[Galaxy S III General] byron-salahuddin:
SCH-R530U

I have a

Galaxy S3 SCH-R530U (US CELLULAR) (16 GB White GSM/CDMA)

It's hard bricked after using that stupid EZ Unlock package lol... but yeah, here's what I understand:

1. I need a normal Galaxy S3 SCH-R530U and of course my hard bricked Galaxy S3 SCH-R530U. (I don't have a normal one. Advice please?)

2. I need the boot loader files from a normal SCH-R530U and copy those files to my phone using Odin and GT-I9300_Boot_Recovery.tar (Will this tar file work or do I need SCH-R530U_Boot_Recovery.tar ; if that file exists I mean?)

3. Use Odin (T-Flash Checked) and GT-I9300_Boot_Recovery.tar (??? SCH-R530U_Boot_Recovery.tar??) again to copy boot-loader from normal phone to SD Card still in normal phone.

4. Disassemble my hard-bricked galaxy Galaxy S3 SCH-R530U with the LCD still attached and connect my Samsung Jig (I ordered one from Ebay) and connect the Jig to the PBA (What does PBA stand for? It's basically the logic board right?)

5. Put SD Card into hard-bricked Galaxy S3 SCH-R530U -- Jig is connected from previous step and battery power is off.

6. Take tweezers (I hope any type would work?) and go to the part of the board shown in the pdf (hoping that Galaxy S3 SCH-R530U is the same as the board in the pdf -- Could anyone confirm that?)

7. I don't understand what Short R313 resistance is but the overall concept that I understand is when that tweezer touches that part of the circuit we short the resistance(whatever that means?).

8. Turn on PBA (Press the power button I think?) with the tweezers still touching the part of the board mentioned in step 5. for 3 to 6 then take the tweezers off of the board.

9. Then after 5 more seconds the LCD should say that the phone is in SD card mode and it will copy the good boot-loader files from the SD Card to the boot-loader on the hard bricked Galaxy S3.

**** RECAP: Basically this is the idea (Hope I'm somewhat right). The tweezers along with the Jig we attached before creates the conditions for the Hard Bricked SCH-R530U galaxy S3 to enter SD Card mode where it reads the SD card and finds the boot-loader files copied by Odin. The hard bricked phone copies those files to its own boot-loader and that brings the hard bricked phone back to life!!

10. Now we can enter download mode and use Odin to flash stock firmware files and be back to normal again.

I know this post is pretty verbose but I'm trying to be clear before I start it on my own phone. For those who read the steps and the questions embedded in them, thank you so much and please share your knowledge with me. I am no where close to your level of wisdom and experience so any help is greatly appreciated.

Summing up my questions:

a. Can I use the files (i.e. GT-I9300_Boot_Recovery.tar ) posted before for my Galaxy S3 SCH-R530U? If not where can I find the right files?

b. Where can I find proper boot-loader files for my Galaxy S3 SCH-R530U since I don't have a proper Galaxy S3 to copy the boot-loader files from?

c. Will the tweezers step work on Galaxy S3 SCH-R530U? I'm afraid the circuit board might be different. I don't want to go poking around on this board.

d. Is there any error in my above mentioned method?

Thanks again