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THIS IS FOR SGH-T989 (T-MOBILE) ONLY!
This will restore to T-Mobile 2.3.6 ULKL1.
This guide is for those who screwed up a flash, need to return their phone, are selling their phone, or just want that stock new phone feeling again.
Prerequisites:
1) ODIN
2) USB Drivers
If you need your data backed up first, backup personal data with Kies and Application Data with Titanium Backup.
Steps:
1) Download THIS file and extract it. (Password is 'sampro.pl') --Source HERE.
2) Power off your phone and remove the battery. Re-insert the battery after a few seconds.
3) Plug the USB cable into your computer, without plugging it into your phone.
4) Hold VOL UP + VOL DOWN while plugging in the USB cable to your phone. Stop holding with 'Warning' appears.
5) Press Volume UP and start ODIN (Run as Admin on Vista and 7, just to be safe)
6) Click PDA and locate the MD5 file extracted earlier.
7) Press 'Start' and be patient. It will take a few minutes because it is a large file.
8) Unplug your phone after it has completed and rebooted twice.
Now everything is 100% stock! Kernel, System, Bootloader, and Modem are stock.
If you're going to sell the phone, or just return it, I advise you to do the following:
1) Go to Settings > Privacy > Factory Data Reset
2) Check Format USB Storage
3) Press 'Reset Phone'
4) Press 'Erase Everything'
This will erase EVERYTHING on your phone including your SD Card (External + Internal)
If you happen to have a bootloop, perform the following:
1) Boot into recovery (Power on phone while holding VOL UP and VOL DOWN)
2) Wipe Data, Cache, and Dalvik
3) Reboot System
If this helped you save your phone, please press 'Thanks'
And if you want to, DONATE (You aren't required to, it's just HIGHLY appreciated.)
and here I was getting ready to upload stock recovery backup of my tmobile gs2
Thanks man I was waiting for someone to post one of these tutorials up. Can't wait to see it done.
Thanks looking forward to this!
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium
Waiting patiently...
Basically hold + and - and plug in the microUSB cable to get into ODIN mode
then select PDA and choose the STOCK ROM. Flash it.
THIS IS FOR 2.3.6 t-mobile KL1 baseband
for other stock ROMS 2.3.5 KID (t-mobile) and 2.3.5 KJ3 (Telus) please go to the bottom of this OP to DL them http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1324517
Guide Done!
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This should be a sticky!!
gazment said:
This should be a sticky!!
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Thanks haha
Update the OP and state that this is for T-mobile KL1 2.3.6
Bricked my phone
I tried this downloaded used pda slot and completly bricked my phone. wont turn on and when plugged in it reads a a usb Qsub_DLOAD
Shawnkanan said:
I tried this downloaded used pda slot and completly bricked my phone. wont turn on and when plugged in it reads a a usb Qsub_DLOAD
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The steps posted by the OP look reasonable to me. I did basically* the same thing several weeks ago using the same .rar file and it worked fine. Maybe you had a bad download . . . is the file size 324,600,505 bytes? (*My phone doesn't require pulling the battery, and I always plug the USB cable into the phone last to get into download mode.)
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA App
Shawnkanan said:
I tried this downloaded used pda slot and completly bricked my phone. wont turn on and when plugged in it reads a a usb Qsub_DLOAD
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Are you a t989 user? I don't see any reason for it to brick your phone if you have a successfully downloaded file and that it flashed successfully
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium
Enough power to flash? I've never heard of Odin system requirements.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA App
Odin keeps crashing while flashing the cache (cache.img.ext4). I am using Odin3 v1.70
I have the auto reboot and F. reset time checked. Any ideas?
Bricked my phone
Again I have flashed phones with ODIN ever since the Vibrant and never had an issue I downloaded the full file had plenty of power and followed the instructions and it failed multiple times then when I pulled the battery to see if it would boot it was done from then on out no Download mode, no recovery the phone does nothing! I plug it in and it shows in Device manager QHSUB_DLOAD and from what I hear its toast. So I wish everyone luck who tries this.
wj04 said:
Odin keeps crashing while flashing the cache (cache.img.ext4). I am using Odin3 v1.70
I have the auto reboot and F. reset time checked. Any ideas?
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update: I decided to just flash a stock kernel found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1454321
and that solved the problem.
Shawnkanan said:
Again I have flashed phones with ODIN ever since the Vibrant and never had an issue I downloaded the full file had plenty of power and followed the instructions and it failed multiple times then when I pulled the battery to see if it would boot it was done from then on out no Download mode, no recovery the phone does nothing! I plug it in and it shows in Device manager QHSUB_DLOAD and from what I hear its toast. So I wish everyone luck who tries this.
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that really sucks, you have the t989 right? are you sure the file downloaded completely? I was going to ask you to check the md5 for the file.. but there isn't one listed. The OP needs to be updated.
I'll add my vote of caution to restoring stock with ODIN and the SGH-T989, as I bricked mine as well. Luckily we're all still under warranty and they just replaced the main board and sent it back.
I think in my case it failed because with the Vibrant (I've flashed my Vibrant lots and lots) you always used a .pit file, and I didn't see a .pit file with the T989 stock reload I used (not this OP's file). So I hunted one down, and apparently I shouldn't have. Or maybe it just wasn't meant to be.
In any case be very careful!
Are you sure you followed this guide correctly? I did this EXACT same procedure a few days ago and it worked perfectly. Same file and everything. And the power notice is so your computer doesn't goto sleep or shut down while flashing.
Hello Good people of xda forum
please i have a very big problem at my hand involving my newly acquired galaxy note II, the international version and i was hoping that some of you could help me out here because this is driving me nuts.
My galaxy note II is 2 weeks old and i rooted it 5 days after i got it with Odin and everything seems to work smooth ever since.
My problem now started yesterday when i stupidly went to install the chainfire 3d plugin because i wanted to try my older games that worked better on my qualcomm desire HD that wouldn't work well on my note II and what happened next has left me with sorrows since yesterday evening.
My lovely Note won't boot up anymore. It always gets stuck on the samsung galaxy note II logo. I am on the stock samsung rom.
I have tried everything i could read online to get it working including entering clockworkmod recovery, wiping data, cache, daivik, factory reset, formating sd and external sd card and nothing seems to work.
I have even tried entering odin download mode and downloading a custom firmware to flash but it keeps saying ''downloading'' but never finishes.
I am helpless now and do not want the 619 EURO i paid for this phone to be a waste. I can't return it since it is already rooted and i cannot unroot it in it's current state.
Is there any way for me to copy over the stock rom zip file to the external sd and flash it from there? If yes, can anyone provide me with a stock rom zip file to flash as i cant seem to find it anywhere?
My galaxy note II is the international version, bought at Saturn electronics shop, germany.
I will also admit that i am not so good with the technical stuff so a little explanation could help.
Thanks all.
There are stock roms in the note 2 forum here on XDA. You can boot into CWM recovery and mount your SD card to be able to use on your laptop/PC. If that fails, you can get the Android SDK specifically adb and push it to your internal SD.
I've done the same on my old Galaxy S2, so don't worry it's recoverable! I suggest getting a stock rom and flash via Odin, failing that use the method I mentioned above.
I apologise if I'm unclear, I'm exhausted tonight!
Sent from my Galaxy Note 2 through the Space Time Continuum
Best thing to try in ur case is make a full wipe and factory reset from recovery then to flash stock rom using odin then to make a wipe again if any problems,this should solve ur problem. Good luck.
↖(^▽^)↗ Sent From Rego Galaxy Note!! ↖(^▽^)↗
Thank you both a lot. I am trying your solutions now. I will post back if it worked.
You both are life savers. My phone is back up and running.
Can't thank you all enough.
Thanks.
Any luck with your Note II ?
You can also download a custom rom , then put it in an external card
Slot it in the phone , do full wipe and flash .
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freeway82 said:
You both are life savers. My phone is back up and running.
Can't thank you all enough.
Thanks.
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Glad to hear the phone is alive.
freeway82 said:
You both are life savers. My phone is back up and running.
Can't thank you all enough.
Thanks.
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Happy to hear that man, and welcome
↖(^▽^)↗ Sent From Rego Galaxy Note!! ↖(^▽^)↗
same problem after chainfire install
i have exactly the same problem as you. i rooted my phone and after installing chainfire from android market the phone does not get past the logo screen.hard reset,recovery nothing works. can you please tell me the method you used to recover the phone and maybe a link to the factory rom or files that i need to download. people say one has to flash the rom, but how exactly does one do that. big help please. my phone is from india.
rocky4 said:
i have exactly the same problem as you. i rooted my phone and after installing chainfire from android market the phone does not get past the logo screen.hard reset,recovery nothing works. can you please tell me the method you used to recover the phone and maybe a link to the factory rom or files that i need to download. people say one has to flash the rom, but how exactly does one do that. big help please. my phone is from india.
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Hello, sorry for late reply. Here is the link you need
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896696
Search for your country's version of the stock rom and download it.
Download also the odin files included in that first post.
Once you have the stock rom for your country and odin files downloaded, unrar them if they are zipped and place their folders on the desktop or somewhere else you can
easily find them.
Now open odin from the folder you unrared and turn off your phone (your phone shouldn't be connected to the computer at this point).
Once your phone is off. Press and hold simultaneously the volume down button, home key button and the power button. Keep holding them until you
see the samsung logo. Then let go of the buttons and your phone would enter downloading mode.
Now plug in your phone via usb to your computer and a blue light would show on odin with COM written in it.
Now check the box next to PDA and point odin to the tar file contained in the downloaded rom folder you placed on your desktop and hit start on odin.
A progress bar would now show on your phone indicating that odin is flashing your phone with the stock rom.
Once it's finished successfully, it will show on odin "passed" in a green light and your phone should reboot and voila, your phone is now clean as new.
From there, I believe you continue on your own. Now disconnect your pbone and enjoy.
There are also pictures on the link I posted that would explain the process better.
If you any further questions, just ask.
Good luck.
Thats why i love XDA community, if u care to share your knowledge to help others, they will for sure help another and the knowledge circle grows
↖(^▽^)↗ Sent From Rego Galaxy Note!! ↖(^▽^)↗
UNREAL. I did the exact same thing. Rooted...no prob. Chainfire3d plugin. Bricked.
I have the Sprint US version. Which ROM do I need?
Same issue
I have the Verizon I605 version, now I am stuck between the downloading, do not turn off target and the System software not authorized screens........Please help, also Im on a Macbook please include proper instructions for my idiotic turn of events.
freeway82 said:
Hello, sorry for late reply. Here is the link you need
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896696
Search for your country's version of the stock rom and download it.
Download also the odin files included in that first post.
Once you have the stock rom for your country and odin files downloaded, unrar them if they are zipped and place their folders on the desktop or somewhere else you can
easily find them.
Now open odin from the folder you unrared and turn off your phone (your phone shouldn't be connected to the computer at this point).
Once your phone is off. Press and hold simultaneously the volume down button, home key button and the power button. Keep holding them until you
see the samsung logo. Then let go of the buttons and your phone would enter downloading mode.
Now plug in your phone via usb to your computer and a blue light would show on odin with COM written in it.
Now check the box next to PDA and point odin to the tar file contained in the downloaded rom folder you placed on your desktop and hit start on odin.
A progress bar would now show on your phone indicating that odin is flashing your phone with the stock rom.
Once it's finished successfully, it will show on odin "passed" in a green light and your phone should reboot and voila, your phone is now clean as new.
From there, I believe you continue on your own. Now disconnect your pbone and enjoy.
There are also pictures on the link I posted that would explain the process better.
If you any further questions, just ask.
Good luck.
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What do you do if you can't get your computer to recognize your phone plugged in the USB? I tried to delete the Samsung Drivers and reinstall but it didn't work. I can get my phone to Odin mode but can not get it to flash.
PLEASE HELP.
Make sure you've installed Samsung usb drivers.
Edit: should have read your entire post *sorry* Make sure there are no other usb related proggies running; they might interfere with your sammie usb drivers..
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda app-developers app
kustom1955 said:
What do you do if you can't get your computer to recognize your phone plugged in the USB? I tried to delete the Samsung Drivers and reinstall but it didn't work. I can get my phone to Odin mode but can not get it to flash.
PLEASE HELP.
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-Don't use any extension cable to connect device, if any.
-Try other USB port (2.0)
-Close Firewall
-Close antivirus
-Kies shouldn't working in background
-Still no way then use different machine.
Help please!!!!
I have manged to soft brick my galaxy note 2 without any luck of reviving it through all the methods prescribed in this thread as well as the other countless threads !!
Can anybody please guide me where i am going wrong..
I can put the phone in download mode and using odin 1.85 or 3.04 manage to flash these stock roms but they all FAIL after modem.bin..
typically as soon as the Radio starts flashing it fails... I have downloaded these two files and i a tryng my luck with them...
I cannot enter into recovery mode to do a factory reset :crying:
The files i am using are as below :
1) N7100XXUFND3_N7100ODDFND2_N7100DDUFND1_HOME.tar.md5
2) N7100XXALIE_N7100ODDALI9_N7100DDALI9_HOME.tar.md5
Friends plese helpme out.. dont wanna turn this phone into a paper weight... '
Its the international GT N7100.. and think its a sudden death situation...
Recently I tried to root my SIII T-Mobile.
I used the XDA tutorial to root it with Odin and that stuff.
So when it didn't get past the first thing, after 1 hours, I unplugged it because I thought it wasnt connected good.
So now it's saying this:
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.
I haven't got any previous rooting experience, I just followed XDA's tutorial.
Does this mean my phone is bricked?
How can I fix this?
I don't care if my phone will be rooted or not after I fix it, I just want it to work
Please help me.
I know I'm a new member.. but I am very scared.. really scared that my phone is bricked.
Can this be fixed?
Will this work? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1900345
(second post)
Next time you attempt to root read a little bit more and don't rush. Try to get into download mode if you can odin back to stock
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
re: it's not bricked
Mikeyman123 said:
Recently I tried to root my SIII T-Mobile.
I used the XDA tutorial to root it with Odin and that stuff.
So when it didn't get past the first thing, after 1 hours, I unplugged it because I thought it wasnt connected good.
So now it's saying this:
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.
I haven't got any previous rooting experience, I just followed XDA's tutorial.
Does this mean my phone is bricked?
How can I fix this?
I don't care if my phone will be rooted or not after I fix it, I just want it to work
Please help me.
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This guide will get your phone back up and running properly, doing anything else will just prolong your problem.
Easy and sure way fix your problem - Here is s step by step guide:
Download the newest pre-rooted Samsung Galaxy S3 T999 Jellybean v4.1.2 rom: T999_UVDMD5
After downloading make a folder on your computer's desktop and unzip the
file using Winzip or 7zip so the .TAR file is in the new folder you just made.
Download and extract Odin into the same folder you made containing the TAR file
Here is the link for Odin: http://d-h.st/Q14
• Download ODIN which is required for flashing the stock rooted firmware (a windows app)
• Download the Odin Flash firmware for T999 Tmobile then copy it to the same folder as Odin
• Run Odin by double clicking the Odin.exe within the same folder as the TAR file you extracted
• Turn off your phone and boot into DOWNLOAD MODE (Volume Down + Home + Power Hold until phone powers up, then release and press Volume Up to enter Download Mode)
• Once in Download Mode, connect the USB/Charger cable to the phone and plug into the USB port on your computer.
• You should now see a COM** port listed toward the top-left of Odin (under ID:COM)
• Click on the PDA button in the middle-right area of Odin.
• Browse to and select the Firmware you downloaded (TAR file)
• Make sure Auto-Reboot and F. Reset Time are the only options checked and that PDA is the only other thing checked.
• TRIPLE CHECK your settings and that you have selected the correct firmware for your model phone and are using the correct options.
• If you are using a laptop, make absolutely sure you are plugged in, or if on battery, that it is charged enough and will not go into sleep mode during flash.
• Click Start to begin the flash. This will take a while, so be patient!
• Once complete, in the top-left box in Odin, it will say PASS and the phone should have automatically rebooted.
• You may unplug the phone and close Odin if you wish.
• Wait at least 5-10 minutes for the system to boot the first time and then build its cache!
• (It may seem to hang during boot, this is normal and you must be patient!!!)
Good Luck!
KingKostas said:
Next time you attempt to root read a little bit more and don't rush. Try to get into download mode if you can odin back to stock
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
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Thanks for replying.
How do I get it back in download mode? it only says the problem I mentioned before.
With phone off, hold volume down, home, and power. Then press vol up to continue.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
Misterjunky said:
This guide will get your phone back up and running properly, doing anything else will just prolong your problem.... ....(It may seem to hang during boot, this is normal and you must be patient!!!)
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If this works, wow..
I greatly appreciate you helping me.
Trying it right now
Mikeyman123 said:
If this works, wow..
I greatly appreciate you helping me.
Trying it right now
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It should work. If you can get into download mode you're not hard bricked and should be able to get it running again. Good luck!
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
Is it normal that it's on NAND Write Start!! for like 15 mins now ?
I googled and the problem was that Kies was running in the BG.
I killed the process and can I safely restart Odin now? I'm scared I'll cause damage closing Odin.
closed kies and its still stuck on nand write start...
Mikeyman123 said:
closed kies and its still stuck on nand write start...
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Try to be patient. It may take a while, but it should eventually timeout and Fail. Though, if you dont think its going to happen, then you can try to stop everything as you did before. Chances are nothing was actually done, but I cant promise you that. Last time you were able to still get download mode, you will probably still be able to if you have to resort to forcing it to stop.
BTW, uninstall Kies!!!!! There is really not much it is good for.
fixed the nand thing, now its on aboot.mbn
DocHoliday77 said:
Try to be patient. It may take a while, but it should eventually timeout and Fail. Though, if you dont think its going to happen, then you can try to stop everything as you did before. Chances are nothing was actually done, but I cant promise you that. Last time you were able to still get download mode, you will probably still be able to if you have to resort to forcing it to stop.
BTW, uninstall Kies!!!!! There is really not much it is good for.
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I unistalled Kies
I tried Odin v3.07 < stuck on NAND Write Start!!
I tried Odin v1.3 < stuck on aboot.mbn
I am trying Odin v3.07 GS3 < stuck on NAND Write Start!!
What should I do?
Cool! Is it still taking a really long time though? Or has it finished?
Now that you know the problem cause, if it were me i would reflash again just to be sure nothing was corrupted.
Good luck!
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
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Mikeyman123 said:
closed kies and its still stuck on nand write start...
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First unplug usb from the phone.
The kies drivers are still loaded unless you reboot the computer so the best thing would
be if you uninstall kies, it's not needed at all then reboot the computer.
After rebooting download the official samsung usb drivers which can be found here:
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SGH-T999RWBTMB#
After downloading the samsung usb drivers install the drivers and reboot the computer, start odin put the rom TAR file into the PDA slot
in Odin and then put the phone in download mode and lastly connect the usb cable from computer to the phone.
Then Re-Read the step by step instructions which was my first post here and follow it exactly to a TEE!
Good luck!
DocHoliday77 said:
Cool! Is it still taking a really long time though? Or has it finished?
Now that you know the problem cause, if it were me i would reflash again just to be sure nothing was corrupted.
Good luck!
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
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It was taking a lot of time so I tried v1.3 again.
How do I reflash it if it keeps getting stuck?
Can I contact you on Skype or something?
Mikeyman123 said:
It was taking a lot of time so I tried v1.3 again.
How do I reflash it if it keeps getting stuck?
Can I contact you on Skype or something?
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It should not keep getting stuck if you follow the directions I just gave you.
It normally can take Odin between 5-10 minutes to complete.
Misterjunky said:
It should not keep getting stuck if you follow the directions I just gave you.
It normally can take Odin between 5-10 minutes to complete.
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didn't see your post, thanks I'm going to try this now.
re: step by step instructions
Mikeyman123 said:
didn't see your post, thanks I'm going to try this now.
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After you get done with uninstalling kies and reboot then download/install samsung usb drivers and reboot computer again
then follow this guide to a TEE!
This guide will get your phone back up and running properly, doing anything else will just prolong your problem.
Easy and sure way fix your problem - Here is s step by step guide:
Download the newest pre-rooted Samsung Galaxy S3 T999 Jellybean v4.1.2 rom: T999_UVDMD5
After downloading make a folder on your computer's desktop and unzip the
file using Winzip or 7zip so the .TAR file is in the new folder you just made.
Download and extract Odin into the same folder you made containing the TAR file
Here is the link for Odin: http://d-h.st/Q14
• Download ODIN which is required for flashing the stock rooted firmware (a windows app)
• Download the Odin Flash firmware for T999 Tmobile then copy it to the same folder as Odin
• Run Odin by double clicking the Odin.exe within the same folder as the TAR file you extracted
• Turn off your phone and boot into DOWNLOAD MODE (Volume Down + Home + Power Hold until phone powers up, then release and press Volume Up to enter Download Mode)
• Once in Download Mode, connect the USB/Charger cable to the phone and plug into the USB port on your computer.
• You should now see a COM** port listed toward the top-left of Odin (under ID:COM)
• Click on the PDA button in the middle-right area of Odin.
• Browse to and select the Firmware you downloaded (TAR file)
• Make sure Auto-Reboot and F. Reset Time are the only options checked and that PDA is the only other thing checked.
• TRIPLE CHECK your settings and that you have selected the correct firmware for your model phone and are using the correct options.
• If you are using a laptop, make absolutely sure you are plugged in, or if on battery, that it is charged enough and will not go into sleep mode during flash.
• Click Start to begin the flash. This will take a while, so be patient!
• Once complete, in the top-left box in Odin, it will say PASS and the phone should have automatically rebooted.
• You may unplug the phone and close Odin if you wish.
• Wait at least 5-10 minutes for the system to boot the first time and then build its cache!
• (It may seem to hang during boot, this is normal and you must be patient!!!)
Good Luck!
Just making sure, is your gs3 always a sgh t99 if you buy it from t-mobile?
I'm not sure I first thought I had a i9300 but I just clicked the t-mobile one because I bought it at them.
Hi,
I have been a regular visitor of this website and have gained quite a good amount of knowledge through this forum.
I have been with android for the past 2 years and I have loved the android experience.
2 days ago, I read that there was a feature in android whereas the free apps access the internet frequently and use up precious battery power also the paid apps access the google play store in order to verify licenses. Both these kind of apps wakes up itself regularly and this eats up huge amount of battery.
To counter this I was searching for solutions through this website and found that there was an app which could be downloaded and which can handle such kind of scenario. Lucky Patcher. I didn't read the whole thread but I just went ahead and downloaded that app and my phone stopped working minutes after its installation. Upon reading the whole thread I found out that the android phone needs to be rooted in order for that app to work. BIG MISTAKE!
Now my phone is dead. I can start it but it gets stuck on the Samsung Galaxy S3 logo and never goes ahead.
I took the help of this forum to flash a stock ROM of S3 onto my fone using Odin 3.07 and a stock rom downloaded from samsung dash updates dot com.
This is the name of the folder that was downloaded from the website
"Samsung-Updates.com-SGH-T999V_GLW_1_20120818102113_dgbyab64vd"
I tried flashing it using Odin following the procedure but there was nothing happening on the software or on the phone. I kept the phone attached while Odin was "Initialising" for around 4-5 hours. I slept along that time, and when I woke up, it was still there. I was supposed to get "PASS!" on Odin but I didn't get that. I downloaded the previous versions of the stock ROM and tried that but all in vain.
Phone model: SGH-T999V (Wind Mobile, Canada)
Now I can't find a solution to this problem and this is my last resort. By the weekend I will go to one of those mobile stores which I haven't seen in ages, but will have to go there as I am unable to revive back my fone. And I utterly miss using it.
If there is anything any of you guys can help me with, I will be more than happy to reply to any further information you need.
Thank you all for reading, and thanks a million for even thinking of helping me.
God Bless you all.
-shanxthechashmish
I can't get in recovery mode (Home+volumeUP+Power). it vibrates once but the screen remains blank.
I can get into downloading mode (Home+volumeDown+Power). which gives me two options, one to continue and the other to cancel.
(May be this helps to determine whether my phone has been bricked or not!)
Using ODIN, the following information is given and is stuck at this only...
"<OSM> KIES_HOME_T999VVLDLL1_T999VYVLDLL1_CL616748_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/005> Initialzation.."
Usually, if you're stuck.during boot you just need to factory reset. Are you sure you're trying the right way to boot recovery? Hold volume up, home and power, when it vibrates, release power but continue holding volume up and home. Some blue text should flash at the top of the screen (you can let go of all buttons now) and it should boot recovery.
No idea why Odin isn't working. Do you have kies installed? If so, get rid of it, reboot and try again.
You could try flashing CWM or TWRP (see my Sig). Then boot recovery and factory reset or flash a Rom.
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Sounds like the drivers are missing. Or you need to run ODIN as administrator
I'm with @KAsp3rd, the computer is not seeing the phone, reinstall the USB drivers try again.
Here is a guide I made:
1. Download and install USB Drivers from here: Thanks to @DocHoliday77 for hosting
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=1368
2. Download and extract ODIN 3.07 from here: Thanks to @DocHoliday77 for hosting
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=1369
3. Download Stock ROM image (.tar file) from here: Thanks to @DocHoliday77 for hosting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687
4. Save all open files and reboot computer
5. Boot phone into Download mode (also called ODIN mode) by shutting down the phone and holding Volume Down & Home then pressing Power until it vibrates, still holding Volume Down & Home buttons, until the "Yellow Triangle" screen shows up.
6. Plug phone into computer and open ODIN 3.07 and make sure that only "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time" are checked.
7. Click on the "PDA" button (right side about half-way down), browse for ROM .tar file, click "Open" button.
8. Click "Start" button and watch to "Reset" or "Fail" to show in the 1st square (upper left side),
9. Phone will reboot
10. Leave phone alone for 10mins+ to let all of the first time boot stuff complete.
Good luck with it.
DocHoliday77 said:
Usually, if you're stuck.during boot you just need to factory reset. Are you sure you're trying the right way to boot recovery? Hold volume up, home and power, when it vibrates, release power but continue holding volume up and home. Some blue text should flash at the top of the screen (you can let go of all buttons now) and it should boot recovery.
No idea why Odin isn't working. Do you have kies installed? If so, get rid of it, reboot and try again.
You could try flashing CWM or TWRP (see my Sig). Then boot recovery and factory reset or flash a Rom.
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yes, I was doing the right way with the boot recovery. There was a blue text when the SAMSUNG logo flashed, but nothing after that. I let go off the power button while holding the power up and home buttons, but nothing went ahead.
I dont have kies installed. My laptop has a fresh win 7 ultimate installation. I got the usb drivers for samung already installed, it detects the phone everytime on one of the COM ports.
I'll go through the flashing CWM and TWRP. you meant your signature, right?
sorry for being such a newbie..
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Sounds like the drivers are missing. Or you need to run ODIN as administrator
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TI reinstalled the drivers using the Samsung flashing kit that was available here on xda developers.
I am not sure if ODIN is run as admin. I guess I need to try that one tonight. In class right now, too anxious to study..
wil post up the results as soon as i reach back home..
shanxthechashmich said:
yes, I was doing the right way with the boot recovery. There was a blue text when the SAMSUNG logo flashed, but nothing after that. I let go off the power button while holding the power up and home buttons, but nothing went ahead.
I dont have kies installed. My laptop has a fresh win 7 ultimate installation. I got the usb drivers for samung already installed, it detects the phone everytime on one of the COM ports.
I'll go through the flashing CWM and TWRP. you meant your signature, right?
sorry for being such a newbie..
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Yes, in my signature. But the others may still be correct. When you connect and open Odin does it show the port number in the top left area? If not then it's probably a driver issue, even if they're installed. Happens a lot believe it or not. Also try other usb ports on the computer.
If you can flash recovery in Odin though, this is all irrelevant of course! Either way let us know what happens.
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DJ_SpaRky said:
I'm with @KAsp3rd, the computer is not seeing the phone, reinstall the USB drivers try again.
Here is a guide I made:
1. Download and install USB Drivers from here: Thanks to @DocHoliday77 for hosting
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=1368
2. Download and extract ODIN 3.07 from here: Thanks to @DocHoliday77 for hosting
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=1369
3. Download Stock ROM image (.tar file) from here: Thanks to @DocHoliday77 for hosting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687
4. Save all open files and reboot computer
5. Boot phone into Download mode (also called ODIN mode) by shutting down the phone and holding Volume Down & Home then pressing Power until it vibrates, still holding Volume Down & Home buttons, until the "Yellow Triangle" screen shows up.
6. Plug phone into computer and open ODIN 3.07 and make sure that only "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time" are checked.
7. Click on the "PDA" button (right side about half-way down), browse for ROM .tar file, click "Open" button.
8. Click "Start" button and watch to "Reset" or "Fail" to show in the 1st square (upper left side),
9. Phone will reboot
10. Leave phone alone for 10mins+ to let all of the first time boot stuff complete.
Good luck with it.
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Thnaks for this detailed list.
but i know this drill, the only problem being that the phone is not going anywhere after the step where the ODIN has already flashed the file on the phone.
It gets stuck while "Initializing.." I have posted that as an update on my Post.
As KAsp3rd said that I must try running it as an administrator, I might do it tonight and will let you all know what it gave me..
Thanks for all the help..
I think we posted at the same time so did you see my post? Do you remember if Odin had the port number at the top left? In the Odin output it said ID:0, so it may not be seeing the phone.
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@DocHoliday77
Yes, it shows the COM port on the top left corner of the ODIN.
I have also uninstalled and reinstalled the driveres several times, but with no effect.. I am thinking the run as administrator is the one thing I havent thought of or tried or seen anywhere on the forum.
I will post the result of that as well by tonight.
And thanks for hosting so many files online. I downloaded the one that was needed for the Stock Firmware.
Ok, and in case you don't know, uninstalling the driver software isn't enough on its own. Go into device manager, right click and either update drivers, or uninstall, then install the new driver package.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Ok, and in case you don't know, uninstalling the driver software isn't enough on its own. Go into device manager, right click and either update drivers, or uninstall, then reboot computer, then install the new driver package.
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Windows, always reboot after uninstalling any drivers.
@DocHoliday77
I tried that thing again. Reinstalled the drivers after uninstalling and rebooting. there is still no response.
I gave it to one of my friends, he tried putting in the recovery file and now the screen says "Installation of the software has been interrupted, please restart to begin"
I'll post the screenshot in the morning now.
Also, @KAsp3rd : I tried running Odin as administrator, but the same thing happened. It used to get stuck at "Initialization"
Any more advices ?
shanxthechashmich said:
@DocHoliday77
I tried that thing again. Reinstalled the drivers after uninstalling and rebooting. there is still no response.
I gave it to one of my friends, he tried putting in the recovery file and now the screen says "Installation of the software has been interrupted, please restart to begin"
I'll post the screenshot in the morning now.
Also, @KAsp3rd : I tried running Odin as administrator, but the same thing happened. It used to get stuck at "Initialization"
Any more advices ?
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Is it the phone that says installation interrupted? When he tried flashing the recovery did he use odin? Did it seem to flash properly?
Something else I don't thonk hss been mentioned is to try a different usb cable. Preferably one thst came with the phone, or another device. (Some cables sold for recharging are not capable of data transfer on these devices).
Also, try all ports on the computer, and unplug all unnecessary peripherals.
If something happened and you got a bad flash, it could be bricked. Can't remember if you tried KAsp3rd's unbrick method already.
Another thing you can try to get recovery installed is to adb shell into the device and using the dd command, dump recovery to the phone. Youll have to have the android sdk installed to do this though.
Its hard to say what's really needed at this point though. Usually if you can get download mode, you can Odin the stock firmware. Most Odin problems are due to driver and cable issues. (Is Windows fully updated?)
Even though you can get download mode, the debrick method may still help, but I'm just not sure. Maybe I'm missing something.....
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DocHoliday77 said:
Is it the phone that says installation interrupted? When he tried flashing the recovery did he use odin? Did it seem to flash properly?
Something else I don't thonk hss been mentioned is to try a different usb cable. Preferably one thst came with the phone, or another device. (Some cables sold for recharging are not capable of data transfer on these devices).
Also, try all ports on the computer, and unplug all unnecessary peripherals.
If something happened and you got a bad flash, it could be bricked. Can't remember if you tried KAsp3rd's unbrick method already.
Another thing you can try to get recovery installed is to adb shell into the device and using the dd command, dump recovery to the phone. Youll have to have the android sdk installed to do this though.
Its hard to say what's really needed at this point though. Usually if you can get download mode, you can Odin the stock firmware. Most Odin problems are due to driver and cable issues. (Is Windows fully updated?)
Even though you can get download mode, the debrick method may still help, but I'm just not sure. Maybe I'm missing something.....
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I have the original cable with me, the one that came with the s3.
he tried using ODIN, but thats as far as I know. He said something about using Kies to flash the rom as well. not sure what.
No, I didn't try KAsp3rd's unbrick method. Could you please guide me where could I find that?
Also, everything you said after this unbrick method simply doesn't make any sense to me. May be some guided instructions would be helpful.
And yes, the windows is fully updated, no issue on that.
Where can I find the unbrick method?
If you want to just search for android sdk. It'll find Google's page for it and instructions. Should also find some good guides on installing and using. All I'd 've doing is searching for then repeating it back to you, so it'll be easier for both of us if you just go to the source. I think it's developer.Google com or something similar.
And she'll basically connects to your phone and allows you to run commands as if you were using the terminal emulator.
The debrick thread is stickies in development.
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what is the official stock firmware can i download directly? and what are name of the firmware and how long the procedure to flash that?
Firmware thread stickies in development section. Link is also in my Sig. Everything you need to know and download to get started is in that thread.
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One fine day all of a sudden my SGH T989 ( Tmobile version of Galaxy S2) turned off and when I tried to turn it on it went in to the boot load loop and was not going beyond the Boot loaded screen which shows blue progress bar. Then I tried emergency firmware recovery option of the KIES but the progress bar on the recover dialog was getting stuck at 0 % for long time without any movement. Tried it multiple times by disabling the anti virus on my laptop , connected to different USB ports but same result. I couldn't get into the recover mode on my phone by pressing the Volume down+Power + Home button. The download mode option was also not working with by pressing both Volume Up+Down and Power button. But I could get in the Download mode by Pressing both volume up+down and then connecting the USB cable.
After KIES now the progress bar on boot load screen reaches almost 100% but after few seconds the screen turns completely black ( appears that the device is turned off) and it no longer goes in to the boot load loop.
After that I tried recovery thru ODIN by using the t898 Stock ROM, but it also doesn't work. It shows ABOOT on the first box on the screen and in the log it shows Nand Write Start !! and doesn't do anything beyond that point. I tried ODIN version 3.09, 3.07, 3.04 and 1.83 but same result every time.
Note: My phone is having Android version 4.1.2/ Software T989UVMC6 (Tmobile official Jelly Beans version) and is still factory locked.
Then I tried the CMW recovery file for T989 using ODIN 1.83 but no luck it get stuck at aboot.md and nothing happens.
I have latest version of KIES on my laptop.
While going thru some other post I read something about repartition but I couldn't find the proper instructions and PIT files for my phone.
Would appreciate guidance/advise to fix this issue.
My phone is out of warranty from both the carrier and Samsung. Samsung is asking to pay $70 for fixing the phone.
But I want to give it a try before sending it to samsung.
try this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1414341
make sure you end all kies processes- use ics in thread and go from there...hope this helps
Fasted12 said:
try this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1414341
make sure you end all kies processes- use ics in thread and go from there...hope this helps
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All download links provided on the thread given by you are broken. I could find ODIN 1.85 from some other sites but am having hard time finding the stock rom 4.0.3 that is mentioned in the thread. All hotfile.com links are not working.
Please let me know if there is a legitimate link available for download. Can I use the Jelly Beans recovery file?
I tried it with ODIN 3.09, 3.07 and 1.83 but it didn't work.
nikson1906 said:
All download links provided on the thread given by you are broken. I could find ODIN 1.85 from some other sites but am having hard time finding the stock rom 4.0.3 that is mentioned in the thread. All hotfile.com links are not working.
Please let me know if there is a legitimate link available for download. Can I use the Jelly Beans recovery file?
I tried it with ODIN 3.09, 3.07 and 1.83 but it didn't work.
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you can use the 4.1.2 tar file, needs to be odin 1.85 for this. forgot about hotfile,
try this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2226886&page=9 (look on last page)
these are everywhere on xda, you have to look through the comments since hotfile went down
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1374868
this link is working-- ive had better luck flashing to ics when soft bricked. mine accepts radio better and then i flash custom rom after root,
Fasted12 said:
you can use the 4.1.2 tar file, needs to be odin 1.85 for this. forgot about hotfile,
try this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2226886&page=9 (look on last page)
these are everywhere on xda, you have to look through the comments since hotfile went down
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1374868
this link is working-- ive had better luck flashing to ics when soft bricked. mine accepts radio better and then i flash custom rom after root,
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I tried 4.1.2 tar file ( downloaded from Samsung-Update.com) yesterday with ODIN 1.85 but still same result. It get stuck at Nand Write Start !!
I'll try with ICS rom from the links provided by you but I doubt it will work. Do I need to repartition using PIT file. I read in few other threads that guys had same problem and after using the PIT they could fix their phone. I searched for PIT file for Tmobile Galaxy S 2 (T989) but couldn't find. I see that there a PIT file available with ODIN 1.85 which I downloaded, but am not sure if that is the correct one for my phone.
You can try, be careful, a lot of hard bricks come from trying to repartition. What windows do you use, and end Kies process if running.
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Fasted12 said:
You can try, be careful, a lot of hard bricks come from trying to repartition. What windows do you use, and end Kies process if running.
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I am using Windows 7. I checked in task manager and made sure no process that starts with the name KIES or has samsung in description is not running. Is there any specific service/process that I need to kill before starting the ODIN?
Any other thoughts, like if I need to disable the anti virus completely which might be restricting ODIN and KIES to write to the COM port?
I downloaded a utility for monitoring the serial port while ODIN was running but once I get the NAND Write Start !! I don't see any activity on the port.
I tried the PIT file that came along with ODIN 1.85 and T989 stock Rom together ( I kept the Re-Partition checked.), but again it got stuck at...
<ID:0/05> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/05> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
Still same issue, no change in the Device status..
nikson1906 said:
I am using Windows 7. I checked in task manager and made sure no process that starts with the name KIES or has samsung in description is not running. Is there any specific service/process that I need to kill before starting the ODIN?
Any other thoughts, like if I need to disable the anti virus completely which might be restricting ODIN and KIES to write to the COM port?
I downloaded a utility for monitoring the serial port while ODIN was running but once I get the NAND Write Start !! I don't see any activity on the port.
I tried the PIT file that came along with ODIN 1.85 and T989 stock Rom together ( I kept the Re-Partition checked.), but again it got stuck at...
<ID:0/05> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/05> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
Still same issue, no change in the Device status..
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only thing i ever check is auto reboot, only value i use is PDA-thats where the .tar file goes. uncheck re-partition.
Fasted12 said:
only thing i ever check is auto reboot, only value i use is PDA-thats where the .tar file goes. uncheck re-partition.
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Re-partition I checked only when I used the PIT file.
any other thoughts like, if I need to flash ?
nikson1906 said:
Re-partition I checked only when I used the PIT file.
any other thoughts like, if I need to flash ?
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pit files are related to the size of repartition, thats not what you need. if your phone will still go to download mode but will not boot, you should follow the guide i posted in the first reply , especially step 2, i have recovered many with that guide. sometimes i had to use gingerbread rom first to get files that were missing to upgrade.
Fasted12 said:
pit files are related to the size of repartition, thats not what you need. if your phone will still go to download mode but will not boot, you should follow the guide i posted in the first reply , especially step 2, i have recovered many with that guide. sometimes i had to use gingerbread rom first to get files that were missing to upgrade.
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I have already tried steps as per the guide but no luck. I can try gingerbread if the ROM is available. finding ICS rom itself was very difficult. Let me know if you have the link for Gingerbread ROM
So I tried the gingerbread and ICS roms as well. Also tried flashing the kernels and various versions of ODIN including 1.3,1.83,1.85,3.07,3.09 but same result. It get either stuck at Nand Write Start !! for ROM upgrade or Boot.img for Kernel flash.
Tried disabling McAfee's firewall and Active Protections, made sure none of the KIES services are running, tried stock ROMs for Gingerbread, ICS and JB.
Tried KIES as well as ODIN.
KIES get stuck at 0% in the Firmware update step after completing all the required file downloads, decryption etc.
Tried all 3 USB ports on my Laptop.
I can get into download mode only by holding Vol up+Down button and then connecting the USB cable.
Holding Vol up+ down and pressing the power button ( releasing on first vibration) doesn't work.
I couldn't get into the recovery mode by pressing the vol up and power button.
If I power ON the device it completes the boot load screen ( blue progress bar) and after few seconds the screen turns black. Pressing the power button again doesn't do anything.
Gone thru many thread but no luck so far.
Need help !!