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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
I feel you pain man. We all have days...

Yes you can flash TWRP in Odin. Goto link.in my Sig and download one with the .tar extension.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] TheLastSidekick:
I'd still say do what Doc says, he's the pro on this matter. Maybe recover your stuff but if T-Mobile says you're going to get a replacement, you're more than likely going to get an SGH-T999L.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] scifan:
So... did you try flashing a new copy of TWRP via Odin - you should still be able to get into download mode right?

Also... Breath... take a few minutes away from it... drink a soda or water or whatever and try and get a fresh perspective on things...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] TheLastSidekick:
He's right. Leave your phone alone if time permits, watch TV for a bit, get a drink, come back to it. While you're doing this, you may hatch another idea, or it may just magically fix itself, weirder things have happened.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] scifan:
Too many times I've kept pushing forwards on something and not thought of a possible solution and fubared something way worse because I was trying everything without thinking through what might happen as a result...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kingston73:
No, I hear what you are saying and I really have tried everything I could think of. No idea what happened but the phone seems truly gone. It will go into download mode but will not do anything else. I tried twrp with odin, I tried the stock md5 recovery with odin, and I even tried Kies and none of it works. The only reasonable explanation I found online is one post which said it's possible there was a short in the phone's hardware and the memory is gone.

I have a new phone on the way from Tmo, supposedly it's delivered tomorrow so I'm 2 days without a phone.

Do any of you have experience with Tmo warranty exchanges? Is there any way they will be able to see that any changes to the phone and deny warranty replacement?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] TheLastSidekick:
I don't personally have experience with any of that...but if you're paying for insurance through the premium handset protection plan I believe they don't really care. I've seen others get away with this. But I guess someone could wake up on the wrong side of the bed and make a big deal about it.

In that case, I would probably dump the phone in water or damage it severely so that it never turned on again. But do this when sure and positive the phone will never work, and that they won't replace it if you've rooted. They wouldn't even waste their time. But I haven't read terms of service in a while. You may wanna check what they constitute fraud. Don't want to be a felon. And make sure they cover water damage if you're going to do that. They should but I can't remember.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Insurance claims = do whatever you want to it!

Warranty = only if never rooted, flash counter at zero.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kingston73:
Well, they didn't ask me anything about the phone other than is the screen scratched and does it have water damage, so I didn't actuallly lie to them about anything. If they make me pay for the phone I'd have to anyhow since I don't have any backup phones, I'll just cross my fingers.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ndwgs:
Just a thought...

I think I had a similar experience, but with LJC. What I actually did was, trying to go back LJA, and it wouldnt go past boot into recovery. If you can still manage to get into bootloader mode, Do, and let the phone sit. At that time, I was tired, I let it sit on download/bootload mode, overnight.

Later that day, I redownloaded the links, including the original stock root66. Re-plugged my usb, loaded the Stock image, and I left it (untick the RESTART). Came back hour later and it said in Odin, it passed, and so I took out the battery while plugged, reinsert, and powered on. Be patient about it, after so many minutes, it booted.

The downside is, the previous system image you had is not wiped, so you will get a ton of FC's. That's ok, because now you can go back into recovery by the "three button method"
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kingston73:
I tried this afteri read you post and it worked! No clue what was wrong but I have a working phone again. Than you all who posted help, I rally appreciate it.:good:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] TheLastSidekick:
Good work my dude!

Glad you're up and running, make sure you back up your important files just in case!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] anil2653:
Good

Now your mobile is working

It's really nice to know
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ohshootrawr:
lol thanks to whoever got that problem before I did, managed to solve the problem without asking for help :) love you xda <3
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ramzy101:
Mine keeps saying no service insert SIM card?!?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
umm, ok, what was the last thing you did to the device? Did this happen after flashing this firmware? If so, which version?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] RoxAbout:
Hey Doc Was looking for the recovery tools TWRP Recovery 2.3.1.0 & CWM Touch Recovery 6.0.1.2 & CWM Non-Touch Recovery 6.0.1.2

in the op post but the links are down? file not found....

Thought you'd like to know
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
just get em from my sig for now.

thanks though!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Exel:
[MENTION=4081205]DocHoliday77[/MENTION], hey bud.

Wondering if you got my PM. :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] 4Orr:
Hey Doc,

I sent you an urgent PM. I'm stuck without an IME

Please help!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
just got back from taking my daughter over to her mom. ill hit my PMs in just a couple of min.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] calexchelse:
Take your time doc. I'm not flashing anything by Odin or otherwise until you confirm it is safe. My phone has been in your hands since I rooted. And I trust your judgment more than anyone else's here on xda (TLS would be next in line). Thank you for all your hard work.

TW 4.3 WITH A TOUCH OF KITT KATT
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bbrennan:
I am on a 747 and Ill agree with this statement
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nirogu325:
After I ODIN'ed official 4.3, and then got back to 4.1.2 (via nandroid), modem MD5 no longer works. No signal nor baseband until I flash MJC modem. Just saying.

Sent from my SGH-T999
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] anil2653:
That means after flashing to this Samsung official updates we cant go to earlier rom / downgrade the firmware.

Everyone has to be thing many times before flashing this.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] scifan:
Out of curiosity, does the MJ4 modem work?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] calexchelse:
Very well they been out for weeks

TW 4.3 WITH A TOUCH OF KITT KATT
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] scifan:
I was meaning after flashing the release/ota version... above he was saying the md5 modem didn't work... was curious if the leaked lj4 modem still worked under that situation...

(I've found that to give me the best performance thus far in my area...)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
obviously i cant test it, but both modems worked on both leaked builds. so i see no reason the MJ4 leaked modem wouldnt work on the official build too.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nirogu325:
As I said I went this way (full-wiping as always, not a newbie on this):

ODIN official 4.3 firmware > Forgot how ugly TW is > ODIN'd TWRP 2.6.3.0> Went to TWRP > Wiped everything twice (yes, even the Internal SDcard, just being extra safe) > Restored my trusty 4.1.2 nandroid (AOSP themed) > began testing earlier 4.1.2 modems which worked before > didn't work even if I redownloaded them twice. Oh and MJ4 for some reason didn't work. All of them reported Unknown Baseband. The only modem that works for me in 4.1.2 (after ODIN'ing 4.3's firmware which includes its newer bootloaders and such) is MJC, the official 4.3 modem.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
odd that mj4 modem doesnt work. But expected that you cant use earlier ones.

nandroids only backup system, dats, kernel and modem. so after restoring you will still be on the MJC firmware, just with a 4.1.2 rom running on top of it.

aboot, sbl2, sbl3, rpm, tz partitions will still be from the MJC build.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nirogu325:
I wasn't expecting that to be honest, so I agree. I suspect there are major overhauls in those partitions.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] googlephone:
I think he was asking if MJ4 modem is working on the 4.1.2 rom.

Nigogu325 flashed back to 4.1.2 but the original 4.1.2 MD5 modem was not working so he used the MJC modem.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
in my exoerience, both 4.3 modems worked fine on any build. but on a 4.3 rom or firmware, nothing but the two modems would work.

beyond that i dont know as i cannot test it myself to see why mj4 isnt working.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] RoxAbout:
>>>just curious would "super wipe" apk work to clear those partions properly?

??
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
If you are referring to the ones I listed as still MJC (aboot, sbl2, etc) you absolutely do not want to touch those! They should only be accessed when flashing firmware.

As for superwipe in general, I never recommend it. Too many have ended up witth major problems. With or without it, you should NEVER manually wipe the system partition! It gets wiped at the time of a rom flash anyway. But I've seen quite a few people wipe system, then something went wrong and they couldn't flash via recovery or odin. Since they wiped system, they now had no OS to boot up, making the device useless. Its fixable most times but I've seen people working at it over a week before!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] RoxAbout:
I am deleteing these files! Thanks for the heads up warning!

:good:

Files = superwipe.apk
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Brusington:
Would there be any particular reason it would take longer than10 min at boot after flashing the official UVDMD5 with Odin via PC? I am kind of going through that right now. I'm coming from 4.4 in an attempt to go back to stock.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Adreaver:
[MENTION=4081205]DocHoliday77[/MENTION] pretty sure he means deleting the super wipe files.

[MENTION=2798206]Brusington[/MENTION] possible but unlikely. Try a battery pull, reboot recovery, factory reset, reboot system. If that doesn't work, try Odining the root66 version of md5, then unroot from within the superuser app. Make sure you are using the versions that 100% wipe the phone, and nothing that preserves user data.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] RoxAbout:
the super wipe apk files...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] niphoet:
Hi, I think I need help. I've been stuck exactly at this spot on Oin for over 20 minutes. Please see attachment.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] djimpulsion:
Bad cable?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
OP Updated!!!

Updated OP! Added the following:

T999 UVUEMJC root66 link

T999L UVUBMK4 stock

T999V VLUEMK5 stock (for Mobilicity, Wind, Videotron and Eastlink)

Please note that the T999L and T999V stock firmwares have not been tested. They should be fine as they all did pass Odins MD5 check. Still, if you try one, please post back your success so we know for sure!

Please direct anyone who needs this firmware to download from here. They are exactly the same as you would get from Samsung-Updates or SamMobile, except if you download from me it should take 20-30 minutes as opposed to 5 hours from the other two!

For Your convenience! :cowboy:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Adreaver:
MK4 (and all the other TW 4.3) includes Knox correct? So flashing recovery, firmware, kernel, or rom will trip the warranty bit?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
As I understand it, yes this is correct. Basically, if you want 4.3 and you want your warrany intact, you'd best leave it alone. Or don't update the firmware.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Sammy4Life:
To confirm some thoughts please

So to confirm, if I do NOT want KNOX etc, stick with 4.3 T999L_UVAMB7 correct? Can you safely flash the device back to (if on cm 10.2 or something else) root66 - PreRooted Firmware then upgrade the Modem that is found in this Thread as to remain on 4.3 with Baseband: UVUBMK4?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Once you have taken the ota update, or flashed the firmware in odin, you cannot go back to the previous build, MB7. You can still flash older roms, but not firmware. If you are running anything 4.3, you have to have that modem. However, tge new modem should work fine on the okder firmware if that's what you mean.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Sizzlechest:
I'm a little confused by the last few posts. I currently have the rooted stock 4.1.2 firmware (T999_UVDMD5) on the phone. I want to jump to 4.3 rooted (T999_UVUEMJC) using ODIN on my PC just as always. Can I upgrade it like I always did or is there something special about this new release?

EDIT: I think I get it now. Once you go to 4.3 and try to flash a different rom, you will trip the KNOX counter due to the new secure bootloader. I probably will switch to a different rom rather than go to stock 4.3. However, if I install the rooted 4.3, do I still have to worry about KNOX?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
No guarantee, but any custom rom should have knox removed.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Icanthelplt90:
So, if I have already gone to Official 4.3 and flash root 4.3 from odin i should be fine, correct? I mean i don't exactly care about knox or any of that Samsung bull*#$* they added to it, but it is allot quicker than before. But if it does trip the counter then at least i will be moving to one of Doc's masterpieces haha :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Yes, you should still be able to reflash either stock or root66 4.3 as often as needed. Root66 has knox removed btw.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Nabeel10:
Will upgrading to 4.3 root66 via Odin wipe my internal storage?

I've flashed a 4.3 Rom via TWRP when ON a 4.1.2 Rom, and it wiped my internal storage. Why did this happen?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] calexchelse:
Shouldn't.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] anil2653:
Flashing 4.3 won't wipe your internal storage but it will create a new folder named 0

Your earlier all data will be at the root which you can get by es file explorer or any root explorer and move all your data to this 0 folder
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] moonfire711:
Hi Doc,

Will you help clarify things in my mind a little?

If I want to upgrade to 4.3 and I install root66 MJC will this upgrade the bootloader along with the rom and kernel, yet leave me without Knox? Would I still need to flash the modem separately? Actually, how many files in total do I need to flash in order to upgrade the bootloader, rom, kernel, and modem?

Should I Odin flash root66 MD5 first just to be sure I don't end up with any bugs in 4.3?

When you said you can't go back to a previous build but you can flash older roms if you have taken the ota update, I couldn't make sense of this. If I have the latest bootloader(firmware?) what exactly can I go backwards with (old nandroid?)

Thanks my friend for your wisdom!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Rom - usually only includes the system and kernel. Usually customized to some extent.

Firmware - Full, Complete update to a given build. 100% stock. Includes much more than just the system and kernel partitions. Yes this includes the modem.

Root66 - Full firmware with root added and knox removed. Otherwise completely stock.

If you want the full 4.3 firmware update, but rooted, flash the root66 version in odin. That's it. Just if you do this you can never again flash any previous firmware build. You are stuck with 4.3 until the next update. You can run 4.3 firmware though, and still flash older roms.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] moonfire711:
I can't find the thanks button anywhere, but needed to say it somehow. So, thanks!

I wonder how many times I have downloaded something labeled as a rom, that included much more of what you would have included in your firmware definition, or labeled as firmware, and only included the system and kernel partitions.

So, since I had call quality issues on your knox free official 4.3 "rom", I thought I would take the risky plunge of jumping into the ful 4.3 firmware permanently to see if I can enjoy the new 4.3 features and hopefully the correct call quality. I will skip going back to a clean MD5 install and just jump right into the root66 MJC build. I'll let you know if that solves the call quality issue or if I am stuck with a stupid phone. Cross your fingers for me. :eek:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Good luck! I hope it does solve the call issue. And yes, its ok to directly flash to the latest build. Bear in mind though that the older your system was before, the greater the chance of requiring a factory reset.

I reccommend factory resetting regardless btw. Starting over as fresh as possible just gives greater assurance that you won't encounter either comon bugs, or sneaky ones that don't show up for a week!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] moonfire711:
Well Doc, I took the plunge and now I am with an S3 running the full 4.3 firmware and my in call sound quality is working flawlessly! I did try your other rom several different ways and was always getting a garbled sound on the other end of the line when I would talk into my S3. I tried this using the same modem on the 4.1.2 rom and the sound would be good again. I'm not sure, but either something else in the firmware or the ATT kernel was causing the issue.

So, now it's time to debloat and get used to the new menu structure.

Of note, I did go into recovery first and factory reset using TWRP, then I went straight into download mode from there and used odin to flash root66 MJC. Waited 10 minutes after seeing "success" in Odin and proceeded to set up wifi and to make a couple test calls. All is well in the world! :victory:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Right on! Glad to know that fixed your sound! I think you'll find it to be a pretty solid build overall.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] gordies.swc:
please help!!

im also stuck on this except im flashing root66 4.3 t999

im not sure what to do?

EDIT: uninstalled kies & tried a different cord. Worked now im on firmware 4.3!!!!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] JAY28W:
A couple questions:

I currently have CM 10.x w/CWM 6.0.4.3 installed, however I think I have lost root. Titanium Back is puking and also when I reboot to system from recovery I get the "Root access possibly lost. Fix?", "Fix root (/system/xbin/su)".

I do not know how to fix this. Will loading Root66 via ODIN or OTA (Recovery) reinstall root? (prefer via CWM recovery)

Thanks-

jay

ps all my important data is backed up, so no worries about blowing everything away.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Matthew Carson:
I am currently on DocHolliday's 4.3 build w/o Knox with older firmware, and would like to update to the new firmware. I am assuming I just flash root66's firmware, but I am curious if this will perform a factory reset? Does it erase the SD card partition? IOW, what kind of backups do I need to do first and do I need to copy them off the phone?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
When you boot normally does root work?

Odin does not wipe data. Just make the usual backups. Nandroid, titanium. ..

You might have to factory reset if it hangs on boot up though
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ZDeuce2:
Hey Doc, first off, thank you for all the information you have posted here... I have had mobile odin pro on my phone for a while, but have never actually used it. That said, I want to update my phone to the latest firmware. It is a d2tmo, the original version of the t999. Can I run the root66 version of the firmware through mobile odin? (Don't want to get stuck with the Knox bootloader) I have the firmware downloaded to my phone, but it doesn't show up... it's a .7z file? Not sure how or what I need to do from here? Also, just to be super clear, do I need to go back to a full complete stock set-up before I do anything? Thanks in advance for any help...

INFAMOUS... The dynasty of development.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Yes you should able to flash it from Mobile Odin and it will not update your boot loader. (I probably should suggest this to begin with).

The root66 firmware is compressed using 7zip. (.7z) just extract it as you would a zipfile and it should result in the .tar.md5 that you can use in Odin. (Youll see why when you extract it and compare sizes!)

There is no required setup, just remember if you jump between TW an cm/aosp it'll hang at boot till you factory reset. This can also happen at times from one tw build to another. The cause is incompatible data left over from your previous setup. Factory reset to wipe this and let your new rom rebuild dalvik and data to its liking.

If you encounter bugs, the cause is likely the same, only it wasn't so incompatible it couldn't boot up.

Hope that helps!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ZDeuce2:
Thanks again, especially for the quick response.

INFAMOUS... The dynasty of development.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] saotua:
Is it me or the site is down for the root66

T999_UVUEMJC

Official JB Firmware - Latest JB 4.3 Firmware

Thanks.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ZDeuce2:
I downloaded it this morning and all was good...

INFAMOUS... The dynasty of development.

---------- Post added at 12:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:44 PM ----------

@doc, all went great, updated to the latest via mobile odin pro, thanks again do this thread and all your help.

INFAMOUS... The dynasty of development.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] skewty:
Any chance on getting a knox and CIQ free root66 4.3 firmware for WIND T999V?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Follow the link to the root66 thread. Everything is posted there. I just haven't put links here yet.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] saotua:
Thanks. Something wrong with my computer though.download fine on my phone. :good:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Don't forget, with AFH downloads, there is a list of mirrors on the download page. If it doesn't work from the default, choose the next closest mirror
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sikkustar:
stock firmware

i flash official rooted firmware T999UVUEMJC 4.3 on my sgh t999 everything works fine except video player not synchronizing my sd card video files and mx player too not get sd card videos but i can play that video in mx player through using any explorer, and i cant set ringtone which i ve in sd card if i set it too, it shows silent, how to fix this problem

---------- Post added at 09:29 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:12 AM ----------

in gallery too its not detecting my sd card photos
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ZDeuce2:
Had a bit of that too, after a few reboots everything is back to normal.

INFAMOUS... The dynasty of development.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sikkustar:
how many times i ve to reboot for that
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ZDeuce2:
Not sure, just commenting on my experience, are you talking about internal or external?

INFAMOUS... The dynasty of development.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
OP Updated!!!

Official 4.3 firmware for the T999N has been added!

Remember: Download from Samsung-Updates, or SamMobile = 4+ hours to download

Download from here: Usually in approx. 30 min! :cowboy: