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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobloblaw1:
Basically the only ways you brick the phone is of you flash an international ROM. The other potential way to brick is a power outage if you are flashing with Odin and the primary or secondary boot loader are in the process of being flashed.

If you are going to flash anything, back up your imei following the sticky thread

If you get the "unauthorized software return to Verizon message" don't panic. Odin can bring you back.

Its hard but not impossible to brick this phone. If you take your time, read, and always verify that the file you are going to flash is for the i535 it is very hard to brick.

Rooting essentially means you have administer rights. It doesn't come with any cydia equivalent as (almost) all apps that use root are in the play store.

My current favorite ROM is carbon rom which brings all the android 4.2.1 features to the table including group SMS (finally), lock screen widgets, and enhanced Google now. You will lose some touchwiz features though many can be replicated with 3rd party play store apps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tylerisbudded:
Hmm, can anyone toss me a few of the most stable/featured ROMs for the i535 in comparison to stock?

I had told myself that I wasnt going to risk it, but I think you have me convinced... Cause I do want to get different with it...

Which is why I was looking for full themes for the stock ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thesoldier:
You must be talking about the TouchWiz features like smart stay, s beam, TW camera...etc. As long as you flash a TouchWiz ROM, you shouldn't lose those features. You would lose those features if you flashed an AOSP ROM (which is what you see on devices like the Galaxy Nexus or Nexus 4).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tylerisbudded:
Those were what I were referring to, yeah...

and, anyone think they can toss me a few of the most stable/featured ROMs for the i535?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddurandSGS3:
about roms and your choices.

good info

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1950824&highlight=guide

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synergy, beans galaxy mod, almost all others in the development section

read and see what suirs your needs
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobloblaw1:
Clean ROM and csrom are probably closest to stock. Galaxy mod and syngergy get good reviews it seems if you want something a bit different.

Kindacrapmods is neat too to give touch wiz Roms an aosp appearance if you prefer.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tylerisbudded:
Anyone care to add to skype or anything of the sort so that I may be easily guided? (: I would highly appreciate the assistance.

And my GSIII is currently rooted with quite a bit of photos, contact, and personal data... Should I worry about getting that information off before flashing a new ROM?

Plus, say that I were to put a ICS ROM rather than the 4.1.1 JB I have right now... or even a 4.2 JB ROM would I just flash it like normal as if I were rooting my device for the first time?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hypera:
Welcome to Android, where you are "free!," lol.

You should always have backup of files, photos, apps + data, personal data, documents, etc on your external sd, computer, cloud, etc. Also making a Nandroid Backup would be highly advisable before you flash anything.

Flashing between roms usually just wipe data, cache, dalvik cache, (I wipe system as well to be sure a cleaner start). Someone correct me if that is not the case. I remember on Fsacinate, it was somewhat a pain going from major version jump.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thesoldier:
I don't see why you would go back to ICS lol. Definitely do a nandroid backup before each new ROM flash, there's always a chance something could go wrong. It's always good to backup your media, but if you do everything correctly, then your media won't be touched.

If you flash a 4.2 ROM for the first time, your SD card is basically going to be moved into a new folder called "0" and you may panic... lol. It's supposed to happen though, it had to with the multiuser feature (which is only present on tablets).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gseyffert:
Check out App2Zip also. It'll create a flashable .zip file of your apps that you can flash after flashing the ROM. I've never been a big fan of TiBu, but App2Zip does a good job. The biggest hassle about flashing brand new ROMs is getting your setup back to how you had it, but that only takes 10 - 30 minutes and is well worth the added functionality. I personally love having native USB tethering and WiFi hotspot. Also much faster performance on many ROMs as well. I personally LOVE the Darthstalker ROM, it's farther away from your stock JB experience, but one of the fastest ROMs out there, especially on top of a kernel like galaxy KOR. But you can get into flashing kernels after you have some ROM experience ;] (it's actually a lot easier). Just ALWAYS make a backup with ClockworkMod or TW first! Preferably to an external card. Then if something messes up you can just recover to your backup and have everything back to normal, it's literally a time machine for your phone. There are a lot of great support threads here. I almost bricked my phone the first time I tried to root it, but you're already past that part so flashing ROMs and kernels are much easier. Have fun!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dan_joegibbsfan:
If you flash Synergy it will back up your IMEI for you automatically. Just copy that backup to you extSdCard and you will always have it. For getting your feet wet with android and from you've posted so far just stay away from AOSP for now and you will be fine and you will be amazed at the control/options you have now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobloblaw1:
If you don't want to flash the entire Synergy ROM you can use this: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30679476&postcount=5732
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tylerisbudded:
I originally rooted my device without unlocking my bootloader because I didnt see myself putting a custom ROM on my device...

Is there anything special I would do to go about putting a ROM on it now? Or would I just go through the rooting process as I did before, but just unlock my bootloader this time?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thesoldier:
You're already rooted so don't worry about doing that again, but you need to unlock the boot loader. Look for an app called EZ unlock somewhere on here or RootzWiki (use version 1.2 since the newer one had a problem I believe). It's as simple as clicking unlock, then you're good.

Edit: Here it is http://rootzwiki.com/index.php?/top...-1.4---Easiest-way-to-unlock-your-bootloader!

Woops, guy below found it first
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dan_joegibbsfan:
To unlock bootloader use this http://rootzwiki.com/topic/32456-app-920-ez-unlock-14-easiest-way-to-unlock-your-bootloader/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tylerisbudded:
Thanks for the help! I actually just figured it out right before you guys posted. :P

I have CleanROM put on it right now, I am looking to add some MODs now though I think...

I want to keep TW and its standard features... but I also want to get creative with it...

Since I now have deodex I should be able to still add some cool MODs now right?

Oh, and how stable are launchers? If I were to get Apex launcher and assign it to my home key would there be any issues at any time with that and my original home?
[HTC Rezound] irtehun:
I am on stock global 4.03.605.2 and my rezound will not get signal with an AT&T sim card in. I have changed to gsm only and gsm/umts and still won't detect network. Any ideas?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] stew1411:
So everyone wants ubuntu on their tf201, myself included. But currently, the only arm platform is on nexus 7, or by vnc. Would it not be easier to try and port an already existing arm based Linux, such as fedora 17 or puppy linux? All we would need would is to have a working kernel, am I correct?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] thenrz:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1603921

That thread has install instructions for Ubuntu on tf201.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miniharo:
As the title suggest, i wish to get the apk and files, i dunno how to dump it from a stock rom.

anyone has a link to it? does the ICS keyboard work if i push in to my phone?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abhinav quietly brilliant:
this should be in q&a section.. reported
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nokiamodeln91:
how to dump stock rom ?

extract the tar.md5 file using 7z.. you see factoryfs.img

download the sgs2ext4 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1132724

then drag the factoryfs.img on ti sgs2toext4.jar file.. it will convert .img to ext4 file.. then use linux reader (also in the link) to browse through the contents. extract what ever you want,,
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lostorbit:
I would be grateful if someone who's already extracted the files can share them with the rest of us.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamjerry123:
I use my tablet mainly for netflix, fb, games and microsoft word but one day I tried opening Trickster Mod and it said i didnt have root. It was so weird because I did root my tablet but it just disappeared. I was wondering if I should start from the beginning or if theres a way to get my root back?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scream4cheese:
Download root checker from the play store and verify if it has root.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrianDigital:
no need to start at the beginning, you should be able to just root it the same way you did before after unlocking your boatloader
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamjerry123:
I checked and I no longer have root. Does this mean I lost my ROM too?and kernel?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
If you lost your ROM... You would be staring at the Google logo. To root, open up your superuser app (or download from play store) and update su binary from the app. If that doesn't work, you can grab a flashable zip of SuperSU.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killainferno:
If your bootloader and tablet is already unlocked then rerooting should be a breeze. Just use whichever toolkit you previously unlocked it with and get that root back in it. Then install busybox from playstore and check SuperSu the app to see if your permissions are okay.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Ixyoul:
I tried to find a thread about this and could not. Also, I tried emailing Swiftkey about the issue and they emailed me back about something completely off topic. Needless to say they were no help either.

I am hoping someone else has some experience with this issue and would appreciate any suggestions or help.

I purchased Swiftkey 3 from Amazon Appstore and Google Play just to be sure, but the keyboard does not work at all. The auto-correction does not work, nor the double tap to enter period. NOTHING. I really love this keyboard but it's not playing nice. I have seen forums about other people saying this keyboard is working great on their Note 2, so I'm not sure if it is something that I am doing wrong. Anyone???
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Androidini:
If you go to app itself it has option to refresh the setting. It is very well known that once in awhile stock keyboard takes over. Just do the reset you should be fine.

Sent from Galaxy far far away!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Ixyoul:
Thank you so much this worked perfectly I can't believe it was as simple as that, I thought I tried everything. Once again thanks for your help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LexLuger82:
Is this hard brick or soft?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LexLuger82:
Bump
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] porshce2:
I'm not exactly sure what you mean. If it's bricked then it almost definitely is a soft brick. A hard brick is when the phone does not turn on at all and I believe when plugged into the charger there are no led lights or anything. In order to get rid of the soft brick you could try to use Odin to flash a JB tar. There's a guide to do that somewhere in here. I posted one myself on a different thread not too long ago so you could search by my name to find it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LexLuger82:
my phone can turn on and off but it is stuck on odin mode and its a yellow marked sign that said firmware upgrade encountered an issue, I cant boot into download mode or recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Vanakatherock:
If you're stuck in Odin Mode, you should be able to flash a stock rom via Odin on your computer. Flash the stock LJ7 jellybean and don't mess with the count reset versions.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2017470
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LexLuger82:
thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LexLuger82:
its failing when i flash with odin
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ImEVO:
Get you get into recovery?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LexLuger82:
nope just takes me to odin mode, and firmware upgrade encountered an issue, please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ImEVO:
Unroot and start over my best bet

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Even if you pull battery and press the 3 button combo you still can't get into recovery?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LexLuger82:
nope, just stuck on odin mode.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Alias8818:
This specifically... Have you tried another USB port? Have you tried another cable?

If you can't get anything else to work, this might be an actual brick.

What were you updating?

What were you running? Recovery, ROM, Modem?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LexLuger82:
Odin Mode to flash a stock rom
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LexLuger82:
Got stuck flashing it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lord dredd:
first confirm if the odin tar you are flashing has correct MD5 , i mean it got corrupt while downloading ( it happens a lot )

use a different , preferably new stock cable

use different usb port ( the com port should show up in odin window too )

if everything is fine flash the tar once more.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
+1

And if possible, try a different computer (my desktop recognizes my phone fine, but my laptop only recognizes it in Linux)

Sent from my PG06100
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
This is perfect I need someone to test to confirm this will work on this error.

Grab cf-autoroot

Flash it in Odin and let it do its auto reboot, after it will probably hang at the sgs3 splash.

Pull battery

Reboot to stock recovery

Wipe data factory reset

Wipe cache

Try reboot

If reboot passes boot animation let it sit for about 10-15minutes before pulling battery(it may boot into rom at this point)

If it hangs at the sgs3 splash screen on reboot, pull battery boot to DL mode and flash an Odin one-click full restore.

Reboot

Hopefully profit like I did.

Sent from my SPH-L900 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Damian8a:
In which stage of Odin does it get stuck?

I had an epic 4g which died that way, it just got stuck on flashing modem every time, tried everything, but it was just dead.

But I hope it's not your case :)

Good luck
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] suhel81:
same things goes wrong with me it doesn't go in download mode........help hoe to get into download mode
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lienot:
Hello alltogether,

The last 30 minutes I was near a heart attack, I really thought my S3 would be 90% dead.

NO recovery - The "encounter an issue...." warning - Only ODIN

But everytime I tried to flash anything (stock ROM or Recovery or whatever) it just stopped after a few seconds and ODIN freezed I had to pull the USB cable to do something new. I even let it without battery for a few minutes - nothing changed.

I was really dissapointed and I searched the Internet - after all I found the hint to try antother USB port and another cable.

I used a thin old cable and the front usb, not the back usb port.

So now ODIN, the original cable and the back USB port - I really didn't think it would make a difference! I tried to flash CF-Root with CWM and...

TATAAAAA!

IT WORKED.

Man I am happy.

There's nothing more worse than not coming into recovery mode and odin not working!

BTW: Why it came how it came: I had (and still have) Omega 4.2.1 and Philz Touch Recovery, but I had problems with the root access to the system. I wanted to flash CF-CWM Root - That's all, this brought me in big trouble.

I never had these problems with the CF Root, I don't know why, but I do not really trust this Philz Touch Recovery, maybe I am hyper sensible now :eek: - I do not know.

I am happy, my phone is happy - everything is fine.

CU

lienot
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lemurjuice:
Did you figure it out? Having the same issue
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tdawgnreno:
i am having the same trouble and its driving me nutz....What happened to me: I was changing roms (Ive become quite addicted to all these awesome roms) and was in modin one click app when my phone got knocked off the table and disconnected in first stage of down load...now if i just power up i get the "firmware upgrade" warning... if i try to boot to download mode i get the download screen but for the life in me I cannot get my computer to recognize device.. Ive tried different ports,cables, uninstalling/reinstalling drivers, i tried Kies.. but all i get is windows does not recognize device...again I can boot to download.. but cant get comp to except device.. am i hard bricked..... somebody please help....machine runs win7... coming off "touched by S4" was installing the parodox rom when phone was disconnected
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] smartguy10:
Try to get phone into download mode and then restore to factory by using Odin
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] IDontKnowMang:
The good news is its not a hard brick. A hard brick is when the three finger salute (vol down+power+home) does you no justice and the phone has 0 response when you plug it in or try everything.maybe see if the non JTAG hard brick thread helps. It let's you boot to download mode but it boots it off of your SD instead.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] paychex:
get rid of kies crap and start over with stock firmware in odin. root with cf-auto root. couldn't get any easier
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tdawgnreno:
foumd my solution...used a friends computer running Windows XP recognized on first try now good to go!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] txk623:
Stuck in firmware upgrade issue screen, no root

Im having the same issue. My phone got stuck in a bootloop, and i reset the firmware using kies. That started me over, with no root, no data, no nothing. Then i stupidly tried to downgrade the firmware with kies also, but because the reset is for mdl, it didn't work on my mf3. So it came up with the firmware upgrade encountered an issue screen. I can boot it into odin mode, but because it is no longer rooted, i cant flash the stock firmware.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bigpappags3:
Okay looks like you need to find the stock tar. And flash using odin.

http://i.imgur.com/qrByUGN.jpg
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Droidtrucker:
Please Help Soft Brick

ok on my Wife's Phone she keeps her's updated so over this weekend Sprint Sent out a OTA update and when the phone Reset it was stuck on the samsung logo screen with the blue flashing behind it i've been reading and trying all weekend to fix it.

Before update the phone was rooted

Used Odin Version 1.85 with this program

CF-Auto-Root-d2spr-d2spr-sphl710.tar.md5

worked just like it was supposed to no problems till last saturday

So knowing i couldn't downgrade the phone with odin i used Version 3.09 to flash

L710VPUCMK3_L710SPRCMK3_L710VPUCMK3_HOME.tar.md5

which resulted in

FAIL! (Auth)

Complete(Write) Operation Failed

All Threads Completed (succeed 0 / failed 1)

and every time i turn her phone on it says

Odin Mode

Product Name: SPH-L710

Current Binary: Custom

System Status: Custom

Qualcomm Secureboot: Enable

Warranty Bit 1

Bootloader AP SWREV: 2

a picture of a phone Triangle and Computer and below that

Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.

I can Still enter Download Mode using Volume down + home + power

Cannot Enter Recovery Mode using Volume up + home + power

also tried that stupid Kies thing after entering Model and SN and then putting phone into download mode for it to do whatever, Kies says the current version cannot be updated, so thats where i am

It does seem as though i downloaded the wrong version to flash it looks like ND8 was what i was supposed to use going to try that i just hope it wont fail authorization
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] umiteks:
I tried to load firmware with Odin 3.09

FAILED

Then downloaded Odin 3.07

SUCCESS
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Deleted member 4493700:
I have the stock jellybean rom and well is there a modded notification bar with the mobile data option and possible with a black status bar instead of the gray one?? Thanks for your time.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aybarrap1:
You will want 15 or 23 Toggles. Look for the toggle mods and install with CWM or TWRP. I am not sure about being black though. They definitely give you more options than stock.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rovon:
So recently flashed CM 10.1 FUSION. Nexus battery drains, I end up turning it back on while on the charger. Then, it shuts down on me.. so I let it charge overnight. Turned it back, and I get stuck at a boot screen (FUSION). I attempt to turn my device off, and it just restarts. I have to turn it off from the bootloader (P+Up+Down).. I tried using the toolkit, but I freeze in the bootloader when I plug my device in.

Help.

Running 4.2.1

Yes I'm aware of the common problems, none of the solutions seem to be working.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
Rather than say "yeah I'm aware of a bunch of different things", it would be better for you to state what you actually tried. That way nobody is guessing at what you attempted, and it will eliminate a bunch of back-and-forth Q&A. We don't know what you do and don't know.

It's clear from your description that you can get to the bootloader. What happens if you DO NOT connect the device to a computer, and try to start the recovery? (Note you also didn't bother to mention which recovery is on your device)

If the recovery starts, have you tried doing a factory reset? (I would say, make a backup, but that will only make a backup of your bootlooping OS).

cheers
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rovon:
I tried watching a majority of the "unbrick nexus 7" vids on youtube. They didn't get me too far

Holding power for a long time

Restarting bootloader

Root toolkit

If I don't connect it to a device, I can move through the bootloader but can't access recovery
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
What happens when you try that? Does it stay frozen on the bootloader screen? Does the screen go dark and nothing seems to happen? Does it get partway into the recovery boot and then freezes up?

No communication with the PC evidences a driver problem; partial communication (meaning, simple commands seem to work, but commands that move data fail or seize up), generally indicates a problem with the USB port being used or a crap cable.

When you are in the toolkit, does the toolkit show you a device ID when the device is on the fastboot screen?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rovon:
Sorry, I meant its frozen on the fastboot screen...

I can scroll through the fastboot, but that's it. None of the commands work, unless I hit power off. The toolkit tells me "fastboot device not found", when I try the Flash Stock + Unroot button. There is no device ID I can see on the toolkit. Also, drivers fail to install when I plug it in to my computer.