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Ight guys like the title says I need help on getting my gs3 back to where I can unlock my bootloader.. when I had first got the phone I was able to root and unlock and then as u all know about Verizon forcing update on our phones it happened to mine.. so I went ahead and rooted the phone with no problem and then downloaded the ez-unlock and it says that my bootloader is unlocked but it doesn't let me lock it but anyways I downloaded the cm10 nightly and gapps and when I flashed it and when I rebooted it it went to a message saying that I have downloaded a unauthorized software and that I had to take it to Verizon... so I did the whole system flash think and went back to stock the. Rooted again and the ez app tells me that my bootloader is still unlocked so I powers off and went to the downloading thing on boot up and at the bottom it shows a quadcomm secureboot. Enabled is they why I cant flash cm10??
Get an older Version of ez unlock. I'm hearing the newer one doesn't unlock
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blestsol said:
Get an older Version of ez unlock. I'm hearing the newer one doesn't unlock
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thanks for the quick reply.. do u know of any links to old apk?
Would the bootloader unlock with ez unlock even after the ota update?
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Would the bootloader unlock with ez unlock even after the ota update?
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Yes, if you have an older version or wait for them to update the current one.
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Just look at the version number and Google it, sometimes older builds will pop. Good luck
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Right now it's version 1.3. Is that the bad one?
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Right now it's version 1.3. Is that the bad one?
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If that's what's in the play store, than yes. Look for an older version
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But it says the the app was updated today.. Does that mean they fixed it
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But it says the the app was updated today.. Does that mean they fixed it
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Download it and see. It will not hurt anything if it doesn't work.
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1.3 is the broken one. 1.2 works.
Here you go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1839791
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evolishesh said:
Here you go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1839791
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thanks for the link bro!! Got this to finally work and currently on cm10 and love Everything about it except 3g signal sucks badly...:/ but its a unofficial build so its koo..
bassieX said:
thanks for the link bro!! Got this to finally work and currently on cm10 and love Everything about it except 3g signal sucks badly...:/ but its a unofficial build so its koo..
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Glad to hear that.
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Ight guys like the title says I need help on getting my gs3 back to where I can unlock my bootloader.. when I had first got the phone I was able to root and unlock and then as u all know about Verizon forcing update on our phones it happened to mine.. so I went ahead and rooted the phone with no problem and then downloaded the ez-unlock and it says that my bootloader is unlocked but it doesn't let me lock it but anyways I downloaded the cm10 nightly and gapps and when I flashed it and when I rebooted it it went to a message saying that I have downloaded a unauthorized software and that I had to take it to Verizon... so I did the whole system flash think and went back to stock the. Rooted again and the ez app tells me that my bootloader is still unlocked so I powers off and went to the downloading thing on boot up and at the bottom it shows a quadcomm secureboot. Enabled is they why I cant flash cm10??
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Sorry to bother you I hope you were able to get your phone working. If so how did you do it? I have downloaded several files, apps, and programs, and I have been searching all over the internet,but I can only enter download mode. bootload will not work it shows the blue letters, but goes black afterwards, and then reverts back to the verizon lock screen. I have Odin, and I have downloaded
USB DRIVERS
VLAREC,
ROOT,
CWM6023TouchVZW.tar.md5,
VRBLK3_Bootchain.tar.md5,
VRLE6.bootloader
PLEASE HELP IF ABLE. TY
elight7286 said:
Sorry to bother you I hope you were able to get your phone working. If so how did you do it? I have downloaded several files, apps, and programs, and I have been searching all over the internet,but I can only enter download mode. bootload will not work it shows the blue letters, but goes black afterwards, and then reverts back to the verizon lock screen. I have Odin, and I have downloaded
USB DRIVERS
VLAREC,
ROOT,
CWM6023TouchVZW.tar.md5,
VRBLK3_Bootchain.tar.md5,
VRLE6.bootloader
PLEASE HELP IF ABLE. TY
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If you have taken the 4.3 OTA, you cannot unlock your bootloader. Any attempt to do so will brick your device. If you have already attempted it this thread will most likely help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2586319
If you already bricked it you can download a debrick file, download the 16 gb pit file or do a factory restore from scratch. I was able to get rooted, and unlocked on 4.3 with my S3 let me take a look back at my files, and I can tell you which ones you need, and how to fix your issues.:good:
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If you have taken the 4.3 OTA, you cannot unlock your bootloader. Any attempt to do so will brick your device. If you have already attempted it this thread will most likely help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2586319
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elight7286 said:
If you already bricked it you can download a debrick file, download the 16 gb pit file or do a factory restore from scratch. I was able to get rooted, and unlocked on 4.3 with my S3 let me take a look back at my files, and I can tell you which ones you need, and how to fix your issues.:good:
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No chance you unlocked your phone.
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elight7286 said:
If you already bricked it you can download a debrick file, download the 16 gb pit file or do a factory restore from scratch. I was able to get rooted, and unlocked on 4.3 with my S3 let me take a look back at my files, and I can tell you which ones you need, and how to fix your issues.:good:
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No chance you unlocked your phone.
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Ditto what BadUsername said.
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landshark68 said:
If you have taken the 4.3 OTA, you cannot unlock your bootloader. Any attempt to do so will brick your device. If you have already attempted it this thread will most likely help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2586319
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This. ^^
I used 1.2 on my VZW GS III with 4.4.2 and it got bricked upon reboot. And from what I've seen it was as soon as the 4.3 update and I believe a recent firmware update, as well. If you have the latest firmware and at least 4.3, don't use EZ-Unlock at all unless you want to go through hoops to possibly (no guarantee) get it working again.
Can I do an OTA update with an unlocked bootloader? Or will it brick my phone? Because anytime I try to install a custom ROM I get status 7 installation aborted.
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Can I do an OTA update with an unlocked bootloader? Or will it brick my phone? Because anytime I try to install a custom ROM I get status 7 installation aborted.
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Are you running custom rom?? If you unlocked you won't get OTA, you have to upgrade manually and only upgrade while running stock rom.
No, im using a rooted stock rom, and I unlocked the bootloader.
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Are you running custom rom?? If you unlocked you won't get OTA, you have to upgrade manually and only upgrade while running stock rom.
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No, im using a rooted stock rom, and I unlocked the bootloader.
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Why not just lock the bootloader then take the update? Your are gonna have to reroot anyways. Pressing a button to lock or unlock isnt hard
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I don't think that would allow it considering the status 7 installation aborted.
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x714x said:
Why not just lock the bootloader then take the update? Your are gonna have to reroot anyways. Pressing a button to lock or unlock isnt hard
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No, im using a rooted stock rom, and I unlocked the bootloader.
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Odin back to stock or whatever ota version you want? Which recovery are you using?
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Odin back to stock or whatever ota version you want? Which recovery are you using?
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Is there not a way to fix status 7?
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x714x said:
Odin back to stock or whatever ota version you want? Which recovery are you using?
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If you Odin back to stock be sure and lock the bootloader first. I bricked the phone so I couldn't lock the bootloader and the OTA did not work after I Odin'ed back to stock..
What recovery are you using? That can cause a status 7. Also what rom are you exactly trying to flash? Trying to flash a rom not made for the phone can give a 7 error also
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x714x said:
What recovery are you using? That can cause a status 7. Also what rom are you exactly trying to flash? Trying to flash a rom not made for the phone can give a 7 error also
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I'm running CWM and I'm getting the status 7 error. I used 'EZ-Unlock' to lock the bootloader and tried again, but got the same error. I'm using a stock rom (I believe). Is it best for me just to unroot and update?
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I'm running CWM and I'm getting the status 7 error. I used 'EZ-Unlock' to lock the bootloader and tried again, but got the same error. I'm using a stock rom (I believe). Is it best for me just to unroot and update?
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What version of CWM? IIRC that error happened a lot when people were using an outdated version of the recovery.
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What version of CWM? IIRC that error happened a lot when people were using an outdated version of the recovery.
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Well, I'm using CWM 6.0.1.2 and getting status 7.
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I bought a galaxy s 3 and wanna root it preferably with cyanogenmod because of being a fan of vanilla android. Im new to rooting but trying to learn as much as I can about it. I figured if it works I'll switch to it from my note 2 and show it off a bit...thanks for anu assistance and btw...im new to this site
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If ur fone has the 4.3OTA then u won't be able to flash that rom or custom roms aosp aokp Cyanmode
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If ur fone has the 4.3OTA then u won't be able to flash that rom or custom roms aosp aokp Cyanmode
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Just to be clear, if your gs3 has the official 4.3 on it, you CANNOT unlock the bootloader. You WILL brick your phone if you try.
Safer not to mess with it at this point imho
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Well that sucks...is there anything I can do with my s3?? Thanks for the answers bte
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xopterdoc415 said:
Well that sucks...is there anything I can do with my s3?? Thanks for the answers bte
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Everything is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2575661
Lots you can do, xposed, safestrap, custom 4.3 touchwiz roms. Unfortunately no aosp.
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I definitely appreciate but cyanogrnmod is why I bought the phone. .. I'd there a way to possibly uninstall the update in that case or would I pay much have to wait till cyanogenmod comes or with something to get around Knox? Truthfully a good reputable stock android feel Rom installer would be nice but I'm super noob status when it comes to this and would appreciate any assistance
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xopterdoc415 said:
I definitely appreciate but cyanogrnmod is why I bought the phone. .. I'd there a way to possibly uninstall the update in that case or would I pay much have to wait till cyanogenmod comes or with something to get around Knox? Truthfully a good reputable stock android feel Rom installer would be nice but I'm super noob status when it comes to this and would appreciate any assistance
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So far no one has been able to unlock the bootloader. Not even downgrade ur fone also results in hard brick
Well definitely appreciated...what would be a good rom that y'all would suggest for me in that case...can I still root this phone or its that screwed due to the 4.3 update??
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xopterdoc415 said:
Well definitely appreciated...what would be a good rom that y'all would suggest for me in that case...can I still root this phone or its that screwed due to the 4.3 update??
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I literally linked the thread for you where to look. Read the discussion op, yes you can root. Everything you need is in that thread.
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So did the fone did take the 4.3 OTA
Yes it did take the new update didnt.think anything about it till now
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xopterdoc415 said:
Yes it did take the new update didnt.think anything about it till now
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Nothing you can do right now as far as custom rom. Currently a few folks are working on a patch for safestrap in order to flash custom rom (currently only able to flash custom TW rom). You can follow this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2618887 to see the status.
Much appreciated...lije I saud im new to this so I'm a lil hard headed...ty everyone that has helped the info was helpful
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Now final question...can I root this phone just root it even though I cannot flash the cyanogenmod??
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xopterdoc415 said:
Now final question...can I root this phone just root it even though I cannot flash the cyanogenmod??
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yes you can root the 4.3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758 pretty simple.
Thank yall kindly if I cannot do cyanogenmod I can at least root...good sh...stuff..ty
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I have just received a replacement phone. I have gone about the ways I rooted previously and none of them are working. This did NOT come with 4.3 from the factory, and the 4.3 update is not installed. I reverted back to stock from android recovery, so 4.0.4 is on there right now. But no matter what I do, whether it's the one click method, the GS3 toolkit format, or manually trying to gain root through recovery, nothing works. On the "downloading" screen that you need during use of ODIN, it says "SECURE CHECK FAIL", and it'll either have "boot" after it, or "kernel". Anyone have any ideas? As of this moment I have no working phone. Looking for some help asap. Thank you guys.
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I have just received a replacement phone. I have gone about the ways I rooted previously and none of them are working. This did NOT come with 4.3 from the factory, and the 4.3 update is not installed. I reverted back to stock from android recovery, so 4.0.4 is on there right now. But no matter what I do, whether it's the one click method, the GS3 toolkit format, or manually trying to gain root through recovery, nothing works. On the "downloading" screen that you need during use of ODIN, it says "SECURE CHECK FAIL", and it'll either have "boot" after it, or "kernel". Anyone have any ideas? As of this moment I have no working phone. Looking for some help asap. Thank you guys.
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Try to Odin flash factory 4.1.2 and see if the secure check turn to "enabled". If it's then try to root again.
I just Odin flashed a stock 4.1.2 ROM actually. It's booting up normally now. It honestly seems like they added a layer of protection on the newly distributed handsets. I will try to go through the normal 1 click method again and see if that works. How would I check if the secure check is still enabled?
Actually, no, it's still 4.0.4 but I'm going to try the same thing just with a different 1 click method.
Looks like the really old way worked. With the ez-unlock and ez-recovery. I had to completely demolish what was there when it was sent to me, though. So anyone who gets a replacement, the best bet is to flash a fresh 4.1.2 ROM or 4.0.4 ROM immediately, boot back up and go from there.
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I just Odin flashed a stock 4.1.2 ROM actually. It's booting up normally now. It honestly seems like they added a layer of protection on the newly distributed handsets. I will try to go through the normal 1 click method again and see if that works. How would I check if the secure check is still enabled?
Actually, no, it's still 4.0.4 but I'm going to try the same thing just with a different 1 click method.
Looks like the really old way worked. With the ez-unlock and ez-recovery. I had to completely demolish what was there when it was sent to me, though. So anyone who gets a replacement, the best bet is to flash a fresh 4.1.2 ROM or 4.0.4 ROM immediately, boot back up and go from there.
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Nice! just ignore the security check enable statement, I misread your post..
My gs3 boots samsung and custon on the bottom and then a triangle pops up and it says system software not authorized by verizon has been found on your phone and i cant get into the phone i tried flahing using odin it just goes back!!!!!! I WILL THANK YOU FOREVER IF YOU CAN HELP note my flash counter is 1 but i cant re4set it because it isnt booting up!!!!!!!!!!
What android version were you running?
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4.3
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But i tried,to install twrp it didnt work so i flashed 4.0.4 using odon and didnt worl
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But i tried,to install twrp it didnt work so i flashed 4.0.4 using odon and didnt worl
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Try these:
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SOFT BRICK - if you able to get your phone to download mode.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2586319
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HARD BRICK - If your phone does not turn on
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2581166
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The links are invalid can you give me the name of the thread or working link thanks
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The hard brick link is in the op but I think your soft bricked. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2586319
That just means your boot loader is locked. Unlock your bootloader and you will be fine. Beanstown has a one click root method that is very easy to use and will unlock your bootloader as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42791826 her is his casual root thread.
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mikeman45 said:
That just means your boot loader is locked. Unlock your bootloader and you will be fine. Beanstown has a one click root method that is very easy to use and will unlock your bootloader as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42791826 her is his casual root thread.
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He's on 4.3 with locked bootloader, you can't unlock bootloader on 4.3 it will brick the phone.
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He's on 4.3 with locked bootloader, you can't unlock bootloader on 4.3 it will brick the phone.
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Yes it will. I was assuming he was rooted from a previous version. If he took the 4.3 Verizon ota update then he will not be able to unlock his phone. But that is what that message is telling him.
Edit: I posted the link to the casual root by beanstown but I hope you read stuff before you just jump in. The OP instructions are made for a reason and it clearly states in there that it is not for people who took the 4.3 stock ota update.
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well i was lookin at the forums of the s3 the att one to be exact http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2538991 and there is a post in the forum that says install custom recovery.. with the 4.3 update and i tryed it and i got a error kernel error so i just re did the 4.3 odin file
If you have Verizon, they locked the boot loader on 4.3, so you can't use a custom recovery. AT&T did not so what you read over there doesn't apply.
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