So I got a GS3 today. As of now I've had it for less than 20 hours. I was trying to install google wallet on it and i rebooted it and now it won't go past the "samsung galaxy S III" logo. I can get it in to download and recovery just fine, but when I try to flash the stock rom, it says installation aborted, and trying an update prompts "Failed to stat "/system/build/prop" no such file or directory" which was a file I messed with according to directions posted here on xda. I need to fix this. I'm getting really frustrated because I just canceled my other phone. after getting this one so I'm screwed right now. I wasn't wanting to spend my day off fixing my brand new phone but I guess I brought it on myself.
I'm ok at using odin, I can get it in to download mode... I just need to know what files to put where and I need it to be stock. PLEASE HELP!
You will need to put phone in download mode and use Odin the files are here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=194968
And look at the stickies under development for Odin and drivers download
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Beniuec said:
You will need to put phone in download mode and use Odin the files are here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=194968
And look at the stickies under development for Odin and drivers download
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Thanks. I was panicking and knew what I needed to do after a while but still couldn't find the right file. got it fixed, need to root. Also want to upgrade to 4.1 but I think i will wait for ota. I for one actually like touchwiz. I do need to reinstall google now and I'd like to get wallet working but what matters is that the phone is now functional again.
Glad you got it fixed there are some touchwiz leaks out look in the stickies and yes you will have to install Google now
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Got my JB update today, I was rooted stock before, and the install went fine without any problems.
After the update, my Quadrant score went down dramatically, from 4500 (stock rooted ICS) to 3700 JB.
So I did a factory reset and all hell breaks loose. I dont seem to have 4G anymore, although the 4G signs is showing on the top. Play store, Maps, Navigations, etc wont load (maybe since I dont internet it wont load?). After noticing all these problems, I did another factory reset.
And now I cant even sign in to Google.
Seriously, I never thought an OTA upgrade would mess up my phone.
Can anyone shine a light my way?
Thanks.
I had a similar problem with the OTA LH2 on a rooted stock ICS , I couldn't connect WIFI, a lot of apps weren't working properly. After 4-5 factory resets, still no go. My only option was to use ODIN and reinstall the complete firmware that way, and all was back to normal. Im pretty sure this happened because of OTA over a rooted device. Worth a try I think.. Good luck.
Odin the update like above then enter recovery and wipe again, sucks you got a messed up download.
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Roamin64 said:
I had a similar problem with the OTA LH2 on a rooted stock ICS , I couldn't connect WIFI, a lot of apps weren't working properly. After 4-5 factory resets, still no go. My only option was to use ODIN and reinstall the complete firmware that way, and all was back to normal. Im pretty sure this happened because of OTA over a rooted device. Worth a try I think.. Good luck.
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Thanks! Yup, wifi wont work, 4G wont work. I think, like you, ODIN is my only option at this point.
Should I use this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1991255
So how do I odin that zip file to my phone?
arthaz28 said:
Thanks! Yup, wifi wont work, 4G wont work. I think, like you, ODIN is my only option at this point.
Should I use this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1991255
So how do I odin that zip file to my phone?
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Unzip the odin file, turn the device off, holding volume down, home button and then the power button, the phone should go into download mode, start odin up, connect the phone via usb, hit the pda option, then browse to the file you downloaded and unzipped, the md5 file should be the only file showing up, select it and hit start.
Phone will auto restart upon completion.
Edit: Don't use that file, use this: https://hotfile.com/get/179444770/50a3b770/48ddf5f/T999UVDLJA_T999TMBDLJA_TMB.zip
arthaz28 said:
Got my JB update today, I was rooted stock before, and the install went fine without any problems.
After the update, my Quadrant score went down dramatically, from 4500 (stock rooted ICS) to 3700 JB.
So I did a factory reset and all hell breaks loose. I dont seem to have 4G anymore, although the 4G signs is showing on the top. Play store, Maps, Navigations, etc wont load (maybe since I dont internet it wont load?). After noticing all these problems, I did another factory reset.
And now I cant even sign in to Google.
Seriously, I never thought an OTA upgrade would mess up my phone.
Can anyone shine a light my way?
Thanks.
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I was stock rooted. Updated. Cwm said it failed but it gave me the option to flash untrusted zip. Flashed. Works flaws less. No problems
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Dark Nightmare said:
Unzip the odin file, turn the device off, holding volume down, home button and then the power button, the phone should go into download mode, start odin up, connect the phone via usb, hit the pda option, then browse to the file you downloaded and unzipped, the md5 file should be the only file showing up, select it and hit start.
Phone will auto restart upon completion.
Edit: Don't use that file, use this: https://hotfile.com/get/179444770/50a3b770/48ddf5f/T999UVDLJA_T999TMBDLJA_TMB.zip
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Welcome dark!
Im a lil salty myself. I love the update except i get a little screen flicker when i scroll up and down sometimes (disabling hw overlay aka project butter fixes) and the call quality kind of downgraded slightly. I love everything else so far.
Mobile Odin is your friend to the OP. Took me 10 min or so
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Perfect example of why I always say to do firmware upgrades either OTA (if 100% stock unrooted) or Odin.
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Dark Nightmare said:
Unzip the odin file, turn the device off, holding volume down, home button and then the power button, the phone should go into download mode, start odin up, connect the phone via usb, hit the pda option, then browse to the file you downloaded and unzipped, the md5 file should be the only file showing up, select it and hit start.
Phone will auto restart upon completion.
Edit: Don't use that file, use this: https://hotfile.com/get/179444770/50a3b770/48ddf5f/T999UVDLJA_T999TMBDLJA_TMB.zip
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Is that file the stock rooted JB OTA? I downloaded the root66 stock rooted OTA: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390169635556426451
But the file that I downloaded has *.7z thus unrecognizable by ODIN's PDA option.
I will download your file now and give it a shot.
Thanks!
arthaz28 said:
Is that file the stock rooted JB OTA? I downloaded the root66 stock rooted OTA: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390169635556426451
But the file that I downloaded has *.7z thus unrecognizable by ODIN's PDA option.
I will download your file now and give it a shot.
Thanks!
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Thats 7zip. Download from 7zip.org and use to extract.
If you want thst stock unrooted on, get it from my fw thread. The download should be a LOT faster than using hotfile
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DocHoliday77 said:
Thats 7zip. Download from 7zip.org and use to extract.
If you want thst stock unrooted on, get it from my fw thread. The download should be a LOT faster than using hotfile
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Ok, I downloaded the *.7z file, extracted, flash it through ODIN and get my wifi to work, and my 4g to work for a brief moment.
Then my 4g stopped working again, and i notice that when i go to Status option in the setting, my device is listed as Modified, whereas for a few minutes after i flashed, it was listed as Normal.
When my device was listed as Normal, my 4g would work, then it switched itself to Modified and it seems that Samsung or Tmo locked my device.
Ugh, I am so bummed!
Modified ststus is jusy becsuse your rooted. It goes away if you revert.
It shouldnt have any bearing on your data though.
What does it say for baseband, network type, and is your imei there?
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I am on stock ICS (Android version 4.0.4)
My baseband version is T999UVLEM
I rooted my phone when I got it at launch, and then put off all the incremental updates until official JB was released for Tmobile. Now that it's released, I'd like to update to. What is the proper way for me to do this? Flash through odin I assume? Will I still be able to keep my root or root the device after JB is installed?
Thanks in advance, I just don't want a nightmare situation like the OP if I flash incorrectly
Darmokk said:
I am on stock ICS (Android version 4.0.4)
My baseband version is T999UVLEM
I rooted my phone when I got it at launch, and then put off all the incremental updates until official JB was released for Tmobile. Now that it's released, I'd like to update to. What is the proper way for me to do this? Flash through odin I assume? Will I still be able to keep my root or root the device after JB is installed?
Thanks in advance, I just don't want a nightmare situation like the OP if I flash incorrectly
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687
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GalaxyS3Guy said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687
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Thanks for that, it pretty much covers all of my questions.
One that I'm still wondering about though, is can I go straight from rooted UVALEM to the latest JB firmware? Or do I flash back to stock UVALEM and THEN flash JB? Or do I need to flash each incremental update before finally finishing off with JB?
Darmokk said:
Thanks for that, it pretty much covers all of my questions.
One that I'm still wondering about though, is can I go straight from rooted UVALEM to the latest JB firmware? Or do I flash back to stock UVALEM and THEN flash JB? Or do I need to flash each incremental update before finally finishing off with JB?
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Yup! Just Odin flash the full firmware file, not the ota. Use the root66 version to stay rooted.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687
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Thanks GG, been a while dude, I've no issues so far with the update, everything is smooth, my playstore acted weird for a bit, then after adding my accounts, it worked fine, weird. Otherwise, I gotta admit I'm loving it.
DocHoliday77 said:
Yup! Just Odin flash the full firmware file, not the ota. Use the root66 version to stay rooted.
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Or they can use the regular firmware file, flash it via mobile odin which roots it for ya, without the hassle and is much faster, I used it so I can say clearly it did an excellent job.
Note: if hotfile is too slow and there are no alternatives, I can upload the full firmware odin file to dev-host for everyone.
Dark Nightmare said:
Thanks GG, been a while dude, I've no issues so far with the update, everything is smooth, my playstore acted weird for a bit, then after adding my accounts, it worked fine, weird. Otherwise, I gotta admit I'm loving it.
Or they can use the regular firmware file, flash it via mobile odin which roots it for ya, without the hassle and is much faster, I used it so I can say clearly it did an excellent job.
Note: if hotfile is too slow and there are no alternatives, I can upload the full firmware odin file to dev-host for everyone.
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I always use mobile odin pro. My favorite app! But not everyone wants to pay for it and the free version doesnt have EverRoot.
I usually recommend it, but too many people were updating today so I wanted to stick with what everyone should be willing to do!
Ive already got the stock fw hosted from my account if that helps.
Was one of the first things I did after release. Check the firmware thread in my sig for that Plus more!
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DocHoliday77 said:
Modified ststus is jusy becsuse your rooted. It goes away if you revert.
It shouldnt have any bearing on your data though.
What does it say for baseband, network type, and is your imei there?
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It turns out there was a 4g blackout around my area last night. But I did odin'ed your root66 TMO JB version and it's awesome! I was wondering if you're gonna make the same version with UMS included?
Thanks!
Hey! I just want to ask you before doing anything stupid..
I was long time iPhone user and I am little scared about rooting my phone.
Also I want to keep some extras from TouchWiz is that possible? Like Stock camera and phone app (the swipe left/right for sms/call)
I want to try CM10 because I am tired of waiting for 4.1 JB.. But if I don't like it can I return to stock?
Can I make total backup and to restore it like it never happened?
Also will the wifi be fixed with custom rom because now I am getting really weak signal.
Thanks in advance!
Rooting your phone is easy. There is even a toolkit for the SIII here in the forum that does almost everything for you.Here is the link to the toolkit http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746665 There are custom ROMs that are stock based so you still get Touchwiz style. Once you install TWRP or CWM (I recommend TWRP) you make a backup of your current setup that way if you don't like the ROM or something goes wrong you can also go back to your back up.
I used to have an iPhone as well and trust me Android is way easier to use. Just read read read the forum and you will learn a ton of information.
Hey.
Download the software odin. It is free and isnt bulky.
Now go to sammobile.com. enter your country and phone there. You will get your 4.1.1 update.
Save that file.
Open odin.
In that select PDA.
Browse the file you downloaded(md5).
Put your phone in usb debugging mode.
Off the phone.
Put it in download mode. (Power down +home+ power).
Press start on odin.
Sit back and enjoy.
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pcomuto said:
Hey.
Download the software odin. It is free and isnt bulky.
Now go to sammobile.com. enter your country and phone there. You will get your 4.1.1 update.
Save that file.
Open odin.
In that select PDA.
Browse the file you downloaded(md5).
Put your phone in usb debugging mode.
Off the phone.
Put it in download mode. (Power down +home+ power).
Press start on odin.
Sit back and enjoy.
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not sure i'd follow this advice because there is no AT&T version of Jelly Bean - 4.1.1 software. judging from your post you're using the international version of the SGS3. feel free to correct/prove me wrong.
Yeah I am. I wasnt sure if there was or wasnt any update for AT&T.
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pcomuto said:
Yeah I am. I wasnt sure if there was or wasnt any update for AT&T.
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I believe currently only 4.1 jb only for att ...
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Listen to WaatB006 above. Anyways congrats on the new phone. There are a couple of ROMs that have touchwiz jellybean if u want to keep touchwiz features. You can go to the At&t Samsung galaxy III android development forum to find ROMs like black jelly, frostyjb, Jedi invasion, etc. Good luck!
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Hey Everyone,
I have a Note 2 for AT&T and yesterday it didnt work at all. It showed the Samsung logo while booting and it went away. It only does that when the battery is pulled. After a few hours I took it to the AT&T store and they ordered me a replacement but now the phone can be put into download mode and "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue..." but wont boot past that. I tried using Samsung Kies and nothing. When the replacement comes I will reject it because if I send my old one in they will void the warranty.
While using Odin I get the "Complete(Write) Operation Fails". This morning I downloaded a new firmware (hoping to be the right one) and will follow up.
Anybody have suggestions? :crying:
You say you tried kies ?
Did you try the updater?
Reason I am asking is because you should be using the EFR not the updater when using kies when your phone is bricked or w/e.
Updater wont fix anything.
freakboy13 said:
You say you tried kies ?
Did you try the updater?
Reason I am asking is because you should be using the EFR not the updater when using kies when your phone is bricked or w/e.
Updater wont fix anything.
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When Im in Samsung it just says connecting but never gets the phone.. Could my drivers need updating?
and what do you mean the updater? and EFR?
Sorry Im not so technical.
David Felix said:
Hey Everyone,
I have a Note 2 for AT&T and yesterday it didnt work at all. It showed the Samsung logo while booting and it went away. It only does that when the battery is pulled. After a few hours I took it to the AT&T store and they ordered me a replacement but now the phone can be put into download mode and "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue..." but wont boot past that. I tried using Samsung Kies and nothing. When the replacement comes I will reject it because if I send my old one in they will void the warranty.
While using Odin I get the "Complete(Write) Operation Fails". This morning I downloaded a new firmware (hoping to be the right one) and will follow up.
Anybody have suggestions? :crying:
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You will need to flash rom from the link below cuz they are rooted already. Use triangle away to reset counters then unroot using superuser, go to recovery mode and do factory reset in stock recovery. Same steps above I used to put my phone back to official and removed custom / modified status.
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jon3sh said:
You will need to flash rom from the link below cuz they are rooted already. Use triangle away to reset counters then unroot using superuser, go to recovery mode and do factory reset in stock recovery. Same steps above I used to put my phone back to official and removed custom / modified status.
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Thanks, flash it in Odin 1.85? when I downloaded 3.03 it was a .rar file my computer cannot open.
Wheres the link thats posted below?
(Im at work so when I get home I'll be doing a lot of work. 9PM im in PA)
David Felix said:
Thanks, flash it in Odin 1.85? when I downloaded 3.03 it was a .rar file my computer cannot open.
Wheres the link thats posted below?
(Im at work so when I get home I'll be doing a lot of work. 9PM im in PA)
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Lol sorry my bad there is a link for odin there too. Get rar extractor online so your pc recognize the file and just extract the file that u need to use with odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650
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jon3sh said:
Lol sorry my bad there is a link for odin there too. Get rar extractor online so your pc recognize the file and just extract the file that u need to use with odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650
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Thanks man!!! As i said i will try this tonight and give you a heads up
Just from reading online.. Im not bricked am I??
Here hope this helps.
If you can get to dl mode your golden.
I just made this tut.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261153
freakboy13 said:
Here hope this helps.
If you can get to dl mode your golden.
I just made this tut.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261153
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Wow youre the man, thanks for making that thread! I will try these methods when I get home!
:good:
Wow!
What worked for me: I searched for the AT&T stock ROM 4.1.1, the file name started with "KIES" something. I must have been running the wrong ROM the whole time. I checked and the counter is up to 8 but the current binary is samsung official and system status is official.
Now how do I get the counter to say "No"
David Felix said:
Wow!
What worked for me: I searched for the AT&T stock ROM 4.1.1, the file name started with "KIES" something. I must have been running the wrong ROM the whole time. I checked and the counter is up to 8 but the current binary is samsung official and system status is official.
Now how do I get the counter to say "No"
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Nice.. now you just need to run triangle away.
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jon3sh said:
Nice.. now you just need to run triangle away.
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yeah i downloaded it but im not rooted so I have to root and then rerun triangle away.
Thanks everyone for your support. I posted on "android forums" or something like that weeks ago and no one ever helped me. I posted on here and within a day I was able to resolve my problem!
David Felix said:
yeah i downloaded it but im not rooted so I have to root and then rerun triangle away.
Thanks everyone for your support. I posted on "android forums" or something like that weeks ago and no one ever helped me. I posted on here and within a day I was able to resolve my problem!
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Choose the one for att from link below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980644
Or flash root injected rom from link below if above method dont work for you. Then reinstall triangle away from store again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650
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jon3sh said:
Choose the one for att from link below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980644
Or flash root injected rom from link below if above method dont work for you. Then reinstall triangle away from store again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650
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I'm just going to root it again using Odin and run triangle app to remove the counter but just keep it rooted and run performance apps. I honestly don't want to mess with the ROMs anymore.. ROMs are no joke and I've learned my lesson.
2 days ago i pretty much deleted everything on my phone using twarp after i just got it rooted by accident now im trying to find the stock .tar and use odin to put it on my phone i know how to get to download mode and all that but i cant find the right file online please help i miss my phone lo:crying::crying:l
Just type stock sph-l900 in search thing and it will come up
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xyojimbox said:
Just type stock sph-l900 in search thing and it will come up
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I just did that and im getting results but how do u know what one like the MA7 or MC2 or whatever other ones they have and is there any other websites to download it from becasue idk why but its taking 8 hours to download the file lol
Spazzpyro said:
I just did that and im getting results but how do u know what one like the MA7 or MC2 or whatever other ones they have and is there any other websites to download it from becasue idk why but its taking 8 hours to download the file lol
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If you can flash stuff go here and flash this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769
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xyojimbox said:
If you can flash stuff go here and flash this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769
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nope can't flash anything when I turn it on it says firmware upgrade encountered an issue please select recovery in kies and try again..now I tried that and I got nothing lol I can get into download mode but that's about it any other help will be appreciated
Perhaps try one of sxtp or garwynn versions of a "one click" Odin restores.
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kingdazy said:
Perhaps try one of sxtp or garwynn versions of a "one click" Odin restores.
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i'm actually downloading it right now its taking 2 hours tho.. so im just going to have to wait lol hope to god it works if not guess i'll have to use a insurance claim
if you can get in to download mode you have nothing to worry about. as long as it's not a hardware problem that really wasn't caused by flashing.
Spazzpyro said:
nope can't flash anything when I turn it on it says firmware upgrade encountered an issue please select recovery in kies and try again..now I tried that and I got nothing lol I can get into download mode but that's about it any other help will be appreciated
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This just happened to me. I had to put it in download mode and do a restore through samsung kies.
I just did the same thing...I wiped everything then the zip file was corrupt and instead of restoring I rebooted the phone, now the phone boots straight to download mode and odin wont do anything as it's waiting on usb debugging to be enabled....
ugh!
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DevilStrider said:
This just happened to me. I had to put it in download mode and do a restore through samsung kies.
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how did you get kies to connect? my phone is in download mode but kies just sits there and tries to connect but never does
Kies or Odin?
Dude you need better Internet provider
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U can get it from rwilco12 dot com...
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I had this scare too!
You need to use the One Click Restore method found here :
Mirror 1 (Latest Version) - goo,gl/PZgtX
Mirror 2 (Older Version But Might Be Faster) - goo,gl/L9Nct
IMPORTANT: You Need To Install goo,gl/ETEQs If Your Computer Says The Installation Failed Use a Different Computer Because That Will Not Work!
I had this problem just yesterday and had to figure it out by myself. This will solve your problem.