Verizon Galaxy S3 remove 4.3 update?

[Almostlastplace]

Does this method work on the verizon Galaxy S3? Has anyone tried it to confirm it works? I want to downgrade so I can root and install cyanogenmod which I can't seem to do with the 4.3 update.

Link: How to downgrade Galaxy S3 back to Android 4.1.2: tutorial [update] - AndroidPIT

[TopWargamer]

First off, I don't recognize that source. If I don't recognize that source, that means that it's probably not a good or reliable source. Secondly, are you 100% sure that you can't upgrade to CyanogenMod with the 4.3 update on your phone? What method are you using? CM Installer or the classic way?

 

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MAI BROTHA

[Almostlastplace]

First off, I don't recognize that source. If I don't recognize that source, that means that it's probably not a good or reliable source. Secondly, are you 100% sure that you can't upgrade to CyanogenMod with the 4.3 update on your phone? What method are you using? CM Installer or the classic way?

 

 Yeah I didn't recognize the source so I decided to ask around to see if anyone has done it. And I tried to use saferoot to root my phone on 4.3 which does give me root access but it doesn't unlock the bootloader so I can't use custom recovery like clockworkmod or TWRP. When I tried to do it anyways against warnings I just soft-brick my phone (easy fix though). And I can't use the CM installer because the Verizon GS3 isn't supported.

 

 

 

 

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MAI BROTHA

Heck yeah, I'm a student at USF .

[TopWargamer]

@Almostlastplace

 

Well, I *kind of* did the same thing my G2. I used some program to root it (although the program was specifically tailored to root my phone). All that did was root it, which I am ASSUMING unlocks the bootloader as well, because I was able to install both TWRP and CWM. (Well, one at a time. Currently using CWM for technical reasons.) You'll probably get better results by asking your question on XDA. They're far better off to help you than of us are.

 

Heck yeah, I'm a student at USF.

Oooooh, neat. I plan on going there once I graduate high school. Still have one more year after this year though. Oh well. 

(As a side note, thank God for Bright Futures.) 

[Almostlastplace]

@Almostlastplace

 

Well, I *kind of* did the same thing my G2. I used some program to root it (although the program was specifically tailored to root my phone). All that did was root it, which I am ASSUMING unlocks the bootloader as well, because I was able to install both TWRP and CWM. (Well, one at a time. Currently using CWM for technical reasons.) You'll probably get better results by asking your question on XDA. They're far better off to help you than of us are.

 

That was probably before the 4.3 update because based on my lurking on the XDA and Android Central forums there current;y isn't a way to unlock the bootloader with the update so I'm trying to downgrade.

 

 

Oooooh, neat. I plan on going there once I graduate high school. Still have one more year after this year though. Oh well. 

(As a side note, thank God for Bright Futures.) 

Yeah it it's a life saver combined with duels enrollment from my high school days. 

[shiamatsu]

I don't have an S3, but looking through Google and XDA, I found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2605648. It's supposedly a recovery that allows you to flash ROMS w/o tampering the original firmware.

 

Edit: Upon furthur reading, it seems that you can only flash other 4.3 TW ROMs, not CM. Sorry about that.