Unbrcik Your US Samsung Galaxy S3 [How-To] | AndroidEgis

Sometime during rooting, installation of custom recovery or custom room, etc your Android device get bricked, there’re two kinds of bricks first is soft and another hard brick, the hard brick is almost can’t be fixed without OEM support but on the other hand you can unbrick the soft brick easily, if you own US variant Samsung Galaxy S3, a fix is available for you, thanks to senior XDA developer mskip who released a fix for those who has soft bricked their during the flashing of GSM boot image, usually the GSM boot image isn’t work.

You’ll simple install the stock boot image and it will fix the issue and you’ll be revert back to working status. Do note that the files aren’t factory tarballs wherein this won’t work if you need to restore to a stock, unrooted ROM. This fix is just for GSM boot image bricked device, see below guide to install the stock image, also bear in mind that this is for US variant of Galaxy S3. Use windows PC and USB drivers of device should be installed on the computer.

DISCLAIMER: Please proceed the below guide at your own risk, Android Egis will not be held responsible if your device lost data or get damaged following this guide.

Step #1: Download the Odin3 from

and stock image accruing to your variant but don’t unzip the boot tar file:

Step #2: Make sure the device isn’t connected with computer, then unzip the Odin file and run the .exe file. In Odin check ‘Auto Reboot’ and ‘F. Reset Time’, don’t make any other changes in Odin.

Step #3: Turn the device off.

Step #4: Reboot the device into download mode by holding down ‘HOME’ + ‘VOLUME DOWN’ buttons and press the ‘POWER’ button for about 2 seconds until a WARNING! Screen appears, then press ‘VOLUME UP’ and it will take you to downloading mode.

Step #5: Once you’re in download mode plug the device to PC using USB cable. Odin will detect the device, ID:COM will turn yellow and a message saying ADDED will appear (Note: Don’t make any change, just make sure that re-partition is unchecked).

Step #6: Click on PDA Button and locate the .tar file that you downloaded in first step.

Step #7: Click on Start button to start installation, once the installation done, your device will reboot itself and you’ll see message saying PASS.

Step #8: Unplug the device from PC.

Your device is unbricked now, comment below for queries.

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jimmy

July 5th, 2012

will it also work on non US variant ?

mjs1231

July 13th, 2012

I have the sprint version of the galaxy s 3, phone was rooted with recovery ect, stock rom.

I tried the lcd density app and it killed the phone.

will these steps resolve this specific issue ?

mjs1231

July 13th, 2012

Negative, flashed the boot, it said reset, same issue, wont boot.

mjs1231

July 13th, 2012

ok I used the galaxy 3 toolkit to root and install recovery, I did a full backup from recovery before i tried the density app.

how do I get back to the recovery and do a restore ?

mjs1231

July 13th, 2012

ok I got into recovery but when i go to do anything i get the black hat and none of the menu options work.

Can I use oden to flash the newest recovery ?

mjs1231

July 13th, 2012

ok, fix permissions, rebooted recovery, now the menus work and i can see my backups. i have two backups, is the newest on top or bottom ?

mjs1231

July 13th, 2012

ok, restore failed, error restoring system, i noticed my recovery is the old version, i downloaded the new recover to my pc, should i flash the new recovery or is there something else not right ?

Neo

September 3rd, 2012

Man you’re a lifesaver.

I tried to root my phone and did it wrong.

kb126

October 29th, 2012

ive tried this several times and phone gets to samasung galaxy s3 screen and freezes

kyle

November 7th, 2012

i need the fix for the metropcs version

Jayjeet

November 25th, 2012

I update My samsung infuse 4g in slim bean and now my phone is not on it show only samsung logo. please say How to repair it.

Jayjeet

November 27th, 2012

Abdur rahman bro i flashing with heimdall but it show error tar header contained an invalid file size please say proper solution

Jayjeet

November 27th, 2012

My samsung infuse 4g is not go in recovery mode how can i go in recovery mode

cj230k

December 2nd, 2012

What if you can’t get your phone to turn on at all?

I was able to get into download mode before, but I rebooted while it was in download mode… now the phone won’t respond to anything at all.

When I plug it into my computer, QHSUSB_DLOAD shows up, but no drivers download, so it remains “unrecognized”.

Is my phone a complete loss?

I have never rooted or flashed anything.

It was 100% stock.

Michael

December 4th, 2012

I flashed a rom that didn’t work, it was called warm? ? Something but it also had no wipe in the title. I loaded the original stock rom then tried to flash the rom again but it was aborted. I the went back and selected reboot,

from there my phone hasn’t turned on since. What should I do,

plz help

adam

December 9th, 2012

Hi,

I followed these steps for my ATT S3, but in Odin, it gets to “recovery.img” and hangs there.

If I reboot, it says there is a firmware error.

Kies doesn’t see the phone

Different USB ports dont work

My phone seems bricked.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

parker

December 23rd, 2012

Ive done everything you said at lest 5 times, Ive been to all different websites and tried the same thing, its still not booting up and yes i wiped everything after i get the pass from odin. pleasee help its been 5 days without my phone.

alex

December 24th, 2012

ok so i have the at&t version, my issue is that i rooted my phone fine even flashed cm10 fine. After realizing that i need to get things off of my backup i created i went to restore my phone to its backup. All looked fine until the reboot, it is hanging at the samsung screen. It will not allow me to boot into recovery holding teh volume up/power/home keys. It appears to be a soft brick and the method above confirmed through odin but my phone is still hanging at that same samsung screen. Any thoughts? Please

Rakesh

December 27th, 2012

I update My samsung galaxy s2 tmobile to slim bean and now my phone is not on. please say How to repair it

Rakesh

December 28th, 2012

My galaxy s2 tmobile is not enter in download mode & recovery mode it is fully bricked.

Rakesh

December 28th, 2012

What is oem support plz tell in detail.

Rakesh

December 30th, 2012

i install slim bean rom in my samsung galaxy s2 tmobile and now my mobile is not on & it is not go in download mode & recovery mode how to repair it plz give proper solution.

tyranne

January 7th, 2013

I have did all the steps and it still isn’t working, I cant get past the Samsung Galaxy SIII screen….what next

James

January 17th, 2013

Hi,

Is there any way I can fix my SGS3 (GT-I9300 – international) soft brick problem?

– Currently Stuck at Samsung Galaxy Logo

– Can’t go to Recovery mode

– Only Download mode works, but with ODIN wipe or anything doesn’t work (PIT Partition error)

– If use PIT file, then ODIN Stuck and nothing happens

Bottom line no success???

Any ideas how I can fix this problem?

Cheers,

akrm

January 21st, 2013

What if you can’t get your phone to turn on at all? I was able to get into download mode before, but I rebooted while it was in download mode… now the phone won’t respond to anything at all. When I plug it into my computer, QHSUSB_DLOAD shows up, but no drivers download, so it remains “unrecognized”. Is my phone a complete loss? I have never rooted or flashed anything.

pleas help me.

Robert

January 25th, 2013

I followed these instructions very carefully and It still won’t get past the first screen that says Samsung Galaxy SIII. It just stays on that forever(or at least 2 minutes)

Loh

January 26th, 2013

i hold volume up, home and power button nothing show.. so i go throw the odin process to restore but, i cant pass the pit stage… is said i dont have the pit participation … what does it mean?

tony6669

January 28th, 2013

it is very hard to do without the right stuff i have bricked my samsung s3 twice but i found a guy that will un brick it for 35.00 shipping included less than a week turn around i will post his e-bay link …this guy is great and does great work i will never go any place else it is worth it to not risk messing it up on your own so hope this helps someone like it helped me thanks and good luck this guy is great and does great work at a great price !!!!!!!!

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xRumblex

February 9th, 2013

Great How-to!!! I am following the steps of rooting my phone as you did here. Why I am here tonight is for the fact I downloaded “ROM Toolbox Pro” from the play store. I wanted to change my font. So instead of downloading the font changer I got this which had all what I wanted. I found the font I liked and it said I needed to reboot my phone for the changes. It shut off and now it gets passed the “rethink possible” screen then just sits at the flashing Samsung screen. It will go to the downloading screen and connect to Odin3, but has failed 3 times now. Kies is off. What should I try next?

Juan Carlos

February 23rd, 2013

After I try to root my T-mobile Samsung Galaxy S3 (SGH-T999) my phone had a brick, I couldn’t get into the download mode until I made the soft brick solution connecting a micro USB with a shortcut pin 5 – 300K ohm – pin 4, with this I could get into the download mode and then I follow your instructions. Now I reach to the Samsung Galaxy screen an then turns black, I’ve try to enter the recovery mode but just show me the words “recovery mode…” in green and black screen again. Please help me!!

marjhoree 123

March 4th, 2013

i need help please help me i did everything & now when i try to restart my phone a blue light just p shows up pleasseee helpppp

shepherd jordan

March 12th, 2013

You are very patient help please or I have to buy someone a new phone I can’t afford followed all steps I get the pass but it freeze so I take the battery of but it doesn’t want to go to recovery mode volume up + power +menu doesn’t want to work

shepherd jordan

March 12th, 2013

Samsung mini gt-i8190

walid

March 21st, 2013

plzzz help me i can’t go to download mod how to unbrick my phone !! my phone is stuck in the samsung logo

Jayjeet

April 3rd, 2013

When i switch on my samsung sghI997 my mobile get following error user fault not kernal panic upload mode how to solve it. I have had a very few reboots or freezes, but when I do get a hang up, I just hold down the power button. After close to 30 seconds the phone goes into “power reset or unknown upload mode” or”kernel panic mode” written in BIG bold letter in yellow letters with a green Android mid screen and a bunch of red code text in the top left. When I get to this point I releasethe power button and hold it down again until I see the Rogers bootsplash.

Pano

April 13th, 2013

Hi, I read the articles and very much encouraged as I just brick my S3. I rooted it and something went wrong with it or my wrong doing I am not sure, there were no music/mp3 file at all ( which I I make sure). So I decided to unroot after I did factory reset. But it

stuck after the samsung logo and Galaxy logo. I had a blue led blinking, start up music playing. I tried Odin, factory reset. So, please, help me.

erik

April 18th, 2013

Once I get to the part to press the volume up button to continue nothing happens. Neither with the volume down. I have to do a battery pull. Any help would be appreciated

Affan

May 4th, 2013

In regards to step #6:

Step #6: Click on PDA Button and locate the .tar file that you downloaded in first step.

I do not see any .tar file.

Affan

May 4th, 2013

has the file been removed for downloading?

all i see is an .exe, a .Config and two .dll files

Ralph

May 5th, 2013

Tried to follow links for the stock images in Step #1 and the website says “Invalid or Deleted File.

The key you provided for file download was invalid. This is usually caused because the file is no longer stored on MediaFire. This occurs when the file is removed by the originating user or MediaFire.”

Where can we get the image files?

Thank you for your help!

Cia

May 24th, 2013

I did everything and my phone is stuck to the start screen. Then I tried to wipe everything from recovery mode but still nothing. So what do I do now? /:

JesseV

June 25th, 2013

new img file download? and i tried this before and i just have a blue light when i turn it back on

July 8th, 2013

Hi there friends, its wonderful article regarding teachingand entirely

defined, keep it up all the time.

Mykel

September 25th, 2013

What do you do if you cant get into odin mode or recovery mode? I just have a black screen and cannot do anything at all.

Bryan

October 7th, 2013

Every time I flash the stock OS, it gets stuck at the Samsung screen. Then when I put it in revocery mode, I try

to do factory restore but gives me nothing but red “Fail” warnings. Same thing happens when I do “Wipe cache.”

November 10th, 2013

When i switch on my samsung sghI997 my mobile is start but after some time get following error user fault not kernal panic upload mode how to solve it.

Akbar

December 23rd, 2013

I hve sgh-i747 it loads a custom romantic wicked sensations but imei is 0. I tried loading the original tomorrow but Odin stops and says nand write fail. It succeeds loading boot.img but does not allow me to load original romantic through Odin. I get the above error nand write fail.

Akbar

December 23rd, 2013

Sorry romantic = rom

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May 5th, 2014

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