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[Q] Just recovered from bad encription and need a little help

first of all i was lucky all I had to do was go back and use a root 66 image to recover using odin.
Now i know i will sound like a newb sorry please bear with me if you can.
From the start i was on 4.1.2 on SRx Mod i decided Hay i should encrypt my phone (bad idea i got stuck in a boot loop) so after searching for how to fix it i was told to use the unbrick then i wad told to use route 66 i choose route 66. I have since successfully flashed rooted 4.1.2 but i have a few questions.
First route 66 lets you choose which recovery you wish to use. now to install a recovery (my first root it came with CWM) Should i just download the app and install CWM with rom recovery or use Goo manager to install TWRP? or should i use odin to flash it? if i should flash it where should i get the correct files?
Second.
Say I would like to update to 4.3 and take advantage of roms again. What is the safest way to go about this. Depending on rls I have been able to update via recovery and a new rom and i have had to use odin. I believe (not sure) safest way to go from a major rls to another it should be done with odin. Like going from ICS to JB so should I use odin again to root to 4.3?
So to shorten my question
How do i install recovery on a freshly rooted (re rooted via route 66) Also i am currently runnning 4.12 to update to 4.3 do i need to use odin and a 4.3 image to be safe? or can i install a 4.3 rom and it will update.
In all now that my phone is working I am weary of just trying and want to do it the correct way and now i know trying to use encryption is dumb!
THANKS in ADVANCE i appreciate your help.

When it comes to Recoveries, choos if you want CWM or TWRP. Both are good. Based on that get either Rom Manager app for CWM or Goo Manager for TWRP. Let the app install the recovery for you.
If you want 4.3, then look for Stock Mod Rom in Android Development section. Flash that rom via CWM/TWRP. Make sure to follow the instructions in the Rom's thread. Particularly the part where it wants you to flash ATT insecure kernel. The Rom is Rooted. Do not flash 4.3 via Odin.

Thanks for the refresher
I have been away for a little while and i wanted to make sure. SO to get it straight
Right now I just got back from boot loop with route 66 via odin.
To go on i simply get CWM or TWRP with the respective program (rom manager or goo manager)
Then get the 4.3 rom from the rout66 thread and update to 4.3 via recovery.
If not which rom do i use.
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Ok now i think i understand your post you directed me to use a specific rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2501303
So from base 4.1.2 i can update to any 4.3 rom i choose? I just want to make sure as most major releases have some issues at the beginning maybe everything is sorted and their is no problems,
One thing i want to ask is can i choose another rom as sometimes i like to switch to and from touchwiz
So i guess my question now is once i install a recovery program of my choice (i always used CWM so ill probably stick with that)
Can I install any rom no problem? as far as changing versions only go up to 4.3 dont go back down with a recovery flash?
SO AFAIK right now that everything is all good and i wont mess my phone up again when loading a rom.
Is their anything i SHOULD NOT do, Beyond common sense i know not to flash a rom for another phone ETC
I appreciate your help I haven't been following the development for a couple months So i am Rusty also its been a while since i had to start from scratch with odin and at that time we did not have the GREAT list of Official Images so I got a rooted rom that had CWM already installed. I want to get to how i was before when i was enjoying the work of the devs and loving it. being in stock reminds me of how much work the devs do YOU GUYS ARE GREAT (if any even read this thread)

BeatnikBandit said:
Thanks for the refresher
I have been away for a little while and i wanted to make sure. SO to get it straight
Right now I just got back from boot loop with route 66 via odin.
To go on i simply get CWM or TWRP with the respective program (rom manager or goo manager)
Then get the 4.3 rom from the rout66 thread and update to 4.3 via recovery.
If not which rom do i use.
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Do not do the Red Striked part. Search for Stock Mod Rom by @saranhai

Thank you to be safe i will use the ROM you suggested although this is the only thing that worries me as i never have or really want to flash modems
YOU MUST FLASH THE T999UVUEMJ4 MODEM OR T999UVUEMJC MODEM FOR T-MOBILE GALAXY S III IN ORDER FOR DATA TO WORK; OTHERWISE YOU WILL NOT HAVE DATA
AS USUAL, I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR DEVICE! ONE WRONG MOVE (Especially with the Modem) AND YOU COULD END UP WITH A VERY EXPENSIVE BRICK. PROCEED AT OWN RISK.
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This is from the page for the
[ROM][3.9.14] .::StockMOD ROM::. | TouchWiz 4.3 | Galaxy S5 | UVUEMJC | RLS2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2501303
I hope this is the ROM you are talking about and if so what do i do about the modem issue as I am coming from 4.1.2 IDK if i have the correct modem installed. All i have right now is Route 66 rooted 4.1.2 and CWM recovery I also created a Nandroid as soon as i got recovery so i can ave a pretty clean android to go back to if anything happens.
I am sorry i may be annoyed if i were you possibly so i hope you are hanging in there with me i really appreciate it once i do this ill be back in the game and wont need any more help. I just need to get this part sorted, THANK YOU
So other than the modem thing I think i got it, i just hope i dont have to mess with the modem IDK if I'm ready to try something that could hard brick my phone after just recovering it

Flashing the modem won't brick it. It's the exact same procedure as flashing the kernel, and the risk level is pretty much the same. As long as your device is the T999, you don't have anything to worry about. Just check the md5 on the download to make sure its not a corrupted/bad download. Even if you flash the T999L/T999V/I535 modem, it shouldn't brick. It just wouldn't get signal till you flash the correct one again. Many, many people have flashed the modems with no problems at all.
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THANKS DOC
I really didnt think you would answer my post!
Anyway so even though the warning says i can brick it with a modem change really all that will happen is that i will just not get Data until i install the correct one got it.
And unless anyone posts otherwise The first 4.3 rom i should install is Stock Mod Rom by @saranhai and also flash the modem T999UVUEMJC via recovery?
I tried the modem map but i had no success with getting to to work, first it said the link was not supported and i needed to revert to GMaps Classic so i did but i got the same results. Random places all over the world (some in the sea) some said city and modem some were simply city's so i think its out of date so i suppose that the worst that can happen is that i get no data i suppose i can try the other modem listed on the roms page?
If someone knows (as their are two maybe its east west cost or something of the like i live in southern California south of la but furthest from the border of Mexico in San Diego so north San Diego county but anyone that knows the area may know of the massive military base i live south east of Camp Pendleton
(off topic but if a war comes to our shores i pray i am dead already or something divine as i live very close to a large Marine Training base and camp/base in General and right next to it (on the coast) is a dual Nuclear Reactor Power plant and one reactor has been malfunctioning and AFAIK its just being maintained to keep anything catastrophic from happening (which i believe IDK for sure was the reason why it is still running but not producing power)

BeatnikBandit said:
THANKS DOC
I really didnt think you would answer my post!
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No problem! If I am able and have something to add...
Anyway so even though the warning says i can brick it with a modem change really all that will happen is that i will just not get Data until i install the correct one got it.
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Many people warn about that because on many devices it is true. just like a kernel or recovery though, if you flash the wrong thing to its partition, it can brick. I.e. If you flash a recovery to the modems partition.
A lot of times people bring habits from their old devices. In our case, while it is possible, it's highly unlikely you'd brick flashing the modem. We know it's not going to flash the wrong item/partition. Several people have tried flashing the I535, T999L, T999N modems and all that happened was they got no working signal. Flashed back to the correct modem and all was good again.
And unless anyone posts otherwise The first 4.3 rom i should install is Stock Mod Rom by @saranhai and also flash the modem T999UVUEMJC via recovery?
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This would be my recommendation, yes. Just follow instructions in the OP.
I tried the modem map but i had no success with getting to to work, first it said the link was not supported and i needed to revert to GMaps Classic so i did but i got the same results. Random places all over the world (some in the sea) some said city and modem some were simply city's so i think its out of date so i suppose that the worst that can happen is that i get no data i suppose i can try the other modem listed on the roms page?
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The map is definitely screwed up and I apologize for that! I meant to start a new one a while back but just never got around to it. Still on my to do list!
Good Luck!
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Well thank you guys both I appreciate you gave me the correct info fast Perseus71 and thank you for clarifying DocHoliday77 And an extra thank you for all the work you do for the S III community!

i was just about to do this althoug i downloaded the rom and the modem but now what about the "insecure Kernal" I dont want to mess my phone up again sorry for all the questions its just after you mess up your phone when yoyu come back to roms and its just like getting a traffic ticket for a little bit you drive like you just got a ticket REALLY SAFE with no nerve so sorry but thats my mindset i just messed up my phone and dont want to do it again (i just finished paying for it too so i donk want to break my just paid off 600 dollar car lol.
so yeah AFAIK the post sys all i need is the modem but do i need the kernal too as it may not be listed as it is know its needed at one point when updating versions?
THANKS AND SORRY this is probably the last thing i need as i was just about to flash but just got worried

If wifi doesnt turn on, then try the kernel. If everything boots and runs as you like, then its up to you.
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Stuck on Samsung boot screen

I rooted my old milestone many years ago but havee been keeping my devices stock ever since, until today that is. Today I decided I wanted to try to root my Samsung SGH-I747M with Telus and everything seemed to start off smoothly. Once installed the SuperSU stopped working. I tried fixs I had read online such as updating the app, but this did not work. I read on a forum that you could flash something to disable know to help fix the problem. When I tried going this avenue I was not able to reboot my phone. I tried restoring from a backup taken before flashing, but I havent done any of this in so long im not entirely sure the backup took properly. At one point I got a message saying no OS was installed but after restoring this seemed to go away. I apparently do not remember anything about rooting from my milestone and am hoping someone may be able to help me get out of this mess. I am currently downloading the stock firmware and I think I will try flashing it tomorrow. I also was hoping someone could point me in the direction of a thread on xda that went into a more detailed explanation of how rooting works, what specifically roms and flashing all is and does. Any help is greatly appreciated.

cdriver said:
I rooted my old milestone many years ago but havee been keeping my devices stock ever since, until today that is. Today I decided I wanted to try to root my Samsung SGH-I747M with Telus and everything seemed to start off smoothly. Once installed the SuperSU stopped working. I tried fixs I had read online such as updating the app, but this did not work. I read on a forum that you could flash something to disable know to help fix the problem. When I tried going this avenue I was not able to reboot my phone. I tried restoring from a backup taken before flashing, but I havent done any of this in so long im not entirely sure the backup took properly. At one point I got a message saying no OS was installed but after restoring this seemed to go away. I apparently do not remember anything about rooting from my milestone and am hoping someone may be able to help me get out of this mess. I am currently downloading the stock firmware and I think I will try flashing it tomorrow. I also was hoping someone could point me in the direction of a thread on xda that went into a more detailed explanation of how rooting works, what specifically roms and flashing all is and does. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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General section is most likely the best place for that.
Here's a How-to that should get you started: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2538991
And here is the Sticky index: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1725839 Lots of good guides and info in there!

General section is most likely the best place for that.
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The Only problem is I already attempted to follow this and my phone will no longer boot up. Also I tried navigating through the stickies. couldn't find much info for my device. I will be trying to flash the stock firmware tonight but I want to have a clear understanding on what flashing is and what the difference is between os firmware kernel and rom and such BEFORE flashing this firmware tonight. I hope someone will be able to help.

cdriver said:
The Only problem is I already attempted to follow this and my phone will no longer boot up. Also I tried navigating through the stickies. couldn't find much info for my device. I will be trying to flash the stock firmware tonight but I want to have a clear understanding on what flashing is and what the difference is between os firmware kernel and rom and such BEFORE flashing this firmware tonight. I hope someone will be able to help.
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Well that info is already in the Sticky Index. Understanding what you're doing (or about to do) is really important but you gotta start reading, it's all there.
OS, firmware and ROM are the same thing.
When your phone boots, it basically goes: Bootloaders -> Kernel -> ROM (OS).
The kernel has pretty much all the "underground" controls (RAM, Mhz, governor, scheduler, BT, Wifi, etc).
I won't write everything but those are the basics.
Also, having a Canadian variant of the S3 (that's what the M is for), doesn't change much other than flashing bootloaders and stock ROM (which you'll wanna use the Canadian variant bootloaders and Telus ROM for stock). Everything else is basically the same.

Also, having a Canadian variant of the S3 (that's what the M is for), doesn't change much other than flashing bootloaders and stock ROM (which you'll wanna use the Canadian variant bootloaders and Telus ROM for stock). Everything else is basically the same.
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Sweet I will definitely check that out. So I did flash twrp to my phone. Is it possible that I flashed the version say for the i747 but not the m version and that is why the phone wont move past the samsung screen? Also should I attempt to get rid of twrp before flashing the stock firmware. This should answer all my questions and then I will explore the stickies some more.

cdriver said:
Sweet I will definitely check that out. So I did flash twrp to my phone. Is it possible that I flashed the version say for the i747 but not the m version and that is why the phone wont move past the samsung screen? Also should I attempt to get rid of twrp before flashing the stock firmware. This should answer all my questions and then I will explore the stickies some more.
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If flashing a stock ROM, flash the Telus one. If flashing a custom ROM, it doesn't matter (I747 or M variant), as long as it's D2LTE.
Your recovery doesn't change anything to flashing with Odin, it will overwrite it.

Flashing the stock firmware fixed my problems. Thanks for all of your help and I will definitely be checking out the links that you sent me before trying to root again tomorrow.

GS3 model confusion

So my dad bought a GS3 and it shows that it's a t999 model in the settings. It's on UVDMD5 has the UVDMD5 radio as well. I was going to odin flash to the new 4.3 root 66 but it threw out an error. I looked at the phone and in download mode it shows it's a i-747 so I'm super confused right now. I also have an s3 myself and when I remove the battery and check my phone it shows model: sgh-t999 and also shows t999 in download mode as well. On the new phone my dad purchased it shows model: GT-T999 where the battery goes. So yeah I'm pretty confused. I managed to flash the tmo twrp and flashed superuser zip and rooted it sucessfully but I wanted to update it to 4.3 but now I'm not even sure what firmware to flash

Looks like yet another frankenphone. Wish I knew where these things were coming from!
Its hard to tell you what to do, but if it currently had MD5 on there, you probably need to stick with T999 firmware. Well, maybe....
Install terminal emulator and enter this:
getprop ro.bootloader
This will tell you what the firmware is. You cant judge by the rom or baseband.
Anyway, almost every time ive seen these things, the recommendation is usually to see if you can return the device. Theres just too many questions and things that dont match up. If you plan on using it as is, and never care about updates and such, I guess it might be ok, but otherwise theres just too great a chance for future problems!
For starters, there's no such thing as a GT-T999. And If download mode says its an I747, id guess youre using the I747 base firmware/bootloader. However, your system and baseband are from the T999 firmware, so we can be pretty confident that flashing I747 firmware will not work. But you probably can only flash I747 firmware because thats what your bootloader appears to be! Very confusing, very messed up, I know! Its highly possible, judging by the GT-T999, that it might be a chinese knock-off.
It may or may not help, but install Phone Info - Samsung app. Then let me know what it tells you. I dont think theres going to be a lot we can do though, but ill be glad to take a look anyway.

DocHoliday77 said:
Looks like yet another frankenphone. Wish I knew where these things were coming from!
Its hard to tell you what to do, but if it currently had MD5 on there, you probably need to stick with T999 firmware. Well, maybe....
Install terminal emulator and enter this:
getprop ro.bootloader
This will tell you what the firmware is. You cant judge by the rom or baseband.
Anyway, almost every time ive seen these things, the recommendation is usually to see if you can return the device. Theres just too many questions and things that dont match up. If you plan on using it as is, and never care about updates and such, I guess it might be ok, but otherwise theres just too great a chance for future problems!
For starters, there's no such thing as a GT-T999. And If download mode says its an I747, id guess youre using the I747 base firmware/bootloader. However, your system and baseband are from the T999 firmware, so we can be pretty confident that flashing I747 firmware will not work. But you probably can only flash I747 firmware because thats what your bootloader appears to be! Very confusing, very messed up, I know! Its highly possible, judging by the GT-T999, that it might be a chinese knock-off.
It may or may not help, but install Phone Info - Samsung app. Then let me know what it tells you. I dont think theres going to be a lot we can do though, but ill be glad to take a look anyway.
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Yes it was super confusing! It's so weird. I did the getprop ro.bootloader and I got I747UCALI5. I'm kinda scared to odin anything since I really have no idea what model I actually have so I just ended up flashing the latest PA rom & so far everything seems fine

Yup, its exactly as I expected! I747 bootloader/base firmware with T999 system and modem. These are not things that should work together and it also means there is no safe way to update your firmware. LI5 sounds like its really old btw. But tbh, I dont know if its even a real build number! I can say you will not be able to run TW kk roms and might not be able to run 4.3 ones as well. CM/aosp, im not sure about, but I know they were known to be really buggy on older firmware.
If it is an option, I strongly suggest seeing if you can get a refund. May I ask where it was bought from? I think whenever we run into these we need to start letting people know not to purchase from those sellers. For one, to protect folks from having this happen to them, but also to try and discourage this type of business practice (if you even want to call it that!). Its almost as bad as people who sell devices and then report them lost!
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Just checked and LI5 is a real build, but it is old. 4.1.1

DocHoliday77 said:
Yup, its exactly as I expected! I747 bootloader/base firmware with T999 system and modem. These are not things that should work together and it also means there is no safe way to update your firmware. LI5 sounds like its really old btw. But tbh, I dont know if its even a real build number! I can say you will not be able to run TW kk roms and might not be able to run 4.3 ones as well. CM/aosp, im not sure about, but I know they were known to be really buggy on older firmware.
If it is an option, I strongly suggest seeing if you can get a refund. May I ask where it was bought from? I think whenever we run into these we need to start letting people know not to purchase from those sellers. For one, to protect folks from having this happen to them, but also to try and discourage this type of business practice (if you even want to call it that!). Its almost as bad as people who sell devices and then report them lost!
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Just checked and LI5 is a real build, but it is old. 4.1.1
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Just asked my dad & he said he bought it from a pawnshop which isn't surprising why there is so much confusion about the model lol. Would having an old bootloader cause problems? I was able to flash the latest PA beta but I haven't encountered any issues as of yet

I dont use non touchwiz roms, but I do remember they all started requiring certain bootloaders nrcsuse they were encountering too many bugs on older ones. I dont know any details though.
Id imagine youll encounter issues flashing any rom thst has the assert check. It checks to make sure you have a certain bootloader, and most here will be checking for T999 builds. Since yours has the I747 bootloader, it may cause trouble flashing certain roms.
That and you wont be able to easily or safely update the firmware...
Not sure theres much that could be done since it came from a pawn shop though.

DocHoliday77 said:
I dont use non touchwiz roms, but I do remember they all started requiring certain bootloaders nrcsuse they were encountering too many bugs on older ones. I dont know any details though.
Id imagine youll encounter issues flashing any rom thst has the assert check. It checks to make sure you have a certain bootloader, and most here will be checking for T999 builds. Since yours has the I747 bootloader, it may cause trouble flashing certain roms.
That and you wont be able to easily or safely update the firmware...
Not sure theres much that could be done since it came from a pawn shop though.
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Yeah this whole situation has been odd. I'll advise my dad to avoid pawnshops from now on lol. Whenever I was in download mode I noticed the flashcount had shown 3 and I ended up using triangle away to reset it when I was still on 4.1.2 for the moment. Before I rooted it or anything it already had supersu installed but I don't think the phone was actually rooted cause everytime I would open supersu it would tell me to update the binary and it would fail each time and any other root apps I installed were denied root. The phone still had stock recovery as well. I honestly thought it was a t-999 up until I was going to flash the nc2 update and it failed and that's when I realized hey this isn't really a t999. I ended up flashing twrp instead and flashed the supersu zip to get root. I flashed paranoid android afterwards and when I went to about phone i noticed everything changed from t-999 to I747 including the modem. It was weird. I ended up reflashing att twrp just to be safe, I flashed the latest modem from at&t, and I crossed my fingers & bravely flashed a zip that updated my bootloader to the latest one for the I747 and it actually worked which was a huge sigh of relief. I reflashed paranoid android afterwards and so far no issues. Now that I updated everything I might end up just flashing a touchwiz rom from the at&t forums. Thanks for your help though, I greatly appreciate it! :good:

n900tuvuenj3

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE THIS BASE BAND COMES FROM. I TRIED TO GOOGLE IS AND NOTHING SHOWS UP?
n900tuvuenj3, IM ON A UNLOCKED NOTE 3 FROM T MOBILE RUNNING ON 4.4.4 AND I CANT FIND ANYONE THAT HAS THE SAME FIRMWARE AS I DO. 4.4.4 SUCKS I WANT TO DOWNGRADE OR RE FLASH THE FIRMWARE.

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I have no clue, I can't find anything on it. Where and when did you get the phone?
And before you do anything, can you please make a dump of it? I can help you step-by-step through the process, if necessary. Please? [emoji120]

I got the phone from a guy on Craigslist, the phone was rooted and i wanted to unroot it so i got the stock firmware for sammobile and re flash 4.4.2 as soon as the phone booted up it said i had another update. After all was done i ended up with 4.4.4. And i have had nothing but problems.
Sorry i have no idea what a dump of my phone is bro.

Basically, it's just pulling a copy of the ROM from the phone. See here.
Your ROM seems to be unique, and I'd love to be able to take a look at it.

Do yoy have to be rooted, if so i dint want to root because i cant flash the stick rom if something happens. Because i cant find it lol

I'm not sure if you have to be rooted...I would assume you probably do, but I'll look into it and get back with you on that. In the meantime, can you download this app (don't worry, it's free), and either post a screenshot or copy down everything under the 'FIRMWARE INFO' and 'OS INFO' sections?
Especially the Bootloader Version. That'll tell us whether or not we can get you downgraded to 4.4.2. If so, I'll be more than happy to walk you through the process step-by-step. The rest will help tell me more about the ROM. The app has some functions that I know need root, but I'm pretty sure it'll still give you the info I mentioned.
I'm real curious about this ROM...
Edit to add: Just FYI, if you were rooted, you could make a clean backup of everything with TWRP or CWM, in lieu of having the original ROM to flash, but until we know what bootloader you're on, we can't be 100% sure that a custom recovery will work, so it's best not to risk it at this point.
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Hard bricked I747M - Need to be pointed in the right direction

Here goes...
I got a new phone which is running great and before selling my S3, I wanted to install CM and get rid of the bloatware. Figured it would help the sale. Ha!
The S3 was already rooted and CWM installed but still using the stock OS. Here's where I really ****ed up, I didn't right down the baseband version or android version before trying to get CM installed.
CM10 wouldn't install so after some digging I read that I needed to unlock the bootloader. All the sites say to use EZ-unlock. I do. It unlocks. I restart the device and it's now hard bricked.
Before becoming a brick, I made a backup using CWM but I'm not sure how helpful it is at this point.
I don't know which Android version I'm running but it should be the latest OTA since I always installed the updates.
I tried debrick images for 4.3 and 4.4.2 without any luck.
Essentially, I need a little bit of guidance before I give up for good on this phone. How can I find out which Android version was running in order to use the right debrick img. Does it matter that I was using a custom recovery and that the phone was rooted?
Thanks for the help, guys. I've got too far down the rabbit hole and I'm trying to get out.

i live a little below the bottom of the rabbit hole. my first and only (so far , fingers crossed) brick was by trying to unlock the bootloader of my att i747 s3. guess what :banghead: they arent locked. go figure. and again :banghead: my best guess if you kept updates updated. search for whatever was the latest (which you should be on) use a debrick image for that version. and i guess youve already read the "debrick thread". if one microsd card doesnt work , try another. read too many times where one class/size would work for one user but not another.
i know this isnt much help. i would just say keep trying.
maybe even jtag might ¿ help?
good luck.
maybe try here if havent already.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549068
"err on the side of kindness"

thats what pretty much happend to me on my s3 i747M. i was downloading a custom rom, phone was rooted had its original os, but i installed a rom, that said it was for i747m, but it was really for the i9300. so after it seemed to install, i click reboot, and instant brick. i also made a WHOLE backup before i did anything, and have flashed a number of different roms in the past.
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mrrocketdog said:
i live a little below the bottom of the rabbit hole. my first and only (so far , fingers crossed) brick was by trying to unlock the bootloader of my att i747 s3. guess what :banghead: they arent locked. go figure. and again :banghead: my best guess if you kept updates updated. search for whatever was the latest (which you should be on) use a debrick image for that version. and i guess youve already read the "debrick thread". if one microsd card doesnt work , try another. read too many times where one class/size would work for one user but not another.
i know this isnt much help. i would just say keep trying.
maybe even jtag might ¿ help?
good luck.
maybe try here if havent already.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549068
"err on the side of kindness"
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this is only if you got bricked while upgrading to 4.4.2 i tried this method already didnt work

MhikeiMPC12 said:
thats what pretty much happend to me on my s3 i747M. i was downloading a custom rom, phone was rooted had its original os, but i installed a rom, that said it was for i747m, but it was really for the i9300. so after it seemed to install, i click reboot, and instant brick. i also made a WHOLE backup before i did anything, and have flashed a number of different roms in the past.
Not quite the same situation. I was following instructions install a new rom and it said to unlock the bootloader when in the end it wasn't necessary. EZ-unlock bricked my phone. I will keep trying with various SD cards.
Does anyone have a link to a KitKat (4.4.2) debrick dump for the I747?
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Found the right debrick file
Update: I found this debrick file for my S3 on Koodo with 4.4. : http://d-h.st/w7g
Thanks to mitch0422 and this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2598240