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Successfuly used FIREWATER & now need correction on next steps

Last time I rooted a phone was the original DROID (great phone).
Now, I'm back on the scene after not fond of the OTA 4.4 so I consider myself a "newbie" since things have changed a lot.
Took some time but managed to successfully use FIREWATER.
Just wondering if I have the correct order of the next steps:
(*Verizon One w/ Mac machine only)
1. FIREWATER
2. Find Recovery to flash
3. Make back-up
4. Root
5. Find desired ROM
So looks like RECOVERY is next but there are MANY links with "recovery" in search results it's a bit overwhelming.
Obviously I need one specifically for Verizon, right?
Thanks in advance

Your phone was android 4.4.2 and you were able to use firewater to unlock? Or are you asking if you can use it to root 4.4.2? Firewater doesn't work the ota we just got.
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Everything you need can be found HERE everything is pretty much up to date recovery wise

Everyone has their preferences as what recovery to use but I just went through this about 4 days ago.
A recovery option that will work: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2416273
See downloads where it says classic, and touch -- it's your choice which to get.
I will however note that I had an issue wiping cache/data on the 6.0.4.7 update. It might of just been a bad flash but I ended up going to version 6.0.4.4 and I was able to do everything just fine. Mounts/unmounts, backups/restores, wipes and flashes.
Link to the version I used (CWM Classic 6.0.4.4): http://www.radracer.us/otp/droid/recovery-clockwork-6.0.4.4-m7vzw.zip
To get into your recovery you go to your bootloader (or whatever HTC calls it, where you see Fastboot, HBoot version and what not), and you will see Recovery as an option. Once selected you will boot into CWM.

Do you lose data if you use firewater? From what I am reading I dont believe data is lost but haven't seen a clear answer.

disconnecktie said:
Your phone was android 4.4.2 and you were able to use firewater to unlock? Or are you asking if you can use it to root 4.4.2? Firewater doesn't work the ota we just got.
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No no, sorry should've clarified that: I was on 4.3 and saw the unnecessary changes 4.4.2 brought so I withheld from updating.
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Do you lose data if you use firewater? From what I am reading I dont believe data is lost but haven't seen a clear answer.
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No, not at all. I think I will lose data when I flash recovery or install a ROM though
vpxf said:
Everyone has their preferences as what recovery to use but I just went through this about 4 days ago.
A recovery option that will work: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2416273
See downloads where it says classic, and touch -- it's your choice which to get.
I will however note that I had an issue wiping cache/data on the 6.0.4.7 update. It might of just been a bad flash but I ended up going to version 6.0.4.4 and I was able to do everything just fine. Mounts/unmounts, backups/restores, wipes and flashes.
Link to the version I used (CWM Classic 6.0.4.4): http://www.radracer.us/otp/droid/recovery-clockwork-6.0.4.4-m7vzw.zip
To get into your recovery you go to your bootloader (or whatever HTC calls it, where you see Fastboot, HBoot version and what not), and you will see Recovery as an option. Once selected you will boot into CWM.
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That's a lot and after this busy weekend, I'll have to sit down and go through everything you just posted. Thanks!

BTW I'm seeing that there are some issues with TWRP not allowing you to BOOT back up if your phone dies?
Any reason why TWRP should be the one or do another RECOVERY?

-XIV- said:
No no, sorry should've clarified that: I was on 4.3 and saw the unnecessary changes 4.4.2 brought so I withheld from updating.
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Im in the same boat as you. Waiting to see how everything works out. I have heard clockwork is working pretty well for this phone. ALmost ready to S-OFF now.
So, if I S-Off on 4.3, can I then let the ota come over and not lose the abililty to flash SU, or a rom with SU/Root? I should still be able to flash anything I want in recovery with S-OFF no?

[Q&A] [ROM][STOCK][D855][20A] Lollipop rooted ROM by skin1980

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hello
So since I'm new to Android as of this fall I have some questions regarding this rom
If I ever want to get back my LG "OS", is that possible once I moved to stock Android?
Can I update a stock Rom like this once new updates are out?
Any way to backup my data before I restore everything?
Thank you for your time and I will be sure to donate to show my support

TeamSlayr said:
So since I'm new to Android as of this fall I have some questions regarding this rom
If I ever want to get back my LG "OS", is that possible once I moved to stock Android?
Can I update a stock Rom like this once new updates are out?
Any way to backup my data before I restore everything?
Thank you for your time and I will be sure to donate to show my support
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This is a stock LG OS Lollipop version, what you're thinking about is a vanilla Lollipop version by Google and that one we don't have yet for the LG G3.
I don't know about updates though either, I'm curious about it myself.
If you want to install this then you need to be rooted and you need to have TWRP, which is a custom recovery, installed. Once you have that, you can backup with TWRP.
Take a look here for root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/root-root-lg-g3-easily-purpledrake-lite-t2821000
and here for TWRP: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/orig-development/bump-unlock-lg-g3-twrp-d852-d852g-f400-t2900614
You should read up on root and custom recoveries a little bit so you understand the risks, but if you just follow the instructions closely then there should not be any problems but you never know. So be prepared to take the risk first before doing this.
If you don't care about root then there is another way that you can read about here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/kdz-lollipop-5-0-v20a-final-kdz-beta-t2935610 but then know that you maybe won't ever have root if you install this.

what you mean by "Factory Reset" can you be more specific in TWRP?

rhayun said:
what you mean by "Factory Reset" can you be more specific in TWRP?
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There is an option called Factory Reset in TWRP if I remember correctly. That is a full wipe of dalvik, cache, data and system I think.
Read about it here: http://teamw.in/whattowipe

Hey
rossonero82 said:
This is a stock LG OS Lollipop version, what you're thinking about is a vanilla Lollipop version by Google and that one we don't have yet for the LG G3.
I don't know about updates though either, I'm curious about it myself.
If you want to install this then you need to be rooted and you need to have TWRP, which is a custom recovery, installed. Once you have that, you can backup with TWRP.
Take a look here for root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/root-root-lg-g3-easily-purpledrake-lite-t2821000
and here for TWRP: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/orig-development/bump-unlock-lg-g3-twrp-d852-d852g-f400-t2900614
You should read up on root and custom recoveries a little bit so you understand the risks, but if you just follow the instructions closely then there should not be any problems but you never know. So be prepared to take the risk first before doing this.
If you don't care about root then there is another way that you can read about here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/kdz-lollipop-5-0-v20a-final-kdz-beta-t2935610 but then know that you maybe won't ever have root if you install this.
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Thank you, I'm rooted on my LG so that's good but why would I want this rom instead of updating when it's officially released? Should I wait for vanilla android? Thank you

TeamSlayr said:
Thank you, I'm rooted on my LG so that's good but why would I want this rom instead of updating when it's officially released? Should I wait for vanilla android? Thank you
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You would want this if you are impatient as most of us here Otherwise you could just wait and remember not to install any updates before people here have checked it if it's rootable or not.
AOSP roms are based on vanilla Android and if you like how vanilla looks then you could wait. AOSP roms should be here soon, I think many people would want to see them on the G3. If the ROMs are bumped then it's easy to change between ROMs if you don't mind restoring your apps every time

rossonero82 said:
There is an option called Factory Reset in TWRP if I remember correctly. That is a full wipe of dalvik, cache, data and system I think.
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as i can see in TWRP: "Factory Reset wipes Data, Cache and Dalvik so its not wipe system.. am i correct?

rhayun said:
as i can see in TWRP: "Factory Reset wipes Data, Cache and Dalvik so its not wipe system.. am i correct?
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Yeah, that should be it. But don't do it now without having a flashable ROM zip

rhayun said:
as i can see in TWRP: "Factory Reset wipes Data, Cache and Dalvik so its not wipe system.. am i correct?
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it doesn't wipe system, you are correct, system then gets replaced if you were to flash something new over the top.

Thanks
rossonero82 said:
You would want this if you are impatient as most of us here Otherwise you could just wait and remember not to install any updates before people here have checked it if it's rootable or not.
AOSP roms are based on vanilla Android and if you like how vanilla looks then you could wait. AOSP roms should be here soon, I think many people would want to see them on the G3. If the ROMs are bumped then it's easy to change between ROMs if you don't mind restoring your apps every time
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Thank you very much for taking your time with a noob like me Can I ask how people stand loosing all the apps and data everytime they swap roms? That seems like a lot of work?
I used rom manager to backup my current rom, is this correct to do if I ever want to go back?

Good job!!

Is there a certain order in which one has to flash the zips?
Also, could you give an ETA on the upload?
Good job, BTW!

monolith23 said:
Is there a certain order in which one has to flash the zips?
Also, could you give an ETA on the upload?
Good job, BTW!
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Make sure you flash the rom before you flash the new boot.img otherwise the rom will override the root enabled boot.img.

D850?
Will D855 roms work on a bump'd D850 phone? Some people have been telling me it does but I'm not sure
Thanks for the help!

TeamSlayr said:
Thank you very much for taking your time with a noob like me Can I ask how people stand loosing all the apps and data everytime they swap roms? That seems like a lot of work?
I used rom manager to backup my current rom, is this correct to do if I ever want to go back?
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No problem mate Well I personally have almost everything on the cloud. Pictures, music, contacts, calender and so on. Many of the apps that I use have a backup option like Nova Launcher, Whatsapp etc. Then it's just to go on Play Store on a PC and take a look at the list of the apps that I've installed earlier and install those that I would like back again.

Question about your D855 Lollipop ROM
Just signed up to ask this (new to G3 rom flashing):
The download for the ROM is 10MB? When I had a Galaxy S4 i9505 - the ROMS were 200MB ~
Why is this ROM so small?
Thanks for your time.

Kexzey said:
Just signed up to ask this (new to G3 rom flashing):
The download for the ROM is 10MB? When I had a Galaxy S4 i9505 - the ROMS were 200MB ~
Why is this ROM so small?
Thanks for your time.
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Rom aint uploaded yet
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Port to F400L
Can someone please port this to F400L, thanks

Lennyuk said:
Make sure you flash the rom before you flash the new boot.img otherwise the rom will override the root enabled boot.img.
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So it's really important to go rom---->rooted boot.img------->supersu? Got it, thanks for the info mate.

Sunshine s off HTC m8 Sprint question

I am finally ready to sunshine s off. I have a rooted M8, running twrp boot loader. What do I have to do to obtain s off via sunshine? I kind of remember you must have a stock boot loader. I do not want to loose anything on my phone or it to be reset, or will running sunshine whipe my phone?
Thanks for any advice.
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koolcat7 said:
I am finally ready to sunshine s off. I have a rooted M8, running twrp boot loader. What do I have to do to obtain s off via sunshine? I kind of remember you must have a stock boot loader. I do not want to loose anything on my phone or it to be reset, or will running sunshine whipe my phone?
Thanks for any advice.
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normally these kind of questions would go into the Q&A section. First you would need to install superSU from the playstore. Second you'll need the firewater file plus ADB ready. Third there should be a youtube video showing the steps on how to get S-OFF. Fourth congrats on being S-OFF. Nothing will get erased to my memory but backup in case.

You must not confuse terms like stock bootloader and such
You need :
Stock rooted rom
Stock kernel
Stock recovery
Your bootloader is always "stock" there is no twrp bootloader. TWRP is a recovery. And sunshine comes as an application.
And please do not use videos that are often out of date (or will be soon) just follow the procedures on the sunshine developers website !!!

koolcat7 said:
I do not want to loose anything on my phone or it to be reset, or will running sunshine whipe my phone?
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If its important to you, back it up. This should be a rule under any circumstance, much more so when modding the phone.

I have achieved s off , however I am unable to install any custom roms. All I get is successful install then back to recovery. I have a nandroid backup saved, so I can go right back. I also tried updating this stock Rom and it won't let me, just says it installs then phone restarts and nothing has changed. What anni doing wrong?
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koolcat7 said:
I have achieved s off , however I am unable to install any custom roms. All I get is successful install then back to recovery. I have a nandroid backup saved, so I can go right back. I also tried updating this stock Rom and it won't let me, just says it installs then phone restarts and nothing has changed. What anni doing wrong?
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OTA's need stock recovery, so i would guess that is your problem with updates, what error did you get when you tried.
also what error do you get in TWRP when you try to flash a custom rom, also which rom are you trying to install.
follow the guides around here and there should be no problem at all.

koolcat7 said:
I have achieved s off , however I am unable to install any custom roms. All I get is successful install then back to recovery.
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For issues with ROMs not flashing correctly, fastboot erase cache and install recovery again (make sure its the latest version) will often fix it.
Also, make sure its a ROM that supports Sprint, as there are many that do not.

SPH-L710 Custom Roms on L710VPUDOH1 baseband version

I got a Galaxy S3 SPH-L710 and it was all ready updated to the L710VPUDOH1 baseband version. After searching around a little bit I noticed that most of the Roms are for baseband L710VPUDND8 and that some of the ND8 roms would not flash correctly.
I guess maybe i found a workaround for this. When i first tried to flash the CM 12.1 Rom I got error and it did not load. Did not hurt anything either. Was a little tricky getting initial root but got it all working.
Figured id share how i accomplished this in case someone else with the L710VPUDOH1 baseband wants to run the other Roms.
First i tried to root with Odin and the supersu.zip but it didnt take correctly.
Odin showed successful and the supersu flashed to the /system but every time i tried to run supersu I get Unfortunately SuperSU stopped working.
So i ended up using ODIN to get Temp CWM recovery and installed the CF-Autoroot in the CWM recovery. This woorked to get Root.
I downloaded the TWRP manager from playstore andused it to install TWRP 2.8.1.0
The TWRP Manager gave me an error but when i booted into recovery I had TWRP.
After that i tried to flash CM 12.1 in TWRP but got error and it didnt work.
I read that wicked 2.2 would load,
its big all most a gig so i figured it was pretty complete. maybe based off of stock.
I loaded it successfully.
afterwards i booted back into twrp and did an advanced wipe of.
Dalvic Cache
/ system
/data
/internal storage
/cache
Then i loaded Cm 12.1 with no issues.
Tested Pac-Rom No issues.
Im thinking any of the newer roms will flash fine now.

BigCountry907 said:
After that i tried to flash CM 12.1 in TWRP but got error and it didnt work.
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I'm hoping you left out some steps, because if you tried flashing CM 12.1 without doing a wipe on System/Data/Cache/Dalvik then you will not have a working phone.

BigCountry907 said:
I got a Galaxy S3 SPH-L710 and it was all ready updated to the L710VPUDOH1 baseband version. After searching around a little bit I noticed that most of the Roms are for baseband L710VPUDND8 and that some of the ND8 roms would not flash correctly.
I guess maybe i found a workaround for this. When i first tried to flash the CM 12.1 Rom I got error and it did not load. Did not hurt anything either. Was a little tricky getting initial root but got it all working.
Figured id share how i accomplished this in case someone else with the L710VPUDOH1 baseband wants to run the other Roms.
First i tried to root with Odin and the supersu.zip but it didnt take correctly.
Odin showed successful and the supersu flashed to the /system but every time i tried to run supersu I get Unfortunately SuperSU stopped working.
So i ended up using ODIN to get Temp CWM recovery and installed the CF-Autoroot in the CWM recovery. This woorked to get Root.
I downloaded the TWRP manager from playstore andused it to install TWRP 2.8.1.0
The TWRP Manager gave me an error but when i booted into recovery I had TWRP.
After that i tried to flash CM 12.1 in TWRP but got error and it didnt work.
I read that wicked 2.2 would load,
its big all most a gig so i figured it was pretty complete. maybe based off of stock.
I loaded it successfully.
afterwards i booted back into twrp and did an advanced wipe of.
Dalvic Cache
/ system
/data
/internal storage
/cache
Then i loaded Cm 12.1 with no issues.
Tested Pac-Rom No issues.
Im thinking any of the newer roms will flash fine now.
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I don't think the roms care if your on ND8 or NJ2 or whatever the latest is . You should also update twrp to 2.8.7.0 . Version 2.8.4.0 and on allow you to flash a new twrp version image right from recovery . 2.8.1.0 is pretty old . Best of luck with your new hobby .

Ya i didnt have any troubles.
Im currently working on 5 devices and writing sort of a kitchen.
But it dose way more than most kitchens. Even creates a CWM style backup over adb like onandroid.
I found a way to patch a factory recovery.img to flash files signed with my own keys and that kinda started it all.
Anyway Merry Christmas

what's the root method for DOH1? ;; I can't seem to find a thread specifically walking through the root method for the latest baseband and i have an old S3 and was thinking of playing around with it for a while for fun turn it into a light weight media player to save battery on my LG G4 since we all know how inconsistent and crap the battery can be with the G4 lol

The root is pretty easy.
I used this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1963812
Then just get Clockworkmod or TWRP recovery for the d2spr sphl710 and flash it.
After that load any rom you want

silvernirvash said:
what's the root method for DOH1? ;; I can't seem to find a thread specifically walking through the root method for the latest baseband and i have an old S3 and was thinking of playing around with it for a while for fun turn it into a light weight media player to save battery on my LG G4 since we all know how inconsistent and crap the battery can be with the G4 lol
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Same as always, use odin to flash a .tar of twrp. Then use twrp to flash a .zip of SuperSU. Done

Doh1
Is there any rom working at Doh1 version?

bael616 said:
Is there any rom working at Doh1 version?
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All of them

madbat99 said:
All of them
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Really? I have been told there was nothing for the l710vpudoh1 version. Would you mind to help me out with this topic of flashing a rom, please? P.D: Sorry about my english.

bael616 said:
Really? I have been told there was nothing for the l710vpudoh1 version. Would you mind to help me out with this topic of flashing a rom, please? P.D: Sorry about my english.
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Oh1 is not a version of the phone. It's just a build number.
Do you have the triband model? What carrier?

madbat99 said:
Oh1 is not a version of the phone. It's just a build number.
Do you have the triband model? What carrier?
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Got no idea. It is the sprint CDMA version.

bael616 said:
Got no idea. It is the sprint CDMA version.
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Well that's what you need to know. Oh1 doesn't matter. There is oh1 for regular s3 and triband s3. Regular is sph-L710 and triband is sph-L710t. Does it have a t at the end of the model number?

madbat99 said:
Well that's what you need to know. Oh1 doesn't matter. There is oh1 for regular s3 and triband s3. Regular is sph-L710 and triband is sph-L710t. Does it have a t at the end of the model number?
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It doesn't have any t. So I guess it Ies the regular one. I want to know how to root it and flash a rom.

bael616 said:
It doesn't have any t. So I guess it Ies the regular one. I want to know how to root it and flash a rom.
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To root, you need odin on your PC. You can get it here.
Use odin to flash twrp recovery. You can get twrp from their site. twrp
Get the .tar of the newest build for d2spr (sprint s3). Put it on you PC somewhere you can find it (download folder is fine)
There are tutorials everywhere for using odin. It's the way to root almost all Samsung phones.
You also need the Samsung drivers on your PC. I don't have a link for that at this moment.
Then launch odin on your PC.
Put phone in download mode (from powered off, hold power+home+volume down)
Plug phone in to PC and odin should say "added"
Click AP button in odin then navigate to where you have the Twrp .tar downloaded and select it
Click start in odin.
When it finishes it should say pass.
Don't let the phone boot to system, unplug it and take out battery
Put batter back in and boot directly to twrp recovery by holding power+home+VOLUME UP
In twrp select reboot, then system. It should say you don't have root and ask if you want root. Swipe the arrow for yes. Once it boots, open SuperSU and update binaries if it asks. Choose normal method.
Done. Rooted.
You should really have looked up how to root before coming to a thread about flashing roms. There are tutorials everywhere for rooting this phone. Google is your friend dude.
Edit: you can get the Samsung USB drivers here
That thread has rooting instructions too. It's for the virgin Mobile s3, but its the same phone. Those instructions work fine. Only difference is I linked you to twrp recovery instead of philztouch (philz development is dead) and I linked you to a newer odin.
If you are that new that you aren't sure about rooting, maybe start over there in Android forums. I'm a guide there.

bael616 said:
Really? I have been told there was nothing for the l710vpudoh1 version. Would you mind to help me out with this topic of flashing a rom, please? P.D: Sorry about my english.
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I was given a SPH-L710... Originally purchased from sprint.... Currently activated on boost. I got the phone Dec. 24 2015. It had stock unrooted DOH1 with untripped warranty bit. I have successfully booted and ran these roms for a minimum of 24 hrs each. As far as I could tell they were fully functional including: 4G LTE, MMS send and recieve, hotspot, wifi, bluetooth, camera (still and video). All main fuctions worked correctly for the limited time that I used each rom. :
-Wicked-X-Bare-Bones.zip
-Wicked-X-v8.2.zip
-cm-11-20150831_SNAPSHOT-XNG3CAO3FN-d2lte.zip
-cm-12.1-20151117-SNAPSHOT-YOG7DAO1K7-d2spr.zip
-cm-12.1-20160202-NIGHTLY-d2spr.zip
-cm-13.0-20160130-UNOFFICIAL-d2spr.zip
Im currently running CM13 unofficial as a daily driver. Cm12.1 SNAPSHOT was also very responsive and gave me no problems. I flashed them with twrp.2.8.7.2-d2spr.img. i flashed the recovery with odin after i made it into a .tar.md5 using linux mint 17.3 cinnamon. For the lte and mms i used "apn backup and restore" from google play with the root explorer method. Open gapps aroma for each android version i got from cyanogenmod website. i would recommend searching and using the dd command with adb shell in a linux terminal or cygwin to backup every partition on your doh1 first. (You will need root and busybox) There should be 24 partitions in mmcblk0. Make a backup of every one and you can recover one way or another ALMOST regardless of what may or may not go wrong. I used supersu 2.65 zip. Ive had alot of issues due to DOH1 but all the resources are in that easily used omnibox. Hope any of this info helps you.

madbat99 said:
To root, you need odin on your PC. You can get it here.
Use odin to flash twrp recovery. You can get twrp from their site. twrp
Get the .tar of the newest build for d2spr (sprint s3). Put it on you PC somewhere you can find it (download folder is fine)
There are tutorials everywhere for using odin. It's the way to root almost all Samsung phones.
You also need the Samsung drivers on your PC. I don't have a link for that at this moment.
Then launch odin on your PC.
Put phone in download mode (from powered off, hold power+home+volume down)
Plug phone in to PC and odin should say "added"
Click AP button in odin then navigate to where you have the Twrp .tar downloaded and select it
Click start in odin.
When it finishes it should say pass.
Don't let the phone boot to system, unplug it and take out battery
Put batter back in and boot directly to twrp recovery by holding power+home+VOLUME UP
In twrp select reboot, then system. It should say you don't have root and ask if you want root. Swipe the arrow for yes. Once it boots, open SuperSU and update binaries if it asks. Choose normal method.
Done. Rooted.
You should really have looked up how to root before coming to a thread about flashing roms. There are tutorials everywhere for rooting this phone. Google is your friend dude.
Edit: you can get the Samsung USB drivers here
That thread has rooting instructions too. It's for the virgin Mobile s3, but its the same phone. Those instructions work fine. Only difference is I linked you to twrp recovery instead of philztouch (philz development is dead) and I linked you to a newer odin.
If you are that new that you aren't sure about rooting, maybe start over there in Android forums. I'm a guide there.
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Thanks a lot. I have already rooted the phone but now I want to know what Roms are made to this device.
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HouseHG said:
I was given a SPH-L710... Originally purchased from sprint.... Currently activated on boost. I got the phone Dec. 24 2015. It had stock unrooted DOH1 with untripped warranty bit. I have successfully booted and ran these roms for a minimum of 24 hrs each. As far as I could tell they were fully functional including: 4G LTE, MMS send and recieve, hotspot, wifi, bluetooth, camera (still and video). All main fuctions worked correctly for the limited time that I used each rom. :
-Wicked-X-Bare-Bones.zip
-Wicked-X-v8.2.zip
-cm-11-20150831_SNAPSHOT-XNG3CAO3FN-d2lte.zip
-cm-12.1-20151117-SNAPSHOT-YOG7DAO1K7-d2spr.zip
-cm-12.1-20160202-NIGHTLY-d2spr.zip
-cm-13.0-20160130-UNOFFICIAL-d2spr.zip
Im currently running CM13 unofficial as a daily driver. Cm12.1 SNAPSHOT was also very responsive and gave me no problems. I flashed them with twrp.2.8.7.2-d2spr.img. i flashed the recovery with odin after i made it into a .tar.md5 using linux mint 17.3 cinnamon. For the lte and mms i used "apn backup and restore" from google play with the root explorer method. Open gapps aroma for each android version i got from cyanogenmod website. i would recommend searching and using the dd command with adb shell in a linux terminal or cygwin to backup every partition on your doh1 first. (You will need root and busybox) There should be 24 partitions in mmcblk0. Make a backup of every one and you can recover one way or another ALMOST regardless of what may or may not go wrong. I used supersu 2.65 zip. Ive had alot of issues due to DOH1 but all the resources are in that easily used omnibox. Hope any of this info helps you.
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Thanks man is there any link you can share with me? I really want to flash a rom but there is no one with this device in Facebook groups. So if you can share any Rom and the way it should be flashed I will be really thankful.
P. D: as I mentioned before I have no perfect English skills so I hope you understand what I mean.

bael616 said:
Thanks a lot. I have already rooted the phone but now I want to know what Roms are made to this device.
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Thanks man is there any link you can share with me? I really want to flash a rom but there is no one with this device in Facebook groups. So if you can share any Rom and the way it should be flashed I will be really thankful.
P. D: as I mentioned before I have no perfect English skills so I hope you understand what I mean.
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I cant post links due to my total number of posts. PM me and I'll send them to you.

bael616 said:
Thanks a lot. I have already rooted the phone but now I want to know what Roms are made to this device.
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Thanks man is there any link you can share with me? I really want to flash a rom but there is no one with this device in Facebook groups. So if you can share any Rom and the way it should be flashed I will be really thankful.
P. D: as I mentioned before I have no perfect English skills so I hope you understand what I mean.
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You have the sprint s3, but are you on sprint? If you are not on Sprint there are additional instructions. Any rom that says its for D2spr is fine. That's the sprint s3.
this is the one I'm using.

HouseHG said:
I cant post links due to my total number of posts. PM me and I'll send them to you.
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Ok man thanks
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madbat99 said:
You have the sprint s3, but are you on sprint? If you are not on Sprint there are additional instructions. Any rom that says its for D2spr is fine. That's the sprint s3.
this is the one I'm using.
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Actually, I don't use any company cause I don't live in the US so I use the phone only with WiFi.

I Have a Few Questions About Rooting My HTC One M9

Hey guys, I'm fairly new to the android scene when it comes to the rom and rooting side of things so I just have a few questions about Sunshine and the whole process in general. Sorry if this may have already been asked but after a quick search many of the answers to these questions seem to be outdated.
1. Do you need to be rooted in order to use Sunshine?
2. If I do, is there any method to root my phone? I can't seem to find any without paying some money.
The only reason why I would want to root my phone is so I can use Titanium root and back up my data.​
3. Do I have the order right?
Use Sunshine (gains S-off/unlocks bootloader)​Install a custom recovery (TWRP)​Super SU (Does this root my phone?)​Install Cyanogenmod​
4. If I have the order correct, at what point should I backup my data and when would my data get wiped?
5. And if I'm backing up my data should I back it up to my SD card and remove it, or do something else?
Once again, I'm sorry if most of the answers to these questions seem obvious but this is my first time tampering with my phone so I would appreciate any help!

Ok so a little update, I used sunshine, installed twrp, and tried to flash super su but I got stuck on a bootloop. Any help? I tried wiping the cache/dalvik.

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Ok so a little update, I used sunshine, installed twrp, and tried to flash super su but I got stuck on a bootloop. Any help? I tried wiping the cache/dalvik.
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The latest supersu zip will give you a bootloop. The previous version works fine. I don't have it anymore but you will need to download a rom and flash it.

Flyhalf205 said:
The latest supersu zip will give you a bootloop. The previous version works fine. I don't have it anymore but you will need to download a rom and flash it.
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Would you be able to drop a link please? or give me version number?

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Would you be able to drop a link please? or give me version number?
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Are you looking for Sense rom or CM?
Sense roms you can find them http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-one-m9/development There is a complete stock rom and a few modded versions
CM you can find here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-one-m9/orig-development/rom-cyanogenmod-13-0-t3339509
CM does lack VoLTE

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Ok so a little update, I used sunshine, installed twrp, and tried to flash super su but I got stuck on a bootloop. Any help? I tried wiping the cache/dalvik.
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This is a common issue, it happened to me too, so I wrote a quick post how to avoid it.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-one-m9/help/s-offed-unlocked-bootloader-via-t3444629