Root [Verizon] Root the Verizon GSIII without flashing

[Rolo42]

well why would you flash an older FW over your newer one? thats just not very smart...

Unforseen consequences. Lack of sleep and/or caffeine. Attending classes at the School of Hard Knocks.

I was thinking root66 only did the system and not the kernel and firmware--that was NoSympathy's ROM and it all must have blurred together...

Here's a weird one: NoSympathy's ROM triggered the "Custom" unlocked-lock icon but SynergyROM did not.

 

[alexander323bc]

Well I just used odin to flash the root66 on my phone. Everything is running fine and I just read I lost my new firmware and I cant get it back

 

[Rolo42]

You can get the G1 kernels and radios:
http://androidforums.com/verizon-ga...ve-link-latest-kernel-radios.html#post4779462

I don't know how to get bone-stock unmodified G1 system however. Besides, that's the part we're overwriting anyway!

Like Metfan said, unless you got a new phone within the past few days, you're still on F2, which is mostly everybody.

 

[alexander323bc]

I just got it on friday, So I am surprised its not 1. I should have checked it before rooting.

 

[Rolo42]

If it didn't have the "updated" sticker on it, it wasn't G1.

 

[alexander323bc]

Ok I guess I just got a new phone that was just sitting around for a while then.

 

[drumshark]

So my computer wont recognize my phone to root... It shows up as a mobile device, but i cant drag/drop files to it, and the root tool cant find it... followed all steps, what do i do?

EDIT: Came home from work and it decided to work

 

[alexander323bc]

So my computer wont recognize my phone to root... It shows up as a mobile device, but i cant drag/drop files to it, and the root tool cant find it... followed all steps, what do i do?

EDIT: Came home from work and it decided to work

Are you plugging the phone directly into the computer? Do not use a USB hub. PC or MAC? What OS?

 

[Rolo42]

So my computer wont recognize my phone to root... It shows up as a mobile device, but i cant drag/drop files to it, and the root tool cant find it... followed all steps, what do i do?

EDIT: Came home from work and it decided to work

I had something similar happen to me yesterday but just with my wife's phone, not mine. I reinstalled the USB drivers and it was fine. Odd.

 

[Rachel A]

So, excuse my ignorance but... Will either methods work with the new G1 firmware? I've not got an SIII yet but may do in the next few days.

 

[Rolo42]

The debugfs method is very nice, minimum amount of force necessary and definitely works with G1 (was best before the following was available)

G1 rooted Odin flash: http://androidforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s3-all-things-root/594542-some-root-questions.html#post4788618

 

[Rachel A]

Brought our new S3's today and instantly rooted them and put CWM 5.8 on (I like touch and don't need 6 goodness yet).

My SU binary doesn't show what apps have been granted SU permissions. I did update it but still see nothing. Rooted apps seem to work OK (apart from a weird issue with TB), for example root explorer dives into all the protected folders with no apparent problems.

In addition any root app I run for the first time runs without the SU prompt.

Flashed G1 using ODIN. I was on G1 stock previously.

Also, when I reboot it tells me Custom with the open padlock. I assume I could just re flash stock to make that go away if I needed to return the phone, right?

 

[Metfanant]

Also, when I reboot it tells me Custom with the open padlock. I assume I could just re flash stock to make that go away if I needed to return the phone, right?

if everything flashed right...the pre-rooted G1 build SHOULD NOT trip the custom screen

 

[Rolo42]

- Flashing rooted G1 or rooting won't trigger "Custom" (yes, wiping & flashing stock will clear it) but some other things will (modifying System.APK seems to be one). Note that it won't trigger until after a reboot.

- Run Superuser app first, check its configuration (prompts, etc.). I noticed odd behaviour if that wasn't run. You could clear caches to see if quirkiness vanishes.