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[Guide] Root/Unroot/Recovery/Unlock Bootloader for the Verizon Galaxy S3 (SCH-i535)
- Hey guys,
Just traded my Galaxy Nexus for a S3 and I'm loving it! I just have a quick question. I want to root just to rectify a few things(freeze apps and fix wifi bug) and was wondering if doing this method will wipe my phone? I'd love not lose my messages and other items. Any info would be great!I should also include that I'm using a Mac.
08-15-2012 09:31 PMLike 0 - Cyber WarriorRobots Will KillHey guys,
Just traded my Galaxy Nexus for a S3 and I'm loving it! I just have a quick question. I want to root just to rectify a few things(freeze apps and fix wifi bug) and was wondering if doing this method will wipe my phone? I'd love not lose my messages and other items. Any info would be great!I should also include that I'm using a Mac.
...only if you perform a factory reset will it wipe your "internal storage"... sd card "external storage" is always safe.
This is for Windows only... there's a "simple root" program to where you do everything straight from the phone that you can use if you don't have access to a PC....
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ver...ml#post2030878
OR
Just released a few hours ago is a program that will root AND unlock the bootloader if you're interested.. just be warned it is fairly new so you may want to wait at least a day or two for some feedback as to how the program performs (its for Linux/Mac)
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ver...erizon-s3.html08-15-2012 10:20 PMLike 2 - It will not wipe your phone...
...only if you perform a factory reset will it wipe your "internal storage"... sd card "external storage" is always safe.
This is for Windows only... there's a "simple root" program to where you do everything straight from the phone that you can use if you don't have access to a PC....
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ver...ml#post2030878
OR
Just released a few hours ago is a program that will root AND unlock the bootloader if you're interested.. just be warned it is fairly new so you may want to wait at least a day or two for some feedback as to how the program performs (its for Linux/Mac)
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ver...erizon-s3.html
1. Is there a beginner's guide to rooting. Don't want to get ahead of myself and brick it!
2. Before rooting either via Odin or Simple Root, do I need to back anything up?
3. How do I restore my phone to how it was pre-root?08-16-2012 02:37 PMLike 0 - Cyber WarriorRobots Will Kill1. I always find YouTube videos to be the best as visual guides often help more so you can see what exactly is being done. There's a video in the first post of this thread.
2. You don't necessarily have to back anything up.. but if you wanna play it safe back up anything important like photos and stuff to your computer . MyBackup Pro is also a great app for backing up call logs, text messages, bookmarks, etc.
3. There's nothing to restore... when you root your phone, nothing is erased, once you're done your phone is how you left it except you will now have root access for apps that require root privallages.
As I mentioned there's a video already in the OP of this thread... you can also search YouTube for stuff like "how to root Verizon Galaxy S3" and you'll get a bunch of videos for using ODIN, Simple Root, etc... whatever else you feel like researching.
If you have any other questions feel free to ask.bgl321 likes this.08-16-2012 03:05 PMLike 1 - 1. I always find YouTube videos to be the best as visual guides often help more so you can see what exactly is being done. There's a video in the first post of this thread.
2. You don't necessarily have to back anything up.. but if you wanna play it safe back up anything important like photos and stuff to your computer . MyBackup Pro is also a great app for backing up call logs, text messages, bookmarks, etc.
3. There's nothing to restore... when you root your phone, nothing is erased, once you're done your phone is how you left it except you will now have root access for apps that require root privallages.
As I mentioned there's a video already in the OP of this thread... you can also search YouTube for stuff like "how to root Verizon Galaxy S3" and you'll get a bunch of videos for using ODIN, Simple Root, etc... whatever else you feel like researching.
If you have any other questions feel free to ask.
Sent from my Galaxy S308-16-2012 03:10 PMLike 0 - You helped me root my tbolt now here you are again!
If I use this process and flash a custom recovery will I get a lock screen unlocked warning?
If I am rooted, stock with cwm recovery and accept an ota I know I will lose root but will I get rid of lockscreen notice? I know if you accept an ota in a rooted tbolt you bork up the phone.08-18-2012 12:11 PMLike 0 - Cyber WarriorRobots Will KillYou helped me root my tbolt now here you are again!
If I use this process and flash a custom recovery will I get a lock screen unlocked warning?
If I am rooted, stock with cwm recovery and accept an ota I know I will lose root but will I get rid of lockscreen notice? I know if you accept an ota in a rooted tbolt you bork up the phone.
When I first rooted... I used invisibleks method and used adb to push the recovery to the phone.. At the time we were unable to use ROM Manager to flash recovery... So I had the custom lock screen.
When root66 came out... I restored my phone back to stock condition and re-rooted with the new img file (root66) and then this time used ROM Manager to get recovery... There was no custom lock screen this time around.
Next.. I flashed a custom stock ROM... That caused the custom lock screen to return.
Finally.. I recently just unlocked the bootloader and now the custom lock screen is gone again... So it's hard to say, I've heard freezing/deleting system files with Titanium could also cause the custom lock screen. You could always easily return to stock using ODIN which will put the phone back to factory out of the box conditions if you're worried about the custom lock screen.
As for OTAs affecting the lock screen... I have no idea.. As you can see above its been kind of unpredictable.08-18-2012 12:56 PMLike 0 - Ricky BabaluBEACH BUMIts hard to say... It seems the custom lock screen is caused by when the phone recognizes something has changed within the system.
When I first rooted... I used invisibleks method and used adb to push the recovery to the phone.. At the time we were unable to use ROM Manager to flash recovery... So I had the custom lock screen.
When root66 came out... I restored my phone back to stock condition and re-rooted with the new img file (root66) and then this time used ROM Manager to get recovery... There was no custom lock screen this time around.
Next.. I flashed a custom stock ROM... That caused the custom lock screen to return.
Finally.. I recently just unlocked the bootloader and now the custom lock screen is gone again... So it's hard to say, I've heard freezing/deleting system files with Titanium could also cause the custom lock screen. You could always easily return to stock using ODIN which will put the phone back to factory out of the box conditions if you're worried about the custom lock screen.
[HL]As for OTAs affecting the lock screen.[/HL].. I have no idea.. As you can see above its been kind of unpredictable.08-18-2012 01:04 PMLike 0 - Something is wrong with my phone. Downloaded all the files and drivers. Opened Odin and it didn't recognize my file I downloaded. So I turned my phone off. And then back on and now my phone will perform extremely slow. Lag a bunch and keeps saying that "newbay service isn't working" what's going on?Mandoo likes this.08-21-2012 08:09 PMLike 1
- Try making sure you have the proper drivers installed for your phone and you should be in download mode in order for odin to flash files to it. Hope that helps!
Sent from my SCH-I51008-21-2012 08:54 PMLike 0 - Cyber WarriorRobots Will KillNew Bay Service is associated with backup assistant plus... is it possible your phone is in a sync loop?.. that would definitely bring the phone to a crawl... open Settings and check Accounts & Sync and see if the sync wheels are non stop spinning.
By the way I don't think your problem has anything to do with rooting the phone.08-21-2012 09:04 PMLike 0 - Cyber WarriorRobots Will Kill
[Info]Why you should back up your IMEI:
You can sometimes flash a ROM and you will lose your IMEI. This is important, as the IMEI is what identifies your device on Verizon's network. There is now ways to restore it even without a backup, but doing so will leave you in permanent roaming. This isn't that big of a deal as Verizon doesn't charge for domestic roaming, but we have yet to see long-term effects.[/info]
Honestly... I wouldn't worry about it. Here's more info on it though:
[Tutorial] IMEI - Backup NV with QPST - US Variants - Galaxy S3 - RootzWiki08-21-2012 09:17 PMLike 2 - went to download the Rooted Stock image and the file has been deleted from the Megashare site. Just an FYI08-23-2012 12:11 AMLike 0
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- Cyber WarriorRobots Will KillI have just updated the OP with a new link. If you can, please create mirrors and I will post the links in the OP as well. There is too much traffic at one link and they get taken down very often.
Thanks08-31-2012 06:37 AMLike 0 - Thanks for this, my 1st time rooting anything and it worked perfect took less than 10 minutes for Odin to finish. I also downloaded Rom Manager and installed CWM Recovery that way. It then asked if I wanted to purchase the Touch version and I said no. I searched on the web for it and see it is available for free for download but only for GSM not our model. Do I need the Touch one? Thanks.08-31-2012 10:58 PMLike 0
- Cyber WarriorRobots Will KillThanks for this, my 1st time rooting anything and it worked perfect took less than 10 minutes for Odin to finish. I also downloaded Rom Manager and installed CWM Recovery that way. It then asked if I wanted to purchase the Touch version and I said no. I searched on the web for it and see it is available for free for download but only for GSM not our model. Do I need the Touch one? Thanks.
When ROM Manager first became supported by the GS3.. the Touch version worked except for the exception of making Nandroid Backups. I believe that has been fixed though through recent updates.
Here's some info on nandroids and using ROM Manager.. its the same principal for all devices: http://forums.androidcentral.com/ver...axy-nexus.html
Here's what the Touch version looks like:
Touch CWM Recovery review - YouTube09-01-2012 12:02 AMLike 0 - Thanks for this, my 1st time rooting anything and it worked perfect took less than 10 minutes for Odin to finish. I also downloaded Rom Manager and installed CWM Recovery that way. It then asked if I wanted to purchase the Touch version and I said no. I searched on the web for it and see it is available for free for download but only for GSM not our model. Do I need the Touch one? Thanks.09-05-2012 02:01 PMLike 0
- Thanks Cyber for posting... rooting was 8 mins long. While my wife gets annoyed with me hacking the phones she enjoyed the 8 minutes of snuggling on the couch! Time to check out CM10...09-17-2012 12:15 AMLike 0
- I'm going to try this after dinner today. I'm glad that rooting does not wipe anything and just adds the superuser app since I plan on trying out titanium and freezing bloat like I did on my tbolt.
I'm curious though.. I've heard about people getting some kind of OTA. I have not seen anything on my S3 about OTA. Is there a way to check if it was stealth installed, such as some kind of text in the UI?
Edit: Ok did it before dinner and it was like 8-10 minutes.09-19-2012 02:44 PMLike 0
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