yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] Rebellos:
Nope, people in some divisions of Samsung are retarded brain deads, what they had proven many times. This leaked image doesn't appear to be nothing more but S-Boot with implemented equivalent of u-boot's "fuse" function.

@OP

Could you add this warning to the post?

Resistor has to be shorted very carefully, avoiding touching any other parts at all cost. If you short too many things together - possibility of frying some component of your I9300 rises drastically.
[Galaxy S III General] Net.silb:
Thanks, added.

BTW: Have you tried booting your phone into SD Card mode again yet?
[Galaxy S III General] mean-machine:
Went to my mate and created the bootcard as described. Unfortunately, I get this after shorting the resistance... I'm using a battery as a power source and a generic JIG bought on eBay for £0.99

Do you guys think it does require proper JIG or there's something wrong with the card I have created (even though I have followed the procedure step by step)?
[Galaxy S III General] Net.silb:
I'll be honest and tell you I have no clue...

You managed to get it into SD Card mode which is a significant step.

Hopefully Rebellos and the others can help you.
[Galaxy S III General] mean-machine:
I personally think this is as far as I can get using a generic rather than Anyway JIG. It does work. I am using sharp ended tweezers and I get sdcard mode 95% of time, unfortunately no luck with flashing... I'm wondering whether the other image would work...
[Galaxy S III General] E:V:A:
I think you got all you need there. (I.e. nothing wrong with JIG or card.)

BUT it seem that whatever you have on your card is not right.

I bet that the "boot-image" you're trying to use is one or more of the following:

1) wrong filename

2) of the wrong format

3) with wrong check sums (if any??)

4) Is not properly signed (if needed).
[Galaxy S III General] mean-machine:
I've used the file downloaded from here. The card after the procedure is in RAW so there is no data visible at all which seems fine as it was the case when I was doing backups on HTC Tornado 5 years back. The only difference between mine and my friend's phone is that mine is UK unlocked and his is UK Vodafone. I have possible access to another UK unlocked phone. Might as well try another card (32GB), I've used 2GB one now.
[Galaxy S III General] AbuYahya:
please clarify if the file in OP: GT-I9300_Boot_Recovery.tar

can be used in Odin with phone in Recovery mode

for suspected bootloader problem.

the tar file contain the sboot.bin

thanks
[Galaxy S III General] E:V:A:
I don't know why you repeat your self. In addition your comment is both confusing and wrong. You don't need an Anyway Jig.
[Galaxy S III General] sema2283:
Please can you explain me me how i can repear without Anyway Jig?

All the time i have error

SDCARD DOWNLOAD FAILED

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] Odia:
Use a branded uSDCARD <= 2Gb.
[Galaxy S III General] b-eock:
Less than or more than 2GB? I can't find the 2gig ones
[Galaxy S III General] radar9:
T-999 brick. Real brick

I have flashed ROMs for years now. Finally decided to Root/Flash my GS3 T999 yesterday. I was going to use either Liquid Smooth ot Frosty ROM. While looking at my FAcebook page, I saw a post from Android Revolution that he released a Jelly Bean ROM for GS3. I have been using ARHD Roms this past year on my Sensation so I decided to use his. This was the first flash I have done in months. I wasnt paying attention because I was trying to work and root at same time. BAD DECISION.

I ended up flashing a GS3 rom but not one for T999 version. I actually flashed the rom for the I9300 version. So now I can't get phone to do anything but sit there and look pretty. No boot up. No download mode. Nothing. Doesn't even register when plugged in to charge. She is bricked. I may have to try this process posted. If anyone has done this successfully, let me know. I know about sending it to mobilephone guys. If these procedures work, I will give it a shot. PM me or shoot me an email at jradar9@gmail.com if you have any suggestions.

Thanks for everything you all do!!!
[Galaxy S III General] 1jz68u:
Hi Guys, i have managed to brick my phone somehow and will give this a go.

A bit of history of the phone, it had a custom ROM with root, working fine on the ROM for over a month, 5 days ago i replaced the screen, all working fine. Last night it was on around 9% battery then switched off, i have not been able to restart the phone, no download mode, no recovery, no LED when charging. I have tried using a different battery, leaving battery out then putting in again, using different charger.

Therefore i believe the phone is Hard Bricked, I took it to a phone repair store they told me the symptoms indicate a stuffed motherboard, they are unable to source them.

I have ordered a JIG off ebay and will try this method before resorting to sending back to samsung.

My question at this stage is with copying the image to the SD card can someone please give me a step by step process? i do not have a linux machine so how would i copy the downloaded files from here to the SD so that the phone will be able to read them?

thanks

Glenn
[Galaxy S III General] AbuYahya:
You can get an SD card reader for computer.

Or if you have another working phone with SD slot then might be an alternative to get the files onto it

Can use a live CD/USB. Most linux distros have them. That way don't need to install linux.
[Galaxy S III General] 1jz68u:
i have an SD card reader for my windows pc, sorry i may have worded my question badly.

I will download the file from the first post,

my question is what program do i use to write the files to the SD card so they are in the correct format?

or can i just move them using the normal windows file manager?
[Galaxy S III General] anita_russell:
Download Mode is as far as I get!

So...I flashed bad firmware (I think). Whatever I did, I get nothing on my screen with power button, 3 button methods, etc. I took my battery out and plugged into my computer, and got the QHSUSB_DLOAD in my device manager. Went and found the drivers, and now it shows up as QualcommHS-USB QDLoader9008. Odin, Kies, and Samsung SG3 QCom Toolkit all recognize the device as being in download mode, but nothing will download. When I use the firmware Upgrade Tool from Samsung I see on the bottom of the window (when its supposed to start downloading) "GetProcAddress Loading OK!" on the left and the COM Port number on the right. I was able to create a bootable SD card using Linux...tried the Anyway jig, but the first post says I shouldn't need it. I also read on here somewhere that if the phone goes into DL mode I should be able to flash new firmware from that point. What am I missing???
[Galaxy S III General] AbuYahya:
If the screen is always blank but leds work could be screen hardware problem.

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I don't think that will work.

use a live linux CD/USB.
[Galaxy S III General] sebabux:
Hi did someone was able to load the sd card into the broken phone using the shortcut.

I have a pit partion error I not able to upload anything to my phone not even re partion it with the mx file.

I open to any ideas since I tryed them all. I downloaded sever stock firmwares with 3 files and no luck,

So if someone has any ideas please let me know my phone is a SG3 from Claro Uruguay and it had a custom firmware base on this rom

I9300XXBLH1_I9300PHEBLH1_PHE

thanks
[Galaxy S III General] tryerxda:
Hi guys.

Just got a replacement i9300 carrier free 16GB (previous one suffered from a burnt out MB)

It's factory fresh, just out the box. Want me to pull out any files/backups/etc from it?

If there is anyone here with a JIG box, willing to donate an unbrick session, I might even be able to purposely hard brick my device in a couple of weeks to try this out. See if we can't get this ball rolling!

Cheers
[Galaxy S III General] NeoBlade:
If you could pull the bootloader from it and upload it that would be great. Hopefully it can be cloned to another SDCard so people won't require a second SGS3 to attempt the repair.
[Galaxy S III General] sebabux:
Hi did someone has tryed this, I spoke with the people from http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/

They were kind enought to tryed to help but the told that the solution that is posted here is just to get the phone in download mode wich in my case I can but the darn thing is not taking the pit partion, any ideas on how to take out the pit file from the phone? To see how it is broken and fixed also it is possibe to re´partion by using commands such in this case

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1661590&page=140

I'm desperate since my phone is showing custom and the waranty will not take and the samsung service wants to change the main board.

Here is the video of the JTAG it looks sweet.

Thanks for you help guys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnA8Djs55Ds
[Galaxy S III General] NeoBlade:
If you can get into Download mode then that's good progress! Have you tried using this PIT file? I have attached a zip file with 2x .PIT files inside...

- mx.pit

- GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit

Try it with the mx.pit file first and see how you get on. I found these files after searching on XDA but I can't remember specifically which thread it was on. I have three of those GT-I9300_mx pit files but the one I have uploaded is the latest. Let us know how you get on!

Disclaimer: Of course flash at your own discretion! Don't blame me if things go wrong as this is pretty low level stuff we're dealing with here!
[Galaxy S III General] sebabux:
Hi Friend, I tried flashing the pit partion you sent but I keep getting the same Re/ partition operation failed message it seems as if im not able to wirte anything on the phone, is there anything else you can advice me to do ?, thanks in advanced
[Galaxy S III General] tryerxda:
Hi Neoblade, did you get my PM?

Anything else you need?
[Galaxy S III General] luige007:
Does anyone if this method will work for a hardbricked SGH T999 model?
[Galaxy S III General] kondronaute:
nice thread ;)

is there a recovery for SII = GT-I9100_Boot_Recovery.tar

thanks
[Galaxy S III General] ShazzyK-IDEOS:
Can this be done for the Samsung Galaxy S3 Us Cellular variant? SCH-R530? If so can anyone please share the bootloader for the variant, please.

I haven't tried the jig, but all the other symptoms such as dead screen,functionless buttons and all are there, so I think it is Hard Bricked. It's really weird what happened, I rooted my S3, it was working perfectly, then I unlocked the bootloader, it was perfectly fine even after that, then using ROM Manager I installed clockwork recovery mod, it was was working great. Then, I deleted my android market using ES File Explorer, and the guide for replacing the market told me to look for Vending.apk and then delete it, I looked but couldn't find it, so I 100% remember I tapped the search button in ES File Explorer and searched for Vending.apk, then suddenly a window poped up with names of files flashing but it didn't say searching or anything just three dots (...) and under there were two options YES and NO. I pressed No, it closed and then popped up again so this time I pressed Yes. then the names of files kept flashing and then it finished but didn't give me any search result, But my Phone memory was showing Empty, only the sd card folder was there and nothing else o.O so I closed the app and opened it again, still the phone memory was empty, I was weirded out, so I restarted the phone and then, it never started :'( I don't know what happened.
[Galaxy S III General] quintinliono:
Hello,

Is there any way I can do this without opening my Phone ? If it doensn't work, I still want to send it to a reparation centre, and when they see I opened my phone, I guess the price will be higher.

With kind regards, :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General] T Greezy:
Can this work with a verizon GS3 SCH01535?

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I mean SCH-1535
[Galaxy S III General] pedenspeed:
I have this same question, will this method also work on the verizon version of the gs3 with a different sd-card file? If so can anyone upload the files needed?
[Galaxy S III General] tryerxda:
Hi everyone.

Has there been any advances on this?

Is there anyone reading this thread who has a JTAG box? If so, could you donate a couple of "Unbrick" sessions?

I would love to test out this method, by bricking my phone, although it would be nice to have a safety net in case it doesnt work

Cheers
[Galaxy S III General] pedenspeed:
Friendly bump

Bump
[Galaxy S III General] b-eock:
Bumping isn't allowed
[Galaxy S III General] tapsta:
I too mistakenly flashed the wrong rom onto my phone. Was following a "noob friendly" guide for CM10. Long story short, failed to notice that it was for the Verizon version of the S3 while I have the T-Mobile version, T999v. (I'm actually with Wind Mobile). I unlocked and probably flashed the bootloader too. (I know its unlocked for sure).

Long story short, my phone is unresponsive except for when the power is plugged in, no battery, will the led indicator flash a few times.

Can anyone verify if this will work for the T999v model? I'm worried that the i9300 files won't be compatible with my T999v.

Is there a way I can extra the bootloader off of a working T999v?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] scsjc:
Galaxy siii gt i-9300 hardbricked --- attemtp to repair with sdcard mode

GALAXY SIII GT I-9300 HARDBRICKED --- ATTEMTP TO REPAIR WITH SDCARD MODE

Please i need help help help!!!....i have my beautiful S3 I9300 like a PEBBLE.....

i don't know because i follow the steps to program with SDCARD mode,

The first time used the resutl are:

screen:

-------------------------

SDCARD MODE

COPY BINARY FROM SDCARD

COPY BINARY TO EMMC

SDCARD DOWNLOAD FAILED.

-------------------------

but now ...

all times ATEMPT.... have a result:

screen:

-------------------------

SDCARD MODE

COPY BINARY FROM SDCARD

COPY BINARY TO EMMC

-------------------------

and nothing else.....

PLEASE I NEED HELP!!!

THANKS TO ALL PEOPLE
[Galaxy S III General] Rob2222:
I assume the USB JIG is needed for bringing the bootloader that got loaded from the micro-SD card direct into download mode?

Can someone confirm that?

Would it maybe be possible to flash a complete firmware to the micro-SD card and boot that firmware from the micro-SD card?

If yes this could be helpful for the diagnosis of the S3 sudden death problem, where I assume the memory is broken.

BR

Rob
[Galaxy S III General] tryerxda:
Could you try to re-prepare your SD card, and try again?

This is just to see if the first boot to SD card mode altered the data on the card, hence giving you a different menu.

Cheers
[Galaxy S III General] Jameso0w:
My phone got bricked after doing an official update. A few days later it just freezed, I pulled the battery off and put it back in. Now everytime I try to boot up my phone (i9300) I can't get past the first screen with white letters. I can go into the download mode however! But not in recovery.

I sent it to samsung, but they said that I voided my warranty and they would only fix it if I would pay them to fix my screen as well (that's €220!!). They said that I my warranty was void as soon as I dropped the phone and broke the screen :(

So now I'm litterally trying everything to fix this damn phone, I don't want to pay €220 just to get it working.

This is what I get in download mode:

PRODUCT NAME: [BLANK]

CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: No

CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official

SYSTEM STATUS: Custom

When I try to flash with different PIT files, I get "repartition failed" error .. Any progress on fixing this issue ??
[Galaxy S III General] scsjc:
I tried, but don't have a results.

Some body know all correct steps?
[Galaxy S III General] UncleBeer:
Hey James: Don't know if this is correct or not, but I've read that in the EU, rooting and flashing don't void your warranty. Not sure I believe it entirely, but here's a thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1998801#
[Galaxy S III General] PjotrFias:
That's true, but he had cracked screen.
[Galaxy S III General] Jameso0w:
Yea man, thanks for the reply. But as the other guy said, I broke my screen so that's something else.

I decided to pay them anyway, just so that it's perfect and ready to go. I could bring it somewhere else or try to make it myself, but I don't want my warranty to be void at all (they said if I paid them the €220,- the warranty would remain intact).
[Galaxy S III General] mphoneclinic:
More infor about this GS3 Bricked

Hi Guys,

i need more input here to revive this GS3.

this is so far i can go.

1 - USB JIG ---> i used normal USB CABLE Modified with 301K resistor, connected to Pin 4 and 5 (picture attached)

2 - Short the resister R313 --> by using small wires long enough away from the pcb, soldered to both ends with the power button (dome switch) easy to connect (press) when requires.

3 - FAILED at SDCARD DOWNLOAD FAILED. ----> Don't know from here on.

i have follow the instruction correctly to flash bootloader using Odin with a working GS3.

so, what is really flash to SD card? can anyone confirm? PC can't see any thing..... i used exactly 2GB Micro SD.

Thanks

Mphoneclinic
[Galaxy S III General] scsjc:
all time DOWNLOAD FAILED

hi guys,

someone has been recovered with this method???

someone can upload new file. bin (gt-i9300)

because I've tried. Rebellos bin and not working. all the time tells me DOWNLOAD FAILED (or nothing)

thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] hborder:
Can someone help me with this? I cant get the unbrick file to dd to the card. Im useing Ubuntu on my laptop, no virtual box. It keeps saying that it cant find the file. Anyone have any suggestions?
[Galaxy S III General] scsjc:
Is easy, you can put the bin file on your desktop, and you can change from directory with...

CD Desktop

But the problem is don't work with file the phone star from sdcard but don't copy emmc....

Good luck

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Some body can upload a:

new ahead bin file working?
[Galaxy S III General] Rebellos:
Sorry got you guys waiting.

There's full dump of 4GB card, first completely cleaned, and then flashed with unbricking S-Boot.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/32145655/unbrick_sd_4g_dump.tgz

(Beware, file inside archive is 4GB big, but should be okay to put it on 2GB card or bigger too, as there seems to be no data after first 800kBs)

I hope it works now. If it doesn't - maybe there's problem with your internal memory.
[Galaxy S III General] scsjc:
Thanks a lot, I test the file next week because I out from my home. Really thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] tbudicin:
does anyone have the document for note 2 n7100?

rgds
[Galaxy S III General] GavinZac:
A tech supposedly tried this method for me today. He says it failed. He says "it got to 99% and then failed". Does anyone have any idea why this would fail in such a manner?
[Galaxy S III General] dvdaio:
please we need to know the trick any video to know bossssss

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Sorry got you guys waiting.

There's full dump of 4GB card, first completely cleaned, and then flashed with unbricking S-Boot.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/32145655/un...sd_4g_dump.tgz

(Beware, file inside archive is 4GB big, but should be okay to put it on 2GB card or bigger too, as there seems to be no data after first 800kBs)

I hope it works now. If it doesn't - maybe there's problem with your internal memory.

how to write this file on to memory card ]
[Galaxy S III General] eivelice:
question, can i use 330k on making the jig?

and if i have jig, do i still need to short the small resistor inside?

and do i really need a working s3 to make the sdcard or can i make it from the .bin that was uploaded using linux?

sorry, kinda noob on s3.. thanks:o
[Galaxy S III General] christop911:
hi ibrick my SGH-T999 and is very interested use this guide for fix

but i need or someione know were i can find the ((Boot_Recovery.tar)) for the tmobile usa galaxy s 3????

if someone know please tell me!!!!

thanks in advance
[Galaxy S III General] ZiDanRO:
Nice work but it is a problem with the arhive. When I am trying to unzip, it has only 315-316MB.

I am trying to create this SDCard to test if it works on I9300 with no PIT partition.

Anyone had succeded to extract the file and to have 4gb file?
[Galaxy S III General] dvdaio:
hhhhhhhhhhhhh

how to write this file
[Galaxy S III General] halogen_guy:
It's fine.

It's fine. He said it should fit in a 2GB card so it has to have less than 2GB.

Let us know if it works on your phone.
[Galaxy S III General] Houyo:
Going to have a play around with it myself. Got a bricked S3 to test it on so will post when I have given it a go.

Thankyou for the share.
[Galaxy S III General] ZiDanRO:
No it is not fine, becouse if you have 4gb file in one arhive and after extract you get only 315MB, then you have a corupted file.

So we need a good arhive fist, even though you need maybe 1MB from that SDCard
[Galaxy S III General] Gadgetman99:
Any progress yet

I have a GT-I9300 with no pit partition issue. Has anyone gotten the SD card image on this forum to work? I have no access to another GT-I9300, so this would be extremely helpful.
[Galaxy S III General] TONY6669:
Un brick samsung s3

it is very hard to do without the right stuff i have bricked my samsung s3 twice but i found a guy that will un brick it for 35.00 shipping included less than a week turn around i will post his e-bay link ...this guy is great and does great work i will never go any place else it is worth it to not risk messing it up on your own so hope this helps someone like it helped me thanks and good luck this guy is great and does great work at a great price !!!!!!!!

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[Galaxy S III General] adika9:
hi,would this method apply to i747m in any way?i have my phone hardbricked and i wanna try something but dont wanna fry it :)

and were do i find a bootloader img for i747m

thanks
[Galaxy S III General] LifeVIBE:
I just tried

Hello. I've tried this procedement but not answer gave by the phone.. I think the explanation of the steps are really clear, until we get to step #15.

"Connect the PBA with Anyway JIG and power supply, with the POWER OFF.

Use 11pin cable to supply power to the PBA. "

I tried with the battery directly attached and nothing.... someone with an advice here?

And I tried with and without the jtag homemade, but didn't work either..:eek:
[Galaxy S III General] alb010:
anyway usage

hi Friends, dose any one have an info how to set the Anyway JIG for this boot repair
[Galaxy S III General] goryiri:
HardBricked

Hello,

I have hardbricked my i747m and i want to follow this procedure in order to bring it back to life, but which in the world is resistor 313 (R313) on i747m PBA. I find this PBA slightly different from the one in the guide...

Please help me!!!!
[Galaxy S III General] enelyam:
Dude, you guys with T999 and i747 phones are not reading the thread. This for the moment is exclusively for the i9300 version of the GS3. T999s and i747s are Qualcomm versions which makes it very different than the i9300. Please stop asking for the other variants until youre informed that theres a solution for those models. In fact, the way i see it this is not 100 percent done for the i9300. I mean is not perfect yet...

I9300: Exynos quad core version

I747 or T999: Qualcomm dual core

Totally different phones
[Galaxy S III General] wangdaning:
Anyone know the difference between the Samsung Anyway jig s101 and s102?
[Galaxy S III General] noviardi:
How sir can you tell the procedures to restore the dumd to sd card? sorry i'm completely newbie
[Galaxy S III General] Thadd Valeika:
What does PBA mean and what do you mean when you say place the SD card in the defective PBA? Oh and im hard bricked right now. should this method still work or do you do this to your device just in case you hard brick?