Galaxy S3 Guides

-[HOW TO] Unlock Bootloader Verizon Galaxy S III Windows/Mac/Linux

ATTENTION this method works for sgs3 software on 8/15/12. If Samsung updates your bootloaders this may potentially brick your device. DO NOT accept an OTA update until you have flashed the Odin files 
WINDOWS Method:
Code:
adb push aboot.img /sdcard/aboot.img

adb shell

su

dd if=/sdcard/aboot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5
All credits to Adam on this, just wanted to give people some options.


MAC and LINUX Method:
We now have access to an unsecure bootloader. This was leaked by an African-Canadian Sock Monkey.Let me make this clear. If Samsung updates your device’s bootloaders, using this tool could potentially brick your device. Once you apply this, never accept a factory update without first flashing the Odin Packages in the Original Post of this thread. As a general rule, you want to be the last guy to apply any Samsung update. Run custom.

As of the date of this posting, this works great on Linux and it should work wonderfully on Mac too. If you’re using Windows, I recommend downloading Windows Ubuntu Installer(WUBI)to install Ubuntu from within Windows.

Download
http://d-h.st/ypJ

Instructions:
1. Open this file
2. Select Root with DebugFSRoot and Do It
3. Select Flash Unsecure Aboot and Do It
4. Use Odin or CWM to flash kernels to your device

This was tested with a Sprint kernel flashed via Odin. Although the Sprint kernel caused the device to have a blank screen due to hardware incompatibility, it’s more than enough for a proof-of-concept. Stock bootloaders will not let you flash improper kernels with Odin and will cause the device not to boot. This corrects the problem. I’ll leave implementation to other developers. If you feel uncomfortable flashing this on your own, wait for your favorite kernel developer to release something.

Note to developers: This CASUAL package contains everything you need. A jar can be opened as a zip file. CASUAL format sticks all scripts in the /SCRIPTS/ folder. You can obtain all files needed from within this package, then repackage them into CWM format. In order to avoid a mass brick fest, please apply an assert to your CWM scripts to verify ro.build.version.incremental and do not allow updates past what has been tested. As of the time of this writing I535VRALG7B is safe.

With the unlock of the GS3, this thread is locked. There will be no victory dancing in here. Move along to General or something. This thread will lie dormant until it is needed again in the future. Ralekdev will be releasing another exploit in the future as soon as this one stops working. Feel free to review what was learned until then.

P.S. Sorry to those who I have offended by having posts removed. I’m also sorry to those who had their intelligence insulted before I had both of our posts removed. I hope you understand that in 6 months from now when everyone forgets about this thread but needs to catch back up, the information will still be right here in condensed format.

  • Rick

    sorry for the noob question… I rooted my phone with noxious ninjas root method and have installed the SynergyRom. Can I still use this to unlock my bootloader?

    • DroidModderX

      You can

      • Rick

        Thanks! And thanks also for the videos, they have helped a lot!

  • SpaZZoiD

    my build is i535vrlf2 will this work using linux?

  • SpaZZoiD

    build number = IMM76D.I535VRALF2 will it work? the first one i posted was the baseband version

    • DroidModderX

      Yes

  • Ramiro Magallanez

    Solo since I’ve never had an unlocked phone before, where can I go from here as far as downloading other ROMs now?

    • DroidModderX

      You can only use Roms designed for i535 I post them here as they come out of you can find them on any of the popular forums

      • Ramiro Magallanez

        Thanks alot

  • Ramiro Magallanez

    Or should I say downloading and I stalling ROMs other then the ones designated for i535

  • zmedhaug

    I am buying the galaxy s 3 and I’m following you on twitter. Where are your guides and updates for cm 10 on the s 3?

    • DroidModderX

      My guides are on youtube.com/droidmodd3rx

  • wan2run

    Has anyone tried this after having installed the OTA? I’ve been running my device in stock form up until today. The debugfs one click root method worked, but I’m leary in monving forward with unlocking the bootloader.

    • DroidModderX

      I have not tried it but Scott developer of clean rom says it worked for him

  • jason

    Sorry I am not to good with phone rooting…

    Since using the Windows cmd method doesn’t cause your phone to wipe and reboot; how do you know you did it correctly?…..what is the best way to confirm that the process worked and that you’re ready to flash roms?

    • DroidModderX

      You can use ez-unlock app to verify your boot loader is unlocked

  • Paul

    I am trying to unlock my s3 so I can go ahead and get the jb custom rom. Does this method brick my cell since it is after the 8/15/12 mark? can anyone help me with that answer so I can get this done. This is the first time rooting or unlocking any phone so I’m not sure about this, but wanting this now since verizon is so slow with their updates…

    • DroidModderX

      It still works