[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] styles420:
My download mode also has the Android robot...

I think the notion that it should say Download Mode is the mistake. It is likely that people are panicking (if you're entering download mode, there is a good chance that you're also freaking out because you are in dl mode to recover from a brick) and therefore overlooking things and jumping to conclusions ;)

---------- Post added at 06:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:18 PM ----------

For comparison purposes, this is Heimdall's output when I have it print my device's PIT (from the internal memory's Odin Mode, aka Download Mode lol):

Downloading device's PIT file...

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Initialising connection...

Detecting device...

Manufacturer: "Sasmsung"

Product: "MSM8960"

length: 18

device class: 2

S/N: 0

VID:PID: 04E8:685D

bcdDevice: 0100

iMan:iProd:iSer: 1:2:0

nb confs: 1

interface[0].altsetting[0]: num endpoints = 1

Class.SubClass.Protocol: 02.02.01

endpoint[0].address: 82

max packet size: 0010

polling interval: 09

interface[1].altsetting[0]: num endpoints = 2

Class.SubClass.Protocol: 0A.00.00

endpoint[0].address: 81

max packet size: 0200

polling interval: 00

endpoint[1].address: 01

max packet size: 0200

polling interval: 00

Claiming interface...

Attempt failed. Detaching driver...

Claiming interface again...

Setting up interface...

Initialising protocol...

WARNING: Control transfer #1 failed. Result: 1593564856

WARNING: Control transfer #2 failed. Result: 1593564856

WARNING: Control transfer #3 failed. Result: 1593564856

WARNING: Control transfer #4 failed. Result: 1593564856

WARNING: Control transfer #5 failed. Result: 1593564856

WARNING: Control transfer #6 failed. Result: 1593564856

Protocol initialisation successful.

Beginning session...

Some devices may take up to 2 minutes to respond.

Please be patient!

Session begun.

PIT file download successful.

Entry Count: 27

Unknown 1: 1598902083

Unknown 2: 844251476

Unknown 3: 21325

Unknown 4: 14413

Unknown 5: 13881

Unknown 6: 48

Unknown 7: 0

Unknown 8: 0

--- Entry #0 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 1

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 8192

Partition Block Count: 122880

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: MODEM

Flash Filename: NON-HLOS.bin

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #1 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 2

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 131072

Partition Block Count: 256

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: SBL1

Flash Filename: sbl1.mbn

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #2 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 3

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 131328

Partition Block Count: 512

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: SBL2

Flash Filename: sbl2.mbn

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #3 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 4

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 131840

Partition Block Count: 1024

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: SBL3

Flash Filename: sbl3.mbn

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #4 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 5

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 132864

Partition Block Count: 4096

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: ABOOT

Flash Filename: aboot.mbn

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #5 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 6

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 136960

Partition Block Count: 1024

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: RPM

Flash Filename: rpm.mbn

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #6 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 7

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 137984

Partition Block Count: 20480

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: BOOT

Flash Filename: boot.img

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #7 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 8

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 158464

Partition Block Count: 1024

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: TZ

Flash Filename: tz.mbn

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #8 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 9

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 159488

Partition Block Count: 1024

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: PAD

Flash Filename:

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #9 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 10

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 160512

Partition Block Count: 20480

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: PARAM

Flash Filename:

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #10 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 11

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 180992

Partition Block Count: 27904

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: EFS

Flash Filename: efs.img.ext4

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #11 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 12

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 208896

Partition Block Count: 6144

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: MODEMST1

Flash Filename: nvrebuild1.bin

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #12 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 13

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 215040

Partition Block Count: 6144

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: MODEMST2

Flash Filename: nvrebuild2.bin

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #13 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 14

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 221184

Partition Block Count: 3072000

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: SYSTEM

Flash Filename: system.img.ext4

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #14 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 15

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 3293184

Partition Block Count: 25665536

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: USERDATA

Flash Filename: userdata.img.ext4

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #15 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 16

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 28958720

Partition Block Count: 16384

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: PERSIST

Flash Filename: persist.img.ext4

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #16 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 17

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 28975104

Partition Block Count: 1720320

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: CACHE

Flash Filename: cache.img.ext4

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #17 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 18

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 30695424

Partition Block Count: 20480

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: RECOVERY

Flash Filename: recovery.img

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #18 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 19

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 30715904

Partition Block Count: 20480

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: FOTA

Flash Filename:

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #19 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 20

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 30736384

Partition Block Count: 12288

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: BACKUP

Flash Filename:

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #20 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 21

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 30748672

Partition Block Count: 6144

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: FSG

Flash Filename:

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #21 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 22

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 30754816

Partition Block Count: 16

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: SSD

Flash Filename:

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #22 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 23

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 30754832

Partition Block Count: 10240

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: GROW

Flash Filename:

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #23 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 70

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 0

Partition Block Count: 34

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: PGPT

Flash Filename: pgpt.img

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #24 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 71

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 34

Partition Block Count: 16

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: PIT

Flash Filename: MSM8960.pit

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #25 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 72

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 50

Partition Block Count: 32

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: MD5

Flash Filename: md5.img

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #26 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 73

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 30777311

Partition Block Count: 33

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: SGPT

Flash Filename: sgpt.img

FOTA Filename:

Ending session...

Releasing device interface...

Re-attaching kernel driver...

I'd like to compare this to the output others receive using the Odin Mode (download mode) from the sd card (which should be the same whether your device is bricked or not). I'm not sure yet what I'm looking for, just trying to dig and see what comes up :)

Note that this is from Heimdall, not Odin - I'm not sure if Odin will give us this information, or if it would be in a format that is similar enough to be easy to compare