Hi there,
I have a GT-I9300, and I would like:
- to root it
- BUT keep it stock
- with no sign of root (except for Superuser/SuperSU)
Also I want to know that:
- if it is stock rooted; and
- if Samsung releases a JB 4.2 or KLP update officially
- will I be able to update it by "unrooting" it or something?
Please reply soon
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ive kept my rooted with stock and i strangely found my battery has improved! not saying this will happen if u root but it did for me! u wouldnt need to unroot to install custom rom but you do need to flash a recovwry i put clockworkmod on mine so im ready to go when i do my first rom flash (im a newbie to all this too
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oh yeah in reply to your question ill let other experienced users awnser as im not entirely sure about updating on a rooted device but just wishing you all the best in whatever road you take with your droid once ive looked into how to do it all proper i hope to have 4.2.2 before i have to wait donkeys for official rekease
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All i know unfortunately you won't able upgrade it.
you can use triangle away to reset your flash counter and make your phone status "normal" and you can flash latest firmware (4.2.2) via odin since its published or leaked
remember to hit the thanks button if i helped
You can root it and keep stock rom your phone will work fine, you won't get over the air updates but as long as you keep everything stock you will be able to update using kies without any problem.
If you change the modem, kernel or install a custom rom you will not be able to update with kies but you can still update by downloading the latest roms from sammobile and flash that using Odin from XDA
Check this thread from Chainfire http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957273
I was at your situation few weeks ago
I was at CSC DBTELL, which had newest firmware XXELL4, which was any kind of security hole you'd imagine I rooted with Exynos Abuse app, I didnt need custom recovery, no ODIN flashing, no triangle, no problems. OTA also didn't refuse to check for the updates and system status was unmodified. Ofc it depends if exynos abuse works on your current kernel
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I have had problems with Odin for the last 2 days straight, where its not detecting my phone. I've been trying to flash ICS.
Is there an ICS rom available which can be flashed using CWM? this is the way i've been flashing rom's previously, is there an ICS rom which can be flashed this way?
I've only found ICS roms which need Odin so far
There are ICS custom roms flash via CWM and i would guess that Mobile Odin will flash stock ICS rom from the phone .
jje
JJEgan said:
There are ICS custom roms flash via CWM and i would guess that Mobile Odin will flash stock ICS rom from the phone .
jje
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good point.
will search for custom ICS roms and try mobile odin.
Thanks
Root your phone with the latest ics CF-root and download the ICS rom of your choice
sosolid4u09 said:
I have had problems with Odin for the last 2 days straight, where its not detecting my phone. I've been trying to flash ICS.
Is there an ICS rom available which can be flashed using CWM? this is the way i've been flashing rom's previously, is there an ICS rom which can be flashed this way?
I've only found ICS roms which need Odin so far
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E. G. WESTCRIPS RESURRECTION REMIX PRO 1.0 is a flashable cwm zip only
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hi sorry for sound a bit stupid but what exactly is cwm? thanks for your time
you can flash rom if you already have rooted and of course CWM .. flash it from recovery
CWM : ClockwordMod Recovery . its custom recovery with many feature than stock mate
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sentix_001 said:
hi sorry for sound a bit stupid but what exactly is cwm? thanks for your time
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ClockworkMod. It is a custom recovery that lets you remove everything your phone came with, and let you install a different version of Android (called ROM). That can be a newer version than Samsung gives you, or a version without any of Samsung's apps and widgets.
It can also let you take a full backup of your phone.
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sosolid4u09 said:
I have had problems with Odin for the last 2 days straight, where its not detecting my phone. I've been trying to flash ICS.
Is there an ICS rom available which can be flashed using CWM? this is the way i've been flashing rom's previously, is there an ICS rom which can be flashed this way?
I've only found ICS roms which need Odin so far
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I've been using CM9 for about a week now. The only thing not working is camera effects and making movies. Photos work.
I have had a bug where I can't turn on the phone from sleep mode 2 times, but it is solved bu pulling the battery. Not had that bug in the latest builds.
Download here:
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=galaxys2
I've found a changelog here: http://cm-nightlies.appspot.com/?device=galaxys2
I don't know if the chanelog is official, but looks like it works, so good enough for me
Hi every one.
Got my s3 when it launched & rooted it with odin using the unlocked kernel? Can't remember exactly ?
My phone keeps telling me there is a software update, but it fails when I try install.
Looking for some advice on what I should do to update it. But obviously I don't want to lose root access.
Also jelly bean is due soon & I'm just wondering whether to wait till then?
Im currently using a stock Rom I think?
I really like the way I have it set up at the min & I'd like to keep it as close to how it is now on jelly?
Can you make a custom Rom from my phone & put it to jelly when it's released.
Any help or advice would be great.
Cos I'm totally lost to be honest?
there was a member who had a problem like this.
1-)people suggested him to flash a stock rom update it and root it again. ( of course do a nandroid backup or titanium backup )
then there will be no problems.
2-) you can choose to flash any available rom for your s3. directly put it in your internal sd and flash with cwm.
you can search that in forum.
P.S: Roms are for use of everybody, you can select what you want to install ( you dont need to search a Rom made for your phone )
OTA's don't work of you are rooted and running a custom recovery.
Flash the latest stock ROM via Odin and root it, but you won't get official OTA's when you are rooted.
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So flash back stock kernel through odin , update it & then re-root?
Can jb be rooted yet?
I might wait till jb is released officially, it's due in a few days isn't it?
Thanks for the reply guys but I'm still a bit unsure what I'm doing tbh .
I always take my time doing stuff like this cos I don't want to brick my phone?
Hi guys...
I have a galaxy s3 and up to this point I've been pretty satisfied with the original firmware...
However, I'd like to try out some of custom made ones, but since there's a big update on the way, I want to be safe doing so...
What I mean is basically this:
Can I somehow backup my stock firmware, try out some custom builds and then get the OTA update when it's available?
I don't really care about guarantee, but I'd really like the option to get OTA updates from samsung in the future (if I for some reason want to do so).
I remember an old post, where someone talk about this, but I can't find it
Please help me
Most definitely. You can find stock builds here in this forum and simply flash using ODIN to get back to stock firmware when you want to. Be advised this does wipe your data so have a good backup of it before hand.
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ballsofsteel said:
Most definitely. You can find stock builds here in this forum and simply flash using ODIN to get back to stock firmware when you want to. Be advised this does wipe your data so have a good backup of it before hand.
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And then it would be as my phone never were flashed and OTA and other samsung only stuff would work?
You will have to use triangle away or something like that to reset your flash counter if you want to send your phone to repair and make it appear as you have never flashed before but unless you break your phone, don't bother. And yes the other Samsung stuff should probably work.
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If you flash your phone with a custom ROM for instance Resurrection Remix or Cyanogenmod you'd not directly be able to restore a stock ROM.
You will have to find one http://androidfirmwares.net that's for your region and flash it through Odin. Then you'll be able to update OTA and KIES.
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hjalte81 said:
Hi guys...
I have a galaxy s3 and up to this point I've been pretty satisfied with the original firmware...
However, I'd like to try out some of custom made ones, but since there's a big update on the way, I want to be safe doing so...
What I mean is basically this:
Can I somehow backup my stock firmware, try out some custom builds and then get the OTA update when it's available?
I don't really care about guarantee, but I'd really like the option to get OTA updates from samsung in the future (if I for some reason want to do so).
I remember an old post, where someone talk about this, but I can't find it
Please help me
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i had the same fear of loosing my data and stuff so you can wipe dalvik cache and cache partition and flash omega ROM for ur S3 and welcome to perfection.
Ps. Flash with Siyah Kernel for battery craziness! ! !
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nicholas1520 said:
If you flash your phone with a custom ROM for instance Resurrection Remix or Cyanogenmod you'd not directly be able to restore a stock ROM.
You will have to find one http://androidfirmwares.net that's for your region and flash it through Odin. Then you'll be able to update OTA and KIES.
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You mean restoring from a nandroid? Because I was able to restore ICS whilst using JB - I did it multiple times.
S1N1ST3R said:
You mean restoring from a nandroid? Because I was able to restore ICS whilst using JB - I did it multiple times.
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Agree the advise given was plain wrong .
Nandroid restore a backed up stock rom yes yes yes .
The only but is that the backed up rom is of course rooted .
jje
JJEgan said:
Agree the advise given was plain wrong .
Nandroid restore a backed up stock rom yes yes yes .
The only but is that the backed up rom is of course rooted .
jje
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Okay... now I'm even more confused
Let me see if I get this right?
One way to do it would be to:
1) Download tools and rom (odin, CM and drivers etc)
2) Flash new cool rom
3) Donwload original samsung rom
4) Flash old boring rom back to phone
5) Use tool to reset counter (optional)
Now, my phone would like as if I had never ever rooted and flashed my rom
Is that more or less correct?
hjalte81 said:
Hi guys...
I have a galaxy s3 and up to this point I've been pretty satisfied with the original firmware...
However, I'd like to try out some of custom made ones, but since there's a big update on the way, I want to be safe doing so...
What I mean is basically this:
Can I somehow backup my stock firmware, try out some custom builds and then get the OTA update when it's available?
I don't really care about guarantee, but I'd really like the option to get OTA updates from samsung in the future (if I for some reason want to do so).
I remember an old post, where someone talk about this, but I can't find it
Please help me
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When you want to get back to stock firmware follow these steps
1.Download stock firmware for your region from
Www.Samsung-updates.com
2. Download triangle away from xda forum to reset your flash counter from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
3. Also download mobile Odin from xda forum from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22234918&postcount=7
4. Step by step guidance is available at
http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-unroot/how-to-unroot-galaxy-s3-i9300/
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Hi Guys (and Girls),
Ok so rooted my SGS2 and installed custom kernel and rom about 9 months ago, and sort of forget about it after that.
I am wanting to upgrade to one of the Jelly Bean roms (still looking at kernels). I however wasn't sure what the correct approach to this would be as I came across some threads about rooting the phone for the newer android versions, so this probably sounds like a stupid question but i was wondering if i need to re do the root following the new guides or if i can just install a new kernel and rom.
Just a little bit of extra info, i will be starting from scratch with the phone (ie wiping all data from it) as i want a fresh install of jelly bean. Basically factory reset, but from what i remembered of doing my first rom that doesnt remove the root.
Specs:
Android 2.3.5
Baseband I19200XXKI4
Kernel 2.6.35.7-I19100XWKJ2
Build CheckROM Revolution HD 3.1.1
Form memory i used chainfires root guide the first time around.
Any help would be much appreciated.
EDIT: Trying to get ODIN to detect my sgs2 but not having any luck.
http://androidadvices.com/update-galaxy-s2-gt-i9100-official-jellybean-412-xxlsj-firmware/2/
Here is the Jellybean firmware and after flashing it you will loose root access but dont worry u can root it again
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This is the link for rooting this jellybean firmware
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2031042
Thanks Ankur,
Any difference between that and using one of the jelly bean roms in the sgs2 section? because i am keen on using one of the custom roms, or is it best to do this firmware upgrade before a custom rom?
Cheers
I prefer u the stock one because I m also using the stock one with rooted and I get quadrant score of 5069
And 50gb space free on dropbox
Lol, fair enough, i will give the stock a run through and see how it goes.
Thanks.
Edit: Did a factory reset, put the phone into download mode and odin doesnt seem to want to pick it up. Tried turning on kies in the settings as recommended but it just says the app was forced to close.
Odin and Kies don't like each other, have and search and read about how to get odin working. There's literally one of these threads everyday here
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Try uninstalling the Kies software but keeping the Samsung drivers. If Kies keeps trying to keep the phones output to itself Odin won't recognise it.
this is my wifes phone (I have a Note) I want to know what rom I can go to that is very stable , prefer ics :
Samsung SGH-I777
2.3.6
I777UCKK6
2.3.35.14
GINGERBREAD.UCKK6
sorry but I dont generally mess with her phone , she does have root and cwm touch 5.5.0.4 . There seems to be a wifi problem it turns on and then off , never sticking , I suppose wiping all might help , I hate seeming naive but when I mess with my own phone its all a chance , I dont want to just do that with hers!
There are a lot of stable roms. Do you want touchwiz based or AOSP based? I don't have an opinion on AOSP roms because I've barely used any of them.
For Samsung based roms, Shoman94's roms are very stable and popular. That's what I use as my daily driver. For ICS, use SHOstock2, but for the latest JB use SHOstock3.
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this is my wifes phone (I have a Note) I want to know what rom I can go to that is very stable , prefer ics :
Samsung SGH-I777
2.3.6
I777UCKK6
2.3.35.14
GINGERBREAD.UCKK6
sorry but I dont generally mess with her phone , she does have root and cwm touch 5.5.0.4 . There seems to be a wifi problem it turns on and then off , never sticking , I suppose wiping all might help , I hate seeming naive but when I mess with my own phone its all a chance , I dont want to just do that with hers!
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When you flash a new ROM you will have to wipe. Also that's caused by using a foreign kernel aka one from galaxys2root.com
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Siyah-v2.6.14-att-CWM , apparently I wiped it again , back to square one (she aint gonna be happy) , this is it still wont recognize wifi ?? what else can I do ,? I want to flash a rom with this keneral can I flash any of the roms you mentioned? will that fix my wifi? should I try to re-install this kernel , or use entropys? I hat to sound new , but I dont have this problem on the note or my a500 , I feel lost in here!
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Siyah-v2.6.14-att-CWM , apparently I wiped it again , back to square one (she aint gonna be happy) , this is it still wont recognize wifi ?? what else can I do ,? I want to flash a rom with this keneral can I flash any of the roms you mentioned? will that fix my wifi? should I try to re-install this kernel , or use entropys? I hat to sound new , but I dont have this problem on the note or my a500 , I feel lost in here!
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If I remember correctly, I think that version of the Siyah kernel was put out by zedomax on GalaxyS2Root website. That kernel combined with UCKK6 was always a problem. In fact, that package was always a problem.
Anyway, the kernel has ClockworkMod Recovery. You should decide on a good rom, as discussed above, download the zip file and use usb to transfer it to the sdcard on the phone, then boot into recovery, perform a wipe data/factory reset, and flash the rom. It doesn't matter that you are on Gingerbread right now. You can flash either an ICS or JellyBean rom because the package will contain the complete system and kernel and modem, everything.
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Enter recovery by holding down all three of vol + vol - and power buttons continuously until it boots into recovery. If it won't boot into recovery, then it might be a bad flash.
Thank you, I got the siyah kernel from a thread here,when I first got the phone (off ebay )it did in fact have the wrong kernel,I used entropy flash back to get back,I guess I did something else,but I will use one of the roms you mentioned ,glad we have you here ,I've been messing with wp7 the last few years and finally getting back to android (cept been playing with boot loaders in a500)
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Strangely enough ,o couldn't get restore to work from cwm BUT there was a cwm app I had and when it came back all my backups were there I went back to one to get back to where I was,will flash the roms you talked about for sure at 20% now so will have to wait
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creepyncrawly said:
If I remember correctly, I think that version of the Siyah kernel was put out by zedomax on GalaxyS2Root website. That kernel combined with UCKK6 was always a problem. In fact, that package was always a problem.
Anyway, the kernel has ClockworkMod Recovery. You should decide on a good rom, as discussed above, download the zip file and use usb to transfer it to the sdcard on the phone, then boot into recovery, perform a wipe data/factory reset, and flash the rom. It doesn't matter that you are on Gingerbread right now. You can flash either an ICS or JellyBean rom because the package will contain the complete system and kernel and modem, everything.
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Enter recovery by holding down all three of vol + vol - and power buttons continuously until it boots into recovery. If it won't boot into recovery, then it might be a bad flash.
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Hi friend, pls am very new here and what i have at d moment only sgh-i777 is I777UCKH7-Root-No-BL.7z that i got from your signature.
Pls i want to upgrade to Shostock3 jb, apart from d shostock Rom what other installations do i need on my phone to enable me flash d shostock3 Rom successfully?
Thanks in anticipation.
beneff said:
Hi friend, pls am very new here and what i have at d moment only sgh-i777 is I777UCKH7-Root-No-BL.7z that i got from your signature.
Pls i want to upgrade to Shostock3 jb, apart from d shostock Rom what other installations do i need on my phone to enable me flash d shostock3 Rom successfully?
Thanks in anticipation.
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Please use the guide "how to flash custom binaries without incrementing the flash counter" which is a link in my signature.
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Should i care about theflash counter, i mean i own this phone outright and wont be giving it to samsung if it goes wrong [no warranty]
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Vintage144 said:
Should i care about theflash counter, i mean i own this phone outright and wont be giving it to samsung if it goes wrong [no warranty]
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It is exactly that, a counter, and the only purpose of it as far as we know is warranty protection, so I would say no, it's not important. On the other hand, most folks don't like the splash screen with the yellow triangle, but you can remove that easily enough if you still get it on boot.
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It is exactly that, a counter, and the only purpose of it as far as we know is warranty protection, so I would say no, it's not important. On the other hand, most folks don't like the splash screen with the yellow triangle, but you can remove that easily enough if you still get it on boot.
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I don't also have warranty so the flash counter is not my concern here, getting Shostock3 JB running on my phone is. pls my question is are there any other packages apart from the Shostock3 Rom that i would need to download to enable me flash the Shostock3 Rom?
What i have at the moment is the "I777UCKH7 Return/Unbrick to Stock with Root" that i downloded thru your signature. Dose this contain everything i would be needing to successfully flash the Shostock3 Rom?
Thank you.
beneff said:
I don't also have warranty so the flash counter is not my concern here, getting Shostock3 JB running on my phone is. pls my question is are there any other packages apart from the Shostock3 Rom that i would need to download to enable me flash the Shostock3 Rom?
What i have at the moment is the "I777UCKH7 Return/Unbrick to Stock with Root" that i downloded thru your signature. Dose this contain everything i would be needing to successfully flash the Shostock3 Rom?
Thank you.
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No. You also need to install a custom kernel that contains ClockworkMod Recovery. Please read through the guide "How to install custom firmware without incrementing the flash counter" (link in sig) because it will help you see how things fit together.
Thank you very much creepy ,your page is awesome and your advice the shostock rom is great
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No. You also need to install a custom kernel that contains ClockworkMod Recovery. Please read through the guide "How to install custom firmware without incrementing the flash counter" (link in sig) because it will help you see how things fit together.
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Thanks for your time as always, any suggestion on a custom kernel that contains ClockworkMod Recovery?
beneff said:
Thanks for your time as always, any suggestion on a custom kernel that contains ClockworkMod Recovery?
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Any
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Any
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Thanks a million.