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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] triadtwin:
MD3??

Your work so far has been great and much appreciated. Are you working on a no wipe MD3???

Thanks!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
There is no official .tar available. We only have OTA dump. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] triadtwin:
OTA failed

My phone is trying to force the update. I am rooted with the latest image from this thread. I tried to update thinking I could just restore root later. However, asked about untrusted zip from the clockwork recovery screen, I said yes, and it failed. Rebooted normally with no update. Do I need to unroot, if so how? Or, should I wait for the .tar file to become available??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Won't update with custom recovery. I would wait till this gets sorted out. I did full update and root and it still breaking custom rom cameras. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Heads up folks I will shortly be updating to the latest TAR file we have available VRBMB1 build and I'm going to be removing all the old stuff so if you guys want to download anything one last time make sure to do that now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
OP has been completely updated. VRBMB1 no-wipe image is uploaded. Bootchain updated to VRBMB1 and updated to latest version of ClockworkMod recovery and TWRP Recovery. SuperSU updated to latest version. All old no-wipe images have been removed. All Full-Wipe images have been removed. Thread has been renamed and fully updated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
To all Verizon Galaxy S III owners,

This is likely my last update folks. I am very sorry to leave you guys but I will be selling my device in a few days so unfortunately I will no longer be available to support it properly anymore after that. I have updated the thread to the latest image that is currently available and it should be able to work on this version with all future OTAs later on. It's been a fun 11 months guys and I will now leave it to the rest of the team to take it from here. Going to miss you all and if any of you choose to still follow me, I'll see you all on the next Galaxy. ;)

Thanks for the memories!

Signing off,

Open1Your1Eyes0
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MichaelTheCrum:
Thanks. What device are you moving on too? S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] joshua5683:
:( thanks for your work buddy. Maybe I'll see you on GS5

Sent from my SCH-I535
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RKramden:
Thanks for all your work on our device!

Sent from my G3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jdk2:
Thanks for the countless hours you've devoted to this phone. You've saved my butt several times with your guides.

Wherever you're going, they're lucky to have you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Bright09:
Thank you for submitting this thread thanks to it i rooted and unlocked my gs3 when i got it :) sad to see you go i hope someone can take over for the gs3 thank you for your work again maybe see you if i upgrade to the gs4 or get gs5 when that comes out :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
I imagine Mr Robinson will still support root with his Route 66 method as long as he has access to the images. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Bright09:
Well i hope so if i ever have need for this thread again love my gs3 :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dweezle:
I can't imagine what it has been like to support this. I know, at times, our expectations for your support might seem as if we think we are entitled to your immediate and special attention. Thanks for the tolerance that you have shown us beginners.I am just one of many of us who have benefited from your help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Zoandroid:
Happy trails, Open! Thanks so much for all your help and hard work! :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tysdad08:
so if i would just flash the main rom and not the recovery and stuff can i use it to do the ota new update that just came out?

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Sorry for posting two times in a roll but how do I go back to just stock. I was hoping I could flash this but not root or anything then go and download the new update over the air. Can anyone point me the right place to go.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Just Odin #1-MB1 no wipe image and take OTA. Just follow step #1. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tysdad08:
I think that's what I did. I'm trying again and seeing. Every time I go to pull the update to me phone it says it has unfortunately stoped.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Boot into recovery and make sure you have stock recovery. If do factory reset and try OTA again. If still custom recovery Odin MB1 image again. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] triadtwin:
After I get the OTA update can I do the subsequent steps to get root/custom recovery?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
After OTA follow this link to his other page. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2046439 :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fanto3k4:
I flashed this and took the OTA. Even after turning everything off my battery performance was horrible. I refreshed back to the rom in the OP.

Sent from a phone!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Fatty1212:
Thank you for the dev!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] OptoChip:
So I followed Step 1 to return a friends VZW GS3 back to stock, and he's coming from either LiquidSmooth or Carbon (can't remember which ROM he was on last),

I didn't do any type of wiping or bootchain flashing, and it's currently stuck at the Verizon 4G LTE bootscreen. Do I need to install a different bootchain for it to work properly?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Boot into recovery and Factory Reset.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] odmejia:
Wouldn't that wipe all his internal data?

Just to get this straight, I dont need to return to stock and locked bootloader to do this? I can just flash the Image, modem and I am back to stock? Just like to confirm before I take on any action on this. Thanks in advance
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Probably, but that's inferred by the name. I always thought it was the same as a Factory Reset in TWRP/CWM which do not wipe /sdcard, just the rom. Regardless, its either a working phone or being stuck at the boot logo.

Correct, just flash the image and it resets every partition (modem, kernel, aboot, bootchain....everything) and the entire phone to bloated stock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] odmejia:
-Wonder why it didnt work for you, it worked for me. The onlyissue I have now is that my messaging keeps force closing maybe unlocking and flashiing a new ROM will fix that.

-Hopefully this will fix my crazy phone, it started wacking out on me from all the flashing I do to it lol its so addicting!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
I'm returning my broken display Rooted with Custom ROM Verizon S3, and I want to:

- Return it to Bone Stock

- Wipe the crap out of it.

Do I follow Step 1, and then Factory Reset?

I'll then follow the op and Root, etc. my replacement S3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MichaelTheCrum:
Might double check your flash counter hasn't tripped. Check by booting in download mode. If it has, use triangle away.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Step one will get you where you want to be. Only need to Factory reset if it don't boot or bootloops. Check flash counter before Odin. Flash stock rom. Triangle away requires root and stock rom. If it don't work will have to Odin stock, root, Triangle Away and Odin stock again. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
Checked DL mode:

Custom Binary Download: No

I was going to Factory Reset after completing Step 1 because I thought the Data would be saved if I didn't.

But I see that's not the case.

Thanks ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Got your back homie. All would have to do is wipe phone before Odin anyway. You either already Triangle'd after root or haven't updated since back in the day when we didn't need it. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
I know you do.

Much appreciated ;)

Haven't updated since October when I Rooted my i535 and installed Synergy.

Had the Sprint S3 prior :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] miked0602:
From md3 back to mb1 no wipe

thanks for this post some great work.

I am disappointed in the MD3 update don't want to wipe but need to return to the MB1.

If I flash the mb1 no wipe to a stock md3, will I end up with same setup as before update keeping all my stuff intact?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
All you need is the MB1 Modem and TZ. It is called a MB1 AIO and can be found with a simple search in the main forums. No reason to Odin, root and unlock all over again unless you got nothing else to do. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] miked0602:
No I wasnt rooted in the first place. So the odin flash was my answer I this case. Again thanks a lot its been great again. Now in worried about update mf1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bgs_piece:
I just updated my phone using this process and everything went fine but now whenever I restart my phone it says "Android is upgrading, apps loading" before going to my homescreen. Any ideas how I can fix this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jwyder:
I535VRBMF1 Update File

Will there be an update I535VRBMF1 file to get to the latest update?

If not here than can someone point me to where I might beable to download the new file.

Thanks!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
There isn't one yet. have to go to stock, take the OTA and then reroot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] docinthebox:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2332840

This is the link to Scott's vrbmf1 stock rooted ota
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
That does nothing for your firmware. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] docinthebox:
If you search up "vrbfm1 firmware aio" you will find invisibleks firmware package you can flash along with the ota if you want
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rigman:
Can't install recovery after OTA

I followed your instructions and installed the factory image, installed ClockWorkMod, and then super user and bootloader unlock. All went great. But I forgot, the whole reason I was installing the factory image was so I could load the latest OTA. I tried to load the OTA after all the above, but it failed of course since the stock recovery wasn't installed.

So, I reloaded the factory image, and then installed the latest OTA. Those steps worked fine. I verified I have the dual app windows now (or whatever it's called). Then I tried to put ClockworkMod back on (tried three times) and it won't install.

On the phone, while in Download mode, when I start the PDA process on ODIN, it pops up a red line that says "secure check fail: recovery".

On ODIN the progress bar at the top of the screen says "FAIL" in big letters and in the window it saids 1 failed, as shown below. I've rebooted the phone several times and stopped and restarted ODIN. Can't seem to get it to work.

I guess I'll try ROM Manager or some other recovery install methods.

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> recovery.img

<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/004> FAIL! (Auth)

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Once have OTA need to go here and follow this thread. You have to flash the the downgrade bootchain before the recovery bootchain. :cool:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2046439
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Yazzinit:
Didn't see this asked but I apologize if I missed it anyway: I'm on MF1 and the only root method (beans program) had 1-2 people hard brick, so worried to try it. Can I flash MB1 as a "downgrade" to come out rooted? Would like to try some roms. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Beans is not only root method and you are on wrong thread. If can Odin the new link is right one. Do all steps. Once done then go get the Mf1 irmware AIO to replace bootchain although it is optional. :cool:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2046439
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Yazzinit:
I appreciate the reply. I was asking about this method, so not sure how that's the wrong topic (I did ask if this method was able to be used as a downgrade).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
There is different thread if already on JB OTA. Same dev. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ngsm13:
So.

I've had a nightmare of a time. I took a CM10.1.0.2 update, and somehow my phone lost my number, and would not connect to the network. Long story short, I used ODIN to flash back to VRBLK3, android 4.1.1 stock.

I haven't deal with anything since November 2012, what is my best path here? Can I jump straight on this and be back and ready to go to load a custom rom again? Or do I take the OTA to get the most up to date, and then proceed?

Any input is much appreciated. Thanks for your help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Update to OTA then can go here to finish.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2046439
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ngsm13:
Thanks. Should I repeat the OTA update until I have the newest one? I took it to VRBMB1 right now, and it's offered me another OTA update as well...?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Yea. It does them one at a time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NZitney:
Glad to see you over here too. Been running Synergy since last year sometime, and I want to ODIN back to stock with upgraded firmware, then flash Synergy 484 again. I'm on MB1 now, tried the MF1/MB1 hybrid AIO and for some reason it killed the camera anyway. Can I flash MF1 and then flash Synergy, or should I just stick with MB1 for now. I haven't ODIN flashed or taken an over the air since the first flash back in July or August when I was still on ICS.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Stick with MB1 if going back to Synergy. If go to MF! will need a custom kernel that is upgtaded to MD3 or higher to avoid breaking the camera. The kernels in Synergy are not updates and thus break the camera. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mythbuster74:
Alright so i had to send my phone back to samsung to fix the screen, they told me they had to flash stock back. I used to have cm 10.1 so i know what im doing for the most part. I've followed this guide and it doesn't seem to be working. Does odin take a ridiculus amount of time or am i missing something?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Odin takes about eight to fifteen minutes if it's taking its time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] _sadpanda:
getting ready to do this again and I have a quick question... should I take the OTA after this or is it better to flash some other firmware?

thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Not sure I follow, are you trying to root or stay stock unrooted? This thread is for returning to stock. so flashing VRBMB1 then taking the VRBMF1 ota is fine if you want to stay stock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chisledice:
I am selling my S3 off and before hand taking it back to stock. I am coming from SlimBean v6. I downloaded the image for VRBMB1 twice now, once with Chrome and once with FireFox, and both times I get that the MD5 check doesn't match.

Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Does the file end with a .zip or .tar?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chisledice:
Nope, it ends with .md5. I need to remove the .md5 so that it ends with .tar don't I...?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Odin will check the MD5 if leave it there.. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chisledice:
That is what I thought. I couldn't remember though. I haven't used ODIN since we were first able to throw the pre-rooted stock rom on last year. So it has just been a while! Thanks for the reminder on that. I just wish the file would pass the check and load up. Don't feel like bricking my S3. Still have to use for another week and then still want to be able to sell it! HAH
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Odin won't flash it if that md5 don't pass it's check. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chisledice:
Awesome! Thanks again for the reminder!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chisledice:
Downloaded a third time and this time it passed the MD5 check. Flashed and waiting for it to full boot up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LegoFarmer:
I install the image and I can't even boot into it. I get bootlooped. I cannot enter recovery either...? Please help.

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If I try to enter recovery, there is a black screen, then if I release my three fingers from the hotkeys, it boots normally into a bootloop.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cnlson:
try for download mode so you can reflash. i think it's vol up home power either that or vol down home power
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LegoFarmer:
What happened was that I held the power button instead of letting it go. I got in and it all went well, thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tbis:
So if I'm rooted in can flash this to get back to stock to send back to Verizon?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chewwy420:
Yes
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tbis:
Excellent (Mr. Burns voice) Thank you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jonhern:
Is there a stock rom i can flash through recovery? I am already rooted, would just like to update to jelly bean without losing data. Or should I just do it this way?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
There is a Beans and a CleanRom deodexed stock version. Recommend upgrading to the MF1 Firmware AIO also. ICS radios don't play nice with JB. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] phatreno:
is it possible to take OTA

Can I odin this image then do a OTA to the most current Verizon image vrbmf1,If already discussed I apologize in advance looked for topic in forums couldn't find my answer.,if it is possible would I just odin b1 tar? just trying to get phone to factory vrbmf1 if possible.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] phatreno:
OTA
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
If you want to return to stock, unrooted then Odin flash VRBMB1. Take the VRBMF1 OTA of course. If you then want to root, yes you will need to root and unlock bootloader using the preexisting methods in other threads.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] robcop19:
WiFi toggel

I still haven't been able to find a way to remove the ongoing wife toggle notification and i can search the threads at this time but is there anyone who has that worked out yet on a 4.1. 2?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Uncheck it in Wifi settings. Been like that since later stock ICS builds. Haven't seen that notification in about a year. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aj8600:
pretty sure my phone is bootlooping after the stock odin flash. been on the terrible verizon boot logo for like 5 minutes
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Wh1t3Rose:
Wipe data then
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aj8600:
doing in odin now
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] robcop19:
uncheck?

i think youre mistaken. that checkmark is only for when youre launching apps. im talking about the notification that stays up asking if you would like to turn the wifi on and that its conncected.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Well the mod must be out there cause I can't find a 4.1.2 rom that has that notification. You will have to decompile and code to remove from stock. haven't seen a flashable for it. :cool:

Looking in rom looks like the mod is still the same. There is a flashable here but it is for 4.1.1 and may break.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=34580898&postcount=13
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] joshua5683:
I flashed the factory image while on AOSP and now my phone can't boot up even though Odin succeeds and says pass. I've tried installing the image twice. I flashed lk3 cause it's what I have and I didn't want to download mb1. Should I flash the data wipe image?

Nevermind, I wiped data and cache in recovery and all is fine now. Goodbye phone brick phobia anxiety. Thank the Lord
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RoxRedEye:
I Odin to stock and flashed CWM. I'm getting a boot loop. My S3 never rebooted into stock JB ROM even after Odin passed. Everything seemed to have gone smoothly. I'm stuck in the Samsung Galaxy SIII screen. I'm lost.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Boot into recovery and do a factory reset.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RoxRedEye:
Does not work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Either try your steps again, root via the Invisiblek method (Odin flash the VRALEC tar THEN CWM then VRALE6 bootloader) OR Odin flash a rooted stock rom from mrRobinson. If you want stock, bloated rom then Odin flash the tar that

does

wipe /sdcard. I avoid recommending no-wipe images cuz of issues like this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Can get the MF1 image from Samsung Updates and then just run Casual and be done. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
or even this! lol appreciate the help bruh
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Actually have on my server. May be faster. Theirs pretty slow. Have to open zip and remove tar. :cool:

Full MF1.tar - http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23134718111254196
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ryno77:
I installed the no wipe version of this today without any problem. The only strange thing that happened to me so far on this leak was my data was slow and choppy. I put the phone in airplane mode and when I turned airplane mode off everything was back to normal. I remember having this problem on at least one of the Verizon ICS ota's before so it may just be something they need to tweak.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] M4gicM@:
This is my situation as well. I used no data wipe (the one linked in #8). I tried both CWM and TWRP and both pass on ODIN but I can not boot into them. There is just a black screen.

Does anyone have any ideas? I will try flashing The no data wipe again to see if it fixes the issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
No offence guys but I've already clearly stated many times in this thread NOT to use the untouched version unless you know exactly what you're doing and what you're working with. I even went as far as to move it down to the hidden Optional Downloads section. From now on, I can't help anyone who used the untouched version since this is not what my thread is about. The last thing I have to say about this is if by some reason you "accidentally" flashed the untouched image not knowing what the results would be, just refollow my guide from start to finish flashing the no data wipe version and so on and you will be back on track. This is the last time I will comment regards to the untouched image. I cannot reiterate enough how important it is that you do not use that version in my guide. I don't want anyone to lose all their data and then have to blame me for that. If I see this becomes a problem in the future I'm just going to remove that link entirely.

It's true, as soon as I enabled Google Now I saw much higher GPS/maps usage, which makes perfect sense because that's how Google Now works. Hence I just decided to turn Google Now off because the battery usage I had with it on was not enough to justify its usage for me at least. If you want to turn it off as well, just open Google Now, go into Settings and the option is right there.

Yes, this is important as well, if you want to save battery life go in Maps > Settings > Location settings and uncheck "Report from this device" as well as "Enable location history". Soon as I disabled these two my GPS usage dropped drastically saving battery life.

I just redownloaded both those files and double-checked and they both work fine for me and can boot into both recoveries no problem. Make sure you are booting into recovery the right way.

Follow all of Step 2 one more time. Then once you are done, power off your phone and hold down home + volume up. Then press and hold the power button and as soon as the phone vibrates, let go of power but keep holding home + volume up until you see it boot into recovery. As soon as you see "Samsung Galaxy S III" logo (not just the word "Samsung), right after that the next screen is it boots into recovery.

Let me know what happens after that if you are able to see your recovery or not.