====== Galaxy S3 ======

^ TWRP Recovery | [[https://twrp.me/samsung/samsunggalaxys3internationalexynos.html|samsunggalaxys3internationalexynos]] |
^ Root | Magisk (recommended) / [[https://autoroot.chainfire.eu/|ChainFire AutoRoot]] |
^ LineageOS | [[https://download.lineageos.org/i9300|i9300]] |

===== Root with Heimdall/CF AutoRoot =====

//<fc #ff0000>[[:admin:android:start#twrp|TWRP]]+Magisk is recommended!</fc>, but here's the old tutorial. Doesn't matter really ;)//

  - extract ''cache.img'' and ''recovery.img'' into the AutoRoot directory.
  - run ''heimdall-frontend'' as root.
  - Click the Utilities tab.
  - Disconnect the USB cable, if attached.
  - Power off your Samsung device. To insure that it is completely shutdown, you can remove the battery and reinsert it.
  - Connect the USB cable from the phone to the computer.
  - In Heimdall press the Detect button.
  - You need to save the PIT (Partition Information Table) file from the device.
    - In the Download PIT section of the Utilities tab
    - USB -3 error means that you did not run heimdall-frontend as root.
  - Once you have a PIT file, you can click the Flash tab.
  - select the PIT you downloaded
  - Add a partition, and ignore the partition display.
    - add //Recovery// (with ''recovery.img'') and //Cache// (with ''cache.img'')
  - Enable //No Reboot// option, click //Start//
  - After flash, while holding down the Power button, unplug the USB cable. Keep holding down the Power button, and press the vol+ until the Galaxy S3 boots into Recovery.
  - CF-Auto-Root installs the necessary files, and the SuperSU application.

===== MTP mode doesn't work in Linux =====

Load module ''mtdblock'':

> It emulates block devices over MTD devices.