I'm eagerly awaiting my S III which is on pre-order. This will be my first Samsung device. I've noticed on my prior Android devices (OG Droid, Droid Incredible, Droid X, Toshiba Thrive) how much difference there is in rooting, ROM'ing, CWM, etc., so I expect there to be a learning curve with the Samsung. Could someone take the time to explain the basics to a Samsung newbie? I see that to root I'll need an "ODIN" file. I only see these in windows .exe format and not in Linux. Is there an ODIN function for Linux?
Even I'm searching with the same thing. I've switched from htc and things get different. Its much simpler in Samsung. Even though the odin might run on linux using WINE, but I suppose every where they write that we also need drivers for the mobile already installed. I'm confused with how to install drivers.
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use heimdal to user odin... I how it was useful.
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Yep Odin is windows specific .. your gonna wanna use Heimdal. Though.. I think zedomax has a video showing hiw to do this on Linux. Haven't looked inti it myself.
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Is it save to flash with Odin, using a x64 Windows 7 version. Im asking this cause x64 is know to give some issues in the past.
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Never had an x64 issue on about fifty flashes .As long as you get the drivers installed should work .
jje
^ Yep, On x64 for almost two years, no problem at all.
Thx all, gonna try soon.
Still a bit worried.
Havn't owned any Samsung devices yet.
So not experienced with the way of flashing rooting etc.
For custom roms, You only need odin once. After that it's cwm all the way
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Can anyone point me in the right direction with rooting my galaxy ace.
I'm using Ubuntu and have the stock 2.2.1 firmware on my phone.
Have tried to run superoneclick with mono but cant even get that running.
Thanks in advance
Peter
Of course. Have a look at the dev section and specifically the rooting/flashing/modding STICKY post at the top!
have now got superoneclick running with mono but it will not show my phone. any help?
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Of course. Have a look at the dev section and specifically the rooting/flashing/modding STICKY post at the top!
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thanks, this is were i first looked. it all seems to be for windows. will look again
So I tried and tried and tried again to get superoneclick to recognise my phone last night and failed. It hung after starting ADB connection. Would not continue no matter what I tried. Anyone encountered this problem or even tried superoneclick using Ubuntu?
I have looked for a script to run to achieve root but can't find one, as I can use ADB manually. Very frustrating.
Can't even update firmware with Sammy software cos it needs windows
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A couple of users report success with z4root. Not working here.
I'll keep searching.
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Use ClockworkMod and upd_1.zip, can all be done on your phone. No need for a pc
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KieranFoot said:
Use ClockworkMod and upd_1.zip, can all be done on your phone. No need for a pc
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Aint worling on froyo
Willill it
I say use odin to flash GB
Then u can roo
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odin is for windows only i believe, which i dont have, dagnabbit!
i am looking at heimdall although it is not supported and nobody seems to have tried it. atleast not from my quick searching. ill continue to look.
so if i cant root 2.2.1 with linux then i should look at updating firmware to 2.3 and then i can root with standard recovery and a zip update?
download windows 8 consumer preview
its free -_-
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spacecaker said:
download windows 8 consumer preview
its free -_-
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sounds fun. ill try it
This is not really S3 related, I know, but it concerns the S3 in a way. Right, so I'm planning on moving to Linux again and leaving W7 since I never play any Windows games anyway on my laptop (I have my PS3 for that) so how will I go about flashing .tar files to my S3 when the need arises? I know ODIN doesn't work on Linux.
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This is not really S3 related, I know, but it concerns the S3 in a way. Right, so I'm planning on moving to Linux again and leaving W7 since I never play any Windows games anyway on my laptop (I have my PS3 for that) so how will I go about flashing .tar files to my S3 when the need arises? I know ODIN doesn't work on Linux.
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I can't answer the Linux question BUT you could always use Mobile Odin from the Play Store and do this directly on your phone. I've used it quite a lot when I haven't had access to a PC.
Regards
Oh yeah, I forgot all about Mobile Odin
you can't use ODIN on linux, use heimdall instead.
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/
Run the Odin file through the kitchen and you get a deodexed rom with root that you can flash in CWM
Have not tested but may be use wine to run Odin on *nix .. not sure it works or not .
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Have not tested but may be use wine to run Odin on *nix .. not sure it works or not .
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I think you will struggle with the drivers, I haven't looked for them but I haven't seen them for download either.
mick.wheelz said:
you can't use ODIN on linux, use heimdall instead.
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/
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Heimdall doesn't work on GS3, so you're pretty much stuck with mobile odin (which is basically a good thing ).
Edit: Apparently it works just fine!
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Pretty sure it worked on Mac OS for me, Mountain Lion I think. Isn't the mac version quite similar to the Linux version?
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Eh screw it. I'm staying with W7.
Just use a virtual machine
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phunkycow said:
Heimdall doesn't work on GS3, so you're pretty much stuck with mobile odin (which is basically a good thing ).
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Heimdall works just fine, here although no suite for 1.3.2 on Linux x64 no biggie though I use cli for flashing recoveries and mobile ODIN for bigger tasks
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ghostofcain said:
Heimdall works just fine, here although no suite for 1.3.2 on Linux x64 no biggie though I use cli for flashing recoveries and mobile ODIN for bigger tasks
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Coolbeans, I couldn't get it to work a couple of months back on my Arch - most probably a user error.
I'll edit my previous post to avoid confusion.
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Unfortunatly this is my 3rd thread about s-off and didnt succeed right now..
i do exactly the unlimited.io/juopunutbear.htm said but not working for me..
First i unlocked my bootloader
then make a ubuntu livecd and write a ubuntu dvd and then restart my window..
its start ubuntu and i click on Try Ubuntu then in ubuntu i open terminal and do exactly what they said..
on last step
Run ControlBear from terminal - sudo ./ControlBear
it said adb.tmp not found
fastboot.tmp not found..
i dont know where i am doing wrong i try almost 30 times and the same happend to me..
i m using window 7 64 bit
and my amaze running on 2.3 stock
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Unfortunatly this is my 3rd thread about s-off and didnt succeed right now..
i do exactly the unlimited.io/juopunutbear.htm said but not working for me..
First i unlocked my bootloader
then make a ubuntu livecd and write a ubuntu dvd and then restart my window..
its start ubuntu and i click on Try Ubuntu then in ubuntu i open terminal and do exactly what they said..
on last step
Run ControlBear from terminal - sudo ./ControlBear
it said adb.tmp not found
fastboot.tmp not found..
i dont know where i am doing wrong i try almost 30 times and the same happend to me..
i m using window 7 64 bit
and my amaze running on 2.3 stock
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Lol i accidentally hit the thanks button lol.. Just talk to the unlimited .io devs through their irc they will help
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Do you have a windows pc? are you on GB or ICS?
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Do you have a windows pc? are you on GB or ICS?
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I have a window 64 bit.
And my phone running on gb stock
Check your inbox.
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shababmalik05 said:
I have a window 64 bit.
And my phone running on gb stock
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If you have the s off windows version just run it from the windows administrator account and use the instructions as in unlimited.io, it worked for me that way.. I had 64bit aswell my 1sy attempt lead me to a soft brick cuz the s off process stopped in the middle so run it from administrator account
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Lol i accidentally hit the thanks button lol.. Just talk to the unlimited .io devs through their irc they will help
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okzx man i will try..
But is there any other process to do that..
i really dont like ubuntu
shababmalik05 said:
okzx man i will try..
But is there any other process to do that..
i really dont like ubuntu
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Once you learn more about it you will appreciate Ubuntu and Linux a whole lot more. Linux is no joke it is a great kernel if you didn't know already Android is based off Linux and you run it every day.
While installing ubuntu onto your pc just to s off seems inconvenient it is actually safer on Ubuntu since unlimited.io found a vulnerability and discontinued the Windows S off method and moved it to ubuntu.
If you get a windows version you won't get support from unlimited.io and not so much from xda since we respect their wish of not supporting the windows method.
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Once you learn more about it you will appreciate Ubuntu and Linux a whole lot more. Linux is no joke it is a great kernel if you didn't know already Android is based off Linux and you run it every day.
While installing ubuntu onto your pc just to s off seems inconvenient it is actually safer on Ubuntu since unlimited.io found a vulnerability and discontinued the Windows S off method and moved it to ubuntu.
If you get a windows version you won't get support from unlimited.io and not so much from xda since we respect their wish of not supporting the windows method.
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Luckily that i still keep the version for windows, both of ics and gingerbread, you can download from here https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0BxyT6r2965jYNlcyS1NCQmtqbjQ/edit
Click tks if it's useful for you.
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Sorry for being such a noob here but I want to root my phone and have no idea how to proceed. Any help will be welcome. Thanks.
PS: I am attaching a screenshot of my device information
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Read the stickies in the general section.
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Ok. Thanks
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Use the galaxy s3 toolkit best way for root I think just read it carefully and use the right variant model and update eg 4.1.2 and not earlier very simple
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I found the easiest was was to use cf auto root through Odin on windows laptop and then install a recovery using ROM manager from the play store.. And then away ya go! Don't forget to back up before ya change anything
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Stickies + YouTube... easy to do it
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Rom manager is not such a good idea with the S3. Safer to use mobile odin and Flash a recovery that way.
read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1911726
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Rom manager is not such a good idea with the S3. Safer to use mobile odin and Flash a recovery that way.
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^^ This. Plus then you can choose twrp or philz
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I didn't realise it wasn't a good idea to use ROM manager with the s3.. Why is that then? I went that way because my laptop is a Macbook and hiemdall didn't seem to work well so I had a quick ten mins on a laptop at work with Odin to root and then I only had my Macbook to use so ROM manager is the way I went too manager seems to be the same thing as well
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I didn't realise it wasn't a good idea to use ROM manager with the s3.. Why is that then?
Forum experience /
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lerkio123 said:
I didn't realise it wasn't a good idea to use ROM manager with the s3.. Why is that then? I went that way because my laptop is a Macbook and hiemdall didn't seem to work well so I had a quick ten mins on a laptop at work with Odin to root and then I only had my Macbook to use so ROM manager is the way I went too manager seems to be the same thing as well
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From experience I can say that using ROM Manager can soft brick your device. I once wanted to use it with my old S2 to install CWM and I got into a bootloop afterwards. Only re-flashing a Samsung ROM via Odin helped to boot into Android.
One of the easiest way (in my opinion) to root your device is to flash a Kernel via Odin that will give you Root. The Siyah Kernel is a good place to start, since the developer also provides tar files for odin to flash. It will give you Root and from then on you can install Stweaks and flash CWM from there.
I wish i d of spoke to u a few months ago when I first rooted cause I buggered about with it for weeks! I didn't realise you could install recovery from steaks either.. Have you got much apple Mac/android sync experience?.. I can only describe it as trying to get arch rivals to mate!.. Might just dual boot windows on the Macbook if I can't get them to play nice
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