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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] upndwn4par:
If you are having problems with method #2, be sure to try downloading the most recent TRWP and SuperSu. The Knox remover script in the OP worked fine for me, but you might need the most recent. All threads for sources are linked in the OP.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
I've been seeing a number of people having problems with root over the past few days. Maybe it has something to do with the latest SuperSU?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Just checked chainfires thread and he knows about the problems people are having. If SuperSU 2.01 or 2.02 are not working for you, you can use the link in my sig to download an older version that should work just fine.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] upndwn4par:
I have 1.65 linked in the op. Should work as well after a Play Store update.

Sent from some device using XDA Premium mobile app
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ismellburnttoast:
So I've been at this for awhile now and I'm still not getting it.

The first method appears to work (using the latest CF-Auto-Root) but alas, the phone remains unrooted.

With the second method, likewise, it appears that TWRP (2.8.0.1) has installed successfully, but when I reboot into recovery I'm getting what looks to be the stock one.

Any thoughts? Suggestions? Am I doing something wrong here?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
This happens if you updated via Ota. Uncheck auto reboot in Odin, then flash recovery. When it says Pass in Odin, unplug and pull the battery. Put it back in and boot straight into recovery. (If it boots system first it'll rewrite stock recovery again).

Now flash SuperSU. Flashing this will overwrite one of the files that causes this so it shouldn't happen again.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ismellburnttoast:
Amazing! It worked-ish.\

have TWRP installed now, but it asks for a password that I did not set. I can hit cancel and it will let me through, but will not mount anything (internal storage appears as 0mb, with no files to be seen).

EDIT: Booted back into the system again and the recovery goes back to stock. Madness!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
OK, I don't know about the password. Did you have any encryption applied? You might need to factory reset....

Next time you root, delete or rename these and it'll definitely stop stock recovery from coming back.

/system/etc/install-recovery.sh

/system/recovery-from-boot.p

Weird stuff on that password though. Is it when you boot up normal or recovery?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ismellburnttoast:
Hmm, well the thing is that I have yet to successfully root the thing... The closest I got was booting into TWRP. And no dice with CF-Autoroot either.

Oh and the password is for recovery.

I'm thinking I must have some newer BS OTA firmware that's clogging up the tubes (so to speak). Newish phone, you see.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] proza:
I am new to SGS3.

I have an SGH-i747m with stock 4.3 from Koodo Canada.

I would like to install CWM Recovery to my phone and root it.

There are too many threads about this, such as this thread and http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1725839

I am confused and do not know with one to follow.

Could anyone help me?

Thanks!

p.s. I also would like to unlock it myself, is there a free way?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
What version of recovery are you using? Try flashing recovery again. But redownload first. Ive got the latest few via a link in my sig.

Then try flashing the newest SuperSU from the link in my sig. I think its v1.94.

If you are on 4.3, I highly suggest using towelroot. It doesn't get any easier! There's a thread for it here in General and I have a thread in Tmobiles General section, 1st page usually. Or Google it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] proza:
How about CWM Recovery?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
You can flash SuperSU via recovery, yes. But do not use v2.01 or 2.02.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hstubc:
Stock recovery instead of TWRP?

Hi,

I have a galaxy s3 from fido 4.4.2

I just flashed the TWRP tar but when I hold volume up button during boot, stock recovery comes up instead of TWRP.

Could you help me please?

Thank you!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] proza:
I would like to install CWM Recovery, which version is compatible and what are the steps?

My phone is SGH-i747m from Koodo Canada with Android 4.3.

Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ismellburnttoast:
You're probably in the same boat as me - a recent OTA 4.4 update seems to be making it harder to root as it flashes back the stock recovery on reboot along with some other wonky things.

Since you're on 4.3, you can use towelroot! So easy - basically a one-click root. Get the apk here.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] proza:
Thank you, I am asking about CWM recovery.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
See my post #267.

Has always done this if updated via ota.

Download the latest d2att or d2lte in .tar format and flash via Odin.

Or root first with towelroot and install Rom Manager and let it do the install for you. Either way should work just fine.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cLogic:
assuming you are using Odin on a pc to flash twrp ...

UNcheck Auto Reboot

flash the recovery tar

when Odin is done ... very fast to flash 10MB recovery ... PULL battery

unplug from pc

put battery back in

hold VolUP + Home + Power

should boot into twrp recovery

THEN ... you can use Advanced file manager in twrp to rename/delete those two files as mentioned above which re-install stock recovery after boot

then ... tell samsung what you think of them ;)

now twrp recovery will persist between boots

fyi ... if on 4.3+ ... root will be a royal pain in the ass .. simpler to just install a custom rom and forget about touchwiz ;)

as you can see by My sig, I'm enjoying CM 11 M10 with call recording and Omni rom ... both of which make My phone run as smooth and quick as when I got it back in 2012 ... bye bye touchwiz ... never again!

btw ... just noticed there is a new, second kitkat firmware ... first was NF1, now there's NH2

anyone have it?

anything new and exciting or just a firmware upgrade?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ismellburnttoast:
Hmm, I will give this another shot sometime soon.

NH2 is what i have. Released mid-September. Haven't noticed anything...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cLogic:
thanks for your feedback ... I believe NH2 is just the patched kernel to prevent towelroot

NF1 4.4.2 was kernel built june 4 and towelroot worked on that version

this is just the patch from sammy to prevent joy ;)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ShadowVlican:
thank you for this sticky

CF-Auto-Root worked great on my Rogers S3 (I747MVLUFNF2_I747MOYAFNF2_I747MVLUFNF2_HOME.tar.md5)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ismellburnttoast:
Okay, so I flashed TWRP and I can get into the advanced file manager, but no files are showing up, so I can't delete the two files that are causing it to restore to stock. Hmm...

Edit: It's apparently unable to mount anything.. The folders show up, but they're all empty.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cLogic:
in twrp, you have to use the Mount button from menu (before file manager) ... to mount the system partition

THEN, go into the file manager
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ismellburnttoast:
"Unable to mount" :(

EDIT: Maybe I'm just not pulling the battery soon enough? Could this be the cause?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ismellburnttoast:
Any success rooting KitKat post-the new August firmware (NH2)?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] suterusudake:
No command

I've tried flashing multiple recoveries, TWRP, CWM, all of different versions, and even following the simplest instructions possible, I cannot get it to accept the recovery. When it reboots, it pulls up the stock recovery and the android symbol has a warning symbol over it and underneath it says No Command. What is going on here? Am I not allowed to root an ATT phone?

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I don't see a system folder anywhere, let alone any files with those names. Do I have to do anything special for them to show up? You are talking about in the system folder of the phone correct? Can't really think of anywhere else I'd need to look.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
What is the current status of your phone: ROM name, android version, bootloader version, modem version, rooted/unrooted, etc? What model phone do you have?

How are you attempting to flash these recoveries?

What versions of each recovery are you trying to flash?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] suterusudake:
Got it all figured out. Thank you for the help. I had to use CF auto root, then rename the files that DocHoliday77 had mentioned (as deleting was not allowed even with root.) Now time to try and flash the thing with CM11 5.0
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hectormcesar:
root 4.3 using mac

I have a nexus device and it's so easy to root and etc on my mac but on the galaxy s3 i747 I just can get it to root. I use a tool called motochopper but seems to be outdated as supersu can update binary. Does anyone has any info that can help me out to root this using on mac?

Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ddunleavy2:
I'm ready to take the plunge

I was on 4.1 and wanted to try out lollipop.

I went back to stock and recvd OTAs up to 4.4.2

Baseband: I747UCUFNJI

I have Odin 3.09 on my desktop ready to root.

Its this 2nd step that troubles me.....

2) Flash TWRP with Odin via PDA

Do I have to use TWRP?

I have ROM Manager on my phone and it uses CWM. I'd love to stay with that if at all possible.

Also are the files/versions from the first post in this thread still valid? That was from July 2014

Odin -- Version 3.07 in the post

TWRP (Odin flashable tar) -- Version 2.6.3.0

SuperSu (v1.65)

SuperSu (v2.01)

Thanks all -- You all are doing the Lords work patiently counseling us noobs along!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
First -- congratulations!

No, you shouldn't find it necessary to use TWRP.

BUT you may not be able to use ROM Manager. I believe it is no longer being maintained. And, going along with that; CWM has not been updated in quite a while. If you wish to stay with a similar recovery you might look into Philz Recovery. Philz is/was based on CWM and has more recent updates than does CWM. The most recent is 6.8.48 as of July 2014. It has both Odin flashable tar files and recovery flashable zip files. TWRP is being continuously updated, the latest is 2.8.6.0, released 26 March 2015. There are Odin and recovery flashable versions.

SuperSu is up to ver. 2.46, or thereabouts. I would recommend going with the newer version because it has improvements regarding disabling Knox, among others.

Stick with the Odin you have already installed, unless you find it doesn't work.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ddunleavy2:
Now I'm rooted......

I had difficulty installing the TWRP Manager as it couldnt write to my SD card and I didnt have Stericson BusyBox installed and that installation failed -- yada yada yada.

Do I need that stuff or cant I just install ROMS from the TWRP recovery directly without using the Manager app? I will research BusyBox as I've never used it before but if anyone has a 3 sentence description of it and why I need it please post.

Now the real crux of my post......What Rom do Load on Rooted 4.4.2? I looked at the CM page and the latest snapshot they have is CM11 from last year.

SlimKat 4.4.4?

Anyone else have any suggestions?

Thanks again for your help
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
Yes, you can install ROMs directly from TWRP recovery, you do not need the ROM Manager app.

BusyBox installs may of the Bash commands which are used in Terminal Emulator, adb may also be calling upon those commands. IIRC Stericson Busybox can either keep Busybox updated, some ROMs actually install Busybox when you flash them, or install Busybox if not already present.

Sorry, can't help you with the crux >> still hanging out at 4.3.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cLogic:
due to firmware and age of our d2 devices, there are no maintainers for official versions of lollipop for any of the main roms, especially aosp

however, as you can see from My sig, I am running CM11 kitkat which CM has been updating (finalizing) weekly

for others, like slim, yes, their last release was prolly sometime last year ... which is still almost a year beyond your stock 4.4.2 ;)

just remember to do a FULL NANDROID backup in twrp .. to an external sdcard ... BEFORE flashing any rom!

also remember that most aosp roms also require flashing gapps, and possibly superSu

cheers,

.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] suterusudake:
Well I thought I had it fixed

Any suggestion on how to keep a i747 from unrooting itself? It seems every time it reboots after I root it, it unroots itself.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] j0sh_m:
Rooted! Thanks a lot! :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] indymx:
Yes I have.. Root is sticking just fine. I did run the Knox Removal script, so I don't see that being a problem.

Im running Nova launcher, which requires root.. I've restored all of my apps with TiBu.. Plus my call log and sms.

So far everything I care about seems to be working fine.

Correction.. I was having issues with MMS until I noticed that my APN settings were blank.

This is what you should have.

APN: phone

mmsc: http://mmsc.mobile.att.net

mms proxy: proxy.mobile.att.net

MMS port: 80

MCC:310

MNC:410

APN type: default,supl,mms,hipri
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bkong:
Yea I got it working after installing SuperSu 1.65. 1.43 and 1.75 don't work
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PimpMyPC:
I need help for some reason mine wont get root acess. I ran the nkox removal and that garbage is gone and the supersu works but say.... there is no su binary installed and supersu cannot install it. this is a problem. Also when i run root checker it says i don't have proper root access. Can someone please help i flash the knoxremvoer 1.0 off that link and the supersu then updated supersu im close to having root. Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shortydoggg:
I think that everyone who has a custom recovery should make a backup as soon as possible, in case the phone goes bad for whatever reason (usually user error), as there is no way to return the phone back to its current working state or to start over without any official firmware yet available.

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You need to flash superuser.zip (not the superuser app) through custom recovery (again if you did so already). I'm guessing that you might have missed that step the first time.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PimpMyPC:
I flashed that knoxremovalscript 1.0 and supersu 1.43wit the custom recovery. On rootchecker pro it still says root access is not properly congirued or was not granted

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how do you update the binary with twrp that's the only step I didn't do maybe that's it?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] upndwn4par:
Why would you not flash supersu from the OP? The post right above your previous post stated that 1.43 does not work.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PimpMyPC:
I updated the supersu its at 1.75
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PimpMyPC:
Can someone please help me figure this problem out?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shortydoggg:
Uninstall the superuser app update under Settings/Applications and start over at flashing the superuser.zip (the one in the OP). Then go to the app store and update the superuser app again.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PimpMyPC:
I cant uninstall it it just removes the update.

I flashed the one on page 1 1.43 isn't that the right one. I flashed it by going into twrp and clicking install then browsing for that zip
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shortydoggg:
Did you uninstall and then re-flash just like I asked? No one can help you if you don't follow directions exactly as they are given. And no, 1.43 is not what is in the OP. You have to verify whether or not instructions do work before you can move on to the next work around.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PimpMyPC:
Sorry I saw it Im currently at 1.43 I cant uninstall from that but I guess I can flash to 1.65 but where do I download 1.65 zip im not sure what you mean by op?

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I cant uninstall supersu I can only uninstall the update and it goes back to 1.43

AHH I SEE IM TRYING IT NOW ILL LET YOU KNOW
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shortydoggg:
Original, Opening, or whatever Post (OP) on the first page (the instructions). The link to 1.65 is in the instructions. It is highlighted as supersu.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PimpMyPC:
Ok I got it to 1.65 and it force closes now you want me to update to 1.75 from the market or what?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shortydoggg:
yes. Then reboot.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PimpMyPC:
Thanks alot everything works and its rooted.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shortydoggg:
Your welcome.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PimpMyPC:
I was wondering if I need busybox and what its for and which one do I need if I need it. Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] upndwn4par:
Now, think about what you did to get rooted. Think of all the steps you followed that lead you to success. Remind you of something? It should...it is the instructions from post #1.

Going forward, please do yourself a favor and make sure you read, read, read before you do anything to your phone. This time you struggled to root, next time you could brick your device.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BearOnThePhone:
When I try to flash TWRP it says pass but when I boot into recovery i get the android guy on his back with a red exclamation point and its stock recovery.

Is there any reason why its failing for me? I followed step 2 directions.

EDIT______

Not sure why, but it worked when I flashed the latest version 2.6.3.1 from here techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/d2att

If anyone else runs into my problem try that.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] StaticMaal:
After installing and rooting OTA 4.3, installing custom recovery, flashed romoved KNOX script are you able to flash a rom below 4.3 without brick?

I didn't read the other forum about how to upgrade to 4.3 by OP.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] einsteinz:
i used this method, i dont know how, but work

sorry for my english, isn't my native language

this void the warranty.

i already had my galaxy s3 sgh-747 (at&t) 4.1.2 rooted, i didn't unroot.

i also had 'rom toolbox pro' to backup my file and apks and 'triangle away'

1) downloaded via OTA the 4.3

2) installed CF-Auto-Root-d2att-d2uc-samsungsghi747.zip with odin

3) after reboot, the SuperSU start crashing

4) just remove from the phone the old update.zip (need it when root 4.0) and download the UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.43.zip into my phone.

5) in the galaxy s3, go to: 'my file -> all files -> Device storage -> App-Manager -> App_Backups -> system_apps' and install again the 'eu.chainfire.supersu.apk'

if you don't have 'rom toolbox', may be work if you download the chainfire and install it again.

6) and done

i don't know how, but, believe me, i read a lot of methods. but just doing this work for me.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] stoobie-doo:
Who has been able to stay rooted without switching recoveries or permanently removing Knox, and if so, how? The only person who seems to have reported that working is norbarb, and it's hard to tell why it has worked for him, but not others.

My S3 is my work phone and my company is hinting it will soon require no root to access email, so I am loathe to do anything difficult to reverse if I am going to have to unroot at some point anyway and there doesn't appear to be an easy way to flash back to any stock once you take the 4.3 plunge.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PimpMyPC:
It wont work without removing knox. Knox is basically like a virus from Samsung it blocks almost everything you do. I froze about 30-40 apps today and the money is a million times better
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lilmagnus:
Odin won't recognize phone after 4.3 update

First. Big thanks to all those involved in providing info on doing this to our phones. Forever grateful.

As the title says, Odin 3.07 doesn't see updated phone. Even uninstalled Kies 2.6, Samsung drivers, and then installed Kies 3 with the included drivers. Phone accessible as MTP device but no go while in stock recovery. Any other ideas out there? Really need to get this rooted as my TiBU data is now being held hostage.

Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gnahc79:
Anyone know which adb drivers to use so that my win7 laptop sees the phone in recovery? Everything is fine in download mode, when the phone is on (normally), etc. It's just recovery where adb kill-server, then adb usb shows up error detecting device...or something like that. I have the S3 toolkit installed, no Kies. My laptop and recovery work fine for TWRP 2.5.0.0 but not 2.6.3.0. The sideload files don't work with 2.5.0.0, get a "whole-file signature verification failed" error.

I did a nandroid back to my 4.1.2 for now, but did take a snapshot of my unrooted 4.3 install.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mewikime:
Haha, if you're sure :p

I'm currently on Loserskater's	[Stock Rom] AT&T 4.1.2 UCMG2 {Rooted} ROM with CWM Touch 6.0.4.3.

To be able to Odin back to stock 4.1.1 do I use PDA? And do I uncheck everything else? Also, am I right to believe that using the 4.1.1 link in Post 1 of [Download][Install] 4.3 OTA Update will take me back to unrooted, stock rom and stock recovery?

Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tailgunner9:
4.3

I seem to have a weaker Wi-Fi signal in my home now after 4.3 and rooting. Anyone noticed this on their cell??
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Kastro1784:
method 2 didnt work for me period at all it did was reset my phone
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Coonman:
I actually just installed the 4.3 update.zip with Mobile Odin Pro's everroot option. I've not had any issues, but I'm not aware if Knox, even though it doesn't appear, is still present on this ROM, which is just the official AT&T update. I've yet to scour the filesystem for any evidence, though. I got my custom recovery by means of ROM Manager's flashing capability, and that also appears to function properly.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gnahc79:
THIS WORKS!!!! :)

on my stock and auto-cf rooted 4.1.2 I installed the 4.3 update zip with Mobile Odin Pro's everroot option. and then in adb:

su

pm disable com.sec.knox.seandroid
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] stoobie-doo:
Did you load the OTA or load the update.zip onto your SD card (and if the latter, which link)

Have you confirmed root has stayed after rebooting?

This seems like a much more reversible way to go, which would definitely be my preference.

One more question - would android terminal emulator also work here, or do I need to install ADB?