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Whats the deal with the EPIC?

I've followed about 10 different links to files that I'm attempting to download to de-soft brick my phone. I'm having ZERO luck. Everything is dead. I've never experienced anything like this before for the 10 or so Android phones I've owned and hacked.
I managed to find Odin 4.3, but I keep getting an invalid file error. & before you call me a noob and tell me to download it again, or change the file name. I've already done that. Several times.
Am I ****ed?

I don't know what Odin 4.3 is but...
If you can get into download mode, use Odin 1.85 and find a rom to try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1184091
If you can't get into download mode, then I'm not sure what to do as I haven't researched brick stuff.
I'm also not sure if the dev forum is the right place for this thread.

Maybe.. if u tried almost ever thing u could to bring your phone back from a brick and its still brick than maybe its time to give up.. pay your deductible and get yourself a replacement.. U have to remember there are consequences to hacking your phone and u have to deal with it now.. Sorry

Aryantes said:
I don't know what Odin 4.3 is but...
If you can get into download mode, use Odin 1.85 and find a rom to try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1184091
If you can't get into download mode, then I'm not sure what to do as I haven't researched brick stuff.
I'm also not sure if the dev forum is the right place for this thread.
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true if u cant at least get into download mode than u SOL... i recovered from a brick phone the other day by holding down the four gold circle pins on the back of the phone and than trying to go into download mode.. it worked for me but others have tried it and said that it didnt work..

Natty_lite said:
I've followed about 10 different links to files that I'm attempting to download to de-soft brick my phone. I'm having ZERO luck. Everything is dead. I've never experienced anything like this before for the 10 or so Android phones I've owned and hacked.
I managed to find Odin 4.3, but I keep getting an invalid file error. & before you call me a noob and tell me to download it again, or change the file name. I've already done that. Several times.
Am I ****ed?
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Try the thread that is titled, bring your phone back from the brink, or something like that.. as long as you have download mode, you are good to go. And odin 4.3 is not an app for our phone.. odin3 ver 1.86 i believe is the newest...

Natty_lite said:
I've followed about 10 different links to files that I'm attempting to download to de-soft brick my phone. I'm having ZERO luck. Everything is dead. I've never experienced anything like this before for the 10 or so Android phones I've owned and hacked.
I managed to find Odin 4.3, but I keep getting an invalid file error. & before you call me a noob and tell me to download it again, or change the file name. I've already done that. Several times.
Am I ****ed?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
Odin 1.65 is in this thread along with stock Froyo. I had a problem with my samsung logo not showing on boot and following the instructions in this thread got rid of my problem. As others have said, if you can't get into download mode you are out of luck as far as I know.

If you can't get into download mode and have TEP, take your phone into a Corporate Owned Repair Center, give them some bull**** story where suddenly your phone wouldn't come back on, I have done this twice now and they have given me a brand new Epic every time right there on the spot.....no deductible!

U sure down look round for a person that previously have 10 different android phones smh
Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk

If you can get into download mode but, you still can't flash, then you probably have a bad cable. If you are using the stock usb cable, replace it with a quality micro usb cable and that should get you sorted. The ones that come with the phone are garbage.
I do find it a little humorous when you say not to call you a noob immediately after you pull "Odin 4.3" out of your hat. You would do well if there was a techie stand up act and your timing was just right.

EDIT: post deleted, thread moved

theduce102 said:
So we can post "question" threads in the development section now? i believe ill go make a few
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Yeah man you sure are acting like a noob with the posting in development and all... not to mention odin 4... try turning everything off. Then hold 1 for like 15 seconds then press power while still holding 1. Try around with different combinations of that and it should turn on eventually. Mine did.
cd's or tapes?
Edit: too much natural light perhaps?

Tw I am a n00b and even I know that there is NO an odin 4.watever!
Sent From The Evo 3D's PIMP!

I was having trouble ODIN'ing my phone. It kept failing and I thought I bricked my phone because it wouldn't power on. I switched my USB port on my laptop and bam, it worked. Maybe try that (assuming you can get into download mode on your phone).

Try using another fully charged battery from a friends epic. Sometimes waiting an hour works can't tell you how many times I thought I hosed my epic or vibrant for that matter.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

Odin Multi Downloader 4.03 wasn't the right tool for the job. I got it from a thread similar to mine where someone was bootlooping and needed to flash back to stock. However, the link provided in the thread that Aryander posted did the trick right away.
Thanx
Sorry for posting within the wrong section.

[Q] Phone stuck on the Samsung logo and won't go into recovery

Hey everyone
I've got a Galaxy S3 Mini GT-I8190N and I've got a huge problem.
It first started out with me trying to root my phone, everything seemed to go well until i tried to turn my phone on, which resulted in it being stuck on the samsung logo, I snooped around the internet trying to find a solution and was recommended to reflash with different tar files but nothing worked. I tried to reset to factory settings through recovery mode but I couldn't even access the recovery mode. I then tried to get back to factory settings using Samsung Kies but after the whole installation it didn't seem to work either. I tried almost everything possible, I checked out every link on the first page of google relating to my problem yet nothing works. The only thing I can do is enter download mode and that's it.

SnazzyFapple said:
Hey everyone
I've got a Galaxy S3 Mini GT-I8190N and I've got a huge problem.
It first started out with me trying to root my phone, everything seemed to go well until i tried to turn my phone on, which resulted in it being stuck on the samsung logo, I snooped around the internet trying to find a solution and was recommended to reflash with different tar files but nothing worked. I tried to reset to factory settings through recovery mode but I couldn't even access the recovery mode. I then tried to get back to factory settings using Samsung Kies but after the whole installation it didn't seem to work either. I tried almost everything possible, I checked out every link on the first page of google relating to my problem yet nothing works. The only thing I can do is enter download mode and that's it.
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Very different internals in your Galaxy S3 Mini compared to the tmobile galaxy s3 t999. Did you flash using the methods from this forum? If so youre using the wrong files. Head on over to s3 mini sub forum and see if you can get some answers there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1831
best of luck!

tri4life said:
Very different internals in your Galaxy S3 Mini compared to the tmobile galaxy s3 t999. Did you flash using the methods from this forum? If so youre using the wrong files. Head on over to s3 mini sub forum and see if you can get some answers there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1831
best of luck!
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Thanks for the redirect!
And I used this tutorial to help me root http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/mobile-phones/how-to-root-your-samsung-galaxy-s3-50008588/

SnazzyFapple said:
Thanks for the redirect!
And I used this tutorial to help me root http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/mobile-phones/how-to-root-your-samsung-galaxy-s3-50008588/
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Yea that was for the original s3 varients not the mini. Spend some time over at the other forum and see what they have to say. Take it slow too! Its better to spend a day or two without a phone and getting it right then to rush a fix and end up ruining it!!
the fact that you can still enter download mode is good though. If kies still recognizes your phone when its in download mode then I think it will be an easy fix. Again though, research over on that subforum as it will be your best bet!

Ynt: [Q] Phone stuck on the Samsung logo and won't go into recovery
You can use Odin to flash another rom. I have been in the same situation and rooted with stock rom via odin and succeed.
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tri4life said:
Very different internals in your Galaxy S3 Mini compared to the tmobile galaxy s3 t999. Did you flash using the methods from this forum? If so youre using the wrong files. Head on over to s3 mini sub forum and see if you can get some answers there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1831
best of luck!
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tri4life said:
Yea that was for the original s3 varients not the mini. Spend some time over at the other forum and see what they have to say. Take it slow too! Its better to spend a day or two without a phone and getting it right then to rush a fix and end up ruining it!!
the fact that you can still enter download mode is good though. If kies still recognizes your phone when its in download mode then I think it will be an easy fix. Again though, research over on that subforum as it will be your best bet!
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Thanks for the new breath of hope! I thought this phone was completely done for. I'd gladly have no phone for a week or two as long as I get a fix for it.

I think we've all been in that situation before! I hard bricked my sprint s3 by flashing an internation rom...oops. there was no saving that one
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app

Me too
yeah well i've got the same problem. I accidentally turn off my phone via removing the battery while its still on . Then after that , it's stuck on the samsung logo . What to do ?

Boot recovery and factory reset. (If it's stock recovery it will wipe your internal sdcard)
If that doesn't work Odin flash the stock firmware.
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[Q] Samsung t989 Galaxy S II - Bootloop HELP please :(

I downloaded the Jedi Mind Trick JB 2 ROM and installed it via clocwork mod recovery .. That went fine but it took me a few days to realize I didnt have a working video camera anymore on my phone.. so I thought to flash a stock ROOTed rom instead...
Then I found this threat about an updated version of Jedi Mind Trick's ROM labled JB 3.. So I wiped as much as I could in recovery and chose to format all the options it gave me in recover , Format system , data , cache , emms(or something) .. and now when I boot the phone , it shows the first flash screen , and the samsung logo starts to shimmer then it reboots back to the splash screen and repeats this process everal times before just going black and sitting there..
So I've successfully bootlooped my phone doing this..
MY PROBLEM -- I don't know how to charge my phone or connect to it to install anything else..
Is this a serious problem? How can I charge my phone to continue troubleshooting it? It still has some battery to try some things but I don't know how to hook it up to transfer any other roms to it via USB cable and PC in it's current state..
I'm very computer savvy but I'm trying to learn this phone modding stuff and I realy hope I didn't brick my phone in this process.
Can someone please help me out here? I'll be on the forums religiously until I figure this out.
What should I start doing first??
Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks!

still working at it
I think I'm at the point of having to use ODIN to flash a new rom since i cannot simply copy this rom to the sdcard to use clockwork to flash it .. Am I correct on this ?
For some reason this rom I found (should be stock rooted tmobile gSII rom) does not want to open from ODIN's PDA button cause its in .zip and not .tar or anything... I'm not sure how to flash this rom with ODIN ( I'm not even 100% sure this is how its supposed to go) Any suggestions ?

phew
UPDATE - So I managed to research enough to find out that there is no way to flash a CUSTOM rom with ODIN.. SO I had to download a stock (presumably rooted) t-mobile rom and flash THAT ...
Now I'm back up with a rooted rom and will begin re-installing clockwork and then my custom deodexed rooted rom afterward.
Thanks for all who almost kinda tried to care to reply in this past 2 hours =) -- As previously mentioned.. I am a nerd.. I just suck at phone modding. Haha
So , looks like I'm in the clear now and don't need any more support on this particular topic yet.

zarklon said:
UPDATE - So I managed to research enough to find out that there is no way to flash a CUSTOM rom with ODIN.. SO I had to download a stock (presumably rooted) t-mobile rom and flash THAT ...
Now I'm back up with a rooted rom and will begin re-installing clockwork and then my custom deodexed rooted rom afterward.
Thanks for all who almost kinda tried to care to reply in this past 2 hours =) -- As previously mentioned.. I am a nerd.. I just suck at phone modding. Haha
So , looks like I'm in the clear now and don't need any more support on this particular topic yet.
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Is this true? Through a recommendation (haven't done anything to my phone from rooting/flashing KANGSJUGGERNAUT2 years ago), I tried to flash CM10 and ended up with a bootloop myself. Tried flashing through ODIN but it kept crashing; does anyone know why?
Afterward, I tried to reflash it through CWM and from then on bootloops into a installation process that never completes.
For some reason my CWM turned super slow, freezes/hangs and reboots after a few minutes.
I gave the phone to a friend who does this stuff on the regular but he said my initial flash wasn't complete cause in download mode says I'm still running official? No clue.
I was told this via email/chat: "No luck, it won't even boot anymore, I think I'll just bring it back tmrw morn
10:43 PM
Sorry I'm at a wedding (yea I know random) I left my phone with coat check
OK I've narrowed down the reason but not the solution, you had an AOKP based ROM which fundamentally is based on CyanogenMod, but it wasn't correctly flashed as the phone still thought it has factory ROMs still running
11:10 PM
Clockworkmod(even though it was working before) wasn't accessing the partitions of the phone correctly so it wasn't properly wiping or flashing properly.
11:12 PM
So basically from the first time you flashed cwm it didn't flash properly then the next time you flashed using the new recovery it didn't flash anything it was supposed to do itself properly , so basically it was a chain of events in addition to a bad boot loader, that's why it never went to recovery or download mode correctly
11:13 PM
That's something that had to do with the way the phone was built meaning you may of had a bad bootloader from the very begin and are now feeling the synptoms
Basically, and I would hate to be the reason or partially the reason you have a dead phone, basically it was a matter of coincedencr that it happened as this could of happened at anytime, once you have a bad boot loader its pretty much down hill from there"
Any helpful insight as how I can rectify this? is my phone truly dead? Sorry about the quoted format, it was copied and pasted.

If I were in your boat, I'd use Odin and flash the stock 4.1.2 ROM.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

tronmech said:
If I were in your boat, I'd use Odin and flash the stock 4.1.2 ROM.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
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The phone won't turn on, unable to go into recovery and download mode; plugged in usb (hear connection beep but pressing power button plays disconnect button) to no avail. What can I do to unbrick?
Stock 4.1.2? Possible over a hardbricked T989 with old 2.3.6?

JahJahLoO said:
The phone won't turn on, unable to go into recovery and download mode; plugged in usb (hear connection beep but pressing power button plays disconnect button) to no avail. What can I do to unbrick?
Stock 4.1.2? Possible over a hardbricked T989 with old 2.3.6?
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sorry but i have to assume that you are not doing the 3 button recovery or download mode right.
Pull battery, put battery back in, hold power button & Vol +/- untill you see SAMSUNG on the screen ---> let go off power button(keep holding
Vol +/- button) .....u will see recovery. (assuming you did flash cwm before).
Let me know.
hit thanks.

sam.balia1012 said:
sorry but i have to assume that you are not doing the 3 button recovery or download mode right.
Pull battery, put battery back in, hold power button & Vol +/- untill you see SAMSUNG on the screen ---> let go off power button(keep holding
Vol +/- button) .....u will see recovery. (assuming you did flash cwm before).
Let me know.
hit thanks.
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I believe I am doing it correct, I have been entering recovery and download mode many times, right before I soft bricked it.
And sorry, no, I've tried many times, many methods and my phone is confirmed as entirely hard bricked.
SUPAR SAD, but thank you!

dont give up
JahJahLoO said:
I believe I am doing it correct, I have been entering recovery and download mode many times, right before I soft bricked it.
And sorry, no, I've tried many times, many methods and my phone is confirmed as entirely hard bricked.
SUPAR SAD, but thank you!
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you can try using adb and put the phone in dl mode.
sometimes its as easy as pull battery and wait awhile (20 min or more) and try again.
if you've exhausted all possibilities, you can use a jig to force a dl mode.
let me know

sam.balia1012 said:
you can try using adb and put the phone in dl mode.
sometimes its as easy as pull battery and wait awhile (20 min or more) and try again.
if you've exhausted all possibilities, you can use a jig to force a dl mode.
let me know
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I don't know what adb is, or how to use it; I have, however seen my friend RDP to my desktop and do something and used the term 'adb' in his attempt to code through the phone.
I've done that battery waiting period, for nearly an hour and still no result.
After doing some researching, I have found that many people have stated a USB JIG would not be applicable to a 'hard bricked' phone. I really wanted to try as it looked like the most, simple and inexpensive solution.

JahJahLoO said:
I don't know what adb is, or how to use it; I have, however seen my friend RDP to my desktop and do something and used the term 'adb' in his attempt to code through the phone.
I've done that battery waiting period, for nearly an hour and still no result.
After doing some researching, I have found that many people have stated a USB JIG would not be applicable to a 'hard bricked' phone. I really wanted to try as it looked like the most, simple and inexpensive solution.
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If you know for a fact that you bricked your s2, maybe wrong rom or kernel that u flashed by accident then.....
contact these guys.... http://brickedmyphone.com/contact-me/
good like and click thanks if you agree.

sam.balia1012 said:
If you know for a fact that you bricked your s2, maybe wrong rom or kernel that u flashed by accident then.....
contact these guys.... http://brickedmyphone.com/contact-me/
good like and click thanks if you agree.
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Lols, you're really fishing for them "Thanks"; you got it buddy. Very swift responses. :cyclops:
Anyway, I'm still searching the net for anymore possible solutions.
Thanks.

JahJahLoO said:
Lols, you're really fishing for them "Thanks"; you got it buddy. Very swift responses. :cyclops:
Anyway, I'm still searching the net for anymore possible solutions.
Thanks.
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fishing for them ???????
what the hell does that even mean? it seems that brick did hit u in the head!!!

sam.balia1012 said:
fishing for them ???????
what the hell does that even mean? it seems that brick did hit u in the head!!!
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It might as well have... :crying:

bricked S3?

omg guys i just made an incredibly stupid mistake...i was going to put a new rom on my phone, but stupid me i forgot to put the new rom file on my phone, so i went into CWM and wiped everything, now when i try to reboot i see the samsung splash screen then the screen goes black, what have i done? i cant even get into CWM..plz help!!

wrong section first thing download odin and find your phone model stock rom: this will help you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1725839

balla4lyf23 said:
omg guys i just made an incredibly stupid mistake...i was going to put a new rom on my phone, but stupid me i forgot to put the new rom file on my phone, so i went into CWM and wiped everything, now when i try to reboot i see the samsung splash screen then the screen goes black, what have i done? i cant even get into CWM..plz help!!
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Go to ebay or one of the other websites, and buy a Samsung Jig. Plug it into your phone, and you'll get into download mode. Best $5.00 you'll ever spend.

Its not bricked.
Use Odin, search next time. This has been covered various amounts of times.
Sent from my SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 2

jayRokk said:
Its not bricked.
Use Odin, search next time. This has been covered various amounts of times.
Sent from my SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 2
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ya sorry man i did that right after i made the post, i kinda freaked out lol

SGH-I747 Bricked to hell and Back again!!

SOooO I'm just some tinkering nut that likes to check out all of the roms out there for my devices. Flashing is worse than crack for me. I have bricked de-bricked and re-bricked this poor little galaxy and updated to 4.3 and downgraded back to 4.0 all to make it look like it just came out of the box again. nice clean bootloader. A factory rom. 0 flash count which is simply nutz since this thing should be a stripper I have flashed it with so many Roms and Mods. I have pretty much every file you can think of for this device on my computer and I am more than happy to share my information and tips with the community here at xda.
If you think you need some assistance and don't want to spend 3days hopped up on pizza and mt.dew searching every inch of the forums looking for answers feel free to ask me and I can try my best to help out.
I have almost every custom Rom out for this device.
I have Custom Kernels from chapters 4.0.3 - 4.1.1 - 4.3 - 4.4
I have Debrick Images from the first three chapters will make one for 4.4 when I see a stable Rom
I have Stock Rom Files
I have updated Stock Rom Files.
I have updated rooted no knox Files
I have a crap load of continuous hours of searching breaking and Fixing this poor little thing.
I would have made a Tutorial page but it looks like there are plenty on the forums. I KNOW I've read them all:silly:
so I would rather put my knowledge to use in letting you simply ask me a question and I will reply as quickly as possible.
I know its going to sound nubcake. Buuut.... this is my daily device and I know how frustrating it can be when you have made one of them fatal mistakes and your device goes black or won't flash your new custom rom you want to test out.
Shoot some questions my way and see if I can't help you out quicker than you searching the 4 corners of the net.

datbager said:
SOooO I'm just some tinkering nut that likes to check out all of the roms out there for my devices. Flashing is worse than crack for me. I have bricked de-bricked and re-bricked this poor little galaxy and updated to 4.3 and downgraded back to 4.0 all to make it look like it just came out of the box again. nice clean bootloader. A factory rom. 0 flash count which is simply nutz since this thing should be a stripper I have flashed it with so many Roms and Mods. I have pretty much every file you can think of for this device on my computer and I am more than happy to share my information and tips with the community here at xda.
If you think you need some assistance and don't want to spend 3days hopped up on pizza and mt.dew searching every inch of the forums looking for answers feel free to ask me and I can try my best to help out.
I have almost every custom Rom out for this device.
I have Custom Kernels from chapters 4.0.3 - 4.1.1 - 4.3 - 4.4
I have Debrick Images from the first three chapters will make one for 4.4 when I see a stable Rom
I have Stock Rom Files
I have updated Stock Rom Files.
I have updated rooted no knox Files
I have a crap load of continuous hours of searching breaking and Fixing this poor little thing.
I would have made a Tutorial page but it looks like there are plenty on the forums. I KNOW I've read them all:silly:
so I would rather put my knowledge to use in letting you simply ask me a question and I will reply as quickly as possible.
I know its going to sound nubcake. Buuut.... this is my daily device and I know how frustrating it can be when you have made one of them fatal mistakes and your device goes black or won't flash your new custom rom you want to test out.
Shoot some questions my way and see if I can't help you out quicker than you searching the 4 corners of the net.
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What spetps I need to do to re flash previous bootloader?... im in 4.3

torreon901 said:
What spetps I need to do to re flash previous bootloader?... im in 4.3
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I did not do any boot loader flashing. sorry wow first question and I already fail.

If I had to take a wild guess and you still have access to cwm or twrp flash the stock rom and you should be good.

torreon901 said:
What spetps I need to do to re flash previous bootloader?... im in 4.3
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I take no responsibility if you mess up your phone but take a look here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2083860 may be what your looking for.

torreon901 said:
What spetps I need to do to re flash previous bootloader?... im in 4.3
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If you go from the 4.3 bootloader to a previous one, you will brick your device via an e-fuse. You shouldn't need to revert to an older bootloader anyway unless for a specific rom. If that is the case, you are better off waiting until the developer catches up.
datbager said:
I take no responsibility if you mess up your phone but take a look here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2083860 may be what your looking for.
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Also, please don't use anything off this page unless you have an international version of the S3. I am guessing you have the I747, DO NOT FLASH SOMETHING NOT MADE FOR YOUR PHONE! :highfive:
Here is where you need to start...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2321310
There is even a PSA in red letters about reverting from a 4.3 bootloader.

datbager said:
Shoot some questions my way and see if I can't help you out quicker than you searching the 4 corners of the net.
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how do you create a debrick.img? My phone is in working condition but I just want to be prepared for down the road

Pretty sure I bricked it
I have an ATT Galaxy S3. I had OTA 4.3, and i just rooted it, installed TWRP, and made a backup. Then I wiped, and tried to install a custom rom, and failed. Could not restore back up, and after multiple times of trying to flash this odin : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46954804&postcount=119[/URL]. and failed attempts to even get Heimdall to even work, my Phone is now in this state when turned on:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-I747
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: Yes (3 counts)
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
Warranty Bit: 1
BOOTLOAD RP SWREV: 2
SWREV CHECK FAIL : Fused 2 > Binary 0
Any help would be grateful.
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I have found I can flash TWRP but I am unable to mount SDCard. it just doesn't do anything. same thing with CWR.
and KIES tries to run a firmware recovery and fails. looks like it trieds to installs 4.1
Still looking for help. Thanks.

thenowherekid said:
I have an ATT Galaxy S3. I had OTA 4.3, and i just rooted it, installed TWRP, and made a backup. Then I wiped, and tried to install a custom rom, and failed. Could not restore back up, and after multiple times of trying to flash this odin : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46954804&postcount=119[/URL]. and failed attempts to even get Heimdall to even work, my Phone is now in this state when turned on:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-I747
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: Yes (3 counts)
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
Warranty Bit: 1
BOOTLOAD RP SWREV: 2
SWREV CHECK FAIL : Fused 2 > Binary 0
Any help would be grateful.
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I have found I can flash TWRP but I am unable to mount SDCard. it just doesn't do anything. same thing with CWR.
and KIES tries to run a firmware recovery and fails. looks like it trieds to installs 4.1
Still looking for help. Thanks.
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So i was able to get a micro SD card and download the files from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498233
Used TWRP to install the bootloader/modem, then the rom, then the kernel. After it installed successfully I rebooted the phone. Nothing comes up. It doesn't respond to power button, or download or recovery button sequence. When i plug it into my computer, device manager recognizes it as a port. Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM13)

thenowherekid said:
So i was able to get a micro SD card and download the files from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498233
Used TWRP to install the bootloader/modem, then the rom, then the kernel. After it installed successfully I rebooted the phone. Nothing comes up. It doesn't respond to power button, or download or recovery button sequence. When i plug it into my computer, device manager recognizes it as a port. Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM13)
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sorry I didn't ever encounter that in my adventures with the device. I have quickly discovered that there are too many issues with them and the flashing. I have had more problems and bricked states than I care to look at. I got the phone operating and gummy installed on it and left it at that.

datbager said:
sorry I didn't ever encounter that in my adventures with the device. I have quickly discovered that there are too many issues with them and the flashing. I have had more problems and bricked states than I care to look at. I got the phone operating and gummy installed on it and left it at that.
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Thanks.

Sudden Death AT&T GS3
Hi,
I have an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S3. I was running CM11 nightlies. It was working perfectly fine for all these days. Couple of days back it suddenly died. The phone hasn’t been switching on back since then. I tried putting it on full charge. Whenever I pull out the battery and reinsert it, it vibrates, The LED comes on and the Samsung screen comes on for a second and turn turns off again. I cannot access the recovery or download modes through the key combinations. I also tried going into download mode using a Jig. I have to remove the battery and reinsert it. The Jig did work and the phone did go into download mode but, only for a second and then turns off. I’m not sure what exactly the issue is.
I would be very grateful if you could help me find a solution.
Thanks.

thenowherekid said:
Thanks.
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ok this is not for your device but it is a guide and you can look up a kid that has a video on youtube. scroll down to device firmwares and select your model. but this is the link to help you. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2369125

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IcemanReturns said:
Hi,
I have an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S3. I was running CM11 nightlies. It was working perfectly fine for all these days. Couple of days back it suddenly died. The phone hasn’t been switching on back since then. I tried putting it on full charge. Whenever I pull out the battery and reinsert it, it vibrates, The LED comes on and the Samsung screen comes on for a second and turn turns off again. I cannot access the recovery or download modes through the key combinations. I also tried going into download mode using a Jig. I have to remove the battery and reinsert it. The Jig did work and the phone did go into download mode but, only for a second and then turns off. I’m not sure what exactly the issue is.
I would be very grateful if you could help me find a solution.
Thanks.
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once again not for your device but scroll down to stock firmwares and READ the whole guide. There is a kid that makes a video some where arround here as well. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2369125 you need a 16gb class 10 sdcard or larger as well for this

Disk Space Back
I had trouble getting my max disk space after I did the debrick trick. So i'm going to shoot a quick tip to get all your space back.
go to your windows start menu and in the search type diskpart and hit enter.
in the command line type "list disk" no quotations and enter.
You should see your hard drive and any other storage devices connected in you computer. Determine which one is the sd card.
Next in the command line hit select disk x. x represents your sdcard.
last is clean disk in command line and your sd card has all its space but you must reformat it how ever you choose.
I just used sd formater.
hope that helps some peeps if so hook a noob up with some thanks clicks. :good:

Hi I have 4.1.1 rooted and twrp and I want to flash the collective rom which is 4.4. I have notbflashed this phone yet but I have done ot before on my captivate. What should I look out for and are there any stepsb I need to take before I flash, I.e. update bootloader etc and if so which one do i use
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trug2002 said:
Hi I have 4.1.1 rooted and twrp and I want to flash the collective rom which is 4.4. I have notbflashed this phone yet but I have done ot before on my captivate. What should I look out for and are there any stepsb I need to take before I flash, I.e. update bootloader etc and if so which one do i use
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I ended up doing the upgraded bootloader stuff and flashed
Android 4.3 I747UCUEMJ2 for AT&T Galaxy S3 I747
wich you can find here of course I take no credit just showing you where to look.http://wccftech.com/update-att-galaxy-s3-i747-leaked-ucuemj2-android-43-jelly-bean-firmware/
if I help hook a noob up with a thanks click its just a click. :laugh:

datbager said:
I ended up doing the upgraded bootloader stuff and flashed
Android 4.3 I747UCUEMJ2 for AT&T Galaxy S3 I747
wich you can find here of course I take no credit just showing you where to look.http://wccftech.com/update-att-galaxy-s3-i747-leaked-ucuemj2-android-43-jelly-bean-firmware/
if I help hook a noob up with a thanks click its just a click. :laugh:
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Can you help me with this? I copied my thread :3
LiLTrippz said:
*I bought this off a friend of mine.*
All he told me was that he tried installing a rom and he thinks that he installed a rom for a different model S3.
What Happens/What I Did?
1. I tried to plug it into the computer and the computer doesn't show that anything plugged in, the S3 doesn't turn on. NOTHING.
2. I connected the phone to the PC without the battery inside and the phone responds with one RED light at the top left of the phone. Nothing shows up on my computer still, not even that the phone was connected NOTHING.
3. I bought a JIG device and tried plugging it into my phone and it doesn't work. (I previously tested this JIG on another samsung device and it worked)
4. I tried doing the method to use a 16gb SD card and downloading an i747m debrick IMG and using Win32FlashTool to copy it to my SD Card. I tried with 2 different cards the first one was a 16gb SD card and the other was a 32gb SD card.
5. Through a lot of research I found a leaked way to unbrick the Samsung Galaxy S3 i9300 by shorting out the R313 chip, I'm sure you guys are all aware of this method. I opened my device and couldn't find the R313 chip. After further research I found that a user was able to locate the R313 chip on the i747m and he'd unbricked his phone with that method. If anyone can help me locate the i747m R313 chip it'd be GREATLY appreciated!
If anyone can help me out it would be great! I'm very experienced at soldering so if there's a method that requires me to solder I'm more than confident I can do it.
Thank you!! :good:
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i have the dlk3 boot loader do I need to go to mjb?
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trug2002 said:
i have the dlk3 boot loader do I need to go to mjb?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app
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I am not an expert but I'm pretty sure you need the mjb2 but there are guides all over that point misleading information. I can post a link that I believe is helpful. And as always I take no credit just pointing a finger here.
http://www.usofttech.com/t51443.html
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