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Revived my bricked SGH-T999 and now its stuck again?

So I tried to search online for a solution but nothing is helping. What happened was I woke up one day and my Tmobile galaxy s3 4.3 was showing the samsung logo for about 5 minutes. I removed my battery and turned the phone on. It turned on and then instantly the screen died. I'm somewhat of a newbie to phones...but i tried everything...download mode, recovery, safe mode, connecting to a computer cant recognize my device, and its not charging, no vibration when holding power button (hard bricked). I tried custom ROMs a while back and it messed up so i went back to stock with just root access. I found a video on YouTube that "helped" me. I followed his steps correctly and the phone did come alive...but it came alive to a screen I've never seen before. His video talked me through downloading a debrick file specific for T999 4.3 and then using a program called Win32 disk imager. His instructions were to extract the file and place it on my 16gb micro sd card and then place into my phone, so the file revived my phone because the phone finally turned on but I cant access the phone. Which leads me to my question (sorry for length, thought i would clarify all)... the screen I'm seeing right now is an all black screen with words in the top left, no android recovery logo or yellow triangle logo. I've tried to turn on and off the phone and download and recovery mode etc but nothing works. The screen reads as following:
BOOT RECOVERY MODE
CHECK BOOT PARTITION. .
COPY FROM T-FLASH. .
BOOT RECOVERY. .
WRITE 159488 sectors. .
FLASH WRITE FAILURE
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-T999
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: No
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: NONE
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
Warranty Bit: 1
BOOTLOADER AP SWREV: 1
So any advice to help me unbrick my T999? Is it still bricked? Is my only option a JTAG? I checked that i had root access with a root checker and I've had many apps that require root access so does that mean the file i downloaded unrooted my phone? If so, since my phone reads as official and not custom, could Tmobile fix my phone even if I'm without warranty.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!!

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I am in the same boot as you. My Tmobile S3 T999 just went black the other night all of sudden. It wouldn't not power up or do anything. Complete brick. I too loaded the image to SD card and the phone did turn on with the same message you got. But when I tried to flash with ODIN I get the "No pit partition" error every time. If anyone can help that would be great. Just need to be able to get my date off the phone such as photos and videos.

XDA Visitor said:
So I tried to search online for a solution but nothing is helping. What happened was I woke up one day and my Tmobile galaxy s3 4.3 was showing the samsung logo for about 5 minutes. I removed my battery and turned the phone on. It turned on and then instantly the screen died. I'm somewhat of a newbie to phones...but i tried everything...download mode, recovery, safe mode, connecting to a computer cant recognize my device, and its not charging, no vibration when holding power button (hard bricked). I tried custom ROMs a while back and it messed up so i went back to stock with just root access. I found a video on YouTube that "helped" me. I followed his steps correctly and the phone did come alive...but it came alive to a screen I've never seen before. His video talked me through downloading a debrick file specific for T999 4.3 and then using a program called Win32 disk imager. His instructions were to extract the file and place it on my 16gb micro sd card and then place into my phone, so the file revived my phone because the phone finally turned on but I cant access the phone. Which leads me to my question (sorry for length, thought i would clarify all)... the screen I'm seeing right now is an all black screen with words in the top left, no android recovery logo or yellow triangle logo. I've tried to turn on and off the phone and download and recovery mode etc but nothing works. The screen reads as following:
BOOT RECOVERY MODE
CHECK BOOT PARTITION. .
COPY FROM T-FLASH. .
BOOT RECOVERY. .
WRITE 159488 sectors. .
FLASH WRITE FAILURE
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-T999
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: No
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: NONE
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
Warranty Bit: 1
BOOTLOADER AP SWREV: 1
So any advice to help me unbrick my T999? Is it still bricked? Is my only option a JTAG? I checked that i had root access with a root checker and I've had many apps that require root access so does that mean the file i downloaded unrooted my phone? If so, since my phone reads as official and not custom, could Tmobile fix my phone even if I'm without warranty.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!!
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Were you able to figure this out or find something that could help fix this problem? I ran in to the same situation about a week ago. I cant find any threads on any forums that seem to be able to solve this.

Yeah ive been looking for a solution just to be able to revive it only once more to resave all my data. But then i got my s6 so now my s3 is just collecting dust until someone finds a new method

[Q] Soft Brick with Kingo

I finally decided to go on contract (sort of) with sprint instead of using Virgin mobile so last month I went from my LG Volt to a Samsung Galaxy s3 (L710).
Last night, I decided I was going to try to root it since it was an older model and should root without issue. I attempted to use the Kingo root app to do so since I could not get TowelRoot working (4.4.2 android)
At the end of the rooting cycle, my phone rebooted and LO and behold, the root failed and I was stuck in download mode (with a message that pops up if I don't boot in download mood that says the firmware update was corrupt)
I've been trying to research on this (and ended up having to format my PC last night because I went to that malware infested Odin site).
I now have a functioning copy of Odin on my PC and it's detecting the phone just fine. I downloaded a firmware copy (4.1.2) and tried flashing it with Odin but it gave me the failed message.
I'm a ta loss
Right now, I have the "downloading..." screen pulled up
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Odin Mode
Produce Name: SPH-L710
Current Binary: Custom
System Status: Official
Qualcomm SecureBoot: Enabled
Warranty Bit: 0
Bootloader AP SWREV: 2
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If anyone has any tips to get this back into working order, please let me know. It only costed me 50 dollars but I don't want to shell that money out again
If there is a way to fix this and still root it, I would very much enjoy that. Otherwise, I just want my phone back up and working

Solved it and got root. Happy day

Help
Hey I did the same thing and cannot get odin to work....I keep getting fail. Can you link me to the files you used, And let me know what you did different?
I get the same thing that you did. It lets me know the phone is connected but when I push start it goes through a couple steps then fails.

fixed it...just had to find the right tar file

Note 4 looping on first start up screen

Hoping for some advice how to get Sprint Note 4 running again. The phone has never been rooted. Up until a couple of weeks ago most of the OTA updates had been received and applied no problem. A couple of weeks ago my wife pulled it out of her bag and showed me it was on the update screen and had been for a couple of hours eventually the batter went dead. We took out the dead battery charged it and tried to restart. It goes to the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 white on black screen vibrates twice then the screen goes black and it repeats the same thing over and over.
Now i'm not sure how to proceed. I'm familiar with Odin and rooting my own phones but leave my wifes stock normally.
First i tried reset in recovery - When i boot to recovery after a few seconds the android robot lies on its back with a red triangle over it. At the top of the recovery screen it says Android system recovery - LRX22C.N910PVPU3BOF5. I tried wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partion and rebooting but makes no difference.
I thought install official firmware manually
I put the phone in download mode it displays
current binary: samsung official
system status: official
reactivation lock: off
knox warranty void: 0x0
I downloaded a stock firmware N910PVPU3BOF5_N910PSPT3BOF5_N910PVPU3BOF5_HOME.tar.md5
installed Odin3 v3.10.6.exe
installed F/W this using Odin.
Odin finishes normally, box turns green and PASS! but the phone just restarts and does the boot looping thing.
I don't know what to do next - suggestions? Thanks

Have you tried booting to safe mode, you'll have to Google it as I'm not sure of the procedure for stock phone. What your describing doesn't sound good, I would have thought the odin flash would have worked.
You could always try to odin OG5 Stock tar, can be downloaded from kies. Sorry i cannot offer more but it sounds like you're doing all the right things.
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Yes, I agree, that's good advice. I'd say try KIES first, then safe mode if KIES doesn't yield results.
Did you get to safe mode? From power off, hold power until 2nd splash screen, release and press-hold power plus volume up until it boots or vibrates. I think if you continue to hold, it loops until you release but boots into safe mode.
Unlock screen and go into security (if it boots) and uncheck Reactivation lock, Knox active protection and make sure device isn't encrypted. Finger scanner; remove registered finger prints, and change lock-screen to swipe. Then factory reset or try whichever you prefer to try next. If normal reboot still fails, then factory reset in safe mode and reboot. If still loops, try the KIES or Odin flash. I'm not too familiar with stock and default security but looking at OG5 security options, seems there's redundancies that could potentially be in play preventing Odin flash as if the phone thinks the phone is in the hands of someone other than the registered owner. You may need to bypass it all to boot or flash.
Typically, it's data corruption that causes a loop that stock tar doesn't fix in tars OF5 and below. OG5 has frequent reports of wiping user data but I've seen occasional reports of inability to flash OG5 tar from OF5. I saw another today that reported having to Odin OF5 tar again and take OTA to get to OG5. I asked what the failure indications were but so far only know his rooted phone couldn't get there without taking those steps. So perhaps you're on the right track, it's just the security and our security that's being a hindrance.
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thanks for the suggestions. I tried booting into safe mode but i can never get past the first white on black Samsung Note 4 powered by android screen. No matter how long i hold just the power button it just goes black and back to this screen every few seconds. I never get to the second boot splash screen. Any other way to force the phone into Safe mode?
I've installed kies and smart switch. The phone is not recognized by either whilst boot looping. If i put it in download mode and connect it kies3 displays unsupported device. How do i get Kies let me download a copy of OG5 firmware to my pc to try with Odin? I can't figure this out. I connected my own Note 4 to kies and it recognizes it fine and displays This is the latest firmware Current og5 latest og5 but i still don't see how to download a fresh copy of OG5 to the PC? In Kies i go to Tools, Firmware upgrade and initialisation. I'm entering the model name SM-N910P and then it wants a serial number. How do i determine this? I tried the Dec and Hex numbers from the back of the phone, i tried the Hex number plus a 1 and plus a 9 - i read this is the imei and this is confirmed from looking in settings on my other note 4. I'd really like to get a clean download of sprint OG5 from Kies i've searched for instructions without success.
Suggestions what i can try next? Thanks

waroo14 said:
thanks for the suggestions. I tried booting into safe mode but i can never get past the first white on black Samsung Note 4 powered by android screen. No matter how long i hold just the power button it just goes black and back to this screen every few seconds. I never get to the second boot splash screen. Any other way to force the phone into Safe mode?
I've installed kies and smart switch. The phone is not recognized by either whilst boot looping. If i put it in download mode and connect it kies3 displays unsupported device. How do i get Kies let me download a copy of OG5 firmware to my pc to try with Odin? I can't figure this out. I connected my own Note 4 to kies and it recognizes it fine and displays This is the latest firmware Current og5 latest og5 but i still don't see how to download a fresh copy of OG5 to the PC? In Kies i go to Tools, Firmware upgrade and initialisation. I'm entering the model name SM-N910P and then it wants a serial number. How do i determine this? I tried the Dec and Hex numbers from the back of the phone, i tried the Hex number plus a 1 and plus a 9 - i read this is the imei and this is confirmed from looking in settings on my other note 4. I'd really like to get a clean download of sprint OG5 from Kies i've searched for instructions without success.
Suggestions what i can try next? Thanks
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This may help your PC detect the phone better in recovery mode for KIES. Can't say it gets past unsupported device but it was a problem I had with adb in recovery on my Windows 8.1 machine. Read the OP and post 14 to see if it applies to you. Try detecting phone in recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34864154&postcount=14
I've always found safe mode a little difficult to get into but once I found my phone had went there when I was carrying something wrapped around the phone while in a belt pouch. Holding both buttons must have been the way it accidentally got there.
That unsatisfied s/n inquiry has puzzled some of us here and we haven't found a solution AFAIK.
I'm not sure but you may have to also Odin OF5 and take OTA like some others have had to do. There are some tar files in general forum that others succeeded with. Sorry but that's about all I can think of. Unless you can get it to Best Buy Samsung Experience or Sprint service center and explain what happened. They should be able to flash stock back on it. That may be best solution since there was no doubt about root or void warranty on that one.
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Thanks for the suggestions.
I found more instruction for getting into safe mode which work on my other note 4 but no success with this one.
I was trying to Odin OF5 it goes all the way through in Odin and displays success but never actually boots.
Would it be possible to replace the stock recovery with something else that might have additional features to get a working f/w to install and then downgrade back to stock or will i risk just making things more screwed up? I wouldn't care about taking OTA updates if i could just get a working F/W back onto this phone.
Encryption and security were not enabled on the phone.
So without S/N what is the work around to use Kies with Sprint phones?

Since you're pure stock and given the problems I'd stay away from a custom recovery at this point. Your reporting a successful odin flash of stock OF5 then rebooting right back to the same boot loop problem is sounding more and more like something has seriously failed in the phone, I'd start thinking replacement.
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Galaxy tab 3 gt-p5210 (white 10'1") wifi welcome screen only after using ODIN to root

Galaxy tab 3 gt-p5210 (white 10'1") wifi welcome screen only after using ODIN to root
Please help me. My knowledge is severely limited and i do not understand a lot of the terminology used here. I downloaded a file called ODIN and followed the instructions carefully to root my galaxy tab 3. Eventually it came up as "Passed" on the computer screen. "Yes"! i thought "I've rooted it". However after unplugging it from the computer my tablet is stuck on the welcome screen which simply states "GALAXY TAB III...
I have tried many remedies most of which i don't understand. The only thing that i can get the device to do is if i press power and volume -. This gives me an option to press volume + which takes me to the screen used in order to instal software onto the device. It says in the top right corner:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: GT-P5210
CURRENT BINARY: CUSTOM
SYSTEM STATUS: OFFICIAL
in the centre of the screen is an android with the words "DOWNLOADING...DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET" obviously there is nothing dowloading. I have tried redoing the ODIN procedure but still it remains stuck on the welcome screen,.
I have read about recovery mode but there is no recovery mode i can access on this device. The only functions are the 2 screens explained above. I have not messed about with anything i shouldn't have. I just followed the instructions which worked but have left my device stuck on the welcome screen. From what i've read it appears that this is called stuck in boot or boot loader. I would be very grateful if someone can take me through what i need to do to remedy the problem so that i can get my tablet working again, preferably rooted, however even putting it back to normal will do until i learn more about this stuff.
Please someone help me with this. I really need the tablet.. I would be extremely grateful and would learn in the process. Fingers crossed. Craig.
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You definetly need to use Odin and flash a custom recovery like TWRP (preferebly). That's your first step so that you can restore your tablet, If you're having issues.

Teknician said:
You definetly need to use Odin and flash a custom recovery like TWRP (preferebly). That's your first step so that you can restore your tablet, If you're having issues.
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Could you elaborate on how one would do this? I think I'm having the exact same problem. Also, I can't seem to download any TWRP files, it gets blocked by my anti-virus.
Thanks

You flash twrp with odin as well. Boot the phone into download mode. Load twrp into the pda slot of odin and make sure repartition is not checked. Then hit start. Once finished you access recovery by holding vol+, home, and power until you see the tab3 splash, then release power but keep the other 2 buttons held in until it boots to twrp.
You may need to turn off your antivirus if it is blocking twrp downloads...
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I'm stuck at the "Downloading... Do not turn off target !!" screen - help!

Hello,
Today, I decided that it was time for a factory reset. My SIII's been quite slow recently, and I've become frustrated with it. I went into settings, and got to the point where you need the PIN to reset the phone. I enter it, and everything's fine and dandy. The button to reset it's there, so I click it. The phone shuts down fine, but upon reboot, I got the "Downloading... Do not turn off target !!" screen. I attempted to restart the phone with the power button, removing the battery, the VOL+/PWR/Home combo, and the VOL-/PWR/Home combo. Nothing works. I decided to create an account here and post this.
I recently rooted this SPH-L710 with Kingo, and then installed TWRP because I thought that it could be useful in the future. I think I might have been wrong. I've never previously attempted to root this phone, nor install custom ROMs. It's on 4.4.2, not activated, and has not had issues until now.
My "Downloading..." screen contains some text in the top left; hopefully some of it is useful. It says:
Could not do normal boot.
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SPH-L710
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
Warranty Bit: 0
BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 2
The last three lines interested me, because I didn't see those on other phones that were in "Downloading mode."
I'm a bit of a newbie, so I apologize if I don't understand some of the terminology. What do I need to do to get my phone to boot properly?
Thanks for your time,
spsr20
Edit: It's fixed now. Thank you, madbat99!

spsr20 said:
Hello,
Today, I decided that it was time for a factory reset. My SIII's been quite slow recently, and I've become frustrated with it. I went into settings, and got to the point where you need the PIN to reset the phone. I enter it, and everything's fine and dandy. The button to reset it's there, so I click it. The phone shuts down fine, but upon reboot, I got the "Downloading... Do not turn off target !!" screen. I attempted to restart the phone with the power button, removing the battery, the VOL+/PWR/Home combo, and the VOL-/PWR/Home combo. Nothing works. I decided to create an account here and post this.
I recently rooted this SPH-L710 with Kingo, and then installed TWRP because I thought that it could be useful in the future. I think I might have been wrong. I've never previously attempted to root this phone, nor install custom ROMs. It's on 4.4.2, not activated, and has not had issues until now.
My "Downloading..." screen contains some text in the top left; hopefully some of it is useful. It says:
Could not do normal boot.
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SPH-L710
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
Warranty Bit: 0
BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 2
The last three lines interested me, because I didn't see those on other phones that were in "Downloading mode."
I'm a bit of a newbie, so I apologize if I don't understand some of the terminology. What do I need to do to get my phone to boot properly?
Thanks for your time,
spsr20
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Did you flash the right TWRP? D2spr from official TWRP site? I've never used Kingo root (nor would I). If you have a pc, the proper root is Odin flash TWRP, then TWRP flash SuperSU , or magisk.
You may have to Odin back to stock.

madbat99 said:
Did you flash the right TWRP? D2spr from official TWRP site? I've never used Kingo root (nor would I). If you have a pc, the proper root is Odin flash TWRP, then TWRP flash SuperSU , or magisk.
You may have to Odin back to stock.
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I flashed D2spr. I'm going to Odin back to stock, and I'll update this when I'm done. Thank you!