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[Q] is root possible on 4.3 samsung s3 verizon

hello, im very sorry if this is covered a million times over by now. ive been using google as well as looking into all the fourms in xda. very confusing and kinda frustrated. i have searched for about 3 days. i am very much a noob and dont get the lingo. also post seems to spin off into installing custom roms. im just looking for pure root. bootloader and things of that nature i dont care much about. my problem is i have app data in my Motorola xt912 droid that i just rooted the other day. i cant use helium to get it out. so rooted with a program i found on here. bought titanium back up pro. i also bought helium pro since i was able to move data from this s3 to my girl friends s4. i do want to help support the devs that make these things possible for the average user that likes to keep things simple.
so i have this 4.3 update. so i see forums saying i can root while others say it will brick my phone. just looking for a straight answer. thank you for taking your time to read this and have a happy new years
device name
SCH-I535
model number
SCH-I535
android version
4.3
baseband version
I535VRUCML1
kernel version
3.0.31
[email protected] #1
Wed Dec 11 01:09:13 KST 2013
build number
JSS15J.I535VRUCML1
se for android status
permissive
hardware version
I535.10

Sorry to hear about your searching troubles. I think everyone here will admit that specific info about Tw 4.3 is hard to find in one place but we've got folks helping out in the 4.3 discussion thread. Ask anything and someone may have an informed answer.
You can use Saferoot to root TW VRUCML1 ota. Yes, my link is to a Galaxy S4 tool however we have multiple users in the discussion thread that have confirmed Saferoot works for our latest 4.3 OTA. Feel free to search in that thread and you will find confirmation. Root has been possible much of the last week, maybe two.
I know you said this but I'll just reiterate, we have root only nothing else for TW 4.3. Do not flash anything in Odin unless it's the 4.3 VRUCML1 tar to restore back to stock.

thank you!!!!!
ok this seemed to have worked. my phone wants to reboot but titanium back up pro says i have root. maybe in your nice guide which i havent found anyone who said this yet, that the program ask to disable knox. i clicked no. (another reason im scared to reboot my phone) i cliaked no because of all the post saying to disable knox will brick your phone

BROKEN1981 said:
ok this seemed to have worked. my phone wants to reboot but titanium back up pro says i have root. maybe in your nice guide which i havent found anyone who said this yet, that the program ask to disable knox. i clicked no. (another reason im scared to reboot my phone) i cliaked no because of all the post saying to disable knox will brick your phone
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You should probably run that tool again and choose yes. Haven't heard of anyone choosing no, the people I've seen who had root chose yes. It's not explicitly stated but it does not hurt the phone in any capacity by selecting yes. To be honest though, idk what the difference is between selecting yes and no.
I'm not on the TW 4.3 OTA so maybe someone can provide input on the disabling Knox.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 4

I just used saferoot on mine today. I honestly didn't see anything about disabling Knox when I did it, but when I installed titanium backup Knox Notification Manager was already disabled so I'm assuming it happened somewhere in the process. Phone is working great so far. I haven't tried defrosting it because, well.... Why, it's working fine the way it is.
Sent from my SCH-I535

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dldennis76 said:
This phone is fairly new sold at walmart the prepaid 3g cdma only version of verizon GS3 prepaid. It will gain in popularity. It comes with 4.3 and can be rooted with towelroot. It tries to upgrade immediately to 4.4 ut just freeze SDM to shop it. 4.4 cannot be rooted with towelroot. Anyway, can someone please refer me to someone to contact in developing stuff for this phone as the firmware is different than the reg. Sch-i535. Any developers want a new project i will donate and assist(dump my system or whatever) thanks,
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As I suggested in a previous post of yours you'll want to look in the development forums for current devs who are still supporting the contract S3, it's merely a matter of doing a quick search inside the development forums
And being that it's on the 4.3 bootloader, it's locked down, the only possibility are bootloader locked roms but a dev would have to have this specific phone to be able to create a rom for it and there wouldn't be much as far as roms go
From my CM11 S3

[Q&A] Temporary Root on the Verizon Note Edge

Q&A for Temporary Root on the Verizon Note Edge
Some developers prefer that questions remain separate from their main development thread to help keep things organized. Placing your question within this thread will increase its chances of being answered by a member of the community or by the developer.
Before posting, please use the forum search and read through the discussion thread for Temporary Root on the Verizon Note Edge. If you can't find an answer, post it here, being sure to give as much information as possible (firmware version, steps to reproduce, logcat if available) so that you can get help.
Thanks for understanding and for helping to keep XDA neat and tidy!

DV8 said:
Check out this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-att/general/supersu-please-t3110954
I tried it and got temporary root on my Verizon Note Edge. I know it is temporary but at least it is root.
I do not have the developer version btw..
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Was this done on KitKat or Lollipop?

TunaSoda said:
Was this done on KitKat or Lollipop?
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Kitkat is the only way for locked Samsung Note edges.

I wish I had read up on this phone first, not having root sucks, it's my damn phone. I'm not renting it or leasing so wtf. I also wish I had been learning this **** myself on all the other phones I had because there don't seem to be many people wit it or working on it. The s6 and edge variant were to close to coming out for this phone to really take off. I just liked this more than the s6's.

Service menu
Hi I am new to this forum but have been reading it for a while. Has anybody tried to enable hidden menus or service menu with the temporary root? Thank you, I will also try now.

Root Via stagefright
Hi all,
After a long time reading XDA forums I finally have an itch to post. Being thoroughly disappointed in the lock down of Verizon phones preventing root Ive heavily considered ditching Verizon and my UDP until Today!!
I've been reading up on the stagefright exploit and got to thinking how this could be used for good rather than bad. If this exploit allows the attacker to gain access to modify system files it would seem they have achieved root. Is it possible to use this exploit to get root to the Verizon customers with locked down phones?
Thanks in advance

I have done everything on every post telling me to downgrade from lollipop to 4.4.4 but no avail Downloaded firmware for my Verizon Variant at SamMobile, and both failed in Odin....What the powers that be do not tell you is that the exploit was patched in the lollipop update from 5.0.1 to 5.0.1 and it was pushed to most phones last month and some installed automatically and some deferred hut t he notifications kept coming and forced you to install at a certain point I deferred for 2 weeks and finally it installed ....So note to all other VZW edge users...The exploit they were using to gain root has been closed since the newest update....
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Why isn't the Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 rootable

So i've been TRYING to search in the internet for a root method over Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 for 9 months and no rooting method has been released. I was wondering HOW did verizon locked out rooting all together.
That i can answer, but not completely, but I will try my best on why its not rootable
The answer is the bootloader. The bootloader is what makes rooting impossible for verizon samsung galaxy s6. How did I know this? I know some guy that checks xda forums everyday and asked him if he can make a rooted rom off of it that i got from the internet and thats when i got the information from.
He said samsung, or verizon, implemented something in the bootloader that prevent rooting the phone. And the only way to allow rooting to the phone is if some higher level android developer from the xda community rewrites the bootloader of the verizon samsung galaxy s6 which can allow rooting, and (i dont think) it has something to do with ro.secure or ro.adb.secure being switched from 1 to 0. He did say that it is a lot harder now cause the limitations of rooting is now bootloader based now and someone needs to be a higher level android developer to edit or rewrite from scratch, the bootloader. This also prevents downgrading if youre s3 (4.3) or higher.
Overall, I just want to say, to android devs, if you got this information down, I am glad I got you a little help on why its harder to root on the verizon samsung galaxy s6 on marshmallow
Also i post it here cause i needed more post counts on the development forums, and i didn't have enough

So i will never be able to root my g920vvru3bog5 verizon s6? correct?

I pretty much cry every night wishing that there will be root method on Android Marshmallow Samsung-SM-G920V.
BUT ALAS **** VERIZON **** VERIZON **** VERIZON **** VERIZON **** VERIZON **** VERIZON **** VERIZON **** VERIZON **** VERIZON **** VERIZON **** VERIZON **** VERIZON **** VERIZON...
Also I created a profile on xdadevelopers just to find a root method for this phone.

People should start filling FCC complains. If you are out of your warranty, you should have control of your device.

Jalh said:
People should start filling FCC complains. If you are out of your warranty, you should have control of your device.
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OR if you purchase device out right with an unlockable bootloader that has a warning tag about voiding warranty.

So there is no root method for the S6 yet? Or only the S6 on the latest android version? If I were to buy a new S6 now does it come with 6.0.1? Or an older version?

There isn't a root method for 6.0.1. The last rootable build for the Verizon s6 is OE2 I believe. More than likely if you buy a s6 now it will already be updated to 6.0.1.

Oreo or rooted Noughat!

Hello all,
Since there wasn't any thread for the general questions here, I opened this one!
I have a note 8 from AT&T with the Android 7.1.1 on it (baseband N950USQS3BRA8) which is sim unlocked so I can use it on T-Mobile.
Using the software update on the phone doesn't give me the recent update, I've already read all threads and I think the only resolution is to do it with odin. On the other hand, I like to have a rooted phone (didn't know samFail came out and always was sorry to be forced to use the stock ROM)
Now my question is which is better for me? what's the gain updating to Oreo? Isn't better to root instead? if so, what instruction to follow to root 7.1.1 on my phone?
Auxilary questions:
I don't have video call anymore (after switching from AT&T to T-Mobile), would it be enabled after root?
I don't know how to change 611 mask number from whatever number AT&T is using to the one from T-Mobile (just curious to know if there is a possible way, maybe using T-Mobile ROM instead of one from AT&T) So is it possible to use another carrier's ROM on my phone?
Please, anyone?!

no answer?!