So I'm a retard and I installed the MK3 boot loader on my AT&T GS3 and accidentally deleted the OS. I can still boot into the recovery and download mode. I can't flash anything through Odin since the boot loader doesn't let me. Is there a way to fix this or is my phone completely bricked? If there is a way to fix this, please tell me how. Thanks.
Triqkster said:
So I'm a retard and I installed the MK3 boot loader on my AT&T GS3 and accidentally deleted the OS. I can still boot into the recovery and download mode. I can't flash anything through Odin since the boot loader doesn't let me. Is there a way to fix this or is my phone completely bricked? If there is a way to fix this, please tell me how. Thanks.
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It's not a complete brick if you are able to boot into download and recovery modes. Your best option would be to attempt to restore your OS to as near stock as possible. I'm not sure which one you mean by the MK3 boot loader? There is no MK3 for any the GS3 variants or did you mean MK5 which is for the Canadian variant? You may try the method posted in the thread below to attempt a restore to stock 4.3 (I'm presuming you were on 4.3 prior to the firmware failure) ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486
If you don't have custom recovery installed, you would need to flash this via Odin. You may not be able to install ROMs via Odin but you should be able to flash custom recovery if you can get to download mode.
Larry2999 said:
It's not a complete brick if you are able to boot into download and recovery modes. Your best option would be to attempt to restore your OS to as near stock as possible. I'm not sure which one you mean by the MK3 boot loader? There is no MK3 for any the GS3 variants or did you mean MK5 which is for the Canadian variant? You may try the method posted in the thread below to attempt a restore to stock 4.3 (I'm presuming you were on 4.3 prior to the firmware failure) ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486
If you don't have custom recovery installed, you would need to flash this via Odin. You may not be able to install ROMs via Odin but you should be able to flash custom recovery if you can get to download mode.
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Thanks for responding. My bad. I have the MJ2 bootloader.
Triqkster said:
Thanks for responding. My bad. I have the MJ2 bootloader.
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With the MJ2, you shouldn't have problems installing new (compatible) firmware as this a modified version of MJB only. Your safest bet would be to go completely stock and follow the procedure outlined in the thread I earlier forwarded.
I updated my note 2 to kitkat and rooted it..then i needed to downgrade so I flashed mk4 with odin but note does not boot up...just stuck at Samsung logo and I cannot get into recovery..(only download mode is available) I have tried to flash twrp and philz with odin but nothing work..anyone have any idea to get out of this status??
Thanks..
junmin2o2ooo said:
I updated my note 2 to kitkat and rooted it..then i needed to downgrade so I flashed mk4 with odin but note does not boot up...just stuck at Samsung logo and I cannot get into recovery..(only download mode is available) I have tried to flash twrp and philz with odin but nothing work..anyone have any idea to get out of this status??
Thanks..
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Try to odin back to stock and just restart the process.
Hello guys, my galaxy s6 wont go to recovery or boot up, only download mode. It says Custom binary frp locked. Tried to flash the latest stock rom through odin and it wont flash. The phone was previously on QE1 firmware. I also tried to flash with this firmware with no luck. I have the 4 files for the latest update and for the QE1 i only have 1 file. Maybe I need the 4 files for the same firmware my phone was running on? (QE1). Thanks
First off, if I did this wrong(posting in this) then I'm sorry but I need some serious help.
lets begin, I flashed a rom (5.1.1) and then I used Odin to restore to (4.1.1) it worked but then I flashed a newer rom (7.0.1) and it wasn't working so I tried to flash again but in twrp custom recovery, I wiped everything off my phone accidentally, including system. My phone then wouldn't turn on, it was bricked. so after hours I created a debrick sd card and used a usb jig to get into download mode, then when I flash a recovery with Odin, before the phone completely boots, I hold volume up and menu to get access to recovery mode.
Now I cant flash, wipe or even replace twrp recovery with stock recovery on Odin. Even tho Odin says it "passed". When the phone boots up in recovery, its still twrp. When I try to flash anything I get error that unable to mout '/system', '/data' and '/cache'. Internal storage is shown to be 0mb.
when I run the android toolkit, in the information for the phone it shows that my android version is 5.1.1 but my bootloader is I747UCUFNJ2 which is android 4.4.2 and build description is I747UCUFNE4 which is 4.3
I can provide information to anyone with knowledge of how to help. Thank you in advance if anyone can assist.
Was the phone running a 4.3 or 4.4.2 bootloader when you used Odin to flash a stock 4.1.1 ROM?
not sure
audit13 said:
Was the phone running a 4.3 or 4.4.2 bootloader when you used Odin to flash a stock 4.1.1 ROM?
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I think it was 4.3
The bootloader in the s3 cannot be downgraded to 4.1.1 if it was running 4.3 or 4.4.2. If the 4.1.1 rom you flashed using Odin included a 4.1.1 bootloader, this could be the cause of the problem as an invalid bootloder/modem combination will brick the phone.
Where are you getting the stock recovery? Are you flashing just recovery?
audit13 said:
The bootloader in the s3 cannot be downgraded to 4.1.1 if it was running 4.3 or 4.4.2. If the 4.1.1 rom you flashed using Odin included a 4.1.1 bootloader, this could be the cause of the problem as an invalid bootloder/modem combination will brick the phone.
Where are you getting the stock recovery? Are you flashing just recovery?
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Yeah I knew that part after, I was able to create a debrick sd card with a 16 gb memory card and used to a usn jig to get it into download mode. I got the stock recovery from one of the posts here I think, yes I just flash the recovery with the sd card still in the phone.
but it doesn't replace the twrp that was installed prior to the brick, when I get it into recovery mode, there is no internal storage, cant mount or change file or anything.
Maybe a pit file is required? I'm guessing here as I don't experience with de-bricking.
audit13 said:
Maybe a pit file is required? I'm guessing here as I don't experience with de-bricking.
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i have all the files I suppose to have. even the pit file but when I odin the pit file, I get an error. I cant even flash the stock recovery. when I am in twrp, I cant mount anything, system shows 0 mb.
I'm curious as to which 5.1.1 rom you flashed.
audit13 said:
I'm curious as to which 5.1.1 rom you flashed.
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it was the dirty unicorns 5.1.1 unofficial rom
The phone may to be force flashed with something like an octopus box.
Tried to flash this with Odin: twrp-3.3.1-0-klimtwifi.img.tar
I couldn't get it into TWRP.
So I tried to flash this with Odin: cf-autoroot-twrp-t700.tar
I still can't get it into TWRP, but I can't get it into anything but download mode. Odin is still working, but what to flash to get it back to a usable state?
Help, please? Thanks.
It's fixed. I bought the OEM firmware from Sammobile and flashed it with Odin.