yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] daffydrug:
i successfully did steps 1 and 2. I flashed the stock recover but in step 3, when i wiped the data, it showed the android upgrading screen followed by the start up image. Then it continuously popped up one after the another finally landing in the recovery mode again. When i tried to reboot system, it again showed the same thing and my device is not starting up. Please help. I know I'm a noob..
[Galaxy S III General] dzjoepy:
Hello! I found your tutorial, but i'm afraid I lose my IMEI doing this. Would you please read my topic? There I give you all the information about my problem. If you need more informatie please tel me! Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] squareyes:
s3 gt-i9305 knox void 1.......

Hi,

Like so many other requests, I would like to reset my s3 (gt-i9305) lte (uk) to a factory state in order to receive over-the-air updates (I get the 'your phone has been modified' message).

I keep reading that once knox void has been triggered, there is no going back.

I thought I would try your method, but I've run into a couple of problems. Firstly, after many searches, I cannot find an ICS Bootloader and secondly, the appropriate Kernel leaves me with an unresponsive black screen after flashing.

I have searched the site, but have kind of given up now. Is this all in vain? Will I ever be able to receive over-the-air updates again?

Oh, and thanks for your thread...
[Galaxy S III General] gagan313:
Hey guys I need some help with this .. basically I had neatrom 6.5 installed and wanted fresh start etc.... I did everything as followed in instructions and at the part where my flash counter resets, the triangle app states it has reset counters and the system to official but I still have 4 flash counters whenever I go into download mode.....However systems now states it is official... Any ideas? :crying:
[Galaxy S III General] AquariusMobile:
Thanks, I followed all the instructions and succeed. :good:
[Galaxy S III General] Fastyy:
Hello,

First, Sorry for my english.. I am native french speaker.

Here is my problem.

I put / test many roms and now, I want to go back to stock rom because I'm not satisfied with custom rom.

So I follow your topic and I allways have the same problem.

In fact, I had the same problem with Sammy roms.

After flash the stock rom, i follow the android setup without configuring any account... all is ok.

But After that, When I come into the home screen, all is very slow, lag !!

It crashs or the system is hanging.

If I want to unlock the screen, it's impossible because it's freeze.

The only thing that I can do, it's to put the rom Paranoid 4 beta 5.

With that rom, it's very fast and no problem.

can you help me please... to come back in stock and understand?

Thank you.
[Galaxy S III General] KZ916:
International Unlocked S3 from middle east, which stock firmware to use?

Hi,

So I have an S3 I got from Bahrain and I'm not sure which stock firmware to choose from that list. My baseband version is I9300XXEMG4. I was thinking about using the BTU (UK) one but I'm not sure if it will brick my phone or not. Im currently running CM 11. Which one would you recommend me to use? My PDA is NB6 and CSC is NB3 (XSG)

Thanks :)
[Galaxy S III General] isholay:
You can flash any stock rom, your phone won't be bricked. Have it mind that if you flash any other firmware apart from your region's, it will change your csc and that's not a problem you can always change it.
[Galaxy S III General] yelineca:
Thanks man! :)
[Galaxy S III General] pat.seven:
hi I flashed 4.4.2 Custom S5 ROM and I deleted my 4.3 stock backup. It has a custom kernel. Now I want to revert back to the original stock Samsung 4.3 for my country as if it was new. What's the chance of bricking my phone if I follow these steps?
[Galaxy S III General] josh462890:
Kernal question

first of all this is a great post it, this is really helping me, i have a question about the kernal. i installed Siyah kernal and wish to remove it because it has added a image on boot and i dont like it, also i have noticed a red ! on top left when i boot? i am wondering when stock android is finished downloading when i install it will it reset the kernal and remove the red ! upon boot? thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] switelolo124:
help please :(

i have I9300 (international) it was branded for polish network Plus GSM

i tryed install cyanogenmod as ussually, cwm>wipe all>install and my phone is now bricked..

I try many times and many stock ROMs through ODIN but phone is stuck on Samsung Logo.

I cant reset binary counter.. Now number is 4... i trying other roms but nothing...

Can you guys help me with this? :(

(Sry 4 my bad eng)
[Galaxy S III General] Rafhael92:
This is simply helpful. Now, I got no worries if I want to flash new ROM or flash back to stock. I remembered the steps. :good:
[Galaxy S III General] patzj006:
would there be an issue installing a stock firmware from a different region?
[Galaxy S III General] mendoza101991:
Is this safe for S3 that has insane chip?
[Galaxy S III General] II GHOSTFACE II:
No, unless you claim warranty then it will.

It's safe, unless you flash a firmware that old it doesn't contain the fixes, but I doubt that's the case... 4.3 completely safe.
[Galaxy S III General] mendoza101991:
I see, that's great! Gonna try this some time soon! But for now I have been testing and testing roms for almost 1 month now.
[Galaxy S III General] hyperorb:
Unable to reset counter

I rooted using CF autoroot. But did not install custom recovery or kernel or rom. So all in all it was pure stock plus root

Now I need to return the set for warranty. However by using triangle away > reboot > factory reset (from settings > backup restore) it brings everything to official but the counter stays at 1.

How to reset that?
[Galaxy S III General] Rex 0831:
My method to change the phone to official state is:

1.Using Triangle away to reset the flash counter.

2.Entering download mode and flash official rom(download it in sammobile.com) in odin.

3.Wipe data and cache in recovery(official)

4.Reboot!Enjoy!
[Galaxy S III General] The4thDoctor:
Stock recovery rom needed badly

I need the stock recovery ROM for Boost Mobile Samsung Galaxy S3 android 4.4.3 USA version

Using Odin and CF-AutoRoot wiped out my stock recovery. I tried to use the one for Sprint, but it must be different, when I go into recovery, the screen is filled with red errors.

Because of the above problem, I am unable to do a factory reset!
[Galaxy S III General] ebram96:
I'm applying the whole tutorial right now ..... I'll give you feedback
[Galaxy S III General] ebram96:
Worked perfectly .. thanks a lot man
[Galaxy S III General] mirkocon995:
Perfect Guide
[Galaxy S III General] baccilus:
The link for official Samsung firmware doesn't work. It starts downloading but before the file can download it just shuts down. I think the free link has a time limit. I am on slow internet so my download is interupted.
[Galaxy S III General] drazen7777:
Thanks , nice tutorial
[Galaxy S III General] PedrDomingues:
Hi ppl,

How can I put the original rom without cable access, because my micro USB DATA POWER CHARGER PORT is broken....

help me plz
[Galaxy S III General] amit3880:
May be try this,

Download Stock firmware for your phone ( directly from your phone as you cant transfer that from computer),

Download Mobile ODIN ( search play store)

Flash stock firmware using Mobile ODIN.

Enjoy and if helped hit thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] PedrDomingues:
thks for quick response ;)

1 more question, mobile odin only pay version?
[Galaxy S III General] amit3880:
not really!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1347899

There is minor difference between pay and lite, but if your mobile is saved, I encourage you to purchase pay version to support developer :)
[Galaxy S III General] Allen.:
Exactly was I was looking for.
[Galaxy S III General] bigmurf:
Check binary counter with a blank screen.

First I would like to thank you and all the wonderful posters on XDA. I dropped my S3 onto a hard floor off the top of fridge. For a short while the screen was discolored and then eventually it was black. Power, volume and home button works, but not touch screen. I have looked very closely to find a crack of any sort on screen but none is visible. I want to try to get a warranty replacement. I originally rooted with stock rom. So after the drop I flashed a stock rom, but I messed up and flashed the stock rom for 4.2 and I should of done the older 4.1. So it was in a boot loop.

Then I flashed the proper one and the phone at least works again (except for screen). I know this because I can connect it to hdmi. My problem is the hdmi does not show in download mode. So I don't know what my binary counter is at. I did root but no custom roms just stock. I wish I had a bluetooth mouse setup for it but I don't know if it be worth it to buy one if I can't see to hook it up. I could possibly go back and for with my usb adapter and wireless mouse and keyboard to hdmi, but it is very difficult and frustrating. Is there a way to check binary count through a computer? If the count was zero I could possibly reset blindly if I knew what the menu looked like with volume buttons. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I have looked all over the net and can't find anything on this problem. I usually don't ask for help but I am desperate because I need a phone and I am poor. I can make a small donation to someone willing to help via paypal if the problem can be fixed. Thanks!!!!
[Galaxy S III General] baselsayeh:
Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] deadstillstanding:
Thank you!

This worked perfectly and with minimal fuss.
[Galaxy S III General] doovd:
Glad its working for most of you!
[Galaxy S III General] addyhash:
similar to bigsmurf's question... i too have a warranty issue i want sorted, (random freezing - battery pull required ) ... i used frama root to root my s3, so i still have stock rom and recovery...

in download mode: i have:

custom binary download : NO

Current Binary: samsung official

System status: custom

it's an Aussie "Optus" branded firmware ...

how do i get system status back ( also shows 'modified " in the 'about phone" section...

cheers

Addy
[Galaxy S III General] vldesco:
What you need is a smart dock to connect hdmi and a standard mouse/keyboard
[Galaxy S III General] bigmurf:
Thank you for your response! I did not know of such a device. I hope that solution helps someone in the future.

Some time went by since I posted the question so actually a few days ago I brought it to the att service center in Syracuse NY. She barely looked at the phone and I ended up getting a replacement. But I am sure if I would of sent it in by mail it would of got a more thorough look and they would of discovered the root.

So my advice for people with same problem, just show up at service center, no appointment. Be nice and start up a conversation because I think they put mean people there on purpose. I was ready to bully em until I got my replacement but quickly realized that the young lady was meaner than I could be.

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I don't know the answer to your question... but a few days ago I brought my broken rooted phone to the att service center. I think there are like 2 of these in every US state for att. I showed up with no appointment looking for a battle. But the young lady was tougher than me. Took a while to get a replacement. I just kept it simple saying the phone doesn't work. She told me she might not be able to give me a phone because her computer system was having problems. BS. But I told her I liked her nails and talked for a while about her home town. I killed her with kindness and got my phone. At least where I live I don't think the workers are smart enough to check for it. They just look for obvious physical damage. So if you can't fix your problem I would at least give it a try and the worst they can say is no. Good luck.
[Galaxy S III General] kennydied23:
Is there any way to do this without booting into android? Every time I turn the phone on it cuts off after a few seconds. I just Odin'd to the 4.4.2 Touchwiz KitKat version on my VZW S3.
[Galaxy S III General] GrippingSphere:
Triangle Away always put my phone back to official status. Have you tried it already?

My phone is rooted with several Xposed modules installed and with S5 quick settings theme but still shows Official in the status. Official status is important for me because I use Screen Mirroring.

You can then un- root your phone via Super SU if you like before claiming warranty.
[Galaxy S III General] addyhash:
i will give triangle away a whirl, thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] 8bitrebellion:
Hello, i have an friend's s3 i9300. He gave me as it stuck on Samsung logo. I flashed stock rom via odin. Now it again stuck at logo, i flashed cwm and tried wiping the device, but i got error like unable to mount data, cache,sd cards etc. I have sloved this problem in htc one s once, but i cant find a proper solution for s3. can anyone help?
[Galaxy S III General] artturia:
Hi, this might be stupid question, but I didn't find hits via search. Is there a way to flash stock I9300 rom to S3? My usb is broken in device and I would need to restore stock rom to get device back to shop. I can keep the phone running via wireless charger for now but would like to get this fixed. I have latest cyanogenmod currently installed.

Any help would be nice.
[Galaxy S III General] papatzis:
Search for Odin mobile to flash the rom
[Galaxy S III General] artturia:
I did find some instruction. Booted using volumeup-home-power. Then tried to install zip file downloaded from samfirmware dot com (too few posts to insert link to reply) which should be correct I9300XXUGND5_I9300NEEGNE1_NEE .zip (I9300 nordic countries). Located the zip from sdcard0 but it fails to start installing. No specific errors in output. Any advices?
[Galaxy S III General] artturia:
Anyone?
[Galaxy S III General] shazbot:
I'm trying to flash the stock rom but my odin has been sitting at just above half done for more than an hour.

Any idea?

Edit: Nevermind. Tried a different USB port and it's working. O_o
[Galaxy S III General] vldesco:
How do you tried to install the zip? flashing from recovery?

zip downloaded from samfirmware are stock roms, they must be unzipped and flashed via Odin, since your S3's usb port is broken, you can try with Mobile Odin App (XDA Thread). I never used Mobile Odin, so I can't tell if it will work fine.

This is how I do a Factory Reset using a PC

1. Boot to Download mode and Flash Stock Rom with Odin (You will flash from Mobile Odin from normal mode)

2. Boot to Recovery mode, do a Factory Reset (just in case, I think step 1 cleans all), then Flash CF-AutoRoot

3. Boot to Normal mode and Install Triangle Away

4. Run Triangle Away to reset Flash counter

5. Boot to download mode and flash stock rom again

Hope it helps
[Galaxy S III General] artturia:
Ok so finally got the odin mobile pro working. Installed stock rom via sdcard. Then I got removed red triangle. Now still one problem. How to uninstall mobile odin pro? There is no uninstall in Play Store only open. It's not listed in apps that can be uninstalled. It's part of the system because after factory reset and cache wipe I start the app. Don't give any details to Google (so it can't be downloaded).

So how do I get remove of Mobile odin pro? I can't update my phone via OTA since it shows phone modified in about phone.
[Galaxy S III General] artturia:
ok, downloaded titanium backup and I converted Mobile odin pro to normal user. Then uninstalled it. Now phone is stock mode, no custom rom installs shown in counter and Mobile odin uninstalled so updater will see phone as stock phone and I was able to update via OTA. Hope this helps others also.
[Galaxy S III General] vldesco:
Glad to know you can solve your problem.

Don't forget to unroot your device before send it to samsung service if you want apply to warranty. If you rooted with cf-autoroot. i has an unroot option I guess.
[Galaxy S III General] dbux:
Just wanna know guys...

Actually If I'm done with this process, will these change the status in Settings>About Device>Status to 'Official' not to 'Normal' or anything else?

>>Also can somebody can make me understand what's the difference between status 'Official' & 'Normal' in Samsung smartphones.

>>Will Samsung reject my warranty claim by seeing the status 'Normal' instead of 'Official'?

Advance thanks for the help :)
[Galaxy S III General] II GHOSTFACE II:
Yes it should. Sometimes repeating the process can make it change it the first did not.

Setting-status has either normal or modified (which Samsung can reject if not normal)

Under odin mode the binary status will either be official or custom.

At the end you will have official in odin mode and normal status under settings.
[Galaxy S III General] YamilaYamila:
Very important information!!

Thanks for the job!!
[Galaxy S III General] subzer0wbb:
Thank you, this worked fine on my s3. No problems at all.
[Galaxy S III General] skywalker2702:
newbie here

Good day Masterr Doovd or anyone who has experienced this situation

May I ask if I can use this method to restore my Unknown Baseband and Null Imei?

I flashed glamours5 and when it booted just saw my signal bar then into circle,

And i checked it on about phone and boom unknown,

My samsung is gt i9300 with twrp

Im really having a troublesome day because of this :)

Thanks if answered ^^ and Great Thread by the way
[Galaxy S III General] II GHOSTFACE II:
Restore an efs backup to fix Imei issues. If you don't have a backed up efs... Your screwed, that's the first thing you should of done after rooting. Only other thing is flash the original stock firmware may correct it but thats mainly a signal fix. Basically to fix your phone then is replacing the main board from another phone.

You could try plowing through different threads attempting possible fixes etc but I don't remember any working as such.
[Galaxy S III General] Andriyol:
Could you please describe how to back up EFS folder and stock rom as well before any change?
[Galaxy S III General] II GHOSTFACE II:
Download an app called "SA Manager" to backup efs folder, alternatively use a root Explorer (R/W full system) go to phone system and copy the EFS folder. I say do both its a safety precaution and keep them both on your external sd and on your pc. To back up your rom just do a basic nandroid via custom recovery which backs up everything as it is at the time of backup. You can always download an official rom via Sam mobile website.
[Galaxy S III General] Andriyol:
To back up efs I have to root the phone, so it became not "Official" in device status? This is in case I change my mind to flash a custom software.

If official roms are available than it's not neccessary to back up everything else, considering this is not important for user? Personal data can be saved mannualy.

Thnaks for your answer!
[Galaxy S III General] II GHOSTFACE II:
True you don't need to back up but it's nice to have a backup because you can just fall back to that not having to do anything. Titanium backup is the app you want for backing up apps and data etc so if you flash a clean rom titanium backup can give all user data back and apps instead of re-down loading them all.

And yes soon as you root your phone your statuses may change but don't worry they can be changed back. Before flashing any roms you create you EFS backup first. Then titanium backup all apps and data. Then if you want a nandroid backup (I do it for a safety messure) then you can flash away. If you flash a rom and your imei messes up, it's OK because you have your EFS backups to put back there.
[Galaxy S III General] Andriyol:
When I copied efs by root explorer to sdcard it measures 5.18MB, when I copied efs to pc from sdcard - it's only 2.17MB with less files\folders. Is this normal?

I just make a image back up of efs partition by efs professional 2.1.73. Hope it will won't be required)
[Galaxy S III General] II GHOSTFACE II:
There hidden on your pc. On your phone they are not. I used EFS professional before and when my EFS was corrupt that didn't work. The one which did work for me which I recommend you have one too, is ktool from playstore. It's easy to use and did fix my corruption. Many different copies of EFS is never too much. I have 3 myself (ktool, copy/paste, EFS pro)
[Galaxy S III General] Andriyol:
I'll try with ktool as well.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] podiwadda:
this tutorial really help full

thank you for this tutorial :)

i'm new here :) just start reading everything before become active user :)
[Galaxy S III General] alldham:
Very useful

Thank you so very much for this. Saved me from a soft brick AND my count went down to zero. Thanks a lot!
[Galaxy S III General] k-semler:
Has anyone ever gone so far as wanted to use to decided to use to want to go to do more look like?
[Galaxy S III General] Minto107:
Can I use my stock ROM backup instead downloading a new one?
[Galaxy S III General] elendil2112:
Helllpppp x_x

Thought it was going well, everything seemed to work great, but then i got stuck on the verizon screen after booting up!! :(

could anyone point me in the right direction and tell me what i did wrong and how to fix?

Thanks guys!
[Galaxy S III General] franatic08:
Worked for me!

I only had to fiddle a bit with rebooting and battery pulls to avoid increasing the download counter again, due to a custom kernel.

Thanks for the write up!
[Galaxy S III General] Bundas460:
CP code is for different country than region code

Hi. What if my CP code is I9300XXUGNA8, but stock recovery is everytime saying Applied the CSC-code : XEF..

The CP code is for Kazakhstan but the region (which is saying recovery) is France...

Is possible I have bad recovery?

EDIT: On back of my phone is text in french.

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Hi. I think you flashed bad version of stock ROM. Or something happened wrong while flashing.. Try flash stock rom again.

Whatis your region code and CP code and what version of stock rom are you flashing?
[Galaxy S III General] Tizio.Qualunque:
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[Galaxy S III General] jimmyardeshna:
Will it work on S3 i747m?

I know in the beginning its already mentioned that it may not work on other variants but has anyone tried this on i747m? does it work?

I upgraded to slimkat and forgot to unlock my phone and now the unlock code does not work and after searching thru forums I came to know that I will have to revert to stock rom in order to unlock :( Can anyone please help me with this. Thanks a bunch.
[Galaxy S III General] Le Wolf King:
my one is

CP: I9300NEUGND1

CSC:I900H3GGND1

and i can't find my one on the list of firmwares?
[Galaxy S III General] RONcocjin:
is it okay?

Is it okay that i will just flash the stock rom to my twrp recovery? So i wont loose my root? Thanks