HELP! S3 stuck on download mode. - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III

I was trying to do the steps to unroot my Sprint S3 because I was having SD card problems and couldn't figure them out and wanted to take it to the sprint store. While I was flashing the stock rom with odin it failed and on my s3 there's a screen saying "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. I opened Kies but it won't connect to my phone, what should I do?

j_eezyy said:
I was trying to do the steps to unroot my Sprint S3 because I was having SD card problems and couldn't figure them out and wanted to take it to the sprint store. While I was flashing the stock rom with odin it failed and on my s3 there's a screen saying "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. I opened Kies but it won't connect to my phone, what should I do?
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Kies should not be on your phone or computeer. if you have it installed on either remove it. it conflicts with odin. have you tried this guide? try this guide and use the files that I provide in the thread...
Unroot and return to stock.

Skunk Ape1 said:
Kies should not be on your phone or computeer. if you have it installed on either remove it. it conflicts with odin. have you tried this guide? try this guide and use the files that I provide in the thread...
Unroot and return to stock.
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I could uninstall it from my computer but not from my phone because I can't get my phone started, is that ok?

j_eezyy said:
I could uninstall it from my computer but not from my phone because I can't get my phone started, is that ok?
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Restart the computer after uninstalling kies.
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j_eezyy said:
I could uninstall it from my computer but not from my phone because I can't get my phone started, is that ok?
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That will have to do at this point.

Skunk Ape1 said:
That will have to do at this point.
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Ok, that worked and it's on stock rom but I keep getting messages about gapps, media and acore stopping. Any suggestions?

Ok, I factory reset and everything seems to be working fine. You guys have been very helpful, thank you both!

j_eezyy said:
Ok, that worked and it's on stock rom but I keep getting messages about gapps, media and acore stopping. Any suggestions?
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Seeing you have gap issues, I assume you are trying an ASOP or CM. Can't answer that as I dislike AOSP and CM ROMs and well never load them on my phone.
Edit: I'm happy you were able to resolve your issues.

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Help Please: Phone not booting up

Strange thing happened to my phone yesterday night. I was watching netflix for a while and after some time the screen just went blank. I am not able to restart the phone. It got struck in the kernel bootup(Darkside kernel, TDJ's darkside rom) and it was restarting again and again till i remove the battery.
I am able to get into recovery mode but not able to restore any of my backup's. It just went blank during restoring system. I tried installing the same ROM(Darkside Digitsl warfare v2.5.1) from my internal SD card but it just went blank after some time. I tried the juggernaut-5 . It didnt throw up any error but when i restart it its again displaying the darkside kernel and boot looping.
Any one can you please help me to get out of this mess. I need to travel on Monday so desperately need my phone fixed before that. Please help. I have not installed anything new over the last 1 month and didnt have any problems till now. Thank you
System Details:
ROM: Darkside Digitsl warfare v2.5.1
ClockworkMod Recovery v5.0.2.7
Flash super wipe kernel cleaner then reflash the ROM then go back if you made a nandroid backup restore the data and system
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Help please
I am not able to connect my phone in USB mode, Can i be able to do an ODIN?.
I am able to connect in download mode,recovery mode.Please help. Thank you
peppersu812 said:
Flash super wipe kernel cleaner then reflash the ROM then go back if you made a nandroid backup restore the data and system
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LORD_VOLDEMORTT said:
I am not able to connect my phone in USB mode, Can i be able to do an ODIN?.
I am able to connect in download mode,recovery mode.Please help. Thank you
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Which recovery version are you running?
LORD_VOLDEMORTT said:
I am not able to connect my phone in USB mode, Can i be able to do an ODIN?.
I am able to connect in download mode,recovery mode.Please help. Thank you
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Yes Odin back to stock..... flash recovery and then restore
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Danial723 said:
Yes Odin back to stock..... flash recovery and then restore
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What he said. Just remember to put the rom file into the PDA field in Odin
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Yeah Odin should fix all that but If your on Telus I wouldnt run any Tmobile roms although they work it can cause headaches like this IMO
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When i try to ODIN the stock room it failed in the middle now i am struck in the screen download mode. I cant go anwhere from here. Is that the end?.Please help.
Also can i send it to samsung for warranty exchange?.Any phone numbers for samsung pls help. THank you
Will they be able to make it i installed custom rom in it. In the ODIN mode it still shows custom binary mode : NO
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue.Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again.
LORD_VOLDEMORTT said:
When i try to ODIN the stock room it failed in the middle now i am struck in the screen download mode. I cant go anwhere from here. Is that the end?.Please help.
Also can i send it to samsung for warranty exchange?.Any phone numbers for samsung pls help. THank you
Will they be able to make it i installed custom rom in it. In the ODIN mode it still shows custom binary mode : NO
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue.Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again.
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Try it again. The phone has to be in download mode before you plug it into the computer. And are you flashing it as PDA? People have reported it taking a couple tries.
Usually if you can get into download mode you can fix it. If you're stuck and your computer won't recognize your phone, try getting back into download mode. If you're sending it in for repair anyways, it's better to have a full brick so they can't see that you rooted.
Another option if you can't get into download mode, buy a USB Jig, they are usually less than $10 and they can sometimes get you back into download mode.
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It does take a few tries sometimes
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Thanks. I tried it multiple times but still the same screen. I tried with a USB jig, and still the same screen. I am not able to go past that?. Is that a full brick?.
I called T-Mobile and they are sending me a new phone on Tuesday. But need make sure its fully bricked. Thank you
LORD_VOLDEMORTT said:
Thanks. I tried it multiple times but still the same screen. I tried with a USB jig, and still the same screen. I am not able to go past that?. Is that a full brick?.
I called T-Mobile and they are sending me a new phone on Tuesday. But need make sure its fully bricked. Thank you
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What screen are you talking about? The download screen?
If you're seriously wanting to give up trying, and want to brick it, try flashing a stock rom from a different phone via Odin.
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Towle said:
What screen are you talking about? The download screen?
If you're seriously wanting to give up trying, and want to brick it, try flashing a stock rom from a different phone via Odin.
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Yes its struck in the download screen with the error.I was trying to ODIN to stock tmobile ROM and see if it brings back the phone but it failed inbetween and after that i am struck with the download screen with the below error message. I tried different modes, normal power on, recovery mode, download mode, USB jig - download mode but no sucess?. Is that the end. Please help. Ami i good for a exchange? Thanks a lot
"Firmware upgrade encountered an issue.Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again."
LORD_VOLDEMORTT said:
Yes its struck in the download screen with the error.I was trying to ODIN to stock tmobile ROM and see if it brings back the phone but it failed inbetween and after that i am struck with the download screen with the below error message. I tried different modes, normal power on, recovery mode, download mode, USB jig - download mode but no sucess?. Is that the end. Please help. Ami i good for a exchange? Thanks a lot
"Firmware upgrade encountered an issue.Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again."
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Bricked...
alphadog32 said:
Bricked...
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So Am i good for an warranty exchange? or will samsung would be able to know i installed custom roms. In the ODIN mode it still shows custom binary mode as NO.
The strange thing is i didnt do anything on my phone for last 1 month. The only thing i could think off is, one of scheduled titanium backup ran at 3.00 AM when i was in netflix with the phone charging,and i got a msg that the backup failed. When i woke up it started boot looping. And during the ODIN i tried today, I was making sure i am doing right by following the guidelines(ODIN back to stock).
I have all my nandroid backups(different rom versions) & titanium backups, will i be able to use it in my new phone after rooting with the same recovery version?
Thank you. I really appreciat all your help.
LORD_VOLDEMORTT said:
So Am i good for an warranty exchange? or will samsung would be able to know i installed custom roms. In the ODIN mode it still shows custom binary mode as NO.
The strange thing is i didnt do anything on my phone for last 1 month. The only thing i could think off is, one of scheduled titanium backup ran at 3.00 AM when i was in netflix with the phone charging,and i got a msg that the backup failed. When i woke up it started boot looping. And during the ODIN i tried today, I was making sure i am doing right by following the guidelines(ODIN back to stock).
I have all my nandroid backups(different rom versions) & titanium backups, will i be able to use it in my new phone after rooting with the same recovery version?
Thank you. I really appreciat all your help.
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It's not bricked, dude. It's still in dl mode when it says that. It will just take some more tries to get a tar to flash.
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Make sure you use Samsung usb cable when Odin and if use Win 7 use run as Administrator mode
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Plug it in to computer, what recognized device does it say?
alphadog32 said:
Plug it in to computer, what recognized device does it say?
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my ODIN still recognoize my device but when i try to ODIN the stock rom or the kernel its faliling in the nadroid write - failed. Now i could see my binary counter as 1.
Am i doomed. Please hellpppppp. My computer doesn not recognize my device but the ODIN does. Please help
LORD_VOLDEMORTT said:
my ODIN still recognoize my device but when i try to ODIN the stock rom or the kernel its faliling in the nadroid write - failed. Now i could see my binary counter as 1.
Am i doomed. Please hellpppppp. My computer doesn not recognize my device but the ODIN does. Please help
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Are you running Odin as administrator?
Manually download the device drivers from the how to root thread and install them on your computer. right click on Odin and run as administrator. Open the stock rom file in the PDA field and run it.. There is no reason it shouldn't work if you can get into download mode.
Try downloading the stock rom again, maybe it's a bad download.
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Rooting. Where did I go wrong?

Hey guys, first time Android user here.
I got my phone on release day...a few weeks later I decided to root it. Went very smoothly with no issues, then I accepted an update and lost the root so now when I try to root again I always end up with all kinds of stop errors. Anyone have any thoughts on why that might be? Ive tried restoring my phone to factory settings and rooting but it makes no difference, always blows up with error after error.
Saying you reset to factory settings, did you ODIN back to stock?
jeeper11 said:
Saying you reset to factory settings, did you ODIN back to stock?
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No sir, just used the reset tool built into the phone....are you saying I need to find the stock firmware and load it through ODIN first?
I would strongly suggest using the ODIN method back to to stock, and then start your rooting process again
Odin to stock, rooted LG1
Dl OTA root keeper from market, using it to back up root
Let the ota update do its thing
Restore root with root keeper
mrhaley30705 said:
Odin to stock, rooted LG1
Dl OTA root keeper from market, using it to back up root
Let the ota update do its thing
Restore root with root keeper
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Is this the name of the correct file that will work? root69_ATT_I747UCALG1.tar
Ive used this before and its one of the ones that caused my phone to pop up with stop errors.
That is a pre-rooted firmware.you need one of the ones from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968625 to go completely back to stock, just make ure you grab the one for your provider
jeeper11 said:
That is a pre-rooted firmware.you need one of the ones from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968625 to go completely back to stock, just make ure you grab the one for your provider
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Ok thanks for the help so far. Im downloading the file now but the next question is once I install this and the phone is fully stock which file should I use to root?
If you are AT&T THEN use the one you mentioned above, if not use the appropriate one for you,
jeeper11 said:
If you are AT&T THEN use the one you mentioned above, if not use the appropriate one for you,
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Thanks guys. Will try it now.
Lato9905 said:
Thanks guys. Will try it now.
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Ok just finished step number one (flashing stock rom) and its the same outcome that ive been getting. As soon as the phone comes on this error pops up unfortunately the process android.process.acore has stopped and it just pops up every ten seconds.
Try clearing you contacts cache, under application manager.
That helped me when I got this error. Never got it again.
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scav1180 said:
Try clearing you contacts cache, under application manager.
That helped me when I got this error. Never got it again.
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Yep you are correct. Just did it and fixed my issues, now rooted again and working. Thanks for the help gentlemen.
Dang.... Wish this conversation was 2 days ago. I had the same exact error after trying to get root, I had to pull battery and do factory reset from stock recovery then flash stock with root and flash the OTA to end up where I wanted to be! . Oh well we live and learn right!
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[Q] So i need a little help here guys

allright i just got a S3 sgh-i747m and i wanted to root it. i have alot of experience with jailbreaking apple devices but this was my first android product. and ofcourse i messed up. i used a root for a different model of my phone (the international version) and not i am stuck at the "firmware upgrade encountered an issue, please select recovery mode in kies and try again", so i tried that, and kies will not pick it up. so now i ask., what can i do to make this thing go back to normal?, i dont mind if i have to wipe the thing. please let me know here asap
sorry
allright guys, this would be really appreciated asap. sorry.
I have the same model and I encountered the issue my self. Just download the stock rom and download odin 3.07 and using odin update to the stock rom, If you want the links to stock just go to http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3 and select your device and download the firmware.
mrmicc said:
allright i just got a S3 sgh-i747m and i wanted to root it. i have alot of experience with jailbreaking apple devices but this was my first android product. and ofcourse i messed up. i used a root for a different model of my phone (the international version) and not i am stuck at the "firmware upgrade encountered an issue, please select recovery mode in kies and try again", so i tried that, and kies will not pick it up. so now i ask., what can i do to make this thing go back to normal?, i dont mind if i have to wipe the thing. please let me know here asap
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I wish the XDA team was here to help you. I'm new to the android lifestyle also. I was a bug apple fan and switched like you.. Sorry I can't help.
Samsung Galaxy S3 i717 (AT&T) - Rooted - C10 Mod
thankyou
DaveenJay said:
I have the same model and I encountered the issue my self. Just download the stock rom and download odin 3.07 and using odin update to the stock rom, If you want the links to stock just go to and select your device and download the firmware.
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thank you very much. when i made the mistake i was running oden 1.85, should i use that to fix the problem also? or update for the fix?
mrmicc said:
thank you very much. when i made the mistake i was running oden 1.85, should i use that to fix the problem also? or update for the fix?
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Don't use 1.85. It's incompatible with this. Update.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426 follow instructions here
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[Q] Issues with gapps after Firmware Update

Whats going on guys? I'm running into a mindboggling issue with my fiance's T-mobile Galaxy S2. I'm going to run down exactly what happened, and if anyone has any suggestions or insight... please share it with me.
Ok first things first, I installed the firmware upgrade through Kies to 4.1.2 the same exact way I did on my S2 just a few minutes before... Except this time, as soon as the phone powered up I got the com.google.process.gapps not working error. I did a little research on it first through here and the most common thing i found was to enable download manger... HOWEVER, under her apps list there isnt any form of a download manager on it. So i checked my phone, just to see if it was a firmware problem, but my phone has DOWNLOADS, as Well as DOWNLOAD MANAGER. There was no way for me to download one through the Google Play on her phone because the phone force closes Google Play as soon as you press it.
From there I downloaded all of the drivers, and odin, so that i could just upload the old 2.3.6 stock rom back on the phone... That worked correctly as well, but as soon as the "Press the Andriod" to setup appeared, I encountered the same error message as before. "(com.google.process.gapps not working) as well as setup wizard not working, and now its not allowing me to set the phone up at all. Does anyone have any insight on this? All help would be greatly appreciated.. Thanks!!!
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I've figured out where i went wrong... I didn't move su-3.0.5-efgh-signed.zip or Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip onto the internal memory before I flashed the 2.3.6 stock rom through odin... Now that i cant get past the "TOUCH THE ANDRIOD TO START SETUP" screen... is there any way i can put it onto the internal memory?
THEREHEGO said:
Whats going on guys? I'm running into a mindboggling issue with my fiance's T-mobile Galaxy S2. I'm going to run down exactly what happened, and if anyone has any suggestions or insight... please share it with me.
Ok first things first, I installed the firmware upgrade through Kies to 4.1.2 the same exact way I did on my S2 just a few minutes before... Except this time, as soon as the phone powered up I got the com.google.process.gapps not working error. I did a little research on it first through here and the most common thing i found was to enable download manger... HOWEVER, under her apps list there isnt any form of a download manager on it. So i checked my phone, just to see if it was a firmware problem, but my phone has DOWNLOADS, as Well as DOWNLOAD MANAGER. There was no way for me to download one through the Google Play on her phone because the phone force closes Google Play as soon as you press it.
From there I downloaded all of the drivers, and odin, so that i could just upload the old 2.3.6 stock rom back on the phone... That worked correctly as well, but as soon as the "Press the Andriod" to setup appeared, I encountered the same error message as before. "(com.google.process.gapps not working) as well as setup wizard not working, and now its not allowing me to set the phone up at all. Does anyone have any insight on this? All help would be greatly appreciated.. Thanks!!!
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Root it with odin and flash the stock rom, thatll fix u right uo
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soupysoup said:
Root it with odin and flash the stock rom, thatll fix u right uo
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Can you read the edit i put in the first post and give me any info if possible?
THEREHEGO said:
Can you read the edit i put in the first post and give me any info if possible?
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U don't need the su file at all, all that file does is give superuser permissions, try using Odin to flash the stock 4.1.2 firmware to the device that should fix it, like I said u don't NEED the su file, that's only for root, u could Odin a twrp recovery and use that to flash a stock ROM with working gapps, my guess is u just had a faulty kies upgrade and it didn't quite update right, kies is funny sometime, and when u use Odin u need to make sure there is NO trace of kies running at all, remove it from the PC if u can, download the twrp2.6.tar file from http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hercules and use Odin the same way u did the GB firmware, this will give u custom recovery from there download a stock ROM from here, or go get cl3keners tw-speed-stock ROM from goo.com, mount storage through twrp and move the ROM to ur external SD card, go back to main screen in twrp and select install, find the ROM and flash it, now u will be on stock rooted firmware and should have no issues, pm me if u need further help
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soupysoup said:
U don't need the su file at all, all that file does is give superuser permissions, try using Odin to flash the stock 4.1.2 firmware to the device that should fix it, like I said u don't NEED the su file, that's only for root, u could Odin a twrp recovery and use that to flash a stock ROM with working gapps, my guess is u just had a faulty kies upgrade and it didn't quite update right, kies is funny sometime, and when u use Odin u need to make sure there is NO trace of kies running at all, remove it from the PC if u can, download the twrp2.6.tar file from http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hercules and use Odin the same way u did the GB firmware, this will give u custom recovery from there download a stock ROM from here, or go get cl3keners tw-speed-stock ROM from goo.com, mount storage through twrp and move the ROM to ur external SD card, go back to main screen in twrp and select install, find the ROM and flash it, now u will be on stock rooted firmware and should have no issues, pm me if u need further help
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I appreciate it!!! That worked flawlessly... Thanks for taking time out to help.
THEREHEGO said:
I appreciate it!!! That worked flawlessly... Thanks for taking time out to help.
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Anytime man, I needed help once too, I'm just glad it worked for u...
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[Q] VM S3 can't get newest update

First of all, I really appreciate the help and expertise this forum provides!
So back in June I rooted my phone with directions here on xda. I am an extreme noobie (in my 40's) and had no business going down this road lol! I used the Phil Z method and everything actually went pretty smooth. The problem came when I tried to unroot the phone to get the latest software update. I eventually had to take my phone to a schiesty cell phone repair store. just to get the phone working again.
The problem is that I still can't get the latest update. The update fails because there is "not enough space available to download system update." The picture I attached shows the screen in download mode. It seems that not all of the original root was removed.(?)
Does someone here have an idea what I can do?
[email protected] said:
First of all, I really appreciate the help and expertise this forum provides!
So back in June I rooted my phone with directions here on xda. I am an extreme noobie (in my 40's) and had no business going down this road lol! I used the Phil Z method and everything actually went pretty smooth. The problem came when I tried to unroot the phone to get the latest software update. I eventually had to take my phone to a schiesty cell phone repair store. just to get the phone working again.
The problem is that I still can't get the latest update. The update fails because there is "not enough space available to download system update." The picture I attached shows the screen in download mode. It seems that not all of the original root was removed.(?)
Does someone here have an idea what I can do?
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Just use Odin to flash the latest stock rooted ROM(if stock is what you want).
mattzeller said:
Just use Odin to flash the latest stock rooted ROM(if stock is what you want).
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Yes, I want the phone back to it's new condition. Do you know where to get the latest stock rooted ROM?
I downloaded Odin 3.09, just not sure how to set it up to get the stock ROM.
[email protected] said:
I downloaded Odin 3.09, just not sure how to set it up to get the stock ROM.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2774333 put this file in PA
6th_Hokage said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2774333 put this file in PA
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I hope you mean AP...:fingers-crossed:
The picture of my screen is what shows up in download mode. It reboots after 10 seconds, so there is no way to flash with Odin.
[email protected] said:
The picture of my screen is what shows up in download mode. It reboots after 10 seconds, so there is no way to flash with Odin.
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Oh wow...I was pushing up on the volume...... It's downloading now:fingers-crossed:
[email protected] said:
Oh wow...I was pushing up on the volume...... It's downloading now:fingers-crossed:
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well its PDA in 3.07 so which ever it is 3.09 it might be PA or AP i forget which lol but i hope it works for you
6th_Hokage said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2774333 put this file in PA
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Thanks 6th_Hokage! It worked like a charm! I now have 4.42
6th_Hokage said:
well its PDA in 3.07 so which ever it is 3.09 it might be PA or AP i forget which lol but i hope it works for you
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I spoke up too soon...I guess the software is for Sprint and not VM. Everything works except I have no mobile network...I'll try to find the VM software, but if someone has a link that would make it go a lot faster!
[email protected] said:
Thanks 6th_Hokage! It worked like a charm! I now have 4.42
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Actually troubleshot with Samsung kies support. The factory reset fixed the problem

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