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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mdrfkr:
Hi,

I have one question/issue to solve. Got my phone hard bricked while downgrading from stock 4.3 back to 4.1.1. due to huge battery drain. Unfotrunately during the downgrade I encountered a problem/ran out of electricity at home during a storm and the downgrade process was interrupted.

By using the method mentioned by gTan64 I managed to savage the phone from the hard brick by uploading the bootloader (http://www.mediafire.com/download/23...ph_l710.img.xz) onto the SD card and restarting it in download mode. Have flashed the official 4.1.1. rom via Odin and the process did pass through although once it rebooted the system didn't want to boot up and now it gets stuck on the SAMSUNG logo... with the withe led flashing.

Any idea on how to proceed?

here are the details of the phone.

MODEL: GT-I9300

FCC ID: A3LGTI9300A

S/N: RF1C68JC0CY

If you need printscreens or whatever else to help me out of this pls feel free to ask and I will post it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] djphooka:
Oh wow!

Thank you so much for this!!

I have two S3 t999s that I bricked and this worked on BOTH!

I haven't read through all the posts but do most of you agree that a lot of bricks have come from TWRP?

Thanks again for this tutorial. It forced me to get a lil more familiar with command prompts and Linux in general.

Big UP!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] velahavle:
Debrick for Verizon

Could anyone point me to a place to find debrick .img file for Verizon i535. Getting it from a friend or something along those lines isn't an option.

Also the minimum size for microSD is the size of the phones memory but what about class of the card, does it need to be 10 or it can be lower?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] stopeject:
You can't use Sprint SPH-L710 image on GT-I9300 phone. It is a sure way to brick it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] scorpionhd2:
My local shop couldn't do anything with my I747 for a week. I tried this solution and my baby was back within a few minutes!!!! You Rock!! Beer your way in a few days!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GeTex:
This is for you and everyone else, here is all the Debrick Images

http://angelfirenetworks.servegame.com/XDA/S3 Debrick IMG_s/

Please Give me abit, New webserver is here, gotta set her up :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] binny200:
Hard Brick Samsung Galaxy S3 SGH-I747M

Hi

I recently hard bricked my samung galaxy s3 SGH-i747M

It got bricked after I installed this bootloader:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2540998

I've tried the memory card method using the image posted on the 1st page but that didnt work.

Please help! what should i do?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GeTex:
you need a i747m image
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] binny200:
could you find me a i747m image please?

that website you posted earlier doesn't seem to work for me.

EDIT: nevermind i found an old image, i will try it and report back!

EDIT2: I tried the image but it still didnt work, what am i doing wrong? I used a 16 GB sandisk card. I believe i need a 4.3 image because i updated my phone too.

help please
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GeTex:
there is no version image, this is hardware, however is your card class 10? if not, thats why it fails. Also provide me a 747m image if possible, it's the only image i don't have, and i fixed the link, typo in the link XD.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] binny200:
Oh yeah I dont have a class 10, will go out today and buy it.

I cant post the link so ill pm it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] binny200:
Okay so I bought the class 10 memory card and tried it, but it still doesnt seem to work.

What should I do?

Please help
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GeTex:
Hi, it's Class 10, 16GB, and you wrote the image using what tool?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] binny200:
I used win32diskimager and also Roadkil's disk image.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GeTex:
bad image possibly. Try the 747 image just for kicks

http://angelfirenetworks.servegame.com/XDA/S3 Debrick IMG_s/Debrick-i747.img
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] thereian2:
You saved my life

I just want to say THANK YOU MAAAAAAN. I bricked my wife's phone almost 24 hours ago, and I've been racking my brain trying to get it going again,(With No Sleep.) All of the other files in the OP didn't work on my phone, but yours did!!! I don't know why it's not listed in the OP???? It would have save me hours of reading and fumbling around with other crap that didn't work. Thanks You, Thank You, Thank You!!!:good::good::good: Your file worked instantly. This S3 booted up right where I left off. No reflash with Odin needed. My phone bricked because of a bootloader unlock attempt. Not knowing that our bootloaders come unlocked from the manufacturer, I installed a bootloader unlocker apk from another thread and bricked this damn thing. But now I am back in business!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GeTex:
Hi, I guess no one saw my link to the Debrick images. I've had the US cellular Image for a long time now. However, I am not 100% sure it works. The OP has stopped updating the thread. But again... Here's the Debricks

http://angelfirenetworks.servegame.com/XDA/S3 Debrick IMG_s/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Broly:
debricking

Ok my device is back but it wont reboot without the sd card how do i flash the bootloader back to internal storage .can i use dd comand to replace the corrupted files? i can't flash any stock image because i did the ota update at@t gs3 .4.3 now now it have cyanogenmode 11 but still booting from sd card is there i fix for this?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Black-Dash:
There wasn't a US Cellular debrick.img around at all at the time I bricked mine. So I got a new phone and just pulled the img. I tried your links btw, I couldn't get any of them to download, maybe because I am on my mobile.

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You're welcome man, glad you got it working again. I had bricked mine and my girlfriend's phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Broly:
work in progress

The phone will boot into recovery when started. It will actually let you flash a ROM if its in Internal Memory. Please note that this will work, except the boot table is still on the SD card. Again, as stated, you need to reflash a STOCK ROM via ODIN. Basically start fresh. If you do not, the phone will not work without the BRICK-FIX SD.

But the process works to get you into a soft brick state, without JTAG or replacing your phone.

Hey my phone is back but as you mention it doesn't boot without the debrick sd card ,the problem is that i cant flash any stock firmware because i did the OTA update before it got bricked and there is no 4.3 firmware yet available for at@t gs3 is there any solution for this?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nirav07:
Anyone can give me debrick img for international variant i9300
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GeTex:
Again, this doesn't apply to International variants.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] zartarr26:
hello please help i am a newbie here.

i paid for jtag service and then bricked it again.

can't justify sending it out for another 2 weeks and paying.

so with this method if my phone is a 16gb s3... i can use a 8gb micro sd card... load the image onto it and boot and go into recovery mode is that correct?

I am having trouble using linux and cygwin to load to .img onto the sd card, can someone help me through this process please.

can i use win32diskimager itself?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GeTex:
You have to use a 16gb class 10 micro sd card
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SpyroDazee:
Is there an updated 4.3 debrick .img for the vzw? or would using the dec. 9 one work?:confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GeTex:
again, there is no software version of a debrick, thats OS not hardware

http://angelfirenetworks.servegame.com/XDA/S3 Debrick IMG_s/Debrick-i535.img
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SpyroDazee:
But this is not only hardware.

If you updated to 4.3, you're going to need a 4.3 image.

There are ~23 partitions to this image when you write it (aboot, tz, boot, rpm, modem, etc.) It's like a mini-ROM.

If you updated to 4.3, and you flashed a different bootloader, it's not going to boot because the signatures are different for the 4.3 stuff.

These images (prior to 4.3 update) have the same signatures, therefor you can boot with these.

Since these (specifically vzw) isn't updated to 4.3, these will mimic being 4.1.2 and won't boot either way when on an sd with someone who updated to 4.3, as the signatures are different.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GeTex:
Shouldn't affect it since the internal bootloaders been dumb dumbed already, we are booting from a bootloader written to the SD card, to get to DL mode, am I wrong?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SpyroDazee:
No, you're correct, but there's a little more to it.

Every build has a signature to it.

Well, up until 4.3, all the signatures were the same (thus allowing you to use different bootloaders, ROM versions, tz, rpm, modems, etc.)

In 4.3 they changed the signature, so if you were to use a bootloader from a different version, your phone would shut down as it doesn't match.

So, let's say you updated to 4.3, flashed a different bootloader, it corrupted and it locked.

You load your 4.1.2 sd card image to your 4.3 phone, it won't recognize the new bootloader being loaded and won't load.

If you load your 4.3 image to your sd, put it on your 4.3 phone, it'll recognize the same signature and allow it to boot.

You know? You need a 4.3 image for a 4.3 OTA updated phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GeTex:
but correct me If I'm wrong, If it's corrupt, wouldn't it not matter since it's reading everything from the SD card? Or is only the bootloader on the SD? if this is the case, Could I increase the size of the Image I rip so that we have basically a full ROM to boot from, making it a unviersal image?(however correct me if I'm wrong, the Image would be like 2GB XD)

Would be easier, can someone grab me a Verizon 4.3 Debrick image from their phone? I can't do it because from what it looks like if I update to 4.3, then try and flash my unlocked bootloader(to go back to my older rom), It'll brick :( Verizion, you are a ****.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ehrosking:
magic sdcard maker

i have sdcard boot repair maker specially for samsung

it is an .exe file. it can repair your deadboot phones or corrupted boot loader

it can also repair the sds which i had experience

my galaxy s3 suddenly died i tried to revive it via usb jig but no luck

then i saw the magic card tool ,,, and viola it works perfectlly

my s3 has come back to life after a month of searching

needed usb jig and sdcard 2gb is better no need Jtag
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GeTex:
Really? Show us said tool
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ehrosking:
pm me and i give you the tool ... im planning to make a thread for that i dont know someones interested for that
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mind20:
Not yet?

Verizon 4.3 GS3, found this thread... I'm editting, cuz I just realized I was in the wrong thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2581166
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] aznnluvnit:
does anyone have a link to the 4.3 Sprint SPH-L710 debrick file? thanks in advance!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] agapedisciple:
Will this work with a Samsung S2 Epic SPH-D710? I just picked up one that is bricked. When I go into d/l mode usb doesn't pick it up at all and it reads that the phone is a GT-9100..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rjames_901:
I tested the tool. It does indeed write the files supplied with the tool to the card. Though my phone doesn't boot from the SD Card with this method either. So chances are Im convinced that the Boot from Card is disabled :/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ehrosking:
after using the tool my 2gb sdcard shows only 177 mb free.. if your sdcard doesn't show any amount of space repeat the process
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] alugah:
file cant be downloaded

Excuse me, could you re upload the file ? It cant be downloaded from there anymore. Thanks a lot.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rjames_901:
When I used the tool it took .1GB of the space and partitioned it. It didn't show the files because they appeared hidden but the rest of the 14.7GB of space was still there.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] BadThoughtss:
REally?

It Hass to be the same my phone is 16 my sd card is 32?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rjames_901:
Just re-partition that 32GB into a 16GB and your good.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] alugah:
HI, could you reupload the file please? Thanks a lot.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] omeadsthename:
Try to use a 16 gb micro sd card, i have heard it is needed for it to work. And it costs less than a JTAG.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shadyshawn:
my wife's phone is also hard bricked when trying to upgrade to4.3. Flashed 4.3 modem and bootloader, while os is still 4.1.2, and accidentally hit reboot before flashing rom, now it's hb...which version of debrick should I use? 4.3 or 4.1.2? I tried different versions I found on forum but none had worked yet.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] finnmacool:
It is still there. Check my original post.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] carlos1984:
where are located , i am in london ontario and i have tried all the image s on my i747m, nothing works.There is no one in london, closest is kitchener 1 hour away.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] carlos1984:
Me and my wife both have s3 i747m from bell, I bricked mine when I flashed siyah kernel from i9300, both were running same firmware 4.1.2. I made a debrick.img from here phone but still not working, I tried with a 16 gb class 4, 64 gb class 10, so that could be the reason. Tomorrow I am going to get a class 10 Sandisk ultra 16gb, some ppl had luck with. I f you need the img let me know and ill send it to you.

edit. wow I love this community!!! Thank you everyone for all ur knowledge. Saved me.

ok I got mine working with a 64gb lexar class10 sdcard, Inserted card and eld power button , phone booted up and started, I was afraid to turn it off so I used S3 toolkit 7.5 to flash stock and it put in DL mode for me. Flashed stock phone is working awesome.

I believe the reason why it wasnt working was that I was not formatting the card properly before writing the image to it.

i also used Windows with cygwin to burn image to sdcard. this link has a great tutorial:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=45722997&postcount=318

only thing i changed was in step2.

"2) Place " debrick_sph_l710.img " inside cygdrive directory to make sure cgwin finds it." because i could not find cygdrive directory.

I placed the debrick.img in my C drive root and renamed it " debrick_sph_l710.img ".

Then I changed the command from,

"dd if=/cygdrive/debrick_sph_l710.img of=/dev/sdc" to

dd if=/c/cygdrive/c/debrick_sph_l710.img of=/dev/sdb.

Your sdb might be different,when you run the command : cat /proc/partitions.

it will show you a list of drives.

plug you sdcard in and run: cat /proc/partitions. Your sdcard will be the new drive that appears.

Sorry if you do not understand, I am a newb at cygwn, just go to the link above for better instructions.

this is the debrick.img I got from my wifes 4.1.2 i747m from bell that worked for me on 64gb lexar class 10.

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/lfnvcsv3z5re3/i747m debrick

now I just have to figure out how to revert my 8gb,16gb,64gb micro sd cards back to their original size?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] imme2007:
Has anyone found a 4.3 bootloader debrick file yet?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Prowhistle:
I am hoping to find the same thing. I have a bricked i747M on 4.3 =[

EDIT: I found an image that worked! Just need pit file for i747M now! Willing to pay!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Prowhistle:
Hey do you have a PIT file for the i747M by chance?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ajichampsandhu:
It workerd

Thanks man it worked :good::good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] omeadsthename:
can some one help me out and upload a 4.4.2 debrick img for the i747 thanks! :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GeTex:
unfortunately no. If you wanna try the 747 pit you can

http://angelfirenetworks.servegame.com/XDA/S3 PIT FILES/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TronMinecraft:
Hello!

I managed to bootloader hardbrick my S3 (T999). I have attempted the SD card boot procedure using T999 images from a few different threads. None of them have successfully booted my S3. I have been using a Lexar 16GB class 4 MicroSD.

I have read several pages of this thread, and related threads, and I see occasional references to class 10 cards. Is it possible that someone could clarify the importance of class 10 for me?

Thank you,

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I do not know if you could get the S2 to boot from an SD card like the S3; but I would not recommend trying that image even if it will. The S2 and S3 have some significant hardware differences; and I think it is unlikely that the bootloaders will be compatible.

But I'm not an expert.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GeTex:
Class 10 has ext3 and ext4 support, which is in the image
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TronMinecraft:
Oh, I hadn't understood that the class four didn't.

Thank you for clarifying. I'll pick up a class 10 to try.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] agapedisciple:
Good point. Any ideas where I can get the boot img for the Sprint S2 SPH-D710?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GeTex:
you know we don't even know if such method applies to the Galaxy S2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] agapedisciple:
Looks like you've got a tester... lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TronMinecraft:
Fraid not. Is your phone hard bricked? Or can you get it into download mode? If you can there are several roms for that model listed at http://xdaforums.com/wiki/Samsung_Epic_4G_Touch/ROMs

If possible I expect such an image could be created off a working phone using a code similar to the one in the OP

busybox dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/backup.bin bs=1M count=70

But I wouldn't begin to know what would need changing. And I'm afraid I do not have an S2 to try it on.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] agapedisciple:
I can get into download mode, but USB isn't picking up on my laptop. Looks like the last owner flashed a Verizon GT9100 ROM.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TronMinecraft:
Odin doesn't see the phone despite its being in download mode? That seems rather odd. Have you tried using a different USB port, on one of my old laptops the usb port controller would require me to plug my drives in different ones before recognizing them.

You can get it into download mode which is good, can you get it into recovery? If so you could try an adb sideload of a stock ROM. The ROM would have to be in zip format. I think this ROM would work: http://xdaforums.com/wiki/Samsung_Epic_4G_Touch/ROMs/S:D710.0.5S.EK02

You would want to use the flash through recovery download. I'm not sure how the recovery is setup on the S2. it might be possible to put the ROM's zip file onto an SD card and install from there. I know this is possible with a twrp recovery intalled, but it might not be with the stock recovery.

But if you can get it into download mode it really should be possible to flash it with Odin... from a tarball
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] omeadsthename:
Help any one?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TronMinecraft:
Help with what? Its difficult to help without specifically knowing what your issue is.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] omeadsthename:
oh whoops could some one please help me with a debick.img for the i747 on 4.4.2. i have tried the 4.3 debrick img but it wont work. and also i have a class 4 does it need to be class 10
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TronMinecraft:
I've been working through this with my T999, and yes, it does have to be a class 10. My class four didn't work, but the class 10 works beautifully.

I don't have a i747, but hopefully someone else could provide an image.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rishabjain:
Boot Recovery Mode

I am trying to revive my hardbricked ATT i747 16GB but am only able to reach Boot recovery Mode and NOT Download Mode.

I have made several attempts to write image on SD card via OSX and windows ( I am quite certain the image on SD card is correct)

Using a 16GB UHS-1 card ( theoretically it is equivalent of better than Class 10 cards). Any tips to reach the download mode?

Are their certain things that may be useful in the Boot Recovery Mode. My computer and Odin recognises the device but any attempt to write the stock firmware file results in the "PIT" errors already mentioned in the forum.

Thank you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] omeadsthename:
I got a class 10 and nothing... :( no DL mode
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TronMinecraft:
hmm, is it the same size as the memory in your phone? People have suggested it might need to be. If you're sure you got the right one for your phone model you probably really do need a 4.4 bootloader. I can't provide one, hopefully someone else here could.

That's something that I think would be appropriate to collect with the advent of 4.4.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] omeadsthename:
yes im using a 16gb sd on a 16gb phone and i agree! the 4.4 debrick img should be up cuz i mean 4.4 is out but no such luck :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Darian71:
This may be helpful. You guys might ready have it, but I haven't read any of the latest posts as I dropped my S3. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1831898
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gadgetdoc1:
Looking for additional help

I have been a long time follower of the forum, rarely post as I do not feel I can contribute. I have learned a lot from here. THANK YOU ALL!

Unfortunately, I have hardbricked my sprint S3. I recently had OTA 4.3 update. Unfortunately, hit the update before investigating. That made me loose my root. Then re-rooted and added CM10. I did back up but still could not get some of my saved texts etc. so tried to put a stock based ROM and it is bricked. Got the stock based ROM from sprint S3 XDA page, so doubt it was wrong, but obviously something not right. My phone does following.

Nothing happens with pressing of any button or combination of the buttons.

When connected to computer without battery in the phone - the phone led lights red for about 30 seconds.

Connected to computer with battery in the phone - nothing

Each time I connect to computer the computer makes notification of the connection.

If I connect to the computer without the sdcard in phone, then the windows device manager shows QHSUSB_DLOAD with missing driver.

USB jig (purchased prior to reading this forum) - nothing happens.

Now,I have read this and two other threads - essentially talking the same method. Looks like developed by gTan64 with contributions from deBricker and CNexus. I again appreciate all your hard work. I have read the directions several times and have followed it to the point and also with some variations - each at least 20 times - without success. I would appreciate any further help. To recap, I have done following as suggested...

using linux terminal, under sudo, imaged the class 10 samsung microsd card using dd.

inserted battery, then the sdcard, then usb cable to computer. Now vol dwn + home + pwr button to go to download mode, nothing happens.

I have repeated imaging using linux terminal several times. I also repeated using cygwin, win32disk imager etc. -- each several more times. Each time attempting the download mode several times. I also tried to use the usb jig instead of the button presses. But no luck.

Any suggestions? Have I missed something? I understand that JTAG would not offer anything more. Should I keep trying same thing or try to send for JTAG? Thank you in advance.