Downgrading

[mobilecrackers]

It's dead.. I can't enter recovery mode, only download mode..
I only can access download mode, what does that mean? Completely dead...?

there is one more way you can Downgrading from 4.3 to 4.1.2 without going to 4.2
How to downgrade Galaxy S3 back to Android 4.1.2: tutorial [Update] - AndroidPIT

EDIT : do not use the pit file

 

[AhmadS3]

there is one more way you can Downgrading from 4.3 to 4.1.2 without going to 4.2
How to downgrade Galaxy S3 back to Android 4.1.2: tutorial [Update] - AndroidPIT

EDIT : do not use the pit file

So you're saying that will work? Because I only can access download mode..
I can't turn the phone on, I just can use it to enter download mode, that's it.

 

[mobilecrackers]

So you're saying that will work? Because I only can access download mode..
I can't turn the phone on, I just can use it to enter download mode, that's it.

download the 4.1.2 firmware from sammobile and flash it
do not use the pit file now
the phone is working, we only need the download mode

EDIT: downgrading issues http://www.sammobile.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22660

 

[AhmadS3]

download the 4.1.2 firmware from sammobile and flash it
do not use the pit file now
the phone is working, we only need the download mode

EDIT: downgrading issues [Firmware] Will not finish booting after firmware change

So you're saying that my phone is just fine, it's working but I just have to flash a firmware? Do you think I have a soft or hard bricked phone? Since I only can access download mode, my question is, can I flash a firmware and make it work again? Is it hard or soft bricked (only can access download mode).

 

[mobilecrackers]

So you're saying that my phone is just fine, it's working but I just have to flash a firmware? Do you think I have a soft or hard bricked phone? Since I only can access download mode, my question is, can I flash a firmware and make it work again? Is it hard or soft bricked (only can access download mode).

yes, you can flash a firmware to bring it back. this is a soft brick.
in hard brick you will not able to open download mode or recovery mode

 

[AhmadS3]

yes, you can flash a firmware to bring it back. this is a soft brick.
in hard brick you will not able to open download mode or recovery mode

I was scared because it's like the 10th time I brick the phone, my parents don't know that I've bricked the phone now.. they've paid over $200 and I am VERY scared, thanks for telling me that it's not a hard brick, so tell me, the phone doesn't need a motherboard replacement right? And when I open odin to flash the firmware, it shows that I am flashing pit and the green line is finished on the phone while the 'parition' on the computer didn't even start.. I only put the firmware file in PDA and unticked pit.

 

[mobilecrackers]

I was scared because it's like the 10th time I brick the phone, my parents don't know that I've bricked the phone now.. they've paid over $200 and I am VERY scared, thanks for telling me that it's not a hard brick, so tell me, the phone doesn't need a motherboard replacement right? And when I open odin to flash the firmware, it shows that I am flashing pit and the green line is finished on the phone while the 'parition' on the computer didn't even start.. I only put the firmware file in PDA and unticked pit.

can you post a screenshot
no need to replace the mother board

 

[AhmadS3]

can you post a screenshot
no need to replace the mother board

I don't want to use the phone as I don't want to make a hard brick, let's just don't use it. The problem is, when I start flashing, it shows a full green line on the phone, it means that it has finished downloading but it's not, in the computer it doesn't show that it has downloaded.

 

[mobilecrackers]

I don't want to use the phone as I don't want to make a hard brick, let's just don't use it. The problem is, when I start flashing, it shows a full green line on the phone, it means that it has finished downloading but it's not, in the computer it doesn't show that it has downloaded.

In that case give it to Samsung service center, they will fix it. my parent's lost up to 600$ for my phone in my childhood.
Take care

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[AhmadS3]

In that case give it to Samsung service center, they will fix it. my parent's lost up to 600$ for my phone in my childhood.
Take care

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Why $600? What was the issue? I want to know because I don't want to do what you've done to your phone in your childhood.

 

[mobilecrackers]

Why $600? What was the issue? I want to know because I don't want to do what you've done to your phone in your childhood.

Bought nokia n95 .repaired 3 times bought n70 repaired 2 times. Then came to android no issues I solve it myself..
If YOU are afraid to go on with flashing then its better to give a service

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[AhmadS3]

Bought nokia n95 .repaired 3 times bought n70 repaired 2 times. Then came to android no issues I solve it myself..
If YOU are afraid to go on with flashing then its better to give a service

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Okay thanks for trying to help me, otherwise you shouldn't have gave me the PIT file because it bricked my device, I just had no signal and I was able to fix it with like $20, now I can take it to the shop to fix it, but he takes $100. \:

 

[mobilecrackers]

Okay thanks for trying to help me, otherwise you shouldn't have gave me the PIT file because it bricked my device, I just had no signal and I was able to fix it with like $20, now I can take it to the shop to fix it, but he takes $100. \:

Sorry for that, some times pit file works and some time it doesn't. We are in different place. We are solving the problem through posts. That will be a problem. Some people have the same issue with the network , i give them the pit file and it work. This was the second time I failed. I really apologize for that. Sorry


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[Saqib Rana]

get your phone to Technician nearby, he will fix it. I had this problem but no trick worked for me..it is all about your EFS partition corruption. You have no backup of this system directory which contains all the connectivity information like IMEI, WIFI, Carrier etc...
after get repaired you must make a backup of EFS using any tool.