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[Q] un-root Verizon Galaxy S III SCH-I535

So I was a little disappointed to learn that the JB update won't work on a rooted device. I didn;t use Odin to do it - I used a link on Droid Life. It worked fine, but now I would like to un-root it so I can get the update. I've looked around and found a few links - many of which involve downloading files that no longer exist. And I don't think the method I used to root it backed up the original ROM.
Anyone have any idea where to look?
Mahalo,
-DaG

Yes the jb update can be rooted and you can simply use ota root keeper, take the update and be good.
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DaGbyte said:
So I was a little disappointed to learn that the JB update won't work on a rooted device. I didn;t use Odin to do it - I used a link on Droid Life. It worked fine, but now I would like to un-root it so I can get the update. I've looked around and found a few links - many of which involve downloading files that no longer exist. And I don't think the method I used to root it backed up the original ROM.
Anyone have any idea where to look?
Mahalo,
-DaG
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The jb update does work on rooted devices .
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There have been many reports of the update working on rooted devices. You can even keep your root using OTA root keeper.
The only thing you'll have to do is have stock recovery flashed and you should be good to go.
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Safe (NOT vroot or kingo) root method for MK2

I saw this mentioned in passing on another thread and thought it was worth mentioning in its own thread. (Sorry if this has been posted in this forum already but I tried searching and couldn't find it.)
K1mu has developed a safe root method that works on the MK2 baseband. (For those of us who felt too uncomfortable with all the security questions about vroot and kingo.) It's posted on the Verizon S4 forum here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758 but I can confirm that it worked for my AT&T S4 running the MK2 version of 4.3.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2569457
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Works!
Confirmed working on MK2.

Now that we have a safe method of rooting 4.3 (MK2) we can rest easy and just sit back while waiting for Safestrap to be updated. The added benefit of this root method it allows kernel memory overwrites which may allow us to use custom kernels inside SS for 4.3+. Couple this with the work Surge has been doing over on the Verizon forums to unlock the bootloaders, it's starting to get exciting around here again!

Worked for me. Cool!

NighthawkXL said:
Now that we have a safe method of rooting 4.3 (MK2) we can rest easy and just sit back while waiting for Safestrap to be updated. The added benefit of this root method it allows kernel memory overwrites which may allow us to use custom kernels inside SS for 4.3+. Couple this with the work Surge has been doing over on the Verizon forums to unlock the bootloaders, it's starting to get exciting around here again!
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K1mu gave me the impression that his method is safe but no different than using Supersu survival mode. I asked if I should
un root to re root for the extra benefit. He said it's root with busy box that's it
I used Supersu survival mode wile on MF3
ROOTED ATT MK2 using Tapatalk

Worked great. Wonder if it works with the note 3
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Yes!
Worked perfectly for me.:good:

Worked perfect for me also!!! Mk2 S4 AT&T
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Now that we have root.. we just need a working recovery -__-

Confirmed working on MK2, had to run twice. First time knox prevented busybox from installing so I disabled Knox once I had root and then ran the script again and it installed busybox perfectly.
Thanks for the awesome work.
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working great!! and as kingofrealms said I had to install it twice because of Knox

xamadeix said:
Now that we have root.. we just need a working recovery -__-
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Not going to happen anytime soon...
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graydiggy said:
Not going to happen anytime soon...
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Yeah, I'm well aware of the situation. I was just saying. Lol

Worked great for me and was super simple!

Worked perfectly for me as well. So glad I have root back! :good:

What happened to the zip file in that thread?
Was about to download the file and got rerouted to an XDA Error page...

Strikered said:
What happened to the zip file in that thread?
Was about to download the file and got rerouted to an XDA Error page...
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It's there. Called "saferoot" now instead of "mj7root"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758

Just rooted my phone using this method. I ran the install.bat file with the phone plugged in. when it was searching for phone, I unplugged and confirmed that USB Debugging was on then replugged back in. Process started right away. Ensure that phone is unlocked and you grant permissions to popup. After phone reboot, I uplugged and re-plugged in. Precess resumed and phone was rooted. First thing i did was run SU. It tells you that KNOX is running and may cause conflicts with root. I allowed SU to disable KNOX. Everything working great.
Thank you very much

Worked!
Thanks for this! Worked perfectly!!!

[INDEX] TW 4.3 Download List (5-24-14)

TouchWiz 4.3 Download List​
This is everything that can currently be flashed on the 4.3 update without bricking your device. This will hopefully alleviate the confusion involved of what can and can't be flashed on the 4.3 OTA update.
I will keep this up to date as much as possible. Post in this thread or PM me if you think something should be added to the list. This can include anything (roms, themes, mods, etc.) that will work for anyone with a locked bootloader using safestrap.
Stock 4.3 OTA VRUCML1 rom
Stock 4.3 OTA VRUCNC1 rom
Safestrap
Safestrap Thread
Custom Roms
AllianceRom
Wicked Sensations Rom
MOAR
CleanROM 8.2 Core Edition
Samstock
Slapnuts
I535 Mostly Stock
Stock Rooted ML1 Rom
Theming and MODS
Xposed may be included in some roms, check before installing. Always Nandroid before installing mods or themes.
Xposed Framework
Collection of Xposed Modules
Flash in Safestrap
Inverted themed apps - Gunthermic
Inverted themed apps - camblue
All Backs Black Theme
Bandit Hybrid TW/AOSP Theme
Bandit 4.3 Expanded Toggle Mod
APK install
Viper4android Audio Mod

Great thread.
Quick question. My bro took the ota he still hasn't pull the trigger to root n safetrap. This being said if he does go tru. And wants stock rooted tw he should go with scrosler version correct? He did a clean install already but might go rooted route
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twistedillutions said:
Great thread.
Quick question. My bro took the ota he still hasn't pull the trigger to root n safetrap. This being said if he does go tru. And wants stock rooted tw he should go with scrosler version correct? He did a clean install already but might go rooted route
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Scroslers is the most stock you're going to get. It's a good option, but he should look through all of them. They're all fantastic roms.
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Ok thanks. Looking at these great roms makes me consider going back to tw.
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This should get be stickied in the Q&A thread, That way hopefully more people will read it.

Lord_Tardis said:
This should get be stickied in the Q&A thread, That way hopefully more people will read it.
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It is stickied in the 4.3 sticky roll up thread.
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does any have wifi tether baked in? i still don't have a solution to enable wireless tethering?
thanks

kidhudi said:
does any have wifi tether baked in? i still don't have a solution to enable wireless tethering?
thanks
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That I don't know, I haven't tested any of them.
They should be included in the main page description or I would search each thread individually for an answer to that.
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Why is it when I try to install certain custom roms I get no connection on my play store? I am on 4.1.2 mf1 I have tried resetting my time clearing cache etc.
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fundio said:
Why is it when I try to install certain custom roms I get no connection on my play store? I am on 4.1.2 mf1 I have tried resetting my time clearing cache etc.
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No idea.
It's probably an issue with your Google account. I would try erasing it completely and re-adding it. You could also try flashing a custom playstore or installing a different one to see if you can fix the problem.
It isn't rom related.
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I tried that it still wiil not work. I also odin back to stock reroot and unlock and still no go. I understand it is not rom related was just wondering if anyone else had this problem.
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fundio said:
I tried that it still wiil not work. I also odin back to stock reroot and unlock and still no go. I understand it is not rom related was just wondering if anyone else had this problem.
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It was mentioned a long time ago, I'd search the q&a section. There are a few threads directly related to that issue.
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I have and tried everything that was mentioned. It has something to do with gapps. I never had this problem before.
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fundio said:
I have and tried everything that was mentioned. It has something to do with gapps. I never had this problem before.
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Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2273994
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I appreciate that but I tried this method and it did not work. It is something simple I believe I am overlooking.
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I really did search about this problem. I do not just ask questions because I am too lazy to search and read. Lol btw I appreciate this list. Looks good csnt wait to try some of these once I get my gapps working.
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kidhudi said:
does any have wifi tether baked in? i still don't have a solution to enable wireless tethering?
thanks
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Did you find one that does? I've just traded for a gs3 that already had taken the 4.3 OTA. I did get root using Saferoot but I can't get wireless tether app to work. I've searched for 3 days and can't find how to make it work. TIA

cdput said:
Did you find one that does? I've just traded for a gs3 that already had taken the 4.3 OTA. I did get root using Saferoot but I can't get wireless tether app to work. I've searched for 3 days and can't find how to make it work. TIA
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yeah bro. foxfi wireless tether works.
there is a free version and a paid version though.
there are 2 annoying things.
1 it's not free
2 it forces you to "lock" your phone with a password/pattern/or pin number.

So are any AOSP roms supported with safestrap? I'm looking at the download list and it's just modified TW roms.
My brother took the OTA, but is now interested in switching to AOSP and I wanted to make sure it was even possible.

kidhudi said:
yeah bro. foxfi wireless tether works.
there is a free version and a paid version though.
there are 2 annoying things.
1 it's not free
2 it forces you to "lock" your phone with a password/pattern/or pin number.
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If you read the description it tells of a way to keep certificate without the lock protection. I can verify that it works.

ThePagel said:
If you read the description it tells of a way to keep certificate without the lock protection. I can verify that it works.
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what description
i cant find it anywhere?

Please Help : SCH-I535 4.3 updated

Hi all,
I don't know whether I'm posting my question in the correct forum or not.
My Phone is SCH I-535. Accidentally, I upgraded to 4.3.
I have rooted and downloaded rootchecker from play store and it is rooted successfully.
Basically, I did a big blunder last time, by flashing a wrong ROM altogether. Flashed the International Version ROM and it hard bricked, and it was a mess. I could not use my phone for almost 6 months since, I did not have time to work on this. So now, I got the phone up and running and I did not know that, I should not accept the 4.3 update. So I did accept and now I'm on 4.3 and rooted.
Basically, I have 3 requirements.
1. Get a clean, fast, simple ROM, which has only essential Apps and no bloatware - CAN ANYONE SUGGEST ANY ROM-SCH-I535,4.3,ROOTED
2. Get the HotSpot feature working - I downloaded foxfi, and it is working fine. But if the stock Hotspot feature works, then it will be great. I don't like many Apps in my phone. I feel they make it a bit slow. I want my phone to be as fast as possible.
3. Increase the Brightness of my screen. I read somewhere about the kernel modification or something. I tried to do that last time and I messed it up badly.
So, I did not want to do anything stupid this time and I'm posting here.
I have read different threads and there is a lot of information, and that's how, I was able to root this 4.3 SCH I-535. But I don't want to do anything on my own, with out expert advice. So I'm posting here.
Any help is highly appreciated. Thank You.

1. Lots of great roms available, take a look at all of them and see what looks interesting. Every rom will be experienced differently by everybody, so your best option here is to systematically try them out until you find a good one that runs like you need it to. Remember you need safestrap in order to do this and the rom can only be 4.3 TouchWiz.
2. I think there's a wifi hack somewhere that will remove the Verizon prompt completely. Not sure where to find it though, might not be s3 specific.
3. Increasing the brightness may not be possible. If there is a way, then an xposed module might be able to do it. Take a look at all of them and see if something allows you to modify that.
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Foxfi free didn't work on my rooted Verizon s3. Did you use free or paid version.?
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whhw31 said:
Foxfi free didn't work on my rooted Verizon s3. Did you use free or paid version.?
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Must of been a looooong time since you tried last.

whhw31 said:
Foxfi free didn't work on my rooted Verizon s3. Did you use free or paid version.?
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I've tried today, no luck.
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Hotspot on 6.0.1 MARSMALLOW WORKING

]Sprint galaxy note 4 i can confirm this sqlite editor goto last two lines data/data/android/protocol/telephony then to carriers then to data last two lines you want to edit (default,mms) to (default,mms,dun) this must be done on a rooted phone....I did it had to wait about ten minutes after edit don't know why however i rebooted and POW I HAVE NATIVE HOTSPOT HACKED AND UP AND RUINING CREDIT IS NOT MINE IT GOES TO THE PERSON WHO DID IT ON LOLLIPOP 5.1.1

Made the edits to /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/telephony.db. I could see dun added to the APN Settings (##DATA#), but all mobile data was lost. Multiple reboots, still no data. I connected to wifi and did a profile update. As expected, mobile connectivity is fixed, but dun was removed from the APN Settings. Waiting for somebody smarter than me to come up with a robust fix. I'm loving Marshmallow other than the loss of my hotspot.

What i did after i Rooted
Installed Root Checker
Installed BusyBox
Made sure I had Root
Installed GalxyTools (idoneapps)
And hit Enable Native Hotspot

Well, TX posted his deodexed TW 6.0.1 ROM and there is a flashable Hotspot zip in the second post for odexed or deodexed. I would say that using his fix is probably the safest way to go
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Mr nerd said:
What i did after i Rooted
Installed Root Checker
Installed BusyBox
Made sure I had Root
Installed GalxyTools (idoneapps)
And hit Enable Native Hotspot
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Where did you find GalxyTools (idoneapps) that worked with the Note 4 running MM? I've been looking, but can't find one that works.

You have to buy it from developer, they stopped supporting free versions
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aburns7487 said:
You have to buy it from developer, they stopped supporting free versions
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No you don't. Old version still works for mm 3.1.8