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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Maralex1520:
Can’t access to Download Mode or Recovery Mode after bricking AT&T Galaxy S3 i744 4.3

Hi I have (had) a AT&T galaxy S3 i747 with android 4.1.1

Because the phone is in another country I couldn’t update it by OTA to android 4.3

So I started to read forums that said how to Update AT&T S3 i747 to android 4.3 (I747UCUEMJB)

The S3 was not Root

I installed all the phone drivers in the computer

This is what I did: (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52341582&postcount=38)

- Use Odin 3.07

- Check Auto Reboot and Re-Partition, and uncheck all the boxes

- I put my phone in USB debugging in the developer options

- I turned it off

- Started to put the phone on Download Mode pressing volume DW+home+power button at the same time

- In Odin on the PDA box I checked and loaded the file .tar.md5 (I747UCUEMJB_2024954_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5 )

- Pressed the button Start

The installation seemed to go right, the program never showed anything weird.

When the Programs finished the installation the phone turned off and then turned on and show the logo of android (seemed to be lying down or inclined) and after that it turned off.

The computer showed that something was connected (QHSUSB_DLOAD) but couldn’t install any driver, so I disconnected it of the computer.

I couldn’t turn on the phone :crying:, I took the battery out and put it in and tried to start the phone and nothing happened, I tried pressing any button to access to recovery o download mode and none of this worked.

I started to search forums that talk about restart or turn on a brick AT&T S3 i747

I found one (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2549068) that said to download a image (debrick-SGH-I747U-CUEMJB3.img) and using the program “Win32DiskImager” to put the image inside of a micro SD to make the phone turn on,

I put the micro SD inside the phone and when I pushed the power button for almost 3 seconds it Turned on :o, the phone seems to be fine an it has android 4.3 (I747UCUEMJB) installed.

I can use it normally so far.

But the problem is that I can’t turn on the phone if the micro SD card is not inserted on the phone.

Without the micro SD inside don’t show any sign of life

When the micro SD is inside I can turn on the phone and use its apps.

I have tried to enter to Recovery mode or Download mode with the micro SD inside but the phone only show what its supposed to happen for 1 second then turns off and then turns on by its own (after that I can use it normally)

Does anyone know how can I Fix my phone ?

How can I boot my phone without using the micro SD card?

How can I access to download mode?

And if I could access to download mode what should I do next ?

The only files I have now are:

Odin3 v3.07

I747UCUEMJB_2024954_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5(905 Mb)

debrick-SGH-I747U-CUEMJB3.img (80 Mb)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PMDColeslaw:
Edit: nevermind I misread it. Sorry
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Jooosty:
Trying to update my mom's phone which was on 4.1.1 and rooted

I tried this and it says pass.

Now the phone won't turn on . Any ideas ?

By reading the explanation from that thread, we pretty much borked our devices.

I have the same problem as the guy above me. But I didn't bother to do the micro sd trick...

What exactly did I do? I hard bricked the phone by upgrading from 4.1.1 to 4.3?

But it says something about how that will only happen if you downgrade bootloaders...

HTC M8
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Look in Device Manager. If it says QHSUSB_DLOAD, you're hard bricked and will have to use the debrick method to fix it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shad876:
I'm curious to know, what's the "debrick" method??
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Jooosty:
It's located two posts above.

HTC M8
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] firestorm942:
how do you extract

ok im confuzed i no its a multi part file i just dont no how to put it bak together
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pwned101:
check out post #13. It'll give u an idea on how to load the files into Odin. U don't need to put them back together into a single file. Make sure u use Odin v3.0.9.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tailgunner9:
enewman17 Do I need to wipe data/factory reset then wipe cache partition before I go into Download mode to install .tar file??? So I just put your .tar file in Odin 3.07 in PDA and Start, Correct??? This will restart into Stock 4.3 with Stock recovery .<3e> No Root or anything?? i747 AT&T cell phone. Hope to hear back from you on exact steps. Do I use Odin 3.07 or 3.09 with this to get my now 4.3 Rooted back to Factory Stock with Stock Recovery???Thanks for Help
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tailgunner9:
Delete

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This is not for an HTC M8.....
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] silversteinx07:
Messed up my stock 4.3 by debloating so I couldn't update to 4.4.2 OTA. Flashed the AP.tar from OP with Odin v3.04 and I'm all good to go again on 4.3 stock. No KNOX tripped! I'm on official status for everything again. Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Maralex1520:
Fix S3 i747 after hardbricked

This method worked for me, i hope it can help you

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53312134&postcount=14
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] melder52:
Just wanted to leave a quick thank you note. My ATT GS3 has been rooted since about day 2 of ownership (almost 2 years) .. the last few days of dirty flashing Vanir nightlies it started locking up and I've been rebooting / battery pulling 3-5 times per day .. Yesterday morning it locked in the screen off position and wouldn't boot past the Vanir boot animation .. Got it into recovery and did a factory reset with all the associated wipes .. Flashed latest Vanir again and while flashing the newest Gapps from DHO it all of a sudden rebooted .. it was then stuck in a bootloop at the first samsung logo .. First time it's every been that way so I was new to fixing this particular problem .. So after a lot of reading I finally landed on this post and it worked like a charm!! :good:

Phone is back to stock again and even updated to 4.4.2 via software update. I had planned on figuring this process out (back to stock) because I have a OnePlus One coming Wednesday and this GS3 is going to my son but hadn't planned on doing it this soon.

Again just a big thank you for your post!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tejajuloori:
4.4.2?

can you work your magic and get us the odin flashable stock 4.4.2 for i747 like you did for the 4.3 firmware?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Ive already got an Odin flashable NE4 firmware built if someone cares to test it. Been trying to get someone to test for a couple of weeks now. I dont believe there is any reason to be concerned, but I just never like posting something like this until its verified working!

If anyone cares to be the guinea pig, shoot me a PM! Just to be on the safe side, its best if you have a spare/backup device available, just in case. I do not believe it would be needed, but like I said....just in case.

Update: Thanks to tejajuloori for testing the firmware! Unfortunately, it didn't work this time. I will continue working on it though and will hopefully be able to get something to you guys soon.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ramkumarc:
IMEI unknown

Help !! I was using CM11 M7. I followed the procedure given here. I was able to get back to Android 4.3 and updated to Android 4.4.2. Everything was fine but GPS was not working. GPS Test showed that there is 0/0 satellites. So i thought i should get back to 4.3 and check if it was working, i did the same procedure listed here again. Now my sim is not getting detected and my IMEI and baseband version is unknown ?? Any suggestions ?? i am installing CM11 back as i am typing this.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
If you flashed the 4.3 modem that'll cause exactly what you described. You need to flash back to the 4.4.2 modem. Once updated its the only one you can use.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bhiga:
I accidentally put myself in that situation with stock on the way to 4.4.2 and noticed WiFi worked, but cell voice/data didn't. Luckily I completed my 4.4.2 upgrade successfully. :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ramkumarc:
Not working !!

Thank you for your quick response. I did the following, but still my baseband version is unknown. Any other suggestion ?

recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.4.7-d2att.img

cm-11-20140708-SNAPSHOT-M8-d2lte.zip

modem_CWM_I747UCUEMJB.zip (is this a 4.3 modem ?? how to get 4.4.4 modem for CM11 ??)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gdselzer:
was listrbe

I'm currently on SlimKat 4.4.2, baseband I747UCDMG2. I'm trying to get back to stock so that I can use the network unlock code that AT&T provided me. Will I be able to use this method to get back to Stock for this or will I have all sorts of "downgrade" issues? If this method will not work for me, can anyone help point me in the right direction?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Yes that is the 4.3 modem.

before I give you the 4.4.2 one though, install terminal emulator and enter this:

getprop ro.bootloader

This will tell you for sure what firmware/bootloader you have and what modem you need. If you flash the 4.4.2 modem and don't need it it could brick the device. Just want to make sure first.

No. Flash the 4.1.1 firmware. MJB is 4.3 and you'll never be able to use the free unlock if you flash it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gdselzer:
I'm not looking for the free unlock. I already received the unlock code from AT&T. I just need to be able to enter it. My understanding is that I need to be on Stock in order to do so.

I'm trying to see if I can downgrade from MG2 to MJB safely for this process?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Pretty sure MG2 to MJB is an upgrade. But yes, unlock codes should work on any stock build. (The key here is it must be using the stock dialer)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ramkumarc:
Not working !!

Thank you for helping again. Since i wanted to use Samsung Stock ROM. I flashed back 4.3 using the instructions in this thread. Then flashed recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.4.7-d2att.img and then modem_CWM_I747UCUEMJB.zip (cleared dalvik cache and cache partition after install)

Still no luck.

.

i checked getprop ro.bootloader on terminal. i see I747UCUFNE4. My Baseband/IMEI is Unknown in About Device.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Ok, then all you need to do is flash the NE4 modem.

I posted it here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53627484
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ramkumarc:
Thank you !!

Thank you very much. It worked finally. I followed the thread and installed the correct modem and kernel. Everything is working fine except GPS. Thats the main reason everything got messed up.

To recap. I was in CM11 M8. I followed this thread, installed 4.3 stock rom and then upgraded to 4.4.2 via OTA. Everything was fine except the GPS. So i installed the app GPS Test and checked, even satellites in view is 0 and obviously satellites in use is 0. This is the reason i flashed back 4.3 ROM and got into this mess.

Now is there a way to fix my GPS problem and then i can flash 4.4.2 rom. Any suggestions !!

Update : I installed CM11 M8 back and still GPS doesn't work.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bhiga:
Just to be sure, verify Settings > More > Location is set to High Accuracy or GPS Only.

I keep running into subtle differences between 4.4 compared to 4.3 even though they look mostly the same.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ramkumarc:
If i set to HIgh Acuracy it works because the location is marked using Network, But when i use Device only it is not working.

Below given is my gps.conf file. Does it look correct. I see NTP_SERVER for North America is commented.

Update : I installed https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=by.zatta.agps&hl=en app, then customised my gps.conf file. Now it works completely fine.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ramkumarc:
Thank you

Thank you everyone for your guidance and timely help.

Now i have installed 4.4.2 Stock Rom following this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2788357 but i feel the phone is slow, gets stuck suddenly and i have to wait for 5 seconds to get it back normal. It happens suddenly, no way it is reproducible. I was not able to post this on that thread, since i have only 5 posts so far :). Any suggestions or is there a method similar to the one mentioned in this thread to install 4.4.2 ?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bhiga:
Interesting... Yes, incorrect time can screw up a lot of things that you wouldn't think it would affect. You don't have "Automatic update of date/time from network" (not exact wording) enabled?

If it makes you feel any better, I had the same problem and my phone was burning hot after I upgraded to 4.4.2

The problem in my case was Google Play - it was set to automatically update via WiFi - so it was updating A LOT of apps. It took a few attempts to disable the option, because when Google Play Services or Google Play Store updated, somehow the automatic update got re-enabled, so then I had to jump back into Play Store to disable it.

After disabling it and letting my phone sit overnight, it was awesome. It feels much more responsive than 4.3.

So, give it a day or so before you give up. Also, because you can't downgrade modem... you kind of have to stick with 4.4 now anyway.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ramkumarc:
All my updates are done. Still my phone gets hot if i use it continuously for more than 10 mins. It hangs intermittently for 5-10 seconds and then works fine. Should i go back to CM 11 M8 ? (only problem i faced there was if use GPS for a longer time, phone is very slow and hangs)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bhiga:
Unfortunately all I know is I had the same overheat symptom as you and it went away after a day or so and a few reboots. Wish I could tell you what the fix was, but I have no clue.

The phone refused to charge at one point since it was overheating, so I shut it completely off and let the battery recharge completely. I might have done a battery pull too.

Not sure if either of those made a difference but doesn't hurt to try.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] StoneyJSG:
Trying to get back to 100% stock for OTA.

Hi everyone, I'm kind of new here, but not really as I've been visiting this place off and on for years. Today I signed up. Anyway here is my issue:

I have had a Galaxy S2 for about 2 years now that is stock but rooted running CWM and a custom kernel. I recently signed another contract with AcrapT&T and got an S3 due to the unlocked bootloader. It came with Android 4.3 and I wanted to debloat the thing of those useless Google apps like PLAY MAGAZINES. I used towelroot to root it and installed SuperSU which disabled KNOX.

Now I see that AT&T has a KitKat update for my phone via OTA. I would like to get this update, but my system says "custom". I have read that if it says custom, the OTA will fail. My question is how do I unroot or bypass/trick this so my system goes to "official" or whatever it says before you root it so I can get the update? I am on the stock ROM with stock recovery. Really no changes except I'm rooted. My warranty bit is at 0 and I would like to keep it that way if all possible. My next question is, if I flash the file in the OP with Odin will it trip my flash counter and/or trip KNOX or the warranty bit? Many thanks goes to anyone that can help me out here.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bhiga:
I followed the instructions in

How to update SGH-I747 to UCUFNE4_4.4.2

which essentially ensures you have the MJB (4.3) bootloader, restores you to stock 4.2, applies custom recovery then applies a modified OTA (without some checks) to get you to 4.4.2. if you still want root make sure you flash SuperSU before the reboot to 4.4.2 or you well have to flash custom recovery from ODIN again.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nbarr7655:
Alright well, big problem.

Trying to go back to stock (obviously) and so I was reading through the posts here and thought I would give it a go. Tried earlier from a different post and I would get hung up at the Samsung Logo. So, I read that it could be because I was running a new version of android so, I came here. Used odin 3.07 and flashed.

Now, phone doesn't do anything. I have a black screen. If I pull the battery and put it back in, no change. I get no vibrate, nothing. When I plug it into my computer and unplug it my computer makes the noise of something being plugged in, but shows nothing.

WHAT DO I DO?!?!?!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bhiga:
We need to know exactly what you flashed with Odin and what modem/bootloader you had to get a clue at what happened.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] StoneyJSG:
Doesn't flashing a custom recovery trip my warranty bit? I am trying to avoid tripping it or KNOX since I got the phone a week ago.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bhiga:
I'll have to defer to others to answer this. My warranty bit was already tripped before I went from 4.3 to 4.4

I think you could just restore to pure stock and let the normal OTA process apply, but don't know what root methods will work after that, maybe towelroot.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nbarr7655:
I flashed with this...

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407590581

And made sure to use Odin 3.0.7 when doing so. As far as Modem/bootloader...oh boy. Not sure I can give info on that. I was running AOKP is all I know. :/

I don't believe it was Android version 4.3, if that helps...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bhiga:
That does help.

Also worth noting that first boot does take significantly longer than normal. Plug the phone into power, boot it and wait at least 10 minutes. If 10 minutes go by and it's still stuck on the Samsung logo, then boot into Download mode again and flash with Odin 3.07 again. Make sure that the only boxes checked (ticked/enabled) are Auto Reboot and Re-Partition? That's important.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nbarr7655:
Well that's my big problem. I can't get the phone to even power on. Tried different batteries just in case with no luck at all. I hold the power button, nothing. I push the volume down, home button and power, nothing.

And I did double check that those were the only two boxes checked.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bhiga:
Hmm... if you can't get ODIN to see it then the only thing left is to see if there is a de-brick card you can try.

EDIT: Try these threads...

AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III > AT&T Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting >

[Q] Hard Brick i747 AT&T SD unbrick???

i747 Hard Bricked: QHSUSB - DLOAD : Needing a debrick.img

Fixing a bootloader-bricked Galaxy S3 using an SD card (Qualcomm SGS3 variants)

Good luck!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
If ypu boot up with s custom kernel or recovery, it will trip the warranty bit.

I'm just curious if you don't mind... is there a reason you always check re-partition? On the T999 we always recommend against this except under specific circumstances. (We only ever use the defaults auto-reboot and f-reset time.)

Plug into the computer and open device manager. If you see QHSUSB_DLOAD, you are hard bricked.

If so, go to the debrick thread and first try using the MJB debrick.img. if that doesn't work try one of the NE4 ones.

You may have to attempt it several times before it actually works. So don't give up on the first try.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bhiga:
I normally don't enable re-partition either, but in the NE4 upgrade thread it was specifically pointed out that it should be done in the 4.3 flash. I'm guessing it's only really needed in certain cases but pointed out to be sure.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nbarr7655:
Well, looking in Device Manager it seems to show up as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM7)

I am assuming that's pretty much the same thing as you mentioned?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Never seen it like that before tbh. But it probably is. It appears to be the un-shortened name.

QHSUSB = Qualcomm HS-USB

DLOAD = QDLoader

Seems to make sense, but it is a first for me. Just to be a bit more certain, is the only sign of life, when plugged in, a red led?

You should give the debrick method we mentioned earlier a try. It should work in your particular situation. You'll see a bunch of recently posts about it not working, but these were bricks caused by flashing the 4.4.2 modem on 4.3 firmware.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nbarr7655:
I'll give them a go if I can. And I only get the red led if I plug it in without the battery in, but yeah I get it then.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] StoneyJSG:
Is it possible to use the file in the OP to ODIN back to 4.3 from 4.4? Or will it brick my phone?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Nope it is not possible to downgrade your firmware.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] adam_ky:
U can never downgrade from 4.4 or 4.3

Brick

Anyone have the stock 4.4 flashable to stock? I would like to have this if one is available. I gt the unlock code for my phone but need stock to do so... No real important reason to do so but would be nice to have incase I ever need to unlock it
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] StoneyJSG:
So I am stuck on 4.4 forever?! No possible way to get 4.3 back at all without bricking? Not even a factory date reset in stock recovery? I kept putting off the update because I wasn't sure if I wanted it or not, but my phone ended up updating by itself when I wasn't around it and now I see why some people stayed with 4.3
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bhiga:
Just curious, what don't you like about 4.4?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
You can't downgrade your firmware, but you can flash older roms. With stock 4.3 roms you will have to use either the MJ2 or kt747 or wifi won't work.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] StoneyJSG:
That is interesting, didn't know that. Thanks for the knowledge, Doc! I am coming from the Galaxy S2 so all this KNOX and warranty bit and booting different bootloaders and what not is new to me.

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Just little things like the notification shade/menu seems to lag as you pull it down, the battery life seems about the same if not worse than 4.3, and everything seems smaller now font wise, i.e. the voicemail icon in the notification bar/tab/shade, the lock screen numbers for your PIN, icons, active apps, etc. and the color is bland at the top of my notification bar, it's all 1950's monochrome like.

The camera on the lock screen is useless to me, why is it there? Are they trying to be more "vanilla" Android about it? I know if you change it to custom you can put whatever app icon you want on the lock screen, which is also useless because you can't use the custom lock screen icons unless you input your PIN first then relock the screen (I know this was in 4.3 too, I just wanted to point it out) OR you just don't have any type of PIN, password, pattern, etc. and just go with swipe screen, but then again why not have some security? And just a side peeve: still no DATA button in the notification shade, then again I hear even the S5 doesn't have it so wtf? Sorry, went off on a rant there.