Pakage Posted June 12, 2012 Author Share Posted June 12, 2012 I just got the Galaxy S III and it has facial recognition. So, if i havent touched the screen in a while (maybe reading an article or something) and it hits the screen timeout timer, if it detects a face on the front facing camera it wont lock the screen. Im pretty sure that my maps/navigation dont screen lock while im in them, could be wrong though, ill check it out for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perceptualChaos Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 This is by far the safest and easiest way to root your phone if you have Ice Cream Sandwich. It took a couple of minutes on my Galaxy S2 with absolutely no problems. First thing I did was install titanium backup (pro) and freeze all of the bloatware from my vendor (Docomo). That reduced my RAM usage from > 800MB to ~300MB. [GUIDE] ROOT/UNROOT Stock ICS Firmware without flashing unsecure kernel - xda-developers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Just got an android phone yesterday. Cheap Huawei G300. Not a bad phone, and should be updated to the newest version of Android within the next few weeks or so. Since I'm running Ubuntu, the phone sync sounds like a wicked idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pakage Posted July 29, 2012 Author Share Posted July 29, 2012 This is by far the safest and easiest way to root your phone if you have Ice Cream Sandwich. It took a couple of minutes on my Galaxy S2 with absolutely no problems. First thing I did was install titanium backup (pro) and freeze all of the bloatware from my vendor (Docomo). That reduced my RAM usage from > 800MB to ~300MB. [GUIDE] ROOT/UNROOT Stock ICS Firmware without flashing unsecure kernel - xda-developers Any idea if this would work with the S III ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perceptualChaos Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Almost certainly bro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pakage Posted July 29, 2012 Author Share Posted July 29, 2012 coz i really want to root my phone but dont want to ruin my warranty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perceptualChaos Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 AFAIK with this method you can unroot and there is no way your provider can tell that it was ever rooted. Just don't flash a new ROM and should be sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pakage Posted July 29, 2012 Author Share Posted July 29, 2012 sweet, just gotta find a version of CWM for the S III, it doesnt come up in the downloads section for some reason.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perceptualChaos Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 sweet, just gotta find a version of CWM for the S III, it doesnt come up in the downloads section for some reason.. It's there dude, under Samsung Galaxy S3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pakage Posted July 29, 2012 Author Share Posted July 29, 2012 how do you flash .img files? it doesnt even show up in the directory when i browse in the boot loader. It only shows zip files? I've made a post on XDA detailing my issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perceptualChaos Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 how do you flash .img files? it doesnt even show up in the directory when i browse in the boot loader. It only shows zip files? I've made a post on XDA detailing my issue Did you put it in the external SD card? That's necessary AFAIK. If that's what you are doing then maybe try zipping it lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pakage Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 yeah its on the external. haha okay ill try that. not sure what else to try. The CWM.zip that's on the first link there is not just a zipped img file though. Its install files and shit i think. ill try it though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perceptualChaos Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 I just did a little searching, and it seems you need an officially signed version of CWM which doesn't exist for S3 to use this method. So yeah you will have to use ODIN unfortunately as per link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pakage Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 yeah fuck it, i just wasted half a day on this lol and i just ended up using Odin and Triangle Away. Now to get rid of the bloatware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 I'm still waiting for Android ICS to become available for my phone like it is for UK phones of the same model.. Hurry up vodafone you slags lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pakage Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 Now to get rid of the bloatware. I Froze all the apps on this list apart from a Google+ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1634624&page=3 But i still have about half of my 1GB of memory in use. It probably only went down about 80 - 100MB. Good but not awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perceptualChaos Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Using an app called android system info, or any task manager really, you can sort the processes by RAM usage and see what is still clogging it up. There may well be a bunch of crap still there from your carrier as opposed to Samsung and Google. Or it might just be getting eaten up by apps that you've installed, in which case consider uninstalling anything you don't need. At the end of the day though, if you start running out of RAM then android will kill all of those non-critical tasks, so I wouldn't worry about it too much. Another cool app for rooted phones is AdFree Android. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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