yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Skunk Ape1:
This method doesn't do anything but root your phone and add custom recovery. It is not an image. This will not change you from odex to deodexed. This doesn't change any apps or system files. Whatever you were running before the process, is what you're running afterwards. This adds custom recovery, superuser and busybox. That's it, nothing more.

It doesn't effect your phone or change your phone. It just gives you the rights to do with it what you may. If it breaks, remember, it because you need with something you shouldn't have. To put it as plain as I can. Rooting in itself does nothing. It just unlocks your phone so you can either improve it out break it. That's up to you. ;)

Oh... back to your question... The stock Rom that you updated by at&t is odexed.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bdpyo:
@skunk

How can i update clockwork recovery so when i flash multiple ROMs i dont end up with multiple paths?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] EricCJacobson:
Got it. Makes sense. Can you refer me to a good set of beginner instructions to install a deodexed stock JB for my GS3? I assume there are some basic steps that will allow me to transfer over my apps and maybe some settings and/or files (e.g., photos, SMS threads).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Skunk Ape1:
I will try and find you one.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Skunk Ape1:
I'm not sure I understand the question.

Flashing roms on the gs3 doesn't effect the recovery. You can flash as many roms as you like and the recovery won't change.

The epic touch the recovery came with the Rom. With the gs3 the recovery is on a different partition and flashing roms won't touch the recovery.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bdpyo:
After i flash a rom it will create a another path? Like sdcard/0 then flash another and it shows sdcard/0/0 etc etc..

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Skunk Ape1:
I wouldn't know about that... It doesn't on my phone. I don't have the gs3 anymore. I know that it is in preparation of 4.2 which is for multi user support. I think the multi user support for a phone is another stupid idea from Google.

The best place to ask your question would be in the cwm thread. I'm not sure if you will have that issue with the recovery in the root kit. It is not the newest version.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RoryB:
What I have read elsewhere, you need to use the latest version of TRWP

Oops, that's TWRP
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] EricCJacobson:
Never mind, I found one on this phone's sticky. Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bdpyo:
I'm running completely stock now with this root method, clockwork, and if I flash the latest twrp before I flash another rom I shouldn't have any path directory problems?

I just dislike twrp and I'm very accustomed to clockwork...

Or should I have used twrp from the very beginning?

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RoryB:
I'm not that familiar with the differences, butI haveseen posted somewherethat using thelatest TWRP avoids the multiple /0/0 paths. But with 4.2 I don't think you can avoid the /0 completely.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bdpyo:
Thanks its just annoying when trying to do a tibu back up because you have to go into preferences and make it search the entire device just to find the back up and also I noticed when trying to restore a backup or nandroid it will not go to the correct path of where the backup is and makes it pointless or frustrating when you have a soft brick or bootloop.... Etc.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] chevyman1580:
Is It me or I wont be able to root my phone unless I dont use a Mac?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Skunk Ape1:
This will not work on a Mac...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] chevyman1580:
Ok guess I have to wait till I git to a pc and just download the tool kit. Seem like that's my best bet.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] elirommy:
HELPPPPP

Guys I rooted my samsung and when I turned on It got stocked in the SAMSUNG logo with a blue shadow... what to do????

I already repeated the process but nothing seems to work....

PLEASE HELP ME OUT.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cpolly69:
So is this an at&t galaxy s3? Model sgh-i747?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Skunk Ape1:
Have you tried a factory reset. Turn off phone, press volume up, power and home keys simultaneously. Hold them all until you see the Samsung screen then release all of the buttons. Once in recovery do a factory reset. Restart your phone.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] duke4c:
I always have this issue when I go back to stock. I get stuck at Samsung logo.

As he said: hold power up and home ... you'll end in Samsung recovery mode...

Difference for me is that if I just reset the phone it didn't help... I always had to clear everything that's avaliable from the menu...

Also those menus are not intuitive you'll have to figure out how to make the selection.

Hope this helps...

SIDENOTE:

As long as you're on TW based rom I do a nandroid... move nandroid to PC... load stock reset everything... once I'm up root and copy nandroid back from PC... now all you gotta do is restore nandoird DATA ONLY.

All apps and all settings are back like nothing happened.

In matter of fact I use this trick every time I move between different TW based roms. NANDROID... wipe... flash... restore NANDROID DATA ONLY... reboot... presto... everything is back...

This is so reliable for me that I don't even bother using TI backup any more.

Hope this helps.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lanman1:
Thanks, great writeup.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tex Arcana:
OMFG!! I DID IT!! :eek:

thanks, SkunkApe... the writeup was a little confusing (especially ON the thread), but the .txt file in the package was good. Forget the .pdf, it doesn't even look like it belongs with this kit.

but it went cleanly, and i'm now properly rooted, on Jelly Bean, no less. :)

Again, thank you SkunkApe... <3
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Shroomgoo:
Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xXFl4sh:
Does this work with Rogers Galaxy S3 SGH-I747M and on jelly bean 4.1.1?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Skunk Ape1:
I have been told it does...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xXFl4sh:
I only saw 2 or 3 people using this method for Rogers Galaxy S3..

because the files are mainly for ATT not for Rogers. Don't want to take the risk to try this method.

Using search didn't really help.. It only came for SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Granite-Granny:
I followed the instructions making sure I have the correct drivers on my PC. My PC recognises the G3 when not in download mode but when in downlaod mode I can't navigate to the G3. Odin shows it is connected via a 0:[COM4]. Opening up the PDA file navigator box doesn't allow me to see the G3.

Any ideas? I've tried connecting the cable, starting Odin going to download mode in many different combinations. Still no joy.

Cheers

GG
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Skunk Ape1:
You are not supposed to be navigating to the phone. The file you flash in odin (recovery.zip) should be on your computer. Read the directions again... :D
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Granite-Granny:
Doh! i just figured that out. Thanks, Maybe it will help someone else as dumb as me :)

BTW - it worked. Thanks. Now to figure out this free tethering. I'm sick of hotels charging me $20 for a nights internet usage when I have a data plan on my phone.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xcanyonx:
Thanks for the guide!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pappcam:
I used this exact method on my SaskTel SGH-I747M on JB 4.1.1 with absolutely no issues. The SaskTel phone is identical to the Rogers phone minus all the crapware Rogers decides to throw on those things.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bornaski:
No Mobile Data

I "successfully" completed to rooting. Everything appears to be working, except for mobile data. Now I can only surf, check email if I am connected to WiFi. Any ideas, suggestions?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Skunk Ape1:
Had nothing to do with the rooting. Call AT&T and see if there is a network outage in your area. Root doesn't touch anything that has to do with your connection.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JeRrYFaR:
I've been leery about rooting my GS3 since I got it (previously had an Atrix rooted w/ custom ROM, etc) but figured I'd give your article a go. Man, this worked like a charm on first try. Now I can use TiBu and Root Explorer again.

Thanks SkunkApe!

Since I'm new to the whole GS3 thing, how do I use another ROM if I want to? I'm actually good w/ TouchWhiz (finally I froze all that bloatware crap), but I would like 4.2.2 or at least 4.2.1 and I know ATT will take at least a year to provide it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] danesusername:
When I bought my S3 from Radioshack, I also bought insurance for $130. I know that rooting voids the warranty and the insurance. If I root, is there a way to undo it so that I can still make an insurance claim if I drop it or something? I can't afford to just throw that kind of money away. Thanks in advance for your advice!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Skunk Ape1:
Triangle away may help...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Granite-Granny:
Now that I'm all rooted up can I delete the TeamEpic-Root-from-Recovery-V5.zip file from my phone? I assume that was a file used to flash the root and is no longer needed?

On that note does anybody have a link so I can understand the file structure of the GS3?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Skunk Ape1:
Yes, it is safe to delete from your phone.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] theprogram:
Has it been confirmed that smelenchuk's MAC method works on JB ATT GS3s? Or is our best bet still odin?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Orion78:
Lately I've noticed my battery life draining fast. So when I check my RAM usage its always around 1 GB at any given time. Is something wrong here? Ive removed most bloatware apps, I have no Widgets running and maybe 5 apps I downloaded. Nor am I running any live wallpaper. Just seems like a lot of RAM for not doing much with my phone..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gtuansdiamm:
With cellphone for some reason (I forgot) the ram use is good
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ha_Ha Shoes:
Hello,

I installed a Anono ROM v17 and now my phone lags like there's no tomorrow. I've tried three other ROMs which work a little better but there's still noticeable lag. The worst part is that my connection keeps timing out now. Can I wipe it completely and return it to stock without losing root? Will that fix the lag problems?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Taimur Akmal:
My advice is you download the latest Odinable firmware, at the same time download Chainfire's Auto-Root. Flash the firmware first, go into stock recovery once it completely boots and wipe data/factory reset and afterwards flash auto root. Now you have a S3 with no lag and is rooted. :D (I hope)

Hit Thanks if I helped you! :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ha_Ha Shoes:
Where can I find firmware which is compatible with Odin? Also I'm rooted already and not sure how to return my sg3 to stock. It's been a while since I last returned a phone to stock android.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] XGrinder911:
I have run into a couple bugs across a multitude of ROMs on the new JB 4.2.1 and thought I'd make a list for everyone else to add since they're not getting fixed.

1. When you click the option to text a recent call, it deletes the area code.

2. Upon trying to edit the area code it gets, well, annoying (not really a bug I suppose)

3. Pressing the phone icon on someone's card within an app does nothing.

Any more? Is this thread useless? Please let me know.
[Epic 4G General] dviperbigt:
Hey Found this on slickdeals.net and all checks out!

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[Epic 4G General] selivanow:
Gee...thanks

Thanks so much for the ad!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adobih:
Hello Folks,

First I have to say that I watched the noob video and read everything about E:Error in /mnt/sdcard/cm-10.0.0.-galaxysmtd.zip (Status 7) on this forum and what google gave me.

My situation:

PC OS is Windows 7 64bit (if someone needs to know)

Phone:

Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000

SSN: I9000GSMH

What happend:

I bought a used phone about two months ago with latest installed stock rom 2.3.5 it is. Then i downloaded cm-10-20121126-NIGHTLY-galaxysmtd and followed the instructions on wiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S:_Full_Update_Guide. I installed CWM with Heimdall Suite. Everything worked well.

Today I decided to install a newer version of CM, I downloaded the cm-10-20121210-NIGHTLY-galaxysmtd and cm-10.0.0-galaxysmtd and copied them both on the phone memory. I turned off the phone and turned it on in recovery mod, and I got the recovery mode that was on cm-10-20121126-NIGHTLY-galaxysmtd installed. It wasn't the standard CWM that I installed with Heimdall Suite. I wiped with it data and cache and installed cm-10-20121210-NIGHTLY-galaxysmtd and then rebooted the phone. But the phone got stuck and didn't want to reboot. So i tried to go to recovery mod again to reinstall the cm-10.0.0-galaxysmtd but the phone couldn't access the recovery mod anymore.

After that I reinstalled with Heimdall Suite the ClockwordMod Recovery v2.5.1.0 SpeedMod Kernel like the first time I did. and successfully booted to recovery mod and again wiped cache and data and tried to install cm-10.0.0-galaxysmtd when i got the error

This is the image, just copy/paste in address bar.

imageshack.us/f/685/07032008448.jpg

So, now my phone has no OS installed.

There are some other issues too, I can't mount my external sd card in CWM, why, I don't know, so I only have cm-10-20121210-NIGHTLY-galaxysmtd and cm-10.0.0-galaxysmtd on my phone memory to install.

I would really really like if someone could help me to solve my problem, I have no other phone. And please when you tell to install something give me the needed link because I really downloaded a lot of things that didn't work.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samtan4326:
you having the wrong CWm installed, you can go to this link to download the cf-root kernel. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=788108 hope this will help .

BTW when flashing JB from GB you need to flash CM9 then follow by CM10, if you can try flash it from GB 2.3.6 (E.g xxjvu)

i try flashing JB from GB is work if i flash twice but i got missing IMEI. so i suggest you following this step to flash.

GB(stock rom with ROOT) - ICS(CM7) - JB(CM10)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adobih:
First off all thanks for helping.

I tried this one:

CF-ROOT-4.4-I9000BGJW5-1187857

CF-Root-4.4-I9000BOJW6-CL1177078

CF-Root-JP6-v1.2-Busybox-1.17.1 (this one didn't want to start recovery at all)

CF-Root-XX_OXA_JW4-v4.4-CWM3RFS

all I got from all of them is this

imageshack.us/f/805/08032008449.jpg (copy link to address bar ;) )

Member Chainfire said "THIS IS NOT A ROM - it is only a kernel. You need to have a firmware already on your device"

I don't know really what that means. Probably that I have to install something else too, but what ?

Please can you tell me ?

And which of these CF-Roots is the right one, or the newest one, or how do recognize that ?

Thanks everyone who helps me.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adobih:
eba

Well, I solved my problem, now i have cm-10.0.0-galaxysmtd ROM installed. If someone has this problem, this is one way how to solve it (but doesn't mean it's the best one).

If you have no ROM installed on your I9000 and don't know which kernel to use, try this way:

Watch this video on YouTube that user "Puggered UK" uploaded:

youtube.com/watch?v=iRnH13sRAIc

- You can skip to 1.52 because you don't have any ROM on your phone, and download the EZ Odin package from the link in the About section (4shared.com/archive/TuHUfVjA/EZOdin.html).

- Start EZ Odin, put the PIT, PDA, PHONE and CSC file in the right box, connect your phone in download mode to the PC and press START, and wait till the process is complete.

- After a while you should have Android 2.3.? installed on your phone.

- Update Google market to Google play, then update ROM Manager, and start ROM Manager. Choose to Flash Clockwork Mod Recovery, choose your phone and flash it.

- Copy on your internal sd memory cm-10.0.0-galaxysmtd that you downloaded from CyanogenMod web site.

- Restart your phone in Recovery mod, wipe data/cache, and install cm-10.0.0-galaxysmtd from internal sd card.

- Then, when it's done restart the phone, and do the last step again in Cyanogen CW recovery.

- After it's done, restart the phone and you will have CM 10 on your phone installed.

Or just watch the video and you will se what to do.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beckzz:
hey,

had that problem too, yesterday. will try your suggestions later and report back!

hope it helps...

Grz
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adobih:
Well, I help you as much as I can and know, just write me where you stuck. And if you have some difficulties explaining it in English, dann kannst du mir auch auf deutsch schreiben, das verstehe ich auch :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Donovan662:
I had this status 7 thing 2 yesterday while installing cm10. It also seemed I couldnt get into recovery. What I had to do is flash the zip 4 times. First time it got stuck at boot.

So I took battery out & try to get in to recovery (volume up+home button+power button & -->release buttons the moment u see bootanimation<--) but it started bootlooping/got stuck again.

So I took battery out again, did the 3 button combo for the second time & I waited a little longer, a minute maybe 2 & it went to recovery. (I guess the first time it didnt went straight to recovery like it normally does, I wasnt patient enough). If not getting into recovery with waiting the first time just try to keep getting in recovery with 3 button combo & wait a couple of minutes. Eventually it does. I had the same thing 2 months ago coming from jb-->ics-->cm10, thats how I remembered.

Didnt wipe a thing just went straight to the zipfile & flashed it in total 4 or 5 times till it said install completed on the screen. Didnt wipe nothing in between the flashing

Then flashed gapps & voila
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adobih:
I tried like hundred times or more, but every time with the same result and I also tried with different kernels without success. Maybe some other error caused your status 7 error than mine. But anyway, it's always good to try all possibilities to resolve the problem.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Donovan662:
Haha I went crazy not getting into recovery 2 months ago I did it at least 15 times till it eventually got into recovery. Weird cuz I released it the moment I saw cyanogen boot animation. I had to wait a lil longer after releasing so it seems & better timing maybe but only with flashing cm10 from stock. The error was the same tho I saw your picture
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adobih:
Unfortunately I wasn't that lucky, but I tell you something else. Now I know that no matter what I do and how badly i brick my phone I can always use that method to bring it to life back. So it's kind of final help that works if nothing else works :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Donovan662:
:D by the way did you apply sdcard:update zip? Or choose zip from sd card?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adobih:
I choose zip from sd card because I forgot to rename the file before copying to sd card, and when I lost my bricked my phone it was already to late to rename it. But i don't think that that was the problem, I mean it's just a name string that has no meaning after all.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adobih:
More or less I think we both had the same problem, because I also used this link wiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S:_Full_Update_Guide and heimdall 1.3.2 for flashing my phone. Just it always finished successfully so I didn't realize it was the root of all problems. I used also then Odin from the youtube video that I posted in a few posts earlier, installed Android 2.3.6 and then installed ROM Manager from Google play, and used the app to flash to ClockworkMod Recovery. After that I installed directly CM10 stable with success, and without CM9 detour.
[LG Optimus 2x] massimo69:
for all of you noobs as I am.......

maybe this will help you not to loose too much time (I will edit and try and make this a guide as to how and what as I get the time)

1) CM 10 installation instructions for CM10 can be found in the following thread

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33470004&postcount=1

2) Harsh/Tonyp ICS rom has to be installed on the old bootloader aka CM7/GB

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1959545

to have this rom you need to be on CM10 (upgarade from CM7, any other GB based roms) you will need to do a clean install full wipe

+ all other CM10 based roms which means that you need to read the first post and if it says that it is based on CM10 then its not ICS and you need to be on the old bootloader..... (no need to NVFLASH or SMARTFLASH)

3)All other ICS 4.04 releases are for the new bootloader TG, opti, stefan, DM and so on (you need to nvflash or smartflash it)

which means you will loose all your data..... instructions in the following links.....

Django manouche by carburano http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2038631

TG by topogigi http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2007968

Flex Icer by Civato http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2038868

Opti ICS by Homero http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2003888

Ghostriders by Cojo http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2002083

+ all the other stock roms available

(I will add links to how to smartflash and/or NVflash)

4) Remember that CM10 is JB......... LG released ICS......... NOT THE SAME THING (compared to windows its like CM is W8 and ICS is W7 at least to me........)

5) read always the first 3 posts as they explain everything

6) Read tonyp BB thread from beginning to end as it explains everything relevant to BB (if you aint dumb)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1658047

7)why the hell nobody made a shortlist like this b4 it would have saved me a lot of time and would not make me look like a fool.....
[LG Optimus 2x] massimo69:
CM10 UNOFFICIAL FOR ICS UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER

please refer to this post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=35708946&postcount=1

as said above this version of CM is for the new unlocked bootloader follow the instructions in the post.....
[LG Optimus 2x] massimo69:
and I reserve this one too ;)
[LG Optimus 2x] japmsn:
pǝsɹǝʌǝɹ

1.- There have been reports already at CM10 user thread

4.- CM10 is ICS, CM10.1 is JB.

5.- Couldn't agree more

7.- It's up to you how you look :o

Btw, there is this thread, altought with some more effort I'm sure this could turn into a useful post anyway.

I wish there was a "news" post that got updated daily so I could learn for example that recently a new CM10 version appeared on jenkins and the details about it without having to check a couple of the threads.

Anyway, keep it up.
[LG Optimus 2x] machoman1337:
No CM10 and 10.1 are both JB.
[LG Optimus 2x] japmsn:
You are right, I just made myself look like a fool :good:
[LG Optimus 2x] machoman1337:
to be fair, neither of them were compiled from first party JB sources. They both had to be cooked up from ICS-only sources. Quite amazing.