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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

[Q] Is it safe?

Hi everyone,
I know just enough about custom ROMs to make me dangerous. Enough rope to hang myself, if you will.
I rooted my Samsung S3 (Rogers) SGH-i747 from 4.1.2 stock rom, then went to Quantum custom rom which is fantastic. However, with the S5 around the corner and 4.4 kitkat inching towards the S3, I'll be giving this phone to my wife and want it back to stock with OTA updates. (a counter reset would be awesome but only a bonus) I'm using the bootloader I747MVLUEMK5.
Is it safe to flash a stock 4.3 OTA rom from here and if so, how do I go about doing it?
Thanks in advance

anyone else?
sedayu said:
yes, it safe kok
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Although I appreciate the quick reply, it'd be nice to hear from others as well, perhaps with a bit more experience than 3 posts and a March join date.

Still looking for more input. Your help is appreciated

i535 baseband help

Hi i bought a verizone sch i535 galaxy s3 with android 4.4.2 i switched over to straight talk and cdma 4g doesnt work from what i could find out online it has to do with frequency someone on another forum said they installed a custom rom and switched the baseband to i535vrbmf1 and has working 4g with straight talk. So can someone help me install the i535vrbmf1 baseband i found a guide to root if i have to. any help is appreciated

madprophesser said:
Hi i bought a verizone sch i535 galaxy s3 with android 4.4.2 i switched over to straight talk and cdma 4g doesnt work from what i could find out online it has to do with frequency someone on another forum said they installed a custom rom and switched the baseband to i535vrbmf1 and has working 4g with straight talk. So can someone help me install the i535vrbmf1 baseband i found a guide to root if i have to. any help is appreciated
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Your on a locked bootloader. You can't revert back to another baseband, your on NE1 and stuck on it
From my S3 on Wicked 4.3

I read on here you could send your phone out and pay $50 to have the bl unlocked have you ever heard of that if so do you know if its a scam cause im willing to do that

madprophesser said:
I read on here you could send your phone out and pay $50 to have the bl unlocked have you ever heard of that if so do you know if its a scam cause im willing to do that
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Its legit. It's called JTAG from mobiletechvideos. It takes a couple weeks however, heres the link
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com
From my S3 on Wicked 4.3

ok ty so once I send it and get it back is there something I should do to make sure it doesn't auto update

madprophesser said:
ok ty so once I send it and get it back is there something I should do to make sure it doesn't auto update
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Root it, are you planning on installing a custom rom? If so then you won't have to worry about it auto updating but if not remove two files. Fwupgrade.apk and sdm.apk
From my S3 on Wicked 4.3

ShapesBlue said:
Root it, are you planning on installing a custom rom? If so then you won't have to worry about it auto updating but if not remove two files. Fwupgrade.apk and sdm.apk
From my S3 on Wicked 4.3
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Yes i will probably do a custom rom i havnt looked into them but im thinking it might help towards getting 4g with straight talk. Do you happen to know if they will need the phone active to do the jtag or if i can transfer my number to have a phone while its out

madprophesser said:
Yes i will probably do a custom rom i havnt looked into them but im thinking it might help towards getting 4g with straight talk. Do you happen to know if they will need the phone active to do the jtag or if i can transfer my number to have a phone while its out
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I doubt the phone will need to be active to perform the jtag service, I don't see why you can't transfer your number to another phone. I've done it in the past and it was quite easy

Ok thanks again im gonna send my phone out fri and found a guide to root it once i get it back. can you or anyone recommend a good custom rom with a guide to install and ive been having trouble with finding a i535vrbmf1 baseband download and how to install that also i wont need for about 2 3 weeks and will continue to look around myself

madprophesser said:
Ok thanks again im gonna send my phone out fri and found a guide to root it once i get it back. can you or anyone recommend a good custom rom with a guide to install and ive been having trouble with finding a i535vrbmf1 baseband download and how to install that also i wont need for about 2 3 weeks and will continue to look around myself
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I only have ML1 myself. I can certainly look for it
So far I found MB1, I'll keep looking
From my S3 on Wicked 4.3

looking for stock official samsung rom

Hey guys I know that this question has been asked many times and i know that there are many tutorial that show you how to return your verizon galaxy s3 back to stock rom.
My verizon S3 is running 4.3 and it has the locked bootloader but i want to be able to flash the kitkat update using Odin however every tutorial i look at and every link i follow is not working when i try and download the stock firmware.
Can someone here help point me into the right direction and possibly provide me with a link to the official samsung (verizon) firmware for model SCH-i535. If you can provide a good tutorial that would be great as well!
Thank you so much for your assistance and time...
-droidshadow

droidshadow said:
Hey guys I know that this question has been asked many times and i know that there are many tutorial that show you how to return your verizon galaxy s3 back to stock rom.
My verizon S3 is running 4.3 and it has the locked bootloader but i want to be able to flash the kitkat update using Odin however every tutorial i look at and every link i follow is not working when i try and download the stock firmware.
Can someone here help point me into the right direction and possibly provide me with a link to the official samsung (verizon) firmware for model SCH-i535. If you can provide a good tutorial that would be great as well!
Thank you so much for your assistance and time...
-droidshadow
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Have you tried just taking the OTA update? As long as your not rooted and didn't make any changes internally you should be able to take the OTA
Sent from my Nexus 5

tried..
ya i have tried taking the OTA update the problem is the phone used to be rooted and so i am going to have to do this update with Odin and take everything back to original stock.

droidshadow said:
ya i have tried taking the OTA update the problem is the phone used to be rooted and so i am going to have to do this update with Odin and take everything back to original stock.
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Alright. Here's the thread, be advised the bootloader will be even more locked down. With TW 4.3 there is more options for roms. With the 4.4 update your stuck with 3 options
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54062704
Sent from my Nexus 5

[Completed] Can a Galaxy Note 3 (N900V) be rooted?

Hey so.. ive been looking for many hours about my verizon phone, i tried using some sort of program called ArabicTool and my phone went into a downloading mode but it never downloaded anything so i decided to simply not use that program since i saw that it made a lot of ppl phones go into a bootloop.. anyway.. i just wanna know if theres any way to get my note 3 rooted.. its a 5.0 version but ive seen that its really difficult to root it on that version so i decided to try to downgrade it to the 4.4.2 kitkat version and i wanna ask for some help.. can you guys hand me out a tutorial or something? because i didnt found any tutorial on how to downgrade the specific phone model i have.. keep in mind that i am reeaaally new to this kind of stuff so have patience with me.
Thanks and i hope someone answers to this

RockrDark said:
Hey so.. ive been looking for many hours about my verizon phone, i tried using some sort of program called ArabicTool and my phone went into a downloading mode but it never downloaded anything so i decided to simply not use that program since i saw that it made a lot of ppl phones go into a bootloop.. anyway.. i just wanna know if theres any way to get my note 3 rooted.. its a 5.0 version but ive seen that its really difficult to root it on that version so i decided to try to downgrade it to the 4.4.2 kitkat version and i wanna ask for some help.. can you guys hand me out a tutorial or something? because i didnt found any tutorial on how to downgrade the specific phone model i have.. keep in mind that i am reeaaally new to this kind of stuff so have patience with me.
Thanks and i hope someone answers to this
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