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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] imk79:
I am having issues with custom rom and I want to revert back my at&t s3 to stock. Can this method revert back my s3 to stock? I have TWRP installed
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jason2678:
Yes, but make sure to pick a stock ROM that matches the bootloader/modem on your phone. Otherwise things like wifi or mobile data might not work.

To check your bootloader either install the Samsung phone info app or a terminal emulator app and enter this in it:

getprop ro.bootloader

This thread will work for a bootloader ending in MJB.

Use this thread if your bootloader ends in NE4.

Use this thread if your bootloader ends in NJ1.

Don't mess with any of the bootloader/modem zips/steps in the linked threads if all you want to do is revert to a stock ROM, just grab the appropriate ROM zip and clean flash it in TWRP. If you're coming from an AOSP ROM you'll probably have to format your internal storage in TWRP in addition to the normal clean flash wipes to get the AT&T ROM to boot. And always make a backup of your working ROM in TWRP before wiping just in case.

Expect first boot to be long, at least 10 minutes and maybe as long as 20.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] imk79:
What is terminal emulator app? and how can I install it?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jason2678:
Just search for terminal in the Play Store. Something should come right up. It is an app that lets you use a command line on your phone.

You can get Samsung Phone Info from the Play Store too. Either way will work. You just need to know what bootloader/modem you've got on your phone before you flash anything.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] imk79:
ok I just checked the boot loader and its NJ1 so I used this thread http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3-att/general/ucufne4-to-ucufnj1-update-t2941792 and download this file https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95784891001611561 and flash it via TWRP on first time phone stuck on at&t logo then I pull off the battery and off the phone after some time I pull the battery again and power on the phone and its booting to the OS glad to saw that I am on stock but now I am trying to ON the wifi and its not working :( Any help?

Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jason2678:
Do the bootloader and modem on the phone match? Both end in NJ1? You can check the modem by going into Settings -> About and checking your baseband, or you can enter this in a terminal:

getprop gsm.version.baseband
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] imk79:
yes Baseband also end with NJ1 and show like this "I747UCUFNJ1"
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=57762154

There is the NJ1 ROM. More then likely your having WiFi issues because of symlinks form new bootloader and modem on older rom.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] imk79:
Thanks,

How will I flash it as I think I lost TWRP. Should I flash recovery again? or is there is any other way to do this?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
Flash with a custom recovery. Damn near everything posted here or by me is always flashable with twrp or cwm. If it's a .zip flash with twrp if its a .tar or tar.md5 then its most likely odin flashable.

You can use odin and flash a recovery or if rooted you can use flashify from the play store and it will download twrp or cwm and flash the recovery.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] UrbanLegend5:
Hey, I'm new to xda and I was wondering if this still works.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
Try an older recovery that Phils is probably based off the new CWM and I think there is something wrong with it. I personally never liked CWM but was usually the only choice. I have flashed this successfully many times with TWRP 2.6.3.1 and the other older recoveries I posted earlier.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nathanyang0428:
thanks. Now I am fully rollback to the status this afternoon. Luckily, my i747 has not been bricked. (or I saved it)

Now I would like to know what was wrong with me? The only thing I could thinking was I missed the factory reset and wipe cache after flash because I was thinking to do so after reboot to recovery ( unfortunately I have no chance to do so because I could not go to recovery).

Please give me some hints on flash procedure?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nathanyang0428:
Ok. I have flashed TWRP 2.6.3.1 from ODIN and then redo all the MJB 4.3 again (by using the orignal ZIP file). After it was done, I did wipe before reboot. Everything is good now!!

Thank you so much!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nathanyang0428:
Now the only thing I am looking is to enable Wifi tethering. I found http://d-h.st/F7O for Tether for UCUEMJ2, do you have package for UCUEMJB? Thank you so much!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pwned101:
Used CWM zip file on 6.0.4.7 recovery. Everything went fine. Flash counter is reset and it sticking even after multiple reboots. Thanks again for awesome job .
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tejajuloori:
Used CWM 6.0.4.5 and the twrp rom and after second reboot the status in download mode has changed to custom with flash count to 1 :/

edit:also used TWRP 2.6.3.1 for twrp restore zip and at first it shows official status with flash counter 0, on second reboot status changes to custom with flash counter 1
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tejajuloori:
will try it with cmw restore zip and cmw 6.0.4.7 recovery then, thnks

edit : flash counter resets to 1 after a few reboots even on cwm restore zip with cwm recovery
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tejajuloori:
(plz ignore double post)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] OKAstro:
Enewman - If I flash this and return to stock, could I then rename your latest S3Rx ROM to "Update.zip", put it on the internal SD, go into stock recovery, and flash Update.zip to return to S3Rx? Or do I need to root the stock ROM first?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
You would only need to use Odin and flash a custom recovery, no need to root rom first. Renaming s3rx won't work
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BammS2:
I dont know if its in the op but I would suggest immediately after flashing this you go straight back into stock recovery and do a factory data reset. I think that may be whats causing the status custom showing up after the reboot without the reset.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] poppo101:
I had no problems flashing the ROM however I am having problems rooting the phone. I have tried CF Auto Root and it fails trying to flash the custom recovery. If I try to flash a custom recovery be it TWRP, CWM or Philz, it fails trying to flash the recovery. I have used the TAR files from your links that you posted. Any help is appreciated. This is my play with phone so it isn't anything urgent. I would just like to get the rooting to work.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] theramsey3:
You should look in the stickies to find an Odin flash able recovery file, the files in the OP are .Zip files meaning you need to have custom recovery already to flash them.

The ones here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=50576195 are .Tar files and shouldn't give you problems flashing via the PDA button in Odin.

When you open Odin before you flash a recovery image you need to uncheck the box; f.reset and uncheck the box; auto reboot. Then you may flash, when Odin is done it will say reset, at this point you need to unplug the USB cable and pull the battery, reinstall the battery, press and hold volume up, press and hold the home key now press power and hold it until you feel the phone vibrate then release, continue to hold the other two buttons until you see the recovery you just flashed. If you allow the phone to reboot to the rom before accessing the custom immediately after flashing it will revert itself to the factory recovery.

Good luck

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 running S3Rx MJ2 bootloader MJB modem and it is smooth[/QUOTE]
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] poppo101:
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I had already downloaded the TAR files that you referenced. I was having problems with those as well.

I have tried flashing CF Auto Root, CWM and TRWP again with the boxes that you mentioned unchecked. Using ODIN 3.05 ODIN hangs at recovery.img and never finishes. Using 1.85 that is packaged with CF Auto Root will not let me uncheck auto reboot. Using 1.85 fails flashing the recovery.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
Try a newer odin. 3.07 worked for me on many many occasions. As ive had to put twrp back on my phone 20 30 times now
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] n0013z:
looking to try this in a few hrs (soon as it finish downloading).

1 question tho, since im already on 4.3 bootloader with stock rom, if i flash this rom will it affect the current bootloader? in other words, is it safe to reflash 4.3 bootloader?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
Yeah its fine to flash the 4.3 bootloader again
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] poppo101:
Sorry, I meant 3.07 not 3.05. 3.07 was bundled with TWRP in the download I found.

I have tried this on two different computers with the same results. :(

Update:

I meant to post this last evening however I got sidetracked.

After trying to use different versions of ODIN and three different computers, I was still having problems flashing anything with ODIN. Next I tried to flash TWRP on my daily driver which is running CWM. Same problem so this eliminated the phone as a problem. Finally I decided to try another cable. The cable I was using is a Samsung cable. The cable I switched to is also a Samsung cable. After switching cables I proceeded to flash TWRP on my daily driver. Bingo. TWRP flashed without a hitch. Next I plugged in the other phone and proceeded to flash CF Auto Root. Again, Bingo. Flash ran without a hitch. All is good. :)

Thanks to all who responded to my call for help.

Bill
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] spagman72:
Keep up the good work Erin!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] n0013z:
tried to flash the rom and got 'failed' unable to open zip file, any ideas?

using twrp 2.6.3.1. did advance wipe (system, dalve cache, cash and data) and also formatted
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
It was a bad download, the file was corrupt if you got that error.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] n0013z:
sigh. took me 3 hrs to download. slow internet. will try again and see

great news. decided to try again this time using a different method to transfer rom. flashed successful. flash counter still at 1 tho but its not a big deal for me....thanks alot bro. your amazing.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SuperMidgetProductions:
3 hours? Are you on dialup? The file wasn't even a gig.... Glad ya didn't have to dl it again
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] imcol:
This whole thing is pretty damn awesome! I was having issues with my LTE on the new 4.4.2 roms so I went ahead and flashed this stock restore and am super happy cause It fixed everything! Thanks a bunch man!

One thing I did notice, which I dont mind too much about but still, the flash counter was not completely reset. Also my Warrenty-Bit is 1 and the Binary is Custom.

Even though it didnt completely reset everything in my case, its perfect for restoring to stock!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SuperMidgetProductions:
not sure if rom related but its apparently a common 4.3 issue. flashed this to my wifes phone last night and it has worked great up until about an hour ago when all audio in calls has disappeared, she can't hear anything and you can't hear her either. i'm still searching for a fix right now

Edit... I gave up and flashed carbon back on it instead
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] woerner:
Tried to use this and when i swipe to confirm flash, it will freeze for 3 sec. and then show the blue teamwin page and then go right back to the twrp home page
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] n_alvarez2007:
Suddenly I've lost the ability to root using the CF-AutoRoot method. I tried factory resetting the phone both from the stock recovery as well as within the Touchwiz software. Every time I try to run CF-AutoRoot it fails after Setup Connection. I've attached screenshots below. It worked for me the first time I tried rooting this but now for some reason it isn't working.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] poppo101:
I was having the same problem. After trying several versions of ODIN and three different computers it came down to using a different USB cable. The one that I was using is a Samsung cable. When I switched to another Samsung cable, bingo all was good. Also, I used ODIN 3.07 and unchecked auto reboot. If you go back several posts, you can see the conversations that I had going on regarding this.

Edit - Post 52 is where I originally posted my problem.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] n_alvarez2007:
Thank you. This was sort of my case but different. Rather than needing a new USB cable, I needed to be using a different USB port. For some reason my front panel ports aren't good enough but as soon as I used a rear panel USB port it worked fine. Anyone having issues similar, try using the rear USB ports.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] poppo101:
I was also having USB port problems. I uninstalled and reinstalled the Samsung drivers because I couldn't get the computer(s) to recognize the phone.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] n0013z:
ok, so i got it flashed yesterday, installed my appsand settings and such and everything was fine and dandy, until....

suddenly i lost gsm mobile signal, cant connect to the network at all so cant make or receive calls. everything else is working properly, including wifi.

is there a fix i can use to fix this problem or will i have to do a complete reflash ( i really hope not)

iv tried the basics, reboot, battery pull, ejected sim cards, nothing worked

edit. so i decided to try a complete wipe/reset (as much as i didnt want to) seems to fix the problem for now. will keep an eye on it.time to reinstall some apps

---------- Post added at 10:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:38 PM ----------

lol it pretty much feels like it, actually, i think dial-up is faster. its suppost to be 1Mb/s but most times my dl speed is around 80Kb/s, im tired of complaining to ISP, but not much options here where i live
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jukiewalsh:
can i flash anything after this within twrp in order to keep root and custom rom?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] winosxbuntu:
i will use this once i get the NOTE 3 soon and sell off my S3

nice work [MENTION=2972841]enewman17[/MENTION] keep up the good work, i might become an Android Dev someday :laugh:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] n0013z:
so woke up this morning and there it is again, no mobile signal. been a couple hours now and still nothing, gonna try flash slimbean rom and see if that fixes the problem
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
New builds in op.

Redid the install script, fixed the binary count reset, hopefully fixed the issue some having with the modem dropping connection, the binary reset does affect the modem, so... cross fingers.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tito07dr:
trying to flash i got a Error in /external_Sd/name.zip

(Status 7)

Intallation Aborted.

Im using CWMR.

Thx!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] qxps:
Can I flash this along with a 4.3 modem if I'm on 4.1.2 to upgrade it to 4.3? Or is it strictly 4.3 -> 4.3?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
You can use it to update to 4.3 but if you want to keep a custom recovery I would have a zip ready and flash immediately after this before rebooting. This way you can avoid having to use Odin to get a custom recovery back on you phone.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
Did you modify the install script or are you trying to flash this on a different variant other then an AT&T I747?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tito07dr:
i didnt modified it, i downloaded CWM 6.0.4.7 and flashed it in CWM recovery and i got that error, and my cellphone is an AT&T I747 with 4.3 JMB.

thx! i will download TWRP and CWM 6.0.4.5 and try it
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] qxps:
The newer CWMs require an extra parameter for the format function I believe. Some cwm flash scripts do not have this extra parameter and it causes an error. It may be that, so an older CWM will most certainly work. For example, Philz CWM recovery has a toggle option to use the old update binary script. Or it may be something else and I don't know what XD. But, if you see in the OP, he has a specific zip for the latest CWM. Are you sure you didn't download the one for the previous version? Unless you are on 6.0.4.5 and got the 6.0.4.7 :b
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] smallyetzon:
ok i manage to flash this even tho it didnt clear the binary count and it says custom i got a stock 4.3 firmware but what really got me upset is that i cant connect to my computer with usb even turning usb debbuging on it doesnt show up the option on the device screen nor the computer so now i cant root my device thru odin, i saw a post that some people got the same issue and it turn out to be the cable or the usb port but not in my case :( i try all that and nothing its seems it has to be with the rom, anyone can help me with this please!!

The worst nightmare for a flashaholic is to have a device not connecting to a pc

I try my wife's phone and it connects to the pc so its deffinetly a software issue

I'm about to throw it against the wall PLEASE HELP [MENTION=2972841]enewman17[/MENTION]
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] loserskater:
This sounds odd, but try turning the device completely off. Then power it back on and see if it connects. This happens to me on occasion and a reboot won't fix it but powering off and on does.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] smallyetzon:
Seriously [MENTION=1016795]loserskater[/MENTION] ?? Turning it off and back on?? Hahaha thats like the first thing we do when things dont work right lol but is cool thanks anyway my problem now is that i cant connect to computer so i cant root or flash any diferent i even try to flash thru stock recovery the 4.3 ota update zip and there is something wrong with this stock recovery too :( basically this method kill me
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jukiewalsh:
Get mobile Odin by chainfire, profit.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
I'm so sorry, I'm just not sure what to tell you to do. I have flashed this so many times and I've always been able to restore TWRP or CWM with Odin even if the flash count doesn't reset. Seriously I've flashed this 30 + times before, but this is exactly why I didn't release this months ago. As this was a last ditch effort to return our S3 to stock.

So when your in download mode and at the screen with the binary count, Odin is already open then you plug your phone in. You still get nothing? No COM4 our whatever in the connection box?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shortydoggg:
You cannot flash a 4.3 update.zip through stock recovery if you're already on 4.3, so there's no proof that your recovery is bad. Other than clearing the cache or factory resetting, there is not much you can do without any flashable firmware from AT&T.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] smallyetzon:
Odin wont recognize it becouse not even the pc recognize it due to usb debugging issue i guess, when i plug my phone to usb (usb debbuging on) it just charges and thats it no message of media whatever :( i cant use mobile odin im not rooted [MENTION=5441030]jukiewalsh[/MENTION] i cant flash the restore zip again im on stock recovery :( is it anything i can flash thru stock recovery to fix or change rom?? Otherwise im stock with this rom 4ever
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] theramsey3:
Enewman17 don't sweat this disrespectful dude, you have provided so much for the community if people can't appreciate it for what it is then tell them where they can go. I for one will not be tolerating people disrespecting our developers.

Any thing and everything that I do to my phone is my responsibility you didn't hold a gun to my head and force me to do whatever it is I did. The same goes for everyone else.

No need to be a donkey... I'm sure you know how to read the same as me. The OP said this was in a TESTING phase it didn't say stable. That means you assume all responsibility for anything YOU do to YOUR device.

There is nothing wrong with the stock recovery it will only flash files signed by SAMSUNG.

You have something weird going on.

You're the only one who is having this issue, there is no need to bash the fine developer who has created this and many other things for us to use. If you didn't want stock unrooted then why the heck did you flash this?

I have used this on two phones with no issues. You have either a hardware or software issue, try this, uninstall kies3 and reinstall kies 3 that should reload the drivers for the computer. You using a desktop or laptop and what os? 32 bit or 64 bit? And definitely turn the computer off and back on. 99% of the time when my phone isn't recognized it is fixed by shutting down the computer the remaining 1% I uninstall and reinstall kies then I'm good to go.

Just because things were working previously doesn't mean that the drivers don't need to be reinstalled.

You can take your phone to best buy they can flash stuff on phones when nothing else will sometimes.

Your other post in the Q&A section is going to go nowhere because stock recovery will only flash files signed by Samsung.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 running S3Rx MJ2 bootloader MJB modem and it is smooth
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jukiewalsh:
Again I will try to point you to mobile Odin. It's an app that you can you do everything from your phone with. No need for a pc

edit: just read your post I didn't realize you needed to have root for mobile odin.. but as stated above It's definitely a connection issue somewhere, check your usb storage options on the phone and check whatever you can and then redownload all your samsung drivers(I hate kies). Also try a factory reset.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] theramsey3:
I don't use kies I only use it to keep my drivers up to date.

Horrible application in my opinion.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 running S3Rx MJ2 bootloader MJB modem and it is smooth
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] smallyetzon:
[MENTION=4708506]theramsey3[/MENTION] Firstable i havent disrespect no one or else they would of felt it like that and tell me thereselves Mr. Syndroms (trying to be a hero villian) ive been a rom tester for years and i got big respect for this guys, im just stock on a issue that it seems not that simple since i flashed this method, the reason i flashed this method was to get the binary count to 0 and have a factory fully working phone to sell it but that didnt happend :(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jukiewalsh:
haha I wasn't taking a shot at you I just personally hate not being in control. In theory(I could be wrong) you only need to update your drivers whenever you have a software update for your device if they have even updated the driver, and seeing as though that only happens a few times a year I just check manually.:D