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t989 bricked but can detect in Linux

Dear friends,
I have a bricked t989. Screen wont start. I thin the phone ran out of space when I was trying to flash a ROM (silly me).
Here is what happens when I connect the phone to:
Windows7/XP laptop:
It start asking me to format the USB drive. Phone is not detected in Samsung Kies. It shows as a USB device ni system tray. IN computer management, a lots of drives appear and all seem to be healthy. The icons disappear when I hold the power button and come back when I press power button again. So it tells me the on and off is occuring, but nothing occurs on screen.
Linux PC:
I can see all the drives with all the contents. Including all my files, apps, system folders, etc. I see folders like image lib etc. And its writable too.
IS there any way I can flash a stock rom or something by copying some files to these folders or anyway I can use what I can see in Linux to put life back into my phone?
Many thanks for reading.

Have you tried getting into download mode and flashing a stock rom with Odin?

mehtajinesh said:
Dear friends,
I have a bricked t989. Screen wont start. I thin the phone ran out of space when I was trying to flash a ROM (silly me).
Here is what happens when I connect the phone to:
Windows7/XP laptop:
It start asking me to format the USB drive. Phone is not detected in Samsung Kies. It shows as a USB device ni system tray. IN computer management, a lots of drives appear and all seem to be healthy. The icons disappear when I hold the power button and come back when I press power button again. So it tells me the on and off is occuring, but nothing occurs on screen.
Linux PC:
I can see all the drives with all the contents. Including all my files, apps, system folders, etc. I see folders like image lib etc. And its writable too.
IS there any way I can flash a stock rom or something by copying some files to these folders or anyway I can use what I can see in Linux to put life back into my phone?
Many thanks for reading.
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If u can see everything like that then ur not bricked, u need to put he phone in download mode by turning it off and holding vol-vol+ and connecting to PC, a screen should show and give u option to continue or cancel, press continue, now connect to windows via Odin, Samsung kies will not see the phone because u have a custom recovery, make sure kies isn't running/uninstall it if u can, open Odin v1.85 and wait till it says added, from there flash twrp v2.6.1.0 tar.file from here techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hercules load the file via PDA option and press start in Odin, do not touch anything else besides PDA to load the file and start to initiate the flash, when its done and u get a green passed sign, DL ur fav ROM to ur PC, boot to recovery on the phone and select advanced/mount USB, transfer the file, flash the ROM (and gapps if needed) and reboot, phone should recover fine..
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

soupysoup said:
If u can see everything like that then ur not bricked, u need to put he phone in download mode by turning it off and holding vol-vol+ and connecting to PC, a screen should show and give u option to continue or cancel, press continue, now connect to windows via Odin, Samsung kies will not see the phone because u have a custom recovery, make sure kies isn't running/uninstall it if u can, open Odin v1.85 and wait till it says added, from there flash twrp v2.6.1.0 tar.file from here techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hercules load the file via PDA option and press start in Odin, do not touch anything else besides PDA to load the file and start to initiate the flash, when its done and u get a green passed sign, DL ur fav ROM to ur PC, boot to recovery on the phone and select advanced/mount USB, transfer the file, flash the ROM (and gapps if needed) and reboot, phone should recover fine..
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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I have this same problem, but can't get mine to work.
While back, I flash and play around with lots of roms. One day my t989 went dead, after flashing, can't remember the detail. Anyway, so now, when I plug in the usb cable, the computer dings and a message pops up saying I need to format the disk drive before I can use it. Options are "Format disk" or "Cancel". I can't format, it keeps saying to check the disk and make sure it is connected properly and try again. Only option is Cancel. Odin can't see it either. Kies can't see it. Also, Kies is uninstalled and PC is rebooted. Still no luck.
What else can I try?

navy2012 said:
I have this same problem, but can't get mine to work.
While back, I flash and play around with lots of roms. One day my t989 went dead, after flashing, can't remember the detail. Anyway, so now, when I plug in the usb cable, the computer dings and a message pops up saying I need to format the disk drive before I can use it. Options are "Format disk" or "Cancel". I can't format, it keeps saying to check the disk and make sure it is connected properly and try again. Only option is Cancel. Odin can't see it either. Kies can't see it. Also, Kies is uninstalled and PC is rebooted. Still no luck.
What else can I try?
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First of all u never never format a phone from a PC like that, the device has certain partitions that hold crucial info such as imei, sys data, recovery info, and formating wipes all of that so that's a no no, second if by chance u flashed the wrong ROM or a wrong anything bad things happen, the fact that it even asks u to format the disk tells me something is wrong, try holding vol-vol+ while connecting phone to PC when the phone is off, if its recoverable it will enter download mode, if that doesn't work u can try a USB jig, which will force the device into DL mode and at most there a couple dollars on eBay or amazon, so its worth it to fix the phone, if neither of those options work then congrats man u have officially hard bricked ur device, frame it an mount it on the wall lol
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

[Q] Hard Brick i747 AT&T SD unbrick???

@edit i whrited the wrong model.....it I747 NOT 797
Again....excuse if i'm posting on the wrong place cause i'm really newbie on this forum things......
My problem is that while tring to reinstall my 4.3 droid i went to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498233 and tried using these files to get another rom, so as it mentioned i started flashing the boot loader but via odin i coudn't as odin negated to proceed due to errors. Them i triede odin multiloader them i tried TWRP them i ended up messing everythin tring via Clock work mod recovery. I just got the process well done and them when the system tries to boot it just won't boot. The eternal black screen looks like i have to a Hard Brick and even if while i try the usb cable the computer responds to the device, i couldn't take it to Download Mode.
After some research i have see that it's possible to make a debrick via SD card.
So.....i'm exactly........cring for help, any good soul that have a litle time to explain me a couple things if i can or i cannot debrick it without spending money. IS my time is running cause i got my SIM card cut and this is my only phone now.
Sorry again for anything.......hope somthing comes but while it not come i will keep researching thanks verybody.
@update Now i'm stuck on how to get to a folder on the terminal of ubuntu to mount the img file to the sd card

Farahjr said:
Again....excuse if i'm posting on the wrong place cause i'm really newbie on this forum things......
My problem is that while tring to reinstall my 4.3 droid i went to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498233 and tried using these files to get another rom, so as it mentioned i started flashing the boot loader but via odin i coudn't as odin negated to proceed due to errors. Them i triede odin multiloader them i tried TWRP them i ended up messing everythin tring via Clock work mod recovery. I just got the process well done and them when the system tries to boot it just won't boot. The eternal black screen looks like i have to a Hard Brick and even if while i try the usb cable the computer responds to the device, i couldn't take it to Download Mode.
After some research i have see that it's possible to make a debrick via SD card.
So.....i'm exactly........cring for help, any good soul that have a litle time to explain me a couple things if i can or i cannot debrick it without spending money. IS my time is running cause i got my SIM card cut and this is my only phone now.
Sorry again for anything.......hope somthing comes but while it not come i will keep researching thanks verybody.
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yes you can use your sd card to revive your AT&T Samsung Galaxy S3 I747 assuming thats what you have
2nd always research before you flash or modify your phone
3rd if you can get your phone into download mode then its not hard bricked ....shutdown device and then (hold the power button + home button + volume down button at the same time) wait until the phone lights up with the download page
4th odin back to stock (sorry am too tired to find one) start from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1725839
5th if its bricked try this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2525902&page=3
hope that helps
edit: if that does not help use this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2345860
get a usb jtag if you cant access download mode
doesnt work Mobiletechvideos.com is there to debrick your phone for a good price

winosxbuntu said:
yes you can use your sd card to revive your AT&T Samsung Galaxy S3 I747 assuming thats what you have
2nd always research before you flash or modify your phone
3rd if you can get your phone into download mode then its not hard bricked ....shutdown device and then (hold the power button + home button + volume down button at the same time) wait until the phone lights up with the download page
4th odin back to stock (sorry am too tired to find one) start from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1725839
5th if its bricked try this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2525902&page=3
hope that helps
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1-Yes it's a AT&T i747 as i had my self upgrading downgrading upgrading again and rooteing the device the last time. I think that i possibly flashed something on these steps that gave me this problem after tring to flash the method on the link that i mentioned.
5- It's hard bricked cause i can't go into download mode. I'm reading this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43305728
I forgot to say....i'm not helpfull with the thecnical english language. I'm a braziliam and i really to only get the most simple threads that i can just in case to not comit any mistakes due to language issues.
My nightmares have come.......so i'm just installing a Virtual Machine fo Ubuntu and try to load the img to an 8gb SD series 4 i know that the recomended is 16 gb 10 series but i will try the process anyway just to get experience.
But still wanna help if anybody comes with more! thanks!

Farahjr said:
1-Yes it's a AT&T i747 as i had my self upgrading downgrading upgrading again and rooteing the device the last time. I think that i possibly flashed something on these steps that gave me this problem after tring to flash the method on the link that i mentioned.
5- It's hard bricked cause i can't go into download mode. I'm reading this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43305728
I forgot to say....i'm not helpfull with the thecnical english language. I'm a braziliam and i really to only get the most simple threads that i can just in case to not comit any mistakes due to language issues.
My nightmares have come.......so i'm just installing a Virtual Machine fo Ubuntu and try to load the img to an 8gb SD series 4 i know that the recomended is 16 gb 10 series but i will try the process anyway just to get experience.
But still wanna help if anybody comes with more! thanks!
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cry a little, maybe the phone will accept your apologizes and resurrect from the dead
again it may not work so don't get your hopes up to high ITS A TRIAL AND ERROR situation WITH HARD BRICKS...........
some people have successfully debricked their device, so again you have to be patient and know exactly what you are doing and dont panic
Remember Mobiletechvideos.com can fix it in less than 25 minutes depending on your phone :laugh:and they are affordable :good:

Your pretty much stuck if you can't recover via SD card.
Remember there are a lot of options for JTAG repair, research local repairs by Kijiiji and also places like Mobile Tech Videos. Always search for legitimacy and best price.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app

winosxbuntu said:
cry a little, maybe the phone will accept your apologizes and resurrect from the dead
again it may not work so don't get your hopes up to high ITS A TRIAL AND ERROR situation WITH HARD BRICKS...........
some people have successfully debricked their device, so again you have to be patient and know exactly what you are doing and dont panic
Remember Mobiletechvideos.com can fix it in less than 25 minutes depending on your phone :laugh:and they are affordable :good:
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I'm almost crying. As a brazilian those devices are a litle difficult to access as i should need to import and the Dollar is expensive for me that's why i will try every way it's possible before tring someeone that have a box on brazil and pay for it.
Now i'm stuck on how to get to a folder on the terminal of ubuntu to mount the img file.
@update i have done with the burning img thing. It won't worked but i shall try again tomorrow with a 16GB serie 10 SD card!

Octopus
Farahjr said:
I'm almost crying. As a brazilian those devices are a litle difficult to access as i should need to import and the Dollar is expensive for me that's why i will try every way it's possible before tring someeone that have a box on brazil and pay for it.
Now i'm stuck on how to get to a folder on the terminal of ubuntu to mount the img file.
@update i have done with the burning img thing. It won't worked but i shall try again tomorrow with a 16GB serie 10 SD card!
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I couldn't get a card with those parameters........
For my lucky......my company has purchased an octopus box that supports SGH-I747...i never used this before never saw never touched i'm just reading tutorials but a i couldn't find any tutorial about unbricking with the box. Any one know if it's possible to solve this easily via box???

Farahjr said:
I couldn't get a card with those parameters........
For my lucky......my company has purchased an octopus box that supports SGH-I747...i never used this before never saw never touched i'm just reading tutorials but a i couldn't find any tutorial about unbricking with the box. Any one know if it's possible to solve this easily via box???
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Octopus box will not do this work in contact with the support so now i am waiting for the arive of the micro SD 16 GB class10. Will update the post when it arrives.

Farahjr said:
Octopus box will not do this work in contact with the support so now i am waiting for the arive of the micro SD 16 GB class10. Will update the post when it arrives.
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Tried via sd but nothing happened.
Will try again with another image and charging the battery.

winosxbuntu said:
yes you can use your sd card to revive your AT&T Samsung Galaxy S3 I747 assuming thats what you have
2nd always research before you flash or modify your phone
3rd if you can get your phone into download mode then its not hard bricked ....shutdown device and then (hold the power button + home button + volume down button at the same time) wait until the phone lights up with the download page
4th odin back to stock (sorry am too tired to find one) start from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1725839
5th if its bricked try this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2525902&page=3
hope that helps
edit: if that does not help use this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2345860
get a usb jtag if you cant access download mode
doesnt work Mobiletechvideos.com is there to debrick your phone for a good price
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Is it 100% chance to get in to download mode via JIG????
I'm having trouble tring to refind the all the possible debrick images that I should try so i'm thinking about doing a JIG by my self. Any free solution i will try before spending any Money on something I don't know if will really work.

Farahjr said:
Is it 100% chance to get in to download mode via JIG????
I'm having trouble tring to refind the all the possible debrick images that I should try so i'm thinking about doing a JIG by my self. Any free solution i will try before spending any Money on something I don't know if will really work.
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if its hard bricked then its a 50/50 chance, i would recommend trying to boot using the debrick.img on the SD-CARD and hope some magic will happen otherwise yu might have to spend some money to fix or just buy a new phone

Can’t access to Download Mode or Recovery Mode after bricking AT&T Galaxy S3 i744 4.3
Hi I have (had) a AT&T galaxy S3 i747 with android 4.1.1
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Because the phone is in another country I couldn’t update it by OTA to android 4.3
So I started to read forums that said how to Update AT&T S3 i747 to android 4.3 (I747UCUEMJB)
The S3 was not Root
I installed all the phone drivers in the computer
This is what I did: (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52341582&postcount=38)
- Use Odin 3.07
- Check Auto Reboot and Re-Partition, and uncheck all the boxes
- I put my phone in USB debugging in the developer options
- I turned it off
- Started to put the phone on Download Mode pressing volume DW+home+power button at the same time
- In Odin on the PDA box I checked and loaded the file .tar.md5 (I747UCUEMJB_2024954_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5 )
- Pressed the button Start
The installation seemed to go right, the program never showed anything weird.
When the Programs finished the installation the phone turned off and then turned on and show the logo of android (seemed to be lying down or inclined) and after that it turned off.
The computer showed that something was connected (QHSUSB_DLOAD) but couldn’t install any driver, so I disconnected it of the computer.
I couldn’t turn on the phone :crying:, I took the battery out and put it in and tried to start the phone and nothing happened, I tried pressing any button to access to recovery o download mode and none of this worked.
I started to search forums that talk about restart or turn on a brick AT&T S3 i747
I found one (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549068) that said to download a image (debrick-SGH-I747U-CUEMJB3.img) and using the program “Win32DiskImager” to put the image inside of a micro SD to make the phone turn on,
I put the micro SD inside the phone and when I pushed the power button for almost 3 seconds it Turned on , the phone seems to be fine an it has android 4.3 (I747UCUEMJB) installed.
I can use it normally so far.
But the problem is that I can’t turn on the phone if the micro SD card is not inserted on the phone.
Without the micro SD inside don’t show any sign of life
When the micro SD is inside I can turn on the phone and use its apps.
I have tried to enter to Recovery mode or Download mode with the micro SD inside but the phone only show what its supposed to happen for 1 second then turns off and then turns on by its own (after that I can use it normally)
Does anyone know how can I Fix my phone ?
How can I boot my phone without using the micro SD card?
How can I access to download mode?
And if I could access to download mode what should I do next ?
The only files I have now are:
Odin3 v3.07
I747UCUEMJB_2024954_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5(905 Mb)
debrick-SGH-I747U-CUEMJB3.img (80 Mb)

I747
winosxbuntu said:
if its hard bricked then its a 50/50 chance, i would recommend trying to boot using the debrick.img on the SD-CARD and hope some magic will happen otherwise yu might have to spend some money to fix or just buy a new phone
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It's been a while sorry about beinging away.
A guy who says that have a JTAG service tried and coudn't recover it. So I left it there because it have a broken display and a broken firmware and it' is from outside Brazil and after the FIFA CUP Anatel will lock operation of devices that models are not sold on Brazil and I747 is probably included on the list.
So i gave up from my phone and bought a Nexus 5.
The case is closed!

Maralex1520 said:
Hi I have (had) a AT&T galaxy S3 i747 with android 4.1.1 View attachment 2790321
Because the phone is in another country I couldn’t update it by OTA to android 4.3
So I started to read forums that said how to Update AT&T S3 i747 to android 4.3 (I747UCUEMJB)
The S3 was not Root
I installed all the phone drivers in the computer
This is what I did: (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52341582&postcount=38)
- Use Odin 3.07
- Check Auto Reboot and Re-Partition, and uncheck all the boxes
- I put my phone in USB debugging in the developer options
- I turned it off
- Started to put the phone on Download Mode pressing volume DW+home+power button at the same time View attachment 2790322 View attachment 2790323
- In Odin on the PDA box I checked and loaded the file .tar.md5 (I747UCUEMJB_2024954_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5 )
- Pressed the button Start View attachment 2790324
The installation seemed to go right, the program never showed anything weird. View attachment 2790325
When the Programs finished the installation the phone turned off and then turned on and show the logo of android (seemed to be lying down or inclined) and after that it turned off.
The computer showed that something was connected (QHSUSB_DLOAD) but couldn’t install any driver, so I disconnected it of the computer.
I couldn’t turn on the phone :crying:, I took the battery out and put it in and tried to start the phone and nothing happened, I tried pressing any button to access to recovery o download mode and none of this worked.
I started to search forums that talk about restart or turn on a brick AT&T S3 i747
I found one (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549068) that said to download a image (debrick-SGH-I747U-CUEMJB3.img) and using the program “Win32DiskImager” to put the image inside of a micro SD to make the phone turn on,
I put the micro SD inside the phone and when I pushed the power button for almost 3 seconds it Turned on , the phone seems to be fine an it has android 4.3 (I747UCUEMJB) installed.View attachment 2790326
I can use it normally so far.
But the problem is that I can’t turn on the phone if the micro SD card is not inserted on the phone.
Without the micro SD inside don’t show any sign of life
When the micro SD is inside I can turn on the phone and use its apps.
I have tried to enter to Recovery mode or Download mode with the micro SD inside but the phone only show what its supposed to happen for 1 second then turns off and then turns on by its own (after that I can use it normally)
Does anyone know how can I Fix my phone ?
How can I boot my phone without using the micro SD card?
How can I access to download mode?
And if I could access to download mode what should I do next ?
The only files I have now are:
Odin3 v3.07
I747UCUEMJB_2024954_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5(905 Mb)
debrick-SGH-I747U-CUEMJB3.img (80 Mb)
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Here's what you can do to get the device back to working and booting normally. If the Odin flash failed first time, you should not use this flash again. Instead you should use custom recovery to flash a complete 4.3 stock restore image.
1) Download the stock restore image from the following thread. I always prefer to use TWRP and thus, the TWRP image, because of the easier user interface.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486
Save the file to a location on your computer.
2) Download the Odin flashable TWRP Tar file for custom recovery from the link below ....
http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/d2att/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-d2att.tar
With the debrick card in your phone, boot to system as you have been doing. Connect your phone to your computer with a good quality micro USB cable and copy the stock restore image you downloaded earlier to your phone. Be sure you remember the stored location.
3) Power off your phone and, with the debrick card, boot to download mode. If you cannot use the Volume Down, Power and Home button combo to boot to download mode, you may need to get a USB jig.
4) Once you are in download mode, connect your phone to the PC, open Odin v3.07. Make sure Odin recognizes your phone. Do not check or uncheck any boxes but leave the defaults as is. In the PDA box, load the TWRP Tar file you downloaded earlier. Click on Start and wait for flashing to complete. When you get to Pass, disconnect your phone from the PC and pull out the battery to stop it trying to reboot.
5) Replace the battery and with the debrick card inside, boot to Recovery mode by pressing the Volume Up, Power and Home buttons. If you do this right, you should be able to get to recovery mode.
6) Select Install and navigate to the stock restore zip file you saved to your phone earlier. Select this zip and swipe to confirm install. Wait for firmware installation (flashing) to complete.
7) Clear your cache/dalvikand reboot to system.
Try booting without the card. If the above process went as described, your phone should be booting normally. Good luck!

Stuck in AT&T logo
Larry2999 said:
Here's what you can do to get the device back to working and booting normally. If the Odin flash failed first time, you should not use this flash again. Instead you should use custom recovery to flash a complete 4.3 stock restore image.
1) Download the stock restore image from the following thread. I always prefer to use TWRP and thus, the TWRP image, because of the easier user interface.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486
Save the file to a location on your computer.
2) Download the Odin flashable TWRP Tar file for custom recovery from the link below ....
http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/d2att/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-d2att.tar
With the debrick card in your phone, boot to system as you have been doing. Connect your phone to your computer with a good quality micro USB cable and copy the stock restore image you downloaded earlier to your phone. Be sure you remember the stored location.
3) Power off your phone and, with the debrick card, boot to download mode. If you cannot use the Volume Down, Power and Home button combo to boot to download mode, you may need to get a USB jig.
4) Once you are in download mode, connect your phone to the PC, open Odin v3.07. Make sure Odin recognizes your phone. Do not check or uncheck any boxes but leave the defaults as is. In the PDA box, load the TWRP Tar file you downloaded earlier. Click on Start and wait for flashing to complete. When you get to Pass, disconnect your phone from the PC and pull out the battery to stop it trying to reboot.
5) Replace the battery and with the debrick card inside, boot to Recovery mode by pressing the Volume Up, Power and Home buttons. If you do this right, you should be able to get to recovery mode.
6) Select Install and navigate to the stock restore zip file you saved to your phone earlier. Select this zip and swipe to confirm install. Wait for firmware installation (flashing) to complete.
7) Clear your cache/dalvikand reboot to system.
Try booting without the card. If the above process went as described, your phone should be booting normally. Good luck!
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Hi thanks for the solution, it worked now i dont need the micro SD to boot the S3 but now i have a problem, i can turn on the phone normally but it stucks in the AT&T logo and after that the phone turns off so i can not accsess to apps. I hope you can help me to fix this problem

Maralex1520 said:
Hi thanks for the solution, it worked now i dont need the micro SD to boot the S3 but now i have a problem, i can turn on the phone normally but it stucks in the AT&T logo and after that the phone turns off so i can not accsess to apps. I hope you can help me to fix this problem
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Okay. At least, we are almost there. Try booting into recovery mode and doing a hard wipe/reset. If this doesn't work, then you could try reinstalling the 4.3 stock firmware. You may need to reflash custom recovery as the initial flashing would have returned you to stock recovery. If you have to do the firmware flashing again, please make sure you clear your cache/dalvik before rebooting to system.

happy to see this thread resolved, this is what XDA is all about, no matter how fd up something sounds, a community like xda will find a fix for it even if it takes months
And the award of the Q/A thread goes to Larry and everyone in this post for trying and failing but succeeding at the end :laugh:
anywayz happy rooting and be careful, no-one wants to end with a brick cheers and keep this place awsome

Galaxy S3 i747 fixed after hardbrick
Larry2999 said:
Here's what you can do to get the device back to working and booting normally. If the Odin flash failed first time, you should not use this flash again. Instead you should use custom recovery to flash a complete 4.3 stock restore image.
1) Download the stock restore image from the following thread. I always prefer to use TWRP and thus, the TWRP image, because of the easier user interface.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2658486
Save the file to a location on your computer.
2) Download the Odin flashable TWRP Tar file for custom recovery from the link below ....
http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/d2a....3.1-d2att.tar
With the debrick card in your phone, boot to system as you have been doing. Connect your phone to your computer with a good quality micro USB cable and copy the stock restore image you downloaded earlier to your phone. Be sure you remember the stored location.
3) Power off your phone and, with the debrick card, boot to download mode. If you cannot use the Volume Down, Power and Home button combo to boot to download mode, you may need to get a USB jig.
4) Once you are in download mode, connect your phone to the PC, open Odin v3.07. Make sure Odin recognizes your phone. Do not check or uncheck any boxes but leave the defaults as is. In the PDA box, load the TWRP Tar file you downloaded earlier. Click on Start and wait for flashing to complete. When you get to Pass, disconnect your phone from the PC and pull out the battery to stop it trying to reboot.
5) Replace the battery and with the debrick card inside, boot to Recovery mode by pressing the Volume Up, Power and Home buttons. If you do this right, you should be able to get to recovery mode.
6) Select Install and navigate to the stock restore zip file you saved to your phone earlier. Select this zip and swipe to confirm install. Wait for firmware installation (flashing) to complete.
7) Clear your cache/dalvikand reboot to system.
Try booting without the card. If the above process went as described, your phone should be booting normally. Good luck!
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Hey Larry2999 I want to really thank you for your help it was so helpful, actually I discovered that the battery of the Galaxy S3 was failing thats why when I turned on the phone it turned off after a seconds althoughthe battery was charged, so I connected the charger to the phone and it started normally. Now I can use it and it has android 4.3.
Your method was right, and thanks to take the time to answer. I hope it can help someone else too.

Maralex1520 said:
Hi thanks for the solution, it worked now i dont need the micro SD to boot the S3 but now i have a problem, i can turn on the phone normally but it stucks in the AT&T logo and after that the phone turns off so i can not accsess to apps. I hope you can help me to fix this problem
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Hey I cannot get into download mode, and I´m exactly in the same problem you were. How did you get into download mode? I haven´t used usb JIG since I cannot get one from where i live.
I´ll be really thankful in you help me!:angel:

Maralex1520 said:
Hey Larry2999 I want to really thank you for your help it was so helpful, actually I discovered that the battery of the Galaxy S3 was failing thats why when I turned on the phone it turned off after a seconds althoughthe battery was charged, so I connected the charger to the phone and it started normally. Now I can use it and it has android 4.3.
Your method was right, and thanks to take the time to answer. I hope it can help someone else too.
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Glad to know it's working fine now.
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feta9310 said:
Hey I cannot get into download mode, and I´m exactly in the same problem you were. How did you get into download mode? I haven´t used usb JIG since I cannot get one from where i live.
I´ll be really thankful in you help me!:angel:
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Did you try getting into download mode with the 3-button combo (Volume Down/Power/Home)?

[Q] WTF is "download mode'?

OK I have a Galaxy Tab3 GT-P5210, I have developer usb debugging enabled, I have the Samsung KIES package installed on my PC and I've downloaded Odin307, the TWRP package and the ROOT package that is well documented in this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2525630
The problem I'm having is with the step that says:
Power down your device and put it into download mode. To do this, press and hold the Home + Volume Down + Power buttons simultaneously for 3 to 5 seconds until you see the warning screen.
When I do this it goes into something called 'Android System Recovery <3e>" with a prompt that says "# MANUAL MODE #" with the following options:
reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from external storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache
and it does not show up in Odin so I cannot get further...how can I resolve this?
as a rant here, I really wish Google would mandate that all providers supply an option to root the device and install stock Android...this nonstop jumping thru hoops just to have basic control over a device you spent good money on is ****ing stupid

Found your problem!
snafu7x7 said:
OK I have a Galaxy Tab3 GT-P5210, I have developer usb debugging enabled, I have the Samsung KIES package installed on my PC and I've downloaded Odin307, the TWRP package and the ROOT package that is well documented in this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2525630
The problem I'm having is with the step that says:
Power down your device and put it into download mode. To do this, press and hold the Home + Volume Down + Power buttons simultaneously for 3 to 5 seconds until you see the warning screen.
When I do this it goes into something called 'Android System Recovery <3e>" with a prompt that says "# MANUAL MODE #" with the following options:
reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from external storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache
and it does not show up in Odin so I cannot get further...how can I resolve this?
as a rant here, I really wish Google would mandate that all providers supply an option to root the device and install stock Android...this nonstop jumping thru hoops just to have basic control over a device you spent good money on is ****ing stupid
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Hey man download mode is where you flash custom recoveries and custom or stock Roms on your device. The answer to you for download mode is your not holding it down enough. first power off the device. Second hold these buttons all together: power + Volume Down + home button. Keep holding these buttons for a minimum of 10-15 seconds or more and it will go into download mode. From there you open up Odin on your pc and then you should see in a box your com port this means your connected. From there you it PDA and you select your recovery file. It should end with
.md5! Make sure re-partition is not checked or you will brick your device! Now it start and once it's done it will say Res OK. Good luck!

got it
JT1510365 said:
Hey man download mode is where you flash custom recoveries and custom or stock Roms on your device. The answer to you for download mode is your not holding it down enough. first power off the device. Second hold these buttons all together: power + Volume Down + home button. Keep holding these buttons for a minimum of 10-15 seconds or more and it will go into download mode. From there you open up Odin on your pc and then you should see in a box your com port this means your connected. From there you it PDA and you select your recovery file. It should end with
.md5! Make sure re-partition is not checked or you will brick your device! Now it start and once it's done it will say Res OK. Good luck!
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You know what it was? Its a brand new tablet for me and so when it is held lengthwise (like you'd hold a phone normally) the Vol+ button is at the BOTTOM, not the top like every phone I've ever owned. So I was holding Vol- instead and that's why it wasn't working for me...boneheaded mistake but thanks for the reply...I can now boot it into Download mode ...though I still can't get Odin to recognize it
thanks for the reply

snafu7x7 said:
You know what it was? Its a brand new tablet for me and so when it is held lengthwise (like you'd hold a phone normally) the Vol+ button is at the BOTTOM, not the top like every phone I've ever owned. So I was holding Vol- instead and that's why it wasn't working for me...boneheaded mistake but thanks for the reply...I can now boot it into Download mode ...though I still can't get Odin to recognize it
thanks for the reply
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connecting to odin is the same for every samsung device. I am going to try my best to help you out so here we go. Check to make sure you have the samsung usb drivers. to do that go to my computer then local disk then go to programs and files. if you see the SAMSUNG folder and when you open it and you see the drivers folder containg the usb drivers then if you don't see it then we need to install the drivers. first uninstall kies. you don't need this.the download and open this exe file: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_nizg6yUZ0NS1RodDBxd0E1MFU/preview . install it normally.
Need more help just ask

thanks
JT1510365 said:
connecting to odin is the same for every samsung device. I am going to try my best to help you out so here we go. Check to make sure you have the samsung usb drivers. to do that go to my computer then local disk then go to programs and files. if you see the SAMSUNG folder and when you open it and you see the drivers folder containg the usb drivers then if you don't see it then we need to install the drivers. first uninstall kies. you don't need this.the download and open this exe file: . install it normally.
Need more help just ask
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After trying some different things I got Odin working, was able to install TWRP and root the device so that's all good
Now I've downloaded the framework-res.apk and decompiled it, modded it as i wanted to and recompiled using the Android Multitool app and the final issue I'm having is pushing the new framework-res.apk back to the device. The Android Multitool app claims it pushes the file but it does not. So I downloaded the latest sdk and I'm going to try using the raw ADB tool to push the file and see if that works...wish me luck

You can use twrp file manger to do that.
Just copy your file to sdcard while connected to pc and then reboot to recovery use file manager in advanced settings. Find your file and copy it to where ever you need it.

no way to root indian note3 neo, please help

the most popular way on net to root note3 neo is
"Download and extract Odin to any folder on desktop or anywhere.
Now extract CF-Auto-Root-hl3g-hl3gub-smn750.zip file and you will get a CF-Auto-Root-hl3g-hl3gub-smn750.tar.md5 file.
Run Odin3 v3.09.exe as Administrator. Just right click on the file and select Run as administrator.
urn off your Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and wait for few seconds to turn it on.
Press and hold Volume down and home buttons for sometime. After 2 seconds press and hold power button too. You will see a warning message. Press Volume UP button to boot in Download mode from where we will flash CF-Auto-Root tool.
Connect your device with USB and wait for a few seconds. In the message box which is in the bottom left, you will see a message Added!! If you didn't get the message, then please install USB Drivers from here.
In the section of AP, just select the CF-Auto-Root-hl3g-hl3gub-smn750.tar.md5 file.
Make sure that Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are the only boxes which are selected. If any other box is selected, please un-select it.
Hit the Start button to root your device and flash it.
You will see a PASS message in the message box and your device will be rebooted automatically.​"
n it doesnt work
rather it just stop at 30 percent & brick it
please give a actual root procedure that work for indian note 3 neo
ill b really thankful
i live in india n build no. is N750XXUANB3
please help

leok810i said:
the most popular way on net to root note3 neo is
"Download and extract Odin to any folder on desktop or anywhere.
Now extract CF-Auto-Root-hl3g-hl3gub-smn750.zip file and you will get a CF-Auto-Root-hl3g-hl3gub-smn750.tar.md5 file.
Run Odin3 v3.09.exe as Administrator. Just right click on the file and select Run as administrator.
urn off your Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and wait for few seconds to turn it on.
Press and hold Volume down and home buttons for sometime. After 2 seconds press and hold power button too. You will see a warning message. Press Volume UP button to boot in Download mode from where we will flash CF-Auto-Root tool.
Connect your device with USB and wait for a few seconds. In the message box which is in the bottom left, you will see a message Added!! If you didn't get the message, then please install USB Drivers from here.
In the section of AP, just select the CF-Auto-Root-hl3g-hl3gub-smn750.tar.md5 file.
Make sure that Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are the only boxes which are selected. If any other box is selected, please un-select it.
Hit the Start button to root your device and flash it.
You will see a PASS message in the message box and your device will be rebooted automatically.​"
n it doesnt work
rather it just stop at 30 percent & brick it
please give a actual root procedure that work for indian note 3 neo
ill b really thankful
i live in india n build no. is N750XXUANB3
please help
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your phone brick?
flash your stock firmware first the try it again.

leok810i said:
the most popular way on net to root note3 neo is
"Download and extract Odin to any folder on desktop or anywhere.
Now extract CF-Auto-Root-hl3g-hl3gub-smn750.zip file and you will get a CF-Auto-Root-hl3g-hl3gub-smn750.tar.md5 file.
Run Odin3 v3.09.exe as Administrator. Just right click on the file and select Run as administrator.
urn off your Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and wait for few seconds to turn it on.
Press and hold Volume down and home buttons for sometime. After 2 seconds press and hold power button too. You will see a warning message. Press Volume UP button to boot in Download mode from where we will flash CF-Auto-Root tool.
Connect your device with USB and wait for a few seconds. In the message box which is in the bottom left, you will see a message Added!! If you didn't get the message, then please install USB Drivers from here.
In the section of AP, just select the CF-Auto-Root-hl3g-hl3gub-smn750.tar.md5 file.
Make sure that Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are the only boxes which are selected. If any other box is selected, please un-select it.
Hit the Start button to root your device and flash it.
You will see a PASS message in the message box and your device will be rebooted automatically.​"
n it doesnt work
rather it just stop at 30 percent & brick it
please give a actual root procedure that work for indian note 3 neo
ill b really thankful
i live in india n build no. is N750XXUANB3
please help
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ikw d fix 4 it... do 1 thing remove ur battery... go to download mode 1st without connecting usb cable... when it will say press vol up to cont b4 press vol up insert the usb cable tn press vol up u will c that the com port will come without fail and if it still.fails tn fry check out ur driver pack or try flash it using linux OS like ubntu try it
Sent from my SM-N750 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

klaud004 said:
your phone brick?
flash your stock firmware first the try it again.
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yes i brick my phone
but got it fixed by company
but need A root procedure that work

sgatechwork said:
ikw d fix 4 it... do 1 thing remove ur battery... go to download mode 1st without connecting usb cable... when it will say press vol up to cont b4 press vol up insert the usb cable tn press vol up u will c that the com port will come without fail and if it still.fails tn fry check out ur driver pack or try flash it using linux OS like ubntu try it
Sent from my SM-N750 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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hi,
company fixed y mobile but go kexc counter to 1 so i dont think so they'll do t next time
i only have window 7 os
i think i have driver issue
so if u can please upload the driver & odin u used to root ur note3 neo, it'll be of great help
n please give the step by step procedure to root
i m a total noob for samsung device

leok810i said:
hi,
company fixed y mobile but go kexc counter to 1 so i dont think so they'll do t next time
i only have window 7 os
i think i have driver issue
so if u can please upload the driver & odin u used to root ur note3 neo, it'll be of great help
n please give the step by step procedure to root
i m a total noob for samsung device
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give me the variant of ur note 3 neo first.

leok810i said:
hi,
company fixed y mobile but go kexc counter to 1 so i dont think so they'll do t next time
i only have window 7 os
i think i have driver issue
so if u can please upload the driver & odin u used to root ur note3 neo, it'll be of great help
n please give the step by step procedure to root
i m a total noob for samsung device
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ya i will PM u
Sent from my SM-N750 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

klaud004 said:
give me the variant of ur note 3 neo first.
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build no. is N750XXUANB3
baseband version N750DDUANA5
android version 4.3
i have attached an screenshot of info

leok810i said:
build no. is N750XXUANB3
baseband version N750DDUANA5
android version 4.3
i have attached an screenshot of info
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can u download a cpu z then take a screenshot.so we know wich chipset u have.

klaud004 said:
can u download a cpu z then take a screenshot.so we know wich chipset u have.
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hi
i have attached the snapshots

leok810i said:
hi
i have attached the snapshots
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ok you have the hexacore.
first you install the driver in your pc
then run odin as administrator.click pda.then choose sm-n750 tar file in your pc.
turn on usb debugging in you note3 neo.then powerdown your phone.now boot youre phone in download mode.
by pressing volune down.home button and power.
now conect youre phone into pc then wait till a blue color appear in the small box in the upper left of odin saying id: com(dont know if i remember that corectly)if not.try another usb port.
if its blue then click start.utill you see succes.
download http://goo.gl/zEeQcr

I have SM-N750 with the same SOC and spec with your phone. It is using in Vietnam and rooted by the file: https://mega.co.nz/#!KccSnQwZ!C_kb6flVTrO5s0EyLNO_1Dx8m9XO-9_B3X_8-lMvVvs
It was rooted ok (use ODIN 3.0.7 or 3.0.9 and PDA button to choose the file). Unfortunatelly it has not any stable recovery up to now.
Note: If you connect to the laptop or PC first then start ODIN, ODIN must show the "added!" message. If not, trying to install Samsung mobile driver or/and Kies 2. Besides, download mode may be turn off and turn on again.

Note 2 - Formatting via PC?

Long story short- I dropped my phone and the screen does not turn on anymore. I would like to sell it as damaged.
BUT before I do, I would like to format the phone via PC.
The phone still detects on the PC and if i right click the device via PC and press "Format" will the phone still be functional? Or will it wipe the entire phone including the OS? making it in a worst state than it is in?

n7105T said:
Long story short- I dropped my phone and the screen does not turn on anymore. I would like to sell it as damaged.
BUT before I do, I would like to format the phone via PC.
The phone still detects on the PC and if i right click the device via PC and press "Format" will the phone still be functional? Or will it wipe the entire phone including the OS? making it in a worst state than it is in?
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I believe you can use adb to format, or if nothing else, just use odin to take it back to stock

absinthesummer said:
I believe you can use adb to format, or if nothing else, just use odin to take it back to stock
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What is adb?
Odin will be difficult as I'm unable to see the screen to follow prompts of going to download mode. I tried holding the buttons and then trying to do a factory reset but it seems I'm always doing it wrong.

n7105T said:
Long story short- I dropped my phone and the screen does not turn on anymore. I would like to sell it as damaged.
BUT before I do, I would like to format the phone via PC.
The phone still detects on the PC and if i right click the device via PC and press "Format" will the phone still be functional? Or will it wipe the entire phone including the OS? making it in a worst state than it is in?
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If you plug the phone in just delete like all the pics and all the folders but leave the android file all the others should delete if not just delete what you can then download a stock firmware anf flash it via odin while the phone is in download mode and everything should be gone or you can look at pics on the recovery and just wipe the phone without the screen on

terpin32 said:
If you plug the phone in just delete like all the pics and all the folders but leave the android file all the others should delete if not just delete what you can then download a stock firmware anf flash it via odin while the phone is in download mode and everything should be gone or you can look at pics on the recovery and just wipe the phone without the screen on
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It appears my odin has been successful.
However, upon looking at my files via PC. My music, photos etc are still there. Shouldn't this be deleted?

n7105T said:
It appears my odin has been successful.
However, upon looking at my files via PC. My music, photos etc are still there. Shouldn't this be deleted?
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No That is pretty much just doing a factory reset just wait till the phone boots and go on the pc and just delete the music pics or like I said go look at pic on what recovery you have and manually format them if you can get philz recovery on there I can post pics and you can see where everything is

Also, for future reference, it's easy to get into download mode even if you can't see the screen. Power off (or remove battery), and then hold volume down, home, and power. This will take you directly to download mode. After a couple of minutes (once you're pretty confident you made it into download mode, press volume up once to accept the custom OS prompt. Once you've done that you should see your device on Odin (the Com port will light up).
While you're in download mode, you can also issue certain fastboot commands (on most devices) if you need to... ie fastboot reboot or fastboot reboot recovery or fastboot reboot bootloader. Fastboot flash... etc. This can be extremely handy when you can't access the touchscreen or can't make accurate selections for whatever reason. It can help you get into certain modes you may need to get to so you can use other tools to repair your device or pull files.
Edited to add: changing out the display assembly is super easy to do. If you decide not to sell it, that is.