Two weeks ago I wanted to unroot my sprint s3 , and I hit YouTube in search of a how to video. So the one I found was the qbking "how to unroot/unbrick your sprint s3" so I followed the steps of loading the .tar file in Odin and then after 10 min it said pass/complete in Odin . The phone restarted as it said it would then it went through the normal steps oh loading that little sprint boot video then right after that it gets stuck at the Samsung logo screen with the little blue light blinking at the top and nothing else. The difference from the video and my phone is that in the video the "back arrow" and "menu" buttons are lit at the bottom of the phone where mine has nothing lit. Please if anyone could help I would appreciate it, thanks.
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Two weeks ago I wanted to unroot my sprint s3 , and I hit YouTube in search of a how to video. So the one I found was the qbking "how to unroot/unbrick your sprint s3" so I followed the steps of loading the .tar file in Odin and then after 10 min it said pass/complete in Odin . The phone restarted as it said it would then it went through the normal steps oh loading that little sprint boot video then right after that it gets stuck at the Samsung logo screen with the little blue light blinking at the top and nothing else. The difference from the video and my phone is that in the video the "back arrow" and "menu" buttons are lit at the bottom of the phone where mine has nothing lit. Please if anyone could help I would appreciate it, thanks.
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So you haven't been able to use your phone in two weeks and you are posting this now? Can you get to download mode or recovery?
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GiantJay said:
So you haven't been able to use your phone in two weeks and you are posting this now? Can you get to download mode or recovery?
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I've been using a different phone since then, no I can't get into recovery only download mode. I figured to try rooting it again using odin but that didn't work either
nspyr05 said:
I've been using a different phone since then, no I can't get into recovery only download mode. I figured to try rooting it again using odin but that didn't work either
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If you can't get anything to work at all and you can't get into recovery or download mode you bricked your phone. Sounds like you downloaded a wrong file or something. Look up JTAG in Google to fix your phone. Care to share what file you used in Odin.
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nspyr05 said:
I've been using a different phone since then, no I can't get into recovery only download mode. I figured to try rooting it again using odin but that didn't work either
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If you can get into Download mode you should be able to use Odin to flash a full image or even a recovery to get things cleaned up.
There are some odin flashable images of the stock unrooted rom that you can try to load:
You could try this one if you want to essentially do a full reset of your phone (including your data and sdcard).
Or this one which will load the stock unrooted ROM but preserve your data.
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If you can't get anything to work at all and you can't get into recovery or download mode you bricked your phone. Sounds like you downloaded a wrong file or something. Look up JTAG in Google to fix your phone. Care to share what file you used in Odin.
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Thanks man JTAG worked. Booom!
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So I managed to Brick my sprint version of the galaxy s3. Like an idiot I overlooked a rom and used the i9300 version instead of my model version(nood move). Anyway I can't turn my phone on AT ALL!! I tried putting in into download and recovery and I get nothing. How do i fix this?? Anyone???
If u can't get download mode or recovery than there is no help. Maybe a jig if u have one but I'm not sure if they even work for the s3.
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musclehead84 said:
If u can't get download mode or recovery than there is no help. Maybe a jig if u have one but I'm not sure if they even work for the s3.
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Ahhhh shyt! These new phones are harder to fix now, never had this problem before, but its like if mess up once with these new galaxy s3's thats it, whats the point of flashing roms when you chance it every time. Thanks though man looks like I'll have to call to get a new one.
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Ahhhh shyt! These new phones are harder to fix now, never had this problem before, but its like if mess up once with these new galaxy s3's thats it, whats the point of flashing roms when you chance it every time. Thanks though man looks like I'll have to call to get a new one.
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Its not a problem as long as you flash a rom FOR YOUR PHONE.....
Did you try this?
jsmoof21 said:
So I managed to Brick my sprint version of the galaxy s3. Like an idiot I overlooked a rom and used the i9300 version instead of my model version(nood move). Anyway I can't turn my phone on AT ALL!! I tried putting in into download and recovery and I get nothing. How do i fix this?? Anyone???
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I thought I hard brick my sons phone and here is what I did: Worth a try at this point.
Take battery out and do NOT put it back in. Take SD card out. Plug phone into computer and attempt download mode. Mine booted right up with this method when it wouldn't with anything else. If it does flash the stock rom through Odin right away and you are good to go.
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I thought I hard brick my sons phone and here is what I did: Worth a try at this point.
Take battery out and do NOT put it back in. Take SD card out. Plug phone into computer and attempt download mode. Mine booted right up with this method when it wouldn't with anything else. If it does flash the stock rom through Odin right away and you are good to go.
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I just tried that and no luck. sounds like u soft bricked it. I can't get it to turn on period. The only thing that turns on is the lcd light but only for 10 seconds then shuts off. Thanks for the help though!
If your getting a light, even temporary, I'd boot a tinycore Linux and see what mode its in for that 10 seconds
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If your getting a light, even temporary, I'd boot a tinycore Linux and see what mode its in for that 10 seconds
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I gave up an ordered a new one lol that's the only solution I could come up with
galaxy s3 softbrick
jsmoof21 said:
I gave up an ordered a new one lol that's the only solution I could come up with
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hey jsmoof21 did you got you galaxy s3 back from sprint, im asking because my is softbrick and i need to know if i can bring mine to sprint and getting a replacement because my dont start up eather. thanks
bonao1851 said:
hey jsmoof21 did you got you galaxy s3 back from sprint, im asking because my is softbrick and i need to know if i can bring mine to sprint and getting a replacement because my dont start up eather. thanks
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Do you get a screen at all? You say you're softbricked but you also say it doesnt start up. If you are really just softbricked then you have a screen too, in which case you'll just look like an ass going to sprint because they will see you fuucked with it and laugh you out the store. If you are hardbricked then you would have just a black screen. If you have a screen, do some reading like you shouldve done in the first place and fix it yourself.
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hey jsmoof21 did you got you galaxy s3 back from sprint, im asking because my is softbrick and i need to know if i can bring mine to sprint and getting a replacement because my dont start up eather. thanks
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Mine was hard bricked and it couldn't be turned on period. If yours is soft brick then you should be able to get it back into download mode but you can't get it to turn on at all, then you have a hard brick. I went to sprint and got a brand new one because they couldn't fix it either. So unless they can fix it you will have to get a new one!
Also Hard Bricked.
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If your getting a light, even temporary, I'd boot a tinycore Linux and see what mode its in for that 10 seconds
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On the advice for taking the battery out and trying to get into download mode, I tried and now without my battery in I get my red light but still no luck on download mode. any advice like "tinylinux". Sorry not a noob but not a pro so whereever that middle area is is where I stand. Thanks in advance.
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Hi please follow these steps
1 download stock firmware below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737859
2 download clock work mod (CWM-Recovery-LTE-SGS3-Sprint-v5.zip) below
http://www.epiccm.org/2012/06/cwm-recovery-on-all-sgs3-lte-variants.html
3 copy the CWM recovery zip to ext sd card using some card reader trough a pc and insert the sd card into your SGS3.
4 now i still presume your phone is still booting but gets stuck at samsung boot screen. reboot to ODIN mode and flash the
CWM file downloaded earlier with "AUTOREBOOT" unchecked.
5 once the cwm is flashed remove the usb cable and remove battery, hold for a sec and put the battery back again.
6 Reboot to recovery VOL UP + HOME Button + POWER, you should boot to CWM.
7 do DATA WIPE 3 times
8 do CACHE WIPE 3 times
9 under advanced do DALVIK CAHCE WIPE 3 times
10 click on reboot, as soon as you do it the vibrates, remove battery as soon as it vibrates.
11 put the battery back again and boot to odin mode again
12 flash stock firmware with F.RESET and AUTO REBOOT checked
13 your phone should reboot,
14 wait for it
please let me know if it helped.
Please do as it says without step number 3
pvinodnayak said:
Hi please follow these steps
1 download stock firmware below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737859
2 download clock work mod (CWM-Recovery-LTE-SGS3-Sprint-v5.zip) below
http://www.epiccm.org/2012/06/cwm-recovery-on-all-sgs3-lte-variants.html
3 copy the CWM recovery zip to ext sd card using some card reader trough a pc and insert the sd card into your SGS3.
4 now i still presume your phone is still booting but gets stuck at samsung boot screen. reboot to ODIN mode and flash the
CWM file downloaded earlier with "AUTOREBOOT" unchecked.
5 once the cwm is flashed remove the usb cable and remove battery, hold for a sec and put the battery back again.
6 Reboot to recovery VOL UP + HOME Button + POWER, you should boot to CWM.
7 do DATA WIPE 3 times
8 do CACHE WIPE 3 times
9 under advanced do DALVIK CAHCE WIPE 3 times
10 click on reboot, as soon as you do it the vibrates, remove battery as soon as it vibrates.
11 put the battery back again and boot to odin mode again
12 flash stock firmware with F.RESET and AUTO REBOOT checked
13 your phone should reboot,
14 wait for it
please let me know if it helped.
Please do as it says without step number 3
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DUDE THANK YOU SO MUCH OMG
I had same stuck at boot screen but could get odin download mode still this literally saved my phone thanks your awesome!
I Screwed Up
Hello All,
I wish my first post was not for the issue of a bricked phone but it seems like it might be.
I have the sprint samsung S3 and was installing the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1905676 Rom and something seems to not have gone right.
I got an error and when I went to restart my phone I get nothing...
Thanks for the help and if I have no options would anyone like to by a lovely almost new GS3?
Jonathan
jonathanod said:
Hello All,
I wish my first post was not for the issue of a bricked phone but it seems like it might be.
I have the sprint samsung S3 and was installing the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1905676 Rom and something seems to not have gone right.
I got an error and when I went to restart my phone I get nothing...
Thanks for the help and if I have no options would anyone like to by a lovely almost new GS3?
Jonathan
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I think you may have flashed your Sprint GS3 with an international GSM GS3 ROM. I think you are not going to be able to recover from that.
m20120 said:
I think you may have flashed your Sprint GS3 with an international GSM GS3 ROM. I think you are not going to be able to recover from that.
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why are people still doing this?
nicholaaaas said:
why are people still doing this?
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Some people really should get an iPhone...
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WHYDavid said:
Some people really should get an iPhone...
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Totally agree.That or a motorola
Try YouTubeing QBKing77 on his video for bricked S3's
Good luck. There will be a way to unbrick. Just have to find the right method.
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Sorry for posting a new thread but I want to make sure I am heading in the right direction. I bought a Galaxy S3 yesterday that was rooted. I want to put it back to stock ROM. I downloaded Odin and the ATT Stock ROM's. Everything went ok and passed without fail, but my phone is stuck on boot. Googling around I found a how to where I could run CWM Recovery, but it seems like this is for rooted devices stuck at boot. I am looking to go back to stock. Will this work or is there something else I am missing? Thanks and I will begin searching on the forum for help.
Edit: My phone does go into dowload mode.
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Sorry for posting a new thread but I want to make sure I am heading in the right direction. I bought a Galaxy S3 yesterday that was rooted. I want to put it back to stock ROM. I downloaded Odin and the ATT Stock ROM's. Everything went ok and passed without fail, but my phone is stuck on boot. Googling around I found a how to where I could run CWM Recovery, but it seems like this is for rooted devices stuck at boot. I am looking to go back to stock. Will this work or is there something else I am missing? Thanks and I will begin searching on the forum for help.
Edit: My phone does go into dowload mode.
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so dont worry you'll be fine as long as your able to go to download mode your phone is good
Heres how to restore to stock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypmqJbZqOaU
If you wanna root it again like a boss heres the link for that too:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoEVDgjTTdg
Great. Thanks for that link. I actually found that video and was looking for the drivers. I noticed the one he linked if for Sprint. My phone is ATT though. I clicked on the ATT link a little further down in his description where it says AT&T USA. I am assuming this is the correct file to install right? Now is that the TAR file or the drivers? He didnt post an AT&T link for one of those.
factory reset
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It wont let me get into factory reset either. I hold power up, power and home and it goes to...
Firmware upgrade encountered and issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again. I cant get into Kies because Kies doesnt connect to the device
Ok I followed QBkings video and everything worked fine and passed but I am still stuck on the Samsung screen. I know he mentioned factory reset but he did it once he was already into the actual phone. Mine wont get in.
You guys are all beasts! Thanks a million for the help. Factory reset finally worked! My phone didnt reset by itself though.
Well I see you must have been able to fix your phone!
It must be like the Atrix 2, but instead of FXZ restoration w/ RSD Lite, you use TAR files and Odin
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You guys are all beasts! Thanks a million for the help. Factory reset finally worked! My phone didnt reset by itself though.
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Just remember some time all u need is to reset
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twanskys204 said:
Just remember some time all u need is to reset
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Wow! Love the XDA forum. For hours I had the stuck @ Samsung logo after returning to stock on my ATT gNote 2. Bullseye, factory reset did the trick. Thank you guys, totally awesome support here.
Xda....all of us love the thanks button ; p
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The same thing happened to me today.
I flashed a rooted ics stock, one that came with cwm. It was still stuck on the logo until I went onto cwm and factory reseted. Now it works again.
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how do you factory reset if youre stuck on the boot screen?
i just unrooted or whatever and its stuck at the samsung screen
mainguy21 said:
how do you factory reset if youre stuck on the boot screen?
i just unrooted or whatever and its stuck at the samsung screen
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Boot into recovery. Vol up + home + power. When your device vibrates and you see the blue text in the top left corner of the screen, release just the power button.
Wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache
Hi all
Ok was playing around with the samsung toolkit and somehow managed to brick my phone as it will only go to the boot screen.
I can only get it to go in to the download screen (Vol down, home, power)
Ive tried this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030&page=3
but when i try even the first step i left it nearly 30 mins and it dosnt seem to do anything
Any help you could give would help me alot
Thanks
avenger79 said:
Hi all
Ok was playing around with the samsung toolkit and somehow managed to brick my phone as it will only go to the boot screen.
I can only get it to go in to the download screen (Vol down, home, power)
Ive tried this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030&page=3
but when i try even the first step i left it nearly 30 mins and it dosnt seem to do anything
Any help you could give would help me alot
Thanks
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Just keep trying to flash via Odin. I had that happen where it just sits there five times in a row. Just gotta keep trying
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elesbb said:
Just keep trying to flash via Odin. I had that happen where it just sits there five times in a row. Just gotta keep trying
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I must have done it 100 times and always seems to hang never seems to get any further, I've gone straight to the rom too and same thing looks like its doing something but nothing how long does it take?
avenger79 said:
I must have done it 100 times and always seems to hang never seems to get any further, I've gone straight to the rom too and same thing looks like its doing something but nothing how long does it take?
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Are you using the file that is stated in the post you referenced? Im no unbricking expert but Not sure putting verizon firmware on a tmo phone works very well...
Also I had a problem with Odin awhile back and it turned out to be the cable I was using...
If you can get into download mode and have odin recognize your phone I believe you will be good to go if you put the correct software on your phone...
Think you should try to Odin back to a stock firmware for your phone instead of using some sort of "unbrick" method... use only one from this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687
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Not sure putting verizon firmware on a tmo phone works very well...
Also I had a problem with Odin awhile back and it turned out to be the cable I was using...
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Agreed on both accounts.
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From an Odin guide I read, can't remember the one now. I believe it said to use the cable from the wall charger. Other cables may work, but that is the one that should work for some reason no matter what.
Good Luck.
If nothing else works on it, search for mobiletechvideos.com. I flashed I-9300 ROM onto my T-999 phone. Hard bricked it. I sent it to those guys and within 1 week, phone was back and was like it was before I flashed the wrong ROM. Great service they provide. It was also my only option. ha.
Just yesterday, my phone was working fine and then all of a sudden, my phone's screen turns completely black. I have the T-Mobile version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 with Stock Rom and the factory kernel. I did root my phone and tried to reset the phone by trying to boot up the recovery. It doesn't give me the screen. There is also no Samsung Logo when I boot the phone but a screen with green dots all over. Then, it is on and I can guess my password and such so the touch screen is functional. The LED lights up and the soft keys light up as well. The sound works perfectly fine. So I assume something happened to the LCD screen? There are no cracks or what not.
Since it is rooted, I cannot just send my phone in for repair as the warranty is voided and I cannot uninstall anything or unroot my phone because I cannot see where all my icons are and what not. Any suggestions on what I can do or try? I got it not too long ago too which is a bit disheartening.
Dame thing happened to my gs3, I did reset it back to stock through odin and sent it in. They told me after I sent it in that it had damage to it that was my dually like dropping it or something. No that wasnt the case, the screen just slowly fizzled out. Pain in the ass
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I actually don't know how to do a reset via odin. I flashed it and followed instructions/research but since I can't see what is on the screen nor boot it up to download mode or anything... I don't know exactly what to do. Well I think I can boot it up to download mode again. I don't think it will be a problem. I just can't do triangle away after that though after that.
In addition, I would still have root tools installed so wouldn't that give it away that it was rooted? Thus, gahhh this is annoying =( Sorry for ranting... Just very frustrated (like many phone users on here I'm sure).
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I have it on stock rom though... I just need to unroot it... though I cannot see my screen to do anything about it =/
shadowchaud said:
I actually don't know how to do a reset via odin. I flashed it and followed instructions/research but since I can't see what is on the screen nor boot it up to download mode or anything... I don't know exactly what to do. Well I think I can boot it up to download mode again. I don't think it will be a problem. I just can't do triangle away after that though after that.
In addition, I would still have root tools installed so wouldn't that give it away that it was rooted? Thus, gahhh this is annoying =( Sorry for ranting... Just very frustrated (like many phone users on here I'm sure).
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I have it on stock rom though... I just need to unroot it... though I cannot see my screen to do anything about it =/
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If you have USB Debugging enabled you can used adb to remove root, I believe.
Odin back to stock should do it. Especially, with a busted screen.
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Odin back to stock should do it. Especially, with a busted screen.
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However, my issue isn't a broken screen. The screen itself appears to be fine and same with the digitizer. I don't see how flashing the stock rom will help. In addition, I don't think I can find my way around especially when the screen is all black. I may be able to because I have clockworkmod recovery on there. Just can't see any of the menus or anything.
flashing back to odin uses the phones download mode you dont need a custom recovery you just download the right files and put them in PDA in odin and flash them to your phone while its in download mode
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flashing back to odin uses the phones download mode you dont need a custom recovery you just download the right files and put them in PDA in odin and flash them to your phone while its in download mode
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Well the next issue is, it refuses to go into recovery mode or download mode. All I get when I try the button combination is a screen filled with tiny green dots.
do what he does in the video even though your phone doesnt show anything on the screen it probably still works so you can try this
http://youtu.be/DtE7KUc0KQc?t=37s
Okay, so here is my issue. I returned to stock, downloaded network update, it rebooted my phone, and did the update. Phone went to reboot again, and was hung up on the "Samsung Galaxy Note II" screen. After about an half an hour I pulled the battery, and tried to reboot. Same thing. I rebooted into Download mode and flashed the stock .tar file as described in this thread. The Odin flash goes great and the phone reboots when it is done. Then it just sits on the Samsung Galaxy Note II" screen. Never goes past it. Does anyone have any ideas on how to get this working? Any help is much appreciated. I have tried to search the forums for an answer, but I could not find anything that matched my issue.
John
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Okay, so here is my issue. I returned to stock, downloaded network update, it rebooted my phone, and did the update. Phone went to reboot again, and was hung up on the "Samsung Galaxy Note II" screen. After about an half an hour I pulled the battery, and tried to reboot. Same thing. I rebooted into Download mode and flashed the stock .tar file as described in this thread. The Odin flash goes great and the phone reboots when it is done. Then it just sits on the Samsung Galaxy Note II" screen. Never goes past it. Does anyone have any ideas on how to get this working? Any help is much appreciated. I have tried to search the forums for an answer, but I could not find anything that matched my issue.
John
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Need more info.....
Return to which stock ??
Have you seen this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2618447
As of know, any stock would be better then what I have. I would like to return to the stock rom that came with the phone. I believe it is the J2 one. I am going to try that thread that you mentioned, and see if I can get anywhere. If that does not work, I think I might this thread here. Thanks for the reply...
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As of know, any stock would be better then what I have. I would like to return to the stock rom that came with the phone. I believe it is the J2 one. I am going to try that thread that you mentioned, and see if I can get anywhere. If that does not work, I think I might this thread here. Thanks for the reply...
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Sounds good. The first link should do you. The J2 will be the 4.1.1. Following the guide you can OTA to 4.1.2.
Holler if you need help.
EDIT:::: I just did the ODIN to LJ2, booted perfectly. OTA to MH3 4.1.2 worked great.
This step is mandatory !!
There a step that need to be done to get the install to complete successfully for the i317UCAMH3 OTA.
- Download from http://d-h.st/CDK
I317UCUBMK6-TZ-PARAM.zip
- Extract the .zip file to get to I317UCUBMK6-TZ.tar.md5
- Put your Note 2 in Download Mode.
Entering download mode is very simple. First you will need to turn off your device. Once it’s off, you need to press this button combination: volume down, power button and home button. Keep them pressed until the download mode shows up. Once you’re there, you will be required to press volume up to enter the download mode or volume down to cancel and reboot the device.
Open ODIN and place the I317UCUBMK6-TZ.tar.md5 file in PDA and flash.
Phone will now boot into i317UCAMH3.
So I guess the issue was that I went from 4.3 to 4.1.1, and my phone didn't like it. Flashed the prama and tz file. It rebooted and went straight into 4.1.1 with no issues... Thanks
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John.Spence1 said:
So I guess the issue was that I went from 4.3 to 4.1.1, and my phone didn't like it. Flashed the prama and tz file. It rebooted and went straight into 4.1.1 with no issues... Thanks
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Excellent.
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