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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shqype:
Thanks for posting the guide. I am still having trouble with the SD card solution to boot up my hard-bricked Verizon S3 (with 4.3 OTA update). I also got into this mess by running v1.2 of the bootloader unlock app.

My question is related to this step:

I was able to download and unzip the debrick file, which yields a debrick.bin file. However, I am unable to further extract this file. When I use IZArc to extract the files it comes up with a blank folder. Is there another way to extract the .bin file?

I have tried using win32diskimager to write the debrick.bin file to the SDCard. I have tried multiple times but my bricked S3 never boots. There are 2 things to consider about the way I am doing this:

1) As mentioned above, I write the complete debrick.bin file to the drive using the program, I do not (successfully) "extract" it first. The SD Card does appear to have various other files, though (instead of the single .bin file).

2) I don't have an external card reader, so I access the SD Card by plugging it into a Droid A855 and then connecting that to the computer with USB Mass Storage Mode. I am able to access the card and write to it using win32diskimager.

If I'm doing something wrong, let me know.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
1) "Extract" just means take the unzipped file from the folder. Copy/paste the debrick.bin onto your desktop then write it to the sdcard using win32diskimager

2)There should be nothing on the sdcard except the debrick.bin. Format it and keep trying.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shqype:
Thanks for your reply and thanks again to the OP and all involved in making this guide. I finally got it to work.

2 changes that may help future people:

1) I didn't use the old 2 GB SD card that failed the first time, I instead used a new 32 GB SDHC card.

2) I did not access the card through Droid USB mass storage, but I put it into a laptop media reader and accessed it directly, then formatted and wrote to it.

Only 1 write and 1 try to boot it up, and it worked! I then copied the bootloader and recovery image over as explained in the 2nd post, and my phone works as normal.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nwbmonkey:
HELP!

Can anyone steer me to a guide for i747 at&t????

My phone will not turn on. I bought a Jig and that doesn't work and yes, the battery is charged.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] supercell2000:
This got me from a hard brick to boot into my ROM...thanks. I'm not on the official 4.3, so I don't want to go there, so which file should I copy to the phone sd card? In other words, how do I restore by bootloader to non 4.3 OTA?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePagel:
That depends if you downloaded the 4.3 debrick or pre 4.3 debrick. The rom has nothing to do with it. If you did pre debrick look for a 4.1.2 or before odin file. If you did the 4.3 debrick your stuck on 4.3 forever and should flash the 4.3 odin file.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] OJRGaming:
Not Working

Hey, so I meet all the requirements for this sadly. And I'm not sure if I'm doing this right or not. Because when I hold the power button and it doesn't vibrate or anything... Help?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JingleButton24:
Unable to Boot without sd

Even though my s3 boots up using this method with the sd (great fix)

I stIl can't boot-up without having the debrick sd card in. This is even after

I did those 2 terminal commands to restore boot loader and recovery (on SU).

Even after I restarted I still can't load without the sd. Anyone know what I'm doing

wrong or what I'm not doing?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FatGuyWithWifi:
tring to use my windows phone to connect the sd card to the computer but the program isn't reading the device. thoughts?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Purchase a microsd card adapter
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FatGuyWithWifi:
yeah im not doing that lol this isnt my daily phone so its not worth going out and buying something ill never use again. any other way to do this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AlphaNightWolf:
Hard Bricked

One day my Samsung Galaxy S3 hard bricked itself. I tried flashing both images onto my micro sd card one after the other but this method didn't work. I was using a 4.2.2 ROM so I tried the debrick image for before the 4.3 OTA. I put the MicroSD card into my phone and held the power button down for about 15 seconds but it still did nothing. Any ideas as to what else I can do? I currently have a Class 4 MicroSD card. Why do you need a Class 10 MicroSD Card for this to work?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] leroylee:
help meee

my galaxy s3 is damaged and I can not set you rom, although I can access the download mode any rom works, check always says fail secure

Odin mode

producto name: SCH-R530

CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: YES 23

QUALOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE

WARRANTYBIT :1

BOOTLOADER AP SWREV:1

CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHY ALWAYS TRY INSTALL PROPER K ROM ANY FAILURE

TY
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] landshark68:
Because your phone, the SCH-R530 is the US Cellular variant and this thread is for the SCH-I535 Verizon variant. The software/firmware in this thread is not meant to be flashed to your device.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Surakusa:
Thanks OP! :) :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] davidhegstrom16:
please help asap

I put the img file on my sdcard but when it turns on it only vibrates and has a black screen even in recovery and download mode whould a usb jig fix it if so whats the precentage the usb jig will work
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidshadow:
What kind of sdcard did you use? People have had the best luck with true class 10 sdcards.

Also you need an sdcard to match the size of your internal storage...so if you have a 16GB S3 you need a 164GB sdcard. If you have a 32Gb phone you need a 32Gb sdcard.

Also how did you write the image to your sdcard? It sounds like you just copied the file to the sdcard which wont work you have to write it either with dd in linux or with win32image on Windows.

Read the tutorial carefully. ...

Hope it helps...

-droidshadow
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Medinita:
Vibrates but doesn't do anything else

I have my bricked phone with a 16 GB Class 10 micro SD in it with the debrick.bin imaged to it, however it only vibrates (which before it didn't do) and has a black screen. It actually vibrates twice, as if stuck in some sort of boot-loop, and then it stops. Any ideas? I'm going to keep trying.

Also, yes, I read droidshadow's post. But like I said before I am using the correct card and imaging the file to the card.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shusuke028:
Okk, thank you so much! I tried this with a Class 10 16gb (to match my internal) and it worked.

I installed EZ-Unlock14 and tried to unlock my bootloader with it. Andddd, we all know how that turned out.

So, my question now, is, how can I continue to unlock my bootloader and install a custom ROM? Just use an earlier version of EZ-Unlock?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] landshark68:
Answered in the thread you started in general.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] _kast:
OK, finally got the phone to turn on, but now the screen just says

BOOT RECOVERY MODE

CHECK BOOT PARTITIONS.

COPY FROM T-FLASH.

BOOT RECOVERY. .

WRITE 159488 sectors. .

FLASH WRITE FAILURE

ODIN MODE

PRODUCT NAME: SCH-I535

CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: No

CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official

SYSTEM STATUS: NONE

QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE

Warranty Bit: 0

BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 1

Found another user running into the same problem: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2677443

Any help would be appreciated
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidshadow:
Sorry bro you can't...

Once you took the 4.3 update your bootloader is now encrypted and for the most part impossible to unlock.

If you really want a custom rom you will have to use safestrap which can only install touchwiz Rom's (Samsung Rom's).

Its a sad that Verizon does this crap...

I am going to T-Mobile since they dont lock their bootloaders...

Well for most phones tmobile doesn't lock their bootloaders.

-droidshadow
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nhoclesnar:
Hey [MENTION=5032014]droidshadow[/MENTION] I read that you unbricked your phone using a Class 10 16 GB SD card. What is your phone internal storage? Do you specifically need a SD card that matches your internal storage to unbrick your phone? My phone is 32 GB and I want to make sure which size SD card will work for me before I proceed on buying one.

Edit: Yes, I figured out that you need a Class 10 Micro SD Card that is the same size as your phone's internal memory. Because, "The Boot image creates a partion table that must mirror the internal memory". I am now able to unbrick my phone. Thank the OP so much for this thread!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TwistedPoet:
I unbricked my GSZ using a class 10 32gb SD card. I followed the guide (sorry, I can't find the linkat themoment). Paritioned the SD card and loaded a recovery.img file. It didn't work right away but worked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] afaneh92:
I dont know if you fixed it but i will let you know what i did today.

After insert sdcard it booted.

Then go to download mod.

remove sdcard.

plug usb cable.

flash stock 4.3 by odin.

boom it work.

Thanks [MENTION=225651]op[/MENTION] for unbrick my s3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GeekDrop:
Locked Bootloader?

Interesting chain of events leading up to my current issue:

I had SynergyROM installed (Android 4.1.2).

Flashed AllianceROM (Android 4.3.something) via CWM.

Installation went fine, asked to reboot, did so, ended up with a hard brick (no reaction to any button presses whatsoever). :(

Used the "pre-4.3 unbrick" on a 32GB SDCard from this thread (my S3 is a 16GB), and it booted right up into CWM.

I chose "Reboot" and it loaded up AllianceROM for the first time. All seemed ok so far, so I powered it off ...

Hard brick again :crying:. Only this time, the "pre-4.3 unbrick" no longer works at all; I used the "post 4.3 unbrick", assuming after the full boot up into 4.3 now updated the bootloader to 4.3. :confused:

Now, it boots up consistently, to the locked bootloader message "system software not authorized by verizon, yadda yadda yadda".

If I go into the download mode by holding down Vol Down + Home + Power, then choose Cancel, it goes to the Samsung screen with the unlocked lock image on it.

That's where I'm stuck at the moment. I'm assuming the update re-locked my bootloader, but I can't boot up into the desktop in order to run EZ Unlock, and I'm not sure how to unlock it another way at this point.

Anyone? :eek:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] afaneh92:
Iam on 4.3, tryed pre 4.3 debrick didnt boot the device maybe its courpted.

4.3 debrick boot fine if you can go to download mod flash stock 4.1 if it fail you are stuck at 4.3 .

Flash stock 4.3 .
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GeekDrop:
I just tried to unlock it via the instructions shown here; spaced out the first time (been a LONG day, :silly:) and flashed the 4.1.2 "lock" version on the page's download links (oops, lol), and it flashed fine, (success). Of course upon reboot I just got the same VZW locked message, so I tried to re-flash with the "unlock" version on that page, but it fails:

Anything else I can try? Gotta admit, I'm a little rusty with all of this, I usually only do this stuff once in a great while.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePagel:
Alliance ROM does not have the needed files to put the 4.3 bootloader on the phone. Another positive thing is as long as you still need the SD card to boot you haven't shot yourself in the foot just yet. I have heard of some people needing to flash the debrick image on the SD card a few times before it works properly so maybe try that? Hopefully that is the problem otherwise one of your only options to get up and running retaining your unlocked freedom that I know of is jtag. But since the SD card trick worked with the 4.1.2 and works with the 4.3 for you jtag hopefully won't be nessesary. If you get the pre 4.3 debrick to work again try to Odin back to 4.1.2 or earlier before booting into the ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GeekDrop:
Huge thanks for the debrick files and instructions, after a monumental battle, and minor hair loss, I was finally able to get back up and running using a combination of the debrick files and ThePagel's thread.

One thing to mention: I read (in this thread? I can't remember now ...) that you have to use the same sized sdcard as your phone's internal storage (i.e. 16GB S3 = 16GB SDCard), I only had a 32GB sdcard and a couple of less than 16GB cards, so I was stuck in that sense; I ended up formatting my 32GB card to 2 16GB partitions, setting the first partition as Primary/Fat32 and just left the second 16GB unformatted, hoping to trick the phone into thinking it was a 16GB card - which seemed to work.

Then again, I had also been able to boot into CWM using one of the debrick files using the whole 32GB card previously ... sooo ... who knows. Take it for what it's worth.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Piist:
Does anybody have a debrick image for the 32gb version?

If not, is there anyone with a 32gb phone who might be willing to make one?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Stealthy_C:
I'm interested in the jtag info. Anyone have a link, I have a few original Google Nexus that are hard bricked. Will recharge, but will not boot and i think one of them the USB pins are pushed back too far.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xdapadogx:
It seems im the only one getting this error code. Its error 1117. failing to perform due to I/O device error. Anyone have a clue as to what it is? I know i took the right debrick file.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] afaneh92:
I think you are using a cheap sdcard or less than class 10, any way post some screen shots or more details.

And what you are doing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xdapadogx:
The SD card is class 2 and I'm using an adapter. When I try to write the bin file on on the card using windisk, I get that error.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] landshark68:
From what I have read from other users, the SD card needs to be a class 10.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] afaneh92:
used class 4 and didnt work, you need class 10 sd card it coast about 15$.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xdapadogx:
Yeah i got the same error with the class 10. I had to remove write protection. I ended up successfully writing it to both the class 2 & 10, but neither worked to get the phone on. Turned on while i was at work yesterday though without the SD card in it but shut right back down on the drive home :eek:

Guess i need the JTAG. Thanks for the help though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] afaneh92:
Check if you write the wright debrick file, the wronge one wont boot up device.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fexaw:
Awesome...thank you this worked for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aburub:
I just hard bricked mine after installing the Boeffla kernel onto the latest CM11 nightly.

Would this still theoretically work if i have CM11 (4.4.2).

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] afaneh92:
I think yes use the "before 4.3" debrick file.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yahoonuts:
HELP !!

So my s3 came in the box already updated to 4.4.2 and i then rooted it and flashed a 4.4.2 rom to it. Now, i made the mistake of flashing a 4.3 ROM dedicated for the i9300 and i now have no boot. All i get is the red LED when the phone is plugged in. I have the US cellular S3 r530u. What do i do ? I'm aware that i would need a debrick file but so far i've only managed to get access to a 4.3 debrick file.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] twinmauler:
HELP Please! bricked my i9300 running CM11 M6 while updating to CM11 M7 :((

Hey guys, I just hard bricked my phone while updating from CM11 Snapshot M6 to CM11 Snapshot M7. It doesn't turn on let alone go in download mode or charge. I understand the steps but what do I use for the debrick.bin file? Do I need a 4.4 debrick.bin for this one? Hope you guys can help me. I can't pay for another phone :((( :crying:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PomPWNius:
I bricked my phone earlier today :crying:. Been trying to get this to work, but the Win 32 Disk Imager does not seem to recognize the debrick.bin file, as it says it only accepts .img files. So I decided to just rename debrick.img and give that a shot. The program let me use it obviously, but when i run it it gives me the error:

An error occurred when attempting to write data to handle.

Error 23: Data error (cyclic redundancy check).

I am guessing the problem was that I was not supposed to change the file extension of debrick.bin to .img, but I am not sure how to get the program to recognize the file otherwise. Any help?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jaymehta123:
Not working

Alright so I followed the steps exactly... Here is what happens on my phone...

When I plug the phone to USB it come up with 2 sounds one indicating its connected and other one right away in 2 seconds which I dont know what it is ...

At this time I dont see anything on the screen, if I try booting with power + home + volume down or up it still has the same sound effect. The phone is black with nothing on the screen, no logo nothing. I just dont see anything happeneing.

I tried both the img files

SGH-T999v ***NOT FOR 4.3*** Debrick Image

SGH-T999v 4.3 only Debrick Image [MENTION=4845222]cLogic[/MENTION] for the T999v 4.3 upload

My model is SGH-T 999V

Any suggestions?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ghostofmumbles:
Same issue ^^^

I have the same issue on a SCH I535, same 2 sounds when plugged into a computer with or without battery, and it won't charging on anything. I have 2 batteries and neither boot up the phone after returning to stock 4.3 and getting the OTA to 4.4.2 which booted up fine. It had some 3g/4g connection issues so I pulled the battery and it would not turn back on no matter what. Help!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Darkzerox17:
Help!

I hard bricked my SCH-I535 and it was running 4.4.2 at the time of the brick. Does anyone have debrick img for 4.4.2 for the SCH-I535(16gb ver)? or someone who is rooted on 4.4.2 on the same phone and can make one for me? please and thank you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tanvir89:
Need help from Hard Brick

My phone is bricked after unlock bootloader via EZ-Unlocker. How Can I Un-brick my phone.

I tried SD card method but failed.

My Phone OS was: 4.4.2

Model: SGH-i535
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePagel:
Wrong dump
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tanvir89:
No download link available

Your link not contain the debrick 4.4.2 file. Please re upload this file.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Darkzerox17:
link broken?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tanvir89:
Try

I try to unbrick my phone via your debrick file but no result. your file size only 184 byte. after write this SCH-I535_d2vzw_4.4.2_debrick.bin.7z file via win32DiskImager to my micro sd card, it wants formatting and nor shown any file.

Please describe the procedure of debrick.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePagel:
Oh yeah that definitely isn't the debrick file. Ill do it later if someone didn't beat me to it. Sorry guys.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pesaddict:
my i9300 bricked a week ago no power to it at all and i dont know what version it was running
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] icey1:
Can this still happen. I really need the 4.4.2 so I can recover from my hard brick
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePagel:
Here you go pretty sure its the right dump this time once again don't forget to unzip it http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23501681358558650
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] scadilla:
Will this reset the custom binary counter? I accidentally loaded 4.3 with NC1 locked boot loader and forgot to reset the custom binary. I don't need anything on the phone just want to return it to stock so I can trade it in towards an s5.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Tortuyen:
FIXED 4.4.2

I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!

I535- Verizon FIXED 4.4.2 BRICKED

Download file from link at post #153 (I CAN NOT THANKS ENOUGH TO USER ThePagel , and all the people who has worked on it)

Extract zip, write SD card with win32diskimager

I USED a 16G class 4 SD card (so I believe wherever class speed should work it´s not necessary to be a class 10)

Follow the instructions in page 1.

THANKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After phone turn on with the 16G SD card on it, I did turn off and get into recovery mode (in my case with a jig, but I´m pretty sure it will work too from buttons combination). Then I flashed 4.4.2 with ODIN. Take out the battery, out the SD card, then turn on and phone FIXED!!!

What Happened to me:

I got my phone bricked trying to make a boot unlock with EZ-Unlocker. Completely dead. Not sing of life at all. I can´t believe how easy was to fix. Works first time easily. I think people who can´t boot it´s because they are using wrong file version (I tried several times without succeed until I got the file for my version of OTA (THANKS AGAING TO ThePagel) . Each version 4.4.2, 4.3, 4.1.2 needs the specific file for that version. If you use the correct file you don´t get frustrated writing the SD card several time, or going to buy a class 10 SD card. Just use wherever class (speed) 16G card (I didn´t try a small one, but maybe a small one will work too), use the correct version of unbrick file and you will boot all the times you want from the SD card. You can even use the phone like that with the unbrick SD on it for ever. The logic thing to do is flash your OTA version with ODIN and phone FIXED.

You MUST use the specific unbrick file and ODIM rom for the version you have installed in your phone. In my case it was 4.4.2.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jbeard540:
on my phone when i put in the sd card it says write failed does this mean that it didnt work ive rewote the sd at least 25 times do i need to try a usb jig thanks in advance:)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Tortuyen:
Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tanvir89:
Fix Up 4.4.2

Thank You Very MuchThePagel
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Davilae1:
Hardbrick gs3 4.4.2

HELLO EVERYONE,

I DOWNLOAD THE FILE 4.4.2 FOR MY GALAXY S3 4.4.2 KITKAT

IMAGE TO A MICROSD 16GB CLASS 10 JUST IN CASE

TRY IT ON THE PHONE IS NOT WORKING

I DONE IT BUNCH OF TIMES WHEN I WAS ON VERTION 4.3

BOT THIS TIME IS NOT WORKING

ANY IDEA WHAT AM DOING WRONG PLEASE THANKS

DOWNLOAD FILE

win32diskimager TO MICROSD

REMOVE BATTERY

PLACE MICROSD

PLACE BATTERY

POWER PHONE

AM I DOING SOMETHING WRONG ?:confused:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Tortuyen:
Hi, this file is for specific device and specific ROM

It will boot Verizon i535 original OTA 4.4.2 (only if you took the update to 4.4.2, you got it working and them trying to unlock boot loader or download to 4.3 or wherever reason you brick to completely dead phone, not able to go to download mode or any sign of life).

If you have 4.4.2 use the file at post #153 and should work, it worked for me.

If you have 4.3 or 4.2 or abode download correct file from page 1 in this post.

Again these are only for i535 hard bricked (not sign of life at all).

If you have i535 and 4.4.2 OTA, looking at the process you did. Did you unzip the downloaded file before burn in to SD card with win32diskimager?

Extract zip, write SD card with win32diskimager
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Davilae1:
Hardbrick gs3 4.4.2

Thanks for mention it, I unzip the file and give me error, I try to re download the file and still have an error

do you have another download link, to try different file

the file I need is for

SCH-I535 4.4.2 VERIZON GALAXY S3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Davilae1:
Hardbrick gs3 4.4.2

:cowboy:

thanks guys link is ok

the problem was I was using rar

I download 7zip and problem fix

thanks alot

can any one help on how to unlock my phone for other carriers

Galaxy s3 SCH-I535 4.4.2 KIKAT

like metro pcs or tmobil
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] WildZontar:
I'm coming off a mysterious, out-of-nowhere hard brick. The only life I can get out of the phone is the red light without a battery while plugged in.

If I do this, will this conclusively end any capability to flash custom ROMs? Not like I have much of a choice at this point, but still would be good to know. Previously had Cyanogenmod with Android 4.1.2 on there.