I searched but seems like everyone else has a slightly different situation than I do and I don't want to screw my phone up any more.
I picked up a Galaxy S5 and wanted to give my Galaxy S3 to my mom.
(This next process happened almost a month ago, so I forgot many of the useful details, I'm really sorry about that)
I don't remember which ROM I was running, I'm fairly certain it was CM10 that hasn't been updated in almost a year. I ended up rebooting and flashing a stock rom that I had backed up on my computer. I flashed it and I got a weird message. The phone wouldn't boot to the ROM and kept going to the home screen. I tried a different stock ROM that I got online, got the same issue, so I tried another source's stock ROM. I got a weird error, phone shut down, and wouldn't power back up.
It would vibrate once when I held the power button, but it didn't do ANYTHING else. I tried doing the power+volume down trick, vibrated twice, did nothing more than that. I got fed up, took the battery out and the memory card, and let it sit in a drawer.
At this moment the only thing the phone does is a short vibration when I do either the power button or power button + volume down.
Today I decided to try to recover it and saw something about a USB Jig I can buy on eBay that may help.
Is this something that may work or is my phone permanently bricked? If the Jig does work, where should I get the stock ROM for this phone, and if it matters, how do I know which stock ROM to install?
It's an AT&T Galaxy S3 16gb model.
here is a thread for stock ROMs.
do you know your bootloader and baseband version?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2939781
"all i can really do , is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"
mrrocketdog said:
here is a thread for stock ROMs.
do you know your bootloader and baseband version?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2939781
"all i can really do , is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"
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I don't know any of that.
Also what's the difference between MJ2, LK3, LG1, and LEM?
Sounds like you flashed an incorrect ROM and/or bootloader onto your phone.
The bootloader is important because if you have the mjb and newer bootloader, flashing an older bootloader will brick the phone.
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Sounds like you flashed an incorrect ROM and/or bootloader onto your phone.
The bootloader is important because if you have the mjb and newer bootloader, flashing an older bootloader will brick the phone.
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I can see me flashing the wrong rom, but is the bootloader attached to the rom package?
If the bootloader is ****ed, will the jig work for me or am I out of luck?
Where did you get the last ROM you flashed? Provide a link if you can.
Have a look at the debrick thread as it may be helpful if your phone can't get into download mode. The jig may or may not help but it's good to have one for Samsung phones.
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Where did you get the last ROM you flashed? Provide a link if you can.
Have a look at the debrick thread as it may be helpful if your phone can't get into download mode. The jig may or may not help but it's good to have one for Samsung phones.
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I honestly have no clue, the only rom I could find in my downloads folder on my computer that I can't identify as a custom rom is "pac_d2lte", and I remember the d2lte part throwing me off even though thats what a few sites said to download.
The Jig worked, btw, I'm at the download screen with the phone plugged into my pc, should my PC be showing it as an external device? Cause it doesn't show it in "My Computer".
Can I just take an SGH-I747 rom off this page and flash it with ODIN?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33570269#post33570269
I would not flash any stock rom until you know the bootloader version on your phone.
Since you can get into download mode, flash philz touch recovery for the d2lte and flash a custom rom such as cm11 onto your phone to at least get it booted so you can confirm the bootloader and baseband.
netchemica said:
Can I just take an SGH-I747 rom off this page and flash it with ODIN?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33570269#post33570269
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I actually just did just that. It seemed to restore my phone to working condition. It seemed a little buggy during set up, but I don't know if it's because I was running it without a sim card or not. So far it looks like it's running just fine.
In other words, this is what I did (in case someone has the same problem and stumbles across this thread):
Purchased a Samsung Galaxy Jig from Amazon
Downloaded one of the LK3 ROMs from this thread
Downloaded Odin 307
Connected the Jig to my phone to allow it to boot to download mode
Once in download mode I unplugged the Jig and plugged the phone into my PC
I launched Odin and it found my phone right off the bat.
With the settings "Auto Reboot", "F. Reset Time", and "PDA" checked, I clicked on PDA and selected the ROM I just downloaded.
I clicked start, Odin did its magic, and my phone rebooted to the setup screen
audit13 said:
I would not flash any stock rom until you know the bootloader version on your phone.
Since you can get into download mode, flash philz touch recovery for the d2lte and flash a custom rom such as cm11 onto your phone to at least get it booted so you can confirm the bootloader and baseband.
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I didn't see your post before I flashed. I took a gamble and it seems to have worked.
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I downloaded the Jedi Mind Trick JB 2 ROM and installed it via clocwork mod recovery .. That went fine but it took me a few days to realize I didnt have a working video camera anymore on my phone.. so I thought to flash a stock ROOTed rom instead...
Then I found this threat about an updated version of Jedi Mind Trick's ROM labled JB 3.. So I wiped as much as I could in recovery and chose to format all the options it gave me in recover , Format system , data , cache , emms(or something) .. and now when I boot the phone , it shows the first flash screen , and the samsung logo starts to shimmer then it reboots back to the splash screen and repeats this process everal times before just going black and sitting there..
So I've successfully bootlooped my phone doing this..
MY PROBLEM -- I don't know how to charge my phone or connect to it to install anything else..
Is this a serious problem? How can I charge my phone to continue troubleshooting it? It still has some battery to try some things but I don't know how to hook it up to transfer any other roms to it via USB cable and PC in it's current state..
I'm very computer savvy but I'm trying to learn this phone modding stuff and I realy hope I didn't brick my phone in this process.
Can someone please help me out here? I'll be on the forums religiously until I figure this out.
What should I start doing first??
Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks!
still working at it
I think I'm at the point of having to use ODIN to flash a new rom since i cannot simply copy this rom to the sdcard to use clockwork to flash it .. Am I correct on this ?
For some reason this rom I found (should be stock rooted tmobile gSII rom) does not want to open from ODIN's PDA button cause its in .zip and not .tar or anything... I'm not sure how to flash this rom with ODIN ( I'm not even 100% sure this is how its supposed to go) Any suggestions ?
phew
UPDATE - So I managed to research enough to find out that there is no way to flash a CUSTOM rom with ODIN.. SO I had to download a stock (presumably rooted) t-mobile rom and flash THAT ...
Now I'm back up with a rooted rom and will begin re-installing clockwork and then my custom deodexed rooted rom afterward.
Thanks for all who almost kinda tried to care to reply in this past 2 hours =) -- As previously mentioned.. I am a nerd.. I just suck at phone modding. Haha
So , looks like I'm in the clear now and don't need any more support on this particular topic yet.
zarklon said:
UPDATE - So I managed to research enough to find out that there is no way to flash a CUSTOM rom with ODIN.. SO I had to download a stock (presumably rooted) t-mobile rom and flash THAT ...
Now I'm back up with a rooted rom and will begin re-installing clockwork and then my custom deodexed rooted rom afterward.
Thanks for all who almost kinda tried to care to reply in this past 2 hours =) -- As previously mentioned.. I am a nerd.. I just suck at phone modding. Haha
So , looks like I'm in the clear now and don't need any more support on this particular topic yet.
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Is this true? Through a recommendation (haven't done anything to my phone from rooting/flashing KANGSJUGGERNAUT2 years ago), I tried to flash CM10 and ended up with a bootloop myself. Tried flashing through ODIN but it kept crashing; does anyone know why?
Afterward, I tried to reflash it through CWM and from then on bootloops into a installation process that never completes.
For some reason my CWM turned super slow, freezes/hangs and reboots after a few minutes.
I gave the phone to a friend who does this stuff on the regular but he said my initial flash wasn't complete cause in download mode says I'm still running official? No clue.
I was told this via email/chat: "No luck, it won't even boot anymore, I think I'll just bring it back tmrw morn
10:43 PM
Sorry I'm at a wedding (yea I know random) I left my phone with coat check
OK I've narrowed down the reason but not the solution, you had an AOKP based ROM which fundamentally is based on CyanogenMod, but it wasn't correctly flashed as the phone still thought it has factory ROMs still running
11:10 PM
Clockworkmod(even though it was working before) wasn't accessing the partitions of the phone correctly so it wasn't properly wiping or flashing properly.
11:12 PM
So basically from the first time you flashed cwm it didn't flash properly then the next time you flashed using the new recovery it didn't flash anything it was supposed to do itself properly , so basically it was a chain of events in addition to a bad boot loader, that's why it never went to recovery or download mode correctly
11:13 PM
That's something that had to do with the way the phone was built meaning you may of had a bad bootloader from the very begin and are now feeling the synptoms
Basically, and I would hate to be the reason or partially the reason you have a dead phone, basically it was a matter of coincedencr that it happened as this could of happened at anytime, once you have a bad boot loader its pretty much down hill from there"
Any helpful insight as how I can rectify this? is my phone truly dead? Sorry about the quoted format, it was copied and pasted.
If I were in your boat, I'd use Odin and flash the stock 4.1.2 ROM.
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tronmech said:
If I were in your boat, I'd use Odin and flash the stock 4.1.2 ROM.
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The phone won't turn on, unable to go into recovery and download mode; plugged in usb (hear connection beep but pressing power button plays disconnect button) to no avail. What can I do to unbrick?
Stock 4.1.2? Possible over a hardbricked T989 with old 2.3.6?
JahJahLoO said:
The phone won't turn on, unable to go into recovery and download mode; plugged in usb (hear connection beep but pressing power button plays disconnect button) to no avail. What can I do to unbrick?
Stock 4.1.2? Possible over a hardbricked T989 with old 2.3.6?
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sorry but i have to assume that you are not doing the 3 button recovery or download mode right.
Pull battery, put battery back in, hold power button & Vol +/- untill you see SAMSUNG on the screen ---> let go off power button(keep holding
Vol +/- button) .....u will see recovery. (assuming you did flash cwm before).
Let me know.
hit thanks.
sam.balia1012 said:
sorry but i have to assume that you are not doing the 3 button recovery or download mode right.
Pull battery, put battery back in, hold power button & Vol +/- untill you see SAMSUNG on the screen ---> let go off power button(keep holding
Vol +/- button) .....u will see recovery. (assuming you did flash cwm before).
Let me know.
hit thanks.
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I believe I am doing it correct, I have been entering recovery and download mode many times, right before I soft bricked it.
And sorry, no, I've tried many times, many methods and my phone is confirmed as entirely hard bricked.
SUPAR SAD, but thank you!
dont give up
JahJahLoO said:
I believe I am doing it correct, I have been entering recovery and download mode many times, right before I soft bricked it.
And sorry, no, I've tried many times, many methods and my phone is confirmed as entirely hard bricked.
SUPAR SAD, but thank you!
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you can try using adb and put the phone in dl mode.
sometimes its as easy as pull battery and wait awhile (20 min or more) and try again.
if you've exhausted all possibilities, you can use a jig to force a dl mode.
let me know
sam.balia1012 said:
you can try using adb and put the phone in dl mode.
sometimes its as easy as pull battery and wait awhile (20 min or more) and try again.
if you've exhausted all possibilities, you can use a jig to force a dl mode.
let me know
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I don't know what adb is, or how to use it; I have, however seen my friend RDP to my desktop and do something and used the term 'adb' in his attempt to code through the phone.
I've done that battery waiting period, for nearly an hour and still no result.
After doing some researching, I have found that many people have stated a USB JIG would not be applicable to a 'hard bricked' phone. I really wanted to try as it looked like the most, simple and inexpensive solution.
JahJahLoO said:
I don't know what adb is, or how to use it; I have, however seen my friend RDP to my desktop and do something and used the term 'adb' in his attempt to code through the phone.
I've done that battery waiting period, for nearly an hour and still no result.
After doing some researching, I have found that many people have stated a USB JIG would not be applicable to a 'hard bricked' phone. I really wanted to try as it looked like the most, simple and inexpensive solution.
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If you know for a fact that you bricked your s2, maybe wrong rom or kernel that u flashed by accident then.....
contact these guys.... http://brickedmyphone.com/contact-me/
good like and click thanks if you agree.
sam.balia1012 said:
If you know for a fact that you bricked your s2, maybe wrong rom or kernel that u flashed by accident then.....
contact these guys.... http://brickedmyphone.com/contact-me/
good like and click thanks if you agree.
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Lols, you're really fishing for them "Thanks"; you got it buddy. Very swift responses. :cyclops:
Anyway, I'm still searching the net for anymore possible solutions.
Thanks.
JahJahLoO said:
Lols, you're really fishing for them "Thanks"; you got it buddy. Very swift responses. :cyclops:
Anyway, I'm still searching the net for anymore possible solutions.
Thanks.
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fishing for them ???????
what the hell does that even mean? it seems that brick did hit u in the head!!!
sam.balia1012 said:
fishing for them ???????
what the hell does that even mean? it seems that brick did hit u in the head!!!
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It might as well have... :crying:
I upgraded to 4.3 stock. Then rooted, then upgraded to 4.4.2 custom.
Then decide to get back to 4.3. By a mistake i restored in ODIN to 4.1.1 (stupid me)
After restore, phone won't boot. Actually I cannot do anything......except for going into download mode, where I got "knox warranty void:1". And that is it! Nothing else can be done........i cannot even boot into recovery............
Any help??? Or should i toss it against the wall??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2581321
HOW-TO Downgrade from 4.3 OFFICIAL MK6 to LJ2 4.1.1
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Jspex said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2581321
HOW-TO Downgrade from 4.3 OFFICIAL MK6 to LJ2 4.1.1
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TY!! I did that already..........and STILL cannot boot into recovery AFTER this.... any idea???
Your profile says Verizon. This stuff is for at&t.
But you can reinstall TWRP if you can get in download mode.
rangercaptain said:
Your profile says Verizon. This stuff is for at&t.
But you can reinstall TWRP if you can get in download mode.
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VERIZON?? Oops!! That was years ago.....forgot to change it. Sorry.
And yes, i did install recovery via odin. But i cannot boot into recovery.....
Home+volume up and hold in power until you see first screen, then let go of power but contine to hold in home+volume up until you see TWRP screen.
Otherwise, use "adb reboot recovery" command.
rangercaptain said:
Home+volume up and hold in power until you see first screen, then let go of power but contine to hold in home+volume up until you see TWRP screen.
Otherwise, use "adb reboot recovery" command.
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Unfortunately, device list is empty.... got drivers installed.
Powered usb port stock cable correct pc directory?
rangercaptain said:
Powered usb port stock cable correct pc directory?
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Yup.
Mine is doing the exact same thing. Wont show up in adb and wont boot in recovery, but can get in download, flashed twrp through odin and still cant get into recovery
There is some procedure that forces recovery that involves taking out the battery at a certain point during bootup, but I don't know it. Maybe start a new question thread about that?
Try flashing the 4.1.1 firmware from sammobile. it is the older of the 2 from att and it does not show a version number on the Sammobile site. Then flash root/cwm all through odin. Then do the battery pull trick to recovery. You may need the root and custom recovery to get the rest to work right.
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Jspex said:
Try flashing the 4.1.1 firmware from sammobile. it is the older of the 2 from att and it does not show a version number on the Sammobile site. Then flash root/cwm all through odin. Then do the battery pull trick to recovery. You may need the root and custom recovery to get the rest to work right.
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Done that, NO luck.
When you pull the battery does it boot automatically into download mode? Or do you have to power the device up yourself?
Also have you tried to odin a root injected 4.1.1 fw yet? You may have to dig through the dev section but I know they are there.
Have you tried flashing the leak 4.3 yet? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2496292
JSS15J.I317UCUBMJ4 (Android 4.3)
Really at this point I'm spit balling.
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Jspex said:
When you pull the battery does it boot automatically into download mode? Or do you have to power the device up yourself?
Also have you tried to odin a root injected 4.1.1 fw yet? You may have to dig through the dev section but I know they are there.
Have you tried flashing the leak 4.3 yet? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2496292
JSS15J.I317UCUBMJ4 (Android 4.3)
Really at this point I'm spit balling.
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After battery pull out, I have power it back on. (power-home-vol/up - Galaxy Note II screen, and sits there. power-home-vol/down - download screen)
Tried 4.1.1 in odin, tried 4.1.2 as well, and rooted it in odin right away, all went OK, passed, but after battery pull out, still didn't go beyond Galaxy Note II screen.
Tried 4.3 in odin, but at the end, got "failed" result.
Damn.............for some reason, i know this has something to do with bootloader. I am not "android" guy, but rather PC computer freak... ......if i only know how to completely reformat entire storage space, and start from the scratch.....but unfortunately, this is not a hard drive....
fuzio1963 said:
After battery pull out, I have power it back on. (power-home-vol/up - Galaxy Note II screen, and sits there. power-home-vol/down - download screen)
Tried 4.1.1 in odin, tried 4.1.2 as well, and rooted it in odin right away, all went OK, passed, but after battery pull out, still didn't go beyond Galaxy Note II screen.
Tried 4.3 in odin, but at the end, got "failed" result.
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Just for me try this: flash 4.1.1 and as soon as the device reboots pull the battery. Dont let it get a chance to do anything. Then boot it into download mode and flash the chainfire superuser with Stock recovery built in. That can be found a in the stickey how to revery to stock thread in this exact forum. Then on reboot after flash pull the battery and let it sit for 5 min, no less. Then try to boot into recovery. If you can get into stock recovery there is hope.
I know you may have tried this already but please try it one last time for me. Keep in mind you should pull the phone Off the usb as soon as the odin flashs are done. Pulling the battery while it is still plugged in wont cut the power the way you need it to in order to reboot properly. Also if you have an external sd card in pull that sucker out as well. Sd cards can hang things up sometimes.
Like I said spitballing here. If all else fails maybe you can talk a dev into wrapping a rom into an odinable .tar file and try to force a rom on it.
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Jspex said:
Just for me try this: flash 4.1.1 and as soon as the device reboots pull the battery. Dont let it get a chance to do anything. Then boot it into download mode and flash the chainfire superuser with Stock recovery built in. That can be found a in the stickey how to revery to stock thread in this exact forum. Then on reboot after flash pull the battery and let it sit for 5 min, no less. Then try to boot into recovery. If you can get into stock recovery there is hope.
I know you may have tried this already but please try it one last time for me. Keep in mind you should pull the phone Off the usb as soon as the odin flashs are done. Pulling the battery while it is still plugged in wont cut the power the way you need it to in order to reboot properly. Also if you have an external sd card in pull that sucker out as well. Sd cards can hang things up sometimes.
Like I said spitballing here. If all else fails maybe you can talk a dev into wrapping a rom into an odinable .tar file and try to force a rom on it.
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Stand by..........will do this right now.
Cool, let us know if this actually worked. This seems to be a problem for 1/2 the people that try the revert to 4.1.1 method.
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Cool, let us know if this actually worked. This seems to be a problem for 1/2 the people that try the revert to 4.1.1 method.
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Sent you a PM.
fuzio1963 said:
Sent you a PM.
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Seems like i didnt get it and im not seeing the one I just sent you in my outbox. You can email me [email protected] or if you irc I'm always in #jedi on coldfront.net
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SOooO I'm just some tinkering nut that likes to check out all of the roms out there for my devices. Flashing is worse than crack for me. I have bricked de-bricked and re-bricked this poor little galaxy and updated to 4.3 and downgraded back to 4.0 all to make it look like it just came out of the box again. nice clean bootloader. A factory rom. 0 flash count which is simply nutz since this thing should be a stripper I have flashed it with so many Roms and Mods. I have pretty much every file you can think of for this device on my computer and I am more than happy to share my information and tips with the community here at xda.
If you think you need some assistance and don't want to spend 3days hopped up on pizza and mt.dew searching every inch of the forums looking for answers feel free to ask me and I can try my best to help out.
I have almost every custom Rom out for this device.
I have Custom Kernels from chapters 4.0.3 - 4.1.1 - 4.3 - 4.4
I have Debrick Images from the first three chapters will make one for 4.4 when I see a stable Rom
I have Stock Rom Files
I have updated Stock Rom Files.
I have updated rooted no knox Files
I have a crap load of continuous hours of searching breaking and Fixing this poor little thing.
I would have made a Tutorial page but it looks like there are plenty on the forums. I KNOW I've read them all:silly:
so I would rather put my knowledge to use in letting you simply ask me a question and I will reply as quickly as possible.
I know its going to sound nubcake. Buuut.... this is my daily device and I know how frustrating it can be when you have made one of them fatal mistakes and your device goes black or won't flash your new custom rom you want to test out.
Shoot some questions my way and see if I can't help you out quicker than you searching the 4 corners of the net.
datbager said:
SOooO I'm just some tinkering nut that likes to check out all of the roms out there for my devices. Flashing is worse than crack for me. I have bricked de-bricked and re-bricked this poor little galaxy and updated to 4.3 and downgraded back to 4.0 all to make it look like it just came out of the box again. nice clean bootloader. A factory rom. 0 flash count which is simply nutz since this thing should be a stripper I have flashed it with so many Roms and Mods. I have pretty much every file you can think of for this device on my computer and I am more than happy to share my information and tips with the community here at xda.
If you think you need some assistance and don't want to spend 3days hopped up on pizza and mt.dew searching every inch of the forums looking for answers feel free to ask me and I can try my best to help out.
I have almost every custom Rom out for this device.
I have Custom Kernels from chapters 4.0.3 - 4.1.1 - 4.3 - 4.4
I have Debrick Images from the first three chapters will make one for 4.4 when I see a stable Rom
I have Stock Rom Files
I have updated Stock Rom Files.
I have updated rooted no knox Files
I have a crap load of continuous hours of searching breaking and Fixing this poor little thing.
I would have made a Tutorial page but it looks like there are plenty on the forums. I KNOW I've read them all:silly:
so I would rather put my knowledge to use in letting you simply ask me a question and I will reply as quickly as possible.
I know its going to sound nubcake. Buuut.... this is my daily device and I know how frustrating it can be when you have made one of them fatal mistakes and your device goes black or won't flash your new custom rom you want to test out.
Shoot some questions my way and see if I can't help you out quicker than you searching the 4 corners of the net.
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What spetps I need to do to re flash previous bootloader?... im in 4.3
torreon901 said:
What spetps I need to do to re flash previous bootloader?... im in 4.3
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I did not do any boot loader flashing. sorry wow first question and I already fail.
If I had to take a wild guess and you still have access to cwm or twrp flash the stock rom and you should be good.
torreon901 said:
What spetps I need to do to re flash previous bootloader?... im in 4.3
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I take no responsibility if you mess up your phone but take a look here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2083860 may be what your looking for.
torreon901 said:
What spetps I need to do to re flash previous bootloader?... im in 4.3
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If you go from the 4.3 bootloader to a previous one, you will brick your device via an e-fuse. You shouldn't need to revert to an older bootloader anyway unless for a specific rom. If that is the case, you are better off waiting until the developer catches up.
datbager said:
I take no responsibility if you mess up your phone but take a look here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2083860 may be what your looking for.
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Also, please don't use anything off this page unless you have an international version of the S3. I am guessing you have the I747, DO NOT FLASH SOMETHING NOT MADE FOR YOUR PHONE! :highfive:
Here is where you need to start...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2321310
There is even a PSA in red letters about reverting from a 4.3 bootloader.
datbager said:
Shoot some questions my way and see if I can't help you out quicker than you searching the 4 corners of the net.
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how do you create a debrick.img? My phone is in working condition but I just want to be prepared for down the road
Pretty sure I bricked it
I have an ATT Galaxy S3. I had OTA 4.3, and i just rooted it, installed TWRP, and made a backup. Then I wiped, and tried to install a custom rom, and failed. Could not restore back up, and after multiple times of trying to flash this odin : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46954804&postcount=119[/URL]. and failed attempts to even get Heimdall to even work, my Phone is now in this state when turned on:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-I747
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: Yes (3 counts)
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
Warranty Bit: 1
BOOTLOAD RP SWREV: 2
SWREV CHECK FAIL : Fused 2 > Binary 0
Any help would be grateful.
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I have found I can flash TWRP but I am unable to mount SDCard. it just doesn't do anything. same thing with CWR.
and KIES tries to run a firmware recovery and fails. looks like it trieds to installs 4.1
Still looking for help. Thanks.
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I have an ATT Galaxy S3. I had OTA 4.3, and i just rooted it, installed TWRP, and made a backup. Then I wiped, and tried to install a custom rom, and failed. Could not restore back up, and after multiple times of trying to flash this odin : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46954804&postcount=119[/URL]. and failed attempts to even get Heimdall to even work, my Phone is now in this state when turned on:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-I747
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: Yes (3 counts)
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
Warranty Bit: 1
BOOTLOAD RP SWREV: 2
SWREV CHECK FAIL : Fused 2 > Binary 0
Any help would be grateful.
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I have found I can flash TWRP but I am unable to mount SDCard. it just doesn't do anything. same thing with CWR.
and KIES tries to run a firmware recovery and fails. looks like it trieds to installs 4.1
Still looking for help. Thanks.
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So i was able to get a micro SD card and download the files from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498233
Used TWRP to install the bootloader/modem, then the rom, then the kernel. After it installed successfully I rebooted the phone. Nothing comes up. It doesn't respond to power button, or download or recovery button sequence. When i plug it into my computer, device manager recognizes it as a port. Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM13)
thenowherekid said:
So i was able to get a micro SD card and download the files from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498233
Used TWRP to install the bootloader/modem, then the rom, then the kernel. After it installed successfully I rebooted the phone. Nothing comes up. It doesn't respond to power button, or download or recovery button sequence. When i plug it into my computer, device manager recognizes it as a port. Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM13)
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sorry I didn't ever encounter that in my adventures with the device. I have quickly discovered that there are too many issues with them and the flashing. I have had more problems and bricked states than I care to look at. I got the phone operating and gummy installed on it and left it at that.
datbager said:
sorry I didn't ever encounter that in my adventures with the device. I have quickly discovered that there are too many issues with them and the flashing. I have had more problems and bricked states than I care to look at. I got the phone operating and gummy installed on it and left it at that.
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Thanks.
Sudden Death AT&T GS3
Hi,
I have an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S3. I was running CM11 nightlies. It was working perfectly fine for all these days. Couple of days back it suddenly died. The phone hasn’t been switching on back since then. I tried putting it on full charge. Whenever I pull out the battery and reinsert it, it vibrates, The LED comes on and the Samsung screen comes on for a second and turn turns off again. I cannot access the recovery or download modes through the key combinations. I also tried going into download mode using a Jig. I have to remove the battery and reinsert it. The Jig did work and the phone did go into download mode but, only for a second and then turns off. I’m not sure what exactly the issue is.
I would be very grateful if you could help me find a solution.
Thanks.
thenowherekid said:
Thanks.
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ok this is not for your device but it is a guide and you can look up a kid that has a video on youtube. scroll down to device firmwares and select your model. but this is the link to help you. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2369125
your help
IcemanReturns said:
Hi,
I have an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S3. I was running CM11 nightlies. It was working perfectly fine for all these days. Couple of days back it suddenly died. The phone hasn’t been switching on back since then. I tried putting it on full charge. Whenever I pull out the battery and reinsert it, it vibrates, The LED comes on and the Samsung screen comes on for a second and turn turns off again. I cannot access the recovery or download modes through the key combinations. I also tried going into download mode using a Jig. I have to remove the battery and reinsert it. The Jig did work and the phone did go into download mode but, only for a second and then turns off. I’m not sure what exactly the issue is.
I would be very grateful if you could help me find a solution.
Thanks.
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once again not for your device but scroll down to stock firmwares and READ the whole guide. There is a kid that makes a video some where arround here as well. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2369125 you need a 16gb class 10 sdcard or larger as well for this
Disk Space Back
I had trouble getting my max disk space after I did the debrick trick. So i'm going to shoot a quick tip to get all your space back.
go to your windows start menu and in the search type diskpart and hit enter.
in the command line type "list disk" no quotations and enter.
You should see your hard drive and any other storage devices connected in you computer. Determine which one is the sd card.
Next in the command line hit select disk x. x represents your sdcard.
last is clean disk in command line and your sd card has all its space but you must reformat it how ever you choose.
I just used sd formater.
hope that helps some peeps if so hook a noob up with some thanks clicks. :good:
Hi I have 4.1.1 rooted and twrp and I want to flash the collective rom which is 4.4. I have notbflashed this phone yet but I have done ot before on my captivate. What should I look out for and are there any stepsb I need to take before I flash, I.e. update bootloader etc and if so which one do i use
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hmm
trug2002 said:
Hi I have 4.1.1 rooted and twrp and I want to flash the collective rom which is 4.4. I have notbflashed this phone yet but I have done ot before on my captivate. What should I look out for and are there any stepsb I need to take before I flash, I.e. update bootloader etc and if so which one do i use
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I ended up doing the upgraded bootloader stuff and flashed
Android 4.3 I747UCUEMJ2 for AT&T Galaxy S3 I747
wich you can find here of course I take no credit just showing you where to look.http://wccftech.com/update-att-galaxy-s3-i747-leaked-ucuemj2-android-43-jelly-bean-firmware/
if I help hook a noob up with a thanks click its just a click. :laugh:
datbager said:
I ended up doing the upgraded bootloader stuff and flashed
Android 4.3 I747UCUEMJ2 for AT&T Galaxy S3 I747
wich you can find here of course I take no credit just showing you where to look.http://wccftech.com/update-att-galaxy-s3-i747-leaked-ucuemj2-android-43-jelly-bean-firmware/
if I help hook a noob up with a thanks click its just a click. :laugh:
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Can you help me with this? I copied my thread :3
LiLTrippz said:
*I bought this off a friend of mine.*
All he told me was that he tried installing a rom and he thinks that he installed a rom for a different model S3.
What Happens/What I Did?
1. I tried to plug it into the computer and the computer doesn't show that anything plugged in, the S3 doesn't turn on. NOTHING.
2. I connected the phone to the PC without the battery inside and the phone responds with one RED light at the top left of the phone. Nothing shows up on my computer still, not even that the phone was connected NOTHING.
3. I bought a JIG device and tried plugging it into my phone and it doesn't work. (I previously tested this JIG on another samsung device and it worked)
4. I tried doing the method to use a 16gb SD card and downloading an i747m debrick IMG and using Win32FlashTool to copy it to my SD Card. I tried with 2 different cards the first one was a 16gb SD card and the other was a 32gb SD card.
5. Through a lot of research I found a leaked way to unbrick the Samsung Galaxy S3 i9300 by shorting out the R313 chip, I'm sure you guys are all aware of this method. I opened my device and couldn't find the R313 chip. After further research I found that a user was able to locate the R313 chip on the i747m and he'd unbricked his phone with that method. If anyone can help me locate the i747m R313 chip it'd be GREATLY appreciated!
If anyone can help me out it would be great! I'm very experienced at soldering so if there's a method that requires me to solder I'm more than confident I can do it.
Thank you!! :good:
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i have the dlk3 boot loader do I need to go to mjb?
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trug2002 said:
i have the dlk3 boot loader do I need to go to mjb?
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I am not an expert but I'm pretty sure you need the mjb2 but there are guides all over that point misleading information. I can post a link that I believe is helpful. And as always I take no credit just pointing a finger here.
http://www.usofttech.com/t51443.html
:good:
Earlier this evening, after texting a friend, my phone rebooted itself.
It appears to be in a boot loop. It will only reboot into rebooting. Never loads Android. I pulled the battery, let it sit for a few minutes, and tried again with no results.
I've not done modding to the phone (mainly because its locked), and will be returning it to my local AT&T store tomorrow. Thankfully I have insurance on my phone, so I shouldn't have an issue getting a new one.
Anybody else had this issue, however? It's really strange.
Majin Kaioh said:
Earlier this evening, after texting a friend, my phone rebooted itself.
It appears to be in a boot loop. It will only reboot into rebooting. Never loads Android. I pulled the battery, let it sit for a few minutes, and tried again with no results.
I've done modding to the phone (mainly because its locked), and will be returning it to my local AT&T store tomorrow. Thankfully I have insurance on my phone, so I shouldn't have an issue getting a new one.
Anybody else had this issue, however? It's really strange.
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Read a guide on flashing back to stock. Use ODiN and flash the stock file of your choice in the ATT note 4 forum from Download mode. Google how to boot into download mode. Hold those buttons until phone powers off then keep holding until you see download mode. You will need to install samsung drivers and for ODiN on Windows go to Devices coms and ports and change port to 3 in advanced tab.
sudoBacon said:
Read a guide on flashing back to stock. Use ODiN and flash the stock file of your choice in the ATT note 4 forum from Download mode. Google how to boot into download mode. Hold those buttons until phone powers off then keep holding until you see download mode. You will need to install samsung drivers and for ODiN on Windows go to Devices coms and ports and change port to 3 in advanced tab.
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I updated my post to add in a missing word. I havn't done any modding. I do not intend to do any flashing to the device.
I'll be returning it to AT&T tomorrow and getting a new one. My question was if anyone has had this issue before. Thanks for your response. Unfortunately, does not address my question.
sudoBacon said:
Read a guide on flashing back to stock. Use ODiN and flash the stock file of your choice in the ATT note 4 forum from Download mode. Google how to boot into download mode. Hold those buttons until phone powers off then keep holding until you see download mode. You will need to install samsung drivers and for ODiN on Windows go to Devices coms and ports and change port to 3 in advanced tab.
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I have had my share of boot looping experiences, never from not doing any type of experiments with my devices. nonetheless myself and I'm sure many other people just do what was mentioned in the quote to alleviate that problem.
i know you (OP) mentioned you don't plan on doing any flashing, but i would do that before using insurance personally, even if there was no deductible
Majin Kaioh said:
I updated my post to add in a missing word. I havn't done any modding. I do not intend to do any flashing to the device.
I'll be returning it to AT&T tomorrow and getting a new one. My question was if anyone has had this issue before. Thanks for your response. Unfortunately, does not address my question.
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This process is not dangerous if your phone is in a bootloop. Hell AT&T or whatever carrier probably does this themselves if a phone is in this kind of situation. If not rooted or any mods you will still have OTA updates. If you are worried about carrier recognizing if you modded it or something and they wont take it back dont worry just flash it using ODiN. I've rooted many devices hacked compiled roms flashed them and kernels s-offed etc. You can always get back to stock remove flags and your carrier will take it back no matter what just dont return a device with the actual mods on it.
Why not just try to reset the device from the recovery menu? If it's a stock phone it should fix the bootloop.
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jack man said:
Why not just try to reset the device from the recovery menu? If it's a stock phone it should fix the bootloop.
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It won't fix what sounds like a missing or corrupted boot file, had to deal with it on a LG g3.. restoring a full back up or a plain reset had no effect.. it was either doing a full flash or flashing the boot files
for that phone it would randomly happen when the OTA tried to upgrade the device while it was rooted, took me 3 times of dealing with it before I realized OTA was still live
Small update. My local AT&T store has a replacement being sent to me. I'm unhappy, however, since its apparently a refurbished device. I pay for insurance that covers a new device if something, anything, happens. They're refusing to send me a new one for some reason that they won't explicitly state to me.
My loyalty with AT&T has wavered, and I will probably be on another network in coming months. I'm thinking Sprint so that I can least have an unlocked Note 4.
Regardless, since this device is being sent back, I decided to try and Odin flash it anyways. It did not work. Still boot loops at the Note 4/Android screen. Doesn't even load the AT&T logo. I'm fairly certain something is fundamentally broken with the device. Probably a factory error. It's never been dropped, and has been inside a hard case since day one.
Being that it is a manufacturing error, I'm not to angry about that. These things do happen. AT&T's treatment of me, however, is just unacceptable. I've been a customer for about eight years, and have been on Android since the Motorola Backflip. I upgraded to a Samsung Captivate and never looked at another manufacturor.
Are you able boot to the recovery menu?
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i have the bootloop issue before to put *#9090#
the loop is every aprox 3 mins
some sugestion?¡
sudoBacon said:
This process is not dangerous if your phone is in a bootloop. Hell AT&T or whatever carrier probably does this themselves if a phone is in this kind of situation. If not rooted or any mods you will still have OTA updates. If you are worried about carrier recognizing if you modded it or something and they wont take it back dont worry just flash it using ODiN. I've rooted many devices hacked compiled roms flashed them and kernels s-offed etc. You can always get back to stock remove flags and your carrier will take it back no matter what just dont return a device with the actual mods on it.
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Good evening,
my n910A is stocked in Bootlop ,
I did try also to flash via odin the 4 zipped md5 files from this forum but nothing changed : http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-att/general/to-stock-files-latestcoc4-build-t3107391
when I press volume up+power+home it show LRX22C.N910AUCU1COC4 but the version on the label of my box is N910AUCU1ANIE ,
I don't know if I should go back to the previous version and how to do it ?????
or something else??????
please help because I am lost
thanks
thepinkpanter said:
Good evening,
my n910A is stocked in Bootlop ,
I did try also to flash via odin the 4 zipped md5 files from this forum but nothing changed : http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-att/general/to-stock-files-latestcoc4-build-t3107391
when I press volume up+power+home it show LRX22C.N910AUCU1COC4 but the version on the label of my box is N910AUCU1ANIE ,
I don't know if I should go back to the previous version and how to do it ?????
or something else??????
please help because I am lost
thanks
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Try downloading one of sunderwares stock firmwares in a newer 3.10 odin after extracting the zip with contained files. I recommend latest OC4 just re flash it a different one or try again
sudoBacon said:
Try downloading one of sunderwares stock firmwares in a newer 3.10 odin after extracting the zip with contained files. I recommend latest OC4 just re flash it a different one or try again
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I already did it but by using Odin 3.09 pls. see http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-att/general/to-stock-files-latestcoc4-build-t3107391/page5
maybe I did something wrong
or from where can I get / download a different N910AUCU1COC4 ?
thanks again for your kind help
Hi, I'm kinda new to rooting android phone.I just got a galaxy s6 edge from tmobile and I would lIke to root the phone. Searching around the forum but still doesn't ubderstand how's it work. So I got a galaxy s6 edge, baseband version G95TUVU3DOI1, come with 5.1.1 SMG 925T. Question is if I'm root the phone will i able to restore back to stock firmware, will tmobile able to find out if I rooted or not? Because I'm in Jump! Program and plan to switch new phone next year. And its there any easy step by step guide to root the phone. I don't really care about Samsung pay, would like to have fingerprint sensor if possible. Thank you
Before you do anything, understand that you WILL TRIP KNOX AND BREAK SAMSUNG PAY. Also, it is your choice to modify your device and this process seems to work differently for differnt people, so if anything happens, it's on you. However, there are several threads here that can help you if anything goes wrong
Okay, make a backup of all your stuff on SmartSwitch
You're going to want to download ODIN 3.10.7 from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2711451
Then you're going to want to download UniKernel v8 from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...d-development/kernel-stockmod-kernel-t3100395
Open ODIN on your computer and don't touch anything yet
Then you're going to put your phone into download mode by turning it off, then holding POWER+VOL DOWN+HOME until a blue screen appears.
Press VOL UP to enter download mode and connect your phone to your computer with the cable that came with your phone
Wait for the little box at the top left to turn blue
On ODIN, click the AP button and locate the UniKernel v8 file that you downloaded before
Once you've found it, double click it to fill in the AP field with the file
Click START and do not touch anything until it's done.
Your phone will restart and once it comes back up, you'll be rooted. It can take several minutes for it to fully boot, so give it time.
Now, this is optional, but if you want a custom recovery to flash custom ROMS, download TWRP onto your computer from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...recovery-twrp2-8-6-0-g925t-5-1-1-of6-t3143002
Flash that file through ODIN using the same process as you used to flash UniKernel.
This recovery will let flash custom ROMs. I recommend XstreStoLite as it is very good on battery life, but you will not be able to use WiFi calling or VOLTE. You can download it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...xtrestolite-deodexed-mod-edition-1-3-t3119968
Let me know how it goes.
Can I unroot in the future if I want to go back to stock?
Osui818 said:
Can I unroot in the future if I want to go back to stock?
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Yes. You'll just have to download the latest firmware from here or Sammobile.com and flash it using ODIN
Thank you. One last question, any chance using Odin will brick the device?
Osui818 said:
Thank you. One last question, any chance using OdinYes there will brick the device?
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Yes. There is a small chance, but the method I described is the exact same method I used on my device and I've had no issues. Even if you do, there is almost a 0% chance of a hard brick unless you touch something you're not supposed to touch, and if you do soft brick, there are a few threads here that should be able to help. More than likely flashing stock firmware will fix any problems you have.
thanks akw for the run through, I've been away from android for 4 months and ran back to it. just got this phone and wanna quickly root it.
eruscool said:
thanks akw for the run through, I've been away from android for 4 months and ran back to it. just got this phone and wanna quickly root it.
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No problem, buddy. Hope it goes well for you.
Akw6190 said:
No problem, buddy. Hope it goes well for you.
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i need help too. i am trying to use smart switch as my last resort but its not working(ish). after installing the factory firmware it says the device will restart, unplug and plug it again. on the phone it reset itself and then with the green android logo saying installing system then 1/3 of the loading bar it just says erasing then blacked out then back on bootloop. i can still boot to recovery mode and download mode.
godefroy28 said:
i need help too. i am trying to use smart switch as my last resort but its not working(ish). after installing the factory firmware it says the device will restart, unplug and plug it again. on the phone it reset itself and then with the green android logo saying installing system then 1/3 of the loading bar it just says erasing then blacked out then back on bootloop. i can still boot to recovery mode and download mode.
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Where are you getting the firmware from? What version of ODIN are you using? What port are you using in ODIN to flash the firmware?
There is a Mega download of the DOI1 firmware somewhere around here. I recommend downloading that and flashing using the AP port in ODIN 3.10.7, using the cable that came with your phone. This is the exact method I used to return to stock with no issues.