yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] madunix:
i understand that this thread is for r/w issues, but i tried using lcd modder pro without any research, which is rare for me.. guess i forgot im on my s3 and not my evo4g ne more, anyways, long story short, i messed something up. won't boot up, im trying this method out and hopefully it works.. ill report back to let you guys know if it works for my specific situation.

:update: fixed it, thank you sir..

:update2: i just bricked my device again but this time by installing a custom rom! the triangle came up saying unauthorized software was installed, take my phone to the nearest verizon store. im repeating these steps and hopefully it'll restore my phone again. im assuming my bootloader relocked after this unbrick method? it wouldnt even allow me to enter stock or custom recovery mode, it would take me straight to that message. thankfully i'm still able to enter download mode.. =X ill report back again after this one. wish me luck - no insurance =/

:update: thank you for a 2nd time, it worked once again. bricked twice in less than 30 min! im lucky. thank you motive. donate!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hero:
I'm glad this is working for so many people! And thank you for the donations (both you and mark-in-dallas). They mean a lot :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mikey450GT:
I can confirm this has worked for me once, in the middle of twice after a stupid Not Verizon approved system software crap lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shawnten:
i have tried and tried to get this to work but if i unplug my phone it will shut off so in download mode after the bootchain i cant do anything else. I can only complete 1 step.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shawnten:
i did end up going in device manager and disabling samsung usb so that i didnt have to unplug in between steps but to no avail I still just get a black screen and a reboot vibration continuously until i unplug the phone then nothing. my bootloader is still unlocked too. so i cant even take the phone back. and my custom recovery is gone i assume from this flashing and it wont let me boot into the factory recovery. it just goes to a black screen with unlocked symbol and samsung on top then just does the black screen constant reboot vibration
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] madunix:
my pleasure, it's well deserved. i feel terrible i couldn't donate more. please keep up the amazing work you've been providing us incompetents (no pun intended to anyone other than myself lol)

try a different battery, and also try a different computer. redownload your files, check your md5. don't give up. if you're able to enter download mode, you're able to repair your phone. at least i think.. thanks button if my lil bit of help is appreciated! :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] real0325:
tar file

can someone send me the tar file, because when i try to download it im redirected to just cloud.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hero:
I will upload it to androidfilehost later today. If you have a torrent client I suggest using the torrent link as you will download the file much quicker.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shawnten:
well i never could get my phone to stay booted up but after changing computers i did get it to finally install everything correctly so I could atleast take it to verizon and show them the problem. after many tries somehow I got the phone back in recovery and wiped everything so i could get the unlocked on boot off.lol verizon gave me a new phone on the spot. I was on jellywis when the phone crashed. the phone was working great for 2 days then for no reason what so ever just would not boot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hero:
So this worked for you then? Did you ever find out why your phone died?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shawnten:
as far as i am concerned it worked. I got a new phone. But man i wish i knew why it just would not boot. I did actually get it to boot all the way up once but then just died. 2 thumbs up for me back flashing with my new phone. I will say I am not gonna venture too far gonna stick with cleanrom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] outlaw410:
+1 more. (SGS3 VZW) Thanks!! Recovered with this painless method following an oops trying to flash with bootloader mistakenly locked (talking someone through on the phone). Thank you!!!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zapote21:
Bootloader unlocked... Can boot into recovery and download. My stock rooted restore boot loops and so does a clean install of CM10...

Did the "mount" command from recovery and all are "rw" No "ro" ones at all.

Grrrrrr
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hero:
You're welcome :) Every time people say it works I get happy lol

This has worked for people who have not had the R/O issue. I recommend trying it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zapote21:
I had to go to stock and start fresh... Dont know what the issue was

Sent from Galaxy Note 10.1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Firstsage:
Very nice info!

Work for me as well! Thank you VERY much:good:. I got caught rooting right after the vzw ota before the unlock app got fixed.

Took me a little bit because of the file names in the mirror sites, (one of them has the file ext .tar-2-.md5 which odin didnt like.

I also had to unplug and restart odin after each pass.

Thanks again for this valuable info. You will see my donation soon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] soopervoo:
Thanks for saving my device!

Wasn't much, but I just donated to support your beer funds
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SoCalSpecialist:
ok so i got this black screen thing going...not quite sure how it happened either.

i was going from Stock to Clean Rom 2.5

was fully rooted and unlocked.

but anyways, i try to boot nada!

i power up, a quick flicker of the word samsung, then the samsung galaxy s 3 logo and thats it..black screen.

HELP POR FAVOR!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ogrekane313:
is there a non rooted version.tar
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SoCalSpecialist:
you can scratch my request for help, and you can add me to the successful list.

ran thru the steps to a T and it all worked out fine.

thank you so much for the detailed walk through.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jtadak:
Anyway to do this procedure without the root 66.tar? I don't have fast internet right now and it is impossible to download on my phone.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gervin:
You all rock!!

Just wanted to say, I can't help out with a donation, as I'm out of work.... but you guys ROCK.

Saved my phone!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mexiken:
Thank you for this. Used it on my boot looping S3 last night and it revived it. Thanks again!!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Samsung.Galaxy.S3:
This saved my butt tonight! Whew!

After doing this, I'm assuming that I still have root but the bootloader will be unlocked?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
you can use any stock rom...only difference with root66 is its prerooted, which saves a step.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hero:
Yes, check section 6 of Droidstyle's comprehensive guide to the S3: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1762709

If you use, root66 you will still have root and yes, the bootloader will be unlocked assuming you had it previously unlocked using AdamOutler's CASUAL.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mav3rick478:
ok guys I need your help, bricked my phone, tried this method but it fails at the first bootchain, tried droidstyle's method also and it failed. Am I missing something? Can't even get into recovery now, only Odin mode.

The story goes, phone was rooted, unlocked with Casual running Imo's Leankernel v9. tried flashing my boot.img from my nandroid and wifi would not work. Figured I would just take the OTA and it would be fixed. relocked the phone using EZ unlock v2. Flashed stock recovery with Casual. it still failed OTA, got pissed off and decided to reflash Imo's leankernel this time v10 because I was running it previously. Of course I reflashed CWM with Casual, booted into CWM to flash kernel, rebooted and got the dreaded Triangle of Death message. Spent the better part of the day trying first to use Droidstyle's method but it failed, so I decided to try this method and it fails the first bootchain. Should I redownload everything and try again, is there a step I'm missing? Trying this on a machine running XP at work, should I try and use a Windows 7 machine? Please help a frustrated soul TIA.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yzaker:
Still Failing

I followed the steps in the OP, as well as the steps by h3llsdr0id and am still having issues.

I can successfully ODIN the bootchain files, but when I try to ODIN root66, it fails. see attached. I have tried 3 different downloads for root66, but all fail at the same point. I even tried different stock ROM's and they all fail at the same point. it looks as if it is trying to write a new recovery.img, but something is giving it fits.

Also, I noticed some odd things:

1. it boot loops, but on the boot, it shows the "custom" with the unlocked icon (the boot doesn't go anywhere...it just boot loops)

2. I can bring up the recovery, but it isn't the stock recovery...it is CWM 6.0.1.2 touch

3. when it is in download mode, i see the following

ODIN MODE

PRODUCT NAME: SCH-I535

CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: No

CURRENT BINARY: sAMSUNG oFFICIAL

SYSTEM STATUS: CUSTOM

QUALCOM SECURE BOOT: ENABLE
​

Does anybody have some ideas on where to go from here?? (besides the friendly neighborhood verizon store)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mav3rick478:
Got it to work finally, used the hint of unplugging and restarting Odin and it worked like a charm. Thanks for this thread!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Samsung.Galaxy.S3:
Yep, that worked for me as well (as I was getting FAIL also). Glad to hear that it worked for you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MrPeter1985:
Mines now failing on erase... ??

<ID:0/005> Removed!!

<ID:0/005> Added!!

<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..

<ID:0/005> File analysis..

<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/005> Initialzation..

<ID:0/005> Erase...

<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

EDIT: Fixed, followed Post 26's instructions. Thx
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jus1haz2:
I have the Sprint S3 and went from ASOP/TW and back. In download mode with USB jig but I cannot find the Sprint bootchain files. Does anyone know where I can find them?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] roscoe75:
Verizon Splash screen

I cant seem to get my phone past the verizon splash screen when ii try to get into recovery it just reboots... please help!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mav3rick478:
That's what my phone was doing after my first attempt at fixing the soft brick, you need to reflash both boot chains and then a fully stock ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 13770147:
Dose anyone know how to find or get the files, Root66.tar, VRALEC bootchain and VRALF bootchain?

Sorry, im noobs....

Best regards.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
Yes

http://goo.im/devs/invisiblek/i535
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Konflict1471:
Will this work for the international variants?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hero:
I suspect it will. Just be sure to get the right files for the i9300 or i9305.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AJ26T:
Is there a ODIN tar for the mew HE update?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mike216:
im doing it now and if it works im donating big money!

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i love 3 things in this world YOU mom and my dog!

it worked brother! i should be sleeping but expect a large doation when i wake up 1pm easter time.if you dont have one set one up. love ya man:laugh:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mike216:
That nice donation sent as I said I would and will be making another the exact amount when I get paid again next Thursday!

I don't know what went wrong. I was rooted with the latest recovery I flashed from CWM (rom manager) and the paranoid android rom I flashed ended up bricking my phone. Thanks to you puremotive I'm good to go. You have no idea how much I appreciate it. You saved my ass and I love this damn phone. Thanks champ
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hero:
Wow man thanks so much for your generosity! Glad this worked for you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mike216:
No thank you! You are beyond a hero in my book and have no idea just how much that meant to me. I'm just a factory worker so I don't have it like that. You came through for me and 34 others like no one else. I probably will donate multiple times especially around income tax season. I wanted to throw you a couple hundred but I'm just getting by like so many others these days. Your so awesome my friend. If anyone didn't donate to you after recovering like I did last night they have something wrong with them!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] luthi3n:
So would I be able to use this if I flashed clean ROM without unlocking the boot loader first and got the unapproved software message? I tried using Odin to go back to stock several times with several different builds, but it just hangs through the process and doesn't go anywhere. I've let it sit over ten mins before at the boot stage in the top left and it goes nowhere
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
you shouldnt need to use this method for your issue...but if all else fails then try it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] luthi3n:
I can't get anything to flash in Odin. Sometimes it makes it a step or two and others it makes it nowhere but i've let it sit for a good while and nothing. I'm gonna give it a go on another pc and see if maybe that helps. Hopefully it does or else I'm out of ideas and in the doghouse for a good long while lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mike216:
I had to use this. Not sure if I would have been able to use another method but it worked like a charm! Sometimes things took a long time in Odin do make sure your being patient enough.

I bought my phone from my buddy and he unlocked the bootloader. I took the recent OTA and that locked my bootloader. How do you know if it's locked. Your recovery won't stick! I thought my bootloader was unlocked for sure because I had a lock symbol and it said custom on boot after the OTA. This was a hard learned lesson! Puremotive's method was a life saver

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I did have this happen also mid way through. You should pull your usb cable out restart Odin then plug the cable back in. Make sure you leave your phone in download mode and that you have the ONLY PROPER CHECK IN ODIN
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ashtro:
ok guys prob get flamed or w/e i dont care, i lost my imei and eri but was able to fix it....everything is back in order as far as my phone and settings...it says i have bars im connected to 4g yet says searching for signal...cant connect to verizon...what do i do?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
reprovision your device with dialer code *2767*3855#

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Sounds like a driver issue or pc related ;)

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You dont need to use this method if you got the yellow triangle for flashing custom software on a locked bootloader. A simple odin session back to stock will bring it back to life...I have tested it! Puremotives guide Is for folks who corrupted thier eemc and no matter what methods are used the device wont boot. Then the bootchains are needed to repartition the internal memory(eemc) and allow the phone to boot correctly. I would only flash a bootchain as a last resort because if something screw up during that process, the device will be hardbricked and need send in for jtag repair.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ashtro:
wow! that reprovision code did it, guy at verizon was going to send a replacement...should of remained patient i never get let down here.....never reformatting my sd again though that screwed me up
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
ooops...forgot to mention that it wipes internal sd sorry!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ashtro:
no, no worries i reformatted my card the other day, missed a few files, including my imei backup
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mike216:
Thanks but I kind of freaked out! I had a feeling the OTA had locked my bootloader after seeing the take your phone bla bla bla back.

I figured I was in big trouble flashing on a locked bootloader. His method is still awesome if something catastrophic happens!

So your saying I could just flash a stock rooted rom in Odin and by ok if something were to happen like that again? Thanks for the info!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hero:
If any of you recently made the mistake of restoring a backup right after installing a new baseband or have some other kind of partition brick, I updated the second post with information on how to fix your phone. I don't consider this method to be a surefire fix since I was desperate and tried so many things, but if it works for you then I've succeeded in helping you :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KL45SiiK:
May someone please help me out and guide me toward the right step?

I had rooted my phone and unlocked the bootloader. I then installed twrp and everything was fine. When I tried to boot to recovery it would boot to the default one so I flashed twrp again but this time using the custom option in the ez recovery app. After I did that the phone would not boot. It vibrates and I see small blue words at the top left and it just shuts down. I dont know if its totally bricked or soft bricked. Has anyone experienced this problems before? Should I follow the steps in the first post or the second from from the op?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mike216:
See if you can get into download mode. Volume down + home + power same time. If you can your golden
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KL45SiiK:
yea i got it into download mode already and i pressed vol up to download. It's stuck in the android screen and it says Download... Do not turn off the target!!

Where do i go from here?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mike216:
Once in download mode don't touch anything

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I sent you a pm
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KL45SiiK:
Everything went smooth bro thanks for the help really appreciate it. I would like to send some beers or drinks your way. You saved me a big headache bro I was completely lost thanks again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mike216:
That would be awesome! Could you please send them to this threads author! Puremotive. He created this wonderful bring you back from the dead tool!

I tried to send a text your way asking if everything is good but I guess you borrowed someone's phone? Sorry man now there asking who I am?

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KL45SiiK:
Sorry about that man that was my bros phone I had borrowed it because I left mine over at my friends house. Thanks again bro. I already installed the older version of the ez unlock app and I for sure unlocked the bootloader. The recovery stuck now and I just installed a Rom. You were very helpful I can't thank you enough man.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mike216:
I'm glad your all good. You have my number feel free to call if you ever need help! This is what the most of us are about here on XDA!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] snoop5:
have a question i fell asleep while flashing a rom and when i woke up my phone is dead wont boot just black screen, when i plug into computer it says QHSUSB_LOAD.... any help would be grateful......hold power button and it does nothing......im i SOL
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mike216:
If you hold volume down power and home at the same time do you see download mode?

You must have had some good dope. Sorry I'm joking but will do whatever my limited mind can do to help!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] snoop5:
nope nothing happens i only get red light when i plug in without battery......no vibrate when i hold power as usual or nothing
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hero:
What ROM were you trying to flash? A red light and no vibration feedback means your device is hard bricked. You'll have to send it in for a JTAG repair or get a replacement from Verizon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] snoop5:
thanks flashed liquid rc7 and was flashing a kernel but fell asleep and when i woke back up had a little android with a red triangle and he was laying down so i panicked and took out battery and now nothing....not sure if i should try get a replacement or what
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mike216:
Thanks puremotive! Do you know of a place to get a jtag repair? I can't get insurance on my device and I would like to know of a reliable place to go in case this happens to me.

I'm sorry to hear that. Very odd just because you let the battery die in recovery after the flash this happened. Or the flash just went all bad?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hero:
If you don't want to spend a lot of money for a replacement do a JTAG. It costs $60.

MobileTechVideos offers the JTAG service for $60.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] snoop5:
several things bad flash, and my error tried a new kernel cant remember the name but started with a b something like boeflle 1.0...... dont know i may have had the wrong one, wanted to try something new and was tired and sleepy, defiantly my first mess up like this hadnt bricked a phone since 2010
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mike216:
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-jtag-brick-repair/

This is where I would go. Your good bro all you need is 60 bucks. I hope there trustable. They get the fastest search results so many must check them out. I hope all is well!

Edit. Thanks puremotive! Damn ninjas are out again :)

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It happens to us all. The awesome thing is its only 60$ and not 660$. Get a jig with your package!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] snoop5:
thanks alot going to ship it later this week, i have insurance just not sure how to go about getting it done...meaning what i should tell them or should i just drop it.......a thought anyway, i would feel bad if i did that
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mike216:
? Good question. Knowing Verizon they might be some ***** made people and charge you sometime crazy? My friend sent one in to t-mobile and nothing happened. I would just pay the 60$ and be done with it. Maybe someone knows more then me and could chime in
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] snoop5:
hello just wondering if anyone would like to chime in before i begin the process, i would like to thank pure motive and mike for their help early this morning
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] microdot:
I used this method to unbrick my softrbicked S3 after I accidentally flashed a rom with my bootloader locked. It work fine and all is well but even though i have the superuser app i am not rooted. I tried updating the binaries and even downloaded supersu and did the update and nothing.

That being said i think I might sell my S3 to buy the Note 2 so i don't mind it not being rooted but that supersuser app seems to be on my device now as a system app that cannot be uninstalled. How do i get rid off it?? I want to sell my S3 as stock and don't want that app to show on there.

Its just strange that i have the supersuser app embedded as a system app yet i'm not rooted.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mike216:
Flash a newer rom. This method take you all the way back to the beginning
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mhrazor1:
Approximately how long should this process take? Mine has been sitting at system.img.ext4 for over an hour now, should I be worried?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hero:
If it's stuck unplug your device and retry the process. You may have to reboot your phone back into Download mode or start up Odin again to get it to work. Entire process should take 10-15 minutes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kola1228:
Do we absolutely need to use the root66? or can we use stock non-rooted?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hero:
You can use stock non-rooted.