yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Misterjunky:
re: flashing issues

This should fix the problem, here is CWM Recovery for the i9505 phone,

You will need to Odin flash this recovery: http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/GalaxyS4/GT-i9505/recovery/CWM/i9505-cwm-recovery-6.0.3.2-4.tar

I would suggest that instead of flashing those nighties flash the so called "stable" ones.

Sometimes with CM10 CWM recovery works a lot better than twrp if flashing with CM10.

Be sure that the rom zip file is in your internal sdcard before flashing.

I still cannot see why anyone would want to flash CM10/AOSP/AOKP roms......

By doing that most all the bells and whistles which normally come with the

Galaxy S4 phones will no longer be found after flashing any of those roms..

Sadly, instead of bells and whistles there will be many issues with those roms like the audio

during video playback will be so quiet that you will need a headset to hear it, that's if you

have good hearing.

Other issues will arise like bluetooth not working properly and the camera in general will be

degraded not only in the quality of the photos and videos but in the actual user interface it

will look like some home made app which does not even resemble the stock camera + you

will find it only has about one half as many options for picture taking and video recording.

Good luck!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jorel000:
I hope flashing using CWM would resolve the issue. The so called bells and whistles are the ones that annoy me most about Samsung. But then again, it's just my personal preference.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jorel000:
I was able to successfully install CM10.1 by flashing it repeatedly until it installed. Dunno if this is a bug in the ROM or recovery, but I do hope that this gets settled soon.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jasperras:
Had the same thing too, did you use the official release?

I had it with official, but it was fixed in hazanwars unofficial release just so you know :)
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] acikler:
oh no...my hp still new...

please help....

my hp stuck at samsung logo when restart...

firstly after root n flash xperia z flovour rom....it work fine....

but when im download Pimp My Rom from google play to decrease my dpi to 160 from 240..

then camera got problem ..lagging n stuck...

then when i hold power botton longtime.... it restart n stuck at samsung logo..

i already root again wit cwm n flash again rom ....but its still stuck at samsung logo...please help me:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mbent17:
Try This

Hey bro..got the same problem before when i flashed my phone with mod..but you can try this http://geeklantis.com/how-to-recover-a-soft-bricked-android-odin-method/ i just followed that and i got my phone back..it will restore to everything to stock though..hope it helps..;)
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] acikler:
THANK YOU FRENZ.... Im downloading it now.. will try it.. hope i get back my hp :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:hehe
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] acikler:
tq mbent17

Hey frenz... tq so much.... its work.... working like normal... juz wondering... im rooting back my hp .. its work... but... when I flash any rom that I had use before.. it nothing... nothing changes.... why?
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] haris.herry:
i have a i9082 galaxy grand dou its stuck on samsung logo i m able to go in to download mode. so i flashed some firmwares 3 but it wont bot in to os go into recovery. its just stuck on the logo did but it flashes fimware successfully through odin everytime.plz halp also did to pit thing with it it didnt work either. what is wrong i cant seem to understand. also flashed old and new bootloader to no avail.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cdictio:
I wonder if it would be possible to port quick settings from a Rom like CM to the standard Rom. I remember doing similar things with my Kindle fire (imported jelly bean background picture picker ans htcs live picture picker.)

PS: Don't be offended if this question is stupid somehow, i'm still an android noob, only used to ios modification :D
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IINexusII:
the standard rom has quick settings too, on 4.2.2
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TarekElsakka:
I'd like to know, too. TrickDroid has great QuickSettings and it would be awesome if it could be flashed to other 4.2.2 sense-based ROMs.

There are a couple of applications on the Play Store that install QuickSettings for you, like Widgetsoid which was my main one when I had the HTC One X.

Yeah, but it's nice to have it in the notification pulldown as well. It's 'quicker' that way.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biohaz55:
If you swipe down with 2 fingers you get extended settings.... just as quick!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TarekElsakka:
I know, but I always hold the device with one hand and use my thumb to tap, so it's not very practical for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BeansTown106:
&#9733;[8/27] [Casual] [Root, Unlock, Recovery] Vzw S3 Toolkit or 1-Click!![Up to MF1]&#9733;

DO NOT USE THIS IF YOU TOOK THE 4.3 UPDATE THIS WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE, THIS IS ONLY COMPATIBLE WITH FIRMWARES UP TO 4.1.2 MF1

First off BIG Thanks to Adam Outler for making CASUAL and Open sourcing it, and djrbliss for the motochopper root method!

Update: Have now Remade the Casual into more of a AIO Toolkit! Based off of adams initial idea back in the ICS days

this gives you the option to root, unlock your bootloader, flash a recovery of your choice and there is even reboot to download mode/recovery options :)

Fix's: New version 795b should fix device not shown as connected and misc errors

Disclaimer: This is only for the Verizon S3. DO NOT use this on any model other then the SCH-I535, as always im not responsible for anything that happens to your phone. This most likely will void your warranty.

Instructions to root/unlock/recovery:

1. enable usb debugging

2. put usb mode to mtp

3. Root Your phone with the root option (if you just want root stop here if u want to unlock bootloader and install a custom recovery continue)

4. verify root works aka go into SuperSu app and update Binary

5. flash the insecure bootloader (this unlocks the bootloader)

6. flash custom recovery of your choice (twrp, cwm, cwm touch all included)

Download: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23060877490002549

Md5sum: 8510cad61525fae9bdf424f9660db39d

Credits:

Adam Outler - CASUAL platform

Djrbliss - the motochopper root method

Chainfire - SuperSU

TeamWin- TWRP

Koush- Clockworkmod Recoverys

XDA:DevDB Information

★[8/27] [Casual] [Root, Unlock, Recovery] Vzw S3 Toolkit or 1-Click!! [Up to MF1]★, a Tool/Utility for the Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III

Contributors

beanstown106

Version Information

Status: Stable

Created 2013-09-07

Last Updated 2013-12-22
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BeansTown106:
One Click Do ALL Casual (older)

First off BIG Thanks to Adam Outler for making CASUAL and Open sourcing it, and djrbliss for the motochopper root method!

*****this method is now obsolete it still works fine but for the most control/stability i suggest using the new casual in the above post*****

Disclaimer: This is only for the Verizon S3 it checks it so dont even try another phone :P, as always im not responsible for anything that happens to your phone. This most likely will void your warranty.

Instructions:

1. enable usb debugging

2. plug in usb cable

3. hit Forget You Verizon(Do It) button

4. smile - profit within seconds

Download: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23011596498370911

Credits:

Adam Outler - CASUAL platform

Djrbliss - the motochopper root method

Chainfire - SuperSU

TeamWin- TWRP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Scott:
Sweeeeeeeeeeet!

Great job Beans. Thanks for letting me test!

Guys, give Beans some love on this. Makes life a lot easier!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
You want me to test

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I would like to try it as and test.....but I'm rooted already.....do I need to unroot first
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BeansTown106:
no i sat here and rerooted a hundred times to make sure it was ok lol, so test away :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
Time to play:)

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how do i run this file ....sorry im a idiot
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nicholi2789:
Amazing work. Thank you so much for all you do for this community Beans! You just made our lives so much easier.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
any takers.looked on net and searched but cant get the file to run ..can anyone tell how to use a jar file.....:angel:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] obeygiant:
What OS? Do you have Java Runtime Environment installed? You should be able to right click the file, and go to Open With --> JRE. Or open a terminal, and type java -jar "your file name"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ocbooger:
Awesome

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
thanks...i had to update my java.....but during install it stopped and said this is not for your device

Edit=I got it to work
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Is this for Windows, Mac, or both? I ask cuz the ICS version of this was Mac/Linux officially.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dark_system:
I used this on windows 7 and it worked fine.

This is so much easier now, simply amazing. Thank You!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BeansTown106:
Its built from the newest casual nightly so it should work on all even rasberry pi!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] anothen:
great tool!

I literally missed trying this by one day. I got my S3 yesterday and suppose I did it the "old-fashion way" but it's good for me bc ODIN is so foreign to me. Thanks for the great tool though!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droideris1:
since this uses TWRP and I prefer CWM, after this is finished, I can just flash my CWM recovery.img in odin and be fine right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BeansTown106:
ya or u could just download rom manager and flash cwm in the app :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kgirlx:
I can't wait to try this on wife's phone she has stock 4.1.2..... No root.... I've been rooted since I got this in Dec. I keep telling her let me do it so Verizon can't force the **** on you and to turn off the **** she never uses..... Thanks guys will report back
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ericsdeadinside:
Can I use this to just root and not flash a new recovery?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
So they fail to install while in debugging mode? You definitely need that working with usb debugging enabled. If you reboot the phone then reconnect, does Casual still fail to recognize your phone?

Edit: Hmm, does Odin fail to recognize your phone since these drivers are failing to install? Also, do you have another usb cable to use?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Chadashcroft22:
Had the same problem with my pc using the back usb 3.0 ports and it did the same thing. I just plugged it into the front usb ports and it worked fine there. Easy way to see if this is your problem is go into computer and try to click on sch-i535 and you should see your internal storage and sd storage if you have one otherwise if nothing shows up it was buggy like mine was.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zcar.300:
The drivers fail in debugging mode. In regular mode it connects just fine and I can transfer files and everything. Yes still fails after a reboot, most likely because the drivers still do not install. Odin works fine. I've flashed multiple times using Odin.

I don't have USB 3 on this PC. I can see both drives.

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The devices that fail to install are called: "CDC serial" and "SAMSUNG_Android_SCH-I535"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hockeypuck55:
I went through the process once and it hung at installing recovery. Closed the program and unplugged the phone. Plugged the phone back in and ran the program again and I got all the way through saying it was successful. Phone rebooted. SU cannot install the updated binary and is saying I don't have root. Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] annoyingduck:
Replacement device will be arriving tomorrow, can't wait to test this piece of software sweetness...:). Thank you for making this, a friend of mine used the casual method on his note 2 and raved about it. One thing I'm not clear on though, does kies need to be uninstalled? I don't see why it would, cause once debugging is enabled kies won't auto launch.

Oh, and on a personal note, phone thieves should deserve nothing less than a horrible slow anal bleeding death...!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] annoyingduck:
need immediate help, ran program all went well (said it took). did not boot into twrp, but booted into stock recovery. rebooted and ran installer again, now it says unoutorized software, return to verizon. cannot boot into recovery
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ocbooger:
Odin back to stock

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] egore93:
Wow that was so easy and fast. This is way better then the long way. Thank you bean's and others who helped.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] annoyingduck:
So this is what I did: booted into download mode, rebooted system from there which bypassed the triangle of death. Su was installed, bootloader was still locked, and recovery not in place. Installed ez unlock and unlocked, installed twrp from goo manager. Booted recovery, rebooted system from recovery such then patched root. All is good now, unclear what went wrong.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] papa54:
I looked here n there a couple months back and had not seen anywhere that proclaimed it would root etc with 4.1.2 so i stayed stock but i hate the darned bloatware that not only is VZW's but Amazon's and Google's crap that i never use for nothing and theres even a game or 2 that i didnt install and can not remove, and i refuse to budge from >>>>Win 7 Home Premium<<<<... that was a trip gettin rid of ie 8 and ie 9... now if there is a way for me to do a root to get rid of this bloated junk,.,. as 1 person said he was "Old School" welp we were in tthe 1st grade together.. lol.. if anyone feels like sending me to the right spot and please,, i have read hundreds of pages of repeats,,, please make it simple. I would sincerely appreciate it. thx in advance . SGS3 all OTA's already on phone,

base band i535VRBMF1.. THX
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SilverFox66:
I had to switch to VZ last weekend. AT&T dropped the power to their local antenna, leaving me in the cold in a dead zone. I went to Sams, bought a brand new VZ GS3 for .96. I took it home and played with it, and decided I would keep it.

I d/l the latest drivers for my phone, and deleted the old abd.exe file from my previous phone (XTC One X that I now have to get rid of) and updated my Android SDK.

I d/l casual, read the instructions (what little there was since it is so easy) and it found my phone and did what it was supposed to. It booted to recovery, and I had to swipe to finish the root process.

The first thing I did was make a full backup in case I needed to return to stock/root/unlocked.

I then went hunting for a ROM that was close to what I was used to on my One X (Viper). I installed a custom ROM, made another backup, installed all my apps and got everything set and made another full backup.

This "casual root/unlock" couldnt have been easier to use. Thanks!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
You want a more manual method of rooting? If so, follow this. Then use a file explorer like ES FIle Explorer or Root Explorer and delete the system apps you want to remove OR use Titanium Backup.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] purudaya:
Works

Just tried this on a brand-new, never-rooted s3 running MF1. Worked like a charm - just make sure you update Java to the latest version and have the latest samsung drivers installed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] starcallr:
P e r f e c t ////
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] guitarEd182:
I'm waiting for an update to this. I heard beans was working on it. I hope it comes soon. Anybody have success on a Mac?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Absolutely works on ML 10.8 on my MBP. I posted fairly early into this thread. Just make sure you have JAVA installed and you'll be set.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] annoyingduck:
I'm still curious what went wrong when I used this on my replacement device. Possibly a Windows 8 issue? Either way I got it too work, just was not as simple as everyone else.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Droid0351:
Man! This was easiest method ever. Thanks for this. Now, is there a script to unroot, relock and return to stock without using Odin. This is a little different than my gnex and never using Odin. How do I know if the bootloader is unlocked?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cnlson:
Thanks beans!

for me it worked first time. stupid OTA came today and I had disabled root to run a program that has a root checker. long story short the OTA killed root, my recovery and everything. didn't really want to spend all day flashing so when i saw this i took a chance.

ran it, perfect first time. 1 thing I noticed is that the screen went dark after the Supersu install and so i just about missed seeing the grant request for ADB to unlock (i think) it was stalled and so i unlocked the phone and managed to click the grant request right before the time ran out and it did not get the access.

perhaps that is what is happening for others. perhaps you should set your screen timeout to 5 minutes before running this and you will be able to grant and it will work the first time.

thanks Beans! this ruled. subscribed to this thread for the next OTA :fingers-crossed::highfive::cool:

oh, and i almost forgot! this did not trip the flash counter for me! YAY!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cstone1991:
So I ran into a problem on my first attempt, the last few lines of text displayed this:

[*] Installing Recovery

/system/bin/sh: su: not found

[*] Unlocking

/system/bin/sh: su: not found

[*] rebooting into recovery. Make Sure you "Fix Root" in TWRP when rebooting to system!

done

Script Complete

Upon rebooting it loaded into the stock recovery. On my second try I set my screen timeout time to 5 minutes as the guy above me mentioned to see if I possibly missed any messages that may have popped up and nothing ever showed, but when it rebooted it was in TWRP. I created a backup and chose Fix Root before rebooting and root is working. The only thing that I did differently the second time, aside from setting the screen timeout to 5 minutes(which didn't seem to matter for me), was to plug the phone in AFTER starting the 1 Click program. I am thinking that's what made the difference for me so that is something for anyone who is having troubles to try.

BTW I just got my phone and it was on MF1, after reading some of the other threads I was thinking that rooting on this FW would be a pain but this really couldn't have been much easier other than the ~2 minutes I wasted on my first attempt. Now to install CWM and choose a ROM to start with....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ridenickel9:
re locked bootloader

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hturbulence:
NICE

Dude, you are the bomb!:good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tazfanatic:
Freaking awesome

I rooted 2 of my buddies that have VZW GS3's the long way and what a PITA. A friend/coworker ask me to root her's so naturally I cringed. Started looking for the files to see if there were any new methods or files needed for bmf1. I knew it was newer version then before. I then came across this and was a little skeptical because of all the other BS I went through in the pass. I about crapped myself over how easy this was thank you so much you saved me a TON of FREAKING time and aggravation.

THANKS A TON

:highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidxxxxx:
For sure was pretty easy fo me to..I just did it yesterday.. Except I actually did crap myself it was so easy lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yamaha_wins:
Updates

This doesnt block OTA updates? also if your phones does do a OTA update after using this method will your phone have any problems?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] annoyingduck:
Once a custom recovery is installed your phone cannot receive OTA's. If you stay stock rooted after using this method you will get OTA notifications, but install will fail due to TWRP recovery being installed. So no it doesn't block them, but they won't install, so you will not lose root.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yamaha_wins:
ok, I had just got a warranty replacement. First thing I did was root with this method, right after I looked down and the phone was downloading a OTA update.. So I was like.. Crap
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] annoyingduck:
It's advisable to take the OTA then root using this method. That way all your business is up to date.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yamaha_wins:
I plan on throwing a custom AOSP/TW rom on the phone, So wouldnt the update be a waste of time?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] annoyingduck:
No, you'll just need to flash an aio vrmbf1 radio/modem package to be on the current firmware. A rom will not update those partitions.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] drdiehl:
Casual

WOW, what a great app this is. Literally seconds to complete. This is by far the fastest way to perform these operations. I rooted my sons S3 with odin, and was about to do mine when I found this. Thanks for all the hard work and time spent developing this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Smok3d:
I just did this and now i get the "system software has been altered, please take to closest verizon store error" not sure what i did wrong, can someone help out?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] annoyingduck:
Read back a few pages. Same thing happened to me. Pull the battery, put it back, Hold home, volume down, and power to get into download mode and do what I did written a few pages back
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Smok3d:
can you link the files please? or give me the link for FM1 so i can odin back to stock?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] annoyingduck:
Did you do what I did first? You should be rooted already. Get into download mode and reboot the system from there. If it boots, see if super user is there.

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Download mode reboot bypasses the triangle of death.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Smok3d:
it booted from odin, wow. what do i do now?

super user is there
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] annoyingduck:
Did just reboot with odin or did you flash an image?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Smok3d:
i did what you told me to do home+down+power and rebooted through download sorry for writting odin!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] annoyingduck:
Is super user installed?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Smok3d:
yes super user is installed..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] annoyingduck:
Good. Open it and update the binary. Then download goo manager from the playstore. Open it and grant it su rights. In the options menu choose install open script recovery. It will then download TWRP and flash it for you. Go here: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/32456-app-920-ez-unlock-14-easiest-way-to-unlock-your-bootloader/

And install ez unlock 1.2, and use it to unlock your bootloader.

Reboot into recovery and update root when prompted.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Smok3d:
thanks i appreciate it!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] annoyingduck:
No prob, glad it worked out fine
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dpn982:
This worked great thank you very much, definitely easier than the manual method