[Q]Back to stock thorugh CWM?.. - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Please dont take this a stupid question imjust such a noob...
Well i installed cm11 on my s3 and it is now successfully running on 4.4.4 BUT for some strange reason i have the urge to go back to stock (Yes I know theres a whole thread about it and all but it seems a bit too long for me to do and also dont know how to relock bootloader?..)
Well anyways i came across this stock 4.3 Firmware file that can apparently be flashed through CWM so all i need to know is if i can flash it without a brick (considering right now im on 4.4.4/Potentially Unlocked bootloader) i dont want to go back to complete stock just the OS needs to be.

It also apparently comes with a modem?...
(My baseband is the same as the thread says)

TheNewbieRooter said:
It also apparently comes with a modem?...
(My baseband is the same as the thread says)
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Please post a link to the rom you would like to flash so i can help verify for you

The international vesion of the s3 does not come with a locked bootloader, you either have a different s3 model or read some wrong info.
As MrKhola said please lay out all spec/info with what you plan to do.
If you do indeed have the i9300 this is the thread you need.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/fix-s3-to-factory-unroot-stock-recovery-t2323847

http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/dump-stock-i9300xxugmk6-t2563562.
Model: I9300
Baseband: XXUGMK6

I'm still too scared to do it

TheNewbieRooter said:
I'm still too scared to do it
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Don't be afraid, what would you like help with or explained?

If flashing a 4.3 'stock' ROM (through CWM as this file is made for it) will brick my phone if I'm running CM11 4.4.4.
It also comes with a modem kernel etc.

Its best to do it on odin, follow from step number 3-wipe device in the link i provided you. Read and understand a couple of times to make sure you understand them and you will be alright, going to stock is easy and alot less hassles than going to the other way.

Although the CWM way seems easier to me I'll try your way soon.
Is it wipe data/factory reset in cwm?

TheNewbieRooter said:
Although the CWM way seems easier to me I'll try your way soon.
Is it wipe data/factory reset in cwm?
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Yes, Remember to back up first
Edit: Did some research for another user and it seems you can flash stock files through recovery so I believe you can try it this way first.

After much deliberation decided to go with my first method and its worked!
For anyone wondering:
1) Download the file from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/dump-stock-i9300xxugmk6-t2563562
2) Install latest Philz recovery as for some reason normal CWM doesn't install properly
3) Wipe Data , Wipe Cache , then format /system
4) Install ZIP and your done!

TheNewbieRooter said:
After much deliberation decided to go with my first method and its worked!
For anyone wondering:
1) Download the file from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/dump-stock-i9300xxugmk6-t2563562
2) Install latest Philz recovery as for some reason normal CWM doesn't install properly
3) Wipe Data , Wipe Cache , then format /system
4) Install ZIP and your done!
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Glad to hear

Thanks alot for all your help!

TheNewbieRooter said:
Thanks alot for all your help!
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No probs, and i learned something aswell

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[Q] Help, im stuck.

Hi all,
I'm stuck. So first i wanted to root my GT-I9100G. I'm newbie in things such as "rooting", "oc'ing" an android device.. Ok so I've been changed only kernel from stock to lucifr 1.6uv. I did it with Odin, then i installed SU_busybox with CWM and yea.. Now i have a "yellow triangle" when i boot up my phone he he.. I did not changed the ROM. But then i concluded that my phone became very unstable and now i want to PERMANENTLY remove superuser, cwm and all the stuff witch came with custom kernel. I want to get back my device stock and clear again but i don't know how to... Please help.
And yeah, when i connect my phone to kies, it shows i have available a new update from XXLA1 (witch i have right now) to XXLB1 and when i press update it does not do anything. Wata f? Maybe the problem is because i don't have a stock kernel?
Im newbie here. Thanks.
krasavchik said:
Hi all,
I'm stuck. So first i wanted to root my GT-I9100G. I'm newbie in things such as "rooting", "oc'ing" an android device.. Ok so I've been changed only kernel from stock to lucifr 1.6uv. I did it with Odin, then i installed SU_busybox with CWM and yea.. Now i have a "yellow triangle" when i boot up my phone he he.. I did not changed the ROM. But then i concluded that my phone became very unstable and now i want to PERMANENTLY remove superuser, cwm and all the stuff witch came with custom kernel. I want to get back my device stock and clear again but i don't know how to... Please help.
And yeah, when i connect my phone to kies, it shows i have available a new update from XXLA1 (witch i have right now) to XXLB1 and when i press update it does not do anything. Wata f? Maybe the problem is because i don't have a stock kernel?
Im newbie here. Thanks.
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You can flash a stock firmware through odin, to get your firmware go here, and search for your model "i9100g" top right search bar, make sure you follow their instructions.
Ok, then all gonna be back to stock and cwm, superuser deleted? And do i need first to change custom kernel to stock, wipe dalvik cache, format sd card or smthing else?
krasavchik said:
Ok, then all gonna be back to stock and cwm, superuser deleted? And do i need first to change custom kernel to stock, wipe dalvik cache, format sd card or smthing else?
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Their is no need to change your kernel just flash the firmware, making sure that you wipe and clear data. You will lose root once you have flashed your firmware, but you can just root again.
s.d.oconnor said:
Their is no need to change your kernel just flash the firmware, making sure that you wipe and clear data. You will lose root once you have flashed your firmware, but you can just root again.
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Thanks 4 help.

unable to format the data/factory reset

help i am using galaxy s2
and unable to format the data/factory reset
its stuck on the formatting data .......
can anybody help me in this
Did you have the brick-bugged 4.0.4 leak flashed?
Did you try flashing a stock ROM via Odin?
HellcatDroid said:
Did you have the brick-bugged 4.0.4 leak flashed?
Did you try flashing a stock ROM via Odin?
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yes earlier it was working fine but now its un able to format data............
any way bro that can i use to format data
i am on xwlpm
"Yes" as in you DID have the 4.0.4 leak installed?
If so, not much you can do. There is some threads about 4.0.4 leak bricks here, you might wanna read them.
HellcatDroid said:
"Yes" as in you DID have the 4.0.4 leak installed?
If so, not much you can do. There is some threads about 4.0.4 leak bricks here, you might wanna read them.
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i am now on 4.0.3 xxlpq and rooted but still not able to wipe data
plz help how to wipe data any way
The question wasn't what you are on now, the question was if you ever HAD the 4.0.4 leak installed and tried a wipe or similar while running it,
HellcatDroid said:
The question wasn't what you are on now, the question was if you ever HAD the 4.0.4 leak installed and tried a wipe or similar while running it,
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yes i was on 4.0.4 what problem i have in my phone that i am unable to wipe data
in which part
sandeepsivia said:
yes i was on 4.0.4 what problem i have in my phone that i am unable to wipe data
in which part
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The problem is that your phone has hardware damage on the eMMC (the flash storage) now, which can't be fixed.
There's a few workarounds (read the threads about the "leak brick bug") but none of them really work out nicely.
I also cannot do a factory reset.
I'm pretty sure I've never had this 4.0.4 leaked firmware installed. I've only installed 3 or 4 roms, all of which are the most popular ones on this forum.
Even when doing the reset from CWM the phone just goes into a boot loop at the startup screen.
I can restore to stock using MY backup but I want a clear phone for sale. I would try flashing a stock firmware using odin but I can't get hold of the firmware (every link goes to a download site that won't allow me to download it!!!!).
Any suggestions?
ben cole said:
I would try flashing a stock firmware using odin but I can't get hold of the firmware (every link goes to a download site that won't allow me to download it!!!!).
Any suggestions?
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Check out Intratech's stock ROM thread.
The links there work.
HellcatDroid said:
Check out Intratech's stock ROM thread.
The links there work.
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Thanks very much. Finally downloading.
Well, flashed the stock firmware using Odin.
Thankfully it seems I don't have damaged eMMC and can now do factory reset. Now the kernel and recovery are stock, flash counter is reset with no yellow triangle.
Should be good enough for the phone recyclers and 200 quid.
Thanks again and hope I haven't hijacked the thread (too much)
anybody know the motherboard price
or can we replace the chip only (storage)
finally my ph is with service center for board replacement

[Q] The Slimkat Blues (softbrick)

Hello. New to rooting. Root worked well, cool stuff. Then i tried to flash a rom,(probably never again) cyanogen rom said it was unstable on the s3 but i saw posts of slimrom(.net) and it sounded steady.. now i cannot unzip files or flash roms or get any gapps to work. Softbrick i guess its called. Plus my backup isnt on my phone anymore. Do i need to Kies my way out? Any help would be dope. I never thought id want touchwiz so bad. . . Also if kies works will my google apps be back?
Password1 said:
Hello. New to rooting. Root worked well, cool stuff. Then i tried to flash a rom,(probably never again) cyanogen rom said it was unstable on the s3 but i saw posts of slimrom(.net) and it sounded steady.. now i cannot unzip files or flash roms or get any gapps to work. Softbrick i guess its called. Plus my backup isnt on my phone anymore. Do i need to Kies my way out? Any help would be dope. I never thought id want touchwiz so bad. . . Also if kies works will my google apps be back?
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Gotta tell us wat u did.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
Password1 said:
Hello. New to rooting. Root worked well, cool stuff. Then i tried to flash a rom,(probably never again) cyanogen rom said it was unstable on the s3 but i saw posts of slimrom(.net) and it sounded steady.. now i cannot unzip files or flash roms or get any gapps to work. Softbrick i guess its called. Plus my backup isnt on my phone anymore. Do i need to Kies my way out? Any help would be dope. I never thought id want touchwiz so bad. . . Also if kies works will my google apps be back?
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Like JellyYogurt said we need more detail your post is confusing this is probably a easy fix and you need to read up more on how to flash roms.First of all there is nothing wrong with slimrom I have flashed it many times without any problems..."unzip files" why would you want to unzip files to flash a rom?
Rom's come in a couple of formats zip files which you flash with a custom recovery ( you do not unzip them) or .tar files which you flash with odin (these are normally stock roms).
Can you get into recovery? (If yes perform a factory reset and reboot ) see if that works,if not you mention you have a backup can't you put your backup on ext SD card with a card reader and restore from recovery or do you mean you delated it ?
If you just want to go back to stock touchwiz and not bother with custom roms again just download your phone version from sammobile and flash with odin.Also another misconception is that you said you rooted then tried to flash a rom why? You only need to root your phone if you are going to stay on stock rom and use root apps and not flash custom roms. The reason is 99% of custom roms come already rooted so you can skip rooting your phone yourself.
More detail is needed so people can answer you correctly
tallman43 said:
Like JellyYogurt said we need more detail your post is confusing this is probably a easy fix and you need to read up more on how to flash roms.First of all there is nothing wrong with slimrom I have flashed it many times without any problems..."unzip files" why would you want to unzip files to flash a rom?
Rom's come in a couple of formats zip files which you flash with a custom recovery ( you do not unzip them) or .tar files which you flash with odin (these are normally stock roms).
Can you get into recovery? (If yes perform a factory reset and reboot ) see if that works,if not you mention you have a backup can't you put your backup on ext SD card with a card reader and restore from recovery or do you mean you delated it ?
If you just want to go back to stock touchwiz and not bother with custom roms again just download your phone version from sammobile and flash with odin.Also another misconception is that you said you rooted then tried to flash a rom why? You only need to root your phone if you are going to stay on stock rom and use root apps and not flash custom roms. The reason is 99% of custom roms come already rooted so you can skip rooting your phone yourself.
More detail is needed so people can answer you correctly
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I flashed the rom using the instructions on slimroms.net. but i think i didnt 'wipe data and cache'. the unzip thing is an example of how unstable it is. I can go recovery. But my comp is broke so i didnt get ro go to sammobile for the files. I created alot of backups with titanium but it seems they are all deleted (didnt move to another device, live and learn). Thanks for the speedy assistance. Ill try odin and sammobile tonight after work. Just figured out how to go back into recovery mode after i made this post.
You have to do a wipe data and format system as they said. Guess u didnt do both?
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Password1 said:
I flashed the rom using the instructions on slimroms.net. but i think i didnt 'wipe data and cache'. the unzip thing is an example of how unstable it is. I can go recovery. But my comp is broke so i didnt get ro go to sammobile for the files. I created alot of backups with titanium but it seems they are all deleted (didnt move to another device, live and learn). Thanks for the speedy assistance. Ill try odin and sammobile tonight after work. Just figured out how to go back into recovery mode after i made this post.
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Ok... Let us know how you get on.
Also titanium only backups up system and user apps it is not a complete backup of your system for that you needed to do a nandroid backup with your recovery (if you don't know what that is there are some stickies threads explaining what it is) Good luck.
tallman43 said:
Ok... Let us know how you get on.
Also titanium only backups up system and user apps it is not a complete backup of your system for that you needed to do a nandroid backup with your recovery (if you don't know what that is there are some stickies threads explaining what it is) Good luck.
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Okay. Got it. First I had to go to my slimkat settings and check root access etc, thats why nothing worked. then I kept trying to unzip the gapps folder, not knowing it had to be flashed also(stopped reading right before that in the instructions, oops). After i flashed the gapps i could get into playstore np and its running smooth. First rooting attempt alittle panicky but my s3 now has 11.01gbs of storage and all the apps i really need. Thank you both for the quick reply. Sorrying for noobing out back there. Im starting to understand alittle more. Im going to read on back-up/recovery and hopefully be rooting this Gflex on Tuesday.
Good to hear ur fone is working once again
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IMEI null BASEBAND null

hi, i flashed my galaxy s2 i777 to JB 4.1.2 with odin and when it restarted, it didnt recognize the sim card, then i checked and the IMEI an Baseband were gone, i have a screenshot with the IMEI it had, but i didnt backed EFS, i didnt even know that i had to, when flashing, its not the first time i flash, i had 4.0.3 then flashed to 4.1.2, and then i had a problem and flashed to 4.3 then it got stuck on rethink possible screen so i flashed back to 4.1.2, and now im without IMEI o BASEBAND, like this it doesnt recognize any sim card, please help, ive already searched in the forum but didnt find a working solution for me!
Thanks!
Did ya try to wipe data/factory reset in Recovery and then re Odin stock 4.1.2 firmware ?
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4-2ndtwin said:
Did ya try to wipe data/factory reset in Recovery and then re Odin stock 4.1.2 firmware ?
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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yes i did, twice, i used gsii repair too, it said that my phone was unlocked but nothing happened when restarted, i tried the method of erasing efs folder, copying, recopying, and all that, i use the command su chown 1001:radio /efs/.... but it says "no radio found". any idea why is that happening?, i need help with this!! and thanks.
PD: one question, i always see that everyone asks here to read the stickies, where are the stickies or what are they?, what i do is read the previous threads in search for an answer but i havent see the stickies.
juanf9224 said:
yes i did, twice, i used gsii repair too, it said that my phone was unlocked but nothing happened when restarted, i tried the method of erasing efs folder, copying, recopying, and all that, i use the command su chown 1001:radio /efs/.... but it says "no radio found". any idea why is that happening?, i need help with this!! and thanks.
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Did you use a pit file and repartition during one of your flashes?
PD: one question, i always see that everyone asks here to read the stickies, where are the stickies or what are they?, what i do is read the previous threads in search for an answer but i havent see the stickies.
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Sticky threads are at the top of each forum in the desktop version of the forum, and have a push pin icon on the left. On the mobile version of the forum, I think there is a separate tab for the sticky threads.
creepyncrawly said:
Did you use a pit file and repartition during one of your flashes?
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i didnt, altough, i wanted to, because i saw that it was the solution to a problem i had when flashing, but no, i didnt use the pit file nor repartition.
creepyncrawly said:
Sticky threads are at the top of each forum in the desktop version of the forum, and have a push pin icon on the left. On the mobile version of the forum, I think there is a separate tab for the sticky threads.
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ohhh, i see, thanks.
juanf9224 said:
i didnt, altough, i wanted to, because i saw that it was the solution to a problem i had when flashing, but no, i didnt use the pit file nor repartition.
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Well, I don't know exactly what you did to mess with the imei/efs. Without a backup, it's going to be difficult to recover from that problem. Frankly, I don't know enough about it to be of any help. I think I've read that you can get the phone working with a generic IMEI but you can't get the original IMEI back. But again, it's just speculation on my part. Maybe someone else who knows more will jump in.
when I had this issue I flashed with odin back to JB 4.1.2 stock and that seemed to fix it, don't know if it will be work for you but its worth looking into
creepyncrawly said:
Well, I don't know exactly what you did to mess with the imei/efs. Without a backup, it's going to be difficult to recover from that problem. Frankly, I don't know enough about it to be of any help. I think I've read that you can get the phone working with a generic IMEI but you can't get the original IMEI back. But again, it's just speculation on my part. Maybe someone else who knows more will jump in.
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i tried to downgrade to ics 4.0.3 but always fails with odin, i was looking into the version of the firmware by typing *#1234# and in it says:
PDA : 1777UCMD8
PHONE: Unknown
CSC: I777ATTMD8
is there any way to get the phone file, i see in odin that it has a phone option, so, i'd like to try and flash that file and see, any idea where to get it for JB 4.1.2?
micallan_17 said:
when I had this issue I flashed with odin back to JB 4.1.2 stock and that seemed to fix it, don't know if it will be work for you but its worth looking into
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my actual firmware is JB 4.1.2 so i cant go back to it since that's the one i have, and i've tried to downgrade to 4.0.3 wich is the rom it had when i bought it, but it always fails on factoryfs.img dont know why.
juanf9224 said:
my actual firmware is JB 4.1.2 so i cant go back to it since that's the one i have, and i've tried to downgrade to 4.0.3 wich is the rom it had when i bought it, but it always fails on factoryfs.img dont know why.
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yes but regardless of you currently being on 4.1.2 you can still reflash the stock jb 4.1.2 firmware via odin, you can try redownloading the image file since you might have a case of a corrupted image.
I agree that you should attempt to flash stock ucmd8 again after re-downloading the file. You should flash the .tar.md5 version. Odin will check the md5 sum of the file before flashing and only flash it if it is not corrupt. You can find a download for it in the Download Repository. It's the very last item at the bottom.
micallan_17 said:
yes but regardless of you currently being on 4.1.2 you can still reflash the stock jb 4.1.2 firmware via odin, you can try redownloading the image file since you might have a case of a corrupted image.
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Yes, i've reflashed several times jb4.1.2 but the imei is still unkown as well as the baseband.
Where do i get the image file so i can flash it? Or you mean the firmware?
juanf9224 said:
Where do i get the image file so i can flash it? Or you mean the firmware?
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By the image file, he means the firmware file. I put a link to the Download Repository in my last post, and it is also in my signature on every post. Did you download from there and try flashing that file? If not, please do that as your next step.
creepyncrawly said:
By the image file, he means the firmware file. I put a link to the Download Repository in my last post, and it is also in my signature on every post. Did you download from there and try flashing that file? If not, please do that as your next step.
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i see, ill try now with that, thanks man, ill be back to let you know if it worked.
creepyncrawly said:
I agree that you should attempt to flash stock ucmd8 again after re-downloading the file. You should flash the .tar.md5 version. Odin will check the md5 sum of the file before flashing and only flash it if it is not corrupt. You can find a download for it in the Download Repository. It's the very last item at the bottom.
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i flashed with that JB from the repository but nothing, same as always, the last thing i want to try is to downgrade, but when i try to downgrade to 4.0.3 it always fail on factoryfs.img, and i flashed 4.3 but it got stuck on rethink possible, do i need some specific way to downgrade?
juanf9224 said:
i flashed with that JB from the repository but nothing, same as always, the last thing i want to try is to downgrade, but when i try to downgrade to 4.0.3 it always fail on factoryfs.img, and i flashed 4.3 but it got stuck on rethink possible, do i need some specific way to downgrade?
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At this point, downgrading to 4.0.3 is probably not a solution. From all the information that you have posted so far, it appears that your phone either has a firmware issue such as corrupt memory, or a hardware issue such as damaged eMMC memory. It is also possible that a necessary step is being skipped, such as performing a wipe data/factory reset from within recovery. Although both myself and 4-2ndtwin have mentioned that you should do that, you have never specifically stated in any of your three threads that you followed our advice.
So first things first, have you performed a wipe data/factory reset from within recovery? Have you included this step with every attempt to flash a firmware through Odin3?
creepyncrawly said:
At this point, downgrading to 4.0.3 is probably not a solution. From all the information that you have posted so far, it appears that your phone either has a firmware issue such as corrupt memory, or a hardware issue such as damaged eMMC memory. It is also possible that a necessary step is being skipped, such as performing a wipe data/factory reset from within recovery. Although both myself and 4-2ndtwin have mentioned that you should do that, you have never specifically stated in any of your three threads that you followed our advice.
So first things first, have you performed a wipe data/factory reset from within recovery? Have you included this step with every attempt to flash a firmware through Odin3?
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i did, last night i flashed to ics 4.0.3 and perform a wipe data/factory reset before, but it got stuck on rethink possible screen, now ill flashed back to 4.1.2 , in case of corrupt memory, what could do?
creepyncrawly said:
At this point, downgrading to 4.0.3 is probably not a solution. From all the information that you have posted so far, it appears that your phone either has a firmware issue such as corrupt memory, or a hardware issue such as damaged eMMC memory. It is also possible that a necessary step is being skipped, such as performing a wipe data/factory reset from within recovery. Although both myself and 4-2ndtwin have mentioned that you should do that, you have never specifically stated in any of your three threads that you followed our advice.
So first things first, have you performed a wipe data/factory reset from within recovery? Have you included this step with every attempt to flash a firmware through Odin3?
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i now flashed to 4.0.4 and got stuck on rethink possible screen too, im almost giving up ._. nothing seems to work x_x.
Don't give up just yet. Try going all the way back to i777uckh7 firmware. If it doesn't boot. Power off, reboot recovery, wipe data/factory reset, then reboot. If successful, save ur EFS folder 1st, back it up with an app or Root Explorer, etc. Save it in a few places, external sdcard, pc. Then u could proceed to update to JB or wherever u r wanting to go.
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I agree with 4-2ndtwin. Don't give up, and follow his suggestion.
In fact proceed according to the following sequence. If Step 1 solves the issue, stop there, otherwise proceed to step 2, and then if necessary step 3.
Step 1) 4-2ndtwin's suggestion. Download "I777UCKH7-CL503881 FULL tar.md5" from the section titled I777UCKH7-CL503881 Stock Binaries. Flash with Odin3 v1.85 (preferred version). Perform wipe data/factory reset from within recovery.
Step 2) Download the Tar version of Siyah 2.6.14 Kernel. Flash it in PDA. Without ticking Re-Partitioning. Next repeat Step 1 above.
Step 3) Download the SBL Bootloader from the Download Repository. Flash it as PDA in ODIN, without ticking Re-Partitioning. (Please observe normal bootloader flashing caution.) Next repeat Step 2 above.
To recap the above for clarity:
Step 1 - I777UCKH7 full distribution --> wipe data/factory reset
Step 2 - SiyahKernel v2.6.14 --> I777UCKH7 full distribution --> wipe data/factory reset
Step 3 - Secondary Bootloader --> SiyahKernel v2.6.14 --> I777UCKH7 full distribution --> wipe data/factory reset

I think i messed up my phone by doing custom rom?

Okay so ill be honest im super new to all this. I did some research on youtube. I used twrp and a app that is like goolauncher. I did not back up my OS and i accidently deleted it. Im trying to upgrade to the hellfire rom. When i did i get this error in the recovery menu
slow302stang said:
Okay so ill be honest im super new to all this. I did some research on youtube. I used twrp and a app that is like goolauncher. I did not back up my OS and i accidently deleted it. Im trying to upgrade to the hellfire rom. When i did i get this error in the recovery menu
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You attempted to flash a ROM made for a different phone (d2att), never do that again unless you want a brick.
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ArkThompson said:
You attempted to flash a ROM made for a different phone (d2att), never do that again unless you want a brick.
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my phone is atat did i accidently post this in the wrong section?
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my phone is atat did i accidently post this in the wrong section?
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Yea, look at the sticky. Anyway, it is probably something to do with your recovery. Try flashing it using cwm.
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ArkThompson said:
Yea, look at the sticky. Anyway, it is probably something to do with your recovery. Try flashing it using cwm.
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is that possible with out a os? the recovery deleted the OS so i cant even get onto my phone. I can only get to recovery and get to the odin downloaded thing
slow302stang said:
is that possible with out a os? the recovery deleted the OS so i cant even get onto my phone. I can only get to recovery and get to the odin downloaded thing
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Yea, you can flash .zip versions of cwm through the recovery menu. You could also flash it through Odin if you can't find a flashable .zip of it, probably easier that way. Don't just flash any .zip of cwm you find through twrp, it has to be one made to be flashed.
ArkThompson said:
Yea, you can flash .zip versions of cwm through the recovery menu. You could also flash it through Odin if you can't find a flashable .zip of it, probably easier that way. Don't just flash any .zip of cwm you find through twrp, it has to be one made to be flashed.
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i have no idea what that means. Anyway you could talk me througg it? I tryed to download odin but couldnt find a link that worked.
slow302stang said:
i have no idea what that means. Anyway you could talk me througg it? I tryed to download odin but couldnt find a link that worked.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2552640
You should just be able to download the recovery in this topic (.zip not tar.md5) and install it using twrp. Put the file on your external SD since you can't access your phone.
ArkThompson said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2552640
You should just be able to download the recovery in this topic (.zip not tar.md5) and install it using twrp. Put the file on your external SD since you can't access your phone.
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I'm a bit confused. Do i just download that recovery? or is their something i have to download I got odin now.
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okay so i did some youtube searching and alot of videos came up with odin. To download a stock rom . i downloaded a few and tryed to do it with odin and it always failed. ANyone have any ideas? or maybe theirs a way to just fix the hellfire rom?
i managed to figure out the phillz. all it did was change the recovery program to his and now its stock andriod recovery... . their has to be a way for me to odin the stock os system. I wish i could just get into the phone itd be so much easier. lol 50k people online someone help me!
slow302stang said:
i managed to figure out the phillz. all it did was change the recovery program to his and now its stock andriod recovery... . their has to be a way for me to odin the stock os system. I wish i could just get into the phone itd be so much easier. lol 50k people online someone help me!
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You know that the file that you have to put in odin has to be a ridiculous amount of mb or gb then other things because i made that mistake 2 lol.
You have to extract it when using your pc and stuff and sometimes you get others files like ones that arent even like 100 mb or whatever that can look like a rom.
Give me a full list of evrything you exactly do when flashing and wich file and name and how big the file is and also your model number... The s3 ATT right?
Can someone verify for me that att has an own bootloader and stuff and you can only like odin flash their stock roms right?
You can always use phillz touch recovery and download a custom rom like cyanogenmod for your phone! Then you can acces it... If you dont brick your phone.
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slow302stang said:
i managed to figure out the phillz. all it did was change the recovery program to his and now its stock andriod recovery... . their has to be a way for me to odin the stock os system. I wish i could just get into the phone itd be so much easier. lol 50k people online someone help me!
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Huh? What exactly did you do? If you flashed Philz correctly using TWRP then you should have his recovery on your phone.
I think he needs to report his post to get it moved to his section with people to help him with his exact model and the correct stickies to help him.
If he can't then someone may need to report it for him.
Either way here is some reading material I found after a quick search in your forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1725839
Always make sure of what your are flashing, that its correct for your phone and always back up
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You know that the file that you have to put in odin has to be a ridiculous amount of mb or gb then other things because i made that mistake 2 lol.
You have to extract it when using your pc and stuff and sometimes you get others files like ones that arent even like 100 mb or whatever that can look like a rom.
Give me a full list of evrything you exactly do when flashing and wich file and name and how big the file is and also your model number... The s3 ATT right?
Can someone verify for me that att has an own bootloader and stuff and you can only like odin flash their stock roms right?
You can always use phillz touch recovery and download a custom rom like cyanogenmod for your phone! Then you can acces it... If you dont brick your phone.
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I have a galaxy s3 atat. The rom i wastrying to install was hellfire. Right now i managed to get phills recovery back on but i never backed up anyfiles so it doesnt help. That i know of. I just started this yesterday lol
slow302stang said:
I have a galaxy s3 atat. The rom i wastrying to install was hellfire. Right now i managed to get phills recovery back on but i never backed up anyfiles so it doesnt help. That i know of. I just started this yesterday lol
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So you got Philz touch running? If so, then you should be able to flash hellfire with it (assuming that you definitely have the right rom for your phone model).
ArkThompson said:
So you got Philz touch running? If so, then you should be able to flash hellfire with it (assuming that you definitely havie the right rom for your phone model).
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It doesnt work. I kept getting errors when i tryed installing it .
slow302stang said:
It doesnt work. I kept getting errors when i tryed installing it .
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Try redownloading the rom maybe an bad download.
When it doesnt work then your phone just cant take it and try something else man.
And also ask the developer from the hellfire rom if your phone is compatible with the rom (sometimes you need to download some sort of kernel or whatever it needs)
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Is this the first ROM you've tried to flash? What were you running before trying to flash hellfire?
To fix your situation should be fairly simple. 1.download a different ROM to an external SD card, I recommend slimkat because its pretty stable. They use a unified d2lte build for all d2 devices. Before you install the zip, wipe data/factory reset, manually format system, wipe cache partition and dalvik cache, install the ROM zip and gapps zip if required then reboot and profit.
samsgun357 said:
Is this the first ROM you've tried to flash? What were you running before trying to flash hellfire?
To fix your situation should be fairly simple. 1.download a different ROM to an external SD card, I recommend slimkat because its pretty stable. They use a unified d2lte build for all d2 devices. Before you install the zip, wipe data/factory reset, manually format system, wipe cache partition and dalvik cache, install the ROM zip and gapps zip if required then reboot and profit.
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I was running the stock rom. I downloaded cynogenor whatever its called but i cant put it on the sd card. It says the device is not connected. If i pull the files out of the sd card itll work. But it wont let me put the whole zip file on the sd card. Any ideas?

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