How to Root the Samsung Galaxy S3 (MetroPCS)
Users of Samsung Galaxy S3 (MetroPCS) have been waiting for a root method to arrive so they can root their devices and enjoy all the goodies what other carrier have been enjoying for a while. And the wait’s over now as the aforementioned device has been successfully rooted and the root method is available on the XDA Forums. Based on the root method, we’ve created a nice guide that teaches you how you can root your Galaxy S3 (MetroPCS) device, so let’s not waste time and get onto the procedure.
I. Before You Begin:
1. This should void the warranty of the device. However, it can be reinstated by unrooting the device if there’s any unrooting procedure available.
2. This works on Windows based PCs only.
3. You should have appropriate drivers installed on your PC.
II. Downloading Required Files:
1. Root Package (It’s attached in the second post)
III. Rooting the Samsung Galaxy S3 (MetroPCS):
1. Download and place the Root Package archive onto your Desktop.
2. Unzip files from the archive to your Desktop. Do not run any files just yet.
3. Enable USB debugging on your device from Menu>>Settings>>Developer options>>USB debugging.
4. Once enabled, connect the device to your PC using the USB cable.
5. Double-click on the RootDebugfs.bat file you extracted to your Desktop.
6. Follow the on-screen instructions.
7. And you should be rooted now!
Good Job! Your device’s been successfully rooted and you should find the Superuser app in your App Drawer. It was all a matter of a few clicks and you’re rooted!
IV. Flash a Custom Recovery Image (Optional):
1. If you would like to flash a custom recovery image in order to flash custom ROMs, head to the How To Flash a Custom Recovery Image on the Samsung Galaxy S3 (MetroPCS) to learn how to do that.
If this procedure helped you please thank/donate to the original developers here.
If you need help with this procedure, please ask in the comments below or in the forum.
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Does rooting this mean you could change provider sim cards to the phone? ex: (Metro PCS to T-Mobile)
I followed the instructions but it doesnt root.While its installing all the lines say errors and acess denied.
I think that we had to put files in the package on our device, first.
I’m wondering if this works on 4.1.2 galaxy s3 metro pcs?
Comment: This did not work for MetroPCS SCH-R530M Galaxy. Followed your steps exactly as written.
Waiting for device to be detected…
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
Found system partition at: /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/s
Step 1 – Pushing files…
failed to copy ‘debugfs’ to ‘/data/local//debugfs’: Permission denied
failed to copy ‘su’ to ‘/data/local//su’: Permission denied
failed to copy ‘debugfsinput’ to ‘/data/local//debugfsinput’: Permission denied
failed on ‘/data/local/tmp’ – Permission denied
link failed File exists
Rebooting…
Once your devices has finished restarting,
Press any key to continue .
With Step 4, get message ‘ROOTING FAILED-TRY RUNNING AGAIN’.
I’ve run 3 times on 2 different computers-same error.
that’s because this is for galaxy s3 of the t999n variety
I have the T999N version and this doesn’t root my phone. It says the same exact thing:
Waiting for device to be detected…
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
_
It just stops there