Newbie Rooter: Do old rooting methods on OSX work with 4.1.1 phones?

[Argelius1]

Hello All,

I'm new to Android rooting (but am an experienced iOS jailbreaker).

I got a Samsung Galaxy S3 (Verizon) yesterday which got the over-the-air update to 4.1.1. (Jelly Bean).

I'm a Mac user and found this guide to rooting the S3 on OSX: How to Root Galaxy S3 on Mac OSX! U.S./Canadian [Only Ice Cream Sandwich] ~ Android Rootz | Source for Android Rooting, ROMS, Tricks and more!

Will this method work for a phone with 4.1.1 installed on it? if not, is there another method that will? Thanks!

 

[CypherMax]

That's the method I used prior to the JB update on Ics. Then I just flashed clean rom so I had rooted JB. Right now I doubt it will still work but I'm sure someone is working on it.

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[Srambo217]

You'd have to try it yourself or keep your eyes on dev boards.

You can Odin to stock/rooted ICS, backup root with VooDoo's OTA Root Keeper from the Play Store, backup root, take the OTA, than restore root.

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