How to Root The AT&T Galaxy S3 (From The Sprint Forums)

[Skunkape60]

One more question is their any rooting methods for Mac for the att galaxy s3 running 4.1.1?

If you look at my house to root threads on xda there are some members who did it with a Mac. You can ask them.

 

[codeman3000]

I made it as far as taking my battery out and putting it back in. But when I start it in recovery, I'm not getting the touch screen menu, only the menu that i need to use my volume keys. And there isn't an option to unzip. What do I do now?!

 

[Skunkape60]

I made it as far as taking my battery out and putting it back in. But when I start it in recovery, I'm not getting the touch screen menu, only the menu that i need to use my volume keys. And there isn't an option to unzip. What do I do now?!

Did you let the phone boot before you went into recovery?

 

[bb_redhot]

After following steps, my phone reboots, freezes, and reboots itself again any thoughts on what I did wrong?

 

[Skunkape60]

After following steps, my phone reboots, freezes, and reboots itself again any thoughts on what I did wrong?

Can you still get into custom recovery? Did you make a backup? I would try a factory reset in recovery. It will erase your apps, settings and you will have to stop your phone again but it often fixed these issues. You do have the AT&T gs3 correct?

 

[bb_redhot]

I was able to use your instructions to unroot and I am back running and didn't lose any of my data. Thanks for posting both. I will back-up and try again (maybe). I recently upgrading my phone and I probably should have tried this before upgrading.

 

[Makennah Eck]

ok when i click start on odin it says <OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0) what do i do

 

[Skunkape60]

ok when i click start on odin it says <OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0) what do i do

Does Odin recognize your phone? Meaning do you see a number and com in the id com block?

 

[brvdd]

Hey, I already bricked my first device (the guide worked great, I installed a l93000 by accident. I have a i747) looking for a cool ROM. Maybe there is something I don't understand, but are there any good custom ROMs for a Galaxy S3 AT&T version?

 

[Skunkape60]

Hey, I already bricked my first device (the guide worked great, I installed a l93000 by accident. I have a i747) looking for a cool ROM. Maybe there is something I don't understand, but are there any good custom ROMs for a Galaxy S3 AT&T version?

I'm not really sure. I don't have the AT&T phone. Hopefully someone else can step in and answer.

 

[Hockeyman213]

When ever i plug in my phone it doesnt seam to connect to the computer what can i do?

 

[marscook]

I was able to successfully root my phone with this method. When I try to flash CM10, it fails. I wipe the dalvik cache and reset to factory settings. What am I doing wrong? I'm sure I'm missing something easy. I tried the stable and a nightly.

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[Skunkape60]

I was able to successfully root my phone with this method. When I try to flash CM10, it fails. I wipe the dalvik cache and reset to factory settings. What am I doing wrong? I'm sure I'm missing something easy. I tried the stable and a nightly.

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What recovery are you using. You should be wiping cache and dalvik and factory reset. So there are 3 items you wipe. Also it could be as simple as a corrupted download. I make it a habit to never use my phone to download. I use my faster more reliable desktop.

 

[marscook]

The first time, I downloaded it from the computer to the phone. Then I tried twice downloading directly to the phone. I will try to wipe the cache and see what happens.

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[rong21]

I had an issue with the latest CM10 nightly released 2-17, also had an issue with CM10 M2. Using TWRP recovery. The CM 10 nightly failed GAAPs. The CM10 M2 keyboard wouldn't load. Went back to ParanoidKangroid. I downloaded all files to my desktop and the Gaaps 20121011 works on Paranoid Android and ParanoidKangroid. The Gaaps for CM10 M2 is 201212.

 

[marscook]

I am still unable to flash CM10. I've wiped the dalvik, cache and factory reset. I also downloaded a differently nightly and the stable. When I swipe for install it immediately says fail. Is there another stable rom that I could try?

 

[marscook]

SUCCESS. I changed from twrp to clockwork, and I was able to install cm10.1.
Thanks skunkape60

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[rong21]

so I take it some ROM's won't flash with twrp and I would have to switch to clockwork and vice versa?

 

[ssloko]

Hey, I already bricked my first device (the guide worked great, I installed a l93000 by accident. I have a i747) looking for a cool ROM. Maybe there is something I don't understand, but are there any good custom ROMs for a Galaxy S3 AT&T version?

Here's a cool little list of ROMs to check out for the S3. The liquid smooth sounds pretty interesting . http://galaxys3root.com/category/att-galaxy-s3-roms/


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[cookiemonstrehab]

I'm completely new to this so I apologize if these are things most people already know the answers to. 1. Does this method clear my phone of everything? Or will my apps, contacts, etc still be there? 2. What exactly does the custom recovery do?