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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nastyking:
first thanks for helping, ok so im on ubuntu im using a 16gb micro sdhc i open up terminal and put the commands when its done writing i get

41222+1 records in

41222+1 records out

21106140 bytes copied

this is when i take the sd and put it in my phone then i plug the phone into the pc where i proceed to hold down and power with home buttons but nothing after that
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] styles420:
Glad to hear you got Ubuntu working, it's a great distro for Windows users ready to cross over to the Penguin :)

Do you have the 16gb version of the S3? If you have the newer model with larger internal storage then the problem is that you're using the wrong file and an sd card that is too small (I don't know if anyone has provided the correct file for the newer models yet).

If you do have the 16gb model, are you using a high class sd card? Class 10 is recommended, because lower class cards have a higher chance of failure while flashing the image on the computer - if you only have access to a lower card, you might just need to keep trying until it doesn't fail (I should mention that the failure I'm referring to won't necessarily come with an error message - you might not know that it failed until it doesn't work in the phone, as you've seen so far).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Azeedc:
For what I have seen on my phone, if the phone is not a real brick, I do not even need to press the regular combination of three buttons.

After you insert the SD card, the phone will automatically boot to recovery screen, in my case, do not need to press any buttons.

The problem that I have is that I get error during the booting and I have not been able to get past them.

If you place the SD card and then the battery and still see nothing on the screen, assuming screen is OK, then you may have to jtag.

good luck
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nastyking:
yea i have a 16g L710 the memory card i have has a 2 on it so im going to assume it has to be the memory card class im going to give it a few more trys with this memory card if it still doesnt work im going to get a class 10 and try. and is the penguin ghood compare to windows never had anything besides windows lol thanks guys
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] datasee:
Yes I actually used a UHS card so that or at least class 10 would be suggested. It actually also booted up off card with just the power button from the sd card.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] styles420:
Try the dd command one more time, adding bs=4k after the if= and of= parameters...

This will set the block size to 4096 instead of the default (much smaller) value, which will allow the process to go faster while possibly improving the odds of success... the worst case scenario is that it is no more or less successful than your attempts thus far :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nastyking:
nope no luck even tho it does transfer alot faster then usual that way ill keep trying to see if i get anything going lol this is taking up more time then work is if any other ideas come to mind let me know ill keep trying to see whats going to work thanks again guys for the support
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] styles420:
Unfortunately, it's starting to sound more like faulty hardware... If I've overlooked anything (a possibility since I haven't had need of this method yet), hopefully someone else will see what I've missed. But maybe my block size suggestion only sped up the process without increasing odds of success (although the larger block size is supposed to work better with flash memory larger than a gig, compared to the default value which was meant for old school tape drives) - if you have time to kill, no harm in continuing to try. Best of luck - if I come up with anything else I'll be sure to let you know.

On a side note, I am curious if anyone who has done thus successfully would be interested in creating the recovery sd card again with the block size option - I'd like to find out if it still creates the card correctly (and if it still fails as much or if it success sooner). Any takers?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nastyking:
so i finally got it to work i can confirm that it has to be a class 10 memory card first try no problem. i wanna thank you guys for all the help and suggestions. figured i make a usb ubuntu boot up and now have a memory card just for the brick, if any one elsse needs help im willing to as much as i can thanks again guys.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] styles420:
Glad to hear the good news, and a convincing confirmation of the class 10 requirement as well :)

For the sake of curiosity, did you happen to use the larger block size option for the successful attempt?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nastyking:
If you mean not putting the 4x in it then yes I let it write normal it wrote at 10mb and it was about 85mb installed
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] styles420:
Oh, so you did it with the smaller block size (the default for the dd program is 512 bytes, instead of the 4096 bytes I've seen suggested on several guides about flashing sd cards). No big deal - it's far more important that you got it to work; and your experience has eliminated my doubts about the class 10 requirement, so you helped me learn something new in the process :)

But even with class 10 cards, some people have reported needing several attempts at the dd step before the sd card would boot - my theory is that the larger block size will alleviate those frequent failures, so when you said that it worked on the first try with your new card, I had hoped that my suggestion might have been a factor, lol

Due to the way flash media is physically structured, every card has an internal block size - this is the smallest unit that can be read or written in a single operation. Writing smaller pieces causes the already written fraction of the current block to be rewritten with the next new fraction appended (tacked on to the end), until a full block is written (it's kinda like taking all of your shirts out of your dresser, adding a new shirt to the stack and putting the whole stack back into the dresser every time - not very efficient, and every time you mess with one shirt you also risk wrinkling several others that have nothing to do with your current outfit)

On the other hand, adjusting the block size to match that of the sd card eliminates those redundant rewrites. This speeds up the flashing process while reducing the actual number of write operations (which reduces both the wear on the card and the number of opportunities for a chunk of data to become corrupted).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] midnightmaraude:
I'm trying to do this fix.

I'm a lil confused...

I have a slax Linux cd and can boot in with bash #

when I type pwd it says i'm in /root

I try doing cd desktop where the debrick file is but it doesn't recognize my command.

Can I use slax? Do I need to put debrick on C:

Please. I have my 16gb sd card.... just need to get this image on and then move on from my bricked s3.

Thank you all in advance.

p.s I don't know ubunto and couldn't find a download for it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] midnightmaraude:
how do you unzip an img file?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] styles420:
You unzip zip files, not img files - img is an extension for a disk image file, which is very similar to an iso file

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If you downloaded the file in Windows, it won't be anywhere in the Linux file system - you need to mount your Windows partition in order to access it from Linux. This isn't usually difficult these days, but I don't know slax - it may not be as user friendly as debian based distros like ubuntu...

But your confusion indicates that there is a lot of information that you'll need to learn, far too much to cover in a single post - I recommend googling "ubuntu" as a starting point, although if you had googled "ubunto" then Google corrects the mistake and still presents www.ubunu.com as one of the top results (I just tested it), so it looks like you haven't actually tried searching yet... do that, figure out the basics, and get ubuntu running - it will smooth out a lot of the more technical aspects of Linux compared to most other distros, so we can focus on recovering your phone :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] midnightmaraude:
are kidding me?! I was on this computer reading and searching from 530pm to 11pm! Tried slax, ubunto something else....I don't understand why you can't just give me the command to mount. It's been so long but I actually took c+ programming in school, and used to hack my dtivos on the daily. It's like half the solution is given here. vague directions.

and the instructions say... unzip image. so forgive me on asking htat. I know what images and iso's are.... which is why I asked
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
All the commands are in the OP. The file you downloaded that they provided with the image is a zip correct? Well you have unzip that zip file to extract the IMG file. That's what unzipp the file means.

You are making it difficult because you are rushing, your desperate and not thinking clearly. Very similar to why you bricked in the first place, you started just flashing roms and you went to the wrong section ended up in the International S3 forum and flashed an international rom.

People are trying to help you, Styles knows more about using Ubuntu Linux than most here. Again be patient read the explanation and take your time. It's no one's fault you messed up your phone, so stop giving people sarcastic replies like "are you kidding me" this is an android support forum but not a SUPPORT forum.

Have a great day!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] styles420:
I'm usually eager to teach some Linux to anyone who will listen. But the part about being unable to find ubuntu says a lot about the effort you're putting into this learning process. I even tried googling your misspelling of ubuntu ("ubunto") and still got their (overtly obvious) website as the first result - that tells me that either you're rushing far too much as Ed suggested, or you didn't even search.

Either way, I don't feel confident that helping you right now will result in a working phone rather than a "bricked" computer - if you're as careless about flashing the recovery image to the sd card as you were about flashing roms and searching for ubuntu, then the thought of you mounting your Windows partition and attempting to use the dd command makes me cringe.

I never said I wouldn't help you, just that you need to take a few deep breaths, gather your wits, and do some homework so that you're properly prepared to mess with commands that can, with just a single typo, competely wipe out your Windows partition. See why I would rather keep my distance for the present?

If I could physically go to your house, I would gladly do the whole thing for you (while attempting to teach you as much as you'll let me). I am willing to help remotely, but getting that set up will still require you to focus more and be able to follow directions. But you got slax booting, so I know you're capable - just take a little time to get your bearings, and we'll see what approach is best based on whatever you might still be struggling with. And remember the advice on the cover of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - "Don't Panic" :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] midnightmaraude:
Ok. I'm breathing. I'm frustrated that I can't lick this. I'm actually pretty technically capable on the pc so this is a personal reflection issue. Ty for your help. I have ubunto loaded. I have the terminal up but I can't figure out how to drag the .img over to terminal. I found the letter of my card its b. Can you help with finding the img and dragging of it?

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Ok... I managed to download teh file while in ubuntu. I'm actually in ubunto now. I have terminal up and I have located the img file but I try dragging it up to the command line and it won't go. Do I need to use xterm?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] styles420:
I haven't seen the drag method work, so I always just type out the full command and filename, etc. My recommendation is to cd to the directory where the img is located... moving the image file might make that easier - try dropping a copy of it on your Linux desktop (hold control while you drag and drop, just like in Windows), which can then easily be reached by typing "cd ~/desktop"

Once you're in the same directory as the image file, type the command as shown in the directions in the op. To make sure that you type the file name correctly, you can type the first few letters of the file name and then press tab - this is the Linux autocomplete function, so as long as you type enough of the filename to be unique, it will fill in the rest for you. If it provides a list of possible commands, type a few more letters and press tab again, repeating until it auto completes.

Also, adding "bs=4096" in addition to the"if=" and "of=" parameters of the dd command will drastically speed up the flashing process (I think it might decrease the chances of a corrupted flash as well, but my theory is still unproven).

Let me know if any of that isn't as clear as you'd like - I tend to try to pack to much info into not enough space sometimes, lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] midnightmaraude:
Well...made some progress.

Decided to put the file in home.. ....

this is my output.

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ dd if=debrick_sph_l710.img of=/dev/sdb

dd: opening `/dev/sdb': Permission denied

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

farther than I got ...but I'm stuck at this point. any ideas?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
See below

[b]sudo[/b] dd if=debrick_sph_l710.img of=/dev/sdb

You're performing a potentially dangerous operation, so you need to be root to do it

Make sure you've triple checked the mount point for your sdcard.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] midnightmaraude:
Hmmm ok. Next hurdle. I can only seem to get to ubunto/home or / I put the image in the home folder but it says no file exist. I do an ls and it shows ubuntu. I can't get it to go to desktop. Says no file or directory found. Any ideas? I'm off to the gym. I gotta distress and will give it a go in a bit. Thanks guys
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] styles420:
More recent versions of ubuntu might capitalize desktop - try "~/Desktop" instead... If that still doesn't work, try the method I've detailed below:

Step 1: Try typing "locate debrick" - this will display the full paths to any file that contains the word "debrick" in the name. If it only displays the path to the debrick image, then move to the next step. If it displays multiple matches, use more of the intended filename until only the one result is found, and if no results are found from the start then the easiest solution is to download it again (you can also mount your Windows partition to grab the copy you downloaded previously). Finally, if you get an error message along the lines of "command not found," then install locate by typing "sudo apt-get install locate" and try again when the installation is finished.

Step 2: Once you get the locate command to return only the one desired result, use that exact command in place of the filename for the if parameter, using a neat trick to cause the output (the path and filename) to be passed to the dd command:

sudo dd if=$(locate debrick) of=/dev/sdb bs=4k

The (slightly more) important parts: The $( ) surrounding the locate command causes that command to execute before the dd command, replacing the $() section with its output before executing the dd command. That's why it is important to make sure that the locate command only finds the desired image file before moving on to the last command - it's difficult to predict the results of trying to pass multiple files to the if parameter (some tools behave in unexpected ways when the user provides unexpected input), but whether it rejects the input and does nothing or accepts it and writes additional files to the sd card, the outcome won't help progress.

My fellow Linux users, please do elaborate if I've neglected to explain something clearly enough :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] midnightmaraude:
Okayyyy....

Well I did a mkdir hi and then was able to cd into hi and put the img there.

I got it to work and I can now access download on my phone.

Problem is...

I rebooted the pc to get into windows so I can access ODIN....but ...it just keeps booting in ubuntu.

I never chose install...I chose try it out.

How do I get back to my windows 7?

And thanks all for your patience with me...... I'm so thrilled and you saved my weekend.

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Ok. I managed to get into Windows. Is there a trick getting into download mode? I get to the screen that says press up. I do and it just boots into the blue Samsung Android guy screen. So close!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Volume down + home + power at the same time boots your phone into download mode.

Have a great day!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] midnightmaraude:
Ed,

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I do that and it brings me to a warning screen and says hit the volume up button to continue. I hit the volume up button to continue but it just boots to that screen. Can't get to the green arrow down screen
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
When you click up to continue you should get this screen View attachment 2242243

Have a great day!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nastyking:
when i did this i didnt boot into dd mode i held up booted into twn recovery and reinstalled a rom i already had before i bricked if u still have the rom on your phone hold volume up instead and reflash the last rom you had
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] styles420:
What was broken on your phone when you used this? Flashing a rom from recovery shouldn't be enough to fix any problems that actually require the recovery sd card - if you did have a brick, then you probably still don't have a working download mode...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lihdeeuh:
Thank you!

With your help, and the help of the original post I successfully unbricked my AT&T S3. Thank you so much!! I can't even begin to tell you just how helpful you were!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] guruxin:
urgent suggestions required sc 06d

hi all xdain

its GuruX from india.

I was using regular international s3 9300.

fortunately or unfortunately I exchanged with a friend ntt docomo variant sc 06d. I have hard bricked it. No recovery no download mode. Still phone being detected in qload. so chances are always there of jtag boot repair. simply I dont wanna open my cell body. and jtag repair box are not available around my locality.

can anybody provide me boot image which I can write down and specifically made for sc 06d. I have given try with available De brick image of 747 here . but its not working with me. expecting way and suggestions to De brick model without jtag
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] midnightmaraude:
Styles and ed. Just wanted to say thank you for your help. I'm up and running!

Def tucking this damn sd card away. For the future....I will b more careful to avoid international roms. Ed I can't use aosp roms w this this newer s3? Can u tell me the roms I'm limited to?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Any TW rom... There are lots of them. Make sure you stick to the Sprint development section

Remember SEARCH is your best friend, Have a great day!

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Your best option is to go to the threads for your device and see if anyone is willing to pull it from their working phone and send it to you.

Remember SEARCH is your best friend, Have a great day!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] guruxin:
I agree friend. But my device is not having specific section as its not so popular. One thread I already visited and asked for help but thread seems passive since long. So I came here. Dont mind. I respect rules. But I asked in a hope. Anyway let me go for Jtag repair than waiting for img.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] styles420:
This made my day - glad to hear that your persistence paid off, bro :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nastyking:
Yea my download mode just stays.at downloading
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
I don't understand, what else is it supposed to do? When its its in download mode it stays tgere it doesn't do anything else.

Remember

search

is your best friend, Have a great day!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] styles420:
It's sounding more and more like he had a soft brick - if he did use the sd card method, it was probably unnecessary and it's possible that he wouldn't know if the phone booted from the sd card or the (not broken) internal memory...

One thing I'm not sure about - does the sd card have a bootable recovery in addition to download mode? Looking back at his post, he said that he "just booted into twn recovery" (TWRP, maybe?) to reflash the rom... And it sounds like he took the normal behavior of download mode to be faulty, which would explain the erroneous belief that he needed the recovery sd card in the first place...

So I think the important point here is that his advice on this method is based on what appears to be the false belief that he has successfully used this method - nothing wrong with trying to help, but bad advice is what brings some people to this thread in the first place ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nastyking:
I know a soft brick from a hard one I been using android and flashing since cupcake my phone didnt work for 3 days when I charged the phone it wouldnt light up only if the battery was out when I put the sd in it booted into dl mode I tooke the battery out and held it up instead nothing worked till I got the class 10 memory card I mean if that means different please tell me so I know for next time
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] styles420:
Sounds like you've searched and read what a hard brick is, but when I asked you what problem initially led you to this method, your reply was:

And now that I pointed out that that isn't a hard brick, suddenly your story changes to perfectly match the most common description of the most common symptom of a hard brick, which can be found all over this forum and several others across the internet...

Besides, the advice you offered still wouldn't fix a hard brick - it doesn't matter whether you're describing your situation poorly or just making things up as you go (telling, maybe?), your original advice won't help anyone.

But don't worry - we have far too many helpful and knowledgeable members in this section to let any bad advice lead others astray ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nastyking:
Lol bad advice maybe but my phone works because of it no one needs to search on what a hard brick if I didnt know what it was I wouldn't be in this thread looking for help but an expert like you should have known that all I was saying is that my dl stays at downloading even now and my phone works but thanks for the help anyways lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] styles420:
No, if your phone works then it had nothing to do with this process - you skipped the most important step, the one and only step that actually fixes the broken components. No other step makes any changes to the phone, so if you were bricked when you started then you'd still be bricked when you finished.

So to everyone else: don't skip the one most important step in this process ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nastyking:
lol so tell me expert why didnt my phone go on after i try and flash a rom why wasnt it charging when i pluged it in or why is it after i put the memory card into my phone 3 days later after this it turned on if im doing it wrong tell me what was wrong and what fixed it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] styles420:
Did it really do that? Because when I asked you:

Your response lacked any mention of any brick like symptoms - all you said was:

So my best guess is that your eyes are turning brown ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nastyking:
no sir i had many post before that one that pretty much stated that i was bricked i did say it gets stuck there but i still didnt know wht it does