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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
I think you need this explained in another way.

The only way to use AOSP on the Verizon S3 is if you have an unlocked bootloader from Android 4.1.2 or older.

Anyone

that has taken 4.3 or 4.4.2 OTAs cannot use AOSP nor can they use a 4.1.2 TouchWiz rom. TouchWiz is the software that Samsung uses on the S3 and basically all other of their phones and tablets. The bootloader is locked and seemingly will not be unlocked.

The OTA firmware for 4.3 and 4.4.2 actively prevents the phone from booting if it detects software that does not match the OTA firmware itself. Thus, AOSP will not boot once you're on 4.3 OTA or 4.4.2 OTA. The only workaround would be via kernel exploit which is available as SafeStrap; once you have gained root access using Towelroot. With Safestrap, you are limited to using a rom based on the same firmware as the last OTA that you accepted. If on 4.3 firmware, you can only use Samsung's Touchwiz roms based on 4.3. If on VRUDNE1 4.4.2 firmware, you can only use Samsung's Touchwiz roms based on 4.4.2; which are two roms as of this moment. Your phone will not boot up if you try to flash a 4.1.2 TouchWiz rom for example nor would it boot up if you flashed an AOSP rom for the same reason. Your phone also will hardbrick if you attempt to downgrade your firmware using Odin. You can only go up once on 4.3, there is no downgrading using Odin.

There is no unlocked bootloader exploit publicly available for a Verizon S3 that has taken the VRUCML1 4.3 OTA, VRUCNC1 4.3 OTA, or VRUDNE1 4.4.2 OTA. There is only a paid service to downgrade your firmware and unlock the bootloader from there.

Edit: To reiterate, the only people using AOSP are people who unlocked their bootloader when using ICS or JB 4.1.2. AOSP roms exist for us only, not anyone whom has accepted 4.3 or 4.4.2 OTAs.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kkafle:
Successfully debricked my Galaxy sch-i535

Very useful !!! I just successfully debricked my Samsung Galaxy S3 SCH-I535 (with Android 4.4.2), using debrick file from here: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23501681358558650. Thanks very much.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yassirazi:
I am still trying to debrick my hardbricked i535 S3. did you use a class 10 16gb mini SD CARD??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Youdoofus:
I did the EZ unlock thing too... im currently at work and the sch-i535 is at home, so I emailed myself the link to this thread. Crossing fingers as it seems to have fixed up folks who made the same mistake that I did. Wish me luck!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yassirazi:
the download link website shows that the server system caused the file to be corrupt. here is a healthy copy of it

http://www.4shared.com/file/oFYofau3ba/SCH-I535_d2vzw_442_debrick.htm

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I am trying this right now. the file on androidfilehost.com is corrupt. download it from the 4shared link above. watch this guide video which is pretty clear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjuQJU-YnoQ . you need to unzip the img using 7-zip. I just got the class 10 16gb sdcard. will let you know if it works

please press thnx if this helps

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It worked !!! using the 4shared link file img and now I am installing the Stock Rom: I535VRUDNE1_I535VZWDNE1_VZW

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I now have finally debricked (unbricked) the phone and had to install the "I535VRUDNE1_I535VZWDNE1_VZW" rom. then rooted. Nowm could you please elaborate more on the safeStrap and the TouchWiz or/and forward me to anothe thread about it?

thank you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kkafle:
Yes it was 16 gb mini SDCARD, but I am unknown about its class. First I tried with 4gb card and that was not success. One thing we should keep in mind that the battery is drained very fast while it is in briked condition (I thing very very high compared to normal operation) . so recharge before doing anything.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kkafle:
This apps "EZ unlock" bricked my phone. When I restart after using this apps, my phone did not work, even the power button did not respond, no download mode, no recover mode. But I was able to debrick it . Is this ES unlock safe to use?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] landshark68:
If you are on stock 4.3 or 4.4.2, you cannot use EZ Unlock. Your bootloader is locked for good.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Youdoofus:
So, I have like 10 extra micro SD cards. Each time I write an IMG to them, it makes them inaccessible in windows to reformat and rewrite to try again, when I boot into Linux (dualboot system) I can see the card with the image, but don't know enough about Linux to reformat the card and mount the image to it via terminal. Ill poke around again and see what I can do as this remedy seems to be working for those who made the same mistake as me
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yassirazi:
Which img did you boot in the sd card?. And which size is your sd card?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Youdoofus:
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS WORKED!!!!!! The SCH-I535 is back from the dead!!!!!!

I watched that video a few posts up, and i figured out what i was doing wrong. Wrong SD card size and i wasnt holding the power button for long enough!!! THIS IS AMAZING!!! I thought it was dead dead deadski!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Youdoofus:
I used the image from the YouTube video a few posts up. I'm so very grateful! Thanks again to everyone in here who helped and tested this out! Saved my S3 from an extra expense. And I got the micro SD cards back with the SD formatter tool in the op as well

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Safestrap is a recovery that we with locked bootloaders can use to install roms. Since the bootloader is locked and its not possible to downgrade to 4.1.2 without a jtag, we can use this instead
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yassirazi:
If you've read what I wrote the file thee is corrupt. Use this one. http://www.4shared.com/file/oFYofau3ba/SCH-I535_d2vzw_442_debrick.htm

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If you've read what I wrote the file thee is corrupt. Use this one. http://www.4shared.com/file/oFYofau3ba/SCH-I535_d2vzw_442_debrick.htm
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Youdoofus:
Do you need the file? I can put it up on dropbox or my drive acct. Lemme know
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yassirazi:
What I meant was that the file under the descrption of that youtube video aas been experienced by me to be corrupt. However, I found a healthy boot sdcard Img on 4shared. And this is the link for it http://www.4shared.com/file/oFYofau3ba/SCH-I535_d2vzw_442_debrick.htm
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Youdoofus:
I understand now, and i believe that you are correct. The link you posted is exactly what i used and my S3 is now fully back to normal after copying the recovery .img to the internal sd card and doing the terminal commands listed in the OP. It worked flawlessly. Luckily for me, the sch-i535 is merely a toy as my daily driver is a sm-g900p (Sprint S5)

I thought that you needed the file, my bad. Anyways, i hope that anyone who bricked with EZ unlocker comes here and gets the same result as me
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yassirazi:
I will appreciate you press the thanks button for me ^^ :) happy for you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] keyleroy:
Unfortunately, I'm still bricked!:( Let me also add that I did copy the debrick image file onto a SanDisk Ultra Class 10 16gb Micro SD Card and followed the instructions but still could not revive my phone. I too went the EZ unlocker route! I would appreciate and could use any assistance anyone could provide to get this phone up and running again. Many thanks in advance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Youdoofus:
Did you use the debrick img in the 4shared link? Also what android version were you running when ya bricked it?

Also, you dont wanna copy it to the sd card, you want to mount it. Totally different process
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] keyleroy:
Yes, I did use the image from the 4shared link. I had android version 4.3 at the time and I mounted the image via Win32DiskImager. I think I covered all bases but phone is still dead.

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Add: I first tried the 4.3 in the OP and still no love!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Youdoofus:
If you were on 4.3 then you don't wanna use the one from the 4shared link. How long are you holding the power button for? When I was debricking mine with the bootloader on the SD card, I had to hold the power button for what seemed like an eternity.(apparently an eternity is 7 seconds or so) but there's a YouTube video I got my links from. Lemme see if I can dig that up for you as he had a 4.3 on there too... However its not an IMG file for the 4.3 fix. Its a .bin I think

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Found it. Here, watch this video and the file links are in the description.

How to Unbrick / Debrick Hardbricked Verizon Gala…: http://youtu.be/wjuQJU-YnoQ

And yes I know that the device in the sig keeps changing, I have about 11 androids lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yassirazi:
You're absolutely correct. The bootloader on 4shared link is only for 4.4.2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] keyleroy:
I'm sure I held the button for more than 7 seconds and you're right, I found a .bin file that I could not get it up and running.

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This guy made an incredible video and I came upon it accidently this week. Again, no love!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Youdoofus:
Also, you may have to try try again, like in the old saying. But use the 4.3 one, if it doesn't work try a fresh download, format the SD card, mount the image again, reinsert into the phone, pull the battery out and reseat it, try again. Also also, make sure the battery has a charge. I, luckily, have a sprint s3 that uses an identical battery so I could charge mine with that. Also also also, the class of the SD card isn't important. I used a class 4 and it worked, but a class 10 should be gtg. All the class dictates is r/w speed
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] keyleroy:
I'll keep trying to breath life into my dead S3. Thanks a lot for the info!:good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Youdoofus:
How big is the zip file you've downloaded? It should be around 25mb
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mrdunlop:
Where can I get my hands on a 4.4.4 bootloader? d2lte vzw
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] keyleroy:
26.1MB and still can't wake up the phone!:crying:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Youdoofus:
Sorry to say but yours might be boned man :( I thought mine was too before giving it one last college try. I was so convinced that it was a lost cause that I ordered a broken s3 off of ebay so i could cannobalize its mobo. I havent recd it yet but now I have to resell it lol I was able to get one for $35. You might have to go that route at this point. ifixit has guides on physical teardowns

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Was the 4.4.4 even an official release for the s3? If not, there isnt a bootloader for it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] keyleroy:
Hey, it is what it is! Thanks for all your advice!:good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mrdunlop:
Perhaps someone can help me as I am perplexed.

I attempted to flash TWRP 2.8 via terminal emulator from phone (d2vzw running 4.4.4 slimkat). Everything seemed to go. When I went to boot into recovery to check device was non responsive. I assumed it was hard bricked, so I did the hard brick recovery method (sd card bricked boot image) Well that has only gotten me in to the yellow triangle boot screen.

I then attempted to flash stock 4.1.2-nowipe via ODIn and it fails.

Now I am unsure what I can do to recover the phone. I think if I can flash a bootloader, I can then boot to fastboot and recover phone, but I dont know what my next move is. Anyone have any suggestions or incite?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yassirazi:


Try to repeat that and when you arrive to the triangle screan ( Download mode) flash the stock 4.4.2. Let me know if you need it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mrdunlop:
please send me it, the ones I have keep failing.

I think that may be my issue as I am currently using the 4.4.2 de brick img

Will that img cause me too loose ability to use TWRP (lock down the bootloader?)

Edit:

Used a 4.4.2 and it worked!

Now how do I get root back and install TWRP?

Im on stock 4.4.2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Youdoofus:
You cant flash 4.1.2 when youve upgraded to 4.4 ota. Thats likely your problem. Also, the best place to get stock firmwares is sammy themselves. Stock odin flashable images are available on their site. Never once have I had an issue with stuff ive d/l'd from there.

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Towelroot apk and you need to use safestrap 3.75 if your bootloader is locked, which it most likely is

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Also mobiletechvideos.com can jtag unbrick it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zmei9:
i have s3 that i towelrooted 4.4.2......then i installed safestrap. everything was working fine i was able to reboot in to safestrap recovery. then i tried to install i believe "light rom" or something like that ... i know i can only install 4..4.2 tw roms....and thats the only one available....

anyways after i installed it i bricked my phone...but im still able to get to download mod and for somereason i can get to stock recovery...but thats about it......my question is: where can i find NE1 orgnl img .....or if i can use hardbrick method?

thank you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yassirazi:
As long as you can reach the doanload mode, then you are soft bricked and there is no reason to do the hard brick procedure. You just need to flash the original stock rom using odin.

Please press the thanks button if this helps ^^
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yassirazi:
the stock kitkat rom http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2795659
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zmei9:
thank you....ill try that today
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zmei9:
worked like a charmed ....thank you again....oh though for some reason it didnt work on jodin on linux...had to use odin on win.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yassirazi:
Please press the thanks button if I was helpful. Thank you ^^
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yassirazi:
Please press the thanks button if I was helpful. Thank you ^^

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Please press the thanks button if I was helpful. Thank you ^^
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ayagle:
I deleted my reply, It simply asked for help and stated that this did not work for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mcneil20:
Is there any tutorial or guide like this for my poor shv e210s? I will try anything just to make my first android phone alive :( sucks to have a bricked phone without doing anything :|
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gsms:
People, please i need HELP

Iam searching a Debrick file for international version of Samsung S3 Galaxy I9300

Please, give me a working link..

10x in advance
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] arukemo:
Hey, I tried the debrick images 4.4.2, and the debrick image which is post 4.4.3. They both, after putting the SD card in, and the battery in, and plugging the charger in, the phone just vibrates. That's all it does, nothing else. Is it secretly doing something, or am I really screwed? :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hsalehi313:
Hardbricked

Hello i harbricked my rogers galaxy s3 that was already on cm11 m11 snapshot then i accidently flashed a rom for the i9300 on 4.4.2 so is there a debricked image for that model

PLEASE HELP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
You'd have to ask in the Rogers S3 xda Q/A section cuz we in the Verizon S3 section would not have it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] qizhi928:
thank you so much
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Droidsan:
Unbricking Verizon S3 on 4.3 successful!

Now this is why I love XDA. Threads like these are heaven sent to save our unlucky *sses when we get too ambitious wth our droid devices but disaster strikes. On my hard brickd Verizon S3 on 4.3, this SD unbrick method worked like vigorous charm! Rooting was okay with saferoot&I was was excited about unlocking the bootloader&flashing CWM recovery. Tried EZ unlock v2 to unlock bootloader and there struck bad mojo! The device could not boot, no charge indicator, no recovery, total hard brick, no sign of life! Used 16GB Micro SD class 4 to boot&voila!:highfive: celebrations! Just restored the stock bootloader, recovery was jst fine! Thanks a heap!!!! to everyone who put work into this, will definately thank them personally :victory:

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Now this is why I love XDA. Threads like these are heaven sent to save our unlucky *sses when we get too ambitious wth our droid devices but disaster strikes. On my hard brickd Verizon S3 on 4.3, this SD unbrick method worked like vigorous charm! Rooting was okay with saferoot&I was was excited about unlocking the bootloader&flashing CWM recovery. Tried EZ unlock v2 to unlock bootloader and there struck bad mojo! The device could not boot, no charge indicator, no recovery, total hard brick, no sign of life! Used 16GB Micro SD class 4 to boot&voila!:highfive: celebrations! Just restored the stock bootloader, recovery was jst fine! Thanks a heap!!!! to everyone who put work into this, will definately thank them personally :victory:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Coldblackice:
Does anyone have a guide or reference on how to JTAG-downgrade an S3? I have a Verizon S3 that I want to downgrade so I can run custom ROMs/recoveries.

I've found a service that claims to be able to downgrade to pre-Knox firmware, but I have a JTAG device myself so I'd like to try.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] _superman:
Anyone got unbrick.img for galaxy core i8262 ??!

I know this is not the right place to ask this question but please if anyone can help please do :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sarahn van Weeren:
Galaxy s2 I9000 hard bricked, zero response does not power on

Hey my Galaxy S2 I9000 is hardbricked, I would like to do a last ditch attempt at booting from SD but I would need a working S2 I9000 unbrick image to put on there with win32diskimager. Any help or advice would be GREATLY appreciated, i'm at the end of my wits and i've seen about every thread on the subject.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] _superman:
It's i9100 ?! Nah
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] halim_khaled:
than k u

it work for me with bricked i535 thank u verry much ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pyunny:
had a phone running the latest MOAR and it had been stable for months. One day the screen wouldn't turn on. Did a battery pull and it wouldn't reboot - hard brick.

Didn't know this existed and to my excitement I stumbled upon this thread earlier today. Tried but got the Flash Failed message on 4.4. The other versions wouldn't even boot. At least I got to see my phone's screen turn on for one last time. Thanks for at least giving me some excitement and hope =]!

Guess it's time to upgrade.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jaladaris:
32gb card on 16gb s3

is there any way i can partitoin the sd card or somthing to be recognized as 16gb ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] musique101:
Totally new here! Anyone has the at&t debrick image? Please help! Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mmtrt:
thanks for posting this guide it really did helped me fixing my brother Verizon Galaxy S3 i535 with KK 4.4.2, I had used Kingston 32GB Class 4 sdcard and it worked like charm.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] brickcitysaint:
debricked on 4.4.2

Hey I just hardbricked my verizon S3 on 4.4.2 and was planning on following this tutorial to debrick it. However, I was not able to open/download the debrink 4.4.2 link in the first post.

Any idea where I can find that file? I am searching on google but i keep running into broken links. Any help would be appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] brickcitysaint:
Never mind!!! It turned out to be my browser causing the issue. The link in the first post works.

Now on to this de bricking. I'm hoping it fixes mine also.:(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] brickcitysaint:
quick update

So here's a quick update:

I have a Verizon S3 32GB phone running 4.4.2. It was hardbricked due to incorrect ROM. I had an old 8 GB class 4 and 16 /GB class 2 micro SD card. I downloaded the debrick files from the first post and attempted to start up the phone with those SD cards but no dice. I tried both SD cards and nothing happens.

Since I have a 32GB i ordered a 32GB class 10 SD card and placed the debrick files as instucted on the SD card. I powered up the phone and it vibrated once, but nothing happens after that point. I made sure the battery was charged to 100% using another S3. Tried again, sme vibration, but no luck. I tried the debrick file on the 4shared link a few posts back, but same thing happened. So the 32GB with the 4.4.2 debrick file did get my phone to vibrate as if its powering on but never powers on.

In short, this method didnt work for my phone, I sent it out for JTAG repair and lets see what comes up. I guess it was my luck.

OP,

Thanks for posting this!! It did give me some hope.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ElijahCincoEnciso:
Noob here, I wiped all the data and installed now rom, when I rebooted, it didn't turned on, and after following these steps, it worked but I'm stuck on Samsung logo, what should I do? Thanks in advance. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] drewkringel:
Same Here

I tried unlocking bootloader with ez-unlock and it bricked. Then I used this method it worked but now stuck in bootloop but I still can get into stock recovery and odin mode. BTW-on 4.4.2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xahmad.mu:
Hello

i want to fix my hard brick s4 mini " GT-I9190"

but i want the Debrick Image

can anyone help me and give me the download link to "Gt-I9190" Debrick.img

thank for your efforts ​
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] houstenurias:
Hello my name is Housten Urias im a developer AND I just got this new/old device and I went to flash paranormal android ROM and well, 1. I went to unlock bootloaders and it was the app called ez-UNLOCK 1.08 made for schi900, 2. I backup downloaded apps only and i shut it down and it wouldnt boot at all nota only a red light turns on when the battery is out and its on a charger plz need help. I have a bricked nook and It was not turning on at all it was running 4.4.2 And i think this could work plz comfirm if it works thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TechDisciple420:
One stop shop

Thanks so much.. I have restored a few s3's with this method. But this time I had this to make it easeasier.AWESOME!:good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DMDart8:
Will the sch-i535 4.4.2 debrick img work for a d2lte rom that was running 4.4.2? thanks for any info.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] houstenurias:
Hello spyrodazee I have the d2vzw or vzw ss3 now I had use an app call ez-unlock to unlock bootloaders and well I did the sgi900 boot loader unlock XD um I was going to shutdown the device and now it won't turn on F### did I do wrong nothing
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dioxnet:
errror
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dioxnet:
solucionado
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Yusumaru Reiga:
Can I use this metode to my xperia v? Especially debrick image.img file, is the same with my xperia v?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wizardxp656:
it work

Thanks buddy!

My galaxy s3 verizon boot fine but the problem is how can I make boot on the internal memory again like before? please help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bboy snez:
please help!!

i let my friend borrow my phone ,so he tried to flash an 19300 os on an 1535 verizon so now im stuck with a hard bricked phone, no power no download mode =[ is there any way t fix this other than jtag?