Looking back I cant recall ever updating this phone's OS or Baseband. But yet I read all over the place that Samsung and Sprint like to automatically update at random.
A few months back when 4.4.2 came out I noticed that my phone decided to automatically update itself and the moment it rebooted all hell broke loose. All the phone would do is boot showing the "Samsung" logo than the "Galaxy S3" logo right after. The phone would reboot itself right away than it would boot the exact same way, this time locking up on the "Galaxy S3" logo. The whole time also vibrating.
I am unable to boot into recovery mode, volume up + home button + power button. At the top left corner of the "Samsung" screen it shows "booting recovery" then immediately goes right to the "Galaxy S3" screen and reboots again.
I am able to boot to download mode, volume down + home button + power.
So far I have tried using ODIN's v3.09/3.07 to load stock firmware's for the original 4.0.4, 4.3, and just in case it actually updated 4.4.2. Every time I try to load them through ODIN I get...
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/008> Odin v.3 engine (ID:8)..
<ID:0/008> File analysis..
<ID:0/008> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/008> Initialzation..
<ID:0/008> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/008> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/008> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/008> sbl2.mbn
<ID:0/008> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/008> FAIL! (Write)
<ID:0/008>
<ID:0/008> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
This is where I'm stuck and at a loss. From what I have been reading all over XDA, as long as I can still boot to download mode I still have a chance. I am really crossing my fingers here because being a Disabled Veteran I can't afford the money to get a new phone outside of my current contract time. And there is no way the wife and I can share the Note 3, lol.
-Semper Fi
Try a different cable or port... Those are usually the biggest causes of Odin failures.
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Try a different cable or port... Those are usually the biggest causes of Odin failures.
My ROM: WICKED X
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AND DON'T TRY TO ODIN ANYTHING BUT 4.4.2!!!! YOU WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE COMPLETELY.
My ROM: WICKED X
Does the phone hard reset when in download mode too? If it does, your power button may be stuck D:
DirtTrash said:
So far I have tried using ODIN's v3.09/3.07 to load stock firmware's for the original 4.0.4, 4.3, and just in case it actually updated 4.4.2.
This is where I'm stuck and at a loss. From what I have been reading all over XDA, as long as I can still boot to download mode I still have a chance. I am really crossing my fingers here because being a Disabled Veteran I can't afford the money to get a new phone outside of my current contract time. And there is no way the wife and I can share the Note 3, lol.
-Semper Fi
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@bilgerryan thank you for saying it lol he got really lucky that it didn't go through, if you can tell by what i quoted from this guy...he already tried to Odining lower than 4.4.2....he said he read all over XDA so he should have come across us saying don't flash below 4.4.2.....
No, the power button isn't stuck. And remember me stating that the phone had NEVER been rooted. And from what Samsung told me the phone hadn't been updated to 4.4.2 yet so that's why previous versions were attempted. They came to that conclusion from me telling them what the Download Mode screen showed.
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SPH-L710
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: NO
CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
SYSTEM STATUS: OFFICIAL
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
And that's all that shows. Nothing about KNOX or any counters that they said would have appeared if the phone had been updated with, I think they said, 4.3 or 4.4.2. So, from the information I gathered from them is the phone supposedly has an older version still installed.
And thank you very much for chiming in bilgerryan . Your thoughts and concerns have been noted and are appreciated. And 6th_Hokage...if I had the links to where I read the many posts stating to try the other versions I'd post them here for you. The posts did reiterate what Samsung had stated regarding being able to attempt flashing multiple versions. BTW, these are all stock Samsung packages I'm using to flash via ODIN.
So, I was able to successfully install 4.1.2 last night and the phone booted up without any issues. The phone was back to the original state at which it was purchased, aside from not being 4.0.4. Then the strangest thing happened, I installed a few applications from the Play Store and the phone started acting up again. It rebooted twice on its own then went back to the home screen...odd. Then I noticed the phone tried automatically updating again, just like what originally happened last time. And now its back to the EXACT state it was. And again, attempts at reinstalling 4.1.2 were unsuccessful. Note, I am still able to success download mode.
Anything at all out there??
And please, save the thread a post if you're just going to reiterate something someone else already stated. And still, from what I'm reading here throughout XDA is that I'm now S.O.L. because I can still boot to Download Mode. Thanks in advance.
DirtTrash said:
And 6th_Hokage...if I had the links to where I read the many posts stating to try the other versions I'd post them here for you. The posts did reiterate what Samsung had stated regarding being able to attempt flashing multiple versions. BTW, these are all stock Samsung packages I'm using to flash via ODIN.
U do have the posts. On 11/29/13 jdelano reaponded to a very similar post fro u, with this advice...
"You'd only be taking a risk trying to ODIN 4.1.2 (MD4) to your phone at this point. If the 4.3 bootloader made it on, then trying that will totally brick your phone to the point that they have to replace it."
Doesn't matter if they're stock. Flash an older version over a newer version and u might be looking at a paperweight.
Are u running odin as admin?
Did u try different usb ports/cables like bilgerryan said? Personally i only use usb ports off the back of my pc (cause they're hard-wired to the mb).
Did u make sure that the drivers are all installed correctly? Did u try to update them or reinstall them?
Do u have kies on ur pc?
Did u check the md5 if ur download?
Understand ur frustration,but don't be dissing 6th_hokage. Ever. Goes out of his way to help people in the forums...
Sent from my SPH-L710, using Tapatalk 2 Cyan. ND8. Rooted and rom'd with WICKED-X (HELLS YA!)
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No "dissing",, and thx for your post. Odd how like minds seem to think the same thing.
Yes, running ODIN as Admin
Tried every USB port after I read bilgerryan's post
All drivers are installed correctly on my system
I have tried it with and without KIES on my system
MD5 was checked and verified
Nothing wrong with my computer. Modified ASUS G75VW. And it helps that I'm a Computer/Network Engineer, so all my systems are always in pristine condition and up-to-date.
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ATT Galaxy S3 SGH-I747
16 GB
Trying to root using Galaxy S3 Toolkit (Snapdragon):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746665
Chose option for ALLINONE (Flash Insecure Boot, CWM, Root Phone + Install Busy Box)
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Ran Odin (not 3.07 version, don't have exact version anymore). Flashed file, phone rebooted.
Goes directly to:
Samsung Galaxy S3 Logo and just stays there. (I never see just a Samsung Logo).
I can get into Download mode, but not recovery mode.
When I try to reflash via Odin (including stock ROMs), the upload hangs.
Here is the output from Odin:
Code:
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> I747UCALEM_I747ATTALEM_I747UCALEM_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
It will never go past NAND Write Start. The phone shows the Downloading screen, but as soon as it starts, the download bar goes to 100%. I have left it like this for a couple of hours and it never completes.
Searching around the forums, I see a number of other reports of people not being able to get in recovery mode, and not getting past "NAND Write Start!!" but I havent been able to find any solutions.
I did find the two posts below which had the same issue and a solution:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/115708174332375617872/posts/QhxJRcf4G6q
https://plus.google.com/115708174332375617872/posts/9x2Zy8BRfV3
Which involved using a PIT file and a 3 part firmware, but I havent been able to find the corresponding files for my device.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can get the phone working again? or get recovery mode working?
I would suggest using Odin 3.07 and follow this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426, it will have the the files you need, Once rooted then use snapdragon and select custom recovery from there
jeeper11 said:
I would suggest using Odin 3.07 and follow this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426, it will have the the files you need, Once rooted then use snapdragon and select custom recovery from there
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Thanks. I did try that with 3.07, but the problem is that Odin gets stuck on "NAND Write Start!!".
All I can suggest is make sure NOTHING else is running while using Odin, try different usb ports, Heck, try deleting Odin the re-download it and the stock root file you need
jeeper11 said:
All I can suggest is make sure NOTHING else is running while using Odin, try different usb ports, Heck, try deleting Odin the re-download it and the stock root file you need
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Thanks. I tried with multiple USB cables, and on multiple computers. Same issues each time.
The solution in the post above seems to suggest I need to Flash using a PIT file, but I cant find the appropriate file for my device.
root69_ATT_I747UCALG1.7z...<< is this the file you have?..
To be sure...download this file, put it on your desktop. Extract it to your desktop. Phone in DL mode, open odin. connect phone. click PDA button, search your desktop for the root69 file, click it once, then click open at the bottom of the dialogue box. hit start on Odin.
I just want to make sure your following the right steps and files
jeeper11 said:
root69_ATT_I747UCALG1.7z...<< is this the file you have?..
To be sure...download this file, put it on your desktop. Extract it to your desktop. Phone in DL mode, open odin. connect phone. click PDA button, search your desktop for the root69 file, click it once, then click open at the bottom of the dialogue box. hit start on Odin.
I just want to make sure your following the right steps and files
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Thanks for helping me with this. Yes, I am doing exactly that, and still having the same issues. "Nand Write Start!!" which never finishes.
You need to find a recovery tar. Flash and should be done i was having the same issue with an i727
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marcos600rr said:
You need to find a recovery tar. Flash and should be done i was having the same issue with an i727
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using xda premium
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Thanks. Same issue, "<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!". Basically, I can get into download mode, but nothing will flash from Odin. It just stops on Nand Write Start. Odin doesnt hang btw, if I disconnect the cable, then Ill get a failure message in odin. Otherwise, it will just stay in Nand Write Start forever (have left it running a couple of hours before).
I'm sure you do, but do you have all the drivers for your phone on your comp?
And somewhere on here is a thread on using Kies to restore to stock.
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here it is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984717
jeeper11 said:
I'm sure you do, but do you have all the drivers for your phone on your comp?
And somewhere on here is a thread on using Kies to restore to stock.
---------- Post added at 10:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:27 PM ----------
here it is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984717
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Yes. Drivers are installed. Have tried on two machines, one with kies, and one where I manually installed the drivers.
Have you tried both the older and newer stock roms on Odin?
I just want to help you figure this out,Or at least have someone else help us here lol
jeeper11 said:
Have you tried both the older and newer stock roms on Odin?
I just want to help you figure this out,Or at least have someone else help us here lol
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Yeah, I have tried multiple versions. The issue seems to be that the roms dont actual begin to write. Looking at my original post, I did find someone with a similar problem and they had to do a flash using a 3 part / file firmware, and a PIT file to repartition the device. However, I cannot find the 3 part firmware for my device.
Ok , my last annoying question for you...you said you tried kies, was that for the drivers or did you try that restore method thru kies?
P.S i can't find the 3 file for your device either, maybe its just for the I9300
jeeper11 said:
Ok , my last annoying question for you...you said you tried kies, was that for the drivers or did you try that restore method thru kies?
P.S i can't find the 3 file for your device either, maybe its just for the I9300
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That was for the drivers. I did launch kies with the phone in download mode, but kies cant connect to the device (although it does try).
Btw, thanks for the help with this.
mike
mesh2325 said:
That was for the drivers. I did launch kies with the phone in download mode, but kies cant connect to the device (although it does try).
Btw, thanks for the help with this.
mike
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ok. I have made some progress and have been able to get it boot. My hunch that I had to repartition was correct.
First, I used the PIT file listed here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29130477&postcount=14
and used the 3 file firmware from here:
https://hotfile.com/dl/158814567/30ec3bc/GT-I9300_XEO_I9300XXALEF_I9300OXFALEA_I9300XXLEF.rar.html
This is not the correct one for my device, but my hunch was that it would Flash and repartition, and then I could flash the correct one on. (This appears to be the polish firmware). I can also once again get into recovery mode.
So, at this point, my phone is once again working, and now ill go back into odin and trying to install the correct firmware.
ok. Another quick update. Phone works fine not (and got it working in US English). Tried to install the firmware suggested by jeeper1 (root69_ATT_I747UCALG1.7z) but ran into the Nand Write Start!! issue again.
So, I have a working phone once again, although might not be running the exact firmware it should be. Still want to root, but need to recharge the phone first. Will keep posting updates as I get more info (in case anyone else runs into similar issues).
If anyone has any suggestions, let me know.
OK. Final update. I finally figured out the issue.
My phone is from AT&T US, and is listed on the box as SGH-I747. However, it is actually an international version (GT-19300). I noticed this when I realized there were multiple versions of the upgrade toolkit. Once I switched to the international version:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1703488
the everything worked perfectly, and I was able to flash the roms.
So, perhaps AT&T sells multiple versions of the phone, once which works in US, and one which will also work internationally.
Basically, I was flashing the incorrect roms for my phone. Thanks for all of the help and input.
I'm having same issue
mesh2325 said:
ok. I have made some progress and have been able to get it boot. My hunch that I had to repartition was correct.
First, I used the PIT file listed here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29130477&postcount=14
and used the 3 file firmware from here:
https://hotfile.com/dl/158814567/30ec3bc/GT-I9300_XEO_I9300XXALEF_I9300OXFALEA_I9300XXLEF.rar.html
This is not the correct one for my device, but my hunch was that it would Flash and repartition, and then I could flash the correct one on. (This appears to be the polish firmware). I can also once again get into recovery mode.
So, at this point, my phone is once again working, and now ill go back into odin and trying to install the correct firmware.
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I'm having this same problem right now as well, can you tell me step by step how you fixed this problem.
Thanks
hello fellas, i have Bell SGS 3, i used the all in one toolbox to load recovery and then using the recovery i flashed Avatar ROM, after flashing and using it for a few days I started receiving updates which I did and now I am stuck.
I lost recovery, I can not boot into recovery mode, I thought of flashing recovery again but the toolbox is asking for me to put the phone in debugging mode which I did and the toolbox doesn't go anywhere. It is stuck at "Waiting for USB debugging to be enabled" option and doesn't do anything. I thought I will use option available in toolbox to reflash the stock recovery back and go from there, still same, when it reaches the option for USB debugging to be enabled, it just doesn't go anywhere. I thought I will flash stock recovery through ODIN using the option available in toolbox, it does the same, stuck at waiting message.
Please help.
I have soft-bricked my GS3 - SGH-i747M.
I can still get into the Galaxy S3 Download Mode screen (Pressing VOLUME Down + HOME + POWER button), and am running ODIN3 v3.07.
But I have not been able to restore my backed ROM, nor a couple of "stock" ROMs that I have downloaded.
I ran into trouble trying to get the proper ClockwordMod installed.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks
Start from scratch. Load a image using Odin and re do it all. Root etc
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3
when i soft bricked my phone i just followed this thread and reflashed the stock rooted rom. This method of rooting involves flashing a stock rom with root injected into it so in essence you are just flashing back to stock. No need to wipe data before doing this process (at least in my experience)
The thread also includes the steps to get clockworkmod
success
that got it Florad, thanks much
*HELP* Friend Soft Bricked my phone
Let my self proclaimed tech savy friend borrow my phone for a few days... He decides to root it for me in thanks.
Now, all it is able to do is access the Download Function. No Recovery, instead I get a message saying "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." Kies will not recognize the phone and connect. On boot it shows the SAMSUNG logo and shuts off. Sometimes on boot it just shows an empty battery. LED no longer comes on...
It is a Samsung gs3 sgh-i747m from the MTS Allstream carrier.
I have searched forum after forum to find what to do. Downloaded every Firmware rom from a Canadian provider (except MTS 'cause there just isn't any out there with valid links), tried to flash with Odin3 v3.07 .... no luck. Everything fails.
Phones are not really my language. From what I get he was trying to root:
RecoveryGalaxyS3USCanada.tar
SuperUser.zip
which worked but SuperSU kept crashing so he tired:
Siyah-s3-v1.9.1.tar
which caused the crash. since then I can only imagine what other things he tried in attempts of recovery before giving it back to me to figure out.
As for the few Roms (This one being Telus) I have attempted in hopes to reverse it, this has always been the result in Odin:
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> KIES_HOME_I747MVLALE8_I747MOYBALE8_20120523.225040_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<ID:0/003> Removed!!
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Did you install latest 4.3 firmware. Do you have a line that says Knox in download mode.?
SaHiLzZ said:
Did you install latest 4.3 firmware. Do you have a line that says Knox in download mode.?
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There is nothing saying anything about Knox
Odin Mode
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-I747M
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: YES (15 COUNTS)
CURRENT BINARY: CUSTOM
SYSTEM STATUS: CUSTOM
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
Warranty Bit: 1
BOOTLOADER AP SWERV: 1
SECURE CHECK FAIL: aboot
As for the latest firmware, Im not exactly sure what I am looking for or where to get it. Like I said, not my language.
Wow 15 counts.. awesome!
S it looks like it was on 4.3 at some point of time.
1. You will need to pick a carrier file from here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2543854 , and download it (really slow downloads) and use ODIN to install it.
OR
2. Follow this thread here, it is for Note 2, but same idea applies to your S3 for Emergency firmware recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261153
Good luck and post back, I will suggest #2 as it is not your language..
help v.v
first, im new here and don't know much on how things work, so im sorry if ive caused problems posting this. i rooted my galaxy i747. didn't install clockwork like an idiot and tried to put siyah firmware on my phone. when Odin tried to reboot my phone my phone just shut off and Odin said <something> Removed! except with numbers where i put something. since then ive tried to put normal fiemwares back on and nothing has worked. i even tried the method here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426 and that just failed or froze every time. i don't know what to do. i can try to start my phone. the Samsung white letters pop up then vanish and nothing. sometimes it will get to the galaxy s 3 screen then blackness. im stressed and have been trying to fix this for two days and really need help :crying: :crying:
anyone who can help will be greatly appreciated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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first, im new here and don't know much on how things work, so im sorry if ive caused problems posting this. i rooted my galaxy i747. didn't install clockwork like an idiot and tried to put siyah firmware on my phone. when Odin tried to reboot my phone my phone just shut off and Odin said <something> Removed! except with numbers where i put something. since then ive tried to put normal fiemwares back on and nothing has worked. i even tried the method here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426 and that just failed or froze every time. i don't know what to do. i can try to start my phone. the Samsung white letters pop up then vanish and nothing. sometimes it will get to the galaxy s 3 screen then blackness. im stressed and have been trying to fix this for two days and really need help :crying: :crying:
anyone who can help will be greatly appreciated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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What bootloader was on your phone before flashing? Can you get into download mode?
Hello,
This is my first time posting anything at the xda forum, I have been searching for the solution to my problem but with no luck and that is why I am here. I purchased Sprint Samsung Galaxy S3 two weeks ago and I was able to root it successfully without any problems (flashed CM10). To root it I followed the steps outlined in this post.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sp.../182618-how-root-galaxy-sprint-galaxy-s3.html
In the last few days I noticed the home button on the phone is acting up, so I decided to return it to Sprint and see if I can get a replacement. To do that I had to reflash the original ROM that came with phone for which I had a backup and then unroot the phone.
I tried to flash the original ROM, but I got an error MD5 mismatch, then I used procedure in this post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=714114) to overcome this problem and ROM was flashed just fine. To unroot the phone, I used SuperSU unroot option. All this work and Sprint refused to replace the phone with a new one, although I have insurance. So I decided to keep the my Galaxy S3, it is probably better than a refurbished one.
Now I tried to flash CWM using the same steps that I followed when I first got the phone, using ODIN. But it did not work. Here are the step and the outcome I keep getting.
1) Go to download mode (No problem)
2) Connect the USB
3) ODIN shows yellow box (No Problem)
4) Select PDA and choose clockworkmod.TAR then hit Start. The output messages are:
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> recovery.img
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/003> RQT_CLOSE !!
<ID:0/003> RES OK !!
<ID:0/003> Removed!!
<ID:0/003> Completed..
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)
<ID:0/004> Added!!
5) I get the green box "PASS" and the phone reboots and goes into the stock ROM. Whenever I try to go to recovery I end up in the download mode again.
Other forums and posts suggested that I uncheck the Auto-Reboot and remove the battery to force the phone shutdown when flashing CWM completes. I tried that, but no luck. I searched for posts that discuss similar problem, but could not find a solution.
This is a side question, but related. I have a backup of CM10 ROM that I had before flashing the stock ROM. Is it possible to restore that image using ODIN? Or do I need to have CWM installed first?
Currently the phone is running the stock ROM.
I am sorry for the long post, but I did not want to leave details out.
Thank you for your help.
Are you pressing the proper buttons. I forget which does which but volume up goes to download mode and volume down goes to recovery, but that could be revesered I don't remember.
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Are you pressing the proper buttons. I forget which does which but volume up goes to download mode and volume down goes to recovery, but that could be revesered I don't remember.
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Reversed, vol up to go into recovery. I still rock old school, non-touch recovery.
The Root said:
Reversed, vol up to go into recovery. I still rock old school, non-touch recovery.
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I've just got complacent having the reboot to recovery in my reboot options lol
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Speedin07si said:
I've just got complacent having the reboot to recovery in my reboot options lol
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I don't trust hot reboots of any sort. Lol
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Use odin to flash cwm. Make sure auto reboot is un check. After it passes then remove the battery. Replace the battery back in the device. Do not let it boot up instead use the three finger method. "Vol up, home button, and power button till you get till you see the samsung logo. Up in the left hand corner of the phone it shold have blue letters it says something like starting recover. I think. Never read the words. But then flash super user. Or if you are going to flash cm10. Then just wipe like you normally would then flash.
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I used http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1963812 to root. It takes 30 seconds if you follow the instructions to a T.
However this does not install a recovery. After you are rooted you can download goomanager and install TWRP or download ROM Manager and install CWM.
This method is by far the quickest and easiest.
Wow, what stupid mistake I did. You guys are right, I was pushing the volume down instead of up, although I was trying to read instructions carefully, but I was not careful enough.
The bad news restoring the CM10 images I backed up before failed (error restoring system), so I did clean install for CM10 and I followed updated instruction for rooting the Galaxy S3 (XDA prevented me from posting the link).
Anyway, thank you all for the help.
The title really says it all...I am trying to wipe my phone to put on wicked 9.1 and try some new kernels, but every time I go into recovery and tell it to do a factory reset/wipe, the phone goes on like it is gong to wipe but then about five seconds in, it just reboots. Hours right back into the normal boot procedure and boots up fine like I never told it to wipe.
still pretty new to all of this, I mean I got clockwork recovery on and have learned to flat kernels kitchens and roms, but that's about it. I've never had a problem like this before, but I can't figure out what to do to wipe my phone.
IHave also tried just installing the new room and telling the installer to wipe, but then it just reboots when it gets to that point.
Is there a different way to wipe the phone? I don't want to lose my personal data such s photos calender etc, I understand I'll lost sms longer normal but I back those up so that is ok
Any help for a kind of newbie?
on advance
Also have tried going to Mount/format partition on recovery and manually formatting the data partition...same thing phone just reboots after a couple seconds and acts like I did nothing at all to it
If I was too go to factory reset in the settings menu while the phone is booted up normally what would happen? It scares me cuz it looks like it would kill everything
Oh and I screwed up and accidentally deleted my nandroid backup...yea I'm dumb
Download goo manager.
Hit menu.
Choose "install open recovery script".
Verify it has identified your device correctly.
Let it download and install TWRP.
Reboot into recovery.
Make backup using TWRP.
???
Profit.
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asaqwert said:
The title really says it all...I am trying to wipe my phone to put on wicked 9.1 and try some new kernels, but every time I go into recovery and tell it to do a factory reset/wipe, the phone goes on like it is gong to wipe but then about five seconds in, it just reboots. Hours right back into the normal boot procedure and boots up fine like I never told it to wipe.
still pretty new to all of this, I mean I got clockwork recovery on and have learned to flat kernels kitchens and roms, but that's about it. I've never had a problem like this before, but I can't figure out what to do to wipe my phone.
IHave also tried just installing the new room and telling the installer to wipe, but then it just reboots when it gets to that point.
Is there a different way to wipe the phone? I don't want to lose my personal data such s photos calender etc, I understand I'll lost sms longer normal but I back those up so that is ok
Any help for a kind of newbie?
on advance
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Here is the best and most surest way to get your phone ready to flash the "Wicked 9.1" or any other custom rom.
(You made a good choice of wanting to flash the Wicked 9.1 rom, it's the best custom rom currently available for our phones.)
Since the recovery mode (wipe) is not functioning properly you will need to Odin flash the stock rooted rom
before flashing any of the custom roms.
By doing the following you will NOT loose any pictures, videos or emails
and you will not loose anything which is on the internal or external sdcard.
You will as you said loose sms UNLESS you go to the play store and download sms backup/restore app.
Here is a link for the SMS backup restore app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...estore&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
If you already have a backup/restore app like Titanium backup I would advise to backup all your apps first.
That way you will be able to restore the backup/restore sms app but you will be able to restore all your other
apps too after flashing the wicked rom.
After you backed up the sms using this app and after you have flashed the wicked rom you will need to
re-download this backup/restore sms app from the play store in order to restore your sms after you have
flashed the wicked rom.
This step by step is the best, most reliable and cleanest way to restore your phone to a stock rooted T999
and will get the phone ready for the new custom wicked rom to be flashed without any further problems.
Here is the step by step guide:
After you have followed these instructions your phone will be in the same condition
as it was the day you purchased it except for the benefit of being rooted.
Download the stock-rooted T999 firmware: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390169635556426451
After downloading it make a folder on your desktop and unzip the file
using Winzip or 7zip so the .TAR file is in the new folder you just made.
Download ODIN it's required for flashing the stock rooted firmware (a windows app) http://d-h.st/Q14
After it's downloaded extract Odin into the same folder you made containing the T999 TAR file.
Download the stock-rooted Odin flash firmware for the T999 Tmobile Galaxy S3
Run Odin by double clicking the Odin.exe within the same folder as the TAR file you extracted
Turn off your phone and boot into DOWNLOAD MODE (Volume Down + Home + Power Hold until phone powers up, then release and press Volume Up to enter Download Mode)
Once in Download Mode, connect the USB/Charger cable to the phone and plug into the USB port on your computer.
You should now see a COM** port listed toward the top-left of Odin (under ID:COM)
Click on the PDA button in the middle-right area of Odin.
Browse to and select the firmware you downloaded (TAR file)
Make sure Auto-Reboot and F. Reset Time are the only options checked and that PDA is the only other thing checked.
TRIPLE CHECK your settings and that you have selected the correct firmware for your model phone and are using the correct options.
If you are using a laptop, make absolutely sure you are plugged in, or if on battery, that it is charged enough and will not go into sleep mode during flash.
Click Start to begin the flash. This will take a while, so be patient!
Once complete, in the top-left box in Odin, it will say PASS and the phone should have automatically rebooted.
You may unplug the phone and close Odin if you wish.
Wait at least 5-10 minutes for the system to boot the first time and then build its cache! (It may seem to hang during boot, this is normal and you must be patient!!!)
Good Luck!
Didn't work at all...I'm fact, now I can't even boot into recovery it just reboots after a few seconds at the teamwin screen....
Also before I did this last thing with goo manager, I tried fixing permissions and the same thing happened it just reboots a few seconds after telling it to fix permissions in recovery
I'm really worried...I can't even get into recovery and I'm scared I'm gong to have a broken phone here shortly
Even worse my phone is my only internet connection right now
Misterjunky said:
Here is the best and most surest way to get your phone ready to flash the "Wicked 9.1" or any other custom rom.
(You made a good choice of wanting to flash the Wicked 9.1 rom, it's the best custom rom currently available for our phones.)
Since the recovery mode (wipe) is not functioning properly you will need to Odin flash the stock rooted rom
before flashing any of the custom roms.
By doing the following you will NOT loose any pictures, videos or emails
and you will not loose anything which is on the internal or external sdcard.
You will as you said loose sms UNLESS you go to the play store and download sms backup/restore app.
Here is a link for the SMS backup restore app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...estore&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
After you backed up the sms using this app and after you have flashed the wicked rom you will need to
re-download this backup/restore sms app from the play store in order to restore your sms after you have
flashed the wicked rom.
This step by step is the best, most reliable and cleanest way to restore your phone to a stock rooted T999
and will get the phone ready for the new custom wicked rom to be flashed without any further problems.
Here is the step by step guide:
After you have followed these instructions your phone will be in the same condition
as it was the day you purchased it except for the benefit of being rooted.
Download the stock-rooted T999 firmware: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390169635556426451
After downloading it make a folder on your desktop and unzip the file
using Winzip or 7zip so the .TAR file is in the new folder you just made.
Download ODIN it's required for flashing the stock rooted firmware (a windows app) http://d-h.st/Q14
After it's downloaded extract Odin into the same folder you made containing the T999 TAR file.
Download the stock-rooted Odin flash firmware for the T999 Tmobile Galaxy S3
Run Odin by double clicking the Odin.exe within the same folder as the TAR file you extracted
Turn off your phone and boot into DOWNLOAD MODE (Volume Down + Home + Power Hold until phone powers up, then release and press Volume Up to enter Download Mode)
Once in Download Mode, connect the USB/Charger cable to the phone and plug into the USB port on your computer.
You should now see a COM** port listed toward the top-left of Odin (under ID:COM)
Click on the PDA button in the middle-right area of Odin.
Browse to and select the firmware you downloaded (TAR file)
Make sure Auto-Reboot and F. Reset Time are the only options checked and that PDA is the only other thing checked.
TRIPLE CHECK your settings and that you have selected the correct firmware for your model phone and are using the correct options.
If you are using a laptop, make absolutely sure you are plugged in, or if on battery, that it is charged enough and will not go into sleep mode during flash.
Click Start to begin the flash. This will take a while, so be patient!
Once complete, in the top-left box in Odin, it will say PASS and the phone should have automatically rebooted.
You may unplug the phone and close Odin if you wish.
Wait at least 5-10 minutes for the system to boot the first time and then build its cache! (It may seem to hang during boot, this is normal and you must be patient!!!)
Good Luck!
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thanks so much!!! by saying it didn't work at all, i meant the goo manager thing... i am just going to start trying what you've said here now...
thank you SO much, this is what forums should be about... thank you for not telling me to go search or stuff like that, cuz i didn't know what to search for or what i could even try at this point, and i don't want to risk ruining a phone i can't afford to replace!!
thanks again
will update on the results....
also what recovery is the best one currently? would you recommend the one that is installed by GooManager or should i go back to clockwork mod recovery? or the TWRP or whatever is it called?? just don't know enough about what is current... am a single daddy now and can't really afford that much time to muck about with my phone.... basically i take a night every couple of weeks to find out if there is a new ROM or Kernel that i could benefit from but i just can't seem to make/find the time to keep up to date on everything.....
thanks again!
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asaqwert said:
also what recovery is the best one currently? would you recommend the one that is installed by GooManager or should i go back to clockwork mod recovery? or the TWRP or whatever is it called?? just don't know enough about what is current... am a single daddy now and can't really afford that much time to muck about with my phone.... basically i take a night every couple of weeks to find out if there is a new ROM or Kernel that i could benefit from but i just can't seem to make/find the time to keep up to date on everything.....
thanks again!
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I have used both CWM and TWRP (goomanager) and TWRP for me is the best.
If I were you I would not mess with any kernels until you get a better understanding
about customizing your phone, flashing, adding mods, what kernels do and why many
people like to change the stock kernels to custom kernels.
I have tried all the custom kernels and I cannot see the purpose of doing so.
With custom kernels you can make the phone respond faster but then you
sacrifice battery life, if you want better battery life you can adjust these kernels
so they use less battery power but then you sacrifice the phone's responsiveness.
I think that the manufacturer of the phone got it just about right with the stock kernel.
A good balance between speed and battery consumption.
Good Luck!
OH MY GOD... what the hell do i do... i'm getting so choked here now...
tried ODIN, wouldn't work... it gave me the following output:
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> root66_TMO_T999UVDLJA.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/004> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/004> FAIL! (Auth)
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
what do i do??? it won't let me do anything... i'm just freaking right out now...
whenever it tries to do anything with the data partition it seems to just force reboot.,..
any ideas? please help me here...
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asaqwert said:
OH MY GOD... what the hell do i do... i'm getting so choked here now...
tried ODIN, wouldn't work... it gave me the following output:
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> root66_TMO_T999UVDLJA.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/004> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/004> FAIL! (Auth)
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
what do i do??? it won't let me do anything... i'm just freaking right out now...
whenever it tries to do anything with the data partition it seems to just force reboot.,..
any ideas? please help me here...
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Try this, do the same thing you done before but instead of using the stock rooted firmware
try this one: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390169635556426424
This is the 100% stock firmware WITHOUT root.
The firmware is identical to what all the T999 phones came with from Samsung.
If this flashes successfully you will need to ROOT the phone before you do anything else.
Right now your phone is in the same condition as it was before trying to flash the stock rooted firmware.
Good Luck.
sorry for the freak out post, i just actually AM freaking out.... when i was mucking about with ODIN i realized i had used it before with the SGS3 toolkit for snapdragon v2.1, so i figured maybe i could try to put a stock rom on that way, well all i could get on was a stock recovery, then i put on a CWM recovery using the toolkit and ODIN, and for whatever reason, that recovery will only read my external SD card and not my internal one, and will only let me flash off that... some how, and thankfully, i had a FreeGS3 7.1 rom on there that i was able to flash, as it wouldn't boot up at all after the failure with ODIN... now i got it booting into FreeGS3 7.1 but it is acting really odd... slower than anything, it's slower than my old HTC maple was, feels like an old phone on froyo or something....
so any other idaes? thanks for the help so far
p.s. about the kernels, i've had pretty good luck up until now with sticking with kernels by some of the really experienced devs, like morphic and faux123, and the biggest reason i want to muck about with them is so that i can undervolt my phone, and get a little longer battery life.... i can deal with a LITTLE bit of a loss of performance, as i rarely do much more than browse the web, text, email, and call on my phone, maybe read the news on the BBC app, and do other stuff like that, but no gaming ever, and don't watch much for video on it either, so i really can't tell the difference in speed too much if i have it set up for slightly better battery life
but at this point, i honestly just want it to work again! i just want to be able to wipe it and start from square one! i don't think i could even bring it back to the store for a warranty because they're going to obviously see that i had a different ROM on it than stock
Misterjunky said:
Try this, do the same thing you done before but instead of using the stock rooted firmware
try this one: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390169635556426424
This is the 100% stock firmware WITHOUT root.
The firmware is identical to what all the T999 phones came with from Samsung.
If this flashes successfully you will need to ROOT the phone before you do anything else.
Right now your phone is in the same condition as it was before flashing the stock rooted firmware.
Good Luck.
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before i do this, i'm just wondering if you have any idea why it might be acting this way? i just feel like i'm going to have the same kind of trouble i just had with this rom, as it was obviously having issues with wiping the data partition and/or another area.... i just don't want to muck about too much and end up with a brick... so any ideas why it is doing this and if there is just simply some sort of command i can use to force it to do a wipe, using ODIN or the toolkit, or something else? if so, i'd need some help getting it right, thats for sure
i also am using my phone to tether my computer, as we don't have internet at home for this month, so i really kind of need to know if something SHOULD work or if it is just a shot in the dark, beause if it is a shot in the dark and it fails and i can't get my phone booted again, then i can't even get on the net to post info and get more help.... i'll be screwed and i just realized that my boss wanted to call me in the morning, i thought he was calling friday morning not tomrw
asaqwert said:
before i do this, i'm just wondering if you have any idea why it might be acting this way? i just feel like i'm going to have the same kind of trouble i just had with this rom, as it was obviously having issues with wiping the data partition and/or another area.... i just don't want to muck about too much and end up with a brick... so any ideas why it is doing this and if there is just simply some sort of command i can use to force it to do a wipe, using ODIN or the toolkit, or something else? if so, i'd need some help getting it right, thats for sure
i also am using my phone to tether my computer, as we don't have internet at home for this month, so i really kind of need to know if something SHOULD work or if it is just a shot in the dark, beause if it is a shot in the dark and it fails and i can't get my phone booted again, then i can't even get on the net to post info and get more help.... i'll be screwed and i just realized that my boss wanted to call me in the morning, i thought he was calling friday morning not tomrw
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The only thing I can think of right now is that you tried to flash some custom kernel or rom which
was not compatible with the phone if this is the case then that's what started the problem.
If the above is true then I would try to flash the STOCK kernel without trying to WIPE anything.
Here is the STOCK kernel you can flash in TWRP or CWM: http://dl.xda-developers.com/attach.../51821620/1/4/3/4/1/6/1/T999UVALH2-Kernel.zip
Try flashing this stock kernel first, if it does not help I would go ahead and ODIN flash the un-rooted stock firmware.
As long as you can get into download mode your phone is NOT bricked.
Good luck!
Did you try verifying the checksum?
First, yea checksum is all good
, that kernel won't download it just says error 410 - gone
other links?
,Honestly, I don't feel it is anything to do with the kernel...I think that something has changed some setting to do with the data partition or something
you do a factory reset/ wipe, what exactly does the phone wipe? Can I do this manually with adb or something? If so, how? Sorry to ask for this kind of help but I'm at my wits end, I'm honestly just about to lose it, the other reason I wanted to flash wicked 9.1 is that my phone was getting slow and unusable something was going on with it....I'm honestly almost in tears with this as I can't afford to buy anything right now and I need my phone to work for work, or I can't make ANY money, so right now I'm screwed. I've never had anything even similar to this happen before
Please help me get this back to working....as it is it is unusable and laggy to they point where I can't do much of anything....I'm actually at Tim Horton's on their Wi-Fi with my laptop trying to get it to work because my phone is so messed up
Factory reset wipes your data partition. And I guess some other things. What was it you tried to Odin? Was it stock UVDLJC? Try both Odin versions in my signature, as some people have had issues with the newer one.
I recommend trying that. Because if that doesn't work, my money is on hardware failure.
Aerowinder said:
Factory reset wipes your data partition. And I guess some other things. What was it you tried to Odin? Was it stock UVDLJC? Try both Odin versions in my signature, as some people have had issues with the newer one.
I recommend trying that. Because if that doesn't work, my money is on hardware failure.
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Well I'm trying to flash basically anything that might help me be able to wipe my phone so that I can either go back to stock and warranty the phone if there are legit problems with the hardware, or what is more likely is that there is just some file that got corrupted and is forcing the phone to reboot when I try to wipe. In that car I just want to be able to wipe and install wicked 9.1.
Dos anyone have a working link to the stock kernel? The link provided above does not work
And are there any other ideas? I just find it hard to believe that there is a hardware failure when the phone has been working fine, just getting a little laggy, and honestly I just wanted to upgrade to the new wicked Rom....I just find it very hard to imagine that a hardware issue is causing me to not be able to wipe but I can still use the phone normally in every other way
Again, is there a way to manually wipe using adb ro some other program? If so how, and what exactly do I wipe and what do I leave alone? I've managed to copy everything I want to save over from my phone so I should be ok to format whatever I need to
Please help! And thanks again and thanks in advance
Oh and by ghee way Odin will let me flash a new recovery, it is only when I try to flash one of the two stock roms that were linked above that it errors out....I haven't tried anything else with Odin yet, not really sure how
I flash a normal Rom file with Odin? How so?
Aerowinder said:
Factory reset wipes your data partition. And I guess some other things. What was it you tried to Odin? Was it stock UVDLJC? Try both Odin versions in my signature, as some people have had issues with the newer one.
I recommend trying that. Because if that doesn't work, my money is on hardware failure.
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oh and when i go to the link for the older version of odin that is in your sig, it says that it can't find it....any help there?
this is what i got with the Odin 1.85 that i got from your sig... i got it working, was something in my hosts file blocking access to the site... my bad there
<ID:0/005> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> root66_TMO_T999UVDLJA.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/005> Initialzation..
<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/005> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/005> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/005>
<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
any ideas?
also, on the phone screen itself, it says the following:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-T999V
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: Yes (5 Counts)
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
SECURE CHECK FAIL: aboot
so any ideas what the crap is going on?
So do you have a t999 or a t999v?
You can access the proper t999v firmware from my signature.
Had stock AT&T SGH-I747 at Android 4.2.2 rooted with chainfire working fine. Today an update installed automatically and now I'm dead.
At first, it would show the Samsung logo and maybe another, then just go black.
Now normal booting, or attempting to boot into recovery gives: "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
If attempt to boot into download mode, it succeeds. But everything will end up with "FAIL!" in Odin and show "fused 3 > binary 0" on the phone. I've tried multiple Odins: v3.10.6, 3.09, 3.07 and multiple recoveries (Clockwork 6.0.4.7, etc.) and stock ROMS (UCALG1, UCDLK3).
Even Kies "Firmware Upgrade and Initialiasion" option, where you enter in SGH-I747 and the serial number will go through all the motions and then fail, with the same "fused" message showing on the phone.
Grendelin had the most similar situation (I can't post external links yet, but you can get to it at http:__androidforums.comthreads_at-t-gs3-at-t-issues-after-downloading-newest-update.860382_ by replacing _'s with /'s) as me but the difference is that he was able to flash a recovery image which led to further restoration.
Please help. If it's not possible to recover this, I would just like to get a couple years' worth of pictures from /sdcard/DCIM/*.
When you boot into download mode, do you see anything about warranty bit?
You could try and flash TWRP using Odin, then boot to TWRP and mount the data partition to see if you can copy the data from the phone to your computer.
audit13 said:
When you boot into download mode, do you see anything about warranty bit? You could try and flash TWRP using Odin, then boot to TWRP and mount the data partition to see if you can copy the data from the phone to your computer.
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I tried TWRP (specifically twrp-2.8.7.0-d2att.img.tar) using Odin and it gave all the usual signals that it's working before the box turns red and it says "FAIL!" on it. Here's its log in case it's useful:
Code:
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1005)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialization..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> SingleDownload
<ID:0/003> recovery.img
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
Yes download mode does mention the waranty bit. Here's the full text:
Code:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-I747
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
Warranty Bit: 1
BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 3
Are you using version 3.07 of Odin? Did you uncheck everythign except f.reset time before flashing?
What about flashing Philz Touch for the d2lte? I was suggesting TWRP because you may be able to re-flash a rooted nj1 system and boot img.
I asked about warranty bit to make sure that the phone was running a 4.3 or newer bootloader. As you may know, the 4.3 bootloader cannot be downgraded so you can't flash anything from sammobile.
Yes, 3.07, and there were only two things checked, "F. Reset Time" and "Auto Reboot". At your suggestion I unchecked the latter but it appeared to have no effect on the flashing success.
Can't get to philz's dev files at the moment since his page at goo.im is down.
I don't understand what is meant by 4.3 bootloader. Isn't 4.3 referring to the Android version? While Android lists the bootloader version in its properties, Android in principle shouldn't be concerned about what lower level, hardware specific bootloader brought it up, should it?
I really need my phone back
dreamluvr said:
Yes, 3.07, and there were only two things checked, "F. Reset Time" and "Auto Reboot". At your suggestion I unchecked the latter but it appeared to have no effect on the flashing success.
Can't get to philz's dev files at the moment since his page at goo.im is down.
I don't understand what is meant by 4.3 bootloader. Isn't 4.3 referring to the Android version? While Android lists the bootloader version in its properties, Android in principle shouldn't be concerned about what lower level, hardware specific bootloader brought it up, should it?
I really need my phone back
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I really hate to tell you this but I don't think your going to get this fixed yourself. If Odin is failing like that your probably going to need a debricking service that can flash your emmc directly. If you can get a recovery back on then you'll be fine cause you can then flash firmware to repair the damage the OTA did. Keep trying I guess but ultimately you'll probably need the debricking service.
When bootloaders are refered to as 4.3 or 4.4.2 is just referring it to the OS version they came with in the OTA. And while on a pc this is true windows isn't dependent on the lower lever firmware, Android kinda is... least the OEM's have made it that way.
Most people say that if you can reach download mode then you're OK. I can't believe this ****ing phone is just going to sit here and reject everything that's sent to it. In some cases I'm sending it stock stuff.
It's bull**** that AT&T can just impose their updates like this. Yes I had modifications that probably interfered with their intended update, but they obviously exercised no caution, not checking that everything was in their expected state before overwriting.
I'm upset that I supported a gimped device, one that's cryptographically preventing user modifications when it's user paid for.
Is there no hope in simply making a disc image, mounting it, and recovering /sdcard/DCIM ?
I had a similar problem a week ago. I got this i747 and decided to wipe it using kies. I didn't know about the boot loader problem after the kitkat OTA upgrade. So I had a soft brick like you. I ran into the same problems using Odin to flash the twrp tar and various other images. What I decided to do was flash twrp multiple time using odin. But during one of the reboots I think I removed the cable and put it back (maybe even pulled the battery?) in time for odin to check and say it was successful. Then i had a semi-functional twrp to flash the rooted ucfnj1 image from the i747 dev forum. I still have root issues, but my phone works.
bump before I mail it off to unbrick service
looking for any ideas
short summary: canNOT boot into recovery, CAN boot into download, but Odin always fails and phone says "fused 3 > binary 0"
EDIT (Sept 8, 2015): I used mipick22's JTAG services on ebay and he fixed it. Good price, good communication, etc. Says he's a member on here but didn't give his username.