Recent content by crbdave2000

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    should I use clockworkmod recovery to root my phone? seems too easy.

    I went ahead and chose the "yes" option. As far as I can tell it didn't make any difference except that when I rebooted again using CRM, the choice didn't show up. The phone was not rooted. I *was* able to go on to root my phone using the process described here with some modifications...
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    should I use clockworkmod recovery to root my phone? seems too easy.

    I just now installed clockworkmod (touch) recovery on my Samsung Galaxy S3 ( SPH-L710 ). It seems to be working fine. The reason I installed this was to root my phone. When I select the reboot option from the clockwork mod recovery menu I get the following opportunity to root my device...
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    odin now crashes when I press start

    It worked! Thanks! For the record, here's what I did: Downloaded recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.4.3-d2spr.img from here: ClockworkMod ROM Manager - Recoveries In a cygwin bash shell did the following: cp recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.4.3-d2spr.img recovery.img tar -H ustar -c...
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    odin now crashes when I press start

    That's all I've tried. I don't mind trying other things but it seems like I'm putting my phone at some risk every time I do this so I would like to make intelligent choices about what I try to flash ( or at least not make bad choices :) )
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    odin now crashes when I press start

    I tried 1.85 and got the same results. Here's a screenshot from the 1.85 attempt at the time of failure.
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    odin now crashes when I press start

    I have a sprint samsung galaxy s3 ( SPH-L710 ) that I upgraded to android 4.3 using kies. A few days ago I tried to root the phone by following the directions here : How to Root Galaxy S3 (Sprint) SPH-L710 on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean Firmware - Honai of Android . The procedure went exactly as...
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    Possible method to root 4.3

    hey johnathin, Thanks for your updates. I'm in almost exactly the same boat ( sprint gs3 sph L710 running 4.3 that i "up"graded through kies ). I tried to root using the instructions here: How to Root Galaxy S3 (Sprint) SPH-L710 on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean Firmware - Honai of Android but, even...