How to do root not using a PC. - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello friends, I need help, I'll be grateful to anyone who can help.
I can't use a PC right now and a need to do root, to upgrade my cel phone to JB.
The thing is, when I try to update via OTA, gets error. My phone is from Brazil and the model is I9300 internacional
I'm asking to someone, please, post the file OTA to be flashed via MOP
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The Fame said:
Hello friends, I need help, I'll be grateful to anyone who can help.
I can't use a PC right now and a need to do root, to upgrade my cel phone to JB.
The thing is, when I try to update via OTA, gets error. My phone is from Brazil and the model is I9300 internacional
I'm asking to someone, please, post the file OTA to be flashed via MOP
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Root is not and has never been required to update .
BASICS .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927113
jje

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I know that, 'cause i'm an advanced user, my phone isn't rooted, i'm using the official stock rom ICS from Brazil and I can't update via OTA 'cause it gets error.
So, that' s why i'm trying to root to restore a backup made by CWM.
I would like to know if is there anyway to root using the recovery stock from S 3.
So I finnaly can use the CWM and use the mobile Odin Pro.
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The Fame said:
I know that, 'cause i'm an advanced user, my phone isn't rooted, i'm using the official stock rom ICS from Brazil and I can't update via OTA 'cause it gets error.
So, that' s why i'm trying to root to restore a backup made by CWM.
I would like to know if is there anyway to root using the recovery stock from S 3.
So I finnaly can use the CWM and use the mobile Odin Pro.
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I'm not certain this would work as this was a exploit back in froyo, but possibly if you included a flashable zip named as update.zip on your SDcard, that is singed and includes a busy box binary that *might* work? Im not certain... this would at least require you to have notepad++ to write a script to call the busy box binary from the native 3e recovery... you'd need to have a zip or archive manager of some description also? So that already knocks this option out of the question. Can i ask why it's needed to not use a PC? If we have more context of what you're trying to achieve along with why specifically you can't use traditional methods that may help members better help answer your questions?
Like i dunno if what I've suggest IS really out of the question? Is it that you don't have a PC what so ever, or you don't have access to one that allows you to install things like drivers to in order to make your phone read to flash using odin?
Have you consider a USB flash drive and portable apps use d down at your local internet cafe?
I need more context buddy

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Jarmezrocks said:
I'm not certain this would work as this was a exploit back in froyo, but possibly if you included a flashable zip named as update.zip on your SDcard, that is singed and includes a busy box binary that *might* work? Im not certain... this would at least require you to have notepad++ to write a script to call the busy box binary from the native 3e recovery... you'd need to have a zip or archive manager of some description also? So that already knocks this option out of the question. Can i ask why it's needed to not use a PC? If we have more context of what you're trying to achieve along with why specifically you can't use traditional methods that may help members better help answer your questions?
Like i dunno if what I've suggest IS really out of the question? Is it that you don't have a PC what so ever, or you don't have access to one that allows you to install things like drivers to in order to make your phone read to flash using odin?
Have you consider a USB flash drive and portable apps use d down at your local internet cafe?
I need more context buddy
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Today I can't use a PC, tomorrow I will, it's just that i would like to do it right now 'cause i've tried to go back to ICS, and tried to update via OTA to JB and because of this i had to unroot my cel.
Unfortunetly i had no success. I don't wannna have to wait untill tomorrow, so i would like to know if is there a diferent way to root only using my cel, not having to use a PC. So I can restore the backup CWM.
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JJEgan said:
Root is not and has never been required to update .
BASICS .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927113
jje
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You even read what you reply to officer? XD
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norpan111 said:
You even read what you reply to officer? XD
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Looks like you fail in that respect once again with your nasty pointless sniping .
OP could not be clearer need to root to upgrade .
>>>>t now and a need to do root, to upgrade my cel phone to JB >>>
As you should know by now their are a number of users who dont understand the basics and would indeed try to root to upgrade .
jje

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JJEgan said:
Looks like you fail in that respect once again with your nasty pointless sniping .
OP could not be clearer need to root to upgrade .
>>>>t now and a need to do root, to upgrade my cel phone to JB >>>
As you should know by now their are a number of users who dont understand the basics and would indeed try to root to upgrade .
jje
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Read properly Mister. He wants to restore his nandroid backup and needs the CWM for that.
@OP I've just got my S3 and I've searched quite a lot for rooting and flashing the S3 but haven't found anything that can root from CWM.

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jumbobombo said:
Read properly Mister. He wants to restore his nandroid backup and needs the CWM for that.
@OP I've just got my S3 and I've searched quite a lot for rooting and flashing the S3 but haven't found anything that can root from CWM.
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I think that's going a communication error here, sorry my english. As I said earlier, I'm an advanced user and know how things work, I'm asking for help to root on s3 without the PC because I have no access at the moment, would like help from you, have any solutions? An alternative method of root?
I need to have root access first and then restore the backup by CWM, there is some kind of update.zip?
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The Fame said:
I think that's going a communication error here, sorry my english. As I said earlier, I'm an advanced user and know how things work, I'm asking for help to root on s3 without the PC because I have no access at the moment, would like help from you, have any solutions? An alternative method of root?
I need to have root access first and then restore the backup by CWM, there is some kind of update.zip?
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That was exactly what I explained to you in my post. I'll try make you an update zip now. I was hours away from home myself yesterday when i posted my reply, so I tried to explain so that you could maybe find one your self. I know exactly what you want to do and why now...i didn't know why without a PC. I can see that now that you don't have access to one so that would be extremely difficult to try to do, hence will try make one now for you
I have my doubts of this working, but we can only try i guess?
Does anyone know of 3e uses edify scripting?
Edit: I have created both for you and 2 x both edify and amend scripts. Try 1 & 2. They have different update binaries.. these will all need to be renamed update.zip and placed on your SDcard and flashed through 3e recovery to work. Even then I'm not even sure that they will work but it is worth a try? They have busybox included but they that is just to support root not to perform all the busybox commands. This doesn't flash a new recovery for you to restore your cwm zip, however you may obtain root access. I didn't have a custom recovery image for i9300 available (only i9305 LTE) and my internet is capped and I'm out of data on my 4G phone. It's the best i could do... I'm uploading very very slowly

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Even if you get custom recovery could you please flash these and tell me if they work just to gain root? Thanks. And don't forget to rename to update.zip

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Thank you all for the help, did odin by Root. Thank personal
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JJEgan said:
Looks like you fail in that respect once again with your nasty pointless sniping .
OP could not be clearer need to root to upgrade .
>>>>t now and a need to do root, to upgrade my cel phone to JB >>>
As you should know by now their are a number of users who dont understand the basics and would indeed try to root to upgrade .
jje
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Yet you fail to understand what he wants. You just assume you are superior to everyone
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norpan111 said:
Yet you fail to understand what he wants. You just assume you are superior to everyone
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Shut up! It is you that is continuing the sniping.......jj already indicated he made a mistake..... at least he tries to help.......you have contributed nothing here apart from trying to inflame a situation.

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The Fame said:
I know that, 'cause i'm an advanced user, my phone isn't rooted, i'm using the official stock rom ICS from Brazil and I can't update via OTA 'cause it gets error.
So, that' s why i'm trying to root to restore a backup made by CWM.
I would like to know if is there anyway to root using the recovery stock from S 3.
So I finnaly can use the CWM and use the mobile Odin Pro.
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If you were an "advanced user" as you put it, you wouldn't be asking this, because you'd already know it.
- There is no need to root to update ROM
- The Brazilian ROMs are among the worst Samsung has to offer
- If you already have CWM installed, you don't need a PC in order to root. A PC, however, makes things a lot easier (emphasis on "a lot")
- With CWM, just download some kernel like Siyah and flash it. It will give you root.
Stop calling yourself an advanced user, man.

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Simonetti2011 said:
If you were an "advanced user" as you put it, you wouldn't be asking this, because you'd already know it.
- There is no need to root to update ROM
- The Brazilian ROMs are among the worst Samsung has to offer
- If you already have CWM installed, you don't need a PC in order to root. A PC, however, makes things a lot easier (emphasis on "a lot")
- With CWM, just download some kernel like Siyah and flash it. It will give you root.
Stop calling yourself an advanced user, man.
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You are extremely unpleasant, I knew that you did not understand my post, I knew all this, just wanted to know if he could make root in another way. Please if not to help not hinder, thanks to users who have tried to help me, thank you for real.
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Jarmezrocks said:
Even if you get custom recovery could you please flash these and tell me if they work just to gain root? Thanks. And don't forget to rename to update.zip
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The Fame said:
Thank you all for the help, did odin by Root. Thank personal
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slaphead20 said:
Shut up! It is you that is continuing the sniping.......jj already indicated he made a mistake..... at least he tries to help.......you have contributed nothing here apart from trying to inflame a situation.
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Lol where did he indicate he made a mistake? Robocop doesn't make mistakes
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