Root [Verizon] Root? 7/7/12 Update - YES!

[lexluthor]

There's no root for Verizon Galaxy S3 yet?

I guess I just assumed this would work?
AndroidNZ: [At Your Own Risk] How to Root your Samsung Galaxy S III, and how to return it to stock if necessary! [Updated 08/06/2012 with new, easier Root method!]

No?

 

[jackdubl]

I'd like to know if this is rootable yet as well.

 

[itype2slo]

The bootloader is locked.

Verizon's Galaxy S III looks to have a protected bootloader | Android Central

 

[ylexot]

A locked bootloader does not prevent root.

 

[bbeelzebub]

Apparently they just achieved it over on XDA. Thread #1756885

 

[Metfanant]

apparently there IS root...but as any DX owner will tell you...that only gets you so far...

 

[NecessaryEvil]

apparently there IS root...but as any DX owner will tell you...that only gets you so far...

Still, it gets me as far as a I need, right now anyway. I think I'll give it a few days before I go ahead and root my phone though...just to see where things progress. I slept 6 hours and woke up to having root. Who knows what the weekend will give.

 

[lexluthor]

Still, it gets me as far as a I need, right now anyway. I think I'll give it a few days before I go ahead and root my phone though...just to see where things progress. I slept 6 hours and woke up to having root. Who knows what the weekend will give.

Same. At least for now, I'm fine with root only.

Here's the method.

[ROOT] [RECOVERY] SCH-i535 - xda-developers

Looks relatively simple.

 

[ylexot]

apparently there IS root...but as any DX owner will tell you...that only gets you so far...

I'm just happy that after I get the S3, I'll be able to restore my TiBU data.

 

[jerofld]

There's no root for Verizon Galaxy S3 yet?

I guess I just assumed this would work?
AndroidNZ: [At Your Own Risk] How to Root your Samsung Galaxy S III, and how to return it to stock if necessary! [Updated 08/06/2012 with new, easier Root method!]

No?

Be careful flashing stuff you find for other phone variants than Verizon. A GSM ROM (even if you can't flash the kernel because of the locked bootloader) will cause the phone not to boot until you flash something that is compatible.

GSM devices have different partitioning than CDMA devices.

 

[Metfanant]

Same. At least for now, I'm fine with root only.

as a Droid X owner im surprised that you are able to attach the "for now" to that statement knowing full well the likelihood of this bootloader being cracked is slim to none...

 

[PeteyNice]

I do not think the comparisons between the GS3 and the DX are fair. Looking at the progress they have made in two days gives me great hope for the future. As it stands I will be happy with root and CWM.

 

[Metfanant]

I do not think the comparisons between the GS3 and the DX are fair. Looking at the progress they have made in two days gives me great hope for the future. As it stands I will be happy with root and CWM.

the DX is the best example we have...a flagship device with a locked bootloader that has been out for two years without being cracked...

there are MANY differences in the circumstances, but certainly the idea that "its only a matter of time" is optimistic at best

 

[svensett]

as a Droid X owner im surprised that you are able to attach the "for now" to that statement knowing full well the likelihood of this bootloader being cracked is slim to none...

The difference, as of right now, is that we don't know if it is encrypted like the DX or not. As I understand it, all bootloaders are locked (even the GNex) but are unlockable unless encrypted.

I'm going to wait on rooting until the devs have some more time with the VZN variant. Reading the xda post, it's "easy" to root as long as you have adb installed and they don't go into detail about that. Coming from the DX, things got much simpler the longer you waited to make the root plunge...

 

[Metfanant]

The difference, as of right now, is that we don't know if it is encrypted like the DX or not. As I understand it, all bootloaders are locked (even the GNex) but are unlockable unless encrypted.

yes all bootloaders arrive locked (even the Nexus family) but yes we do know that it is in fact encrypted like the DX

however it SEEMS that while the DX would not even accept the flashing of custom kernels etc because of the bootloader and its "hacked" CWR...the SGS3 will accept the flashing of custom stuff but then you get this...

seemingly, while even though you can flash through recovery there is a check somewhere else in the system that is tripping the above failure...

progress...but im still gonna wait it out

 

[PeteyNice]

The difference, as of right now, is that we don't know if it is encrypted like the DX or not. As I understand it, all bootloaders are locked (even the GNex) but are unlockable unless encrypted.

I'm going to wait on rooting until the devs have some more time with the VZN variant. Reading the xda post, it's "easy" to root as long as you have adb installed and they don't go into detail about that. Coming from the DX, things got much simpler the longer you waited to make the root plunge...

It is pretty simple right now. If you just want root, you do not need adb. Installing adb is also pretty straight forward (you download the sdk, run sdk manager - as administrator, download platform-tools) then it is just a matter of typing.

 

[ylexot]

yes all bootloaders arrive locked (even the Nexus family) but yes we do know that it is in fact encrypted like the DX

Where did you see that it is encrypted? I haven't seen any devs post that yet.

 

[jackdubl]

Same. At least for now, I'm fine with root only.

Here's the method.

[ROOT] [RECOVERY] SCH-i535 - xda-developers

Looks relatively simple.

Is there any way to dumb down this method a little. For instance, you push CWM with adb, so I know that file needs to be on my cpu. What about the other files? It appears some of them are to be placed on the phone and then use ODIN(which doesn't require plugging into your cpu). I'm just not that sophisticated that I already know everything, but I can follow instructions. I manually rooted/unlocked my Thunderbolt but the whole thing was done through adb. I rooted/unlocked my Nexus, but that was too easy to really count.

Where did you see that it is encrypted? I haven't seen any devs post that yet.

Yes, the bootloader is encrypted. It's all over the internet. The Verizon variant is the only one that did this. I suppose I could live without the bootloader if I had to(but there goes the fun and all the fixes), but cannot live without root. Titanium is a must-have as far as I'm concerned.

 

[ylexot]

Yes, the bootloader is encrypted. It's all over the internet. The Verizon variant is the only one that did this. I suppose I could live without the bootloader if I had to(but there goes the fun and all the fixes), but cannot live without root. Titanium is a must-have as far as I'm concerned.

Give me a link. FYI, locked is not the same thing as encrypted.

 

[jackdubl]

Give me a link. FYI, locked is not the same thing as encrypted.

Well, maybe I don't know what I'm talking about then. Either way, from what I'm reading on XDA things are moving at a fever pitch.

 

[Rxpert83]

yes all bootloaders arrive locked (even the Nexus family) but yes we do know that it is in fact encrypted like the DX

however it SEEMS that while the DX would not even accept the flashing of custom kernels etc because of the bootloader and its "hacked" CWR...the SGS3 will accept the flashing of custom stuff but then you get this...

seemingly, while even though you can flash through recovery there is a check somewhere else in the system that is tripping the above failure...

progress...but im still gonna wait it out

Same sort of thing we had on the ELTEVO. One we got s-off our devs removed it .

 

[jackdubl]

Anyone who has rooted know how to boot into CWM?

 

[Rxpert83]

Easiest way would just be an app from the market, but there's probably a button combination to get to bootloader

 

[Metfanant]

Where did you see that it is encrypted? I haven't seen any devs post that yet.

Call Samsung Galaxy S support...they will tell you themselves

 

[ylexot]

I'm more apt to believe the opposite of what comes out of tech support. The odds are better that way.