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need help on cant open /cache/recovery/command

hi good day..
i was trying to update my rom to opendesire 3.1.1.. so i connected my usb cable and flashed it. but while wiping i had an error. it said cant open /cache/recovery/command. i just ignored it and then while i was trying to flash, my connection from my pc to the phone just got disconnected. so i restarted my phone and tried to flash again. but when i tried to run the recovery-windows.bat file, it just wont start.. i hope you could help me asap! thanks

another thing.. when i plug my phone to the pc it automatically lights up and it gets stuck on the htc logo..
help please.. thanks

ryanpaul said:
hi good day..
i was trying to update my rom to opendesire 3.1.1.. so i connected my usb cable and flashed it. but while wiping i had an error. it said cant open /cache/recovery/command. i just ignored it and then while i was trying to flash, my connection from my pc to the phone just got disconnected. so i restarted my phone and tried to flash again. but when i tried to run the recovery-windows.bat file, it just wont start.. i hope you could help me asap! thanks
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hi, dont worry about that, I had it too now that you are trying to flash a ROM onto the phone, I am guessing that you are rooted.. to load a ROM you need a ClockworkMod. if you can still get onto your phone (call people and actually use the phone), get ROM Manager, you should see Install clockworkmod, or something like that, just let it download it and instll (don't interrupt!) and try going into recovery (vol down +power button, recover, then you should be able to use your track ball to navigate and install from SD, that worked for me )
pm me if you need further help

uhmmm.. i cant use the phone its stuck on the htc logo.. did i brick it? i tried to go to my cmd prompt ant tried to type in adb devices. it looked like this.
List Of adb Devices
it just blank i cant see my phone.. is it bricked?

UPDATE!!
1.i tried to root the device again but at step 2 i got stuck because the device wasnt found.
2. i thought it was usb bricked so i went to a page here in xda developers "[DEV] USB-BRICK FIX - Restore USB function on your bricked Desire". while i was getting my cid. it suddenly booted (i didnt do anything but set it into fastboot and typed 'fastboot oem boot') and it ran the stock 2.1 rom. so i tried rebooting into recovery but to no avail.. it still cant detect the device when i run the recovery-windows.bat
any ideas?

Bootloader working but can't load recovery mode to restore ROM

Hi all,
Hope someone can help, I have a desire HD that has some issues.
Long story short the phone was acting up and was flashed with a non official ROM. It was working originally but after about a week it started acting up, with apps force closing, phone crashing altogether etc.
I am trying to get the phone back to a state that Vodafone in Australia will be able to warranty the phone in.
The current situation is that when the phone turns on, it'll load straight to the bootloader/hboot. Recovery mode does not work - it dumps you in to fastboot menu and fails to load.
System restore from boot menu does not work either, and there is no rom at all so USB debugging is a no go, and there appears to be no way to flash the ROM.
Any ideas? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Sent from my GT-P7100 using XDA App

Use adb / fastboot to push a new recovery to the phone (I hope you left USB debugging enabled).
Sent from my Ericsson T39m

Sadly no USB debugging doesn't seem to work. Makes the sound that it connects to the computer and that bootloader states its connected by usb however it doesn't seem to phone is connected. Any other ideas?
Sent from my GT-P7100 using XDA App

CrystalCastle said:
Sadly no USB debugging doesn't seem to work. Makes the sound that it connects to the computer and that bootloader states its connected by usb however it doesn't seem to phone is connected. Any other ideas?
Sent from my GT-P7100 using XDA App
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ooh i tested it in my DHD and don´t works...how can be possible that don´t works adb parameters, but fastboot commander works perfectly??
maybe we have anything that works badly in our PC´s.. i´m in it...
ei crystal!! has you tested with FASTBOOT COMMANDER? if you download it you can flash a new recovery from this tool... its intuitive...
you only must to download the tool
download the recovery (lastest CWM in the DHD android development forum)
put the file in the paragraph that says "RECOVERY:not file set" and then push FLASH IT"".maybe you enjoy...
remember to put your device into boot loader

CrystalCastle said:
Sadly no USB debugging doesn't seem to work. Makes the sound that it connects to the computer and that bootloader states its connected by usb however it doesn't seem to phone is connected. Any other ideas?
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How did you check to see if adb shell can see the device?

Run an pb98.img from the bootlaoder
Sent from my Motorola Startac running Atari 2600 software!

Mr_JMM said:
How did you check to see if adb shell can see the device?
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adb get-state
result:
unknown

Code:
adb devices
But this does depend on you having previously ticked USB Debugging option before you had all these problems (no way to check now without being able to boot the phone).
If this fails you may have to try the previous suggestion of putting a PD98IMG on your sdcard then going into fastboot on the phone.

Mr_JMM said:
But this does depend on you having previously ticked USB Debugging option before you had all these problems (no way to check now without being able to boot the phone).
If this fails you may have to try the previous suggestion of putting a PD98IMG on your sdcard then going into fastboot on the phone.
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Currently there is no Rom on the Phone. Just put PD98IMG.zip on the SD card which seems to be updating. Does it normally take a while to Update all the Sections?

Can take anything from 5 to 20+ minutes.

Seems to be taking ages to even get past [1]. Is that normal? Hasn't done anything. It says "Updating" yet I'm still yet to see it get past "[1] BOOTLOADER"

Just to confirm...
1. Turn phone off
2. Put PD98IMG file onto ROOT of sd card
3. Use vol- and power button to get to Fastboot
4. Scroll and select Bootloader (HBOOT)
(might automatically do last step when you boot phone)
Phone will show a message to say it is looking for the file then unpack it and install.

Mr_JMM said:
Just to confirm...
1. Turn phone off
2. Put PD98IMG file onto ROOT of sd card
3. Use vol- and power button to get to Fastboot
4. Scroll and select Bootloader (HBOOT)
(might automatically do last step when you boot phone)
Phone will show a message to say it is looking for the file then unpack it and install.
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Confirmed dude. Doesn't seem to be doing much though. It has been stuck on "updating BOOTLOADER". It has trying to update it for more then 30mins now
It has a big list of 12 things it wants to update however it hasn't moved past the first file "BOOTLOADER" in over 30mins.

Did you confirm the MD5HASH of the file before putting it on the card?
Could you put a link to where you got the file from please?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905003

Thank you.
Are you still connected to the PC? If so disconnect and try again.
Did you confirm the MD5HASH?
Have you got another SD card you can try? If not, reformat the current one and put the PD98IMG file on it again and try again.

The Device fails to even turn on now dude. Thanks anyway man

!!!???!!!
Damn. Do you just get the orange flashing light when you try to turn the phone on?
Take out SD Card and try.
If nothing works the bright side is you can send it to HTC and say "I woke up, turned it on and it's dead". Chances are they'll never be able to tell how it happened.
Many people did this when the Clockwork recovery bug bricked loads of phones.
Sorry but stay positive. Always a sliver lining.

Thank you
thanks for your great guidance to get back to recovery. I followed your tips and made it.
thanks a lot once again.
SERGI.3210 said:
ooh i tested it in my DHD and don´t works...how can be possible that don´t works adb parameters, but fastboot commander works perfectly??
maybe we have anything that works badly in our PC´s.. i´m in it...
ei crystal!! has you tested with FASTBOOT COMMANDER? if you download it you can flash a new recovery from this tool... its intuitive...
you only must to download the tool
download the recovery (lastest CWM in the DHD android development forum)
put the file in the paragraph that says "RECOVERY:not file set" and then push FLASH IT"".maybe you enjoy...
remember to put your device into boot loader
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[Q] Hard Brick i747 AT&T SD unbrick???

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

accidentally format bootloader

I accidentally formatted bootloader, and now my device unable to detect,boot or anything. Is there anything I can do of ?
(might try everything to work it out )

Can you boot into the preloader with volume up and power pressed?

flash ROM via FlashTool

BlueFlame4 said:
Can you boot into the preloader with volume up and power pressed?
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no, i could not

Kittehdispenser said:
no, i could not
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Sounds like a hard brick, which means your phone is destroyed. What exactly did you do?

BlueFlame4 said:
Sounds like a hard brick, which means your phone is destroyed. What exactly did you do?
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welp, i tried to install custom rom ( which need to download the rar and paste it into INTERNAL) but i accidentally paste it to my SD card. Then i start to install it.
Then i said it's uninstallable, I just restart my phone and everthing went normal buy my wallpaper screen turns black and unable to read it tho USB ( Just the standby screen shows wallpaper)
Then my brothers came out and said that all you need to do is format it again and reinstall. We tired countless times . But then it have another option which above Format everything but not bootloader and another is Format everything and bootloader.
Then my bro press it and ... It became bricked.
it's still warrantyable so .. I plan to play dumb to the warranty company if I can't fix it.
( even if i play dumb idk what reason I need to come off, if i say yesterday the battery from 70% drop to 0% then it unable to open again )
PS: before this happen my battery happens from 70% drop to 0%, after charged. it's fine
PPS: give me a good excuses to play dumb C::

Wait, wait. How did you format the bootloader? No recovery should have this option! The only possible option to hard brick the P8000 is to pull out the USB cable in the exact moment when the SPFlash Tool writes it. So, can you elaborate a bit more about what you've done? I'm pretty sure you're missing something.

Soft Bricked HTC Desire 616
BlueFlame4 said:
Wait, wait. How did you format the bootloader? No recovery should have this option! The only possible option to hard brick the P8000 is to pull out the USB cable in the exact moment when the SPFlash Tool writes it. So, can you elaborate a bit more about what done? I'm pretty sure you're missing something.
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Hi,
I did something similar with my HTC Desire 616. I choose "Format All + Download" option with SP Flash Tool. The phone soft bricked. Later I tried "format whole flash (including bootloader)". It's still soft bricked...
Is there a way to revive my phone back??? :crying:

I had the same problem - but it is possible to set the phone to a special bootloader mode called META mode - see this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3TmXtOA0IA
To do so you have to open the phone and disconnect the battery. You can find a howto easily on youtube.
Then set up everything to flash the phone (SP-Flashtool, scatter file, etc.) and push the volume down button while connecting the phone to the computer. This switches the phone to META mode, the computer can recognize the phone, installs the preloader driver and finally flashes the phone
Maybe you have to do the procedure twice because on the first connection only the preloader driver will be installed.
This worked for my P8000(B) which I treated with SP-Flash Tool and "Format All + download"
Be aware that you formatted the NVRAM and lost your IMEI's

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P8000(B)
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What the meaning of (B)? Just asking because i have (W)

Tecno spark 3 pro clone flash file mt6570 android 9.0 firmware
Hi
I need your assistance, please help me find the firmware for the above phone. I recently tried to flash it with a Spark 3 clone firmware i got online but it gives an error STATUS_PARTITION_NOT_FOUND and also i accidentally formatted the bootloader on SP Flash Tool so the phone is a brick, it can't charge, and it can't turn on. I have screenshots of the About section when the phone was working, which contains the phone's features model and build but on opening the back cover of the device, i realized its a clone phone and i cannot determine its real model to get the exact right flash file.
Thanks

Stuck in Bootloop

Hello!
Unfortunately my 9 SE (6GB RAM, 64GB ROM, bought from e-tec.at) got stuck in the boot loop yesterday afternoon.
About the phone: European version, has the latest updates on it, no custom Rom, USB debugging mode is unfortunately not set, no Mi backup, was not registered in the MI account).
The storage space was already quite full. The "MI deep cleaner" app was running and got stuck, a window is constantly popped up. Honestly, I can't say if I clicked and just deleted an app by accident. I heard that it can also be a problem if you simply delete certain apps. So I wanted to restart the phone and it has been in the boot loop ever since. Actually I don't no the real reason it was lagging.
I get into Recovery Mode 3.0 and Fastboot. But I really want to have the photos on my cell phone again, so I dont want to swipe all data. The cell phone is recognized via the PC, but cannot access via the Xiaomi PC Suite (which should be out of date?).
I still have a guarantee for my cell phone. What if I would send it to Xiaomi support, would theyy try to save the data or simply reset everything to factory settings? Who has an idea how I can solve the boot loop problem?
Should I take the cell phone off the power until the battery runs out? It is reboots all the time.
best regards, thank you for your help in advance!!
chewei

@Chewei8152: try to get /sdcard of the phone visible in file explorer of pc during recovery or fastboot mode. Then copy your files to pc. Sorry, but there's only a very little chance. (Assuming stock recovery and USB access off.)
Xiaomi repair service will advice a factory reset first and, if they accept your delivery, surely not save any data before.

rp158 said:
@Chewei8152: try to get /sdcard of the phone visible in file explorer of pc during recovery or fastboot mode. Then copy your files to pc. Sorry, but there's only a very little chance. (Assuming stock recovery and USB access off.)
Xiaomi repair service will advice a factory reset first and, if they accept your delivery, surely not save any data before.
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Thank you for your reply! How do I manage to get the sccard visible?
Do you think that is possible to flash the phone from EDL mode without clear the data (from someone who can do this for me)?
Cheers and many thanks!

Chewei8152 said:
How do I manage to get the sdcard visible?
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Simply connect with PC and hope that the folder /sdcard and is shown in PC file manager.
Do you think that is possible to flash the phone from EDL mode without clear the data?
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Sorry, no idea.