[Galaxy S III Android Development] JustArchi:
I've added one more guide to AD, dedicated to you and all other users who *may* face similar problems.

From Hero Back To Zero: Fixing Problems/Issues

Okay, if you're reading that then I assume that you have a problems with ArchiDroid. That's sad, not looking good but we'll try to fix that.

First of all. ArchiDroid in default settings has kernel debugging log turned off so if there is a fatal error then you'd probably end with freezed device. You can turn that off by turning off build.prop tweaks in aroma but instead of that we'll try to somehow fix your issue.

First of all please follow above guide "From Zero To Hero" because it covers everything you need in order to flash ArchiDroid properly. Continue ONLY if you have further problems after following that guide.

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So yeah, you're now sure that problem is located deeper. Let's continue then...

Firstly we'll upgrade bootloader because this is the main core of our SGS3. Please take a look here and download latest Bootloader in .tar.md5 format (for today it's XXEMD2). Now download attached View attachment 1879375, put your bootloader in "bootloader" section, reboot your phone into download mode, plug it in and flash in the same way as Recovery but this time with Bootloader located in "Bootloader" section and without PDA. It should take about one second and phone should automatically reboot with newly flashed bootloader.

Now you're sure that every part of your rom is updated and ready to go. Continue ONLY if you have further problems.

Okay, now we have a problem because there is only one more way to fix that. It includes repartitioning and in general I highly suggest to don't proceed unless you're absolutely determined and experienced.

Our partitions (and blocks in general) in the past might got "damaged" by eMMC bug, also called as "Sudden Death". Yes, it's mostly a hardware problem and if we're lucky then we got SD patch early enough and we're fine but sometimes we're not lucky enough and we got patch after first syndroms.

Syndroms are - random freezes, random reboots, problems with waking up the device and similar things. If you have some of above then you can try repartitioning, as it clears all blocks and totally destroys everything attached with it.

THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND CAN LEAD TO POTENTIAL BRICK SO YOU'RE DOING IT AT YOUR OWN RISK. I HIGHLY SUGGEST TO STICK WITH OTHER METHODS, UNLESS YOU'RE TOTALLY SURE THAT YOU WANT TO PROCEED

Download attached View attachment 1983078 and extract .pit file from this .zip. Now load this file in Odin and put in PIT category. Now make sure that Re-Partition option is turned on. I'd suggest also loading latest bootloader (like in instruction above) and PhilZ Touch Recovery at once so you'll be sure that everything goes well. So you should have now PIT, with .pit file, Bootloader with latest bootloader in .tar.md5 and PDA with PhilZ Touch Recovery, also in .tar.md5. Good. If odin for some reason won't allow you to flash everything at once then leave only PIT, without PDA and Bootloader. But with newest 3.07 it should work like a charm. I also suggest to untick Auto reboot, in a minute I'll tell you why.

After re-partitioning there are a few scenarios.

First of all you can get already flashed recovery and bootloader, so you're able to enter this recovery, format all partitions and flash ArchiDroid once again. This is the best scenario and you should be proud that you've "won" a fight with your SGS3.

Second scenario is a situation when Odin won't allow you to load everything at once. In this situation you should end up with endless bootloop, no recovery and no rom. But that's not a problem. As long as you can get Samsung Galaxy S3 boot screen then everything is alright - your bootloader part works. You can simply enter Download mode and flash your recovery once again. Then you can flash ArchiDroid.

Third scenario is... brick. If phone won't react with power button, won't display anything then you've screwed up. There is nothing to fix - your bootloader part is corrupted and device can't turn on. This is the end of the story, you need to contact some repair centre because we're not able to do anything with that.

In every scenario something may not go right. You can get "re-partitioning failed" error or other problems. That's why I told you to untick auto reboto option. First of all try to not reboot your download mode, as bootloader part is loaded into memory and we can fix even brick bugs. Don't panic - as long as bootloader works you can fix that. Try again with pit only, or with pit and bootloader, or with pit, bootloader and 3-part stock rom from Samsung. You have bunch of scenarios, I hope you'll win :). Good luck! You'll need that...