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[Q] Samsung Galaxy S3 Wont Boot After installing custom rom?

Hello This was my first time installing a custom rom ( it seemed harmless and easy .. i was wrong )
Ok i looked all over XDA and GOOGLE
if Possible Just Post Links To threads That Have same question but answered :3
What i Did:
rooted phone -everything worked-
Fallowed All the Instructions That the Custom Rom told me to do
Made Sure that The ROM Supported my Phone
Installed it -Said Everything worked and to reboot-
Never rebooted couldnt boot No lights no nothing
Its lifeless :"( - grandma is gonna kill me -_- -
What I Have
Had CWM recovery
Have kais and odin installed
Have all My Backups on SD and laptop
What I tried:
I tried Booting into samsung recover
and CWM recovery
left battery out for 20 minutes
Contacted samsung -no reply-
Details About ROM i used:
OMEGA v4.0 rom
Had Rooted phone + busy box installed
Sorry cant spell for shiz Please help if you could id would mean the world to me

Link to the rom you flashed?
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2

Reply Places
1st:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1663656&highlight=omega
2nd:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1663656&highlight=omega

do you have the T999 version of the s3? the roms you linked are for the international version, if you flash the international version it'll brick your phone...
follow this thread to fix it!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727401&highlight=international

Testimonyy said:
do you have the T999 version of the s3? the roms you linked are for the international version, if you flash the international version it'll brick your phone...
follow this thread to fix it!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727401&highlight=international
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Nope So I Hard bricked my phone should i lie to Samsung and Tell them its hardware issue and hope they cant get it to start either?

GarettMcCarty said:
Nope So I Hard bricked my phone should i lie to Samsung and Tell them its hardware issue and hope they cant get it to start either?
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Look in to a jtag service.. I think it's about 65 bucks
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2

well my friend bricked his galaxy nexus when he tried rooting it and brought it back to the carrier to get a replacement. maybe you'll get lucky. he said that it just stopped working and had no idea what happened.

I did this too when I got my s3 but I just sent it into Samsung and they fixed it up.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium

Testimonyy said:
do you have the T999 version of the s3? the roms you linked are for the international version, if you flash the international version it'll brick your phone...
follow this thread to fix it!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727401&highlight=international
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Yes thats My model sorry Miss read So Shouldn't i have No issues?

the ROM you flashed is for the international model but since you have the T999 model, it'll brick your phone. follow the thread, should be able to fix it.

Testimonyy said:
the ROM you flashed is for the international model but since you have the T999 model, it'll brick your phone. follow the thread, should be able to fix it.
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I Cant boot into recovery though? its literally DEAD

Please Close I just told tmobile i was on fb and it crashed there sending me a new one > ive learned from my mistakes

N7105 No Signal and IMEI after Flashing custom ROM

hi everyone.. i just bought Samsung Galaxy Note II 4G on first december, from Optus Australia..
and last night i try to root, and flashing Omega v7.3 Rom from N7100, it is work well but the IMEI and Signal is gone, and also the S-pen is not working..
and i try use N7105 custom rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1985200
and also my signal is still not detected, but my S-Pen is working back..
somebody please help me...
how to fix my signal problem

benatis said:
and flashing Omega v7.3 Rom from N7100
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Why in first case did you flash a ROm which isn't intended to be for your device?
Well you killed your EFS partition (bricked)
I hope you mad a EFS backup BEFORE you flashed. So you can restore it and all will be fine.
You could try the Stock Firmware via Mobile Odin if it fixes your EFS problem. No Guarantee here, sometimes it dsoes work and sometimes not.
Good luck to you

Higgins12 said:
Why in first case did you flash a ROm which isn't intended to be for your device?
Well you killed your EFS partition (bricked)
I hope you mad a EFS backup BEFORE you flashed. So you can restore it and all will be fine.
You could try the Stock Firmware via Mobile Odin if it fixes your EFS problem. No Guarantee here, sometimes it dsoes work and sometimes not.
Good luck to you
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hmm.. i never used Samsung device before.. this is my first Samsung device i have ever..
different with my old HTC devices..
i will try ODIN now... use Stock ROM....
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and also, i have tried to wipe data from CWM, why my Note2 device still can boot?
i mean, like not wiped the data completely

benatis said:
hmm.. i never used Samsung deviced before.. this is my first Samsung device i have ever..
different with my HTC devices
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I believe the reason you are experiencing this issue is because this new firmware you flashed doesn't contain a custom radio and the n7100 firmware did. You will need to find a n7105 radio, flash that through CWM or TWRP and you should be back in business mate.

chrisaw said:
I believe the reason you are experiencing this issue is because this new firmware you flashed doesn't contain a custom radio and the n7100 firmware did. You will need to find a n7105 radio, flash that through CWM or TWRP and you should be back in business mate.
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where i can download n7105 radio ???
and how to flash the radio?

where i can download the stock Radio, Firmware, and rom of N7105 ???

i Have tried Odin, and flash Stock rom... but i dont know how to wipe data and chache from odin..
i just flash it..
and now, my Signal is appear... lol...
thanks for everyone...

Would be glad to help you but you seem to have skipped the first rule : read, read, read before you do anything else. You even admitted that this is your first Samsung device, so why did u assume that everything should have been htc like ?
Anyhow, you can try to flash the newest 4.1.2 update for the 7105, even though I fear that your problem is your efs folder, and since this is unique for each device, no flashing any rom will put it back in place.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2027586
Good luck,
P_

pakalrtb said:
Would be glad to help you but you seem to have skipped the first rule : read, read, read before you do anything else. You even admitted that this is your first Samsung device, so why did u assume that everything should have been htc like ?
Anyhow, you can try to flash the newest 4.1.2 update for the 7105, even though I fear that your problem is your efs folder, and since this is unique for each device, no flashing any rom will put it back in place.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2027586
Good luck,
P_
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yah.. i have flash that ROM just now..
but, why my signal is verry in poor level? only showing 2 bar?
im sorry, im not experienced with samsung devices

Since you said that the phone is from Australia and Optus you may want to flash its original firmware back in place :
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=GT-N7105&pcode=OPS&os=1&type=1#firmware
If you do not use the phone in Australia you may want to find a firmware (if available) for your device/geographical region.
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benatis said:
i Have tried Odin, and flash Stock rom... but i dont know how to wipe data and chache from odin..
i just flash it..
and now, my Signal is appear... lol...
thanks for everyone...
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I am facing the same problem you had before, however when i try to Odin the stock 4.1.1 firmware back to the phone, it stops at the Samsung logo when restarting. I have to force back to recovery mode to flash the omega back to have it start again. Can you please tell me the steps you did on putting back to stock firmware? thanks

If you haven't yet reflashed the EFS partition (don't do that, ever ! unless you have a good reundant set of backups), you actually don't need to reflash to stock firmware at all (and I doubt that it'd do any good anyways. It just puts back a generic EFS with the files set at default values, but certainly can't put back the data you had in your own device's EFS, this is unique to each phone).
Just head on over to the Galaxy S2 forums and look for a thread called "Restore your IMEI in 9 steps" (something like that. There's actually quite a number of threads describing the same procedure, you can find them by searching "samsung restore imei" in all forums, works just as well).
I had the same problem the other day (and no backup of course, silly and impatient me... ), it worked like a charm..

It's topics like this that i know that People Will get Hurt on. Come on, read and study before doing anything on a smartphone. There's a reason why android doesn't come with administrator rights from factory.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk 2

Identifying my S3 , confused :(

i m new to Android , i have s3 came from dubai. i dont know from where it belongs orignaly but baught from dubai. on its back its model no is I9300 which is international model but when i see its ram its 2Gb. i searched its imei no. it says my phone is T999 Galaxy S III
now i installed stock rom from sammmobile with odin for t999 .. its runing Good. but i am confused about my orignal model no of S3 . please help me

Someone has done a Transplant Surgery. Put the motherboard of T999 into a I9300 case.
You need to treat the phone as a T999 despite what it says on the case.

We seem to be seeing a lot of these "Franken-phones".:silly:

Bass_Man25 said:
We seem to be seeing a lot of these "Franken-phones".:silly:
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Probably a lot of people are replacing the housing (few bucks on ebay and elsewhere) so they can sell it as "like new" or something. Thats my guess anyway.

Perseus71 said:
Someone has done a Transplant Surgery. Put the motherboard of T999 into a I9300 case.
You need to treat the phone as a T999 despite what it says on the case.
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is there any way to know its body is changed or not ? i think its a refubrished phone ? should i return this phone because shopkeeper challenged me that its not a refubrished phone

DocHoliday77 said:
Probably a lot of people are replacing the housing (few bucks on ebay and elsewhere) so they can sell it as "like new" or something. Thats my guess anyway.
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Doc! Good to hear from you man
Farooq Ch said:
is there any way to know its body is changed or not ? i think its a refubrished phone ? should i return this phone because shopkeeper challenged me that its not a refubrished phone
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You just confirmed it by flashing t999 firmware in Odin, otherwise it would've failed or bricked the phone, it was either the motherboard or housing as Doc said
Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk

I wouldn't bother with trying for a return if it were me. You know it's a T999, so as long as you treat it as such, you should be fine. Up to you of course, but seems like it'd be a hassle and not much fun or return. And it could be that it is new and simply was a mistake at the factory. New employee grabs wrong box of parts type scenario. ...
Sent from my SM-N900T using Tapatalk

serio22 said:
Doc! Good to hear from you man
You just confirmed it by flashing t999 firmware in Odin, otherwise it would've failed or bricked the phone, it was either the motherboard or housing as Doc said
Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk
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when this phone came it was rooted and model no showing in the about phone was " gt i9300 ". now i flashed stock rom 4.3 for t999 it shows t999 in about phone.. ? is this possible that t999 having rom for gt i9300 ? or gt i9300 have rom for t999?

It's easy enough to change what it reads in the about phone menu. I believe simply changing the build.prop value will do that.
Sent from my SM-N900T using Tapatalk

DocHoliday77 said:
It's easy enough to change what it reads in the about phone menu. I believe simply changing the build.prop value will do that.
Sent from my SM-N900T using Tapatalk
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This^^ very easy to do do, I am currently running a ROM for i-9505 and changed it to show my original M919.. Now this two phones you can flash Roms vice versa, i9300 and t999, will brick!!
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DocHoliday77 said:
It's easy enough to change what it reads in the about phone menu. I believe simply changing the build.prop value will do that.
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Good to see you back Doc!
@op Best if you treat the phone as T999. I know you can make it look like I9300. But don't ever accidentally flash any of the I9300 stuff.

Perseus71 said:
Good to see you back Doc!
@op Best if you treat the phone as T999. I know you can make it look like I9300. But don't ever accidentally flash any of the I9300 stuff.
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i have tried flashing i9300 rom when i didnt know the orignal model .. nothing hapend i tried many time to flash i9300 stock rom but it didnt brick my phone . it just get off and dont show any thing .. i tried some methods from internet it went to download mode again ... i think flashing other roms for all s3 model dont brick your phone. ? i dont think flashing t999 to my mobile confirms it that it is t999 motherboard.

If it's a t999, only T999 firmware will flash. Official firmware from any other model should fail.
And you cannot just flash any other S3's roms. I9300 and any US model are quite different from each other. The most compatible is the I747 from ATT. Other models require more work to port to our T999.
Sent from my SM-N900T using Tapatalk

Woah. This thread just opened my eyes. I bought a I9300 phone off of ebay in a "unopened - new" condition. It came in the original box and everything (which I now know he/she just repackaged it). When I got it, I tried to flash a stock I9300 rom on it. It failed, saying "wrong dev" type. And I soft bricked it.
Now, I thought this was all my fault. I booted into download mode and it said "T999" so I thought I installed the wrong bootloader and messed it up. I opened a support thread, which had over three pages of replies. Everyone told me to get a new motherboard because I installed the wrong bootloader. Everytime I tried to flash a stock I9300 rom, it said "wrong dev_type" in download mode. Nothing flashed. I thought my phone was permanently screwed up so I returned it to the seller and he refunded me. So I didn't even have to return it... could have just flashed a T999 stock rom (maybe..).
NOW I realize, my phone was probably ACTUALLY a T999. I could have probably fixed the soft brick by just flashing a stock T999 rom. Woah. I was just flashing the WRONG stock rom the whole time? Because I thought I had a I9300?
Maybe I'm getting this all wrong, but nobody in the 3 page support thread even brought up the idea of me having a T999. This is just mind blowing.
Regardless, I now have a brand new T999 phone. That I purchased as a "T999 phone" not a "I9300-actually-a-T999-phone".

Farooq Ch said:
i have tried flashing i9300 rom when i didnt know the orignal model .. nothing hapend i tried many time to flash i9300 stock rom but it didnt brick my phone . it just get off and dont show any thing .. i tried some methods from internet it went to download mode again ... i think flashing other roms for all s3 model dont brick your phone. ? i dont think flashing t999 to my mobile confirms it that it is t999 motherboard.
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Well I guess recoveries have been updated to prevent the bricks between this phones, but this was definitely a problem before, saw too many people bricking their phones because they flashed i9300 ROMs on t999.. Either way it just won't work
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[Q] Can't install any recovery or i lose imei?? Help

Hi ,
i have tryed many times now to update my device from at&t sgh-i317 (4.1.2) to recent android (4.4.. minimum) whitout succes, i had always te null imei and worked 2 days to get it back whitout backup....
flashed twrc result now always in null imei, if i want it back, the only way is flash in odin the only working stock rom KIES_HOME_I317UCAMA4_I317ATTAMA4_578342_REV04_user_low_ship.tar
Strange thing was that i was on 4.4.2 branded as gt-n7100 and now it's at&t sgh-i317 (but i get back imei and baseband)?!?!
I have help many guys in the past but now i need help as i can't find a solution and really want to update!
can someone good help me step by step please?
THX in advance guys

If rom branding is showing n7100...you are flashing the wrong builds...
N7100 roms are not compatible with the SGH-I317...g

gregsarg said:
If rom branding is showing n7100...you are flashing the wrong builds...
N7100 roms are not compatible with the SGH-I317...g
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yes ive seen it and can't understand it, i was sure it was n7100 before? im also from belgium and by this in a belgian store wich is not at&t....so now you think is a do it again with the good files it wil work? is there any specific recovery then i need for my model? thx mate...

also can i flash it back to gt-n7100 please??? someone can try to find a solution with me?

If your device is N7100...then yes...you can use the stock N7100 rom to repair the device..
Regarding the recovery...you can use TWRP latest version for the N7100 device.
Files can be found in that section on xda...g

gregsarg said:
If your device is N7100...then yes...you can use the stock N7100 rom to repair the device..
Regarding the recovery...you can use TWRP latest version for the N7100 device.
Files can be found in that section on xda...g
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ok i will try that again, thx for help i come back tomorrow to report when it's done or not...

wait a minute, ive seen now that the imei is changed also,how is this possible??? that's why the brand as change to at&t.... from 7100!
i hope it's possible to get it back to stock with original imei? is someone able to help me out or te redirect me to someone that can help me out please? thx
just for info my imei as now /5 at the end?!

Finaly i get it updated and working on 4.4.2
the imei as changed again to another one but not matched with original....but it's working.
im stil on at&t but happy to have it on 4.4.2 working.
now if its possible to fix the imei or eventualy get it back branded as 7100...i take it?

i have installed dn4 2.4 rom finally to be quit of the at&t sh**
it is al working well so i leave it as it is for now.
the solution for me was reinstall stock rom (odin) , update stock rom to 4.4.2 (odin) then install recovery (odin), install new custom rom (twrp), new bootloader (odin) et voila!...gregsarg thx for help.
for a community as this i was thinking that more poeple should help....like we did in the past

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (AT&T) : SGH-I317 Stock Rom needed

Hello,
I'm trying to look for the fresh stock rom of SGH-I317 rom so I can flash my phone back to normal. I owned this phone since 2012, I had it rooted and everything else. Last night, it decided to do something funny and now it gets stuck on samsung logo/battery and I can only access download mode for the time being.
So I assume I have to factory set everything and lose data--which i don't care about anymore.
Can anyone please help? Thank you. Stock rom is what I need and Odin as well. Thanks again =)
Adam.

As far as I know there are at least 4 different STOCK versions of SGH-I317 firmware namely 4.1.1 4.1.2 4.3 and 4.4.2. 4.1.2 is the same as 4.1.1 but it has SIM unlock backdoor closed. 4.1.1 is interchangeable up to 4.3 with certain limitations, as soon as you get 4.4.2 you are stock to it.
4.3 is my personal favorite but I can't seem to find clean AT&T ROM for some time now (everything else is available).
If I were you I'd start powering up the phone while holding home and arrow up buttons, do "wipe data/factory reset" follow with "wipe cache partitions" and you should be golden

toshik1 said:
As far as I know there are at least 4 different STOCK versions of SGH-I317 firmware namely 4.1.1 4.1.2 4.3 and 4.4.2. 4.1.2 is the same as 4.1.1 but it has SIM unlock backdoor closed. 4.1.1 is interchangeable up to 4.3 with certain limitations, as soon as you get 4.4.2 you are stock to it.
4.3 is my personal favorite but I can't seem to find clean AT&T ROM for some time now (everything else is available).
If I were you I'd start powering up the phone while holding home and arrow up buttons, do "wipe data/factory reset" follow with "wipe cache partitions" and you should be golden
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Thanks replying. Unfortunately.. I tried getting into recovery mode but it just won't let me. when I do that.. it only takes me back to the samsung logo. I really really don't know why...
Right now I only have access to the Odin Mode and it comes up as
Product Name :
Custom Binary Download : No
Current Binary Samsung Official
System Status : Custom

did you try flashing recovery again through odin...u can also try this...not sure if it works 100% in ur case...but doesn't hurt to try.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70916644&postcount=11912

dssheeley1 said:
did you try flashing recovery again through odin...u can also try this...not sure if it works 100% in ur case...but doesn't hurt to try.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70916644&postcount=11912
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See that's the thing. I need the stock rom so i can flash it lol. I asked it a few times before too ^__^;; . The good thing is, the battery still works fine .
Now on Odin.. I get many failed attempts..so I'm not sure I have the right stock rom.
edit : I tried that method..didn't work ....

beatsme2 said:
See that's the thing. I need the stock rom so i can flash it lol. I asked it a few times before too ^__^;; . The good thing is, the battery still works fine .
Now on Odin.. I get many failed attempts..so I'm not sure I have the right stock rom.
edit : I tried that method..didn't work ....
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Try samsung firmware n get rom that way...then reroot

dssheeley1 said:
Try samsung firmware n get rom that way...then reroot
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Amigo...
Whereeeeeeeee..... u__u;

beatsme2 said:
Amigo...
Whereeeeeeeee..... u__u;
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https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
Remember u can downgrade from 4.4.x...there's a thread in forum that explains what tz files r needed and which bootloader 2...I've done it couple of times myself from Dn4 rom and Eclipse V9 from 7100 thread. Just gotta read and be patient. Hope u get all straightened out. Keep us informed on progress.

With the phone in download mode, is there anything on the phone about knox or warranty bit? If there is, the phone can't be flashed with any stock ROM from sammobile.com.

dssheeley1 said:
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
Remember u can downgrade from 4.4.x...there's a thread in forum that explains what tz files r needed and which bootloader 2...I've done it couple of times myself from Dn4 rom and Eclipse V9 from 7100 thread.
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REALLY??? Please show us the link for upgrade! As I said there is no OEM 4.3 ROM at sammobile
I was told many many times that AT&T (and this is the one we are talking about) 4.4.2 ROM can not be downgraded!
I tired the downgrade and yes the system will go down to 4.1.1 but it would keep the 4.4.2 bootloader so the phone won't charge while being off (making it pretty useless).

@audit13 : I've the phone since 2012. I think Im getting a new as is but I know this phone can't be done just yet. if I'm able to access download mode that should warrant itself the possibility of it being fixed. Just need that thread to follow those directions =)
dssheeley1 said:
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
Remember u can downgrade from 4.4.x...there's a thread in forum that explains what tz files r needed and which bootloader 2...I've done it couple of times myself from Dn4 rom and Eclipse V9 from 7100 thread. Just gotta read and be patient. Hope u get all straightened out. Keep us informed on progress.
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Good Morning, thanks for the link.. But I'm already lost at which one I'm supposed to pick. Can you provide a link to that thread, please? Thank you
Adam

OMG, my bad.
Does the phone say anything about warranty bit or knox in download? If it does, the phone can't be flashed with any ROMs from sammobile.com.

my phone is SGH-I317 NOTE 2 .....

Did you have a chance to look at the download screen on the phone? Model is sgh-i317 in download screen too?

audit13 said:
Did you have a chance to look at the download screen on the phone? Model is sgh-i317 in download screen too?
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Hi. This is all i have on the download section
http://imgur.com/a/zYql8
Maybe I'm missing something extra like the videos i've seen ?

What is the model number on the label under the battery? Something is very wrong because there is no model number.

audit13 said:
What is the model number on the label under the battery? Something is very wrong because there is no model number.
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Well the model number SGH-I317 . I'm sure I mentioned it before. And yes. .I find that to be weird too >__<.. What am I missing?

In this case, I would try and flash the stock ROM from sammobile.com in Odin: https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SGH-I317/

Ok.. so if I download both of these (or which one do you prefer? ). What else do I need to download? I do have two versions of Odin.
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So i tried it on Odin 1.85.
I get something like GET PIT FOR MAPPING?
edit 2 :
Another Odin version gave me
Can't open the serial(COM) port after setup connection

sorry for double posting but here's a reminder
Ok.. so if I download both of these (or which one do you prefer? ). What else do I need to download? I do have two versions of Odin.
edit :
So i tried it on Odin 1.85.
I get something like GET PIT FOR MAPPING?
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Another Odin version gave me
Can't open the serial(COM) port after setup connection