Free unlock for Galaxy S III (i9300)

**jamesjerss** · 24-06-2012, 07:40 PM

Voodoo Galaxy S III SIM Unlock

Note: This oly wrking on rooted Galaxy S III mobiles.

Note: The application will only work on the international version of the Galaxy S III not 4r US version

If you wanted to unlock the baseband of your Samsung Galaxy S III so it will work with SIM cards from any carrier, the initial methods weren’t very user friendly. The process takes about 17 steps and involves setting permissions and mucking around with a hexadecimal editor. That might be fine for you or me, but its time consuming and can scare off people who are less tech savvy (and its not like we’re the only people who need unlocked basebands). The same method has been automated into an app, which is available as ‘Voodoo Galaxy S III SIM Unlock’ on the Google Play Store.

Voodoo Galaxy S III SIM Unlock automates the process into a one button operation. (Well, two. There’s also a button for checking the status of your current SIM lock.) All you need is a rooted Samsung Galaxy S III and the app (and whatever SIM card you want to use later). The app will even back up your EFS files, but does not currently feature an automated restore function.

If you manage to install the unlock tool on the wrong device, it will inform you that your device is incompatible, instead of breaking things.

The Voodoo Galaxy S III SIM Unlock is a FREE, open source project and is provided without warranty. (Though the developer does not expect that a user can do irreversible damage to their baseband with the tool.) If you need to do a baseband restore, you may be able to find support from the developers in the original unlock’s XDA forum thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1715149

Voodoo Galaxy S III SIM Unlock for the Samsung Galaxy S III – FREE [Google Play Store Link]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...NpbXVubG9jayJd

**jamesjerss** · 24-06-2012, 08:03 PM

Root Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300 Using CF-Root

1] Download the CF-Root-SGS3-v6.3.zip file and save it on your computer’s desktop. Unzip its files in a single directory. You will need only to extract files once and you should get a ‘.tar’ file. Do not extract that one.
http://www.mediafire.com/?g5jvliufq1civd4

2] Next, download Odin 3 v1.85. Unzip its contents. Your phone should be disconnect from your PC.
http://www.mediafire.com/?e699jwhg50bcw9a

3] Launch the Odin executable.

4] After Odin launches, click the ‘PDA’ button.

5] Browse for the ‘CF-Root-SGS3-v6.0.tar’ file that you downloaded and extracted at step 1. Select it.

6] Now, power Off your phone completely. You will need to boot into download mode.

7] Boot in download mode by pressing and holding all these 3 buttons at the same time: Volume down, Home and Power. In case you’re asked to press a specific button in order to load download mode, then do it.

8] Connect your Galaxy S3 to your computer.

9] Odin should display a yellow box which means that everything is set for the rooting process to start.

10] Make sure that the ‘Repartition’ box is un-ticked and after that click START.

11] Now, Odin will begin to flash the CF-Root tar file and when it completes, SuperSU root, Clockworkmod Recovery and CWM Manager have all been installed on your phone.

12] When the root is finished you will notice the the SGS3 reboots and during this process you are free to disconnect it from your PC.

To verify that your device has been successfully rooted, you simply need to open the Android app drawer which should show the SuperSU and CWM Manager icons. That’s it, now your device has been successfully rooted. If SuperSU isn’t listed then your device hasn’t been rooted and you should either try the second root method or repeat the entire tutorial I’ve listed above.