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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jb_alphamale:
Normally roaming. Using a vzw phone in Canada.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] majixx11:
I can confirm this works as well. Flashed that file via Odin and then booted up with into the latest Synergy just fine!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jb_alphamale:
Yupiiii. Way to go guys. We don't know yet if we can relock without flashing with odin the initial stock but anyways. We'll see.

Edit:Reflashed CleanRom 1.2. It did not flash the kernel back to the verizon one. I'll try a different vzw ROM (eg synergy) to see if it flashes back the latest vzw stock kernel.

Edit2; Same situation with Synergy. Anybody can point me to the lastest vzw s3 stock kernel? Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PJnc284:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1755386
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jb_alphamale:
That worked.Thank you man.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] madmaverickmatt:
Hey can someone post there backup of the original boot loader, I like the ease of this method but idd already installed from terminal when I read this. Also I like having a backup, I'm a geek that way. ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Elite49:
Worked great and phone starts up in like 15 seconds. One quick question, the phone does say upgrading on every boot. Is this normal? Its just a quick pop-up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] salas2324:
Do u have a kernel

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 4G LTE
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Elite49:
Nope
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] salas2324:
WhT ROM? Its normal anyways

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 4G LTE
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
It certainly does boot quickly with this done, although it booted pretty quickly before (WAY WAY faster than my Rezounds which took forever to boot) so I'm not sure if it's my imagination or not........
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Elite49:
Synergy and ok,thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] omgi0wn:
Just used this tool, everything worked flawlessly. Thank you so much!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] EM2_Rob:
If anyone is getting a constant adb out of date, check to see if you have droid explorer installed, if so kill the process.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] halfcab123:
This program now will restore stock bootloader without having a backup. It still "creates" a backup just in case, but it also is able to flash the stock bootloader coming from any method.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tgmorris:
This is great and I appreciate the simplicity. However at least one person reported, when they manually used the terminal emulator to do the dd command sequence, that they then recopied it to confirm it worked properly and the MD5 was not right. Because of that they didn't reboot the phone but instead redid the command and then the MD5 was right. Checking probably saved them a lot of headaches or a bricked phone.

Is it possible to add some sort of a check to make sure the new aboot image got placed correctly before blindly rebooting the phone? Perhaps some sort of retry logic could be added as a safeguard?

Again, I'm not negating the ease of use but adding a bit more logic might help someone avoid a brick in case there was a recoverable error.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] halfcab123:
do you know of some way that I can do like

adb shell su -c "busybox md5 /dev/block/mmcblk0p5"

to check the md5 of a partition ?

I'm going to look into it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jb_alphamale:
Where is the backup created?

---------- Post added at 10:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:00 PM ----------

Did you change the finish message for the relocked part? Is it still saying "your unlocked"?

edit: Yes you did. Looks great.Thanks man.Fantastic work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PJnc284:
Looks like it stores as bootloader_backup.img on the internal storage and also pulls it to whichever location you run the unlock.bat
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Clienterror:
OMFG you rock! Thanks!!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jb_alphamale:
OK relocked with your latest version and surprise. Phone boots into the message with yellow triangle saying that you have installed unauthorized software and you have to go to the nearest verizon centre. I'm in Canada so I cannot go. It does not boot into recovery.

LOL.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PJnc284:
Were you running a rom or anything prior to relocking? May need to Odin back to stock. Also found this over at Rootzwiki
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jb_alphamale:
CleanROM 1.2 with stock kernel VRALG1.

Edit: Odined back with stock.vzw_root66. Everything OK. At this point as long as we have Odin and stock image I don't think that we can totally brick the phone. I don't know about OTAs.

OP I'd be more carefully with the relock portion. At least for now. Newbies get panicked very fast.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] drbveb88:
Could you lead me to the directions for terminal instructions.. I won't be at my desktop for days. Thanks in advance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PJnc284:
So you just flashed the stock root.tar and not the bootloader also? Good to know.

Open terminal, type su and then enter and then dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 of=/sdcard/bootloader_backup.img. Should copy it to the portion of the internal storage labeled sdcard.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jb_alphamale:
Odin flashes the bootloader as well. You can see it. 1st step is flash boot.img and then the rest, recovery, system etc.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] klittle81:
Quick Question, If i restore a backed up "bootloader_backup.img" from my girlfriends phone to my phone, will it brick mine? I ask because the tool did not backup mine like it should have. If all I need to do is flash the stock root66 to recover, then that works as well.

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rckeystone:
OK. I ran the unlock.bak and chose option 1. After a little bit my phone went black and so I figured it was rebooting as the onscreen instructions said to hit OK when the phone reboots. The phone never rebooted and now I can't even get it to power up again.

Any suggestions?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tgmorris:
All I did was dd the new aboot and then dd it from the mmcblk0p5 block to the sd card (same as doing the backup but a different name) and then checked the md5 on that. I'm guessing that's what the "busybox md5 ..." would be intended to do. The dirty (but sure) way to do it would be to include the PC version of md5sum.exe in the zip file and just copy the updated partition back via dd & adb to the PC. Once there the values could be compared directly in the script. If they differ the user could be asked about a retry or at least warned that it failed and to not reboot the phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Khishawn:
So I just attempted to unlock my phone and I believe it went ok (did the terminal method). when I did adb reboot bootloader it just restarted the phone. So I turned it off and went into download mode and saw Qualcomm = Enabled. Does that mean I am unlocked?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] halfcab123:
I think this is the best way

1. push it to the partition

2. then test the partition directly, we don't want to test it while its on the computer, we want to test it on the phone

adb shell su -c "busybox md5sum /dev/block/mmcblk0p5"

this is confirmed working. Phone would not reboot until its been tested while on the phone to be matching the correct md5

I probably won't have time to implement that until tomorrow though.

For now i removed the restore method, because people were restoring the stock bootloader while on a custom rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] duarian:
So I saw this was mentioned earlier. Do we need to have SDK installed for this method? Or is it simple like the bat root program that you just open it up while connected, press 1 or 2 and your good to go?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PJnc284:
Shouldn't the stock bootloader still work assuming they were using a stockish or kexec rom?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tgmorris:
Does this require the user to have busybox installed?

The other method (update the mmcblk0p5 with aboot then copy it back and compare) only requires that one be able to compare files or generate md5sums on the destination PC. The assumption being that file copies are reliable whereas flashing is slightly less reliable.

Anyway, I'll stop with further suggestions as I think the only point I was trying to make was that it needs to have a bit more intelligence added to the script to help prevent potentially avoidable errors. How it's finally implemented doesn't really matter so long as the solution is usable by everybody.

Again, thanks for putting in all the effort.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] halfcab123:
well.. ok i mean, if your worried about the flash.. checking on the phone is the way to go. But a check on the computer should happen first too.. and universally for folks that don't have busybox it would be

adb push busybox /data/local/

adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/busybox

adb shell su -c "/data/local/busybox md5sum /dev/block/mmcblk0p5"

so itd work for everyone

Thanks for the suggestion, I made this mostly for experienced folks, seems like its turning into a way bigger deal then i thought it would seeing as how there's 15,000 views on this thread in less than 24 hours.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Clienterror:
The first actual bootloader unlock...... How small did you think it would be :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] raisins:
Am I understanding this right:

Unlocking the bootloader won't affect the current recovery unless I flash a new one, and I will be fine just unlocking it being on Synergy 1.7 with a kexec recovery using Imo lean kernel .1?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dubluv17:
I'm getting "permission denied" as soon as I click OK to unlock. Then it runs a few things and says that I'm unlocked and the phone reboots. But it still shows the lock icon on the boot screen so I don't think it's working. I've searched this thread and can't find any instance of people getting denied permissions. Thoughts?

***Used this instead. Done deal.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1837197
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] itzwolf:
Successfully wrote the unlocked bootloader to my phone and backed up my original.

Thanks for the simple to use bat file!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] halfcab123:
Yes that means you are not properly rooted
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ka1z0ku:
I can confirm that this works as long as you meet all the initial conditions. Installed the new CM10 posted on Google+ and it works beautifully.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zakth:
Worked great for me, installed while running clean Rom v0.1 no issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] halfcab123:
Yes folks there is no question that this method works. PLEASE THANK ADAM OUTLER FOR HIS aboot.img. We are all not worthy of his work, its pretty ground breaking stuff.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GREGHARKINS:
I did my unlock today and it seemed to work but I can't find my resume backup file... On where does it save it to
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] m52 power!:
Thank You:) Worked excellent.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wooddale:
I downloaded the app when it still had relock do I need to re download the one with it removed or can I just not use it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] halfcab123:
you can relock manually with the command at the bottom of the OP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] strung:
Does anyone know if the stock bootloader is device-specific, or universal? I unlocked using the EZ Unlock app, but that means I don't have a backup of my stock bootloader. Wish I had seen this thread first. :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] salas2324:
You can relock with the same app.

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 4G LTE
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GREGHARKINS:
adb

after unlocking my phone with this method, it is no longer visible when i try to use adb or when i use my sg3 easy ums to mount my sd card etc

odin sees it in download mode

i have reinstalled my drivers and when i plugged it in for ODIN is went through the process of updating drivers etc.

still no luck for any other way to get it to be reconized when i hook up the usb cable.

i have the developer/usb debugging checked. i have also tried to uncheck and recheck

no luck

any more ideas!!?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tlgem:
Mine is connecting ok computer is seeing both drives + file system & odin shows connection Havent tried adb or easy ums. I normally have to plug in twice 1st time I wait for the device connecting sound & nothing then I unplug wait a few seconds & re plug in & everything works ok :cyclops:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] spiderj:
Being new to this process, I would like to know this as well
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] con247:
If anyone is having difficulty/has questions, just use the ez unlock app from the play store. It takes 2 seconds and doesn't require a computer.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] spiderj:
does it backup current stock bootloader?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GREGHARKINS:
EZ UNLOCK

Dont see it in the app store
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] spiderj:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/32456-app-ez-unlock-easiest-way-to-unlock-your-bootloader/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GREGHARKINS:
usb not seeing phone

Ok i have uninstalled the drivers off my PC

Rebooted the computer

reinstalled the drivers

rebooted the computer

changed usb cables

and phone still doesnt show up on computer

works with odin in DL mode but USB does not see it at all

I have also tested my USB and no luck

any ideas where to start to fix this
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PJnc284:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mmmeff.ez.unlock
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wmaudio:
After using this unlock method (successfully, yay), I have two files in the root of the internal sdcard, called "aboot.img" and "bootloader_backup.img" - I know what they are, but do they need to stay where they are for the phone to work or can they be stored somewhere else? Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PJnc284:
aboot should be the unlocked one. Guessing bootloader_backup is the backup of your locked bootloader so you may want to store that somewhere safe in case you want to relock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wmaudio:
Thanks for the response. As previously stated, I'm aware of what the files are. I was just wondering if I needed to leave them there for proper operation of the phone or if I could store them somewhere else. I'm OCD about unnecessary content in the root of my drives.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] halfcab123:
Where the files are, are irrelevant.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] intheb0x:
Does this method wipe data or anything?

I'm on beans 7, so I'm wondering can i unlock and nothing will change right? Just have a unlocked bootloader?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] stephangardner:
So I'm using the mobile app. Been thru 10 pages, haven't found my answer. So... I'm no noob. I had 4 phones of the evolution family and now I'm a Verizon customer.

Will this method allow Verizon users of the GS3 to use kernels developed in the at&t and sprint forums? Only customization I want is to make my battery last longer
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bgolden84:
You will not be able to use another carriers kernal ever with out changing things. Just give it a while there will b kernals popping up soon enough.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] stephangardner:
well thats no bueno... only reason i want to unlock bootloader is for kernel flashing. kinda figured they would be the same, but, even with the EVO 3D sprint and virgin were different. i guess i wont worry about unlocking till there is a great stock rom battery life kernel out. ill keep my eyes peeled.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] halfcab123:
Yes that's correct
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] trafalger888:
I am actually using a sprint kernel with no issues until we get some stuff made for us not ROM mind you just the kernel
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nckmsn:
so I unlocked the bootloader using this message and now when I reboot it goes into CWM and I have to hit Reeboot System, and then it boots normally. Is this normal?

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I just did another reboot and it booted into CWM installed something so quickly I couldn't see what it was, then proceeded to boot normally. Is everything okay? I don't want to do anything further in case it isn't properly unlocked.

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] piiman:
Yes but until bean 9 comes out it will still need a kexec recovery to boot it.

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Well its pretty hard to not unlock it properly you either flash the aboot or you don't . What rom are you using if any?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nckmsn:
I'm running SynergyROM1.7.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] voodoomanx:
Check your settings in iothidden <usb settings> menu to be sure mtp is selected.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] EpicMangina:
Revive

Has anyone tried the OTA update with the boot-loader unlocked?? I want to know before I update and brick my phone. (I know OP said not to. I want to know if anyone tried it anyways.)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wooddale:
Guys have said you loose root so I would think it may not work. I am ztock bug had g1 modem and it wouldnt take update until I flashed new modem then it took.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
If you have the stock recovery but are rooted and unlocked, the update will go fine. If you have a custom recovery, the update will fail.

This is one of a few threads that has many people complaining about the update going through (albeit it was a forced update as you should know) successfully despite them being unlocked/rooted but with stock recovery.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1887741
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] EpicMangina:
this is exactly what i was looking for, thank you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] papa54:
once you unlock the boot loader >>>Never lock it again<<<<< took me 12 hours to get ph back up and running.. it was dead , dryed out, unusable. a door stop. paper weight etc. because i thought it should be locked to get the OTA etc.. boy i was in a jam..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thesefardi12:
Thank you for this information. :thumbup:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JkdJedi:
Warning........Major Noob question here.....If we are not able to root a Verizon GAlaxy S 3 and look at this thread to help us get rooted because of the promising cool CASUAL hack.....how are we suppose to respond to MUST BE ROOTED O.o Little help please?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Aquila76:
The S3 has been rootable since it came out almost a year ago. There were some issues with unlocking the bootloader, but that got resolved in August, IIRC.

Check the stickies for root guides using Odin, unlock via TWRP, and I highly recommend Synergy for your custom ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sidthekid28:
beans 15 way better, no need for multi-window
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] magicelf:
Sorry for the noob question, but I rooted my S3 when I got it. If I have Clockworkmod recovery working, does that mean I already unlocked the bootloader? Do I need to have the bootloader unlocked to flash all ROMs? Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mapatton82:
No working CWM does not mean you are unlocked, when you boot up does the Samsung logo flash quickly, if it does then you are unlocked. As for flashing ROMs yes you need to be unlocked, otherwise you will get the Unauthorized software message.

Sent from my Galaxy S3 with a Carbon footprint!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Noam Chomsky:
So if you you're running Cyanogen you're already unlocked the bootloader?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mapatton82:
Yes, it wouldn't work if the boot loader was still locked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] YevOmega:
Thought this might have been an unlock of the Knox bootloader because there was activity in the thread lately. Guess not. AHHH!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hipcatjack:
i thought the same thing...... I know the i535 is old and all but at this point im wiling to pay another bounty to get this thing unlocked...

You hear me African-Canadian Sock Monkey? I will PAY YOU MONEY, some of that internet monies, if someone comes up with a way to knock out knox.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] downhillvinnie:
is this fir 4.3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
No.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dragonfixed:
Does this work for the verizon ota update 4.4.2 with the NE1 baseband and the knox locked bootloader
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
See one post above. All these months later, nothing has changed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PaulPizz:
so this does not unlock the 4.4.2 bootloader???
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] -somebody-:
the post directly above you answered it, directly above you. no, if youre on 4.3 or higher youre screwed and in all likelihood will never see this phone unlocked again. to be clear, the bootloader is locked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PaulPizz:
Oops. The answer was right in front of my face. But thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jimwick:
........... easiest way to tell if the thread is relevant is see when the OP was created or last edited. this one says; (Last edited by halfcab123; 17th August 2012 at 08:31 PM.). If OP hasn't been touched since 2012 then stay away...........
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TokedUp:
Can someone point me in the direction of the newest version of CWM 6.0.1.0 or the newset one compatible with our phone? I cant upgrade thru RM, it says I have the latest version. Ppl in the unlocked bootloader threads were mentioning that they were running it and I didnt want to go OT in that thread. TIA.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
download ez recovery app from playstore...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TokedUp:
Thanks! Why wouldnt RM just release it on their own app? Seems weird. Mods you can close if u feel this thread has no relevance.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhxkinMassacre:
Just wondering, will we be seeing Miui on this device in the future? Never had a nexus but I know most people that own one are gung Ho straight Google and nothing else so figured I would ask haha
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poondog:
There was a tweet from miui China a month or so ago showing miui on a nexus 7

It must be in the works

Sent from my HTC Incredible S
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vepo:
Sweet!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
It will take quite a while to get to stable though. The will have to wait for CM10 to be finished.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonybhoy:
has anyone tried this yet
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woshiweili:
I have been running MIUI on my N7 for a long time. There are currently three releases, MIUI.us, MIUIAndroid and Team Shogun's. I personally prefer Team Shogun's

Team Shogun: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1841208
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] jeyhun.mirzayev:
Hi. I have HTC Kaiser. I tried to update it's ROM from WM 6.1 to 6.5. But it seems I used wrong file. Updating ROM just went in a sec and after that my HTC doesn't start. After pushing power button just first screen comes (in the bottom right corner with some code like R.B.G) and that's it.

Please anyone who had met with this kind of situation, help me.

Thank you very much in advance,
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] mfsr98:
try reinstalling. from what you are saying, I think that there is no OS in it. also check if your SPL is recent
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] jeyhun.mirzayev:
HTC Kaiser ROM update

Dear friend,

I am trying to connect my phone and reinstall but unfortunately no USB connection is coming up between phone and pc. What can I do then. Thanks in advance,
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] mfsr98:
but did you install the ROM or not? do you mean in bootloader mode?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] cstone94:
I've been using Handcent for quite some time and it randomly wouldn't load my conversations. I've tried clearing data on the stock messages app and handcent, plenty of power offs and battery pulls. I backed up my messages and deleted them but still nothing, I also havent been receiving any messages for the past hour. I've also tried GoPro and still nothing.