I9300 XELLA How to Root? - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi fellows,
I read that chainfire has not yet released cf-root for XELLA rom.
and my question is how can i root my device without installing custom rom?
if that's not possible, is there a kernel that i can flash that roots my phone without so much tweaks.

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Rooting
Download CF-Root-SGS3-v6.4.zip on your computer and extract the file.
from h**p://download.chainfire.eu/196/CF-Root/SGS3/CF-Root-SGS3-v6.4.zip
Open ODIN
Switch off your phone and enter into download mode.
(To enter into download mode you need to press Volume down button and Home button simultaneously while turning the phone on.)
Hope you have your device’s USB drivers installed on your computer if not install it.
Now open ODIN on your computer and connect your device to computer while your phone is on download mode.
When your device will be connected to your computer, one ID:COM boxes will turn yellow/Blue after some time.
Select the files that you have to flash or install on your device from the extracted files in first download.
Now in ODIN, check for Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time options.and for the Re-partition option, check only if you have selected .PIT file above.
Click start in ODIN and the flashing will begin.
This flashing might take some time.As soon as the installation ends your device will restart.
Unplug your device from computer.
Switch it off again after it turns on completely and boots to home screen.
Now you need to enter into recovery mode,to enter into recovery switch on the phone while pressing Volume up,Home and Power buttons together.
Navigate with volume buttons to and select wipe data/factory reset from the recovery menu.
Select reboot system now and wait for device to boot again.
You are done, you rooted your Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300 to 4.1.2 Jelly Bean I9300XXELLA Final Firmware.

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dimi22 said:
Hi fellows,
I read that chainfire has not yet released cf-root for XELLA rom.
and my question is how can i root my device without installing custom rom?
if that's not possible, is there a kernel that i can flash that roots my phone without so much tweaks.
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i rooted stock xxellc yesterday using chainfire. no probs.
use google or the above helpful post for method.

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Is XELLA the latest firmware or is it just an OTA?

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ToonTonic said:
Is XELLA the latest firmware or is it just an OTA?
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Firmware

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Questions go in the QA section, not general

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arinrizk said:
Download CF-Root-SGS3-v6.4.zip on your computer and extract the file.
from h**p://download.chainfire.eu/196/CF-Root/SGS3/CF-Root-SGS3-v6.4.zip
Open ODIN
Switch off your phone and enter into download mode.
(To enter into download mode you need to press Volume down button and Home button simultaneously while turning the phone on.)
Hope you have your device’s USB drivers installed on your computer if not install it.
Now open ODIN on your computer and connect your device to computer while your phone is on download mode.
When your device will be connected to your computer, one ID:COM boxes will turn yellow/Blue after some time.
Select the files that you have to flash or install on your device from the extracted files in first download.
Now in ODIN, check for Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time options.and for the Re-partition option, check only if you have selected .PIT file above.
Click start in ODIN and the flashing will begin.
This flashing might take some time.As soon as the installation ends your device will restart.
Unplug your device from computer.
Switch it off again after it turns on completely and boots to home screen.
Now you need to enter into recovery mode,to enter into recovery switch on the phone while pressing Volume up,Home and Power buttons together.
Navigate with volume buttons to and select wipe data/factory reset from the recovery menu.
Select reboot system now and wait for device to boot again.
You are done, you rooted your Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300 to 4.1.2 Jelly Bean I9300XXELLA Final Firmware.
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I think this method will flash the kernel and the sudden death fix will not stay is that true? and are there risks because of the locked bootloader.
Read a topic where someone bricked his phone because he flashed another stock firmware on xella update.

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dimi22 said:
Read a topic where someone bricked his phone because he flashed another stock firmware on xella update.
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dimi22 said:
I think this method will flash the kernel and the sudden death fix will not stay is that true? and are there risks because of the locked bootloader.
Read a topic where someone bricked his phone because he flashed another stock firmware on xella update.
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Why are people referring to the ELLA bootloader as locked? It's not locked because you can root/flash to your heart's content, the only difference is a custom kernel or recovery will set the flash counter back to 1 after TA, simple to get round. Flash a stock kernel, run TA, flash stock rom (without entering recovery), wipe data in stock recovery. How is that so hard for people to get round?

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Oke guys,,,, my point is i always thought that flashing CF ROOT is flashing kernel!!
SO if i flash latest CF ROOT my safe XELLA kernel is gone..... is that not right ???

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dimi22 said:
Oke guys,,,, my point is i always thought that flashing CF ROOT is flashing kernel!!
SO if i flash latest CF ROOT my safe XELLA kernel is gone..... is that not right ???
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Yes thats right so there is no way to root XELLA with keeping STOCK kernel and STOCK recovery for safety of SDS.

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I used CF-auto root which worked like a charm!

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robertreyez said:
I used CF-auto root which worked like a charm!
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and do you have the same kernel i think CF root flashed an older kernel??

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dimi22 said:
Oke guys,,,, my point is i always thought that flashing CF ROOT is flashing kernel!!
SO if i flash latest CF ROOT my safe XELLA kernel is gone..... is that not right ???
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to be safe or not , I myself 100% sure that XELLA don't contain the fix . why ?! I installed the XELLA and my device died two days ago.
as long as Samsung didn't announce that "a certain rom" got the fix , No one is safe.
I communicated with STOMAX please find his posts " specially the Post where he introduced his custom ROM Stomax v13"
final words (My opinion)
Samsung didn't officially announce the fix (even the bug) == No one is safe.
Good Luck

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Flashing cf root does not flash a kernel. If you flash cf root then flash one of the protected recoveries, you should be fine on XXELLA

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slaphead20 said:
Flashing cf root does not flash a kernel. If you flash cf root then flash one of the protected recoveries, you should be fine on XXELLA
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oke and how do i flash the xella recovery then?

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If you are flashing via Odin you will have stock recovery, if you then want a custom/protected recovery flash with mobile Odin/cwm depending on format it comes in