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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Most of what you mentioned there can be resolved with custom roms. Definitely worth looking at if you havent yet.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] StoneyJSG:
I don't want to trip my warranty bit by installing a custom recovery, or else I would have flashed the ShoStock ROM already. I've gotten used to 4.4.2 (sort of), still wish I was back on 4.3 though. I would really like to have a date toggle in the notification pull down shade, but all the themes/mods I have found are either for Android 4.1.1 or the T-mobile Galaxy S4 and S5.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
That is generally removed/not included because Google and your carrier want you to remain connected at all times. Pretty shady I know, but it is what it is. There is no way I am aware of to get that without a custom rom. Xposed probably has a mod for it, but im not sure and you need root.

(Depending on your firmware build, you can root via towelroot and not trip the warranty bit)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HijoProdigo:
Doc, been following you a while, thought you might be able to help me. I upgraded to 4.3 stock, OTA 4.4, therefore the modem as well. Installed TWRP, CM 11, been installing M and nightlies, going between the two. Last night the phone decided to turn off. Can get into download mode, but not recovery. Do not want to return to stock, because I haven't found a 4.4 image, only 4.3, and don't want to risk bricking. I've been trying to flash a recovery via ODIN or Heimdall, but no luck. I get into download mode, but when I go to flash, Heimdall/ODIN says it's flashing the recovery, but the phone never shows the blue bar showing it's writing. Tried several times.

At an impass, any clues would help!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
Try flashing Philz Touch doe the d2lte via Odin.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HijoProdigo:
Did that, plus tried TWRP and CWM. Here's what I have tried so far:

ODIN 3.09 - philz_touch_6.48.4-d2lte.tar

ODIN 3.07 - philz_touch_6.48.4-d2lte.tar

ODIN 3.09 - openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.1-d2att

ODIN 3.07 - openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.1-d2att

Heimdall 1.4 - recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.4.7-d2att

In all cases, none finish flashing. Most times it will hang after "Initializing...", and other times a bit before in the process. Sometimes it will say flashing, and it waits and waits for the device to receive the file sent to it, but the phone never gets it. I tried another computer, another cable and another port.

Other ideas?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
Are you flashing the Philz file in the PDA section of 3.07?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HijoProdigo:
Sure thing. One other thing I noticed is that when I use a jig to enter download mode, at the top it says "Factory Mode", but when I try vol -, home and power, it says "ODIN Mode", never noticed that before...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
Do you see the Android guy with the shovel in download mode when using the jog or buttons? I going from memory here.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HijoProdigo:
No, just a plain Android logo, with Downloading... Do not turn off target!! underneath. I remember that previous phones did have an Android guy with a shovel, but this is the way it has always been, AFAIK.

For what it's worth, this is what it displays at the top:

ODIN Mode

Product name: SGH-I747

Current Binary: Custom

System status: Custom

Qualcomm Secureboot: Enable

Warranty Bit: 1

Bootloader AP SWREV: 3
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
You are flashing the incorrect file. The correct file ends in tar.md5.

You have at least the 4.3 bootloader.

I still suggest flashing a custom recovery, installing a custom ROM, and confirming your bootloader and baseband.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
If you have Kies installed on your computer, get rid of it. It interferes with Odin, often in the way you've described.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HijoProdigo:
I confirmed that on my laptop I do not have Kies installed.

I can also confirm that I am flashing the right file (I didn't copy the extension into my post last time):

Right now I have waited 15 minutes, and from past experience I know that recoveries don't need more than a minute to copy to the phone. Ever since the process started, my phone just sits there, no change. It's like there's a communication failure to the phone. Any more ideas?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Try using Odin 3.09. You can download it from the link in my signature. Also try different usb cables and try in every port on the computer.

The stock usb cable is the best bet, but these do go bad so if that's what you're already using try a different one. Keep in mind, many charging cables are not data cables and won't work for this.

It may sound odd, but more than a few people have found flashing failed on every usb port except one. Only way to know is to try them all.

If none of this helps, try uninstalling/reinstalling drivers. There are several versions you can try via the link in my sig. Try a couple of the older ones first as they were released along side the S3 and we're built specifically for it.

Good luck!

---------- Post added at 07:15 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:13 AM ----------

Oh, and re check the F Reset Time box. Probably won't make a difference here, but it should always be checked by default.

---------- Post added at 07:20 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:15 AM ----------

Note: in Odin 3.09, click the AP button and browse to the file you want to flash. AP replaced the PDA box.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HijoProdigo:
Will give all that a try, and I'll report back. Busy with work, but hopefully tomorrow I'll get a chance. Thanks for the help!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HijoProdigo:
Ok, I think I tried at least 20 times, no luck. I tried all the ports on my desktop, and my laptop. I tried different cables (and yes, I know the difference between charging cables and data cables). I uninstalled the Windows driver, and installed Doc's drivers, the oldest ones. I honestly don't think it's the cables, ports or drivers. I used to be able to get as far in the process in Odin as flash NAND, and then get stuck. Now it seems to hang on initializing. I tried Odin 1.3, and in that case I get the error that the PIT cannot be located (or something like that). Am I going to have to re-partition? I would hate to do that, because I know how dangerous it is. I know I cannot flash stock, since I updated to 4.4 OTA before going custom ROM.

Once again, any help is appreciated!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Ok. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you are still trying to get recovery flashed, right?

I may have missed it, but are you still able to boot your rom? If so we can attack this a completely different way. Assuming the above, try this.

Boot up normally.

Look for /system/recovery-from-boot.p

If you see this file, rename it. (recovery-from-boot.p.bak or whatever is fine). If you don't see it, don't worry about it.

Next, Install Terminal Emulator

Download (or extract from the .tar) the recovery.img you want to use.

Open Terminal Emulator and enter this:

su
dd if=/path/to/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18

When done it will display a "Records In/Records Out" message (or something close to that if I'm remembering wrong).

Now enter this while still in Terminal Emulator,

reboot recovery

Hopefully this will get you going again. Be very careful with this though. The above dd command MUST be entered correctly or it could brick. Triple check it before hitting enter!

Good Luck!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HijoProdigo:
I wish, Doc. Overnight my phone just died. I had the latest CM11 M version installed, everything running smoothly. The next thing I know, the phone is off, and when I try to boot back up all I get is the boot logo for CM11, and there it stays. I tried getting into recovery, but the samsung logo flashes then blank. From what I've read (and searched!), it would be a bad idea to try to flash stock via Odin, since there is no 4.4 stock available. I agree with what was mentioned before, in that the best way to attack this would be to flash recovery, and start from scratch. But I can't get past the Flashing NAND part in Odin. Beginning to lose hope...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Are you familiar with ADB? If not, search out a couple of how-to threads to help you get it installed on your computer. (Pretty sure theres a stand-alone version, but it's otherwise included with the Android SDK). We may be able to write a new recovery that way.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HijoProdigo:
I've used ADB off and on throughout the years. (Mytouch 3G - Captivate - HTC Sensation - Galaxy S3 AT&T)

I don't have it set up at the moment on my laptop, but I'll get it set up by tomorrow.

Thanks again for taking the time!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Once you get it set up, you can use it to run the dd command I posted before.

Download the recovery.img to your computer. (I like putting it in the root directory. C:\ )

Plug into the computer. Run the command line as Administrator. At the command prompt, first enter "adb devices". This will start the service and if it sees your phone it will return it's device ID.

Next enter the dd command:

dd if=c:\recovery.img of=dev/block/mmcblk0p18

You may need to type "sudo" before dd, like this:

sudo dd if=c:\recovery.img of=dev/block/mmcblk0p18

The main thing to note here is the /'s. Be sure you have them in the right direction. \ is used in the windows path while / is used on our devices.

Hope I didn't make that too confusing! If I did, let me know what questions you have. Good luck!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HijoProdigo:
Ok, I do have one question, don't you have to boot into the OS to be able to use ADB? When I try to boot into the OS, I get stuck at the CM boot logo:

And if I try to use ADB while in download mode, when I run ADB devices I get an empty list.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HijoProdigo:
I forgot to mention that I did try to ADB devices while at the logo, but I didn't even hear the USB sound when I plugged in the phone. I downloaded the Samsung drivers, same issue.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
I'm not entirely sure there. I could've sworn you could use ADB in Download mode as long as you had a custom kernel.

Maybe try again using this driver:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23060877490001208
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HijoProdigo:
Tried that too, no luck. It seems that now ODIN never gets past the "Initializing..." part of the process. I have to pull the plug since nothing responds, and then ODIN says that it can't read the PIT information. Do I have to bite the bullet and try re-partitioning? I can't think of anything else.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HijoProdigo:
Been doing some reading and found this post, and saw that the Doc has uploaded the PIT file for the 16GB i747 (I747_16GB.pit). Doc, if I try this, please correct me if I'm wrong:

ODIN 3.09

Tick Re-Partition, Auto Reboot, F. Reset Time

PIT: I747_16GB.pit

AP: philz_touch_6.48.4-d2lte.tar.md5

Anything I'm missing?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
I believe that would do the trick. Tbh, I've never tried repartitioning when only flashing recovery though. I think it should be fine though, but I can't guarantee it.

Sorry for the late reply btw.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] vedant242:
To be flashed with recovery, right? I know its a noob question, but just to be sure!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
No, to re-partition you use Odin.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HijoProdigo:
Ok Doc, I just thought I'd report back (and in case anyone else is in the same boat). No luck so far. I'm giving up, and I'm looking for someplace local to JTAG, and see if I can get it back up and running. Thanks again for all the help, I really do appreciate it.

Hack on!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] khan520:
Need help

My phone was on UCUEMJB 4.3 and unlikely i flash d2att_I747UCUEMJ2_root_noknox.zip in recovery using this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2498233

Now imei is showing null/null and base band is unknown

some one suggest me to use UCUEMJB all tar files in odin and u should get imei and base band back need suggestion:confused::confused::confused::confused:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sdr:
After write this flash phone dead !
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
You mean you flashed the 4.3 tar file and your phone died? What bootloader was on your phone before you flashed it?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SurajH:
Want to ask can i go back to 4.3 from 4.4 stock ???:confused:

On my AT&T S3;)

As 4.4 causing massive high Battery drain:eek::rolleyes:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
If you mean to go to 4.3 with the download from this thread, be sure you do not downgrade your bootloader.

It should be okay as long as you don't downgrade your firmware/bootloader from 4.4, also leave your modem unchanged so that it matches your firmware. But, check the thread of the ROM you are considering to see if others have done so with that ROM, and if there were any problems. I haven't tried this myself, I'm just imparting knowledge from reading a number of threads.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bhiga:
If you upgraded recently give it a day or two. Mine did some massive updating after upgrading and was super hot. But after a day it went back to normal, even better IMO.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SurajH:
Thanks for reply in so detail..

1 que that if I'm flashed 4.3 based any ROM on 4.4 stock will it successful?

And after that ROM can I flash 4.3 stock on that custom ROM?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
That should work with any of the custom ROMs because they do not install bootloaders and modems. Check the thread for the ROM you are interested in to see if anyone says otherwise. Even better, ask the question in that ROM's Q&A thread.

I would not do this because if you are using Odin to install a stock 4.3 it will try to downgrade your bootloader and modem and would cause a hard brick. (There is a way to install the ROM using Odin w/o downgrading the bootloader and modem but I am unable to instruct you on this because I don't use Odin - it doesn't run on Linux.)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] UnknownTroll1:
Hey guys I am currently on a custom ROM with the bootloader MJ2 and baseband MJB. I want to go back to stock completely and will flashing the items in this thread work for me to go back to stock?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
I think this thread, from reading the first two pages, is more about flashing the MJB firmware and modem. I do not believe it is the complete stock rom. As originally posted the download file was only 100 Mb, definitely not a full TW rom. The file may be the OTA update from 4.1.2 to 4.3, still not the way to get directly back to stock from custom.

Since you are on the MJ2 firmware you still have the option of flashing the 4.1.1 stock ROM and perform the carrier unlock if you have not previously done so. After that you could flash this firmware and one of the stock 4.3 ROMs. Or, if you have either previously performed the carrier unlock or are not interested in doing so, you could flash the 4.3 firmware and modem and then one of the straight stock ROMs. I believe several are available, check out threads by Enewman17, LoserSkater, and DocHolliday77.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
Follow my instructions here. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52341560&postcount=227
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] edtm2006:
Sim card not recognized and null IMEI after update.

Hey man, thanks a lot for all this. I was able to make it boot normally but now it won't see any sim card and also I have a Null IMEI. Can you please help me?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
What bootloader and modem were you on before flashing this?

Have you checked your APN settings?

What ROM and version are you on?

In the About Phone settings is this the modem being detected?

What bootloader is present? You can run getprop ro.bootloader in a terminal emulator to determine.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] edtm2006:
I have two devices with the same situation. I had flashed CF-Auto-Root to get SuperSU and then Unlock this phone, it was working perfectly until it got stuck on start up, I assume it could have been because an OTA update was performed.

I can't tell what I had cause I got stuck on the start up logo and that is why I tried this. What I have now is :

Bootloader: i747UCUFNJ1

Android Versio: 4.3.

Baseband version: Unknown.

Build Number: JSS15J.i747UCUEMJB.

Kernel Version: 3.0.31-2024954 se.infra@R0210-11 #1

I don't see anything about Modem on About Device.

I can't access APN Settings, the phone does not recognize the sim card and when I tap on Mobile Networks it says there is no Sim card and does not let me in, already tried different Sim cards.

Thanks a lot for your support.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
DO NOT try any more attempts at flashing this modem and bootloader.

What you printed out indicates that you are on the NJ1 bootloader. If you downgrade to MJB you will most likely brick your device. You may have succeeded in flashing the MJB modem and that is why it is not detected while you are on the NJ1 bootloader. Your best choice is probably to flash the NJ1 modem.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] James L:
Awesome stuff. Worked great.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zigzag32:
Work like a ****ing charm!!!!!

So i bricked my s3 a few months back and gave up and got a GS5. Well i decided today to return to it and try to fix it and after stumbling through many methods that didn't work i found this one.

Flashed all the files including the PIT and suddenly its fixed I love you!!!!!!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sdr:
Solve my phone with jtag riff !
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Terrycell6:
Thanks alot man this really helped
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DJFEARLESS20:
didn't upload them rite......stupid:p
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zkillzixx:
Hi

could you help please i can't extract the .MD5 file :crying: :p
[G Pad 8.3 General] CuraeL:
Hey guys, thanks for the time here. :) I just sold my G Pad for around 70% of the price I got it for.. I ended up getting one of the Samsung Tab PRO's, I gotta say, nice tablet. Hardware keys, suck.. Will take some time getting used to. I bought the 10 incher..

There is absolutely no development going on so I am looking into the Exynos processor of the tablet and I downloaded the KK open source code.. I'm hoping that I can figure out how to build a rom and kernel from scratch so I can get CM on it.

Anyways, what I wanted to say was that the G Pad was a great device and I had big troubles choosing between keeping it or going for a new tablet. In my opinion going from a G Pad to a Tab PRO 8 incher wouldof been a waste, unless it was all about the screen and the colours. The G Pad has a great display for reading and such.. I think I'll miss reading books on it because this 10 incher will need to have portrait mode and split the pages in two "like a book", it works but it's not the same, lol. TouchWiz isn't so bad anymore but I replaced the launcher with Nova.. The rest is bearable I'd say.

Well guys, being on the G Pad forums has shown me that even if the community isn't the biggest, there's graet people and you actually get to know people a bit better and you can sorta do a road map on who does what on the device. I think that's great and I've enjoyed writing with you and to you. :)

- I still don't know if it was the right decision to sell the G Pad. Time will tell. Anyways, have fun, hope to see you around somewhere. :)

/CuraeL
[G Pad 8.3 General] Subtleone:
You goofed. Sorry.... Just kidding.

.... but enjoy your device whatever it might be. I think the first thing to consider when trading for another device or buy any, is what you plan for it. A 10-inch tablet is a completely different experience, and changes what you would use it for. Consider the IR Blaster on the G Pad. Even if the 10-incher has it, can you really see yourself using a TEN INCH remote control? :p

I had a Nook HD+ 8.9 inches prior to the G Pad, and I am a dedicated reader. I enjoyed the large, high-resolution screen, but found it a little too big for lots of reading. The G Pad, despite being only half an inch smaller in screen size, looks MUCH smaller next to the Nook, mostly due to how thin it is, and the super small bezels. For my own purposes, I have found it to be the perfect size. Still, it all depends on what one's priorities are, so there is no 'best tablet'. There is only the best tablet for you.
[G Pad 8.3 General] CuraeL:
Haha, the remote control I use my G2 for.. It has a working remote for CM builds, last time I checked myself, been a while, the G Pad didn't have that. I find it rather weird at all, to use the IR blaster on such a big device to replace such a small peripheral such as a regular remote control. :P

Oh yeah, the bezel on the G Pad is amazing, it was indeed a joy to read on. I got an iPad Air at work some weeks ago and I tried to use it for a while, haven't held an Apple device since the iPod Touch gen1, it's changed, but I still don't enjoy the UI so when I saw the big screen, I liked it.. And thought about a bigger android tablet.. So I got this one.. There is a downside to anything I guess.. I love reading my comics on the 10 incher tho.. Nice and crisp as on the G Pad, just bigger.. But yeah, reading books will be different.. Entirely different now.

And yeah, I never owned a 10 inch before the iPad for a few weeks.. The gripe with the Samsung device is that it's not easily held with one hand.. Simply too big. But YouTube and movies.. I use it for that as well.. Where bigger seems better to me.. Again.. Trade offs.. I dunno, I just might find an 8 incher again at some point to do the reading on.. Who knows.. Nothing wrong with having an extra device. All I know is that 7 inches is too small and I'm leaving my old Nexus 7 2012 to rot.. Mhm..

Well, at least I'm on my way to knowing a bit more about tablet sizes, as you've had your experiences.. There's a lot to consider when getting a bigger or smaller tablet. So at least now I've had one of "each".. And like I said.. Pro's and cons for both.. There's just some things the 8 incher does better.
[G Pad 8.3 General] Planterz:
I'd love to get a TabPro 8.4. But I just couldn't justify the cost when I got my 8.3 for for $150 less. 10" tablets are just too big for me.
[G Pad 8.3 General] cletusarrarr:
man 70% less is like $160, id gladly pay so much if anyone were to give up their like new gpad , been scouting for a like new at this price, most issues arent deal breakers and can easily be fixed, if anyone looking to sell one so cheap , please think of me :P
[G Pad 8.3 General] NJ_RAMS_FAN:
I been thinking of selling the tab 3 for a pro 8.4. But im waiting for a nice price drop. Looks cool.