yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] talkingmonkeys:
Heres the deal folks. Stay on your 4.3 bootloader and modem you're on running this. Don't update with an ota or anything. No new modem or any of that. Not sure how it works with the stock kernel because I wasn't taking the chance with it not being insecure. So long as you're on mj2 or mjb with the mjb modem this will work. Or the i747m equivalents or NE6 should work too. I747 or i747m also because I used kt747 kernel and not stock which leaves some without wifi.

Also need to add that those of you already on either of the new updates can use this too.

Service and wifi work fine off mj2 bootloader and mjb modem for me. And heres my debloated 615 mb build with 4 way reboot native and a few build.prop and feature tweaks. Should tide you over until later today. Don't flash a stock kernel, bootloader or modem until we let you all know its safe.

I need to fix the symlinks in the updaterscript tonight too. To install make sure system isn't mounted before you flash. Someone else has said unmount cache too.

Debloated DL (615 mb): http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23501681358549689

MD5: a32a89309cf5ef449e1377120eaf59f9
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] androidBH:
How add croatian languages on this rom..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] matrixzone:
can you share what steps you have followed to achieve this?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Socomfort99:
Last night I hard bricked my phone. I flashed the modem by itself. I had the mjb bootloader and modem. I tried the 4.3 sdcard trick to fix it but that didn't work. It doesn't look like the 4.4 sdcard trick is going to work either. I read on the sprint link a few pages back that someone took the phone to AT&T and they did all the diagnostics they could and the best they could figure was a burnt up motherboard. I'm still hopeful that a fix will be found so I'm holding out for awhile before I order a new motherboard.:(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cheddleson:
Wow. REALLY hope that isn't the problem...I still have two months before I can upgrade and I'd hate to have to buy a new phone for that short a time...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] slicetwo:
I got a 16gb card. I've tried the 4.3 and 4.4 debrick. Nothing works. It seems these phones are now screwed. If anyone comes up with a DIY method of fixing this, please let me know.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
I am pretty well familiar with the T-Mobile debrick process, which should be near identical to the one you guys have here. So a couple of tips from my experience.....

Not only should you be using a 16gb sdcard, also make sure it is at least a class 6 card. If you have a 32gb model S3, you might actually need to use a 32gb sdcard, but im not positive about this.

Also, and this is VERY important, don't give up if it doesn't work at first. No one knows why but we have seen numerous times where it would not work at first, but after several attempts it finally would.

Finally, consider going to the T-Mobile debrick thread (stickied in development) and use the Linux LiveCD method for partitioning your sdcard with the debrick.img. I didnt see it posted in the AT&T thread (may have missed it) but we've found it often works where the Windows method did not. (Ill post the instructions for this in your thread shortly)

And one more thing. We should probably focus on the debricking in the debrick thread. It'll keep this one more on track for its purpose, and it will make sure any relevant information is easy to find for future reference.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] androidBH:
Steps..

Download this..

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=profile&uid=22979706399755525

First flash..

- Bootloader modem 4.4.2

- Stock rooted deodexed

-

T999_Partial_Sys_Dump_for_Debrick.zip

In recovery flash bootloader, stock and debrick img.. reboot and enjoy ;)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ankurbajaj9:
A noob here

on Cm 11 .. latest nightly .. bootloader and modem is the one from 4.3

Do I just clean and install the

I747UCUFNE4_Stock_Rooted_Deodex.zip

or are there any other steps

sorry for the noob question

phone i747 At&T S3
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aaki_rocker:
i flashed this and running perfect since yesterday.

the only thing annoying me is the persistent ""wifi connected to--"" notification.

any way to disable it ?

thanks.. :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
If you are rooted, Xposed framework and Wanam module should do it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] LARMYV:
That debricked file also didnt work for me too. Im sending my phone out to be JTAG. I will give you an update once I get it back.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] repl1ca:
Thanks, worked like a charm!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shadowswittness:
Working debrick free ?

So is this fully working and debricked lol?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
I'm pretty sure those who bricked flashed the modem file I put up. Apparently it is not compatible with the 4.3 bootloaders.

The ROM is safe. Having a few wrong permissions flashing the system files and a boot.img isn't going to brick your phone, as the rom doesn't do anything to the firmware or recovery.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
updated op

New builds in the op, pretty sure all symlinks and permissions are fixed. I can only verify that it succeeded using TWRP 2.7.1.0

Rom should be safe, everything is good on my phone. Feel bad for those who got bricked, I hope someone get the debrick to work.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] fr3d0x:
thanks for ur hard work...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] OKAstro:
Enewman - good to see you back. When you say in the OP "if you're not on the official 4,42 bootloader...", how exactly would we get those...by taking the OTA update to 4.42? Or flashing lemonboi5's ND8 ROM.

If we do have to flash ktoonz to get this all installed, is there a stock 4.42 Kernel we can then flash later?

Thanks for all your work
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
You would have to take the ota. I plan on writing up some more detailed instructions on how to do that tomorrow.

KT kernel will be needed for working WiFi on old bootloaders. I suppose I could always pack the stock kernel up to be flashed later.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] OKAstro:
That would really be great...could you include steps for those of us on your SRX 4.3 ROM (with MJ2 bootloader and MJB Modem), and those with MJB Modem and MJB bootloader.

Looking forward to it. Much appreciated
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] matrixzone:
I flashed the Odin tar and tried to get the oat but didn't get it. even after repeated attempts I have not got the ota .

we need to find the way of flashing the cuff file
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Jammn:
Hi sorry for the noob question. I'm on stock 4.3 with root and TMRP custom recovery. If I flash this will I also have to flash KT kernel for this to work?

Thanks in advance
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] evisser4:
I can confirm this as working. I have 4.3 MJ2 boot loader & 4.3 MJB modem. I used TWRP 2.7.1.0.

Flash Rom

flash kt747 kernel (touchwiz 4.4 version)

Boot up

Open supersu disable Knox. Worked on first try.

Then let the phone settle for 5 minutes.

it seemed a little laggy at first until.it settled.

rebooted.

tested sms, mms, gps, camera, and phone. I have lte and WiFi just fine.

Good luck everyone.

Thanks for putting in the hard work!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Najuto9tail:
those who have brick... I bricked my phone flashing the 4.3 with odin... So I guess it is similar to the brick of 4.4

If there is no new bootloader I guess you need the debrick file for the mjb if comming from 4.3 if you had mjb bootloader. I tried an other debrick file it did not work.

this one did- http://www.mediafire.com/download/md8s29piyovz95q/debrick-SGH-I747U-CUEMJB3.img

Guyssssss I got my phone into download mode with 32gb class 2 samsung sdcard with a jig

edit-

Flashing mjb bootloader, modems and rom to fix phone.

Note- I format sdcard on another phone 5 times before writing image to it, used win32diskimager with mjb debrick image. Phone vibrated when I insert sdcard, I got excited, placed jig on usb of phone ,bingoooo download mode.

Will report back in a couple of minutes.

Odin mjb did not fix it, flashed latest twrp and manage to boot into it. Will flash mjb bootloader and modem then s3rx rom.

Finaly I got my phone Unbricked!

Edit- DO not know if pushing buttons combination will work. A JIG could cost like $3 on ebay... or less. If you can not get it to work with just the sdcard, try using one.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Like enewman said, most of the bricks here were from flashing the modem, so in theory, the 4.3 debrick.img should work.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] talkingmonkeys:
Thanks I'll start to work on this tonight. Still going to mix some of my nd8 files at first and see how that goes. Then I'll work on redoing it for att.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
Damn it I wish I would have thought of that. lol That makes perfect sense why the 4.4.2 debrick image wouldn't work.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sakdroid:
I am on MJ2 bootloader and MJB modem with S3Rx Build.

So I can perform the steps provided by op to flash this rom right?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] talkingmonkeys:
Yup make sure to follow exactly what he said including the knox bit
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Jakeuten:
this ROM completely broke my phone. doesn't turn on in any way shape or form. 0/10 do not recommend.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
Did you flash the modem I had posted yesterday or just the ROM? I can't see how the ROM itself did it. Thanks for the 0/10 bud:good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] talkingmonkeys:
List the steps that lead to this and exactly what you did to make it easier for us to help.

I'm assuming that you flashed the NE4 modem with your MJB bootloader. This bricked a bunch of people and there has been a debrick.img posted and instructions to fix your phone that has saved a few people already. A lot of this has been discussed in the last few pages if you want to read back through it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] brayhanrd:
step ton install the

I747UCUFNE4_4.4.2 system dump

Zip contains: system.img, boot.img and NON-HLOS.bin

Not flashable.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Posted this in General, but thought I'd copy it here since some people don't always keep up with every section, and I feel its important enough...

Was just reading a few posts and something came to my attention that I have not seen anywhere yet.

Do NOT try to update from 4.3 by flashing the 4.4.2 firmware with Mobile Odin! This mostly applies to the I747M users right now, but will also be true for the I747 once available.

The reason being that Mobile Odin does not flash the full firmware. Only system, modem, cache, recovery and kernel. This means your base firmware (bootloader) will still be whatever you had before. We know that you will brick if you flash the 4.4.2 modem on 4.3 firmware. So if you try to update using Mobile Odin, you will brick your device!

Only use the kk firmware with Mobile Odin if you have already fully updated via ota or PC Odin.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rdy105:
Not sure what I did differently, but I flashed ROM and modem over Intergalactic and thing has been running great since. Woke up the next morning to a bunch of brick posts so I'll count myself lucky.

Here's what I did:

Boot into cwm

Nandroid

Cleared cache

Flashed ROM and modem

Cleared cache and dalvik

Reboot

Booted up no problem

I'm on mj2 boot loader
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] brayhanrd:
I Update Ota my phone is i747M i dont wanna brick my phone and this kind of update is new to me..

i have to update NON-HOLO file to or no.

Really apretiare ur Help. Man. like aways u doing a greats Job
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] keithfrombm:
God, I regret this noob question. But, in three or four years of flashing, this is my first brick: what is a jig? LOL Googled it but the definition seems to me to be an unplugged micro usb cable? That's not right, is it? :what:

NEVERMIND. Found it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Joehen873:
I dont understand ppl. U guys know what u r getting into when u root ur phone. And every dev says I take no responsibility if u brick. These guys put a ton of time into these roms. They also have jobs and families. Enewman17 and talkingmonkeys r probably still awake from yesterdays mess trying to fix it. I haven't jumped to the ne4 yet but I will soon and for that I say thank u. All of this goes for u to doc thank u:confused:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] brayhanrd:
After Used this the only thing i lost was WIFI working. There is a Fix ? D2CAN
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mcnutty:
The fix is to read... a few pages back. Maybe look for posts talking about KT747 (Hint: Post #118)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] brayhanrd:
Here is i ask ? It said if u not on Ota MODEM so am in ota Mdem. thats why i flashed. but se. its only work for att model withoud KT747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ddurandd:
[MENTION=3359966]rdy105[/MENTION] - which modem did you flash?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] OKAstro:
Do we still need to disable system and cache under the TWRP Mount feature. Didn't see that in the current OP instructions this morning
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xCAVEMANx:
How many people would be better off if they just Odin to 4.3 stock, grabbed the OTA, installed OTA then flashed TowelRoot and restored apps from TiBu? It took a minute but was quite painless.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] evisser4:
Do you still have a custom recovery CWM or TWRP?

---------- Post added at 11:58 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:55 AM ----------

I flashed just fine without doing that in TWRP using the latest release of this firmware. I don't think it needs to be done anymore.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] OKAstro:
Can you provide a link for the Odin stock 4.3 file? I'm on mj2 bootloader and mjb modem. Do i need to be on MJB bootloader?

Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rdy105:
I flashed the modem that was in the OP
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] matrixzone:
[MENTION=2972841]enewman17[/MENTION]

How to get the external as card working after the 4.4.2 update. I am not able to copy anything from external sd card
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CheateR92:
Did you try to reboot/shut down? My phone bricked after battery died,
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rdy105:
I have rebooted a few times, but haven't let the battery die.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] FtaWolf:
Seen this in play store it might help.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix

Sent from my SGH-I747 using LikeWise S5 & Tapatalk Pro.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] matrixzone:
I tried that not working
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] FtaWolf:
So I take it only way to get bootloader, modem is from Ota?

Sent from my SGH-I747 using LikeWise S5 & Tapatalk Pro.

---------- Post added at 01:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:58 PM ----------

@matrixzone

In verzion s5 thread last Sunday some one had posted a work around for SD card. I remember reading on it.

Had add line to platform.xml file.

Sent from my SGH-I747 using LikeWise S5 & Tapatalk Pro.

---------- Post added at 01:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:00 PM ----------

Have look @ this post.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53455463

Sent from my SGH-I747 using LikeWise S5 & Tapatalk Pro.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
To fix writing to the External sdcard, you need to open /system/etc/permissions/platform.xml and look for this:

<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >

<group gid="sdcard_r" />

<group gid="sdcard_rw" />

</permission>

add another group gid, so it should now look like this:

<permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >

<group gid="sdcard_r" />

<group gid="sdcard_rw" />

<group gid="media_rw" />

</permission>

The fix for writing to Internal sdcard is to use an insecure kernel with selinux disabled. KT747 kernel already has this done, so it should not be an issue. I have seen several requests for it previously, so here is the insecure NE4 kernel with selinux disabled and init.d support added.

ATT_NE4_Insecure_Kernel.zip

There is a good chance that if you are already running this ROM, and then flash this kernel, WiFi will not work. This is because the KT747 kernel provides its own modules that the stock kernel cannot use. I THINK if you flash the rom, then immediately flash the kernel it may work. Unless [MENTION=2972841]enewman17[/MENTION] built the KT747 modules into the rom that is..... If you try this, make sure you download the KT kernel as well, just in case you have to flash back to it.

---------- Post added at 12:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:35 PM ----------

I posted an Odin flashable firmware in the debrick thread. It includes everything but the system.img. I am working on getting that done so I can get you guys a FULL firmware to fall back on. As usual, it remains untested since I cannot try it myself. But it should either fail outright, or flash successfully! I do not believe there is any danger in using it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] FtaWolf:
@ Doc

Don't have win box so Odin not going be easy for me to go. Right now I'm in Nashville , it'll be tomorrow sometime for I get back home & could test a flashable. I do have extra s3 laying around if I was to need one. Also I'm due a upgrade but Been holding off.

Sent from my SGH-I747 using LikeWise S5 & Tapatalk Pro.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] talkingmonkeys:
For me I still had to pulling his new updater script. When I edited it and added unmount system as the first line in the script it worked multiple times without hanging up.

Now if I can get past my bootloop that I guess one of my modded files is causing to let other people see if it works right for them.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Socomfort99:
Could somebody who hasnt updated from mjb bootloader and modem run Doc's script in the post below and upload the file? This may help create a debrick.img that unbricks the recent hardbricks.http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53539595 I'm hoping larger img file will make a difference. File should be ~128 mb.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] 65coupei6:
All is working great here! No issues at all so far.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
I believe enewman17 has already done this and posted it, just so you know. Unfortunately, to my knowledge, no one has successfully debricked yet though. So it certainly cant hurt to get a debrick.img from someone elses device and try it too.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Socomfort99:
I got the impression that both of these are from 4.4.2 since he already updated.

Enewman can you tell us if the two debrick images you posted were 4.4.2 or 4.3?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] matrixzone:
thanks.

I tried both three methods but still I am not able to copy anything from external sd card into internal memory.

if I try the stupid Samsung file manager it works but not the 3rd party file managers like root explorer, especially file manager.

Error: Permission denied

Edit: After flashing the kernel now I have lost my root access. Super su is not responding
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] 65coupei6:
Did root explorer ask for Su permission? Why not use ktkernel?

Everything is working fine for me.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Loren Railsback:
Can I go from cyanogenmod 11 to this?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] talkingmonkeys:
Find out what bootloader/modem you are on which I believe I remember seeing enewman put how to into the OP. You'll be able to just flash it with a clean wipe including internal sd if you're on MJ2 bootloaer/MJB Modem or MJB/MJB. I wouldn't touch the new firmware since we don't have to. Just what I'd suggest as I did when we got the 4.3 OTA.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Loren Railsback:
Is KNOX removed from this ROM or at least disabled?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] enewman17:
no it's not. super su will disable Knox one you open the app though.

the ones I posted we're 4.4.2 debrick. a few pages back a member debricked his phone using the 4.3 debrick. those who bricked flashing the modem should use 4.3 firmware since you didn't actually flash a bootloader.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Socomfort99:
I talked to him and he bricked before he could flash any 4.4.2 stuff. He essentially was in the scenario that has shown the debrick SD card method will work.

I think for people who flashed the 4.4.2 stuff and bricked we need to try a 128mb 4.3 debrick which we don't have. If somebody could use Doc's script on an mjb bootloader phone we would have that img to try.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
When you say you are copying to internal memory you mean the internal sdcard, right? You won't be able to write to that without an insecure kernel that has selinux disabled.

Im not sure why you lost root from flashing a kernel......
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Loren Railsback:
Everything seems to be working fine except when I try and turn WiFi on it instantly turns back off. Help?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] talkingmonkeys:
flash kt747 ND8 att kernel linked in the OP

or to make it easier http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1756776

or even easier lol this is the download link for what you want

http://goo.gl/KDXauV
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Loren Railsback:
Thank you very much! I kind of zoned out there. Probably should have the OP a little more. Cheers
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] OKAstro:
For anyone who successfully flashed 4.42 stock, what is the stock web browser in 4.42? I'm hoping it's the kitkat version of the prev stock browser and not Chrome.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] talkingmonkeys:
It is and if it wasn't I would of pulled us sprints :p
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] matrixzone:
even after flashing the kernel I am not able to make any changes in the internal memory. external ad card is working fine now.

any help will be appreciated.

I even tried the [MENTION=2972841]enewman17[/MENTION] stock rom, not able to copy anything in internal sd card
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] OKAstro:
I installed SELinuxMode Changer and NextApp SDfix from Play Store and my internal and external seem to work fine...stock kernel
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] talkingmonkeys:
Not having either issue on my build that I based off this rom and added everything from my ND8 versions. Thanks again enewman for the base. Its been running great on mj2/mjb. Should work fine for you guys with the stock kernel and on NE4 firmware too but I preloaded it with ktoonsez kernel for more compatibility
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Socomfort99:
Hey larmyv, I sent you a pm. Could you also pm me who you sent your phone to.

Thank you