yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mr. Struck:
Whenever superuser is built into the ROM, as is the case with the CM11 nightlies, you can still switch over to SuperSU as your "superuser of choice" once the ROM is up and running. Just open the SuperSU app and let it update the binary via the TWRP/CWM method (I can never get the manual option to work correctly); it will boot into your recovery, update the binary, and then boot back into system. After that, all root/superuser requests will be handled by SuperSU. By the way, CM11 nightlies have been really awesome for me, been running them since their initial release on 12/7/2013. Currently using the M2 Snapshot from 1/4/2014.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
I kept doing manual...OK good tip, thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] j00manji:
Thank you for this guide, got my phone rooted and de-noxed and have recovery but before I go ahead and flash roms I have one question: when I boot to recovery it says it can't mount /data, any idea what that's about? It is a refurbished s3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] WoodenDiamond71:
Do you have an external sdcard?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] j00manji:
Yes I do, I tried to boot recovery again and I didn't see the error this time. Not sure what caused it in the first place.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
so you're all good now?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] j00manji:
I sure hope so
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] omzlat:
How to root SPH-L710

Hey, I quiet haven't XDA Developers for a long time. So, I started to work on my SGS3 last Saturday. Now, I got a little confused about root to device. So, how I get link or copy/paste to file what? Odin?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] haxerpaylay:
Question. If I do this will trip the knox bootloader flag. Also am I able to downgrade the bootlader by odining an older android version? And can I flash a custom recovery? Sorry... had to turn phone in for warenty and they sent me one that was updated. :'(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
lol all links are there as you follow along, they're those orange words (live links, just click on them and you'll see)...now your questions:

you cannot downgrade, you will brick your phone...you're going to be flashing a custom recovery before anything else...just follow the steps dude, I laid them out as straight as possible while doing ALL those processes I have in this guide step by step. everything in this guide I have run, installed, flashed, restored, tested and even tweaked more out of.

IF you don't wanna stay on stock 4.3, there's custom roms after rooting with detailed steps that I even updated again today...any problems post back but if you follow along and read, you're golden brotha!

guess I just answered you too lol you copy and paste only to your sd card or internal storage, but I suggest you use an sd (exernal) card
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] camaropapa2003:
Thanks a lot first time ever rooted worked perfectly thanks again
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Phr3d13:
does this trip the Knox counter?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
once you flash it yes, the flash count will go up by 1...think my flash count is at 31 or 32 lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Phr3d13:
not the flash counter, the Knox counter.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
all about Knox
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] yankee982:
Mobile Data Issue With Virgin Mobile

I used this method to flawlessly install Slimbean 4.3.1 on my SPH-L710 for Virgin Mobile. However the mobile data for 3G/4G drops out a lot, while my phone still works. Did anyone else experience this?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
only happened to me once on slimbean...what I did to render that, and you can try it too:

flashed my backed up stock rooted rom, updated my profile and also prl and then redid slimbean from the beginning and it was solid

before doing that, on slimbean...make sure under data settings that you're setup correctly for roaming, networks also...need more details let me know
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] yankee982:
Actually if you don't mind, I do need more details. I'm not sure how to update my profile or prl. I have my stock rooted rom backed up, I just don't know what settings I need to modify.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mr. Struck:
Backup your working version of Slimbean, do a full wipe in recovery, then restore your TouchWiz ROM backup. Go into the dialer, and type in ##72786#, it will reboot itself, just let the phone do its thing for a few minutes until it settles down. Also, once you are back on any AOSP ROM, as a Virgin Mobile user, you will need to fix your APN's to have proper data and MMS capabilities.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
is it the same path also on the virgin mobile to getting into the settings>more>system update>update the prl and profile? i didn't catch that he's on a virgin mobile phone
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mr. Struck:
I believe so, but I have only used the dialer method when reverting to a TW ROM in order to update PRL and Profile. To be honest, I am much more familiar with the features and settings on AOSP ROM's than on TW ROM's, but that file path sounds familiar. Post #67, the first one in this thread by [MENTION=5685265]yankee982[/MENTION], is the one where he mentions that he is on Virgin Mobile FYI.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
thanks man, let's see how this guy makes out now with it...keep us posted
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] yankee982:
Thanks for all your help. I actually started poking around immediately after my post (patience has never been my strength!), and think I found a working solution. It has been working great since yesterday: Google "[MOD]Sprint to Virgin Mobile LTE/MMS FIX [WIP][CM/AOSP/TW] (Update 2014-1-18)" for what I used.

Basically I flashed a clean install of Slimbean 4.3.1, then Google Apps, and then the "CURRENT 4.4 / MK5 (MOD#3)" fix (even though it says for v4.4) and rebooted. My 3G/LTE, and MMS have all been working great so far, and haven't dropped out. I'll post an update if anything changes.

Thanks again for your help everyone. I'm new to the XDA forums (and rooting in general) and really appreciate the quick responses!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mr. Struck:
Happy that you found the Android Forums side of things, I forgot to link you there but looks like you did fine on your own. That forum is more of my "home base" as a Virgin Mobile user myself, you will find me under the username struckn; I find XDA to be my main resource on ROM's and what not, then I use my knowledge to help out the specific subset of users on Virgin Mobile and Boost. Some links for those who might need it:

http://androidforums.com/virgin-mobile-galaxy-s3-all-things-root/

http://androidforums.com/boost-mobile-galaxy-s3-all-things-root/

http://androidforums.com/virgin-mobile-galaxy-s3-all-things-root/791952-all-in-one-guide-modifying-custom-sprint-roms-virgin-mobile-use.html--this one is my personal tutorial, has tons of info for VM/Boost users

http://androidforums.com/virgin-mobile-galaxy-s3-all-things-root/771802-mod-sprint-virgin-mobile-lte-mms-fix-wip-cm-aosp-tw-update-2014-1-18-a.html--this is the thread with several flashable zip files for fixing APN issues for the Virgin Mobile users who flash Sprint ROM's
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
glad you got it all worked out, I was actually looking at our threads earlier today about the modem flashing, now others will know as well for future posts
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] vinny16:
I have a question. How do I run Odin on windows 8? Thanks and this tutorial is very helpful so far.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] WoodenDiamond71:
Just run the application as admin and you should be set
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] schlepprock:
Rooting/Wicked Sensations Rom..

Hey all, long time lurker here. I want to start by saying thank you to the developers and the guys that provide us noobs answers. Now, I have read till I'm confused. I have a stock Sprint Galaxy S3 running on 4.3. I want to root my phone and run the Wicked Sensations Rom. I'm hoping someone on here can give me step by step instructions on how to do it..starting from how to back up my current OS ( I tried downloading one program to my laptop but it said Windows couldn't open it not knowing what program to use..really?). I have read a couple different methods but neither was installing the WS Rom so I get confused yet again. I have TWRP 2.6.3.0 downloaded to my laptop, how do I get it sent to my phone and what's next? I'm sure I'm wayyy over thinking it,I know it can't be this hard to do. I'm thinking it's one of those things that's like once you do it it's like ohh duhh. ...Please help LOL...Thanks..Phil
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] WoodenDiamond71:
Hello Phil,

I see that you need help figuring out exactly how to root the phone and install the Wicked Sensations rom on your device. I don't understand if your trying say that this guide is confusing? Or if your saying its not understandable. This guide specifically shows you how to root and get a custom recovery. And since TWRP isn't helpful when trying to flash newer roms, Philz Touch recovery is offered instead. I do believe Wicked Sensations rom is a "newer" rom and will most likely not be flash-able via TWRP. Also in order to root the phone ODIN is the application required to root. I shall make a video soon based upon your Wicked Sensations rom and showing you step by step instructions. I do want you to understand that it will take some time so please be patient. I will try and get started on the Tutorial today and have it up by tomorrow but not exactly sure since i am pretty tied down. Please PM me for further information. Thanks! :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] schlepprock:
OK,I went into recovery mode after sending TWRP to my phone. I wiped the cache, and when I went to choose to install Wicked sensations Rom, it wouldn't show up so I went back and sent it to my sd card and tried it again, it showed up on the sd card during recovery but it said e verifaction failed or something to the like and just rebooted. Any thoughts on this?? Phil
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] WoodenDiamond71:
Did you even root the phone first?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] godofawesome90:
Sounds like a bad download with the rom... Delete the zip and re download... I've had that a few times... Make sure the zip is on the root of your sd card

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Sounds logical captain
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] WoodenDiamond71:
What is that supposed to mean? I asked that because he didn't even mention rooting his phone, just went straight to "sending TWRP to my phone". Didn't realize i was the "captain" of this thread. If anything just trying to help some one out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] godofawesome90:
Was agreeing to your idea via Star Trek ... Didn't meant it to be offensive in any way, shape, or form. My apologies.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] WoodenDiamond71:
NO my apologies i didn't realize where you were coming from.

WOW this is embarrassing :o
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] godofawesome90:
No need to apologize. All good here!

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Back to the topic of things, if you haven't flashed the supersu or don't have supersu on your phone, chances are that you haven't obtained root. If you do have root, it might be a bad dl of the rom.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] schlepprock:
OK looking back I did the odin thing, it said added, I chose ab like it said, added the .tar download all while in download mode and it seemed to take. When I went into recovery mode, I wiped the cache, and went to apply update from external storage and after that it just rebooted and my phone is still in normal mode I guess LOL..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] godofawesome90:
Did you flash the Knox removal script before the super su?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] schlepprock:
Ok guys I'm rolling now whew had a brain fart but I'm rooted and WS rom is now downloading. LOL..so far.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] schlepprock:
Hey guys..from my hub, I choose and download my mods, but when I choose to install my phone goes into I guess what is recovery mode with a list of options. What do I choose to get my chosen mods installed? .. thanks..Phil
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tdunham:
Would you mind also posting the SIII driver package on the OP as well?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
you lost me, anyway you can word this better so I and others know exactly what you're talking about and doing??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
are you asking me to add the Samsung drivers download link?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tdunham:
Yes please.

Ignore my stats, I'm new to this forum. ;)

Used your guide to root and thought it would be nice to have everything in one place. The SIII I have did not come with the drivers so I had to download them elsewhere (not KIES, the driver suite).

Tnx Goku - TD

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And thanks for the guide BTW, very easy to follow.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
no problem, I'll add it in there this evening ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] schlepprock:
Sorry..i figured out how to install my mods, that's what I was asking. Now..I'm pretty sure I didn't do a factory reset or wipe the dalvik cache, could skipping these steps affect my battery life in any way? My phone seems to run good on the WS Rom but the battery life has gone way down (i used up 10% logging in here. I'm not complaining to you guys over my mistake..just asking..thanks..Phil
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] manaup:
I was rooted before the update 4.3. Ive tried this method tons of times. I'm not able to see the superuser app after the flash in recovery. Root checker says I'm not rooted. I'm not sure what else is missing. Any help would be great.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Trutexasallstar:
recoup lost root

Whats good people! I have a question, I used Goku's simplified rooting method about about a month ago when he first posted the method and was executed successfully on my sph l710. Root was verified with Root Checker and all was well constantly installing root required apps. I decided to keep my 4.3 stock rom for now. About 2 weeks after successful root I tried installing CPU Tuner and found out that I no longer had root, I've read much about the OTA updates and how to stop them by modification in the root folder which I didn't modify in the beginning. I've been following and keeping up with this forum waiting to see if anyone else had a similar situation or if it was me who did not follow instructions properly. The only thing that I know might have caused me to loose root is the fact that before root I had a home launcher called Lightning Launcher from the play store installed while I rooted and although the root held for two weeks it disappeared after I uninstalled the home launcher Lightning Launcher. Its no big deal for me to root the phone again, I just wanted to pin point my error and the best way to correct it. I have no root access at the moment, but Super-su is still active and Titanium Backup is still working, thus I can still freeze and unfreeze factory apps plus Ad-away still works flawlessly. If I re root using the same method do I start from the very beginning or which starting point is best since the two zipped files are already on my sd card and super su is still active? Also can someone shed some light on my OTA issue:confused: Many thanks upfront..!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
so you unrooted it, updated to 4.3 and then rooted it using my guide correct? if so, did you skip anything in the steps like removing the knox or not going into debugging mode? give me a bit more details, cause you're the 1st to have any issues like this using my steps...see if we can sort out what happened

it's always recommended to fully wipe the phone like i listed when installing roms, haven't known anyone that's skipped doing that...but do you have things enabled that shouldn't be like gps running and such?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
i've never lost root or had anyone saying that happened...you could just reroot by going to recovery and flashing the supersu app again, make sure that's up to date also by visiting the play store after and updating its su binary and rebooting...if you're on the stock rom you shouldn't be losing root at any point but try these steps 1st before rerooting:

make sure your usb debugging is still enabled in settings

open up supersu and make sure it's up to date and go into its settings and try this, some us custom rom users need to have this checked for it to "stay" rooted, under "security" check the box for "enable su during boot" and see if that helps.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Trutexasallstar:
fixed root error

Hey Goku first off thanks alot for the easy guidance in rooting our sphl710 device and thanks for helping me out with this present issue which has been resolved successfully. I followed your instructions and eventually got to the super su settings where I noticed super su was not checked where it says enabled. I don't ever remember removing the check to disable super su, it might have happened when I deleted lightning launcher but evreything is all good now and I wouldn't have even found out how easy it was to correct my error if wasn't for your guidance so thanks, your muchly appreciated. Soon enough Ill get into custom roms for now just enjoying root access, but at least i now know what settings I must apply to super su when involving custom roms, thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] scott500:
Root

Worked perfectly...thank you for your work!

Scott
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
thanks for the props and you're welcome, never seen that unchecked either lol enjoy, I use to stick to stock too but now rockin cm11 tweaked as hell by me lol if you do decide to go with a custom rom, try 1 of the 1St 2 I listed cause they're stable releases, mine's updated everyday...but I never update, mine is solid lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budeone:
Worked great, thnaks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] crkeith65:
CSpire success

Just to let you and everyone who is interested know, I successfully rooted my C Spire SCH-L710 device running the 4.3 ota. I did have to reinstall super su from the play store but everything else went fine. Thank you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
awesome, thanks for the heads up! I'll add that notation later on today for future references
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] crkeith65:
Thanks. C-Spire users don't have much support in the dev department. But doing a lot of reading I found that the Sprint SPH-L710 and the CSpire SCH L710 are very similar.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
again thanks for the heads up...i just added this information to the top part of the guide, see if it helps any others with your device
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] manaup:
Attached is the screenshot of my info. Not sure if it helps. Just thought I'd share.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lookn4Booty:
this might be a stupid question

This is my first time rooting a phone.

I finished everything up into here

once rebooted, go to the app "supersu" and then open it, choose to update SU binary "normal" and then reboot the phone 1 last time...you are now rooted!! go install rooted apps and enjoy

I open supersu and i dont see how to update su binary

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which one should i do Cyanogenmod CM10.2 (4.3.1) or Cyanogenmod CM11 (KitKat 4.4.2)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
well i just updated the supersu installer zip so maybe now it's all up to date?? but if it didn't update its su binary, then seems to be working with rooted apps, granting persmission and all, then i'd say don't worry about that part...it will happen when you 1st opened up supersu

but with your roms question, i'd suggest using the cm10.2 since it's an official, stable release...anything else, post back up and we'll go from there, good luck
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lookn4Booty:
ok ty for the help but whats the difference between slimbean and Cyanogenmod
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] WoodenDiamond71:
Slimbean has more customizing features than CyanogenMod
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lookn4Booty:
ty all i needed to know :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] WoodenDiamond71:
No problem enjoy the ROM!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] joerak85:
Successfully installed cyanogenmod - updating question

Hello,

First and foremost, many thanks to the author of this post for allowing a newbie like me to successfully root my phone and install a new interface (cyanogenmod) which I am thoroughly enjoying.

My question is - my phone detected an update to the newest version of cyanogenmod (10.2.1 vs. 10.2.0 currently) but I am not getting a successful update after using the auto-update function to install. After clicking install, the phone automatically reopens in recovery mode, I then agree to install the zip file, the phone reboots... but cyanogenmod is not updated to the new version....

Any insight as to what is going wrong, or what I need to do to make it work would be appreciated!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] WoodenDiamond71:
In order to have the ROM working correctly you must install the update manually. Boot into recovery and navigate to install a zip and choose the internal storage and search for cmupdater and select the latest update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] joerak85:
Thanks

2 things - I assumed that I could do this manually but wasn't sure where the save file had landed so thanks for that.... the other thing was that I hesitated on doing it manually until I understood if I needed to make adjustments of any kind given that autoupdater wasn't working.

thanks again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
did it work out??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] blackhawkms:
WiFi Hotspt With Stock Rooted 4.3?

I am wanting to get wifi tethering working with the stock rooted 4.3. I have found a download Mod that offers the wifi hotspot for deodexed or odexed. Not sure which I should download if I used this OP's method of rooting. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bigwillyg:
Most likely you would use odexed unless you flashed a Rom that actually says deodexed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] blackhawkms:
Thanks for the info. I haven't downloaded a custom ROM yet. Just followed the instructions for stock 4.3 root by the OP of this thread. I've done custom ROMs in the past that had the hotspot mod built in, but haven't tried it with a stock rooted SG 3.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bigwillyg:
If you are stock and just rooted, then you are odexed. Use the odexed mod for the hotspot.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Roni P.:
Ok so I didnt receive my update via ota I went to bestbuy and an employee updated my device... does this mean I cant use this and if not what can I do to regain root?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bigwillyg:
Yeah, I would say you could use this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] blackhawkms:
Worked out great! Thanks for the advice. Now to investigate which custom ROM to install...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] WoodenDiamond71:
I personally am a big fan of stock aokp/aosp roms so really it depends on what you like, If you like the TW (touch wiz) user interface that can be customized then i recommend using MOAR rom but if you are like me and enjoy the almost pure stock experience then cyanogenmod is the rom to go with. I currently am running CM10.2 the stable version on my phone and it runs beautifully.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] blackhawkms:
I appreciate the advice. The phone I just rooted was an insurance replacement for a SG 3 that was damaged. I previously tried several ROMs on it, to include both cyanogenmod and MOAR, along with several others. I liked the customization of MOAR, but it is a huge ROM. Cyanogenmod worked pretty well, but sometimes it is overwhelming for a noob like me to know which nightly to try, or take a risk on more aptly. If CM10.2 is running pretty stable, I might just give it a try!