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Bricked Samsung Galaxy S3 With Bad Software

I accidentally bricked my Samsung Galaxy S3 with a bad software. Now, It won't turn on at all. I tried this so far by pressing volume + home+ power with no luck. Whatever that I do, I cannot get it to go into download mode. This is what I did that bricked my phone. I really feel so dumb for not seeing the "for windows os!" Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advanced.
Section 1: (For Windows OS)How to Odin stock pre rooted 4.1.1 JellyBean/Unlock bootloader/Flash a Custom recovery
Step 2: Power device off, hold the volume down/home/power keys until you see a yellow triangle, then press the volume up key to access "odin or download mode".
Step 3: Open odin and connect the oem usb cable to pc & device. There should be a "comport number" in upper left hand corner of odin indicating communication between the device & pc.
Step 4: Click on the PDA function of odin. Select the stock rom you downloaded in step 1, then select start. This operation should take less than 8 minutes before odin will say pass/reset and should reboot. If not manually reboot...
Step 5: Open up the SuperUser application from your app drawer and make sure its up to date!
Step 6: Download the EZ-Unlock app to your device from HERE.(Only use version 1.1 or 1.2 for now as the latest versions have issues!)
Step 7: Open the app and select unlock! Now your unlocked...yup its that easy!
Step 8: Download the EZ-recovery app to your device from HERE.
Step 9: Open app, select CWM recovery, tap the pulldown menu, choose CWM 6.0.1, select flash, then reboot recovery.
Step 10: Congrats you are now rooted, unlocked, and have a custom recovery installed!! If you want to flash a custom rom proceed to section 3 or 4.

It wasn't bad software, just the wrong software. Looking at those directions that is the root and recovery method for a Verizon GS3. Try to get it into download mode again (vol -, home, pwr) and see if you can flash the stock odin files.

KillaHurtz said:
It wasn't bad software, just the wrong software. Looking at those directions that is the root and recovery method for a Verizon GS3. Try to get it into download mode again (vol -, home, pwr) and see if you can flash the stock odin files.
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Thank you, but that didn't do it cause it's fully bricked. I had to jtag it in order to bring it back to life!

Going back to stock, HELP!

I have a question that may sound simple to you guys but too me its not. I would like to know how to go back to complete, stock. Stock Rom, Stock Kernel, Stock baseband. So pretty much out of the box. I had a Nandroid but I accedentaly deleted it. I just want to flash stock and the click on software update on my phone and be up too date on my carrier. I have the Sgh-T999V Videotron S 3, My baseband is : T999VVLLH2
I am currently on Infamous Rom v4.5.
Someone please help me I just want stock. Roms arent good for me. Detailed instructions if possible.

This is a post I found on here, with some modification from my part:
Go here to download your firmware: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ - Put in your model number under search, it will come up.
Will look something like this: http://gyazo.com/719e8730e6edda5bfce2409cd5a44207
Place it where you will find it, maybe like your desktop / documents, etc. if it is downloaded as zip, extract it to retrieve the md5 file.
Download kies from samsung website as well
- Download Odin from this website: (http://www.android.gs/download-odin-1-85/)
- Put your device in restore mode: (press and hold home + volume up + power when device shutdown keep pressing only home and volume up until you see samsung logo)
- now wipe cache and wipe data
- Put your device in Download mode: (press and hold home + volume down + power when device shutdown keep pressing only home and volume down until you see samsung logo)
- press volume up: to go in download mode
- open Odin:, now uou see a com port added to odin (it's your phone)
- Make sure checkbox Auto Reboot and F. reset Time are checked. DO NOT CHECK RE-PARTITION!
- Click on PDA and select your firmware md5 file:
- when you are ready, click on start and wait
-Look for the word "Pass" in your odin, that means it is done flashing. Let the phone reboot on its own.
When your device is restarting you will see your stock firmware running
If for any reason you are stuck in bootloop after you are done flashing (it does not restart) Do not panic...Simply go into recovery mod and Factory reset, Wipe Partition, and reboot
That's the general concept...if you are more visual oriented or want even more information, go here: http://www.smartphonejam.com/2012/06/how-to-return-back-samsung-galaxy-s3-to.html

CWM + Root for SAMSUNG Galaxy Infinite ( SCH-i759 )

WARNING!!! This solution provided as is (with no warranty of any kind). Be careful because the described operations rather dangerous and possibly can brick your device. Author is not responsible for your device damage.
IMPORTANT: Usage of this method will affect the state of the "Custom BIN down" counter in your device. This means that you may have problems with official warranty.
Step 1. Getting software. change * with .
1. Install Samsung drivers
http://www*mediafire*com/download/l174yb0369b5ecv/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones(3).exe
2. Download Odin 3.0.7
http://www*mediafire*com/download/1ya3rsdqmd2f9j7/Odin307.zip
3. Download CWM Touch
http://www*mediafire*com/download/ohuwh4lq65atvqv/recovery.tar.md5
4. Download UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.65 package for rooting
http://www*mediafire*com/download/v4q6691tei4l56p/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.65.zip
5. Download Stock recovery
http://www*mediafire*com/download/mmxdxe5ixbtwkj0/Stock-Recovery_SCH-I759.zip
Step 2. Flash the updates 1. Switch off the device. Hold "volume down"+"home" buttons and press power button. When device switch on release the power button but continue to hold volume down and home until Download mode warning appear. Plug in the USB cable and press volume up button to continue. The device will load in ODIN download mode.
2. Extract ODIN 3.0.7.zip, Run ODIN 3.0.7. Don't change any setting (checkboxes ) - leave them in default state. Your device should appear in "ID:COM" part of the screen as serial device (i.e. "COM38") - if not check if your USB port is functional and Samsung drivers installed correctly.
3. Click on PDA button and chose recovery.tar.md5 file saved during step 1.2. Don't rename or decompress the file - otherwise it will not work. Wait until ODIN decompress the package and check the checksums. After it just press START button and wait until the process is over.
4. Copy UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.65 and Stock Recovery (CWM_ORI_SCH-I759) package for rooting on SD card External and put the card in device's slot.
5. Switch off your device again. Hold "volume up"+"home" buttons and press power button to switch on. Don't release volume up and home until the recovery loaded. Using volume up and volume down buttons navigate to menu item "apply zip from SdCard" and press power button to commit operation. Then navigate to UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.65.zip file and press power button again.
6. Done. Your device should be rooted now.
7. If you can't reboot on cwm, Flash "apply zip from SdCard" Stock Recovery (Stock-Recovery_SCH-I759.zip).
Bugs: sometimes ca't reboot in cwm, solution: flash stock recovery (Stock-Recovery_SCH-I759.zip). Please help me to fix it

Thanks Master.
Thanks Master.
On progress ROOT.

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[Q] Samsung 5210 - Won't restart after rooting

Hello,
I rooted my Samsung 5210 using Odin v3.07.
In the message screen it said:
<ID:0/007> RES OK !!
<ID:0/007> Removed!!
<ID:0/007> Remain Port .... 0
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<ID:0/004> Removed!!
(Also attached a screen shot).
The tablet rebooted, but before I could press Home + Power + Volume Up to enter the Recovery Mode to flash the root zip file, the regular start screen appeared. I rebooted it manually, but since then it's dead - neither pressing the Power or the Home + Power + Volume Up will start the tablet.
Any idea how this can be solved ?

Johi13 said:
Hello,
I rooted my Samsung 5210 using Odin v3.07.
In the message screen it said:
<ID:0/007> RES OK !!
<ID:0/007> Removed!!
<ID:0/007> Remain Port .... 0
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<ID:0/004> Removed!!
(Also attached a screen shot).
The tablet rebooted, but before I could press Home + Power + Volume Up to enter the Recovery Mode to flash the root zip file, the regular start screen appeared. I rebooted it manually, but since then it's dead - neither pressing the Power or the Home + Power + Volume Up will start the tablet.
Any idea how this can be solved ?
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Wao, almost 13 hours and no body has answered. There a a few things you have to do to improve the chance you get help. But before let me say a few things.
1) About Your self:
Your record shows 1rst post in xda!
Can you talk about you, your knowledge and skils.
Is this your first android device? Have you done rom modification before? What?
About P5210?
Is your device New? Can you talk about what you had in your device preciously. Most 5210 came with 4.2.2 but it been said that new are coming with 4.4.2? What was yours.
About your Procedure.
What procedure are you following- Please tell us the link? Just as a note If you are following a Link in the web best to do is to request help in the same Link. But never mind lets continue here.
2) You said: "I rooted my Samsung 5210 using Odin v3.07. "
This is strange: Normally we used Odin to install a partition, or going back to stock. So most of the time Odin is used at the beginning to install the a new Recovery CWM, TWRP or new improves like Philz. Afterwards we reboot into Recovery (NOT ODIN) to install the Super SU (root). Then we restart in Android OS and once up we run Super SU and verify it work. The we can say that we are rooted.
But you said "I rooted" So it was rooted or not?
3) Now in the other hand your picture shows you where trying not to root but to Install a TWRP image? a file called "TWRP Recovery\recovery.tar.md5" So we fall back to what procedure are you following and what files?
4)
The tablet rebooted, but before I could press Home + Power + Volume Up to enter the Recovery Mode to flash the root zip file, the regular start screen appeared.
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This happens because you did not un-Check "Auto Reboot", look at your Odin image.
You said : "regular start screen appeared" . Did you let it boot all the way to Android OS and then did "Power Off"?
I rebooted it manually, but since then it's dead - neither pressing the Power or the Home + Power + Volume Up will start the tablet
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What is "rebooted it manually"? I guess all reboot are manually, we do have to manually ask the device to reboot? Listen I do not what to be mean. I am trying to show that what you have written is just confusing??
..., but since then it's dead - neither pressing the Power or the Home + Power + Volume Up will start the tablet
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Here is the MOST disturbing part of you message. Installing a new recovery.img should not had modified your boot-loaders!! The first boot-loader is the one in charge of responding to [Power] or [Home] + [Power] + [Volume Up]
Once you tell us what procedure you are following and what files, we may have an Idea if you use a bad recovery.img. but for now let said you have a bad recovery image.
You should at least bee able to press [Power] for 5 to 8 seconds and release. This will mimic a Battery Removed. then you could do one of two things:
a) Press power and see it reboot and see the Samsung Logo. And it should boot in to OS.
or
b) Or you should be able to press [Home] + [Power] + [Volume Down] in fact you do not need [HOME] in Tab3 just [Power] + [Volume Down].
Then you should see it booting in "Download Mode"
So why are you saying " it's dead" it is disturbing to me.
NOW here is the MOST important part of this. See me response it has at least 10 times more words than you initial request. And clearly it took me 10 times more time to do it. So do you assignment and tell us more info so that we can help you.

r2d23cpo said:
Wao, almost 13 hours and no body has answered. There a a few things you have to do to improve the chance you get help. But before let me say a few things.
1) About Your self:
Your record shows 1rst post in xda!
Can you talk about you, your knowledge and skils.
Is this your first android device? Have you done rom modification before? What?
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Well, I guess you're right, I should share a bit more info. I have two android devices: a Samsung Galaxy S Duos (S7562) mobile phone and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 (GT-P5210). The mobile has been rooted a while ago and caused me no issues.
About P5210?
Is your device New? Can you talk about what you had in your device preciously. Most 5210 came with 4.2.2 but it been said that new are coming with 4.4.2? What was yours.
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The device is about 9 months old. I'm not sure, but I guess it was on 4.2.2.
About your Procedure.
What procedure are you following- Please tell us the link? Just as a note If you are following a Link in the web best to do is to request help in
the same Link. But never mind lets continue here.
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I followed those instructions (apparently I am not yet allowed to insert external links as I do not yet have enough posts in this community)
1. Download Odin v3.07 from this link and extract to your computer.
2. Download TWRP Recovery from here and extract it on your computer. Keep extracting the archive until you get recovery.tar.md5 file.
3. Now download Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 root file from here and transfer the root.zip file to internal memory of the tablet.
4. Turn off the tablet and press Home+Power+Volume down button simultaneously until you get to a warning screen. Release the buttons and press Volume up button to continue. When the tablet is in download mode, connect it to the computer using USB cable.
5. Start Odin and click on PDA button then select the file “recovery.tar.md5″.
6. On the Odin window make sure “Re-partition” is unchecked.
7. Now click on the Start button to root Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1.
8. Once the flashing process is complete the tablet will reboot.
9. When the tablet is rebooting press Home+Power+Volume up button to enter Recovery mode. From the TWRP recovery flash the root.zip file and reboot the tablet.
I could complete the procedure up to step 9. After reboot I missed to press Home & Power & Volume and it booted regularly. Afterwards I tried to catch up with the missing step, tried to reboot the device but it never came up again.
2) You said: "I rooted my Samsung 5210 using Odin v3.07. "
This is strange: Normally we used Odin to install a partition, or going back to stock. So most of the time Odin is used at the beginning to install the a new Recovery CWM, TWRP or new improves like Philz. Afterwards we reboot into Recovery (NOT ODIN) to install the Super SU (root). Then we restart in Android OS and once up we run Super SU and verify it work. The we can say that we are rooted.
But you said "I rooted" So it was rooted or not?
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See above.
3) Now in the other hand your picture shows you where trying not to root but to Install a TWRP image? a file called "TWRP Recovery\recovery.tar.md5" So we fall back to what procedure are you following and what files?
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See above.
4) This happens because you did not un-Check "Auto Reboot", look at your Odin image.
You said : "regular start screen appeared" . Did you let it boot all the way to Android OS and then did "Power Off"?
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See above.
Here is the MOST disturbing part of you message. Installing a new recovery.img should not had modified your boot-loaders!! The first boot-loader is the one in charge of responding to [Power] or [Home] + [Power] + [Volume Up]
Once you tell us what procedure you are following and what files, we may have an Idea if you use a bad recovery.img. but for now let said you have a bad recovery image.
You should at least bee able to press [Power] for 5 to 8 seconds and release. This will mimic a Battery Removed. then you could do one of two things:
a) Press power and see it reboot and see the Samsung Logo. And it should boot in to OS.
or
b) Or you should be able to press [Home] + [Power] + [Volume Down] in fact you do not need [HOME] in Tab3 just [Power] + [Volume Down].
Then you should see it booting in "Download Mode"
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I tried this now several times, nothing happens.
Should you need more information, then please let me know.
thanks!

@Johi13
From you simplistic way of answer this is what I got.
*Your experience: I guess you may not be experienced but had done Recovery Installation and root in the past. This is good. I guess then you know what you are doing.
*Your device: "The device is about 9 months old" , I too also believe should had been 4.2.2 originally. So that root out any weird 4.4.2 bootloaders
*Your procedure:??? The procedure shown seems ok except for the 7 instruction:
7. Now click on the Start button to root Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1.
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should read instead
7. Now click on the Start button to send new recovery to Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1.
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It my be true that you can not post links. In fact NONE of us should past live links. We can always use one of many alternatives. lets say i want to place this link but I am not allowed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2442915
So I can do this
Code:
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 > Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Android Development > [RECOVERY][TWRP_2.7] SGT3 Recovery[FINAL]
or I can do this
Code:
Please google "[RECOVERY][TWRP_2.7] SGT3 Recovery[FINAL]"
or I can do this:
Code:
h__p://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2442915
Then we here can look and read and inspect the files.
But it does not matter lets assume all is OK. Procedure seems OK and lets say Files are Ok.
You have said
" I rebooted it manually, but since then it's dead - neither pressing the Power or the Home + Power + Volume Up will start the tablet."
"tried to reboot the device but it never came up again"
THIS IS THE IMPORTANT.
I
Installing a new recovery.img should not had modified your boot-loaders!! The first boot-loader is the one in charge of responding to [Power] or [Home] + [Power] + [Volume Up]
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So this means
You should at least bee able to press [Power] for 5 to 8 seconds and release. This will mimic a Battery Removed. then you could do one of two things:
a) Press power and see it reboot and see the Samsung Logo. And it should boot in to OS.
or
b) Or you should be able to press [Home] + [Power] + [Volume Down] in fact you do not need [HOME] in Tab3 just [Power] + [Volume Down].
Then you should see it booting in "Download Mode"
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But your response is just:
I tried this now several times, nothing happens.
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I can not help you any more except suggest you the following:
You could have a broken button like the [Power] ! If the buttons do not work it can not Boot-up.
You may have a Battery with to little juice! Hook it to an outlet ans see if it take charge.
Apart from that you may have damage you boot loading partition!! If this happens there is little we can do. It requires then Specialize service that almost only Samsung can provide such as Jtag or something similar. There is in some Samsung devices that have a Hardware option that when the bootloaders can not be reach it then try to boot from External SDCARD, I have no Idea is this is the case of Tab3 10.

@Johi13
Just a thought, If you could disconnect the battery, and reconnect, you may be able to press just [Volume Down] and see the Battery Icon.
Then you may be able to follow similar instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55270064&postcount=2
Please post results if that works.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 (can't get out of retail demo mode)

I purchased a used Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 on ebay. Originally it had Android 4.4.2
When I turned it on the device is in retail demo mode.
I have tried the following
1) passwords found on this forum such as (5444, M729Q16K8546, blue, unlimited, easy, galaxy)
2) none of these worked
3) Can not deselect "samsung retail mode" in settings/security/administrators
I tried updating to android 6.0.1 by doing the following but the retail mode is still there
It will not enter into download mode so I did the following
1) Enabled developer options on tablet
2) Used command "adb reboot download"
3) Installed Android 6.0.1 stock rom (T800XXU1CPH7_T800XAR1CPH4_XAR.zip) from sammobile.com
4) Tablet installed and updated Android
5) Retail mode is still there and I still can not get rid of it
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated
Thanks

Never had a retail demo device so my answer may be limited.
Did you tried/are able to install TWRP ?
If you can get TWRP you can try to make a complete factory wipe (Advanced Wipe > check all the boxes > wipe)
Then reboot to download mode (Reboot > Download)
Install the stock rom again
Here is the link: https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...p-2-8-6-1-unofficial-sm-t800-805-807-t3074633
Flash it via odin

I have tried to do TWRP but can not get it to work. I did not use the apk I was using ODIN on my pc. I was using a TWRP file twrp_3.0.0-0_T800. Not sure if that was the issue or not.
Here are the steps I used:
1) put phone into download mode by using adb on pc (adb reboot download)
2) In ODIN
a) turn off autop reboot
b) select AP file twrp_3.0.0-0_T800
c) wait for success in ODIN
3) tablet never rebooted so I used these keys (press at same time until reboot power+vol down+vol up+home)
4) Tablet rebooted into normal running mode

If you don't enter in recovery right away you flash it the system will revert the changes back. so if the system start to boot normally you need to flash via odin again.
I recommend you to flash the version i linked, as it is more compatible with MM bootloader, also turning off auto reboot is a very important thing.
You need to press all the buttons together power+vol down+vol up+home, (press power last) . when the screen light up release the volume up button (the next to power button) and keep holding the rest.
also...
You can try one trick that i use sometimes, it will give you more time to make the key combination, connect the device to the charger and press and hold power+vol up until the screen turn off, it may show a battery icon, so you disconnect the charger and wait the icon go away. the device should be turned off now. so you basically press and hold vol down+home+power (press power last)
If you done the combination correctly and the screen became black, don't worry, it is a bug, just wait some time (1 min i think) and press home key, it should show the recovery.
It can be a pain in the a** sometimes... but trust me, it generally works.

Ok, so far so good. It took a while but I got into TWRP. But I can't seem to select the image file.
I have it on an external MicroSD in the root. File is called T800XXU1CPH7_T800XAR1CPH4_XAR.zip
I can browse files on the list on the left. But I can't seem to find the file
Did I miss a step?

Somehow after going through menus, it recognized the file
But when I tried to install it, I got these errors
Zip Signature verification failed!
Error installing zip file /sdcard/download/T800XXU1CPH7_T800ZXAR1CPH4_XAR.zip
Could not find 'META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary' in zip file
Error installing zip file /sdcard/download/T800XXU1CPH7_T800ZXAR1CPH4_XAR.zip

you got me wrong, in the TWRP what you need to do is make a complete wipe (Wipe > Advanced Wipe > check all the boxes > wipe)
then you need to enter in download mode. (Reboot > Download)
and flash the rom via odin!
extract the zip on your pc, it should be a .Tar file, select AP mode on odin, select the .tar and flash it in there.

I apologize for the confusion. Those steps worked!!
I think part of the problem is that I did not extract the firmware file. I kept trying to flash the TAR file.
I did a wipe in TWRP
Then rebooted into download mode
Flashed extracted firmware file in ODIN in AP Box
Then the tablet rebooted and was in setup mode like a brand new tablet!! Who hoo.
Works great
Thanks for all the help