I don't know where to start, I saw a video on how to root with US SGSIII root file but the file is not available, where can I download it and if anyone has used a Mac and can give me some tips I would really appreciate it. I also, checked the wiki and did search but couldn't find anything.
Your going to have a hard time rooting with a mac, no Odin support. Just try a windows computer. There not to hard to find
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Thanks a lot, I'll try Bootcamp and see how it goes. Basically I should start with Odin right?
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Yes. I believe there us an sgs3 toolkit in developer's section that can root it too. I have not used this method so I can't tell you how well it works
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I have not done this to my shiny new s3 yet, but on my Captivate i would just use Heimdal instead if Odin on my mac....just something to look into
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Caz666 said:
I have not done this to my shiny new s3 yet, but on my Captivate i would just use Heimdal instead if Odin on my mac....just something to look into
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Heimdal is not yesterday compatible with the s3
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Bro u will have hell, I have a MacBook pro and it won't even read the phone anymore... I have to use my old dusty laptop
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No need to use ODIN or Heimdal
Follow instructions on this post. It works perfectly
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1827518
Good luck
So wait - is there no other way at the moment to root a GS3 on a Mac? I usually don't mind experimenting with terminal, but damn that seems involved/risky.
alias3800 said:
So wait - is there no other way at the moment to root a GS3 on a Mac? I usually don't mind experimenting with terminal, but damn that seems involved/risky.
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to be honest, the easiest way is to just borrow a pc for the initial rooting using odin. afterwards, you can just use adb on your mac to copy files to and from your phone.
Just install a 30 day trial of Fusion or Parallels, load up Windows and you're on your way.
Just download everything you need onto a flash drive walk into a best buy Walmart or target and do it there. Takes 5 minutes
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pussyliquor said:
Just download everything you need onto a flash drive walk into a best buy Walmart or target and do it there. Takes 5 minutes
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hahah made my day, your gonna need drivers and odin!
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hahah made my day, your gonna need drivers and odin!
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Take those with you too. Lmao. I can compile it all in a zip for you if you want haha.
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I've seen this app called mobile Odin.it says u don't need to b hooked up to PC and doesn't make triangle appear. My question is can we use it on our phone n has.anyone used it at all?
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Our phone is not supported on the app yet. Id rather use odin on my computer though.
Edit* just saw an update to it for our phone. Might have to try it soon.
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Thanks for letting us know about this app. For 2.69, sounds like it is well worth its price. I'm buying and will give it a look.
Ye no problem let us know how it works out...
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Well I bought the app n tried out n it borked my phone I downloaded the stock rom with kernal n all and.it recognized it.it started through it process n flung me into clockworkmod still doing its thing then phone shut off and rebooted with error.'gaudi_bootimage.jpg' draw failed....
N of course PC power supply crapped out on me so can't Odin till new PC comes....
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Our phone is not supported on the app yet. Id rather use odin on my computer though.
Edit* just saw an update to it for our phone. Might have to try it soon.
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Yeah it updated last night or early this morning. I actually bought it a week ago because I thought the price may jump up once all of the SGS2's were supported. I am going to try it tonight
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bigfdaddy said:
Well I bought the app n tried out n it borked my phone I downloaded the stock rom with kernal n all and.it recognized it.it started through it process n flung me into clockworkmod still doing its thing then phone shut off and rebooted with error.'gaudi_bootimage.jpg' draw failed....
N of course PC power supply crapped out on me so can't Odin till new PC comes....
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Damn, what was your setup and what did you try to flash with it? EK02?
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Well im back in biz I worked my magic n got the pc n tge phone fixed .... No I didnt flash ek02..i had downloaded the tar to revert back.to stock n had ran it... I cant run the ek02 modem cause I on eg31
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Know got another problem.... i cant get to odin.....instead it gives me android system recoverry. #manual mode# looks almost like clockwork mod but cant install using clk roms...
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In would never odin from phone.
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SocialReject said:
In would never odin from phone.
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The app developer is very well known. It is very new and just last night/this morning got updated to support our phone. Sure, there may be an issue or 2 to iron out
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bigfdaddy said:
Know got another problem.... i cant get to odin.....instead it gives me android system recoverry. #manual mode# looks almost like clockwork mod but cant install using clk roms...
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To get to download mode is volume down plus power. You are in recovery.
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musclehead84 said:
To get to download mode is volume down plus power. You are in recovery.
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Haha woops just realized I was doing wrong duhhh moment....
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Haha woops just realized I was doing wrong duhhh moment....
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Its cool man. In really want to try mobile Odin. I bought The app myself. I don't know how many times I've been away from my PC and needed to Odin something really bad. Anyone use it with success?
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musclehead84 said:
Its cool man. In really want to try mobile Odin. I bought The app myself. I don't know how many times I've been away from my PC and needed to Odin something really bad. Anyone use it with success?
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Yeah I mobile odined ek02 yesterday it worked great. It kept root and installed superuser
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rgregg504 said:
Yeah I mobile odined ek02 yesterday it worked great. It kept root and installed superuser
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Thanks for that post. I usually jump right into stuff when it comes to flashing but I was waiting for one person to say it worked so..thanks again.
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I've used it today to flash a new modem and worked with out a hitch he updated the program to fix the glitch it had
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Would someone be cool enuff to upload mobile Odin to 4shared as an Apk file!
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If any dev deserves $2.69 its Chainfire. Compared to how many garbage apps there are for sale, I find Mobile Odin to be a major breakthrough
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JohnCorleone said:
If any dev deserves $2.69 its Chainfire. Compared to how many garbage apps there are for sale, I find Mobile Odin to be a major breakthrough
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I agree he totally deserves it .....
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Going to be getting the Epic 4G Touch in a week or so and I have a problem. My laptop crapped out 2,000 miles from my home. Is there a way to root the phone with out pc access?
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radtranceman said:
Going to be getting the Epic 4G Touch in a week or so and I have a problem. My laptop crapped out 2,000 miles from my home. Is there a way to root the phone with out pc access?
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Yep borrow a computer from someone ....
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LoL all ready have a few messages out just thought I'd ask. thanks
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You might be able to do it with Mobil Odin but it's always risky downloading big tar files or roms on your phone.
I'd just wait to get to a PC so its done right and safely. I know how it feels man, running rooted stock, its like wanting to get laid but no females are at the party.
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You might be able to do it with Mobil Odin but it's always risky downloading big tar files or roms on your phone.
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Don't u need root permission to use mobile Odin?
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Yup, mobile odin can inject root and install the ROM, assuming you already have root. If you don't you need one of the traditional methods.
Nobody better to clarify this than the master of root, sfhub
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Nobody better to clarify this than the master of root, sfhub
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LOL epic touch extrodinaire, the man, the legend, sfhub
Root like a BOSS!
To take my phone back to stock ICS image(Verizon).... I'm running jellybean and want to return to stock, I'm sure this has been posted a million times but I couldn't find anything on getting back to stock.. Ive only had the phone 5 days... thanks in advance..
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http://code.google.com/android/nexus/images.html Look for "Toro" and flash via fastboot
anton2009 said:
http://code.google.com/android/nexus/images.html Look for "Toro" and flash via fastboot
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Is there a way to flash via Odin for our Verizon version???
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stebomurkn420 said:
Is there a way to flash via Odin for our Verizon version???
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Uh.. I think there's a way, but that sounds complicated, and a difficult find for sure. Perhaps just look for a stock 4.0.4 verizon rom + radios + recovery and then relock bootloader via fastboot. Because there is no way you're locking your bootloader without fastboot... so you need to use it anyway, so just use the original method I linked.
Did you check make a nandroid backup?
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stebomurkn420 said:
To take my phone back to stock ICS image(Verizon).... I'm running jellybean and want to return to stock, I'm sure this has been posted a million times but I couldn't find anything on getting back to stock.. Ive only had the phone 5 days... thanks in advance..
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I would personally use the "flash" link in my signature - it's straight forward and step by step. But, if you want an Odin method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24552203.
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I would personally use the "flash" link in my signature - it's straight forward and step by step. But, if you want an Odin method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24552203.
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Could one of you awesome developers out there just make a cwm version of the stock ICS image.. basically a .zip file that overites custom recovery with stock and takes you back to stock.... this would make life so easy!!!! Lol. Dwitherell made us a .zip file like this to take us back to stock on my last phone ( Samsung charge)...
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Could one of you awesome developers out there just make a cwm version of the stock ICS image.. basically a .zip file that overites custom recovery with stock and takes you back to stock.... this would make life so easy!!!! Lol. Dwitherell made us a .zip file like this to take us back to stock on my last phone ( Samsung charge)...
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But then you won't be stock... you'll be on a stock ROM but still custom recovery etc.
Just use the method Efrant posted and you'll be 100% stock. Its extremely easy, and you can be sure that nothing will go wrong because you'll be doing it manually yourself. Stop asking people to do things for you and just make it happen.
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But then you won't be stock... you'll be on a stock ROM but still custom recovery etc.
Just use the method Efrant posted and you'll be 100% stock. Its extremely easy, and you can be sure that nothing will go wrong because you'll be doing it manually yourself. Stop asking people to do things for you and just make it happen.
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Obviously you didn't read my reply carefully... I said a .zip that REWRITES custom recovery with stock recovery and takes us back to stock...4.0.2 or 4.0.4... don't get ****ty with me kid.. I'm not demanding anything I'm simply asking a legit question/request... never came in here demanding anything.. lol. Just saying it would be nice.
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Just use the Galaxy Nexus toolkit. It will do all the heavy lifting and hold your hand for you.
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Obviously you didn't read my reply carefully... I said a .zip that REWRITES custom recovery with stock recovery and takes us back to stock...4.0.2 or 4.0.4... don't get ****ty with me kid.. I'm not demanding anything I'm simply asking a legit question/request... never came in here demanding anything.. lol. Just saying it would be nice.
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Wow. Just wow. I was about to post a .zip file for you but with that attitude... never mind.
Also... the stock image I downloaded from Google(imm76k) is a .tgz file... I thought it had to be a .IMG file??? And when I extracted it to desktop it gave me a .tar file... would the .tar file be the one I would use to flash via Odin back to stock??? And why do we not have a stickie to get back to stock, via Odin, via fast boot flash??? Lol. This thread is kinda haywire in my opinion compared to threads for other devices. Hahaha.. still VERY useful though..
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harveydent said:
Wow. Just wow. I was about to post a .zip file for you but with that attitude... never mind.
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Attitude....!!!!???? Ever since I've been posting in this thread I've been attacked pretty much for every post... I've seen waaaayyyy more senseless **** than this... ppl need to cheer up.. maybe I came off wrong, in that case my apologies... why should I be attacked because I simply asked a question in the "q and a" thread.. least I'm not one of these dumb [email protected]#$%& that ask what the best screen protector is in the Dev. Thread... fresh.. please post that .zip... lol. I got these cheeseburgers man... us I smoked a bowl while replying to this and I feel a lot better about the situation... almost as if we could be friends one day...
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harveydent said:
Wow. Just wow. I was about to post a .zip file for you but with that attitude... never mind.
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If you don't do it I will tie you up to a chair with explosives attached ( in a room full of barrels containing explosive fluids) ... lol. Everybody will be calling you two face... hahah. UK. Plz, plz, plz....
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When I screwed up my Verizon GNex, I just followed this guide from Droid-Life:
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/12/1...the-bootloader-and-return-to-a-factory-state/
It will take you back to how your Nexus was out of the box.
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mtmjr90 said:
When I screwed up my Verizon GNex, I just followed this guide from Droid-Life:
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/12/1...the-bootloader-and-return-to-a-factory-state/
It will take you back to how your Nexus was out of the box.
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That's not what he wants though. He doesn't care about the procedure; he just wants a CWM-flashable zip packaged up to do it for him. If someone else doesn't make one, I will when I eventually get some free time.
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stebomurkn420 said:
To take my phone back to stock ICS image(Verizon).... I'm running jellybean and want to return to stock, I'm sure this has been posted a million times but I couldn't find anything on getting back to stock.. Ive only had the phone 5 days... thanks in advance..
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Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1743939
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That's not what he wants though. He doesn't care about the procedure; he just wants a CWM-flashable zip packaged up to do it for him. If someone else doesn't make one, I will when I eventually get some free time.
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I'm sorry but I don't think anyone should be doing any flashing or tinkering without being able to understand fastboot/adb basics. That may be what he wants, but the Droid-Life guide is what's best for him
...just my opinion.
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When I screwed up my Verizon GNex, I just followed this guide from Droid-Life:
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/12/1...the-bootloader-and-return-to-a-factory-state/
It will take you back to how your Nexus was out of the box.
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This works perfectly.
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So there's no way of doing this? Theres a way for the international one. I can't be the only person with MacBook and sgs3.
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here's what I did
Download virtual box for free. download windows 8 preview, free.
run windows in a VM done
Thanks. Just one thing what does vm stand for
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Virtual machine. Aka virtual box session.
Hi!
I did it this way with my SGH-I747[m] with Telus Mobility in Canada and it worked fine!
It doesn't trip the counter either.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1827518
Michael
Thanks both of you! Ok so I'm running Windows 8 on virtual box do what way did you root now? Is there just one way like the iPhone jail break our is there many?
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Use the root no trip method. Just flash an image via Odin then install a recovery. It's a sticky in the development section.
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Thanks both of you! Ok so I'm running Windows 8 on virtual box do what way did you root now? Is there just one way like the iPhone jail break our is there many?
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Well my method is from the Terminal in OS X so no need to any VMs, but you can use Odin also. Just depends if you want to use Mac or PC.
How do you root using terminal? Any links? Thanks
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How do you root using terminal? Any links? Thanks
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Like I said earlier, here's the link for rooting using Terminal and MAKE SURE you have adb installed, really the android-sdk with all platform tools.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1827518
Hey guys this is my second OG. I had that rooted and it was sooooo silky smooth. So smooth. The new one I have is not rooted. My windows laptop went out so I got a new one but I had to get a Mac for work. Now I need to root again. I may be wrong (Feel free to troll on this) but its not possible to root on a Mac. This phone not rooted is trash. I mean it's ok but I need to try out this CM 10.1. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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sirswag87 said:
Hey guys this is my second OG. I had that rooted and it was sooooo silky smooth. So smooth. The new one I have is not rooted. My windows laptop went out so I got a new one but I had to get a Mac for work. Now I need to root again. I may be wrong (Feel free to troll on this) but its not possible to root on a Mac. This phone not rooted is trash. I mean it's ok but I need to try out this CM 10.1. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I used Motochopper. As for unlocking the boot loader? Idk. I tried and bricked it. Best buy replaced it for me but I'm not gonna risk doing it again
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The last post in this thread is your best option on a Mac. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38803728
Otherwise, Windows or Linux.
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I use VMware Fusion for all my needs with this: http://pastebin.com/ksfdhjGz (line 52)
And this^^^^^^^
Forgot about Virtual Machines
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Is there still no way to root sprint's lg optimus g using a macbook???