yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dark_system:
No, you will need Odin to get back to stock.

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I'm not sure what this statement is for, but I can confirm that this file is not BS. Worked perfect on latest ota update. Only took about 30 seconds too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BeansTown106:
ok.. and how is this? considering this is your first post sence 2011 i let that do the talking..

no this replaces odining different bootchains to enable flashing a recovery and unlocked bootloader. this basically makes it much easier to get back to being modified after odining stock
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] macman159:
He probably meant This is Da Sh!t's lol

Haven't tried this method, but when I need to, I am glad that there is a stupid easy way of doing it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tpike:
Excellent work beans!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] goatman101:
Worked like a charm

This came at just the right time. I literally got my phone back two hours before I saw this. My phone came back locked and unrooted after a brick JTAG repair. Don't ask me how I bricked my phone, but word to the wise - be careful when flashing kernels!! :eek:

This put me right back on track - simpler than ever. Worked beautifully with Windows 7. Thank you BEANS!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Works pefectly on ML 10.8.4 for my Mac. Just had to download Java like [MENTION=3396383]obeygiant[/MENTION] posted and I was all set. Beans, you're definitely doing a service to us all! Appreciate you being such a helpful dev!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cdmoore74:
I have a silly question for you guys since I'm a Note 2 user. My friend just bought a S3 yesterday and he wants me to get him unlocked. I know the OP said any OTA but I want to make sure that this includes the ota released a few days ago. I want to make sure since I never followed the S3 scene. I won't have the phone till tonight and I don't know what firmware he has.

Should I upgrade his stock to the latest and then use the tool or just use the tool on older firmware? I told him not to accept any updates.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dark_system:
Yes, this will work on the latest OTA VRBMF1 released a couple days ago. I used this tool yesterday to root, unlock, and install custom recovery.

Hope this helps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cdmoore74:
Thank you so much for the quick reply. All my friend cares about is the unlocked tethering (to cheap to have home internet). Any Rom recommendations for someone that will not flash Roms on a regular basis?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] t1231:
I was on synergy from the start, had no problems and loved it, recently switched to http://xdaforums.com/showthread.ph...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BeansTown106:
if thats all he wants id put him on the vrbmf1 stock build and just find a flashable mod for the tethering
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BeansTown106:
thanks bud appreciate it a bunch~!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PDAnuby:
So I am also on MF1 used this method and everything went fine saw super SU, this was done yesterday. Just now I had a problem with an app and I manually rebooted the phone, came back with Verizon detected an non-authorized crap message.

I am hoping I can re-flash to stock with Odin and get it back, something obviously is not right.

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wow, I am glad I was able to get it back with Odin and KIES_HOME_I535VRBMB1_861013_REV09_user_low_ship_NOWIPE.tar.md5

Not doing this again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] robdec17:
Anyone else see any issues like PDAnuby did?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] manbat:
Do you have the latest java?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] savan12986:
does this work with VRBMF1?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] savan12986:
Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SOCOM-HERO:
I used this and it didn't reboot into TWRP. I was stuck with a secure kernel fail and the phone wouldn't turn on past the yellow triangle of death courtesy of VZW. Eventually, I somehow got it into ODIN mode/download mode and re-flashed a stock recovery to fix this. I don't want to mess up again, so I need to figure out how to get TWRP on the phone without using the crappy goomanager app. I don't trust it. Period, it nearly bricked my phone.

I think I will go with using ODIN to install TWRP this time around using the latest 2.6.3.0 version from TeamWin's site.

Dear lawd, this should have been easier...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sixstringedmatt:
Quick question - I installed CWM on a Verizon variant and can't get into CWM recovery with the Vol Up, Home and Power option. Just the standard recovery. Can anyone give me a quick hand? I want to backup my IMEI before flashing a ROM and need CWM to do all of this.

If it means anything, I first installed CWM Touch and got the "Unauthorized software" message. Now I have CWM vanilla and it works so far, but can't actually GET to recovery.

Thanks!

M
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SOCOM-HERO:
Hey! I just had this happen and didn't have CWM installed yet. I literally had just rooted the phone and it failed to install TWRP using goomanager. I personally am gonna install CWM. Anyhow....

Just boot into ODIN mode using vol down+home+pwr, wait until you see the "recovery booting" screen+Sammy logo. Then it should have the "download" and triangle/android screen. Use this file: http://stockroms.net/file/GalaxyS3/SGH-I535/stockrecovery/Verizon-SCH-I535-StockRecovery.tar to get back to stock recovery using ODIN. Reboot. Flash CWM using your preferred method. Then boot into CWM recovery as normal vol up+home+power.

edit: remember to delete your messed up CWM before you install a new one.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
I'm almost sure I had windows 8 when I ran this but I could be mistaken that I was running 7 at the time

Running Bonestock 3.3 on my S3

Stock unrooted on GT-P3113

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Another suggestion would be to use terminal emulator if you can still get into the phone itself. I find that works wonders and it's a whole lot easier than trying to hold all 3 keys down at startup

Running Bonestock 3.3 on my S3

Stock unrooted on GT-P3113
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sixstringedmatt:
Thanks! That did the trick.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SOCOM-HERO:
I am at the point where I have root, have an unlocked bootloader, but cannot install CWM or TWRP without "soft bricking" the phone. I can recover from this by installing the stock recovery again through Odin, but I have a feeling that Casual didn't work for me properly the first time I ran it for some reason. I ran Casual, but the phone never reset or booted back into TWRP. In fact I was never able to get the phone to boot into anything but stock recovery, even after trying to manually install TWRP using both Goomanager (resulting in a soft brick) and Odin (resulting in a FAIL in the program, and me having to reinstall stock android recovery to get the phone to work again).

Any advice? I think I might just run Casual again to see if it can finally give me TWRP recovery (I uninstalled Casual and re-downloaded it again for good measure). If I were to run Casual on my rooted/unlocked bootloader phone, would that result in damage to the phone? or would it fix my issue with not being able to get into TWRP recovery?

Thanks in advance for reading,

TL;DR: CAN YOU RUN CASUAL MORE THAN ONCE, even if you are rooted/unlocked bootloader?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MrPeter1985:
I just get Link status, too many devices and never works for me in Windows 8
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
If casual rooted your phone, you can always use ez recovery to flash either cwm or TWRP. You could also use cwm recovery or goo manager from within the rom itself, then you can skip using casual or Odin all together.

I'd also recommend checking bootloader status with ez unlock version 1.2

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SOCOM-HERO:
BADUSERNAME! YOU WIN ALL MY INTERNETZ FOR A YEAR!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:good::good::good::good::good::good::good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
Lol, you win for the best thanks of the year. Glad you got it working.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dinc User:
I do, but I still can't figure out hoe to run the program.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chicojd:
Tried to run on Win7... Got "can not find main class Casual.CasualAPP" any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
File seems to be gone from Android file host. I would download and attempt to run it but I never saved it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fmcneely:
THIS IS GREAT. I'm enjoying root and cyanogenmod a lot thanks to all of you. I don't like Java and uninstalled is shortly after using it. I seem to recall a "DONATE" button on the app. Is there a link that anyone can provide where I might donate via browser?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] astevens54:
Okay I successfully, rooted with Casual and installed ClockWorkMod. How do I unlock my s3 and install CM 10.1.3? Thanks in advance.

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I think I just hosed up my phone. I installed ClockWorks and tried doing a backup the phone rebooted into recovery mode say "System software not authorized... go to nearest Verizon... How can I get out of this mode. My guess is this happened because I was rooted but not unlocked. Any help would be appreciated. I cannot get to the recovery screen and is hung at the yellow triangle with the message.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Bonkurei:
your best bet is to odin back to stock after that root, unlock bootloader and install custom recovery using casual ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Can you get into download mode?

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Agreed. Ignore the message I quoted 1st in this post lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mike.d:
Thanks!

And thanks for the heads up on SU request, took me a minute!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RiseUp:
Success! (I chose to only root.)

Used Win 8 x64. Had NO problems whatsoever. Thank you to beanstown106 for this fantastic app, and thanks to all who posted tips and solutions in this thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] saltcreep1:
Sorry for the noob questions. I ran after running the java file I now have root but when my phone rebooted it didn't reboot into a recovery at all it just went straight to the home screen. If I manually boot into recovery it boots into stock recovery.

Is there something else I need to do to install TWRP? Will I need to to go back to stock? I'm not sure I want to flash other roms but it's possible.

Also I can't find an option in SuperuserSU to update bininary. Where and how do I do this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Bonkurei:
you need to unlock the bootloader first to be able to install custom recovery such as twrp.

since you already root, just use casual again choose flash the insecure bootloader (unlock bootloader)

and then flash custom recovery of your choice (twrp, cwm, cwm touch).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] saltcreep1:
Thanks i didnt see the drop down to select select the other options. everthing worked good except when i rebooted i kept getting an error unable to connect to google servers try again later. I rebooted into recovery then rebooted system but the issue persisted. before messed with anything else I did a nand backup and when i rebooted all was fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sean09232:
does this method work on I535vrbmf1? also will it work on windows 8.1?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RiseUp:
:good:

That's what I'm on, and it has worked for me. Well, at least the rooting worked, because that's the only option I needed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sean09232:
does anyone know if it will work on windows 8.1?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] redjama:
Just tried new version last night. Did not detect my device. Installed previous version and all worked well
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Your best bet is to try it and let us know. If I'm not mistaken, Windows 8.1 is very new so nobody has posted about it yet. Don't think anyone has mentioned OSX Mavericks compatibility yet either.

Perfect!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bline22:
Where did you get the previous version? It wont detect my device either.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] redjama:
Scroll down the first page. Should be the next post
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bline22:
Thanks. I had tried that one too but it still never connects. The latest release flashes connected then goes immediately to disconnected. Anyone else have similar issues by chance and if so how did you fix it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RiseUp:
Some people in this thread have reported that they successfully ran the scripts even though the tool says that the phone is disconnected. Have you tried to run it, anyway?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bline22:
I don't have the option of running it on the newest release as when disconnected it is grayed out. I have tried it on the older version but it doesn't seem to do anything.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] matalo:
I can confirm this works on 8.1.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tamelion1117:
+1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] EindhovenOne:
Kinda freaking out here...

I just received my replacement S3 from Asurion because my first one got all jacked up. I used Casual on my first one and everything went fine, but now even though it says everything went fine and I can boot into TWRP it prompts me for a password and if I just hit cancel then I have no functionality in TWRP whatsoever. TWRP will not recognize any of my SD cards and I therefore cannot install any custom ROM. I have tried both the newer and the older Casual with same results. I have no idea what the problem is.

EDIT: I tried the new Casual again but choosing CWM Touch recovery and the same problems. It will not recognize/mount my external_sd or the internal SD/ I get errors on the log screen every time.

EDIT 2: I have now even gone as far as to Odin back to stock but still end up with the same results. TWRP wants a password for some reason, neither TWRP or CWM will recognize the SD card and I can't even browse to the root directory of the phone and I cannot mount anything.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mystique:
Having the same issue here as well..

I ended up giving up on twrp.. which was the problem..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2215567

I would have flashed philz.. but I'll give that more time..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] EindhovenOne:
lol I am glad that I was not the only one having an issue, My workaround was a bit more deliberate, however. I ended up just taking apart both phones and swapping out the old board into the new replacement phone and all is well lol. I am kinda scared to upgrade to the newest version of TWRP because it is actually working on my phone at 2.5.0.0 but I saw that 2.6.0.3 was just released.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LucasMN:
Wow does this work good.

I had purchased my S3 earlier this year and this wasn't out yet.

Due to some issues I decided to use Odin and flash a stock image.

Downloaded this app to try it. Worked perfect with Windows 8.1 64bit, Java 7u45.

Root, insecure boot and twrp installed in a couple minutes. Much easier than the last process I used.

Thanks for the work!

Edit: If you can't get it to connect to your phone, make sure in Developer Options you allow USB debugging.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] krustybaguette:
Unlocking bootloader

I spent half the day trying to figure out another way to unlock my VZW SGS3 VBRMF1 with no success, but having figured out how to run the Casual Java program I am wondering if after using it to root my phone I will have to use another utility, such as the Android apk EZ-UNLOCK

to unlock the bootloader in order to avoid problems down the road.

Before taking the next step, do I need to do some kind of backup or will this procedure leave my setup intact, especially data that I have either created or downloaded and edited.

kb

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I had to change the file permission to executable. First i tried to open it with JRE 7 (Java Runtime) and got this complaint

"The file '/home/kenneth/Desktop/bootchain/d2vzw-CASUAL-R795b-BeansTown106.jar' is not marked as executable. If this was downloaded or copied from an untrusted source, it may be dangerous to run. For more details, read about the executable bit."

I read the link marker "executable bit" and decided to right click on the Casual R795b file, select properties, and change the file permission

to "allow executing as a program".

After that the program ran and I followed the steps to run the scripts to root my Verizon phone i535 VBRmf1. After that when I rebooted I

ran a program I had previously downloaded and saved to my external SD card. ez-unlock. After granting it root access it was a piece of cake

to unlock my bootloader.

Both the Casual program and the EZ-Unlock program had audio confirmation as you run them

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***Ken Browne clacking the keys in Olde Sturbridge, Massachusetts***
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] esomday:
CWM Loop

Hello All,

I am stuck in a CWM loop after rooting just keeps comming back to Clockwork MOD. Please Help. Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] StifflerServices:
can someone please send me the link for the Java Runtime Environment so i can root this thing already. i cant find it anywhere on this thread except make sure you have it installed, i even tried finding it on xda yet still no luck. sorry about being frustrated, just dont want to download any of the ones from googles search if its not the right one. so any help would be greatly appriciated. please and thank you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rogerwalker22:
I for the life of me can not figure out how to get TWRP on here. I rooted the phone for my sister and when I go into the Goo app and try to install the recovery it says to wait 10 seconds and then it says the download is starting. Nothing happens and then a page pops up that is no good. Please help and thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vmancini3:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

Sent from my SCH-I535 NOT using that garbage called TapaTalk 4!

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Dude....this is straight off the TWRP website....

Download - Recovery Image Method (using dd):

Select the latest .img file from here
Download the above file. *

Using adb shell or terminal emulator:

su

dd if=/sdcard/recoveryfilename.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18

Make certain that you get this command right. *Typing the wrong number could result in a brick!

Or.....cuz I know we should be talking about the Verizon Galaxy S3 here.....download the app "EZ-Recovery" from the Play store (should ONLY be used with the Verizon S3). Then download the .img of the recovery you're looking for off of TWRP's website, open the app (the app is very straightforward) and tell it where you're downloaded .img file is, flash it and profit!

Sent from my SCH-I535 NOT using that garbage called TapaTalk 4!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hatefuel19:
+1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sixteen2nd:
What OS are you running? If you are using a Mac, it is my understanding that you need at least 10.7.x.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mystique:
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=8716

When twrp or cwm bootloops..

ODIN flash cwm touch..

#win
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] huskerstylee:
I have now had to flash the factory image via ODIN after two attempts using Casual following the exact instructions:

structions 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)

last attempt i used EZ-Recovery and flashed the .img file for TWRP recovery then used the "reboot into recovery" option from the app. It attempted to reboot than turned off. I tried to manually enter recovery mode with the same result. Luckily I was able to use ODIN to lash the factory image again and get back to home base.

I dont want to try a third time without a different approach. Ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Interesting because I ran casual once and haven't had to do it another time since

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] huskerstylee:
Maybe this is something I should have known from the on-set, but I finally got it to boot into TWRP by flashing 2.6.1 instead of 2.6.3...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fatalfuryy:
I received a new phone because i broke my old one. Has anyone experienced this issue before and know how to resolve this? If any additional information is needed please let me know and i will provide it

This phone came with 4.1.2

Build number JZO54K.I535VRBMF1

Kernal Version 3.0.31-1152558

When i root the phone everything works fine. Once i reboot and unlocked the bootloader and installed cwm. i noticed after reboot it triggered off the custom binary and now shows Yes (1) and i received the yellow Triangle saying to go to the verizon store.

I odin back to normal and tried it again

I was able to install all the root, unlock bootloader and did twrp.

everything boots normal without issues but now i'm trying to wipe the device so i could install a custom rom and i am receiving the following error messages

Data Format complete

Failed

E: unable to find partition size for '/boot'

E:unable to find partition size for '/data'

E:unable to find partition size for '/recovery'

updating partition details...

E: Unable to mount '/system'

E: Unable to mount '/cache'

E: Unable to mount '/cache'

E: TWFunc : : Copy_Log, - - Cant open destination log

formatting data using make_ext4fs...

E:unable to wipe '/data'

E:unable to format to remove encryption

updating partition details

E:unable to mount '/system'

E:unable to mount '/cache'
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DieselNY:
I need some help. I recently received a replacement phone because I cracked my screen. My current phone was baseband VRBMB1 and running LiquidSmooth 2.9 with no problems.

Replacement phone is baseband VRBMF1 and because of that I had to use the Casual Root method to root and unlock it. Installed TWRP then flashed LiquidSmooth. Now no sounds work - ringtone, keyboard typing sounds, siriusxm app and you tube bugs out and won't play videos. Everything vibrates no sounds at all.

To fix it I've reflashed even different versions of the rom. Wiped over and over. Even unrooted and went back to stock and tried again still nothing. I flashed another rom (not liquidsmooth) and same thing ...sounds don't work on the other rom.

Anyone have any idea what I can do? I wonder if it has to do with the new phone being VRBMF1. I'm losing my mind spending hours trying to fix it. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
If sound does not work on stock then you should exchange that device for another once again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DieselNY:
Sorry I wasn't clear. Works fine on stock. Wont work on liquidsmooth and another rom. Finally found a rom it works on.... beansrom. Liquidsmooth works fine on my other s3 but not on my new one thats a newer baseband.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fatalfuryy:
dieselny did you experience the same issue i was having when trying to wipe the data?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DieselNY:
No but I think both of our issues has something to do with our baseband even thought I did casual root which is specifically for our phone. I wish someone could help because I can't use liquidsmooth anymore and I really want too. Beansrom is working fine but liquidsmooth is so much better.