[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scottzilla007:
Okay, so I just found my Galaxy S3 in a box with all of my other old phones. When I found it, it was on Android 4.0, the original Android version that came with the phone. And yes, that means I've never updated it before. In fact, I didn't know there was an update option, until now. I wanted to see what was in it, but my dumbass mind told me to update first JUST TO GET A NEWER VERSION OF THE GOOGLE APP! Old versions of Google, as in the ones from 2012 and under, are unusable, which means attempting to a search on those versions won't work. So then I updated to Android 4.1, and not much has changed. Google updated, but it didn't go that far. Google Play told me that I needed to update some more to get to the latest version of Google. So I updated my phone once again, and I was in Android 4.2. Then my problems started there. It was very laggy, but still usable. Google and Google Play were in their latest versions, and I was able to make searches. But I didn't like how laggy it was, so I was thinking that updating to Android 4.3 would fix this bug. But I thought wrong, it was EVEN LAGGIER than Android 4.2! It was still usable, but I had to wait 5 minutes every time I tapped on something on the screen, like apps and settings, all sorts of buttons. And yes, that included misclicking, which pissed me off. Then, I finally made it to the update screen. I pushed my luck and tapped the update button to Android 4.4.2. When it was done updating, I tried unlocking the screen by swiping on it. Nothing happened. Then I tried tapping my shortcuts on the lock screen. And surprise, surprise! Nothing happened either. The volume, home and power buttons were unresponsive, too. It even said "Unfortunately, Touchwiz has crashed." And it said it on the lock screen, for some odd reason. A few seconds later, the lock screen went black, only showing the "Touchwiz has crashed" pop-up until the display automatically turned off. But then I realized that I COULD'VE JUST USED THE BROWSER VERSION OF GOOGLE, and threw the S3 on the ground. It got a little crack. I was just DONE with this ****. But I kept trying I was able to get a backup of the files on Smart Switch. Knowing that I got a backup of the files on Smart Switch, I reset the S3 via Odin, because it was unresponsive when I tried to do it on the phone. After it reset, I was in the setup screen, and whaddya know? It was still unresponsive. I assumed that downgrading it back to Android 4.0 or 4.1 would solve this problem, so I went on the internet for solutions. Almost half of the people on the internet said that the Android 4.4.2 bootloader doesn't accept older ROMs. Same on YouTube, they all said that I'm screwed. If I could remember, this was the only phone that had the baby pictures of me and my wife's children. My wife would be really pissed off if she finds out that I lost all of those pictures. Now, before you say in the comments "just don't tell your wife that you screwed up your old phone" or something along those lines, I'm going to tell you that those pictures aren't just important to my wife, but to me too. Also, my wife was already aware that I found my box of old phones, because I told her, which I regret because now she is so eager to see the baby pictures and cannot wait, so I need a solution FAST. I should've gotten it ready first. Not to mention that my family is on a tight budget and we hardly have enough money to buy another Galaxy S3. That's why I'm trying to find a solution that is free and doesn't involve the spending of money. And don't think I was trying to make this sound all "cinematic" or "dramatic", but I was just trying to describe everything in detail. If, and for any reason that what I put in this thread didn't follow the rules of this website, PLEASE, devs, don't remove it. I worked hard and took my time typing this and would be pissed off if this thread would get removed, leaving all of my hard work put to waste. I really hope there is a solution to my problem.

Thank you in advance.