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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
I went back to stock not rooted now and still no calling or text. But can receive text and data and hotspot work

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I went to stock not rooted now
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DigitalMD:
Call customer service for your cell provider
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
How can I tell if I'm on the right OEM
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DigitalMD:
I don;t understand the question. If you are on stock OEM firmware and phone calls are not working, you need support from your service provider.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
I called them. .they couldn't fix it. They are gonna call me back. This happen after I flashed a cm10.1 Rom
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DigitalMD:
Flashing any ROM (other than a full ODIN to different firmware version) should have no effect on your phone call because it does not mess with the radio firmware. As long as it boots and IS FOR YOUR CARRIER, i'e. you can't flash a sprint ROM on a Verizon phone and expect it to work.

If you have ODIN back to official stock and its not working, then you have a problem that the carrier should be able to fix.. i.e. lost or wrong EIN number , bad SIM, etc.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lazarus0000:
In the same vein, are you certain you flashed for Verizon?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
I'm sure it was Verizon. ..Talked to Verizon and they are gonna call me back. .they tried but haven't fixed yet
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wix256:
I would just go through this process http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1840030 while you are waiting for Verizon to call you back... if they ever do lol. You really have nothing to lose at this point... and if that doesn't work, try your wife's sim card again but leave it in there for 10+ minutes and see if it authenticates.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
This will root the phone again correct?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wix256:
Yes. You will have to use the torrent links as the hosted files are probably down.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
U care to explain torrent. .sorry been doing this for six months and never heard this...found tar on goo but 23 hr download. :banghead:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wix256:
Try here instead http://rootzwiki.com/topic/29256-tutorial-rootrecoverybootloader-unlockicsjb-verizon-galaxy-s-iii/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
Do I put the bootloader and zip on sd card is the extsd or sd in phone? After you get to part to flash those two should u be in twrp recovery or have the green android
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wix256:
Through Odin. Read the directions on the site.... "Root and recovery" put it on your sd card (ext sd)

Don't worry about resetting your flash counter.

Flash the stock rom that they have on that site and hopefully all is fixed.

The phone never got wet and the water indicators on the phone and battery aren't showing damage right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
Thanks bro. It doesn't say ext just sd. I've noticed to becareful so when it says sd it means sd not ext. So now I will redo cause I put on sd not ext. I knew something wasn't right.

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No not wet or dropped. ...I did twrp but when I go into recovery to flash zip and bootloader it's the green android not twrp is that right...it has option to load from extsd but just making sure that's were I should be
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wix256:
Unplug from usb, pull battery, then hit VOL+, Home and Power?

If you are using twrp put it on your regular sdcard... sorry I use CM and forget its a PITA.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
I got it done problem was Odin auto reboot. But IT DIDNT FIX ISSUE .NOW IM JUST ROOTED. AGAIN AND CANT TEXT OR CALL.ANYMORE IDEAS
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wix256:
I got nothing for ya. Did you try wife's sim card?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
Yes and not working. BUT THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR TIME BRO . MAYBE SOMETHING WILL COME UP.THANKS FOR YOUR HELP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] loonie01:
My issue is that phone will not boot into recovery and will not stay in odin mode. It will only stay for about a second then halfway reboot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wix256:
Best of luck.

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Foolish question but is your battery charged? Otherwise, it sounds like a hardware issue. Maybe someone else can shine some light on this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] loonie01:
Battery is charged. Oddly I can get it booted so that is usable. but i cannot leave from the rom that is on it. I also get errors while trying to flash a recovery
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] speedingcheetah:
I am having issue.

I plugged in the usb charger....bottom of screen flashed green and went all screwy for a split second and went dead...

Phone will not tun on...did battery pull and everything....nothing...

Had stock rooted and customized looking rom....worried about having to bring in phone to Verzion for replacement...since i can't restore to unmodified cause its dead....

Course...this happens 10min before the Verizon store close to me closes...you can get a replacement in store right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
I found the answer bro....in a thread burried on xda. Had to set ruim/ nv to ruim and then put home / auto on auto then call*2767*3855#......Thanks so much for ur time today
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lazarus0000:
I've had mixed luck with getting a replacement in the store. I did once & have been refused x2. The time I was lucky enough to get a brand new phone from the store was when I made it clear that I HAVE to have a phone for work and ANY lapse in service was an imminent danger to the people I serve and my continued employment. Even then, I still had to deal with Assurion and mail my old phone back to them - I wasn't allowed to just let them keep the darn thing.

I'd suggest being very cagey about the phone. If the Verizon store is able to get the phone to start an initial boot, regardless of what happens @ that point onward, I'd grab the phone, provide a profuse thank you and get the heck out of Dodge! Obviously, (based on the fact that these phones display "You have non-approved software on this phone, take it to Verizon immediately), Big Red is on the lookout for rooted / ROMd phones and will void your warranty right away. So if you get a boot screen, get out and see if you can get it back to working yourself or with the help of these forums.

Good luck and keep us up on what happens!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] uthinkisay:
Can someone point me in the right direction for a guide on how to update vzw radios on GS3, and where I can download the radio files to do so
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] speedingcheetah:
theirs no power or anything..no boot....gets hot when i try to charge it....pretty sure its toast....and it had a fully stock rom on it...but was rooted/unlocked and had a dark theme overlay..which isnt noticeable until phone boots and u start to use it..it has never displayed a message at boot about software....and i purchased it back when rooting and unlocking was legal.

anyway...spoke to VZW on phone...yea...they claim ship only...no in-store replacements....and refurb....what crooks...I pay for a new phone...and should i need warranty replacement...get a refurb...makes my blood boil!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
Be careful shipping they tried to screw me out of $600 for a refurb they sent to me .I sent it back because it was broke. They lost it in their shipping and blamed me. Charged me for it. Got lucky the fifth rep found out the first rep had the wrong number in the computer. So they were looking for wrong phone. All I got was o sorry for the trouble. Meanwhile I was burying a cousin who was 20 and was murdered along with two other women and two children. All I got was sorry. Know this . They could care less
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lazarus0000:
I hear ya! But, in defense of the possibly indefensible, I've heard a number of geek commentators say that refurbs have a bad name needlessly - that when you buy a new phone, you're getting a phone that came off the line & was boxed up, no checks, no quality control, no nothing other than a brief visual inspection for gross damage. When you get a refurb on the other hand, you get a phone (or computer, TV set, etc...) that has been inspected top to bottom and function is verified throughout the system. In addition, refurb are, according to them, more often than not, just models that have been shipped & returned out of the box. I don't know whether to believe that or not. But it makes sense @ least.

In re rooting / ROMing - it is not now, nor has it ever been illegal. Nor likely will it ever be. But it always has and likely always will void your warranty. No one would be foolish enough to warranty a product that can have home brewed software on it that could possibly totally mess it up & then say "Well, you screwed it up, but here's another $700 handset for you to play with...."

Unlocking, i.e. taking your phone to another carrier was something you could do on your own if you knew how. But the Librarian of Congress recently reversed his earlier decision and said that it is now only @ the carrier option (while still under subsidized contract). For Verizon users it is a total red herring - we use CDMA and the freqs are different from Sprint's. Sprint is a MVNO provider for many of the smaller Co's in the USA, so it matters a little for them but not for Big Red. You can unlock the phone 10 ways from Sunday and there's no one to take it to for service other than Verizon. With Sprint, you can, with SOME models, take it to another MVNO (like Ting) but that's not an option with our phones...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] speedingcheetah:
Just got back from local store....yea...guy said its dead...ordered a replacement. Why they don't stock replacement phones, especially for their 2 most popular phones, S3 and iphone, in the store is beyond me...no..have to order from some warehouse somewhere...this is what I get for paying extra for insurance....crooks

Their was one woman in the store that had the same issue as me....she was furious about having to wait to have one shipped to her...entertaining visit to say the least.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lazarus0000:
Man, I hate that for you. But @ least you got the chance for a side show while you were @ it.

Takes me back to my college days - my roommate & I were CONSTANTLY in trouble. We'd get called in to the Dean of Students (who probably still shudders @ the thought...) and I would go totally nuts! Rant & rave, tear my hair out, scream about how unfair it all was, etc... Just go crazy on the poor lady. Finally, in disgust, I'd leave in a huff, slamming the door on my way out. The whole nine yards! After I'd leave and the dust settled, my roommate would then offer to be a little more reasonable and it was gold from there...

You should have walked up to the guy after the "lady" ripped him a new one and asked if he really wanted another dose of that or could he, please, just pull a string or two...?

But that'd been dirty pool...

LMAO!

Thanks for the update!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wix256:
Awesome! Good for you man. I wonder how that was changed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] speedingcheetah:
Got replacement device....screen seems a tad warmer color than my previous one.....

Anyway....came with 4.1.1...and it did ask for an ota update....but i ignored...rooted unlocked..and flashed Hyperdrive rom(i liked the htc theme option)....but had nothing but issues...reboots lag....

Now have Synergy Rom and this phone is freaking awesome....who needs an s4....not me....so nice to have a squeaky clean phone...got most of my apps re-installed...still zippy as ever....1 day and 23min on battery..and still have 71% left.

Dead phone will be sent back on tues....i still am concerned about the my personal data on the device..and the modified status of the software.....who knows if some tech repairs it and boots it up...hello data...and access to my accounts...etc..wishing i had set a passcode on it...or encrypted it(but its way to annoying to have to enter a complex password every time i want to use the phone.)...Should verizon take issue with it..I wonder how long it will take them...or if they will just arbitrarly charge me or something..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lazarus0000:
Not a chance! Do you have any idea how many phones they get back each day? There'd be a backlog a year long. Don't know what happened to your phone but they'll troubleshoot & determine if it's worth fixing. If it is, repair, wipe & send back out as a refurb.

Don't sweat it. Not worth the worry and about as likely as you winning the Power Ball this week....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
They might they charged me 600 for a phone they lost ...good luck
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] schmaltzy:
I was running CarbonROM and wanted to try out a TW ROM. I booted into my recovery (TWRP), backed up Carbon, went to wipe options, did a Factory Reset, pushed the button to wipe system, it started but after a couple seconds the phone rebooted. I try boot back into recovery by holding down the power, VOL up, and home button. I get the "Samsung" splash screen and it says "recovery booting....", then the TWRP screen will show for a couple seconds, then my phone will reboot. I can't boot into the phone because I did a factory reset.

So I can't get into the phone and only get the start screen for TWRP but can't actually get into TWRP. Any help?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lazarus0000:
I'd start from scratch. Hook up to Odin & flash recovery & your new ROM.

Someone else may give better advice so wait awhile & see if someone's got some PFM up their sleeve but, if not, just reflash.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] loonie01:
I had the same problem. The phone will not stay in recovery or odin mode long enough to do anything. It will just keep rebooting itself. I went and got the S4 but I want to get my S3 back up. It seems like a lot of people are having this exact problem with their phone lately.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dmonleo:
Try this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=41920327

[GUIDE][VZW Edition]How to root your Galaxy SIII & More!(ROMs/CWM/Stock)

Sent from my SCH-I535
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] goodsch:
I messed up

I really messed up this time. I have been playing around with ROMing my Verizon S3 for a while and today I decided to switch from liquidsmooth to the newest version of a ROM I saw in the forums called Android Revolution. Well apparently I really wasn't paying attention and this ROM is only for international phones and I flashed it through TWRP without realizing it. Now, it is completely dead and the power button does nothing. Is there anything I can do? Please help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lazarus0000:
Taking a 1st shot on this one... Have you done a battery pull? I know I've read that if you flash for international version, you'll end up hard bricking your phone but I don't know if that's reality or not. Once you get to a computer, you might also try hooking up USB & seeing if that can get you powered up @ least.

This is all a shot in the dark & there may be someone here who can help more than me - I'm mostly sympathetic... I'd also suggest posting this question in the forum you downloaded from. It might be a relatively common dilemma.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] speedingcheetah:
OUCH!!..

Hope your still under warranty..or have the insurance....cause, if it wont go into odin or recovery mode ....your pretty much screwed...far as I know...

Time to "complain" to big red that your phone "suddenly" died and you need a replacement.

Good Luck

PS: I recommend CWM over TWRP...more stable and less reported issues.....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BattsNotIncld:
http://www.mobiletechvideos.com

Bite the bullet and spend $60 to fix your phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kangerX:
Yeah cmw is always preferable / reliable

Sent from the State where marijuana is not illegal
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] speedingcheetah:
so many of those are scams...i would never send my phone to some random company like that...especially if i had no way of removing my data from it

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probably wouldn't have helped my phone...since mine shorted out when i plugged in the usb charger..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BattsNotIncld:
mobiletechvideos is not a random company and definitely not a scam. They are very reputable around xda and endorsed by many devs.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chowoutside:
The lock/power button on my s3 has stopped working, and I need to restore to stock so I can bring it to Verizon for a replacement.

Anyone know of a way to get into download mode without using the power button?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] speedingcheetah:
Get a download mode usb jig....u can find on e on amazon or ebay...

http://www.amazon.com/SainSonic-Don...UTF8&colid=241OHA4KY4JZI&coliid=IH35BNN18IM1Y
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lazarus0000:
Ugh!

Dropped my phone yesterday and it made a good splat sound on the concrete. I was listening to music @ the time and it stopped. When I went to restart the music, the app said I didn't have any. Panic rising, I tried another app with the same results. I looked @ my music folder on the external SD and it could be read and I saw all the files there. I hooked to a computer via USB to back the card up and was going to reformat but my computer, though new is a total POS and I just stopped that - approx time was going to be 5 hours to transfer data...

Using WinAmp, I was able to navigate to the music folder and play from there. After that, my music just magically reappeared... But it still will not show the album art.

Any ideas what I've done and a possible fix?

Thanks in advance...!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BattsNotIncld:
Go into terminal emulator and type in:

su

reboot download

Hit enter after each line.

Or you can use adb if you know how. Either way you must be rooted to do this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lazarus0000:
Holy crap! That is probably the most useful advice I have ever heard in any forum! I will remember that (& be sure to take credit for it - LOL!) for future reference!

Does that work for recovery too?

+1 to you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BattsNotIncld:
Try it out ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chowoutside:
Thank you so much!!!

I was a little scared I would get stuck in a boot loop after flashing back to stock, but everything went smoothly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] monfmonf:
I have soft bricked my GS3 and need to fix it ASAP.

I have a rooted stock Verizon Galaxy S III with ClockWorkMod Touch recovery. It was running 4.1.2 when this happened. I heard about the newly released update and decided to download it. it went through its normal downloading and then rebooting but just stays on the boot animation with the colored circles. When i try to go to the recovery i get a message saying "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help." Above this message there is a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark in it, and in the top left-hand corner there is some red text saying "SECURE FAIL: KERNEL". I am still able to access ODIN mode. Also i stupidly did not make a nandroid backup. How should i go about fixing this? Can i do it in a way that i can preserve my data?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lazarus0000:
Aha! The dreaded yellow triangle of death...

I'm sorry, but unless you've got data saved to external SD card, as far as I know, your data on internal SD is irretrievably gone.

As I recall, having gone through the same thing about 2 months ago, you have to go back to the beginning and load everything back up. Unlock the bootloader again, load either CWM or TWRP (whichever you prefer) and, of course, the ROM of your choice.

The more important question here is, what caused it. When I did it to mine (chills down spine recalling that nightmare but I had spotty Internet service and tons of trouble downloading the tools I needed), I was very early in the rooting process and haven't an idea as to what I'd done to mess it up. But you want to try to figure it out in order to be sure not to replicate it.

There are threads all over the Q&A section that deal specifically with your issue and they are easy to follow & implement. You'll be back up & running in no time!

I think this is it but I'm not sure. Read through it as I only took a peek to see if it's what I was looking for. But this should get you back up without problem.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1840030

Here's the caveat - all my advice is generally school of hard knocks. Some time, somehow, I screwed something up & had to figure the fix. What that means for you is that, hopefully, there is someone reading this now who has a better fix; one that will preserve your data. But as far as I know, that's a gonner...

Get a SD. The bigger the better (I have a 64gb class 10)! Most apps (including the camera!) will still allow you to save to external SD and that is a life saver.

Good luck!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] speedingcheetah:
you saying you accepted the OTA?.....well..theirs your problem...OTA's will all ways unroot and re-lock your device....and will trip the security thing that detects modified software....this is why you never accept an ota....on pure stock roms, the auto update feature is still baked in and is just waiting to screw you over....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vr4marine:
Stuck on boot screen

I was using Jelly Beans and decided to change it up. First I tried to flash Synergy but it got stuck on the activation screen (It said I had to call Verizon to activate). So I decided to reflash the ROM. This time it would get stuck on the boot screen. I Odin'ed back to stock re-rooted, redid the recovery, unlocked the bootloader, then reflashed. Same thing, stuck on the boot screen. Then I decided to Odin to the stock rom v4.1.1 that is already rooted. Installed TWRP and flashed Hyperdrive. Same thing, stuck on the boot screen. I can Odin anything and the phone works fine, but it seems that if i flash a recovery and try to flash a ROM it won't work. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.

[UPDATE] I also cannot flash a ROM while just using the stock kernal.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BattsNotIncld:
Are these ROMs packed with compatible kernels?

Also have you tried a battery pull and reboot when stuck on boot screen? Sometimes that helps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vr4marine:
Yes, I've done a battery pull. Plus I tried reflashing the Beans ROM and that one also froze on the boot screen.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] staaanwich:
won't boot into recovery or ODIN after attempted flash

I previously posted to the general Q&A section, but figured this might be more appropriate.

I've successfully unlocked the bootloader and rooted my Galaxy S III I535 with CWM installed as the recovery. After an installation of Beans Build 15, the phone froze at the boot screen during the first boot. Now I can no longer boot the phone, access CWM or put the phone in ODIN mode. Any and all help would be appreciated.

EDIT: If I remove and reinsert the battery and plug the phone into power, it will vibrate, display the battery charging screen for a moment with a loading symbol and then go away, sometimes with a flashing red LED.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dbdynsty25:
Does anyone have any valid links for the ODIN file to flash my GS3 back to stock? The one that is linked in the toolbox keeps timing out at like 10% and I need to flash my phone back today! Any help would be appreciated. :)