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[tylorjay33]

I have a Samsung Galaxy S3, US Cellular SCH-R530. I recently switched from apple, and I was getting bad signal. My friend said that he would fix it, and he tried downgrading my phone from 4.3 Jelly Bean to 4.2 Jelly Bean. And now my phone is stuck in "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. I use my phone daily, and for a lot of purposes. He said he didn't know how to fix it, and kind of left me hanging without a phone. SO I really need to know how to fix this. Please anyone help me!

 

[VDub2174]

Can your phone still be detected by KIES? I sent out a help signal so hopefully someone can chime in.

 

[tylorjay33]

No, it just stays on "connecting". And I can't access the serial number . And thank you, I hope someone can help.

 

[Golfdriver97]

Flashing a stock ROM through odin may help.
You can try Samsung updates.com to find the file. Look for your model number.

From a Sprint Moto X using AC forums app

 

[tylorjay33]

I don't know how to find the stock ROM to put through ODIN. I went to samsung updates, and it keeps giving me an executable file that throws up error 1152?

 

[Golfdriver97]

I don't know how to find the stock ROM to put through ODIN. I went to samsung updates, and it keeps giving me an executable file that throws up error 1152?

Search xda developers for odin.
You might need to extract the file and plug the md5 file in odin.

From a Sprint Moto X using AC forums app

 

[tylorjay33]

Im going to be honest, I dont know what that means.

 

[Golfdriver97]

Im going to be honest, I dont know what that means.

Sorry....working. Odin is a program for your PC to install things like ROMs, modems, etc.

From a Sprint Moto X using AC forums app

 

[VDub2174]

This is ODIN for all Galaxy version (as it says):

[27.08.2013 LATEST] Odin 3.09, Odin 1.85 | All versions! | Samsung ROM Flashing Tools - xda-developers

 

[Golfdriver97]

Here is how to use ODIN: http://forums.androidcentral.com/am...ide-samsung-how-flash-stock-rom-via-odin.html

 

[Golfdriver97]

To extract, you can simply right click on the file and extract it to an empty folder on your desktop.
Any other questions feel free to ask.