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    ERROR on recovery --> E: failed to mount /data (Invalid argument)

    Ok so I don't know if it is related, but for the last 3 weeks, my phone has often decided it is going to be slow OR... it has a mind of its own and without any fingers, water, or other things touching it, will type on its own, select files, attempt to change the wallpaper, etc. No matter how...
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    Kies Emergency Recovery won't work. Display will only go to "Odin mode" ...

    Ok, just thought I'd tell you, Sunday I chatted online with an AT&T tech support person. They spent an hour and a half researching and trying to find out how to help me (I just didn't tell them that it had a flash counter at "1 attempts." So, he said he'd call Samsung tomorrow (Monday) and see...
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    Kies Emergency Recovery won't work. Display will only go to "Odin mode" ...

    Ok, so where and how would I find the file? Obviously it looks like it downloaded the upgrade, but I'm guessing the computer is hiding it somewhere? I want to try Odin - or if anyone can ever find the AT&T SGS 3 4.3 update file uploaded somewhere... ***Can I just flash something else on it...
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    Kies Emergency Recovery won't work. Display will only go to "Odin mode" ...

    Ok. I've done this process a gazillion times, and it's not working. I get to a page (after it downloads the file for emergency recovery) that says, "failed to upgrade firmware due to an unexpected error. Do you want to run firmware emergency recovery now?" There is a recovery code provided. I...
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    Kies Emergency Recovery won't work. Display will only go to "Odin mode" ...

    Ok, I'm going to try that. I've been DYING using my husband's old iPhone 4 as a temporary phone. I HATE HATE HATE IT! I need my SGS3 baby back!
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    Kies Emergency Recovery won't work. Display will only go to "Odin mode" ...

    First - I just noticed that I said "compatible" but I meant in-compatible. The Kies v3 said my device was incompatible. That's what made me wonder if I don't have 4.3 on my SGS3? Second, I think I'll re-download Kies and make sure to follow your steps. I know I did enter in the model number and...
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    Kies Emergency Recovery won't work. Display will only go to "Odin mode" ...

    That's where I was confused. :) Hey - you are uber helpful, so no worries. Can I use a 4.1.1 version, and then when it's back up and "new," do an OTA update to 4.3? Will that work? I can't find 4.1.2 like I had/have, but I could find the 4.1.1 stock on sammobile.
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    Kies Emergency Recovery won't work. Display will only go to "Odin mode" ...

    I tried both about 10 times each (after a fresh uninstall of each one, and reboot of the acer to make sure it was gone). The Kies v3 actually said that it was compatible (so i guess I don't have 4.3 on the semi bricked phone? If this helps, this is from a doc I made back in OCTOBER 2013 (before...
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    Kies Emergency Recovery won't work. Display will only go to "Odin mode" ...

    I did a hard reset (via the phone backup/reset options) on my AT&T SGS3 (previously rooted, but went back to stock with latest update) because it stopped connecting to any wifi. Well, to my surprise, it got stuck at the AT&T page. So, I went to recovery mode, wiped the cache, then selected...
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    Mac - Root/Sideload help

    Ok figured it out - if anyone else has this problem, here's more instructions that make things more clear for us that don't know as much about this kind of stuff! :) The bolded info is what really helped me out! Connect to Mac/PC, and Eject/Safely Remove the SD card, and "Turn off USB Storage"...
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    Mac - Root/Sideload help

    UPDATED: Mac - Root/Sideload help I'm pretty new to this, so baby steps are best in your explanations, please. :) I have "rooted" my Samsung Captivate using your directions here. I'm moving on to the sideload section... I have Android SDK and Busybox (from my understanding, drivers are not...