I bought a galaxy s3 for straighttalk from some one cuz it was really cheap. I want to remove cyanogenmod from it because the camera doesn't work and I can't save pictures. They didn't back up though so when I factory reset it, it brings it right back to cyanogenmod. How do I get the original OS for the s3 back on it? Im new to this kind of stuff so I didn't even know where to look on the forums here. And the person I bought it from is no help, I think they didn't even know how they really did it. Can some one help me or point me in the right direction please?
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Unmarked civillian
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That guide was a bit confusing for me, the links didnt work, but i donloaded odin v3.04 and i downloaded kies. what do i do from their? both those were suppose to download on the laptop right? not on the phone? sorry im really new to all this.
Unmarkedcivillian said:
That guide was a bit confusing for me, the links didnt work, but i donloaded odin v3.04 and i downloaded kies. what do i do from their? both those were suppose to download on the laptop right? not on the phone? sorry im really new to all this.
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I need to know if you have the Sprint version (S960L) or the Verizon version (S968C). Most likely you have the S968C.
When you tell me your device model number, I can link you to your firmware and you can flash that via Odin.
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I need to know if you have the Sprint version (S960L) or the Verizon version (S968C). Most likely you have the S968C.
When you tell me your device model number, I can link you to your firmware and you can flash that via Odin.
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Oh sorry it was originally sch s968c, I appreciate you helping me out, I'm a nub when it comes to this stuff.
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Oh sorry it was originally sch s968c, I appreciate you helping me out, I'm a nub when it comes to this stuff.
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can you tell me how to use odin? i downloaded it, but its got so much goin on in their haha
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can you tell me how to use odin? i downloaded it, but its got so much goin on in their haha
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If you want to flash the stock firmware, you will need to go to Sammobile.com and enter your model number in the search feature there. It will lead you to your firmware, download it on PC.
Make sure you have installed "USB drivers for Samsung phones", you can find them with a Google search, or if you already have Kies installed then you've got the drivers.
On the device, go to system settings>developer options(if you don't see this in settings, you need to go to the "About Phone" option, scroll down to the "Build Number" and tap it at least 7 times to enable Developer Options). In developer options, turn on "USB debugging".
Charge your battery to at least 75%.
Once charged, press and hold the volume down+home+power buttons, at the caution screen, press up to enter download mode.
Open Odin(make sure Kies is closed and isn't running in the background, it interferes with Odin), connect the device to PC with device in download mode. If the device is recognized, you'll get a colored COMM# box. If you don't have that, try a different USB port, make sure your cable is the stock cable.
In Odin, select the AP or PDA button(older Odin has PDA button, newer Odin has AP button). Go to where you downloaded and stored the firmware on your PC, select it.
When you get back to the Odin screen, make sure the only options that are checked are auto reboot and F. reset time.
Click start, when it is done, you will get a green PASS! and the device will reboot, go through setup wizard and enjoy your device.
you are the true MVP of the internet tonight! thanks so much for breaking it down for me haha ive asked all over, here and reddit and few other sites, no one would help me like that! the download for the firmware is going to be an hour from sammobile since im not paying for membership haha but i have work in the morning so ill let it run while i sleep, and do everything in the morning. ill post here tomorrow either in the morning or at night after work and let you know how it went! once again thanks again!
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If you want to flash the stock firmware, you will need to go to Sammobile.com and enter your model number in the search feature there. It will lead you to your firmware, download it on PC.
Make sure you have installed "USB drivers for Samsung phones", you can find them with a Google search, or if you already have Kies installed then you've got the drivers.
On the device, go to system settings>developer options(if you don't see this in settings, you need to go to the "About Phone" option, scroll down to the "Build Number" and tap it at least 7 times to enable Developer Options). In developer options, turn on "USB debugging".
Charge your battery to at least 75%.
Once charged, press and hold the volume down+home+power buttons, at the caution screen, press up to enter download mode.
Open Odin(make sure Kies is closed and isn't running in the background, it interferes with Odin), connect the device to PC with device in download mode. If the device is recognized, you'll get a colored COMM# box. If you don't have that, try a different USB port, make sure your cable is the stock cable.
In Odin, select the AP or PDA button(older Odin has PDA button, newer Odin has AP button). Go to where you downloaded and stored the firmware on your PC, select it.
When you get back to the Odin screen, make sure the only options that are checked are auto reboot reboot and F. reset time.
Click start, when it is done, you will get a green PASS! and the device will reboot, go through setup wizard and enjoy your device.
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It said pass and then phone reboots without cyanogenmod, but its stuck at screen where it says A service of TracFone Wireless, did I do something wrong their?
Unmarkedcivillian said:
It said pass and then phone reboots without cyanogenmod, but its stuck at screen where it says A service of TracFone Wireless, did I do something wrong their?
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Did you make sure that the options I mentioned were set and ONLY those options when you flashed?
Try booting to stock recovery and do a factory reset and wipe cache partition in recovery then reboot.
i had auto reboot and f reset time and PDA checked. booting it in stock recovery, factory reset, and wipe cache partition worked! thanks so much for all your help! i have one more question for ya though. the reason i wanted to delete cyanogenmod is because the camera wouldnt load and i couldnt save images and i wasnt able to go online using data, i could only use wifi. so when out all i could do was call and text, and the mms didnt work. any clue as to why?
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i had auto reboot and f reset time and PDA checked. booting it in stock recovery, factory reset, and wipe cache partition worked! thanks so much for all your help! i have one more question for ya though. the reason i wanted to delete cyanogenmod is because the camera wouldnt load and i couldnt save images and i wasnt able to go online using data, i could only use wifi. so when out all i could do was call and text, and the mms didnt work. any clue as to why?
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The ROMs were actually built for the Verizon S3(SCH-I535), they are 4G devices, this makes them require a SIM card to regulate the 4G data they use, this makes our device require a CDMA LTE SIM(Verizon 4G LTE SIM or Straight Talk CDMA LTE SIM from the BYOP kit, the LTE version, not the GSM AT&T/T-Mobile kit). I'm actually the one that figured out that a SIM was needed for the ROMs to work. I can explain in detail, but I'll keep it short instead.
Even though our device is 3G and doesn't require a SIM under normal circumstances, with the SIM inserted in our device with those ROMs, we then have working mobile data and MMS, sometimes it requires setting APNs in the ROM along with using the SIM to get stock MMS working, otherwise, MMS would only work when using a 3RD party app for MMS.
A lot of people bricked this device trying to figure out why mobile data wasn't working before I discovered this SIM dependency. I've actually worked with a few developers trying to remove the SIM dependency so our device could use the ROMs without a SIM but nothing works, anything done to remove the dependency, kills all chances of connectivity, even call and text. I also helped with creating the first and only TWRP custom recovery specifically compiled for our d2tfnvzw(Tracfone on Verizon network Straight Talk S3) device. The other recoveries are actually d2vzw(Verizon Wireless S3) but they work on our device also, just not specifically.
The Straight Talk S3 can use the Verizon recoveries and ROMs because it is actually a rebranded Verizon S3(SCH-I535) and actually has the I535 model number stamped on our motherboards and other hardware inside our device, the only difference is that the 4G capability was disabled in the radio(no, using the 4G SIM will not give you 4G data). It is not "similar" to the Verizon S3, it IS the Verizon S3 modified for Straight Talk.
I can actually get you set up with some very good 5.1.1 Lollipop custom ROMs packed with features including working camera(we have marshmallow but front camera isn't working, that is always an issue with new ROMs because stock camera is closed source software, developers are not allowed to use it, they have to piece the coding together from scratch so it takes a while to fix), if you can get a used, previously activated Verizon 4G SIM($3-5 on eBay, used SIMs are better than new SIMs, new SIM gives aggravating issues) or Straight Talk BYOP LTE SIM. The ROMs are MUCH better than the stock JB 4.1.2 firmware. Let me know and I can get you setup and you won't even need the PC to do any of it. It can all be done with apps and your mobile browser. Using WiFi to download on the device instead of mobile data to download the ROM files you'll need, the apps that will flash the files you need are very simple to use. After the files are downloaded all you need is a click here and a click there and about 30 minutes of time and you'll be running something much better than stock with everything working as it should.
I have a guide posted here for flashing CM/CM based ROMs on our device and how to set up SIM and APNs, along with precautionary steps for your protection and troubleshooting steps for data issues after flashing the ROM and how to restore data connectivity if you do something wrong along the way.
If you do a google search using our model number, you'll find stuff everywhere that I have posted about this model number.
wow thats impressive stuff! i wish i could learn to do all that haha. I would love a working ROM on my s3 though, touch whiz is lame! i wont be able to buy the card till tomorrow because i dont have a card right now because i just moved to CT and had a bank that was only in TX and havent opened anything here yet, so ill have to give the cash to a buddy and have him order with his. I actually did the BYOP to straight talk as well when i couldnt use my s3 and i bought my friends s5, it had at&t, and thats where my straight talk service is on right now.. You have ROMs that would run on that by chance? Either one of them would be fun, I dont mind toying with the s3 a bit more though since its basically my side phone incase something happens with my s5.
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wow thats impressive stuff! i wish i could learn to do all that haha. I would love a working ROM on my s3 though, touch whiz is lame! i wont be able to buy the card till tomorrow because i dont have a card right now because i just moved to CT and had a bank that was only in TX and havent opened anything here yet, so ill have to give the cash to a buddy and have him order with his. I actually did the BYOP to straight talk as well when i couldnt use my s3 and i bought my friends s5, it had at&t, and thats where my straight talk service is on right now.. You have ROMs that would run on that by chance? Either one of them would be fun, I dont mind toying with the s3 a bit more though since its basically my side phone incase something happens with my s5.
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The ST S5 is the Verizon S5 developer edition, the same as the ST S3 is the Verizon S3, the ST S5 is a Verizon rebrand also. Fortunately since it's a developer edition, that means it has an unlocked bootloader so that means you can safely flash the device with custom ROMs if there are any for the Verizon S5, I haven't looked but I'm sure it has ROMs(the other Verizon devices have locked bootloader and they will NEVER be able use anything but stock and modified stock ROMs, they can't use true custom ROMs like Cyanogen because it hard bricks the device because of the locked bootloader).
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The ST S5 is the Verizon S5 developer edition, the same as the ST S3 is the Verizon S3, the ST S5 is a Verizon rebrand also. Fortunately since it's a developer edition, that means it has an unlocked bootloader so that means you can safely flash the device with custom ROMs if there are any for the Verizon S5, I haven't looked but I'm sure it has ROMs(the other Verizon devices have locked bootloader and they will NEVER be able use anything but stock and modified stock ROMs, they can't use true custom ROMs like Cyanogen because it hard bricks the device because of the locked bootloader).
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wow thats good to know haha, so even though it was originally bought from at&t its now verizon because of the byop plan? and what kinda of ROMs are available for the S3? Do you have a link I can check out some of the features? Im definitely going to be grabbing a used 4g sim. its the micro right? sorry if im buggin ya man, like i mentioned im real new to this and ive heard of ROMs and stuff before but never really seen them until i bought the S3 from my friend, and you are really knowledgeable about this so I hope you dont mind me picking your brain a little bit with these questions
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wow thats good to know haha, so even though it was originally bought from at&t its now verizon because of the byop plan? and what kinda of ROMs are available for the S3? Do you have a link I can check out some of the features? Im definitely going to be grabbing a used 4g sim. its the micro right? sorry if im buggin ya man, like i mentioned im real new to this and ive heard of ROMs and stuff before but never really seen them until i bought the S3 from my friend, and you are really knowledgeable about this so I hope you dont mind me picking your brain a little bit with these questions
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Sorry, I misunderstood you, if your S5 came from AT&T then it is AT&T. I was saying that the Straight Talk version of the S5 is a Verizon S5 dev edition. AT&T is not. It will need to use the AT&T S5 ROMs if any exist.
There are a plethora of ROMs for the S3, they are all different so you'll have to check them out for yourself. OctOS 5.1.1 is my favorite and is the most stable and has everything working including front camera. I will have to link you to my copy of it though because it is no longer available for download on XDA. I'm using OctOS marshmallow right now but front camera isn't working yet.
To find the other ROMs, view this forum in a PC or mobile browser, find the Compact tab, click it, then find the Verizon SIII on the list, click it and it will take you to the Verizon S3 forum, then you'll see an Original Android Development and an Android Development subforum there. The ROMs can be found in threads in those two forums, use ONLY the ROMs that specifically say "d2vzw" in their names, do not use anything that says stock or TW or anything that mentions locked bootloader, modem, firmware, Safestrap recovery or Fashfire, that stuff is specifically for the Verizon S3 ONLY and will brick your device, read the threads, the first post in each ROM thread will list the ROM features and instructions for flashing(ignore these instructions and use the ones I link you to instead), but you'll need to be rooted and have custom recovery installed(my guide will explain how to get custom recovery).
Install the Towelroot app on your device, open it, tap the "make it rain" button and you'll be rooted.
Then go to Playstore and install SuperSU, open it to update the binaries.
Then, once you've found the ROM you want and its' compatible Gapps package(Google apps, the thread should mention which one you need), download them and put them both on extsdcard.
Then follow this thread to get a custom recovery installed, flash the ROM and Gapps and setup SIM/APNs. It is a very long guide but it is detailed step by step as simple as I could make it. Pay attention to the warnings and do the things I listed as safety measures for future reference.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...de-to-flashsetup-sim-apn-cm-cm-based-t3351290
If you need help with anything you can reach me with a personal message here instead of posting in the thread.
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Sorry, I misunderstood you, if your S5 came from AT&T then it is AT&T. I was saying that the Straight Talk version of the S5 is a Verizon S5 dev edition. AT&T is not. It will need to use the AT&T S5 ROMs if any exist.
There are a plethora of ROMs for the S3, they are all different so you'll have to check them out for yourself. OctOS 5.1.1 is my favorite and is the most stable and has everything working including front camera. I will have to link you to my copy of it though because it is no longer available for download on XDA. I'm using OctOS marshmallow right now but front camera isn't working yet.
To find the other ROMs, view this forum in a PC or mobile browser, find the Compact tab, click it, then find the Verizon SIII on the list, click it and it will take you to the Verizon S3 forum, then you'll see an Original Android Development and an Android Development subforum there. The ROMs can be found in threads in those two forums, use ONLY the ROMs that specifically say "d2vzw" in their names, do not use anything that says stock or TW or anything that mentions locked bootloader, modem, firmware, Safestrap recovery or Fashfire, that stuff is specifically for the Verizon S3 ONLY and will brick your device, read the threads, the first post in each ROM thread will list the ROM features and instructions for flashing(ignore these instructions and use the ones I link you to instead), but you'll need to be rooted and have custom recovery installed(my guide will explain how to get custom recovery).
Install the Towelroot app on your device, open it, tap the "make it rain" button and you'll be rooted.
Then go to Playstore and install SuperSU, open it to update the binaries.
Then, once you've found the ROM you want and its' compatible Gapps package(Google apps, the thread should mention which one you need), download them and put them both on extsdcard.
Then follow this thread to get a custom recovery installed, flash the ROM and Gapps and setup SIM/APNs. It is a very long guide but it is detailed step by step as simple as I could make it. Pay attention to the warnings and do the things I listed as safety measures for future reference.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...de-to-flashsetup-sim-apn-cm-cm-based-t3351290
If you need help with anything you can reach me with a personal message here instead of posting in the thread.
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Awesome! Thanks a bunch again droidriven for all your time and effort in helping me out! Ill order the sim tomorrow and hopefully be flashing a few roms by the beginning of next week!
Unmarkedcivillian said:
Awesome! Thanks a bunch again droidriven for all your time and effort in helping me out! Ill order the sim tomorrow and hopefully be flashing a few roms by the beginning of next week!
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Cool, just don't forget to use Towelroot or Cydia Impactor to root the S3 then install SuperSU, that must be done before you do anything else.
Let me know if you need anything.
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Cool, just don't forget to use Towelroot or Cydia Impactor to root the S3 then install SuperSU, that must be done before you do anything else.
Let me know if you need anything.
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Just rooted and downloaded supersu, I tried to pm you but its saying you aren't accepting them. I have one last question before I head to bed. I just realised, I can still flash a rom in here without the 4g sim still just won't have service, is that correct?
Unmarkedcivillian said:
Just rooted and downloaded supersu, I tried to pm you but its saying you aren't accepting them. I have one last question before I head to bed. I just realised, I can still flash a rom in here without the 4g sim still just won't have service, is that correct?
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Sorry, I forgot that I blocked messages from the public because I was getting too many people asking for help. I have it set to only allow friends and forum administrators. Oops!!
There are older builds of Kit Kat 4.4.4 that can be flashed without SIM and everything works, but they probably aren't available for download anymore.
Yes, you can flash the ROMs just fine, you'll still have call and text, you'll just need to put the SIM in when you get it and reboot the device then set up the SIM and APNs like my guide says and then reboot again and you should be good to go, make sure you backup your IMEI(NVdata backup) like the guide says also, then be careful when you flash. If you flash and you lose all service including calling then don't do anything until you get in touch with me, if you make the wrong move from there, you'll make a mess that will be difficult to fix.
Hey guys, i was messing around with TWRP to get Marchmallow onto my phone, i when i did something with it whenever i boot my phone it gives me this "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn of your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help" and on the top left corner of my screen it says in read, "SECURE FAIL: KERNEL"
I dont know what to do, i dont care about getting Marshmallow or recovering my data(already backed up all the things i needed on my computer) I just want to be able to get into my phone and use it like i use too. Please help urgently i need my phone back.
Also, i apologize if this is in the wrong place in your forums, this is my first time using it.
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Hey guys, i was messing around with TWRP to get Marchmallow onto my phone, i when i did something with it whenever i boot my phone it gives me this "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn of your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help" and on the top left corner of my screen it says in read, "SECURE FAIL: KERNEL"
I dont know what to do, i dont care about getting Marshmallow or recovering my data(already backed up all the things i needed on my computer) I just want to be able to get into my phone and use it like i use too. Please help urgently i need my phone back.
Also, i apologize if this is in the wrong place in your forums, this is my first time using it.
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Did you try to install another ROM,it might work out,there are many other ROMs with marshmallow,you should try that or if it doesn't work then use adb to flash a rom
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Hey guys, i was messing around with TWRP to get Marchmallow onto my phone, i when i did something with it whenever i boot my phone it gives me this "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn of your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help" and on the top left corner of my screen it says in read, "SECURE FAIL: KERNEL"
I dont know what to do, i dont care about getting Marshmallow or recovering my data(already backed up all the things i needed on my computer) I just want to be able to get into my phone and use it like i use too. Please help urgently i need my phone back.
Also, i apologize if this is in the wrong place in your forums, this is my first time using it.
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Verizon devices with newer firmware than 4.3 and up have a locked bootloader, you can't flash TWRP or custom ROMs and you can't unlock the bootloader, you also can't downgrade to an older version with unlocked bootloader. You're stuck with locked bootloader, anything you try to get around it will only brick your device.
If you can get to download mode, flash your stock firmware in Odin.
If that doesn't work you may need to use an unbrick.img to boot from sdcard to fix the device.
Or you may need to send it in for a JTAG service.
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Verizon devices with newer firmware than 4.3 and up have a locked bootloader, you can't flash TWRP or custom ROMs and you can't unlock the bootloader, you also can't downgrade to an older version with unlocked bootloader. You're stuck with locked bootloader, anything you try to get around it will only brick your device.
If you can get to download mode, flash your stock firmware in Odin.
If that doesn't work you may need to use an unbrick.img to boot from sdcard to fix the device.
Or you may need to send it in for a JTAG service.
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Hey, ive flashed my phone using Odin and i can now access my recovery mode. I am running Android 4.4.2. How can i unlock the bootloader?
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Hey, ive flashed my phone using Odin and i can now access my recovery mode. I am running Android 4.4.2. How can i unlock the bootloader?
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Read my post that you quoted again and pay attention to the details and you'll get your answer. If you had paid attention to exactly what I posted then you wouldn't be asking that question.
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Read my post that you quoted again and pay attention to the details and you'll get your answer. If you had paid attention to exactly what I posted then you wouldn't be asking that question.
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"If you can get to download mode, flash your stock firmware in Odin.
If that doesn't work you may need to use an unbrick.img to boot from sdcard to fix the device.
Or you may need to send it in for a JTAG service."
Sorry about that, could you elaborate more on my options? What do you mean by flash my stock firmware in Odin (sorry if thats sounds stupid i dont know about this) And what unbrick.img?
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"If you can get to download mode, flash your stock firmware in Odin.
If that doesn't work you may need to use an unbrick.img to boot from sdcard to fix the device.
Or you may need to send it in for a JTAG service."
Sorry about that, could you elaborate more on my options? What do you mean by flash my stock firmware in Odin (sorry if thats sounds stupid i dont know about this) And what unbrick.img?
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You just said you flashed your device with Odin, why are you asking about how to flash your stock firmware, that's what you already did isn't it?
As for the unbrick.img, you need an unbrick.img pulled from a working device with your model number and your same stock android version (4.4.2), then there is a method for using that unbrick.img to boot from sdcard.
This information is here at XDA in the Verizon S3 forum if you take the time to look.
If you don't have sense enough to research your device model before you flash anything custom or if you don't know what you're doing and how to fix things when they go wrong then you should leave your device alone because flying by the seat of your pants and just assuming you can flash whatever you want is only going to cost you a lot of money in the end. You're lucky you didn't hard brick your device, that can't be fixed even by Samsung, if you had done your research you would know that. I suggest you stop where you are and start reading everything you can about the Verizon S3 i535 and what you can and can't do with it.
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