Since Verizon forced us to update to 4.3 Jellybean back in 2013, Galaxy S3 users using the carrier have been locked out of their bootlader, and, to my knowledge, no one has found a way around this.
Well, I'm kind of tired of the stock ROM my GS3 (running 4.4.2 Kitkat), and it's Touchwiz interface. While I do like it, I would prefer something like Cyanogenmod, however, because of the locked bootloader, I can't install a custom recovery that's not Safestrap, and I already screwed my phone up BADLY using that to the point where the recovery actually deleted my OS and didn't recognize the CM file I tried flashing on it.
I was hoping someone on here would know if there is a way to unlock the bootloader of my GS3, or if there is another recovery I can stick on my phone to use to flash my CM file so I can upgrade to CM12, since it's not terribly likely that Samsung will release a Lollipop update for the device.
ANY help would be appreciated.
Well, I'm kind of tired of the stock ROM my GS3 (running 4.4.2 Kitkat), and it's Touchwiz interface. While I do like it, I would prefer something like Cyanogenmod, however, because of the locked bootloader, I can't install a custom recovery that's not Safestrap, and I already screwed my phone up BADLY using that to the point where the recovery actually deleted my OS and didn't recognize the CM file I tried flashing on it.
I was hoping someone on here would know if there is a way to unlock the bootloader of my GS3, or if there is another recovery I can stick on my phone to use to flash my CM file so I can upgrade to CM12, since it's not terribly likely that Samsung will release a Lollipop update for the device.
ANY help would be appreciated.