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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Hey everyone! Most of you have probably already heard about this, but for those who have not, I thought I would post up the information.

XDA Recognized Developer [MENTION=3280118]geohot[/MENTION] has developed a new root method that so far is working for many, many devices....Including ours!!! And believe me, it just does not get any easier than this!

Check out geohot's original thread here on XDA:

I'm throwing a party and you should come **GS5 ROOT THREAD**

Don't forget to at least click his Thanks button, and consider donating to him if you can. There was a bounty started for rooting the Verizon and AT&T S5's, and they finally got their wish! And geohot gets to claim a nearly $19,000 bounty!!! Amazing stuff! For those who may not be familiar with his previous work, he was the first to jailbreak the iPhone/iPod, and if I am not mistaken he did the same with the PS3!

So anyway, you are here to root your device, no? I guess we should get on with it then!

This is confirmed to work on 4.3, NC2 firmware for the T999, as well as 4.3 and 4.4.2 KK firmware for the I747! It should work for the T999V firmware released this morning, and for the upcoming KK updates to the T999/T999L/T999N!

HOW TO ROOT WITH TOWELROOT

Developed By: geohot

Go to http://towelroot.com

Click on the red Lambda symbol to download the towelroot.apk

Install towelroot.apk on your device

Open the app

"make it ra1n"

You are now rooted! But need to follow a couple more steps.

Install Chainfire's

SuperSU

from the Play Store

Open SuperSu and let it update the su binary

When it asks if you would like to disable Knox, SAY YES!​

Note: I tested this on stock unrooted 4.3 firmware. Build NC2. When I told SuperSu to disable Knox it just hung with the spinner going. I just had to close SuperSu, reopen and when prompted again, said yes and it worked just fine.

There you have it! The easiest root method we have ever had for our S3's! Enjoy! :cowboy:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Recently many have reported problems with root after installing SuperSU. Mostly they are issues with updating the binary breaking root. Chainfire knows about this and is working on it, but until he fixes it do not install via the Play Store.

Instead, download and install (as a normal app) SuperSU 2.00 from here.

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23622183712471997

This should get you guys by until he finds a fix. Sorry for the trouble some of you have had.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cLogic:
CONFIRMED .. this worked on My Videotron SGH-T999V with latest stock 4.4.2 firmware (NF1) ... altho with the following notes ...

at first I tried to use the same procedure I used to root 4.3 (twrp 2.7.1.0 recovery, de-knox script, and superSu 1.65) ... but su binary would either fail to update or not survive boot

used latest towel root apk (version 2), but su binary failed to update until after a reboot

now I'm in the process of using root and Titanium to debloat KitKat .. thanks samsung, lol

so far, I don't really notice much difference between kitkat and 4.3 which is kinda odd for a "major" release .. it's actually a letdown

mucho thanks for bringing this to our forum, Doc ... merci bien :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] yeeahnick:
thank you for this method, unfortunately i only found out about this now and rooted with cf-auto-root last night. Are there are advantages using towelroot instead of cf-auto-root besides that you dont need odin?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
In the end, root is root. So no real advantages once you've already done so. This just makes the process extra quick and super easy!

I consider it to be the safest method at this point as well. If for no other reason than it limits the potential for human errors. But it also requires no flashing, which which always carries some risk of its own.

If anyone who has never tripped the warranty bit tries this method, please confirm it does not trip it.

Its been reported not to already on other devices, and I see no reason it would, but its better to have confirmation on each device nonetheless.

And fyi, after flashing stock then running Towelroot, the device status remained "Official" and I could still check for updates until I rebooted. After rebooting it re-runs its check and sets the status to "Custom".
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Rickyfk:
can verify that it works
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] dboi2011:
WAY TO GO

Can confirm this works on At&t stock 4.3:good:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rcsrich:
This is a wonderful, wonderful thing & may actually get me off my lazy a$$ & get me to finally root... :)

Many props to [MENTION=3280118]geohot[/MENTION]!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Lol! Kinda hard to make excuses to not root now, huh?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] northghost:
Thanks worked great on my sgh-t999v running stock 4.4.2, it got hung up on disabling knox but after a reset and opening supersu again the message popped up and disabled knox. This is aMAZing
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cash2387:
So I tried Towelroot yesterday with both mine and my wifes S3, I can confirm that it works and didn't have any problems. I've included screenshots from Download Mode and Device Status...All Official!....And most important....DeBloated!!!!:D:cool:

Thanks for the advise Doc:victory:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] fasteddie5:
After completing this, is it as easy as getting goo manager or rom manager from playstore, and installing a custom recovery?

Been out of the loop for a while now...lol
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cash2387:
From whats around it seems that flashing a custom recovery will lead to a increased warranty counter...But if you don't care...flash away.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] new2and:
That was the easiest root ever. Just followed your instructions and only had an "issue" with SuperSU. I just rebooted and all is working fine. Thanks.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] masondoctorjt:
I can confirm that the warranty bit does not get tripped with this rooting method. The status is custom now however but warranty but remains at 0.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] fgarzabangs:
Worked

Thank You, Thank You, Thank you Geohot, you the man, this worked great on my Samsung Galaxy S5 with KitKat 4.4.2 Firmware, I got at AT&T!!!! Finally can use my SD Card as intended.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
If I remember correctly, the AT&T S5's bootloader was locked and you guys couldn't gain root, right? Be careful on your next updates because as I understand it, Towelroot makes use of a kernel exploit which I believe has been patched in all kernels dated after June 6. This means Towelroot most likely will not work on future updates for you guys.

I could be wrong, and hope I am, but just use caution when you update again.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] broken7:
I have a wind mobile S3. It was running 4.3 and rooted. I upgraded to 4.4.2 via odin and none of the methods including this one are working for me.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] getochkn:
I am on Wind, upated to the latest 4.4.2 via Odin, went to the website, downloaded the app, ran it, install SuperSU, rebooted and was rooted. I had to do the "knox disable" thing twice, but that's it. I rooted fine.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] broken7:
I had to remove lbe security master then the root worked.

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I've got it rooted, xposed installed with the module to translate lbe but I can't download lbe security master because it's not available in my country, thanks google store. So frustrating.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mpadhu:
Which method of rooting is easy without issues for Samsung Galaxy S3 T999 t-mobile running on android 4.3 UVUENC2.

Please suggest.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
This method is as easy as it gets
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] iago94010:
I have the S3 T999v Wind running on android 4.4.2. I used TowelRoot v3 and it says my phone is not supported. How else can I root my phone?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
Cf-auto-root
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cLogic:
the real question is WHY do you want to root ?

if you want to root to flash custom rom ... then you dont need to root ... just flash custom recovery (twrp) and then flash rom from the custom recovery

.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Dr.Ghobar:
Problem On Xperia V with android 4.3 Build number 9.2.A.2.5

Hello,

When I click on "make it ra1n", there comes this message: "Please ensure you are connected to the internet" (but I am connected) and nothing more happens. I think no rooting happens because SuperSu cannot be installed from Play Store.

Please help me.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] prodigal77:
Just wanted to report that I was able to one click root using this method without a PC on my T-Mobile S3 (4.3) in about 10 seconds!!!!

Incredible. Thank you so much to the developer (paypal donation en route!) and to the forum users for making this information available!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] BingoRingo:
It didn't work on my Videotron phone (T999VVLUFNH2), said my device was not supported. I used ch-autoroot instead.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] PiCASSiMO:
No love for our Nexus 4... :(

Wished it worked, as we can't connect the Nexus 4 to any computer and OS.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nalin nishant:
is it any risk of data loss by rooting with towelroot
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] audit13:
There is always a risk involved with flashing anything to any phone.

I suggest that you back up your data before rooting.

If you have a custom recovery installed, you could flash supersu from recovery.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
No data loss
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] d148l0:
Hello

could not root :(

after getting towelroot confirmation, tried root checker. no root

uninstalled towelroot, retried. towleroot ok. tried directly superu2.00. Asked binaries update, said yes, asked binaries install mode (normal vs twrp/cwm), clicked normal. failed

show me the way please
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
What device do you have?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] d148l0:
Sorry s3 9300 t999
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
That's impossible. You either have i9300 or T999. My guess is i9300. Towelroot is not compatible with that device
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] d148l0:
OK Thank you ! :)

How to know if it is i9300 nor t999? Because the hardware n software seems to be t 999's And gsmarena calls it i9300 t999
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] raptor1983:
Check the Model number into Settings -> More -> About Device

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Hi everyone.

I just wanna confirm that Towelroot worked perfectly with the new firmware T999UVUEOH1 on the T999.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Epoxilips:
Had a question for you guys. Has anyone updated through tmobile to 5.1? I was getting a forced update but disabled it. I am currently interested in possibly doing it now though. Problem is I am rooted and have my phone in a nice spot where I like it. Will I be able to use towel root after the new update to get back to normal easily? The reason I want to use towel root is because the other way i had done it required a usb cable but my port is kinda shot. My pc has a hard time recognizing it and it would be risky trying to root that way. Or is there a way to use wifi transfer to root if towel does not work?

I have a

Galaxy S3

SGH-T999L

4.3

kernel # 3.0.31-2106417
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
The update is a stage fright patch. Still 4.3. Probably won't work regardless
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Epoxilips:
oh ok thanks. That all it is? Thought i read it was changing to 5.1?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
Nope. That's all it is
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cLogic:
the S3 was updated to kitkat 4.4.2 and then updates stopped .. altho your carrier decided to stop back at jellybean 4.3

you have to come to the dark side and flash a custom rom to go beyond 4.4.2 :cool:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] icewater0:
How does towelroot use Internet access?

This apk will not root unless I have an Internet connection. Anyone know how towelroot uses it?

Thanks!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Confirmed to still work on the latest OH1 4.3 firmware by Perseus and myself!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] admiralawezome:
not working on t-mobile stock rom 4.3... it says.. This phone isnt currently supported -.- i give up on rooting my t-mobile sgs3......
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
It works. What firmware are you on?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ImpassionedRule:
Do we still need a 4.4.2 debrick for the T999V? Gonna ODIN back to stock in a few days, so I might as well run it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
I believe we do need it, at least for the new firmware that was just released.

Shoot me a pm when you get it and I can add it to my collection/repo.

What build are you planning to flash?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
I've got the debrick.img from NF1 already. If you flash the newer firmware and still want to make a debrick.img from that it would be greatly appreciated!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] goldenpipes:
I have just tried this on a SGH-T999L (T-Mobile GS3) and it says not supported.

Baseband: OH1
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Running full stock firmware? Are you sure you used the later version of Towelroot? There are two that I'm aware of and only the later one worked on the T999 if I remember right.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] slimcyril:
I rooted my Samsung galaxy s3 Verizon i-535 running 4.4.2 with towelroot installed supersu & flashed cwm recovery from rom manager, booted recovery but got a black screen with yellow so now I don't have a recovery, please keep me advised?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] audit13:
If you can get into download mode, see if you can use Odin to re-flash the ROM.

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SCH-I535/
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] slimcyril:
[MENTION=4673498]audit13[/MENTION] I have a friend that has reflashed this phone twice at the Samsung store in Bestbuy & she's still willing to restore the phone back but I just wanna be able to root & use my recovery to install cool stuff

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[/COLOR [MENTION=4673498]audit13[/MENTION] reflashing the Rom isn't a problem, I just wanna be able to use root & recovery cuz without it root is no fun, please keep me advised?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] audit13:
Is the bootloader locked? If it is, TWRP cannot be installed. Custom ROMs could also be a problem unless they are based on a TW kernel.

Have a look here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2797314
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] slimcyril:
[MENTION=4673498]audit13[/MENTION] I think the bootloader is locked cuz my friend at Samsung store in bestbuy reflashed the phone this morning, is there any other way to install or flash zips without a custom recovery?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] audit13:
You'd probably have to use some form of safestrap: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2797314
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Wiccio:
LG E610

Android 4.1.2

Kernel 3.4.0

Build JZO54K

SW E61020g-EUR-XX

Baseband MSM7225A-1-AA
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Voraxi:
Confirmed to work with MetroPCS SCH-R530-M

Now to see if I can't find a stock ROM with all the bloatware removed. Anyone have any suggestions?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SyaCha:
How to root tab winds edgeiii android kk 4.4.2 ?? I used framatool but #9? I try toweltool but still can't (phone off after click "make in ra1n")? please help me?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tburg1020:
Safe

I trust XDAm but I want to confirm this is safe. Ive rooted several phone but I usually use the adb method. Now I have a G3 on Lollipop that I havent had any luck rooting and Im nervous about using an APK that has so many warnings on my phone.

Thanks

Tom
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
G3 or GS3? It's perfectly safe for for the S3
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nnlmmest:
TMobile T999L - fw. LUVUBOH1 failed - 'This phone is not currently supported'
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] audit13:
To root, flash TWRP and then flash supersu.zip from TWRP. Flashing TWRP will trip the knox counter from 0 to 1.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] brole:
Hi all. I'm still trying to figure out how to get this to work on an S3 T999L. I had the not supported issue another user came across, even with enabling 3rd party apps. I'm on 4.3
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] audit13:
To root, try flashing twrp and then flash supersu from twrp.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] brole:
Sorry, could you be more specific? I thought following the OP was flashing TWRP. How do I flash those then?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
I believe this method is now obsolete, it doesn't work on latest firmware for the S3. Not being rude but there are plenty of guides to flash twrp and supersu
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] audit13:
Which method is obsolete?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
Towelroot. Sorry, my post was unclear
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] KenLucky:
First and foremost, I apologize for resurrecting an ancient thread. I have the old Galaxy s3 747 4.4.2 wth a NJ2 firmware.

Is CF auto root still a viable solution for rooting? I obviously can't flash a custom recovery, so the SU .zip is a dead end for me...

This phone was rooted forever ago, but my daughter used it for about a year and smehow managed to update to the current F&%-ed up FW.

I am going nutz trying to root this beast. It's old, I know. But I am in a professiom that destroys a LOT of tech. Morter dust soaks through clothes and finds its way into the phone... So, old is fine...got. aRhino case on the way.. Anyway, back to the matter at hand. I have attempted to flash the CF AutoRoot but it repeatedly failed at " Complete(write) failed" but that may have even a hardware issue with my USB ports. I am going to try the rear ports this time. If this doesn't work, is Root66 still an option for me?

If am successfull at rooting, I will post back, to list a final solution. Maybe it will help someone later on.

Thanx for all the free knowledge and for the help y'all have given to probably millions.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] audit13:
This forum is for the S3 from T-Mobile. The S3 from AT&T is the sgh-i747.

To root either phone, use Odin to flash the appropriate version of TWRP and then flash supersu from TWRP.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Rod_1980:
Unfortunately it does not work on J7 Prime with android 7.0 :(
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] audit13:
Towelroot has never worked on Android 6 or 7.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] atefi:
Can it root cat s31?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Jmo123:
My s7 has been flashed from a sprint to a tmobile can i do a simple towel root on it so i can get a mac address changer on it
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jerryspring:
the bootloader on the tmo s3 is already unlocked. towelroot is not needed
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Rickey Miller:
Thank you for ending my struggles
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
What have you tried? What does it do? What steps did you take? Errors? Did you remember to install SuperSU from the play store and then open it so it updates its binary and disables knox?

We might be able to help, but would need a good deal more info.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
I think they got it rooted based on their previous post :D
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] TheLastSidekick:
Be careful doing this on stock 4.3 back up your contact numbers firdt. I did this on my mom's stock S3 (sgh-t999) on 4.3 and it worked but all of her contact information was gone and she hadn't sync any to Google.

Seeing a stupid comment on Google Play about an app you love and marking it as "spam". You've done it too.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Thats weird. Kind of an odd side effect for something like this. Are you certain Towelroot was the cause? Ive rooted NC2 several times using it and haven't lost anything.

Still, its always a good idea to backup your data prior to doing anything! Even if its simply just rooting. Sorry bout that happening though...will kerp an eye out for similar reports on other devices as well.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] TheLastSidekick:
Haha well it happened to a friends S4 luckily had sync to Google his contacts. I had thought her data was backed up because of Google Sync but was wrong for whatever reason. The S4 can no longer use the Play Store or sync a Google account so I had to have him install a custom ROM since IMHO a custom ROM flash is less dangerous than using odin or fastboot for a noob.

To clarify all these problems happened on TMOBILE devices, an S3 and S4 using TowelRoot v3, and immediately installing SuperSU 2.01 from the Play Store. The S3 only lost numbers but everything works, while my friends S4 was less fortunate.

Seeing a stupid comment on Google Play about an app you love and marking it as "spam". You've done it too.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Shack70:
Super easy and no real problems on SGH-T999L. I have to run the SU app twice but besides that nothing abnormal to report. So I've got root, now what? I'm worried about messing thing up. Anything else I should be doing to make sure nothing goes wrong?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Yes, the first thing after rooting should be a backup of your nv data.

Get terminal emulator from the play store and enter this:

su

reboot nvbackup

Thats it!

Beyond that, just check out the sticky threads and search "what to do after root" or something to that effect.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Tbh, I wonder if its more a kk issue. Ive never seen so many problems with a release as I have in the AT&T forums. Granted, most are because AT&T refuses to release the firmware, but still....
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Darthzin:
SGH-T999v from Videotron here. Flashed kitkat 4.4.2 stock with odin. Towelroot worked. Just had to update the SuperSu binaries in the recovery mode. Not my phone is rooted again! Thanks!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Shack70:
So I saw T-Mobile pushed out an update at the end of June and tried to run the update through settings. I got the message your system has been modified, software updates are unavailable. Is this normal and what should I do?

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K, phone showed a few lines of code in blue and then it rebooted. Is that normal? I'm not really this dumb, just worried about messing up my phone
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
What is your current build number?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Shack70:
Build number: JSS15J.T999LUVUBNC1

Android version 4.3
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
Then maybe they did push an update, flash back to stock with Odin, factory reset, and after that you should be able to check for updates.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Shack70:
Thanks, Ill give it a try later this week.