yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Yes everything is stock li3.

Everything as if you never altered it and accepted all the ota's.

With the exception of the internal SD and apps which are left untouched
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNDow:
Thanked the OP this worked perfect wiped cache & dalvik flashed in CWM.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] num1rbffan:
So I just tried flashing a few different ROMS and also tried going back to my original nandroid backup and no matter what i do i can not get a phone/sms signal i am getting data signal and working data but my SMS & phone calls are not working if I flash this will it return it to total stock? And can i flash it via Recovery? Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
that's weird..

let us know if this fixes it for u
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
This is your best bet as it reflashes the modem again. If still nothing do a ##72786# in the dialer upon reboot. That should set u straight.And yes all stock including recovery. just flash
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] katnkanga:
Just don't know how Billard412 was able to figure out how to do it for the Note 2. My wife is flashed to Boost Mobile so I don't have any recourse in taking it to Best Buy, Sprint or anyone else. I don't care about voiding the KNOX warranty just getting her back to 4.1.2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RayTrue04:
There was nothing to figure out, it just works for the note 2 it never broke and got fixed. Even the older zips work. Maybe it's because the S3 is a whole different phone and uses a Qualcomm chip as opposed to an Exynos.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] coorsleftfield:
Seems like the d/l link for the 32G file is messed up. The file is too small, and the MD5 does not match. Can someone confirm?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Hit the link to go to [MENTION=4035386]wwjoshdew[/MENTION] 's how to. He has mediafire mirrors in the description
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Trident:
Just ordered a new phone. [LG G2]

Any chance of getting this for MK3?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Laterz.iphone:
do i need to flash another stock rom to get to reboot? sorry.. phones been acting up, so about to take to sprint store.. wasnt sure if this included a rom or not as it seems to stuck on the reboot samsung logo. any help much appreciated. thanks guys
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Do a factory reset
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bsaucier0810:
Factory reset and flash again...no other ROM is needed because this is the stock MD4 ROM
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Laterz.iphone:
Awesome.. just wiped again and phone has rebooted. thanks :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flawedlegacy:
ok, so i've rooted and changed recoveries, no problem, but am a noob to flashing. Seeing as I uninstalled AllShare Play & ASP Cast, I cannot do the OTA update, even if I unroot + stock recovery, so I am trying this and failing. Can someone help me out, please? Moved this to SD, entered recovery (stock) and tried, failed at "verifying signature" or something. Any help is appreciated!!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
You need to do this from custom recovery.stock won't work
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flawedlegacy:
So after playing around with it, i got it to work and am running, yay! thanks!!!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] already known:
worked great...thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wpmetts:
Will this method work if I have taken the 4.3 update and since rooted and removed Knox and am running a custom ROM, but now want to return completely to unrooted stock???
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xcom923:
question. My wife's phone didn't take 4.3 well. I'm thinking that the MK3 radio wasn't included in the ROM. She isn't getting LTE but I'm getting it just fine. I KNOW I have the MK3 radio but when I looked at my download section I didn't see what was on the picture about Knox. So is it that if the knox thing is shown it won't work or is it if you've installed MK3 at all it won't work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] t1nk:
If you accepted the OTA MK3 update from sprint then no you will brick your phone because of the Knox bootloader, if you updated with CNexus stock Mk3 Rom that doesn't contain the knox bootloader then you should be fine to use this.

Update: Once you flash the update with the knox bootloader you are stuck with it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cbond007:
If im on MOAR 4.3 Rom with the MK3 bootloader, This will not work? my phone just says Warranty Bit: 1
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] t1nk:
Yes thats correct you have the knox bootloader so this will not work for you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] easyrider77:
Just curious. This is really what I've been looking for but, anyone know how and where to put the start up and shutdown boost mobile sounds and png files at..... to make this for boost instead of Sprint?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jalfonso119:
I'm on mk3 but not sprint stock or ota...i got it from several roms and lastest is thunserstick all in one...when I go to download it doesn't say Knox. .. I had several roms that were 4.3 ... am I good to restore ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
If you never took the actual OTA then you are OK to use this. Otherwise, no.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I went back to MD4 as well, after testing, using Odin, flashing mk3 roms, I ended up back on md4. I had horrible problems with phone calls on mk3 and it's perfect again on md4.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jmms1124:
Please Help!

So I may be bricked.. Or just can't figure out what I'm doing/did wrong. I followed the instructions (at least I think I did) but my results weren't good..

My will not boot up, just sits on the Samsung Galaxy SIII screen. When I boot into bootloader I'm given these results:

ODIN MODE

PRODUCT NAME: SPH-L710

CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: No

CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official

SYSTEM STATUS: Custom

QUALCOM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
That looks OK. What happens when you try to boot into recovery?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jmms1124:
Goes into stock recovery. When I try to turn on the phone it just sits at the Samsung Galaxy SIII logo screen. Never goes past that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
You may need to use Odin to get back to stock.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jmms1124:
A little new to this so could you possibly explain that?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gunfromsako:
Anyone know where i can find a stock odin flashable md4? Ive been searching all night to no avail...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Rwilco's Android repository
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] okn0tok:
Uh oh

Okay so...I downloaded the file for my phone and installed it and it hung up at Samsung, I then rebooted into recovery mode and had only stock recovery and an error in red that said: E: signature verification failed. With a little android on his back with a red triangle. I read the key is to get into twrp or cmw recovery and then it wont check for signatures I am kind of freaking out here. :rolleyes: So I installed cmw via odin but now it isnt wanting to go into recovery mode. Will I have anymore luck trying to flash stock rom in odin or is this phone hard bricked now?

Nevermind got a recovery.tar stock and am all good now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] karier13:
MK3 Modem

I am currently on Moar 4.3 rom with mk3 modem. I Love the rom but my phone keeps turning off and rebooting. Plus I am going to probably get a new phone next month so need to go back to stock. have read thru this thread and know this can't be flashed while having the mk3 modem. But would it work to completely wipe the phone, flash the md4 modem, and then flash this? Would that work OK or would it still brick? I have flashed back to the md4 but the radio was not working. Maybe it was a bad download. Is there a download that can be used for the md4 that is known to be good? I appreciate any help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
The modem is irrelevant. As long as your not on the mk3 bootloader than its safe to flash this
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] karier13:
MK3 Modem

Thank you. Here is a screenshot of the rom I have on now. I am trying to find out how to tell what bootloader it is. Still looking.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Boot into download mode. If u see "warranty bit 1" or "warranty bit 0" you cannot flash this
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] easyrider77:
Any possible way to get this in a boost mobile variant?

I do realize that sprint roms work on boost mobile but I am wanting it for a "return to the store or samsung" situation.

As of yet there is no boost mobile variant like this, they are all sprint variants.......meaning they have the sprint bootup and shutdown logo and animations, not boost mobile.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Bad.Fish:
not showing up

doesnt show up in recovery at all. cant flash. using twrp
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sportscrazed2:
won't turn on at all after flashing with twrp. coming from cm11 please help
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
You didn't take the 4.3 OTA at some point and then use this did you?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sportscrazed2:
I believe I did but it didn't say Knox warranty void so I assumed it was safe
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
It would say 'warranty bit=1' in download mode if I remember correctly. If you did, then you are most likely bricked.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sportscrazed2:
That's not what it said in the original post. Anway is there any chance that at all that one of those jig things on ebay will get me to download mode and allow me to flash it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I might be wrong. And I have no idea about the jigs. Do a search for 4.3 brick or unbrick
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] okn0tok:
Try this http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/general/restore-to-stock-rom-galaxy-s3-i9300-t2187081 (But the linked original rom is gone)

I used ODIN and a stock recovery.tar of the galaxy s3 and it worked.

I think I also flashed a recoverycmwtouch6032 .tar. Before the stock tar but have no idea if that helped me. There are a few really good guides on here to get it going as well.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sportscrazed2:
but how do i do that if i can't even get it to turn on? i tried dding the debrick img onto a 16gb micro sd but that did nothing. the thing appears completely unresponsive which i didn't even know it was possible to mess up that badly with software
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] okn0tok:
Okay so you download the .tar file, plug it in to odin, and odin does not recognize it? You can't boot into recovery or download mode? Does it boot at all? If you can put it into download mode and load the tar with odin you should be okay.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sportscrazed2:
Like I said I can't so much get into download mode to flash at all. That's why I'm hoping one of those jigs will somehow save it. For $5 on ebay it's worth a try i guess. Edit jig didn't work. I went ahead and ordered a new gs3. Now my question is whether it's worth $50 to jtag repair the old one or should i just sell it on ebay for parts? will i get at least $50 more if i have it repaired before putting it on ebay?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gaganit:
Hi, i am currently on MOAR v9.0.1 [MK3 / 4.3] [03.09.2014].

However I believe I do not have the Knox boot loader (how do I confirm?). Can I use this method to restore? I need to take my phone to print due to a hardware issue. Please advise.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Boot into download mode. If it says "warranty bit:1" or "warranty bit:0", DO NOT proceed. Otherwise, you're ok to use this
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Devtodi:
no carrier service

I have unrooted my phone from stock 4.1.2 rooted and in the process, have lost connection with Sprint - no service connection. Phone works fine otherwise, what do I have to do to get service back please?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] djflaco23:
I flashed md4_w_count_reset, it worked great. So can i now do the sprint ota update through the settings or is that going to fail. thanks in advance
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] csmasn:
It will work, but do you want knox in your phone?

Sent from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
try opening the dialer and hitting ##72786#

It will have no problem taking the ota. Just remember that once you take that ota there's no going back. Not even this zip will do it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] KKB9750:
I rooted my Dad's SIII for him a while back and I may have to return it to stock for him. He is on MD4 and has never taking the OTA. According to this thread, I should still be able to utilize this method to bring it back to stock.

Is that correct? I would just like confirmation nothing has changed in the month since the last post here.

thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
That's correct. This method is still safe to use
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jordan23945bulls:
I have a Sprint galaxy s3 running cm11 and I want to activate it but they couldn't do it over the phone, Im assuming because its rooted running cm11. what can i do? i dont think i ever upgraded the phone to the stock 4.3 ive been running cm11 for months. i can do this and it will let me activate the phone? since you have to have the stock rom i think so it activates, dont know which to flash either, ugh.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Wilkesin:
Need to get back to stock to give this phone to my wife as I am upgrading. I am on SlimRom 4.4.2 stable with the mk3 modem. Recovery is ClockWorkMod at the moment. Download mode shows:

ODIN MODE

PRODUCT NAME: SPH-L710

CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: YES (1 counts)

CURRENT BINARY: Custom

SYSTEM STATUS: Custom

QUALCOM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE

I dont see anything that mentions "warranty bit". Will i be safe to use this? Thanks in advance.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Yes you're in the clear to use this
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] No4g4Me:
So did it work? I thought back by the OP said if you already took the latest update that you couldn't revert even with this zip so im as well on kitkat and would like to know if it worked so i can get ready for 4.4.2 ota thank you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
It works fine if you didn't take the 4.3 update (TouchWiz stock MK3, not flashing the ROM... The whole firmware). Easiest way to find out is by going into Download Mode, if it says "Warranty Bit" don't use this or it will brick your device.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Wilkesin:
Yes. It worked just fine. I wiped cache/dalvik and formated system in CWM before flashing. It got stuck in a boot loop on the first boot, but I just held the power button in until it shut down and rebooted it. Worked fine on 2nd boot. Keep in mind I had been rooted and running either CyanogenMod/SlimRom for probably a year so I had never take an OTA Touchwiz update. Before Flashing go into download mode and make sure there isnt a line that mentions anything about the warranty bit. Dont see that and I believe you should be good to go.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] losevolution:
has anyone recovered from bricking their phone using this method after having > 4.3 on their device? I didn't see the warranty bit in mine; however, i guess it must've had another value that indicated KNOX and bricked.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] losevolution:
Disregard above post. Found the right debrick file in another thread and back up and running!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SniperDroid:
Mind sharing that info? I bricked mine last night.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] losevolution:
use the unbrick image from this page and follow instructions to the letter.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2664719
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SniperDroid:
Followed instructions and no luck :crying: I must be doing something wrong.:(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] theratdude64:
I have recently flashed my phone up to ND8, can I use this or hard brick?

The wife's is left on MK3. Any kind of downgrade or other options I'd have?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Unfortunately you're stuck. This will brick you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mexkingsthugz:
well im on mk3 4.3 and i need to return to stock is there any way to unroot ??? any leads or help please. sorry my inglish is not good.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
Does it reflash kernel to stock too?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
yes. stock li3 kernel is flashed as well
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] deviant.one:
What do you need? Let me know and I will get it dumped from my phone when I get home from work tomorrow. Just message me with the specifics and I will get it done.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
When I delete files from system/App, why don't they come back after I wipe and flash stock rooted rom?

The only way I got them back was to do what is listed here and start all over

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
They should be coming back. What apps in particular>
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
Nope they didn't which is making me wonder why

Stuff like ChatON, weather apps, game hub, etc

They wouldn't come back even after a reflash.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Well that makes two of us. Could always try the jb version when i post them tonite.

But it doesnt make sense to me why they would reappear
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kehlan:
If I flashed the .zip to keep root will I still receive the OTA update?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Ya you would have to unroot so it passes but the ota will still come thru. That zip just adds busybox su and superuser back into system
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jjkjustin:
Thanks a ton for this thread. As a noob, I've been confused over how to return to complete stock. This thread couldn't have spelled it out any easier.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Updated for jb ota. Full version coming
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ucf.elk:
I'm having issues flashing the OTA even though I thought I was Stock rooted with stock recovery LI3.

If I follow your directions to flash your LI3, then flash your JB OTA this wouldn't wipe my internal data correct?

EDIT: I know I have to flash the bootloader files first but that can be done in stock recovery as well right?

Thanks for your help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Not my file. The actual stock-recovery flashable OTA is posted in general section. However my LI3 making the official ota in stock recovery fail. This is the OTA but i patched it to work with my LI3 so stock recovery is a no-go
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
Isn't that the whole point if this thread? To have your phone like how it was out of the box?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] master acehole:
Can somebody post the stock LI3 kernel and also the others parts file doesn't download complete i only get 0.2 kbs it says the file is 1.3mb
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
It is but something is still failing in the system checks. I dont know why
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
boot

other files dl'd ok 4 me
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
what is?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
One of the lib files. I think it says libdrm.so or something like that. Not sure if its missing or just not passing some kind of check. Why i said screw it and just posted the ota w/o the checks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
oh...does it still work to reverted back to stock non-rooted state (like out of the box)? or does it mess something up?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Ya still works just the same. The OTA just adds jb to the mix. Still stock w/o root and stock recovery
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mikey311:
i've read this over a few times but i'm still a little confused. If i'm on an ICS rom. I use triangle away, then flash the "LI3 STOCK WITHOUT RESET"

Is that the right process? Also, will OTA work or not?

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Yes thats the right process but the ota will only work if you download the one posted in the op. The official one pushed from sprint will fail. So if you are trying to get jb download what I have posted and flash it right after you flash the LI3 stock zip. You will reboot to stock jb completely stock without root. If you're on something other than LI3 now then flash the extra files listed at the bottom of the post as well. Those need to be flashed before the JB ota
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mmark27:
I did this method to get back to stock LI3 before using the ODIN version from sextape.....however, I used Triangle Away first and my counter was successfully back to 0, binary was official (went into ODIN download mode to check, then rebooted phone). Then I flashed the LI3 STOCK zip in CWM, let it finish install. pulled battery so I could get directly into the ODIN download mode without booting into LI3......and my flash counter was "1" and binary was custom. what's up with that?

I just continued on, but at some point, I'm going to head back and get my flash counter all the way down to 0 for good without root.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Because you flashed the jb tar in odin. The jb tar contained the jb bootloader (sbl1 sbl2 etc) which will reset to 1 every time it boots if the stock kernel is not being used. If you downgrade to the ics bootloader files at the bottom of my post u can still run jb and not have that happen. I plan on posting a full stock jb rom later today here just havent had time yet. Old bootloaders + new rom should keep your count at 0
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mmark27:
Sorry, should have been more clear. The ODIN counter was tripped with the installation of the LI3_STOCK.zip,

before

I ODIN'ed the LJ7. I understand it might get tripped with the new bootloader in LJ7, however it shouldn't trip it, since its an official binary. BUT mine said it was increased after your LI3_STOCK.zip. The point I'm asking/making is that the triangle away, then LI3_STOCK.zip OR using your LI3_STOCK_RESET.zip isn't equivalent??

I plan on waiting for your update later today or whenever you get it posted. Just like to have the file on hand in case I need it in a pinch, or if I bork too many things.

Can you make an ODIN version that will reset the counter and go back to stock? That might be the most convenient for those without ROOT. Otherwise, I'll have to root, install CWM, triangle away OR your reset, flash your zip (which gets rid of CWM), then carry-on my way - right?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Sorry I read ur post too fast first time. I dont think its possible for odin to reset it.Did u use the li3 zip with or without the reset?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mmark27:
Without reset.

I was on LI3 rooted to begin with (lots of mods added, so I wanted to start fresh before LJ7).

I used the Triangle away first, which removed the count. Then used the zip (without reset), counter went up.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Only explanation I have then is the jb bootloader thing cant see any other reason why. Did you ever use one of freeza's AIO's? and I do have a reset version but the modem wont flash right. Ive tried a couple different things but when I flash one I have no sound or signal until I manually flash the modem with odin
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wildgamer100:
Dang it I didn't mean to like your post lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
can you explain this triangle away thing please?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Ill have a count reset version up in ten mins. for now just hang

should make this simple
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
I couldn't wait for the OTA stock rom rooted

so im using the 16gb with counter reset to go back to a an "out of box" state

then flashing the jellybean OTA file!

I should be good to go with this method, right?

---------- Post added at 06:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:57 PM ----------

so i went back to stock state and tried to flash the JB OTA via stock recovery and it keeps failing with "status 7"..what is going on? thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
IDK but ive pulled that link jb is up
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
thanks

so to fix this, should I root again, then use the JB counter reset instead?