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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fatalfuryy:
i figured out the reason for my error. i will try out liquidsmooth to see if i experience the same issue.

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Diesel,

I just flashed liquid smooth v2.37 with gapps 20130813 and the sound is working on mine. the link didnt have 2.9 on his list. only 2.10, 2.12 and 2.37. have you tried flashing 2.37?

http://www.drdevs.com/devs/teamliquid/official/2.37/

http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20130813-signed.zip
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DieselNY:
Yeah I tried that too the other day and a few other versions still no sound.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fatalfuryy:
i noticed you were using twrp. try flashing cwm manually not using casual.

when i was using twrp for some reason on this new phone (received from asurion) it wouldn't wipe all the partitions correctly which was giving me the error message. i downloaded ez-recovery since i was on the road and flashed the updated cwm from their website and everything is working without issues now.

its strange how beans rom worked for you without issues and when you try using liquidsmooth and you lose sound.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DieselNY:
I even tried cwm the other day and no luck but can't remember if I got it through casual root or ez recovery but ill try again.

So anyway I flashed liquidsmooth again and sounds work for like 5 minutes then stop it's very odd. Losing my mind here lol.

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I think I fixed it. I think it may have had to do with gapps version. After trying all different liquidsmooth versions and gapps combos v2.10 works. The sound when clicking apps or folders etf is a clicking sound and not that chime sound from 2.9. Anyone know how to get that sound back?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fatalfuryy:
thats good to hear you got it working.

if 2.10 doesnt have it anymore. just unzip the 2.9 on your computer and go to /system/media/audio and extract the sound you are looking for from there and send it to your sd card
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SdRasta:
Amazing program. Thanks for the work!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] brusslesprouts:
nevermind user error lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bostonsean:
Connection issue. Most likely a local issue not the program.

First off, thanks for the hard work and awesomeness that became the rooting utility for VZW SGS3. :good::good: What an awesome utility for the whole Verizon community.

I am currently rooted but was interested in playing with the tool. However... The program doesn't seem to see my phone. I'm running Kali Linux and have libusb/libusbx installed. Also ADB/SDKTOOLS. I can communicate with the phone through terminal and file manger.

When I run ./adb devices from terminal I get a valid connected device with proper permissions:

The output to adb devices:

b0ston@h0st:~/android-sdk/sdk/platform-tools$ ./adb devices

List of devices attached

8804f159	device

However I don't seem to be able to see the entire filesystem OF THE PHONE from file manager. I see the SDCARD just fine. Not sure if that may be the same issue or not.

Any suggestions?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Snotrockett:
What was the reason for your error? I'm experiencing the same problem.

I can't access the external or internal storage of the phone through recovery. I've tried both recoveries and get the same error on both of them.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fatalfuryy:
TWRP for some reason was giving me a lot of error messages on the new phone asurion sent me.

i don't know how far your phone goes or if its crashing like mine did and wouldn't even boot

To Root i used the older version of casual. Casual version R634

After being able to boot I downloaded CWM 6.0.4.3 from their website and i used EZ Recovery (Free app) to flash the downloaded CWM onto my phone. For some reason using the new version of casual would boot loop the phone and had to Odin the phone back to normal.

You should be able to clear all the storage off the phone using CWM. Hopefully this helps
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Snotrockett:
Interesting. I'll try the older version of Casual later and see what happens.

My phone was stuck in an endless boot loop of recovery until I flashed CWM from Odin.

I can now boot into recovery or the stock ROM normally but the recovery still doesn't work right.

It won't let me access the phones internal storage or the SD card at all.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Snotrockett:
Well after messing with it for awhile I couldn't get any recovery to work flashing it with Casual or Odin. I couldn't access the SD card or the internal storage. It just threw errors saying that it couldn't mount either of them.

When I went to do a system reboot with TWRP it said that no OS was installed but booted right into the stock ROM anyway.

After I had rebooted I flash CWM via ROM Manager and it seems to be working okay.

Casual rooted my phone okay and seemed to installed the correct bootloader.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prj71:
If I root my phone using this tool...Do I have to install a custom rom or can I leave it stock?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mystique:
You can use your phone however you would like.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prj71:
That doesn't answer my question.

Step 3 says flash recovery of choice. So I am wondering if I have to do that? I just want root so I can remove bloatware and install some ad blocking software. I do not want any custom roms. I'm fine with the touchwiz stock rom.

I'm not new to rooting, have done 3 phones already, but want to make sure there isn't some special step I need to do in order for this to happen.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sixteen2nd:
From my understanding the original tool (which I used months ago) did all three steps back-to-back, the newer version of this tool allows you to pick-and-choose what steps you perform. To that end you don't have to do them all, so if you wanted to you could just "root" and leave everything else about your phone along (recover and rom included).

I hope that helps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LiRa89:
just wanted to say thanks for the easy method. it worked the first time, rooted my replacement, using windows 8.1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ohlin5:
Help?

Ok guys, so I just tried doing this on a brand new MF1 VZW GS3. Root went fine (the 2nd time lol), aboot and cwm touch all said success, however, when I rebooted after that it rebooted into recovery just fine, except that I can't acess the internal storage or the external sd card, and I noticed several log messages at the bottom of the screen saying "E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/command", "E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log", "E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log", "E: Can't mount \cache\recovery\last_log", & "E: Can't open \cache\recovery\last_log".

I went ahead and tried to "Reboot system now", but after it restarts it boots straight back into recovery... Any noob-proof advice on how to fix this? Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

NOTE: Sorry for all the edits, I'm just trying to document all I did for anyone who reads this, or in case anyone else has this issue.

EDIT: I should confirm that I read everything like 3 or 4 times, and USB debugging and MTP were both enabled through the whole process, Win. 8.1 & Java 7u45

EDIT 2: I booted into ODIN mode, and was mulling over whether or not to flash the latest CWM touch recovery .tar via that, and decided to first pull my battery and let the phone sit for a few seconds. After putting it back in, it rebooted normally...except my computer no longer sees any usb device as being connected...I'm currently in the process of putting a custom rom I want onto the ext sd and then going to boot into recovery again and see if anything's changed...

EDIT 3: Got rom transferred to external sd after a couple pc/phone reboots, rebooted into recovery, but still errors when I try to "Install .zip from sdcard" or "Install .zip for ext-sd". Just says "Can't mount sd/ext-sd".

EDIT 4: Once again, sorry for all the updates, I just want to be as much help as possible for anyone else who might experience this issue, because I know how much it SUCKS not having easy to read, good in depth instructions in a situation like this! ;)

So, good news! I think I got everything all working! Here's exactly what I did after the above steps: Booted phone normally, and use basic root checker (from play store) to verify I still had root access, I then google'd for EZ Unlock for our VZW GS3 (would post the link but not sure I'm allowed, just search you'll find it ;))...I wanted to just verify that my bootloader was unlocked as well before I tried to flash a custom rom. To my surprise, version 1.4 (latest as of this writing) greeted me with "Device Status: Unknown", however, after a bit more google'ing I came across a thread that said this was a known bug in 1.4, and that it would be fixed soon.

So, I chose "Unlock" in EZ Unlock, and it said it had been done successfully. Then, I used "Flashify" to flash the latest CWM touch (6.0.4.3) as of this writing. Finally, I rebooted into recovery to find everything working perfectly, flashed Clean RAM 7 with no issues and phone is now up and running good!

Hope this helps somebody! :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kick069:
root/unlock

I am looking to root and unlock my boot loader for my verizon s3. I have not selected a custom rom yet so i'd just like to root/unlock and make a nandroid of the origional rom until i do decide on a rom. Is this all still do-able within in the one click process?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Yup, this is your best bet. Works like a charm

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xInsurgentx:
[MENTION=4513259]ohlin5[/MENTION]

i used casual to root my buddies phone this morning and had the same exact problems as you. i didn't know what to do and just came across this thread. he left for the day already and thankfully the phone works otherwise so i'll try what you did tomorrow morning. thanks man. your detailed post really helped at least one person out!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Crossxcalibur:
I am trying to run this program to root my phone but I keep getting the error as seen in the photo attachment. Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Credrili:
check the md5 of it for starters, make sure it didn't get corrupted while downloading.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Make sure you have the latest Java 7 installed too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cesar33:
Ubuntu 64bit- 1-Click Works!!!

Just did one of the easiest device roots using my 64bit Ubuntu 13.10 box and used OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.7-b01, mixed mode). If you have problems in Windows you might be able to boot into a LIVE USB OS (use Unetbootin and a 4 or 8GB USB drive) but make sure you have Java already installed (java -version).

from terminal in the folder that the download resides (Download/S3 for me), just type:

java -jar *.jar

OR

java -jar d2vzw-CASUAL-R795b-BeansTown106.jar (same just don't have to type all this out, but only 1 .jar file in your folder)

Posting more information on my blog, off the find a ROM.

tabletuser.blogspot.com LINK
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nrock2256:
Someone please for the love of God help me. I just got a "certified like new" replacement for my old GS3 (which had a camera issue). The root went just fine. The kernel unlock seemed to work just fine. But problems arose when flashing TWRP. It didn't flash, it rebooted into stock recovery. So I went to install it via the goo manager, and now I'm getting the "Unauthorized software" warning message on boot, which I can bypass by booting to odin and cancelling. What the hell is going on? I get the unlocked custom sign and everything.

EDIT: Problem solved. Flashed stock via odin, re did the process, and it works fine now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xerotix:
I just built a new computer and am having trouble figuring out what I have to do to root/unlock my phone as I had a galaxy nexus previously and loved it...could someone please walk me through the steps I need to take? Thank you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ohlin5:
Sweet, good to know! :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KevTN:
I just download this...I using windows when I keep trying to open the program I get:

Could not find the main: CASUAL.CASUALApp Program will exit.

suggestions?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sipock97:
I just used this on Windows a few hours ago with success. Maybe try downloading again. Might have been a bad download.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] travisjshepherd:
I'm wanting to get root only for my buddies phone, he doesn't exactly know what he's doing so I don't even want to unlock his boot loader. He's on 4.3 will this still work?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] :
no this won't work for 4.3.....go here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2565758&highlight=s3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KevTN:
Thx...I updated java and it worked. Hope to root and such today
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Wisiwyg:
Just make sure you realize when you follow the link you're going to the GS4 forum and the instructions may (probably!) Not work for your GS3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KevTN:
Just tried to use this program. It never changed from disconnected after 5 or so mins. I was in Odin (power, vol dn, home)

I put it Odin usb'd to computer then opened the program....it did ask if I wanted to root and I answered yes. Nothing happened. I am on 4.1.2.

Will it show a script being ran or will it show as connected?

Thx
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] :
It's been verified as the only known working method in the 4.3 threads for the S3....I was just posting info for him that can be found in the general discussion threads on 4.3. Honestly, I have no idea because I won't take OTA.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KevTN:
I have made multiple attempts to use this program I can not seem to get it to recognize my phone. Any suggestion would be great thx.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
You can root. Search the forums for saferoot. If you took the OTA custom roms aren't currently an option

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2

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Odd, I used this to root mine without issue

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ScubaSteev:
Type in gs3 drivers in google and download them....thats what I just did and it worked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jbombs16:
Does this work the the latest update for sch-i925? I tried and the root method failed.

I was able to Root using the kingo method. Can I use this now to unlock the bootloader? I was reading in some other threads that doing so could brick the device.

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
I just did a search for "sch-i925" and El Goog is telling me that is a Galaxy Tab. No this does not work for any other device except a Verizon Galaxy S3 and it does not work on TW 4.3 VRUCML1.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] steveo17:
so i used this to root my gs3. i'm attempting to take the 4.3 ota, but it fails. waht do i have to do to take the ota and then re root using saferoot?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 0331:
The best way is to be 100% stock on 4.1.2

Sent from my Last Ever Samsung Device.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] steveo17:
yeah how do i get to that point though? i tried it last night and seemingly bricked my gs3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] khymbote:
This doesn't work if you have taken the 4.3 ota update. Maybe they will fix this. I would like to be on stock 4.3. I have had issues with roms and my phone. since it is out of warranty I'm not going to play with it to much more.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] duffycoug:
Why isn't my phone being recognized!!! OMG this is frustrating. I installed and reinstalled all drivers, they are all green check mark passed. I put in MTP mode, nothing is working.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mrctony:
try different cable/different usb port/reboot your computer reinstall drivers etc...

also make sure samsung kies is NOT Running...

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if you are rooted and have custom recovery the ota updates will fail.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] duffycoug:
Yeah, I did everything EXACTLY as described and it will not work. Tried different cables, different ports, re-installing drivers, reboots, etc. Everything in ODIN says PASS but it just doesn't work.

I finally gave up trying and hit accept on the software update and it failed. LOL. So I'm still on 4.1.2. with free hotspot and everything functions fine. So I'm good with it I guess. It does bother me that it didn't work though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] annoyingduck:
Anyone have a link to the newer version of this? The link in the op appears to be broken
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] landshark68:
Try turning phone off, remove battery and SIM card, put them back in, then power up phone. Plug into computer and drivers should start installing. Worked for me when I had the same problem. I did a Google search and found that solution.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jhr5474:
Wondering

If my friend took the ota update to 4.3 can I odin back to an older version and use Casual?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] annoyingduck:
My friend huh.... :p

Absolutely not, you will brick your phone. For the time being and possibly forever "your friend" is stuck on stock 4.3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Do you still need Casual? I think the link in the OP is just slow, I tested it a few hours ago.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] annoyingduck:
Yes I do... The link brings up a page cannot be displayed for me...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Weird, maybe its due to an ad blocker. Check your inbox!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jhr5474:
That is an affirmative MY FRIEND! I don't do OTA updates, I would never consider it. I know this wont work, I was asking if their was a workaround. IT CLEARLY STATES YOU WILL BRICK IN THE OP! but thank you for the sarcasm.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] landshark68:
There is no workaround right now. Your friend is stuck on 4.3. If he tries to revert to 4.1.2 or 4.0.4 he will hard brick his phone.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JMooney5115:
Hello. I'm running this in Windows 7. I read through the instructions twice and don't think I missed anything. I get an error: "Could not find the main class: CASUAL.CASUALApp. Program will exit." The MD5 of my download matches what's in the OP. What am I doing wrong here?

--

Mooney
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sixteen2nd:
Make sure you have the most recent version of Java.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dmginc:
As well as making sure all old versions are uninstalled.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LakerFam0824:
!

Hey shark nice to see a friendly face from the Fascinate days! So my gf took the update a few weeks back and has done nothing but complain. I told her that i would look into getting her phone unlocked Rom'd and root'd... guess thats not happening at this time. My question to you since you've been around for a while and maybe have heard are there any grumblings that some one is working on this? Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] landshark68:
I saw BeansTown106 was working on a ROM but hard-bricked his S3. Donations were taken up to get him a replacement S3, and I think he should be getting one soon. There are two ROMs posted in the development section based off the new 4.3 base, but you cannot flash them if you are already on 4.3 with the locked bootloader. I would think there is at least someone working on trying to crack the locked bootloader, but it's pretty much the same as the S4 locked bootloader and no one has as of yet had any success cracking that one.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lepa71:
What TWRP version does it come with? Can I just use this to unlock bootloader and then flash recovery from Goo.im(twrp) or ROM manager(cwr)?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] landshark68:
If you are still on 4.1.2, yes you can do that. If you are on the 4.3 OTA, this will not work and will at least soft brick your phone.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lepa71:
I'm on stock TW 4.1.2. The only this I did is to use this to root it. So what version of twrp is included?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wolfballz:
Can't recall what version of TWRP is included but if you want the latest you can use GooManager from the play store to install the latest TWRP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fischdl:
stuck in bootloader

I just got my S3 back from samung service (took them more than a month) I was happy to see that I was still on 4.1.2. I ran this "casual" to root/unlock/recovery. I am now stuck in Clockworkmod recovery v6.0.3.1 touch and it doesn't see the ext SD card? Any Ideas? How do I fix this?

There is a "apply /sdcard/update.zip but that scares me that it may be the Verizon 4.3 with locked boot loader.

Please help me xda you are my only hope!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] echodeluxe:
what if i want to root from 4.3?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dadiekane:
Is my phone done????

This is what I get when trying to flash stock rom back to 4.1.2

<ID:0/005> Added!!

<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..

<ID:0/005> File analysis..

<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/005> Initialzation..

<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/005> boot.img

<ID:0/005> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/005> RQT_CLOSE !!

<ID:0/005> RES OK !!

<ID:0/005> Removed!!

doesn't reboot into boot screen......gives me a pass message on odin.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hazard666:
I am on I535VRBMF1 and have tried unlocking the bootloader twice to no avail. I keep receiving the System software not authorized message. Is there something that I should be doing differently? I root the device and the device reboots and seems to take root fine but I cannot flash CW Touch because of the message.

E:Going from Steps 1 to 2 to 3 (flashing Touch). I assumed that regular CWM is not a necessary prerequisite for Touch but that could be what I get for assuming. In the process of trying to flash again. Will try regular CWM then Touch and not have an SD card inserted.

E2: Hmmm. It worked. Don't know if it was because of flashing regular CWM first or the absence of the SD card but I don't care. I'm happy.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] antawnm26:
let it stay in or it has frozen up on you...I would manually try and reboot if it does reboot it back to recovery do a factory reset and then wipe cache
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lepa71:
Will unlocking bootloader factory reset the phone? Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nygrik:
can this be used to relock bootloader and unroot? I am looking for a current method i only have 36 hours :/ before i sell these phones dont want the buyer to return them if they dont like freeeeeedom :)

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if you are rooted and have custom recovery the ota updates will fail.

now if i flash the stock recovery, and take the OTA, it will relock my bootloader and i will lose root ? now if i delete SUPERUSER before hand would that be returning to a stock like state (i dont care about binary

counter only appearances) or will i be stuck with a brick.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sd5500:
sorry to be redundant, but after bricking my original phone, there's no way to root and install custom roms on this replacement that came with 4.3?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePagel:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2575661

Op is wrong about roms. You can flash any 4.3 two rom.