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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] P-Men:
Just tried with a 32GB and nothing.

It's actually a friend's T999L and I'm not sure if he had 4.3 or an earlier firmware.

I'd appreciate if someone provided me with a debrick image of an earlier T999L firmware, if possible.

EDIT: Not sure if the one provided is for 4.3 or below, just need a different one to try out.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] KAsp3rd:
The one posted is from <4.3 if someone can post an updated T999L version I will add it in the OP
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kusakhan:
:crying:any one can have SGH-T999L Model kindly upload debrcik image 4.3 frimware.....

plz help
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] JustZaphod:
The Debrick Image is on OPs original post..

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vufzuekxvvz8u5q/t999L_debrick.zip

Your questions with out doing proper research, and everyone is going to end up ignoring you..
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] KAsp3rd:
Is that the 4.3 firmware?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] JustZaphod:
It actually doesn't say, however what would you have to lose in trying if your phone is Hard Bricked..

Its the same DeBrick image from the OPs original post
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] KAsp3rd:
If it's the same one I posted then negative it is not the 4.3
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] srnoth:
Getting mine back on Monday from JTAG repair. Will post the 4.3 unbrick then.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] JustZaphod:
Does it matter at this point if its not the 4.3 debrick..

The whole idea is to get it functioning, and just install a older rom and then upgrade

At the point that I had a device that was hard bricked, there is absolutely no harm that can come from trying a previous debricking image from a previous version as long as its the correct phone..
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] KAsp3rd:
Yes it does matter. Please read through the thread
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] JustZaphod:
You missed my point.. but its your device..

Do what you feel is right..
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] KAsp3rd:
And you apparently have missed half of the discussion in this thread that states a 4.3 recovery image will not boot an earlier firmware, the same is true for the reversed.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] joseyamil7:
Hello just wondering if someone can help me, i was running the liquidsmooth 3/22 d2lte nightly on my sgh t999 stock kernel android 4.4.2since yesterday, and now suddenly the phone turn off by itself and it does not turns on. If i pull the battery and insert it back it vibrates and tries to get on by itself without me hitting the power button and after the Samsung logo the screen turns off. If i try to get into recovery or download the screen turns off and it does not let me go to it. Any help or any info would be appreciate it.

I tried this method using windows, the 4.3 debricked since my bootloader is the 4.3 mjc and win32 image file, any other thing i can try? Or my phone is just dead? Any info or help would be really helpful. Thanks
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] KAsp3rd:
Sounds like a bad power button. It's not uncommon
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] joseyamil7:
I thought at first that but the thing is if a insert the battery it automatically turns itself on but after the samsung logo it turns back off but it does not keep restarting it jus dies there and if i hit the power it does nothing it only tries to get on if i pull the battery and insert it back in. Could it still be the power button.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kusakhan:
ok sir i waited......
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sonwon:
Possibly, could the power button be shorted or pressed all the time internally?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] joseyamil7:
Thanks all for your help i took my phone to a shop here and they replace the power button and that did the trick thanks a lot.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kusakhan:
Please Update SGH-T999L 4.3 Firmware Debrick Image Upload ....
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] contro19:
I can't get the phone to boot into download mode I'm at this stage , ODIN on my windows machine recognizes the phone while on this screen but when i try to flash the firmware it then gives me the 2nd image
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] KAsp3rd:
Did you remove the sdcard once you got into download mode?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] contro19:
Once the screen I shared popped up I did , then I tried to reboot and it will not come back up, I'm going to try and format the sdcard again in linux I did it in windows
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] KAsp3rd:
Make sure you are flashing the proper package in Odin. You might have to get in touch with Doc and get the pit file
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] contro19:
I have a jig also but no dice , I'm gonna PM doc and see what else I can do , Def will format the card in linux though
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] contro19:
Tried something different, I tried to flash TWRP 2.7.0.0 and got this :
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kusakhan:
No one have SGH-T999L Kindly Request Please 4.3 Fimware Debick Image POST....
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] srnoth:
You keep "requesting" this everyday. We are not a service here, just normal people like yourself trying to help each other out. Relax and wait until someone with a T999L gets a chance to post. I offered to do this as soon as I get mine back, but your continuous pestering is not encouraging me to help you out.

Perhaps this is a cultural issue and something is being lost in translation, but the best thing for you to do is to remain patient and someone, when they get the chance, may help you out.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] contro19:
Reflashed with a PIT file and got this ....Pretty sure I'm using the right PIT file , you guys think my flash memory is effed?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mylesmoney:
i tried sooo hard

hi, i am using windows and i tried this method and it did not work. i tried flashing a rom to my tmobile galaxy s3 and it never booted after the flash went through. i tried using a class 2 micro sd and a class 10 16gb micro sd card flashing the right image and followed all the steps,still nothing...can someone help me out with this? :(
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mylesmoney:
I tried flashing a 4.1 rom and it went very wrong, phone wont boot or anything. I tried this process, but it didnt work with the 4.3 debrick method, but now I think I need a 4.1 img for my phone. Ive searched high and low and cant find one, the one I did find on mediafire will never download. So any suggestions guys? Thank you. in advance!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] KAsp3rd:
You could possibly be using the wrong pit file. I'm not too sure on it but seeing as how you can get into download/ODIN mode this route has worked to get you back on track. I suggest you ask someone that has a little more insight to PIT and ODIN flashing

Which variant of the S3 do you have? There are 2 different version for T-Mobile also which firmware were you running before you flashed a rom? Which ROM did you flash?

Which variant of the S3 do you have? Which firmware were you running before you flashed a rom? Which 4.3 img did you try? Also please do not quote the whole original post.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] contro19:
I flashed this ROM : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1872599

pa_d2lte-4.2-BETA1-20140321.zip

I had to update my TWRP to 2.7.0.0 before it would flash correctly.

It successfully flashed but then rebooted and then It wouldn't boot.

I have the Samsung Galaxy S3 Tmobile Edition

Model: SGH-T999

FCC ID: A3LSGHT999

16GB Version

I'm not sure which firmware I was on.

I used this debrick image : SGH-T999 4.3 only Debrick Image

Which allowed me to get the phone to come on.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sonwon:
It is considered rude to quote the entire OP or any other long post.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mylesmoney:
sorry bout that

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be rude by quoting the post, haven't asked for help on xda for quite some time. I was running 4.3 originally, then I wanted to flash a Rom that 4.1. I have the t999 Samsung galaxy s3 phone, and I tried both images to get it to boot and got nothing. :/
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] KAsp3rd:
Unfortunately I am away from a computer for a couple of days and not able to see what was overwritten by flashing that ROM. You should be able to Odin back to stock. Make sure you remove your microsd ?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] KAsp3rd:
Did you make sure it's the t999 and not the LTE version?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mylesmoney:
I am not running the lte version, just the regular 4g version.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sonwon:
No worry, I figured you just didn't know. Best of luck to you.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] srnoth:
Got my T999L (4.3) back from JTAG debrick. All is working well. Here is the debrick image I pulled today, hopefully others won't have to go through the JTAG now.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwGnS-RKXQLZal9jRXBoNU8tZGs/edit?usp=sharing
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mylesmoney:
I am not using the lte version. I only have the regular 4g version.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] contro19:
KAsp3rd: Yes I did but the phone fails to boot after that, I sent my phone to Mobile Tech Videos I should get it back sometime next week. I won a bid from Ebay for another SGS3 Tmobile so Hopefully I'll be back up and running.

Thanks for all your help KAsp3rd
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] astonmartin214:
Having a major issue phone will not come on at all
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] PhyerFly:
So, I got a frantic phone call from my mother telling me that her T-Mobile S3 stopped turning on and she gave the phone to me to try and revive.

I get the red light when I plug USB in with no battery, windows recognizes it as QHSUSB_DLOAD and it obviously wont boot.

I followed the OP's instructions and started with the t999 non-4.3 image (I have no idea what firmware she was on) and using the windows instructions I wrote the image to my class 10 16GB patriot microsd card. I removed the battery and sim, put the sd card in, replaced battery and held down power for 15+ seconds...nothing happened. I tried the 4.3 image with the same instructions, no response.

Then I remembered that I had another 16GB microsd from another phone, so I went and grabbed it. This one is a genuine Samsung 16GB, also class 10. I tried the 4.3 image and voila, I got a slight vibration when I held power for a few seconds and some text appeared on the screen similar to what [MENTION=3651139]jonk26.2[/MENTION] posted.

BOOT RECOVERY MODE
CHECK BOOT PARTITIONS
COPY FROM T-FLASH
BOOT RECOVERY
WRITE 159488 sectors

Then about a minute later, this shows up below that

FLASH WRITE FAILURE
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-T999
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: No
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: NONE
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
Warranty Bit: 0
BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 1

When I plug it in via usb in windows, it shows up as a "SAMSUNG Mobile USB CDC Composite Device" under device manager and elsewhere as a MSM8960 modem under "devices and printers".

So, first of all: If you've had no luck with using the debrick images you might want to try a different microsd card.

Secondly, I have a question:

This was given to me to try and retrieve contact data, text messages and notes that were not backed up (she used Samsung's apps that don't sync to the cloud instead of Google's that do). If I flash the stock image with Odin I'm going to lose any possibility of getting that data. Does anyone know of any other options I have for getting this phone to boot or at least to give me adb access so I can try and pluck some information out?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Odin shouldn't wipe any user data. Your contacts and such should still be there, so long as you didn't factory reset.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] boys501:
hi i have a t999 motherboard dead can i replace it with the i9300 motherboard
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Kinda doubt it, since the hardware is different. I could be wrong though. You can get the correct housing parts pretty cheap online though.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] PhyerFly:
Thanks for the response [MENTION=4081205]DocHoliday77[/MENTION]

So if I'm able to get it into ODIN mode (which it appears to be in) and follow the guide here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2136921 with a stock image I should be able to get it to boot so I can get data off of it as long as I don't do the factory reset at the end?

If that doesn't work, are there any hardware swap options that would get me access to that data? I might be able to get a hold of another S3 if there was something I swap out that would make it boot
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Possibly you could get it to boot that way. Problem here is that sometimes after an Odin flash it will freeze during boot up, and the solution is to factory reset, which you want to avoid.

What build of 4.3 were you trying to flssh? I'd try flashing NC2 as it's the latest, and if it had been updated via OTA, you will not be able to flash anything older, such as MJC or MD5.

Alternatively, you could try to flash TWRP recovery, then use its file manager to copy what you need to external sd. This will trip the warranty bit though, so if it still has warranty, you may not wish to do this.

Swapping hardware is very iffy. You can't swap the motherboard because the data you want will be stored in memory on it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] PhyerFly:
So, I don't know for sure what version of Android the phone was on, but my Mom said she updated it whenever it told her to, so I assume she's on 4.3. I grabbed the NC2 firmware and was planning to give that a try.

So if I cant get it to boot after flashing stock with Odin (and no factory reset) I should try flashing a custom recovery and see if I can get it to boot into that so I can get the data off. She already paid the bounty to the insurance people to get a new S3, but she does need to mail this broken one back to them within 15 days, wonder if the warranty bit will make a difference to them.

So the warranty bit is different from the flash counter and isn't something I can reset?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
That seems the best course of action to me. If she is using insurance, the counters won't matter, that's just for warranty replacement.

But for reference, yes the warranty bit is different and no, as of now there is no way to reset it. Having already filed a claim through insurance though, it shouldn't matter if it's been tripped or not, so it should be ok to use twrp if needed.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tbiwalkar:
Mem card wont get formatted

I didnt get my phone working as i had battery issues however after i wrote the card using win32diskimger, I cant get my card working! Please help!!!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] PhyerFly:
I gave it a try with the ODIN and the NC2 firmware and unfortunately I think it may be a lost cause.

The phone shows up on COM12, auto-reboot and f.reset time checked, added the NC2 md5 in the PDA box and this was the result:

<ID:0/012> Odin v.3 engine (ID:12)..
<ID:0/012> File analysis..
<ID:0/012> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/012> Initialzation..
<ID:0/012> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/012>
<ID:0/012> There is no PIT partition.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Phone screen showed: ODIN: flash read failure

I've seen elsewhere that the next step it to find a PIT file for my device and try it again with re-partition checked, but if that means re-partitioning the EMMC it definitely sounds like it would destroy the data in the user partition unless someone knows otherwise.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] KAsp3rd:
You just need to put the card in your PC, right click my computer, click manage, (iirc after that you click disk manager on the left) and you should be able to reformat/remove the image

If there is no PIT partition then the emmc is corrupted or one of the times you attempted to use ODIN you had repartition checked which would have wiped out the emmc anyway. I could be wrong but I'm quite sure of myself
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
I agree, if the partitions are corrupted you are probably out of luck im afraid. If you have adb installed you can try to pull the files you want while booted in recovery, or maybe download mode (can't remember if adb will work in DM.)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] PhyerFly:
I unfortunately can't get it to do anything except boot from the debrick image on the microSD. If I could find a way to get it to recovery mode I would definitely hop into ADB and try to grab the data :(

Thanks for the all the help [MENTION=4081205]DocHoliday77[/MENTION] and [MENTION=3505796]KAsp3rd[/MENTION] for taking the time to make this guide.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kusakhan:
Anyone Have SGH-T999L 4.3 EMMC DUMP IMAGE...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DrGit:
I'm back... Sort of.

Several months after selling my Sprint Galaxy S3, I decided to start a search on eBay for bricked smartphones I could fix easily.

I found a fairly cheap T-Mobile SGH-T999 that seems to have been upgraded to 4.3 - the 4.1 debrick image doesn't work.

I think I'm in the unlucky camp as far as fixing this goes: it will only boot with the SD card inserted, but it doesn't boot Android OR reach download/recovery mode. It is stuck in a mode that prints the following on the screen:

BOOT RECOVERY MODE

CHECK BOOT PARTITIONS.

COPY FROM T-FLASH.

BOOT RECOVERY..

WRITE 159488 sectors.

FLASH WRITE FAILURE

ODIN MODE

PRODUCT NAME: SGH-T999

CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: No

CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official

SYSTEM STATUS: NONE

QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE

Warranty Bit: 0

BOOTLOADER AP SWREV: 1

Heimdall and Odin recognize the phone in this mode but aren't able to flash anything or repartition because clearly something is wrong with the eMMC.

This kind of sucks, considering that as far as I know I was the first person to discover SD fallback boot on these phones.

Short of JTAG or replacing the eMMC chip, both of which cost more than I paid for this phone, I'd like to at least find some way to get Android to boot from the SD like it did on my Sprint S3.

The 4.3 bootloader looks like a load of crap when it comes to recovery options, and I honestly wonder if it screws around with permanent storage somewhere outside of the eMMC - otherwise, the 4.1 debrick image would have worked, because as I understand it, the SD fallback is implemented in the boot ROM, which (correct me if I'm wrong) does not change when updating the bootloader.

If anyone with a rooted T999 on 4.3 (perferably NC2) could provide any of the following, I'd be most grateful:

1) a 70MB debrick image from a 16GB model*, 2) a PIT file from a 16GB model, or 3) more hours in the day ;)

It's way past my bedtime and man, am I tired!

* To all you people using 128MB, just a warning, you're posting your IMEI and the contents of your EFS partition with these debrick images.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
All PIT files are posted in a thread in the General section.

If I remember right the 70mb images would not work. It had to be larger, hence the 128mb. If you want to make sure someone knows the imei might be there, itd probably be best to pm them, rather than post it publicly.

Its been confirmed that once youve updated to 4.3, older images will not work. You have to be booting from one created from the same build you are trying to fix. So no, if you are on 4.3, a 4.1.2 image will not work.

If you can boot to download mode though, you should be able to flash with odin. Can you post the odin output? You weren't trying to flash older firmware were you?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DrGit:
Heimdall produces these two error messages:

ERROR: Failed to receive PIT file size!
ERROR: Failed to download PIT file!

With "ODIN: flash read failure" displayed in red on the LCD.

So no, I can't even flash stock NC2 firmware with Odin or Heimdall (I'm away from my WIndows 7 computer). Like I said, the eMMC is probably dead. I just don't know why it won't boot Android/recovery mode/"real" download mode from the SD card at all, even if I dd every file in the Odin package to the correct partition, which I've done several times with the 4.3 debrick image and NC2 stock firmware.

I'm not convinced the mode this boots in is actually download mode, otherwise it would display the download mode splash screen everyone is used to.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
When you say it displayed on the lcd, you mean on the phone right? Odin has a window that displays its own log. Next time you can, let us know what it says there.

I have zero experience with heimdall, but grab the pit file from general section and try to flash using that in both heimdall and odin when you can.

Be careful usinfmg dd to write the partitions. Thats exactly how I bricked mine, and it was a huge pita to fix. I dont ever recommend doing so tbh, unless you have no other alternative.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DrGit:
Yes, displayed on the phone's LCD. Odin, IIRC, said pretty much the same thing about repartitioning/sending the PIT.

At this point, I don't think even JTAG is going to help. It would be helpful if I had a RIFF box or knew someone who does, but if the eMMC chip is dead, which is likely, I'm out of luck.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
If you end up sending it in, if it cant be fixed they shouldnt charge anything. Just be prepared to pay if they do fix it. Im not real sure what else to tell you though. If I think of anything else ill let you know.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] matrixzone:
So if we follow the Windows steps, does the windows tool convert the 16GB SDCard to 64MB?

I am unable to get through the steps, phone does not boot. Only shows random charging sign
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] matrixzone:
[MENTION=4081205]DocHoliday77[/MENTION] / [MENTION=3505796]KAsp3rd[/MENTION]

Can you please confirm the size of the SDCard after writing the image file. My SD Card turns into 64MB from 16GB, is this normal or something wrong?

Please help, I cant live without my phone. I have used the Windows Instructions
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Did you unplug it before trying to turn it on?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] matrixzone:
Yes I did.. This guide fixed my mobile, thanks a ton guys..

Earlier I was using the wrong size sdcard and wrong image.. got the image from the att forum and now my mobile is up and running again. Love you guys. .
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kusakhan:
Not Update 4.3 Debrick Image For SGH-T999L....
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Ive requested several times in several places to get someone to make a debrick for that device. All requests have been ignored, so until someone steps forward and volunteers it, anyone with a bricked T999L is out of luck. Sorry.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kusakhan:
My bad luck no one have SGH T999L ....Any solution
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] srnoth:
Guys I posted this a while back... this is a debrick image from a working T999L that came with 4.3 from the factory (including the 4.3 bootloader). If this does not work for you, then either

1) try other SD cards as others have had success this way or

2) you bricked your phone differently (like me). In my case, I installed a bootloader from a different model (I747) and this meant that I could not debrick using this method (even though I created the debrick img before I bricked the phone). Again, if you've flashed a bootloader from a different model, this method will NOT work. You need to JTAG.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
I dont think it was added to the op because it was reported as not working, or rather, its had no confirmation that it does work. Of course, it may or may not be the image itself. Several have reported having to try several times before getting this method to work.

Id say try using this image and report back. Dont give up if it fails. Try at least 4-5 times before giving up on it.

[MENTION=3347292]srnoth[/MENTION], if he cant get it working would you mind attempting to create a new image? Was this one from the NC1 build?