Samsung Galaxy SIII SCH-I535 (samsung-d2vzw)

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Samsung Galaxy S III (Verizon)
XFCE4 Desktop running
XFCE4 Desktop running
Manufacturer Samsung
Name Galaxy S III (Verizon)
Codename samsung-d2vzw
Released 2012
Category testing
Pre-built images no
Original software Android
Original version 4
Hardware
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus (MSM8960)
CPU Dual-core Krait 1.5 GHz
GPU Adreno 225
Display 720x1280 AMOLED
Storage 16 GB, 32 GB
Memory 2 GB
Architecture ARMv7
Features
USB Networking
Works
Flashing
Works
Touchscreen
Works
Display
Works
WiFi
Partial
FDE
Mainline
Battery
Works
3D Acceleration
Works
Audio
Partial
Bluetooth
Camera
GPS
Broken
Mobile data
Broken
Internal storage
SMS
Broken
Calls
Broken
USB OTG
Works
NFC
Sensors
Accelerometer
Works
Magnetometer
Ambient Light
Proximity
Hall Effect
Barometer
Power Sensor
Misc
Built-in DVB
Camera Flash
Keyboard
Touchpad
USB-A
HDMI/DP
Ir TX
Ir RX
Stylus
Memory Card
Haptics
Ethernet
FOSS bootloader


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Users owning this device

How to enter flash mode

Set phone to ODIN mode

 1. Turn off phone
 2. Connect USB cable
 3. Hold VOLUME_DOWN + HOME + POWER until you get Warning!! screen
 4. Push VOLUME_UP to continue to ODIN mode screen

Installation

Step 1: Flash the system to an SD card

Note Note: You can technically flash postmarketOS to your internal storage instead of an SD card, but there's no easy way to do this on samsung-d2vzw at the moment

Start by flashing postmarketOS onto an SD card. Follow the usual bootstrap process, but select samsung-d2vzw as the device.

Step 2: Enter ODIN mode

To enter ODIN mode, follow these steps:

 1. Turn off phone
 3. Hold Volume Down + Home + Power until you get Warning!! screen
 2. Connect USB cable
 4. Push Volume up to continue to ODIN mode screen

Step 3: Flash the kernel via ODIN mode

Note Note: You can also use pmbootstrap flasher flash_kernel as a shortcut to this process.

Now, use Heimdall to flash the image with -boot at the end to your boot partition. Make sure that you extract it before flashing it (the downloaded file is a compressed .tar.xz archive).

Flash it with this command:

heimdall flash --BOOT <Decompressed image filename> --verbose

Note that it's important to write BOOT in all capitalised letters, as otherwise you will get an error about the partition not being found in the PIT.

After that's done, your device should now automatically reboot into postmarketOS! The results should be similar to the image below: Samsung-d2vzw splash-screen.jpg