[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] penandweb:
tried heimdall; used all possible images i could attain including steboot.....mbr, gpt....,kernels, model, cache.... from the stock, and mbr+gpt from another source on the forum;

it flashed successfully on the console but then after restarting phone; the persistent b.....h is still there...

can't repartition using heimdall either.

Downloading device's PIT file...

PIT file download successful.

Entry Count: 25

Unknown 1: 1598902083

Unknown 2: 844251476

Unknown 3: 28519

Unknown 4: 25708

Unknown 5: 28261

Unknown 6: 0

Unknown 7: 0

Unknown 8: 0

--- Entry #0 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 1

Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 0

Partition Block Count: 256

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: MBR,GPT

Flash Filename:

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #1 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 2

Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 256

Partition Block Count: 768

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: MasterTOC

Flash Filename: STE_boot.bin

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #2 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 70

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 1024

Partition Block Count: 2048

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: PIT

Flash Filename: goldenxx.pit

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #3 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 71

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 6144

Partition Block Count: 2048

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: MD5HDR

Flash Filename: md5.img

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #4 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 3

Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 8192

Partition Block Count: 1024

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: STEboot1

Flash Filename: STE_boot1.img

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #5 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 4

Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 9216

Partition Block Count: 1024

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: STEboot2

Flash Filename: STE_boot2.img

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #6 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 5

Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 10240

Partition Block Count: 1024

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: Dnt

Flash Filename: dnt.ssw

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #7 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 6

Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 11264

Partition Block Count: 1024

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: reserved

Flash Filename:

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #8 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 7

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 16384

Partition Block Count: 2048

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: CSPSAFS

Flash Filename: cspsa.img

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #9 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 8

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 18432

Partition Block Count: 2048

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: CSPSAFS2

Flash Filename: cspsa2.img

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #10 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 9

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 20480

Partition Block Count: 32768

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: EFS

Flash Filename: EFS.img

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #11 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 10

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 53248

Partition Block Count: 32768

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: ModemFS

Flash Filename: modemfs.img

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #12 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 11

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 86016

Partition Block Count: 32768

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: ModemFS2

Flash Filename: modemfs2.img

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #13 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 12

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 118784

Partition Block Count: 102400

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: Fota

Flash Filename: ssgtest.img

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #14 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 13

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 380928

Partition Block Count: 128

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: IPL Modem

Flash Filename: ipl.bin

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #15 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 14

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 385024

Partition Block Count: 28672

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: Modem

Flash Filename: modem.bin

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #16 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 15

Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 417792

Partition Block Count: 4096

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: Loke4

Flash Filename: normal.bin

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #17 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 16

Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 421888

Partition Block Count: 4096

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: 2ndLoke4

Flash Filename: normal2.bin

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #18 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 17

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 425984

Partition Block Count: 32768

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: PARAM

Flash Filename: param.lfs

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #19 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 18

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 458752

Partition Block Count: 32768

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: Kernel

Flash Filename: boot.img

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #20 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 19

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 491520

Partition Block Count: 32768

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: Kernel2

Flash Filename: recovery.img

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #21 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 20

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 524288

Partition Block Count: 2457600

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: SYSTEM

Flash Filename: system.img

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #22 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 21

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 2981888

Partition Block Count: 1720320

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: CACHEFS

Flash Filename: cache.img

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #23 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 22

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 4702208

Partition Block Count: 655360

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: HIDDEN

Flash Filename: hidden.img

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #24 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 23

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 5357568

Partition Block Count: 9891840

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: DATAFS

Flash Filename: userdata.img

FOTA Filename: