yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kingston73:
I like TW rom's over cm10. Right now and so far my favorite is Wicked ICS.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DigitalUnderground:
Yes... the sammy features really seperate it from CM10 and other aosp ROMs

Hell yeah... gets the best battery life, smooth, blazing fast, great dev support, customizable, etc etc etc

Sent from my Wicked Galaxy S III
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] chamala2000:
Running Stock Rom :good:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Linum-23:
Paranoidandroid 2.53
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ThC23:
I'm surprised no one has said BlackJelly.

It's actually a really good rom.

That's what I'm running at the moment.

Powered by the SGSIII
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] c_brown93:
CM10 Nightlies. 11/07 is stable and FAST. AOSP is just so awesomeness.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kocurstvo:
Nowadays, there is no perfect rom...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bdveteran18:
Liquid Smooth RC5
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ItsAaronR:
Cyanogenmod 10 nightlies, loving them :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Borg_Nexus:
Jellybean 4.1.1 Baby

4.1.1 Jellybean OTA from Sprint! Runs twice as fast as it did when I bought it. And google now is a beast... Also got 4.2 camera app installed which is cool.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nuron:
So Wicked retains the eye detection and ear to call features? What other ROMs should I look for that are similar? I just got my S3 and haven't looked around on the dev forums yet.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DigitalUnderground:
I recommend wicked. It keeps all tw features. All tw roms should though. U only lose the features when on an aosp rom

Sent from my Wicked Galaxy S III
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] leechy:
cm10...the recently nightlies have been super stable for me. great battery life and still pretty quick with the stock kernel!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] khoikn:
First ever Android ROM that I've ever used was from Cyanogen Mod.

I'll probably always run CM10 with the latest nightlies.

They are stable, fast, and really help make my battery last.

Highly recommended rom to try out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Stock Jelly Bean Factory Images with Root, Custom Recovery, Unlocked Bootloader and No Data Wipe

​

Description

: This is a guide that will help you flash a 99% stock factory image for the official Jelly Bean leaks for Verizon Galaxy S III overwriting every partition on the device to stock. The ONLY major change I have made is for your convenience it

keeps all your data/apps/settings and internal storage partition in tact

. In addition to that I have also provided a small mod in the image that allows the following options below as optional flashes.

Flashing ClockworkMod or TWRP Recovery

Adding SuperSU (Rooting your ROM)

Unlocking your Bootloader

Minor Warning

: Please note that if you had any special mods that you had to manually flash before or move on the system partition (like Google Wallet, AOSP 4.2 apps like camera and gallery, etc...) they will be lost as you are overwriting your system partition to factory stock. Please make sure to do the needful with your mods before following this guide (for example resetting the Google Wallet app).

Frequently Asked Questions

Main Downloads

VRBMB1 Image Downloads

Step-by-Step Procedure

Credits

Credit goes to "source requested to remain anonymous" for providing the original VRBMB1 leak (via PM)

Credit goes to "source requested to remain anonymous" for providing the original VRBMA2 leak (via PM)

Credit goes to "source requested to remain anonymous" for providing the original VRBLK3 leak (via PM)

Credit goes to "source requested to remain anonymous" for providing the original VRBLK1 leak (via PM)

Credit goes to "source requested to remain anonymous" for providing the original VRBLJ1 leak (via PM)

Credit goes to scrosler for providing the extracted VRBLI5 tarball (Original Link)

Credit goes to jucytec for providing the original VRBLI5 leak (Original Post)

Credit goes to cnlson for providing ftp filehosting (via PM)

Credit goes to scrosler for providing ftp filehosting (via PM)

Credit goes to AdamOutler and

African-Canadian Sock Monkey

for providing the Verizon Galaxy S III Unlocked Bootloader (Original Post)

Credit goes to invisiblek for providing the VRALEC Bootchain allowing custom recovery flashing (Original Link)

Credit goes to Chainfire for creating SuperSU (Original Post)

Credit goes to Koush for creating ClockworkMod Recovery (Original Link)

Credit goes to Dees_Troy for creating TWRP Recovery (Original Post)

Credit goes to alexcolodner for merging SuperSU/Unlocked Bootloader into one file and providing filehosting (via PM)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dark_system:
First, thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FAUguy:
Very nice, will have to give this a try.

I guess going back to the HE ROM would still work if you do a CWM Backup first?

One reason why I was reluctant to try I5 was having to reinstall all my apps and settings.

Does this also include the I5 radio baseband, or does that still have to be flashed separate? Some have reported the HE baseband is working better than the I5 one. Either way, it's easy to flash those zip.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] h311sdr0id:
Thank You

:cowboy::cowboy::cowboy:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FAUguy:
Just flashed it, and missing is any Camera or Gallery app, either the Samsung one or the (new) Android 4.2 one.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Please note that mods you have applied to the system partition will have to be reinstalled after flashing the image. Since Camera and Galley are both mods that affect the system partition and you manually flashed onto it, you will lose them normally. Wallet is another example as well so make sure to reset your Wallet app before flashing this image. But you should still see the original Camera and Gallery apps show up that are part of the stock firmware. Please double check that they are not hidden in your launcher or disabled (see the bottom of your Application Manager for disabled apps) from a previous mods perhaps you disabled them before flashing the 4.2 apps. I can personally confirm after multiple testing that Camera and Gallery are both included in this firmware.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] indyssee:
I know this is going to be a stupid question... but is the stock (untouched) image not able to be rooted/unlocked? Only reason I ask is because I like having a factory image to flash that does wipe data so it acts as a "start fresh" approach. Thanks for this guide and the joined root/unlock. That's good stuff.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
If you'd like to do a data wipe all you have to do after the image flashes is go into Settings > Back up and reset > Factory data reset. This does the same exact process. I highly don't recommend using the Original Untouched image or it is a much more complicated process to restore root and custom recovery after that. Hence this is why I created this modified image and this guide. The only reason I am linking to that image is for reference purposes only to any developers who want to explore and compare.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xsteven77x:
Thank you have been waiting for this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jb_alphamale:
Excellent write up. Thank you very much for your contribution.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FAUguy:
When using the HE ROM, I only had the included Samsung Camera and Gallery app, I did not install the separate Android 4.2 app. So when I used ODIN to flash this I5 ROM, I noticed that the Camera and Gallery are not listed in the app drawer. I went into Settings/Applications, and they are still listed, but doesn't have an option to open them. Also went into Titanium Backup, to restore them from a backup of apps I did a few weeks ago. Even after restoring them, they still were not listed and could not be opened. I'm not sure why these two apps were having a problem, but after trying it for a day, I used CWM and restored my HE backup. Now the camera and gallery apps work again, as they should, but now I get a Visual Voicemail error each time the phone turns on. So I had to force stop that app from loading.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Darn, it seems like your all mixed up over there now. My recommendation

ONLY

in your case is start fresh using the below process:

Backup your internal SD Card contents to your computer

Save your HE backup in safe place on the computer as well

Flash the

Original Untouched Data Wipe

image ***REMEMBER THIS WILL WIPE EVERYTHING***

Ensure that everything is working fine upon reboot, setup your phone and make sure all apps are working (Camera, Gallery, etc...)

After that follow my guide from the start to the finish (flashing the No Data Wipe image first!)

Confirm you are rooted, unlocked bootloader, have custom recovery and everything is working

Use "Advanced Restore" in to restore only your "data" partition from your HE backup

If everything is good you can now restore your internal SD Card contents back to your device. Let me know what happens in each step.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
I see some of my dropbox links are starting to be suspended due to the heavy traffic. I'd like ask if anyone would like to make some mirrors (especially the No Data Wipe image) please kindly PM me and I will add them to the OP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FAUguy:
I ended up using CWM and restoring one of the first HE backups that I did a few weeks ago, then tried the I5 (no wipe) install method again.

This time around, it did work, and the Samsung Camera and Gallery apps are there and working, as are all my apps.

The only thing I had to do extra was install the TW JB Google Wallet and 4.2 Keyboard after.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Excellent! Glad to hear you're up and running. :good: I had a feeling it was something in your latest data partition that was messing with it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FAUguy:
The only difference between the two HE backups is that there is a few weeks between them, which some app updates were installed through Google Play, the Google Wallet hack, and the Android 4.2 keyboard. So something in there had to cause the Samsung Camera/Gallery app not to work with the I5 (no wipe) ROM. But going to the older HE backup (which is before all those apps were updated) and without Wallet and Keyboard 4.2, then installing I5, the camera/gallery works.

By the way, I remember seeing last week a post (somewhere in here) that was just the I5 Kernel zip.

I did a search, but can't find it.

I want to try the KT747 Kernel, but would like the I5 Kernel to have as a flash backup.

Found the link, but looks like your DropBox is getting slammed

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33625822&highlight=kernel#post33625822
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Attached it for you. Extract the tarball from the zip and flash in ODIN.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FAUguy:
Thanks.

I've also been reading about an RPM file in some other threads, but Inc's link is dead. Is that something that should be installed?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
It's included in the image since it's the complete factory package. :)

EDIT: However also attaching the tarball zip in case you want to mess around with it. Flash in ODIN as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
By the way, I haven't seen anyone mention it yet but this image finally unlocks the promised "Global Roaming" capabilities that Verizon promised via OTA. You can now use AT&T/T-Mobile/Other GSM carrier microSIM cards and run on their network. AKA: phone is now technically unlocked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] digitalxplode:
that moment.. where it double boots... butt puckered i may have bricked... then reboot into android upgrading... PRICELESS...

thanks!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FAUguy:
Is that with the phone off or powered on?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tailsthecat3:
Samsung not Verizon.

---------- Post added at 04:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:35 PM ----------

My device charged the same as it did before jelly bean. Everything acts the same, save for project butter.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] diesel1218:
Do you have a link for the stock JB Camera and Gallery to flash?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dunderball:
Download links broken?

The download links for the recovery and the J1 rom are broken. Any idea where I might be able to download so I can give this a try?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
PSA

: Hey guys, I apologize about the downtime. Please bare with me as our FTP is having some issues and my Dropbox links are useless so I'm going to be replacing the Dropbox links with Google Drive until we can get our FTP up again. Will post an update soon as they are up. Once again, sincere apologies for the downtime.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tailsthecat3:
You can download a ROM and copy them to /system/app. I could pull them later and db them. Out and about atm
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dunderball:
Thank you!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
New links are up. Please use Link #2 for Downloads 6, 7, and 8.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cnlson:
mine seems to take a little longer as well but it seems like that is due to maybe g+ reuploading pics or something else that is uploading while on battery. for me it takes probably 4 hours or less
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
FTP links are good now as well. We're back in business. :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AuthPineApple:
Flashed this the other day and liking it so far minus a few things. One issue I have noticed is with "Play Music" and how it randomly screws up songs. Will shuffle songs and all of a sudden after 5 or 6 songs there will be no music. I'll open up Play Music and it will be playing the song, or so it says but there is no sound. For example, if a song is 4:32 long, it will just keep playing and play and playing with no audio. Forced to Exit it and open it again and start over again. The game Jelly Defense lags like hell which it never did on ICS. Other then that, phone works great and is a bit faster, not much, but a bit. Thanks for all the work you have done and i'll be checking back to see when it is updated again with a newer leak which will hopefully address my few issues, thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Chocu1a:
Having a serious issue with the stock rooted JB update. At least 2 games I have don't run properly anymore. Draw Something opens with a black screen & Dead Trigger has horrible graphics corruption. They both worked fine on stock official 4.0.4. I have tried other games such as Angry Birds, Modern Combat & Shine Runner & they work fine, just those two, unfortunately, those are the two I play the most.

Any ideas?

I have tried this method the other one pinned above it, & same exact issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Unfortunately, going from one OS to another is never a clean upgrade. Usually whatever apps are giving you guys trouble, just go into Application manager, Force Stop, Clear Cache, and Clear Data for those apps and you should be all good afterwords. Also don't forget certain have not been updated for Jelly Bean compatibility. YMMV.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dunderball:
Just flashed this last night. I am liking it so far. I haven't tried a lot of my games but most of the apps I use on a daily basis are working. Only major fumble I noticed is that ES Explorer crashes a lot when I try navigating /system/app and /data/app directories. Very weird.

And PLEASE someone tell me that there is a mod out there to get rid of the Ongoing wifi notification! This thing is driving me crazy, is taking up half of the entire notification drawer, and the old method of using SQLite to edit settings is not working. Please!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
As stated in my previous post, please try to clear cache and data for the ES Explorer app and reboot the device, then check again. Also this mod removes the Wifi notification: Link
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Chocu1a:
Thanks for the reply. I know both these games are JB compatible, as I am coming from a Galaxy Nexus & both worked.

I odined back to stock & installed CleanROM, now Dead Trigger works properly, but Draw Something still opens to a black screen.

This is bumming me out. I really love this phone, & really want JB on it as it really speeds it up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dunderball:
That worked! I will try out those mods later tonight. Based on the thread I think it sounds like you can pick and choose what you want? Hopefully that's the case. Thanks for your help!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tailsthecat3:
Which option removes the WiFi notif? Can't seem to find it, silly me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
You'll see it listed under Framework Mods, last bullet point.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] radiohead14:
is it possible to do this process via mobile odin?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dunderball:
I noticed that you can just long press the wifi notification and an app info button will pop up. Just go into it and force close and it probably won't come back until next reboot. I can live with that.

I also noticed that my GPS in Google Maps wouldn't lock at all. I cleared cache and data from it and I was able to get a lock in under 5 sec. I think general rule is that if any app goes wonky, it's smart to just clear the data/cache from it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Picolini:
Thanks for putting this together, btw! Love it.

Any possibility of this making it in here? Doesn't say if the leak is for the VZW S3, sadly.

http://www.androidcentral.com/galaxy-s3-android-412-firmware-leaks-multi-view-feature-tow
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Unfortunately international model only for now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Picolini:
Aww darn. Hopefully VZW's version gets out soon. I've played with the multi-view feature on the Note 2. While the S3 is substantially smaller, it should still be useful at times.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bennero:
I flashed mine that way. No issues as of yet. It has been about a week now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
It is possible however please note that mobile ODIN by default it takes the image and only pulls 4 partitions total (kernel, system, recovery, and modem) and avoids the rest so it won't be a complete factory image after it's complete. However for simplicity purposes you can use it. My guide also accounts for people who are coming from stock phones that they just got (non-rooted and such). Mobile ODIN also requires you to be rooted up ahead so just FYI.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] awalkerz:
rwc95 has a mod as part of a different project that works.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1972227

Post 2 of this thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ohlin5:
Thanks for this guide, seems very well written! 2 questions that I know are probably stupid, but I want to be certain anyway - the way this guide is written it sounds like you could JUST flash the stock JB rom to an unrooted, still-locked bootloader, stock 4.0.4 GS3. So then you would simply have a (virtually) stock JB image with an unrooted, still-locked bootloader. Am I correctly interpreting that?

And second, if you did just flash the 1st step and didn't root or unlock your bootloader, would the device still be capable/able to receive VZW OTA updates? Would there be any issue with this?

Thanks in advance for any information you could provide!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ryno77:
First question: yes, that's how I got on this leak. I am still stock locked and unrooted.

Second question: unless this is the OTA I doubt updating via ota after this leak would be possible. However, I'm pretty sure another update just like this one would be made to "ota" via Odin. Any ota after that would install just like it would on unflashed stock.

You can always Odin back to stock if a update via Odin is not provided.... I am nearly positive a Odin flash of ota jb would be available though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vetteguy112233:
I have a few questions, I got through the first 12 pages and didn't see the answer, so I figured it would be easier to just ask.

Did I see somewhere that this will not work on the Verizon US version?

Are there any features that are confirmed not working with this?

I'm rooted with SynergyROM NIghtly R64, do I have to flash back to stock and then follow the guide or can I flash this rom over what I have? If so, how, what guide should I follow?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wooddale:
I was wondering the same thing myself. I didnt think it was.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Snakehn:
Why wouldn't it work if is posted in the Verizon galaxy s3 forum?

Also no need to go through 12 pages, is posted on the very first one:

Description: Due to the multiple requests, after several days of work and various testing, I have created a working guide for public use limited to only a few steps. This is a guide that will help you flash a 99% stock factory image for the official Jelly Bean leaks for Verizon Galaxy S III
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
This build version is made only for the Verizon Galaxy S III so it will work and has worked many times already. You can just follow my guide and flash this all right on top, it will bring you right to the factory original ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vetteguy112233:
THANK YOU!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ohlin5:
Ok thanks for the information! I'm in the process of downloading all the files now, and just had one more question - should I follow the steps in this guide for backing up the IMEI data before doing anything from this guide? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1852255 Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Yes I do recommend having that backup just in case. Although if you're rooted you can also try this method (which I did originally myself). And then just keep the file safe somewhere. Link Her
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Scott:
Oh for the love of God!

PM Me when you get it uploaded ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shawn605:
Safe for Stock?

Can I follow these instructions safely from a stock (never rooted) phone?

Any risk of that EMEI wiping?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Chocu1a:
It is perfectly safe. Just follow the instructions from page 1. This is how I updated to Jellybean, unlocked & rooted my GS3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AuthPineApple:
yes

Don't worry about your "EMEI" lol wiping.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
You situation is one of the key people this guide is designed for. Go right ahead. ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wooddale:
Since your not using EZunlock if we need to get back can we just use it to lock back up and then flash stocl F2?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chlrbwls:
Has anyone tested data works with att or t-mobile sim card?

When i plugged att sim card, i see that voice works but data seemed not working

What do i have to specifically add in APN to make data work?

Best,
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] muicha:
So I've been running this for a few days now and everything works nearly perfectly for me, phone, sms/mms, gps/nav, camera, wallet; all the things I care about.

I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the snooze option for the alarm lol!! As a result, I am forced to create multiple alarms for my daily wake-up.

Am I missing something???
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Open Clock app, select one of your alarms, select "More" at the bottom, switch Snooze option to "On". Wala! :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] muicha:
OMG I'm an idiot... didn't think to scroll up after hitting "More"... doh! Imma go hide now...:D

Thanks!:good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
I'd like to ask is anyone still getting invalid MD5 errors in ODIN using Download #8? If so what link are you using?