Lost Root - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III

I had root custom cwm recovery had JB ROM installed and flashed solid ice 2.0 and booted up. Once in tried installing ROM toolbox and couldn't get root access. I still have custom recovery and super user but I have no root access. I did searches and followed all instructions but couldn't find anything on my current situation. I've never flashed a ROM and lost root. I'm on sprint but have my girlfriends s3 rooted on Verizon. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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jtadak said:
I had root custom cwm recovery had JB ROM installed and flashed solid ice 2.0 and booted up. Once in tried installing ROM toolbox and couldn't get root access. I still have custom recovery and super user but I have no root access. I did searches and followed all instructions but couldn't find anything on my current situation. I've never flashed a ROM and lost root. I'm on sprint but have my girlfriends s3 rooted on Verizon. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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When I lost root on my galaxy nexus, I just restored a nandroid backup and I was back in business. That should work assuming you have a previous backup.

Try opening SuperUser and updating your binaries.
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Thanks but I have no option in super user to update binary.
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tu3218 said:
When I lost root on my galaxy nexus, I just restored a nandroid backup and I was back in business. That should work assuming you have a previous backup.
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I did not nandroid.
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jtadak said:
Thanks but I have no option in super user to update binary.
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In super user store to the left. You should see some green and possibly Red writing. Touch there and you now have the iron to update binaries.
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jtadak said:
Thanks but I have no option in super user to update binary.
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yes you do...open super user, slide your screen to the left, under the info tab look down and tap update binary...so easy a
caveman can do it!

Haha, not on this version Just says it's out of date. I think there's some kind of a flashable zip to update right now.
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jtadak said:
Haha, not on this version Just says it's out of date. I think there's some kind of a flashable zip to update right now.
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Forgot I had this
http://db.tt/ff2iOUgx
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She had to leave and took her phone! I'll try as soon as I see her again. Thanks bud.
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It worked. GTG thanks again guys.
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jtadak said:
It worked. GTG thanks again guys.
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Just for clarity for future users who stumble on this thread, which method worked: updating your binaries or installing whatever is in the dropbox link?
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Yes it was the flashable zip that kintwofan was so cool as to post. That's what enabled me to update binaries on the version I'm on. Great idea, that's why I wanted reply with the success but I should have clarified
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No, thank you. This may help someone in the future.
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Related

Clockwork won't stick, any ideas?

So I'm on 2.3.5 and I rooted using (one click root) method and everything is cool but I find myself having to flash clockwork every time via rom manager, is there any way to make it stick?
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Delete/rename /etc/install-recovery.sh
ahhlix said:
So I'm on 2.3.5 and I rooted using (one click root) method and everything is cool but I find myself having to flash clockwork every time via rom manager, is there any way to make it stick?
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Yes there is a fix. It has been covered multiple times. Or read the post above me.
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Thank you
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Lost root?

I haven't taken any ota's, and out of nowhere I don't have root. I tried updating binaries through supersu, but utility says installation failed. Help?
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Reroot it then...
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x714x said:
Reroot it then...
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Thank u captain obvious, let me clarify, I want to know what may have caused it and if anyone else had this happen, I re rooted but if I flash a jb Rom and it happens again I don't want to be stuck unrooted
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chupafaros said:
Thank u captain obvious
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That made me lol.
Sorry I know I'm not helping at all, but really, that made my day.
More information. What ROM, do you have a custom recovery? If you have stock recovery then the ota def updated itself. If your stock rooted then it will do that without asking
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I'm stock rooted, but I had flashed twrp recovery
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Repeat the rooting process again.

Please help!!!

Man,
My questions must be so stupid that I can't even get someone to respond!
When trying to flash certain things using CWM, I am prompted to install an “untrusted zip"...
Has anyone experienced this and is it safe to install untrusted ???
Please help
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bajasur said:
Man,
My questions must be so stupid that I can't even get someone to respond!
When trying to flash certain things using CWM, I am prompted to install an “untrusted zip"...
Has anyone experienced this and is it safe to install untrusted ???
Please help
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Try toggling signature verification off.
Thank you. I will try that. Appreciate the response.
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Where do I find that toggle. Sorry
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bajasur said:
Where do I find that toggle. Sorry
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Code:
install zip from sdcard > toggle signature verification
Just tried that. Says installation failed still..
Hmm. This sucks!
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bajasur said:
Just tried that. Says installation failed still..
Hmm. This sucks!
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Is whatever you're flashing stated as compatible with your device/made for your device? Have you tried flashing with a different recovery (If available)?
I have Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 and was trying to flash the nexus 4 boot animation..
This happened a few days ago when I tried to flash some of the android 4.2 system dump.
Both times it says “ install untrusted zip". I just tried to toggle verification and that did not help.
Thanks for helping
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bajasur said:
I have Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 and was trying to flash the nexus 4 boot animation..
This happened a few days ago when I tried to flash some of the android 4.2 system dump.
Both times it says “ install untrusted zip". I just tried to toggle verification and that did not help.
Thanks for helping
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You might as well just make a backup and then flash .
I'm such a noob I don't even know how to make a backup, I've been trying to figure this out for days!
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Bizarre, I just flashed the 4.2 clock and it worked via mobile Odin.
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This is due to you having stock recovery. It will not flash anything not signed by samsung
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zelendel said:
This is due to you having stock recovery. It will not flash anything not signed by samsung
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That's true...!
Just use an alternative cwm @OP
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No. It's not safe to run untrusted.zip. It may be contained with viruses and may screw up your phone or PC. Only run files with actual names because you don't know if it's good or bad. It can crash your phone, not to mention your PC.
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No. It's not safe to run untrusted.zip. It may be contained with viruses and may screw up your phone or PC. Only run files with actual names because you don't know if it's good or bad. It can crash your phone, not to mention your PC.
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"Untrusted" is not the file name. The recovery is just stating that the file is "untrusted" since its not official from the manufacturer.
Hopefully your phone is rooted, if it's not I can't help ... make sure you have an unlocked bootloader and install Rom Toolkit from Google Play. Rom Toolkit has a bunch of boot animations for free, including the nexus 4 animation. Also, it will install these from the app itself - much easier than doing it in CWR.
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Nothing like v this for me
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Thank you!!
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Jimjk1968 said:
Nothing like v this for me
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Hey rookie, welcome to xda!
While I've got your attention..
Can you guys help me with something else??
I'm running jellywiz RLS12, yesterday I flashed a 4.2MOD pack over jellywiz. After flashing it, I realized I didn't want it. I tried to research how to “unflash" stuff but was unsuccessful, ended up having to do a factory reset and reinstall jellywiz.
Any pointers on how to do this more effectively??
Thank you!
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Curious...

Factory ota ICS here→ http://www.southerntelecom.com/polaroidsupport/firmware/pmid10c/PMID10C_Firmware_4.0v1_OTA.zip
Any roms for a Polaroid pmid10c? Or ambitions for one?
Anyone get Lucky enough to pick this up cheap? It has a few bugs but potential to be a really nice device... a recovery I guess would be a start since this is pre rooted...
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Recovery bump? Lol... I can't be the only one on xda to pick this up
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Bump this tablet is pre rooted...
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Bump↑
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Bump?:beer:
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Just grabbed this cheap from menards. Comes pre-rooted would love to to install a custom rom too.
This is the best I can find, not sure if it works yet as my PC is jacked ATM... It has cmr and bloat removed, pm me for other info... https://a170132.uranus.1blu.de//data/public/d9c188c9d2e5984b774443ddbe44e1b3.php?dl=true
So flash at your own risk obviously and you have to follow the same procedure as polaroid directs to when you first connect the tablet... The link will directly DL this .IMG file... I can't wait to flash it but can't ATM so when I do I'll post results here or if anyone else does please post results...
jr, I see you are in my neck of the woods. any updates on flashing with that rom? I have a couple of these that I am itching to crack the seal the on.
Root Access
I don't seem to have root access? I was able to install the image but cant use root access programs.
swsdsm said:
jr, I see you are in my neck of the woods. any updates on flashing with that rom? I have a couple of these that I am itching to crack the seal the on.
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Yep, works fine, just whatever you do, do not wipe cache/dalvik cache in recovery or any other way at all. Not sure why but doing so soft bricks...
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ToddShroats said:
I don't seem to have root access? I was able to install the image but cant use root access programs.
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Just download superuser and possibly busybox, can't remember if you have to or not
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Where is the list?

[Q] Root in new JB update

I got the OTA update on my gs3 to jelly bean yesterday. Is it possible to root it using the file i used to root it in ics 4.0.4? Do i need to download a new .tar file to root 4.1.1 or will using the same file be okay?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35418324
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Thanks!
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Posting this here, I made an account just to ask this question. I've rooted a few of my devices but this is my first time rooting a phone. I followed the link you posted but when I boot into recovery using CWM and try to flash SupersSU_Bootloader.zip I get an E:signature verification failed.
Any thoughts?
No sorry haven't rooted mine yet. I'd try adding in the thread for the root.
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Well I fixed it, for some reason it was booting into the normal samsung recovery instead of CWM. I know its kind of obvious but hey....give me a break
For other newbies having the same issue make sure you are booting into CWM and not the stock samsung recovery.
How do you change which recovery the phone boots into?
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ThePatelBros said:
How do you change which recovery the phone boots into?
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You don't. The ota was overwriting cwm on boot like the last ics ota was. The directions for the root method are updated to get around that now.
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Yup! I saw the update about 10 minutes ago and I am now rooted!
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