I have Just bricked Gs3 d2vzw. I am trying to flash via odin, but odin keeps giving me a an pit partition error. What can I do now?
if you can get into ODIN, you're not hardbricked.
you can restore a stock factory image using PDA, not the PIT.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1974114
suchavibrantthang said:
if you can get into ODIN, you're not hardbricked.
you can restore a stock factory image using PDA, not the PIT.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1974114
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I tried that, it won't let me do that. However I installed the pit file and then installed the stock firmware and it worked. I migh have to give Verizon a call however. Good thing I reset the counter. How can I go back to completely stock (the way I bought it)? Lock the downloader and codon back to stock? How is the counter tripped? By unlocking the bootloader or locking the bootloader? Or by flashing a Rom?
Another person abusing the system. You take the risk of bricking your phone when you decide to flash things. Own up to your mistakes and pay for a new one through insurance.
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Well if if the system wouldn't make it so damn difficult to flash roms...
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You do realize that instances such as this are the reason why Verizon doesn't want anyone to be able to flash anything, don't you? I don't like their business practices, as most others on here don't, but I don't think it is their place to replace a phone that has been damaged by user error either. The sad thing is that all of us have to pay for it every month with their inflated pricing to help cover other people's mistakes.
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Soft-bricked is more like Sponged...just waiting to soak up new OS.
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You do realize that instances such as this are the reason why Verizon doesn't want anyone to be able to flash anything, don't you? I don't like their business practices, as most others on here don't, but I don't think it is their place to replace a phone that has been damaged by user error either. The sad thing is that all of us have to pay for it every month with their inflated pricing to help cover other people's mistakes.
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Who said that I was abusing the system? I was talking about to reset the device so I can get a new device because they won't give me a device unless if it is on stock. (I have insurance with them). I am not abusing the system. Also there is also another problem that I need to talk to them about. Could you explain to me how I was abusing the system? I was not going to talk to them and play dumb and get a replacement phone.
If you are using insurance, they could care less about whether it is stock or not. Also, if you are not abusing the system, that is obviously not directed at you. I have not seen anything short of hardware problems that couldn't be fixed with a lot of searching and some work. There are lots of answers out there covering about every type of problem that you can imagine with the exception of hard bricks, hardware failures, etc.
Like I said, if you are not trying to exchange your phone because you flashed something and are too lazy to try and fix it, my comment was not directed at you. However, if that is what you are doing, there is an old saying "if the shoe fits"......
After my second post, I finally fixed it. It was a damn pit file and that booted the ROM with factory test. Then I got that fixed and all is well.
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If you are using insurance, they could care less about whether it is stock or not.
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Interestingly Verizon told be on the phone last night that they charge $199 USD if the software on the phone has been tampered with on an insurance exchange.
Granted if the phone is truly bricked it is unlikely that they can/will bother to tell.
I wounder if this is something new they started doing?
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I was doing a odin one click restore from continuum rom, and it went through and said successfull but blackscreen brick on reboot...
so after trying every trick in the book, i got it to come on in download mode using a jig but of course odin didnt see it so i had no choice but to try again..
well after days of trying to get it back into DL mode, i contact samsung, and find out my phone is under warantee. so i send it in, and then a week later get an email saying: "Oh hai we r dun with ur phonez and sendin it bak to u"
of course im thinking sweet my phone will work... nope they put on the work order that my phone was beyond repair, and then put a little purple square piece of paper in the box with it that said "=P warantee void for unauthorized updates"
So unfortunately now i have no choice but to use my stupid iphone
att store complain ftw.
att said it was samsungs responsibility
tooloney said:
I was doing a odin one click restore from continuum rom, and it went through and said successfull but blackscreen brick on reboot...
so after trying every trick in the book, i got it to come on in download mode using a jig but of course odin didnt see it so i had no choice but to try again..
well after days of trying to get it back into DL mode, i contact samsung, and find out my phone is under warantee. so i send it in, and then a week later get an email saying: "Oh hai we r dun with ur phonez and sendin it bak to u"
of course im thinking sweet my phone will work... nope they put on the work order that my phone was beyond repair, and then put a little purple square piece of paper in the box with it that said "=P warantee void for unauthorized updates"
So unfortunately now i have no choice but to use my stupid iphone
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There is a member floating around the forum who might be able to help you out with a JTAG flash for your phone, or you could look into trying your hand at it yourself. Just search for JTAG and I'm sure you'll find some help.
tooloney said:
I was doing a odin one click restore from continuum rom, and it went through and said successfull but blackscreen brick on reboot...
so after trying every trick in the book, i got it to come on in download mode using a jig but of course odin didnt see it so i had no choice but to try again..
well after days of trying to get it back into DL mode, i contact samsung, and find out my phone is under warantee. so i send it in, and then a week later get an email saying: "Oh hai we r dun with ur phonez and sendin it bak to u"
of course im thinking sweet my phone will work... nope they put on the work order that my phone was beyond repair, and then put a little purple square piece of paper in the box with it that said "=P warantee void for unauthorized updates"
So unfortunately now i have no choice but to use my stupid iphone
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Okay first of all you posted in the wrong section. Next time please post in the Q&A if you have any problems/questions .
Does your phone turn on at all? Like to the Phone+!+PC screen?
my bad it was more of a comment than a question, hence the absence of question marks, I know what needs to be done to fix it, jtag, unless one of these new things theyre discovering with the uart, etc... happens to perform a miracle..
but no its black screen bricked, and that after a "successful" odin flash. The phone does turn on though cuz it gets warm.
Everyone knows flashing voids your warranty. Time to buy a new phone.
yea except for the flash that bricked the phone was a stock rom so i was hoping they wouldnt say it was void because of it
There are a million warnings on this site that flashing voids your warranty and may brick your phone.
When you decided to mess around with flashing you should have known this could happen.
dude im not stupid, i know that flashing voids your warranty. There is also a million people who have gotten new phones from bricks after flashing under warranty replacement.
Trying to get samsung to fix it under warranty is fraud and is illegal. Posting about it on here is evidence of the crime.
If you wanted your phone to have a warranty you shouldn't have flashed it.
I told them i flashed it... as i said, i was flashing it to stock anyway when it died. Either way no fraud was committed, i called them trying to see if i could just buy a new motherboard, theyre the ones that told me the phone was under warranty and to send it in.
So sorry mr lawyerpants for doing what i was told.
Well enjoy your brick just the same.
tooloney said:
I told them i flashed it... as i said, i was flashing it to stock anyway when it died. Either way no fraud was committed, i called them trying to see if i could just buy a new motherboard, theyre the ones that told me the phone was under warranty and to send it in.
So sorry mr lawyerpants for doing what i was told.
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Why in gods earth would you admit flashing anything?
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Personally the fun illegal warranty claim on a bricked phone is to open it up loosen the heatsink and take a soldering iron to the CPU well the phone is stuck on boot...
I of course have never done this as my phones CPU exploded for legitimate reasons... ;-P
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Shouldve just said that your were updating to the offical froyo via kies. And kies told you to put you're phone into download mode (It does say that in the instructions somewhere as a second option.) And that you were doing the offical flash and the phone fell off your table and caused the usb to disconnect. Then the phone wouldn't boot...
mcord11758 said:
Why in gods earth would you admit flashing anything?
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It might be because
tooloney said:
dude im not stupid
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I would like you to try something for me. I was having an issue very similar to this. remove your battery and then reinsert it without turning the phone on. plug the phone in as if to charge. Leave it on the charger for several hours. Then try to use odin 3 click, and post your results. May be a lost cause but if it has the slightest chance to save your phone, it deserves a shot.
You fail, should have read the instructions correctly on how to flash.
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Shouldve just said that your were updating to the offical froyo via kies. And kies told you to put you're phone into download mode (It does say that in the instructions somewhere as a second option.) And that you were doing the offical flash and the phone fell off your table and caused the usb to disconnect. Then the phone wouldn't boot...
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Thats actually what i told them i was flashing, i guess they figured out i was lying since it was the stock odin flash.
or maybe since it was the stock odin flash and we arent supposed to have odin?
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You fail, should have read the instructions correctly on how to flash.
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Thanks, I guess I missed the part in the instructions where i was supposed to click more than one button in odin one click to flash my phone to stock. Ill be sure to read more closely next time.
1st time flashing my phone
following steps on odin3
according to instruction i need to use odin3+PDA
I DID odin3+PIT+START
and now my phone go into download mode
try 3 bottom reset
try connection to computer (detects the new hardware QHSUSB_DLOAD)
no download screen
no odin3
what should i do
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ok now i know my phone is hard brick
is it possible to send it back to Samsung and have it reflash? (i know it's not under warranty but can it be done? or anyone know how much it might cost me)
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UPDATE WITH FIX
called samsung repair center
told them i was doing over the air update for new fw
phone lost connection and wont turn on the next day
asked me what happened
i answered i did update last night, when i wake up phone wont turn on
asked me did flash it by myself
i just play stupid and say i dont understand
asked me will phone go into recovery mode
i answered no
samsung repair center gave me a repair ticket number
Product Symptoms : Technical Inquiry/Mobile OS Updates/Incomplete Software Upgrade
Warranty : In Warranty
send it back to samsung (they check to see if water dmg, nothing found, replace mainboard and reflash it)
LOL I AM SO HAPPY I CALLED
i will be a good boy next time, wont be messing around with custom rom anymore, learned my lesson.
Sounds like a hard brick
Might try getting it replaced by your carrier.
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Sheolrock said:
Sounds like a hard brick
Might try getting it replaced by your carrier.
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"Hi -Insert ATT Service Rep Name Here-. I woke up this morning and my phone wouldn't turn on anymore, please help me fix it"
lol this suxs i am going back to silly ios
didn't realize android phone can brick by using the wrong software
summerof2008 said:
lol this suxs i am going back to silly ios
didn't realize android phone can brick by using the wrong software
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Really? You had no idea it was possible to brick a phone by flashing firmware that wasn't made for it? Really?
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summerof2008 said:
lol this suxs i am going back to silly ios
didn't realize android phone can brick by using the wrong software
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Wrong software?
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for noobs like me, android is too complicated.
i don't hate it, i think it's for more advance users.
after using the android for a couple week i still think ios is a lot ez to use.
IOS is garbage plain and simple. Apple forces you to use things THEIR way. With android you can fully customize every aspect of your phone. I've had an iphone and their crap compared to Android, especially this skyrocket.
Restore
Try going into recovery mode (turn phone on while holding both volume buttons) and if u made a backup before restore to it, if not then mount ur usb storage from there and put a new rom on it in the root folder then try to install that but try a clean wipe and all that first to
all this can be done in the recovery menu
summerof2008 said:
for noobs like me, android is too complicated.
i don't hate it, i think it's for more advance users.
after using the android for a couple week i still think ios is a lot ez to use.
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It's not android that's complicated.. You could have stay stock and use different launchers to achieve alot of customized looks but you JUMPED in and it sounds like you might have not have been prepared with enough info... I'm going to give you some good advice someone gave me....search is your friend, and YouTube is your friend, and follow the damn instructions... Those words have helped me.. I also say know when your ready to play with the systems. There's nothing wrong with reading all the post and using them for reference material.
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guys i got my phone fixed.
anyone with a hard brick should try to call sasung repair center and do what i did.
Details?
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summerof2008 said:
guys i got my phone fixed.
anyone with a hard brick should try to call sasung repair center and do what i did.
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What exactly did they do to it?
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It wasn't that he flashed wrong software its that he flashed a non pit file in the pit. Doesn't pit basically set up the file system and partition everything?
So I had a Galaxy S1 Captivate for about 2 year and my wife has a Fascinate and I rooted/flashed them both like it was my job for the last couple years. I never once hard bricked either and for the most part knew what I was doing. I have a couple home made jigs so DL mode or (soft bricks) were never an issue. My question to you guys is I'm trying to gauge how difficult/risky is it to root and rom the GS3 (Verizon model specifically). The reason I'm wondering this info is because I personally don't own my GS3, it is property of my company and I don't want to chance bricking or not being able to easily flash back to stock unless it has gotten easier or less risky since the original Galaxy lineup. I mean if you had 2.3 bootloaders on your GS1 and you had access to a jig, there was pretty much a 0% chance of hard bricking unless you do something really stupid. Sorry for rambling on!
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So I had a Galaxy S1 Captivate for about 2 year and my wife has a Fascinate and I rooted/flashed them both like it was my job for the last couple years. I never once hard bricked either and for the most part knew what I was doing. I have a couple home made jigs so DL mode or (soft bricks) were never an issue. My question to you guys is I'm trying to gauge how difficult/risky is it to root and rom the GS3 (Verizon model specifically). The reason I'm wondering this info is because I personally don't own my GS3, it is property of my company and I don't want to chance bricking or not being able to easily flash back to stock unless it has gotten easier or less risky since the original Galaxy lineup. I mean if you had 2.3 bootloaders on your GS1 and you had access to a jig, there was pretty much a 0% chance of hard bricking unless you do something really stupid. Sorry for rambling on!
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I came from the Fascinate and this phone is just as easy to flash. Just make sure you read the OP and only flash things made for the US versions and you'll be fine. If something gets hosed, you can always odin back. Here is a great guide to get you started.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
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Deliquified said:
I came from the Fascinate and this phone is just as easy to flash. Just make sure you read the OP and only flash things made for the US versions and you'll be fine. If something gets hosed, you can always odin back. Here is a great guide to get you started.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
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I haven't checked that link out yet but how easy is it to go back to the Verizon stock ROM if need be?
Does the ROM procedure go something like this?...
Power Off, DL mode with jig, ODIN a CWM or Kernel package with CWM, mount SD, drag and drop ROM, Flash, win?
well...
well the good news is that you don't have to flash a custom rom for root. I just rooted and unlocked my phone while still running the stock rom. =) i'd post my tutorial but I'm a new member and I have 8 more posts to do before I can post in development.
eorly420 said:
well the good news is that you don't have to flash a custom rom for root. I just rooted and unlocked my phone while still running the stock rom. =) i'd post my tutorial but I'm a new member and I have 8 more posts to do before I can post in development.
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There is already an in depth tutorial for that as well as one for those who have the recent OTA.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439
The above link is those with the jelly bean OTA.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
This above is the in depth guide I was talking about. It was posted on 7/10/12. So there is no need for another tutorial unless you found a new way to do it. If you are talking about RootDebugFS then there is a tutorial for that here as well as the SuperSU version here as well.
I also came from a fascinate which was super easy to flash. As long as you read up on your homework this phone is cake to flash.
You shouldn't have many problems. If you need help, PM me. I'm glad to help.
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So I'm wondering one last thing. I hear about a "flash counter" on the GS3... anything I need to be really careful about to not trip this "counter"? Will Verizon void the warranty if tripped?
Thanks again guys!
Also, I'm going to be using this phone a lot for work and I ported my old personal number to Google Voice so this will be my personal phone as well, so I need the phone to be pretty solid and stable, should I be looking to flash Original ROMs or from the regular development section?
jayjr1105 said:
So I'm wondering one last thing. I hear about a "flash counter" on the GS3... anything I need to be really careful about to not trip this "counter"? Will Verizon void the warranty if tripped?
Thanks again guys!
Also, I'm going to be using this phone a lot for work and I ported my old personal number to Google Voice so this will be my personal phone as well, so I need the phone to be pretty solid and stable, should I be looking to flash Original ROMs or from the regular development section?
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Once your rooted, you can download Triangle Away from the App Store and that will restore the counter to 0.
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Once your rooted, you can download Triangle Away from the App Store and that will restore the counter to 0.
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Thanks! Do you need to run the app every time you flash or just right before you would need to take it in to Verizon for warranty/service?
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Thanks! Do you need to run the app every time you flash or just right before you would need to take it in to Verizon for warranty/service?
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If you unlock bootloader before you flash recovery you will not trip flash counter. If counter is tripped must use Triangle Away while still on stock rom. That being said flash counter does not affect anything except warranty and requires you to Odin stock root, run triangle Away then Odin full stock so best to fix as soon as you root and unlock to avoid extra work at time of return to Verizon.
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If you unlock bootloader before you flash recovery you will not trip flash counter. If counter is tripped must use Triangle Away while still on stock rom. That being said flash counter does not affect anything except warranty and requires you to Odin stock root, run triangle Away then Odin full stock so best to fix as soon as you root and unlock to avoid extra work at time of return to Verizon.
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Is there a way to just see if you tripped the flash counter without Triangle Away?
I was following a tutorial on rooting my Galaxy S3 and by mistake I loaded the "VRALEC.bootchain.tar.md5" file under the boot loader option rather than the PDA option.
This was the tutorial "How To Root Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 4.1.2/4.1.1 & Install CWM Recovery! SCH-I535."
Now my phone won't boot at all and isn't being recognized by my computer when plugged in. Any help with this is greatly appreciated!
dsims9t said:
I was following a tutorial on rooting my Galaxy S3 and by mistake I loaded the "VRALEC.bootchain.tar.md5" file under the boot loader option rather than the PDA option.
This was the tutorial "How To Root Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 4.1.2/4.1.1 & Install CWM Recovery! SCH-I535."
Now my phone won't boot at all and isn't being recognized by my computer when plugged in. Any help with this is greatly appreciated!
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If your phone doesn't power on at all no led, no recovery or download access, no vibration even, then I'm afraid by putting the VRALEC.bootchain.tar.md5 in the wrong spot and flashing it through Odin you have hard bricked your phone. At this point warranty would be your best option.
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shimp208 said:
If your phone doesn't power on at all no led, no recovery or download access, no vibration even, then I'm afraid by putting the VRALEC.bootchain.tar.md5 in the wrong spot and flashing it through Odin you have hard bricked your phone. At this point warranty would be your best option.
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Dude he voided his warranty by rooting so JTAG is best option.
jmxc23 said:
Dude he voided his warranty by rooting so JTAG is best option.
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Dude...
If anyone at Verizon has any clue why a phone won;t turn on , then you might be right, but they don;t and they don;t have the time to worry with it, so they will just replace it if its less than a year old.
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Dude...
If anyone at Verizon has any clue why a phone won;t turn on , then you might be right, but they don;t and they don;t have the time to worry with it, so they will just replace it if its less than a year old.
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That part is true.
So there's absolutely no way to recover it at this point. I didn't get a warranty on it specifically because I was planning on running Cyanogenmod.
It has a 1 year warranty that Verizon will honor
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dsims9t said:
So there's absolutely no way to recover it at this point. I didn't get a warranty on it specifically because I was planning on running Cyanogenmod.
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No, there is a way to recover it. There just is not a fixable way via xda. Third party services such as MobileTechVideos can fix your phone via jtag as a few others suggest.
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So there's absolutely no way to recover it at this point. I didn't get a warranty on it specifically because I was planning on running Cyanogenmod.
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If you don't have a warranty on your device the only other real option is to use JTAG to revive the phone. I would recommend checking out this place that will repair your bricked Galaxy S3 for you.
Seems to be an almost daily occurrence. Reading a new thread because someone can't follow directions and bricking their phone.
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Seems to be an almost daily occurrence. Reading a new thread because someone can't follow directions and bricking their phone.
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He was simply asking if it could be fixed, which is kind of what this section is for. I personally would've asked the same question if it happened to me because I haven't seen any questions based on this specific chain of events. He just put the file in the wrong slot, could happen to people, now this specific question will be able to be searched for by people who actually search.
So to answer the question, your bootloader is kind of your essential command for your phone that starts the booting process. You basically erased that with a file that doesn't execute that process. Luckily a jtag is able to rewrite that entire command. I think it's only $60, which is well worth the cost.
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okay i upgraded to 4.3 OTA and tried to revert back and soft bricked my phone. I still have access to download mode and the stock recovery. I know now that i can not revert but is there any way of getting it back to 4.3 so i can have a phone again?
thanks for the future help.
This is similar what happened to me. I have never done anything with my phone as far as rooting and I tried reverting to stock 4.1.2. In Odin I kept getting the "Nand Start! Fail (Auth)" because of the locked bootloader I guess. I flashed some other firmware that was unofficial with the locked bootloader and now I get the "unauthorized software detected" and I cant do anything but enter Odin download mode. What should I do?
that is exactly what is happing to me. same error and all.
Once you took the OTA 4.3 you got locked in. No way of going back.
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I dont want to go back just get rid of the soft brick so i can use it
im having the same problem and need to get it fixed please help anyone???!!!! im leaving for florida in two days and have nothing else. HELP!!!!
If you took the OTA and tried to flash 4.1.2 Odin or unlock bootloader you are Hard bricked , no method or recovering it yet.
If you have stock recovery and download mode , only hope is wait for 4.3 .tar file
Theres no custom recovery I can flash and flash some other software or something?
Elemt said:
Theres no custom recovery I can flash and flash some other software or something?
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Nope , once you take 4.3 OTA you done , no flashing anything. And once you try to flash recovery or revert to older software you are bricked.
Sorry to be the bear of bad news.
There is a full thread of why and how so many devices have been bricked
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2575661
jlyle said:
Nope , once you take 4.3 OTA you done , no flashing anything. And once you try to flash recovery or revert to older software you are bricked.
Sorry to be the bear of bad news.
There is a full thread of why and how so many devices have been bricked
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2575661
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Do you know if anyone is working on a fix? or a .tar file of 4.3?
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Do you know if anyone is working on a fix? or a .tar file of 4.3?
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Thanks for the info. hopefully a fix will be done soon. And do you know how i should keep to see when the work around is finished .
thanks in advanced guys.
This might give you a chance to unbrick.... possibly
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2581166
I got the "unauthorised software detected" on my phone like 3 days ago from messing up on a recovery and all I did was go into the Verizon store and said idk what happened and they called technical support and they asked me if I flashed software on my phone and I just said "no, I just plugged it into my laptop and it did this" so they said they will just send me a new sgs3 and I just got it today.
Pretty simple.
And I don't have insurance .
Hit thanks if I helped
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ScubaSteev said:
I got the "unauthorised software detected" on my phone like 3 days ago from messing up on a recovery and all I did was go into the Verizon store and said idk what happened and they called technical support and they asked me if I flashed software on my phone and I just said "no, I just plugged it into my laptop and it did this" so they said they will just send me a new sgs3 and I just got it today.
Pretty simple.
And I don't have insurance .
Hit thanks if I helped
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Funny thing is Verizon can tell if phone was hacked with, and can choose to add the cost of phone to your bill so this method is not highly recommended.
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jlyle said:
Funny thing is Verizon can tell if phone was hacked with, and can choose to add the cost of phone to your bill so this method is not highly recommended.
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Any break throughs????
dvdavid2 said:
Any break throughs????
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None that I have seen
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jlyle said:
Funny thing is Verizon can tell if phone was hacked with, and can choose to add the cost of phone to your bill so this method is not highly recommended.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app
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Not to mention it is basically fraud, and is the main reason Verizon decided to start locking down phones in the first place.
I understand everyone is taking risks when flashing custom, and flashes can go wrong even when you do everything right, but there is VERY little chance of bricking your phone if you take your time and do a bit of research before you hit any buttons. And if you do manage to brick your phone, man up and pay for a new phone or pay for it to be fixed. Otherwise stop treating your $600 piece of technology like a toy.
BattsNotIncld said:
Not to mention it is basically fraud, and is the main reason Verizon decided to start locking down phones in the first place.
I understand everyone is taking risks when flashing custom, and flashes can go wrong even when you do everything right, but there is VERY little chance of bricking your phone if you take your time and do a bit of research before you hit any buttons. And if you do manage to brick your phone, man up and pay for a new phone or pay for it to be fixed. Otherwise stop treating your $600 piece of technology like a toy.
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The first time I ever rooted, I was worried about bricking. So i read everything I could find relevant.
Why in the world anyone would flash without reading is beyond me. Every single thread in Verizon Galaxy S3 at least mentions, if not totally devoted, to how bad 4.3 is and if you flash something on it you will brick.
I just don't get it.
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If you do a battery pull and start back up in download mode (might take a couple of times to get it to work) then use the Verizon software upgrade assistant it should fix it but you will be stuck with 4.3. Worked for me