you reboot. It won't go over 1 though no matter how many reboots you do. If you flash anything else non official via odin however, it will then add to the count and go over 1.

Some have triangle away set to reset the counter every time they reboot to counteract this. Personally, I prefer not to as it could eventually cause a problem. It probably won't, but there's always the potential.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
If you want Themes then you need a De-Odexed Rom and this one won't do the work. Do note, as Doc said you need to suspend the Counter Phobia. If you have to return the phone to complete stock without counter, then use Triangle Away to reset it.

Did you put your phone in Download mode before connecting to ODIN ?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] k00lguy105:
So which recovery is better CWM touch or TWRP? Are roms specific to recovery's?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Both are good. Its all personal preference.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] eagle63:
Personal preference, but my impression is that twrp seems to be the preferred recovery right now. I actually ran into problems trying to install CyanogenMod using CWM and had to install TWRP instead. It has worked great and I haven't switched back.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
+1 to the entire statement. I use TWRP and would recommend it as well. Do Note TWRP is Touch Recovery as well.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
CWM also has touch recovery available.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] netfortius:
Interesting new issue - ODIN w/root injected image would not "produce" root

As always after toying around with some of the root-based features, I come back to ODIN->root injected image, and everything gets back to normal. Last round of testing I was doing consisted in some busybox (free vs pro) adjustments, after which su "broke". Yet again I flashed with ODIN, but this time I did not recover root, i.e. all the root based apps complain about missing or incorrect supersu / super user. Any idea what may be a more aggressive cleanup, prior to re-ODIN-ing the root image, while still preserving data?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Good rule of thumb is to always plan on having to factory reset. Sometimes dirty flashes just don't work. You probably updated SuperSU, which is on /data. When you flashed root66 it flashed the older binary which lives on /system. They are probably incompatible.

Uninstall updates.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
This is why I always advocate Cleanliness is Goodliness ! :D
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] murayoshi:
My friend has Samsung galaxy S3 ATT which file should he use, Thank you in advance
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Neither. He should find similar file for his device. Even if he inteds to use that device on T-Mo.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] murayoshi:
thanks for a quick reply...I don't really know what's for att coz i have tmobile. there's a Wind, Mobilicity and Videotron. Which of the 3
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
AT&T has a separate forum.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
This forum has a Device Search function.that's pretty effective. Try it sometime.

First Result gave me this forum,
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Jiggs82:
Hey guys sorry for this question but can you tell me what files I need to root a T-Mobile Galaxy S3 running 4.1.2 jelly bean? Thanks in advace. I do have Odin3 1.85 stored in my pc from rooting my hercules device so could I use that for the t999/d2tmo device as well plus whatever ever else files I need?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Just read the OP, it's all there. And your Odin is out dated btw.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] netfortius:
Makes sense. Thank you. Ended up removing SuperSU, which allowed for a clean and functional root66.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Synyster06Gates:
I did look through the OP but still have a question. I just got an SIII from T-Mobile in place of my ATT SIII. The baseband version on mine is T999LUVAMB7 running on 4.1.2. I can't find anything on that list. Would I be okay using the one that is listed for 4.1.2?