Noob here (as you can tell by my problem)
Okay so here's the full story, I rooted my phone. It was on 4.4.2 when I first rooted it. I found the LiquidSmooth ROM online and I wanted to flash it into my phone. After hours of research I finally flashed it successfully. I fell in love with UI and everything. But this is where the real stuff happens. I didn't find it very attractive anymore. So I tried wiping the whole phone hoping it'd revert back to it's original settings, I hoped wrong. It still had the ROM so I went online and I found this damn file that I thought would revert it back to normal. Turns out it not only took back to normal without it being rooted, but it downgraded to 4.0.4 and then my problems began from here. I had no signal so I couldn't update to the latest firmware so I rerooted the device and I tried flashing CM11 so I can get to 4.4.2 again. But the bootloader would not let me do it while in the recovery mode. So I researched how to unlock the bootloader. I found what is called EZUnlock, I downloaded the .apk file and installed it into the device, unlocked the bootloader and then used ROM Manager to boot into Recovery Mode. The screen went black and bam! Did not turn on after 5mins. I started to press the power button but to no avail, it would not turn on. I have searched ways to unbrick my Samsung Galaxy S3 but none of the threads seem to connect to what is going with my phone. So I have decided to make a thread to get specific help on my problem. Please, I beg you, if you are reading this now please help me out! I have no money to go out and buy a new phone. Even this phone wasn't affordable. I beg you to help me out here. I am in desperate need. I NEED my phone.
Not sure why you needed to unlock the bootloader since the s3 bootloader is not locked.
Did you try using the de-brick method using an SD card?
audit13 said:
Not sure why you needed to unlock the bootloader since the s3 bootloader is not locked.
Did you try using the de-brick method using an SD card?
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Yeah I read about that, but I had not known that until after I tried looking for Unbricking methods. And yes, I tried it with my 8GB SD card...But nothing is happening. I can't afford to buy a JTAG for this phone either. Do I really have to go out and buy myself a 16GB Class 10 SD Card to say for sure if my phone will work again or not?
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Yeah I read about that, but I had not known that until after I tried looking for Unbricking methods. And yes, I tried it with my 8GB SD card...But nothing is happening. I can't afford to buy a JTAG for this phone either. Do I really have to go out and buy myself a 16GB Class 10 SD Card to say for sure if my phone will work again or not?
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I have never tried the de-brick method but it seems you need to use a very specific brand and size of sd card. Maybe it needs to be 16 GB because that's what the i747 has internally.
Thr sdcard has to be at least 16gb. 32gb sdcards will work too. The higher the cards class rating the better, Class 6 and up seem to have the highest success rates, but I have seen it work on class 2 and 4 cards as well.
Unfortunately, there are bricks thst cannot be recovered using this method, depending on what partitions got screwed up. I'm not sure which got messed up on yours, but there is a chance it messed with something the debrick method cant fix...
In that thread there are debrick.img files posted throughout the last few pages. Try any that are for your device.
Good luck!
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Thr sdcard has to be at least 16gb. 32gb sdcards will work too. The higher the cards class rating the better, Class 6 and up seem to have the highest success rates, but I have seen it work on class 2 and 4 cards as well.
Unfortunately, there are bricks thst cannot be recovered using this method, depending on what partitions got screwed up. I'm not sure which got messed up on yours, but there is a chance it messed with something the debrick method cant fix...
In that thread there are debrick.img files posted throughout the last few pages. Try any that are for your device.
Good luck!
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I used my 64gb sdcard(class 10) and it worked too
just make sure if you want to reuse the sdcard like normal sdcard, you need to reformat it with your phone instead of your computer, cuz somehow if you format it with your pc it will only show 64mb instead of 64gb lol...
and to my knowledge, sdcard debricking will work with any hard bricked bootloader problem (been there, done that), so it should work for you too unless you did something wrong such as wrong version of debrick.img
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Yeah I read about that, but I had not known that until after I tried looking for Unbricking methods. And yes, I tried it with my 8GB SD card...But nothing is happening. I can't afford to buy a JTAG for this phone either. Do I really have to go out and buy myself a 16GB Class 10 SD Card to say for sure if my phone will work again or not?
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That's correct. You need min 16Gb (high quality) SD card. What we are trying to do is simulate the internal SD card of the device itself so your debrick card needs to be, at least, or greater than the internal card. I'm somewhat surprised by the sequence of events especially how you ended up on ICS 4.0.4 - unless that was the last official stock ROM your device had before you went custom. Also, EZ-Unlock wouldn't normally cause a hard brick unless you were on the 4.3 MJB bootloader or higher in which case, the result is usually a guaranteed hard brick - similar to what happened. Probably you ended up with the 4.3 MJB bootloader one way or other.
The debrick method should work for you in this case from what you've described. If you haven't seen it already, the definitive thread on this subject is given below .... All the instructions and files/images you need are available on the first page.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549068
Please note that once you have been able to get the phone to boot from the SD card, you need to work your way up the food chain to a full firmware restoration. In this case, only a full stock restore to 4.3 would get the phone booting normally and on its own. You can do a full stock restore via custom recovery.
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Hello Everybody,
my sd-card doesn't work anymore, but i haven't a usb-brick. I tried all manuals
fastboot oem enableqxdm 0 and many more but i am sure that i have a hardware defect.
My problem is, that i have unbranded and rooted my desire and cannot undo it because my sd card doesnot work. In order to get my warranty i have to install original Telekom rom or brick my phone.
Is there any possibilty to brick phones without sd card?
I have leedroid rom, bootlooder 0.93 and clockwork 2.5.0.7
Thanks a lot,
dieZahnfee
You really have no idea what you are talking about do you?
First try to check for errors and format the card with gparted. If you want to unroot it use a ruu.
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Perhaps you didn't understand me.
My Phone has definetly a hardware error. At the beginning i thought that i had a usb brick http: // android.modaco.com/content/ htc-desire-desire-modaco-com/309939/usb-brick-rickrolled-b0rked-fixed/
However i haven't a usb brick and the tutorial doesn't work for me.
In order to get my phone repaired by my vendor i have to rebuild the phones delivery status or brick it. Due to my sd card isn't working i cann't unroot and rebrand my phone. Consequently my only opportunity is the brick my phone, but i don't know how to brick it without sd card.
Thanks
Perhaps you misunderstood the previous question.
Have you checked to see if it is the SD-Card itself not working? Like, putting a different one in, or indeed checking the partitions via gParted?
It may not be the phone at all.
Just check it. It's a process called troubleshooting.
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Perhaps you misunderstood the previous question.
Have you checked to see if it is the SD-Card itself not working? Like, putting a different one in, or indeed checking the partitions via gParted?
It may not be the phone at all.
Just check it. It's a process called troubleshooting.
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Actually, I think what that person wants, to to brick his phone on purpose, so he can send it in for repair without getting in trouble.
He doesn't wish to fix it, cause he's mucked it up too far.
Here is a good suggestion, pull the battery, and toss it into the microwave for about 10 seconds or so.
Or leave it on, and toss it in the toilet for awhile. Then dry it in the oven on very low heat for an hour or so.
Connecting a wire directly from the wall outlet to the USB port will work also.
after some research unrevoked3 seems to be the easiest way to root my HTC Desire.
but there are no instructions on how to use it... i know you just download the software and install the drivers etc... but i mean what state does it leave my phone in?
will it have all of its text messages saved, settings saved, etc...
will my sd card be wiped completely should i back it up? should i buy a cheap one to root it with etc...
i know 2.3 is coming out soon for HTC Desire but my phones branded with vodafone. should i just debrand it and wait for an offical update?
ive been wanting to root my phone for a while but ive got no idea which roms are best or anything.
how do i back up my sd card? how do i save my texts to the sd card for back up?
any help will be appreciated thanks.
Hi welcome to the site. There is a wealth of information in these forums and sometimes it is hard to single out exactly what you are looking for. Read this to start and then ask some specific questions. Seek much advice before rooting yourself.
i was there 3 months ago and now i flash and customise with reckless abandonment!
Unrevoked3 is definitely the easiest way. You can find quick guide for this method in Cyanogenmod wiki 'Full Update Guide' (google it)...
hi , just follow these vids , it makes it really easy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
thanks guys, ive been wanting to root for ages as well but i fininally decided to do it recently
right after trying to use unrevoke3 it came up with a write error. basically saying it cant write the new file.
after more search it is because there isnt enough room. after i deleted a few apps i had 70mb free phone memory and 8gb free sd card memory.
ran unrevoke3 again, same error.... i dont know what i could be doing wrong =\
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right after trying to use unrevoke3 it came up with a write error. basically saying it cant write the new file.
after more search it is because there isnt enough room. after i deleted a few apps i had 70mb free phone memory and 8gb free sd card memory.
ran unrevoke3 again, same error.... i dont know what i could be doing wrong =\
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Have you enabled USB debugging ?
yeah, followed all the instructions, even installed the Hboot drivers etc...
just keeps coming up with the same error =\
gonna try it on ubuntu again.
alpha-dog said:
yeah, followed all the instructions, even installed the Hboot drivers etc...
just keeps coming up with the same error =\
gonna try it on ubuntu again.
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I gave up on Windows a while ago, Ubuntu is better, I think.
still no dice....
do i need to unbrand/debrand the phone first?
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still no dice....
do i need to unbrand/debrand the phone first?
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No. You might do yourself a favor by creating a goldcard and keeping it safe.
I have Hard Bricked my SPH-L710 (noob mistake). I upgraded to 4.3 without reading up on features. Everybody now knows about the annoying KNOX security that comes with it but i did something so HORRIFIC lol i tried to downgrade. didnt end so well. little did i know trying to downgrade with KNOX causes a hard brick..:crying: everyones trying to do the SD card trick where you image the debrick image on the sd card. people are mad to find out that if you upgraded 4.3 you cant fix a hard brick that way anymore. UNLESS someone extracts the boot image from their rooted 4.3 SPH-L710 device then there is a chance that this method will work. use Philz recovery to root 4.3. and someone get this image for me!! dont just do it for me get it for other models too. be nice. or if there is, will someone link it to this thread. or any other way to fix this hard brick.
will a jig work ? i know how to fix it if i get to download mode.
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I have Hard Bricked my SPH-L710 (noob mistake). I upgraded to 4.3 without reading up on features. Everybody now knows about the annoying KNOX security that comes with it but i did something so HORRIFIC lol i tried to downgrade. didnt end so well. little did i know trying to downgrade with KNOX causes a hard brick..:crying: everyones trying to do the SD card trick where you image the debrick image on the sd card. people are mad to find out that if you upgraded 4.3 you cant fix a hard brick that way anymore. UNLESS someone extracts the boot image from their rooted 4.3 SPH-L710 device then there is a chance that this method will work. use Philz recovery to root 4.3. and someone get this image for me!! dont just do it for me get it for other models too. be nice. or if there is, will someone link it to this thread. or any other way to fix this hard brick.
will a jig work ? i know how to fix it if i get to download mode.
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i Bricked mines too, i have been looking for it too hopefully someone share's the file
Same here, bricked Boot Loader *sigh* Mine came from an idiotic move with the EZ-Unlock app tho. Suppose my next step is to invest in a Class 10 SD Card and pray for the best. There is some other threads around here that have various S3 unbrick images tho, just gotta poke around :good:
I'm in the same boat guys
Aggghh.....I pray for this file every night to fix both mine AND my hubby's GS3. Yup.....had so much confidence in myself (Really it was cockiness) that I bricked mine and then his!
me too...bah!
I missread the dev topic on the S3 Factory reset and counter and got burned. I was running a custom 4.3 and thought I was good...oh well.
I have tried the SD card method with several different images, but alas I am still in crapville without a shovel. $50 to send off for repairs or wait for something to come along. Right now I am hurting, hard to believe that phone was so important! Argh! Has anyone had luck?
Sigh...a little searching helps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2637424
I made a big (rookie) mistake rushing through the reading on the Android Revolution HD ROM site.
My device model is SGH-i747 and the ROM I tried to flash was only intended for the international version of the S3 (i9300).
Now my device is hard bricked and I cant seem to find any solutions on recovering my device. Can someone help?
I believe i was running 4.1 before i tried upgrading to 4.3 (my phone hard-bricked once i completed the 4.3 installation) so I'm not sure exactly what image file i will need. Hope you can assist me with that as well.
I appreciate any and all advice.
You were running stock 4.1, loaded the international ROM, then tried to load stock 4.3? Is this correct?
If ypu can link to everything you flashed it would help. First it sounds like you bricked by flashing the wrong rom, but then it sounds like you bricked when updating your firmware.
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You were running stock 4.1, loaded the international ROM, then tried to load stock 4.3? Is this correct?
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If ypu can link to everything you flashed it would help. First it sounds like you bricked by flashing the wrong rom, but then it sounds like you bricked when updating your firmware.
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Yes i bricked the device while installing the Android Revolution HD ROM. Previously in was running the stock 4.1.2 Android system. Sorry but I cannot link the site to the Android Revolution HD ROM but I did notice it was for international versions of the S3 only. My current S3 model is the i-747 At&t.
Hope this was enough information to provide a helpful response. If not you can pm me and I'll share the needed info.
Thanks
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You were running stock 4.1, loaded the international ROM, then tried to load stock 4.3? Is this correct?
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I loaded the international ROM by flashing with ROM Manager, once the installation was complete my device asked to reboot, once I selected yes my phone shutdown with no signs of life....hardbricked.
I never got the chance to bootup Android Revolution HD
Hope this info helps.
Can you remember if you ever took any ota updates or did you ever update by flashing firmware with Odin? Was the 4.1.2 you were running the official build or was it a ROM?
Better to discuss everything here rather than PM btw. Not only does it allow more people to try to help, reducing your wait time for answers, but it can also help others in the future.
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Can you remember if you ever took any ota updates or did you ever update by flashing firmware with Odin? Was the 4.1.2 you were running the official build or was it a ROM?
Better to discuss everything here rather than PM btw. Not only does it allow more people to try to help, reducing your wait time for answers, but it can also help others in the future.
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I had my device rooted with 4.4.4 CM firmware installed. I then flashed Slimkat 4.4 rom for a littlw while. After that I used the unroot process to unroot my device and flashed the stock 4.1 firmware using Kies. After Kies I decided I wanted to root device once more and install Android Revolution HD... I unrooted my device (still on 4.1 here) then began the process of flashing the 4.3 Revolution ROM. After that it died.
The debrick sdcard process should work fine for you then.
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DocHoliday77 said:
The debrick sdcard process should work fine for you then.
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Just went out and bought a Samsung 16gb class 10 card. Hope it works well.
Do you by any chance have a link to the debrick image I should use for this process?
Hey I've tried doing the sd card method with a few different debrick files with no avail.
Am I missing something here?
Sometimes it takes several tries with the correct image before it'll work. Sometimes some SD cards just won't work. Are you sure its a genuine card? Sammy cards are very often found to be fakes.
Not saying it is, just a possibility. Try other SD cards too if you can. Even good ones just won't do the job sometimes.
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Sometimes it takes several tries with the correct image before it'll work. Sometimes some SD cards just won't work. Are you sure its a genuine card? Sammy cards are very often found to be fakes.
Not saying it is, just a possibility. Try other SD cards too if you can. Even good ones just won't do the job sometimes.
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It's a card that I purchased from Wal-Mart, I assume it's legit.
Can you anyway direct me or post links to debrick images that are known to work?
p.s.- by try several times do you mean, Formatting sdcard, using win32 to write debrick image then putting it back into the phone?
If you were on 4.1.2 firmware, the 4.3 image in the op should work. Its been proven before.
Yes. Remake the sdcard. Can't recall if its in this forums op, but I personally used and prefer the Linux method of creating the sdcard. If its not here, go to the thread in the development section in T-Mobiles S3 forums. Its stickied at the top so you can't miss it. It has instructions for using both windows and a Linux LiveCD. Just don't use any Debrick.imgs from there.
As for the card itself, I hope things have gotten better about it, but in the past, faked sdcards have come from places like Walmart, best buy, radio shack, etc. The only way to truly know before buying is to make sure they are an authorized retailer. This means they buy direct from the manufacturer. Otherwise there could be multiple parties between the two which is where the problems occur. If you want to know more about it, there's tons of info and advice all over the net about this stuff. There are tools you can use to determine yours is the real deal, or a cheap knock off too. I can't remember what they are or what you have to look for when using them, but the info is out there.
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If you were on 4.1.2 firmware, the 4.3 image in the op should work. Its been proven before.
Yes. Remake the sdcard. Can't recall if its in this forums op, but I personally used and prefer the Linux method of creating the sdcard. If its not here, go to the thread in the development section in T-Mobiles S3 forums. Its stickied at the top so you can't miss it. It has instructions for using both windows and a Linux LiveCD. Just don't use any Debrick.imgs from there.
As for the card itself, I hope things have gotten better about it, but in the past, faked sdcards have come from places like Walmart, best buy, radio shack, etc. The only way to truly know before buying is to make sure they are an authorized retailer. This means they buy direct from the manufacturer. Otherwise there could be multiple parties between the two which is where the problems occur. If you want to know more about it, there's tons of info and advice all over the net about this stuff. There are tools you can use to determine yours is the real deal, or a cheap knock off too. I can't remember what they are or what you have to look for when using them, but the info is out there.
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The SD card is good. I used Mini Tool Partition Wizard to verify that files were being transferred between my computer and the sd card.
Is this method verified to work if you flash an International rom onto a US device ?
I'm running low on options. I've tried 7 different debrick.img's with no luck.
Is there a link to numerous debrick imgaes for my issuse?
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The SD card is good. I used Mini Tool Partition Wizard to verify that files were being transferred between my computer and the sd card.
Is this method verified to work if you flash an International rom onto a US device ?
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Yes its worked for this situation before. Maybe try creating it using Linux. Could also be that SD card just isn't going to work. There's no way to tell which ones will or won't. I've seen high quality class 10 cards fail where a generic class 4 worked. That's not usually the case but it does happen.
How many times are you trying with each image? Just use a known good one from the OP. Back when I did this I probably ended up with close to 15 attempts before it finally worked for me.
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Unfortunately the same fate has befallen me! I have an SGH-I747U, and I used the CWM Bootloader to flash the Android Revolution version that's meant for i9300.
Did you ever get this working? Tried last night with an 8 GB SD card because it was all I had, but I'm going to get a 16 GB one today. Trying to use the debrick-SGH-I747U-CUEMJB3.img debrick image and I747UCUEMJB_2024954_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.rar stock ROM.
Is this the way to go? Any advice is really appreciated!
Hi,so this is what happened,i was on android 4.1.1,and then i decided to upgrade to 4.3 via odin and i used this file:https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407590581 from enewman17 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52341582&postcount=38),and it hardbricked,and when i kept reading the thread i saw that some guys who where also trying to update from 4.1.1 to 4.3 also got hardbricked,but they used this method to unbrick:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549068 and they successfully unbricked their devices,so i decided to try the method(since all of us where in the same situation and for them it worked i saw that my recovery chances where very high),so i grabbed all the tools required and downloaded all the correct files,and this is EXACTLY what i have done so far:
1-putted my 16Gb SD CARD into the my pc
2-grabbed the 80MB debrick file and wrote it using the Win32 Disk Imager
3-inserted the SD card into my phone,reinstaled the battery and nothing,cant get it to recovery nor download
i posted in the thread about 6hrs ago for some answers and nothing
i PM some people in the thread still no answer,plz help what do i do next?
P.S:here is the link of the post of one of the guys i was talking about:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2722660&page=6 post number 53,my situation is exactly like his
have read that sometimes takes more than one try, and sometimes depends on class of SDcard. where one works for some , wont work for others.
prob. same stuff you've already read.
just see people keep trying if not work first time, or switching SD cards.
srry dont have more.
good luck though.
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Hi,so this is what happened,i was on android 4.1.1,and then i decided to upgrade to 4.3 via odin and i used this file:https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407590581 from enewman17 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52341582&postcount=38),and it hardbricked,and when i kept reading the thread i saw that some guys who where also trying to update from 4.1.1 to 4.3 also got hardbricked,but they used this method to unbrick:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549068 and they successfully unbricked their devices,so i decided to try the method(since all of us where in the same situation and for them it worked i saw that my recovery chances where very high),so i grabbed all the tools required and downloaded all the correct files,and this is EXACTLY what i have done so far:
1-putted my 16Gb SD CARD into the my pc
2-grabbed the 80MB debrick file and wrote it using the Win32 Disk Imager
3-inserted the SD card into my phone,reinstaled the battery and nothing,cant get it to recovery nor download
i posted in the thread about 6hrs ago for some answers and nothing
i PM some people in the thread still no answer,plz help what do i do next?
P.S:here is the link of the post of one of the guys i was talking about:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2722660&page=6 post number 53,my situation is exactly like his
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used the same method, worked for me. here's one tip that i want you to follow. Don't open the memory card on pc after writing the image. When the writing completes, just take out your memory card(safely remove/ or not). Hook it up on your phone and try to switch it on. Try writing the unbrick image at least 5 times if it doesn't work. you might also want to try the other images that are scattered all over the threads. This is the image that i used: http://www.mediafire.com/download/md8s29piyovz95q/debrick-SGH-I747U-CUEMJB3.img