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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] redjama:
JUst got my S3 yesterday. Ive tried everything to get this thing rooted. Everytime I go into TWRP or Clockworkmod recoveries it cannot mount the SD. Am I doing something wrong or is that a problem on the newest build?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neh4pres:
just flashed vralec bootchain to gf gs3, and i think its bricked. only thing i seem to be able to make it do is. if i take the battery out and plug it into pc the red led comes on. thats it. i checked all md5's. im not sure where i went wrong. been doing this for years.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Is the battery dead ? Did you try getting to download mode again ? Is Qualcomm showing up in drivers ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neh4pres:
Battery is good, 3 finger combos do nothing except once in a while make the red LED light up for several seconds.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Check the device manager ... Did you flash in PDA =P putting the file in the other slots will brick
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neh4pres:
Yep, always in pda
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Check device manager in windows to see if it is in Qualcomm mode, if it is its bricked and can be fixed via UART by a professional
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neh4pres:
comes up as QHSUSB_DLOAD
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Sounds like a brick
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neh4pres:
ok. im gonna get a new one.. would casual be a better way to root and unlock next time?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Plug to Odin and see if a com port comes up and try to flash stock

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Yes casual the next one... Are you sure it was a VZW S3 ? Sorry but have to ask
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xbt-:
Which VRALEC Bootchain should I use?

I don't know which one to use.

I have a Virgin Mobile Galaxy S3 (STOCK for now since I just bought it).

Android version:

4.1.2

Baseband Version:

L710VPAMG2

Hardware Version:

L710.14
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dinc User:
I don't know which one to use either.

4.1.2

l535VRBMF1

JZO54K.l535VRBMF1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Your phone is unlocked and root able out of the gate ... Just flash twrp
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] justrelax:
after flashing VRALEC Bootchain my phone turned off ... & i cant trun it on again !!!!

i tried to plug the usb cable in it ... it gives me a new hardware QHSUSB_DLOAD

no download mode ... no recovery .... dead phone

any help???
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU5H8NJ7vTM
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] duffycoug:
Does'nt work for me...tried both recovery methods and neither one could mount my SD, Cache, System, etc.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JohnMag4u:
Re-Root

I was able to follow these instructions a while back. Unfortunately when Verizon pushed out the OTA for 4.3 I was not thinking and ran it. The phone works and was not bricked, but I receive the Samsung Custom screen (with padlock logo) on boot, the SuperSU app is still installed but gives an error, and all ROOT access has been lost.

SuperSU Error:

There is no SU binary installed, and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem!

If you juts upgraded to Android 4.3, you need to manually re-root - consult the relevant forums for your device!

When booting into download mode this is what is shown:

ODIN MODE

PRODUCT NAME: SCH-I535

CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: YES (1 counts)

CURRENT BINARY: Custom

SYSTEM STATUS: Custom

QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLED

WARRANTY BIT: 0

BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 1

Certain APPs I need to use require ROOT access. Are there any solutions to re-enable ROOT access? I am not a noob, but certainly not an expert when it comes to rooting. If there is a solution, details of the procedure would be greatly appreciated. My data is all backed up to Google and DropBox, so if a factory reset is required I will definitely do it.

4.3 btw has vast improvement in speed for this device.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JohnMag4u:
UPDATE: Using saferoot I was able to re-root the device. No factory reset, data loss, etc necessary. I did not have to uninstall SuperSU prior to re-rooting. You still cannot unlock the bootloader, but this was not necessary for me. Reports of people trying yields a bricked phone. Hope this helps others!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Avamander:
Loki tool maybe works

Sent from my flying car
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Rword69:
Once you have root back did you try EZ-UNLOCK to try unlocking the bootloader?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
No, they would hard brick.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] royta:
I used this method for my phone and it had MB1 on it. I just bought my wife an S3 today, and it has MF1. Can someone please explain to my why I don't need to load the stock bootchain back on in step 5, especially when the OP says it is recommended? I'm tempted to just revert her phone back to MB1 so I can use this method for root, unlock bootloader, and custom recovery.

Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thorrules:
I do not know the answer about step 5. But if you are just worried whether this method will not work on MF1, then don't worry at all. I have used this method without step 5, to root, unlock bootloader and install twrp on my and my wife's s3. Both had MF1 (4.1.2). This method is the best and easiest out there.

Sent from my Galaxy S3 (d2vzw) running Kitkat
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] n07y0ur5:
Just want to update to 4.3 now

This is what i have now:

Model: SCH-I535

Android Ver: 4.1.2

Baseband: I535VRBMF1

Kernel: 3.0.31-1152558

Build number: JZO54K.I535VRBMF1

I have root and bootloader unlocked

I just want the 4.3 ota and after i want to be rooted again!

Plz what do i do?

I have also backed everything with titanium already.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hank3fan:
Check
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Flash the stock rooted 4.3 rom =p
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dweezle:
I'm assuming that you have already researched the update, but there are folks who are having issues with Verizon's version of 4.3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zachf714:
Revert back to 4.1 lol abs brick ur crap
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] royta:
I picked up another S3 (4.1.2 MF1), and of course my OCD is kicking in. I'd really like to flash the bootchain in Step 5, so here me out on this.

Between Step 4 and Step 5, I'm wondering if I could use my recovery of choice and flash the "I535VRBMB1_firmware.zip" which I've downloaded from [MENTION=2385005]invisiblek[/MENTION]'s site. Then go to Step 5 and use ODIN to flash the bootchain. Then use my recovery of choice to flash "d2vzw_VRBMF1_firmware.zip" followed by "d2vzw_ML1_modem.zip", again from invisiblek's site.

Would this work? Or does the firmware from invisiblek's site already have the bootchain in it? My interpretation of this post from [MENTION=3313404]open1your1eyes0[/MENTION], HERE, leads me to believe that it might. In which case I could just skip Step 5 and use the custom recovery to flash MF1 and ML1.

Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shopman59:
I use this on mine with MF1 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2332825 then ez-unlock to unlock and goomanager for TWRP Recovery
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] royta:
Unfortunately, my PC is so dog slow that I can't run that .jar file on the casual root. This method is my only optionat the moment.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tombepa:
Deleted. I must not be awake. Was reading stuff wrong.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] royta:
Does the firmware that was available from [MENTION=2385005]invisiblek[/MENTION]'s website contain the bootchain or not?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shopman59:
I don't think it does for MF1 That was why I used the casual root
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zcar.300:
To complete step 4 you have to copy the zip to the phone. But it doesn't say to do that in the previous steps. The way step 3 reads, it makes it sound like you cannot boot the phone between steps 3 and 4. Is that correct?

I started over, this time with the zip already on the phone. I didn't get the "Disable recovery flash" option.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] catfishbilly:
I tried rooting my s3 with the steps written above. I've installed the recovery both cwm and twrp but i keep getting cant mount system, can't Mount data error. I'm on 4.1.1 with vrblk3 baseband. Help would be appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] catfishbilly:
Any help?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Cylinder:
Okay. Unfortunately, step 1 has five points underneath it for downloading files numbered 1,2,3,2,3. So it's a little confusing there. Which file did you download after Odin?

Please write the file by name you flashed with Odin 1st.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] catfishbilly:
I flashed the vralec bootchain and after that, the recovery. That's what it said in the guide. Did I do the wrong thing?

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I flashed the vralec bootchain, then the recovery file. Did I get it wrong?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Cylinder:
1st, I'm not sure about that 1,2,3,2,3 thing I wrote, it all looks normal today. I must've been drunk! :o

So, you are getting hung up on step 4, is that right? Flashing the SuperSU_Bootloader_FIXED.zip that's already on your phone from here: Link

First question: what phone exactly are you using? If it's the Verizon S3, SCH-I535, d2vzw, then was your phone working before this attempt?

If so, then reflash the VRALEC bootchain again in Odin. Here is my own guide Guide I wrote using [MENTION=3313404]open1your1eyes0[/MENTION] guide here just to make sure I understood, translating it for myself. Read through it and also read the bullet points at the bottom - those are notes of what happened during the process. A couple of things didn't go straight forward the first time for me either.

If it still doesn't work, then flash a slightly newer version of TWRP: https://dl.twrp.me/d2vzw/twrp-2.7.1.0-d2vzw.tar in Odin.

Post back with your results. :good:

EDIT: [MENTION=4723661]catfishbilly[/MENTION], Are you checking the md5 hash for these files, too? Given you're having problems, make sure to do that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] catfishbilly:
OK. I'll redownload everything on a laptop, check the md5 then flash. I'll let u know if I'm successful. I'm using the Verizon s3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] catfishbilly:
I downloaded it again, checked md5 checksum, everything was correct, I'm still getting an error message when I boot to recovery can't mount cache, can't mount data, can't mount sdcard.

Can anyone provide link of a newer cwm recovery .tar file?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Syfer198754354:
Hi were do i find my Bootchain version?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] porkchopp420:
Adb not working
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jessicahll:
Is it taking the Samsung drivers forever to install for anyone else? I'm going on at least half an hour.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zedocus16:
I had that same problem, I just canceled the install and then re-started it and it went just fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GoodVibrant-ions:
Question:

Should I root and unlock bootloader before updating to OTA Jelly Bean or after? Is one easier than the other?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jdk2:
That would just add extra steps. Follow the OP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Hey guys, a user PMed me about a video demo he created in regards to this method which I thought was great and would be very useful to some of you. I am adding it to the OP to help those of you guys that are new to working with ODIN and Custom Recoveries.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dunderball:
This sounds kinda nuts, but I spent tonight flashing all the way back to stock ICS, taking all OTAs for ICS, rooted using debugfs, saved root using OTA Rootkeeper, took the OTA for Jelly Bean, then restored root.

Nice to have a fresh start, in a sense. In hindsight, flashing a rooted stock jb image would do the same darn thing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jessicahll:
I tried that and it still took forever. I just let it sit. Once that was done, though, rooting was a piece of cake!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Added a small poll to see which recovery you guys prefer.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AngryGibson:
As I was nervous of performing the root process on my own, I now see that the entire thread is getting better in regards of information. Thanks to all that have contributed. Im out of town now but as soon as I get back to a computer, I look forward to a successful root!

Btw, I am visual person, so the addition of a video is going to be extremely useful.Thanks again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dswann:
TWRP 2.3.1 has a bug in which you can't perform wipe functions for clearing cache which causes ROMS who perform these actions as a prestep before installation to not install. It can't find the "datamedia" partition, note that missing "/". I had to use the EZ Recovery app to flash TWRP 2.2 to have a properly functioning TWRP. You can use EZ Recovery to change your recovery to your preference without having to perform a ODIN flash
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AngryGibson:
Question,

If I do not necessarily care for the "supersu" app as a root request application, is it possible to use another app such the "superuser" in its place? Or do I have to follow the tutorial withe the supersu root request and I can switch to the other application afterward? Thank you in advance.

If i need to explainit better, please let me know.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jessicahll:
Stupid question... Will this work on the Sprint S3?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
SuperSU app actually has an option in the app to switch over to the regular Superuser app but it's not recommended as Superuser has been reported to have issues with Jelly Bean.

Definitely not as these bootchains, recoveries, and unlocked bootloader all are for the Verizon Galaxy S III only! If you flash them you will brick your device.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jessicahll:
I figured. Just thought I'd rather look like an idiot and ask than eff up my friend's phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
No worries. We were all once new to Android. :)

I'm glad you asked instead of just proceeding ahead. You may want to check the Sprint Galaxy S III forums for how to root and so on.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wickets:
make one of these for the note 2!!! :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AngryGibson:
Thank you sir
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jaredb03:
Does this wipe the data back to stock?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Absolutely not! This is not a factory image and does not have any interaction with your ROM whatsoever other than injecting the SuperSU app. :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wuuu91:
unrooting

Hi i would like to ask what if i want to unroot it ? what are the steps to go back to unroot stock jelly bean?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kevman8396:
Flashing Recovery

When I try to flash either recovery in Odin, it says 0 succeeded / 0 failed
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chocolate8175:
Quick question before I proceed, if I am already rooted with custom recovery but I didn't take the ota is there anything I should worry about if I want to flash the jellybean bootchain in odin? Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] exodus454:
I just tried flashing this on a friend's i535, and after flashing the first bootloader odin succeeded, and then it rebooted to a black screen.

It was running the most recent OTA update.. what gives? it's giving some strange device when you plug it in and every once in awhile you see a red notification light. I'm a little at a loss, I followed the guide to the letter and I haven't bricked a phone yet.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jg00d3:
Me too, I just did this rooted and unlocked bootloader on Sunday and something happened to my phone on Monday and I have to send back for warranty replacement. How do I get back to unrooted and locked bootloader?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AngryGibson:
For whatever reason, I cannot boot into CWM recovery to save my life. I followed all of the steps up to the point where I am supposed to boot into recovery. It will say that it is booting into recovery and then goes to a black screen (I then repress Vol up+home+power) and it just repeats itself without going into recovery. I'm stumped at this point. Any ideas?

edit: So, instead of going to the CWM recovery, it shows the droid laying on his back with an exclamation point and it will only allow me to reboot system, apply update from ADB, apply update from external storage, wipe data/factory reset, etc.

In other words, it's not where it should be. I did everything successfully according to ODIN so I'm confused..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chocolate8175:
Using the finger combo is kinda tricky, you have to hold all three buttons until it vibrates then release the power button and hold the other two until you see your recovery screen. Try that...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AngryGibson:
Thanks for the response.

Unfortunately that did not work. I waited until the vibration while holding the three buttons and then let go of the power button. It switched to the black screen again and then to another samsung screen. Afterwards, the droid with the exclamation point came up again. Should I just do everything all over or will i potentially screen my phone up by reflashing everything from step 1?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chocolate8175:
I would start from scratch, something wierd happened somewhere
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SteveGrandRapids:
. . . you should be fine . . .

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. . . you will have to flash back to a stock ICS and begin there . . . once you flash back to stock ICS, there will be 3 OTA updates you will need to accept to get up to the current stock JB . . . see here for details on how to accomplish this:

Returning to Stock

. . . I just did this yesterday on two phones . . . :good:

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. . . read thru this entire thread . . . I believe your situation has already been discussed and answered . . . :good:

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. . . per OP author:

"I want you guys to try this guide again and let's do this. As soon as flashing recovery is done in ODIN and you see the screen go black, immediately press and hold Home+PowerUp before the device powers on again (have to do it quickly) and hold it until you see it boot into the CWM/TWRP screen."

. . . try his advise . . . seems it helped others . . . :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AngryGibson:
Gave it a try and nothing. It just boots to the normal system recovery. Im just going to start from scratch,

Thank you btw
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kintwofan:
Hey you are unplugging the USB cord before trying to boot into recovery right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AngryGibson:
Yes sir.

You know what, I went to check if I remembered to go into settings and turn on USB debugging and it seems that I did forget. Could that very well be my issue while I was installing everything at the beginning?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AngryGibson:
I tried to reflash the CWM again and follow the steps from that point and I got nothing. I have rooted a few phones before, so I thought this would be a no-brainer because of having some sort of experience with it. I just cannot understand why I cant boot into recovery. Should I try and flash TWRP instead? Would that hurt the phone by flashing that although I have already flashed CWM? Thank you to whomever.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TokedUp:
I'm looking to root my refurbished replacement tonight, hope this method works.

To the ppl with recovery problems have u tried installing CWM with Rom manager? That's what I used last time I added it on ICS
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AngryGibson:
To my understanding, the person would need to be rooted correct?

I tried that method last night and it informed me that I needed to be rooted and that there was an error.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fonixmunkee:
Oops

alright, I've done my my due dilligence and searched around for a solution for this problem, so imma go ask it now:

Like someone else posted in this thread, I did these procedures on my new VZW S3 *after* the Jellybean 4.1.1 update. Now, all I get on boot-up is the Samsung S3 logo, then a black screen. I can hear the Samsung logo & Verizon logo play their little tune, but the screen stays black. Also, the notification light stays steady blue.

- I can get into CWMR touch & download mode.

- I've wiped data/cache, still the same black screen.

- Tried the steps again, double-checking my work, and still the same thing.

So, what did I miss? And thanks in advance for any help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BoLTroid:
Mac OSX

Anyone got any ideas/advice on how to perform these procedures on a OSX run computer, and not a PC?

I know it's going to be done through Heimdall and not Odin (since Odin is only available on PC's and not Mac).

Plus I couldn't actually find the Heimdall Frontend.pkg file on the Github for Heimdall anyways, so I'm waiting on where to find that file to install on my Mac as well...

Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] IN8skillz:
I cannot flash a custom recovery on my CLN replacement device! Any ideas? I have tried this method twice with no luck.....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] exodus454:
Negative ghost rider, just read through the entire thread and I don't see it mentioned anywhere. The black screen occurred at the end of step two. Flashed the first bootchain, ODIN said succeeded, ODIN shutdown phone and now it won't turn back on. No download mode, no recovery, no charging screen, no samsung screen, nothing. If you take the battery out and plug it in you get a red light for about 30 seconds and that's it.

I also watched the video afterwards just to confirm I did the process right, and I followed every step to the letter. No extra boxes were checked in odin or anything either. Phone = dead. :rolleyes:

How did this happen?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TokedUp:
Is there a way to go back to ICS, and then root so we can bypass these problems with jb? I don't care about jb as much as I care about root, we could always just flash a jb Rom if we wanted.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GrainOsand:
I tried to Odin back to an old build but that didn't work. I haven't tried the root66 odin file yet. It seems to me I am stuck in because my replacement device has a locked bootloader and I have no way to obtain root access. The old ics exploit doesn't work and this method doesn't work either. :banghead:

EDIT! I have found a stock rooted OTA Odin file. I hope to flash this, then use the ez unlock app to unlock bootloader and flash recovery. Wish me luck. ..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TokedUp:
Keep us posted.

I tried and can't get into CWM either. After I flashed the recovery in Odin the screen never went black, it just stayed in the Download mode screen. I disconnected cord then pulled batt then tried to go into recovery.