[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rodrigoresende:
This is what I got when I use "read partition" from Heimdall

If this is a clue to what is happening please let me know

Initialising connection...

Detecting device...

Claiming interface...

Setting up interface...

Checking if protocol is initialised...

Protocol is not initialised.

Initialising protocol...

Handshaking with Loke...

Beginning session...

Session begun with device of type: 131072

Downloading device's PIT file...

PIT file download sucessful

Entry Count: 16

Unknown 1: 1598902083

Unknown 2: 1129139525

Unknown 3: 12365

Unknown 4: 17199

Unknown 5: 49

Unknown 6: 0

Unknown 7: 0

Unknown 8: 0

--- Entry #0 ---

Unused: No

Chip Identifier: 2 (Unused: %

s

)

Partition Identifier: 50

Partition Flags: 2 (R/W)

Unknown 1: 1

Partition Block Size: 0

Partition Block Count: 1734

Unknown 2: 0

Unknown 3: 0

Partition Name: BOOTLOADER

Filename: sboot.bin.md5

--- Entry #1 ---

Unused: No

Chip Identifier: 2 (Unused: %

s

)

Partition Identifier: 51

Partition Flags: 5 (R)

Unknown 1: 1

Partition Block Size: 1734

Partition Block Count: 312

Unknown 2: 0

Unknown 3: 0

Partition Name: TZSW

Filename: tz.img.md5

--- Entry #2 ---

Unused: No

Chip Identifier: 2 (Unused: %

s

)

Partition Identifier: 70

Partition Flags: 5 (R)

Unknown 1: 1

Partition Block Size: 34

Partition Block Count: 16

Unknown 2: 0

Unknown 3: 0

Partition Name: PIT

Filename: mx.pit.md5

--- Entry #3 ---

Unused: No

Chip Identifier: 2 (Unused: %

s

)

Partition Identifier: 71

Partition Flags: 5 (R)

Unknown 1: 1

Partition Block Size: 50

Partition Block Count: 2048

Unknown 2: 0

Unknown 3: 0

Partition Name: SMDHDR

Filename: smdhdr.bin.md5

--- Entry #4 ---

Unused: No

Chip Identifier: 2 (Unused: %

s

)

Partition Identifier: 1

Partition Flags: 5 (R)

Unknown 1: 1

Partition Block Size: 8192

Partition Block Count: 4096

Unknown 2: 0

Unknown 3: 0

Partition Name: BOTA1

Filename:

--- Entry #5 ---

Unused: No

Chip Identifier: 2 (Unused: %

s

)

Partition Identifier: 2

Partition Flags: 5 (R)

Unknown 1: 1

Partition Block Size: 12288

Partition Block Count: 4096

Unknown 2: 0

Unknown 3: 0

Partition Name: BOTA2

Filename:

--- Entry #6 ---

Unused: No

Chip Identifier: 2 (Unused: %

s

)

Partition Identifier: 3

Partition Flags: 5 (R)

Unknown 1: 5

Partition Block Size: 16384

Partition Block Count: 40960

Unknown 2: 0

Unknown 3: 0

Partition Name: EFS

Filename: efs.img.md5

--- Entry #7 ---

Unused: No

Chip Identifier: 2 (Unused: %

s

)

Partition Identifier: 4

Partition Flags: 5 (R)

Unknown 1: 1

Partition Block Size: 57344

Partition Block Count: 16384

Unknown 2: 0

Unknown 3: 0

Partition Name: PARAM

Filename: param.bin.md5

--- Entry #8 ---

Unused: No

Chip Identifier: 2 (Unused: %

s

)

Partition Identifier: 5

Partition Flags: 5 (R)

Unknown 1: 1

Partition Block Size: 73728

Partition Block Count: 16384

Unknown 2: 0

Unknown 3: 0

Partition Name: BOOT

Filename: boot.img.md5

--- Entry #9 ---

Unused: No

Chip Identifier: 2 (Unused: %

s

)

Partition Identifier: 6

Partition Flags: 5 (R)

Unknown 1: 1

Partition Block Size: 90112

Partition Block Count: 16384

Unknown 2: 0

Unknown 3: 0

Partition Name: RECOVERY

Filename: recovery.img.md5

--- Entry #10 ---

Unused: No

Chip Identifier: 2 (Unused: %

s

)

Partition Identifier: 7

Partition Flags: 5 (R)

Unknown 1: 1

Partition Block Size: 106496

Partition Block Count: 65536

Unknown 2: 0

Unknown 3: 0

Partition Name: RADIO

Filename: modem.bin.md5

--- Entry #11 ---

Unused: No

Chip Identifier: 2 (Unused: %

s

)

Partition Identifier: 8

Partition Flags: 5 (R)

Unknown 1: 5

Partition Block Size: 172032

Partition Block Count: 1638400

Unknown 2: 0

Unknown 3: 0

Partition Name: CACHE

Filename: cache.img.md5

--- Entry #12 ---

Unused: No

Chip Identifier: 2 (Unused: %

s

)

Partition Identifier: 9

Partition Flags: 5 (R)

Unknown 1: 5

Partition Block Size: 1810432

Partition Block Count: 2867200

Unknown 2: 0

Unknown 3: 0

Partition Name: SYSTEM

Filename: system.img.md5

--- Entry #13 ---

Unused: No

Chip Identifier: 2 (Unused: %

s

)

Partition Identifier: 10

Partition Flags: 5 (R)

Unknown 1: 5

Partition Block Size: 4677632

Partition Block Count: 614400

Unknown 2: 0

Unknown 3: 0

Partition Name: HIDDEN

Filename: hidden.img.md5

--- Entry #14 ---

Unused: No

Chip Identifier: 2 (Unused: %

s

)

Partition Identifier: 11

Partition Flags: 5 (R)

Unknown 1: 1

Partition Block Size: 5292032

Partition Block Count: 16384

Unknown 2: 0

Unknown 3: 0

Partition Name: OTA

Filename:

--- Entry #15 ---

Unused: No

Chip Identifier: 2 (Unused: %

s

)

Partition Identifier: 12

Partition Flags: 5 (R)

Unknown 1: 5

Partition Block Size: 5308416

Partition Block Count: 0

Unknown 2: 0

Unknown 3: 0

Partition Name: DATA

Filename: userdata.img.md5

Ending session...

Rebooting device...