Im not quite sure if anyone has rooted the most recent firmware so im going to tell you how i did it =)
links will be provided at the end and yeah lets get started
step 1 !!! download the SM-J120A ENG boot(link below)and go ahead and flash it via odin.
DONT FREAK OUT! ITS GOING TO FAIL! Rest assured your phone witll boot back up but when it does you will notice in the "about phone" section of you phone's settings that Selinux is magically permissive......=)=)=)
step 2 !!! download latest Kingroot and let it works its weird Chinese magic voodoo lol....
AGAIN DONT FREAK OUT!! Due to kingroot being the zombie apocalypse of your poor phone, its going to be running like absolute garbage...
step 3 !!! go to the play store and purchase Chainfire's very own SUPERSUME!!!!! it is the best and fastest way to administer the "cure" for your phone and switch that deadly Kingroot for the nice foot massage that is SuperSU. If you're worried about SuperSuMe costing a few bucks then id say you've got a long and worrisome life ahead of you haha its only a few bucks and chances are you have'nt donated to Chanifire yet and should be ashamed!!!! without Chainfire we would'nt have the root we have today period, you all know i speak the truth =)
Conclusion!!!!!!! i know this may seem like a total joke post but i assure you, it is not a joke. this method with put a nice smelling fresh root on your at&t express 3 running on J120AUCU2AQC1 fimware as depicted by the screen shot below. you will also notice that it is running on the tmobile network with Volte, but thats a story for another day....sweet dreams bobbits.....
disclaimer!!!!!!!!! I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVICE!!! I AM MERELY SHOWING YOU THE PATH TO ABSOLUTION, IT IS VERY MUCH YOUR DECISION TO WALK THAT ROAD....
i assure you this has been tested and retested and you should be just fine and when this method works for you(yup i said it...lol) when it works, hook me up with a thumbs up or something =)
links!!!!!
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How'd this work for you? I'm just wondering since I'm thinking about purchasing this phone tomorrow.
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How'd this work for you? I'm just wondering since I'm thinking about purchasing this phone tomorrow.
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Well I did write this post so yes, it worked great for me haha also I wrote about rooting the galaxy express 3, not the j3, I don't know how this thread ended up here with the j3 but it wasn't intentional, just an fyi
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I did a trade for a note which arrived on Saturday but I wasnt able to fire up until tonight.
On the first boot instead of seeing anything related to att etc etc I was greeted with this
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The owner told me it was one day old and like brand new in box. Did he try to install a custom rom. I cannot for the life of me get it out of the android recovery. Nothing happens if I select reboot. I have to take the battery out which results in the same
HELP
Have you tried da_g's recovery?
Btw, how many notes do you have?
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I did a trade for a note which arrived on Saturday but I wasnt able to fire up until tonight.
On the first boot instead of seeing anything related to att etc etc I was greeted with this
The owner told me it was one day old and like brand new in box. Did he try to install a custom rom. I cannot for the life of me get it out of the android recovery. Nothing happens if I select reboot. I have to take the battery out which results in the same
HELP
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Did you factory reset it? Or it just booted like that. Looks like its in some sort of Clock Work Recovery or soft bricked which is not a big deal. Someone here will help you out soon as i am not a Pro on recovery. Same thing happened to me when i bought a Galaxy S2 a few months back. Just hang tight until some one gives you directions or search the forums.
Try and "Reboot" it while highlighted by hitting the power button. Thats at least how i reboot out of clock work mod for the Att version. Next step prob would be to highlight wipe data/factory reset. But again wait until someone confirms this for ya. Shouldn't be long
Just curious, what did you trade for
all good got it figured out. thanks
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all good got it figured out. thanks
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Good to hear man.
Ok, first off I'm a noob with rooting and things like that. My only experience is on my xoom a while back I came here for guides on how to get rid of the Canadian stock OS to put on the American one so I could get updates for ICS because motorola wasn't updating the Canadian and I was able to do it successfully without bricking. However, I've never rooted a device and I shamefully have only used iPhones in the past, so the s3 is my first android phone.
Theres lots of cool stuff I wanna do with a rooted phone but I'm reluctant for several reasons:
How dangerous is it really? I see the bolded red stuff saying they aren't responsible, but is it mostly a safety or is there really a large chance of bricking?
Should I wait? Like will people find safer/easier methods in the near future for rooting since its still a new device?
Should I not root if I don't know much about this stuff yet?
Thanks for any replies!
Rooting opens up so many more possibilities for this device. I made it 2 weeks before I rooted my S3. That's the longest I have ever gone before rooting a new device. lol It does officially void your warranty, but I've never had any issues exchanging a rooted device with [email protected] As always YMMV.
All in all, I wouldn't hesitate. It takes just a few minutes and is easy as pie. Just make sure you read and follow the directions as they are given.
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Exactly as said above. I made it ten minutes after getting it on release day before rooting it. Rever got around to actually using the stock phone!
Root is simple enough just only thing to stress if you're a noob' is to make sure the battery is charged before doing anything. Nothing could really go wrong if you're following the correct instructions for your device.
And thought I'd share, not that this phone needs to be any faster, but with a few modifications on a touchwiz rom you get large improvements over stock. I wouldn't advise to OC often though, see here
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Thanks! I guess I'll stop being a wuss and go try it out
One other quick question I forgot to ask-
When I root, am I done with it forever? Will I have to do a lot of stuff when updates come or anything like that or am I good to go?
I have scoured the forums and google. Im pretty good at figuring these things out. Not sure if im experiencing a factory mouse issue or not. No pics in the threads.
Issue: System info window keeps popping up in menu.(check img)
Occured: After flashing a stock Att md5 from liquid smooth ROM
Attempts:
-Reflashed several stock variations of the md5 through odin.
-installed terminal emulator and tried the typical "factory mode" that is pointed to Verizon users. Entering "echo -No...."
-Initiated self doubt then banged head on wall.
-ReReReFlashed stock ATT with injected root (downloaded from XDA thread)
Interesting points: All my roms and stock md5's have been downloaded from XDA. Im 100% sure im using the correct version. I noticed in attempting to finally sign up for XDA I was initially blocked from doing so because "in attempts to block spam, Verizon IPs are blocked" That's Weird because I'm an ATT user and was on my 4g network.
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uhm, you have already created this thread here. again, this is the wrong forum
You're in the wrong forum, this is the international i9300 forum
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You're in the wrong forum, this is the international i9300 forum
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Sweet Jesus I'm all messed up. I found where I need to be ha!
had the same problem with my phone but it wasnt one from verizon but i think it should also work for your phone..
was a big pain in the ass for months for me the 2 big texts in the middle should be your solution..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1703175&page=5
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had the same problem with my phone but it wasnt one from verizon but i think it should also work for your phone..
was a big pain in the ass for months for me the 2 big texts in the middle should be your solution..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1703175&page=5
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ha I just typed the whole darn thing in there and it worked fine. sweet deal. I was really puzzled!
so i rooted my phone yesterday finally after a long wait because it is a verizon sch-i545 on vrugof1. i was thankful that they got it figured out. unfortunately because of my ignorance i bricked the stupid thing custom romming on top of custom rom. the 2 following pix show what the 2 screens say : 1st on the phone it says "your device didn't start up successfully. Use verizon software repair assistant to repair..." and 2nd when trying that on my desktop the repair button is greyed out on said repair software because it doesnt recognize my phone anymore. tried many times to get into download mode but it wont go past the start up failed screen. please if someone had this happen before please help. thank in advance.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wb3vcubdiimjkqi/IMG_20151203_082435.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/t6bmavm1bji1s05/IMG_20151203_075228.jpg?dl=0
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If I am understanding you correctly you flashed a custom rom and it failed to boot. It is pretty hard to get into download mode with the combo when it is softbricked like that. An easy way to get into dl mode would to be to buy a download jig which are like $4 on amazon. Unless you flashed over recovery.img as well then you are in a completely different situation
please more info on these jigs or will that even help
thanks for the tip. none of the jigs on amazon right now say sch-i545 specifically but does it matter? i guess in order to get it asap i will just order the $5.99 from eopzol says will ship by monday. . anyway will it ship with instructions or how do i know what to do with it? maybe i should wait for your response to the rest of this explanation since you asked about recovery image i guess i need to be more specific about what i did. once i was rooted and granted rom toolbox premium superuser access i tried the top choice which was twrp. but instead of learning more about roms i thought i would try cwmr on top of it and so know you know what we are dealing with here. hence the fear i just crapped all over my phone. please tell me there is hope.
no longer bricked
with a lot of tries i was able to get back into download mode just trying over and over again until i got it and reflashed oc1 via odin3 and rebooted phone and it is still rooted! what a relief. didnt need jig but it may come inhandy since i ordered it anyway just in case. so no longer asking to get help with failed to start problem. i will post my other ? in proper place about fav roms.
i have been told and learned to be careful on use of the word brick
i have been told and have learned to not go around willy nilly throwing the word brick around. its like crying wolf. you really want to get help but not by tossing important industry lingo about without learning true meaning. now as far as this specific problem it is no longer valid and i have reposted an updated problem titled "vrugof1 maybe hiding under revert to vrugoc1 s4 stuck on verizon logo". so to the forum moderator this can be closed as no longer the issue.
Im not quite sure if anyone has rooted the most recent firmware so im going to tell you how i did it =)
links will be provided at the end and yeah lets get started
step 1 !!! download the SM-J120A ENG boot(link below)and go ahead and flash it via odin.
DONT FREAK OUT! ITS GOING TO FAIL! Rest assured your phone witll boot back up but when it does you will notice in the "about phone" section of you phone's settings that Selinux is magically permissive......=)=)=)
step 2 !!! download latest Kingroot and let it works its weird Chinese magic voodoo lol....
AGAIN DONT FREAK OUT!! Due to kingroot being the zombie apocalypse of your poor phone, its going to be running like absolute garbage...
step 3 !!! go to the play store and purchase Chainfire's very own SUPERSUME!!!!! it is the best and fastest way to administer the "cure" for your phone and switch that deadly Kingroot for the nice foot massage that is SuperSU. If you're worried about SuperSuMe costing a few bucks then id say you've got a long and worrisome life ahead of you haha its only a few bucks and chances are you have'nt donated to Chanifire yet and should be ashamed!!!! without Chainfire we would'nt have the root we have today period, you all know i speak the truth =)
Conclusion!!!!!!! i know this may seem like a total joke post but i assure you, it is not a joke. this method with put a nice smelling fresh root on your at&t express 3 running on J120AUCU2AQC1 fimware as depicted by the screen shot below. you will also notice that it is running on the tmobile network with Volte, but thats a story for another day....sweet dreams bobbits.....
disclaimer!!!!!!!!! I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVICE!!! I AM MERELY SHOWING YOU THE PATH TO ABSOLUTION, IT IS VERY MUCH YOUR DECISION TO WALK THAT ROAD....
i assure you this has been tested and retested and you should be just fine and when this method works for you(yup i said it...lol) when it works, hook me up with a thumbs up or something =)
links!!!!!
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But on which device J3? Sm-j320fn?
Root successful...........but
I was able to root with firmware version J120AUCS3AQE1 but because mine is an AT&T phone the bootloader is "locked and signed" meaning it's never going to unlock........? I have the latest version of firmware that came out in may 2017 and it will be available to you as soon as I can post an outside web address............ Every Recovery image that I flashed caused everything to fail and a big triangle that said AT&T detected software on your device that is not allowed on our device so I guess this one is never really your own........ but you can Root with Kingroot and supersume pro to get rid of bloatware and such but other than that no custom stuff on this one.
If Kingroot keeps freezing just restart phone and keep trying it took me a long while to obtain root.