Metfanant
Android Expert
Believe what you want...but you're wrong and just being stubborn :thumbup:
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Root [Verizon] Root? 7/7/12 Update - YES!
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- samsung galaxy s3
Believe what you want...but you're wrong and just being stubborn :thumbup:
Did you install CWM? Rooting and installing CWM is not the same thing.
You boot into recovery by turning the phone off and then holding down volume up and home while you turn the phone on.
jackdubl
Android Expert
Thought I tried that but I will try again. I've been using adb to get to recovery bitbi guess there are some apps you can use.
Droid.Incredible
Well-Known Member
liteon163
Well-Known Member
Yeah, root is good enough for me.
All I really want to do is remove Verizon bloatware. There are also some Google apps I'd like to get rid of. You know, just general stuff that I will NEVER use and don't want taking up space on the phone.
Sure, I know ICS can freeze certain apps, but I'd rather they not even be there in the first place. But I have to keep in mind that if I remove too much I won't be able to receive OTA updates...
Maybe I'll just wait awhile and play with my stock phone until I get use to it, and maybe even a bit bored with it. Then I can look into what ROMs are available by then.
All I really want to do is remove Verizon bloatware. There are also some Google apps I'd like to get rid of. You know, just general stuff that I will NEVER use and don't want taking up space on the phone.
Sure, I know ICS can freeze certain apps, but I'd rather they not even be there in the first place. But I have to keep in mind that if I remove too much I won't be able to receive OTA updates...
Maybe I'll just wait awhile and play with my stock phone until I get use to it, and maybe even a bit bored with it. Then I can look into what ROMs are available by then.
ousuxndallas
Member
[ROOT] [RECOVERY] SCH-i535 - xda-developers
Awesome! My S3 should arrive today, and I plan on rooting once it's charged up. I want to keep using Titanium Backup, which would be hard to live without now that I'm used to using it.
Awesome! My S3 should arrive today, and I plan on rooting once it's charged up. I want to keep using Titanium Backup, which would be hard to live without now that I'm used to using it.
jbdan
Extreme Android User
This is tremendous, good ole 'blek' from my Inc days, what a hero!
xliderider
Android Expert
FYI, the stock image in the quoted thread has some issues. I would use the one in this thread's first post instead to apply the root:
Fixed System image file
Anthony2816
Well-Known Member
This is exactly what I want...and to be able to run Titanium Backup. The phone is too new to me to worry about custom roms and kernels yet. Wireless tether, adfree, and TB would make me happy...for now.
Lock-N-Load
Android Expert
Did you read that XDA post from 7/9/12 that says an OTA update is "supposedly" coming and their advising to not update as it will break root.
In the past, on ICS based tablet, I use OTA RootKeeper to restore root post several OTA updates. Not sure why that could not be done here.
I have not yet rooted my SGS3 as the root method is a little PITAish for me right now. Hope it gets simplified... like 1 click root
In the past, on ICS based tablet, I use OTA RootKeeper to restore root post several OTA updates. Not sure why that could not be done here.
I have not yet rooted my SGS3 as the root method is a little PITAish for me right now. Hope it gets simplified... like 1 click root
Eryl Flynn
Android Enthusiast
What is hard? Hell I didn't even factory reset for the second time. Went into Odin on start, started Odin 3.07 Windows, selected PDA and the image, click start, wait. PROFIT
Did my wife's and mine in under 30 minutes most of the time watching TV or eating dinner.
Did my wife's and mine in under 30 minutes most of the time watching TV or eating dinner.
gkinsella2
Newbie
FoxFi allows tethering WITHOUT root...free from the Play Store!
Do we know yet what will happen as far as OTA updates on rooted phones?
Will OTA not even be offered to rooted phones? Will the OTA complete and then phone won't be rooted? Will OTA complete and then phone will still be rooted?
Will OTA Rootkeeper work?
Coming from a Droid X, I know that OTA wouldn't go unless your phone was nearly 100% stock.
Not sure how things working over at Samsung.
I hopefully will finally have my phone next week. With the consideration that I'd like to restore apps and appdata via Titanium, I'm wondering what the best way to proceed would be. Root phone immediately, restore with Titanium, then get the OTA (if it will even run on a rooted phone?)? If I lose root for a short time after that, I could live since I've already restored my data. I'd really like to keep things as close to stock as possible, with the exception of obtaining root.
Will OTA not even be offered to rooted phones? Will the OTA complete and then phone won't be rooted? Will OTA complete and then phone will still be rooted?
Will OTA Rootkeeper work?
Coming from a Droid X, I know that OTA wouldn't go unless your phone was nearly 100% stock.
Not sure how things working over at Samsung.
I hopefully will finally have my phone next week. With the consideration that I'd like to restore apps and appdata via Titanium, I'm wondering what the best way to proceed would be. Root phone immediately, restore with Titanium, then get the OTA (if it will even run on a rooted phone?)? If I lose root for a short time after that, I could live since I've already restored my data. I'd really like to keep things as close to stock as possible, with the exception of obtaining root.
Metfanant
Android Expert
impossible to say until an OTA is actually pushed
it should work the same way everywhere
i think the best plan is to simply get the phone...root it...and wait...simply don't take the OTA until the devs confirm how to root it...
its really simple and the RUMORED OTA is going to be so incredibly minor...in reality if its like the other GS3 OTA's its actually going to take away features...
That does seem to make sense, but, will I even be able to take any OTA updates once I've rooted the phone?
I'd prefer taking the OTAs over having to use someone on XDA's version via ODIN.
Metfanant
Android Expert
depends on if you've frozen/deleted anything i would assume like it did with your DX
any particular reason?
You need to use ODIN to root anyway as of now so why even bother accepting the OTA and just flash a stock rooted file through ODIN? there will be no difference...frankly there is no reason to want to use the OTA over just waiting a day (probably a few hours) for a dev to give us an image to flash on our own..
if you accept the OTA and it breaks root...you will just have to flash a rooted system img using ODIN anyways...might as well skip the OTA process altogether IMO...
I guess no reason other than probably a couple day delay maybe and probably a little more risk involved than just taking it via OTA? Plus, stock/rooted, isn't stock. The devs always seem to add/tweak a few other things when they do that (deodex, update stock apps, etc).
Metfanant
Android Expert
so you would rather lose root then wait even a day or two to get a rooted version?
but you have to flash the rooted img in ODIN anyway lol...
so to take the OTA and then get root later on...
1. allow OTA <--risk of failure, borked install, buggy install etc
2. flash rooted OTA img in ODIN <--ditto
so by taking the OTA you are actually introducing MORE risk to the equation...this is not like youre used to with the DX and a 1-click root method where you install then gain root through an app...
there are stock rooted img's at xda right now...as far as i know now thing was changed
You are right, that all makes sense. I guess the only thing missing is that do we know for sure that OTA breaks root? I guess that's highly likely. If so, then, yes, what you outline should be the best way to go.
Metfanant
Android Expert
we don't know ANYTHING about the OTA...other that there will be one eventually...we dont know what it does, when its coming, or anything
Actually, there is a great reason for preferring to update via OTA.
You don't lose any data!
If I root now, then an update comes out and then there's an ODIN version released with the new upgrade+root, won't I lose all my apps and settings and have to restore via titanium, then redo all my settings, contact ringtones, etc.?
You don't lose any data!
If I root now, then an update comes out and then there's an ODIN version released with the new upgrade+root, won't I lose all my apps and settings and have to restore via titanium, then redo all my settings, contact ringtones, etc.?
