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Old Jul 11, 2012 | 04:16 PM
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I hate that VZW lock the bootloaders!
Yeah pretty lame.. but the "modding" community only makes a small fraction of their sales numbers.. so why would they care
Old Jul 11, 2012 | 07:50 PM
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Just had to send back the refurb GNex I got back yesterday. The ambient light sensor was inop. Using a crap TBolt as a loaner and wish I could find my old Droid as I'd rather use that.

Since I bought the phone through Bestbuy I am dealing with them, Verizon said they couldn't do much. Tomorrow I am getting a 3rd refurbished phone since the 2 before that had issues as well.
Old Jul 11, 2012 | 09:39 PM
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After the 3rd one, arnt you entitled to a brand new one, or a new phone of your choice?
Old Jul 11, 2012 | 10:14 PM
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Old Jul 12, 2012 | 11:59 AM
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After the 3rd one, arnt you entitled to a brand new one, or a new phone of your choice?
Lemon law is for cars I think
Old Jul 12, 2012 | 12:10 PM
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Rooted/Recovery/Kernal/ROM flashed to Galaxy S III on Verizon. I must say this phone is extremely fast! Fastest phone i've used to date.

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Old Jul 12, 2012 | 12:18 PM
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Old Jul 12, 2012 | 12:57 PM
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Guess who just got the number to R&D at AT&T because I complained to tier 1, 2, and 3 tech support to much. Been calling 2-3 times a week asking if they can disable the bloatwear.
Old Jul 12, 2012 | 02:18 PM
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Rooted/Recovery/Kernal/ROM flashed to Galaxy S III on Verizon. I must say this phone is extremely fast! Fastest phone i've used to date.

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What method did you follow?

There are two on XDA im looking at right now.
Old Jul 12, 2012 | 02:58 PM
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What method did you follow?

There are two on XDA im looking at right now.
Jesus, you've had that phone for almost a week and it's not rooted with another rom on it yet???

*****!!
Old Jul 12, 2012 | 03:41 PM
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Jesus, you've had that phone for almost a week and it's not rooted with another rom on it yet???

*****!!
My excuse is that Root didnt come out till a couple days ago. Let them prefect it and get the kinks out before flashing.. And now they are saying there is a soon to come update that will most likely kill root anyways


Im not used to Samsung rooting (have to download/install the Odin software)

Im deff used to Motorola (as my last two phones were) and using their software for having fun.

Its a new learning experience for me. Lots of reading to do before I do anything haha.
Old Jul 12, 2012 | 04:12 PM
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My excuse is that Root didnt come out till a couple days ago. Let them prefect it and get the kinks out before flashing.. And now they are saying there is a soon to come update that will most likely kill root anyways


Im not used to Samsung rooting (have to download/install the Odin software)

Im deff used to Motorola (as my last two phones were) and using their software for having fun.

Its a new learning experience for me. Lots of reading to do before I do anything haha.
[ROOT] [RECOVERY] SCH-I535 (Verizon Galaxy S III) - Verizon Galaxy S3 Development - RootzWiki

A lot of reading and setting up sdk/adb/java but well worth it.
Look on youtube there are some video tutorials that walk you through the process.

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Old Jul 12, 2012 | 05:53 PM
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Guess who just got the number to R&D at AT&T because I complained to tier 1, 2, and 3 tech support to much. Been calling 2-3 times a week asking if they can disable the bloatwear.
dude... gimme the number.

i gotta call them about my friggin crappy wifi download speed...

i got to samsung's tier 2 support a couple days ago and havent heard from them since...



PM will do...
Old Jul 12, 2012 | 09:58 PM
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Old Jul 13, 2012 | 12:37 AM
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Originally Posted by PROcede
[ROOT] [RECOVERY] SCH-I535 (Verizon Galaxy S III) - Verizon Galaxy S3 Development - RootzWiki

A lot of reading and setting up sdk/adb/java but well worth it.
Look on youtube there are some video tutorials that walk you through the process.
Ill start looking into it tomorrow, thanks



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