hi guys..
today i updated my GS3 via OTA and its build number changed to XXEMA2.now i want to root it.can someone tell me the exact way to root it.kindly i dont want links.i want the proper steps.please try to understand i am new to s3.
also please tell me the CF-Root file i have use use in Odin.thanks.
Use credit auto root(full instructions in thread)...then if you need custom recovery flash one of those as well.... again, full instructions will be found in the relevant threads....I use philz touch cwm personally
Both the above can be found in original android development
slaphead20 said:
Use credit auto root(full instructions in thread)...then if you need custom recovery flash one of those as well.... again, full instructions will be found in the relevant threads....I use philz touch cwm personally
Both the above can be found in original android development
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can you give me the links of auto root thread?
and what about its bootloader?i bought it brand new so its bootloader is locked and should i unlock it?if yes then how to unlock the bootloader?
adilliano said:
and what about its bootloader?i bought it brand new so its bootloader is locked and should i unlock it?if yes then how to unlock the bootloader?
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Try reading the basic stickied faqs and guides in General section first .
Then you may know bootloader is not locked , how to root , how to flash custom roms etc .
jje
problem solved.thanks to all xda.
you can lock the thread.
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Hello,
I'm about to get my SGS-II and I don't know where to get started.
I've tried to search threads but there's no sticky which states about rooting or Bootloader unlocking. Just few questions.
1> Is there a thread for BL unlocking?
2> Do we have any failsafe or BL or are the phones brickable?
3> Where do I find how to root?
4> There are SO MANY Roms, I'm confused which of them to choose. Everything appears to be the same. (are they from the same Samsung Roms? Tweakked etc?)
5> How do Install CWM recovery?
Any video tutorial links or anything, that's needed are appreciated.
PS: I read FAQ & stickes. Just letting you guys, I did my homework
- R
Neo said:
Hello,
I'm about to get my SGS-II and I don't know where to get started.
I've tried to search threads but there's no sticky which states about rooting or Bootloader unlocking. Just few questions.
1> Is there a thread for BL unlocking?
2> Do we have any failsafe or BL or are the phones brickable?
3> Where do I find how to root?
4> There are SO MANY Roms, I'm confused which of them to choose. Everything appears to be the same. (are they from the same Samsung Roms? Tweakked etc?)
5> How do Install CWM recovery?
Any video tutorial links or anything, that's needed are appreciated.
PS: I read FAQ & stickes. Just letting you guys, I did my homework
- R
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1. No need BL are not locked
2. These phones are not as sensitive to bricking. Just make sure to follow the directions carefully.
3. The easiest method is cf-root. More info here
4.All custom roms are derived from samsung roms and have unique theming and tweaking options. It's really gonna be up to you to see which one suits you best.
5. CWM recovery will be installed automatically once you flash the cf-root kernel
Thanks for your reply.
1) I'd like to know if we have OC/UV kernels ? Sorry, I'm coming from xperia x10 and I've got no clue where to get started
2) Do we have GPU Overclocking?
3) What is vodoo mod? (Sorry never had it for x10)
Thanks for everything. I just wanted to be organized in my questions for better understanding!
Regards,
- R
Neo said:
Thanks for your reply.
1) I'd like to know if we have OC/UV kernels ? Sorry, I'm coming from xperia x10 and I've got no clue where to get started
Yes in the development section
3) What is vodoo mod? (Sorry never had it for x10)
None for SGS2 its SGS1
Guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125282
backup efs
http://www.appbrain.com/app/nitralit...sanity.toolbox
Root + CWM .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
Custom Rom Counter .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1068522
better battery stats .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
jje
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I'm new is S2 forum so im asking what shall i do after rooting my phone ??
ALHussein Mohammed said:
I'm new is S2 forum so im asking what shall i do after rooting my phone ??
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Read this: (Guide) (Beginners) You have rooted your phone, now what can you do, which can be found in the roll-up sticky in the General section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1592104
i downloaded cwm from rom manager what next ?
anybody suggest me rom im locked bootloader
I think you might wish to avoid doing any of this.
e.g. Samsung bootloader is not locked...
Everything you need to know is already around too.
And learn to press thanks button
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2
ALHussein Mohammed said:
i downloaded cwm from rom manager what next ?
anybody suggest me rom im locked bootloader
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you dowloaded cwm after rooting?
better you stay away from rom manager, root with CF-root, you will get the app CWM manager with similar functions to Rom manager, will work withall the custom kernels for SGS2
Cf root
any links ??
ALHussein Mohammed said:
any links ??
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You've been given more than enough links.
See rule #1.
Don't be lazy.
EDIT to add: I should clarify - Not I nor anyone else can tell you what you should do next to your phone. If you want to root it or otherwise modify it, the links already provided to you will (eventually) lead you to the information you seek.
You seem to be asking what people here should advise you to do to your phone. How should we know? We don't know what you want to do, or what your tastes are. Everyone likes different things. Someone's idea of a cool modification may not be my idea of a cool modification. Or yours. Understand?
you can do wat you want with it wipe your ass with it for all we care haha
START READING .
FAQ
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1065995
NEW HERE
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134290
bible
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1473577
Guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125282
Stock Roms .and csc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
Root + CWM .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
jje
My phone: S3 GT19300 andriod ver: 4.0.4 baseband: I9300BULG1
Am using this method to unlock the phone (locked to tmobile UK): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1718665
In the above unlock method I first need to root the phone, Can you please suggest the best option to root the phone.
I have found these two possible ways:
1. The CF-Auto-Root which requires manual rooting.
2. The Unified toolkit created by MSKIP - this seems tobe automated by simply choosing options however i am having difficulty to choose which option to unroot as they is a lot of things you can do here. what steps should i follow to root properly.
I would like not to void my warranty with both methods above.
p.s. if you know a better method pls let me know.
thanks
mohaziz said:
My phone: S3 GT19300 andriod ver: 4.0.4 baseband: I9300BULG1
Am using this method to unlock the phone (locked to tmobile UK): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1718665
In the above unlock method I first need to root the phone, Can you please suggest the best option to root the phone.
I have found these two possible ways:
1. The CF-Auto-Root which requires manual rooting.
2. The Unified toolkit created by MSKIP - this seems tobe automated by simply choosing options however i am having difficulty to choose which option to unroot as they is a lot of things you can do here. what steps should i follow to root properly.
I would like not to void my warranty with both methods above.
p.s. if you know a better method pls let me know.
thanks
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any method of rooting will void your warranty! - i used CF auto root and had no problems. use triangle away afterward to reset flash counter.
Root with whatever method you understand the instructions for .
There are at least 4 in the development section .
Preference is the standard CFRoot or TWRP.
jje
JJEgan said:
Root with whatever method you understand the instructions for .
jje
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agree with jje - which ever you understand is the best one. once your rooted make a backup and back up your EFS, ive seen @JJEgan try to help too many people recently with imei problems.
JJEgan said:
Root with whatever method you understand the instructions for .
There are at least 4 in the development section .
Preference is the standard CFRoot or TWRP.
jje
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Hi JJE, you mentioned your preference would be CFRoot, Why Not Auto-CFRoot which I think is a newer method by the developer ? what is the difference between the two ?
Also can you pls provide me with your knowledge on the Unified Toolkit - who should use it etc, is it very a simple tool to use ?
thanks
mohaziz said:
Hi JJE, you mentioned your preference would be CFRoot, Why Not Auto-CFRoot which I think is a newer method by the developer ? what is the difference between the two ?
Never used it CF Root and TWRP work for me .
Also can you pls provide me with your knowledge on the Unified Toolkit -
Likewise never used it .
jje
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Thanks for your quick reply,
JJE should I backup BEFORE i root the device, and after root also. what is the benefit of backing up device after root ?
How can that help ? what tool can i use to backup the EFS ? what is the EFS?
thanks
mohaziz said:
Thanks for your quick reply,
JJE should I backup BEFORE i root the device, and after root also. what is the benefit of backing up device after root ?
How can that help ? what tool can i use to backup the EFS ? what is the EFS?
thanks
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BASICS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927113
so i decided to root my phone and i got an advice from a friend of mine ( who has a galaxy S2 ) he said this whatever u do just follow a guide posted on xda developers so u dont brick ur phone and get a cyanogenmod rom cuz thats the easiest and best 1 ... i searched here on the forum on how to root the phone with cyanogenmod rom and it got me the nightly version which is a bit unstable as it said ... i like my phone to stay stable tho so i downloaded the 9.1 version but i noticed that all the steps were for the 10.2 version i think .. so are the steps the same this is my first question ?
2nd thing in the steps it said something about recovery which i didnt really get :S clockwork mod recovery i think was the name i dont get what that is ... also there was the flashing thing in the guide it said FLASH gapps and cyanogenmod on ur sd card i dont know how to flash i dont even know what it means :S ... im still a bit of newbie to these rooting stuff but im trying to learn more but i cant find a teacher lol
can any1 please help me i would really appreciate it i just need some1 to explain these things to me and tell me the steps to do to root the phone with cyanogenmod rom ? that would be great
i hope some1 replies
thx Alot
AladdinEid said:
so i decided to root my phone and i got an advice from a friend of mine ( who has a galaxy S2 ) he said this whatever u do just follow a guide posted on xda developers so u dont brick ur phone and get a cyanogenmod rom cuz thats the easiest and best 1 ... i searched here on the forum on how to root the phone with cyanogenmod rom and it got me the nightly version which is a bit unstable as it said ... i like my phone to stay stable tho so i downloaded the 9.1 version but i noticed that all the steps were for the 10.2 version i think .. so are the steps the same this is my first question ?
2nd thing in the steps it said something about recovery which i didnt really get :S clockwork mod recovery i think was the name i dont get what that is ... also there was the flashing thing in the guide it said FLASH gapps and cyanogenmod on ur sd card i dont know how to flash i dont even know what it means :S ... im still a bit of newbie to these rooting stuff but im trying to learn more but i cant find a teacher lol
can any1 please help me i would really appreciate it i just need some1 to explain these things to me and tell me the steps to do to root the phone with cyanogenmod rom ? that would be great
i hope some1 replies
thx Alot
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(1) Read this and the stickies guide in Generel section
(2) There is no "best" rom
(3) You cannot root a phone with cyanogenmod or any other rom respectivly, a rom does not root!
(4) After reading you should be able to answer all your questions by yourself, otherwise do not root or flash anything.
chrismast said:
(1) Read this and the stickies guide in Generel section
(2) There is no "best" rom
(3) You cannot root a phone with cyanogenmod or any other rom respectivly, a rom does not root!
(4) After reading you should be able to answer all your questions by yourself, otherwise do not root or flash anything.
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the guide u showed it was made 1 year ago ... will it still go for my current firmware ? i am running 4.1.2 jelly bean so i still follow the same steps?
AladdinEid said:
the guide u showed it was made 1 year ago ... will it still go for my current firmware ? i am running 4.1.2 jelly bean so i still follow the same steps?
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for rooting just follow the guides, yes, I guess the easiest option is cf-autoroot (will keep your stock recovery, also read the instructions in the cf-autoroot thread). Afrer that you can choose yourself what recovery you want. In addition cf-root6.4 is not considered SDS safe as it flashes an older recovery.
chrismast said:
for rooting just follow the guides, yes, I guess the easiest option is cf-autoroot (will keep your stock recovery, also read the instructions in the cf-autoroot thread). Afrer that you can choose yourself what recovery you want. In addition cf-root6.4 is not considered SDS safe as it flashes an older recovery.
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thank u very much my phone is now rooted really thx for ur help and ur time
AladdinEid said:
thank u very much my phone is now rooted really thx for ur help and ur time
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NOW READ
Basics read first.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344125
Critical you read the first two posts .
Hello,
I am currently using the Samsung Galaxy SIII GT-I9300. Bought this device last April. At that time I was completely new to rooting device. I didn't know what to do. I searched online about rooting device, read many post by users in various blogs and threads here in XDA. Then I was very curious to root my device. But even then, though i knew what rooting was and its merits and demerits, i had no idea how to root my device. So I started searching again for an easy and fast way to root my device. Then I came me across the framaroot thread here and thanks to the developer of Framaroot, I was able to root my android safely without any problems. It was a very useful app for beginners who had no idea about rooting.
After few months, I received a firmware update. I had no idea what changes it would bring about in my device. In a hope to find out the new features, I updated the firmware. But sadly, there wasn't any noticeable change. So once again I seeked the help of framaroot to root my device. I was left with an error message and didn't know what to do. Again by searching on Google, I came to know about the OTA update about which I had no idea prior to the firmware update. I realized that the OTA update was a curse to Android rooting and I was left with my boring stock rom without anything. Today again I searched all over the Internet for a very safe and easy method to root my device but couldn't find anything like the framaroot. So here I am kindly requesting, the deveopers to kindly update the already existing methodsor make a new easy method to root android devices so that people new to android can experiment and enjoy root features. Sorry for the long story, thought it might be useful by explaining everything in detail. Hope I have not violated any of the XDA rules. If I did, I apologise for that too but please don't remove this thread. It would be very nice if anyone can find a solution as there are many people in the same situation as I am right now.
Thanking XDA and all the developers for there services.
-superdroidboy
Try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3#root
Also: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957273
amirTor said:
Try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3#root
Also: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957273
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Thanks for the post. Nevers seen this before. I will surely try it out. I have heard about odin before but was not confident to use it as I thought it may brick my device. Is there any root apps like Framaroot that can help make the process a lot faster and easier without the use of a computer.
superdroidboy said:
Thanks for the post. Nevers seen this before. I will surely try it out. I have heard about odin before but was not confident to use it as I thought it may brick my device. Is there any root apps like Framaroot that can help make the process a lot faster and easier without the use of a computer.
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1- Its the fastest and most reliable method I femilliar with- just follow the vid orders step by step (according to your device model), and no harm
should be made (unless you plug out your device in the middle of the process, or using a different model type- but even those can be resolved).
2- No apps that I know. Although i would not recommend it even if I found one- just seems too riksy than using the computer...
Basically all the OP questions are answered in the faqs and guides .
Root is constantly updated as and when possible but its not a simple question of just making a new one . Read the relevant root threads .
Stock recovery
amirTor said:
1- Its the fastest and most reliable method I femilliar with- just follow the vid orders step by step (according to your device model), and no harm
should be made (unless you plug out your device in the middle of the process, or using a different model type- but even those can be resolved).
2- No apps that I know. Although i would not recommend it even if I found one- just seems too riksy than using the computer...
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Dude, can I use the method given in this thread belo? Is it still working?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1842455
superdroidboy said:
Dude, can I use the method given in this thread belo? Is it still working?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1842455
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No!! That's the S2 thread follow guides in stickies or posted above..
tallman43 said:
No!! That's the S2 thread follow guides in stickies or posted above..
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Ow thanks bro
I am not rooted now and hence no cwm.
But can I install philz recovery using stock recovery in my non rooted device and then use the root zip to apply root?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2002953
superdroidboy said:
Ow thanks bro
I am not rooted now and hence no cwm.
But can I install philz recovery using stock recovery in my non rooted device and then use the root zip to apply root?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2002953
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Not with stock recovery no!!..But you can flash philz recovery with odin ( I know you say you don't like using it but it is a well tried method) also look at this >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671969 <<
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Not with stock recovery no!!..But you can flash philz recovery with odin ( I know you say you don't like using it but it is a well tried method) also look at this >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671969 <<
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Hope I ain't annoying u.
But I saw a kid flashing philz directly using stock on a note 2- N7000 in YouTube.
So I had a doubt whether it's possible in S3 i9300 also.
Thanks a lot for the help. I have only rooted once or twice b4 so I have ver less knownledge about it, so please bare with me
Ow and I am going to flash CM 11 directly. So I hope I can proceed with philz according to the above thread.
superdroidboy said:
Hope I ain't annoying u.
But I saw a kid flashing philz directly using stock on a note 2- N7000 in YouTube.
So I had a doubt whether it's possible in S3 i9300 also.
Thanks a lot for the help. I have only rooted once or twice b4 so I have ver less knownledge about it, so please bare with me
Ow and I am going to flash CM 11 directly. So I hope I can proceed with philz according to the above thread.
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If it was only that easy on S3 would save a lot of trouble ..yep follow instructions in thread and use PhilZ .tar.md5 not the zip file and if you are flashing CM 11 you do not need to root the rom is already rooted.
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If it was only that easy on S3 would save a lot of trouble ..yep follow instructions in thread and use PhilZ .tar.md5 not the zip file and if you are flashing CM 11 you do not need to root the rom is already rooted.
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Okieee bro
But... again....what is the difference between flashing in odin and recovery? So for any future process I can avoid all these doubts.
Searched online. Couldn't find anything that tells the difference.
superdroidboy said:
Okieee bro
But... again....what is the difference between flashing in odin and recovery? So for any future process I can avoid all these doubts.
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Without giving you a long explanation you flash custom roms in recovery (.zip files) and stock roms (.tar) in odin and same for recoveries.
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Without giving you a long explanation you flash custom roms in recovery (.zip files) and stock roms (.tar) in odin and same for recoveries.
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Ow ok ok...thats explains a bit
Thanks.
Something is tempting me to try it out. Lol. If it works, i will report it here and it will help other s3 users too. At the same time, something prevents me from doing it. I get a feeling of bricking my device. Then I will have to fix that too
Before I do something like that, can u predict if it may work since the same method worked for the N7000 or can u tell me if have you tried it before? (Please tell me if I am annoying u, it doesn't matter )
superdroidboy said:
Ow ok ok...thats explains a bit
Thanks.
Something is tempting me to try it out. Lol. If it works, i will report it here and it will help other s3 users too. At the same time, something prevents me from doing it. I get a feeling of bricking my device. Then I will have to fix that too
Before I do something like that, can u predict if it may work since the same method worked for the N7000 or can u tell me if have you tried it before? (Please tell me if I am annoying u, it doesn't matter )
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If you mean flashing through stock recovery no!! N7000 a different device Brick comes to mind I think you need to read the stickies a bit more if you are thinking of doing things like that!!