yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Florad77:
Try to unlock your phone once you have it plugged in. My computer doesnt recognize it untill I unlock it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] f1r3strm:
that still did not work; i also tried using ROM manager app to go into recover and flash ROM through TWRP but it tells me unable to open .zip file
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SuperFilapo:
There is something on your PC's end is my guess. You said you can link up with your laptop?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Agus361:
Please help me http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=48100489#post48100489
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SuperFilapo:
Ya know, I'm not really sure. I see the option there but I've never played with it because I'm a wimp.

P.S. The "Thanks" I just gave you is for your signature. I went to that site and it is epic!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CYRAXDroid:
Yeah I flashed cwm when I was going through the issues of flashing roms. Thought it might be a recovery things. I like either one of them I just prefer twrp.

And wait a minute.. You went to the chive? Hahaha love that site and the shirts are epic. Oh they have an app and another good one is iFunny which is app base. Both are bad a$$
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] The French Tickl3r:
security notices

I recently rooted my OTA 4.3 SG3 i747m with Koodo but when I rebooted the device the security notice stating that " an attempt to access a secure area on your device without authorization has been blocked.." also, the SU app that was installed in the process crashes when launched.

my question:

will this method work given the current state of the device?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] f1r3strm:
I've tried another method using goomanager to download/flash a rom (example CM 10.2)

clicked flash then rebooted into recovery then i got a message saying:

Formatting paritions...

E:Error executing updater binary in zip (basically just like in this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2239219)

So i'm guessing I need to get older version of TWRP? If so, how do I go about installing it on my phone? Will it overwrite the newer version?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Aerowrx:
I attempted to install the Kit Kat ROM but the Gummy Kit Kat rom didn't work and I only found out after I used the TeamWin Recovery to wipe and format the system. Now the NANDROID recover won't recover my phone back to it's OTA 4.3.... T___T

Now since I can't reinstall from NANDROID and the only ROM on my sdcard doesn't even work....Is the only option for me to somehow get a working ROM on an external SD Card and use the Recover mode to install the ROM from external sd card?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SuperFilapo:
If you follow the steps in the OP you'll be fine. Look at my signature below. I too was in your shoes. 4.4 is here for the i747. Even after you went to 4.3 OTA.

Sent from my i747 GS3 SlimKat 4.4.2
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SuperFilapo:
See how my "Baseband" ends in "MJB". That is from the 4.3 OTA.

Sent from my i747 GS3 SlimKat 4.4.2
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] smd.seandavis:
Cannot Root with CF-AutoRoot

Hey guys,

I haven't had any luck getting root on here with CF-AutoRoot. Each time I try (even after updating SuperSU), KNOX just blocks me out. Any idea if there is another working method with the 4.3 OTA?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SuperFilapo:
You have to disable Knox. Or leave Official 4.3 all together. ;)

Sent from my i747 GS3 SlimKat 4.4.2
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] smd.seandavis:
Disabling KNOX

How do I disable KNOX if it is blocking my root? Every guide I find says to disable KNOX using root.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SuperFilapo:
I have not done any research regarding disabling Knox. I've just seen some things about it. I skipped out of official 4.3 almost immediately. I tried it for a week and got sick of the lag and bloatware. Slim Roms are my home now.

Sent from my i747 GS3 SlimKat 4.4.2
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SuperFilapo:
I mean look at it compared to official 4.3:

Sent from my i747 GS3 SlimKat 4.4.2
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] amfractal:
Do you know if the latest TWRP (2.6.3.1) work for flashing 4.4? Or do I need CWM?

I like TWRP more so if it works I'd rather not go to CWM.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SuperFilapo:
I use TWRP as well. That version works fine.

Sent from my i747 GS3 SlimKat 4.4.2
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrikedaw:
I need your help

My name is Alex. Please can you help me get the software for my Samsung Galaxy SIII. I need the software version of 4.3 or 4.3.1. it is giving me so much concern. The phone is an AT&T
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JRAtwell86:
I'm on 4.3 OTA on my i747. I am looking to do all of the above, and my phone has not been rooted before. Possible? Thanks for any help guys.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SuperFilapo:
Follow the steps and even a stock 4.3 i747 GS3 can be rooted and run a custom ROM.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] retnuh:
If I do all of this, will I be able to use my phone as a hot spot for my laptop?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] johnnybass01:
I was reading through this thread and the only thing I dont get is the rooting method link .it is for the canadian model gs3 and says not to use with any other model .I have att s3 i747 on ota 4.3 and really hate it .I just dont want ti try and root my phone the wrong way.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SuperFilapo:
Yes, you can use your device as a hot spot.

The method works.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ghanson:
Thanks for helping the newbies

Count me as one of the thankful newbies who are doing their "reading before bricking" homework! :laugh:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ghanson:
Successfully Rooted 4.3 OTA

I just successfully rooted my SGH-i747 running 4.3 OTA following your OP instructions. Thanks for posting so even a noob could follow!

I popped out to Google Play and re-installed SuperSU. It disabled KNOX and all is well.

Greg
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TheXclusive814:
Did it trip your knox count?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ghanson:
Affirmative. "Warranty bit" is set to 1 and it is in red type.

I believe when SuperSU asks to disable KNOX and you check yes that the KNOX set bit gets incremented.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Xianyong667:
This is gonna sound REALLY noobie, but could someone make a video showing how to do it or link me to a way to do it on youtube? Every time I select the .tar.md5 file to flash the TWRP Recovery, Odin just freezes and says (Not Responding). :crying:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ChinDaChin:
Nice guide! Great addition to the community!

However, I rooted my phone using CM Installer. This was after the 4.3 OTA downloaded and installed on my phone. I used rom cm10.2, and the gapps used for Cm10.2. I've had no brick, and no trouble.

If I had a secondary S3 I'd try this and post a video.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Xianyong667:
So, can you quickly tell me how you did this or make a tutorial? I'm on an I747 running the 4.3 OTA update, already rooted with CF-AutoRoot. A tutorial would be GREATLY appreciated, or if someone could explain how to flash the TWRP custom recovery instead of following the way I rooted, that'd be helpful also. Thank you!

---------- Post added at 01:16 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:48 AM ----------

Ok, so what exactly do I do to flash the TWRP custom recovery onto my phone using ODIN? Should it be a tar.md5 file or just a .tar? And could you write a tutorial on that part? I'm really confused :confused:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rajesh1136:
Great tutorial
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Native7i:
You have to wait few seconds till Odin checks hash. Odin starts to work again after nt responding, then you're good to go.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] n0013z:
quick noob question, is there a difference between att and d2att?

I understand that once your on 4.3 OTA, and you put on a custom rom (without the bootloader) there is no way to go back to stock official 4.3 without bricking, so i was wondering, does using a custom rom solve the wifi and battery drain issue?

iv heard rumours of 4.4 kit kat coming to s3 in april, anyone else heard this and if so, would it be worth it to use custom rom or just wait?

just trying to gather more info but i root/rom this 4.3
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Native7i:
d2att is the code name for GS3 in att network.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gadgetdoc1:
Well, there is a way. It will cost you about $33. You can have it JTAG fixed back to 4.3 official ROM. I have done this already. In my case I hardbricked my phone after mistakenly flashing wrong ROM. With JTAG service it was back to stock 4.3. See my other posts on XDA for details - if interested.

There is also another posting that describes to do this for free by a zip file. However, it appears that after that fix back to stock, you will always have to be stock and can not root again. I can't find the link for that now - sorry.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] batvans46:
If anyone finds an AOKP rom that works post-OTA, please don't keep it to yourself. In fact, it may be prudent for someone somewhere to start up a thread with known safe roms (dunno if it's been done yet, but if it has I couldn't find it).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] n0013z:
i couldnt get odin to flash twrc so i used the method the their website, using goomanager, after that i boot into recovery, did my backing up, wipe and formatted as stated in OP, but when i try to install ROM, the internal memory is empty so i tried it from the sd card but it keeps telling it "fail"

"md5 check fail and failed to install. i tried rebooting and phone got stuck on samsung boot animation.

how can i get back to normal boot or to get the slimbean install? any help is appreciated.

also would the method of installing twrc have an effect on this? version twrc 2631

EDIT

i got it sorted out, guess the first slimrom i dl was a bad one, left it to download overnight, tried it again in the morning and got it installed successfully, loving it so far, just finishing reinstalling my apps i had before. great post, thnks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Maverick1987:
Noob : /

So like a n00b I updated to 4.3 OTA... Afterwards I decided to root with CM11 installer....

I don't like it... it said it was a stable build but I've been having a bunch of problems with it.

From what I've been reading I cannot go back to stock 4.3 now? This would be the most desirable to me because I did a KIES backup with some things i need that I apparently can't get back now....

So if that's out of the question, then what other ROMS are rather stable and would be good suggestions? I'm new to ODIN and modding/rooting, but learning.

If I go with Slimbean 4.3 build 2.2, is there a way to just flash using ODIN?

I apologize in advance if I'm repeating posts, but this was about the closest I could get to my topic/problem.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] vipimg:
Don't Ban me for asking this ...

If i do as said will i loose stock Samsung apps..?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
If you want to install a custom ROM, you'll need to install a custom recovery first. There are many custom ROMs that will work on your phone so you're not limited to AOKP ROMs.

Correct, you cannot go back to stock 4.3 ROM because AT&T never released a full ROM that can be flashed via Odin.

To flash a non-stock ROM, you should install a custom recovery such as TWRP, CWM, or Philz Touch. Custom ROMs that can be flashed via Odin are virtually non-existent.

Yes, you will lose Samsung apps if you flash a custom ROM that is not TW-based.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] n0013z:
From my reading and understanding, you can't flash back to 4.3 official because of the boot loader, but isn't it possible to create an official 4.3 rom with out the boot loader and flash it, pretty much the same as got the slim rom was flash, also unroot, uninstall custom recovery and using triangle away, sound plausible in theory but I could be wrong, just a thought
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] batvans46:
I am aware of all of this. The main reason I made that comment is that not all roms are safe after the latest update. If my understanding is correct, many roms flash a specific bootloader, downgraded or otherwise, as part of the install. After the latest OTA update, which the previous owner of my dAtt took, many of these roms have become extremely unsafe because downgrading the bootloader will hard-brick the device. So starting a list of roms that don't have an incorporated bootloader or use the current bootloader might be a good idea. ****, I'm still getting used to the whole Odin thing after moving to the GSIII after being an HTC guy, so there's probably quite a few people who could use some help sifting through the safe roms. Of course, if my understanding of all this is incorrect, please feel free to correct me.

Also, the reason I specified AOKP was as a matter of preference. I prefer AOKP roms, far and above, to all other roms I've tried. Slim gets the closest, but I still like AOKP way better. As of yet I cannot find an AOKP rom that works on post-OTA i747's, so if anyone runs across one, it would be lovely if they shared it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] n0013z:
After the 4.3 ota update I tried a few different roms. Slimbean 4.3.1 and slimKat 4.4.2 v3 are both safe to flash after the 4.3 ota as out doesn't change the bootloader, iv tried both personally.

Iv also read that cm11 is also safe but I haven't tried it so can't say for sure.

As always, proceed with caution
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
To see if your bootloader is supported in a custom rom, have a look at the updater script.

I have tried CM11, Cyanfox, and Validus and none of them touched the bootloader. In fact, I have not encountered a custom ROM that overwrites or tries to overwrite an existing bootloader.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] D1v1d3d:
Ok, I think I am going to give this a go. I have a buddies s3 on the AT&T network, the i747 one, and I just wanted to make sure that I don't brick it. It has the OTA update on 4.3. This method will work, right? I have read through all the pages and i just don't want to make it a paper weight. If he just wanted it rooted do I have to install a new rom on it like it says on the first page? Or can i just flash the cf auto root file?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dionysius65:
Apologies in advance...

I hard bricked my SGH-i747 and using this image I was able to get the phone into download mode; debrick-SGH-I747U-CUEMJB3.img

HOWEVER! I cannot install ANY recovery I've been able to find in any of the threads I've found nor can I flash a ROM directly. I've been reading for two weeks, have a dozen or more recoveries and ROM's downloaded. I've tried ODIN and ADB sideload.

If I can get the phone into download mode I have to believe I can still get the phone functional.

I've been trying for 2 weeks before asking for assistance. I'll read more if someone has a link to a pertinent thread.

If it matters any, my daughters getting married Sunday and this phone is my only communication. Yes, it's my own dumb ass fault for playing with items I didn't fully understand and I'll also understand if I get no replies to this ;)

Thank You,

Frank Koniszewski
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] D1v1d3d:
Went through this step by step and seemed to work. The only issue i had is that root would not stick. But after reading a few different posts, i got it to stick.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Larry2999:
Frank, have you tried the procedure posted in the thread below ..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2549068

It is quite long but most of the instructions and files you need can be found on the first page. Since you've been able to get into download mode, then you are almost there.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dionysius65:
...almost there...

Has been an unfulfilled desire. I get the device into download mode, Odin see's it on a COM port but I cannot get ANY recovery to say "Pass"... Every recovery I try to flash, which is the first step I've seen in any of these options, is an epic fail. I can find NOT ONE recovery to use successfully in Odin :(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Larry2999:
Which (custom) recoveries were you trying to flash via Odin? Did you also check to see if you can boot directly into recovery rather than download with the debricking image you have?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] The French Tickl3r:
A way around this whole mess I have used, thanks to this thread by kriEv is to simply flash the knox-free, pre-rooted stock rom onto the device. Once this is done you could easily get CWM or TWRP onto the phone and flash away. I've used this method made possible by kriEv on several phones without any problems.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drago10029:
I know this thread is a little dated but I can't find any solid info on flashing ROM's after the latest update.

about the above, so I can't flash back to stock EVEN if I use the MJB bootloader? If I use my stock 4.3 MJB nandroid backup, what will happen?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] The French Tickl3r:
sadly, i don't think it would work.. I did the mistake of upgrading to the MK5 bootloader and now I need to stick to 4.3+ Roms.

it's not so bad though, there are plenty of great ROMs available.

i like this one : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2692470
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
This might help: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2658486
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] david240894:
Help me please..

I install the update 4.3 and my internal memory has confused, the system show (4gb of internal memory, this capacity is my free memory before update and the 8gb are used memory).

Now the system mount the 4gb how my internal memory and the other 8gb dont show.

The app My Files show this: /storage/emulated/0 this is the direction of my internal memory

Sorry for the confused english i only speak spanish.

Enviado desde mi SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 mediante Tapatalk
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Larry2999:
Connect your phone to your computer with a good quality of USB cable and check what files are on it. You would probably see a lot of duplicated files accounting for the "missing" storage. Check especially under the ../0 sub directory and I wouldn't be surprised if you find several versions of the stock restore file you downloaded. Just delete all the duplicated files and sub-directories and you should be back to 11Gb+ system memory.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jason2678:
bootloader/knox question

Great thread! I see it is a little old, but the most comprehensive I've found on what to do and not to do after taking the 4.3 OTA update.

I got my GS3 a little less than a year ago and took the 4.3 OTA update before I even thought about rooting it or installing any custom roms.

I rooted my phone last year using the method described in the linked thread, and I have TWRP installed. However, this was in the very early days after the 4.3 OTA was rolled out when Knox and the MJB bootloader seemed to be causing a lot of problems in the modding community. At that point I chickened out and decided to leave my phone on stock AT&T rom and not take any chances.

A few weeks ago AT&T started trying to push another OTA update. I know it's a no go for me since I'm rooted with a custom recovery. You can only decline it for so long, and I can't seem to find the right process to freeze it with Titanium Backup or Greenify. The final straw was when I noticed my 5 year old had my phone in TWRP due to the AT&T update notification popping up at a very inopportune moment :eek:. AppLock isn't going to keep him from screwing things up when my carrier keeps bouncing me into TWRP; I'm very thankful I noticed before that caused any trouble!

That incident renewed my interest in flashing a custom rom. I've read and reread this thread and the ones linked to it, but I wanted to ask one question. Since I've already got root and TWRP it seems like I'm ready to start at step 5 in the original post's tutorial and flash the rom. I didn't see anything in this thread or Chainfire's rooting thread about unlocking the bootloader in any way, but did I miss something?

I ask because I've tried to run some tools like SynergyRoms EFS backup tool but they fail and complain about my phone being locked. I'm afraid this is still components of Knox or that MJB bootloader blocking changes. I'd hate to go into TWRP, do all the wipe steps, and then have an attempt to flash get blocked. I do have a nandroid backup, but from the information in this thread and some of my other attempts at system changes getting blocked I don't have much confidence in it proving useful in the event of a disaster.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jason2678:
Never mind the question. Did some more research and went ahead and flashed the SlimBean rom linked to the original post.

I like it except its not playing nice with my external SD (that I just flashed it from). More work to do...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] merlise:
This worked like a charm! Thank you so much :3 Haha, I thought I did something wrong because when I was trying to boot up into "Recovery Mode", I kept getting into Download mode. Then I realized I had to press the volume up button (I need to read more closely), but I was able to root and install a custom rom (its installing right now), and I'm so excited!!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TH3F4LL3N:
What about slimkat 4.4.4?

Since slimkat 4.4.2 v3 is safe, does that mean slimkat 4.4.4 is safe as well?
[Android General] kenkho:
special thanks to rrileypm at freaktab.com

Pipo updated their stock firmware for the U8 on 8/22/2013. This new ROM is based on this firmware.

It is:

Rooted

Debloated

English set as default language

Google Play Store fixes added

Init.d support added

Busybox commands added

tun.ko added for VPN support

Thanks to Tattman65 for the boot animation

Thanks to Finless for the flash tool

Thanks to Fun for the generic CWM Recovery

Thanks to Pr0xZen for the First Time User's Guide

You might notice some things are different in the ROM kit.

1. I included the Rockchip Batch Tool as an alternative for resetting you tablet into flash mode. You can also use this tool to flash the stock ROM if you need to, for some reason.

2. I also included a template for you to build your own CWM flashable ROM. There is a readme file in that folder that tells you how it's done. I would not recommend changing to a different ROM using this feature, it is just a way to re-flash this ROM without having to use PC. You can't change parameter settings through CWM.

3. The default recovery.img is stock recovery. As an option, I included the generic version of CWM Recovery...you can flash it instead of the stock recovery by just renaming the files...recovery.img to stockrecovery.img and cwmrecovery.img to recovery.img before flashing.

Enjoy!!!!!!

Download :good:
[Motorola Atrix HD] Mopar68Charger:
Does batakang take forever to install in cwm for u guys? its just sitting on Starting installation.
[Motorola Atrix HD] deeje00:
Never tried it with cwm. That's more of a safestrap rom.

Sent from my PACMAN MATRIX HD MAXX