Whats the newsest stable root for S3?
I have UK voda S3 with CF root 6.4
i got an OTA message today about an update
(i am guessing that this update solves the 'exploit where your phone can be wiped' i saw on the BBC news)
Question 1
do i need to do the FW update
Question 2
'CF root' is 'Auto root' or something now. i couldnt work it out - is this the correct way to root.
Question 3
(does anyone have the link to the newest version of the UK S3 root)
Question 4
What else in in the OTA update?
Cheers
Uuuh, since when has root been unstable? LOL!
Theshawty said:
Uuuh, since when has root been unstable? LOL!
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Hi do you know the answers to any of the the other questions?
Let's see here. First you're asking about root, then fw's.
Question 1
do i need to do the FW update
No you don't need to, but you will be bugged to death if you don't upgrade.
Question 2
'CF root' is 'Auto root' or something now. i couldnt work it out - is this the correct way to root.
Yes, cf root is now called cf auto root. Retains stock recovery but is flashed just like "normal" cf root. In the PDA section in pc odin or flashed through mobile odin.
Question 3
(does anyone have the link to the newest version of the UK S3 root)
There's no phone-specific or country-specific root. Cf auto root can be used for all i9300 phones, whether they're from Egypt or Holland.
Question 4
What else in in the OTA update?
How should we know?
You won't be able to install the OTA as long as you're rooted
Install Omega v40 and be done with OTA and Kies etc
Debloated and awesome, that's the Omega way. Ultima's nice too.
Glebun said:
You won't be able to install the OTA as long as you're rooted
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Cheers bud I am using KIES for the update (i did this before).
The OTA message was there to remind me there is an update, but i read before that it gripes about rooted phones.
I never ever seem to get any sensible answers if i post on XDA... so i hit the thanks button when I read yours. :good:
I still no nearer knowing what's in the new update lol
I think this is the right link to CF auto root http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957273
galaxy44 said:
Whats the newsest stable root for S3?
Question 2
'CF root' is 'Auto root' or something now. i couldnt work it out - is this the correct way to root.
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Chainfire Root works. Flashing it is an easy way to root... though there probably are easier methods.
Chainfire no longer supports this version, but it's still working just fine. Plus it installs CWM recovery, as opposed to stock recovery.
CF-Root for SGS3 v6.4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27049380&postcount=3
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Hi. I'm rooting now. I think. The dealbreaker is, will I be able to get the latest offical firmware updates even on a rooted device?
Thanks a lot in advance.
That interest me to
Rural said:
Hi. I'm rooting now. I think. The dealbreaker is, will I be able to get the latest offical firmware updates even on a rooted device?
Thanks a lot in advance.
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Yes. You can always flash the official firmwares. However, you'll need to root it again when you do.
IF u have updated firmware KE2 can u root like normal still? or do u have to downgrade first?
if you are wanting to upgrade officially, just do it through Kies. you will loose your root, but you can re-root and it will keep the latest firmware upgrade [like KE2]
Rumble
KE2 root then upgrade kernel to KE2 after root .
If you have an update through Kies or the original phone firmware then Kies is your update path .
If you have flashed firmware via Odin then you will usually find that codes no longer match and Kies has no firmware for the codes on the phone .
jje
So u can put whatewer firmware u want in ur phone ? How i can see my firmware version , in seting about it say xxkd9 ^^ i dont know whats that and how i can buck it up leater :/ When i conect to kies it say this device canot be updated
OK! Thanks all for your replies!
So, now as I am on a rooted device, when I plug my phone to the computer and it finds an official firmware via Kies, I can safely install it without manually taking the root away? This is done by automatic? That's how I understand. It's not like my phone is angry and punished me by bricking?
Thanks again.
Seems pretty difficult to brick the SGS2. I bought a little jig off ebay for £4 which automatically puts the device into download mode - useful even if the three-button method doesn't work. Also resets the custom binary count
What happens to my root exclusive apps if a firmware update deletes the root access?
Flashed KE7....
...my first post.
So I flashed KE7 (newest firmware), ...I originally had Root on the KE2, as per the instructions in the ROM & Developers Section for the SGS2........after flashing KE7 I still have root, AND KE7, with no yellow triangle.
I am not complaing just pleasantly surprised I did not have to Re-Root....anyone else had this.
Since I cannot post in the Development section yet I thought I would comment here.
Also would like to say what a fantastic job the guys developing are doing on these sites, you provide alot of geeks and non-geeks with many happy evenings.
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...my first post.
So I flashed KE7 (newest firmware), ...I originally had Root on the KE2, as per the instructions in the ROM & Developers Section for the SGS2........after flashing KE7 I still have root, AND KE7, with no yellow triangle.
I am not complaing just pleasantly surprised I did not have to Re-Root....anyone else had this.
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I just ordered mine and started reading more about Android. So may i ask what is KE2 and KE7? The SGII hasnt been out for more then a month or two i think so is there already several updates?
If so what do they add? very curious
KE2 and 7 are just firmware updates from Samsung, am not sure if they are generic or related to specific markets. KE7 works for me, I still have root and now I have the extra 4mb (833 to 837 mb)....so something worked.
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Next question.
If I install the new coming firmwares via Odin, then it will NOT take my root away?
Rural said:
Next question.
If I install the new coming firmwares via Odin, then it will NOT take my root away?
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Yes reroot .
jje
schrickm5 said:
KE2 and 7 are just firmware updates from Samsung, am not sure if they are generic or related to specific markets. KE7 works for me, I still have root and now I have the extra 4mb (833 to 837 mb)....so something worked.
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Not sure if yours came with KE7 but if you upgraded did you loose all your data/settings? Comming from iPhone i'm used to loose them all when flashing but then i can simply connect to iTunes and restore everything just the way it was (game saves, all phone settings, appz&games, contact etc).
How is this achieved in Android enviroment (SGII) when you flash a new firmware?
(contact, calendar, bookmars i know will be synced back through google but i'm more intressted in my save data, appz and settings).I read Titanum backup does this but not sure if you can transfer from one firmware to another?
sorry for many questions but Android is a new world for me.
Kies firmware does not wipe data etc .
Odin update does not wipe data but depends upon the update .
Rule one RTFM
Rule two RTFM
Rule three Backup your EFS folder
Rule four have a copy of original firmware if possible
Rule five have a backup
Rule six read the FAQS on the post thats flashing current firmware custom rom or whatever .
jje
Hi All,
Please forgive me, I had an iPhone for the last 5 years and it was jailbroken each firmware update.
I just made the android jump (love it!) and i've come to root... and i'm stumped!
I got Odin... But then knowing which firmware/kernal/thingy to use is confusing me badly.
I'm GS3 GT-I93000, T-Mobile in the UK...
Can anyone just point me in the right direction? I just want to be able to enable to added features of things such as Avast Anti-Theft (GPS auto on) which require rooting!
Thanks!
All you need is in the first few posts of this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1695238
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I used this guide to root my t mobile s3.
http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-root/how-to-root-galaxy-s3/
Follow each step carefully and you should be fine
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Khy50 said:
I used this guide to root my t mobile s3.
http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-root/how-to-root-galaxy-s3/
Follow each step carefully and you should be fine
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Nvm
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The T-Mobile, UK Version has looked bootloader from what I have been told.
there are plenty of rooting video guides in the general section (to many to link just search) . Or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1695238 is probably the easiest way to root with the best guide.
If you are still stuck after looking through those just message back here and I will try to help the best I can.
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The T-Mobile, UK Version has looked bootloader from what I have been told.
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Mine didn't
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Mine didn't
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Heard a few of my friends complaining that it did, but then again they probably where doing it wrong and had a USB connected or the phone turned on or something lol.
In the end I rooted it using the first method replied in this post, worked like a charm. Doesn't seem to have any kind of branded or locked bootloader from what I can tell, and root apps are working as they should.
A further question.. on my old iPhone, if I jailbroke it and update the firmware, it reversed the jailbreak.
I want to update the firmware on my GS3 to the latest, will it undo the root? Will I have to re-install root apps etc?
Or will the device stay rooted once i've upgrade?
Many thanks for your help, you guys/gals are a friendly bunch of clever-cloggs.
Here is a link to cwm flashable stock Roms, lg8 is what you want, you can flash these in recovery. I advise after flashing that you upgrade your modem to lh1 which is latest for uk and fixed some issues. Link also supplied
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1704185
[ROM][CWM][XXBLG9][ICS][4.0.4] Odexed & Fully Deodexed Stock Roms
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1740061
[REF] Galaxy S3 Modem / Radio Collection (I9300 & I9300T ONLY) CWM & Odin Flashable
---------- Post added at 11:38 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:36 AM ----------
All matters regarding root etc, how to reset flash counter and return to stock for warranty can be found in i9300/General/stickies
Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but whats the significance of this ROM?
Here's my device so far...
Stock ROM (never flashed anything custom) which I rooted using the above method.
I want to update to the latest firmware for the i9300, still stock though as I haven't found a feature in a custom ROM worth messing with it for me.
Then I was just going to re-root (if I needed to).
Does the ROM you posted mean that I won't have to re-root? And it will stay rooted?
And the modem thing... I don't understand.
I'm sorry to be a pain!
Thank you for your help,
the Rom listed are flashable through recovery, and there are a choice of odexed and deodexed stock Roms. Odex is the standard Rom, and Odex basically helps load apps a bit quicker, but has some drawbacks also. I could spend hours trying to fill you in but reading all the links and information I have supplied you with is the easier option
Unless you want to return the favor and spend the next few days explaining the mysteries of Windows to me, then I may consider some mutual spoon feeding
So.. to answer my question, does flashing through recov mean you do not have to re-root the device?
I wonder why the modem update is seperate? You would think they would include such things in the firmware update.
I'm a wizz on windows - fire away! haha.
I do genuinely appreciate your advice and help.
So.. to answer my question, does flashing through recov mean you do not have to re-root the device?
Yes if its not rooted .
Modems are part of firmware but can also be flashed as a separate item .
jje
JJE - My device is rooted though, which I explained
Also, the recov flashable firmware posted above lists this..
"Firmware info:
•Base Firmware: I9300XXBLG9 (4.0.4)
•Region Asia
•Country: Singapore
•Carrier: Unbranded
•Build Date: 30 July 2012
•Modem: DXLG2
•CSC: OLBBLG2
•Change List: 928452"
BLG8 has a version for Europe/UK.. but not BLG9...
Will I have to install the older one?
flash lg8 as I said, ...... lg9 is the Asian version. The modem was a separate ota update to remedy some problems.
I'm on uk Orange/t mobile so all is good
At op to your original Q... all you have to do is stay on your firmware unless you cant wait for the update to be released in the uk, then you can download the latest firmware either from xda or sammobile.com and flash with odin. Now if you stay on your firmware sometimes it will not update properly through kies because of root. In that case go on sammobile and download the firmware for your phone and flash with odin. You will lose root but you already have cf root on your computer so just root again.
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Hi folks, I got a strange question that my Sprint GS3 last night got OTA updated from Version LF9 to LG2, then I found out the phone was UNROOTED. Because the Titanium Backup was not working and showed Root Access: Failed.
This was the first time my SGS 3 OTA updated, and Idk if this was normal.. Do I need to root it using the same way as the first time, or is there a modified/another method to root the phone after the firmware update for a rooted SGS3?
Any inputs are appreciated.
Official firmware wipes root on International SGS3 .
.
jje
popboywei said:
Hi folks, I got a strange question that my Sprint GS3 last night got OTA updated from Version LF9 to LG2, then I found out the phone was UNROOTED. Because the Titanium Backup was not working and showed Root Access: Failed.
This was the first time my SGS 3 OTA updated, and Idk if this was normal.. Do I need to root it using the same way as the first time, or is there a modified/another method to root the phone after the firmware update for a rooted SGS3?
Any inputs are appreciated.
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Reroot it as you did the first time.
Flash cf root again. Rom update rewrites the recovery partition in s3
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Wrong section. This forum is for the I9300, not the SPH-L710. Root it however you rooted it the first time (assuming that the OTA has not blocked the method), and then do either one of the following so that you hopefully retain your root the next time another OTA arrives:
Use the Survival Mode in SuperSU if you use SuperSU;
and if not, grab Voodoo RootKeeper;
and if you don't want to install anything, read up on chattr and the immutable attribute.
That is a strange question indeed...
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I just turned my phone on for the first time. I am planning to root it as soon as I complete all my tests to see that there is no malfunction that needs the use of waranty so root will take place in 3-5 days.
In the meantime I see that I have Android 4.0.4, build IMM76D.I9300XXALE8 but there is an OTA update available. I'm wondering, if I install the update, will the rooting process be harder, i.e. will I need downgrade or is the rooting irrelevant to build number (At least with the Desire HD, you had to have specific build either you need to downgrade)
If you are using cf root, and I advise it, then all will be good.here's a link to it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1695238
[03.07.2012] CF-Root 6.4 - SuperSU+CWM5.5+CWMManager
andreasy said:
I just turned my phone on for the first time. I am planning to root it as soon as I complete all my tests to see that there is no malfunction that needs the use of waranty so root will take place in 3-5 days.
In the meantime I see that I have Android 4.0.4, build IMM76D.I9300XXALE8 but there is an OTA update available. I'm wondering, if I install the update, will the rooting process be harder, i.e. will I need downgrade or is the rooting irrelevant to build number (At least with the Desire HD, you had to have specific build either you need to downgrade)
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You may loose your root if you get a OTA update but rooting again isn't hard.
you might not get any OTA update's if you are using CWM recovery... not sure about it.. somebody correct me if i'm wrong.
slaphead20 said:
If you are using cf root, and I advise it, then all will be good.here's a link to it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1695238
[03.07.2012] CF-Root 6.4 - SuperSU+CWM5.5+CWMManager
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Thanks. I'll install the update now.
BTW, since you mention it, what's the main difference between the CF-Root 6.4 method that you advice and the TOOLKIT V4.0? I mean what makes CF-Root 6.4 better?
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Thanks. I'll install the update now.
BTW, since you mention it, what's the main difference between the CF-Root 6.4 method that you advice and the TOOLKIT V4.0? I mean what makes CF-Root 6.4 better?
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my, and other people's, observations on rooted problems, and 2 years of using chainfires' roots and products. I have seen a few problems lately relating to the tool kit, and simplicity. Takes about 2 minutes to do the cf, including download time!
CF Root is the old method that just works . The toolkit is more than CF Root .
Simplest for a new user to root with CF root as it takes seconds .
jje
JJEgan said:
CF Root is the old method that just works . The toolkit is more than CF Root .
Simplest for a new user to root with CF root as it takes seconds .
jje
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Are they equally safe? and will the toolkit also work even if I installed latest OTA update or will it need downgrade first?
Never had the need to use toolkit as its new .
OTA may not work on root .
OTA that does work will require reroot.
jje
My phone is GT-i9300, original stock ROM is ICS, and i have update to JB through OTA which give me XXDLJ1.
Then I root my phone by :-
1. download mode, flash CF auto root via Odin.
2. restart, install Triangle Away and reset the flash counter back
I just want to have root.
So, the question is, why I'm getting "Your device has been modified. Software updates are not available"
If root , then can not check for OTA update anymore?
Or is there any other way? To have root only and everything else like just stock and can check/download OTA again in the future.
Thanks in advance XDA
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If root , then can not check for OTA update anymore?
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Thats right.
But if youre on xda why do you want the OTA update anymore? Just flash a stock rom, update via odin as and when a new stock rom is available and root each time.
syamsoul said:
My phone is GT-i9300, original stock ROM is ICS, and i have update to JB through OTA which give me XXDLJ1.
Then I root my phone by :-
1. download mode, flash CF auto root via Odin.
2. restart, install Triangle Away and reset the flash counter back
I just want to have root.
So, the question is, why I'm getting "Your device has been modified. Software updates are not available"
If root , then can not check for OTA update anymore?
Or is there any other way? To have root only and everything else like just stock and can check/download OTA again in the future.
Thanks in advance XDA
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Thats a question that I was about to ask. . I'm having a few problems with my S3, and I want to correct them but I need root.
I also want to keep it stock, I was a flash addicted with my previous phone, but now I don't have time and I just want something that works, and I want also to be able to check for updates. .
Looking forward to more replies.
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yugoport said:
Thats a question that I was about to ask. . I'm having a few problems with my S3, and I want to correct them but I need root.
I also want to keep it stock, I was a flash addicted with my previous phone, but now I don't have time and I just want something that works, and I want also to be able to check for updates. .
Looking forward to more replies.
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As I understood, you won't get OTA updates if rooted whereas you can get updates via kies. Flashing them will remove root though.
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skimminstones said:
Thats right.
But if youre on xda why do you want the OTA update anymore? Just flash a stock rom, update via odin as and when a new stock rom is available and root each time.
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Thanks for replying,
I'm coming from Galaxy S1, to S2 and now S3, and Samsung is not the same anymore for me, They really listen to the customer, and always improve their UI and apps. S3 is a solution/improvement for all S2 n S1 complaints.
So, it is really nice to see some app/mod which originate from here at first, been integrate to stock rom of s3 e.g. the toggle, n the lack of led light of s2 n s1
Btw, development means, to make something unusable to become usable,, to make something good to be better.
I think, it is really convenience to just have OTA instead need to find a PC just to hv update.
As my S2, i gain root just by flashing temp CWM recovery through stock 3e recovery n then flash root. It simple as that.
yugoport said:
Thats a question that I was about to ask. . I'm having a few problems with my S3, and I want to correct them but I need root.
I also want to keep it stock, I was a flash addicted with my previous phone, but now I don't have time and I just want something that works, and I want also to be able to check for updates. .
Looking forward to more replies.
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same as me...
thanks for bump
chrismast said:
As I understood, you won't get OTA updates if rooted whereas you can get updates via kies. Flashing them will remove root though.
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So what exactly is the cause for cannot have OTA update. Is it because su binary in system/app or something else..
Thanks in advance
syamsoul said:
So what exactly is the cause for cannot have OTA update. Is it because su binary in system/app or something else..
Thanks in advance
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I guess it is the device status "modified". If I understood well you can only get "original" when you flash a stock rom and unroot but please correct me if I am wrong as I never went back to original state till now.
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I guess it is the device status "modified". If I understood well you can only get "original" when you flash a stock rom and unroot but please correct me if I am wrong as I never went back to original state till now.
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Yes you are correct, if your phone is rooted it'll show modified no matter what you do.
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I think, it is really convenience to just have OTA instead need to find a PC just to hv update.
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just how often do you think an OTA update is pushed out?
Just use mobile odin if you want to flash any stock roms without needing a pc. Youll get the update far quicker via xda/sammobile than waiting for an OTA one anyway