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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] skyss07:
Good to know

good to see you here in Samsung Phones Hash. I've been using your safestrap in Motorola Droid 4 and it all works great, thanks to you, I must try this too in my Samsung.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] studiorat:
you need to seek out the How to unbrick a Hard Brick on XDA its the sd card img solution...it works...heres the links...FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE LETTER!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU5H8NJ7vTM

heres the debrick file for your sd:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/aak6snppic9k40h/Verizon_Galaxy_S_3_Debrick.img

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you need to seek out the How to unbrick a Hard Brick on XDA its the sd card img solution...it works...heres the links...FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE LETTER!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU5H8NJ7vTM

heres the debrick file for your sd:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/aak6snppic9k40h/Verizon_Galaxy_S_3_Debrick.img
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ProtheusIRC:
Will any CM roms work?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] studiorat:
NO!!! only touch wiz Roms work although the OP states there are currently no working Roms
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ProtheusIRC:
Damn. Ok. Could this change in the very near future?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] studiorat:
I don't think so!! But I do have hope.....

We have been waiting for a patch for unlocking the Bootloader, all we have is the SafeStrap, and not much else no roms, o Flashing of anything!!!

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I suspect a hard brick!!!. what did you flash or try to flash?.....

look here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU5H8NJ7vTM

it works I can attest to that

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Problem is Beans is that we cant flash your Roms...on This Safestrap...I tried and failed dismally Several times...

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Try this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU5H8NJ7vTM

It worked for me....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
But isn't Safestrap what allows users to flash TW 4.3? I have seen a few posts asking if certain TW 4.3 roms are Safestrap compatible already.

They (krustybaguette) would need the 4.1.3 debrick img and 4.3 tar file. Your video is for 4.1.2.

Edit: I'm pretty sure they were on TW 4.3 as they mentioned in another thread in the general section

Did you try a TW 4.3 rom? I was under the impression that only those work for Safestrap. Beans' roms are 4.1.2. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong since I'm learning as you all are.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ProtheusIRC:
That was my impression also.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tsachi:
You are correct. At this point safe strap will only work with 4.3 TW roms. Further more, it requires stock kernel image. Cm, aosp, and older base versions are not currently supported.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] galaxys3_xda:
I'm running Wicked Sense 4.3 via safestrap. Its beautiful.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LordAlexx:
Ya me too, it's a really cool rom, love those icons. I really like the dual boot under safestrap, Other than being able to flash kernels, I am quite happy with my phone at the moment thanks to safestrap.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] galaxys3_xda:
Yeah hopefully they figure out a way to unlock the boot loader and/or allow aosp ROM flashing via safestrap. I have hope some one will.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePagel:
Correct me if I'm wrong, I thought the reason asop roms fails is only because of the kernel. So if someone were to port the kernel properly our 1-3 slots should be able to run asop based roms.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Goose306:
I believe we'd be looking at a kexec solution as the best option. IIRC that is what the S4 is currently using. It'll be a buggier kexec than what we had when the one first released though, as the recovery is now locked. We used to be able to load the kernel native over the recovery partition.

Problem is this phone was locked late in the development cycle. Most people in the know and inclined to develop are already unlocked and have no intention of changing.

Sent from my 4.4.2 Gummy S3 with Lean Kernel
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePagel:
I have a semi good handle on how to port kernels. I'll try to run cyanogenmod 10.2 with the samsung kernel this weekend. Well I will if I can get Linux installed on my old laptop. If i do it right it should in theory work because it is using stock kernel and its checking the signature on the stock slot not the rom slot that is booting. I don't know about anyone else but I wouldn't miss the minor differences in the kernel like fast charge for example.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] checkthisSH:
Hey guys,

I just want to make sure I have this process down properly before I attempt anything -

My Verizon Galaxy S3 is on 4.3 stock and I rooted it using Saferoot.

Now all I have to do is download and install Safestrap, boot into recovery using the menu button upon startup, set up a new ROM slot partition, flash a TW 4.3 ROM like Wicked Sense 4.3 (or other, any suggestions?), then flash the kernel modules that match my build number (ML1) and I should be all set, right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gherman222:
Yep, sounds perfect... Worked like a charm for me. I'm running Old&Slow's ROM, but may give Wicked Sensations a try.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] checkthisSH:
Sweet! Thanks for the confirmation man.

Have you noticed any bugs or issues with running a custom ROM this way?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gherman222:
No, it's really bug-free... It takes a while to set up a slot, though I guess it depends on how large you make your data, cache, etc. I've only tried the Old&Slow ROM as of now. You're limited in that you can't run CM, AOSP, etc., but it at least gives you options if you accepted the OTA. I'm happy with it, thanks to Hashcode and the 4.3 devs!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ProtheusIRC:
Is the battery life any better on Old&Slow?

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Or would that be a kernel thing?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] checkthisSH:
Yeah, I would really rather run CM, but because this phone is already on 4.3 I'm really grateful that I can flash something. Hashcode and Beans and all of those guys really stepped up and that's awesome.

How big did you make your partition for Old&Slow?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gherman222:
You would think it would be a kernel thing, but I've noticed quite a difference with the debloating (and extra freezing that I did). It's definitely smoother.

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I really wasn't sure what to make it, but here's what I did: system - 1500 MB; data - 2500 MB; and cache - 1000 MB. Judging from my free space, the system and data are about right (I have over 400 MB free on each), but cache doesn't need to be that large (over 900 MB free as of now), but of course your cache usage will increase over time. Hope this helps!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ProtheusIRC:
so if i want to uninstall SS, I just do it normally from Settings? And does that uninstall the rom slot and whatever is on it or do i have to repartition or what?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] roaddog665:
I'm not sure what the "approved" method is, but this is how I did it.

Boot into recovery

Activate the stock slot

Tap the rom slot you created and it will give you an option to delete it... Delete it

Reboot into android

Open SS

Uninstall recovery

Reboot... Shouldn't give you any option, just goes right into android

Uninstall SS

Done

FWIW, I didn't uninstall safestrap because of any problems, in fact it worked awesome and I love having the option avaliable. I'm just happy with stock rooted for the time being and having two roms kills the space in the internal sdcard. That 32gig version sure would be nice now!

Sent from my SCH-I535
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ProtheusIRC:
Same here. No space at all lol. That and I'm gonna be patient and wait for the BL unlock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePagel:
Wishful thinking (secretly my wish as well) I doubt anyone who could actually unlock this boot loader is working on it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ProtheusIRC:
Someone has to be. Why wouldn't they? The dev community is still active, this phone is still relevant. Why not?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePagel:
I like the way you look at it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ProtheusIRC:
I wonder though. For someone like me who isn't with Verizon anymore, I wonder if I talked to Verizon if they might unlock it for me...

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Lmao. Just called Verizon. Told them my warranty was up and I'm not even with their company anymore. The rep (in a forceful tone) said "We do not unlock any phones". I said "Even if I'm not a Verizon customer anymore and my warranty is up? Wouldn't it be officially MY damned phone?" So the rep goes "WE DO. NOT. UNLOCK. ANY. PHONES. and hangs up.

Un ****ing believable.

So glad I'm not with Verizon lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePagel:
Don't they have to unlock your phone? I say this because they legally need to unlock the sim and people are having problems connecting to other networks since the 4.3 update. So if you want you phone on xyz carrier but since the update you can't they should legaly have to downgrade you until the bug is fixed. Or is my information outdated?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ProtheusIRC:
I gotta try that line next lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FC127:
Never mind... I misread
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ProtheusIRC:
??? I got a notification saying you quoted me?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FC127:
Yeah, I misread your post and commented then read it again and realized my mistake.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tsachi:
Two separate locking. The lock on SIM card, they have to remove. But that was removed on my phone since day one. The boot loader lock they have no obligation on. With respect to trying to get them to downgrade since the latest isn't working well with other networks - again, no obligation. They create the phone software to work well on their network but they are under no obligation to ensure compatibility with any other network.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ProtheusIRC:
Yes man I know the difference. No need to flame me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] krustybaguette:
A couple of days ago I was in brick mode. Plugging in charger, nothing. Pull battery and power on? brief red dot upper left, then battery symbol for a second or two, then black. Eventually went to VZ store and tech tried something in the back room, still nothing. Went home and tried volume down/Home then power on and lo and behold I had Odin. After that followed the Pagels thread cited earlier and got stock ROM back.

I had tried entering Odin download mode several times before. I think I was trying to press all three buttons at the same time. It seems that you have to do it in the sequence above, pressing the power on button only after holding the other two down.

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Did you flash the kernel after flashing the ROM?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePagel:
Holding the volume down+home before power is good practice. All three at one time is asking for it not to work right away. same for entering recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jjosph:
I still can't get this to install the recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dadud:
Any progress?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePagel:
Haven't been home long enough to try
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 0331:
This is what I did.

Downloaded SS app from xda

Went to app drawer and opened SS

Clicked ACCEPT

Clicked install recovery

Rebooted

Profit.

Things to check beforehand:

Double check "app from unknown sources is enabled."

Make sure you have root
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jjosph:
Thanks so much that worked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tsachi:
Sorry if it came out as flaming, wasn't my intention. I was also responding to some of the posts that followed you saying how Verizon needs to downgrade people on 4.3 because it doesn't work well with other networks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] anesh01:
Help

when i went to download the safestrap from the links provided, it gave me a zip file instead of an apk file............maybe im doing soemthing wrong, any help is appreciated or if someone can post the apk file, i'll appreciate that. Thank you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ProtheusIRC:
The apk is inside of the zip file. Just unzip it using Winarchiver or WinZip.

Failing that, here is a direct link to the apk in my personal dropbox.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yq95wdfar0glwls/Safestrap-D2VZW-3.71-B05.apk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] anesh01:
Thank you very much
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ProtheusIRC:
You are very welcome. Be sure to hit the Thanks but beside my post please.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] anesh01:
it installed like a charm, rebooted, however on the safestrap screen it says disabled in red, (shouldnt it be enabled in green), either way i was able to access the menu and such............just curious as to why it says disabled
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ProtheusIRC:
That's normal. From there you either press Continue to boot straight to the ROM or Recovery (I think) to access SS.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] anesh01:
again thank you, i understand we are limited to 4.3 roms, at the moment.....correct
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ProtheusIRC:
Unfortunately yes. There is Old&Slow's stock rooted and deodexed ROM, Wicked Sensations and Samstock I believe.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
And MOAR!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ProtheusIRC:
Oh, yes, yes, yes. I forgot. M.O.A.R. Mother of all Roms. It's stock, but it is arguably the most customizable stock ROM out for the S3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePagel:
okay I was hoping I could get cm to boot but it failed. So my question is as long as samsung has not patched the exploit perhaps someone could get loki to work for our phone. It works for the s4 and some lg phones. I cant seem to get the aboot.img todump form my phone for some reason so I cant get the information to put into the loki_flash exploit. https://github.com/djrbliss/loki
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] phoenixaldana01:
what a good size to set a rom slot at
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dadud:
Is it possible to snatch from the Odin files?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePagel:
Its in a in a different format in the Odin file.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ProtheusIRC:
**** it I'll try. How do I dump my aboot?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePagel:
With ADB

adb shell

su

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 of=/sdcard/aboot.img

But I think you can just use terminal emulator with

su

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 of=/sdcard/aboot.img

I was getting a aboot.img out of this with adb but after dumping the contents of the .img I am pretty sure it was safestrap stuff and that is why

./loki_find-linux-x86_64 aboot.img

was failing on me. I'm hoping that we wont have to odin back to stock to do this but we will see.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dadud:
I could Odin back to stock. I was planning on doing that and re rooting.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePagel:
Well if your going to anyway whats the harm in trying? Good luck to both of you! I think I am done with this for a few days but if you need help I can try my best. Just incase you have problems starting make sure you cd to the bin folder whatever\whatever\loki-master\bin
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dadud:
Honestly I don't know how to do any of that, nor do I have a computer running Linux to do it on. I tried dumping my current aboot.bin. I would like this further looked into, and I'm willing to help as much as I can to to move progress forward on running a aosp Rom on my phone.

If someone else wants another dump to try with you can grab mine from here https://www.dropbox.com/s/ernorefenirbppq/aboot.img
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePagel:
lets stop abusing this thread and use this one http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2618887
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] phoenixaldana01:
Thxs all involved recovery work like a charm took me about a week to get the nerve to flash a ROM
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidshadow:
Few questions about SafeStrap?...

Hello everyone,

So i am very new to the whole Safestrap Recovery system...

First off let me say thank you so much to the developers for giving us a great work around until we find a solution to this whole locked/encrypted bootloader on our Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 phones! It is truly disappointing that Verizon has done this... It is a such a hard compromise for me when it comes to Verizon. With Verizon i get such a fast 4G connection (i came from Sprint that should explain!) but I am really just plain sad that I can't customize my phone the way I want to. I used to love having the freedom or option of adding a custom ROM with extra features less bloatware and I really miss TWRP or CWM.

Okay so back to Safestrap...

Question 1. Will safestrap work with any build number of d2vzw SGS3? For example I have the build number VRUCML1...oh wait i just answered my own question on this one! Okay so safestrap will work with this build number. What about the other build number without Multi-Windows support such as VRBMB1?

Question 2. Now Safestrap I have been told will only work with TouchWiz based ROM's and ROM's that have been modified to work with locked bootloaders right? If I wanted to add a second TW based ROM is it possible to add to my SDCARD or can this only be done on internal storage?

Question 3: Just to clarify this will work with the 4.3 update right? I just want to make sure before I start to do anything custom...

Question 4: Also i feel maybe this isn't the right question for this thread but I am hoping that maybe someone here could answer for me. I used to have my phone running CyanogenMod with TWRP Recovery Manager but I wanted to get the Galaxy Gear smart watch. So I knew the watch would only work with the 4.3 update so i took my phone back to stock and took the 4.3 update not knowing that Verizon had locked the bootloader and I would not be able to go back to a custom ROM or an advanced Recovery Manager.

Will SafeStrap in any way prevent my d2vzw SGS3 on Anroid 4.3 from working with the Galaxy Gear smart watch? Is anyone using SafeStrap + d2vzw SGS3 + Galaxy Gear Smartwatch?

I don't think safestrap would prevent the galaxy gear from working with my phone because from what i have read safestrap basically protects your stock ROM and allows you to do custom TW ROM work on an extra slot space, very similar to how TWRP + MultiROM works with the Nexus7 right?

Thank you developers again for giving us a great workaround, and thank you so much for your time and efforts!

Also, I thank you all for your time and your assistance...

-droidshadow
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
1. Safestrap should only be used on a locked bootloader, but it will still work on any build. I'm confused what you're asking here, but the only build it should be used on is vrucml1.

2. No idea, I assume it's possible, and that would be really useful.

3. This is the only option you have on the 4.3 ota update, you have no other choices.

4. There's no reason why this alone should mess with your Galaxy gear compatibility. But if for some reason it does, you can always flash the stock 4.3 Odin file and return everything back to stock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MrBrady:
If we're not using safestrap (didn't take the OTA), can/should we still flash the kernel modules .zip file?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidshadow:
BadUserName, thank you so much for your response. You have been very helpful and and I really appreciate your assistance.

So the biggest thing I need to find out is if Safestrap can load TW ROM's from an sdcard.

As for my first question the reason I ask is because there are two different build numbers, one being VRBMB1 and the other is the VRUCML1 -> this one has the multi windows option.

Now on the main Safestrap page for the d2vzw Verizon SGS3 i see that there is a .zip module file specifically for the VRUCML1 but i was just wondering if SafeStrap will still work for the VRBMB1 which now that I think about it i don't think it will because only the VRUCML1 has the OTA 4.3 update so there would be no need to use Safestrap for VRBMB1 because there is an unlocked bootloader available for that build number.

BadUserName thank you again for your asstisance.

So has anyone been able to load a TW ROM with SafeStrap from your SDCard file location?...

Something tells me that it is not possible to load a TW ROM from the SDCARD but i am really hoping that I am wrong...

I thank you all for your time and your assistance.

-droidshadow
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Should you? No. Those of us with an unlocked bootloader have no reason to use this thread at all. Wifi works with every rom for us.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bradg24:
Can we change the kernel on a locked bootloader? I am from moto razr, that has safestrap and we only can use a kenex kernel is that same for us. Yes this new phone I got had the ota on it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
No, you can't change the kernel.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dadud:
Kexec should work, yet nobody has done any work with it, besides the old roms. Aosp roms won't work until then. I'm hoping someone trys to get it working, I'm having aosp withdrawals
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bradg24:
Thought so thanks for the help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
[MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION]

I have seen a few people in other touchwiz 4.3 threads ask how to get working wifi after having used Safestrap to flash a TW 4.3 rom. Could you tweak the line referring to the kernel modules in your OP to mention "flash this after roms

to enable working wifi

" or something along those lines?

As it stands now, this line is ambiguous and I think new users will continue to have no idea

why

they need to flash VRUCML1 kernel modules. No kernel modules = no working wifi, but they do not realize that. What I am seeing is people recommend a reflash of the TW 4.3 rom, which is not the right solution. Hope you take this into consideration.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gherman222:
I saved the ROM downloads to my SD Card and I'm able to use SafeStrap to flash them (if that's what you're asking)... Plus, when you backup, it saves to your SD Card. You'll still have to flash the kernel modules for wifi to work. Good luck!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidshadow:
secondary TW ROM to SDCARD...

That is sort of what I am asking for, so thank you so much for your assistance on this matter..

What I am wondering, how i understand this is basically SafeStrap operates as an advanced recovery manager for locked bootloaders. It allows you to install multiple touchwiz based ROMs on top of your stock ROM and the whole time SafeStrap protects your stock ROM from getting messeded up or damaged by adding the secondary TW based ROM's to an open slot.

What i am wondering is instead of Installing these secondary TW ROM's on top of the d2vzw SGS3's internal storage which can up up quite quickly for a 16GB can we install these secondary TW ROM's onto an SDCARD instead of internal storage.

Now that I am typing this out i don't think this is possible. In order to boot the secondary ROM from an open slot, i think it has to be on internal storage.

I hope i am wrong...

-droidshadow
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cam1john:
So kinda confused what what this allows us to do. This basically allows us to flash multiple ROMS on 4.3 with the ability to switch between them without having to wipe our phones?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bradg24:
Yes to answer your question easily. I am from Motorola razr so this is the only way we could load any roms. Hopefully they can find out what is blocking us from loading aosp roms and build in a workaround.