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Soft brick 4.3

I soft brick my phone tried to downgrade to 4.1.1 using odin it fails. any help guys!!!!
i was using stock 4.3 rooted before the brick
can anyone provide me with the at&t 4.3 tar file so i can use it in odin. I can't find one
please help guys

abcd8496 said:
I soft brick my phone tried to downgrade to 4.1.1 using odin it fails. any help guys!!!!
i was using stock 4.3 rooted before the brick
can anyone provide me with the at&t 4.3 tar file so i can use it in odin. I can't find one
please help guys
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You'll need JTAG service repair.

polobunny said:
You'll need JTAG service repair.
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He may not if it is a soft brick. As long as when he says softbrick he means that it is not loading past the Samsung log or the ATT logo for example. I was on stock rooted 4.3 as well and tried flashing other roms as well and soft bricked my phone in the process.
I ended up with two choices, load only 4.3 (The STOCK MOD v4 install worked for me just fine - but I was trying to get out of 4.3 tbh) Tried several other roms and all would end in a soft brick.
Finally landed on a stock 4.1.2 UCMG2 rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2388065
After clearing my internal SD and formatting it I flashed it and it worked (took a long time on the Samsung logo but worked!) the wifi is a little flaky at times but it always was on 4.1.2 for me anyways... the key I believe was that this rom did not have a bootloader and modem updated, which was required to properly downgrade after having had previously installed 4.3.
OP try it out and see how that works? Unfortunately I could not find a TAR of this, but luckily I was able to use a microSD adapter to move the needed files onto the SD card so that I could flash in TWRP.

werds said:
He may not if it is a soft brick. As long as when he says softbrick he means that it is not loading past the Samsung log or the ATT logo for example. I was on stock rooted 4.3 as well and tried flashing other roms as well and soft bricked my phone in the process.
I ended up with two choices, load only 4.3 (The STOCK MOD v4 install worked for me just fine - but I was trying to get out of 4.3 tbh) Tried several other roms and all would end in a soft brick.
Finally landed on a stock 4.1.2 UCMG2 rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2388065
After clearing my internal SD and formatting it I flashed it and it worked (took a long time on the Samsung logo but worked!) the wifi is a little flaky at times but it always was on 4.1.2 for me anyways... the key I believe was that this rom did not have a bootloader and modem updated, which was required to properly downgrade after having had previously installed 4.3.
OP try it out and see how that works? Unfortunately I could not find a TAR of this, but luckily I was able to use a microSD adapter to move the needed files onto the SD card so that I could flash in TWRP.
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If he was on stock 4.3 and tried to ODIN to stock 4.1.1, then he's gonna need a JTAG.
If he had tried to flash something via TWRP/CWM then it wouldn't have been an issue.

polobunny said:
If he was on stock 4.3 and tried to ODIN to stock 4.1.1, then he's gonna need a JTAG.
If he had tried to flash something via TWRP/CWM then it wouldn't have been an issue.
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Aaaah OK! Thanks for the clarification on why

You do not need a JTAG service. There is a way to unbrick it of you accidentally downgraded your bootloader from 4.3 OTA.
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[Q] Wrong stock rom!!!

I tired to root my galaxy s3 but ended up bricking it for a while and all i got was the Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. After trying odin so many time i finally got it to work but now i have another issue...i put verizon 4.1 on my phone using odin instead of att. my att sim wont work and i dont know how i am going to get it back to att stock rom so i can use my phone again!!! if anyone know how to reset this please help i just got the phone and now i cant use it because it has Verizon instead of att galaxy s3 stock rom on it.:crying:

pimpjayjay said:
I tired to root my galaxy s3 but ended up bricking it for a while and all i got was the Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. After trying odin so many time i finally got it to work but now i have another issue...i put verizon 4.1 on my phone using odin instead of att. my att sim wont work and i dont know how i am going to get it back to att stock rom so i can use my phone again!!! if anyone know how to reset this please help i just got the phone and now i cant use it because it has Verizon instead of att galaxy s3 stock rom on it.:crying:
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Did you ever flash android 4.3 on you're phone? (This is important)

Ali7000 said:
Did you ever flash android 4.3 on you're phone? (This is important)
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it already had 4.3 i was trying to root it but the process faild and all i get is the error Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again

pimpjayjay said:
it already had 4.3 i was trying to root it but the process faild and all i get is the error Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again
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Try these http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498233, stock at&t rooted without Knox (Believe me man, better without knox). But they are only leaks of the official firmware. I am not a professional developer so you might wanna create a new thread and ask if it's possible in you're situation.

Ali7000 said:
Try these http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498233, stock at&t rooted without Knox (Believe me man, better without knox). But they are only leaks of the official firmware. I am not a professional developer so you might wanna create a new thread and ask if it's possible in you're situation.
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okay i will look it up and see if it works , thanks.

The Canadian and US phones are pretty similar. Maybe a Canadian rom will work?
You can find official firmware here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SGH-I747&pcode=ATT#firmware

audit13 said:
The Canadian and US phones are pretty similar. Maybe a Canadian rom will work?
You can find official firmware here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SGH-I747&pcode=ATT#firmware
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No it won't work. Since it is a stock rom it most likely will not work, he won't be able to call, text, or use data.

Ali7000 said:
No it won't work. Since it is a stock rom it most likely will not work, he won't be able to call, text, or use data.
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I wasn't sure if the OP could install some sort of stock firmware to get his phone going and then install the necessary radio.

audit13 said:
I wasn't sure if the OP could install some sort of stock firmware to get his phone going and then install the necessary radio.
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The best choice for him is to stick to a custom rom until the AT&T 4.3 update releases.

Ali7000 said:
The best choice for him is to stick to a custom rom until the AT&T 4.3 update releases.
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Wow. it seems as if you got people in here just giving you ODIN TARS to flash. i wouldnt listen/ flash anything than the leaked 4.3 update for att because MOST odin files have bootloader upgrades in them and if you are on 4.3 you will brick trying to restore stock

Andy_nu said:
Wow. it seems as if you got people in here just giving you ODIN TARS to flash. i wouldnt listen/ flash anything than the leaked 4.3 update for att because MOST odin files have bootloader upgrades in them and if you are on 4.3 you will brick trying to restore stock
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Hah Yah man I've been through a lot sh**.
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At&t Tar files
what should i do, the tar file for Verizon still fails but it will go as far as to let my device boot but so i can at least get to recovery mode and then i can reboot it and clear system data but of courses that not what i want because it running Verizon.I is there a way to find the tar file that has at&t on it so i can try to make it work?

Ali7000 said:
Hah Yah man I've been through a lot sh**.
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what should i do, the tar file for Verizon still fails but it will go as far as to let my device boot but so i can at least get to recovery mode and then i can reboot it and clear system data but of courses that not what i want because it running Verizon.I is there a way to find the tar file that has at&t on it so i can try to make it work?

Based on the OP, the phone is currently running Verizon's 4.1 which leads me to believe the bootloader has not been updated beyond 4.1.2 since recovery mode is accessible; therefore, I think flashing 4.11 or 4.1.2 stock roms would be fine.
As always, it's best to check the installed bootloader before proceeding with any more flashes.
I used the stock firmware from here to downgrade my Bell s3 from stock 4.1.2 to stock 4.1.1.
Stock firmware: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SGH-I747&pcode=ATT#firmware

pimpjayjay said:
what should i do, the tar file for Verizon still fails but it will go as far as to let my device boot but so i can at least get to recovery mode and then i can reboot it and clear system data but of courses that not what i want because it running Verizon.I is there a way to find the tar file that has at&t on it so i can try to make it work?
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Download the ATT Image
Current I747UCDLK3 (JB 4.1.1)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426

audit13 said:
Based on the OP, the phone is currently running Verizon's 4.1 which leads me to believe the bootloader has not been updated beyond 4.1.2 since recovery mode is accessible; therefore, I think flashing 4.11 or 4.1.2 stock roms would be fine.
As always, it's best to check the installed bootloader before proceeding with any more flashes.
I used the stock firmware from here to downgrade my Bell s3 from stock 4.1.2 to stock 4.1.1.
Stock firmware: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SGH-I747&pcode=ATT#firmware
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i wouldnt flash the bootloader just to to be safe though. id flash the recovery from the root forum and then install a cm or aosp ROM.
or open the tar and make sure there are not bootloader related files i forgot all of them but one is mbl. something and 1,2,3 theres a post on here how to check i just dont know where

Flash stock rom - Keep Root & CWM

Hello, I am currently rooted and have CWM 6.0.4.3. installed. I'm on CM11 but want to go back to stock.. Is there an easy way to keep root and go back to stock. Want stock for a few functions that ROMS dont seem to be offering but can keep root and CWM ??
Thanks.

Which phone do you have? You could try flashing a pre-rooted stock ROM via Odin. Then use Odin to flash CWM.

Bt its better to firstly install ur stock rom and then again root it as it takes no longer than 5 mins

DeathNotice said:
Bt its better to firstly install ur stock rom and then again root it as it takes no longer than 5 mins
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Ok perfect, thats what I was looking for. Phone btw is S3 - d2att - SGH i747) Sounds good to install the stock rom and re-root.. I'm sure its here but I have searched everywhere to find a tutorial on this and I cannot find a straight answer.
Would you mind giving me the steps or pointing me to a thread that explains how to and has the files in need to download ?

audit13 said:
Which phone do you have? You could try flashing a pre-rooted stock ROM via Odin. Then use Odin to flash CWM.
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Do you know if there is a step by step on this somewhere ? I dont mind going back to complete stock.. I can just re-root and flash CWM after.
OR
Maybe you could just answer the bigger question : the reason I want to go back to stock is I need to use MHL/HDMI which CM11 doesnt support. I dont want to go back to stock, I would rather even go to another ROM that supports mhl/hdmi.. but if I have to go to stock, than so be it.?

Were you running the stock AT&T 4.3 ROM before you switched to CM11?

audit13 said:
Were you running the stock AT&T 4.3 ROM before you switched to CM11?
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Yes, I bought the phone new and was running stock, Canadian Rogers version and had changed to CM10, then to 11.

robberrobbie said:
Yes, I bought the phone new and was running stock, Canadian Rogers version and had changed to CM10, then to 11.
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Since you installed a custom recovery, that would have tripped the Knox counter which voids the warranty. It's not a problem if the phone is working properly.
Did you update to 4.3 or did it come with 4.3?
You may be better off installing a pre-rooted ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426

audit13 said:
Since you installed a custom recovery, that would have tripped the Knox counter which voids the warranty. It's not a problem if the phone is working properly.
Did you update to 4.3 or did it come with 4.3?
You may be better off installing a pre-rooted ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
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It was quite some time ago but I believe I was on ICS 4.0.. and switch to CM from there. Im not worried about the counter for warranty, that's expired on my unit anyways. I just want to be able to use MHL/HDMI function.. so if fine with flashing pre-rooted.. or stock.. or a different ROM that support MHL/HDMI. Can you recommend the easiest route ?

robberrobbie said:
It was quite some time ago but I believe I was on ICS 4.0.. and switch to CM from there. Im not worried about the counter for warranty, that's expired on my unit anyways. I just want to be able to use MHL/HDMI function.. so if fine with flashing pre-rooted.. or stock.. or a different ROM that support MHL/HDMI. Can you recommend the easiest route ?
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I asked about 4.3 because the 4.3 bootloader cannot be downloaded. Flashing via mobile Odin will not touch the bootloader or modem.
You could try a pre-rooted rom and then flash a custom recovery via Odin.
I use Philz Touch from here: http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2att

audit13 said:
I asked about 4.3 because the 4.3 bootloader cannot be downloaded. Flashing via mobile Odin will not touch the bootloader or modem.
You could try a pre-rooted rom and then flash a custom recovery via Odin.
I use Philz Touch from here: http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2att
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Ok thanks, I will do that. 1 thing I'm not quite sure of is the bootloader situation ? In the first tutorial there is a note : Flashing a prior bootloader can hard/soft brick your device. How do I know ?
I see the steps as:
Extract tar file you downloaded.
Use Odin, put phone into download mode [with phone off, hold vol. down + home + power ], connect to computer and open Odin.
once in odin click the PDA field and select the tar file
Leave Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time checked.
click start and when done let phone reboot.
If you just want a stock, rooted phone with no custom recovery, no plans to flash custom roms, etc. then you can stop HERE.
For my situation, is it just that easy ?

Before flashing, verify the version of your bootloader.

audit13 said:
Before flashing, verify the version of your bootloader.
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OK I have made an effort to go read and figure out how to find out what version of bootloader on my own.. But i cannot find ? Any chance you know... And could help?

You mentioned your have the i747 and Rogers. Do you have the AT&T s3 (i747) or Rogers/Bell/Telus s3 (i747m)?
What is the most recent stock ROM you had on your phone?

Hey. I got the i747m. As for what was the last stock ROM I had, can't say. I know when I bought the phone it was ICS and I had received and update to jellybean.. But them went to cm10. The tutorial I followed told me had me back everything up, which I did. Have it in a file somewhere on my comp, would that tell me ?
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If you are flasjing back to stock you should flash back to the same baseband/bootloader that came stock on your phone.
I'm looking for a stock rooted zip for the sasktel i747m (MF1) that i can flash in CWM....I need to go back to stock to fix a data issue that ive encountered through flashing these new d2lte builds...
Does anyone know if a cwm flashable stock rooted rom exists for Sasktel's i747m with baseband MF1 ???I already have the Odin flashable stock rooted zip but don't have a laptop handy until tuesday....And im pretty sure i cant flash that zip in cwm recovery....
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Ariesdroid said:
If you are flasjing back to stock you should flash back to the same baseband/bootloader that came stock on your phone.
I'm looking for a stock rooted zip for the sasktel i747m (MF1) that i can flash in CWM....I need to go back to stock to fix a data issue that ive encountered through flashing these new d2lte builds...
Does anyone know if a cwm flashable stock rooted rom exists for Sasktel's i747m with baseband MF1 ???I already have the Odin flashable stock rooted zip but don't have a laptop handy until tuesday....And im pretty sure i cant flash that zip in cwm recovery....
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I have not seen a stock mf1 ROM that can be flashed in CWM. You could use mobile Odin to flash back to stock and then flash Philz Touch via desktop Odin later.

OK, so back to my question.. If I have the i747M and bought the phone with ICS.. does this help.?

audit13 said:
You mentioned your have the i747 and Rogers. Do you have the AT&T s3 (i747) or Rogers/Bell/Telus s3 (i747m)?
What is the most recent stock ROM you had on your phone?
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Hey there Audit, Sorry to bother you again, I just dont know how to move forward from here and neeeeeed some help.
I have been reading for days and days have not found a straight answer for my issue and I dont want to just go ahead and start flashing when I dont know if its the right method ?
I dont know how to get back to stock from where I'm at, I dont know how to figure out what bootloader I have (you asked me)
I have found a couple links on XDA that I can follow, I'm just not sure if they apply to my situation ?
This is a pretty detailed response/tutorial, but I dont know if I can just go ahead with this or not ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2186967
This is also very detailed: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
Any help would be greatly appreciated !

robberrobbie said:
OK, so back to my question.. If I have the i747M and bought the phone with ICS.. does this help.?
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If you are sure you have the Rogers i747m and you have never loaded a stock Rogers 4.3 ROM onto your phone, you could use desktop Odin to flash a pre-rooted 4.1.2 ROM from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426.
Flashing the pre-rooted 4.1.2 ROM will return the phone to completely stock, wipe out all installed apps and data, and you will have root. I do not recommend flashing the Rogers 4.3 pre-rooted ROM from the link.
Once you are able to boot into the phone and set things up, you can flash Philz Touch from Odin which will give you a custom recovery on a rooted stock 4.1.2 ROM.

[Q] Help Can't flash Stock rom different carrier.

Hi there. I have a very simple question. I bought an AT&T version Tab s 10.5. I have tried Googling all over the web for this issue but I can't find a solution. I am very new to flashing roms. I have done it in the past but that was much easier back then. Last time I flash a rom was on a Google G1. Anyway the model of AT&T Tab S is T807A. I am trying to flash the Tmobile stock rom T807T on this tablet. Is there anyway I can do it? Odin fails at NAND write. Please someone help me out. I don't want to flash a custom rom. Just replace the AT&T rom with T-Mobile Stock rom. Thank You.

tmjam2002 said:
Hi there. I have a very simple question. I bought an AT&T version Tab s 10.5. I have tried Googling all over the web for this issue but I can't find a solution. I am very new to flashing roms. I have done it in the past but that was much easier back then. Last time I flash a rom was on a Google G1. Anyway the model of AT&T Tab S is T807A. I am trying to flash the Tmobile stock rom T807T on this tablet. Is there anyway I can do it? Odin fails at NAND write. Please someone help me out. I don't want to flash a custom rom. Just replace the AT&T rom with T-Mobile Stock rom. Thank You.
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Att locks it bootloaders. That means you can only flash firmwares from att only. Sadly you can't install Tmobile rom on att

So what about T-Mobile? Is it's bootloader locked too? So I won't be able to install Custom FW on my AT&T Tab?

That means you can only flash att firmware on your att tab s. And Tmobile firmware only on a Tmobile device. You can install a custom FW on att tab for now

Gotcha. Thank You so much for your help. I am not so good with installing custom rom any guide you can reccommend. A forum sticky or post I should read where it tells me how I can install firmware. I don't care about the Knox warranty.

Made a big mistake tried to root the device realize couldn't. Now I am getting the error about device needing to connect to Kies 3 to fix firmware. Unfortunately Kies does not support this AT&T device so I am out of luck. Any idea or anyone know if I can find AT&T stock firmware and just flash it with Odin? Thank You

tmjam2002 said:
Made a big mistake tried to root the device realize couldn't. Now I am getting the error about device needing to connect to Kies 3 to fix firmware. Unfortunately Kies does not support this AT&T device so I am out of luck. Any idea or anyone know if I can find AT&T stock firmware and just flash it with Odin? Thank You
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Try factory reseting in recovery. If that doesn't work then your out of luck there's no firmware for att. Sorry

Just go into recovery and wipe the cache. Factory reset will probably do it too.

Anyone have Samsung Tab S T807T stock firmware?
ashyx said:
Just go into recovery and wipe the cache. Factory reset will probably do it too.
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I bricked my tablet but I can get it with ODIN.
Thanks!

Can't install 4.1.1 o 4.1.2 on my Note via Odin

I moved to another country to find out that my Note 2 is carrier locked.
I googled how to unlock it and found that option of accessing ServiceMode with *#197328649# but since my Note was already OTAd to 4.4.2, this wasn't working.
I decided to try and flash 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 to it with Odin but every single time I tried, Odin gave me a Fail, stating that Nand write start - fail.
I flashed a CM11 on it to see if it can do anything (with CWM) but something went wrong and I couldn't get pass the "Galaxy Note II" screen, so I flashed 4.4.2 with Odin and it worked.
So I can flash 4.4.2. but not 4.1.1 or 4.1.2.
I'd hugely appreciate any help! Thank you

JavaJunkay said:
I moved to another country to find out that my Note 2 is carrier locked.
I googled how to unlock it and found that option of accessing ServiceMode with *#197328649# but since my Note was already OTAd to 4.4.2, this wasn't working.
I decided to try and flash 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 to it with Odin but every single time I tried, Odin gave me a Fail, stating that Nand write start - fail.
I flashed a CM11 on it to see if it can do anything (with CWM) but something went wrong and I couldn't get pass the "Galaxy Note II" screen, so I flashed 4.4.2 with Odin and it worked.
So I can flash 4.4.2. but not 4.1.1 or 4.1.2.
I'd hugely appreciate any help! Thank you
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You can't flash firmware via odin which has older bootloader than yours must have the same version bootloader or newer. Samsung rules, sorry. Look if you find any custom 4.1.1 rom to flash via cwm and unlock it but be careful because 4.1.1 has sds bug and is possible to brick your device. Another way is to try to flash it via mobile odin which don't flash bootloader flashes all the rest but is dangerous for sds too. Maybe you can find at Internet any cheap unlock code also.
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vagsvag said:
You can't flash firmware via odin which has older bootloader than yours must have the same version bootloader or newer. Samsung rules, sorry. Look if you find any custom 4.1.1 rom to flash via cwm and unlock it but be careful because 4.1.1 has sds bug and is possible to brick your device. Another way is to try to flash it via mobile odin which don't flash bootloader flashes all the rest but is dangerous for sds too. Maybe you can find at Internet any cheap unlock code also.
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Is it possible to downgrade the bootloader? I can and managed to flash the Dutch version of 4.1.1 and it boots fine, but when I access ServiceMode, I receive Menu Not Exist message in Network Lock menu.
Can you link me an alive 4.1.1 ROM, since I absolutely am not able to find one.
Thanks a lot for your help!

JavaJunkay said:
Is it possible to downgrade the bootloader? I can and managed to flash the Dutch version of 4.1.1 and it boots fine, but when I access ServiceMode, I receive Menu Not Exist message in Network Lock menu.
Can you link me an alive 4.1.1 ROM, since I absolutely am not able to find one.
Thanks a lot for your help!
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Bootloader sorry but is not possible to downgrade, about 4.1.1 rom I haven't any link, take a look at old posts at forum if you find any. You can also try mobile odin the free version from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347899 you need to have root access to your phone and to download the correct addon (kernel for mobile odin) from the end of the page. You can flash with it the original 4.1.1 firmware which you have already. It flashes only the firmware without bootloader. If you haven't use it before read carefully the instructions and use it. It is absolutely safe, the only which is not safe is the firmware you trying to flash because of sds (sudden death symptom).
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