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Root [MetroPCS/CDMA] NEED HELP!!! Rooting 4.3

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samthegam

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The update to 4.3 on the Samsung Galaxy S3 CDMA (SCH-R530M) is finally available!!! I got it tonight!!! Baseband: R530MVQUBMK5

The OTA ROOT KEEPER unfortunately does not work when upgrading to 4.3


However, MetroPCS Easy Wifi is no longer included. I was able to turn off Metro Music, App Store


I have not figured out a way to root the device yet.
 
I haven't seen anything about the release of android 4.3 for Metro PCS Galaxy S3. I have only heard the update was released for Sprint, T-Mobile and US Cellular.

Anyone have any concrete info? Meh.... Doesn't really matter My new Nexus 5 will be here in two days!
 
edit, seems i was mistaken.

anyways you have the new knox bootloaders, if you wish to root it will void that and trip the counter. there will never be a way to reset it, but you can have root. if you dont mind then flash recovery and flash superuser http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu and youll have root.

anyone else who gets this prompt dont install it yet, ill be working on making it root friendly so everyone can update without locking their device down.
 
samthegam said:
The update to 4.3 on the Samsung Galaxy S3 CDMA (SCH-R530M) is finally available!!! I got it tonight!!! Baseband: R530MVQUBMK5

The OTA ROOT KEEPER unfortunately does not work when upgrading to 4.3


However, MetroPCS Easy Wifi is no longer included. I was able to turn off Metro Music, App Store


I have not figured out a way to root the device yet.
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Was this an over the air update?
 
samthegam said:
The update to 4.3 on the Samsung Galaxy S3 CDMA (SCH-R530M) is finally available!!! I got it tonight!!! Baseband: R530MVQUBMK5

The OTA ROOT KEEPER unfortunately does not work when upgrading to 4.3


However, MetroPCS Easy Wifi is no longer included. I was able to turn off Metro Music, App Store


I have not figured out a way to root the device yet.
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How'd you get the update. Called metro they don't even know about it
 
its rolling out, but i need someone who has teh zip in order to make a version that doenst update the bootloaders. the new knox stuff if you upgrade to the 4.3 bootloaders you cannot downgrade. it will blow an qfuse and you wont be able to revert to anything until we have a odin tar. i figured i had a few more months before this ota hit, now instyead i gutta try to rush all about :P
 
Shabbypenguin said:
edit, seems i was mistaken.

anyways you have the new knox bootloaders, if you wish to root it will void that and trip the counter. there will never be a way to reset it, but you can have root. if you dont mind then flash recovery and flash superuser SuperSU Download and youll have root.

anyone else who gets this prompt dont install it yet, ill be working on making it root friendly so everyone can update without locking their device down.
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Thanks for the info - since Metro Easy Wifi is no longer included & I was able to turn off the other bloatware - I will leave the device as is
 
samthegam said:
The update to 4.3 on the Samsung Galaxy S3 CDMA (SCH-R530M) is finally available!!! I got it tonight!!! Baseband: R530MVQUBMK5

The OTA ROOT KEEPER unfortunately does not work when upgrading to 4.3


However, MetroPCS Easy Wifi is no longer included. I was able to turn off Metro Music, App Store


I have not figured out a way to root the device yet.
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Can we see screenshots and can you tell us how it's been running so far?
 
samthegam said:
The update to 4.3 on the Samsung Galaxy S3 CDMA (SCH-R530M) is finally available!!! I got it tonight!!! Baseband: R530MVQUBMK5

The OTA ROOT KEEPER unfortunately does not work when upgrading to 4.3


However, MetroPCS Easy Wifi is no longer included. I was able to turn off Metro Music, App Store


I have not figured out a way to root the device yet.
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You mind backing up the system and boot.img with cmw or twrp and uploading it for us who hasn't got the update yet.
 
there was screenshots posted on the droidz dna facebook page where someone else got it.

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How long would it take once the necessary files are received to make metropolis version that doesn't deal with the pesky Knox feature (if you could call it that)...
 
I took a lot of time to unroot my wife's phone (my old phone) to stock to see if I can get the update, but no dice . Anyone with a wife knows messing with her phone for the sake of anything but what they use it for is trouble.
 
thatguy96 said:
How long would it take once the necessary files are received to make metropolis version that doesn't deal with the pesky Knox feature (if you could call it that)...
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dunno, never dealt with knox. all depends on what i get as well, if i get the ota.zip[ i gutta mod it to prevent the bootloaders from being updated, if no one gets me that then i need dumps from someone on 4.3 and that means tripping their knox counter to get root.
 
If or when I get the update I'll trip that knox counter in a blink of an eye. My wife will never know, and she will never use Knox. Especially after I root. Worst case scenario she would end up with my old s4 and me with something new.
 
I'm a metro pcs user. I have a samsung galaxy s3, and I was wondering if anyone knows when will I be able to update from 4.1 to 4.3?? Please help!! I want the update
 
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