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Phone bricked..Help

I think I bricked my Rogers S3.
I had JB running on it. Today I decided to root it again ( I rooted it couple of months ago and then went back to stock). I did the same procedure as last time i.e. using toolkit, however, when I had to choose which file to choose in odin to be flashed in insecure boot, I chose "boot-insecure-spr-l710palen.tar" instead of choosing "boot-insecure-canada-rogers-i747mvale8.tar".
Now after odin finished doing ALLINONE "insecured boot, CWM, root phone + install busybox", my phone restarted and I could hear the samsung logo voice but the screen was totally blank.
I went back to odin and chose ALLINONE "insecured boot, CWM, root phone + install busybox" and this time chose the right file but still the same thing.
So now I decided to unroot the phone by flashing the custom rogers version back on, so I flashed the custom rom using ODIN but still my phone keeps on getting stuck at the samsung logo at the start up. It doesn't go any further.
Is it bricked? How can I solve this problem? Thanks
Note: If i press volume up+home+power, I can get into the mode where it gives me the options to reboot, wipe etc.
Should I try to root it again and try to get into recovery mode to see what can be done to fix it?

Bumped!!!!!!!!!

It's a soft brick, so you're okay.
Just download Odin and flash a restore image on your phone with it.
Search the "development" subforum for "Odin" and you'll find everything you need.

CZ Eddie said:
It's a soft brick, so you're okay.
Just download Odin and flash a restore image on your phone with it.
Search the "development" subforum for "Odin" and you'll find everything you need.
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No no...do a factory reset
sent from outside ur window

twanskys204 said:
No no...do a factory reset
sent from outside ur window
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Yup. It worked. I just performed a factory reset along with cache wipe and phone started working again. Thanks guys.

[Q] stuck at "samsung" on boot

I'm following the post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426&nocache=1 (for the second or third time) to flash the stock rooted rom onto my att s3. I've done this before a few times and never had an issue.
I'm following them to the letter tonight and everything goes ok (at least ODIN says its ok...) but the phone won't get past the SAMSUNG logo on the restart. ODIN finishes, I see the green Android guy and a progress bar, then I think it reboots again, I get the samsung/at&t logo with sound, then it just stays on the SAMSUNG screen. I gave it time, up to 20 minutes, to finish anything it was doing.
Any help would be appreciated.
(Why am I doing this? I flashed CM 10.1 and somehow LTE didn't work, so I went to CWM and flashed my backup and I couldn't get any phone/data to work. So thinking something got fouled up I decided to just re-flash from the above post to get what I had, which was working.)

zshguru said:
I'm following the post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426&nocache=1 (for the second or third time) to flash the stock rooted rom onto my att s3. I've done this before a few times and never had an issue.
I'm following them to the letter tonight and everything goes ok (at least ODIN says its ok...) but the phone won't get past the SAMSUNG logo on the restart. ODIN finishes, I see the green Android guy and a progress bar, then I think it reboots again, I get the samsung/at&t logo with sound, then it just stays on the SAMSUNG screen. I gave it time, up to 20 minutes, to finish anything it was doing.
Any help would be appreciated.
(Why am I doing this? I flashed CM 10.1 and somehow LTE didn't work, so I went to CWM and flashed my backup and I couldn't get any phone/data to work. So thinking something got fouled up I decided to just re-flash from the above post to get what I had, which was working.)
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Enter recovery and wipe data/factory reset. You have things from CM10 lingering and this wipe will fix them.

BCSC said:
Enter recovery and wipe data/factory reset. You have things from CM10 lingering and this wipe will fix them.
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I can't do anything. It won't boot past the SAMSUNG screen. I don't have CWM or anything

Manually boot into recovery, then do a factory reset

mrhaley30705 said:
Manually boot into recovery, then do a factory reset
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When I try to do that, the screen just goes black.
I tried flashing CWM using heimdall (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1728981) and got this error ... ERROR: Partition "recovery" does not exist in the specified PIT.

zshguru said:
I can't do anything. It won't boot past the SAMSUNG screen. I don't have CWM or anything
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you wont have CWM if you have stocked via Odin, but you will have 3e recovery with same option. Use same 3 button combo to get recovery

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I sort of had the same issue except I didn't have any issues with recovery. I flashed 4.1.1 via ODIN and then got stuck at the Samsung logo. ODIN said passed so I did a battery pull and booted into stock recovery (holding volume key up + home button (keeping both held until I was in recovery) and hit the power button) and I had to do a factory reset and wipe cache and then reboot. Could maybe try flashing via ODIN again and giving that a shot if you haven't yet.

ToXicWinter said:
I sort of had the same issue except I didn't have any issues with recovery. I flashed 4.1.1 via ODIN and then got stuck at the Samsung logo. ODIN said passed so I did a battery pull and booted into stock recovery (holding volume key up + home button (keeping both held until I was in recovery) and hit the power button) and I had to do a factory reset and wipe cache and then reboot. Could maybe try flashing via ODIN again and giving that a shot if you haven't yet.
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Yeah I will try to flash again via ODIN and will try the recovery thing.

zshguru said:
Yeah I will try to flash again via ODIN and will try the recovery thing.
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Finally, got to recovery and did a factory reset/wipe and cleared the cache. Rebooted and still stuck on sammy screen. Trying to reflash stock via odin.

zshguru said:
Finally, got to recovery and did a factory reset/wipe and cleared the cache. Rebooted and still stuck on sammy screen. Trying to reflash stock via odin.
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Woohoo --- it worked! The damn thing is back lol.

Good deal bro. I know when that happened to me last week I had a mini heart attack lol.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium

ToXicWinter said:
Good deal bro. I know when that happened to me last week I had a mini heart attack lol.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium
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triangled-away, back to stock. now i can take my s3 back to at&t for warranty replacement (data stopped working)
thank you every who assisted me. i really appreciate it.

[Q] Is my samsung note 2 dead? Help please

I rooted the phone, downloaded andromizer, curious on the LCD density tweak, set the lcd density to 380, phone booted, then it stuck on samsung logo. Went to dev mode (volume down), did wipe and factory reset and it went into a series of process up untill "installing applications" with progress bar underneat, and it does nothing and keeps on restarting. Last time I checked memory with emmc check, brick bugs is no, sane chip.
What should I do? I tried flash with Odin, it was successful. But still it rebooted then stuck on installing applications then it reboots few times but "installing applications" are still there
Please help

isutrisno said:
I rooted the phone, downloaded andromizer, curious on the LCD density tweak, set the lcd density to 380, phone booted, then it stuck on samsung logo. Went to dev mode (volume down), did wipe and factory reset and it went into a series of process up untill "installing applications" with progress bar underneat, and it does nothing and keeps on restarting. Last time I checked memory with emmc check, brick bugs is no, sane chip.
What should I do? I tried flash with Odin, it was successful. But still it rebooted then stuck on installing applications then it reboots few times but "installing applications" are still there
Please help
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flash philz and clean wipe the system,data,cache and dalvik or rather use super clean/wipe http://d-h.st/fWr then try installing a custom rom

How? The phone is dead? You mean install on pc?

sorry I am a noob can you please be more specific on how to? sorry:crying:

Ok I found how to install Philz Touch using odin3, I made into CWM and as phil instruction I rebooted with disable flash recovery option, the phone still goes into "installing applications" with no progress on the progress bar BUT it keeps on restarting? Is this a good sign? Does it mean it is installing stuff?? I have waited for like 15 minutes and it keeps doing that, installing applications and rebooting... Omg I am so stressed out

isutrisno said:
Ok I found how to install Philz Touch using odin3, I made into CWM and as phil instruction I rebooted with disable flash recovery option, the phone still goes into "installing applications" with no progress on the progress bar BUT it keeps on restarting? Is this a good sign? Does it mean it is installing stuff?? I have waited for like 15 minutes and it keeps doing that, installing applications and rebooting... Omg I am so stressed out
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Relax mate
if u have successully installed philz recovery then sw of ur phone and press vol. up + home + power button. u will be in the recovery then.
select wipe data / factory reset then clean to install a new rom. select yes
it will clean ur rom for any conflicts with the old rom
after than flash a new rom
search for hurricane rom v5 which is nicely built and having latest version.
download and copy to ur sd card .
then from secovery select install zip
select hurricane rom and it will start the aroma installer .
finish everything and reboot
then the phone should boot successfully.
hope it helps

june14 said:
Relax mate
if u have successully installed philz recovery then sw of ur phone and press vol. up + home + power button. u will be in the recovery then.
select wipe data / factory reset then clean to install a new rom. select yes
it will clean ur rom for any conflicts with the old rom
after than flash a new rom
search for hurricane rom v5 which is nicely built and having latest version.
download and copy to ur sd card .
then from secovery select install zip
select hurricane rom and it will start the aroma installer .
finish everything and reboot
then the phone should boot successfully.
hope it helps
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Oh wow, it does helpppppp omg thannnnkkkss!!!

not booting up after flashing custom rom

Hi, I've managed to use Odin to install the bell with root image, phone now working with I747MVLUEMK5..downloaded clockworkmod recovery manager and used the att recovery image. Downloaded custom Roms, factory reset the phone, wiped cache and dalvik then installed the custom ROM. It installed properly but when I reboot, it won't turn on, I have to do the download mode to recover it back using the Odin. Tried different custom ROM and I made sure they are for this image MVLUEMK5... But same result, it won't boot up... Help...did I miss a step?

Copy a ROM to your SD card, install a custom recovery (I prefer CWM), boot into recovery, wipe cache, Dalvik, data, and system, install the custom ROM, reboot the phone.
Every 4.4.2 ROM I have tried (Valudus, Cyanfox, CM11) will boot with a stock 4.1.2 bootloader or newer so you should be fine.
Do you have any warranty left on your phone? Does your phone have Knox installed?

audit13 said:
Copy a ROM to your SD card, install a custom recovery (I prefer CWM), boot into recovery, wipe cache, Dalvik, data, and system, install the custom ROM, reboot the phone.
Every 4.4.2 ROM I have tried (Valudus, Cyanfox, CM11) will boot with a stock 4.1.2 bootloader or newer so you should be fine.
Do you have any warranty left on your phone? Does your phone have Knox installed?
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Here’s the Steps I went through:
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I have a Bell S3 with 4.3 JB from OTA
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1.******Downloaded Odin to my PC
2.******Downloaded the image from* 66 CF Root….
3.******Loaded it to my phone (Using Odin)
4.******Made sure the phone is rooted after and it is
5.******Downloaded CWM Manager from Playstore
6.******Changed the Recovery image using the Manager to Samsung Galaxy S3 for AT&T (d2att)
7.******Downloaded Omni Rom then moved it to the SD card using My File app
8.******Rebooted to Recovery
9.******Backed up my phone
10.***Did a Factory reset
11.***Did a Wipe Cache
12.***Did a Wipe Davlik
13.***Flashed the Rom with no error
14.***Rebooted to System
15.***Samsung Logo showed up for a sec then the phone is dead
16.***Tried to turn it on by pressing the power button but not working, I thought the battery was drained when I rebooted, I plugged it in for half an hour but still not turning on. Was able to press the power_
17.***Vol down and home and it booted to Download mode
18.***Used Odin to load the image frok step 2 above and tried the same steps using different rom (Beanstalk-4.4) and the result is the same

Too much work for me. There is no need to have root before installing a custom ROM.
Do this:
Use Odin to install Philz Touch Recovery from here (use the tar version in PDA, do not check auto reboot): http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2att
Once it flashes and you see Reset in the windows, pull the battery, disconnect the phone from computer, boot into recovery, wipe cache, dalvik, system, data, flash rom, reboot.

Thanks for the help...I'll try this tonight...when you say pull the battery, you mean literally take the battery out of the phone? Would it boot to recovery when I put the battery back? or will it normally boot then I would reboot to recovery.
Thanks!

snyph3r said:
Thanks for the help...I'll try this tonight...when you say pull the battery, you mean literally take the battery out of the phone? Would it boot to recovery when I put the battery back? or will it normally boot then I would reboot to recovery.
Thanks!
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Yes, remove the battery. Disconnect the USB cable, replace the battery, press volume +, home, and power to get into recovery. Wipe cache, Dalvik, system, data, and flash your custom ROM.

audit13 said:
Yes, remove the battery. Disconnect the USB cable, replace the battery, press volume +, home, and power to get into recovery. Wipe cache, Dalvik, system, data, and flash your custom ROM.
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Okay, installed Philz recovery using Odin, pulled bttery, unplug usb then boot to recovery...Philz recovery booted, was able to set to factory, wipe cache,dalvik and flash beanstalk rom,...rebooted the system and still shows samsung logo for a sec and phone turned off....I was still able to go back to phils recovery and tried a different rom and it did the same...just not booting up after flashing...
One thing I noticed is when flashing the rom it doesnt take long (less than 2 minutes) then it completed withoiut error....could it be the zip file or the SD card where i copied them?

snyph3r said:
Okay, installed Philz recovery using Odin, pulled bttery, unplug usb then boot to recovery...Philz recovery booted, was able to set to factory, wipe cache,dalvik and flash beanstalk rom,...rebooted the system and still shows samsung logo for a sec and phone turned off....I was still able to go back to phils recovery and tried a different rom and it did the same...just not booting up after flashing...
One thing I noticed is when flashing the rom it doesnt take long (less than 2 minutes) then it completed withoiut error....could it be the zip file or the SD card where i copied them?
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Most of the 4.3 roms take a long time at the first boot once you flash it (when I flashed S3Rx it took 3 minutes 32 seconds, I timed it because most people say I waited a long time but have no recollection of how much time) it will stay at one of the boot image screens for several minutes then it should vibrate once the blue led should illuminate and then it will finish booting.
If the wait is too much for you turn it on, set it down, walk away, find something to do, 10 minutes later come back, if it hasn't booted now make sure you followed all the instructions correctly and flashed the right stuff for the phone model you have.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app
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To make sure we are on the same page, is it just stuck at a boot screen or is it getting to a screen turning off and going back to the same screen repeatedly?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app

snyph3r said:
Okay, installed Philz recovery using Odin, pulled bttery, unplug usb then boot to recovery...Philz recovery booted, was able to set to factory, wipe cache,dalvik and flash beanstalk rom,...rebooted the system and still shows samsung logo for a sec and phone turned off....I was still able to go back to phils recovery and tried a different rom and it did the same...just not booting up after flashing...
One thing I noticed is when flashing the rom it doesnt take long (less than 2 minutes) then it completed withoiut error....could it be the zip file or the SD card where i copied them?
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Try a different ROM. I use validus and it installed without a problem.

audit13 said:
Try a different ROM. I use validus and it installed without a problem.
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I was able to flash Validus and And Candykat but could not flash Omni and Beanstalk....flashes with no error but just wont boot up...

I quickly checked the difference between validus/candy Kat vs omni/beanstalk...I looked at the updater-script and found that both validus and candykat doesn't have "assert((getprop...." lines in the beginning of the script, they start at mount ("ext4","EMMC.... line...I wonder if I take the assert lines on the Omni and Beanstalk updater-script if it is going to work..

snyph3r said:
I quickly checked the difference between validus/candy Kat vs omni/beanstalk...I looked at the updater-script and found that both validus and candykat doesn't have "assert((getprop...." lines in the beginning of the script, they start at mount ("ext4","EMMC.... line...I wonder if I take the assert lines on the Omni and Beanstalk updater-script if it is going to work..
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You can remove the asserts and try, but the phone still may not boot. Any particular reason you want Omni or Beanstalk? I personally prefer Validus.

audit13 said:
You can remove the asserts and try, but the phone still may not boot. Any particular reason you want Omni or Beanstalk? I personally prefer Validus.
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didn't work without the assert either....just wanted to try different Roms...I'm on Validuz now but having a couple of issues...WiFi is not turning on, have to reboot to turn it on and reboot doesn't work either. It won't turn on unless I pulled the battery which is a pain....

snyph3r said:
didn't work without the assert either....just wanted to try different Roms...I'm on Validuz now but having a couple of issues...WiFi is not turning on, have to reboot to turn it on and reboot doesn't work either. It won't turn on unless I pulled the battery which is a pain....
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That is strange. I run validus on mine and WiFi is fine. Calls and data ate fine as well.

snyph3r said:
Here’s the Steps I went through:
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I have a Bell S3 with 4.3 JB from OTA
*
1.******Downloaded Odin to my PC
2.******Downloaded the image from* 66 CF Root….
3.******Loaded it to my phone (Using Odin)
4.******Made sure the phone is rooted after and it is
5.******Downloaded CWM Manager from Playstore
6.******Changed the Recovery image using the Manager to Samsung Galaxy S3 for AT&T (d2att)
7.******Downloaded Omni Rom then moved it to the SD card using My File app
8.******Rebooted to Recovery
9.******Backed up my phone
10.***Did a Factory reset
11.***Did a Wipe Cache
12.***Did a Wipe Davlik
13.***Flashed the Rom with no error
14.***Rebooted to System
15.***Samsung Logo showed up for a sec then the phone is dead
16.***Tried to turn it on by pressing the power button but not working, I thought the battery was drained when I rebooted, I plugged it in for half an hour but still not turning on. Was able to press the power_
17.***Vol down and home and it booted to Download mode
18.***Used Odin to load the image frok step 2 above and tried the same steps using different rom (Beanstalk-4.4) and the result is the same
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Just curious... are you going into mounts and storage to format system along with the factory reset and dalvik / cache wipes ??

[Q] How to install PAC-man ROM for Galaxy s3

I'm having a very hard time figuring which PAC-man ROM to download for my s3. I've got the thing rooted via towel root and have the free version of ROM manager, but don't know where to go from there. The model number is SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 if it matters.

There are hundreds of threads and post regarding loading roms... ill give you a quick run-down though....
First you need to find & flash a aftermarket recovery program.......(flash via odin) Team Win Recovery (TWRP) or Clockword Mod Recovery(CWMR) I personally like TWRP alot more, and there are a couple other ones, but those are probably the most common.
Once you do that, try booting into recovery mode.... ( turn phone off, then press volume up, power, and menu all at the same time, hold until you see the samsung logo and in top left you will see recovery booting, wait till this screen has past, then let go)
Once done, MAKE A BACK UP!!! Very important step and save it to where you will remember, i personally like to store it on my external SD card.
Load phone back up, download rom and recomended Gapps (google apps) onto computer, connect phone, and transfer onto the phone. (again i prefer to put on my external SD card)
Here is the pac-rom you want. ----> https://s.basketbuild.com/devs/pacman/d2lte/release - choose the .zip not the .zip.md5sum
you will have to look up what Gapps they recomend for their rom... i personally like PA Gapps.
Once loaded, turn phone off, boot to recovery, factory reset, wipe data/clear cache/dalvik cache. Install rom and specified gapps from location you saved on your phone.
I suggest your do a bit more research before you attempt so you are 100% sure you know what you are doing.... i did give a pretty thorough guideline but always double check!!!
Also, i have not tried using pacrom, so i dont know what its like, but i have tried around 4-5 roms and so far my favorite is dirty unicorns, here is the link for the newest stable rom. I am using PAGAPPS stock package with this rom.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95784891001604479
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGED PHONE FROM YOUR MIS-USE OR PERSONAL INJURY!

coyotefiveoh said:
First you need to find & flash a aftermarket recovery program.......(flash via odin) Team Win Recovery (TWRP) or Clockword Mod Recovery(CWMR) I personally like TWRP alot more, and there are a couple other ones, but those are probably the most common.
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I've downloaded Odin but have no idea of what to do with it. As for TWRP, the download links appear to either be very well hidden or just down completely, and when I tried to install Clockword Mod Recovery via ROM manager, I get a message saying "unsupported device".

BlackGuyRX said:
I've downloaded Odin but have no idea of what to do with it. As for TWRP, the download links appear to either be very well hidden or just down completely, and when I tried to install Clockword Mod Recovery via ROM manager, I get a message saying "unsupported device".
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http://teamw.in/project/twrp2
top right of screen it says "Get TWRP for your device"
find device and download to computer. Make sure you are running odin v3.09
turn phone off, boot into download mode. (volume down, power & menu all at same time)
open odin
plug into computer
odin will recognize
click pa and find TWRP file.
start and wait till odin says PASS!
Unplug and boot into recovery and continue as per previous instruction.
MAKE SURE TO MAKE A BACKUP WHEN IN TWRP!!!!!
If you still cant figure it out, do some more googling. its out there..... i learned how to do it last week for my first time and all i used was google.
again, i am not responsible for a damaged device from improper use and hold no liability what so ever.

coyotefiveoh said:
top right of screen it says "Get TWRP for your device"
find device and download to computer. Make sure you are running odin v3.09
turn phone off, boot into download mode. (volume down, power & menu all at same time)
open odin
plug into computer
odin will recognize
click pa and find TWRP file.
start and wait till odin says PASS!
Unplug and boot into recovery and continue as per previous instruction.
MAKE SURE TO MAKE A BACKUP WHEN IN TWRP!!!!!
If you still cant figure it out, do some more googling. its out there..... i learned how to do it last week for my first time and all i used was google.
again, i am not responsible for a damaged device from improper use and hold no liability what so ever.
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I forgot to add, when I did find my device in that search bar and clicked on "direct download", I was taken here,( cant type URL, but it should say "/devs/s0updev/gooinsideme/") but there was nothing there so I clicked on "s0updev", but I'm not sure of where to go.
When I clicked on "Market Link", I got a message saying no app found.

Before flashing anything, you should determine which bootloader and modem version is on your phone.
If you run into problems installing the ROM, you need to know the bootloader and modem version on your phone when trying to get back to a stock or working ROM.

audit13 said:
Before flashing anything, you should determine which bootloader and modem version is on your phone.
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How do I do that? Also, I'm going to purchase a sim card with a prepaid service for my phone. If I get it activated first, can I still add a custom rom later and not lose anything?
Sorry for asking so many questions, I just wanna be careful.

Is your phone sim unlocked? If not, I recommend unllocking it before installing a custom ROM.
To find out about your bootloader and modem, install the Samsung Phone Info app from the play store. Run it and it will tell you what you need to know.

audit13 said:
Is your phone sim unlocked? If not, I recommend unllocking it before installing a custom ROM.
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The place where I bought it from claimed it was completely unlocked. I have no idea of how to check for myself other than a couple of shady payware apps on the playstore.

You can test it by trying a couple of sim cards in the phone. The sim cards do not need to be active and they should from two completely different carrier, rather than a carrier and its sub brand.

audit13 said:
You can test it by trying a couple of sim cards in the phone. The sim cards do not need to be active and they should from two completely different carrier, rather than a carrier and its sub brand.
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OK, I've downloaded the Samsung edition of Phone INFO and found my Bootloader info, but have no idea of where the modem info is. Also, I went back to the store I bought the phone and had them test with an T-Mobile card, and confirmed the phone was unlocked.

Okay, after getting ClockworkMod Recovery successfully flashed, I think I'm finally close to getting this thing going after coming across two tutorials from teamandroid. ("How to Install Android 4.4.2 KitKat on AT&T Galaxy S3 SGH-I747 with PAC-man Custom Firmware" being one of them) I've run into another problem though-
TeamAndroid said:
Complete Step-By-Step Instructions:
Step 1 - Download PAC-man Android 4.4.2 ROM and Google Apps for Galaxy S3 to your computer.
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The download link provided for the ROM is dead. I'm not sure of where to get the latest rom and the matching Google Apps download. If I can get these, I should finally get this thing installed.

There are great ROMs here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-att/development
In order to flash a custom ROM, boot into recovery, format system, Dalvik, data, and cache. Install ROM, install Gapps, done

audit13 said:
There are great ROMs here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-att/development
In order to flash a custom ROM, boot into recovery, format system, Dalvik, data, and cache. Install ROM, install Gapps, done
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I'm going to install
[ROM][OFFICIAL][KitKat 4.4.4][d2lte] PAC-man 4.4.4.RC-1
Where can I find Gapps?

Gapps link here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2015607

During the ROM install, I got an error and it aborted the installation-

What was the error? The phone needs to be running the latest Philz, CWM, or TWRP.

audit13 said:
What was the error? The phone needs to be running the latest Philz, CWM, or TWRP.
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Formating system
Exracting system files...
Making symlinks
set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed
E: Error in /sdcard/pac_d2lte-RC-1-20140831.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted
I'm running CWM-based Recovery v5.5.0.4

Your recovery is too old.

audit13 said:
Your recovery is too old.
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https://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager
I found "Samsung Galaxy S3 (AT&T)- 6.0.4.7" Do I need to go back into download mode and flash this with Odin? Do I run the risk of bricking when powering off my phone since I already went trough these steps-
“wipe data/factory reset”
“wipe cache partition”
“wipe dalvik cache”