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[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] sdason:
Hi guys,

I just switched to Bell (Canada) and have a Galaxy S3.

I have noticed in the last day or so that I keep losing the connection with the carrier. I will try to send a text message and it says unable to send right now and the notification screen will not display bell as the carrier. A few seconds later, it will work.

My connection when it is working is quite high signal (max bars)

Does anyone know what could be going on or how I might diagnose it further?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] sdason:
I have installed an app called no signal alert and it seems that I keep entering "emergency calls only" mode every few minutes.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ValoXis:
Hi guys. How can I erase the NAND using the 'NAND Erase All' options in Odin 3.07?

Thanks. :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ValoXis:
Please. :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UpInTheAir:
Don't even think about ticking any box except "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time".

Edit: unless you really know what you're doing. But by asking the question, obviously you're not.

There is a good chance of hard bricking your device!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ValoXis:
I need to erase the NAND because I have a problem there.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Erase the Nand likely to lead to a totally dead phone with no warranty.

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ValoXis:
Yes, but I have a issue on the NAND.

Galaxy S3 using Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] member68:
What kind of problem are you talking about? Please explain what you want to do, why you think that your NAND has anything to do with it and what you did so far. Only then can we try to help you.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] norpan111:
Your phone is going to try to walk straight in to mordor if you fiddle with **** you don't understand

Skickat från min GT-I9300 via Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psycopanther:
this is funny. but sadly true...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
.....and no one wants to loose their precious ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nullkill:
You say you have a issue with the Nand. That is flash memory the only issue is it would be bad and then you are SCREWED. If there is something you have screwed up do a factory reset and then restore. This will put eveything back to the way it was from factory.

DO NOT USE THAT TICK BOX. you will have a very pretty paperweight. You are playing with fire and that button is a dynamite stick waiting to be thrown into the fire.

Please explain why and how you could think your NAND was bad?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nex86:
So if I use nand-erase it will simply erase the entire nand and also remove the Download-Mode so that I don't have the ability to use Odin3 again?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crest+:
Before messing up with your phone I suggest dig up more on our great forum..

Read more ..

Knowledge is Power.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stecheru:
Why anybody just explain what "NAND Erase All" button means and do instead of screaming "don`t do it", so anyone will be able to decide if is willing to risk its "500 euro phone" or not???
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OverMaxx:
i used option @nand erase@

all wors fine, but before fist start you need wipe factory data and cache
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ackonit:
Flashing fails

I have GT-I9300 I am new Android user and I mistakenly flashed my phone without rooting or even installing ClockWorkMod, I kind of soft-bricked it.

Now I cant flash anything CF-root/bootchain or any rom on my phone.

for every operation it says NAND write operation failed. So can I use NAND erase all option?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pradeepb:
What will happen if v select NAND ERASE ALL option in Odin while flashing SAMMY ROM?? Can somebody explain it to me abt its pros and cons...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Glebun:
don't do it if you don't know what you need it for. and you don't.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gadgetman99:
I would assume none of the people here really know what it does or how to use it, so their responses are just don't do it. I expect you have a similar issue as I have and are willing to try just about anything to get it to work. I have the "no pit partition" issue and have contemplated using the NAND erase function to try and clear and re install everything, hoping it will allow re-flashing. If you can't get into restore (like me), your options are quite limited.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UpInTheAir:
Send it for jtag repair, 50 bucks later and your done
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
You are probably right but there are one or two developers members who would know .

Let us put it this way what is meant is that a large number of user who use PIT or repartition or Nand erase end up with a total brick . Hence the advice to keep clear .

More advice may or may not be found in the Android Developers section of XDA .Or even via Google .

Or even search SGS odin for nand erase all posts .

http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...nd-data-wipe-bug-on-the-verizon-galaxy-s-iii/

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andersbot:
Ok, i did it too.

I did it too. I tryed to erase Nand- because i wanted to erace whole tab .

then i installed the tar. via odin. but the tab vas stuck on samsung logo.

solution was:

1. go too recovery mode. (on my tab i held power + vol dovn.) clear cashe an wipe data. reboot.

2. go to download mode (on my tab i held power + vol up) then connect to pc whith "odin 3" (restartet odin)

3. Install from odin factory firmware. only use f.reset time and autoreboot, and click PDA and load the unpacked tar file.

I dont know if it was the esest way to delete my data, but it worked, and it startet up again.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joefro21:
Nand erase works just fine

Worked for me thanks!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sprite1g:
How about SGS II?

Did anyone try this solution for the Galaxy SII (I9100 - International version)? I am totally stuck right now. All I have is download mode and whatever kernel I try to flash it fails.

Thanks...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sprite1g:
OK... So it DOESN'T work for GT-I9100 (A.K.A Galaxy S2)

Ok... This does NOT work for SGS II. I called the shop where I got the phone, they have a lab there and told me to bring it in for a fix. The guy there said it's a 25$ fix. For that price I'll let the pros do their thing. :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ajster1989:
from my experience having a pit file is great if you forget to factory reset before flashing back to stock, which can cause boot loops. if you have a pit file, it pretty much reformat your internal memory and sets your partition table with a clean slate so you avoid any problems. Nand erase all can fix any issues you have with your sd, but should only be used if you loading up a pit file at the same time otherwise you will have a bricked phone. also if you have the wrong pit file you WILL brick you phone. hope this helps :highfive:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zhangzhexx:
look at this:

http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...nd-data-wipe-bug-on-the-verizon-galaxy-s-iii/
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dzikk:
Could someone tell me that should I reflash with options like on photo? it is correctly?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Only if you want a dead phone that needs a new motherboard and is not under warranty .

Suggest you read the faqs and guides before flashing anything .

You will brick your phone .
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheDogman:
Hey guys! First post so bear with me please!

I have tried the NAND Erase All on my Galaxy S4 AT&T device. It went perfectly. Here's how I did it.

Important note: This is for users who can ALREADY boot into a recovery of some kind.

FULL NAND ERASE ON GALAXY S4

Boot into TWRP / CWM recovery. Select WIPE (cache / data / dalvik)

You MUST WIPE CACHE/DATA FIRST.

REBOOT into STOCK recovery. Open Odin 3.07.

Make sure auto-reboot / f. reset time / Nand Erase All are checked off.

Load FACTORY STOCK firmware into PDA section and FLASH.

While flashing you will read in the log where it says "Erasing NAND" before it programs. WAIT for it to finish.

It will say "Okay" if complete and your device will reboot. If it doesn't reboot DO NOT turn it off. Reset Odin and retry.

(end)

I hope this helps some of you out!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sbrownla:
don't forget to add the correct pit file!

---------- Post added at 06:41 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:39 AM ----------

I saved the fifty bucks by takinga chance and following inductions.

Use the correct PIT FILE with stock and it is fine. It's the only option I've had at times.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nspusmc:
What about those of us who cannot boot recovery? :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moin786:
What backups we need before doing Nand Erase All...and actually why is this option used???

Will it erase whole memory in the device???

Some people were complaining on losing their IMEI information...

My device is Sim Unlocked...so will this Relock my sim?

Please guys dont try Nand Erase All unless...you are sure what you're doing!!!

And if anyone have tried this option then please share the experience with us...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miker1029:
NAND Erase

Can't believe there aren't more posts on this, I'm having the simple issue of trying to get my GSII Note back to stock from the MK6 Revert boot-loader lock, And Can't get the OTA because the stock rom is listed as custom, And the Idea Is to Triangle Away, Reboot into Download mode, Do A Complete Erase (NAND), then Flash The 4.1.1 Rom Onto a Triangle Away System Without Having it Trip The Counter, And Get it back to Official Samsung Binary...Seems like it would work, Gonna do some Googling on it to see if I can get a GURANTEE On Doing it, But not gonna do it till then as per ALL The Warnings Not to Here...Will Post Back If I get it done successfully.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raviv123:
Can somebody help on what to do????

I have this problem when i am using to root with odin3.

<ID:0/004> aboot.mbn

<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/004> FAIL! (Auth)

So i have chosen to "Nand Erase All" and i haven't checked this forum earlier otherwise i wouldn't have chose.

Can someone help.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
Fail at nand write usually means problems with your emmc chip, if you've already erased it then you'll need a paid for repair.

Try flashing the rescue firmware, search in general forum.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ozzy7471:
Unbrick Samsung S3

Hi all I just wanted to add how I fixed my bricked sch-i535 galaxy s3. Not sure if it totally resets everything but I was able to get it back and running really good. Bascially I used Odin 3.09 put phone in download mode, If you are restoring to factory image then you need to use the same version if you have not unlocked the bootloader. I have the new kitkat 4.2. I screwed my phone up with rooting. I downloaded the kitkat 4.2 firmware. In Odin I loaded the firmware file and checked auto reboot, F.reset, and Nand erase all. After your phone reboots it more then likely will stop loading at the Verizon screen. Just pull the battery out, then put it back in go into recovery mode. Volume up button,home button, and power button. Then just delete and restore factory and wipe cache data. Restart the phone and VIlla your in. I have tested it several times on my phone and everytime worked great. Wipes it totally clean I believe. Im not expert im still learing myslef. Hope this helps you guys to. One more thing is you might get some errors when you load up recovery mode. Dont worry just wipe/data factory reset the phone then wipe cache partition. Then reboot.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] migaspepino:
One does not simply walk into mordor.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shashank281295:
u know what u r great i was facing a problem with booting into recovery as i always thought that recovery mode and download mode r same but showed me how to boot in recovery thanks a lot :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unlimitedguy:
Please can someone get me the quaraqumus QS-i9300-KK-v2.6 resumable link
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dekil:
All Brothers,

just to tell for anyones would try to tick "Nand Erase All" at Odin feature.......

BEFORE You try to tick that,JUST TRY THIS for your abnormally Samsung (or other Brands I think) ;

Pre act ---> Wipe Cache and Wipe Reset Factory your Phone , then

1. Entering Download Mode on your Phone,for example for Samsung GT B5330 --> Vol Down + Power then tick Vol Up

2. Connect Your Phone with PC or Laptop

3. Open Odin (as You wish Version)

4. Look Up ,is your Phone detected? if no,please install driver first

5. Tick only "Auto Reboot" , "Re-Partition" and "F.Reset Time"

6. Load PIT file (for Re-Partition) with PIT File for your Phone

7. Load Firmware you want to install with the *tar file (MD5 Checksum File) for Your Phone

8. After All , Click "Start"

9. Wait until Process Finished , by smooking or drinking coffee as you need

10.Unplug your Phone,and enjoy your revive Phone !

STILL ERROR WITH YOUR ANDROID PHONE??

USE YOUR OWN RISK ,AS YOU WISH AS YOU WANT , FLASH AGAIN BY TICK NAND ERASE ALL,YOU KNOW THAT ALL BROTHER WARNED YOU THATS SO UNRECOMMENDED

and dont cry after that , but i wish you happy after that act.

regards,
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kchatterjeee:
Nah!!!! it doesnt work in N7000

After reading your post I got the courage to use "NaND Erase all" along with the .pit file. But it came out by the (now familiar) Write Failed message. Then I re-booted the phone and it came up normally ... so no harm done !!!!!

I need to install PhilZ or any other recovery on my phone. The one which came with my Lollipop (CM12 -prealpha 5) doesnt recognize either internal or external storage. NEED help from you experts ......
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonny30bass:
I'm having the same problems with my s3 that you're having. I tried to use nand erase all, but it always fails. I've repartitioned and went back to stock, then re-unlocked the boot loader, but TWRP still won't recognize my internal or external storage. It also can't mount any partition. PhilZ works perfectly though.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broucker:
is this "wipe all exept sdcard? oprtion?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sleepycloud:
I have been Nand erasing for years. On every device I own. None of you know what you are talking about. Many of you are just parrots reapeating something you heard, and really have no clue about. I'm using the newest ODIN v3.10 and I have the Galaxy Note Edge. Any time my device gets really wacked out, I Nand erase and start over. Do any of you know what the Nand is? Lol If so, please tell me what your definition is about!

Nand erasing wipes everything on the nand partitions, except bad blocks. Beware... some people may not want you to nand erase your device if you have been flashing thier work. Maybe it contains .nomedia files that THEY might not like you to erase. Get it? haha.... did I just say that publicly? Oh well... not everyone on here is legit. Flasher beware

It is perfectly safe to nand erase. I do it often.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tin2404:
I do also always use nand erase every time on all my devices.no problems at all..smooth and clean. ;)

you are right.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] photonsnake:
Secure Wipe Sprint S5 MOAR 6.2

I was wondering if I can use secure wipe to shred some deleted files on my phone? Will it affect the twrp recovery/AO6 bootloader, and hard brick it? Thank you.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lawong:
i think nand erase all are safe to newer samsung phone like s3 above.

i doing it alot with my previous s3,note 2. and latest with s4,but in s4 i put only pit file and custom recovery file together with ONLY reset time+repartition+nand erase all ticked with no firmware file leaving the phone emtpy without any os. so after that i can revoot to custom recovery and flash fresh custom firmware from my memorycard ;) .
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rp158:
[MENTION=5886162]Thorge01[/MENTION]: if IMEI and net access were ok before, what's their state after ticking & proceeding efs clear?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kjub:
FORUM FULL OF "helpful" PEOPLE HERE ?

WHAT IS THE QUESTION ????

I HAVE READ 50 answers from lame users "dont mess with that option"

but this is NOT the question so IF YOU DONT HAVE POINT or ANSWER be quiet and dont spamm the thread ....

we actually wanna know what EXACTLY IS THE FEATURE DOING ....

thx for not spamming and answering straight to the point !!!!

If you feel offended than rethink if you have answered to the topic in manners of HELPING or in manners just to SPAM
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonathanlc2005:
i did a search and found your post... and just FYI i tried this. it works.

i tried to encrypt my phone but it didnt look like it was doing anything so i unplugged it. when i restart it, it told me to enter the encryption pin and there i knew i was screwed. so luckily this post saved my phone
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BRiANj64:
NAND erase all will tell the bootloader to >>ERASE ALL<< on the eMMC NAND storage.

I guess this option was made by samsung for recycling purposes(for privacy reasons) or to remove any trace of tampering by their engineers or QA
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cyyong95:
Lol people here are assholes in their purest form
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nawabsiddiq:
I have brought a SM-T377P device and after rooting got an error Binary Blocked By FRP now My Tab's stock rom is not available instead SM-T377V is available which is completely identical to My device instead to csc So can Erasing Nand and then flashing T377V rom will fix my problem?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ubigred:
Uncheck it in settings
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evicub:
Note 4 910F after Nand Erase All

Worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] franc90760:
what if my dnldng mode is infected as well as nand. this vir can do that. it happened cuz i didnt access dnld mode before i initialized my phone. it got net info an then it infected the other things. will i hav 2 buy a new samsung. ps.: im using note 2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] franc90760:
i dont wanna know more on this right now. i just wanna now if pit file contains downloading mode. i plan zeroing my emmc mem soon.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShonkaiDJ:
The world is a scary place it seems. I don't remember the exact filename so/ and yes...do be carefull to stick to procedures if you whish to check out if erase Nand is going to get your device to work. Somewhere here I read CSC. That sounds more familiar to me than PIT, but I'm not sure and i don't have a problem and no time to dive into it again.

I took a good look at the procedure back then, quite sure it was on XDA where I found the exact solution.

I'm not a developer but I like to feel what the zero's and ones actualy do. Zero's and ones are simple.

A Nand I think, is a little partition (Linux loves creating partitions to do anything and everything), that holds what IBM once called: the BIOS. (ooooooooooooohh)

So there you have it: NEVER FLASH THE BIOS OR YOU'RE F*(lashed)... :)

That's why all these people here try to scare themselves but it seems you have nothing to lose after having lost all.

You can imagine that your basic input output system needs to be stuck to the correct motherboard. Actually the exact same. And with so many amateur Android freaks in the world it is really hard to get the exact right information! Even my info is not exact enough for many who know more. :)

Well. The nice thing about Android has been the flexibility because of all these linux partitions for different uses. But they are the same grid of ins and outs (zeros and ones). So if you command the bios to move from your PC to a little linux partition, then tell the bios thats stuck on it's own partition to get lost, rewrite the bios FS and then move your fresh BIOS bits and bytes (that know how to flash the other partitions by connecting to your PC), to the freshly created grid. AND! IF there is no interruption, mistake, wrong number (no five comming along) or anything:

Then you (or you and Odin in this case) have succesfully flashed 'the partition that holds All'. And I name him that because that partition knows how to connect. And these days: connection is everything. That's why the modders in this thread seem so scared. They hate to lose connection. And if they do, they wanna blame the tech guy.

You my friend....with all the perseverance you have showed us in this thread: you are a real techy with the only right attitude to achieve the goal of knowing it all!

I like that!

---------- Post added at 07:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:09 PM ----------

O....and somebody should correct me of course and clear up the mystery of BIOS, NAND and Bootloader.. ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jo The Veteran:
Well I tried this as well, I thought what the heck do I have to loose at this point, phone won't work/flash firmware anyway. Might loose access to download mode as well? Well big ****ing deal. Instead of a black screen with white letters, I'll just have a black screen. So I did it, hit that button with everything ticked... and it failed as well. Here are 1, 2, screen captures and 3 picture from my crappy old EVO 3D to prove it.

For ****s shake I was fine with that phone, I don't wanna go buy another one now! Dammit!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Evil-Maiden666:
Nand Erase All

i used Nand Erase All on my SM-T350 and I got to work again;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shah22:
Nand erase will wipe vital memory cells containing imei , serial number and other important data bits regarding vital phone operation, cellular bands and radios info , as from my experience on another device, its the bios of your phone , nand is read only in normal mode and cannot get corrupted or faulty other than nand chip fried itself , and in downloading firmware , bootloader grants full access of nand to software and it can erase it but nothing can write it back other than going in adb shell and have a original nand copy of device which could only be given by manufacturer and restoring it using adb shell command which is a very long and frustrating procedure , and those who survive nand erasing is simply their download mode or bootloader couldnt grant full access to nand , so you are lucky , the option is solely there to use by manufacturers to install/repair nand in case of any issues , dont mess with it , a honest advice.