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I'm confused as to which rooting method to use with the new ota upgrade

A little confused as to which rooting method i need to use can someone please advise thanks
I've attached a pic of my system settings/build etc.
I'm getting diff answers frm diff pple
help
Thank you!

If you have access to Odin i'd recommend flashing over one of the pre-rooted packages.

You can use the ie22 GB rooting method according to Qbking77, and that way you won't need to ODIN or flash anything and lose your data.
Also next time post in Q & A so you don't get flamed

MajicManDroid said:
If you have access to Odin i'd recommend flashing over one of the pre-rooted packages.
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This is all I've been able to figure out. If you go to the one click root stickied post it links to a gingerbreak post that has a bunch of people posting that the gingerbreak method doesn't work for OTA upgrades.

MajicManDroid said:
If you have access to Odin i'd recommend flashing over one of the pre-rooted packages.
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can you plz link me to the right thread? The Odin method says it doesnt work on gingerbread & that's what i got
thanks in advance!

psixichka said:
can you plz link me to the right thread? The Odin method says it doesnt work on gingerbread & that's what i got
thanks in advance!
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The odin method does work... you have to odin a custom kernel to make cwm stick... then flash cwm with odin... then flash su.zip via cwm...
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Are u intending to stay rooted with the stock rom?
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yea, what flastnoles said

psixichka said:
can you plz link me to the right thread? The Odin method says it doesnt work on gingerbread & that's what i got
thanks in advance!
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Check out this video from QBKing. It's a two part video. It gives you links to all the files in the description. And I know it works because I did it last night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwFRzzIqouE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Sent from my Cyanogenmodded Epic4g! Wanna fight about it?

xgerryx said:
You can use the ie22 GB rooting method according to Qbking77, and that way you won't need to ODIN or flash anything and lose your data.
Also next time post in Q & A so you don't get flamed
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where can I find this?
figured only noobs hang out in q&a

psixichka said:
figured only noobs hang out in q&a
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Nope, devs and veterans hang out there too
Sent from my Cyanogenmodded Epic4g! Wanna fight about it?

Honestly, since Rodderik responded to you in the one click root method thread, I would use the thread he linked you. You can't go wrong with anything he says, and Qbking's videos are always spot on as well. To be safe, I would do one of those. Back up all your apps and your homescreens and go from there.

xgerryx said:
Honestly, since Rodderik responded to you in the one click root method thread, I would use the thread he linked you. You can't go wrong with anything he says, and Qbking's videos are always spot on as well. To be safe, I would do one of those. Back up all your apps and your homescreens and go from there.
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But then someone else said it will not work in that same thread he linked me to so that confused me. This is my husband's phone i was asked to root so I dont want to mess it up.

Rodderik is one of the best Dev's we have. Ask for clarification or PM him if you want, but if it was me, that's what I would do.

psixichka said:
But then someone else said it will not work in that same thread he linked me to so that confused me. This is my husband's phone i was asked to root so I dont want to mess it up.
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Check out the videos. They will show you what to do if you are on stock un-rooted gingerbread
Sent from my Cyanogenmodded Epic4g! Wanna fight about it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwFRzzIqouE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Sent from something with a Ｋモ尺れモㄥ.

Thanks guys! QBKing's videos are extremely helpful that's how I rooted my E4gt!

I'll move it and be nice about it. This time
---Jay---

jayharper08 said:
I'll move it and be nice about it. This time
---Jay---
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lol thanks!
I downloaded everything will root once i'm home

xgerryx said:
You can use the ie22 GB rooting method according to Qbking77, and that way you won't need to ODIN or flash anything and lose your data.
Also next time post in Q & A so you don't get flamed
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The ei22 method is the same method for el30 and it most defenitely requires odin... but you don't lose any data...
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[Q] Root/unroot questions on new update release

Hey everyone. First off I have done some looking into this so I apologize in advance if it seems like a newb question...but I couldnt find any solid answers. I am use to flashing roms but this is the first time I have just waited for a stock update.
I am running the stock 2.3.6 Rom but I am rooted. I have read that updating may or may not work but might cause issues. The last thing I want to do is brick my phone so I just need some clarification.
What do I need to do to accept the current update? I have not been able to clarify the proper way to unroot my t989 and I have read the stickied threads.
Any help would be appreciated!

I will with hold personal comments and just say you need to read more. There are plenty of threads regarding what this update is and how to flash it. In fact, theres a thread a few posts below yours that is titled [HOWTO]ODIN FLASH new UVLDE UPDATE {Recommended for ICS}

Thanks for the reply...however even that thread does not address my specific questions. All it does is tell me how to install it which I could very easily do if I had a stock unrooted phone. Out of the about 10 threads I have read all the way through I have yet to get a straight answer as to my questions.

jdmitr said:
Thanks for the reply...however even that thread does not address my specific questions. All it does is tell me how to install it which I could very easily do if I had a stock unrooted phone. Out of the about 10 threads I have read all the way through I have yet to get a straight answer as to my questions.
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Ok if your rooted just follow my guide and you'll be fine , after you get the new update you'll lose root. All you have to do is re root and that's all. You wont brick your phone i was on stock while rooted, did what i did on my guide and im perfectly fine. Considering if this is what you were asking.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA

xxjrsmith3xx said:
Ok if your rooted just follow my guide and you'll be fine , after you get the new update you'll lose root. All you have to do is re root and that's all. You wont brick your phone i was on stock while rooted, did what i did on my guide and im perfectly fine. Considering if this is what you were asking.
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Thanks for the reply! I was going to ask again in your thread but I hate it when people ask 10 times in ten different threads so I didnt want to be THAT person...lol
So You would suggest that I dont accept the OTA update and just us the ODIN method? Of course it would be nice and convenient to just accept it. lol

has anyone got the root for T989UVLDE. i have it on my phone and no root.
should i sue the method from ajster1989?
[APP] Samsung Galaxy S II Toolkit Beta V2.0 *CMW, Root, and Roms all in one place*
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1650908
has anyone tried it.

jdmitr said:
Thanks for the reply! I was going to ask again in your thread but I hate it when people ask 10 times in ten different threads so I didnt want to be THAT person...lol
So You would suggest that I dont accept the OTA update and just us the ODIN method? Of course it would be nice and convenient to just accept it. lol
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It really doesnt matter. I would prefer the Odin method as the download cant interrupt or corrupt. Doesnt matter if youre rooted or not.
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smali26 said:
has anyone got the root for T989UVLDE. i have it on my phone and no root.
should i sue the method from ajster1989?
[APP] Samsung Galaxy S II Toolkit Beta V2.0 *CMW, Root, and Roms all in one place*
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1650908
has anyone tried it.
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I havent tried that method but I and many others have used the normal way...push CWM via Odin, then flash superuser from recovery.

Ok just for the heck of it I did a CWM backup and backed up everything with Titanium and accepted the update. The update just restarted the phone and it booted into CWM and just stayed there with no sign of change or downloading anything. I tried to see if there was an update on the sd but there wasnt. Rebooted and all is the way it was. I tried to click on software update but it just said "no firmware" as always.

Questions go in the Q&A section

Sorry guys I don't get it.
Are you saying that we can root the update? I got cwm flashed, but the zip wont root anymore, it simply will not work.
Or, are you saying to flash a pre-rooted rom with the update?
Is there a superuser.zip that works with the update, and if so, where?
Any info is greatly appreciated. I really want old rootie back.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using Tapatalk 2

Rooting a sph-d710 already updated to ICS via OTA

I have an unrooted Samsung Galaxy S2 Sprint version that I never rooted, and I just updated to ICS stock (over the air update). While I had rooted another, this is my wife's phone and I want to root it to get better control over the battery issues. I read the wiki, but it all was dated to before the update.
Do any of the rooting methods work once you have already upgraded to the latest ICS update that came from Sprint?

johnpent said:
I have an unrooted Samsung Galaxy S2 Sprint version that I never rooted, and I just updated to ICS stock (over the air update). While I had rooted another, this is my wife's phone and I want to root it to get better control over the battery issues. I read the wiki, but it all was dated to before the update.
Do any of the rooting methods work once you have already upgraded to the latest ICS update that came from Sprint?
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I am unsure of the rooting methods at this point. Did you check the one click rooting sticky? I would put the phone in download mode and odin a rom of your choosing (like el29 from sfhub) then one click root, recovery and flash a rom of your choosing. This process is of course only if the existing methods don't work with the OTA.
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Disregard the previous.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721229
Do this
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EmperorX said:
Disregard the previous.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721229
Do this
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Thanks for this. Will give it a shot tonight. While I am new at posting here, I have used this forum many times. I appreciate everyone doing all of this hard work!

Root
Use the preserve data version and you won't lose anything like contacts, files etc.

Will this work on a Sprint Samsung S2 running...
All,
I'm a total noob to rooting etc. A few questions to those who have done this. I have a Sprint Galaxy SII (model SPH-D710) running 4.0.4 w/Kernel ver. 3.0.15-SPH-D710.FH13-CL663858 [email protected] #3 - First can this be rooted? Are there any drawbacks or issues doing so (things not working etc.)? What is the best process and can anyone direct me to the best method to date?
Thanks,

First:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28507701
Second:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31961585
Read the stickies. You'll gain allot from them.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2

Thanks for the info... Still looking to see if anyone can answer my other questions about rooting the ver, I have and if it's worth doing or if it's going to create more problems. Really just need to be able to use WiFi hotspot without getting jacked by Sprint.
Thanks..

gohuge said:
Thanks for the info... Still looking to see if anyone can answer my other questions about rooting the ver, I have and if it's worth doing or if it's going to create more problems. Really just need to be able to use WiFi hotspot without getting jacked by Sprint.
Thanks..
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The second link in the post above yours answers the question.
Once rooted you can use wifi tether from play store.
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You can also take a look in my signature. I have a guide to manually rooting if not all, most ICS powered devices on the sgs2 epic 4g touch.
Here is my little guide: http://tinyurl.com/icsroot

gohuge said:
Thanks for the info... Still looking to see if anyone can answer my other questions about rooting the ver, I have and if it's worth doing or if it's going to create more problems. Really just need to be able to use WiFi hotspot without getting jacked by Sprint.
Thanks..
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You have to remember that even though you are saying you are a noob it does not mean that you should not read, read, read and then read some more. Honestly I have no problem with your questions but if you took some time to read stickies and info in the forum you would have found the answers to your questions. Also a Google search referencing Wifi Hotspot and not being rooted would of taken you to FoxFi. I suggest you give that a try prior to rooting if thats all you really need.
Remember either xda or Google is there to help you but they can not if you do not ever use them properly.My last piece of advice if you are not one to do reading or not one to really want to take risk. DONT ROOT try FoxFi or the host of other tether options that dont require root

I second using Febby's method - that's how I would do it. Its the scalpel vs. ax analogy - Febby uses a scalpel, those who re-flash an entire rom use an ax. Both work if you follow directions.

Only down side to febby's method is yellow triangle. It is easy to get rid of any way.
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Alternatively if you want Superuser, busybox and su instead of Supersu I have this .ZIP file here:
http://garwynn.rainmotorsports.net/subusybox.zip
It's the same one that I use for the rooted packages.

How about JB?
My question is similar, only my phone (a Sprint Galaxy S2 [SPH-D710]) is already updated OTA to Jelly Bean. I'm looking to root only (keeping the stock ROM). Can someone point me to the correct guide for this?
Do I just use the GB27 One-Click from here?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31961585
With that One-Click, are these the correct instructions?: http://www.rwilco12.com/Files/Devic...Sprint) (SPH-D710)/Tutorials/SPHD710-Root.php
In the above instructions is mentions flashing a stock kernel to remove the Yellow Triangle and reset the Odin count, but if a stock kernel is what I am going for in the first place, is there a way to save a step?
Are these instructions a better way to go?: http://www.android.gs/root-galaxy-s2-official-jelly-bean-4-1-2-xwlsn/
Or how about these instructions?: http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=166
This is my first android phone, so I am completely new to this. Can someone please set me straight? You guys are awesome!

Ace_7 said:
My question is similar, only my phone (a Sprint Galaxy S2 [SPH-D710]) is already updated OTA to Jelly Bean. I'm looking to root only (keeping the stock ROM). Can someone point me to the correct guide for this?
Do I just use the GB27 One-Click from here?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31961585
With that One-Click, are these the correct instructions?: http://www.rwilco12.com/Files/Devic...Sprint) (SPH-D710)/Tutorials/SPHD710-Root.php
In the above instructions is mentions flashing a stock kernel to remove the Yellow Triangle and reset the Odin count, but if a stock kernel is what I am going for in the first place, is there a way to save a step?
Are these instructions a better way to go?: http://www.android.gs/root-galaxy-s2-official-jelly-bean-4-1-2-xwlsn/
Or how about these instructions?: http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=166
This is my first android phone, so I am completely new to this. Can someone please set me straight? You guys are awesome!
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OK,
You are another admited nooby, and that is OK.
However please, please take some time and read throught the stickies, how tos and follow up posts to the Original Posts.
You WILL save yourself a whole lot of time, frustration and possible flaming.
If you want the latest JellyBean Stock follow the insturctions here. They are detailed and precise.
It is the one-click root method that will give you the ernel, ROM and Modem in one shot.
You will NOT have a custom recovery (with CWM) and will NOT have the yellow triangle.
Not that you must run the one-click 'as administrator' first AND put your phone into download mode before before plugging it into the PC.
If you want a custom recovery (Garwynn's or Agat's) then you can keep the yellow triangle away by using Mobile Odin Pro. BUY it in the Play Store. Download the custome recovery of your choice and open Mobile Odin, Select Kernel, navigate to the .tar file you've transfered to your SD card and 'flash firmware'.
Really though please take some time, don't be impatient. It can save you making an expensive paperweight and have a taste of sh%t in your mouth.
Good luck.

Thanks!
leaderbuilder said:
OK,
You are another admited nooby, and that is OK.
However please, please take some time and read throught the stickies, how tos and follow up posts to the Original Posts.
You WILL save yourself a whole lot of time, frustration and possible flaming.
If you want the latest JellyBean Stock follow the insturctions here. They are detailed and precise.
It is the one-click root method that will give you the ernel, ROM and Modem in one shot.
You will NOT have a custom recovery (with CWM) and will NOT have the yellow triangle.
Not that you must run the one-click 'as administrator' first AND put your phone into download mode before before plugging it into the PC.
If you want a custom recovery (Garwynn's or Agat's) then you can keep the yellow triangle away by using Mobile Odin Pro. BUY it in the Play Store. Download the custome recovery of your choice and open Mobile Odin, Select Kernel, navigate to the .tar file you've transfered to your SD card and 'flash firmware'.
Really though please take some time, don't be impatient. It can save you making an expensive paperweight and have a taste of sh%t in your mouth.
Good luck.
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Thanks. Your link is the link that I list at #5, above. I took the time to read through many many threads on this, but with so many unfamiliar terms and procedures, I wanted to make sure that I was following the method that will get me the results that I am after. Thanks so much for the confirmation!

[Q] First time rooting. ^^'

Hi there.
This is my first time rooting my GS3 SGH-I747, and I couldn't finish rooting it completely. So I tried it again, and it didn't work. Then I went searching on how you un-root and such, then I found this thread and followed it (I think it resets your phone to stock?), I'm not sure. Anyways, now I just want to get my phone back to the way it was before I did all of this. I think I've got to reset my custom binary counts and set the system status to 'normal' instead of 'custom/modified'. I was wondering how you do this? Also, I was wondering if once you root your phone will it always stay rooted or can you reset that so it's like it never happened (as if I didn't even do anything to my phone). I hope you can understand what I'm trying to say/ask. Thanks and the help is very much appreciated.​

The thread is about stock rooted ROM. You can always undo root. You need to flash an unrooted stock rom
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Can you explain exactly how it didn't finish rooting completely?
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Do you have an I747 or the I747M?

mrhaley30705 said:
Do you have an I747 or the I747M?
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I'm looking at the about device and it says 'I747M'.

http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/
This site has the stock firmware to go back to out of the condition. You will need to register to download.

How do I flash it? Can you teach me step by step? Do I have to do anything else? Thanks for all your help.

Go to the dev section look for mskip all in one tool kit its super simple and walks u through it....
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NewbieKid said:
How do I flash it? Can you teach me step by step? Do I have to do anything else? Thanks for all your help.
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you can search youtube m sure you can find some videos that can show how to root step by step...thas how i started rooting...and now i have tested almost every rom for samsung captivate samsung galaxt i9000 and s3..

1st of all, THANKS to the OP for posting in the correct area!! Not many 'noobs' do that...
2nd I think the guys above ^^^ gave you some spot on information to follow/use.
3rd - Thanks to everyone for not flaming the OP into oblivion for asking an honest question. You guys were genuinely helpful! Rock On!!

Another I think I'm bricked thread

I have looked through some of the threads on bricked phones and none have seemed to help. Right now all that shows up is Samsung. I found a video that said to get a file from samsung-update so I did. I used Odin to flash that and everything seems fine. This all started after I decided to try and go back to stock from liquid smooth. I just wasn't a fan of it and wanted to try tomorrow for a touchwiz rom. When I tried to flash back it didn't work so I thought if I used the tool kit to unroot it would put the original stock back. All it did was unroot. Any help? When I check my flash count it is around 4. If they check that at Sprint will I be able to have my phone fixed or will I just be SOL?

Hello shazo85,
If you can get to download mode (which it sounds like you can, seeing your flash counter), you can flash a stock ROM via Odin.
Try this thread and here download the package for your device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2017470

Kind of off topic but what is a flash counter and how do I check it lol?

Joe0113 said:
Kind of off topic but what is a flash counter and how do I check it lol?
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Its shows if you have flashed a custom rom and another way for carriers to know if you have rooted your phone. So every time you flash a custom rom rom your phone counts it. But you can always reset the flash counter with triangle away.

Joe0113 said:
Kind of off topic but what is a flash counter and how do I check it lol?
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It is exactly what it's called it counts the number of flashes you do lol you can see it by going into download mode(volume down +power) it will be in the top right corner.
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Overstew said:
Hello shazo85,
If you can get to download mode (which it sounds like you can, seeing your flash counter), you can flash a stock ROM via Odin.
Try this thread and here download the package for your device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2017470
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The LJ7 with count reset for 32 didn't work. I'm trying the L13 right now. It seems to be doing something now.
That worked. I'm on 4.0.4, but I have a working phone.

shazo85 said:
The LJ7 with count reset for 32 didn't work. I'm trying the L13 right now. It seems to be doing something now.
That worked. I'm on 4.0.4, but I have a working phone.
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Cool, now you can root and flash an updated rom so that you dont need to download the three OTAs again
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CNexus said:
Cool, now you can root and flash an updated rom so that you dont need to download the three OTAs again
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True however I'm the type of person that has to make sure I know what I'm doing to unroot also. So now that I'm rooted again I want to unroot and make sure I do it right. Then find a touchwiz rom that I like that is fully working.

shazo85 said:
True however I'm the type of person that has to make sure I know what I'm doing to unroot also. So now that I'm rooted again I want to unroot and make sure I do it right. Then find a touchwiz rom that I like that is fully working.
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Ok, look for the "ODIN 1-clicks" thread, it takes you back to stock, stock recovery, and resets your flash counter in one
As for good touchwiz roms, I would recommend either MOAR (Mother of All ROMS) or TPR (the peoples rom)
You can find both in the "Android development" subforum"

CNexus said:
Ok, look for the "ODIN 1-clicks" thread, it takes you back to stock, stock recovery, and resets your flash counter in one
As for good touchwiz roms, I would recommend either MOAR (Mother of All ROMS) or TPR (the peoples rom)
You can find both in the "Android development" subforum"
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I will check them out. I'm currently trying to use the toolkit that was posted to unroot. I'm sitting at the TWRP ADB Sideload screen now. All I have is a bar at the bottom and above it cancel. I'm guessing it is installing adb sideload filename.zip? Not sure how long this will take. I will look for the ODIN 1-clicks thread later. To help narrow it down any idea as to what forum it was posted in?

shazo85 said:
I will check them out. I'm currently trying to use the toolkit that was posted to unroot. I'm sitting at the TWRP ADB Sideload screen now. All I have is a bar at the bottom and above it cancel. I'm guessing it is installing adb sideload filename.zip? Not sure how long this will take. I will look for the ODIN 1-clicks thread later. To help narrow it down any idea as to what forum it was posted in?
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I'll post the link here in a bit, just give me a second
For the most failsafe process I would recommend to go with ODIN if you wanna reset to stock

CNexus said:
I'll post the link here in a bit, just give me a second
For the most failsafe process I would recommend to go with ODIN if you wanna reset to stock
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Thanks. TWRP seems to be taking a long time to install the files it needs to do the sideload. Nothing seems to have changed, but when I try to go further in the toolkit it just gives me an error that it can't find the device.

shazo85 said:
Thanks. TWRP seems to be taking a long time to install the files it needs to do the sideload. Nothing seems to have changed, but when I try to go further in the toolkit it just gives me an error that it can't find the device.
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Hmm, dont know what to tell you, I've always just used ODIN to go back to stock
Anyway, heres the one clicks thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2017470

shazo85 said:
Thanks. TWRP seems to be taking a long time to install the files it needs to do the sideload. Nothing seems to have changed, but when I try to go further in the toolkit it just gives me an error that it can't find the device.
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Just saw your other post in my thread and it sounds like you didnt do it correctly. Interested to see the output from the box on the one click, with that said load this onto your sdcard http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099
then factory reset and flash in custom recovery
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Also I just noticed your OP says you came from liquidsmooth. That is CM10.1 based. CM10.1 does not show the galaxy S3 screen when booting. Which tells me that u still have that kernel and a touchwiz based system. Whatever you did to return from liquidsmooth didnt flash a new kernel. You also have to wipe before switching back to a touchwiz rom like stock, my zip above is a fix for all that

billard412 said:
Just saw your other post in my thread and it sounds like you didnt do it correctly. Interested to see the output from the box on the one click, with that said load this onto your sdcard http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099
then factory reset and flash in custom recovery
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Also I just noticed your OP says you came from liquidsmooth. That is CM10.1 based. CM10.1 does not show the galaxy S3 screen when booting. Which tells me that u still have that kernel and a touchwiz based system. Whatever you did to return from liquidsmooth didnt flash a new kernel. You also have to wipe before switching back to a touchwiz rom like stock, my zip above is a fix for all that
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Thanks, I will give that a shot. The link was posted above by someone. I didn't know that was the same one you were talking about. Seems like it isn't as easy to root, flash and even to unroot the S3 as it was the EVO 4G. I only had issues with some roms on that.

This is a samsung. Its easier than any HTC to unroot and go back to stock. Your just not used to it yet

billard412 said:
This is a samsung. Its easier than any HTC to unroot and go back to stock. Your just not used to it yet
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Agreed. Samsung bootloader is unlocked by default. That means rooting is as simple as an Odin flash of a recovery. With HTC (locked bootloader), you had to use a program such as unrevoked to gain access to it. And each and every update HTC tried to re-lock the bootloader, so it was difficult to know if you should update (this is one reason why we get so many threads on here that say "how do I root with MB1?!?!?!").
As far as I'm aware, rooting with GS3 has been accomplished using the same method for quite a while.
Now, rooting using the Odin method is a bit more involved than it was with unrevoked, but really the only steps are clicking through a couple of files. The steps are stated clearly. It's just new and feels different. I was really wary of using Odin (still am, if I can be honest), but I was much more uncomfortable with unrevoked.

Samsungs seem harder because everybody and their mother has a tutorial on how to root it and nobody uses the most quick, clear cut 30-sec root possible, CF AUTO ROOT is easy and quick as hell, yet people treat it like the redheaded step child and ignore its presence. I dont get why
*Not lying when i say 30-sec either.
FInd me an easier method than that

billard412 said:
Samsungs seem harder because everybody and their mother has a tutorial on how to root it and nobody uses the most quick, clear cut 30-sec root possible, CF AUTO ROOT is easy and quick as hell, yet people treat it like the redheaded step child and ignore its presence. I dont get why
*Not lying when i say 30-sec either.
FInd me an easier method than that
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More information on CF Auto-Root:
Website (look up d2spr in the big table).
XDA Thread. Has instructions and further clarifications.
I had honestly never heard of it before, but it seems like a good (and quick) option for getting root from stock.

Could be that I'm just not used to it. I only ever had to root the EVO if I was coming back from Sprint. If I remember right the unroot was just load up 2 zip files. Nice that this is just one to unroot. I will have to look into that CF Auto Root.
I too was one of those people looking for how to root MBI. I didn't know it was all the same. Chances are I would have never donated to the toolkit if I would have known. I also would have never used the toolkit. It would be nice if we had just one thread on rooting instead of 3 or 4 that we have. Might be less confusing that way.
EDIT: Forgot to say that the zip file for the unroot and counter reset did work. I had my phone back up and working just as I clocked in for work. All night I have had apps downloading.