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[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheClassicEric:
I have looked everywhere and have yet to find a similar problem. I was resetting my Samsung Vibrant to flash Android 2.1 with Odin. Something went wrong and it went into soft-brick. It goes into a bootloop showing the default Samsung Vibrant opening screen and occasionally a strange texture the looks like a bunch of dead pixels. I can not access Recovery mode, only download mode. (very rarely it displays the 3 icon phone/triangle/computer bootscreen but occasionally.)

This seemed like no problem from several videos yet, at first Odin goes off without a hitch, once it comes to the reset though Microsoft immediately stops recognizing the device. I have changed cords and usb ports several times, each time I change the port microsoft installs SAMSUNG USB Composite Device AND SAMSUNG Mobile Modem #2. To my understanding the first one is natural yet I have no idea why a phone would be marked as a modem in anyway. I have installed and uninstalled the latest drivers from Samsung several times to no change taking effect. Odin works perfectly up until when it's supposed to reset. When the phone's supposed to be resetting it launches itself into a similar bootloop with a small loading icon in front of an empty transparent battery icon. (This is incidentally the bootloop it gets itself into when I start the device while plugged in.)

Since it was strangely identifying itself as I modem I suspect it's a driver problem although I've ran the default samsung driver .exe, something that has seemed to be enough for other people. I am running Windows 7 64-bit Pro. It does this while running Odin in Administrator and with disabling the auto-reboot. The pit and pda files are good. How likely have I completely hard-bricked my phone. I've been working on fixing it for about 8 hours now.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moped_Ryder:
so

Odin sees the device

you hit flash and it goes thru the process

On reset it disconnects. (when the phone reboots it should disconnect)

you get a recovery like bootloop?

Did you have repartition checked? (going to JFD right?)

Also pull maybe your external sdcard. I had something similar and it fixed it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] domin8:
If I want to try some of their cm10 kangs, what do I do after I flash the rom? Do I need a modem to flash or what? There's a lot more dev activity going on over there I want to get a piece haha.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Warrior1975:
Depends on ROM. jelly beer I just flashed as the modem does not change. Just Nandroid of course and you will be fine. Also keep the radio from tmobile just in case you need to flash it.

G●Note~2 {Jedi X5}
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] domin8:
Where can I extract or download the radio from so I can keep it on hand.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] rail205:
Cleanrom from at&t works flawlessly on my t889v.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Warrior1975:
There is a radio in one of the ROMs in the dev section if im not mistaking. I could be wrong though.

G●Note~2 {Jedi X5}
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] domin8:
I really can't wait for paranoid android it was my favorite on the nexus.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Warrior1975:
Its in the AT&T forum.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] baka2x:
Just double check in the thread and see if users reported compatibility. I'm using madmack's CM10 and have no problems as far as using an AT&T rom on my T889.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] decalex:
Have you tried it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Warrior1975:
No, I've been running Jelly Beer without any issues.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] domin8:
I judt tried flashing jelly beer beta ot gave me an error in cwm
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] domin8:
Nevermind I think I got the right file this time . Last time I wound up with a file for the international
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
Some good developments have been made!

The official thread by davidcsv is up and running with links to all the stuff.

Big thanks to:

davidcsv

Robobob1221

Rooting Your Phone:

[OFFICIAL] Japanese SGS III (SC-03E) Rooting, ROMs, Kernels & Guides:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2172063
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
[OFFICIAL] Japanese SGS III (SC-03E) Rooting, ROMs, Kernels & Guides:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2172063
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
Posted the below on the Korean SGS III forum to see if their model will be a link for this model to get root as mentioned in the SC-06D thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36434932

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36436181
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris151722:
how about try exynosabuse.apk to root your phone then install rootuninstaller or titanium backup to delete/freeze bloatware
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
Just tried and it didn't root. My camera is OK though.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
Waiting for the files for this in the other thread.

Will update here when received.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
From the other forum:

I will do this tonight and upload it to my Google drive.

Where is the serial number?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vipsavior:
hello

Is anyone here !!! Is this the place for rooting the s3 alpha ntt docomo ? If it is let me know I might have something that can help you guys out .
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
I am here... not that much word on any development though. What do you have in mind?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vipsavior:
Big brother SC02E

well i don't have a S3 alpha but if I am pretty sure you guys are going to have to do what we did with the Sc02e .The docomo boot.img/zimage have something inside that delete SU.So all the ways to root CF auto root/injecting su ect will not work .I dont know if it will work for the S3A hardware but if you want to give it a shot let us know and maybe Robobob1221 can combine a the zimage of the S3A on the note2 boot .If it does work 90% sure you can install SU.

Also the things that will not work after you root most likely will be felica,edy,etc payment system ,but 1seg tv still works on ours.

Note to self: Do not and I mean DO NOT use any S3(old version ) root the hardware is different. Your looking at bricking your device
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
I am up for it ! Just let me know what/how to do it and I will be the Guinea pig!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Watha:
Any updates on this? I can also be a guinea pig.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
Negative. I will PM the above poster to check up on everything.

Do you have experience flashing/moding phones?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Watha:
Most of them have been HTC devices, though I flashed a couple samsung ones (Galaxy Tab, Galaxy S 1) too.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
I did all my flashing on my old SGS1 (SC-02B) and have had my ups and downs with it... good learning experience though.

Still no reply from the above poster though... hoping something will come up!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Watha:
Digging up in google I found this:

www59(dot)atwiki(dot)jp/sc06d/pages/29.html

Replace (dot) with .

It mentions SC-03E specifically, but along with the SC-06D, which in the other thread had some bricks by using their method.

Not sure if this method is the same as that thread as I'm quite bad with japanese
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robobob1221:
May be able to help

Hey there,

As vipsavior mentioned we might be able to help with trying to get root/su working on your model.

Have you got a copy of the boot.img?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
Can you tell me how to get that from my phone?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Watha:
How can I tell the mmc partition layout, so I can guess which one is the one I have to dd to a boot.img?

Sorry for the newbie question, not really used to mess with the memory directly.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robobob1221:
The note boot.img is the one ending 8., can try the same

Sent from my SC-02E using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Watha:
I'll check it this afternoon and dd it to an img file.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
This method is for the SC-06D and SC-03E was mentioned as it is the "same" series but another model... FYI, this method WILL hard brick the SC-03E.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Watha:
I'm having trouble to extract the boot.img

dd and cat require su, which obviously I don't have.

Phone is not being detected in download mode by ODIN and Heidmall (wtf?). The download screen is in Japanese so I'm not sure if it's an error or it's just the normal download screen message.

Kies keeps "Connecting..." to the device, so I can't request a firmware recovery.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
Can you post a pic of what it says? I will read it and see what's up.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Watha:
Is tricky to take a photo of a screen without proper lighting.

Maybe you can check if yours is detected with ODIN/Heidmall.

Download mode is Home + Vol Down + Power

EDIT1: Finally managed to connect it with Kies. Regretfully says firmware is not supported to be updated or restored through Kies.

EDIT2: Should have focused on the lower part of the message instead of fighting against the above kanji, just had to press volume up to enter in download mode. Still undetected in ODIN, Heidmall says "ERROR: Claiming interface failed"
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vipsavior:
Make sure debugging is checked in settings and remove Kies just get the drivers if your on Windows
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Watha:
Managed to connect it to Odin (seems like it only works with 3.0.7), I can't still make it to dump the rom nor the boot.img partition.

How did you extract it with the SC-02E, did you use just an OTA update or did you actually get it from the phone?

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robobob1221:
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f684/octopus-samsung-software-v1-7-6-starring-sc-03e-1593501/

Did you get this thing, octopus box?

Sent from my SC-02E using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vipsavior:
Is the stock rom avaliable for download?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Watha:
No, I don't have an octopus box. Are we stuck until an exploit is available or a firmware appears for download then?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] didoka_702:
is stock rom for sc-03e released yet?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
to my knowledge and Google-Fu... no.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Watha:
Yeah, I don't think it's out.

It's not in sammobile, kies says unsupported firmware, and there are no updates right now.

I don't have an octopus box but at least I was able to unlock it with one of those online tools available for Samsung.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mack_y:
Software update for Galaxy S III α SC-03E has COME!!:good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidcsv:
So... can someone please capture the rom image with Kies?... assuming Kies has been updated to support the phone already...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Watha:
I will check if they added support when I get home.

OTA update is only 24mb
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robobob1221:
If it contains a boot.img then you might be able to get the root workaround on your phone done

Sent from my SC-02E using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Watha:
Looks like the OTA is only docomo bloatware + osaifu-keitai update. It's still android 4.1.1.

EDIT: http://www.datacider.com/37596.php

But:

http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/support/utilization/product_update/list/sc03e/index.html

It mentions Kies update support but mine still reports unsupported firmware. Maybe someone can poke Docomo about this?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robobob1221:
Is there a tar image available?

If probably should have a boot.img as this should contain a patch fix for the exynos exploit

Sent from my SC-02E using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Watha:
Was the SC-03E even exploitable? Didn't someone try exynosabuse.apk without luck?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robobob1221:
The note 2 didn't work with that either.

But we were able to bypass the access control by applying su and busybox binary through the boot.img.

Some applications have issues with this method but for 99% of root functions it works fine.

Sent from my SC-02E using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
I tried that but it didn't root after I rebooted. I could have done it wrong, so it would hurt to try.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ritz_jpn:
Cant use Foma sim

Does any1 knows how to use Foma sim card after latest update on Jan30,2012.

guidance for service menu.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] o9x_cute:
Please help me, how to unlock SC-03E without rooted it. Which unlock tools did you use, and how to use it?

Anw, Kies notifies that there is new firmware available for SC-03E when I plugged it to my computer, but I was unable to upgrade.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Watha:
I sent the link through a PM, not sure if it would be considered spam if posted here, since it's a pay service.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
If it actually works, then post it. the octopus box also costs monies too.

At the end of the day, we just need solutions and sometimes it ain't free.

:cool:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Watha:
http://www.fastgsm.com/en/samsung/samsung/ntt-docomo-sc03e/unlock-code

I used this.

The only problem was that it said "phone unlocked successfully" but it wasn't really unlocked just with the software run. But the unlock code was in the application log, so it just needed to be entered with another carriers SIM and the network unlock prompt.

Cheaper than going through NTT Docomo for the unlock at least (assuming you even can, unlike me that I don't have alien card)

But it makes me wonder how this software can read the protected partition where the unlock code is stored. I don't think it computes it at all.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidcsv:
SC-03E pre-rooting stock image

Anyone willing to PM me a serial number I could use to try and download the latest ROM for this device so I can pre-root it for you guys?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
Sent!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidcsv:
Pre-rooted stock image of SC03EOMAMA6 Available

DISCLAIMER: You will be flashing your phone at your own risk. You are solely responsible for anything you do to your phone, so make sure you are well informed and well prepared before deciding to flash or install anything on your device.

Please note that a pre-rooted stock image of SC03EOMAMA6 can be downloaded from one of the following links...

Hotfile

Mediafire

If you need the stock unaltered image, then download it here...

Flash with Odin. If you haven't used Odin before, this site (xda-developers.com) contains tons of information and instructions on how to use it, or use Google to search the Web. If still in doubt, ask before blindly proceeding.

Additional info...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Watha:
Can someone verify if the FeliCa chip still works after root?

I have the commuter pass there and it would suck to loose it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] didoka_702:
can i use that image wtih my phone(soft brick)?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Watha:
It's a NTT Docomo SC-03E? If yes, then it shouldn't be a problem to flash it
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] didoka_702:
thanks :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
Has anyone flashed this yet?

I am at my gf's house until tomorrow night and I can't try it out till then :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Watha:
I'm waiting for FeliCa chip status confirmation, that or I will have to wait until the commuter pass expires.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] didoka_702:
trying to do that ( after i clear how to use odin)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidcsv:
Just make sure you don't mess with any of the options in Odin. The only options that you are allowed to have enabled are Auto Reboot and/or F. Reset Time... leave ALL others unchecked/disabled... playing with those options could leave you with an expensive brick. Specify the tar.md5 rom image file in the PDA section, click start, sit back and wait for the phone to reboot.

You need the appropriate Samsung usb drivers as well. Install Kies and you will get them automatically. When you start Odin, make sure Kies didn't start as well when you connect the phone... they don't play well together.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
I am downloading the file now and will flash once it is completed.

I will confirm the results when completed.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
Flash completed.

Reboot into recovery (hold home + volume up + power button), factory reset and wipe cash

Phone took a bit longer than usual to start but all went well.

opened superSU, "There is no SU binary installed and SuperSU cannot install it, this is a problem!"

So I guess I need to flash SuperSU so it can install the binaries? Then CWM is available?

Someone pls confirm.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Watha:
The rom should have already the su binary(?) . Probably the boot wasn't edited properly and removed the binary when powering on the phone.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
rom had SuperSU, but the binary was not installed.

that is probably the case.. we'll see.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] didoka_702:
confirm done fixing it,it back normaly

but still have same prob like IparryU

.:p

---------- Post added at 10:25 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:04 AM ----------

done.

---------- Post added at 11:01 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:25 AM ----------

confirm done fixing it,it back normaly

but still have same prob like IparryU

.:p
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robobob1221:
Can you post the boot.img?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
Not sure how to get boot.img off my phone... but if you let me know I will do it now.

EDIT: Ya... I should have just opened the damn file and looked inside...

concentrating on work too much (not IT related stuffs..)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robobob1221:
The rooted zip/tar you tested, does it have a boot.img inside of it? Or is it just the rooted system.img?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
ok... just extracted the file it was in (tar.md5)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robobob1221:
Unsecured boot.img test <<<-

download from here

Okay, if somebody wants to test this boot.img out it may solve your problem with the binaries being deleted from the system directory.

Try flashing the modified firmware first and then flashing this after, both through ODIN.

I looked through the Ramdisk and it is more or less identical to the note 2 so I've added in the same to your boot.img what was necessary to get Superuser and busybox access for us. Once the boot.img is flashed if the su binaries are still not present, download it from the play store and update them through the application.

Disclaimer: Remember your warranty is void if you try this. I haven't been able to test this myself so I can't guarantee it'll work. However if you use it, I'm not responsible for any adverse effects to your phone.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
ok so I flashed the boot.img and it booted ok. but I still didn't get the binaries. Note that I just flashed, let it reboot and i DID NOT factory reset or clear cash... let me know if I have to do that or not.

I also tried to uninstall SuperSU and was unable to do that (long press but no 'X' comes up) and I also tried to disable it through the application manager, but no go. Going to play store and looking for SuperSU just allows me to "open" it again and not reinstall.

What next?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Watha:
I would try to: Factory Reset, Flash Rom Image (disable auto reboot in odin), then flash the Unsecure Boot .img with autoreboot enabled.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
doing that now.... brb

EDIT: Dammit... i didnt do factory reset prior to flashing the rom image... half way done now though... shoganai ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robobob1221:
Hmmm. Did you flash it on top of the tar file from davidcsv? Ok another thing you could try is getting the SuperSU zip file and flashing it in recovery. Do you have a custom recovery yet or you still on stock?

Do you know how to use adb? If so can you connect to the phone through it? You can try pushing the su binary manually to the xbin directory in the system.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
i flashed them separately the fist time.

second time i flashed the rom (auto reboot unchecked) then flashed the bootloader and still no go.

I am still on stock recovery but i want to get a custom one on this ASAP. I will try to flash the supersu in recovery... can I even do that in stock recovery?

I dont know how to use ADB... sad to say.

So... what is next...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Watha:
I'm not even sure which recovery image we should use. Normal s3, note 2, a custom one for the sc03e...

Also I read somewhere that the custom recovery disabled some of the phone functions...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robobob1221:
You can flash a custom recovery through ODIN, however I dunno which one you'd use. I dunno if the regular S3 CWM or TWRP can be used with yours.

I think you'll need to flash the zip so if you can get a custom recovery or use adb then you can do that.

Another to do might be to try mskips toolkit to flash the required binaries
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
I will try flashing the CWM from the SC-06D... is that ok since it is just CWM?

Can anyone confirm this real quick?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Watha:
As long as it only touches the recovery partition I think it should be ok. Worst case scenario would be re flashing stock through Odin
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
so i flashed CWM from the SC-06D thread and when I try to boot into recovery a small, red exclamation mark (!) is at the top left of the screen and it then boots into android...

next I will try to flash TWRP ...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Watha:
If the partition layout and hardware is almost identical as the SC02E, you might have better luck with what they used.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
I cant find the cwm file for odin on the SC-02E page...

Back to work for the time being, someone post the link if it is found and I will test it out.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robobob1221:
Best thing to do is download the root toolkit by mskip.it contains everything you need for rooting, custom recoveries, binaries etc. It can be found in the original development section usually
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
so do i get the one for SGS3 or SGN2?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Watha:
Considering the hardware I'd say SGN2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
So what model should i choose, and should i only install cwm or go into root options and

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2052788

Main Menu: option 5
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robobob1221:
Pick the international lte option 11 if I remember rightly. For the N2 we use the n7105 files

This video is for gn2 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=34245002 but you can follow it and use your files instead.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IparryU:
OK I will get on this tomorrow morning.

Is anyone else trying too or am I the only one?