Can't find stock firmware HELP - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys my s3 is on some rom,and its REALLY SLOW and Buggy so i wanted to go back to stock rom but i dont know which one to install can someone help pls ??

If you have the international variant (btu) i can link you to the mk6 rom.
Beamed in by telepathy.

shivadow said:
If you have the international variant (btu) i can link you to the mk6 rom.
Beamed in by telepathy.
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um,i did wanted to install stock recovery and it failed and my phone wont turn on it says i need to use the kies. And i tried and now it does not work.uhhhhhhhhhhhh

Damn my english sucks when i'm angry

kefi999 said:
um,i did wanted to install stock recovery and it failed and my phone wont turn on it says i need to use the kies. And i tried and now it does not work.uhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Download stock rom from sammobile.com. Don't worry you can flash it via odin. Pull the battery, wait for a minute. Now insert the battery & boot to download mode(Hold press volume down +Home+ Power key). Now flash the stock rom via odin .

If the phone stays at the screen that says the firmware enountered an error, don't worry. Open Odin, connect the phone, and flash the firmware.

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[Q] how to flashing stock rom from cm7 if odin didnt detect the phone

hi guys
im from malaysia. my phone comes with stock S5830DXKPD. i have flash cm7 and now trying to go back to stock rom. i also tried to restore the backup i made from cwm before. however, it stuck with 'galaxy ace' logo. one of my friend suggest me to flash the stock rom which i can get from sammobile.
so my question is, can i flash the firmware using cwm??? or is it can be flash using odin only???.
for your information, my phone cant be detected by the pc after i flash cm7. so cant use odin or if you guys have any idea for me to use odin.
really need help. thanks
clear data and cache in cwm. thn flash a stock rom using odin from samfirmware.
but then, i cant connect my phone to kies as well as odin. had try reinstall kies but same problem occur. sd can be detect and be access through my computer.
everytime i run odin, it said "please connect phone!!" what should i do so that odin can detect my phone.
p/s: my phone driver work correctly. so i dont know why kies and odin cant detect my phone
Reinstall drivers. It should work.
Did you go into download mode for flashing via Odin?
Sent from cyanogenmod7 Galaxy Ace...
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tak_dokname said:
but then, i cant connect my phone to kies as well as odin. had try reinstall kies but same problem occur. sd can be detect and be access through my computer.
everytime i run odin, it said "please connect phone!!" what should i do so that odin can detect my phone.
p/s: my phone driver work correctly. so i dont know why kies and odin cant detect my phone
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kies is only meant for stock rom, not custom rom.
Prawesome said:
Did you go into download mode for flashing via Odin?
Sent from cyanogenmod7 Galaxy Ace...
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i was thinking the same thing. u cant flash to stock using kies on a custom rom, but u can flash back to stock via odin.
for odin to recognize your phone, please get your phone into download mode where by your screen will only show the word "downloading" in yellow...
Go to download mode (hold down Vol down+power+home) then connect to pc. If that won't work, put off your sim, sd, battery. Connect to pc. Now hold down vol down + power + home for a while. Now put in your battery and again hold down vol down + power + home. That worked for me when i broke my rom It don't have to work for you. You can try this only at your own risk.
Wojtys said:
Go to download mode (hold down Vol down+power+home) then connect to pc. If that won't work, put off your sim, sd, battery. Connect to pc. Now hold down vol down + power + home for a while. Now put in your battery and again hold down vol down + power + home. That worked for me when i broke my rom It don't have to work for you. You can try this only at your own risk.
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it works. odin detect my phone. thanks guys. but then, after i do some reading, it said that i need multi file to be used in the odin but i didnt find what file should i download.
when i go to samfirmware, there are only one package file. so what should i do. should i proceed with one package file????
tak_dokname said:
hi guys
im from malaysia. my phone comes with stock S5830DXKPD. i have flash cm7 and now trying to go back to stock rom. i also tried to restore the backup i made from cwm before. however, it stuck with 'galaxy ace' logo. one of my friend suggest me to flash the stock rom which i can get from sammobile.
so my question is, can i flash the firmware using cwm??? or is it can be flash using odin only???.
for your information, my phone cant be detected by the pc after i flash cm7. so cant use odin or if you guys have any idea for me to use odin.
really need help. thanks
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if you has RESTORE the Backup in CWM, before reboot, perform full wipe/data. if still bootloop, Shutdown and perform full wipe/data again. I had experience too. Sorry for my English.
If your device not detect on your PC, reinstall SAMSUNG DRIVER and REBOOT.
tak_dokname said:
it works. odin detect my phone. thanks guys. but then, after i do some reading, it said that i need multi file to be used in the odin but i didnt find what file should i download.
when i go to samfirmware, there are only one package file. so what should i do. should i proceed with one package file????
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Here's the full package of XXKPH. Cooper and ODIN is also included on the zip file. Just extract it. you can use this if you want. happy flashing
http://hotfile.com/dl/134788696/23d0...XXKPH.rar.html
thanks all. everything had just go very well.
Nice to know
Same problem for me too. I reflashed with single tar package .. GOt boot loop .. Simply cleared cache and rstored and works perfectly.
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Restoring Galaxy S2 to Stock

I'm just about to sell my Galaxy S2 so just wondering how to revert it to stock? It's currently on CheckROM v6.
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MistahBungle said:
In CWRecovery; format cache, data, system, & internal sd card. In Odin, flash stock rom. Then jig or Triangle Away to reset flash counter. Done. That's what I'd do if I was selling it or sending it in for warrant service.
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You missed a point. Triangle Away needs root. So use it first, then do all the other steps
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2
Also you can be sure everything is stock as per youor country/region, if Samsung Kies recognizes your phone and says "Update available" or "This is the latest firmware".
I've found the guide to restore to stock firmware here:
http://www.androidnz.net/2012/01/restoring-your-samsung-galaxy-s2-back.html
And the list of stock firmwares here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
Just one n00b question, though.. How do I know which stock ROM to flash on to the phone? I'm in Australia and it came from Vodafone stock (but was unlocked).
Regards.
jonno92 said:
I've found the guide to restore to stock firmware here:
http://www.androidnz.net/2012/01/restoring-your-samsung-galaxy-s2-back.html
And the list of stock firmwares here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
Just one n00b question, though.. How do I know which stock ROM to flash on to the phone? I'm in Australia and it came from Vodafone stock (but was unlocked).
Regards.
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I looked for the CSC for Australia and it's XSA, so any device in Australia would I guess be that. The firmware below is single CSC, so it's only for Australia. It's Android 2.3.6 Unbranded.
GT-I9100_XSA_I9100XWKK2_I9100XSAKK1_I9100XXKI
Steps to flashing back to stock:
1. If you've got the yellow triangle, remove it with Triangle Away..
2. Put the phone into download mode (volume down + home button + power button)
3. Open Odin v1.85 You'll see in the white box when the device is plugged in and also in download mode a message saying "Added!"
4. Select the firmware you downloaded, extract to to see the GT-I9100_XSA_I9100XWKK2_I9100XSAKK1_I9100XXK.tar.md5 file.
5. Select PDA in Odin, select the file you now extracted.
6. Start flashing.
PS. You need to wipe/data cache after doing this or before else you'll be stuck in a bootloop. That can either be done in CWM, or the stock recovery.
Odin will take about 2 minutes for the whole process and you'll be back to stock.
Hope I helped.
nicholas1520 said:
I looked for the CSC for Australia and it's XSA, so any device in Australia would I guess be that. The firmware below is single CSC, so it's only for Australia. It's Android 2.3.6 Unbranded.
GT-I9100_XSA_I9100XWKK2_I9100XSAKK1_I9100XXKI
Steps to flashing back to stock:
1. If you've got the yellow triangle, remove it with Triangle Away..
2. Put the phone into download mode (volume down + home button + power button)
3. Open Odin v1.85 You'll see in the white box when the device is plugged in and also in download mode a message saying "Added!"
4. Select the firmware you downloaded, extract to to see the GT-I9100_XSA_I9100XWKK2_I9100XSAKK1_I9100XXK.tar.md5 file.
5. Select PDA in Odin, select the file you now extracted.
6. Start flashing.
PS. You need to wipe/data cache after doing this or before else you'll be stuck in a bootloop. That can either be done in CWM, or the stock recovery.
Odin will take about 2 minutes for the whole process and you'll be back to stock.
Hope I helped.
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That's fantastic, thanks so much for that Nicholas. I'll give that a go once my sluggish internet decides to download the file! Have a good weekend mate. :good:
Okay, so I can't install TriangleAway apk. I've tried putting it on my SD card and flashing it from CWM, and also by flashing it straight from the internet explorer on my phone.
When I look at TriangleAway in Google Play it says:
Your device isn't compatible with this version
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Any ideas?
jonno92 said:
Okay, so I can't install TriangleAway apk. I've tried putting it on my SD card and flashing it from CWM, and also by flashing it straight from the internet explorer on my phone.
When I look at TriangleAway in Google Play it says:
Any ideas?
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Any ideas, guys? I've got someone buying my phone in the next 2 days and need to revert it back to stock and remove all my data from it! :fingers-crossed:
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Thanks for the quick reply.
I just tried Mounting /System and installing the .apk from Root Explorer and I still get the same parsing error.
Is there a different TriangleAway version I could download perhaps?
Cheers for the assistance.
I think if you flash stock firmware with Odin you do not get a yellow triangle.
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Revert to Stock from CM9
I have an International Galaxy S2 i9100 and have been using cm9 for quite some and i would like to revert/restore back to stock rom.....
Can someone please help as to steps to go about for safe restore to stock rom.
Thanks in advance
Ketan
Is it possible to restore a stock rom onto my S2 without using the USB port/ODIN?
My S2 has a faulty USB port that only works for charging (sometimes if I wiggle the cable around), cannot transfer data over the usb cable at all and will not connect to my pc so doubt it is going to work with ODIN.
I can transfer files to the phone using airdroyd and can flash using Rom Manager, will this return it to the standard rom if I flash the correct ROM onto it?
Is there anything else I need to do?
Thanks
sc00bs said:
Is it possible to restore a stock rom onto my S2 without using the USB port/ODIN?
My S2 has a faulty USB port that only works for charging (sometimes if I wiggle the cable around), cannot transfer data over the usb cable at all and will not connect to my pc so doubt it is going to work with ODIN.
I can transfer files to the phone using airdroyd and can flash using Rom Manager, will this return it to the standard rom if I flash the correct ROM onto it?
Is there anything else I need to do?
Thanks
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Yes, you can.
Use Mobile Odin app (requires root). It works like Odin, but u don't need a PC for that!
And avoid using ROM Manager. Many people have had issues using it before.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
immortalneo said:
Yes, you can.
Use Mobile Odin app (requires root). It works like Odin, but u don't need a PC for that!
And avoid using ROM Manager. Many people have had issues using it before.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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Thanks u Kindly
Revert to stock recovery
nicholas1520 said:
I looked for the CSC for Australia and it's XSA, so any device in Australia would I guess be that. The firmware below is single CSC, so it's only for Australia. It's Android 2.3.6 Unbranded.
GT-I9100_XSA_I9100XWKK2_I9100XSAKK1_I9100XXKI
Steps to flashing back to stock:
1. If you've got the yellow triangle, remove it with Triangle Away..
2. Put the phone into download mode (volume down + home button + power button)
3. Open Odin v1.85 You'll see in the white box when the device is plugged in and also in download mode a message saying "Added!"
4. Select the firmware you downloaded, extract to to see the GT-I9100_XSA_I9100XWKK2_I9100XSAKK1_I9100XXK.tar.md5 file.
5. Select PDA in Odin, select the file you now extracted.
6. Start flashing.
PS. You need to wipe/data cache after doing this or before else you'll be stuck in a bootloop. That can either be done in CWM, or the stock recovery.
Odin will take about 2 minutes for the whole process and you'll be back to stock.
Hope I helped.
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Well, if i have CWM installed, will flashing stock firmware update my CWM recovery to stock recovery or not? If not, how can I restore my CWM recovery to stock recovery?
ssanjy said:
Well, if i have CWM installed, will flashing stock firmware update my CWM recovery to stock recovery or not? If not, how can I restore my CWM recovery to stock recovery?
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Yes, it will revert your recovery to stock.
Hi guys
I'd like to do a factory restore to stock (full wipe) from rooted Vanilla Rootbox ROM V4.2 (JB 4.2.2) Do I just reflash a stock ROM from SamMobile?
I've been flashing custom ROMs for a while but something is screwy and unstable now and I get a "UID errors" message on boot-up so I want to start from scratch, then reroot and reload the custom ROM again.
Many thanks in advance.

[Q] Help me please.. Galaxy s2 stuck on boot logo...

I am a newbie from Nepal. I dont have much knowledge of flashing. A week ago i tried to flash CMW recover while i was in resurrection remix JB rom. Till then i am not able to start my phone because it freezes at "Samsung Galaxy S2" logo... Now i dont know the CSC, PDA and kernel version of my mobile. So please help me solve my problem, how can i make it work?
Boot into recovery (Turn phone off. Then hold home/power/volume up) & do a wipe/factory reset. Or if you have a recent backup (or any backup) restore that from recovery. I've done this a couple of times over the past few mths when my phone has spontaneously bootlooped.
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Boot into recovery (Turn phone off. Then hold home/power/volume up) & do a wipe/factory reset. Or if you have a recent backup (or any backup) restore that from recovery. I've done this a couple of times over the past few mths when my phone has spontaneously bootlooped.
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I can boot into CWM recovery but the wipe/factory reset and cache deletion too would not help.. I dont have any backup and i am not able to access my external sd card too... so please can you help me now...
Boot into download mode (Phone off. Home, power, volume down) & flash a stock rom in Odin; go to Samfirmware or AndroidFirmwares.net & get a stock rom (or get the PC version of Checkfus). Flashing instructions here
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MistahBungle said:
Boot into download mode (Phone off. Home, power, volume down) & flash a stock rom in Odin; go to Samfirmware or AndroidFirmwares.net & get a stock rom (or get the PC version of Checkfus). Flashing instructions here
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Now i dont know PDA, PHONE and CSC of my SGS2, So how can i select the particular rom for my SGS2.. Please let me know.....
Flash an old rom on your sd card maybe?
Sent From My Rooted Samsung Galaxy S2 JB 4.1.2 (GT-I9100)
Dannyvld said:
Flash an old rom on your sd card maybe?
Sent From My Rooted Samsung Galaxy S2 JB 4.1.2 (GT-I9100)
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Sorry i cant access my external sd card in CWM recovery and i dont know how to access internal memory of my phone since it can only boot into recovery and download mode...
In that case flash any stock rom you like. I gather you'll be going back to a custom rom pretty quickly in any case (?) so it doesn't matter. Whatever you do tho, do not flash a PIT.
liveondead said:
Now i dont know PDA, PHONE and CSC of my SGS2, So how can i select the particular rom for my SGS2.. Please let me know.....
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MistahBungle said:
In that case flash any stock rom you like. I gather you'll be going back to a custom rom pretty quickly in any case (?) so it doesn't matter. Whatever you do tho, do not flash a PIT.
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All I can do is download a rom which is in zip format, but i know odin does not support .zip but it supports .tar, so how can i download rom in .tar, also does it matter if I flashed the rom which is not meant for my region?(I mean I dont know my phone's PDA and I am not able to decide which firmware to download since every firmware has its own specific PDA)... Yes, I'll be going back again to custom rom after I make it work...haha
AFAIK a rom for another country wont break your phone, but be careful with 4.0.4 roms because of the brickbug
liveondead said:
All I can do is download a rom which is in zip format, but i know odin does not support .zip but it supports .tar, so how can i download rom in .tar, also does it matter if I flashed the rom which is not meant for my region?(I mean I dont know my phone's PDA and I am not able to decide which firmware to download since every firmware has its own specific PDA)... Yes, I'll be going back again to custom rom after I make it work...haha
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go to http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3 and choose the stock or even another stock rom you wish, download it.
Boot into download mode and flash the single .tar file through odin, flashing instructions can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
PD: if the downloaded file is .zip and not .tar, just extract the zip and u'll get the .tar
Delta25 said:
AFAIK a rom for another country wont break your phone, but be careful with 4.0.4 roms because of the brickbug
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Amm, now i have a android 4.0.4 firmware in odin supported format.. and i am about to flash using odin.. but i got confused what did you mean by "but be careful with 4.0.4 roms because of the brickbug".. Please explain me... And thankx in advance..
He means don't do a wipe/factory reset from recovery while you're running that kernel. Once you switch to a custom kernel you can relax tho.
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He means don't do a wipe/factory reset from recovery while you're running that kernel. Once you switch to a custom kernel you can relax tho.
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Oh god, I am so confused. When I selected my PDA in the odin interface and I clicked start, it says "The Parameter is incorrect".. What can I do now???
MistahBungle said:
He means don't do a wipe/factory reset from recovery while you're running that kernel. Once you switch to a custom kernel you can relax tho.
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Please help, when i tried to flash android 4.0.4, odin says "The Parameter is Incorrect"...
liveondead said:
Please help, when i tried to flash android 4.0.4, odin says "The Parameter is Incorrect"...
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Parameter is incorrect error can be caused by either of two reasons
1 . something is wrong with the file you downloaded try re downloading
2.Kies is interfering with Odin, terminate Kies from the background by using the task manager.
Using GT - I9100
Just hit the damn help button if I helped you.
A lot of Thankx..
I wanna thank all of the members of the forum who have helped me in fixing my mobile. I finally fixed it by flashing the stock rom android 4.0.3, and it is doing perfect but laggs sometimes....:good:
Glad you got it sorted
liveondead said:
I wanna thank all of the members of the forum who have helped me in fixing my mobile. I finally fixed it by flashing the stock rom android 4.0.3, and it is doing perfect but laggs sometimes....:good:
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When my phone bricked i went to the store, they set the official software over my rooted one, i had very much lag, just flash a good rom and its over.
Sent From My Rooted Samsung Galaxy S2 JB 4.1.2 (GT-I9100)

[Q] phone dead help plzzzz

i have an unrooted unlocked samsung galaxy mega 6.3 gt i9200 from china i tried to flash an arabic rom using odin but it didnt work and now the phone is not working how can i fix it
dexzizo said:
i have an unrooted unlocked samsung galaxy mega 6.3 gt i9200 from china i tried to flash an arabic rom using odin but it didnt work and now the phone is not working how can i fix it
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What isn't working? Did it flash successfully but not boot? Just do a factory reset. If it didn't flash completely, then you have to let us know what happened before it failed.
es0tericcha0s said:
What isn't working? Did it flash successfully but not boot? Just do a factory reset. If it didn't flash completely, then you have to let us know what happened before it failed.
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i tried to flash a rom but failed now it says Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again
dexzizo said:
i tried to flash a rom but failed now it says Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again
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Ok, so typically when people say they flashed a rom, that means a custom version through a custom recovery. But you said earlier you tried to install through Odin. This is an important distinction. If you tried to flash a custom rom and it didn't work, then flashing the correct stock firmware through Odin will resolve. If you flashed through Odin and it gave you that warning, then you need to find the right one and re-try.
es0tericcha0s said:
Ok, so typically when people say they flashed a rom, that means a custom version through a custom recovery. But you said earlier you tried to install through Odin. This is an important distinction. If you tried to flash a custom rom and it didn't work, then flashing the correct stock firmware through Odin will resolve. If you flashed through Odin and it gave you that warning, then you need to find the right one and re-try.
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Yup what i tried to do is flash an arabic rom instead the Chinese stock one but if failed on the phone it said invalid at the end so if i flashed the Chinese stock one back from odin will it work or not
Yes, flashing the original firmware via Odin should get you working again.
es0tericcha0s said:
Yes, flashing the original firmware via Odin should get you working again.
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will it work if i used samsung kies recovery
Possibly, but if the system had already been modified, I find Odin to be a more reliable fix.
es0tericcha0s said:
Possibly, but if the system had already been modified, I find Odin to be a more reliable fix.
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well i flashed back the old rom and it worked but now i have no signal and there is no sound what can i go and there is 2 red lines on the top when i open the phone even the wifi doesnt work

Flash a new rom

I flashed CM11 about 3 months ago and it worked well. But about a week ago my phonejust didn't go any further than the s3 information screen that comes at start up.
I tried rebooting it but no effects. Then i tried to flash new roms but in every rom CWM showed errors and i couldnt install any. Any suggestions?
Flash back to a stock rom via odin then try another rom or use the one you have been using. Sometimes you can't flash one rom over another.
I wish I stole my HTC M9.
How do you flash back with odin ?
Abdullah Warraich said:
How do you flash back with odin ?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/guide-odin-flash-guide-t1671969
Abdullah Warraich said:
How do you flash back with odin ?
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To flash via odin you will need original samsung USB cable and Odin3.9 or 3.0. Download stock rom by searching on Google DOWNLOAD STOCK FOR SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 I9300. After download open Odin if u are using odin 3.09 then u will get option AP then u have to flash via that....If u are using latest version u will get option PDA...so flash via that.
If u got success.....hit thanks:good:

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