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I was trying to install a custom rom through clockworkmod and during the process my brother got a hold of my phone and he told me he formatted everything including /sdcard and now my phone wont get through the samsung galaxy s3 screen I already tried using odin to push the at&t stock files to the phone that wasn't successful. I can still access clockworkmod but thats it btw mine is a unlocked samsung galaxy s3 I bought it used and Im not too sure which stock files I should be using I know it is a i747 though
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I was trying to install a custom rom through clockworkmod and during the process my brother got a hold of my phone and he told me he formatted everything including /sdcard and now my phone wont get through the samsung galaxy s3 screen I already tried using odin to push the at&t stock files to the phone that wasn't successful. I can still access clockworkmod but thats it btw mine is a unlocked samsung galaxy s3 I bought it used and Im not too sure which stock files I should be using I know it is a i747 though
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If you can get into recovery i would try and put a rom on an external sd card (either through an adapter or other phone) and then put that sd card into the s3 and flash the rom.
Yes, just place the custom rom in an external sd card and reflash that.
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I don't understand how Odin didn't work... Were you in download mode or recovery when trying to use Odin?
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I don't understand how Odin didn't work... Were you in download mode or recovery when trying to use Odin?
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Yes I was it gave me an error I tried repeatedly
As has been said, try flashing a rom in recovery from a micro sd car. That should get you back up and running
I bought a T-Mobile Galaxy S 3 LTE with model number SGH-T999L. I used Odin V3 1.85 to flash TWRP recovery and CyanogenMod 10.0.0.
Everything went well but my camera doesn't work. On launching the camera, I get a "Can't connect to camera" error and it quits. The same behavior is observed when using other camera apps. I tried the instructions in this thread(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239414) but it did not fix my problem. I now want to go back to my stock ROM. I successfully downloaded and flashed stock recovery using Odin. However, Odin fails when I try to flash the stock ROM obtained from the samsung website. It gives me a "write failed" error and stops. Any tips or suggestions to help me out would be appreciated. Thanks
Is it supposed to use T999 firmware?
Only odin flash T999L firmware. I dont see it released yet at samsing-updates.com though.
Maybe samfirmware.com? I can look later.
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I bought a T-Mobile Galaxy S 3 LTE with model number SGH-T999L. I used Odin V3 1.85 to flash TWRP recovery and CyanogenMod 10.0.0.
Everything went well but my camera doesn't work. On launching the camera, I get a "Can't connect to camera" error and it quits. The same behavior is observed when using other camera apps. I tried the instructions in this thread(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239414) but it did not fix my problem. I now want to go back to my stock ROM. I successfully downloaded and flashed stock recovery using Odin. However, Odin fails when I try to flash the stock ROM obtained from the samsung website. It gives me a "write failed" error and stops. Any tips or suggestions to help me out would be appreciated. Thanks
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Why not reflash the stock ODIN flash rom and make sure it all works ok for you, that will tell you exactly what the problem is.
If the stock rom is working properly, then there is only one thing left which is the culprit and that is the CM10/AOKP/AOSP
or PORTED roms which many people seem to like flashing.
The CM10/AOKP/AOSP and ported roms are excellent if you are a developer or if you like to do a lot of experimentation with your phone.
So the thing to do now is reboot your phone to recovery mode, do a "Factory Reset", "Wipe Cache", "Wipe System" and "Wipe Dalvik".
When that's done Open Odin and put the stock rooted T999 Tmobile Jellybean 4.1.2 into Odin's PDA slot, go into download mode
and once you see Odin is connected to the phone start the flash. Have patience for the phone to boot after its done flashing.
Here is the stock rooted Odin flash T999 Tmobile Jellybean 4.1.2 rom that you can download if you like: T999_UVDMD5
Official JB Firmware - Latest JB 4.1.2 Firmware
My suggestion to you is to only flash Samsung T999 Tmobile stock based Jellybean 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 roms in the future.
But who am I to say whats best..... This is just my personal opinion...... Which usually is not worth a dime. LOL
Sorry, but untill we know more about it, I would not flash T999 firmware onto the T999L.
Its only been out a day and tgey are different model phones with different hardware.
If you decide to try anyway, please post your results
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DocHoliday77 said:
Sorry, but untill we know more about it, I would not flash T999 firmware onto the T999L.
Its only been out a day and tgey are different model phones with different hardware.
If you decide to try anyway, please post your results
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I am a newbie. I thought the T999 was the same as the T999L. That would explain why Odin doesnt flash stock T999 onto my device. Can anyone here post a link to the stock SGH-T999L ROM?
Just did a quick check and I dont see that the firmware has been made available for download yet.
If you want stock I would flash one of the stock based custom roms via recovery for now.
Out of curiosity, what is your current baseband version?
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DocHoliday77 said:
Just did a quick check and I dont see that the firmware has been made available for download yet.
If you want stock I would flash one of the stock based custom roms via recovery for now.
Out of curiosity, what is your current baseband version?
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Baseband version is T999LUVAMB7. Still waiting for stock ROM to be released on samsung-updates or sammobile.
newidforu said:
Baseband version is T999LUVAMB7. Still waiting for stock ROM to be released on samsung-updates or sammobile.
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I had the same issue with the same phone. Got it 2 weeks ago haha. Did you happen to make a backup first using CWM Recovery? If so, you can just restore that backup and you'll have your camera functionality back. It's pretty annoying switching back and forth from CM10.1 back to stock just to take pictures but Rom manager makes it pretty quick and effortless.
Actually now that I think of it, they prob wont release the original firmware. Seems like the first build is never available, only when an update is released do we get firmware we csn download.
I am working with another member on getting something going for the T999L, but right now we are stuck until a verified safe method of rooting is found. (Dont want to flash a recovery or cf autoroot w/o knowing it wont screw something up)
Itll happen, but we just gotta be patient.
Just reread the op and see that you say you flashed TWRP. So you were able to initially gain root without any problems?
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Actually now that I think of it, they prob wont release the original firmware. Seems like the first build is never available, only when an update is released do we get firmware we csn download.
I am working with another member on getting something going for the T999L, but right now we are stuck until a verified safe method of rooting is found. (Dont want to flash a recovery or cf autoroot w/o knowing it wont screw something up)
Itll happen, but we just gotta be patient.
Just reread the op and see that you say you flashed TWRP. So you were able to initially gain root without any problems?
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I used Odin to flash Clockwork Mod recovery first. I did not like Clockwork Mod's interface and reflashed with TWRP. I had no problems to gain root with either of these methods. I also tried Cyanogenmod stable 10.0.0 and then 10.1 RC2 without any problems. As far as I can tell, all apps work except for the camera. One word of caution though. As you can see from my posts, I am new and dont know what I am doing. I might have just gotten lucky since my device is still unbricked. I had only one "scary" moment during the entire process. I used TWRP to wipe my phone clean and was stuck with no OS install file. ADB sideload did not work since it could not recognize the device at that point. Luckily, I had a micro SD card lying around and was able to put in a new OS install file using my laptop and then TWRP was able to handle it.
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faytx1 said:
I had the same issue with the same phone. Got it 2 weeks ago haha. Did you happen to make a backup first using CWM Recovery? If so, you can just restore that backup and you'll have your camera functionality back. It's pretty annoying switching back and forth from CM10.1 back to stock just to take pictures but Rom manager makes it pretty quick and effortless.
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Wish I had made a backup! Could you zip up the files contained inside "/system/cameradata/" folder and post a link here? It would help me and anyone else with the same problem restore the camera's functionality. In case you want to try it out, follow the instructions in this link but using the files from your stock backup
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239414
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Wish I had made a backup! Could you zip up the files contained inside "/system/cameradata/" folder and post a link here? It would help me and anyone else with the same problem restore the camera's functionality. In case you want to try it out, follow the instructions in this link but using the files from your stock backup
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239414
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Here is the cameradata folder from the T999L.
http://d-h.st/Ciy
Good Luck!
How did you get Cyanogenmod installed on the t999l every time i try it aborts with status 7
Mine was failing with this same error. I reverted back to stock, re rooted, then downloaded the flash directly to the phones internal storage. Worked like a champ. I think in my case, there is an issue with the SD card, its kind of old.
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Beefstew said:
Mine was failing with this same error. I reverted back to stock, re rooted, then downloaded the flash directly to the phones internal storage. Worked like a champ. I think in my case, there is an issue with the SD card, its kind of old.
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You reverted to stock on the T999L? please exspain how that was done
Re flashed stock ROM using Odin. I believe I got the file from Samsung's website, but I'm not positive of that. I do know its huge, over 1 gig. If you need help with the re flash I know there are already how to's on here about that, so I won't go into it here.
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You must be using a T999 as your sig indicates, not a T999L. Am I correct?
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Don't I feel like a tool now. Yes Doc, plain old t999 here. Now that I read back through the whole thread here I see that I was being a bit redundant. Now I will return to my closet under the stairs.
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No worries! We all do stuff like that from time to time!
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Hi all, I went from stock ICS FH13 to CM 10.1 WFTN... I love it but not having MMS work is driving me crazy. Now I want to try a TWbased ROM and decided on the Goodness. In the instructions it says
Prerequisites: Currently be on JB FK09, FK23 or FL04 (recommended is FK23).
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Checking the Stock ROM repo I see that they only come in oneclick.exe format and tar format unrooted.. Is there a way I can get it in zip format ROOTED so that I can use mobile Odin to boot into EL26 CWM and install FK23 before flashing to Goodness or does it have to be done on a computer? I don't have access to a computer where I'm at so I'm praying I can get FK23 without one!
Why not use mobile odin to flash a tar version of the rooted stock rom?
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.patrao_n said:
Why not use mobile odin to flash a tar version of the rooted stock rom?
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I didn't know mobile Odin could flash stock ROM! I thought it was just used to flash kernels. I checked the mobile Odin thread and read that it could flash the stock ROM and if I get the pro version I could root it while its flashing. I do have one question though. This is what mobile Odin description says:
All partitions are supported, as are loose files, .tar files and .tar.md5 files. Mobile ODIN will even check the MD5 signatures before flashing. While in theory Mobile ODIN can repartition and flash EFS and bootloaders, it will cowardly refuse to do so, for your own safety.
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It is my understanding that FK23 format and repartition my internal storage partitions. Does this mean mobile odin won't work with FK23?
Yes mobile odin can flash roms in tar format. Before I cause the loss of your stuff on your sd card I will let someone more experienced tell you about that. I have actually never flashed a jellybean stock rom through mobile odin. I have done so with ics and gingerbread but there was nothing that would wipe rhe ss card in those. Jellybean needs new partitions. So its best to wait. Sorry. I just dont want to ve responsible for giving wrong info. Goodluck.
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Hi all, I went from stock ICS FH13 to CM 10.1 WFTN... I love it but not having MMS work is driving me crazy. Now I want to try a TWbased ROM and decided on the Goodness. In the instructions it says Checking the Stock ROM repo I see that they only come in oneclick.exe format and tar format unrooted.. Is there a way I can get it in zip format ROOTED so that I can use mobile Odin to boot into EL26 CWM and install FK23 before flashing to Goodness or does it have to be done on a computer? I don't have access to a computer where I'm at so I'm praying I can get FK23 without one!
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You can flash this stock build using cwm. I'm not sure it chimes with cwm, but that doesn't matter. You are flashing stock to set the partitions. Once flashed, flash el26 with MO, reboot into recovery, follow Goodness OP wipe instructions, flash Goodness, modem(?), profit.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2023404
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jdsingle76 said:
You can flash this stock build using cwm. I'm not sure it chimes with cwm, but that doesn't matter. You are flashing stock to set the partitions. Once flashed, flash el26 with MO, reboot into recovery, follow Goodness OP wipe instructions, flash Goodness, modem(?), profit.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2023404
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Awesome! Thank you so much! So this will set my partitions and I won't lose all the data on my internal storage? That's what the link says, just checking to make sure because I thought I remember reading elsewhere that I would lose all data on internal storage when going to this stock ROM.
hackaveli said:
Awesome! Thank you so much! So this will set my partitions and I won't lose all the data on my internal storage? That's what the link says, just checking to make sure because I thought I remember reading elsewhere that I would lose all data on internal storage when going to this stock ROM.
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It's ALWAYS a good idea to do a backup on your pc when you go flashing around different builds, setting partitions, etc. But no, the only thing that should(I say that lightly), completely wipe out your internal storage is formatting it. Good luck!
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Im still running the Whompasaurs rom. Its such a good rom I haven't ever been able to get away from it. Now that 4.4.2 is getting more TW roms, I had a few questions.
Im getting great performance from my Whomp rom, is the TW 4.4.2 roms any faster, or do they eat up more resources and are generally slower?
The only thing that's making me nervous about just doing it is the upgrade process. It sounds like unrooting to stock and taking the official sprint OTA to 4.4.2 is better for the phone, but I don't want any of that Knox crap on there. Can I just Oden to a custom 4.4.2? It looks like I can, but then I will need to flash the WiFi fix, correct? I see the info out there, but everywhere I have seen some of it mentioned, its kind of scattered throughout a few post or in different threads. I was kind of hoping to get an all in one answer so I didn't have any doubts or questions.
I use to be a heavy flasher, but once I got on Whomp, I haven't really been around much and I am kinda rusty. I don't have another phone to fall back on and want to make sure I'm not going to brick it.
spotopolis said:
Im still running the Whompasaurs rom. Its such a good rom I haven't ever been able to get away from it. Now that 4.4.2 is getting more TW roms, I had a few questions.
Im getting great performance from my Whomp rom, is the TW 4.4.2 roms any faster, or do they eat up more resources and are generally slower?
The only thing that's making me nervous about just doing it is the upgrade process. It sounds like unrooting to stock and taking the official sprint OTA to 4.4.2 is better for the phone, but I don't want any of that Knox crap on there. Can I just Oden to a custom 4.4.2? It looks like I can, but then I will need to flash the WiFi fix, correct? I see the info out there, but everywhere I have seen some of it mentioned, its kind of scattered throughout a few post or in different threads. I was kind of hoping to get an all in one answer so I didn't have any doubts or questions.
I use to be a heavy flasher, but once I got on Whomp, I haven't really been around much and I am kinda rusty. I don't have another phone to fall back on and want to make sure I'm not going to brick it.
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Well you can jump to custom 4.4.2 without upgrading. First you need to backup your internal sdcard because it needs to be wiped for best results. In 4.4.2 the directory structure is changed and without wiping you will end up with two internal sdcard directories (one you wont see but it will take up a bunch of your space). As far as speed things will be just as fast on 4.4.2 unlike the crappy 4.3 we had before.
Needed files
1. Philz 6.07.9 recovery or cwm (twrp will not work)
2. Wifi fix for 4.3/4.4.2
3. Custom 4.4.2 rom
Steps
1. Connect to pc and backup internal sdcard
2. Flash philz (done with odin or in recovery)
3. Boot philz and backup current rom (backup to external sdcard because internal will soon be wiped)
4. Factory reset clean for new rom
5. Under mounts choose format /data and data/media
6. Reboot your recovery (very important) this will make philz create it needed directories (it will ask if you want to root ignore it)
7. After reboot flash your custom rom
8. Boot into download mode
9. Odin wifi fix
Phone will reboot automatically after wifi fix is flashed. Now you setup your rom. I suggest that you do not use a backup app to restore any apps or data. Download everything you can fresh from playstore. Many apps and their data has changed since 4.1.2 and will lead to major issues if restored.
Now one thing about custom 4.4.2 roms. They all have the S5 dialer which has a lag on first call after boot. If you place a call (to voicemail is fine) after every boot you wont have any problems till you reboot.
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Thank you for being so clear. Looks like it is what I was expecting but like I said I wanted to be sure. I do know that there is a new philz recovery as of July. I should be okay using that correct? Or is there a reason I need the version you mentioned?
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spotopolis said:
Thank you for being so clear. Looks like it is what I was expecting but like I said I wanted to be sure. I do know that there is a new philz recovery as of July. I should be okay using that correct? Or is there a reason I need the version you mentioned?
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I have 4.4.2 Stock Rooted with Knox removed. I keep downloading your wifi patch, but everytime I try to load it into odin, it says the binary is invalid. any ideas?
spotopolis said:
I have 4.4.2 Stock Rooted with Knox removed. I keep downloading your wifi patch, but everytime I try to load it into odin, it says the binary is invalid. any ideas?
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You are using pc odin and not mobile odin? Also try odin 1.85 or 3.07. Also you might have a bad download.
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jlmancuso said:
You are using pc odin and not mobile odin? Also try odin 1.85 or 3.07. Also you might have a bad download.
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I tried 307 and 309. Downloaded on phone the transferred to pc, no good. Tried downloading patch on pc from several different mirrors, no good, tried on laptop on WiFi, no good. They all give the invalid binary error. Tried running Odin in admin and without. I'm on win 8.1 x64. Have the Samsung USB drivers installed. No keis.
spotopolis said:
I tried 307 and 309. Downloaded on phone the transferred to pc, no good. Tried downloading patch on pc from several different mirrors, no good, tried on laptop on WiFi, no good. They all give the invalid binary error. Tried running Odin in admin and without. I'm on win 8.1 x64. Have the Samsung USB drivers installed. No keis.
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Try this file http://d-h.st/6qX you will need to extract the rar file before you flash it.
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Try this file http://d-h.st/6qX you will need to extract the rar file before you flash it.
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That worked perfectly and I am up and running! Thank you for all your help :highfive:
spotopolis said:
That worked perfectly and I am up and running! Thank you for all your help :highfive:
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Cool. Now enjoy the new NE2 rom out there. FYI you can run any rom (tw 4.1-4.4.2 and aosp 4.1-4.4.4) without any changes. Only thing you should do is wipe your internal sdcard (in philz go to mounts.. format /data /data/media) when you flash a new rom and this will keep you from have some weird issues (also backup your internal data such as pics, vids, etc.. before you format).
Hi guys, i have a hard bricked i747 (Its swho as QHSUSB_DLOAD in pc). I was upgrading to stock 4.3 (it was 4.1.1) the odin file that I used was I747UCUEMJB_2024954_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5
I'm trying the debrick method via sd card, I download 3 debrick.img, but cant get it work. I tried to make the sd card in windows, and linux without luck (linux via virtual machine but ends the process correct, and as sd adapter I'm using a blackberry 8520) the micros sd is Kingston 16gb class4 (cant found any class 10 here)
So, any advice? I dont remember was topic is the debrick.img, but one of thes have this name debrick-SGH-I747U-CUEMJB3.img, is MJB like the odin tar that i was using. I use a USB JIG to try the download mode
So if someone have an advice, it would be greatly apppreciate.
Did you at least try several times with each image? It often doesn't work the first few times for some reason.
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Yes, I did it a lot of times, in windows, and Linux (Lubuntu). I will keep trying and see if I can get a micro sd adapter because I'm using a blackberry 8520 as sd adapter. But in windows Win32diskImager finish the process, in Linux too so its seem thats is not the problem
Yeah, it'll finish, and it'll look like all is good but it still won't work sometimes. Really weird, I know. It could also be the sdcards you're using. Unfortunately I don't know of a way to tell this for sure....
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Still no luck u.u do you have a link for another debrick.img? for tha rom that i was flashing? :/
The part that matters is what version your base firmware (boot loader/modem/etc) is. Since it bricked after flashing 4.3, most likely only the 4.3, maybe a 4.4.2 image will work. enewman17 has a few you can try here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=15759
If nothing still works, there's probably not much you can do other than a JTAG service. Someone around here mentioned a good one for only $25, but I can't find the post....
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thanks, i will download and try those .img
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thanks, i will download and try those .img
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I borrow the sdcard class 10, 32gb from a friend. the img work at first try. I flashed again the same firmware, but nothing, only boot using the sdcard, cant boot without sd card. any idea?
Did you remove the sdcard after booting up, but before flashing?
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Did you remove the sdcard after booting up, but before flashing?
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No, the sdcard was in the phone all the time, i removed after first boot.
EDIT: I tried removing the sd card after boot in odin. Flashed the firmware (the same that I mention before) and still no luck. It will be ok if I flash a recovery and flash Kitkat bootloader? Or flash kitkat via odin? Or how about using a PIT?
Flash this with Odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2722660
If that doesn't work, you can try flashing with the pit file, let me know if you need one.
Which debrick.IMG are you using BTW? If its a 4.4.2 one, 4.3 firmware won't work. Also do not use the same 4.3 firmware as before since that's what caused the brick to begin with. And make sure you always remove the SD before flashing or you may have to start from the beginning again.
Can you link to where you got the file that bricked it?
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The debrick image has this name debrick-SGH-I747U-CUEMJB3.img. I downloaded from a debrick post. I have more debrick.img but thats the first that I used and works. The tar file that i used to flash, I have it for a long time, is the first time that cause that problem. I dont remember where I got it. I will download that file and try it. My internet is a bit slow, I will report back when I try it.
Sounds good. I just wanted to make sure it was an mjb image that worked.
Good luck!
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Hi, i wasnt able to report before because My computer is dying u.u (Not sure, hard drive problems i think)
Ok, I did thanks to you I downloaded that ROM, and installed removing the sd card, and now boots!!!!!! Its working
I will delete my old tar rom and keep that new rom. Thank you so much really
Awesome! Really glad to hear youve got it working again!
Good luck with the computer!
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