Hi everyone. I was on 4.1.2 with SynergyRom, then flashed I545VRUDMI1_modem in preparation for trying to flash AllianceRom per Dev's instructions. Now apparently I have a hard brick, no response trying to boot or anything. Any suggestions for proceeding? I am a bit rusty at flashing and may not have quite understood the transition from 4.1.2. Thanks,
If you flash that on a galaxy s3 the result will always be a hard brick. That modem is for a galaxy s4
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^^^Yup. The i545 is the S4. I'm not sure if just overwriting the modem partition itself would result in a hard brick, but I'm assuming the two phones have different partition tables so you most likely have a paper weight. You could try the SD unbrick method.
This may help..
I just wrote a boot img to a 16gb(my phones storage size)and inserted it to my phone and it booted. I was hard bricked s3 vzw 4.3.
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Thanks, I did not read close enough. Ordered a 32 GB card for this weekend and hoping I can at least get up and running,
Ok hope it works.
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Thanks, I did not read close enough. Ordered a 32 GB card for this weekend and hoping I can at least get up and running,
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Did it work?
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Nope had to get help JTAG to 4.3 just glad phone is repaired.
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Ok glad your e back up.
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So I tried flashing PA 3.1 from GB 2.3.6 and now it is stuck in bootloader....ik I should have had an ICS kernel I just need help get it put of boot loader. I have tried flashing back one of the official releases using the Motorola tool but I keep getting an error. Thankfully the atrix 2 isn't my primary phone. An help would be much appreciated
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So I tried flashing PA 3.1 from GB 2.3.6 and now it is stuck in bootloader....ik I should have had an ICS kernel I just need help get it put of boot loader. I have tried flashing back one of the official releases using the Motorola tool but I keep getting an error. Thankfully the atrix 2 isn't my primary phone. An help would be much appreciated
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If you have an AT&T branded phone, you'll need to flash the FXZ in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1961310
For any other Atrix 2, you'll need to look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1934874
If you don't know how to flash an FXZ, read this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1909319
As well as JRW 28's beginner's guide linked in the op of that ^ thread.
It is extremely important that you have the correct FXZ for your phone's model. Also thoroughly read up on what you are attempting to do to your phone to avoid (as much as possible) these types of issues.
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Thanks a ton...let the flashing begin
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I swear I read sometime last year that Samsung provided this service free of charge. Does anyone remember this? Googles is turning nothing up for me as there are a billion ZOMG I BRICKED MY PHONE threads all over the web lol. I have a buddy with a soft bricked GS3 and Odin isn't working for some reason.
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If it is only soft bricked then pip a ROM on an SD card and flash the ROM from there. Grab one of the rooted stock ROMs and you should be good
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If it is only soft bricked then pip a ROM on an SD card and flash the ROM from there. Grab one of the rooted stock ROMs and you should be good
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Well apparently Odin won't work. He's used and flashed back to stock a few times so he knows how to use it. Said his partition is screwed?
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Well apparently Odin won't work. He's used and flashed back to stock a few times so he knows how to use it. Said his partition is screwed?
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As long as he can get into recovery he can install a zip file from the external SD card. I've done that.
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my rooted 4.2.2 rom'd gs3 has a finicky usb port and will not charge. I need to return the phone for a warranty exchange, but is there a way I can do that when the usb port is damaged and is not recognized by the pc? thanks for the help, it is greatly appreciated!
Have you tried mobile odin app.
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Hi guys,
my rooted 4.2.2 rom'd gs3 has a finicky usb port and will not charge. I need to return the phone for a warranty exchange, but is there a way I can do that when the usb port is damaged and is not recognized by the pc? thanks for the help, it is greatly appreciated!
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1. Mobile odin, however I've personally never used it. There are probably guides out there somewhere how to return the phone to stock.
2. You may still be under samsung's warranty period, they don't care if your phone is rooted and will fix hardware problems. They will flash the most recent stock rom and firmware they have to your phone so you'd have to re root it.
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I have not tried the mobile odin app (did not know it existed). I will try that and post back results in a little while. Thanks everyone
Its pretty straight forward. It does cost you a few bucks but its always nice to have and support a great developer.
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I downloaded the 1.2gb file which was supposed to flash the stock ROM and lock the boot loader, but all it did was wipe my current ROM? Can anyone help me understand what I did wrong? Thanks again! I used the mobile Odin app and it all seemed OK ...md5 sum was good too
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Its pretty straight forward. It does cost you a few bucks but its always nice to have and support a great developer.
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Posted above this the issues I'm having. Thanks for your help
What exactly do you mean wiped your current rom. Does it boot, you get anything to happen or just blank.
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I downloaded the 1.2gb file which was supposed to flash the stock ROM and lock the boot loader, but all it did was wipe my current ROM? Can anyone help me understand what I did wrong? Thanks again! I used the mobile Odin app and it all seemed OK ...md5 sum was good too
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What guide did you follow? You could've done a number of things wrong, try to boot into recovery or download mode to see if you're hardbricked.
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What guide did you follow? You could've done a number of things wrong, try to boot into recovery to see if you're hardbricked.
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Looks like I cannot boot into recovery. Download mode is fine. .the phone just boots into the 4.2.2 ROM I had. I was using this guide to revert back to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
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What exactly do you mean wiped your current rom. Does it boot, you get anything to happen or just blank.
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It did a data wipe of the ROM I currently had
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It did a data wipe of the ROM I currently had
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Ok I read your post from earlier. What file did you try to flash. Was the old 4.1.1 or one of the newer 4.1.2 img files
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Ok I read your post from earlier. What file did you try to flash. Was the old 4.1.1 or one of the newer 4.1.2 img files
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it was this one: COMBINATION_I535VRBLK3_I535VZWBLK3_381038_REV09_u ser_low_ship_NOWIPE_FIXED.tar.md5
which is 4.1.1 i believe
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it was this one: COMBINATION_I535VRBLK3_I535VZWBLK3_381038_REV09_u ser_low_ship_NOWIPE_FIXED.tar.md5
which is 4.1.1 i believe
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Correct it is the 4.1.1 img. I am away from my home computer but I think that might have been the wrong file since you want to go back to stock. I will try to search the thread for the file I used during my training
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it was this one: COMBINATION_I535VRBLK3_I535VZWBLK3_381038_REV09_u ser_low_ship_NOWIPE_FIXED.tar.md5
which is 4.1.1 i believe
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The link below should take you to the mb1 file. This will wipe everything and should take you back to stock 4.1.2. I have not done this method in a while so if something borks im sorry for mentioning it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=
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Correct it is the 4.1.1 img. I am away from my home computer but I think that might have been the wrong file since you want to go back to stock. I will try to search the thread for the file I used during my training
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The link below should take you to the mb1 file. This will wipe everything and should take you back to stock 4.1.2. I have not done this method in a while so if something borks im sorry for mentioning it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=
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Thanks for your help I was able to get a usb connection enough and I used Odin on my laptop. The only problem I have now is that the custom unblock symbol appears when I boot up the phone. Any idea how to remove that now that root is gone? Ignore the following words...my phone won't let me edit them out. Thanks again.
Edit: it looks like the file I used was a 4.0.4 image. For return purposes is it fine if it's the older version? There should be no signs of root now. I'll keep checking for updates though
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Thanks for your help I was able to get a usb connection enough and I used Odin on my laptop. The only problem I have now is that the custom unblock symbol appears when I boot up the phone. Any idea how to remove that now that root is gone? Ignore the following words...my phone won't let me edit them out. Thanks again.
Edit: it looks like the file I used was a 4.0.4 image. For return purposes is it fine if it's the older version? There should be no signs of root now. I'll keep checking for updates though
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You should be able to go into settings and factory reset your phone and then try taking the ota.
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You should be able to go into settings and factory reset your phone and then try taking the ota.
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Thanks for your help throughout this process. I definitely was pretty frazzled at the whole thing !
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You should be able to go into settings and factory reset your phone and then try taking the ota.
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Phone isn't wanting to update the android version...should I be worried for warranty exchange periodpurposes?
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Phone isn't wanting to update the android version...should I be worried for warranty exchange periodpurposes?
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I would, if you have an ics rom they will be able to tell something is off. It should accept an OTA update. If you can odin again, use the vrblk3 image and accept the ota to vrbmb1. It may not be updating due to to the jump from ics to the most recent base. That will make sure you're completely back to stock, with a locked bootloader, and a stock recovery.
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I would, if you have an ics rom they will be able to tell something is off. It should accept an OTA update. If you can odin again, use the vrblk3 image and accept the ota to vrbmb1. It may not be updating due to to the jump from ics to the most recent base. That will make sure you're completely back to stock, with a locked bootloader, and a stock recovery.
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I can only find 4.1.1 files...and the link posted earlier in the thread doesn't work. Any idea where to find a 4.1.2 version?
dont ask was but personal preff, id like to be back on 4.0.4. but everytime i try and flash stock ship tar and bootloader it just get stuck at samsung galaxy s3 screen, and i try to go to recovery and it goes to the android and it falls over and dies and has buch of fail text in red.. is there no way to go back? im on 4.1.2
Hmmm. I odined back just see and it works for me. How are you flashing it?
Also this should be moved to q&a section.
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Hmmm. I odined back just see and it works for me. How are you flashing it?
Also this should be moved to q&a section.
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can you post me or point me to the odin files? i got the 4.0.4 from the sammobile website unziped the zip and flashed the .tar file. after that is done flashing it says (myphone) "samsung galaxy s3" then the blue recovery booting, then it still shows the unlock icon..i understand id have to wipe in recovery but it just fails after.. if you really did odin, could you post the files you used and give me a step by step.. it should be much app.!
I'll put it on my drop box later when I get home again.
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I'll put it on my drop box later when I get home again.
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thank you much.. can you tell me what to do? dont you have to flash the bootchains or whatever? im just lost.. im on stock rooted 4.1.2 right now.
If you look for the thread with root66 it should tell you exactly what to do, but I can post it up when I get you the files.
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I've look through too many with no luck and if you tried it and it worked I feel good about you posting them and telling me your steps.
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If you look for the thread with root66 it should tell you exactly what to do, but I can post it up when I get you the files.
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hate being a nag, but im a student so i cant be up all night flashing shizz to my phone.... again lol. do you have any estimate of when you'd be able to help me out? and i tried that thread you referred to, and it just had me stumped again.. :silly:
did you ever get around too it?
I bought a galaxy s 3 and wanna root it preferably with cyanogenmod because of being a fan of vanilla android. Im new to rooting but trying to learn as much as I can about it. I figured if it works I'll switch to it from my note 2 and show it off a bit...thanks for anu assistance and btw...im new to this site
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If ur fone has the 4.3OTA then u won't be able to flash that rom or custom roms aosp aokp Cyanmode
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If ur fone has the 4.3OTA then u won't be able to flash that rom or custom roms aosp aokp Cyanmode
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Just to be clear, if your gs3 has the official 4.3 on it, you CANNOT unlock the bootloader. You WILL brick your phone if you try.
Safer not to mess with it at this point imho
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Well that sucks...is there anything I can do with my s3?? Thanks for the answers bte
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Well that sucks...is there anything I can do with my s3?? Thanks for the answers bte
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Everything is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2575661
Lots you can do, xposed, safestrap, custom 4.3 touchwiz roms. Unfortunately no aosp.
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I definitely appreciate but cyanogrnmod is why I bought the phone. .. I'd there a way to possibly uninstall the update in that case or would I pay much have to wait till cyanogenmod comes or with something to get around Knox? Truthfully a good reputable stock android feel Rom installer would be nice but I'm super noob status when it comes to this and would appreciate any assistance
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I definitely appreciate but cyanogrnmod is why I bought the phone. .. I'd there a way to possibly uninstall the update in that case or would I pay much have to wait till cyanogenmod comes or with something to get around Knox? Truthfully a good reputable stock android feel Rom installer would be nice but I'm super noob status when it comes to this and would appreciate any assistance
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So far no one has been able to unlock the bootloader. Not even downgrade ur fone also results in hard brick
Well definitely appreciated...what would be a good rom that y'all would suggest for me in that case...can I still root this phone or its that screwed due to the 4.3 update??
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Well definitely appreciated...what would be a good rom that y'all would suggest for me in that case...can I still root this phone or its that screwed due to the 4.3 update??
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I literally linked the thread for you where to look. Read the discussion op, yes you can root. Everything you need is in that thread.
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So did the fone did take the 4.3 OTA
Yes it did take the new update didnt.think anything about it till now
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Yes it did take the new update didnt.think anything about it till now
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Nothing you can do right now as far as custom rom. Currently a few folks are working on a patch for safestrap in order to flash custom rom (currently only able to flash custom TW rom). You can follow this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2618887 to see the status.
Much appreciated...lije I saud im new to this so I'm a lil hard headed...ty everyone that has helped the info was helpful
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Now final question...can I root this phone just root it even though I cannot flash the cyanogenmod??
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Now final question...can I root this phone just root it even though I cannot flash the cyanogenmod??
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yes you can root the 4.3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758 pretty simple.
Thank yall kindly if I cannot do cyanogenmod I can at least root...good sh...stuff..ty
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I have just received a replacement phone. I have gone about the ways I rooted previously and none of them are working. This did NOT come with 4.3 from the factory, and the 4.3 update is not installed. I reverted back to stock from android recovery, so 4.0.4 is on there right now. But no matter what I do, whether it's the one click method, the GS3 toolkit format, or manually trying to gain root through recovery, nothing works. On the "downloading" screen that you need during use of ODIN, it says "SECURE CHECK FAIL", and it'll either have "boot" after it, or "kernel". Anyone have any ideas? As of this moment I have no working phone. Looking for some help asap. Thank you guys.
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I have just received a replacement phone. I have gone about the ways I rooted previously and none of them are working. This did NOT come with 4.3 from the factory, and the 4.3 update is not installed. I reverted back to stock from android recovery, so 4.0.4 is on there right now. But no matter what I do, whether it's the one click method, the GS3 toolkit format, or manually trying to gain root through recovery, nothing works. On the "downloading" screen that you need during use of ODIN, it says "SECURE CHECK FAIL", and it'll either have "boot" after it, or "kernel". Anyone have any ideas? As of this moment I have no working phone. Looking for some help asap. Thank you guys.
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Try to Odin flash factory 4.1.2 and see if the secure check turn to "enabled". If it's then try to root again.
I just Odin flashed a stock 4.1.2 ROM actually. It's booting up normally now. It honestly seems like they added a layer of protection on the newly distributed handsets. I will try to go through the normal 1 click method again and see if that works. How would I check if the secure check is still enabled?
Actually, no, it's still 4.0.4 but I'm going to try the same thing just with a different 1 click method.
Looks like the really old way worked. With the ez-unlock and ez-recovery. I had to completely demolish what was there when it was sent to me, though. So anyone who gets a replacement, the best bet is to flash a fresh 4.1.2 ROM or 4.0.4 ROM immediately, boot back up and go from there.
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I just Odin flashed a stock 4.1.2 ROM actually. It's booting up normally now. It honestly seems like they added a layer of protection on the newly distributed handsets. I will try to go through the normal 1 click method again and see if that works. How would I check if the secure check is still enabled?
Actually, no, it's still 4.0.4 but I'm going to try the same thing just with a different 1 click method.
Looks like the really old way worked. With the ez-unlock and ez-recovery. I had to completely demolish what was there when it was sent to me, though. So anyone who gets a replacement, the best bet is to flash a fresh 4.1.2 ROM or 4.0.4 ROM immediately, boot back up and go from there.
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Nice! just ignore the security check enable statement, I misread your post..