can somebody point me which is the best way to root this latest update? Im about to root my phone yet I found out the old methods posted are not confirmed to work with the latest update.

Originally Posted by rookiegenius

can somebody point me which is the best way to root this latest update? Im about to root my phone yet I found out the old methods posted are not confirmed to work with the latest update.

I used the SG3 Toolbox which was located here at XDA. Worked like a charm.

Originally Posted by rookiegenius

can somebody point me which is the best way to root this latest update? Im about to root my phone yet I found out the old methods posted are not confirmed to work with the latest update.

flashing the OTA with root injected via Odin is probably the easiest;

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1771687

just make sure you download the correct TMO T999UVALH2 update.

I just plugged into my PC and updated via Kies. Updated no problem but lost root. Going to leave it unrooted until JB update comes in the next few days. After I get the stock update I'll start looking for roms.

Originally Posted by kwilsonjr

I just plugged into my PC and updated via Kies. Updated no problem but lost root. Going to leave it unrooted until JB update comes in the next few days. After I get the stock update I'll start looking for roms.

jb update is out or you talking update for "broke" patch out now?

Originally Posted by darren.wlsn1

jb update is out or you talking update for "broke" patch out now?

I'm talking about the subject of this thread "New T-mobile OTA T999UVALH2 17AUG12"

Just thought I'd add, since it's not here, I preserved root with Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper: temporary unroot to get the update. Root restored just fine.

I also had repeated failures, and based on what was failing on the OTA for the Lenovo ThinkPad, I put all the stock apps I had "removed" to a folder on my sd card back in the system folder, and things went well.

(It was getting the stock recovery to flash via Odin to replace my early version of CWM and resetting the flash counter that was the bulk of the work - not that it was hard, but it was definitely more than using Voodoo).