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[Q] Sprint Galaxy S III Rooted/Installed ROM... Now won't power on. Help!

Hi everyone. I'm new to the forum and I'm looking for a little help today.
I rooted my new Sprint Galaxy S III using Odin3-v3.04, and CWM_SuperUser_v3.0.7. Afterwards I rebooted and all was good.
I then downloaded I9300_Omega_v6.0_XXALF6 ROM and loaded on my phone and rebooted into recovery to install the ROM. I went through the install process, selected remove bloatware and installed. When finished I checked the reboot phone and clicked finish. The phone turned off and didn't ever turn back on.
I have pulled the battery and tried to power on using recovery, download mode and just power but nothing works.
Anyone have any idea what I can do?
Thank you for your time and help.

alexanderd said:
Hi everyone. I'm new to the forum and I'm looking for a little help today.
I rooted my new Sprint Galaxy S III using Odin3-v3.04, and CWM_SuperUser_v3.0.7. Afterwards I rebooted and all was good.
I then downloaded I9300_Omega_v6.0_XXALF6 ROM and loaded on my phone and rebooted into recovery to install the ROM. I went through the install process, selected remove bloatware and installed. When finished I checked the reboot phone and clicked finish. The phone turned off and didn't ever turn back on.
I have pulled the battery and tried to power on using recovery, download mode and just power but nothing works.
Anyone have any idea what I can do?
Thank you for your time and help.
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development area has a thread for that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727171
ONLY use ROMs that you'll find here in these threads not the I9300; that s a different phone from ours.

Thanks I'll check there.

Honestly I was waiting for this to happen gid luck restoring it phone
Sent from my SPH-L710 using XDA

But seriously I hope you learned your lesson and will read and hope you get your phone fixed or replaced
Sent from my Sprint Galaxy Nexus CDMA using Xparent ICS Blue Tapatalk 2

Epix4G said:
But seriously I hope you learned your lesson and will read and hope you get your phone fixed or replaced
Sent from my Sprint Galaxy Nexus CDMA using Xparent ICS Blue Tapatalk 2
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Hopefully this fail helps us all back from a potential brick. We live, flash and learn.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using xda premium

New phone on the way!
I was able to get a replacement sent from Sprint. Had to go to a corporate store and have a tech look at the phone and they agreed it was toast...
Luckily they didn't know it was due to my failed attempt to load an unsupported ROM.
Lesson learned... new phone should be in by the end of the week.
I'll be waiting for a supported ROM this time.

alexanderd said:
I was able to get a replacement sent from Sprint. Had to go to a corporate store and have a tech look at the phone and they agreed it was toast...
Luckily they didn't know it was due to my failed attempt to load an unsupported ROM.
Lesson learned... new phone should be in by the end of the week.
I'll be waiting for a supported ROM this time.
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No wonder our insurance deductibles keep going up...

bizdady said:
No wonder our insurance deductibles keep going up...
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+1
Still sucks for op
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2

matrixzone5 said:
Honestly I was waiting for this to happen gid luck restoring it phone
Sent from my SPH-L710 using XDA
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Oh man tell me about it, I almost stupidly went on to the CM9 nightlies and downloaded the I9300 version before I thought to myself, "well wait a minute, that's not my model number!"
Duh, shoulda had a V8.

I didnt install a GSM rom but still managed to brick somehow. Didnt touch any system files or do anything to where i should be bricked either. Any idea when a full stock Odin package will be made? My phone has been bricked for almost 2 days now
Edit: i started a tread here a few days ago -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1731416 if anyone cares to look or has any advice for me
Thanks

pizzlewizzle said:
I didnt install a GSM rom but still managed to brick somehow. Didnt touch any system files or do anything to where i should be bricked either. Any idea when a full stock Odin package will be made? My phone has been bricked for almost 2 days now
Edit: i started a tread here a few days ago -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1731416 if anyone cares to look or has any advice for me
Thanks
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What have you tried so far? Have you tried reflashing cwm recovery in Odin?

I did the same thing that the OP said, flashed that omega rom and now my phone wont turn on either.
I was going to try the jig method

taygutta said:
I did the same thing that the OP said, flashed that omega rom and now my phone wont turn on either.
I was going to try the jig method
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Have you tried mskip's fix??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727171

bizdady said:
Have you tried mskip's fix??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727171
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I want to do this but I somehow need to get the phone on. The buttons dont work.

Any luck?
My phone got stuck booting, so I tried to install the omega rom. The install worked well, and I clicked "reboot." Now the phone won't turn on. I can't get to ODIN or recovery anymore.
Did you guys find any fixes?

brickeds3 said:
My phone got stuck booting, so I tried to install the omega rom. The install worked well, and I clicked "reboot." Now the phone won't turn on. I can't get to ODIN or recovery anymore.
Did you guys find any fixes?
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What happened is that you flashed a rom that was meant for the international version of the S3 and your on the US version. The only fix I have found is to send it to mobiletechvideos.com. I did and they say they can fix it and maybe save my data I have on it ( I just sent it in)
My fingers are crossed for the data recovery but as far as the phone I am going to send it for a exchange anyway.

Welp, I'm sad to say I just did the same thing too. Should have read. I'm a stinkin noob at this. I installed the I9300 version on a US version phone. Has there been any more development on this? Is the hardware fried, or is there a fix through that mobiletechvideos.com that was mentioned? What was the outcome of that, Taygutta, if you don't mind me re-bringing back up a potentially painful topic?? This thread made me a little sick, since it's my brother's new phone (someone else that knew what they were doing rooted it for him but he didn't like the rom, so I thought I would help him find a few other options to try flashing.)
Anyway, any confirmation that I'm buying my brother a new phone (so I can emotionally prepare for the purchase) or are there some other options?

There's one more thing you can try. There's a little device called a USB Jig. It was made for SGS-2 to clear the yellow triangle and reset flash counts in ODIN mode. It also puts your phone in ODIN mode by simply plugging it into the USB port of a powered down phone. Once in ODIN mode, you can reflash a stock ROM, recovery, etc. You can buy these for around $20 or less on the web.
If this does not work, I'm afraid nothing will.
Good luck.

6uPMAH said:
There's one more thing you can try. There's a little device called a USB Jig. It was made for SGS-2 to clear the yellow triangle and reset flash counts in ODIN mode. It also puts your phone in ODIN mode by simply plugging it into the USB port of a powered down phone. Once in ODIN mode, you can reflash a stock ROM, recovery, etc. You can buy these for around $20 or less on the web.
If this does not work, I'm afraid nothing will.
Good luck.
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Somewhere in the thread an answer exists. You are not the first to do this.
I think the jig is the best way.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2

Help! phone won't turn on (t959d koodo)

Hi,
I just got the phone and flashed a custom recovery. I flashed a new rom (liquidsmooth) and it looked like it was successful. I selected reboot and the screen shut off. Now, It won't turn on. It's possible that the battery died but shouldn't it turn on again once I plug in the usb cable? Is it possible to brick the device from cwm?
thanks

Dear lord I hope that's a typo because this is the t989(d) forums. If it is a typo and you're using a t989 then you probably need to wipe cache/dalvik.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989

As Mr. Mintharis said... I'm hoping as well that you had a typo and you didnt flash a T989 (GALAXY S2 TMobile) rom on a (GALAXY S) device. If so your probably hard bricked. If that was a typo and you did flash a rom and it wont turn on then there may be a few problems that are solvable. I got a few questions.
1. DId you do a factory reset before installing? Did you wipe system?
2. Can you get into CWM?
3. Can you get into Download Mode?
If you cant get into download mode, recovery, or get the phone to boot then you are in serious trouble because the phone is a a fancy paper weight. If you can however, you could try doing a full reset on all the settings and deleting cache/dalvik and then reflashing and trying again. However you may be in luck since you said you just got the phone. I'm assuming you got it from your carrier (I'm guessing its T-Mobile, idk any other carriers for this device) and they will replace a broken device (that does not have extensive physical damage or water damage) within 20 days of purchase date. Since your phone is hard bricked they will do it completely for free with no charge (usually... if they do.. it will be about 5$) and then you're good. They will overnight a phone to you and you just send your old one back when you get it (MAKE SURE TO ASK FOR DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO PROPERLY SEND IT BACK!).
Sorry for the long post but wanted to be through and give you alot of answers in 1 time so we dont drag this post out.

That's my mistake, it was supposed to read t989d.
1) I did do a factory resets
2) & 3) I can't turn on the phone or get into download mode
I bought it from koodo (carrier in Canada) yesterday. I'm going to try to exchange it today; hopefully they'll do it. For future references, is there a specific way I should be flashing? I used to have a t959, the t-mobile vibrant, and never had any issues with cwm because it never touched download mode. Anyways, thanks for the replies.
Edit: I did flash using odin which hung a couple of times. Regardless, i eventually got it back to original condition by flashing the custom recovery (by odin with green pass) and doing a nandroid backup. The bad odin flashes should have been negated when I did nandroid backup, no?

You said you had the problems after you flashed liquidsmooth? Exactly which file did you download and flash from the site?
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium

Ok, just figured it out. I flashed wrong version of liquid smooth. The link in their thread goes to their facebook page and I clicked on the first link like an idiot. I got it exchanged a few minutes ago so all's well that ends well. Thanks all for the replies.
Lesson of the day: Don't be stupid.

mani_is_ms said:
Ok, just figured it out. I flashed wrong version of liquid smooth. The link in their thread goes to their facebook page and I clicked on the first link like an idiot. I got it exchanged a few minutes ago so all's well that ends well. Thanks all for the replies.
Lesson of the day: Don't be stupid.
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Read read read.. If you are not 100% sure what you are doing just ask someone.. Sometimes you will get flamed for it but it's better than getting a bricked phone lol and you'll most likely get an answer..
I'm glad you got it replaced
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium

[Q] My phone randomly shuts itself off?

After trying a few custom ROMs, I've decided to revert back to the old stock ROM, and unroot because I still had my warranty left. So I downloaded the latest ROM available in the Stock ROMs thread, to be specific I8150DXLM3 Malaysia. :victory:
And after flashing via odin, at random times it would shut itself off, which is rather annoying. There was a phone call from a VIP and I couldn't answer it due to the sudden disappearance. HELP. Grr! I hate the stock ROM now. The only reason I used it I really like the Touchwiz. (Don't really care that much for the warranty) Is there any custom ROM that has Touchwiz that doesn't have all the Samsung bloatware?

meeshvl said:
After trying a few custom ROMs, I've decided to revert back to the old stock ROM, and unroot because I still had my warranty left. So I downloaded the latest ROM available in the Stock ROMs thread, to be specific I8150DXLM3 Malaysia. :victory:
And after flashing via odin, at random times it would shut itself off, which is rather annoying. There was a phone call from a VIP and I couldn't answer it due to the sudden disappearance. HELP. Grr! I hate the stock ROM now. The only reason I used it I really like the Touchwiz. (Don't really care that much for the warranty) Is there any custom ROM that has Touchwiz that doesn't have all the Samsung bloatware?
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Before going back to stock, go pristine using CWM 1st. Format data, system and everything you can see. Then reboot into download mode and flash Stock ROM back.
Odds are unless your phone breaks in hardware stage, the SSC will still know its been rooted before. But then in Malaysia they're all lazy asses so you'd wanna find the one that looks the laziest. **malaysian here

KiD3991 said:
Before going back to stock, go pristine using CWM 1st. Format data, system and everything you can see. Then reboot into download mode and flash Stock ROM back.
Odds are unless your phone breaks in hardware stage, the SSC will still know its been rooted before. But then in Malaysia they're all lazy asses so you'd wanna find the one that looks the laziest. **malaysian here
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I already went Pristine. :crying: LOL Heyy Malaysian! :highfive:

check the status of your battery. if it is swollen you must change it. it's happened to me some weeks ago and to some many other users that hava the wonder from one year!! if it is ok simply try factory reset

my phone only shut down itself in paranoid rom..

SpadaBoss said:
check the status of your battery. if it is swollen you must change it. it's happened to me some weeks ago and to some many other users that hava the wonder from one year!! if it is ok simply try factory reset
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Swollen?!
Haha, no. I just checked the batteryy it's not.
Although, after rooting again, and installing XXLM8 Kernel and Seeders V5 apk it works smoothly and no shut downs so far.
intralot said:
my phone only shut down itself in paranoid rom..
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Oh.

identical situation here in the philippines,,, regarding samsung care center,,,,
i guess,, they really dont have a way to detect whether yours is rooted or installed with a custom rom,,
i've sent my phone too,, because of a power issue,, as it wont turn on,, :crying:
before that,, ive installed cow bionic rom 2,,, then it shuts down itself,, and had no other means of powering it on,,,
so ive gambled myself in bringing it to them,,,
after a week,, they've said that its a board problem,, and needed to be replaced for free ,, since its under warranty,,, but had to be with them for at least a month,,,
after a month,, theyve returned it to me,,,,, and they even didnt detect that its rooted,, has cwm recovery,,, and installed with a custom rom,,,,

santiagoruel13 said:
identical situation here in the philippines,,, regarding samsung care center,,,,
i guess,, they really dont have a way to detect whether yours is rooted or installed with a custom rom,,
i've sent my phone too,, because of a power issue,, as it wont turn on,, :crying:
before that,, ive installed cow bionic rom 2,,, then it shuts down itself,, and had no other means of powering it on,,,
so ive gambled myself in bringing it to them,,,
after a week,, they've said that its a board problem,, and needed to be replaced for free ,, since its under warranty,,, but had to be with them for at least a month,,,
after a month,, theyve returned it to me,,,,, and they even didnt detect that its rooted,, has cwm recovery,,, and installed with a custom rom,,,,
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This is why I love Asian countries. :good:

20%
hi evrybody!
my wonder has turned off simultaniusly on 20% on Stock and on Custom Rom, Ive had the battery 2 weeks ago changed. Whats the matter?

[Q] I think my S4 got bricked

Hi all,
from a big smile to sad face... that is how it's been for the past 24 hours
I rooted the phone then went to back up the stock rom after that wiped data, cache, dalvik then went on trying to instal Omega 4.0 and suddenly i got this message my external sd is unreadable. rebooted the phone and noticed that it takes me directly to the downloader screen. i tried to fix the phone by bringing it back to it's stock condition but no luck. I used Odin and so far it's the only thing the phone responds to but no luck with fixing it... I am trying to download the official stock fw hint this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2267895
but it stops and never finishes the whole amount of data... this seems the only way for me revive my phone back to life!
any suggestions what should I do now? it stopped showing the downloader screen now since I flashed the kernel drive for the S4 through Odin and now shows the black screen with the "Samsung Galaxy S4" writing.
by the way it keeps telling me that my phone isn't rooted but I did root it! am using twrp recovery.
I just got the phone from t-mobile 2 days ago and am debating on returning the phone back to them as the phone is still bootable to the recovery and that might revoke my warranty "i guess?"
Is it possible just to walk in to t-mobile store and swap the phone with another one since it didn't pass the 2 weeks returning window? I also got the phone insurance for it.
Please help, I sure need my phone back in working condition...

Omega 4 is for the octa core so thats why your phone bricked. If you can grt into download mode odin the stock files. If you can get into recovery try flashing a rom made for the phone. Dont freak out just read read read and youll be fine.

cwalker0906 said:
Omega 4 is for the octa core so thats why your phone bricked. If you can grt into download mode odin the stock files. If you can get into recovery try flashing a rom made for the phone. Dont freak out just read read read and youll be fine.
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ayeeee ppl trying to reach me over the phone and they can't because of this stupid brick! well stupid me because I didn't know that Omega is for Octa core phone version... Yeah I can get it to download mode and recovery mode but is it possible just flash the stock file from the recovery instead of odin? I am waiting for that stock fw download to finish hint it's on hotfile and going in turtle speed!

your bricked, im pretty sure flashing stock wont help you (hasnt from my past experience) but doesnt hurt to give it a try.
i dont think will just give you another one, even though its in the two week window, because its your fault and not the result of hardware failure. the age old "oh i updated and not it wont turn on" probably wont wort because there are little to none reports of that happening. plus (and this is me assuming, correct me if im wrong) but when in download mode it probably shows custom status, which auto voids any warranty. but once again, doesnt hurt to try.
Unfortunately, from my past experience, your SOL

If the phone turns on and has download and recovery you are not bricked....only soft brick and the odin file should work. Just be patient and wait for it to finish

TheAtheistOtaku said:
your bricked, im pretty sure flashing stock wont help you (hasnt from my past experience) but doesnt hurt to give it a try.
i dont think will just give you another one, even though its in the two week window, because its your fault and not the result of hardware failure. the age old "oh i updated and not it wont turn on" probably wont wort because there are little to none reports of that happening. plus (and this is me assuming, correct me if im wrong) but when in download mode it probably shows custom status, which auto voids any warranty. but once again, doesnt hurt to try.
Unfortunately, from my past experience, your SOL
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yeah i have that feeling but again nothing hurts trying... i hope something will work out
thanks for the cheer up though :good: lol

You can get to download mode so don't worry a bit.just flash stock with odin(is odin available for s4?)
Sent from my LT30p using xda premium

cwalker0906 said:
If the phone turns on and has download and recovery you are not bricked....only soft brick and the odin file should work. Just be patient and wait for it to finish
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fingers crossed!

josephnero said:
You can get to download mode so don't worry a bit.just flash stock with odin(is odin available for s4?)
Sent from my LT30p using xda premium
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I used odin for the flashing in the beginning i think i have odin v307
I am waiting right now for the download to finish, been waiting for the past 2 hours even though it's slow transfer but steady 250kbps, i failed doing that with the fast link and tried it over 15 times! no luck

theatheistotaku said:
your bricked, im pretty sure flashing stock wont help you (hasnt from my past experience) but doesnt hurt to give it a try.
I dont think will just give you another one, even though its in the two week window, because its your fault and not the result of hardware failure. The age old "oh i updated and not it wont turn on" probably wont wort because there are little to none reports of that happening. Plus (and this is me assuming, correct me if im wrong) but when in download mode it probably shows custom status, which auto voids any warranty. But once again, doesnt hurt to try.
Unfortunately, from my past experience, your sol
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yes unbricked!!!

Should I proceed with the rooting again and recover the rom then instal CM rom?

Glad you got your phone back....knew you would like I said only a soft brick....if you do continue and please read always so you know what you are doing before you do it afterall these phones are expensive

redshark80 said:
Should I proceed with the rooting again and recover the rom then instal CM rom?
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Yeah go ahead and root again just be careful with the rom you flash make sure its for m919. I stayed with stock because no rom has the options that came with the phone such as motions and gestures and the camera.
Sent from my SGH-M919 using xda premium

cwalker0906 said:
Glad you got your phone back....knew you would like I said only a soft brick....if you do continue and please read always so you know what you are doing before you do it afterall these phones are expensive
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Thanks! indeed they are expensive

atlprettygirl2145 said:
Yeah go ahead and root again just be careful with the rom you flash make sure its for m919. I stayed with stock because no rom has the options that came with the phone such as motions and gestures and the camera.
Sent from my SGH-M919 using xda premium
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I just did the motochopper method and as I am reading now about the possibility of loosing your root access by future OTAs so am planning to flash that file that keeps your root safe even from future updates "SetUID Restriction" I will prolly keep my basic rom and wait for something better in future.
Thanks

atlprettygirl2145 said:
Yeah go ahead and root again just be careful with the rom you flash make sure its for m919. I stayed with stock because no rom has the options that came with the phone such as motions and gestures and the camera.
Sent from my SGH-M919 using xda premium
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Ummm all TW ROMS on the development forum have the exact same features that come with the phone except they're tweaked....

whytechapel_x said:
Ummm all TW ROMS on the development forum have the exact same features that come with the phone except they're tweaked....
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would you suggest me instal the CM? I am debating over here and for sure I will make a good use with the space that can free if I do... hint I have a 64gb msd installed on the phone
the motochopper root didn't go through by the way so I used odin and patched twrp plus did the SetUID restriction thing.
thnx

redshark80 said:
would you suggest me instal the CM? I am debating over here and for sure I will make a good use with the space that can free if I do... hint I have a 64gb msd installed on the phone
the motochopper root didn't go through by the way so I used odin and patched twrp plus did the SetUID restriction thing.
thnx
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Well if you want to flash CyanogenMod, make sure its for the m919. I'm kinda lost though, did you still want all the features that Touchwiz has like air gesture, motions etc? Or you don't care for those?

whytechapel_x said:
Well if you want to flash CyanogenMod, make sure its for the m919. I'm kinda lost though, did you still want all the features that Touchwiz has like air gesture, motions etc? Or you don't care for those?
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am not really decided about that, does it really matter? all i care about is the blazing speed, low battery consumption and for sure the freedom of moving all the apps to the extSD ... I think all these new features are gimmick and it may take another generation for it to get the best of it. I picked S4 over the HTC one just because the 1080p feature and the funny thing is that I missed on there is no HDMI port on this phone! lol no biggie
tell me more about the touchwiz kernel, is it worth it? I don't see many CRs out there at the moment

redshark80 said:
am not really decided about that, does it really matter? all i care about is the blazing speed, low battery consumption and for sure the freedom of moving all the apps to the extSD ... I think all these new features are gimmick and it may take another generation for it to get the best of it. I picked S4 over the HTC one just because the 1080p feature and the funny thing is that I missed on there is no HDMI port on this phone! lol no biggie
tell me more about the touchwiz kernel, is it worth it? I don't see many CRs out there at the moment
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Well right now I don't think CM is as stable compared to a TW ROM. FYI there are a lot or ROMS as of now. You have Wicked, Infamous, Darth Stalker, Deathstar. There is also faux and ktoonez kernal available for TW. As for the extsd, you will need to format the card to fat32 for the phone to read it properly.

[Q] I747 Won't boot, even into recovery

Well, I screwed up. I went to install Omega ROM from my rooted Galaxy SIII ATT. I was lazy, and downloaded the first thing I found that looked like a flashable zip, but it turned out to be for the international version. The AROMA installer worked great. It finished, and I pressed the reboot button at the end of the installer. The screen immediately went black. I figured it was no big deal because I had up-to-date backups on my external SD card of every ROM I had flashed. I tried to boot into recovery and restore a backup, but the phone doesn't even start to turn on. The screen stays totally black.
I tried a firmware recovery with Kies, a wipe with ODIN, and a wipe with adb, but none worked because I can't get the device in recovery or download mode.
Like I said, I have all my data backed up, so I have no problem with wiping my phone or getting rid of root and re-rooting and restoring. However, I would like to avoid driving to the nearest AT&T store or shipping my phone off to Samsung because I'm pretty sure my warranty is void.
Sorry for the lengthy post!
Samsung Galaxy SIII AT&T White 16GB w/ 32GB class 10 microSD

LukeNookem said:
Well, I screwed up. I went to install Omega ROM from my rooted Galaxy SIII ATT. I was lazy, and downloaded the first thing I found that looked like a flashable zip, but it turned out to be for the international version. The AROMA installer worked great. It finished, and I pressed the reboot button at the end of the installer. The screen immediately went black. I figured it was no big deal because I had up-to-date backups on my external SD card of every ROM I had flashed. I tried to boot into recovery and restore a backup, but the phone doesn't even start to turn on. The screen stays totally black.
I tried a firmware recovery with Kies, a wipe with ODIN, and a wipe with adb, but none worked because I can't get the device in recovery or download mode.
Like I said, I have all my data backed up, so I have no problem with wiping my phone or getting rid of root and re-rooting and restoring. However, I would like to avoid driving to the nearest AT&T store or shipping my phone off to Samsung because I'm pretty sure my warranty is void.
Sorry for the lengthy post!
Samsung Galaxy SIII AT&T White 16GB w/ 32GB class 10 microSD
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Sounds like you hard bricked it. You can try buying a jig but I guarantee you need to ship it off for jtag service
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app

Yeah, sorry to bring it to you, but flashing a different firmware on your device has probably hard bricked it. Maybe try anything you can to reach download mode and ODIN stock firmware. If that fails, try to find a way to get it unbricked, maybe mobiletechvideos, as I've heard good reviews about them. Wish you the best of luck!
Sent from my Galaxy S3

TheKucho said:
Yeah, sorry to bring it to you, but flashing a different firmware on your device has probably hard bricked it. Maybe try anything you can to reach download mode and ODIN stock firmware. If that fails, try to find a way to get it unbricked, maybe mobiletechvideos, as I've heard good reviews about them. Wish you the best of luck!
Sent from my Galaxy S3
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Thanks for the reply. I was kinda afraid of this. Do you think the Samsung Galaxy S Download Mode JIG off of mobiletechvideos could help? Or would you just recommend bringing it in to get fixed? Incidentally, should I bring it in to the AT&T store or send it off to Samsung? I hear custom ROMs and the like don't void your Samsung warranty, only your AT&T one.
Thanks!

LukeNookem said:
Thanks for the reply. I was kinda afraid of this. Do you think the Samsung Galaxy S Download Mode JIG off of mobiletechvideos could help? Or would you just recommend bringing it in to get fixed? Incidentally, should I bring it in to the AT&T store or send it off to Samsung? I hear custom ROMs and the like don't void your Samsung warranty, only your AT&T one.
Thanks!
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send it to MobileTechVideos and they will fix it like its nothing........ just BE FULLY SOBER (yuknowhatimean) before flashing anything
synergy ROM 4.1.2 WITH Ziggy Kernel using ATT Galaxy S3
took my Skyrocket to them and they did it like it was nothing

LukeNookem said:
Thanks for the reply. I was kinda afraid of this. Do you think the Samsung Galaxy S Download Mode JIG off of mobiletechvideos could help? Or would you just recommend bringing it in to get fixed? Incidentally, should I bring it in to the AT&T store or send it off to Samsung? I hear custom ROMs and the like don't void your Samsung warranty, only your AT&T one.
Thanks!
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If your phone is truely hard bricked, a usb jib will not work. I hard bricked mine when a kernel flash went wrong. I sent it in for jtag repair, it only cost me 30 bucks or so to send it in. I sent it in to this person http://www.ebay.com/itm/281117528352?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 mobiletechvideos is a little steep IMO at 60 bucks for jtag.

Well, you guys are great. I took it in to my local AT&T Service Center and they fixed it in 5 minutes for free, even though my warranty was void. I gotta say, I was pretty surprised with the awesome service.
Thanks a million!

LukeNookem said:
Well, you guys are great. I took it in to my local AT&T Service Center and they fixed it in 5 minutes for free, even though my warranty was void. I gotta say, I was pretty surprised with the awesome service.
Thanks a million!
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good for yu, and lucky they did it without asking unecessary stupid questions cuz you didnt have a warranty
anywz lay off the rooting and try stock for a while, its stable, not as fast as custom Roms, crazy battery life (depends on how yu, use it but nothing to worry abut stock has the best battery performance), samsung killa features and its completely safe and better than custom roms that might sht your phone after a while...........:silly:
Synergy Rom 4.1.2 w/ Ziggy kernel using ATT Galaxy S3