[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hevydani:
OK here we go, I'm no idiot, I've been flashing phones etc for a good couple of years, consider myself excellent as a computer user, was a repair technician.

With that out the way;

I downloaded a 4.2 BETA for my Galaxy s3 mini, used Odin to try and flash it and received "<ID:0/008> Complete(Write) operation failed." first time, no other errors.

Phone has usb debugging enabled.

Do I tried again, same thing. Then tried once more, and received;

<ID:0/008> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/008>

<ID:0/008> There is no PIT partition.

Now as far as I know, one should only get this error when a re-partition has gone wrong. I did NOT check the re-partition option.

So having a read around, I saw someone had posted a .pit file for my phone, so went to use this, and now this is my error;

<ID:0/008> Odin v.3 engine (ID:8)..

<ID:0/008> File analysis..

<ID:0/008> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/008> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<ID:0/008> Added!!

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Could anyone help at all?

MY log, as far back as it shows;

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> I9300XXUFME7_I9300OXAFME7_I9300XXUFME7_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/008> Odin v.3 engine (ID:8)..
<ID:0/008> File analysis..
<ID:0/008> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/008> Initialzation..
<ID:0/008>
<ID:0/008> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/008>
<ID:0/008> There is no PIT partition.
<ID:0/008> Added!!
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<ID:0/008> Removed!!
<ID:0/008> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> I9300XXUFME7_I9300OXAFME7_I9300XXUFME7_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/008> Odin v.3 engine (ID:8)..
<ID:0/008> File analysis..
<ID:0/008> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/008> Initialzation..
<ID:0/008> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/008> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
<ID:0/008>
<ID:0/008> Re-Partition operation failed.
<ID:0/008> Added!!
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> I9300XXUFME7_I9300OXAFME7_I9300XXUFME7_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/008> Odin v.3 engine (ID:8)..
<ID:0/008> File analysis..
<ID:0/008> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/008> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<ID:0/008> Added!!
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<ID:0/008> Removed!!
<ID:0/007> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> I9300XXUFME7_I9300OXAFME7_I9300XXUFME7_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/007> Odin v.3 engine (ID:7)..
<ID:0/007> File analysis..
<ID:0/007> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/007> Initialzation..
<ID:0/007>
<ID:0/007> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/007> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
<ID:0/007>
<ID:0/007> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<ID:0/007> Added!!
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<ID:0/007> Removed!!
<ID:0/008> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> I9300XXUFME7_I9300OXAFME7_I9300XXUFME7_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/008> Odin v.3 engine (ID:8)..
<ID:0/008> File analysis..
<ID:0/008> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/008> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<ID:0/008> Added!!
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> I9300XXUFME7_I9300OXAFME7_I9300XXUFME7_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/008> Odin v.3 engine (ID:8)..
<ID:0/008> File analysis..
<ID:0/008> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/008> Initialzation..
<ID:0/008>
<ID:0/008> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/008>
<ID:0/008> There is no PIT partition.
<ID:0/008> Added!!
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> I9300XXUFME7_I9300OXAFME7_I9300XXUFME7_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/008> Odin v.3 engine (ID:8)..
<ID:0/008> File analysis..
<ID:0/008> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/008> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<ID:0/008> Added!!
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Oh and trying to start the phone normally, mostly just hangs at the Samsung logo, though when trying a hard reset, it would hang at a spinning "wheel", which in itself was stuck.

Many thanks