yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
Yeah flash the tar.md5 through odin; and the modem.bin file is just the baseband (it's basically what connects the simcard to the phone, in simple terms). The ROM is complete stock, so it'll have all the stock apps, and you will have to remove all the bloatware individually.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Lickmybutt19:
How do I do it step by step
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
Sorry, my computer have been down! Will work on this now when I'm back up again.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Cdbarron727:
Is this what I need to do??

My phone is stuck @ bootload image "SGH-T599N" after trying to flash a rom (yes im rooted) and realizing that I needed to be taking extra steps to do this correctly. My phone won't boot into recovery, it will boot into "Download Mode", but I've never used it and not sure really how to either. I've rooted my droid x in the past and flashed new roms all the time, never had any "trapped" type of problem like this....I downloaded odin v3.07 and v3.09 (not knowing about the newer one). Downloaded WinRar to unzip, did that...now I click on it and my computer asks to grant permission, then does nothing. I have a Windows 8.1 Lenovo laptop. I just want my phone to boot so I can use it. And I would like to learn a little more on how to do all this the right way....Can ANYONE PLEASE HELP!!????
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
Not to worry, put your phone in download mode, grab yourself the zipped file from the first post of this thread for your phone (t599n) and unzip it, it'll be a .tar.md5 file, now load that s "PDA" in Odin avaialable here (http://samsung-updates.com/Odin306.zip), and then press flash. Make sure your phones connected via USB and it's in download mode.

Oh sorry, reread your post, give it permission or right click on it and press run as administrator, try using the version I provided you with, and you have to unzip all the files including the .ini file. It might not be loading up because of your antivirus/firewall preventing it, but the UAC in Win 8 can be a bit of a pain in the rear from time to time.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Cdbarron727:
Thank YOU Thank YOu Thank You!

Awesome man, thank you so much for the response. I am about to try it right now. I have Odin up and running now. In the process of downloading the pre-rooted 8.zip file, then gonna unzip files and out into the PDA part of Odin and press flash correct? But not before I Connect the phone in download mode to the usb while odin is up on the screen?

What does this mean I technically did? (while trying to act like I'm smarter than I actually am) lol...Sorry if the questions are dumb, I'm just worried about bricking the phone....i really dont want that headache. and thanks for all the help man

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But where do I put the .bin file? in PDA as well?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Cdbarron727:
You are awesome!

WE HAVE A PULSE!!! YOUR AWESOME!! THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH. I jumped for joy when the phone booted into recovery. I would love to able to gain the knowledge you have bro.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
Good to hear that it booted up OK.

The modem.bin had problems to flash in Odin so I just left it outside firmware file in case anyone needed it in any other way.

Sent through time and space from my s3mini/CM11
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Kipper667:
Having a problem

I have the Metro PCS t599n. Downloaded the t599n pre-root rom, booted to recovery (CWM), factory reset, wiped cache, booted to download, run Odin, plugged phone in, put tar in PDA, reset & Auto tic'd, ROM installed with no errors. Phone reboots.

Here's the problem, phone reboots, alien shows up & falls over dead & I'm in Android System Recovery. Suggestions?

Nevermind, seems to be OK. I accidently hit the power button when I picked it up and 'reboot' was selected. It hung on the Metro logo for a while but finally booted up. Funny thing is I saw that recovery 6+ times and each time I just did it all over again. The accidental reboot was my saving grace.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
I've seen this 2-file service firmware on payed server.

CODE_T599NUVAMD4_1124899_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5

CSC_TMB_T599NTMBAMD4_1124899_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5

Hopefully with some time, it will leak out :)
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
Wait, what are those files for? Are they for kies?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Unjustified Dev:
Kies and Odin
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Cdbarron727:
Help please

okay, so....i have this t599n pre-rooted file from you and it seems to be the only thing to save my life when I try to flash a rom and it fails, (which I have yet to be able to do without it failing) and get bootlooped. I have gone through hoops trying to get this done the right way without the flashing process failing.

Someone was able to help me get TWRP to work, and then I try flashing beanstalk and it fails.
[MENTION=5354456]Exothermic[/MENTION] mentioned that in might be by modem.bin not working, but would this happen if I havn't had any service issues with the device(calls and data working fine) ???

-Sry..i saw you mentioned you dont have this phone...but you just seem to know what your talking about.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
You're right. If it works fine on stock ROM then its probably not damaged in any way.

Do you get success on flash but bootloops on boot, or do you get fail while flashing the zip?

If it fails while flashing then it's probably a bad download.

If it's successful, have you tried factory reset before and after flash, or maybe even format system before flash?

Sent through time and space from my s3mini/CM11
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Cdbarron727:
It fails while flashing (and I don't have a backup, only your awesome life-saving file) . So if I reboot at that time I get bootlooped....if I download the ROM from the same place I did before will I get the same issue? When you say bad download...is the link no good? Only asking bc I downloaded it from the BeanStalk SGH-T599N page.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
Try download it again if you haven't tried that yet. It could be a corrupt download.

Sent through time and space from my s3mini/CM11
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Cdbarron727:
Thank YOU Thank YOu THANK YOU!!!!

[MENTION=3245411]tys0n[/MENTION] thank you sooooooo much for the help....that must have been it. A bad download...dang. lol......thanks for your patience with me bro. :good:
[MENTION=5354456]Exothermic[/MENTION] And thank you for your help as well man...I've learned a lot over the last week or so. Thanks to you guys:D
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Bebout:
Could I just flash the T599N-Pre-rooted.zip file via TWRP to change back to stock ROM?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] 16BitRun:
I believe to flash back to Stock can only be accomplish via Odin as the OP and I have done so. Going back to stock via recovery such as TWRP or CWM can only be done unless you have a Nandroid Backup you can restore of your Stock ROM.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tehcheesecake:
Im a noob and have no idea what im doing. Please help

Hi guys,

Ive rooted my SGH-T599N before but I eventually unrooted because I never knew how to install these types of things :confused: . I want to get CyanogenMod and have no idea how to do so :(. If anyone could please do maybe a video or a step by step tutorial ,i'm sure many people like me would appreciate it very much.

Thanks.

I just did a factory reset so my phone is brand new if that helps.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] DillonHerring:
Ubuntu Touch Port?

Hey Guys, you are some amazing Devs! I was hoping, wishing that one of you can build a Ubuntu touch port for the Galaxy Exhibit 4g T599X. If i was smart enough, id do it, but i'm only as good as flashing and installing roms, nowhere near. Plus i miss touchWiz! If you could build a touchwiz rom for this device version 4.4.4, i would be soo dang happy! lol It would actually be cooler to have a touchWiz rom. I was hoping you guys could do either. Thanks in advance for either the the No or Yes i may recieve.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] c.tiggerg1:
Has anyone got bcmon to work...
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Drizzt519:
Im still a noob at this stuff. So do I just take one of those, stick it on my extSD card and flash it in twrp and voila my phone is pretty much stock again?

Edit - figured out how to use Odin and Im back to stock now.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] DorkyDev:
-deleted-

LoL
[Galaxy S III Mini General] rajk.99:
firmware not detected

Hi admin and members,

I m new to these developer site .. I m unable to use bcmon.apk file due to firmware is not detected .. I dont know the reason behind it . but all i wat to resolve this issue .. How do i do that. Anyone please

Model : gionee elife e7
[Galaxy S III Mini General] KageBeast:
Wrong place dude lol this thread is for the samsung galaxy exhibit variants.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] cgingermany:
questions

Hey guys. I'm trying to Odin my t599n to stock just to try and bring the partitions back to normal because this phone is starting to act crazy so i figured this should do the trick without bricking. Is it a good idea to do so? If so which zip should i use?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] rodrik9954:
I have probelms

Hi guys, I have a problem , the internal memory of the phone tells me that it is full but the strange thing is that I've installed anything and says the internal memory is only 144 MB and it is full and as I said I have not installed anything. How I can solve it ? I await your response ... Thanks:eek:

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Hi guys, I have a problem , the internal memory tells me that my device is already full and only has 144 MB capacity already being used , I have not installed anything and does not allow me to install anything , I hope you can help me , thanks:eek:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] KageBeast:
Check your phone's sdcard folder. There might be some files taking up all that space.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Unjustified Dev:
Also check for a folder with 0 thanks to recovery you might have that.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] rodrik9954:
i guess not :c

I dont have anything in sdcard0
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Unjustified Dev:
Wipe internal storage you need a custom recovery
[Galaxy S III Mini General] rodrik9954:
TWRP

I installed TWRP and I have wiped repeatedly and nothing : c

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which recovery you recommend?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Unjustified Dev:
I think your partition is ruined. I must finish a guide I promised a while back. It will reflash the whole partition layout of the phone. Hopefully [MENTION=4400604]Meticulus[/MENTION] can provide me with insightful directions without messing up the efs.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] rodrik9954:
How?

How can I solve it?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] crisolnet:
with the recovery format internal sd and load new flashrom from sd ext.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] rodrik9954:
What kind of rom i need to flash? I want the JB stock rom but the internal memory doesn't work, I tried with CM 11 and the internal sd works fine, but with the stock jelly bean dont work and I want to fix it, to use correctly the stock rom
[Galaxy S III Mini General] CaMdanga:
broken links?

can't download cause it says UNAVAILABLE LINK =(
[Galaxy S III Mini General] KageBeast:
You didn't even say what you're trying to download.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] CaMdanga:
the t599n pre rooted.. was my country crappy conection nevermind! forget my comment!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Androidboi2857:
Hey can you make it a flashable zip for recovery for my sgh t599n
[Galaxy S III Mini General] guerreroblanco:
thank you

thanks, it served me well ROM T599
[Galaxy S III Mini General] chargeee:
Hello, i have MetroPCS T559N that i would like to unlock to work with Europe SIM card. Is reinstalling firmware soulution for this, or the only one is using metod i found including UART cabel and such? I dont want to pay for unlock code, cos i mainly dont believe those sites (or if you have some good experience, please share).

Would like to call MetroPCS to unlock it for me, but i found the mobile on airport with no contacts in it to try, nor anyone came to look for it for 5hrs...and since now i lost my s4 mini i would liek to at least use this one.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] daniel3x:
The money that you will waste on a UART cable + more credits to unlock the phone doesn't worth. I bought the unlock code on ebay for 16$ and worked like a charm.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] chargeee:
So simple reinstaling existing branded ROM from MetroPCS with the T599N-Pre-rooted.zip - 572.45 MB avilable here, or with 4.4.4 Carbon will not help me with unlocking? Still need to buy a code? :/ okay, but dont know wihch site to trust and ebay seems little bit off since you need to provide IMEI to get correct code no? (i tried few sites to the point where they wanted money and they always wanted IMEI)....but if anyone know about some trustworthy site, or source, screw it ill buy it also, just cant orient myself in that huge amount of sites providing this unlock service :/
[Galaxy S III Mini General] daniel3x:
Installing custom ROM's doesn't unlock the phone. The IMEI is always needed to unlock the phone by code.

I'm gonna send you a PM with the link where i bought the unlock code. BTW you need to put in your phone a SIM card by another carrier to ask it for the unlock code.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] jellomonster54994:
broken file i cant seem to be able to unzip it to flash it on odin :crying:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] arjiegodz:
i have a sgh t599 if i flash this rom wil this openline it?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] evl01:
bootloop

i have flashed this but i just get a boot loop, i cant get it work

i followed the instructions and it doesnt work

plz hlp

:confused:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] NomadSpin:
This is for galaxy exhibit t599 what model you have?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] evl01:
yes, i have the t599

i just followed all the instructions, i flashed the wipe file in odin and nothing
[Galaxy S III Mini General] NomadSpin:
HOW TO FLASH:

Download Odin 3.04 and install samsung drivers.

Unzip downloaded firmware.

Open Odin, put phone in download mode (vol-/home/power).

Connect phone to computer, and place the *tar.md5 in PDA-box.

Make sure F-reset time and auto reboot is ticked. Press START.

From the OP its really that easy. Dont know what you are flashing best be careful.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] datkevjames:
Full Return to Stock SGH-T599N MetroPCS

Hello all, I am trying to completely restore my SGH-T599N MetroPCS to full stock, meaning no Custom binaries at all, no flash counts in download mode, no custom in the Settings, able to update OTA. I have tried using Triangle Away, full unroot thru supersu, no dice. Please can someone provide working steps for this to succeed?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] hashtech:
hey i messed up my modem try your method did work try flashing with odin an it failed, it there any way i can get a tar,md5 file cause my baseband is now saying 'XXXXX' need help
[Galaxy S III Mini General] AndroidAlien555:
You can find the módem at the thread's begining is a ziped file
[Galaxy S III Mini General] dihcar:
back to stock

i got a metropcs t599n, rooted and running vanir rom, i want to flash a stock rom , through recovery, i downloaded the op file, but instead of zip i got a exe file when i run it it gives me a black command like rectangle???? am i missing something here.:confused:

any help for a noob!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] dihcar:
ANYONE!!!!! i know it's late but...

i'm in dire need to go back to stock , because i ordered an unlock code and it's not working on a custom rom, any metropcs stock rom will do, recovery flashable or odin flashable .

the link given by op is an exe file which im not able to extract, no zip, no tar,????

please help!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] AndroidAlien555:
My Phone won't start when I turn it on the screen get a static image!! Can't get into recovery mode, only download mode is working, so I try fix the problem flashing stock ROM trough Odin but when it finish I get the follow message :

"There is not pit file"

I download the pit file and flash with the stock ROM trough Odin and I get the follow message:

Error pit mapping

Write(fail)

My phone can be fixed or is gone :(

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I think the PIT partition in my SGH T599N is messed up
[Galaxy S III Mini General] yipyipper:
I have stock backup with root. It's Backed up stock after root but before flashing custom rom
[Galaxy S III Mini General] erad1:
This should probably go into Q&A but going to ask here first... If the T599 is so similar in the main components to the i8190, why can't I flash an i8190 ROM using the Hellraised method? Seems logical as SGH-I897 Captivate and i9000 ROMs were possible and also SGH-I777 SII with i9100 ROMs. I've checked that the updater scripts have the same mount points and I've removed any get.prop files that would cause issues. Am I completely mistaken that this is at all possible? Is it the update-binary file causing the fail?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] julioAndres:
helpp!!!

I need help. my phone has problems and flashes the corresponding rom to it, but it tells me that no partition E / without partition system etc .. and not turn the phone, I need the pit file or something to create all partitions again. I hope you can help me.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] OmniFicent:
I do realize this is an older post, but I just wanted to clear up any confusions for any other people who might be wondering the same thing.

It won't work, they're similar phones but not to the point where ROMs are interchangeable between them, they share the same mount-points, and internal hardware (if I recall correctly the cpu on the t599 and its variants are u8500 whereas i8190 use u8420, the screens are also different (which results in diff. code in kernel), and etc. On the bright side, developing for them is quite similar, you can pretty much use the same commits interchangeably, however the base files will be different.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] julioAndres:
help.

how you fix the phone, I have the same problem :confused::confused::confused:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] OmniFicent:
habla ingles/speak english

and I'd be more than happy to try to help.

I'm not fluent in spanish, so I cannot understand the majority of what your saying. I think it's also against the rules as well
[Galaxy S III Mini General] julioAndres:
sorry was mistake of mine, but I corrected and I hope I can now help a little better with my problem, thanks :)
[Galaxy S III Mini General] PalmCentro:
These stock roms are 4.1.2

Is possible to have 4.4.2 or 4.4.4 on T599N?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] KageBeast:
You would need to install a custom rom like cm11, carbon, vanir, etc
[Galaxy S III Mini General] PalmCentro:
Thanks. That i know...

Was looking for stock.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] KageBeast:
There was never an update for this phone so there's no Kitkat stock rom.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] PalmCentro:
Sad. lol
[Galaxy S III Mini General] dskiller:
tsk..

last month I went back to stock rom. and now I leaving stock rom....

because its slow.

there is some apps I use on a daily basis and they respond slower on stock then when using newer customs roms.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] PalmCentro:
Yeh. CM12 from [MENTION=4400604]Meticulus[/MENTION] is the thing!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] everxl:
i NEED Odin [Pit], pLEASE
[Galaxy S III Mini General] AndroidAlien555:
Same here I need the pit partition some developer can help with pit partition please!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] su6ur6an:
t599n pit file that worked for repartition in odin for me.

https://mega.nz/#!6UAFhCTT!P3yTg9UBxu50XrgPdzPZ9WPV99GLRHoB2cz066b3srY
[Galaxy S III Mini General] PalmCentro:
Jelly bean Rom?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] su6ur6an:
Pretty sure I used the "t599n-pre-rooted.zip" it contains Odin file for stock rom (4.1.2)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2489238
[Galaxy S III Mini General] PalmCentro:
Lol, I thought you have some updated firmware. But Samsung never updated it...
[Galaxy S III Mini General] su6ur6an:
XDA updated it to kk/lp! :)
[Galaxy S III Mini General] CataHd:
[MENTION=4911249]Unjustified Dev[/MENTION] any way i can fix this?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] javais:
SGH-T599N No Baseband, Null Imei, Insert Sim No USB Connections

Hello, I have a Samsung SGH-T599N

The device usb port is damaged beyond repair. It has stock "Metro Pcs" firmware which I managed to installed via a backup of another SGH-T599N via Custom Recovery. However I I cant seem to find a way to restore to (Baseband/ Modem/radio) for the mobile network to work.

I tried the modem.bin on the first post of this thread via the terminal and it does not work. I do however have access to another SGH T599N I would like to know if there is a way to copy the Baseband and all other necessary components to install on the one without usb connection either via Terminal or Custom Recovery.

So my problem in summary: SGH-T599N with no usb capability to has no baseband, or imei or modem and cannot connect to mobile

has Custom Recovery Installed and is Rooted.

I also have access to a second SGH-T599N

Please Help, is there a way that I can fix this problem.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
sgh-t599 official firmware

Dev-host havn't been good for a long time so OP is now updated with samsung official firmware for T599 / T599V /T599N

hosted on mega.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] higado2:
Thanks!

Just wanted to thank tys0n, for going through all the trouble of researching how to restore the stock firmware to this particular phone! Many thanks to everyone else who else who made Odin, and uploaded the firmware!

I looked on the internet for my particular variation of the SGH-T599V phone, and found the firmware for T599VVLAME3. Everything went swimmingly. The CM firmware with Android 5.1.1 that I tried with this phone was terrible! The phone "dialer" kept "failing" almost 1 out of every 3 times I answered the phone! Hehehe. I'm glad I was able to put humpty back together again!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Unjustified Dev:
Let me know how it goes

Unzip and dd flash
[Galaxy S III Mini General] figado:
link ded

Links to related threads which together made everything possible: link ded please i need the rom
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
Flashed and booted up just fine :)

Now some testing! I let you know if I find something strange. Any bugs left that you already know of?

THANK YOU [MENTION=4911249]Unjustified Dev[/MENTION]

Links in OP working fine for me. If any file from those threads is removed, then there's nothing I can do about it.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Unjustified Dev:
Nice no bugs for me except you can't reboot to recovery properly I think I may have to make one that agrees with the system for now it keeps me from looping . All I did was rename files to golden and use your stock kernel lol. We have the exact same ramdisk files which is cool. Wish we had twrp 6.3 now. Just unpacked it and repacked it .You can make a thread if you want i'll peak in
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
Ok :) Looks like this one loops back to recovery after "reboot system" and if I choose power off it still boots to recovery when power on again :P

Any suggestions? Now I flashed twrp to get out of loop haha. Speaking of twrp..Can't you build it for T599? You got the skills, right :cool:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Unjustified Dev:
Nope going to port it OK I'll fix loop it's very simple make sure you have system/lib/modules with j4fs and param or it won't work
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
Yeah, I guess you can just do it the same way for twrp :)

Modules are there :good:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
[MENTION=4911249]Unjustified Dev[/MENTION] I think I saw in Supersu thread that phil is switching su to make it kitkat compatible. :good:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Toastrman:
Hello sir. Is your SGH-T559N the one provided by Metro/T-mobile? I'm interested in rooting my T559N from metropcs and just wanted to know if you tried the root on the same phone