[Q] Bricked and Odin hates me (EMERGENCY) - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Using this post from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1825272
as i9000 said:
RESCUE FIRMWARE SGSIII I9300​
This firmware is made for emergency recovery device to factory condition
Firmware consists of four parts, plus pit
Attention! All user data will be deleted during flash the firmware
After flash you will have clean device (factory condition) CSC - KOR default
How to flash:
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DOWNLOAD FIRMWARE FACTORY I9300XXDLJ4
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So I flash it on my phone using odin and it fails. Odin just goes red.
Odin log:
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> BOOTLOADER_I9300_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> CODE_I9300XXDLJ4_368423_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> MODEM_I9300XXDLID_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> CSC_BTU_I9300OXADLJ4_368423_MULTI_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/008> Odin v.3 engine (ID:8)..
<ID:0/008> File analysis..
<ID:0/008> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/008> Initialzation..
<ID:0/008> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/008> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
<ID:0/008>
<ID:0/008> Re-Partition operation failed.
<ID:0/008> Added!!
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
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Why the hell are you using a pit file?
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium

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nodstuff said:
Why the hell are you using a pit file?
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium
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Its what the instructions said to use. But my problem is that odin wont flash anything. Not even checkrom.

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ninjasstolemytv said:
Its what the instructions said to use. But my problem is that odin wont flash anything. Not even checkrom.
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uncheck re-partition in options and dont flash the pit file.. btw looking at the odin log you seem to have flashed everything other than the pit file so try powering on your phone cuz it looks like you successfully went back to stock and only the pit file installation failed

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k786 said:
uncheck re-partition in options and dont flash the pit file.. btw looking at the odin log you seem to have flashed everything other than the pit file so try powering on your phone cuz it looks like you successfully went back to stock and only the pit file installation failed
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When I flash it there's no progress bar on the phone, so I highly doubt that it flashed anything at all.

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For a simple recover you don't have to re partition your device, many bricks are just corrupted files in system partition or kernel.
Just flash any Rom you want using Odin, without partitioning.

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Striatum_bdr said:
For a simple recover you don't have to re partition your device, many bricks are just corrupted files in system partition or kernel.
Just flash any Rom you want using Odin, without partitioning.
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I think the real problem is, the device wont let Odin flahs aything

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Try this guide ...
No guarantees but I flashed 2 S3's back to ICS 4.04 yesterday after Jellybean update which screws things up with Allshare Cast ...
forum.vodafone.co.uk/t5/Samsung-Galaxy-S3/How-to-Flash-Rollback-Galaxy-S3/td-p/1273246?oo=0&askid=b6988f58-c28d-4fd8-b10f-8a01b5a19979-0-uk_gsb
Worth a try !