yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mave025:
I just ordered an S3 refurb. I'm coming from IOS, and I've got a couple of questions.

If I do an OTA update is the latest version 4.3? Also coming from IOS there were just simple one click apps to jailbreak. It seems rooting on Android is more complicated. Is there no just simple double click rooting app?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
yes the latest is 4.3 and it really isn't that hard to do, the 1 click methods haven't really worked out for anyone but these methods always work best
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
about to do 1 more update, I just discovered a "kinda" 1 click method using simply the recovery menu
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
i just added a way of basically doing this, but again this isn't hard, takes literally a few mins if you've rooted droids before
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] chaz411:
Awesome. Thank you guys for all of your feed back and input. I just wanted to do a double check because Sprint modle number is sph-l710 and virgin mobile modle number is exactly the same "sph-l710". I'm about to use this method I'll post back to verify so the op next time will have a different response to the question next time other just straight up "NO".
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mr. Struck:
You're golden. OTA's can only occur if you are completely stock-both system and recovery. Your SuperSU is functioning 100%, it probably just took care of everything it needed to in the background without an explicit prompt after you flashed it. If you need any ROM suggestions, let me know, the OP [MENTION=5397578]goku2778[/MENTION] is also very knowledgeable and helpful.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Scott183:
So not seeing any binary files anywhere is ok? I'll trust you and goku as you both seem very educated in this. As far as custom roms, I'm pretty happy with the stock one. The main reason I needed to root was for wifi tethering which I'm stuck deciding whether to put an entire custom rom on that has it or just get an app somewhere. Thanks for you and goku's help. I really appreciate it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mr. Struck:
As long as you make a Nandroid backup of your current setup, there is no harm in trying out a few ROM's, both TW based and AOSP based, to see if something "clicks" for you. Personally, I love AOSP, and the more recent the build the better, but there are some nice TW options like Wicked Sensations and MOAR if you want stock on steroids.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] manaup:
Where does the Philz recovery backup the file to? SD or internal memory?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] WoodenDiamond71:
Depends on what you selected. If you have chosen back up to /sdcard (or internal storage) then that's internal storage but if you selected /sdcard1 (or sdcard) then that's external lol I forgot what its named exactly. Haven't been in my recovery in a while but I hope this helped.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] manaup:
I've been trying to find it in es file Explorer to delete the memory because I need more space. Can't seem to find it. I did find something called backup in the clockwork folder in the internal memory but I can't delete it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] WoodenDiamond71:
Go to recovery and go to the back up selection and select the option to delete from internal or external
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] manaup:
Thanks! It worked. Just got done flashing slim bean. Its so smooth. But everything is so small.. I'm working on making everything bigger. This might be a keeper for me if I can just make everything bigger. I've already maxed out the font to very large, but I still feel like everything is too small.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] WoodenDiamond71:
Glad everything is sorted out
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noles4life50:
Navigate to system/build.prop and change ro.sf.lcd_density=320... Reboot after changing that line to 320 and everything will be normal sized for you
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] manaup:
Thanks everyone for all your help. One more thing, I can't restore from titanium backup because my previous backup had been saved to "sdcard1". And in slimbean titanium backup is trying to restore from "extsdcard". How can I restore all from this? I've been searching in the settings of titanium backup but I cant seem to do a custom restore.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tdunham:
menu/preferences/backup folder location/detect/whole device

Should scan internal and external for titanium folders.

I can't recall the exact sequence from here but then you select use current folder and it should save the preference.

Edit: And if this doesn't work, try asking in the Slimbean thread as I don't use it and there may be a different method. And same applies to other help with Slimbean as this is pretty off topic to this thread. ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] manaup:
Thanks. and sorry for the odr topic-ness.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
I usually just copied and pasted mine with my root browser cause I have 2 different kind of titanium backups for my roms, so in sure not to accidentally reinstall wrong files lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lnegron:
Finally fully rooted...

After days of trying to root, the following worked like a charm. Thanx 2 EVERYONE who put this 2gether.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DuceTheTruth:
Quick question.... I can't seem to install cm11. Do I have to be running the stock ROM in order to do so? When I install the zip it aborts in the end.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eshold:
Flash the latest TWRP (2.6.3.1) or CWM recovery. You don't need to be running the stock ROM, you do need a custom recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
if you just root the phone from the beginning of this guide, if you're on stock right now, it should install just fine...or if you're rooted already, just flash the philz recovery from this guide and it should install...are you using the cm11 from this guide?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DuceTheTruth:
thanks to the person who replied above this post...

I tried twice while on slimbean 4.3 to no avail.

Interesting note though, while on slimbean 4.3 an update came out to slimkat 4.4 and works great!

and yes goku its the cm11 from this thread........I will try again later my friend.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
oh really?? you got that notification while on it, that's cool...yeah I ran that rom the other night, I like the slim roms a lot except the only thing turning me off to stay on them is when texting, it's too slim lol the keys are so slim when holding it horizontal (qwerty) and the text box is so wide, drove me nuts lol

maybe I missed it but what custom recovery menu are you using?? on Saturday, I updated the philz recovery which I have here for you guys by installing the zip file for it I found in the android development thread, it sucked! made bad backups of my roms, I had to redo my cm11 setup all over again, so while on the slimkat 4.4.2 actually, I downloaded the root bundle I have listed here, opened it and just did the Odin flash part for restoring the philz recovery and it worked fine! even redownloaded my cm11 bundle I have here and reinstalled it...just an fyi for you dude, should work for you if you did that same exact thing

1. download the bundle and extract it

2. open up odin, uncheck auto restart and leave reset time checked, load the file like I have listed and reboot like I have listed in that section of my guide

you should be fine to go from there and try cm11 again, if you want to that is...I know the slimkat rom is awesome but I have my 1 peev about it lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DuceTheTruth:
My bad for not stating it earlier, but yes I followed the instructions to the tee in the og post. I have philz touch 6 as my recovery. Do you suggest I do the whole process all over again to run cm11?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
oh damn, really, and it's messing up on you like that trying to install the cm11 zip?? weird dude...couldn't hurt to try it again, just reinstalling plilz and seeing what happens, also maybe something happened to your download of the cm11 bundle? just weird now to me cause I just redid all that myself 2 days ago...keep me posted if you try again what happens, just make sure to backup your current rom before doing anything at all
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] thumperyz69:
Dreaded "There is no binary installed" message from SuperSU

I used the guide from the first post and for some reason when I launch SuperSU it says "There is no SU Binary installed..."

What the heck...I seriously thought i followed all the steps...

"Update-SuperSUv1.93" was in the package I used....

ideas???
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
that's a 1st I'm hearing that happening...um, when you 1st opened it up it said that and gave no option to update the su binary? if not, try 2 things:

1. go back into supersu, under its settings choose under "cleanup" the "reinstall" option- says "cleanup for reinstallation from Google Play"

2. after doing that, either try 1 or both...reinstall the supersu zip via recovery or go to the play store and search for supersu and then install it and open it, see what happens

let me know the outcome
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cubantigre180@hotmail.com:
Verify md5
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noles4life50:
If you're getting this your problem is that the zip isn't putting the binaries in the correct place which probably means one of 2 things, bad flash or bad download
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] thumperyz69:
To others who ask: When I launch SuperSU I get that prompt and app closes. I cannot get into the app to mess with the settings.

I guess I need to repeat the entire rooting procedure???

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DuceTheTruth:
Thanks for the advice, I'll try that. Lately I've been stuck on this slimkat 4.4. Great rom
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] thumperyz69:
uggg ...egg on face

I reattempted the process. My fault guys. I am rooted now. I did not let the Odin3 app finish in time. That was my problem.

Looking for ROMS now!!!

Thanks

:laugh:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sawyerbenjamin:
My phone hangs at "recovery.img" every time. Its really frustrating. I have my drivers and USB Debugging enabled.

Any help?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
using the USB cable that came with the phone? or got another cable to try with?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sawyerbenjamin:
Just some generic one. Its the only one I have. But I figured it Odin recognizes it and gets a little ways into the process, that cant be it, can it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
probably...has happened to me with this and last Samsung, only worked with their original cable and not from other phones that had the same cable, only good for charging and basic file transfers but with Odin, would fail

I'd bet anything it's the cable
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sawyerbenjamin:
Oh, wow. So where should I order the cable?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] omecabs:
Rooting SPH-710

what a great detailed write up. Thanks for the great doc and effort. SAVED!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
sprint shop maybe?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] neadams99:
Rooted NOW. Yea hoo!

Wow. Done!

Thanks again. I will not be flashing the new ROM (either CM11 or any other) as my husband and kids think I'd be crazy to do that at this point. I'll wait till the stable version comes out. Appreciate all your help. I'm now much relieved and more knowledgeable than Wednesday when this whole crazy thing started. You may rest easy knowing that you have saved one more soul from Android purgatory.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] WoodenDiamond71:
Actually i did make a tutorial video on how to install CM10.2 which is in fact a stable version of cyanogenmod.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mr. Struck:
The M2 and M3 Snapshot builds for CM11 are very close to stable as well, not a lot of risk in trying those, especially if you make a backup of your current OS first in recovery (which should be standard operating procedure anyway when making any significant change to your phone) you can always just wipe and flash back to what you had before.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] themio:
Tethering clarification

I've been following the posts but it's not clear to me yet if tethering works using this method. Will I be able to tether using this method?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Azhai:
Can I delete UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.93 and DE-SAMSUNGNIZER_KNOX_REMOVAL_SCRIPT_V1.0 from my phone after rooting?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] akaTRAP:
You mean to tell me I can't use my MediaBridge cable to root an S3? :( I'm disappointed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
if it's not working, then I'd say no lol I have tons of USB cables that fit my s3 from previous droids and only used the 1 that came with my s3 out of the box cause of such failures...rooted 2 s4's for friends, a vzw and an at&t and I told them each just make sure you bring the USB cable that came with the phone.

so just telling you from experience with USB data transfer failures, hasn't once happened to a Droid of mine while using its USB cable but has failed by using hand me downs or other cables.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] brain56:
Would this be another reason why my GS3 doesn't connect to my computer after installing Cyanogenmod 10.2 just using a random USB cable?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] goku2778:
possibly...did you enable USB debug again?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ohiojoe:
At the very top of the OP (first post) you'll see a line that says:"1st download the all in 1 root folder I put together----> S3 Root Bundle"

Click the "s3 Root Bundkle" link. That's all the files.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] akaTRAP:
That's really unfortunate.....and makes little sense as to why the USB cable would be important. Oh well, I'm sure my mom kept hers (hopefully), and quick research hasn't shown up results saying using a good USB cable (MediaBridge makes an amazing USB micro cable) other than the original one will cause problems. I'll try it in a week and report back.

btw, anyone know of any stable KitKat ROMS? I'm looking for one that I could flash and basically have everything work. So far I'm looking at CyanFox and the 1/24 release of Carbon but idk how stable those are. I'm not interested in Nightly ROMS. I'm not interested in uninstalling/installing .apk files (still haven't figured out how to do it).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ty080279:
can i get a mirror?, main DL link is down
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] themio:
Tethering question.

Does tethering work using this method?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] banccalif:
I followed this guide to root my replacement phone that was given to me with 4.3. After flashing cm/AOSP roms (octo & asob) I have proximity sensor issues immediately and after a day it begins to reboot and data wipe on its own. Is there anything I can to fix this? I dislike running tw so much I'm desperate for advice
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] akaTRAP:
If I had to take a guess, it may be the version of the ROMs you flashed. Sometimes Nightly ROMs aren't the most friendly ones. Have you tried something more stable like SlimKat or the stable release of Carbon?

EDIT:

Followed the directions exactly and it worked perfectly. Had a few ROMs that didn't want to start up, but other than that this method was flawless, very easy, and actually pretty quick. Currently running Liquidsmooth 3/07 build.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] banccalif:
I'm gonna give it a spin thanks for the advice, I kinda gave up after running into those issues
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] akaTRAP:
Another suggestion for you, have you also tried Pac-ROM? The 3/10 release is working VERY well for me. I haven't had any issues with it or LiquidSmooth, but I like Pac-ROM because I feel it's a bit more stable. Clean flashing them both also worked well for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SmashFace:
Cant boot to recovery

I got through the Odin3 step. When Odin read "Pass" I pulled the usb and pulled the battery. When holding up/home and power I don't boot into custom recovery. I do get a funny blue android image for a second, but no matter how long I hold down, when I release the phone boots as typical.

Any thoughts?

As an update: I got TWRP flashed. I flashed the two provided files using TWRP.After rebooting I had a 120 point "Android update" Once in, I went to SuperSU and KNOX is still kicking my ass.

Any ideas would be appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shekinahsmoke:
Del

Saferoot worked for me... Im still rooted.

Is the Samsung Knox removal still valid via custom recovery if I am already rooted?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] akaTRAP:
I just tried rooting another d2spr with my MediaBridge MicroUSB cable, and it worked 100%. I don't think you need the official cable that came with your phone to root it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Greek81:
wont copy???

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sorry guys i figured it out my pc was acting up
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] akaTRAP:
select the file, control + c (copy), control + v (paste)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ninjadroids3:
worked like a charm been looking for 30 mins thanks a bunch
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hammerfly:
Thank you sir

I have got to be the noobiest of the noobs and I still managed to not only get my S III rooted, I did it after a failed attempt trying a different method. Knox was killing me on the first method I was told to try so I found the OP's other thread about restoring semi-bricked back to original and that worked like a charm. It worked so nice that when I finally noticed the link he had under the one I used to get to this thread I had to try it. Look, if a 60 year old no rooting noob like me can do it on the first try then anyone should. Major props to the OP on this guide. Now to find out how to tether. That was the only real reason for me to root to begin with. Thanks so much for the good,,, great work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jim M:
Could you put up a mirror for the S3 Root Bundle files, Dropbox is not working. THX
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tdunham:
Here you go.

Goku, you can use this link on the OP if you need to also.

Let me know if it needs updating.

Sprint SIII root package
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jim M:
Thanks

Thank you, worked like a charm!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] forgetfulguy8972:
Bro thanks so much for the help this build is awesome..

Just figured I'd drop a couple lines and say thanks for all your help and information that you provided me without you and wetbiker7(and his ingenious MMS fix) I don't think I would have ever figured it out, I also installed the quantum kernel that's in this thread and I'm very impressed, if anyone is looking for a good ROM and is running mk5 this is a great choice..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EzDuzit:
I got everything done until I got to this part.

"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".

I don't see an option anywhere to update SU binary. How do I do this?

Ez
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 4Gevo:
Does anyone know if there was an update to this method... it does not work and have tried it atleast 10 times and my counter is at 24... i want to root my phone it has 4.3,mk3,SPH-L710 4.3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shekinahsmoke:
i dont think you have to update it anymore, should be working "out the box" now...at least I noticed that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EzDuzit:
Thanks. Yeah, I figured out that if it needs updating it'll tell you, but right now it's good to go out of the box, like you said.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] t1nk:
Just letting you know This also works with the latest update ND8 I'm am rooted.

??Sent from my GalaxyS3??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shekinahsmoke:
AH SNAP whaaaaaaaaaaaat?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ptaylor09:
+1 this does work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shekinahsmoke:
Are you guys speaking of what's in the OP or the Root package made "recently"?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ptaylor09:
I did whats in the op. Only thing that went differently was once I flashed supersu.zip and rebooted it would force close so I just updated it through playstore and did nothing else (no binary update) and I have root.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] aschaffer35:
Quick question, friend of mine is on the 4.3 stock update from Sprint and I'm going to follow these instructions to root his phone. But he's wanting to go back to 4.1.2, and I'm wondering if I could flash a custom ROM based off of 4.1.2 would this brick his phone? I understand flashing the tar file for an original 4.1.2 install would brick it due to downgrading the bootloader, but would just flashing a 4.1.2 ROM brick it as well?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] counterfeit187:
So if I get this running and root nd8 will I have any trouble changing recoveries and roms afterward?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
No but you will not be able to downgrade your firmware... So don't try to do an Odin restore of MK3, MD4, etc. I'm rooted and running Philz on ND8.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
No he's stuck with 4.3+, it won't brick it, but I couldn't get data to work on 4.1.2 since my phone came with 4.3. As long as you don't try to downgrade the firmware you won't brick it, but I doubt it will work... My suggestion is to upgrade to ND8 4.4, it's a lot better than 4.3 and this root method works.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] juliusrandleisaman:
This guide worked like a charm for this noob! Many thanks.:good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tdunham:
[MENTION=5397578]goku2778[/MENTION]

Since this seems to work with the latest ND8 4.4.2 OTA release, would you mind updating the file package in the OP with the latest Philz tar file so we can link rom development to your thread?

The latest Philz is necessary for proper use on the ND8 build. Tnx - TD
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] scott500:
I cant get past the "no binary update" error. I've rooted this way a few times and never had a problem. I'm trying to root stock ND8.

I've updated SuperSU and also tried to clear cache and data for the app and that didn't help. I re-flashed everything a second time and still get the same error. (root checker says I don't have root access)

Any suggestions would be appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dragonwithhart:
Works for Sprint Galaxy 3 OTA 4.4.2

Another affirmation that this process does work on the new OTA update to Kitkat. I tried the CF-Auto Root, but that one kept resetting and did not give me root. This one does. Happy now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] scott500:
****** Update

After the OP was updated with the 1.93 Supersu I reflashed it and it works fine now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] n00b-xda-disciple:
Ok successfully got rooted and custom recovery with sprint package (thanks for the resources) but I'm a little in the dark on the Knox boot loader.. I unpacked brand new L710, i pushed recovery file, booted recovery, flashed samsung knox remover, then flashed supersu, Rebooted, root checked, removed safe bloatware with cleaner without it messing up. What can I do now having knox in the bootloader and what not. Any info on knox preroot and after root knox cleanup. I think flashing kernels/kernal modding is unlikely without brick?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
You can do anything but downgrade your firmware and modem (Odining to a version before ND8). We already have a custom kernel, KToonsez's in the Original Development section. You can flash/nandroid older ROMs as well, just not the firmware.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Beej30:
Please check the download files

Dropbox says there is an error, too much traffic and they've shut you down. Anywhere else you've posted them?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] antvall225:
need help rooting

Hi. I have a sprint galaxy s3 sph-l710 running 4.3. I'm trying to root my phone but my security is stopping super user from working plus I tried to download the bundle file that is provided from this thread but it doesn't work. Need advise thanks