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[Q] Galaxy s3 international rom on sprint

Hey guys this is my first post but I have a galaxy s3 on sprint model l710 that I successfully rooted and flashed a custom ROM to, the phone worked fine and I decided to flash a new rom so I made a backup of the current rom I had (synergyROM) and proceeded to download a new rom that I must of overlooked it to be intended for the international quad core version.
It goes without saying that I messed up and there might not be a fix to my problem but worth a shot!
After I loaded the zip from my CWM menu I selected reboot and now the phone will not turn on at all, not even to downloaded mode!
If anyone has any idea on how to get it to downloaded mode I can take it from there.

If you flashed an international rom on the phone, the phone is hard bricked and there will be no way for you to fix it personally. You can turn it in to Sprint and play dumb saying you downloaded the recent OTA or whatever and that it wouldn't turn back on.

Does anybody read english words anymore?!?!?!
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porshce2 said:
If you flashed an international rom on the phone, the phone is hard bricked and there will be no way for you to fix it personally. You can turn it in to Sprint and play dumb saying you downloaded the recent OTA or whatever and that it wouldn't turn back on.
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People should stop doing this. It just drives the costs up for those of us that are responsible enough to do simple things after reading simple instructions.

porshce2 said:
If you flashed an international rom on the phone, the phone is hard bricked and there will be no way for you to fix it personally. You can turn it in to Sprint and play dumb saying you downloaded the recent OTA or whatever and that it wouldn't turn back on.
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I think your right that might be my only way the funnything is when I did the it the first time I rooted it I put the international rom on there and it would peer cycle but I could enter the download mode and fixed it but this time I didn't have that luxury.
Thank your for the quick response !

Rosco7 said:
I think your right that might be my only way the funnything is when I did the it the first time I rooted it I put the international rom on there and it would peer cycle but I could enter the download mode and fixed it but this time I didn't have that luxury.
Thank your for the quick response !
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So you're saying you didn't learn your lesson the first time. :facepalm:
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You're right, I don't think people should do that but people will end up doing it either way. The fact that you've already made this mistake once though... how about you stick to looking in the Sprint section for roms? That way you don't end up downloading this random stuff... OR how about you stop flashing roms entirely?
Read the first post of rom threads in it's entirety. I have yet to see a rom that does not explicitly say which GS3 it is for in the first page.

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Rosco7 said:
Hey guys this is my first post but I have a galaxy s3 on sprint model l710 that I successfully rooted and flashed a custom ROM to, the phone worked fine and I decided to flash a new rom so I made a backup of the current rom I had (synergyROM) and proceeded to download a new rom that I must of overlooked it to be intended for the international quad core version.
It goes without saying that I messed up and there might not be a fix to my problem but worth a shot!
After I loaded the zip from my CWM menu I selected reboot and now the phone will not turn on at all, not even to downloaded mode!
If anyone has any idea on how to get it to downloaded mode I can take it from there.
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Hurts me to say this but its game over dude. The international version's misc partition is located in the same place as the boot partition for the Sprint variant, so theres no way that that phone is booting up again
Best bet is to take it into Sprint and play it dumb. Good luck :good:
EDIT: Really dude, twice? I think it goes without saying that once you try something and it doesnt work the first time, that doesnt make it more likely to work the second time.
Sent from my PG06100

This is why you always stay in the sprint section when you are looking for new roms to flash. They have all the gs3 forums separated for a reason.....
Sent from my Rooted SPH-L710 w/ a FreeGS3 rom using xda premium

For the hell of it you could try this.. Put it in download mode, even if it doesn't show on the screen and try flashing stock with odin.. You have noting to loose..
http://www.qbking77.com/how-to-unroot/unroot-unbrick-the-samsung-galaxy-s-iii.html

[Q] Searching for original ROM for backup.

Hi everybody
Last week I have got this amazing device.
I a big fan of applying mods and roms for android devices. But before doing it I allways want to have a backup of original firmware. Just to flash it in case of I will need warranty. Because I had few times before, that after flashing mods and roms I didnt made a backup, and afterthat couldnt find an original firmware, so loosed warranty, and used to sell devices for a very cheap price because they were without warranty
I was searching by myself but cant find my stock rom and kernel on the internet. So Im asking for your help guys. Has any one seen this firmware?
here is a screenshot with all rom features.
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I bought this phone in Czech Republic, but since I was searching I suppose this stock firmware is somekind of Polish version. Does anyone has this ROM?
cant wait for flashing all amazing roms and mods

Your ROM is
N7100XXDMB2 N7100OXXDMB1 - Download - Czech Republic
get it from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896696
find it under feb 13 release.
Greece,hungry,poland,nordic countries and Czech republic have same version, but as you have purchased from czech, go with that.

dr.ketan said:
Your ROM is
N7100XXDMB2 N7100OXXDMB1 - Download - Czech Republic
get it from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896696
find it under feb 13 release.
Greece,hungry,poland,nordic countries and Czech republic have same version, but as you have purchased from czech, go with that.
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thank you very much pal
feel myself very stupid for not finding it on xda by myself
just got one question
this is a stock ROM. But what about kernel and modem?
does it has it included with ROM? or I should find it anywhere else?
If I will use some other ROMs, and then I decide to sell phone, I can flash it back and use some app like triangleaway, so warranty service wont found out that I flashed something before, yep?
Many many thanx for responses

That ROM file includes everything, once you flash that ROM file, your device will be back to stock completely.
Just one thing you need if you have to send for warranty.
When you flash custom kernel/recovery(CWM) your flash counter will raise (which voids warranty)
If you want to claim warranty you have to follow this steps
-Reflash stock recovery and kernel (you can find it on post #6 of thread i shown you in previous msg)
-Use triangle away to reset counter (post #3 of said thread have detail)
-Flash stock ROM which you have download as backup + factory reset, now this will be status when you have purchased.

dr.ketan said:
-Reflash stock recovery and kernel (you can find it on post #6 of thread i shown you in previous msg)
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yep, thats exactly what I was asking for
sorry for disturbing you with so many noobie questions.
how can I understand that stock recovery version in your post #6 will be same as now installed on my phone?
and if I wont find a proper version of stock recovery in post #6, can the warranty service find out that phone was moddified?
your help is absolutely great, many many thanX

Really there is no much difference between different latest stock recovery. Always prefer one from released in 2013
Another thing this recovery is transit and just for reseting counter, once you finish reseting counter just flash stock rom (one you have download now for backup ) then everything recovery,Kernel, rom will revert to complete stock. As well it unroot device too.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium

one more, many thanx for help...and your great work of collectiong all these stock roms and lernels. now Im going to flash flash and flash
wanted to send you a little donation, but for some reason paypal tells me 'Currently PayPal accounts in India are only able to send payments. This recipient is not eligible to receive funds.. :/
I will send it when it be fixed

Yeah its issue from PayPal, to receive payments we needs to send request then only one can donate, but really its not issue, just enjoy, your smile is not less than a donation.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium

Philz recovery for sph-d710?

Hi everyone, has anyone tried to incorporate Philz recovery into a aosp/aokp $ TW kernel? Here's the link to the original thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2201860
[05.01.2014]CWM 6.0.4.6 Advanced Edition / PhilZ Touch 6.08.9 + exFAT + NTFS + MTK
I'm trying to set up my build environment to make a stab at it, and I know we have twrp for aosp/aokp based kernels. IMHO we need a touch based recovery for TW kernels.
Has anyone worked on any of this recently?
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Not as far as I know
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infirno77 said:
Hi everyone, has anyone tried to incorporate Philz recovery into a aosp/aokp $ TW kernel? Here's the link to the original thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2201860
[05.01.2014]CWM 6.0.4.6 Advanced Edition / PhilZ Touch 6.08.9 + exFAT + NTFS + MTK
I'm trying to set up my build environment to make a stab at it, and I know we have twrp for aosp/aokp based kernels. IMHO we need a touch based recovery for TW kernels.
Has anyone worked on any of this recently?
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk
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have you gone anywhere with this? I just rooted my old s2 (sph-d710) with famaroot and and hoping to mobile odin in a custom recovery bcz my charging port is gone. Ive had so much fun with my s3 lately and @bilgerryan 's [email protected]@zz wicked x Ive started messing with this one now. any info on this let me know plz.

ElwOOd_CbGp said:
have you gone anywhere with this? I just rooted my old s2 (sph-d710) with famaroot and and hoping to mobile odin in a custom recovery bcz my charging port is gone. Ive had so much fun with my s3 lately and @bilgerryan 's [email protected]@zz wicked x Ive started messing with this one now. any info on this let me know plz.
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No, I upgraded to an lg g2, and left it alone since I traded it in. Sorry

ElwOOd_CbGp said:
have you gone anywhere with this? I just rooted my old s2 (sph-d710) with famaroot and and hoping to mobile odin in a custom recovery bcz my charging port is gone. Ive had so much fun with my s3 lately and @bilgerryan 's [email protected]@zz wicked x Ive started messing with this one now. any info on this let me know plz.
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I've got a ROM on the S2 called Project X, kinda where the X in Wicked X came from. On the S2 you can use Mobile Odin to flash Recovery. Agat's Recovery works pretty good.

bilgerryan said:
I've got a ROM on the S2 called Project X, kinda where the X in Wicked X came from. On the S2 you can use Mobile Odin to flash Recovery. Agat's Recovery works pretty good.
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cool. I found that. The post was a little dated so I wasnt sure if it would go over too well because this s2 is 4.1.2. Later when I get back in the mode I'll go get that and have me another android x'ed out by bilgerryan. thx bro u a magixian.

ElwOOd_CbGp said:
cool. I found that. The post was a little dated so I wasnt sure if it would go over too well because this s2 is 4.1.2. Later when I get back in the mode I'll go get that and have me another android x'ed out by bilgerryan. thx bro u a magixian.
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Yep the ROM is 4.1.2 also, which is the last TouchWiz update the S2 got.

[Q] knox and rooting questions

Hey everyone. Im relatively new to this forum and rooting. I have some background knowledge in programming and other related aspects, unfortunately nothing related to Android. As well as some Linux OS experience. Now as far as i know ROM's could be compared to OS builds. Android 4.1.2, 4.3, 4.4, etc. Rooting makes you a super user/sudo like Linux. I think i have that pretty much correct. Now for the things i know little about.
-KNOX so far it seems its mostly used for enterprises and to see if we have installed a custom ROM. I've seen a lot of different information about Knox. What exactly else does it do/change? As of 4.3 i see we could no longer roll back or we will brick our device. What should i be wary of? I could care less about tripping the knox counter.
-Stock OTA is another thing i was curious about. This simply means an update was installed post factory by user, correct? My girlfriend has an S3 and i cant remember if 4.3 was stock or 4.1.2. I just wanted to clear up if my OTA updated S3 was covered under this.
-i saw one root method which kept the stock recovery but installed the superuser. What is the benefit for having a stock recovery? Would i be able to use a custom one with Knox in place? I was thinking of using a 4.4 cyanogenmod rom.
Sorry if this seems a bit noobish, but my schedule is tight and i spent maybe 6 hours trying to find exact information. Kind of hidden lol.
I appreciate any answers!
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda app-developers app

All your questions are probably answered here-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2541343- read the whole thing and let us know if you have anymore questions
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And to answer some if them.
There is no advantage to stock recovery, you can't do anything with it.
Yes you can do anything the same with Knox but installing a custom recovery triggers the warranty bit in Knox. If you bring in your phone to be repaired or something, if they put the phone in Download Mode they could tell whether you installed a custom recovery because Warranty Bit would say 1 instead of zero. There's also no way to reset the flash counter with Knox.
And the biggest thing, if you have Knox do not try to downgrade the firmware. Aka don't try to Odin anything other than 4.3+. It will brick your device.
Other than those things it won't effect you at all.
And yes an OTA is Over The Air update. When the device scans for firmware updates and it find one it automatically downloads it and persistently bugs you about it until your firmware is the most current version. Done by the user or sometimes the techs at phone stores like to do it without asking you.

So to clarify (at work, ill read your link, appeciate it) Knox wont affect anything BUT the counter and downgrading? So i could root the old way with odin and cwm for 4.1.2 without problems?
Stock recovery is just worse in general or similar? Lastly "stock" ota is what i meant lol. I guess that means a non-custom ROM from your carrier?
I personally dont care for my warranty, i have a few months left in my contract and could upgrade now to a new phone if i wanted.
Thanks. I hate to sound like i did no research, i appreciate the link.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda app-developers app

[Q] Status of freedom to install ROMs?

I'm considering picking up a S3 off eBay, since they seem to be rather cheap nowadays ( under $100), and was thinking of it as an upgrade from my Galaxy Nexus.
I've seen people with Verizon S3s and S4s get stuck after updating so they couldn't install any ROMs anymore.
Of course I haven't really heard much about the Sprint phones being locked down so much, but could anyone tell me if (even with the newest update) if you can install CWM and CyanogenMod?
Thanks

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I'm considering picking up a S3 off eBay, since they seem to be rather cheap nowadays ( under $100), and was thinking of it as an upgrade from my Galaxy Nexus.
I've seen people with Verizon S3s and S4s get stuck after updating so they couldn't install any ROMs anymore.
Of course I haven't really heard much about the Sprint phones being locked down so much, but could anyone tell me if (even with the newest update) if you can install CWM and CyanogenMod?
Thanks
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it would be better to install Philz Touch CWM advanced recovery from Odin and you can back up your stock rom when in the recovery then do the second option under wipe data to wipe everything but first make sure you have the Touchwiz rom and or AOSP rom + Gapps to flash in your internal storage then wipe cache and dalvik cache and your done so yes you can still install a custom recovery and custom rom like CyanogenMod

6th_Hokage said:
it would be better to install Philz Touch CWM advanced recovery from Odin and you can back up your stock rom when in the recovery then do the second option under wipe data to wipe everything but first make sure you have the Touchwiz rom and or AOSP rom + Gapps to flash in your internal storage then wipe cache and dalvik cache and your done so yes you can still install a custom recovery and custom rom like CyanogenMod
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I don't think you read through my whole post, since I wasn't asking how to do it, since I'm already familiar with Heimdall flashing (have been flashing on early Verizon S3/S4, before updates blocked it).
But the big question is... If you were to go to 100% stock (or a 100% stock phone to begin with), and have the newest updates applied(I think it is 4.3 or 4.4), you can still flash stuff, and not have it brick, right?
I know if I were to try the same on a Verizon S3, it would almost certainly brick.

GTRsdk said:
I don't think you read through my whole post, since I wasn't asking how to do it, since I'm already familiar with Heimdall flashing (have been flashing on early Verizon S3/S4, before updates blocked it).
But the big question is... If you were to go to 100% stock (or a 100% stock phone to begin with), and have the newest updates applied(I think it is 4.3 or 4.4), you can still flash stuff, and not have it brick, right?
I know if I were to try the same on a Verizon S3, it would almost certainly brick.
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but i did read through it i just answered the last part about CWM and CyanogenMod since that's what i know for sure
but you see for the rest of your words i have flashed on full stock 4.4.2 NDC since mine is the Boost variant with root and philz touch recovery....but only stuff made for touchwiz like the S5 ported apps just the worst i got after flashing is constant force closing of one or more apps for then i would have to boot back into recovery with the button method and flash a backup but i have done so and my s3 started with 4.4.2 stock update for the sprint variant even tho its the same model number i would wait to see if anyone else with it chimes in....but since it is the same basic model everything basically works the same way for them

Yes, you can still flash whatever you want besides modem. You just can't ever Odin anything older than ND8 (Sprint TouchWiz 4.4.2) or NDC (Boost / Virgin Mobile TouchWiz 4.4.2).
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