[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Misterjunky:
re: rebooting issue

Here is the best and most surest way to get your phone ready to flash the "Wicked 9.1" or any other custom rom.

(You made a good choice of wanting to flash the Wicked 9.1 rom, it's the best custom rom currently available for our phones.)

Since the recovery mode (wipe) is not functioning properly you will need to Odin flash the stock rooted rom

before flashing any of the custom roms.

By doing the following you will NOT loose any pictures, videos or emails

and you will not loose anything which is on the internal or external sdcard.

You will as you said loose sms UNLESS you go to the play store and download sms backup/restore app.

Here is a link for the SMS backup restore app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...estore&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd

If you already have a backup/restore app like Titanium backup I would advise to backup all your apps first.

That way you will be able to restore the backup/restore sms app but you will be able to restore all your other

apps too after flashing the wicked rom.

After you backed up the sms using this app and after you have flashed the wicked rom you will need to

re-download this backup/restore sms app from the play store in order to restore your sms after you have

flashed the wicked rom.

This step by step is the best, most reliable and cleanest way to restore your phone to a stock rooted T999

and will get the phone ready for the new custom wicked rom to be flashed without any further problems.

Here is the step by step guide:

After you have followed these instructions your phone will be in the same condition

as it was the day you purchased it except for the benefit of being rooted.

Download the stock-rooted T999 firmware: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390169635556426451

After downloading it make a folder on your desktop and unzip the file

using Winzip or 7zip so the .TAR file is in the new folder you just made.

Download ODIN it's required for flashing the stock rooted firmware (a windows app) http://d-h.st/Q14

After it's downloaded extract Odin into the same folder you made containing the T999 TAR file.

Download the stock-rooted Odin flash firmware for the T999 Tmobile Galaxy S3

Run Odin by double clicking the Odin.exe within the same folder as the TAR file you extracted

Turn off your phone and boot into

DOWNLOAD MODE

(Volume Down + Home + Power Hold until phone powers up, then release and press Volume Up to enter Download Mode)

Once in Download Mode, connect the USB/Charger cable to the phone and plug into the USB port on your computer.

You should now see a COM** port listed toward the top-left of Odin (under ID:COM)

Click on the PDA button in the middle-right area of Odin.

Browse to and select the firmware you downloaded (TAR file)

Make sure Auto-Reboot and F. Reset Time are the only options checked and that PDA is the only other thing checked.

TRIPLE CHECK your settings and that you have selected the correct firmware for your model phone and are using the correct options.

If you are using a laptop, make absolutely sure you are plugged in, or if on battery, that it is charged enough and will not go into sleep mode during flash.

Click Start to begin the flash. This will take a while, so be patient!

Once complete, in the top-left box in Odin, it will say PASS and the phone should have automatically rebooted.

You may unplug the phone and close Odin if you wish.

Wait at least 5-10 minutes for the system to boot the first time and then build its cache! (It may seem to hang during boot, this is normal and you must be patient!!!)

Good Luck!