yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JeffATL:
Thanks. I should have heeded your warning that I just noticed earlier in the thread about the factory reset but now I guess the freeze at the Samsung logo is the bootloop you mentioned.

The only issue is that the 3 button press to go to recovery has not been working. Only way I get into recovery is to boot into custom rom and use the restart into recovery option. Not sure if flashing twrp or cwm will automatically give me that option w/o installing a custom rom.

When I boot to dl mode, it shows, Samsung official and Custom Binary Download as no, can I just now flash a stock rom in odin, will that cause that to go to 1 ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
You can use odin without increasing the count. So yes a odin flash will work just fine here
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JeffATL:
Ok. Thanks. I took your original advice and booted recovery and root though I still got bootloop. I then was able to boot into recovery and did a factory reset, wiped cache and reflashed your zip. Now its at black screen with blue light on top. Not sure how patient I should be before doing a battery pull and trying again/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Be patient. It'll boot
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] guyrelax:
what is the difference between md4 and md1 and how do you know which one to use? I have the sprint sph-l710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Md4 is the latest, use that one.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] guyrelax:
when I reboot to recovery the file is not showing up.. any ideas?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Assuming you're using twrp recovery go to the /data/media folder
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slimegod:
I've lost my 4g. Tried ##72786# and it didn't work. Tried updating my prl and profile nothing either. Need help guys.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Spider_Pig27:
Need more info, what ROM? Kernel? What was the last thing you did?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slimegod:
Well was doing a port. Lost connection so I restored my backup and only had 3g no 4g. So I odined and rerooted. I'm on a TW stock rom right now
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Spider_Pig27:
try this app

https://www.dropbox.com/s/nhpp8gpfh66upef/Network Signal Refresher Pro v2.0 apkmania.com.apk

Alternative Solutions:

1) Reboot to recovery wipe cache & dalvik & fix permissions

2)Re-Activate Your Device In Settings (Settings/ Activate Device)Re

3)Flash A Rom...

4)Re- Activate Mobile Networks (Settings/More Settings/Mobile Networks/ Network Mode) Toggle CDMA Let It Reboot. Then Go Back & Select LTE/CDMA & Let it reboot.

5)Check Your APN Settings

or maybe Sprint is fixing a tower in your area
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] guyrelax:
I placed the file in the downloads folder... its not there or in the data or media folder
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Spider_Pig27:
Do you have an SD Card on Your phone? What type of recovery are you on?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] guyrelax:
I'm following the video so using the twrp and the file is on my sd
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Spider_Pig27:
Before you boot into recovery make sure you know where the file that you download is.

A) Internal SD Card

or

B) SD Card

Assuming your on a Touchwiz ROM, Go to Apps/Files & Check Where It Is (If File Isnt there try Re-Downloading It)

Then Proceed to reboot to recovery

When in TWRP about to install a .zip file make sure your in the correct directory by checking your in the correct area.

How? When you touch on the top area where it says "Storage Internal Storage" Select where your .zip is

Then just search for it

REMEMBER TO FOLLOW OP DIRECTIONS FOR FLASHING THOUGH...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slimegod:
Still no 4g. Im not the only one though. Read a few posts where people ran into a few problems with not having it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jhill110:
LJ7

I need billiards LJ7 version of Quick Return to UNROOTED STOCK WITH FLASH COUNT RESET. every place I go the link is broken or the file is no longer there. Anyone know a good link for it.. Where I can find it?

Thanks:eek:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
I might still have it. Any particular reason you want to downgrade that far?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jhill110:
Well I'm acquiring L710 GS3's and I just need an easy way to get the MSL's. As I'm sure you know the conventional methods no longer work with MD4.I've looked hi and lo for a method to get them but no go... so, LJ7 and then back to MD4 using your files.

Thanks

Ja
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Ah that makes sense.

16 gb model

http://goo.im/devs/billard412/d2spr/16gb_Sprint_GS3/LJ7_STOCK_WITH_COUNT_RESET16.zip

32 gb model

http://goo.im/devs/billard412/d2spr/32gb_Sprint_GS3/LJ7_STOCK_WITH_COUNT_RESET32gb.zip

Don't forget to factory reset first. A downgrade will bootloop if you don't.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jhill110:
Gotcha.

Thank You Professor Billard! Your a Scholar and a Gentleman... and just an all around nice guy. :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jhill110:
Greetings Billard,

I'm having issues flashing the 16 gb files (LJ7 & MD4). I get a "failed" almost immediately after swiping to flash. I factory reset, check md5, don't check md5 , wipe everything and anything. I've used the MD4 file before with no issue but now it won't flash (arrgh). Nandroids are flashing fine. The only thing I can think of any different is the TWRP recovery, I have the latest ver since the Samsung chicanery with the new S3's.

I used a newer 32 gig Ext SD and went back to my original 16... still no go. Re downloaded the files just in case... no go.

I get:

Updating partition details...

Running boot script...

Finished running boot script.

e:Unable to open zip file.

error flashing zip /external_sd/LJ7_STOCK_WITH_COUNT_RESET 16.zip

Failed

I'm all bleary eyed... Any thoughts

Stock Rooted MD4 With TWRP 2.6,
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
After attempting to flash go to cache and post the log files here
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jhill110:
OK...

Btw, Luv your new Avatar! :laugh:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
figured it suited me well lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jhill110:
Should have gotten back sooner...

Well, I upgraded TWRP through Goomanager to 2.6.3.0 and flashing zip files is back. I don't know... My first inclination is to think I was having a BF (happens quite often).. but I'm back to flashing your handy zips.

Thanks Again Billard!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bvbull200:
About to take my phone in to Sprint and read this. Almost seems too good to be true. I'm on Sprint and have the 16gb model. Really all I do is download the appropriate file and flash like I would any other zip and I'll be back to square 1?

I'll re-download the apps later and put a Titanium Backup on my SD card for later use.

Anything else to be aware of?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SGSIIIJB:
Yep thats it back to square 1!! make sure to factory reset first!...... THANK YOU BillARD!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bvbull200:
Got it.

Reboot to recovery, factory reset, then flash this zip while still in recovery, and reboot?

Thanks for the help!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
That's it and you're sprint store ready.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bvbull200:
Thanks a bunch for the help and for the wonderful tool!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jrhutchss:
I unrooted using a different method that did not reset the count. Do I need to root first and then use this method?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Rerooting is not necessary. Just flash a custom recovery using Odin then flash this in that recovery
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
This is flashed in a custom recovery, if you are unrooted with a stock recovery and Odin did not reset the flash counter then you would need to reroot and flash this. I thought a flash with an Odin file reset everything, but I may be wrong.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
No an Odin flash will not reset the count. You need this or triangle away
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Thanks, I've never worried about it before so I never looked into it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pointystar:
will this unroot the phone?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Yea, it will unroot your phone, hence the title 'unrooted'
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] koop1955:
With the option to flash additional files to keep root and recovery. See the OP.

Flash only one file, end up with stock, no root, no recovery. Flash additional files, add root and recovery.

Just clarifying what you meant, metalfan78.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pointystar:
Your ROM doesn't have APN settings.

MOD EDIT
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 1BadWolf:
Funny, I didn't have any problems with it though I did notice that the APN's were inaccessible. User error, perhaps? Did you activate your device when you set it up?

If I had a dollar for every time I said that, I'd be making money in a very weird way.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Notorious:
I guess you have no idea what you're talking about but I'll clear some stuff up

1. APNS can only be accessed by entering a dialer code and changing it from there. They're not accessible through settings like other carriers

2. Error 500 is a issue with the play store itself not the ROM

Actually contribute something to a website that is meant for developers that provide you FREE modifications to your phone instead of dissing a stock rom
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
As was said before, you cannot access the apn settings without dialer codes. Do your homework before you come in here and discredit a respected rom dev. This has worked perfect for numerous people. Please have some respect towards billard412.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Stryke_the_Orc:
Let's keep it civil in here. I have cleaned the thread of the disrespect in the last few posts. Disrespect will not be tolerated.

Thank you for your cooperation.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tpike1296:
Life saver.

Thank you so much for this. I have to have my device repaired tonight due to a charger port failure. This allows me to not have to worry about the tech noticing my phone is modded.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kaos420:
they are repairing a charger port under tep? you got lucky ususally they wont do this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] alienngp:
Well I have tried to download this everytime I try it gives me unsuccessful download maybe a d-h link or a gooim link if you could thanks in advance

---------- Post added 14th October 2013 at 12:45 AM ---------- Previous post was 13th October 2013 at 11:51 PM ----------

Nvm my bad low memory on my part lol I feel like a noob lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AlpineMan:
I tried flashing this using TWRP 2.6.3...failed. Is there an ODIN version of this that I can flash? Or perhaps I did something wrong with TWRP?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Check the md5 of the zip or redownload it. It's probably corrupt.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AlpineMan:
I checked the MD5. It matches.

---------- Post added at 03:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:28 PM ----------

I went ahead and ODIN'd to a stock rooted MD4 ROM. I installed Goo Manager and downloaded/installed TWRP 2.6.3.0. I put your stock unrooted zip file in phone's built in storage. I booted up to TWRP, wiped cache and Dalvik cache. Performed the flash... This time, it worked!

Not sure why it didn't work before. I was coming from BlazerROM 2.4. I put your zip file in external SD card though and flashed from SD card. It would just fail after a minute or two. Same MD5 sum on both cases.

Thanks.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rukin1:
thanks my brother!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] vipercoyote:
Thanks again OP life saver. I dont see why samsung hire you all nice guys
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bsaucier0810:
Glad that you got this to work :good: In the future make sure that you perform a full factory reset and wipe internal storage via settings/back up and reset/factory data reset..I don't believe it matters if it's on internal or external storage..I have flashed from both:D

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] del4:
Thanks for putting this together; needed to restore my S3 to stock for my wife to use after upgrading to a Nexus 5 and it worked like a charm!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dare599z:
Can we please get a mirror of this at a different site? I've downloaded it literally 6 times now, 4 times from the separate server mirrors listed on the download page, and the MD5 is different everytime. I've never had such issues before, and it's definitely the site.

It would really be appreciated. I'm trying to get the 16GB MD4 with counter reset.

Pictures attached.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] guitarman16:
Yeah I can't get it to download at all. I've list track of how many unsuccessful downloads I've had now. And this is on Wi-Fi
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bsaucier0810:
Try this link..it's the file for the 16gb with counter reset..

https://copy.com/L99bo

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] guitarman16:
Awesome thank you! Trying it now, will let you know how it goes.

Awesome! For those having trouble downloading, this link works.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Thank you [MENTION=4522312]bsaucier0810[/MENTION] for providing a mirror. I haven't been near a pc to respond to posts in my threads. AFH has been having issues but it's a great site I'm sure the issues are temporary. For future reference [MENTION=4035386]wwjoshdew[/MENTION] has mediafire mirrors of both MD4 zips in his how to vid. Link is at the bottom of the op.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cmyasika1:
Dumb question. Do we just flash the downloaded zip?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Yes
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dare599z:
Thanks for the mirror. The speed is also significantly faster which is great. Waiting an hour for it to download and fail, six times over, was not fun!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bsaucier0810:
Glad I could help out..that's what we're all here for :D

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] PainKiller89:
Can we flash this using odin? I am having issues transferring this big file into the phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Technically there is a way but it's a bit outdated. You'll have to roll all the way back to LJ7. I recommend finding a way to get the zip on your phone first but if it's really not an option then here ya go

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2017470
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lordnykon21:
So, this only needs to be flashed? I have twrp installed, I just go in, find the zip, flash, and I'm back to unrooted, stock 4.1.2?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
That's it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lordnykon21:
Do I need to wipe cache, dalvik, and system?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pharmdeon:
yes ... it works great!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
As stated in the op wipe data/factory reset
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lordnykon21:
Used it, worked like a champ!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] killerhz:
what one do i flash?? the Md4 or the MB1??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
md4 is the latest
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bsaucier0810:
Which ever one u want MD4 is the newest modem and system so I'd do that one..just mqke sure you get the right size 16gb or 32gb...but I did just get the 4.3 update just haven't taken it bcuz it can't be rooted...yet:)

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] killerhz:
yeah cool. taking over an hour for this dload :( but gives me time to get back up media and ****... time to refresh the system and do the 4.3 for a few.

wish there were mirrors for this 16GB grab lol

thanks to all who answered my question :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bsaucier0810:
I posted a mirror a few posts back for the 16gb MD4 ...I stand corrected..

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kaos420:
wait cnexus will have modem up by night fall. and possibly a rom tomorrow. wait guys.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] killerhz:
:highfive: you both win... the dload failed and well, i have faith in cnex will wait but i am desperate lol... :cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
going to 4.3 wont leave u stuck there. If you want to revert just flash a recovery in odin and flash a zip from the op.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bsaucier0810:
Yes but will flashing a custom recovery in Odin while on 4.3 trip Knox?

On another note, will you be working on MK3 unroot zip once bootloader and what not is solved?

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
I don't think knox works like that in the s3. It didn't on the note 2 anyway. I rolled back with no evidence of modification. And yes I will
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bsaucier0810:
I swear the more I read about Knox the less I understand..thanks man! It seems like this restore method has turned out to be much more than a handy warranty fixer upper/unbricker..

props to [MENTION=4428718]billard412[/MENTION]

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
I should elaborate more on what I mean. I assume the Knox stuff u were reading was in regards to phones like the s4 and note 3 which supposedly use an e-fuse to break the warranty with knox. With phones like the s3 and note 2 how can they implement that if we don't have the hardware (e-fuse) capable of blowing? I think knox for us is nothing more than a few apps and a bootloader that puts up with less **** than before. Other than that I wouldn't worry about Knox it doesn't seem to be a huge threat to us, at least not right now (I hope)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jhill110:
Great info on this subject .

I'm well out of warranty so it doesn't matter much for me but, this deal about tripping the bit... Will that be a non-issue after flashing back to stock for those with concerns about warranty?

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
I believe so. That's how it worked with my gn2. I will hopefully get my s3 on the ota later today and will confirm everything.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
The thing with the N2 is that I'm pretty sure it was just a mistake they made...people have already tried to flash the md4 aboot while on MK3 and it has failed every time in Odin.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
I'm sure it did. Rolling backwards with firmware using odin hasnt worked on the gn2 for awhile. I'm not surprised they finally are doing the same with the s3. I was just saying that my zips still work just fine rolling backwards on the n2 (even after upgrading to mk4) so I see no reason why they wouldn't work the same with the s3 as well. Like I said I haven't attempted it yet on the s3 tho so it's really just wishful thinking until I get a confirmation.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] t1nk:
Well if this works then this will be good news.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] counterfeit187:
Darn, someone pointed me to this thread saying that I could use it to go back after updating to 4.3, but it looks like nobody has actually tried it and reported having success. I might be the guinea pig.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lespaulman67:
Can I use Odin to do this method of going to stock. Will the counter reset work with Odin installing the file. The MD4 WITH COUNTER .ZIP

I Tried to do like the video using Goo manager and it still doesn't download. gave me error like 401 error. Its been that way for long time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] counterfeit187:
This method doesn't change the bootloader? I was hoping to get back to the one in MD4, after having screwed up and taken the MK3 update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] counterfeit187:
do not try after getting the MK3 update. I have a hard brick :(

even the funky unbrick SD card won't work after trying this. I was using TWRP and everything flashed, it said resetting count. then tried to reboot system and now I have an expensive piece of plastic..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rotorrocket:
booted into recovery. Update from external storage - E: signature verification Failed :confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kaos420:
man you have had bad luck paast few days bud.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
I'm sorry to hear this. I hope your able to revive it using the unbrick method in the q+a. I never would've thought I'd be eating those words from yesterday. I wonder what they changed that causes my zip to hard brick you now :'( . I guess I need to update my op. I will look into the differences and see if there's any hope of this happening on MK3. Again sorry about your phone man but thanks for taking that plunge and saving a few phones.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] counterfeit187:
The debrick SD card trick didn't work. I tried that before posting. I guess it must have been a knox issue or something. Total brick, no download mode even with the SD card trick. Just dropped it at a sprint store and watched a confused tech plug it in and try stuff to no avail. Going to charge me $75 if they can fix it, or I think he said would also be $75 to replace. I hope that your zip worked enough that if they do get into it somehow they won't be able to tell that I tried any of this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Trust me if it's hard bricked the sprint tech ain't seeing anything. I'm trying to determine what Samsung changes to cause a brick like this. I think it goes a little further than just a new bootloader. Something big has to be getting changed like the partition mapping or something. I'm looking into it now. I'm intrigued by this seeing as how nothing this big changed in the n2 update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] counterfeit187:
Getting a replacement, but they are on back order.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bsaucier0810:
Damn I was hoping I was wrong when billard412 had said it would work..and I don't think you need to worry about sprint techs as they have no clue on bringing back hard bricks..

[MENTION=4428718]billard412[/MENTION] hope u can get a working zip up and running..This was so convenient before the much anticipated and now dreaded 4.3 update. Good luck man. I have a spare s3 to test with just pm me when you feel like it's ready to go

:good:

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Acedooncoon:
Ok..so I was pointed to this post from some...my only question is...the file that I downloaed for the 16gb model...just has to be flashed and thats it? or am i going thru Odin to preform this?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bsaucier0810:
What are u on right now? Md4? Because coming from Mk3 will not work...

If you are on Md4 or earlier then the answer to your question is yes..just flash in CWM or TWRP...b4 flashing perform a full system wipe..then in recovery wipe data/cache/dalvik..I wipe them all twice..idk just habit..I store the zip on my external sd bcuz I wipe everything out of internal sd..make yourself some backups then flash away

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Acedooncoon:
Its for my friend...she is on the first version when the GS3 shipped...which is LI3 (4.0.4)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bsaucier0810:
Flashing either MD4 or MB1 will upgrade from 4.0.4 to the newer firmware..Mk3 aka 4.3 will provide excellent foundation for your home as it will brick:)

Note please know I was jk..do not use a phone for your foundation...lol

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Acedooncoon:
lmaooo....Im aware of the MK3...I see someone on here bricked their phone....Ive seen other flashable zip that wouldnt allow me to flash anything.....I think Freeza had it on his post somewhere...I will try to flash this later on tonight for her...hopfully evrything goes well..