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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brian Gove:
Re-lock and flash the stock recovery(use EZ Recovery from the market). As long as you're already on the stock ROM then you should be able to take the update, being rooted won't matter. You'll lose it and have to re-do it tho. (droidstyle's guide that's linked in my sig will have that how to)

If you're on a ROM as opposed to being stock then you might as well just follow this whole guide step by step then re-root after the OTA. It'll be a lot simpler that way.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TeamSPD:
Is it possible to use this method with mobile odin? Just relock the bootloader and flash the stock image using mobile odin?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brian Gove:
You'd have to have someone else weigh in on that. I've never touched mobile odin.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thrgk:
Wait I am on the stock rooted image can I take take the ota update rooted? Or does being rooted disable ota update? I want it so when I go to a Rom I have the g7 update
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] techgov8:
You can do it. It will just break your root. If you have a custom recovery installed though it will fail because it has to flash the update with stock recovery

Tap'n
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thrgk:
ok, so what I did was relock using ezunlock, flash the Stock ROOTED recovery through Odin, so i believe CWM is not installed now. Right? it shouldnt be , and doesnt seem to be. Right now it says just to try again when its available, should i replace the sim to get the g7?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brian Gove:
The way to make sure your recovery is stock is to boot into it just like you did CWM. If there's only a few options and the text is blue then you're stock.

And I don't think the OTA has hit yet. Few people in the OTA thread said it's not showing up for them either.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dudenell:
So I locked the bootloader, used triangle away and then used odin to flash a stock rom (same one as I had currently). I went into recovery after (it did start, asked me to activate, ect) and told it to factory reset and now i'm getting this:

http://i.imgur.com/sAERy.jpg

for probably 10 minutes now..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jm1280:
When trying to launch ez-unlock super user denys it from running. I've tried to allow it but there isn't an option in SU. Anyone run into this before?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brian Gove:
Are you still getting this? Or have you found a way around it?

I've personally never ran into something like that but it would seem something is wrong with your recovery. Try re-flashing the stock ROM thru Odin.

Go into the super user app and delete all mention of EZ unlock from it. Then try running EZ again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SpanKyM3:
so i got my phone back to stock using your method as instructed.Locked phone,I used VRALF2 file with Odin.So now how do i go back to root?it shows on my phone i still have superuser icon.So whats best to do back to root & get rid of the custom with lock symbol when turning phone back on?should i just reset phone from scratch?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jm1280:
Problem is EZ-Unlock doesn't show in SU. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling EZ-Unlock as well. Think I should just load the stock ROM and be done with it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brian Gove:
You should have lost root flashing the Odin file. Do you still have a custom recovery? And you should have factory reset your phone in this whole process too.

Try the VRALG1 file. I used that one and it seemed to re lock my loader for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SpanKyM3:
yes Brian i did lose the custom recovery & did the fastory reset.i messed up explaining it correctly.sorry for the noob question is new to me but what do i do now to go back to root?i am just looking for root only.I see theres few ways but whats best to do?thx
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brian Gove:
Go to droidstyles guide, linked in my sig, and follow the step that applies to your computers os.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] WildBidoof:
My S3 has had very bad battery life after rooting with the DebugFS method.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] techgov8:
I've rooted 4 s3's with it, 2 of them being mine and have never had a problem. Battery life is all in what ROM your running or what apps your running. Its all based on the user to get good battery life or not.

Tap'n
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sooperwill:
worked for me! thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rogue0wn:
Worked perfectly, thank you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mrclucker:
im confused

ive read threw all of this and just dont see anyone ever posting on any of this i need to unroot my phone after a few hours of screwing around i finally figured out how to get superuser off now i cant seem to get my phone to do any of the ota updates all im wanting to do is take it back to stock so its like out of the box where i can do an ota update but everything i try doesnt work maybe im screwing something up any help at all would be helpful
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brian Gove:
My understanding is that root shouldn't prevent the OTA. I personally have never taken an OTA so I can't say for sure.

Do you have the stock recovery or a custom one? Custom recovery or an unlocked bootloader will stop it tho.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mrclucker:
i used that guide to unroot if i go into odin mode it shows securebootload enabled so that would mean bootloader is locked again right also it says everything is official
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brian Gove:
Easy way to make sure if your bootloader is locked or not is reboot the phone, watch it during the boot up. Our phones have 2 splash screens before the boot animation. One just says Samsung, the other says "Samsung Galaxy SIII". When your bootloader is unlocked the first one, Samsung, flashes by within half a second to a second. When it is locked it stays onscreen for like 4 seconds.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mrclucker:
ok so it stays on for about 4 sec so its locked but i cant figure out why i cant get the ota wheni try to install it i get a dead android it shows the little android guy lying down with a red triangle
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] phatreno:
recovery img.

my galaxy 3s has a baseband VRLHE on the recovery page it shows a different base band can i still use that img . it i want to do a stock recovery im rooted but didnt unlock bootloader. just curious if i want to revert back to stock

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When i boot my phone

samsung comes on it shows a unlocked lock symbol and says "custom "on the buttom of screen on samsung boot screen. Is that normal
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] XNO:
Thanks great info and help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] danielhchung:
I535VRLHE

as mentioned in the previous post, I also have a verizon s3 with baseband version of I535 VRLHE, and was wondering if I can use any of the stock ROMs in OP. cant seem to find any instructions regarding my specific baseband number.

also my bootloader is unlocked, im rooted and i custom ROMed my phone. what would be the order in which i return my phone back to stock settings? any help would be great, thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brian Gove:
I'm confused... What are you asking?

Follow the OP instructions and you'll go back to stock. Albeit an older version but if you're returning to Verizon that won't make a difference for them. You should get the OTA's shortly after running stock anyways.

The instructions in the OP are outdated a tad, but still work 100%. When I actually get some motivation I'll sit down and re-write it, but they're fine for now, just some steps aren't necessary but can't hurt.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mibmobile:
great guide

Thanks for the helpful guide.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] matai789:
Thanks for the info:good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lunercrab:
ok is it just me...i need to flash a stock rom, but the links in the post to download the roms via goo are not working...does anyone have a factory rom copy or know where i can find a safe one? my baseband version is vrlhe if that helps

nevermind....can't download via computer but can phone.....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] phatreno:
jelly bean relock bootloader

i updated to the leaked version of jelly bean just wondering if i want to go back to stock can i use ezunlock to relock my bootloader it was unlocked via bootchain .not sure ill want the ota jelly bean love the leaked version just want to make sure if i want to get it i can revert back to a stock ICS.

thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brian Gove:
You should be able to relock it yes. As long as you've got root access.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bloodonmoon:
Thanks

Thanks a lot for the information, my friend what really scared after her phone battery was consistently drained after 6 hours ( yeah that's too much).

I followed your steps and returned to Verizon and now she got replacement. All happy's!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jpmcnown:
Does anyone have an updated/functional link to an original odin image? This isn't working anymore. Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brian Gove:
Go to section 5 of the his linked in the OP or my sig. LI5 it's the only one working right now, the other two the bandwidth has been exceeded. Dunno when it resets.

Edit: if you go to section 5 on the same guide the G1 link is working.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PistonPounder:
Good guide. Only problem I see is if you lock the bootloader and than boot to download mode using a custom rom you wont be able to boot up again to use triangle away unless you flash a odin stock rooted rom then run triangle away and than reboot and odin a stock rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wicksjam:
VRBLK3

Did you get the VRBLK3 build? I just flashed it and im having problems with the widget expansion feature.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brian Gove:
I've fixed that part of the guide among others. It's now updated to be a little more streamline and up to date.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ancora76:
What if you not a PC user and cant use Odin? What are the steps? I rooted using casual method. Unlocked boot and installed recovery. Still on stock rom never changed anything other then the WiFi toggle tweak to enable WiFi toggle on power bar. I did do a nandroid right after i rooted. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jimmypop13:
thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brian Gove:
If you're on Linux or OSx then I've got no clue sorry.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lfd1351:
awesome guide. Had to return a friends gs3 back to stock for him so he could give it back to verizon before his 14 days ended. Made my life easy :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dean2359:
newb question

Before I rooted i made a stock back up,can i return to stock just by restoring that? It cant be that easy,can it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] putney1477:
I ran the ota update with a rooted, unlocked phone with cwm installed. The update seems to have worked. However now I want to start fresh. If I do this to get back to stock, I can just redownload the update and it will install?

Can I unlock and unlock my phone the same way I did with ics (ezunlock)?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BigErnM:
You can go back to stock with this and then OTA to JB. You will have to then follow the steps in this guide to get root and bootloader unlock back: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2046439. The DebugFSroot method doesn't work on JB. Or you could flash back to stock and then use one of these guides to flash the same build as the OTA: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1984436 or http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1974114. I prefer the pre-rooted Root66 version from mrRobinson since it doesn't trip the flash counter, but both methods are supposed to work similarly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ct6978:
Problem w/USB Mode

Good morning, thank you very much for the guide.

I'm hoping someone can help me solve a problem.

I had gone from VRLF2 to the leaked VRBLK3 using this thread: link successfully, but then wanted to go back to stock and start over. Unfortunately, I didn't read this post, and started with a VRLF2 image. It got stuck at the 4G LTE screen, so I pulled the battery and started over, first trying VRALG1 w/OTAs to the latest, then going straight to VRBLK3.

The phone seems to work fine, but I have a problem with the phone connecting as "an installer" every time I plug it into a computer. It shows up as a drive w/Autoplay, the samsung USB drivers, and Verizon "Software Upgrade Assistant" and other software. I have to select MTP mode each time or install/launch the software then it goes to MTP mode. My wife's S3, which is stock, current OTA, doesn't do this, nor did my phone yesterday.

My default.prop shows usb mode set to mass storage, however, so does my wife's....originally thought this was the problem until I compared the files.

I'm rooted/unlocked at the moment.

Any help would be appreciated greatly.

Thank you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] michaeldizzowns:
worked great. saved my ass. thank you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ryan1977:
Reset my phone via this method last night, worked awesome. Thanks !
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 996:
So. I followed everything, reset my flash counter and ended up with these results:

PRODUCT NAME: SCH-I535

CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: NO

CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL

SYSTEM STATUS: OFFICIAL

QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE

is this good to return to verizon? my power button is messed up. it hasn't been 14 days yet. gonna do it once i get confirmed...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brian Gove:
Should be good to go
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Antiphobia:
Thanks for all the great work you guys, and gals do!

I have never done a custom rom or anything to my phone, but as of yesterday, Verizon pushed down JB, and it has since started making the Verizon hotspot activate anytime i use Foxfi. This is unacceptable as I have noticed it is causing lag issues, and i just dont get the warm and fuzy knowing pukerizon has my phone reporting back for a lack of a better term. Should i use this guide even if I have not changed the OS myself? I really dont have time to be a major modder with my phone anyway, but if there is a simpler way to do this other than forcing my phone back to ICS, advise would be greatly appreciated!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vishalchheda:
perfect guide

Many thanks to this guide. I could unbrick my GS3 that was sitting for 3 weeks as a paper weight.

V
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fauxtorola:
Odin Fails everytime

Been trying to flash back to stock via odin.. have tried numerous times.. finally i decided to lock the bootloader and try one last time.. nothing.. ive tried different downloads of odin. downloaded the tar several times. tried everything now i got brick... "system software not authorized by vzw.. go to nearest dealer" what am i doing wrong.. odin seems to connec to com port.. tried every usb port.. nothing.. is the big square supposed to ight up in odin like it used to when connected pass or fail.. idk.. ive hit a wall.. any help appreciated.. just wanna flash to stock..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Chance77:
Fail, And Success

Followed directions to a T, but i could not get Triangle Away to wipe count. I proceeded to try the abd through Android Terminal Emulator, and successfully re-soft bricked my device. I was still within my 30 day worry free, of course reps did not have a clue or even check binary count, so i am going to try my hand at the monster Note 2, so I thank you, as even though my count failed to reset, the other info di sucessfully return all common stats to normal, so when Big Red went into my settings everything appeared normal. BTW this all began as i went to Executioner 2.5 with no problems except i kept receiving a problem with connection, can not connect to secure server, so i tried to go back to stock through oden, but lost phone and data, then flashed root_66 and got sms and phone back but was stuck on roaming, tried umui as it has deep seeded network controls, no luck, followed your guide, tried for a new SIM card, still stuck in roaming..Big Red actually happily handed over the Note 2 charging the difference in cost to my business account, which is the device i wanted in the first place (iconic portal ordering made it impossible to bill to my account before actual upgrade date) so many thanks, as i got into the device i wanted originally by screwing up on what seemed like some simple flashing.

:p
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Juicy92:
I did not triangle away but I don't see anything abnormal in the bootloader menu. I did get a custom bootscreen on first reboot after the Odin though. How can I see if its going to be OK? I have til Wednesday til I get my replacement in
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] andybones:
wish i did this before going to VZW today lol.

the lady did a factory reset using TWRP recovery LOL

and STILL traded me out for a new one.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ohleo:
Before I found out about this I had already flashed my phone back to stock 4.1.1 before I got a chance to use triangle away. I wiped it and everything so am I good to go? Or do I have to root it again, use triangle away, and then flash back to stock and then wipe?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dcharleyultra:
What does your phone say in Download mode? What about the bottom of System/Settings/Status:

Swyped from my SPH-L710
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ohleo:
Device status = normal.

Download mode. First, obviously the warning screen talking about istalling custom OS etc pops up. I hit up.....

Then..Upper left corner

Odin Mode

Product Name: SCH-I535

Custom Binary Download: No

Current Binary: Samsung Official

System Status: Official

Qualcomm Secureboot: Enable

And Besides the android mascot lloyd in the center of the screen followed by "Downloading....Do not turn off target" that is it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] stephangardner:
who has or who has a link to a stock kernel? i found a developers one but not odin or recovery flashable its an adb push.

since rooting and unlocking my phone my computer crashed. lost everything. my phones being goofy and not wanting to charge right. i flashed clean kernel but now i wanna go back stock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buhohitr:
You're 100% factory stock, you're good to go!

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You need to backup all your stuff then reflash this full factory firmware with just root, (this will wipe everything, so take out your external sdcard before Odin the image).

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390214368362234355

if you don't want root then download and flash Samsung factory firmware

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You need to backup all your stuff then reflash this full factory firmware with just root, (this will wipe everything, so take out your external sdcard before Odin the image).

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390214368362234355

if you want to return the phone to VZW, then just flash Samsung factory firmware or download from here:

http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SCH-I535
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] brandon12345:
Hmm... glad I saw this guide. I was now going and flash it back to stock. I'm going to try this guide first
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sghrush:
Yes, I returned it due to losing IMEI because I did not know until too late how to backup IMEI. I just told them my phone suddenly lost the ability to make or receive calls. They sent me a replacement. I locked boot loader first then flash back to stock via Odin. However, I did not do a factory wipe because the stock version I used was full wipe. I probably made a mistake by not wiping. I'm hoping Verizon did not catch on. So far so good. No emails or texts stating I owe $.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kkurtz78:
I rooted my phone and flashed a rom and next thing i know it will not go into recovery only odin mode, tried to flash a few things to get it back and nothing,,, PLEASE HELP ME. The screen says found software that verizon wireless doesnt recognize. ?????
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Griffey121:
Thanks for the guide
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheDriller:
Flash a stock UNROOTED official rom. Then reroot your phone, then unlock your bootloader, then flash a recovery... THEN flash your rom. Follow those instructions to the letter and you should be fine. It sounds to me that you forgot to unlock your bootloader before flashing the rom, which will cause that. When you return your phone to stock use the ICS stock rom mentioned in the OP.

After I threw up in my mouth a little bit... I realized i don't have an iPhone
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Arikara:
How do we keep our root and cm10.1 handing down my phone to my daughter and she wants to keep root and cm10.1?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eheinzeiii:
What a great help. Thanks a ton.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] docfong:
Thank You!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] scoundral9:
Just wanted to say thanks for this guide! I found it very helpful!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Marine59:
worried

I have a black screen and rooted and unlocked bootloader. Must send my phone back to Verizon in 3 days. Have Certified replacement in hand and rooted. Is there anyway to force it back to stock without being able to see screen? Phone makes all the right sounds , has blue led flashing and white buttons come on when I touch the screen.but once powered up,,, the power button will not turn it off, have to pull battery to power off.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jsjr88:
I pulled together some advice from this guide, and some other guides(how to use usb mouse to navigate without the touchscreen), my phone was rooted running cm10 when the touchscreen became unresponsive. The device is in Verizon possession now and so far no word of detection. Will let you know how it goes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Psychotacon:
Thank you

Thank you so much for this post. I've been into rooting and jailbreaking for several years now, and with all my experience over the iPhone, PSP, Droid X, and now my sleek and sexy (and much beloved) Galaxy S3, I've never encountered something like the counter when flashing. I've also taken my Droid X in a few times, having forgotten to flash my phone to stock, and the guy in the Verizon store would say there's nothing he can do since the phone has "third party software" on it.

So I always wondered, other than flashing to stock - is there a truer way of getting the phone back to REAL stock recovery? Especially with the trip counter now, on the S3, it seemed like all hope was lost.

Thanks again, this guide has come in handy!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Trip counter is easily reset to 0 if you use Triangle Away while rooted. Put in another way, nothing is more complete than using Odin. Flashing a stock tar via Odin is the true way to return to stock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] djteotancolis:
Followed the steps to go back to stock and used a pre-rooted rom...so now am i fully stock except with the root part? like the bootloader is locked back and stock recovery etc?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Psychotacon:
Thank you for reminding me of that. For some reason, whether I found a bad stock file or corrupted download, etc. I just had so many issues flashing back to stock.

Does that automatically knock out root?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Using Triangle Away only resets your count in download mode, nothing else but I am quite sure you need to be rooted to use it. Flashing a stock image will remove root and lock your bootloader. You only need to worry about that count though if you're up for warranty. Otherwise its just a number that has no impact.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hanismj:
Going back to stock will unroot your phone unless it is a rooted stock.