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Root [International] Galaxy s3 root problem with a Mac :( help please!!

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lurchy

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Morning all and thanks in advance for any help I get.. im reasonable new to android from iphone and I have many years of jailbreaking and unlocking and repair experience but im stuck in a catch 22 and really need some help... my galaxy s3 I have tried to root will not boot in to clockwork recovery so that I can flash the superuser on to it.. I have used heimdall (as im a mac user) which all seemed to work correctly and the phone rebooted I have copied accross the clockwork.zip but I can only boot to standard android recovery... now I believe this to be because of a file in system/etc called install-recovery.sh reflashing itself.. now all of the tutorial say to just delete or rename this file as if it is that easy!!.. I cant do that as the process hasnt finished and I haved gain root access I cant gain root access because of that file! Massivly frustrating!! Can anybody help?
 
Wish i could help but i dont use Mac. The method most people uses, roots, installs superSU and CWM.
Change the title to include that you use Mac and good luck :thumbup:
 
Cheers anyway guys as much as I hate windows I had to just reflash using cf autoroot via odin on a windows computor and theen in the end I managed to get twrp installed and im all good now just wondering what rom to choose and if its worth the hassle of flashing
 
Well done man.
I hate computers full stop so once i was rooted, i was free. Lots of excellent 4.3 roms around man. Unless you wana stay on a samsung based rom
 
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