Please help, i9300 possibly bricked - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I flashes ArchiDroid last night, the rom worked fine and everything was going alright. When I woke up during the middle of the night I noticed the phone was on the samsung logo but didn't think anything of it. This morning the battery was dead and it was still stuck on the samsung logo, it won't boot to recovery but does boot to download mode.
I've just tried flashing i9300 Vodafone OFW (not my carrier, but would it make a difference?) via Odin and get the following error message:
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any help is greatly appreciated... im starting to think my nand is corrupt and that I can do nothing to fix it

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Habe you tried flashing stock Rom and recovery?
Sent from my GT-I9300 using XDA Free mobile app

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I think you should flash the original stock firmware to you device and it will surely work and again if u wanna root first apply cwm recovery
Bcoz its the best
sent by - $hivåm

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deracmilan said:
Habe you tried flashing stock Rom and recovery?
Sent from my GT-I9300 using XDA Free mobile app
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The file I'm trying to flash in Odin is the stock i9300 Vodafone UK OFW so yeah, only difference is my phone is not on Vodafone, it's unlocked to all networks but I can't find OFW for that.

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UrbanDesigns said:
The file I'm trying to flash in Odin is the stock i9300 Vodafone UK OFW so yeah, only difference is my phone is not on Vodafone, it's unlocked to all networks but I can't find OFW for that.
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Your nand maybe corrupt try all options if they fail then try rescue firmware here >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30087735&postcount=6 << only use as a last resort and read instructions carefully.

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tallman43 said:
Your nand maybe corrupt try all options if they fail then try rescue firmware here >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30087735&postcount=6 << only use as a last resort and read instructions carefully.
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what other options would you suggest until I declare that as a last resort?
edit: is there anyway I can save my pictures before I continue with this?
also, how do i open the other options in odin?

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UrbanDesigns said:
what other options would you suggest until I declare that as a last resort?
edit: is there anyway I can save my pictures before I continue with this?
also, how do i open the other options in odin?
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If stock roms are failing to flash with nand error then their is not much more options to try other than emergency firmware you could try flashing a recovery like PhilZ recovery with odin and see if it will boot into that then try to make a backup. (but I don't hold out much luck with that).
If that fails try rescue firmware in the link I provided but if that fails than it is a service repair.

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tallman43 said:
If stock roms are failing to flash with nand error then their is not much more options to try other than emergency firmware you could try flashing a recovery like PhilZ recovery with odin and see if it will boot into that then try to make a backup. (but I don't hold out much luck with that).
If that fails try rescue firmware in the link I provided but if that fails than it is a service repair.
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How do am I able to add all the files to Odin when it's greyed out?

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UrbanDesigns said:
How do am I able to add all the files to Odin when it's greyed out?
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If you are having problems with odin then try a different version some work better than others. >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...08-2013-odin-3-09-odin-1-85-versions-t2189539 << 1.85 seems to work well for me.

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tallman43 said:
If you are having problems with odin then try a different version some work better than others. >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...08-2013-odin-3-09-odin-1-85-versions-t2189539 << 1.85 seems to work well for me.
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it says re-partition failed, maybe I used the wrong PIT file? the link you gave me does not provide the PIT file

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UrbanDesigns said:
it says re-partition failed, maybe I used the wrong PIT file? the link you gave me does not provide the PIT file
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I think the pit files is in the 4.1 download

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tallman43 said:
I think the pit files is in the 4.1 download
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it failed, guess it's hard bricked then.
damn.... no idea how the hell that happened.

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UrbanDesigns said:
it failed, guess it's hard bricked then.
damn.... no idea how the hell that happened.
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Sorry to hear that I don't think I have seen any success stories on here after the rescue firmware as not worked.:crying:

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anybody know of a reputable repair guy who can replace the emmc chip?