[Q] No Model number in download mode+No PIT Partition - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi
I have searched the forum and various others but still could not solve my problem. SO please bare with me for 5 mins to read the following.
I have recently updated to Wanam's latest V5.3 XXELLA but over night it rebooted and stuck in a bootloop. so what i did was recovery wipe everything including dalvik cache BUT still stuck in bootloop. SO again i went back on the pc and flash the stock official XXELLA again bootloop again. I have found out some people might need to go into recovery and wipe everything after the official flash. BUT again still stuck in bootloop.
I honest don't remember ticking repartition but now when i try to flash ANYTHING it says the following:
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> KIES_HOME_I9300XXELLA_I9300OXAELLA_742798_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004>
<ID:0/004> There is no PIT partition.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
I have gone as far as finding PIT file from previous thread try to flash it but it just stucks at this forever:
I have tried the following 3 files from http://www.droidevelopers.com/f363/11722-[download]-ops-pit-files.html
GT-I9300_mx_20120220.zip
GT-I9300_mx_20120322.zip
GT-I9300_mx_20120329.zip
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/004> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
Please anyone if could shine a light on me on where to go. now when im in download mode this is what i see:
FACTORY MODE
PRODUCT NAME:
CUSTOMER BINARY DOWNLOAD: NO
CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
SYSTEM STATUS: CUSTOM
SO i have no model number and no boot and not flashable and this is all i will see when i power it up
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
STILL REVIVABLE?OR IS IT COMPLETELY DEAD?!

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Believe this is another case of sudden death syndrome (eMMC failure)... you'll have to return it to a samsung service centre.
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beaver2233 said:
Believe this is another case of sudden death syndrome (eMMC failure)... you'll have to return it to a samsung service centre.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
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is there nothing i can do apart from returning it to samsung? because the thing is i moved from uk to china and well if im being honest people here charge you for whatever they do. so you could say there is not such thing as warranty if you know what i mean. so i will want to fix it myself if possible.

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if it is the sudden death syndrome, it is hardware failure, so no way to fix it yourself (not through software flashes etc) - someone else might need to confirm this, but seems to be the problem you're facing.
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Custom rom + bootloop .
Its not dead looks like user or something has lost PIT partition .
As it stands it will fail warranty . Its not dead and download mode shows non stock firmware .
jje

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so what do i need to do to revert it?
many thanks

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hi! i would like to ask how's your phone? did you solve the problem of it? we have same situation i tried to flash different pit files but with no success. tried to flash official rom but it is still looking for pit file.

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different pit files? flashing a wrong one kills the phone, there's nothing you can do.