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[Q] SGS2 Odin Question

During an attempt to flash a rom using odin to my rooted sgs2, odin crashed and closed before it was finished. I tried restarting odin, wouldnt see phone.
Removed battery from phone, reconnected to odin and tried using the one click odin to reflash back to stock. Also tried using odin with other roms to flash back.
Heres my problem.
When i power on the phone, it says the Galazy S2 i9100 for a few seconds, then just turns off.
I can open odin, or odin one click, plug in phone, shows me yellow w/com and added. I click start, it gets to Setupconnection and then just sits there.
I have tried
- Different roms and both one click and normal odin.
- Different usb cables
- Different usb ports
- Multiple computers
Is there any way to get past this? God i hope someone can either point me somewhere or help me out.

Reinstall Samsung Kies to your laptop or pc so the proper drivers are re-installed. Once complete with that install, plug your phone into the pc and put the phone into USB mode, hopefully the pc will recognize your phone and install the NEW DEVICE drivers after a few moments. Depending on your pc, sometimes it takes many seconds for your pc to recognize and bring up the drop down menu for the newly recognized drive. BE PATIENT. If the pc does recognize your phone, start Odin again. If Odin also see's your phone, which it now should, you should see a COM:# connection in the ID:COM box of Odin. Doesn't matter what COM # is, as long as something is there. You can now use Odin because it see's your phone. Once you start Odin flashing, make sure not to disconnect anything until you see the upper left GREEN PASS box in Odin. Once its GREEN with PASS in that box, you're finished. You can d/c your phone from the pc and the phone is probably rebooting anyway.
OFC, if your phone will not stay power'd up, all of the above is for nought. Wish I could be more helpful.
Keep in mind that I do not intend to insult intelligence but everyone has limits in experience and I always try to explain in the simplest way I can. No disrespect intended.
Good Luck!
R

Thanks for the reply,
How am i supposed to put the phone in usb mode when i cant boot it?

That does create a problem, I would do some research on a USB Jig for your phone. Search at eBay for: Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch USB Jig
I'm not sure if this will help a phone that will not power up but it does have its uses for Root'd phone especially using Odin to flash and to remover that nasty YELLOW Triangle that comes from ROOT ROMS that are unsign'd.
Wish I could help you further.
R

Scribes said:
Thanks for the reply,
How am i supposed to put the phone in usb mode when i cant boot it?
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Try to put in download mode if not try a jig ... If that fails it's sprint or jtag
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It does power on, basically shows the sgs boot logo (black backgroud w/ white text) then goes dark, but its actually still on cause it gets hot.
I can get it into download mode and i can get it into the android recovery.
Theres gotta be a way to recover with an update.zip from the android recovery via the sd card........

There you go, you have two of us saying about the same thing. Just make sure you get the correct JIG if you go that route. It's like $2.00 and arrives from China in like 2 weeks.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...e+for+Samsung+Galaxy+S2/i9100/i9000/T959/i897
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humm, an idling phone shouldn't get hot. That tells me you've got something going on. I think you just progress'd passed my pay grade my friend.

Heres another thing, as i mentioned in my first post.
The boot logo says i-9100....
and this is a sprint phone, isnt it a d710?
So im gussing in my late night haze i screwed myself by loading an i9100 rom/bootloader/whatever the hell that is.

Samsung calls it: I9100
Sprint calls it: SPH710
We call it: Epic 4G Touch

I see, so thats not the problem?
Im just gonna keep posting here while i mess with this incase i trigger someones mind for a fix.
(picture was here apparently i cannot post an external link yet. Was just a picture of device manager and odin sitting at SetupConnection)
The only way to get odin to see my phone, is if i open odin, put phone in download mode, plug phone in, then uninstall the com port via device manager, reinstall it. When i rescan for hardware changes, odin goes yellow as seen in the picture, i click start, then it sits at SetupConnection all day, so im guessing its losing the connection after it finds it.
My only solution here is via usb card i think, but i cant find a signed package. Cant someone just pull theirs from a stock phone? Why wouldnt that work?

Well, if you can get Odin to work, unroot to full stock with this:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ISD9AOP0

Right, getting odin to work is the real problem though i think.
Stuck at SetupConnection forever
This is super frustrating... going without a phone is impossible, work emails, texts, calls, ahhhh

..and there is no way to completely reload the entire phone using an update.zip off the sd card, one that is signed?
I know i used to do that on my droid, and all though i know this is a totally different game, i still have android recovery, one would think it would be possible if the package was signed. unsigned ones just fail, but at least i can attempt to run them from there.
If someone can find a way to do that, and it works for my phone, i will paypal $50

Let me see what I can find for ya....
I have searched two different Forums for a flashable unroot to stock with NO luck. Everything I found requires Odin. Sorry Buddy.

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the i-9100 a whole different phone??? Looking at the specs and release date I would believe so. Sounds like he did an ics update for a phone that wasn't the Sph-d710 or something..
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9100_galaxy_s_ii-3621.php
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not sure, all I know it by is: SPH 710
~ via My Epic 4G Touch & XDA'a app ~

Have you tried just flashing a kernel only in Odin
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You tried flashing ICS on your phone, didn't you? B/C I'm pretty sure that's why you are seeing I9100 while booting up. If that is the case, do a search here as there are multiple people who have done this, and none of them have been able to fix it.
Sorry, your only solution is exchange at Sprint if you can, or JTAG.

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beezar said:
You tried flashing ICS on your phone, didn't you? B/C I'm pretty sure that's why you are seeing I9100 while booting up. If that is the case, do a search here as there are multiple people who have done this, and none of them have been able to fix it.
Sorry, your only solution is exchange at Sprint if you can, or JTAG.
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does not mean he flashed ICS when you odin a kernel that is not signed ie with CWM you will get yellow triangle and it will say i9100 too ..... so does not mean he flashed ics ... if odin sees the phone on a com port he probably didnt .... try flashing a working kernel from our phone

I did attempt to flash ICS. I could find where i got it, but it was supposedly for the Epic 4G touch, aka sprint sgs2 variant.
I am a network and systems admin, i should have known better. I jumped the gun and got ahead of myself. I have rooted and put roms on the og droid, and the droid x, samsung is a different beast all together.
However, i went in to sprint the day after i did this, they looked at it, no insurance, no replacement warranty, they didnt ask me anything, and THEY determined it was a factory defect , they had me sign a sheet that said "After researching found phone to be a factory defect and the solution from SPRINT is to replace the phone. $37.41, and 22 hours later i had a brand new SGS2 in my hand.
They hadnt sent my phone in yet. I honestly am not sure if they are going to be able to tell if i did anything to it or not, i may have just hosed the bootloader enough that odin wont connect, so they probably will have to use something like jtag in house to reflash it, or replace the chip or whatever they do. Even so, if they do see that i was messing with it, and say it voided my warranty, i have a signed receipt showing my payment and agreeing to pay for the replacement at $37.41, and that THEY determined the flaw. My brother in law is a lawyer, so i asked him, because i was curious if they would look at my phone at the service center or hub or whatever, and determine it was my fault. He assured me they could try, but it would all fall back to the employee who had me sign the agreement, so even if they dont like what i did, they are beyond doing anything about it.
I doubt they will even notice it, im sure they will try to boot it, then just flash it or however they do it.
Either way, im not worried anymore.
So...someone wanna point my idiot ass to an actual good rom, with a good method, that works for my phone? lol. I cant stand touchwiz, huge icons and cant replace them ....wtf is that all about.

[Q] S3 bricked help please

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
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2
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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

majic12 said:
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.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app

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.

***Emergency Thread*** Here To Help!

I have created this thread for all you SG-SIII Noobs & Senior Members!
The purpose of this thread is to limit the number of (sometimes useless) threads, that are created over a simple problem that can easily be solved by READING OR SEARCHING.
This is the Emergency thread!
*Did you run into a problem and need quick assistance?
*Do you have a question or concern about your SG-SIII device?
Don't panic just ask here and I or WE THE SG-SIII COMMUNITY will gladly help!

In case of emergency!

Okay I guess I'll be the first to post.
About an hour ago my phone shut off at 26% battery (16gb galaxy S3 running CM10.1 nightly 01/16). As I went to turn it back on it will boot into the CM splash screen spin a few times and just shut off. I attempted to charge it, and turn it back on but same thing. After that an attempt to get into CWM, which I was able to get in and it shut off while I was in it. I also tried putting the phone in download mode and about the same time frame it took for the other attempts resulted in a shut down.
Any advice? Or am I stuck doing a warranty exchange?

Rayman0625 said:
Okay I guess I'll be the first to post.
About an hour ago my phone shut off at 26% battery (16gb galaxy S3 running CM10.1 nightly 01/16). As I went to turn it back on it will boot into the CM splash screen spin a few times and just shut off. I attempted to charge it, and turn it back on but same thing. After that an attempt to get into CWM, which I was able to get in and it shut off while I was in it. I also tried putting the phone in download mode and about the same time frame it took for the other attempts resulted in a shut down.
Any advice? Or am I stuck doing a warranty exchange?
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Sounds like its your battery not a hardware problem. Leave it overnight or a couple hours charging and if it indeed boots up its your battery.
If it doesn't then flash stock and test it if the same result then call up that Warranty. I've seen this same issue with other devices where the battery dies at 50%+ and usually replacing the battery fixes the problem. Test your battery for overheating or swollen.
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...Awesome... said:
Sounds like its your battery not a hardware problem. Leave it overnight or a couple hours charging and if it indeed boots up its your battery.
If it doesn't then flash stock and test it if the same result then call up that Warranty. I've seen this same issue with other devices where the battery dies at 50%+ and usually replacing the battery fixes the problem. Test your battery for overheating or swollen.
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The battery isnt swollen, thats one of the things I checked also. I thought it might be that, the only other option I have is to try a different battery. The good thing is I work in a tmobile store so im gonna give that a shot tomorrow.

Sv: ***Emergency Thread*** Here To Help!
Can you start it without battery connected to the wall charger? If so try wipe cache. Or after reflash ROM.
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lintz said:
Can you start it without battery connected to the wall charger? If so try wipe cache. Or after reflash ROM.
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Phone wont boot without the battery in, and with it in I cant stay in recovery without with rebooting.

Rayman0625 said:
The battery isnt swollen, thats one of the things I checked also. I thought it might be that, the only other option I have is to try a different battery. The good thing is I work in a tmobile store so im gonna give that a shot tomorrow.
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Even better then lol just test it out at work. I'm about 80% its your battery specially if you OV/UC.

I have the t-mobile US t999.
Last night I was having an odd issue with the networking dropping. I've had the phone for about a month, modded since day 1 with a CM10 variation of a rom (sorry, I forget the exact rom). I had no issues whatsoever up until this point. After a few restarts thinking maybe it was a fluke issue with the network, or network signal in my room, the phone forced itself into emergency call mode only. I couldn't get it to come out.
So I decided I was going to odin on a stock rom as I could get it into download mode, that went through successfully. When the phone boots, I get the android taking off (Tmobile 4g) logo. Then the white samsung logo, and it doesn't go beyond this. I know this can take long so I left it there for about an hour, nothing. The phone also displays a blue led the entire time it's hanging as well.
Also worth noting, when I attempt to boot into recovery it just vibrates over and over.
Not sure what my next steps should be. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

heartspains88 said:
I have the t-mobile US t999.
Last night I was having an odd issue with the networking dropping. I've had the phone for about a month, modded since day 1 with a CM10 variation of a rom (sorry, I forget the exact rom). I had no issues whatsoever up until this point. After a few restarts thinking maybe it was a fluke issue with the network, or network signal in my room, the phone forced itself into emergency call mode only. I couldn't get it to come out.
So I decided I was going to odin on a stock rom as I could get it into download mode, that went through successfully. When the phone boots, I get the android taking off (Tmobile 4g) logo. Then the white samsung logo, and it doesn't go beyond this. I know this can take long so I left it there for about an hour, nothing. The phone also displays a blue led the entire time it's hanging as well.
Also worth noting, when I attempt to boot into recovery it just vibrates over and over.
Not sure what my next steps should be. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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after you odin, you need to wipe data/ factory reset to boot. If you can't get into recovery ( Power, Home Button, and Volume Up), then try reflashing your stock image in Odin and check your MD5 sum, so you can rule out a bad download

Thanks for the reply, I'm re-downloading the stock rom now to verify it's integrity and do a new flash. I cannot get into recovery, so we will see after the new flash. Pleading ignorance on one subject, how would I go about checking the MD5 sum to verify the file has no issues?
Additionally I did try to Odin recovery and still could not boot into it, this was however before attempting to re-download and flash a stock rom again.
**Edit//Update** Re-downloaded and flashed stock rom, was able to get into recovery and wipe, booted up fine.

Wow.. great idea for a thread and THANK YOU!!
Perfect timing too cause i need a little help please.
I am not new to android but new to samsung (WOW, didnt realize it would be so different from HTC ont he rooting and flashing side of things).
Long story short. I have a tmo s3. Bought it today and wanted to root. phone was working perfectly as it shoudl on stock rom unrooted. I downloaded the tool kit v7, used that to root adn install TWRP and rebooted into the stock rom that is now rooted. Still everything working perfect.
Here is what i did next and where the issues start.
Downloaded Synergy r290, went to recovery.
Wiped Cache, Dalvik, Data, and System (made a backup first)
flashed the rom and rebooted to system
However, nothing ever happened. I see the samsung logo, then all goes black and nothing happens (left it there for 10min)
I cant seem to get back into recovery holding vol up, home and power either and have no adb access to use that. I AM able to get into download mode which i know i can fix my problem here with odin, but i am just not sure what to flash and where.
Is there an easier way??
Thanks in advance for any help!

frettfreak said:
Wow.. great idea for a thread and THANK YOU!!
Perfect timing too cause i need a little help please.
I am not new to android but new to samsung (WOW, didnt realize it would be so different from HTC ont he rooting and flashing side of things).
Long story short. I have a tmo s3. Bought it today and wanted to root. phone was working perfectly as it shoudl on stock rom unrooted. I downloaded the tool kit v7, used that to root adn install TWRP and rebooted into the stock rom that is now rooted. Still everything working perfect.
Here is what i did next and where the issues start.
Downloaded Synergy r290, went to recovery.
Wiped Cache, Dalvik, Data, and System (made a backup first)
flashed the rom and rebooted to system
However, nothing ever happened. I see the samsung logo, then all goes black and nothing happens (left it there for 10min)
I cant seem to get back into recovery holding vol up, home and power either and have no adb access to use that. I AM able to get into download mode which i know i can fix my problem here with odin, but i am just not sure what to flash and where.
Is there an easier way??
Thanks in advance for any help!
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If you absolutely can't get into recovery to restore your backup..
Flash the UVDLJA root66 file in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687 via odin. You will have the latest UVDLJA JB update, and will be rooted. From there, install goo manager from the play store to flash TWRP.
After that you're all set to flash whatever you want (just make sure it's for the Tmobile s3).
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Towle said:
If you absolutely can't get into recovery to restore your backup..
Flash the UVDLJA root66 file in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687 via odin. You will have the latest UVDLJA JB update, and will be rooted. From there, install goo manager from the play store to flash TWRP.
After that you're all set to flash whatever you want (just make sure it's for the Tmobile s3).
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Ok, easy enough, but do i put that in the PDA field in Odin or phone?
This sounds MUCh easier than what i thought i would have to do.. thanks a ton!

frettfreak said:
Ok, easy enough, but do i put that in the PDA field in Odin or phone?
This sounds MUCh easier than what i thought i would have to do.. thanks a ton!
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Just upload the file to PDA and hit start. Make sure to let it finish completely, once the phone reboots, it's done.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2

Flashing stock with Odin can take up to ten minutes its normal like the man said above just let it do its thing

Towle said:
Just upload the file to PDA and hit start. Make sure to let it finish completely, once the phone reboots, it's done.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2
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Worked great! Thanks!!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2113883
Let's see if you have any solution for me?

Weird problem. When I set kernel frequencies on my phone, they at some point get locked at the maximum frequency. This has happened every time I flash a new ROM or kernel, and I'm worried that it will soon start to affect the battery. I'm using the msmdvcs governor on both kernels that I've tried (stock and faux)

ohshootrawr said:
Weird problem. When I set kernel frequencies on my phone, they at some point get locked at the maximum frequency. This has happened every time I flash a new ROM or kernel, and I'm worried that it will soon start to affect the battery. I'm using the msmdvcs governor on both kernels that I've tried (stock and faux)
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Do u happened to have apps that control frequency like setcpu etc? They might be conflicting each other
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S3 won't boot up, gray battery icon

Hello there,
I just rooted and flashed a custom recovery to my S3 today. Afterwards, I installed CyanogenMod through the CWM recovery and rebooted, however,after the reboot the device powered off completely. Now when I try to turn on the device I get a grey battery icon with a static circle on it, and it does not proceed any further. I cannot access recovery mode or even get to the Samsung loading screen. Plugging the device into the wall charger doesn't seem to be doing anything as it has been 'charging' for over 30 minutes and still does not power on. I've been scouring the net for hours looking for answers, but the few people who seem to have the same problem have not found any sort of resolution. There are all sorts of tricks people are suggesting such as putting your battery in and plugging the cable in, vice versa..etc but nothing seems to work. The phone was working just fine and the battery still had a good 30-40% charge when this happened. Does anyone know what the issue could be? I cannot even get it serviced because I had JUST rooted/custom recovery'd it when this happened, so just my luck with that. If anyone could help me it would mean a lot. Thank you for reading.
Regards,
Mike

Cryceratops said:
Hello there,
I just rooted and flashed a custom recovery to my S3 today. Afterwards, I installed CyanogenMod through the CWM recovery and rebooted, however,after the reboot the device powered off completely. Now when I try to turn on the device I get a grey battery icon with a static circle on it, and it does not proceed any further. I cannot access recovery mode or even get to the Samsung loading screen. Plugging the device into the wall charger doesn't seem to be doing anything as it has been 'charging' for over 30 minutes and still does not power on. I've been scouring the net for hours looking for answers, but the few people who seem to have the same problem have not found any sort of resolution. There are all sorts of tricks people are suggesting such as putting your battery in and plugging the cable in, vice versa..etc but nothing seems to work. The phone was working just fine and the battery still had a good 30-40% charge when this happened. Does anyone know what the issue could be? I cannot even get it serviced because I had JUST rooted/custom recovery'd it when this happened, so just my luck with that. If anyone could help me it would mean a lot. Thank you for reading.
Regards,
Mike
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Copy and paste the name of the zip that you downloaded and flashed for me so I can better determine what you did bud, I don't want to say hard brick because this could be battery cells going bad coincidentally

Danvdh said:
Copy and paste the name of the zip that you downloaded and flashed for me so I can better determine what you did bud, I don't want to say hard brick because this could be battery cells going bad coincidentally
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Hello there,
Thanks for the reply. I followed the instructions as per this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179330
The CWM mod version I got from following Step 2 of that guide, which led me to this: http://www.epiccm.org/2012/06/cwm-recovery-on-all-sgs3-lte-variants.html
Afterwards, everything seemed to be working fine, so I grabbed a copy of the official CM latest nightly for my device, wiped/factory reset, and installed the ROM + gapps. After I reboot, the phone shut off, and this has been going on since. I am able to get into download mode, as I have just discovered, but I cannot get into recovery mode or turn the phone on past this mysterious grey battery icon.
Thanks for your time,
-Mike

Cryceratops said:
Hello there,
Thanks for the reply. I followed the instructions as per this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179330
The CWM mod version I got from following Step 2 of that guide, which led me to this: http://www.epiccm.org/2012/06/cwm-recovery-on-all-sgs3-lte-variants.html
Afterwards, everything seemed to be working fine, so I grabbed a copy of the official CM latest nightly for my device, wiped/factory reset, and installed the ROM + gapps. After I reboot, the phone shut off, and this has been going on since. I am able to get into download mode, as I have just discovered, but I cannot get into recovery mode or turn the phone on past this mysterious grey battery icon.
Thanks for your time,
-Mike
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kk download you're stock firmware and flash it in odin, something went wrong my friend so you're going to have to start over
stock roms are here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968625
the good news is download mode = soft brick so you are in luck! My guess is the ROM was corrupt or just a very horrible flash =/

Danvdh said:
kk download you're stock firmware and flash it in odin, something went wrong my friend so you're going to have to start over
stock roms are here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968625
the good news is download mode = soft brick so you are in luck! My guess is the ROM was corrupt or just a very horrible flash =/
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Thanks very much! I was able to use the stock firmware in conjunction with Odin to get myself back up and running!
Now the issue remains, is there any way to install CM 10~ on this device? I cannot find a proper version of CWM aside from the 'universal' one which I mentioned above, however, if I try and flash any version of CM using that recovery, it gives me a Status 7 error, which people say is due to an old recovery version. Any idea as to where I can find a working (new) version of CWM for this device?
Kind Regards,
Mike

All up to dates CWM are there:
http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager
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And here show to install it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/ClockworkMod_Recovery
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I've solved the issue. Thanks for all the help.
The problem was that apparently I had an outdated bootloader which wasn't compatible with newer versions of CM and CWM. I installed the new bootloader from a thread here in the S3 forums and then flashed a new version of CWM and managed to get CM running.
I'm having new, unrelated issues now, but I'm sure I will be able to solve those.
Thanks again

[Q] Help UnBricking Phone

So i bricked my Samsung Galaxy S3. I believe it is hard bricked because there is absolutely no response from the phone. Can't boot into recover, download, or regular boot. The phone has at least 40% battery when I last saw it work.
I was attempting to roll back my android OS to see if I could extend my battery life but every time i tried using odin my download mode would give me "sv rev check fail" so i attempted to unlock the boot loader. I couldnt odin it so I flashed a custom rom to check if I could flash roms on my phone. The slimkat custom rom worked but when I tried to flash back to stock I would get the sv error. I saw that EZ-Unlock app would work so i tried it out. The app said it unlocked but when I restarted the phone to get into download mode, the phone seems to be bricked.
I have a usb jig but it doesnt seem to force my phone in to download mode and I am waiting on a micro SD card to try to un brick it. How can I use the micro card to un brick the Tmobile version of SG3?
Samsung Galaxy S3 SGH-T999

First of all the bootloader is NOT locked, so whatever that app does it was not mean for this device.. You should never attempt to downgrade firmware, it has been stated many times that there is high risk to hard brick when you try to bypass this restriction. The unbrick might work

Follow instructions in the debrick thread and hopefully it'll work.
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NomNomMOn said:
I saw that EZ-Unlock app would work so i tried it out. The app said it unlocked but when I restarted the phone to get into download mode, the phone seems to be bricked
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thats what i used on my first S3. bricked it like a............brick.lmfao.
gave it to some guy and i here now that he was able to revive it by some magical hoo-doo crap. well thats what i deserve for not reading reading and reading some more.
well , good for him is all i can say.! at least its gettin used ! :sly:
err on the side of kindness

Lol! I couldn't remember for sure if that's how it had happened on this thing, so I didn't want to say for certain that it was fixable. (Should a just asked you, but in my own defense, what's left of my mind these last few weeks is pretty much a scrambled mess!)
Anyway, I can 100% confirm that this type of brick is fixable. Using it as we speak/type!
And thanks to mrrocketdog for saving my a$$ with this thing! I may not have been around at all the last little while if not for him! (Might be back using my sad little MyTouch 3G Slide!)
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