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[Galaxy S III General] xinx666:
Goodmorninggggggg XDA!!!!!

Goodmorning everybody,

I'm afraid i need some help with this guide i'm trying to follow.

I'm pretty noob in all this so i will try to explain my situation as good as possible so that you can help me in the best ways you can and want to do.

The beginning

about a half year ago i thaught it was cool to have a custom rom on my galaxy s3 GT-I9300.

I did this with the help of a friend.

I first adjusted the recovery to clockwork and installed cyanogenmod.

The exact details of my phone at this moment are:

modelnumber GT-I9300

Cyanogenmod-version

11-20140708-Snapshot-M8-I9300

Android version 4.4.4

Smalbandversion I9300XXUGNA8

Kernel version 3.0.64-CM-g5e96596

CPU ARMv7 processor rev 0 (v7I)

Build number CM_i9300-userdebug 4.4.4 KTU84Pd9438c2c60 test-keys

I've got a new phone and want to give this phone to my sister or sell it.

I don't need it back to stock for warranty.

I just want to hand over a clean and simple phone.

The problems i'm running in to are...

I did download and install triangle and i tried to reset binary counter.

The counter stays at 1 and the kernel stays at custom. the last visable option says official after triangle.

I also did flash the original recovery with Odin, (jaj this worked) because i can start up in the original recovery mode and not in CWM.

Before i do a full wipe i want to know what the problem will be when i install stock firmware with a binary counter on 1.

And this leads me to my second more important problem.

I can't find which stock firmware i need.

When i try to dial the codes to look up which one you need. I get a error message that it isn't possible to view this information.

I personally think i need: Galaxy S 3 (International)	GT-I9300 PRO I9300XXALF5 Android 4.0.4 07.06.2012 686526 Unlock

there are 2 mirrors on of which is not workiong and the other downloads at 50kb/s and stops at around 90 mb in of the 700 total file size.

Can anyone tell me which stock firmware i need and where to download it? i've searched google (ofcourse) but can't find any.

I live in belgium, this phone was bought in Belgium but i have a dutch simcard working in it from the provider youfone.

This is a sim-only provider and they use the network form a bigger company called KPN.

I really hope someone can help me with this because i'm too afraid to do something wrong and brick my phone.

Sorry for being a noob:) don't bash please!

Thanks in advance for all your replies!

Grtz
[Galaxy S III General] captinhack:
Man I don't know how to thank you.

I have no experience in these stuff but following you guide things work like a charm

High 5 buddy!!

keep up
[Galaxy S III General] ryanx27:
Can't seem to flash Stock Firmware with Odin

I am playing around with my old S3 and decided to root and load custom firmware. I was dumb and rooted via towelroot then installed Clockwork Recovery... before reading up on the fact that my S3 running 4.4.2 NE1 has a locked bootloader. Now my recovery seems to be bricked (Yellow Verizon triangle warning of unauthorized software).

I have followed the steps in the OP to flash the stock recovery using ODIN. I don't get any error messages but when I try to boot into recovery afterwards, I get the same yellow Verizon triangle.

For what it's worth, Odin mode is showing my binary count as 2 ("BOOTLADER RP SWREV: 2")

What am I doing wrong?
[Galaxy S III General] outlawbiker619:
I was having trouble but I figured it out.
[Galaxy S III General] astigpat:
Generic Imei (Emergency Calls Only

Will this fix my Problem? Please reply

-Emergency Calls Only

-No Service

-Generic Imei 0499XXXXXXXXXXX

-Not Registered On Network
[Galaxy S III General] Soupape50:
Thank you very much for this tutorial, it helped me a lot :)
[Galaxy S III General] All_New_BoB:
hey man, just want to ask (i know im already f****up but just trying :( ) i flashed resurrection remix 5.1.1 on a bootlooping galaxy s3 i9300, bootlooping means i didnt backup anything (told you im fu***up :S ) ....no signal bla bla bla, flashed multiple stock firmware, managed to get everything back (imei 00499... rather than null/null, baseband not unknown, service mode not empty) except the signal, i now have full bars signal but emergency only...we dont have locked carrier or whatever in our country....my question is, is there any way to determine what firmware was originally installed out of the box ?? like under the battery or any hidden menu, unfortunatly i dont have the phone box tho....i hope someone can help
[Galaxy S III General] Warren_Orange:
Hi OP I liked you guide. I've been able to return my S3 to totally stock before selling it.

I have a question about the guide though. In your intructions it says

3. Device Wipe

3.1 Go into stock recovery by holding down Home, Volume up and Power buttons together.

3.2 When you see the samsung logo, let go and you'll see it go into custom recovery.

3.3 Scroll to device wipe using the volume keys.

3.4 Press the home key to select the option, and then select yes. Once the device is wiped it will let you know.

Now when i came to this point there were two options for wiping. Factory reset and Cache. I only did factory reset not cache. Everything booted up fine after this. Was cache necessary as well? I am selling this device so I want to be sure that everything is tip top.

Cheers.
[Galaxy S III General] sandeepsharma121004:
Soft bricked siii

SIR I have soft bricked my phone i was trying to install custom rom using twrp but it failed and i didnt create any backup please help me out
[Galaxy S III General] Linkbeta5:
Thanks for the help, but....

The links for the ROM files either are dead, or want me to pay for it. Is there anyway I can get the ROM file from some safe place??? I can't activate my phone until I do this...
[Galaxy S III General] darren1441:
help no signal

after following this post correctly im back on stock, but i have no service no signal at all please someone help as i carnt find many posts about this thanks in advance
[Galaxy S III General] jkamz:
Flash custom recovery

Flash these modem https://www.dropbox.com/s/z74rncfygtli4tp/I9300NEUGOA1_MODEM patchedjkamz.zip?dl=0

Flash Boeffla kernel http://boeffla.df-kunde.de/sgs3/boeffla-kernel/Stable_jb43/Series 5.x/5.9/

note: am assuming you are on stock 4.3
[Galaxy S III General] darren1441:
flash by using odin them pda ? and is it the boefella .tar.md5 fuile im flashing ?
[Galaxy S III General] jkamz:
did it work?
[Galaxy S III General] fxs81:
Thank you very much for this tutorial,followed every step and it worked like a charme.
[Galaxy S III General] monozuki:
A working link to the stock rom

Hi guys,

I've been trying to find a working link to the stock rom, however the therads I found here seem to either link to hotfile (which doesn't work, says it's not available in my region, that is UK) or to samsung updates which only seems to work at first, but even if I do manage to get a download going, it just gets interrupted after about an hour each time.

So, if someone could share with me a *working link* to a I9300 stock rom (i.e. a link that will work for me here in UK), or the rom itself, I'd be really, really grateful. Really.

Thank you.

*edit*

Was able to find it myself it turns out.

For anyone else struggling with finding it, just go and register (free acc) over at sammobile and browse the firmware section for your desired rom.
[Galaxy S III General] phongtranvn88:
Stuck in boot image

Hi everybody, I'm have followed the forum for quite a long time but just registered right now . Yesterday I did my first rom upping and it wasn't successful. After flashing the note 4 Blekuta, my phone stuck in Samsung logo for a long rime. Then i took off my battery, inserted and did a full wipe. However after that my phone still didn't boost so I flash the stock rom however it stuck it the boot image. So anyone could please give me some advise or a solution for this errer ??? Thank you in advance. :):)
[Galaxy S III General] Sheharaz:
I get this error. please help!!!!

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> recovery.img

<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/004>

<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Galaxy S III General] DodgerTheRunner:
Hi,

I cant't download the stock recovery for the international version from here

http://stockroms.net/file/GalaxyS3/i9300/stockrecovery/International-GT-i9300-StockRecovery.tar

Does anyone have a different link?

Dodger
[Galaxy S III General] mikephys:
download correct ROM version

Hello everyone,

at the beginning many thanks [MENTION=5309754]doovd[/MENTION] for this amazing tutorial!!!!

I'm on the last step 4 and I want to download the correct rom for my mob.

I have:

AP: I9300XXUGND5

CP: I9300XXUGNA8

CSC: I9300OXAEMC2

I've searched this link hxxp://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9300 for the correct ROM, but seems that others results shows if I search by AP, and other if I use CP... Before I flash a custom ROM I had the stock one by COSMOTE carrier(Greece). the only thing close to it is VGR(Vodafone carrier Greece)...should it play any role if I download this one??

Thanks in advance for your time.

Mike
[Galaxy S III General] jxb25:
Gonna try this because k need to go to stock
[Galaxy S III General] jsnchn:
Hello

I am currently running CM 12.1 on my SGS3 i747m.

I want to return back to stock rom, the current version offered by Rogers is Kit Kat 4.2.2.

Is this considered a downgrade? (from CM 12..1 to Android 4.2.2) Will I brick my device?

Is returning back to stock rom the only way I can network unlock my phone?
[Galaxy S III General] myakitasable18:
good guide

out of the thousands i have read in the past week trying to fix the paperweight, this was the best one! didn't work of course, odin said pass and my phone still won't load. i really did love that phone, got it all the way up to 6.0 and man was i thrilled. except my mic stopped working, so i tried to fix it, and viola paperweight. i factory reset it to fix the mic and the thing has never loaded since. i'm having a smash the phone party in an hour or so here and at least i will get to feel better!

guide here was awesome though. most have empty links or waiting six hours for one file to download. this one was great. nice job.
[Galaxy S III General] MuzMast:
Hey Folks!!

I have installed a Liquid Smooth ROM (4.4.4) and I would like to downgrade it to 4.1.2 Stock. Is there any possibility that with this guide my phone will be bricked? Do I need reinstall kernel and baseband?

Another data of my ROM:

Baseband: I9300JKUGNB2

Kernel Version: 3.0.64-Liquid-g604eb65

Thanks a lot!!

Cheers!
[Galaxy S III General] arielpa:
Or just use the Firmware Upgrade and Initialisation tool in Samsung Kies.
[Galaxy S III General] -TNY-:
is it necessary to go back to stock recovery ?
[Galaxy S III General] Bad4ss:
Hi please help. How do I reset the binary counter if all I have is CWM/TWRP recovery and cannot seem to load a new rom because of "cannot write to /preload" error?

Not sure which one to use out of CEM or TWRP, I can flash either if necessary.
[Galaxy S III General] Bad4ss:
It's OK I managed to put on the original ROM without resetting the Binary Counter. SO at least the phone is now in a working condition, Thanks OP.
[Galaxy S III General] MGreen1216:
Need to reset after unrooting & Stock :(

Hi, So I have Samsung Galaxy s3 (T-mobile) LTE version. Im a newbie, so i didn't know that binary counter should have been reset BEFORE I unrooted and reverted to stock. Is there a way I can still reset binary counter?? Ive tried to root again but I think due to android 4.3 stock, i am unable to. Odin keeps failing. Help please? Thank you!
[Galaxy S III General] thenyboy:
Hello! I have a i9300 on Resurection Remix 6.0 Marshmallow and want to go back to stock 4.3, but i don't want the Stock Recovery, or reset counters. Will it work if i just wipe and Flash with Odin the Stock ROM?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] NeoSkyler:
Thanks! Just one problem...

I went to Download mode and my binary counter is set to 2 even though I didn't flashed a custom ROM. My device is just bricked and I can't install the APK TriangleAway the way you mentioned. Maybe you can

elaborate on that? Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] osemoka:
Hey guyz. I have a problem. I want to return to stock. The problem is i don't know what my csc is. Phone is from Poland and i don't know if it's with simlock or not. The thing is years ago I installed some soft from galaxy s5 on my s3. Don't know which one though. Everything worked fine. After years I tried to exchange it for s9+ with additional paying and they returned my phone as unable to work. I don't know what they've done to it, but for sure some wiping. Now when phone boots up a massage prompts : " "unfortunately,com.android key guard has stopped." I can't rid of this massage and it just makes the phone unable to do initial setup and any use. My idea is to flash stock firmware. I read about correct CSC and i wonder how can i check it without access to the smartphone. Or it shouldn't be concered about that and install that ? I9300XXUGNA5_XEOGNC1_Poland_4.3

I have some custom recovery on it. Anyone ?
[Galaxy S III General] m4v3r0ne:
Hey guys, is there any place I can get the stock ROM for this phone other than the Samsung site?

Because their dowload links lead to nowhere... ,(
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
Updato.com.

Sammobile.com.

And other sites.
[Galaxy S III General] lucalunardi:
Thanks for your post, but may I add an alternative process?

I was on CM 10.1 with CWM and wanted to revert all back to stock. What I did was:

1 - Flashed stock samsung ROM back via Odin

-- Normal usual method (.md5 file in PDA)

2 - Wiped data / cache / factory reset through original recovery

3 - Started the phone skipping all the set ups.

4 - Root with CF-Auto-Root; Unified Toolkit or Framaroot

-- Follow the respective thread instructions (Personally I recomend CF-Auto-Root)

5 - Reset binary count with Triangle Away

6 - Wiped data / cache / factory reset through original recovery

7 - Reflashed stock samsung ROM via Odin to UNROOT.

8 - Wiped data / cache / factory reset through original recovery, again.

10 - Booted normally one last time and set up all back again.

11 - DONE. No root, no binary count. All stock.

It seems tedious and repetitive but the only time consuming task was flashing itself, 5 minutes each time. The whole process took about 15 minutes, paying careful attention to each step.

Obs: Framaroot seems to not work on most recent 4.1.2, 4.2.2 leak or 4.3 leaks and officials. Exploit probably fixed on Rom.

Obs 2: Why so many wipes? Just to assure no residual files remained.

Obs 3: If you don't know wich was original firmware:

1 - Go to Kies without connecting your phone. Choose Tools-》Update and Start firmware. Put your device model (uppercase on). The program will ask your serial number (not IMEI). You can find it under the battery. Hit Ok.

If all goes fine you will see a message with the original firmware code and a prompt to download it. Write it down, cancel all, go to sammobile and download the version needed. Flash it through Odin. Done.

(Be careful, if you're on EMG4 or newer do not downgrade to anything older than EMG4 or you may have problems with "No network" , invalid IMEI, etc.) If you're not sure about this, just use the most recent ROM for your country.
[Galaxy S III General] rickerman:
Hi,

I recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300. It currently has cyanogenmod installed. The phone is for my wife and she would like the official firmware installing. I have read a lot of guides on this but they all depend on you knowing which official firmware to install, I have no idea which version of the official firmware used to be flashed to this phone. I don't want to flash a firmware and make the phone unusable. I have tried inputting the code *#1234# into the keypad, this does not tell me the firmware version.

I have attached a screenshot from the Phone details page.

I have also tried to use triangle away, it actually says it successfully reset the counter but when I boot into download mode it still says 4 counts.

I am not sending the phone back to Samsung on warranty, I just want the official firmware. Flash counts can stay at 4 (if it doesn't matter).

Any help on finding out the actual version I need would be appreciated.

Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] post-mortem:
[MENTION=5343314]rickerman[/MENTION]

The phone currently has CyanogenMod on it (custom ROM); USSD codes (such as *#1234#) will only work on stock-based ROMs.

Basically, you just need to be sure of the model #. If your phone is GT-i9300, then use the ROM for GT-I9300.
[Galaxy S III General] rickerman:
Thanks for the help, does the region not matter so much then?
[Galaxy S III General] post-mortem:
I don't think flashing a stock ROM from another region can have any permanent ill effects, it's more about whether certain features are enabled/disabled, and maybe language. For example, you might find that flashing a ROM from another region gives you additional features, or takes them away. You might not be able to make calls, for example. Nothing that can't be fixed by flashing yet another ROM (or modem, etc.).
[Galaxy S III General] rickerman:
Thanks again for the confirmation.

I flashed the BTU UK firmware, it went on fine but as you mentioned, I cannot make calls or send texts, It is saying "Not registered on network".

I will have to experiment with different ROMs until I find one that works I guess.

Is there a site where you can search by region? I would like to see all uk firmwares, but not been able to find a site that has this feature.
[Galaxy S III General] post-mortem:
Try:

http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9300

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
[Galaxy S III General] lucalunardi:
You can just use the ROM for the place and carrier you are living/using now. If you prefer you can also use a unbranded one for your current country.

Theres is also a way to find out what was the factory version your phone came with.

Go to Kies without connecting your phone. Choose Tools-》Update and Start firmware. Put your device model (uppercase on). The program will ask your serial number (not IMEI). You can find it under the battery. Hit Ok.

If all goes fine you will see a message with the original firmware code and a prompt to download it. Write it down, cancel all, go to sammobile and download the version needed. Flash it through Odin. Done.

You can also try the steps I wrote down on the post before yours as I also was using CM and it worked perfectly for me. Sorry I can't post links yet to make it easier but google is your kind friend in this case.
[Galaxy S III General] rickerman:
Hi,

I ended up installing the unbranded version for my country, I couldn't get this to work however, emergency calls only. I was able to fix it by rooting it and installing a patch from ariza.
[Galaxy S III General] lucalunardi:
Well in this case chances are the previous owner screwed something up before selling you the phone. BTW since it'll be your wife's phone and she'll probably not be flashing it like us, then you should have no problems. Glad to hear you got it to work.

Sent from my phone using the "Send" button.
[Galaxy S III General] II GHOSTFACE II:
Incorrect wording?

Following the guide, 2) flashing stock recovery.

Then 3) says wiping data in your custom recovery, technically wouldn't you want to put "stock" instead of "custom"?
[Galaxy S III General] rickerman:
Unfortunately this morning my wifes phone reverted back to Emergency calls only. I have been trying for ages to find a fix but it appears she now has an unusable phone. I have tried to apply the ariza patch again with no luck.

Any ideas?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] II GHOSTFACE II:
Have you tried CSC code check. *#1234# you may of needed a branded version of the firmware. Like mine is Tmu which is T-Mobile. CSC is vital info like imei and network and all that stuff so that may be your issue. You can find the codes meaning around. Make sure you fully wipe the data aswell
[Galaxy S III General] rickerman:
This gives me CSC: I93000XAEMC2

But I think this is because of the stock ROM I installed. The problem is is that I dont know what stock firmware it had on it origionally, when I bought it it was already flashed with a custom rom that my wife didn't like, so I restored a stock rom for her, which was working fine until this morning.
[Galaxy S III General] II GHOSTFACE II:
Which country are you in?
[Galaxy S III General] rickerman:
I am in the UK.
[Galaxy S III General] II GHOSTFACE II:
Ok here is the CSC codes for "United Kingdom= BTU, EVR (EE), BTC, CPW (Carphone Warehouse), H3G, O2I, O2U (O2), ORA (Orange), OXA*, TMU (T-Mobile), TSC, VIR, VOD (Vodafone), XEU"

I suggest you try using a CSC changer either on Play or via XDA or Samsung site if its not correct. It will wipe entire phone but you can try those until you have a working network, you can find the correct firmwares to each one around threads/sites. I would provide if i knew but i don't. Id check your IMEI ain't blacklisted to be on the safe side. Hope it helps.
[Galaxy S III General] lucalunardi:
Try this method below to find out what was your factory rom...

Sent from my phone using the "Send" button.
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
Link to latest t-mob(UK) firmware

http://hotfile.com/dl/180400740/35f...9300_TMU_1_20120816184216_fu6qzh9a2g.zip.html

Search is your friend ;):D
[Galaxy S III General] rickerman:
Thanks, this worked great. But yea, still don't have any network after I flashed it.

How do I find out if my IMEI is blacklisted? It seems that the IMEI and serial number listed in the phone are slightly different than the ones underneath the battery..

I also tried a CSC changer app, but not all of the UK ones listed were available to choose.
[Galaxy S III General] lucalunardi:
I guess the only way to check an imei blacklist is with the carrier... try that first.

Did you try a different simcard in this phone or even the same SIM in another phone? A faulty simcard is also a possibility.

Is your imei showing with the first 4 digits being 0079 or 0049? If so you may have a corrupt efs folder. There is a few tools here in the forum to help you with this problem. I can't point you one because i never used any. Try searching for this and see if your problem is someone else's problem too.

Hope to have helped...

Sent from my phone using the "Send" button.
[Galaxy S III General] rickerman:
SIM works in another phone, no sim works in this phone. I don't understand as it was working fine until yesterday..

IMEI doesn't start with 0079 or 0049. I backed up my efs folder before I started the first time.
[Galaxy S III General] lucalunardi:
What's the difference between the imei and s/n showed in your phone against the label under the battery or the box?

Sent from my phone using the "Send" button.
[Galaxy S III General] rickerman:
IMEI has 2 digits different, last 2. I assume the last one is a check digit that makes it a valid number.

Serial number is one digit changed also.
[Galaxy S III General] post-mortem:
They should be the same. If they're not, then the previous owner may have screwed it up, then "repaired" it & dumped it.

Look up threads on IMEI injection, for people who have lost their IMEI (all zeroes).
[Galaxy S III General] lucalunardi:
Well if the digits are different then you should try post-mortem advice. The label and phone info must be the same. If the error with this numbers are from previous modifications your efs backup may be useless... nevertheless keep it and make another one before trying anything else.

Sent from my phone using the "Send" button.
[Galaxy S III General] rickerman:
I've spent all night trying to find a way to change my IMEI back to the original with no luck.

The next plan will be to put cynagenmod back on, see if it will work.