[Q] Soft Bricked my Galaxy S3 - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Dear all,
I think I have soft bricked my S3. I had stock Hong Kong 4.0.4 installed but for quite a long time the 4.1.1 update was not made available for Hong Kong region. So I flashed stock rom Pakistan 4.1.1. Afterwards when the Hong Kong 4.1.1 was released, I flashed again to Hong Kong from Pakistan. I have done flashing my S3 and Galaxy Note many time without any problem but now, my S3 is giving me problems. There was some problem with the hong Kong rom (android system sometimes stucked) so i flashed back to Pakistan but ever since, neither of these ROMs are working anymore. When I complete the flashing process, and the phone restarts, it stucks on the Samsung logo. I tried to flash custom rom like Cyanogen and MIUI and they work fine but not the stock roms. Any ideas what the problem might be?
Thanks

Format data from recovery

Restore via Odin flashing XXELKC for latest firmware
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Dont ever mess with Pakistan. That region will kill you.
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scottspa74 said:
Dont ever mess with Pakistan. That region will kill you.
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Racist. ;-P
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weeo said:
Racist. ;-P
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+1 :highfive:

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[Q] Galaxy i9100p NFC

Hey, quick question.
I have an s2 and it's rooted running an AKOP ROM. My girlfriend just bought one too, but Orange have sent her the newer i9100p with NFC. There's no official ICS upgrade either! Because it's different, can I still root it and flash say an AKOP ROM, or is that likely to damage it?
Cheers
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jonboyuk said:
Hey, quick question.
I have an s2 and it's rooted running an AKOP ROM. My girlfriend just bought one too, but Orange have sent her the newer i9100p with NFC. There's no official ICS upgrade either! Because it's different, can I still root it and flash say an AKOP ROM, or is that likely to damage it?
Cheers
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You can flash any non i9100G variant i9100 ROM/firmware to an i9100P, but you will lose NFC if you do. (though there are allegedly ways to re-enable it out there on P models if you do this... Search for then)
Orange have released I9100PBLVP6 ICS. Find it at Samfirmware.com. Use CF-Root-SGS2_XW_XEN_LP7-v5.4-CWM5 to root.
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Stock 4.0.4 when it will be available in india.

Anyone know when will be stock ics 4.0.4 will be available in india?Still waiting,fed up of wifi issue.
You can always try the available stock 4.0.4 floating around. It is the same one way or the other
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Bhai ab by odin you got that
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I think its already in Market.
Yesterday i went to many shops because My friend wants a GingerBread S II but not a Single Piece in Market
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Let me just use my psychic abilities to tell you when it will be released
brb tunnelling into the deepest darkest corners of the jungian unconscious mind to find the answer.
There are many available.. Check sammobile website...
gskhamba said:
There are many available.. Check sammobile website...
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I known there are many leaked roms but i also heared about hard brick so i am not gonna take any risk therefor i am waiting for samsung to update it in india.How much time i have to wait that i am asking.?
Help me out to select the stock rom
ephraim033 said:
You can always try the available stock 4.0.4 floating around. It is the same one way or the other
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Hi,
I flashed my SGS2 using odin for 4.0.3
Following are the current details:
Baseband: I9100DDLP8
Kernel: 3.0.15-I9100XXLPQ-CL223505
Can some one please suggest what variant of 4.0.4 needs to flashed and from where will I get the package to flash.
Thank you.
Omaxe said:
I think its already in Market.
Yesterday i went to many shops because My friend wants a GingerBread S II but not a Single Piece in Market
Shooted via XDA Premium for S II
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What are you talking about? If you mean the firmware its shipped with it doesn't matter, you can always just install gingerbread anytime you like
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I was having 4.0.3 indian rom
then i installed I9100JPLPH baseband XXLQ6 android 4.0.4 which belongs to pakistan
the rom is smooth and fast
the modem seems better
now installing custom rom having base rom as 4.0.4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2945432

[Q] installing official JB release

Hi, i saw the official release for JB here http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s3-i9300-android-4-1-1-jelly-bean-official-upgrade-118073/
This is the actually official release right?
Also do i have to follow their guide or can i just flash it like i would any other custom ROM? Is a full wipe necessary? (i use full wipe script from android revolution HD on mike1986 post)
Btw is there a way to do full wipe manually on the recovery page?
Yeah its official jelly bean, follow everything they say down to the last detail, also....make sure you have the international variant of the S3 because inevitably, you WILL brick your device if you flash it on any other device other than the international (quad core, GSM) version, good luck
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sorry for a lame question, but how do i know if my SGS3 is international version? I bought it from ebay, which arrived from Hong Kong, however I think it is a european version (France??), I don't remember how i found that out last time. I am on a custom ICS ROM.
sadikhov77 said:
sorry for a lame question, but how do i know if my SGS3 is international version? I bought it from ebay, which arrived from Hong Kong, however I think it is a european version (France??), I don't remember how i found that out last time. I am on a custom ICS ROM.
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Settings>about device..
Also, please post your questions in the q&a section
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is it possible to flash a .zip/.rar file with odin? (i wouldnt be asking if i can use CWM)
Skere said:
is it possible to flash a .zip/.rar file with odin? (i wouldnt be asking if i can use CWM)
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Odin recognizes tar files only AFAIK...if you have a zip file...extract the contents ..it will have a tar.md5 file inside it..
Skere said:
Hi, i saw the official release for JB here http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s3-i9300-android-4-1-1-jelly-bean-official-upgrade-118073/
This is the actually official release right?
Yes official release for POLAND .
jje
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I've applied the polish jelly bean to my UK s3 but kies now says it doesn't support upgrading any ideas how to fix please
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Dru6763 said:
I've applied the polish jelly bean to my UK s3 but kies now says it doesn't support upgrading any ideas how to fix please
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Re above .
Wipe phone and apply your original firmware .
Bit pointless flashing a JB rom only to remove it why not make up your mind what you want.Official Updates via Kies and OTA when they are released for your phone .
Or join XDA and flash stock roms on release . You cannot have both .
jje
I flashed my s2 with an ics Rom from here and it also upgraded through kies and would thought this would have as its the official polish release
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Dru6763 said:
I flashed my s2 with an ics Rom from here and it also upgraded through kies and would thought this would have as its the official polish release
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This upgrade will upgrade to the next Polish release if that's what you want .
jje
Ah I see so will kies sort it's self out with an update when it's released here
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[Q] Installing another ROM

Hello guys
How are you doing?
I hope everyone is doing well.
I have Samsung Galaxy S III international GT-I9300 running ROM with BB version of I9300XXLFB.
Samsung has released JB updates to almost all Levant region countries except for the LF3 CSC (KSA version). I don't know why Samsung is so lazy in terms of their system updates and customer service.
Anyway, I decided to manually update to JB of another Levant country (UAE).
When I had my device rooted before, the device status changed from "Normal" to "Modified", even after unrooting and flashing the stock ROM. I needed to fully go to stock by wiping my data and using TriangleAway in order to reset it back to normal. My device now is unrooted and running stock ROM and having the device status in "Normal" mode.
My question is: if I flash the ROM using Odin and choose "F. Reset Time" in it, will the device status change to "modified"? Will that affect automatic OTA future updates?
Depends if your flashing a Samsung ROM or unofficial kernel etc
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speedyjay said:
Depends if your flashing a Samsung ROM or unofficial kernel etc
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Yes, it is an official stock JB ROM by Samsung but for another country. It is a ROM provided by SamMobile.com, and it supports Kies.
Then it should be fine buddy
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Thanks buddy
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Im in quite the pickle.

So basically I updated my galaxy s2 t989 to jellybean so I would get the upgraded radio so I could install custom roms. After upgrading through Samsung kies I tried again and got stuck in a collaterals recovery boot loop. I restored to a previous backup before I upgraded but the problem is I am back on 4.0.4 but It kept the 4.1.2 radio. So now kies says my firmware is not compatible to upgrade. Is this common or am I totally screwed?
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catylistic said:
So basically I updated my galaxy s2 t989 to jellybean so I would get the upgraded radio so I could install custom roms. After upgrading through Samsung kies I tried again and got stuck in a collaterals recovery boot loop. I restored to a previous backup before I upgraded but the problem is I am back on 4.0.4 but It kept the 4.1.2 radio. So now kies says my firmware is not compatible to upgrade. Is this common or am I totally screwed?
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Although I do not personally own an S2 the common method is finding a radio version at 4.0.4 and flashing that. Finding it will be the difficult part. Ask around and see if one of your buddies (XDA is your buddy ) has a copy that they can lend you.
qmarchi said:
Although I do not personally own an S2 the common method is finding a radio version at 4.0.4 and flashing that. Finding it will be the difficult part. Ask around and see if one of your buddies (XDA is your buddy ) has a copy that they can lend you.
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So would I just flash it through Odin?
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Also do you know if that is why my phone isn't getting recognized by Kies?
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catylistic said:
So would I just flash it through Odin?
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catylistic said:
Also do you know if that is why my phone isn't getting recognized by Kies?
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As I said. I don't own any Samsung devices so I can't help you there. Basic andoiud help is finding a raido and flashing it through a recovery, CWM or otherwise.

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