I haven't come around here in a couple a years since I was loading various ROMs on my Bionic; Since then much has changed, so I have a few basic questions. I looked for an FAQ but I am either blind or they are not in style anymore. So I have Verizon GS5 on the Edge plan which I haven't done anything to it except take every crappy OTA update Verizon pushed out (unfortunately). I do plan to trade it in on an upgrade next year-ish.
Can I load a custom ROM now and go back to a perfect stock before I trade up? -> Is there a simple, straight forward guide to catch me up on doing this?
Last I checked there was no root for stock Verizon LolipOOp on GS5, are we there yet?
No root or downgrade for any rom after BOD5. Anything BOD5 and earlier can be rooted and downgraded back to kit kat to gain root
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Hello, I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 I535 (Verizon) and have been done with flashing custom roms for a while now. I figured I would just wait until my contract is up in May go to At&t and get the Nexus 5 (straight off Google's site). I actually got in the mood to put Cyanogenmod on my phone until my contract is finally up. I hear all of this talk about Knox and once you upgrade to 4.3 I535VRUCML1 there is no turning back.
Can someone with plenty of experience confirm that there is absolutely no possible way to get Cyanogenmod on my phone at this point without bricking it. I have been searching all over the web and just can't figure it out. Some people are coming up with guides to flash a hacked version of the VRUCML1 update and then install CWM and Cyanogenmod from there.
So the main question is...
Is it possible at all to ever get CWM / Cyanogenmod back on my S3 that currently has the latest (4.3 I535VRUCML1). I am willing to attempt anything since I am getting rid of the phone in 2 months. Also not selling it afterwards since screen is cracked.
There is no way yet, but maybe soon. A post looked promising a few days ago.
I'll post here if I find something.
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I also am very interested in this topic, same build phone and also want to use Cynogenmod
Is there any way for me to get Kitkat (4.4) on my stock, unrooted, locked bootloader, verizon galaxy s3? There are a mind-numbingly large number of threads and most of them include some kind of paragraph at the top like; "this article assumes you're unlocked rooted and custom recovery installed." Well I'm not. And when I try to do those things I keep running into other articles telling me all the ways doing that will ruin my phone.
All I want is KitKat without having to wait for BigRed to give it to me. Is that possible? Assume I just bought the phone from Verizon and I'm peeling off the screen protector sticker for the first time.
Stretch31 said:
Is there any way for me to get Kitkat (4.4) on my stock, unrooted, locked bootloader, verizon galaxy s3? There are a mind-numbingly large number of threads and most of them include some kind of paragraph at the top like; "this article assumes you're unlocked rooted and custom recovery installed." Well I'm not. And when I try to do those things I keep running into other articles telling me all the ways doing that will ruin my phone.
All I want is KitKat without having to wait for BigRed to give it to me. Is that possible? Assume I just bought the phone from Verizon and I'm peeling off the screen protector sticker for the first time.
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Nope, you can't get Kit Kat until Verizon officially releases an update.
Read the 4.3 sticky in the development section.
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I haven't used it as I didn't allow the 4.3 update, but you could look into safestrap - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2605648
I have the Verizon Samsung Galaxy s3 the prepaid version which is the I535PP and I've rooted it using towelroot and have flashed bootstrap recovery. Its still on 4.3. I accidentally deleted the SDM.apk file and can't upgrade to kit Kat. Has anyone had any luck flashing a tw 4.3 rom to this version and get it to boot or maybe have the stock firmware or the SDM.apk file for tw 4.3?
jam0688 said:
I have the Verizon Samsung Galaxy s3 the prepaid version which is the I535PP and I've rooted it using towelroot and have flashed bootstrap recovery. Its still on 4.3. I accidentally deleted the SDM.apk file and can't upgrade to kit Kat. Has anyone had any luck flashing a tw 4.3 rom to this version and get it to boot or maybe have the stock firmware or the SDM.apk file for tw 4.3?
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I have the SDM.apk, I have no idea why I kept it however. You can indeed flash a 4.3 TW rom only if your on ML1 on 4.3
From my Wicked S3 on SOKP
I got mine yesterday.. its on 4.3 sdm downloaded kitkat but i rooted with towelroot and froze sdm I know 4.4 is extremely locked down and towelroot nor any other method works to root the 535pp on 4.4... any development with 535pp yet? Carbon rom?
dldennis76 said:
I got mine yesterday.. its on 4.3 sdm downloaded kitkat but i rooted with towelroot and froze sdm I know 4.4 is extremely locked down and towelroot nor any other method works to root the 535pp on 4.4... any development with 535pp yet? Carbon rom?
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No development at all with the pp version
From my CM11 S3
I really hope I am not holding off for no reason.. is 4.3 any less locked than 4.4? I hope by not going to 4.4 they come out with a custom recovery for 4.3. If its locked either way then I would way rather be on 4.4 once they have a way to root this phone kicks ass so far! I had a sch-i535(lte) on VZW prepaid network and had access to the 4g network and they gave me a sim for free, but this 3g only phone keeps reception better and loads pages faster(no switching back and forth between 3-4g) It was well worth $150 at walmart
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I really hope I am not holding off for no reason.. is 4.3 any less locked than 4.4? I hope by not going to 4.4 they come out with a custom recovery for 4.3. If its locked either way then I would way rather be on 4.4 once they have a way to root this phone kicks ass so far! I had a sch-i535(lte) on VZW prepaid network and had access to the 4g network and they gave me a sim for free, but this 3g only phone keeps reception better and loads pages faster(no switching back and forth between 3-4g) It was well worth $150 at walmart
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They are both locked as you know, 4.3 just had more TW roms available. Nice price also. The only recovery available for either locked bootloader is safestrap
Towelroot works for the 4.4.2 NE1 build as far as I know. If they send anymore updates beyond that root will more than likely be lost though
From my CM11 S3
There is no NE1 build for the 535pp i believe.. I could be wrong but I think the firmware is totally different
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There is no NE1 build for the 535pp i believe.. I could be wrong but I think the firmware is totally different
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Your right it very well may be, I don't have the pp version so to be honest I was just going by what I already know
From my CM11 S3
I cant wait until they sell enough of these for it to be popular enough to develop and hopefully 4.3 can really be developed
dldennis76 said:
I cant wait until they sell enough of these for it to be popular enough to develop and hopefully 4.3 can really be developed
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I'm leaning towards it not being in development as most people don't use the prepaid version for the point of rooting it and using custom roms. Your more than likely out of luck
From my CM11 S3
Can someone provide me with contact info of some devs that I can contact that may take the project up? I think the phone will gain popularity now that verizon prepaid is not highway robbery anymore.. $45 a month unlimited talk/ text 1gb data and can buy extra 3gb packages for cheap that instantly start working when the 1gb is over.. I recently just started seeing the phone for sale so it is fairly new release. I may be able to talk whoever into working on it. Who do I contact to get a "Verizon Prepaid SCH-I535PP" board in the main index?
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Can someone provide me with contact info of some devs that I can contact that may take the project up? I think the phone will gain popularity now that verizon prepaid is not highway robbery anymore.. $45 a month unlimited talk/ text 1gb data and can buy extra 3gb packages for cheap that instantly start working when the 1gb is over.. I recently just started seeing the phone for sale so it is fairly new release. I may be able to talk whoever into working on it. Who do I contact to get a "Verizon Prepaid SCH-I535PP" board in the main index?
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Look around the VZW S3 development forums, I'd look for threads that are somewhat up to date as far as posts and look for the OP (original poster)
From my CM11 S3
I recently pick this phone up with the intent to flash it to straight talk(my current provider). Since the st gs3 is at least 100 dollars more it was a bargin. I was successful flashing over to st. voice, text, mms and data work flawlessly.
Im just curious if anyone has had any luck finding or devolping any kind of roms for it. I realize there is a small crowd for these phones but I can see its popularity will increase a little bit. I held out on the ota as well and stuck with 4.3 w/ towelroot and safestrap.
vq35ftw said:
I recently pick this phone up with the intent to flash it to straight talk(my current provider). Since the st gs3 is at least 100 dollars more it was a bargin. I was successful flashing over to st. voice, text, mms and data work flawlessly.
Im just curious if anyone has had any luck finding or devolping any kind of roms for it. I realize there is a small crowd for these phones but I can see its popularity will increase a little bit. I held out on the ota as well and stuck with 4.3 w/ towelroot and safestrap.
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I'm nearly sure there won't be any development for the prepaid version. The contract version is the only one that would be in development going forward at this point
My S3 running BlissStalk
Hello, I just got a brand new verizon galaxy s6 edge, and I do not want to make a mistake and have to return it like I did when I got my first one... Last time, I used the verizon software on my comp to update the phone and it brought up to 5.1.1 which is a currently unrootable version of android as far as I know... so I returned it... Anyways...
My most major question is can I take the first OTA update and still be able to root?
The phone comes with OC3, which is rootable, and then the first OTA update is OE2 which is also rootable with ping pong root, correct? How do I know what version of android the OTA is going to install? Because I do not want to go to 5.1.1 like the verizon software did. I want to update to OE2. Also, is OE2 still the highest version of android for this phone that is rootable?
Next, how do I get xposed on this phone because the fragmentation of the software is quite confusing at this point... it isnt as easy and straight forward as my old GS4 running KK
Thank you to anyone that can help me with this!
r u sure its 5.0.2, i returned my galaxy s6 yesterday and got a new one, its still 5.1.1
Yes, it's brand new.. Not refurbished
Wait, it's already oe2! The one I bought 2 weeks ago had oc3 so I assumed this one shipped with that too. Thanks for asking! Lol
You should ODIN to OE2 and then root with Ping Pong. That will give you the latest version that is rootable, without going through the OTA updates.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s6/general/verizon-s6-stock-restore-files-t3096000
I believe you will need to install a deodexed ROM after that to use Xposed on 5.0.2
Pretty sure you need 5.1.1 for xposed and its not available for Verizon anyways due to the locked bootloader. If I am wrong someone please correct me, as I would love to have xposed on this phone.
Looking to put some feelers out about rooting my dad's phone since it isn't acting right anymore and thanks to VZWs crap upgrade plan he is on, he will have this phone for another year or longer. Can you root and apply one of the custom roms like hyperdrive or even a MM rom? I'd be fine with CM as well.
Anything to make his phone not run like crap. I haven't tweaked an S3 in years, but I do remember that I think VZW released an OTA that made root and boot loader much harder or totally locked it down.
I was hoping someone might have a workaround that still works.
SCH I535 4.4.2 I535OYUDNE1 baseband
KOT49H.I535VRUDNE1 build.
Thanks!
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SOCOM-HERO said:
Looking to put some feelers out about rooting my dad's phone since it isn't acting right anymore and thanks to VZWs crap upgrade plan he is on, he will have this phone for another year or longer. Can you root and apply one of the custom roms like hyperdrive or even a MM rom? I'd be fine with CM as well.
Anything to make his phone not run like crap. I haven't tweaked an S3 in years, but I do remember that I think VZW released an OTA that made root and boot loader much harder or totally locked it down.
I was hoping someone might have a workaround that still works.
SCH I535 4.4.2 I535OYUDNE1 baseband
KOT49H.I535VRUDNE1 build.
Thanks!
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No none of the custom roms are available. On the locked bootloader your limited to stock, paul pizz and Superlite roms via safestrap
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