Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 Gets Rooted and Deodexed Jelly Bean Leak : I535VRBLI5 Rooting Guide

Samsung Galaxy S3 from Verizon gets Jelly Bean leak I535VRBLI5. It is actually a leak and not a port. The device must have unlocked bootloader. If the leaked ROM is installed directly the root will be lost. The device must be rooted and must have custom recovery. The Rooted and De-odexed version of this leak is the work by alexcolodner form xda-developers.com. In one of our older posts we have described about the sprint Samsung galaxy S3 leaked Jelly Bean update.

 

The ROM brings

• Google Now
• Project Butter
• Notification tweaks

About the ROM

• Android version : 4.1.1
• Baseband version : I535VRBLI5
• Kernel version : 3.0.31-294793
• Build Number : JRO03L.I535VRBLI5
• De-odexed
• Completely Stock
• Rooted
• Busybox
• Unsecured boot.img
• Init.d support

How to install

• The handset must be rooted and have custom recovery and also have unlocked bootloader
• Place zip on phone/sd storage
• Switch off the device
• Boot into recovery mode (volume up+home button+power button)
• Make a Nandroid Backup
• Factory Reset
• Wipe System
• Install zip
• Wipe cache
• Reboot the handset

Download

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390135922294523666


Source

Developed By : alexcolodner
Orginal Thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968494

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Samsung Galaxy S Plus Gets 3.0.x Kernel

3.0.X kernel is now available for Samsung Galaxy S Plus. For the time being the kernel is available only for developers. The changelog shows SGS+ users could expect something. The developers are  ivendor and arco68 and they are expecting to release the Kernel for Galaxy W (ancora board) and Exhibit 2 4G (ancora_tmo board) along with the Samsung Galaxy S+. That is a single Kernel for Three devices. The developers have provided the toolchain they have used as well which is GCC 4.6 from jellybean CM10.

Android Version : 4.0.4

Base Firmware : I9001XXKPM

Working Features

• 3G & Calls
• Touch keypad
• Wifi
• Bluetooth
• Accelerometer
• Light sensor
• Proximity Sensor
• GPS

Which Does Not

• Cameras

Source

Orginal Thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1938811
Developers : ivendor and arco68

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HTC One X Gets Jelly Bean : How to Root it Safely

In the beginning of October Jelly Bean leak was available for HTC One X. But the method of flashing the leak was dangerous. But that can never keep away one of the most popular smart phones from getting the Jelly Bean update. Here is another method of flashing the root. The main advantage of the method is that the firmware can be changed back to stock firmware.

About The Tool

Display your CID
Lock Bootloader
Update JB FW, inc HBoot 1.28
Unlock Bootloader
Flash custom CWM recovery
Flash boot.img

Compatible CIDs

HTC__001
HTC__E11
HTC__203
HTC__102
HTC__405
HTC__Y13
HTC__A07
HTC__304
HTC__M27
HTC__032
HTC__016
HTC__J15

Steps

• Download the JB ROM and put on your Phone's virtual SD card
• Download the boot.img for your chosen JB ROM and put in the root of the folder created by this tool and the name must be exactly boot.img
• Unlock_code.bin - Place this in the same folder (You will get this file when you unlock your bootloader)
• Unzip the downloaded file and run JBFWFlasher.bat
• To install CWM you have to select option 2 while you runs it.

Source

Original thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1924003

Developer : http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=3471230

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HTC One S Root, Unlock, Recovery, and ROM Flashing Tutorilal

HTC One S, announced on February this year is the latest pinup to the HTC devices. The handset comes with Android ICS 4.0 OS. So far new ROMs are not available for the handset. But for future it is a must to unlock the device. The tutorial for unlocking the handset and Rooting is explained here step by step.

1. Steps to unlock the device

•       Register at http://htcdev.com and unlock bootloader following the steps

2. Steps for Recovery

•       Download SDK :  http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
•       Download CWM : 

1.  Download the Interim CWM Touch Recovery of Paul : http://android.modaco.com/topic/353006-interim-clockworkmod-touch-recovery-for-the-htc-one-s-stock-download/

OR  2.  Official CWM of koush (HTC One S) : http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager

• CWM file and  fastboot.exe should be  in the same folder
• Open the cmd and go to the the folder above specified
Now type: fastboot flash recovery name_of_the_recovery.img 

For Paul's: fastboot flash recovery r2-modaco-recovery-clockwork-touch-ville.img

3. Steps for Rooting

• Make sure you are on the stock kernel!
• Now root your phone with SuperSU by Chainfire
• Download SuperSU : http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=966165&d=1332770945
• Flash it with the Recovery:
• Swich off your the mobile and press VOLUME DOWN + Power to boot into the Bootloader
• Navigate with VOL and Power to Recovery
• Now flash the .zip:
  
  - install zip from sdcard
  - choose zip from sdcard
  - select the CWN-SuperSU-v0.87.zip file and flash it
  - Reboot the device

The device is now ready to get flased by any custom ROM




Source

• http://www.xda-developers.com
• http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1583427
• http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1579584
• http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053

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Rooting guide for the AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note (SGH i717)

This is a rooting guide for the AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note (SGH i717) that allows you to run a stock AT&T rom with root. It will not provide you with CWM as it uses the stock <3re> recovery in conjunction with superuser capabilities. Use this if you wish to root without increasing your Custom Binary Counter (Samsung Mobile uses a custom binary counter to keep track of any Modding of firmwares and kernels done by users of their phones. Any flashing of roms/kernels not signed by Samsung will trigger an increase in this counter which can be viewed by putting your phone into download mode). To unroot you must be able to perform ADB cmds which means you will have to install the Android SDK to your PC .

This download is over 500mb as it has a few packages in it: GNote Total Package - Minus

Odin3 v1.85.zip
att_note_root.zip
USB_Driver_for_ATT_I717_Galaxy_Note_v1_3_2200_0.ex e

Unpackage the download to someplace that you can easily find its contents. I used Winrar and placed it all inside of a folder on my desktop.

If you do not have Samsung Kies installed on your computer then the first thing you will want to do is install it or use the USB_Driver package that is included in the above download. Afterwards, plug your phone into your computer to make sure it is recognized by your computer. Always! use your factory supplied USB cable that came with the phone.

Next, you need to unzip the att_note_root.zip and the Odin3 v1.85.zip. Windows can unzip these by default. The att_note_zip contains the .tar file that will deliver root. This will be flashed using Odin in the PDA section.

By continuing on with this tutorial you acknowledge that anytime you alter your stock firmware you are officially voiding your warranty and you are proceeding at your own risk.

Using Odin:

1. If you have Samsung Kies installed on your computer make sure that nothing Kies related is running in the background of your PC. Check your Task Manager.
2. Power your phone all the way off without it connected to your PC.
3. After it is powered off, press and hold the Volume Down button and your Power button at the same time. 
4. Continue holding it until you are asked to push Volume Up to enter Download Mode. (If your computer starts installing extra drivers at this time then please be patient and let it finish)
5. Rightclick Odin and select Run as Administrator. Using 64bit Windows, I usually have to run it this way.
6. After a moment Odin should recognize your phone and you should see the top left box in Odin turn yellow and numbers appear in ID COMM (this represents your phone).
7. The only box that should be tick marked is Auto reboot. Uncheck all other boxes.
8. On the bottom right, select PDA and navigate to the unzipped att_note_root.tar file that you downloaded earlier. Make sure that it is a tar file and not a zip file!
9. Select Start and let Odin inject the tar and then wait for the phone to reboot.
10. Now all you have to do is make sure that you have the Superuser apk inside of your app drawer. Update it by launching it or by updating it through the Market.

Thanks to roloracer at XDA for putting this package together.

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