yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] socalwrx:
just flashed this without a hitch. my first flash for my sgs3. popped its cherry ;)

can't really tell if its much more speedy, BUT the performance of using the keyboard has much improved. tapping on swiftkey used to cause some initial lag, but now it flies without a hitch. seems to correlate with more accuracy as well?

thanks for the step by step.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Good device to pop your cherry on. :laugh::cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tailsthecat3:
How about root, then delete all the crap? What's the issue?

---------- Post added at 07:52 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:48 AM ----------

Care to elaborate? I had that lock screen lock on the first leak then after flashing a file to remove the WiFi notification and the lock, the lock icon has never returned. Even after flashing the newer builds. So I assume that bits and pieces were left over.

Thanks again to the community. Not enough thanks around here.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] countryfolk07:
What are the differences between the two versions of the no wipe files? The whole button lights on every time i touch the screen is bugging me. Lol. I want to eliminate it without turning the buttons off. I also don't want to delete the csc folder or files because i was able to enable find my mobile in settings by modifying some csc stuff. There is a lot more in there I'd like to explore. Any help would be appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gareee:
Is there an easy way to add touchwiz 5x6 to this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] e_droid:
Is it safe to assume that I can dirty flash this over 1535VRLHE (JellyWiz) (Running the KT747 kernel). Will I have issues?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buschbarber:
I just recently flashed the latest K3 No Wipe, on my S3, and all appears to be working fine. I just received a text message, from Verizon, and for some reason it is in Spanish instead of English.

Is there a setting on the S3 that determines the language of incoming text messages? Can I convert this message to English?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xluryan:
Sounds like a scam... Flashing a ROM shouldn't tell Verizon what language you'd like to receive texts in. I'd ignore it if I were you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buschbarber:
While researching this issue I watched some Youtube videos on how to change settings in Messaging. When I have Messaging open and I click on the button in the lower left, Settings is not one of the choices on the Menu. This is not the case with the Menu displayed in the videos. Has this been changed in this Rom?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xluryan:
I ran Kinda Crap but I didn't see that option in the installer anywhere. Do you remember which one it was? I still have the ongoing notification.

EDIT:

It only shows if you have wifi ON but aren't connected to a network. Not a huge deal I guess...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Confirmation from Verizon, OTA is going out tomorrow: Details
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] telveer:
Is this the same as this one?

http://news.verizonwireless.com/news/2012/12/samsung-galaxy-s-III-android-jelly-bean.html

TIA
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] marcustaz:
Thanks for the heads up! Now what do those of us do running the latest leak from here?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Nothing. You already have the same build as OTA. Just enjoy it! :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] marcustaz:
Oh excellent with root and recovery, hurrah! What about Google Wallet, is this something they will roll out? Is this the "ISIS" mentioned in the article?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gareee:
I added the flash apk after updating to this, but still don;t see flash animations in the browser.. is there a different/updated flash update for this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tailsthecat3:
This has always worked for me across all these builds. Flash in recovery after making a backup. I'm not responsible for your actions while or after reading this. Good luck. http://db.tt/KUFzszGI
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] marcustaz:
Not so fast on unlocked promise, yes it will work on AT& T and it is unlocked but during tesing the best you get is edge data but I'll check again and report back.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JustCause:
Wrong Section for questions...

Anyway I don't believe Flash is supported by Adobe after ICS.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ratledge:
Thanks, all. Once you have the files, it's slicker than owl sh¡t. Jellybean goodness and global phone / GSM on top, for good measure. Too easy!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tailsthecat3:
I just want quick reply options with functioning mms, in either tw mms app or the aosp mms app. The ota claims to have isis support yet I haven't seen anything regarding isis in the vrblk3 leak... Here's hoping for some surprises from the ota
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ryno77:
Wouldn't they have to change the build number if they changed the leak in any way?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Have to have special sim card and Isis activated in your area. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buschbarber:
First of all, I called Verizon support. They had no idea why Verizon would send me a text message in Spanish and they said the numbers that appear at the top of the text message do not mean anything and as such, they cannot search to find the message.

I launched Google Translate on my PC and typed in the Spanish text. Apparently, when I was in the Verizon store one day a couple of weeks ago, the tech called the Spanish Tech line because he said they had better support skills. Although they spoke to me in English, it eventually triggered a text message, from Verizon, in Spanish, asking me if I wanted to receive communications in Spanish and if so, reply with an X. Since I did not, I will probably not see any further text messages, from Verizon, in Spanish.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JustCause:
Note: Isis is available in select markets only. A new Sim Card and special software

will be required to use the Isis Mobile Wallet.

I think its only available in like 2 places in Texas or something like that LoL:confused:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buschbarber:
I was looking for the Settings Menu while a message was open. I backed out to my list of those who either sent me messages or to whom I sent messages. That is of course where the Settings Menu was found.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] luvesuga:
So just to be clear. If I'm running the VRBLK1 leak, I would not receive the OTA, right?

I'd have to:

a) downgrade to stock or,

b) flash VRBLK3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BigErnM:
Correct. You would have to downgrade to VRALHE or flash VRBLK3 using this or one of the other available methods.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rusty.gh:
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Smoooth. Like butter! Thx guys!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Please be informed that for anyone who just received their Jelly Bean OTA and just wants to root (along with flashing a custom recovery and unlocking your bootloader) without having to flash the complete factory image (as in Step 1 of this guide), I have created a new thread for such a method.

Please refer here: Link
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tailsthecat3:
So awesome
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cnlson:
can you ask your source, how soon for the 4.1.2? i'd like to stop obsessively checking this thread until that comes around :)

but can't wait for the premium pack!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gareee:
My question was specific to this build, so it IS topical. And flash is available for jellybean if you google looking for the information. My concern was that there is some change in this that is causing issues with the jellybean compatible flash going around.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cnlson:
i can confrim that flash works on mine. just went out and checked it on 2 sites. chrome isn't compatible with flash, have to use the samsung stock browser.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RedBullet:
SO the OTA build hasn't been pushed to me yet, and I'm a tad impatient.

What's the easiest way to get it on my phone aside from waiting?

(I am still running stock unrooted ICS).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SteveGrandRapids:
. . . go to the OP . . . :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RedBullet:
Sorry, OP?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tailsthecat3:
Original post.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RedBullet:
So just the stuff in step #1? I assume other steps are optional?

Also, it sounds like the image in step #1 was updated and not the original? What was updated, and why not just do the original?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
It image itself was not updated only fixed what what wrong as part of my prep-process that I used on all the previous leaks. (See here for details)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SteveGrandRapids:
. . . updates were provided as Samsung/Verizon "fine tuned" their OTA , plus OP author fixed a bug . . . the K3 download is the final version being released OTA beginning today from Verizon . . . to be current, dl and install the K3 version . . . or you can sit and accept the OTA from Verizon, and the proceed to this thread to add a custom recovery, root, etc . . .

Root, Custom Recovery, and Unlocked Bootloader for Jelly Bean OTA
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RedBullet:
Why was any change to the stock image necessary? It just seems like installing what is on OP won't really result in what one will get OTA?

Am I wrong or just paranoid? (or both!)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ryno77:
He changed what was wiped. Normally flashing an image wipes your data but this has been tweaked so that it doesn't.... The tweak was edited.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
One small bug I've been noticing even in the latest build is that with Jelly Bean, very frequently the device will stop being detected by computers as a media device and won't be able to transfer files and such. This is not specific to any build or even to the Verizon version of this device as I tested the same happens on T-Mobile's official Jelly Bean update for their Galaxy S III. Simple fix for this is a battery pull. Upon reboot it starts working again. But not just a simple reboot, you do need to take out the battery. Just thought I'd mention it as an FYI for you guys.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SteveGrandRapids:
. . . haven't noticed that yet and I have played with phone all morning, rebooting, transferring stuff, CWM added to phone, rooted it, and reset the Flash counter back to zero . . . just checked again and phone still being recognized by computer allowing me access to sd card . . . fingers crossed . . . :eek:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
It can be sporadic, some people will get it some will not, sometimes it works for days, other times the same thing with happen 3-4 times in the same day. Not sure what's the cause but it's clearly something that Samsung has overlooked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SteveGrandRapids:
. . . driver compatibility issue??? . . . I am on Windows 8 Pro . . .
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FAUguy:
All you emails, messages, apps, settings, data will be there. That's why its called no wipe.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jucytec:
Ooooh this leak!!!

the one that got away.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] marcustaz:
I feel like a dope asking this but where is the:

Download the Stock VRBLJ1 Factory Image with No Data Wipe (Download #9)

I do not see "download #9" and I am sure it is staring me right in the face. :eek:

Edit: Ok I knew I did not get enough sleep... I drank some java and then bam it hit me in the face :>)))
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] trueagle:
this has broken my ability to see external sd in recovery. is it supposed to be md5 file like last update? this is a zip file
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lexluthor:
First of all, thanks so much for all the information here. I really appreciate guides that link to the basics like flashing with Odin instructions. Not everyone has that process at their fingertips.

Let me understand if I have this correct before I do anything.

I am currently on stock ICS (received via the previous OTA) and rooted. No unlocked bootloader/recovery.

I already have the drivers and Odin on my computer.

I download #9 in the OP, flash it, reboot and I'm on LJ1 with all of my data intact, but no root.

I then download #3 and use that to root.

I'll then be on LJ1, completely stock and rooted?

If the OTA isnt LJ1, I probably could still OTA to the new one since I'm on stock and haven't unlocked the bootloader or flashed a recovery.

Do I have this all right?

EDIT: Read this again and I guess I'm wrong. I would have to have a custom recovery to root? No way to have stock/rooted without a custom recovery?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ratledge:
Damn, late to the party again: I had a tooth extracted yesterday.

OK, question: since both the links to the "Root + Unlocked Bootloader" are oversubscribed at this point, will doing them in sequence give you the same results (i.e. d/l 3 + d/l 4 = d/l 5)?? Or, am I SOL until I can get the whole wad at once. For the moment, I'm just going to fling the radio until I know for certain...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Please see the "Downloads" section and download one of the links from #9.

Please detail the steps you followed. I can see and work with external SD right here in CWM. Make sure your external SD card is formatted as FAT32 however or it won't work (this was always the case).

This is correct (regards to your edit). Manual root is now patched in Jelly Bean and no longer works so you have to do the old school way of flashing in recovery (hence why you have to flash a custom recovery first).

Just tried it. Working fine for me. Trying clearing your cache and dalvik cache in recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Link 1 for Root + Unlocked Bootloader is still working, please double check. But if anything you are correct, flashing both root and bootloader separately will achieve the same, I just created the one file for your convenience.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Picolini:
Hope this isn't too much to ask here. I'm experienced with Android and rooting, but the S3 is like a whole different beast so I'm a bit lost on how root and customer software goes, I've ran into a couple soft bricks along my way.

I accidentally managed to get myself on the official leaked 4.1.1 via Odin (a different download than the one in this thread). I am unrooted now, although it appears I'm "unlocked" as the start screen has the opened lock and says custom, assuming that means CWM recovery is still installed. My questions are:

Can I flash this directly and not get the stupid "unauthorized software" warning that prevents boot up? If so, what do I need to flash and in what order?

1. Flash unlock bootloader

2. Flash JB

3. Flash root?

or

1. Flash JB

2. Flash root

3. Flack unlock bootloader?

Or some other order? Is it possible to get from an unrooted 4.1.1 to this ROM rooted and unlocked? Any help is appreciated!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
You likely flashed the original untouched data wipe image like in my Download #8. Please follow my guide from start to finish Steps 1, 2, and 3 and you will get back on track with root, recovery, and unlocked bootloader.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ratledge:
You are correct, sir. Much obliged! My fat fingers probably slapped #2 twice.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Updated OP with small warning about any mods you applied to system partition before using this guide
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Picolini:
I flashed the original untouched from another thread, just saying so you know I'm not following your steps incorrectly. I wanted to get confirmation that I could follow your steps to flash rooted, unlocked bootloader with JB. From your reply it appears I should be ok if I start at step 1 which I will when I get home (darn work computers don't allow SW installs, so I can't set up Samsung drivers :silly:

Thanks for the prompt response!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hymizzle:
I flashed stock image #8 with wipe.

Doing this unabled me to flash a recovery in Odin because the bootloader is locked (should be posted)

Without a recovery and at this point there isnt a way to root so I can unlock my bootloader, then I'm stuck on stock.

Am I correct?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Like I have stated many times before...Download #8 is

ONLY

for reference purposes (not to used in my guide). Do not play with it unless you know what you are working with!

If you do however flash it, then just follow all the steps in my guide from start to finish and it will get you back on track.

EDIT: I have moved Download #8 to optional downloads to avoid further confusion
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Courtesy of mod support. This thread is now stickied for you guys. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ratledge:
Ah, the sweet smell of excess! (and success)

Thanks for the quick responses, open1your1eyes0!! :highfive:

By the way - for those of you with brass balls like me, "MobileOdin" flash works just fine for all the above. Don't freak when it reboots twice - it's part of the plan...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] trueagle:
it seems that when i formatted card with my phone it reverted back to extFAT. Thanks again for awesome odin
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tomalrocks:
So we have permanently lost the rooting method that doesn't trip the flash counter ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Unfortunately so, the author of Debugfs confirmed it has been patched with Jelly Bean for pretty much all devices. Link

But as I mentioned before, simple fix is to just use this app right after you root in the last step and it resets your counter again. Very easy. [2012.11.08][ROOT] TriangleAway v2.36
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Windows 7 here. Never had an issue until Jelly Bean.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jlokos:
It happens to me periodically on windows 7 and windows 8. It is usually fixed by a simple reboot of the phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
I agree. I have only seen it once or twice. Like phone forgets it can do it. Upgraded to Win 8 but haven't seen it yet. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dunderball:
So I'm on the K3 leak right now. Any idea where to go from here in terms of the OTA? I feel as though I'd like to get to the OTA (and subsequently flash recovery/root/unlock) but it's not finding the update.

I really don't know if I'd like to flash all the way back to ICS to get the update.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
If you are on the K3 leaked image the OTA is the same thing. To get OTA is more work because have to Odin back to stock ICS and reroot anyway. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zfly9:
What if we only did Step 1 and didn't root after? Can we still get the OTA. I understand it's the same thing but it's piece of mind sort of.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
There would be nothing to update since you are already on the OTA build.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RedBullet:
Just got my OTA now. All set!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Have to go back to last official ICS Image. Won't update otherwise. Thinks you are already updated. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gareee:
I'm using the stock browser,a and went to adobe's test page. one link worked, but the lower one did not.

I haven't checked to see if there was an update today for the final OTA version of this rom, but my wife is experiencing an odd music playback issue.... after a few songs, the music player just stops. it looks like it is still working, but no sound comes from it.

Rebooting corrects the issue, but no other solution appears to. If there is an update for the official ota from today, I'll flash that and see if it corrects her issue.

EDIT: For some unknown reason after an hour of *****ing back and forth, I find out she is running google music to play music, not the stock music player. and of course, google music is known for having playback issues if your connection speed changes at all. So using it while driving a car in the mountains is BAD. Someone please kill me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] k1ng r4t:
Hello, I'm having trouble flashing the root file from the SD card. I boot into recovery, and I thought I was supposed to go to apply update from external storage and choose the SuperSU file, but after verifying it fails to verify some signatures then aborts.

Any thoughts?

Also thank you for this guide, the OTA wasn't installing for me so this saved me so much trouble!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Droid316:
Check the md5 of your downloaded file and make sure it matches with the OP md5.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] k1ng r4t:
If you're referring to the "number 8" .md5 on the list of downloads then yes that's the one I used when I flashed to the JB stock image. Then I put the "number 3" download on my SD Card, booted into recovery, it showed the CWM.zip file, but wouldn't go through. Now I'm afraid to try it again and screw something up!!! :eek:

Sorry I'm still pretty new to this flashing business...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] papa54:
lost in the circuits

I .followed the roy,su,mix that had 3 methods. that may be a tad short but my problems are that I cannoy see any differences from the ICS........

my kernal Ver is 3.0.31-381038

se.infra@SEP-112# 1

SMP PREEMPT Fri nov 15:52:16 KST

2012.

Baseband version

i535VRBLK3

If I have screwed up pretty bad or not made any proper changes please advice...

thx
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cnlson:
i535vrblk3 is the correct build. you are good to go! if you want to know the differences check just google :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Quacker:
So, the only difference between OP's factory image and this file is that our internal storage is left intact? I always thought the conventional wisdom was to never restore data (such as through Titanium) after switching ROMs; wouldn't that also be true if that data isn't wiped?

Also, why does this method require using Odin to flash a custom recovery and unlock bootloader? I thought the EZ-unlock and EZ-recovery apps still worked on Jelly Bean...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Boss428man:
Hi Everyone,

I was wondering if someone could politely help me. I've been looking through the forum and just want to make sure I get the right information.

Currently I am rooted, unlocked, with CWR touch, running the last stock ICS VRLHE. (I did this two days ago then the update came out....)

What is the process of updating to the new OTA? (Of course remaining unlocked and rooted and CWR?)

Is there a special process?, Does it matter that my phone is currently unlocked, does it need to be unlocked? I just want to make sure I flash everything correctly.

Or can I just follow the instructions and flash #8, #6, then #5 from the downloads? Did I read somewhere your not suppose to flash with Odin after you unlock?

Best and thanks for taking the time to read my post!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
The instructions to flash #8, #6 and #5 will get you where you want to be. You can flash "approved and tested" images with Odin as they are known to not permanently lock out ability to root and unlock. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tailsthecat3:
Download fails every time before starting. Anyone got a mirror for the fixed version? Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lowg:
Has anyone went from an old version of ICS to the K3 JB OTA using the no wipe version?

I'm currently on VRLF2 and am wondering if it will be ok to jump from that to K3 without wiping data/sd...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] stratt:
Is there a deodexed version of 4.1.1 out? I am on the latest stock 4.1.1 from Verizon. Love the feel of it, but want to get rid of the bloat.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] k1ng r4t:
Any help on my not being able to install root issue mentioned on pg. 50??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lowg:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2034118
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] stratt:
Thank you