I have an unlocked I9300, it is on android version:4.1.1, baseband:I9300BUDLI2 and build:I9300BUDLI2.
It is rooted and kies does not recognize it, it states that hardware I'd is missing.
I want to update it to 4.1.2.
It was bought in Canada do not know what country originally.
I could need some help there.
Please as I am a newbie
Not sure but I don't think Kies allows updates after you have rooted. Try following the steps Here
Forget Kies
Kies has given me (and countless others) heaps and heaps of trouble. Go get a stock firmware from samfirmwares . com (sorry, can't post links: too junior) and flash with ODIN. There is information on that site on how to do so, but it basically boils down to:
1) Download a ROM. If you are downloading a zip file, extract the .tar.md5 file inside somewhere -- this is the file you need to flash via ODIN
1) ensure you have the samsung drivers installed (they will be if you have Kies installed, otherwise google for them -- or ask, and I'll try to help)
2) put your phone into download mode (vol-down+home+power)
3) plug your phone into your PC
4) fire up ODIN, you should see a message about a connected device on-screen
5) click the "PDA" button, browse to the ROM image (the .tar.md5 file) and select it
6) the default options have always worked for me -- just click "Start". The process will take some time, but there is feedback in ODIN. Your phone should (after 1-5 minutes) reboot into a fresh, clean ROM.
You'll have to go about rooting and installing Clockwork mod (if you want it) again. Hope this helps
Root alone shouldn't be a problem, but having a custom recovery or sharing a USB port with another device can create issues.
I would take the advice and just flash the update manually. This is what I do and what I told my friend she would have to do when I helped her root her phone. It's just easier, once you understand it.
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QUESTION/PROBLEM SOLVED
FOR THOSE WONDERING HOW TO RESTORE SAMSUNG GALAXY S RELAY 4G TO STOCK USING FIRMWARES DOWNLOADED FROM http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/ FOLLOW THE STEPS I GUESSED WOULD WORK BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY DOES WORK
From the sammobile link given, find and select SGH-T699 for the Model and select USA (T-Mobile) - TMB for the Product Code then click Check firmware. To the right of your screen, you will see a Download button. Download it and it may take a while because it is the whole stock system image.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I rooted my Samsung Galaxy S Relay from T-Mobile(ICS 4.0.4) a few months ago. I enjoyed the root and everything but I've been receiving these OTA updates from T-Mobile and I want to update my phone. But of course, it fails to update because it is rooted. I went to www(dot)sammobile(dot)com/ (This is my first post so I am not able to post links yet, but I hope you know what website I'm talking about as you are all probably experts) and went to the Latest Firmwares tab. I typed in my phone information and saw the latest firmware and downloaded it. It was a 591MB file so it took a while to download. I extracted the .zip file and it was one tar.md5 file. I'm planning on flashing the stock firmware from Sammobile to reset my phone to stock as if I just got it in the mail still inside the box and untouched using Odin 3.07. I've done some research on YouTube on how to do so but the tutorials were for Samsung Galaxy SIII, S2, and Note 2. I was wondering if this would work the same way on my phone as it is part of the Samsung family. I'm guessing my steps in doing so are as follows:
1) Connect Samsung Galaxy S Relay from T-Mobile to computer using the USB cable.
2) Make sure USB debugging is enabled in the phone.
3) Check to see if my device can be recognized by typing "adb devices" from the adb program inside platform-tools folder.
4) Make sure in Odin v3.07 that is says Added! on the bottom left area.
5) Make sure that Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are marked check. (Check F. Reset only if you'd like to actually reset the phone to its stock image like you just got it out of its box.)
6) Click PDA and find the extract file that ended with tar.md5 for your phone.
7) Click Start.
Before doing anything to my rooted phone, were my steps correct?
Thanks!
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Chrizuki said:
QUESTION/PROBLEM SOLVED
FOR THOSE WONDERING HOW TO RESTORE SAMSUNG GALAXY S RELAY 4G TO STOCK USING FIRMWARES DOWNLOADED FROM www(.)sammobile(.)com/ FOLLOW THE STEPS I GUESSED WOULD WORK BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY DOES WORK-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I rooted my Samsung Galaxy S Relay from T-Mobile(ICS 4.0.4) a few months ago. I enjoyed the root and everything but I've been receiving these OTA updates from T-Mobile and I want to update my phone. But of course, it fails to update because it is rooted. I went to www(dot)sammobile(dot)com/ (This is my first post so I am not able to post links yet, but I hope you know what website I'm talking about as you are all probably experts) and went to the Latest Firmwares tab. I typed in my phone information and saw the latest firmware and downloaded it. It was a 591MB file so it took a while to download. I extracted the .zip file and it was one tar.md5 file. I'm planning on flashing the stock firmware from Sammobile to reset my phone to stock as if I just got it in the mail still inside the box and untouched using Odin 3.07. I've done some research on YouTube on how to do so but the tutorials were for Samsung Galaxy SIII, S2, and Note 2. I was wondering if this would work the same way on my phone as it is part of the Samsung family. I'm guessing my steps in doing so are as follows:
1) Connect Samsung Galaxy S Relay from T-Mobile to computer using the USB cable.
2) Make sure USB debugging is enabled in the phone.
3) Check to see if my device can be recognized by typing "adb devices" from the adb program inside platform-tools folder.
4) Make sure in Odin v3.07 that is says Added! on the bottom left area.
5) Make sure that Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are marked check.
6) Click PDA and find the extract file that ended with tar.md5 for your phone.
7) Click Start.
Before doing anything to my rooted phone, were my steps correct?
Thanks!
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yes that is correct if you want to go back to stock firmware and unroot. but you know if you flash a ROM you wont get any annoying OTA updates from T-Mobile, only from the dev. if he/she enabled OTA updates
Is it just me or does the site you linked to not work? I'm specifying the T699 as my phone and only the "top 10" list is appearing. All I get is, "Loading. Please wait..." Maybe I'm doing something wrong?
anon_az said:
Is it just me or does the site you linked to not work? I'm specifying the T699 as my phone and only the "top 10" list is appearing. All I get is, "Loading. Please wait..." Maybe I'm doing something wrong?
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get the odin image here: link
Thank you!
Chrizuki said:
QUESTION/PROBLEM SOLVED
FOR THOSE WONDERING HOW TO RESTORE SAMSUNG GALAXY S RELAY 4G TO STOCK USING FIRMWARES DOWNLOADED FROM www(dot)sammobile(dot)com/firmwares/2/ FOLLOW THE STEPS I GUESSED WOULD WORK BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY DOES WORK
From the sammobile link given, find and select SGH-T699 for the Model and select USA (T-Mobile) - TMB for the Product Code then click Check firmware. To the right of your screen, you will see a Download button. Download it and it may take a while because it is the whole stock system image.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I rooted my Samsung Galaxy S Relay from T-Mobile(ICS 4.0.4) a few months ago. I enjoyed the root and everything but I've been receiving these OTA updates from T-Mobile and I want to update my phone. But of course, it fails to update because it is rooted. I went to www(dot)sammobile(dot)com/ (This is my first post so I am not able to post links yet, but I hope you know what website I'm talking about as you are all probably experts) and went to the Latest Firmwares tab. I typed in my phone information and saw the latest firmware and downloaded it. It was a 591MB file so it took a while to download. I extracted the .zip file and it was one tar.md5 file. I'm planning on flashing the stock firmware from Sammobile to reset my phone to stock as if I just got it in the mail still inside the box and untouched using Odin 3.07. I've done some research on YouTube on how to do so but the tutorials were for Samsung Galaxy SIII, S2, and Note 2. I was wondering if this would work the same way on my phone as it is part of the Samsung family. I'm guessing my steps in doing so are as follows:
1) Connect Samsung Galaxy S Relay from T-Mobile to computer using the USB cable.
2) Make sure USB debugging is enabled in the phone.
3) Check to see if my device can be recognized by typing "adb devices" from the adb program inside platform-tools folder.
4) Make sure in Odin v3.07 that is says Added! on the bottom left area.
5) Make sure that Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are marked check. (Check F. Reset only if you'd like to actually reset the phone to its stock image like you just got it out of its box.)
6) Click PDA and find the extract file that ended with tar.md5 for your phone.
7) Click Start.
Before doing anything to my rooted phone, were my steps correct?
Thanks!
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SO... hotfiles has been shutdown and sammobile redirects there. Can i find the file anywhere else?
RockinRita said:
SO... hotfiles has been shutdown and sammobile redirects there. Can i find the file anywhere else?
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I need to unroot as well. Where can I get the stock rom/recovery?
88fingerslukee said:
I need to unroot as well. Where can I get the stock rom/recovery?
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I posted it as a question here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48398896#post48398896) in hopes that it'll catch more eyes. :-/
**** UPDATED 7-24-13 *****
Please read the tutorial now as I have added a new section on how to unlock the bootloader for your Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3. If you are not using a verizon SGS3
specifically model SCH-i535 then you do not have to worry about unlocking your bootloader as it comes unlocked by default. If you are using a verizon samsung galaxy s3 model sch-i535 and you do not fully unlock your bootloader you could run into problems when using certain root apps such as "mobile odin pro" or you could run into big problems when trying to flash custom roms such as cyanogenmod roms.
In this update I am adding one final step at the end of the root process to fully unlock the boot loader for the verizon samsung galaxy s3. There will be two ways to unlock the bootloader. One way will be to flash a final bootchain file with Odin, and the other will be to use an app to unlock the bootloader. Depending on what version of android you are using and your phones baseband version you will either need to use odin or you could use the application for any android version such as 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 and you can use the application for any baseband version your phone might be. I will leave the choice up to you, but I will show how to do it both ways.
Samsung users, don't forget if you plan on flashing a custom rom that with Samsung phones you could get the ugly yellow triangle warning. To get rid of this yellow triangle you can either go to google play store and get "yellow triangle away" app or go to this forum on this great xda developers site: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
**NOTE** for those of you who would like to see a video of how to root your phone using these exact steps you can go to here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4b9hcWHrW8&feature=share&list=FL8Y3FM4mtznp0GQbwkkwaSg
A member on this thread gave me that link and it is a video by phone rebel and show you how to root your verizon SGS3 using the same steps i have outlined in this tutorial. Thank you so much for providing that link to my attention, I am sure it will help many users here!
Hello everyone,
Well this is one of my first tutorials for this forum on how to root your Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3.
I just recently got my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 and all of the tutorials I found were quite complicated and not very detailed so I thought that
I would write this tutorial and maybe it might help others out there....
Since the Galaxy S4 is getting ready to come out, the price has dropped considerably for the S3 and i believe more and more people will be getting this phone and wanting to root it.
Oh, and if you want an alternative guide you can use this very excellent tutorial from another post on this amazing forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439
Here is the specs for the phone I am using and the step by step process I used to root it.
Verizon Samsung Galaxy SIII model I535 running Android 4.1.2
Okay step 1 you are going to need some files...
First thing you are going to need is the Samsung Drivers so you can connect your phone to your computer and your computer can recognize it.
All of the files you are going to need I am just going to reference the link from the other tutorial that I posted above, no sense in redoing work
that has already been done especially if it has been done well!
1. You can get the samsung driver files here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439
click on the link that says samsung drivers
2. You are going to need Odin you can get it from the same link, click on the Odin Link
3. You are going to need the VRALEC BOOTCHAIN you can get it from the link I posted in step 1 make sure you get this file it is very
important.
Since I am using a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 the bootloader comes by default locked so we need this file to unlock the bootloader
so we can root the phone. If we were using any other phone besides Verizon we would not have to worry about this but since I have
Verizon I have to do this. IMPORTANT: if you are not using a VERIZON PHONE DO NOT download this file or use it in the step
process you do not need it.
4. Next you are going to need the exploit so that you can root your phone and you can grab that from a different website, here is the address:
http://autoroot.chainfire.eu/
This is the CF-AUTOROOT file and this is what roots your phone. If you have the same phone as me scroll down to the SCH-I535 link and
download that file.
Okay now that we have all of that downloaded lets get things moving...
First thing we are going to need to do is install the Samsung USB drivers, so do that.
After the drivers are installed plug in your phone and make sure that it connects to your computer correctly, after it connects disconnect
your phone from your computer.
Next thing we are going to need to do is extract the ODIN zip file and install the Odin executable.
Now we need to get to the critical stuff...
Step 1. Make sure that [USB Debugging] is enabled in your phone, if it is not go to Settings -> Developer Options and enable it.
Step 2. Put your phone in DOWNLOAD Mode. You do that by pressing Volume Down + Home + Power button and hold it down till you see
a warning screen. When you see the warning screen hit Volume Up to allow Download mode.
Step 3. Now that your phone is in Download Mode you are going to connect your phone to your computer with ODIN RUNNING if
everything connects correctly you will see ODIN highlight yellow (older versions of ODIN) or highlight blue (newer ODIN versions)
Step 4. Now this is where previous tutorials kind of messed up in my opinion (just my opinion). Now that your phone is in download mode
you need to only have the "auto boot" option selected in ODIN and click on the bootloader button and select the VRALEC file
you downloaded earlier. Every tutorial i read said to use this file with the PDA button/option but you need to use it with the bootloader
button/option in ODIN. Now that you have the VRALEC file selected under bootloader in ODIN select START. This will reboot your
phone and if everything goes correctly your phone's bootloader will be unlocked.
After reboot make sure to disconnect your phone from your computer.
Step 5. After your phone reboots from step 4 turn off your phone and then boot it back into DOWNLOAD mode. Vol Down + Home + Power
Step 6. Now that your phone is in Download Mode again (Reconnect your phone to your computer) and make sure ODIN is still running
Step 7. With your phone connected go to the PDA option/button and when you select it choose the CF-AUTOROOT file you downloaded earlier
Step 8. With your PDA option selected hit start. When this happens your phone will reboot and your will see a CUSTOM lock icon on your
screen don't worry it is okay. Now you will see some new text on your phone and if everything is working you will see things like
"Android is UPDATING"
Your phone is now rooted! but you are not done...
This is where all of the other tutorials I found also fell short...
Your phone is rooted but it will not work correctly without SuperSU
Step 9. Go to the Google Play Store and Download SuperSU. When the download is complete run SuperSU and now your phone is fully
rooted. You can test it by downloading Android Terminal and running the terminal and typing "su" or by downloading a root required
app Titanium Backup.
*****UPDATED STEP*****
IMPORTANT NOTE: i want to point that this step is completely optional. You do not have to unlock your bootloader but i would recommend it. If you just want to use a stock rom and have your phone rooted then you can ignore this last step. But...if you want to flash custom rom's or do any kind of serious customize your phone, then you will need to have your phones bootloader unlocked. Plus with the application I am going to show you further down this tutorial, it is so easy to unlock your bootloader, you might as well go for it.
Step 10. Okay now from the link that I gave you above: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439 you are going to need to download another bootchain file to fully unlock your verizon samsung galaxy s3 model sch-i535 phone.Go into your phone and under settings go into "about phone' and look at the section "baseband version". Now depending on what version of android you are using will determine your baseband version. On my Verizon SGS3 running 4.1.2 my baseband version is I535VRBMB1 the important part is -> "VRBMB1" now go to site i provided in this step and download the bootchain for your specific phone.
Since my phones baseband version is "VRBMB1" i will download that bootchain file obviously. VRBMB1 is for android 4.1.2
The other boothchain files are "VRBLK3" for android 4.1.1 and "VRBMD3" for android 4.1.2
Now take that bootchain file that you downloaded and load up Odin again. Connect your phone to your computer (MAKE SURE YOUR PHONE IS IN DOWNLOAD MODE -> VOL DOWN + HOME + POWER) and wait for Odin show a connection. Odin will show a blue light on newer Odin versions and a yellow light on older Odin versions.
When the connection is made hit the "bootloader" button and select the proper bootchain file for your specific phone. Before you hit start make sure that only "Auto Reboot" is selected on the left hand side.
Now go ahead and hit start and if all goes well your phones bootloader should be unlocked. You can tell that your phones bootloader is unlocked two ways.
One, when your phone reboots the Samsung Logo in white bold/block writing will disappear within 1-2 seconds. It will go by very fast.
Two, the custom lock icon that showed up after you ran the CF-AUTOROOT exploit will now disappear, if for any reason if you still see this logo then your phones bootloader is still locked and you can either try to flash the bootchain file again or use the application I am about to tell you about.
For my phone flashing this bootchain file worked fine, but for my brother's phone he has a verizon samsung galaxy s3 model sch-i535 this did not work and I had to use an application to unlock his bootloader.
****UPDATE UNLOCKING THE BOOTLOADER WITH EZ-UNLOCK*****
Okay so my brother who has a verizon samsung galaxy s3 model sch-i535 asked me to root his phone just the other day. I rooted his phone following all the same steps I have written above with no problems. His phone rooted perfectly, however his bootloader would not unlock. I believe that his bootloader would not unlock because he had an updated version. While his android version was the same as mine 4.1.2 he had a different baseband version.
His baseband version was "I535VRBMF1" the important part -> "VRBMF1"
Now i have been told that you can use the bootchain file VRBMB1 to unlock the bootloader for verizon SGS3 running android 4.1.2 baseband version "VRBMF1" but when i tried it, the bootloader staid locked. So i had to use an application to unlock his bootloader.
The application i used was "EZ-Unlock" which you can get here: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/32456-app-920-ez-unlock-14-easiest-way-to-unlock-your-bootloader/
Now this application is SO EASY to use it is amazing. Just download the file, the author recommend version 1.2 as the most stable and that is version i used. To download this file make sure you have the option "Unknown Sources" check in your Settings -> Security menu.
Okay to unlock your bootloader with EZ-Unlock follow these easy steps:
Step 10A. Download EZ-Unlock version 1.2 from the link above.
Step 10B. Install the application and open it.
Step 10C. Once open click on the giant "Unlock" button. If all goes well you will hear "That was easy" from the application.
Once you have hit the unlock button on EZ-Unlock reboot your phone to see if the Samsung in bold/block white letters disappears within 1-2 seconds, and make sure the custom lock icon has disappeared.
Now the application EZ-Unlock is designed specifically for verizon samsung galaxy s3 phones, it does not matter what baseband version you use or android version you use. So this is a very appealing and easy way to unlock your bootloader. If you don't feel like flashing a bootchain file with Odin or if you are not sure what bootchain file you should use then using this application. NOTE: you do need root access to run this application.
And that is it! Your phones bootloader should be unlocked either with Odin or EZ-Unlock the choice is all up to you!
***LAST THOUGHT ON INSTALLING CUSTOM RECOVERY***
This rooting method does not install and kind of custom recovery manager on to your phone. If you want to install a custom recovery manager such as "ClockworkMod Recovery" you can do that very easily once your phone is rooted. Once your phone is rooted go to the google play store and download "Rom Manager". Once Rom Manager is installed open it up and give it root access with SuperSU. Once that is done go into the option to flash a recovery manager and follow the steps and the application Rom Manager will take care of that for you!.
Congrats on rooting your phone! I hope this tutorial has helped you and I want to thank all of the system administrators of this forum and all of
the great guys and gals that contribute to this place. You guys/gals are what makes the open source community great!
I thank you all...
Hope it helped!
-droidshadow
Thanks might have to do this on my wife's phone
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium
kgirlx said:
Thanks might have to do this on my wife's phone
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium
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I think that the easiest way to root any Samsung Devices - Samsung Toolkit
I'm not having any luck with this. I've followed the instructions step by step and when I flash a custom ROM, I get the dreaded yellow triangle of death apon rebooting. There were some other files mentioned in the links. Do I need to unzip those at some point?
sorry i have been away
Okay i am so sorry for the late response I have been away and very busy. This tutorial is how to root your samsung galaxy s3 (verizon) model sch-i535 because you need to unlock the bootloader for that specific model.
Now you mentioned that when you try to flash a custom rom you get a yellow triangle of death....
Have you unlocked the bootloader?
Is your phone already rooted? Are you trying to flash a custom rom or are you still trying to root your phone?
I hope you have already resolved your issue but if you haven't I would be more than happy to try and help you out.
How is it any easier then the other guides for jelly bean? Here you added the cf-auto root which is one extra step . Also with auto root there is a possibility of bricking the phone since it supports a lot of devices and as you are well aware that a lot of people new to flashing tend to flash the wrong files even if you give them a step by step guide. While this guide is helpful and does work it isn't as idiot proof as the other guide you linked on your post.
This does not work on my phone. When I try this, the phone boots normally. I have tried this several times and I get the same results. I can however hold the vol up button+the home button+the power button and get to stock recovery mode. I had an older S3 that this did work on but not my new one. I have read several threads here for rooting the S3 i535 with Jelly Bean 4.1.2 and this is supposedly the method but it will not work on my phone. What am I doing wrong? What am I missing? Please advise!
benbrown said:
This does not work on my phone. When I try this, the phone boots normally. I have tried this several times and I get the same results. I can however hold the vol up button+the home button+the power button and get to stock recovery mode. I had an older S3 that this did work on but not my new one. I have read several threads here for rooting the S3 i535 with Jelly Bean 4.1.2 and this is supposedly the method but it will not work on my phone. What am I doing wrong? What am I missing? Please advise!
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This guide is different in that it uses cf-auto root so I highly doubt you even tried this method.
I finally did get it. All rooted now.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2
The easiest way to root is odin'ing Mr. Robinson's root injected tar and the unlock the bootloader. Done
Sent from my MIUI powered S3 thanks to StrumerJohn
maybe i should have been more clear...
faehsemc said:
The easiest way to root is odin'ing Mr. Robinson's root injected tar and the unlock the bootloader. Done
Sent from my MIUI powered S3 thanks to StrumerJohn
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Hey everyone,
Well i guess everyone has their own favorite way of rooting their phone/device. I did not mean for this small tutorial to be the *absolute easiest* way to root a verizon samsung galaxy s3 model i535 i just thought that I could do people a favor by elaborating a bit more on certain steps to make the rooting process a bit easier.
On certain tutorials i found I didn't seem them clearly state that the VRLAC BOOTCHAIN file needed to go in the boot loader section of ODIN to unlock the phone's bootloader.
On other tutorials that show you how to use CF-AUTOROOT I didn't see any that told you that you needed to install SUPERSU from the google play store manually in order to fully utilize your phones rooted status.
Yes there are other ways too root a SGS3, the Samsung Toolkit is a good option, or using a custom root such as Cyanogenmod is another great option as well...
All of those options you will have to research for yourself and ultimately decide for yourself.
However, if you want to keep your phone's stock ROM and you just want to root your Verizon SGS3 model SCH-I535 then I like using ODIN + CF-AUTOROOT exploit.
All i wanted to do was assist and do my part on this great forum which has helped me so much in the past...
I hope it helped someone...
Thanks for everyone who replied and shared your thoughts on other rooting options.
-DroidShadow
droidshadow said:
Hello everyone,
Well this is one of my first tutorials for this forum on how to root your Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3.
I just recently got my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 and all of the tutorials I found were quite complicated and not very detailed so I thought that
I would write this tutorial and maybe it might help others out there....
Since the Galaxy S4 is getting ready to come out, the price has dropped considerably for the S3 and i believe more and more people will be getting this phone and wanting to root it.
Oh, and if you want an alternative guide you can use this very excellent tutorial from another post on this amazing forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439
Here is the specs for the phone I am using and the step by step process I used to root it.
Verizon Samsung Galaxy SIII model I535 running Android 4.1.2
Okay step 1 you are going to need some files...
First thing you are going to need is the Samsung Drivers so you can connect your phone to your computer and your computer can recognize it.
All of the files you are going to need I am just going to reference the link from the other tutorial that I posted above, no sense in redoing work
that has already been done especially if it has been done well!
1. You can get the samsung driver files here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439
click on the link that says samsung drivers
2. You are going to need Odin you can get it from the same link, click on the Odin Link
3. You are going to need the VRALEC BOOTCHAIN you can get it from the link I posted in step 1 make sure you get this file it is very
important.
Since I am using a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 the bootloader comes by default locked so we need this file to unlock the bootloader
so we can root the phone. If we were using any other phone besides Verizon we would not have to worry about this but since I have
Verizon I have to do this. IMPORTANT: if you are not using a VERIZON PHONE DO NOT download this file or use it in the step
process you do not need it.
4. Next you are going to need the exploit so that you can root your phone and you can grab that from a different website, here is the address:
http://autoroot.chainfire.eu/
This is the CF-AUTOROOT file and this is what roots your phone. If you have the same phone as me scroll down to the SCH-I535 link and
download that file.
Okay now that we have all of that downloaded lets get things moving...
First thing we are going to need to do is install the Samsung USB drivers, so do that.
After the drivers are installed plug in your phone and make sure that it connects to your computer correctly, after it connects disconnect
your phone from your computer.
Next thing we are going to need to do is extract the ODIN zip file and install the Odin executable.
Now we need to get to the critical stuff...
Step 1. Make sure that [USB Debugging] is enabled in your phone, if it is not go to Settings -> Developer Options and enable it.
Step 2. Put your phone in DOWNLOAD Mode. You do that by pressing Volume Down + Home + Power button and hold it down till you see
a warning screen. When you see the warning screen hit Volume Up to allow Download mode.
Step 3. Now that your phone is in Download Mode you are going to connect your phone to your computer with ODIN RUNNING if
everything connects correctly you will see ODIN highlight yellow (older versions of ODIN) or highlight blue (newer ODIN versions)
Step 4. Now this is where previous tutorials kind of messed up in my opinion (just my opinion). Now that your phone is in download mode
you need to only have the "auto boot" option selected in ODIN and click on the bootloader button and select the VRALEC file
you downloaded earlier. Every tutorial i read said to use this file with the PDA button/option but you need to use it with the bootloader
button/option in ODIN. Now that you have the VRALEC file selected under bootloader in ODIN select START. This will reboot your
phone and if everything goes correctly your phone's bootloader will be unlocked.
After reboot make sure to disconnect your phone from your computer.
Step 5. After your phone reboots from step 4 turn off your phone and then boot it back into DOWNLOAD mode. Vol Down + Home + Power
Step 6. Now that your phone is in Download Mode again (Reconnect your phone to your computer) and make sure ODIN is still running
Step 7. With your phone connected go to the PDA option/button and when you select it choose the CF-AUTOROOT file you downloaded earlier
Step 8. With your PDA option selected hit start. When this happens your phone will reboot and your will see a CUSTOM lock icon on your
screen don't worry it is okay. Now you will see some new text on your phone and if everything is working you will see things like
"Android is UPDATING"
Your phone is now rooted! but you are not done...
This is where all of the other tutorials I found also fell short...
Your phone is rooted but it will not work correctly without SuperSU
Step 9. Go to the Google Play Store and Download SuperSU. When the download is complete run SuperSU and now your phone is fully
rooted. You can test it by downloading Android Terminal and running the terminal and typing "su" or by downloading a root required
app Titanium Backup.
Congrats on rooting your phone! I hope this tutorial has helped you and I want to thank all of the system administrators of this forum and all of
the great guys and gals that contribute to this place. You guys/gals are what makes the open source community great!
I thank you all...
Hope it helped!
-droidshadow
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Followed all instructions, and the phone never rebooted. Not its not turning on. Tried vol up+home+power, vol down+home+power, battery pull, holding down power for 2 minutes. . .
The only thing I can think of is that I possibly unplugged the phone before the reboot after Step 4, just as soon as the phone shut down and before the actual reboot.
Anything you can help me with? I''m going crazy here.
Thanks
Rooting and installation on S3 GTI9300
I rooted my S3 2 days back (i think so), now i want to install a custom rom (mostly xperia Z) and I am new to this world, so can you plz help me??
I followed your instructions there was no such msg as Andriod is Updating, and how should i do install the rom??
I wish to install from this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2174644
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Hello everyone,
Well this is one of my first tutorials for this forum on how to root your Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3.
I just recently got my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 and all of the tutorials I found were quite complicated and not very detailed so I thought that
I would write this tutorial and maybe it might help others out there....
Since the Galaxy S4 is getting ready to come out, the price has dropped considerably for the S3 and i believe more and more people will be getting this phone and wanting to root it.
Oh, and if you want an alternative guide you can use this very excellent tutorial from another post on this amazing forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439
Here is the specs for the phone I am using and the step by step process I used to root it.
Verizon Samsung Galaxy SIII model I535 running Android 4.1.2
Okay step 1 you are going to need some files...
First thing you are going to need is the Samsung Drivers so you can connect your phone to your computer and your computer can recognize it.
All of the files you are going to need I am just going to reference the link from the other tutorial that I posted above, no sense in redoing work
that has already been done especially if it has been done well!
1. You can get the samsung driver files here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439
click on the link that says samsung drivers
2. You are going to need Odin you can get it from the same link, click on the Odin Link
3. You are going to need the VRALEC BOOTCHAIN you can get it from the link I posted in step 1 make sure you get this file it is very
important.
Since I am using a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 the bootloader comes by default locked so we need this file to unlock the bootloader
so we can root the phone. If we were using any other phone besides Verizon we would not have to worry about this but since I have
Verizon I have to do this. IMPORTANT: if you are not using a VERIZON PHONE DO NOT download this file or use it in the step
process you do not need it.
4. Next you are going to need the exploit so that you can root your phone and you can grab that from a different website, here is the address:
http://autoroot.chainfire.eu/
This is the CF-AUTOROOT file and this is what roots your phone. If you have the same phone as me scroll down to the SCH-I535 link and
download that file.
Okay now that we have all of that downloaded lets get things moving...
First thing we are going to need to do is install the Samsung USB drivers, so do that.
After the drivers are installed plug in your phone and make sure that it connects to your computer correctly, after it connects disconnect
your phone from your computer.
Next thing we are going to need to do is extract the ODIN zip file and install the Odin executable.
Now we need to get to the critical stuff...
Step 1. Make sure that [USB Debugging] is enabled in your phone, if it is not go to Settings -> Developer Options and enable it.
Step 2. Put your phone in DOWNLOAD Mode. You do that by pressing Volume Down + Home + Power button and hold it down till you see
a warning screen. When you see the warning screen hit Volume Up to allow Download mode.
Step 3. Now that your phone is in Download Mode you are going to connect your phone to your computer with ODIN RUNNING if
everything connects correctly you will see ODIN highlight yellow (older versions of ODIN) or highlight blue (newer ODIN versions)
Step 4. Now this is where previous tutorials kind of messed up in my opinion (just my opinion). Now that your phone is in download mode
you need to only have the "auto boot" option selected in ODIN and click on the bootloader button and select the VRALEC file
you downloaded earlier. Every tutorial i read said to use this file with the PDA button/option but you need to use it with the bootloader
button/option in ODIN. Now that you have the VRALEC file selected under bootloader in ODIN select START. This will reboot your
phone and if everything goes correctly your phone's bootloader will be unlocked.
After reboot make sure to disconnect your phone from your computer.
Step 5. After your phone reboots from step 4 turn off your phone and then boot it back into DOWNLOAD mode. Vol Down + Home + Power
Step 6. Now that your phone is in Download Mode again (Reconnect your phone to your computer) and make sure ODIN is still running
Step 7. With your phone connected go to the PDA option/button and when you select it choose the CF-AUTOROOT file you downloaded earlier
Step 8. With your PDA option selected hit start. When this happens your phone will reboot and your will see a CUSTOM lock icon on your
screen don't worry it is okay. Now you will see some new text on your phone and if everything is working you will see things like
"Android is UPDATING"
Your phone is now rooted! but you are not done...
This is where all of the other tutorials I found also fell short...
Your phone is rooted but it will not work correctly without SuperSU
Step 9. Go to the Google Play Store and Download SuperSU. When the download is complete run SuperSU and now your phone is fully
rooted. You can test it by downloading Android Terminal and running the terminal and typing "su" or by downloading a root required
app Titanium Backup.
Congrats on rooting your phone! I hope this tutorial has helped you and I want to thank all of the system administrators of this forum and all of
the great guys and gals that contribute to this place. You guys/gals are what makes the open source community great!
I thank you all...
Hope it helped!
-droidshadow
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I ran ODIN with the bootchain, and that worked, but when i tried running it with PDA set to CF-autoroot file, I get SECURE CHECK FAIL
hello everyone
bgenchel said:
I ran ODIN with the bootchain, and that worked, but when i tried running it with PDA set to CF-autoroot file, I get SECURE CHECK FAIL
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bgenchel: what kind of phone do you have? Are you 100% sure that you downloaded the correct CF-autoroot file for your specific phone model?
mlev1987 said:
Followed all instructions, and the phone never rebooted. Not its not turning on. Tried vol up+home+power, vol down+home+power, battery pull, holding down power for 2 minutes. . .
The only thing I can think of is that I possibly unplugged the phone before the reboot after Step 4, just as soon as the phone shut down and before the actual reboot.
Anything you can help me with? I''m going crazy here.
Thanks
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Did you run the Odin with the VRLAC bootchain file then you unplugged your phone before a full restart could take place? This is a very sensitive issue because that bootchain file unlocks your bootloader on your verizon phone. Your bootloader is everything to your phone. It controls how your phone starts and your phone can not work correctly if your bootloader became compromised in any way. I really hope you figured it out, and if you didn't maybe you could call your insurance company (if you have one) and get a new phone. If you are worried about rooting your phone again you could look on craigslist, there are always people/professionals willing to do it for very reasonable prices $10-$20. Again i really hope you figured this out and if you give me some more details maybe we can figure this out together.
Phone Rebel Method
This is the same method that Phone Rebel has on his YouTube channel for rooting d2vzw. This tutorial is missing one step that Phone Rebel covers, after running CF Auto Root, he flashes the corresponding bootchain file that goes with whatever firmware your phone is running. When I rooted, I was running VRBMB1, so I flashed that boot chain following the other two odin flashes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4b9hcWHrW8&feature=share&list=FL8Y3FM4mtznp0GQbwkkwaSg
What I've learned is that CF Auto Root does not unlock the bootloader and trying to flash a custom ROM with result in the dreaded triangle message every time. I was given this method: http://droidviews.com/2013/root-and...erizon-galaxy-s3-sch-i535-android-4-1-14-1-2/
to try instead. In this method you flash the VRALEC, then CWM recovery, then you can flash SuperSU with an unlocked bootloader via CWM, then flash the final bootchain file depending on the firmware you're running. Method 3 contains the casual root tool, but I've seen mixed reviews for that one.
At the suggestion of someone on the Google+ community for the SGS3, I"m gonna attempt to root VRBMF1 (JB 4.1.2 w/multiwindow) via method 1 and then flash the VRBMB1 bootchain for the previous version and see what happens.
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ohemetophobia said:
This is the same method that Phone Rebel has on his YouTube channel for rooting d2vzw. This tutorial is missing one step that Phone Rebel covers, after running CF Auto Root, he flashes the corresponding bootchain file that goes with whatever firmware your phone is running. When I rooted, I was running VRBMB1, so I flashed that boot chain following the other two odin flashes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4b9hcWHrW8&feature=share&list=FL8Y3FM4mtznp0GQbwkkwaSg
What I've learned is that CF Auto Root does not unlock the bootloader and trying to flash a custom ROM with result in the dreaded triangle message every time. I was given this method: http://droidviews.com/2013/root-and...erizon-galaxy-s3-sch-i535-android-4-1-14-1-2/
to try instead. In this method you flash the VRALEC, then CWM recovery, then you can flash SuperSU with an unlocked bootloader via CWM, then flash the final bootchain file depending on the firmware you're running. Method 3 contains the casual root tool, but I've seen mixed reviews for that one.
At the suggestion of someone on the Google+ community for the SGS3, I"m gonna attempt to root VRBMF1 (JB 4.1.2 w/multiwindow) via method 1 and then flash the VRBMB1 bootchain for the previous version and see what happens.
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You can use method 1 outlined in the droidviews link i posted yesterday to root the phone and when you get to the point where you're flashing the second bootchain you can flash VRBMB1 instead of needing VRBMF1 and it will work just fine! I also believe this method will truly unlock the bootloader for flashing custom roms, to avoid the yellow triangle of frustration, but I have no oversight on this as it was not my plan to do so.
VRBMF1??
I must admit that I am new to rooting.
I just bought a new S3 i535 with 4.1.2 and would like to root it. In the link provided there are files to download. One of these files are the bootchain... When I look in my settings, I see VRBMF1 and in the link provided I see.............
For VRBLK3 (Jelly Bean 4.1.1) Link
MD5: E3A1CB07DE214ED8081ED9D42C9BAF4A
For VRBMB1 (Jelly Bean 4.1.2) Link
MD5: 8C3DA18BD5DEF7E38E03DD147A0E10A1
For VRBMD3 (Jelly Bean 4.1.2) Link
MD5: 9CB65EAE8784807349EC3D4FF3A0AAEF
I am confused on what to do. I would imagine that this instructional post was created before I got my phone (07/13/2013) and thus is the reason why it might be missing from the instructions. Please advise me.
BKSinAZ said:
I must admit that I am new to rooting.
I just bought a new S3 i535 with 4.1.2 and would like to root it. In the link provided there are files to download. One of these files are the bootchain... When I look in my settings, I see VRBMF1 and in the link provided I see.............
For VRBLK3 (Jelly Bean 4.1.1) Link
MD5: E3A1CB07DE214ED8081ED9D42C9BAF4A
For VRBMB1 (Jelly Bean 4.1.2) Link
MD5: 8C3DA18BD5DEF7E38E03DD147A0E10A1
For VRBMD3 (Jelly Bean 4.1.2) Link
MD5: 9CB65EAE8784807349EC3D4FF3A0AAEF
I am confused on what to do. I would imagine that this instructional post was created before I got my phone (07/13/2013) and thus is the reason why it might be missing from the instructions. Please advise me.
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Yes, the instructional post was created prior to you getting an S3. So, if you got into Settings> About Phone and look at your baseband version you'll probably see I535VRBMF1 and you'll probably see it again in another field just below it. This indicates that you're running the VRBMF1 firmware. That is JB 4.1.2 with multi-window. When using the root process in the droidviews article it outlines flashing VRALEC, then CWM touch, then using CWM to flash the supersu file, then flashing either VRBLK3, VRBMB1, or VRBMD3. Since none of those bootchain files match your firmware and there is no VRBMF1 bootchain on the forums, I flashed VRBMB1 since it was the the bootchain from the previous firmware. It worked. I successfully achieved root with no problems. Hope this helps.
Hey all,
I had an adventure today. I soft bricked my tablet phone (SM-T311 unlocked). On a later post I will give instructions on how I successfully rooted this device and installed ROMs, but here I will tell you what I did wrong and how to fix it.
First some background. After installing 2 ROMs and downloading a bunch of apps for rooted phones I felt pretty confident in myself. I figured I'd try one more ROM to see if it might have better phone functionality. I read through the instructions on the developer's page and proceeded. I usually go very slow and proceed one step at a time, but this time I quickly read through the 5-6 steps and thought, ok, I got this. Well, I got one of the steps reversed and soft bricked my phone. What a pain!! I ended up missing work to get my phone fixed. After researching and trying different stuff, I found what worked. Here's what I did to unbrick my soft-bricked tablet.
Unfortunately I cannot post attachments yet, but when I can I will attached the tar.md5 stock firmware file for anyone who needs it. If you have an emergency you can send me a message with you E-mail, or post it below, and I'll send it to you.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1 - Download ODIN (I used version 3.07)
2 - Download original firmware from sammobile dot com / firmware (I do not mind E-mailing it to anyone who needs this until I can get it posted)
a. Sign up for a free account
b. On firmware page, scroll down midway and search for T311 (you can find just about any Samsung firmware here)
c. My tablet is unlocked and not tied to a carrier so I chose "unknown" source
d. It will take an hour to download because it's a "free" account. Make sure your phone is charging in the meantime. When finished downloaded proceed.
3 - Get your phone into download mode (hold down Power+Down+Home).
4 - Plug your phone into your computer
5 - Run Odin as administrator, make sure "auto reboot" and "reset time" boxes are checked, will say "Added!" in Message box when it reads your phone. NOTE - if it is not reading your phone you need to install Samsung drivers, you can find them on XDA or Samsung website. I assume you are, however, able to connect to your computer if you got as far as bricking your tablet.
6 - Put the downloaded file into the Odin folder (though I really don't think it matters where you put it, but that's what everyone says to do)
7 - Push PDA button and attached tar.md5 firmware file
8 - Push run and let it go its course (appx 20 minutes)
Your phone will restart and work like new.
UPDATE//
..removed my ROM observations, was confusing to some...More importantly:
If you do a fresh install with firmware and a PIT file to complete a nand erase and then your phone gets stuck on the Samsung logo after it reboots, please re-root and then install CWM 6.0.4.5. I cleared caches on CWM and rebooted. Then my phone worked new.
My lessons learned after all this... I'm just sticking to a simple root for access to my favorite apps, and not doing anything else beyond that.
For anyone who messed your T311 up and need to restore it to new, hopefully this helped!!
Wrong forum... This one is for thr 7" one, not the 8" version...
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hey everyone, im new here, just got a Samsung s8+ last week. had it rooted and all working well until today, had problems so i went to reflash twrp and when was unticking auto reboot in odin i accidentally ticked "nand erase"..... and i didnt notice until it was too late.
Now i cant get into recovery mode, i can get to the download mode but it wont flash the twrp at all it keeps failing. all i get is a black screen with samsung logo when i try to start it up. i am downloading factory firmware as i write this and going to see if that'll flash. any help will be appreciated.
thanks in advance, hope this is the right place to post it.
Hey
If you can get to download mode,you just install the original firmware from smartswitch,I think you have that option to recover from that program,and install the original firmware.
Or just do it in Odin and find the firmware on SamM.
Lots of work for you,but thats the only thing I can come up with.
Then you have to root it again and everything with it.
PapaD78 said:
Hey
If you can get to download mode,you just install the original firmware from smartswitch,I think you have that option to recover from that program,and install the original firmware.
Or just do it in Odin and find the firmware on SamM.
Lots of work for you,but thats the only thing I can come up with.
Then you have to root it again and everything with it.
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Thanks for your help, i downloaded the following https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/how-to/sm-g955f-stock-odin-firmware-t3585022 they all seem to fail when i try to flash them, do i have to do something different to what you would do flashing twrp? any options need to be selected? any particular order? Also the samsung switch software wont install on wither my ma or pc (win 10) " THIS APPLICATION HAS FAILED TO START BECAUSE ITS SIDE-BY-SIDE CONFIG IS INCORRECT"[/]
thanks again sorry for my newbness lol
anonuser111 said:
Thanks for your help, i downloaded the following https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/how-to/sm-g955f-stock-odin-firmware-t3585022 they all seem to fail when i try to flash them, do i have to do something different to what you would do flashing twrp? any options need to be selected? any particular order? Also the samsung switch software wont install on wither my ma or pc (win 10) " THIS APPLICATION HAS FAILED TO START BECAUSE ITS SIDE-BY-SIDE CONFIG IS INCORRECT"[/]
thanks again sorry for my newbness lol
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How is it failing? Are you getting an error? Is Odin detecting your device?
anonuser111 said:
Thanks for your help, i downloaded the following https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/how-to/sm-g955f-stock-odin-firmware-t3585022 they all seem to fail when i try to flash them, do i have to do something different to what you would do flashing twrp? any options need to be selected? any particular order? Also the samsung switch software wont install on wither my ma or pc (win 10) " THIS APPLICATION HAS FAILED TO START BECAUSE ITS SIDE-BY-SIDE CONFIG IS INCORRECT"[/]
thanks again sorry for my newbness lol
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No worry
You just have to install Microsoft visual c++ 2008 x86,after you have done that,no more errors in smartswitch.
Try that,and let us know
Long time since I used Odin now,but try the first thing first
anonuser111 said:
Thanks for your help, i downloaded the following https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/how-to/sm-g955f-stock-odin-firmware-t3585022 they all seem to fail when i try to flash them, do i have to do something different to what you would do flashing twrp? any options need to be selected? any particular order? Also the samsung switch software wont install on wither my ma or pc (win 10) " THIS APPLICATION HAS FAILED TO START BECAUSE ITS SIDE-BY-SIDE CONFIG IS INCORRECT"[/]
thanks again sorry for my newbness lol
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Morning Mate,
Smart Switch (and KIES on Win 10) requires some old stuff to work. Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5582 My advice however would be to try and flash your carriers stock firmware with ODIN or if you want an easier way you can use KIES by doing the following -
- Install C++ 2008 SP1 from link above to get it to work on Windows 10
- Install KIES www.samsung.com/au/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/ - I'm in Australia so that's my closest but you can still get it from there no worries.
- Also select install 'unified driver' during install if you have not already installed Samsung USB drivers to your PC
- Fire up KIES and from the top menu select 'Tools' and from the drop down menu select 'Firmware Upgrade and Initialisation'
- Enter in your model number - for me it's SM-G955F (make sure model is all in CAPS or it will not work). Now it will present you with a S/N dialog box. This is the tricky part if your phone is bricked. Chances are you have not written down your serial number. You can get your serial number from the back of your phone towards the bottom in really small print, or you can get it from the box it came in from purchase if you happened to have kept that.
- Enter in the serial number and follow the instructions, it's easy as. This will install your stock firmware and you can start again. Provided there is no damage to the phone this method will always get you out of the proverbial as a last resort and it's faster than downloading firmware from updato.com or other places.
The fastest way is by using the SamFirm tool to download but it takes some knowledge and I have lost the link to where I got it (the link at XDA is dead now and refers you to updato.com). The method with KIES above will always work, is fairly fast and pretty easy for the newbies or experienced alike.
Hope this helps, let me know if you need any more assistance :good:
Thanks heaps mate, im also in australia too. have installed all the software and is updating and installing as i write this, all seems to be going well so far, thank you so much your a life saver i was starting to worry as wtf i could do with this brick haha i will keep you posted and let you know if i have nay problems. Thanks to everyone else for their help and contribution this forum is awesome. What would you recommend in regards to rooting the phone again use the twrp recovery and magisk-v14.0 root?
thanks again
I was just about to write a post about how it wouldnt work.... twice in a row it kept failing when it went to install and initialize... 3rd time lucky it ****ing worked! i have a stock phone now all working sweet. Thanks so much to everyone you guys are literally lifesavers!
LEGENDS! Happiest man alive right now.