Database Info

unable to flash stock rom using odin

Hi,
I am tried a lot to flash stock ROM to my galaxy R but everytime it failed. I am using Windows 7 and odin. Everytime odin start writing the rom but it radomly freezes when screen autolocks or display goes off. Why this is happeing? Why can't in recovery mode screen keep itself active? I am unable to stop phone display going off. Please help me to flash my mobile as its currently unusable.
Odin log shows then removed when display goes off.

recovery mode? It has nothing to do with flashing via Odin.
To install your FW u must enter the download mode: volume down + home + power
Anyway if your screen goes off itself in recovery mode or download mode then it's an abnormal behavior that can rather indicate HW issue.

oh sorry if that is wrong term I used. I thought to flash using odin I need to go recovery mode using vol up+ power ON + Menu key combination.
What I need is just to have working phone with stock 2.3.5 ROM. Using odin it fails sometimes say 30% or 50% or even 70%. The same ROM I have flashed successfully but always touching the finger on display to active the phone screen. But same is not working now.
Reason I flashed or flashing is that my phone started radomly restarting and if I off it and wait for 2-3 hrs then it will start. So I decided to flash my phone.

Download mode doesn't auto-lock. Are you sure ur in download mode?
I had exactly the same problem of odin restart in download mode. Removing the SD card and SIM card and try flashing it.
took fr service as phone restarted often and they change the PBA(Printed board assembly) for me.

Yes, after some radom time and before rom writing finishes, screen locks(looses display so odin removes that device) and writing fails.
I have tried more that 15 times and yes all those tried without SIM and SD card.
I purchases this 4 months back only but as I have flashed it and phone is not working did I loose the warranty?

Try again with this steps
1. Download stock rom package (use checkfus)
2. Turn off ur phone now hold vol down key+home key+powerkey
3. Ur phone will boot in download mode u will see warning, press vol up to continue
4. Now open odin on ur pc, connect phone usind cable and wait till box turns yellow noe chose downloaded stock rom package in pda
5. Check auto reboot, reset time and make sure re partion is not checked and click start
6. Wait till process complet u will see progress bar on phone and odin
Sent from my GT-I9103 using Tapatalk

step by step guide for flashing Stock ROM with ODIN,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1406664
following the steps which are mentioned in the above link if you are still facing the problem them there may be some problem with ".TAR" file better download it again and try flashing.

xlm13x,
My phone is not working and saying "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies". how can I re-download stock ROM?
mj.vikram,
i follows the exact same stpes from the same thread. still no luck.
can I claim the warranty as I just want to flash original rom again to see if restart problem resolves and it got failed?
Is there any limit to flash a firmware? while searching on google got some page saying there is some taint-firmware counter? what is that?

Dude....don't try to turn your device on i regular way, but press combination: volume down+home+power simultaneously. You must be able to enter the DM! (U can try removing battery and putting it back)
Recovery mode in Kies has nothing to do with rm on your phone. I really don't think Kies will help you.

There is no issue in going to download mode for me. Just its not able to keep on itself till the firmware writing completes. So now I think it looks h/w issue to me. What worries me is how to get it in normal working phone and give it to service center.

panu123 said:
There is no issue in going to download mode for me. Just its not able to keep on itself till the firmware writing completes. So now I think it looks h/w issue to me. What worries me is how to get it in normal working phone and give it to service center.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ok now i got your point, phone is coming out of Download mode while flashing the stock ROM.... am i correct.
if this is the problem then there may be some issue with H/W..... if you haven't rooted your mobile and you are on stock ROM then take it to Service center...

Have u flashed any custom rom on ur phone? Is ur download counter has been increased?
Sent from my GT-I9103 using xda premium

Just take it to the service center. They won't be able to see if you rooted your device or not anyway in such case IMO. The phone is unable to boot, and reflash either. IT's clearly a HW issue. We have no power to affect download or recovery mode to be honest. I really don't think there's anybody on this forum that can help you fix DM.

what happens if sufficient battery is not there will it take power from system.
eg: if battery is only 5 % and we connected it in DM what will happen, will it continue or it will be switched off.

Thanks all for the replies. Let me confirm you all once again. My phone was using stock ROM. Never rooted it(not even knowing how to do that) Just frustrating restart issue and some google search conlcuded as I should flash stock rom.
so, I am doing that I even got success in flashing my phone after some attempts. Then for two days it worked fine. But again same problem started and I become impatient and tried to flash stock rom and it failed. Now my phone is nowhere so I can't check anything on my phone. How can I know download counter in this situation?
I heard service center need phone with stock rom installed and working and then they will take warranty claim. Is that the case?
Worried what to do with my phone now? it looks h/w issue to me also now that is why once flashing starts after some time it fails before reaching 100%.

no worries just take it to Samsung Service Center and tell them that your phone got switched off and its not starting, they will ask you to provide invoice xerox copy and flash the Firmware and give it back to you...
as you haven't tried rooting or installing Custom FW, so no need think of the Download counter.

toberabl century
Yes. I now understand what download counter is and my phone is already showing it as "NO" so its not custom ROM flashed. Hope this will be enough for me to claim warraty for my non-OS phone.

panu123 said:
Yes. I now understand what download counter is and my phone is already showing it as "NO" so its not custom ROM flashed. Hope this will be enough for me to claim warraty for my non-OS phone.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Give ur phone in service they will fix it for free, u havent rooted ur phone and also ur counter is zero so no need to worry about warranty void, do update what happens
Sent from my GT-I9103 using xda premium

Dude, dont tell them anything about you trying to flash stock fw. Just tell that the phone is not staying on. That should do.
It definitely seems like a hardware issue to me, so probably even they wont be able to flash a firmware and so they will start working on the hardware aspect. Just dont let them know that u tried reflashing the firmware or such coz they might try to void the warranty saying you fiddled with the phone.
Keep us updated.

I had exactly same problem as you, random restarts. It will become more frequent and troublesome if you keep the problem.
Give it to service center as your counter is 0. Your phone surely needs main board change.

kies update bricked my aunts phone

I have already used kies once to upgrade my sgh-i727's firmware to ICS. Anyways my aunt asked if i would do hers for her. I ran kies but after the firmware install had started I got an error message asking me to unplug my phone and boot in to recovery mode. However I can only get the phone to boot into odin mode. Either by turning it on normally i get the error:
odin mode
product name: sgh-727
custom binary download: no
current binary: samsung official
firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies & try again.
Or i can boot in to normal odin mode holding the volume up and down keys while plugging the usb port in. Then I choose volume up to load custom rom i end up at the same error.
I did try endlessly booting into recovery mode holding the volume up and down keys while powering on (also tried just up and just down to ensure i wasn't crazy) and while samsung flashes super briefly i again end up in odin mode with the error message. I tried flashing a stock ICS and gingerbread roms via odin 1.85 but it fails saying there is no pit file. I have searched for a pit file to load but have been unable to find one, in fact I noticed I was not the only one unable to locate one for this model phone.
Even without recovery mode I still did try to do a emergency firmware recovery in odin mode (rather sure it wouldn't work but what the heck) to no avail. I am at a total loss. Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this brick aside from haveing her exchange it with ATT? It is only two days old so that is a possibility if worse comes to worse.
I have scoured the forums, Google and everything else I could think of before asking for help so please don't thrash me if i missed something. some help and a point in the right direction is all i ask. thanks!

atomicWAR said:
I have already used kies once to upgrade my sgh-i727's firmware to ICS. Anyways my aunt asked if i would do hers for her. I ran kies but after the firmware install had started I got an error message asking me to unplug my phone and boot in to recovery mode. However I can only get the phone to boot into odin mode. Either by turning it on normally i get the error:
odin mode
product name: sgh-727
custom binary download: no
current binary: samsung official
firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies & try again.
Or i can boot in to normal odin mode holding the volume up and down keys while plugging the usb port in. Then I choose volume up to load custom rom i end up at the same error.
I did try endlessly booting into recovery mode holding the volume up and down keys while powering on (also tried just up and just down to ensure i wasn't crazy) and while samsung flashes super briefly i again end up in odin mode with the error message. I tried flashing a stock ICS and gingerbread roms via odin 1.85 but it fails saying there is no pit file. I have searched for a pit file to load but have been unable to find one, in fact I noticed I was not the only one unable to locate one for this model phone.
Even without recovery mode I still did try to do a emergency firmware recovery in odin mode (rather sure it wouldn't work but what the heck) to no avail. I am at a total loss. Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this brick aside from haveing her exchange it with ATT? It is only two days old so that is a possibility if worse comes to worse.
I have scoured the forums, Google and everything else I could think of before asking for help so please don't thrash me if i missed something. some help and a point in the right direction is all i ask. thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
take the battery out, put it in download mode and use odin to just flash a stock 4.0.4 att rom
this has happened to me during a 2.3.6 upgrade and i switched usb ports, pulled battery and plugged back in and used odin to flash a stock 2.3.6
here is the stock att official 4.0.4 http://www.hotfile.com/dl/162779401/27c699c/I727UCLF6_I727ATTLF6_ATT.zip.html

just go to the first link in my sig

thanks my brain was hurting. had already pulled the battery etc but then i retried all my usb ports and that was the hang up for odin at least. you guys are awesome.

atomicwar said:
thanks my brain was hurting. Had already pulled the battery etc but then i retried all my usb ports and that was the hang up for odin at least. You guys are awesome.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
good to hear

Problem solved?
CM9 Skyrocket

vincom said:
just go to the first link in my sig
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Dude, I think I just saved my phone. I was freaking out, you have no idea. Thank you so very, very, very much. I'm truly grateful to you!
Seriously, thanks. =]

Thank YOU
vincom said:
just go to the first link in my sig
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
New to the boards; however, I must say THANK YOU to the persons who own and operate these boards. Also a BIG THANK YOU to vincom and everyone else who helps on these boards.
I just went through the exact same dilemma that the person who created this post did. I thought for sure Kies ruined my phone.
Well I used vincom's resolution and my phone is working again AND I have ICS! Thank you!

Those who are saying thanks should click thanks on Vincom's post as well. Sending one his way for you...lol.
Sent from my SGH-I727 using xda app-developers app

[Q] Problem during rooting help

I was attempting to get root access to my galaxy tab 2 10.1 running android 10.2.1 (or whatever the latest Samsung update was it is 10.2 on my phone but am sure it was 10.2.1 on the tablet.
I was following this guide that someone here recommended
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/4...-p5113-android41-jellybean-android404-ics.htm
I set usb debug and made sure the drivers were on my pc and made sure KIES was completely not running
Followed the instructions to the letter but should have worried when I found the instructions to get to download were wrong - I found on videos that it was reboot using power and right volume key. That was successful
It connected to ODIN fine and the yellow box came up
I made sure the two boxes were ticked and then searched for the file
CF-Auto-Root-espresso10wifi-espresso10wifibby-gtp5113.zip and started ODIN
it seemed to be going fine until suddenly a red box came up with update failed
Now all I can get on the device is "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again"
No matter how I try to restart this I get the same screen and imagine I couldn't connect to kies even if I should
Can anyone help as I am worried that I have bricked my device - I was looking for a simple way to get root without flashing a whole rom - or is that what I was doing anyway?

Here is a link that may can help you : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1722745
Try to do the point A to install CWM Recovery and root correctly the tab then do the point E to install the stock Android 4.0.4
ps : if you want to do something to your tab, try to search here before other websites, big community, good informations/tips (personnal advise) :good:

Maybe file you downloaded is corrupted , redownload it from xda or sammobile and do steps again

n0is said:
Here is a link that may can help you : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1722745
Try to do the point A to install CWM Recovery and root correctly the tab then do the point E to install the stock Android 4.0.4
ps : if you want to do something to your tab, try to search here before other websites, big community, good informations/tips (personnal advise) :good:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I will take a look but so far the only thing I get is the message to connect to KIES and it wont of course connect - cant get into any other modes - you would think they would have some kind of hard boot recovery button that gets you to basic screen to download the latest firmware.
And I did start here and believe that this led from a post here - I was trying to find the least complicated method of getting root access without changing what I already had too much - the only other process that I found on here seemed to have lots of people reporting problems if it wasn't a 3g model
It is beginning to look like I may have found out what bricking is - thanks for the reply anyway

would like to do that
mjrshark said:
Maybe file you downloaded is corrupted , redownload it from xda or sammobile and do steps again
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
In fact the instructions do say if it doesn't work first time, to run it again with the boxes unticked - the problem is that I cant get back to download mode, or any mode other than the message to connect to kies, so have no way of doing this. So looks like it may have bricked - is there any way of unbricking a tablet?:crying:
It's going to be an expensive mistake especially as I haven't even had the £50 cash back from Samsung yet and I would have to pay full price now to replace it,

So did you remove it from Odin after it failed?
If you connect and pull up Odin, even though its not in download mode, do you get an active com box showing its connected?
Have you tried kies yet?
There is a simple method of rooting in the link posted in the previous post by n0is. At this point you might have to flash a stock image before you try and root again. If you can get an active com port in Odin, run a stock image first, they can be found here in xda. Get it booted up and then make sure you are on the latest android version, its 4.1.1 here in the US. If you try and root first and then update, you will lose root so update first to avoid rooting twice.
Just to clarify the root procedures,
Odin the cwm recovery .tar from the thread.
Reboot to recovery then flash the super user zip for the p5113. It will ask you about erasing stock recovery or something like that, check yes.
And that's it, simple enough
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium

not optamistic but will try!
samsgun357 said:
So did you remove it from Odin after it failed?
If you connect and pull up Odin, even though its not in download mode, do you get an active com box showing its connected?
Have you tried kies yet?
There is a simple method of rooting in the link posted in the previous post by n0is. At this point you might have to flash a stock image before you try and root again. If you can get an active com port in Odin, run a stock image first, they can be found here in xda. Get it booted up and then make sure you are on the latest android version, its 4.1.1 here in the US. If you try and root first and then update, you will lose root so update first to avoid rooting twice.
Just to clarify the root procedures,
Odin the cwm recovery .tar from the thread.
Reboot to recovery then flash the super user zip for the p5113. It will ask you about erasing stock recovery or something like that, check yes.
And that's it, simple enough
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I will try but I don't think it is going to work. Whenever I connect the tablet by USB I get the usb connecting sound followed immediately by the USB disconnect sound - this just continues to happen every 4 seconds or so all the time that the device is connected. At the moment I have it on charge as once the error screen comes on it doesnt seem to go off for a very long time and then it wont start unless I charge it first. After a few minutes on charge - The firmware upgrade encountered an issue message comes up. I am going to leave it a while until I am sure it is fully charged and then try what you suggest - not optamistic though since I now realise that it is not even connecting properly. I just have a bad feeling about this. I had to disconnect it from the power yesterday because the error screen stays on continuously and the device starts to get warm
Assuming that I ever manage to get a stock image installed will this mean I can go back to normal kies updates - all I really wanted was the standard samsung android O/S but with super user added.
Unfortunately I had read the linked article a while back and what made me more confident was the statement that said it was "virtually impossible to brick this device"

Since it's still going into Charging mode and spitting out error messages, it's not completely bricked. It's just in a reboot loop (a.k.a. soft brick).
Keep trying to get it into Download mode. Sometimes the timing is a little tricky if it's in a boot loop.
1. Disconnect it before trying to get it into Download Mode. If it's plugged in (charger or PC), the device will go into Charging mode instead.
2. Hold the Power button for 10 seconds to make it reboot.
3. When you see the screen turn off, let go of Power and then press and hold Power and Volume Right/Up.
4. If done correctly, it will immediately go into Download Mode. If you see the Samsung logo instead, repeat from Step 2.

some progress but still stuck - any more ideas please
samsgun357 said:
So did you remove it from Odin after it failed?
If you connect and pull up Odin, even though its not in download mode, do you get an active com box showing its connected?
Have you tried kies yet?
There is a simple method of rooting in the link posted in the previous post by n0is. At this point you might have to flash a stock image before you try and root again. If you can get an active com port in Odin, run a stock image first, they can be found here in xda. Get it booted up and then make sure you are on the latest android version, its 4.1.1 here in the US. If you try and root first and then update, you will lose root so update first to avoid rooting twice.
Just to clarify the root procedures,
Odin the cwm recovery .tar from the thread.
Reboot to recovery then flash the super user zip for the p5113. It will ask you about erasing stock recovery or something like that, check yes.
And that's it, simple enough
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi well thanks -
when I connected Odin it did show up yellow and so I downloaded the P5110 stock from from the other thread - all went well and it reported all OK and re-booted - saw the animated sequence but now it has stalled on the samsung logo and still wont connect to kies
So still stuck but at least it has moved on - The instructions on the other page were a little unclear about one stage
It said if there was pit file included to set something and tick repartition - this was all in one line and so I assumed part of the pit instruction - as there was no pit file I did not tick re-partition - I wonder if I should have done?
I have just reconnected to ODIN and the ID Com is still lit up yellow so presumably I could try running it again, or should I look on here for another stock rom - I am wondering if I have somehpw scewed up the bootloader and if so how I go about restoring it
ODIN is the only thing it connects to right now

ROM Manager Ruined my Stock Recovery

This is a very noob thing to do.
I have a Verizon S3 with a broken screen. So I was fooling around with it without reading the forum.
I have a fresh MF1 installed, then rooted and also installed ROM Manager. The foolish thing is that I used ROM manager to boot into recovery.
The boot failed. Now the stock recovery is gone. The worst thing is that, now I can't even get into Odin. The phone kept vibrating and give the yellow triangle, saying, System software not authorized by Verison wireless has been found on your phone.....
I do not know what to do now. I think the first thing I have to do is to get rid of the CWM recovery, which never worked in this case. Then I can get the Odin back.
I tried the download button combo. I got to Odin just once. And the Odin session did not complete stating that it could not find a COM port. So Odin is no go now.
Do I have to get on adb or bootloader level? How?

deleted.

Well, I think I made a fool of myself.
After repeated failures to boot into Odin, I put the phone to some rest. Then I just tried it one more time and my lovely Odin has returned. So I flash the phone with the stock ROM and the phone is back to normal.
I was thinking I have another hard bricked phone. I think by pulling the battery and put the phone to rest, it changed something.

BaSingSe said:
Well, I think I made a fool of myself.
After repeated failures to boot into Odin, I put the phone to some rest. Then I just tried it one more time and my lovely Odin has returned. So I flash the phone with the stock ROM and the phone is back to normal.
I was thinking I have another hard bricked phone. I think by pulling the battery and put the phone to rest, it changed something.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You got that warning message at boot because you didn't unlock your bootloader.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

[GUIDE Win/Linux/Mac] Debrick 4.3 with Odin or Verizon Utility + PIT [SOFT BRICK]

THIS WILL WORK ONLY IF YOU CAN GET INTO DOWNLOAD MODE (Odin mode) if you bricked your bootloader try HERE
Who can benefit from this?
Anyone who took the OTA to 4.3 then tried to downgrade resulting in a soft brick
Anyone who took the OTA to 4.3 and somehow lost there recovery or follow restoring stock recovery instructions HERE
Anyone who took the OTA to 4.3 but failed with access to download mode
Anyone who wants 4.3 but for some reason can not OTA
Anyone who took the NC1 update (new 4.3) and wants to revert to ML1 (old 4.3 with saferoot and safestrap support)
Linux and Mac users must follow the Odin method using the correct PIT file (found at the bottom of the op) and substitue Odin with Jodin3 found HERE and spam AdamOutler thanks button for making Jodin3
WARNING! UPDATING TO 4.3 WILL RESULT IN A LOCKED BOOTLOADER FOREVER!!
4.3 with Odin
How to enter Download Mode
Make sure your device is completely off
Hold Volume Down + Home
While holding both of them simultaneously press the Power button until you see the disclaimer on the screen
Then let go of all the buttons and press Volume Up
=====================================================================================
Download and extract Odin <--- New link 1/23/14
Download and extract ALL_I535VRUCML1_I535VZWCML1_2198062_REV09_user_low_ship.tar.md5.7z (official old 4.3 tar ball) or ALL_I535VRUCNC1_I535VZWCNC1_2198062_REV09_user_low_ship.tar.md5.7z (official new 4.3 tar ball)
Download kies and install as administrator. make sure the [Unified Driver Installer] check box is checked at the end of the install (Might take some time)
Windows Kies Here
Mac Kies Here
Enter Download Mode
Make sure Kies is closed then plug in your phone and wait for drivers to install
Open Odin As administrator
You should see your phone under ID:COM (you should also see it has been added in message)
Make sure only Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time is checked
Check PDA [ ]
Click on [PDA] And select the .tar file you just extracted (Only use PDA Never use the others)
Wait for it to verify the MD5 then click [Start]
From here on out its all automated Odin will Flash SCH-I535_I535VRUCML1 then restart (dont forget first boot takes time)
If you get stuck in a boot loop go into recovery and do a factory reset (probably should regardless)
4.3 With Verizon Utility [will always push the most recent firmware atm 4.4.2 and you will not be able to go back to 4.3] (Windows only for now)
How to enter Download Mode
Make sure your device is completely off
Hold Volume Down + Home
While holding both of them simultaneously press the Power button until you see the disclaimer on the screen
Then let go of all the buttons and press Volume Up
=====================================================================================
Download and unzip
Windows SUA_ar.zip <--- New Link
Mac SUA_ar.zip
Open SUA_ar folder
Install SUABnRSetup as administrator (might take some time and may not be nessesary)
Download kies and install as administrator. make sure the [Unified Driver Installer] check box is checked at the end of the install (Might take some time)
Windows Kies Here
Mac Kies Here
Make sure Kies is closed then go into download mode and plug into your pc (hold here until drivers install)
Run SUA.exe as administrator
Click on [Repair Assistant] (on the left)
Click on run [Repair Assistant] (on the bottom)
After repair assistant recognizes your phone click [Repair Galaxy S(R) III] (on the right side)
It will say "Due to the condition of your phone/tablet, all data will need to be erased during the repair."
Click [continue]
From here on out its all automated it will download and install SCH-I535_I535VRUCML1 then restart (dont forget first boot takes time)
If you get stuck at 84% try THIS
If you get stuck in a boot loop go into recovery and do a factory reset (probably should regardless)
If you keep failing it might be because you have bad partitions. Download the pit file that matches your phone (16gb S3 use the 16gb pit file or 32gb S3 use the 32gb pit file) Follow the Odin instructions with the addition of your pit file By clicking [PIT] in Odin. Or try this fix Here
SCH-I535_D2VZW_16gb.pit
====================
SCH-I535_D2VZW_32gb.pit
As long as things went smooth you should be back on 4.3 ready to take on the world!
Want root on 4.3? Use saferoot (ML1) HERE or towelroot (ML1/NC1) HERE Remember you are on a locked bootloader. You can not flash insecure bootloader, roms or custom recovery.

awesome. I had given up and was just waiting for the 4.3 tar
I'm really hoping this works since you had the exact same symptoms as me
Thanks in advance!

kangeon said:
awesome. I had given up and was just waiting for the 4.3 tar
I'm really hoping this works since you had the exact same symptoms as me
Thanks in advance!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I was waiting as well, But I was about to chuck my Droid x against a wall. Another funny thing is right before I tried this my phone got sudden death syndrome (power button stayed compressed so every time battery is put in it automatically tuns on then off ). Luckily slamming my phone against the table wasn't a internet troll and it got fixed.

ThePagel said:
I was waiting as well, But I was about to chuck my Droid x against a wall. Another funny thing is right before I tried this my phone got sudden death syndrome (power button stayed compressed so every time battery is put in it automatically tuns on then off ). Luckily slamming my phone against the table wasn't a internet troll and it got fixed.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Bro I hate my Droid X. I sent my phone out today to have it JTAG to 4.3 and hours later this came out LOL. Good job bro!!!!:good:

I got it working
Thanks so much!

You are a life saver. Thank you!

Good to see that some folks can resurrect their device now. A locked but working phone is certainly better than no phone at all.
Awesome work ThePagel!
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

I signed up just to say thank you. I decided to go for broke and take my phone into Verizon just to see what they said and they suggested I upgrade to a new phone. I'm sure they could have performed this for me, but I'm glad I did it myself. Once again, thank you.

Couple things, when you redo the OP could you make sure to detail what scenario would lead you to using this tool? Maybe make that a little clearer.
Also, we don't have a bootloader to boot directly into like say HTC devices. Samsung let's you boot into recovery or download mode. Download Mode may be an equivalent term to "bootloader" for other devices but it may be confusing to new S3 users down the road. Cheers!
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 4

@ThePagel I PMd you. I will go ahead and post a mirror for the SUA_ar.zip here. You can move this link to the OP. Once everyone wakes up they are gonna shut down your dropbox for excessive traffic.
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23269279319199403

Would this work on a phone that wasn't bricked but you wanted to just restore it to pristine stock 4.3? (a sort of "oh crap, I accidentally deleted a bunch of system APKs - how do I get those back?!" moment)

s'pht said:
Would this work on a phone that wasn't bricked but you wanted to just restore it to pristine stock 4.3? (a sort of "oh crap, I accidentally deleted a bunch of system APKs - how do I get those back?!" moment)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Kies should handle that. Not sure but as never used Kies but you should not need that other file. Just repair in Kies.

Will this repair a broken recovery also? After I took the OTA I rooted then tried to install a custom recovery. Now when I boot to recovery I get the error "SECURE FAIL: KERNAL" as well as the yellow triangle. The phone does work and I can get into download mode, I just want my recovery back so I can do a factor data reset if needed.

harrst1 said:
Will this repair a broken recovery also? After I took the OTA I rooted then tried to install a custom recovery. Now when I boot to recovery I get the error "SECURE FAIL: KERNAL" as well as the yellow triangle. The phone does work and I can get into download mode, I just want my recovery back so I can do a factor data reset if needed.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It seems this method will restore the phone to the factory state thus should repair your recovery also.

SlimSnoopOS said:
Couple things, when you redo the OP could you make sure to detail what scenario would lead you to using this tool? Maybe make that a little clearer.
Also, we don't have a bootloader to boot directly into like say HTC devices. Samsung let's you boot into recovery or download mode. Download Mode may be an equivalent term to "bootloader" for other devices but it may be confusing to new S3 users down the road. Cheers!
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think I can manage that
prdog1 said:
@ThePagel I PMd you. I will go ahead and post a mirror for the SUA_ar.zip here. You can move this link to the OP. Once everyone wakes up they are gonna shut down your dropbox for excessive traffic.
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23269279319199403
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thankyou!
s'pht said:
Would this work on a phone that wasn't bricked but you wanted to just restore it to pristine stock 4.3? (a sort of "oh crap, I accidentally deleted a bunch of system APKs - how do I get those back?!"
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes
prdog1 said:
Kies should handle that. Not sure but as never used Kies but you should not need that other file. Just repair in Kies.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Because he is on 4.3 kies is no help. Its still giving us 4.1.2
harrst1 said:
Will this repair a broken recovery also? After I took the OTA I rooted then tried to install a custom recovery. Now when I boot to recovery I get the error "SECURE FAIL: KERNAL" as well as the yellow triangle. The phone does work and I can get into download mode, I just want my recovery back so I can do a factor data reset if needed.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes this will work just remember you run the risk of a hard brick if things go wrong

ThePagel said:
I think I can manage that
Thankyou!
Yes
Because he is on 4.3 kies is no help. Its still giving us 4.1.2
Yes this will work just remember you run the risk of a hard brick if things go wrong
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ok. I see now. You are just using the drivers from Kies.

Interesting...even after going through this procedure I still get the Samsung "Custom Lock" screen.
Thanks for this btw!!

eudoxia said:
Interesting...even after going through this procedure I still get the Samsung "Custom Lock" screen.
Thanks for this btw!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
A lot of original S3s came with that lock. Don't know if we ever figured out why.

eudoxia said:
Interesting...even after going through this procedure I still get the Samsung "Custom Lock" screen.
Thanks for this btw!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
prdog1 said:
A lot of original S3s came with that lock. Don't know if we ever figured out why.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That is weird. Mine did not ship with custom but after the brick it did have it, then after the unbrick it was gone. Is your warranty in download mode 0 or 1?

prdog1 said:
A lot of original S3s came with that lock. Don't know if we ever figured out why.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I stand corrected, after pulling the battery for a minute and rebooting the "Custom Lock" screen is gone..
Thanks ...You Rule :good: