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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sailindawg:
Re: [2013.02.20][SGH-I747/M] CF-Auto-Root

Total noob here. Never rooted or flashed a phone before.

I have a couple of questions.

Firstly, CF's autoroot works by utilizing the stock recovery already on the phone and does not flash the recovery image? Other than root, nothing else changes? Data, programs remain untouched?

Secondly, does Mobile Odin work similarly to Autoroot? By this i mean that one does not need to flash a stock rom when obtaining root? MO will utilize the recovery already on the phone and just provide root. So one is left with a stock phone, but with root access?

Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ikjadoon:
Re: [2013.02.20][SGH-I747/M] CF-Auto-Root

OP answers your first question. It roots and installs SuperSU: technically, those are two different things. No apps, data, etc. are touched. Before/after changes: you will have one more app on your phone....that's it.

Mobile Odin's OP answers your second question. MO just flashes things, no matter what recovery you're using. Think of it like Odin without tripping the flash counter. It doesn't provide root by itself. Think of it like an extremely powerful "Play Store." Depending on what you flash/install, you'll keep or wipe your apps.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sailindawg:
Re: [2013.02.20][SGH-I747/M] CF-Auto-Root

Thanks for the clarifying answer! Much appreciated! :thumbup:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Prufta:
Wow excellent rooted on 12 sec.

Now to play for a while.:o:D:o:D:o
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] OneForth:
This root worked great for me!

Thanks,

OneForth
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Hossy923:
[MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION]: First off, I love your CF-Auto-Root's. They are fast and easy to use. Which makes me sad to say that recently something has happened with both my S II and S III which makes it appear to have the "EMMC sudden death" bug. However, today I brought my device into AT&T to fix it and all they did was a complete factory wipe. After getting it home, the first thing I did was run your CF-Auto-Root, replaced the Exchange APK, and loaded the rest of my apps. Before I could complete the first backup of the device, it "died" again. This time, I used the "emergency recovery" via Kies and was able to get the device back up and running again.

Have you seen/heard of this? Do you know what I'm doing wrong or is this something new from Samsung/AT&T attempting to combat rooting?

Edit: I was using your CF-Auto-Root dated 12/4/2012. Your post for 2/20/2013 only indicates a new version of SuperSU (which I downloaded anyway).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rani9990:
The eMMc bug doesn't affect us US variants. Plus, the sudden death bug will render your phone a fancy paperweight (applies to the international version only)

As to your problem, I have no idea.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Hossy923:
Thank you for clearing that up, rani. I guess I was making the assumption my problem and the sudden death bug were one-and-the-same. Allow me to describe what's going on:

I have the AT&T model, as I described earlier. When you power on the phone, you get the purple Samsung swoosh, then the AT&T splash screen, then back to a pulsing Samsung. Normally, the next screen is your lock screen. That doesn't happen. It just sits and pulses, periodically going 100% brightness and a brief vibrate. Sort of like it's in a boot loop of some sort.

To fix this, AT&T had to completely wipe the device. NOTE: Even re-flashing via CWM does not fix this problem. I tried this on my S II and got nothing. Last night, I used Kies to perform an "emergency recovery" which basically puts the phone back to manufacturer state and probably repartitions too. This allowed my S II to boot up. I haven't tried simply reflashing on my S III, but I expect the same result.

The problem is, it is recurring. After AT&T wiped my S III, I spent the next couple hours setting everything back up and before the night was up, it died again. I used Kies this time and so far so good, but I haven't rooted or modded the Email APK yet either. I did have a problem with the Media Storage app which was stopping every time I tried to pick a ringtone, but clearing the data and power cycling the phone has seemed to resolve that problem.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rani9990:
Download a stock rom with root injected and flash that via Odin. Run that and see if you don't experience any problems. If you don't, then flash TWRP and try it again. If that doesn't work, I honestly don't know what's wrong with your phone...you could try to get a replacement if you're within the 30 day return period.

If I helped you, click thanks... It means a lot.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] atrus5:
Just wanted to say thanks for this and triangle away and mobile odin. The phone still looks like its stock and I can put whatever rom I want on there and never have to worry. Bought both programs. This is the best line up of rom utilities I have seen yet. Didn't have a single problem. You were right, about 30 seconds from start to finish. Thank you. It works great on a phone from sasktel, with latest ota already installed on phone.

Edit: question for you. Since you say that you don't use a custom recovery, how do you go back to stock after flashing a rom? I backed up everything using titanium back up. Would I just restore everything back over the other rom and reboot the phone? Or should I do a nandroid backup with a custom kernel? Your thoughts would be nice. I guess I could copy everything with adb as well.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Hossy923:
:confused: What does TWRP have to do with AutoRoot? Maybe I'm missing something.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rani9990:
I said not to try this... Try the aforementioned method.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Chainfire:
Updated with the latest SuperSU v1.30
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] itzac:
I just tried this on my Bell SGH-I747M running the new 4.1.2 update. It worked fine and I have root (just did su in terminal emulator), but I can't find the SuperSU app in my app tray. If I tried to install it from the play store, it just said it was already installed. I was able to find it in Application Manager and I tried "Uninstall Updates" to see if maybe that would fix me up in the play store, but no luck.

I have terminal emulator and root explorer both working with root. Is there anything I can do to get this working?

EDIT: Solved my own problem. :)

I opened up Root Explorer and went to /system/app folder where I found Superuser.apk. Copied it to my SD card and ran it. All fixed up.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dogmatism:
Hi all,

Will CF-root work across multiple android versions? ICS and JB?

EDIT: never mind. It does, as it should.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
Yeah it's really just for warranty issues or if you're reselling the phone. Otherwise the flash counter is just that, a counter. :p

Awesome job Chainfire this was super easy! :good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Alekos:
quick question

for rooting stock I747M on 4.1.2

is this method better than java windows CASUAL utility?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] njdevils28:
The Link is returning a Database Error. Does anyone have a copy they could send me?

-NJ
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nonnarb:
Same here and he's on vacation, so if no one has a copy, we'll probably just have to wait until he's back so he can address his website's issue.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] altitude909:
grr, of course the night I plan on making the jump to 4.1.2 DB goes down, hate to me too, but mee 2 :(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pre4speed:
I have a copy guys. Lemme upload to my Google drive and post the link here. If OP has a problem, let me know and I'll remove it.

Here you go. Drive was taking too long so this is from my dropbox.

CF Auto Root https://www.dropbox.com/s/1ky98pq65kfeos3/CF-Auto-Root-d2att-d2uc-samsungsghi747.tar.md5

ODIN used for this program https://www.dropbox.com/s/etnw7zune3ftgvc/Odin3-v1.85.exe

If I helped, click the thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] altitude909:
:) U rock..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pre4speed:
Posted above.

If I help, click the thanks.:)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tishoo:
Whew - just what I needed.

I lost root over the weekend after updating OTA to 4.1.2, and this restored it :)

Worked great - good work!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hyewiz:
I know this will sound non professional but can I install CWM after using CF-Auto Root
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] twanskys204:
Yes
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hyewiz:
Can you guide me please
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nonnarb:
No, because Google search results can guide you ;) I, and others, personally recommend TWRP over CWM though, check it out :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jackryan57:
I can't get Odin to recognize my phone, I've used two different computers, multiple cords. I re downloaded Kies drivers -- nothing. Odin sees my phone when I connect it when it is on, but when I connect it when it is in download mode it won't recognize it. My computer sees it - I can browse the file structure but I can't flash anything because Odin can't see it in download mode - ugh...so frustrating - any thoughts??
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] equlizer:
Stop kies from running then you should be able to flash.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jackryan57:
Thanks, but that didn't work either - ugh!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] spk_xda:
First time rooting

Thanks, this worked perfectly in my AT&T Galaxy S3. This was my first time rooting and worked without any issue. :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BangsLiekWhoa:
I have tried this twice now just to be sure that I didn't do something wrong, but both times it seemed to work. Odin said that everything passed and my phone booted to the red android logo where it told me it installed SuperSU, etc. I checked and SuperSU is indeed on my phone. However, when I install and try to run Titanium Backup it tells me that my device is not rooted.

To check this I installed ConnectBot and ran su whoami to see it it returned "root" or "unknown uid 0" but instead it gives me "unknown uid 10168". Am I missing some key bit of information or is something just going wrong for me? Thanks.

Phone details in my sig.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] E4gt007:
flashing zip question/problem

chainfire is a top notch dev.. however- after rooting with cf autoroot, and adb insecure zip , root checker verified.... i get an android on his back with the following message. ..manual mode, appling multi csc

applied the csc code: ATT

successfully applied multi-csc, and above, the stock recovery states menu in blue..options to reboot now,

apply update from adb

apply update from external storage etc...

So how is the process done with this root method? only odin? no twrp flashing? I flashed twrp through odin..but it doesnt work- boots into stock recovery with above menu in blue lettering.. the green android on his back with red triangle and an exclamation point in center of triangle...:confused:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tailgunner9:
Root OTA 4.3 Update

Will this Root the New 4.3 on SGH-i747??? Has anyone done this??
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bkong:
Doesn't work for me. Knox first blocks SuperSu. I removed knox but SuperSu crashes everytime. Root is also lost after I reboot so I don't think cf auto root works. If you find a way to root 4.3 ota tell me.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DexedrineXR:
Check the general forum, I remember seeing a guide posted in there with 4.3 and working root.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Threezees:
It works, there are guides here somewhere, sorry, don't have the link. But it will trip the warranty bit for Knox, and while it seems Samsung is able to reset this somehow, it's not known how at this point.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tguy888:
I just flash this file to 4.3 on the phone and not work. So I flash the odin with 4.12 and brink the phone. Fail on the odin flash. I just bought the phone yesterday and has warranty. How can I reset the counter? Or how can unbrink the phone...

Please help me....:(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DroidJay123:
It looks like your file references a different baseband then what 4.1.2 has? Will this file work on 4.1.2 on UCDMG2 baseband? I have looked everywhere for a 4.1.2 root method that does NOT trip the counter? If thats not available, is there at least a way to do a simple root of 4.1.2 (UCDMG2) and then I can reset counter later if need be?

Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tailgunner9:
Uninstall Knox

Guess you must be rooted to uninstall KNOX???
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tguy888:
You are correct. What can I do now?

Thanks in advance:(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Florad77:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1739426

Is this what you're looking for ?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Torlugic:
Just curious but my girlfriend's i747m updated via Samsung firmware last night to 4.3. Now I'm wondering if I'm able to root it still?

Slim Roms powered

1337m

4.3.1. build 2
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dnavia:
according to other posts in this thread, it seems many have not had success rooting 4.3.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Florad77:
It worked perfectly on 4.3 for me. You just have to go to the play store and install/update supersu after doing the steps outlined in the op.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dnavia:
As a further update. When I went home from work after writing my first comment, I upgraded to 4.3 via Kies then used CF Autoroot and it worked just fine for me. Using Rogers i747m here. The only thing is odin 1.85 did not work I had to use odin v3 for it to even recognize my S3 in download mode. Not sure why others in the thread are having issues it worked flawlessly for me.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] djdoubt03:
Any chance you have a quick link to Odin V3? I have 3.07, is that the best ver to use? And is the File from the OP the correct one to flash if I'm on Android 4.2 or 4.3?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dnavia:
Hey, my Odin V3 came from the S3 Toolkit http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1703488 . I did use the file from the OP for the flash and all worked fine for me.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] VashTS:
how long does the process take? my odin freezes at firmware update start.. recovery.img

i left it for about 5 minutes and nothing. trying to root my wifes s3, i did mine so long ago i can't even remember how i did mine.

nevermind it was my stupid desktop. always has weird issues with usb, prob because i have like 15 usb devices plugged in.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rocket22:
Noob question

I just got from koodo a galaxy s3 model SAMSUNG-SGH-I747M Build JSS15J747MVLUEMK5, it is a gift for my son(14) and i will give it to him the 25!!!

I have done my part, i've read everything and i'm ready to do the cf-root,of course i understand there's always a risk.

So if i do undertand the procedure, i have dowload odin and the tar file (Cf.Auto-Root-d2can-d2vl-sghi747m.tar.md5).

(USB) Disconnect your phone from your computer

- Start Odin3-v3.07.exe

- Click the PDA button, and select : Cf.Auto-Root-d2can-d2vl-sghi747m.tar.md5

- Put your phone in download mode (turn off phone, then hold VolDown+Home+Power to boot - (already try it,it works)

- (USB) Connect the phone to your computer( i've got a yellow box and txt"added" mean that Odin reconize my phone)

- Make sure Repartition is NOT checked( I have read that auto-rebbot and f-reset hace to be checked?)

- Click the Start button

- Wait for Android to boot

after the rooti will use triangle away and reset the counter to zero.

Did i miss something! i'm open to any comment!

Thanks! and merry Christmas!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JamFan05:
Don't check the auto reboot box or the f reset box. Make sure no other boxes are checked. Also, your phone may not reboot automatically, if it doesn't just unplug the phone, pull the battery and reboot into recovery manually by holding home + volume up + power buttons and it will start the process automatically.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] marlonn:
did not worked on my i747

I did all the proccess, and now I have a s3 without sound, and no wi-fi, and the IMEI now is NULL. I´m an experienced user with odin, have flashed a lot of samsung cells before, and this is the first time bricked a phone. Can anybody help me?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MrSimmonsSr:
I'd like to humbly request that you make a not on the OP to NOT use this tool if your i747 is currently using encrypted storage. I just did that and bricked my device. Downloading the stock 4.3 update now and hoping I can unbrick by applying it from the stock recovery.. :(

Bottom line is that if you're using the "Encrypt Device" option in Android, this will likely brick you like it just did me.

When I go into stock recovery now and try to do a Factory Reset to recover, it gives me a bunch of errors saying that the various partitions can't be mounted. I can't seem to get it to mount them and do a Factory Reset to recover. Hoping that flashing the update from stock recovery will work. I'll let you guys know what happened.

Just wanted to warn everyone before someone else makes the same mistake I did.. :crying:

Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ayemprady:
I unrooted from cm10.2 4.3 to stock 4.3 today which included all the new features along with the KNOX which as it seems doesn't allow users to root their device.

After doing some quick googling I found out many people are stuck.

I tried my luck, followed the steps mentioned in OP.

Unchecked Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time, as suggested by some user

It finished in 15 seconds and then I restarted my phone manually.

After boot, SU crashed a couple of times, so I opened play store and SU updated itself and now it works like a charm

I verified by installing Root Checker and its a success.

I opened SU app and it gave me a message that 'KNOX has been detected and will give annoying popups, do you want to disable it'

I said hell yeah, why not.

In the end a successful root.

I am using ATT S3 i747.

Let me know if anyone has any questions.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sailzfast:
Gents. Need some help please.

Just used CF-Auto-Root to root a US ATT S3 i747. We have SuperSU installed, but KNOX is blocking it.

Play store shows SuperSU is installed, and doesn't need updating.

Is there any way to get rid of KNOX? Am I actually rooted now? Can I install a custom recovery/ROM via ODIN without messing anything up?

TIA
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Florad77:
Are you able to open the superuser app? If so it should give you an option to disable knox.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Boomer1605:
I installed SUPERSU from the play store and then uninstalled since my phone had SUPERUSER already on it and now when I go to reboot from recovery I get a message that says

Root access possibly lost. Fix/

-NO

-Yes Fix root (/system/xbin/su)

When I have selected fix and then reboot into recovery again I get the same message.....where do I go from here...could I try to reroot with CF...and in doing that what is at risk if anything or is there a different solution
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sailzfast:
No sir. Opening SU app is blocked by KNOX. I'm going to try option 2 from that other thread.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] walkah21:
I am unable to root, too. A few days ago there was a security update for my phone, and I'm guessing this file hasn't been updated to go around it yet. My SuperSU app icon isn't even displaying correctly (far right column, just under "Contacts") and the other picture shows the message that i'm getting. Any help, would be appreciated. I tried rooting twice, once using auto-reboot, the other no using it. Both yielded the same unsuccessful result.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] COfatboy:
Anybody??? I just got a used S3 that has been updated to 4.3 and am not able to get this to work as others have said. My SuperSU is the latest version but it crashes.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] 4-2ndtwin:
^

Here is a Guide by upndwn4par ... http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47747640&postcount=1
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] djrobinn:
please delete

please delete
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xThe Enforcer:
Will this methid of root work on 4.1.2 / UCDMG2?! It wouldn't have Knox too, right?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] polobunny:
4.1.2 doesn't have knox, correct.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] 4-2ndtwin:
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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] slicetwo:
FOUND YOU!

How has this been working out for you? I'm on ATT, so I can only use this method for root. I tried it before but I kept losing root and having weird issues with it (I used the leaked and de-knoxed version of the TW rom). How's your luck been with it?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] polobunny:
It's been good. Things just work, I never get a random reboot. A few things to nitpick at my customized TW but I can def live with them.

Never had issues with CF Auto root, although I don't usually use it. I don't care about warranty status all that much so triggering knox, flash count, modified status etc I don't really mind. =)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] slicetwo:
If you didn't use CF, what did you use to root?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] polobunny:
Since I went from CM10.2/CM11 to TW rooted stock de-knox'ed, that was not much of an issue.

But overall the process isn't very difficult either.

From bone stock:

-1) Flash TWRP via ODIN

-1a) Install rom if you aren't running it already

-2) Flash SuperSU zip from SuperSU thread

-3) Boot into Android, run SuperSU and say yes when you want to disable knox

-4) Thanks Chainfire for being a great dev, buy him a coffee/alcoholic beverage
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] slicetwo:
Awesome. Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Grumsh:
This was fantastically easy!!! After literally hours of fighting my phone and possibly infecting my pc with some nasty stuff.. mysearchdial hijack yay..... damnit... your method worked! I owe you a 6 pack of GOOD beer none of that cheap stuff either!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ghstrdr110:
I could not get superuser to take. I backup all data and apps and did a factory reset. Trying to get rid of the superuser and Knox BS. Well when restalling the apps automatically,superuser came up and updated binaries and now I have full root. Happy! Happy! Happy! Much thanks to the developer
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Torlugic:
Still wondering on this cause now it has Knox so would that mean the boot loader is locked now Or no? Any info on this would be great thanks.

SGH-i337m

SlimKat

4.4.2 build 2.6 RC2
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] melvinaury:
No, it only has a protection for downgrade the bootloader. If it's complete locked we can't install custom recovery.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Torlugic:
So I can just download cf auto, plug the phone in and flash away? Nothing I need to know, its different then the other Samsung phones I've done all being a "m" variant her s3 is still a d2att model I believe.

SGH-i337m

SlimKat

4.4.2 build 2.6 RC2