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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] roirraW "edor" ehT:
D2LTE works on any LTE variant of the S3, too my understanding. In other words, Verizon and Sprint. That's why the latest Sprint specific one is old. You definitely want the D2LTE build.

CF-AutoRoot didn't work for several of us including me while it did work for some others. I wouldn't recommend it.

See the post above yours and my answer to [MENTION=2094824]tuxmask[/MENTION] at the top of this post.

You can't flash anything but official update.zip files from Samsung/Sprint with the official recovery.

I'm not familiar with that. Several people have used something called towel root to root without a custom recovery lately but I've never used that. I used the very latest D2LTE Philz Touch Recovery tar.md5 and flashed the latest SuperSU.zip but others have just gone into Philz settings and chosen the re-root option or just flashed an already rooted ROM.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shdwmyst:
Another member mentioned Towel Root which rooted it on the first try.

I looked at it but thought it was just for AT&T/Verizon.

After running it, SuperSU was able to disable Knox and I took care of the rest.

Thanks for your help
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 94SupraTT:
Thank you for this post. I am going to be rooting a Sprint S3 on 4.3 and wanted to make sure this method would work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] marcran75:
CF Auto Root is not the only method of rooting a GS3 and rooting in itself does not trip Knox. Knox is tripped the instant you install a custom recovery onto the device. CF Auto may be the only way to root without tripping Knox but IMO what's the point of rooting if you are not going to install a custom recovery?

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XDA for some reason decided to repost my comment instead of editing it as I intended.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 94SupraTT:
I flash phones. I flashed a phone for a friend (the Sprint S3 I'm about to root). I need to freeze the system update nag update through Titanium Backup which needs root. I also need to update the Sprint APN to a Verizon APN for MMS to work 100% correctly. I need root to do this. He doesn't need to have custom recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] marcran75:
Your reasons are your reasons. The only reason I even commented was because the guy you quoted said it was the only way to root the phone which is not the case. Also note that I said IMO (in my opinion) which is just that......my opinion.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 94SupraTT:
Awesome

sent from my Verizon Galaxy S3 on PPC.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] christophocles:
CF-Autoroot - Is it safe or not with SECUREBOOT: ENABLE?

I just want to be very clear that I understand:

The phone I am working with is SPH-L710, with software version L710VPUDND8

On the Download Mode screen, it says Current Binary: Samsung Official, Qualcom Secureboot: ENABLE, Warranty Bit: 0, Bootloader RP SWREV: 2

On the CF-Autoroot website, there is a warning:

UNLOCK BOOTLOADERS

If you have locked bootloaders, flashing one of these will probably brick your device - with the exception of Nexus devices, which will usually automatically "OEM unlock" and wipe your data !​

So I am assuming that Secureboot: ENABLE means that this phone is, in fact, locked. With the "KNOX" bootloader? Secureboot == KNOX?

So Chainfire is warning me that installing CF-Autoroot will BRICK this phone? Thus, I cannot root? I thought root was possible with knox.

It's hard to search for a definitive answer about this on the forums, as the technology keeps progressing and changing. I never know if I am looking at the most current information, or if it applies to this specific device in this specific scenario. I just want to understand, if this SPH-L710 phone is upgraded to Android 4.4.2 version ND8 with secureboot, what is still possible to do with this device? I do not care about any warranty bit or flash counter or whatever, this is a used phone on a 3rd party carrier now. I just want to know if i can:

-Root?

-Install Clockworkmod Recovery to allow backup/restore?

-Flash .zips in Clockworkmod Recovery? (Ting MMS APNs fix, for example)

-Install CM11 ROM? Or other AOSP ROM?

-Install custom kernels?​

I have never owned a phone with locked bootloader, and my other Galaxy S3 has not received this horrid OTA, so I really have no idea what is safe to do to my wife's phone. If you know the answers to the above, I would greatly appreciate your input!!

EDIT: This thread has answered some of my questions about KNOX, However, I'm still not even sure if I have KNOX or not. When I am in download mode it says "Secure Boot", the word "KNOX" does not appear anywhere... This is so confusing. Does this KNOX FAQ even apply to my phone???
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Hi! The Warranty = 0 means you have Knox.

You can root all you want. Only some people have successfully rooted with CF-AutoRoot on ND8. The easiest way is to Odin the very latest Philz Touch Recovery tar.md5 and use its option in its settings to re-root.

Instead you could manually download the latest SuperSU.zip from Chainfire's website and flash it in recovery. FYI Philz is the only recovery which doesn't have any issues with TouchWiz 4.4.2.

You can also use the TowelRoot app to root without having a custom recovery. This is the only method that won't cause your Warranty bit too be flipped to 1. Having a custom recovery is what permanently flips the Warranty bit, not rooting.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flastnoles11:
Just an FYI ca auto root still trips Knox because it in fact flashes a temp recovery to root the phone

http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/w450/flastnoles11/tapatalk_1379735598798_zpsae07fa91.png
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jazztrmpter:
Unfortunately this kit didn't work for me. I have a stock SPH-L710 on Ting's network (a MVNO under Sprint) on KK version 4.4.2.. I tried CF-Auto Root, which appeared to be successful at first, but when opening SuperSU, it would say SuperSU has stopped responding. Then I tried Towel Root from geohot. That appeared successful as well, but I had the same SuperSU has stopped responding message upon launching SuperSU.

THEN, I tried mskip's method using his unified toolkit. After installing the ADB drivers and discovering the hidden "developer options" menu (which I've never seen before.. I've been on Android 4.3.1 with CarbonRom on my other Galaxy S3), I successfully backed up, installed a custom recovery, installed busy box, and rooted my phone. Not sure why any of the other methods didn't work for me, but I'm glad I was able to make it happen using mskip's utility.

Just sharing my experience for any others who might have a similar issue! :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] :
Autoroot does not work on the 4.4.2 d2spr on the virgin mobile network. The unified toolkit method from the previous post did work.

Energized from my rooted Verizon S5 Retail
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] marcran75:
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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DavilaDarkness:
Worked perfectly. Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dirty_smurf45:
Just some quick questions:

-Will this trip Knox and hardbrick my device or not?

-It says it's version 1.26 but the latest as of now is 2.46. Does it still work and will it update when it scans for the su binaries after opening SuperSU appJ?

sph l710 stock 4.4.2

Something off topic:

-If I flash a custom rom for a d2spr and convert to ClearTalk, will I be able to have service or would I need to find another rom? or radios?

Thanks for your time and patience:good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TdiGuy:
Man i owe you a beer. I was pulling my hair out trying to re-root my phone after i botched the firmware royally and flashed back to stock os. Last time i did it towlroot worked fine. This time nothing worked. This was pretty darn easy also. Flashed this via odin, downloaded superuser and installed then used rom manager to install clockwork mod now i can once again play around with aftermarket roms. I am keeping this in my rom toolkit in case i botch up my phones firmware again and have to use stock firmware to get things running.

Onec again thank you!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ed270:
Hi, My friend wanted me to root his S3. It currently has 4.4.2 and DNJ2. will this method work

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ed270:
Thanks, sorry I put this in the wrong thread

Sent from my SM-N910V using Xparent Green Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
You don't need this. Just odin flash twrp, then flash SuperSU in twrp.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ed270:
Thanks madbat, sounds simple enough. I appreciate it

Sent from my SM-N910V using Xparent Green Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] FinalbossMLG:
LINK?

Hi, can you provide me a LINK of TWRP for this specific model,SPH L710 I don't want to mess up with a different TWRP variant, thanks in advance
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Sure, https://dl.twrp.me/d2spr/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] netgar:
HI,

Iam sorry to ask a newbie question but I just dont want to brick my phone.

Question is:

I have SPH L710 phone baseband L710VPUCOJ1, is it safe to root it using that method? I would like to also install twrp.

Thank you so much
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Just install TWRP with odin. Download latest TWRP for d2spr (the phone you have) and download the root zip of your choice (SuperSU, or magisk, etc, etc).

TWRP on PC, root zip on phone storage.

Use Odin to flash the .tar of TWRP.

Boot to TWRP and flash root zip.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] netgar:
Thank you so much for your help my friend.

I can see that twrp link is just post above (doesn't say it is for sprint s3 phone) but I have difficulty to find correct SU zip file. Do you mind direct me to this SU zip file please.

Thx again
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
D2 means S3, for future reference. So d2spr is the Sprint S3 (sphL710). I'll get an su link for ya.

You can get SuperSU here

In that thread, the one that says TWRP, flashfire installable zip. Third link in thread.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] paullong22:
Bricked - Please help me!

:( I thought I'd try rooting my S3 because there's no backup software that will back up my desktop or app settings without root and I've just lost everything when the motherboard died and it went for repair. Had a few problems including phone not being recognised but closed Kies and that solved it. Followed instructions below to the letter and attached the file CF-Auto-Root-d2spr-sphl710.tar.md5 to the PDA button. Ran it and all seemed to be going well until it then did:

recovery.img

NAND Write.Start!

cache.img.ext4

It's now stuck on that. As it took more than 30 seconds I gave up after 20 mins of waiting and unplugged USB cable and restarted phone to get a message about "firmware upgrade encountered an issue" and my phone is completely bricked!

I've tried installing Kies on a laptop instead and connected phone and Odin3 v1.85 is working and connecting to phone. Have gone into download mode on phone and get exactly the same issue - stops at cache.img.ext4.

Can anyone help this noob please? I thought this would be easy. I'm off to London in 2 hours so could really do with some guidance ASAP - sorry to be pushy.

Thanks, Paul
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] brobin111:
I keep getting stuck at recovery.img - it just sits forever after that. Any tips would be welcomed!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Reinstall drivers, swap your usb cable. Change ports in the PC. Learn how odin works before ****in with your phone. If it turns on then its not "completely bricked" Just try again after doing what i mentioned

See above post

~SMDH~
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] brobin111:
Tried all those things... still sticks at "recovery.img" Phone works fine after a reboot but not root. I will try on a different PC altogether to see if that makes a difference.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] brobin111:
OK, SUCCESS! For some reason my cranky old XP desktop wasn't up to the task probably due to some kind of driver conflict that I'm too lazy to troubleshoot. I put the driver package, ODIN and tarball on my WIN7 laptop and 13 seconds after pressing start I was done. ANYbody can do this simple root and a Mahalo Nui Loa for work that went into it (that's 'thank you very much' in Hawaiian). FWIW, the driver I installed is specifically for the Sprint SPH-L710 and is at this link:

http://www.4shared.com/file/G8VRHkE9/Sprint_L710_GSIII_Samsung_USB_.html
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chainfire:
I have updated all the CF-Auto-Root downloads. The scripts have been slightly improved, the roboto font is now used, and SuperSU has been updated to v0.98 !

There is no need to flash the updated version if you are currently successfully rooted (you'll have gotten the latest SuperSU from Google Play updates already).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bschrag812:
Easy to root. Follow qbking77 video on YouTube. Just flash one zip in Odin and done.

EDIT: I don't know for sure but I don't think the method in the op works for 4.1. Like I said follow the qbking video.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dcharleyultra:
If your phone is supported, this method will work for you.

Swyped from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SilentSummer:
I made a mistake and used this root method firs http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1746680.

Now I'm stuck at the "firnware upgrade encoutered a issue please select recovery mode in kies" screen.

Followed the steps in the first place and it still fails using Odin v3.07.

What are the proper steps to follow from here?

Edit: I re-installed the drivers and used Odin3 v1.85 included in the folder. The port was COM3 vs COM4 this time and it still fails.

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Ok, the above was tried in a VM (always used that for HTC phones).

Tried it on the host and it worked!

However, now when it reboots I hear the boot animation but nothing is on the screen.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Rapunzl:
I had the same problem with another Odin flash. It took me three days to get my screen back, so hopefully it works for you the first time. In desktop Kies, the Emergency Firmware Recovery wouldn't work, but the Update Firmware did! It decided for itself it needed the Emergency Recovery. Good luck.

:victory:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] caileb:
I'm having a difficult time obtaining root.

I followed the instructions to a T - and it get stuck.

I've tried disabling my anti virus, I don't have Kies installed, and I tried other USB ports... the USB cable is the original out of the box.

Any other ideas on how to root my device?

<ID:0/005> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> CF-Auto-Root-d2spr-d2spr-sphl710.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/005> Initialzation..
<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/005> recovery.img
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Thing O Doom:
Thanks, worked like a charm, took me like 45 seconds though :[
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] caileb:
Did upgrading my device to LJ7 hinder my ability to root using the OP method?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Soap:
Re: [2012.12.04][SPH-L710] CF-Auto-Root

I used this with LJ7. You should be good to go!

Sent from the future
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chainfire:
All CF-Auto-Root's have been updated with SuperSU v1.05 today !
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lord dredd:
Thanks mate :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] caileb:
Mine is still being "stuck"... similar air from 12/24

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004>
<ID:0/004> Removed!!
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004> There is no PIT partition.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Zeuszoos:
Dude, you can say it's for beginners, or whatever you want! But as far as I'm concerned, this is something that *every user* can use!

I mean,, if, like me, all they want is the Factory Stock ROM, Rooted and maybe to OverClock their device (requires separate Kernel capable of it), then why should they look anywhere else?

Plus, my wife's S3 just became "unrooted" today. I found the problem, which was that the SU binary had somehow, mysteriously disappeared off of her phone. Not her fault though, of course, right guys? <lol!> :)

My point is, that since it was "FSR" rooted, I just went and looked to see if you guys had your easy rooting util for S3 Sprint phones (checked model #) and sure enough, you did! So I grabbed it and in under 5 minutes from the time I saw it available for download, until the time I rebooted the phone (and reinstalled BusyBox Pro and updated SuperSU and installed the Pro Key, verified it was rooted, etc., etc., was under 5 minutes and not one single issue!

Now that is SERVICE within the app, dude!!!

Thanks and you can be sure that I will be giving a nice donation! This is the second device that you have put this util up for that has rooted with unbelievable ease and the first thing I will do, when rooting any of my devices, or a friend's, is to look for YOUR rooting utility! And advise them to leave a donation, of course. :)

Oh btw, if you can (assuming you didn't already), put one up for the "Samsung Galaxy WiFi (P7510) 10.1" Tablet", becauase if I ever do wipe that one back to Factory and need to Root it again, I will be looking for your util for it! And chances are, I will be redoing it at some point and since both my wife and I have one each, you will be able to count on another future donation from us.

Thanks again!!! Rock on! :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] iamsavedme30:
Re: [2013.02.20][SPH-L710] CF-Auto-Root

Will this work on 4.1.2?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dcharleyultra:
Re: [2013.02.20][SPH-L710] CF-Auto-Root

It has worked on 3 different MB1 phones for me.

Swyped from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Zeuszoos:
It worked for me on v4.1.1.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kapqh4:
Been through this 3 times, even tried the battery pull. Getting the red android guy, but still no root.

4.1.2

MB1

SPH-L710

Any ideas?

-------- From Odin

<ID:0/005> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> CF-Auto-Root-d2spr-d2spr-sphl710.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..

<ID:0/005> File analysis..

<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/005> Initialzation..

<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/005> recovery.img

<ID:0/005> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/005> cache.img.ext4

<ID:0/005> RQT_CLOSE !!

<ID:0/005> RES OK !!

<ID:0/005> Completed..

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dcharleyultra:
Re: [2013.02.20][SPH-L710] CF-Auto-Root

How are you checking for root?

Swyped from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kapqh4:
I figured it out. After reading through the OP for the 5th time, I caught a little not that said something along the lines of

"if you see the red android guy but don't have SuperSU, go download it and it will work"

and wouldn't you know it

My last name should be Dumas
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Zeuszoos:
I'm just coming into this, so can I ask some stupid questions please, just to be sure that I understand what's what? I want to ask, because I did it on my wife's L710 w/JB 4/1/2 twice with no problems. Once on her original phone and then on her replacement phone (she dropped her first one).

1) Are you using the right downloaded CF file for your L710?

2) Do you leave the phone hooked to your PC while it's rebooting? Prob no diff, but I do. :)

3) How do you know that you have no Root? Do you have SU installed? If so, I run "Root Check Basic" (free app) to verify.

4) It looks like it passed okay, but just to ask, when you connect it, do you see it light up yellow with a COM Port #?

5) And after it's done, does the box light up green with "PASS"?

I know you've probably answered all of this before and I'm sorry about that. But I figured rather than scour thru messages and maybe misread something, I'd ask you everything in one message and then it would all be in one easy reference message.

If all of these things are true/correct, then that is just a plain weird thing! However, I have had it happen to me on my Galaxy Tab. Methods/utils that were working for many, many people, were simply not working for me and I had to find a different method. What was it? Who knows. Maybe something I had installed on it? Heck, I don't know. :)

And on a different device I had (an Asus Tab) I just know that it wouldn't work and iI got that Red Android and I actually had to completely wipe my device and start from scratch and then the same method (on the Asus) suddenly worked fine, with no problems! I did it before I installed a single thing on it (except for Root Check Basic & ES File Explorer).

Sometimes there is no answer. It sucks, but that's the way it is. Anyway, I wanted to ask these questions. Sometimes we think we have done everything right, but then when looking at a list of the basics all in one place, we see something we missed. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dcharleyultra:
Re: [2013.02.20][SPH-L710] CF-Auto-Root

Zeus, he figured it out in the post just before yours.

Swyped from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wilderckw:
Well I have done this a lot of time with no problems. I don't know what happen I was doing my brothers phone and it said fail and not its stuck in odin mode and says firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. But it wont do anything I pull battery try booting into recovery it keeps doing back to this screen. Please help me
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nanobutter:
In Odin just flash an official stock ROM should fix your problem.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] smartbeatz:
Been working on this for over 10 hrs now and getting irritated... I was updating my cyanogenmod 10 this morning and when the phone reset it got stuck in reboot loop... tried to flash odin but getting fail and will not go into recovery... ugh...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dcharleyultra:
Do you have stock Samsung firmware installed?

Swyped from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chainfire:
Updated with the latest SuperSU v1.30
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] je55ter:
Tried running this on my brother's phone. It seemed to go fine, and the phone is indeed rooted. However now it keeps shutting down suddenly at random times.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dcharleyultra:
We need more details.

Swyped from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jamesh0317:
Virgin Mobile Variant

Confirming that this worked flawlessly on my new Virgin Mobile SGS III