KIES tells me "SGH-I747" does not support initialising.
Well, what do I do? I have the SGH-I747m Rogers
help!
Your phone is SGH-I747M or SGH-747m not SGH-747 this is AT&T phone
KIES tells me "SGH-I747" does not support initialising.
Well, what do I do? I have the SGH-I747m Rogers
help!
Update to the above.
After many failed attempts(8) to root my S3, using various methods, and each time being told that the procedure had succeeded , yet each time finding that it didn't really 'take,' I began to suspect that there must be some setting, or an app...something in my phone itself that was causing a conflict.
I'm happy to say that after using the procedure posted in this thread, restoring my phone to factory condition through Kies, that I successfully rooted on the first attempt, with the root-injected stock ROM file, root66_ATT_I747UCDLK3.tar.md5 through Odin. IDK what the conflict could have been, but whatever it was, using the procedure procedure posted here fixed things up so that I could finally root
Thanks again for posting it :good:
Will doing this write over a custom recovery, root and reset the flash counter to 0? Or will some of those things stick?
See post # 6. Member had same message, and realized what he had done wrong as far as the point at which he plugged in the phone... see if that helpsWell that's good because that's what I'm after but I'm getting the same issue with it saying initialization isn't supported for the 747m. Is there a way around this?
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Will doing this write over a custom recovery, root and reset the flash counter to 0? Or will some of those things stick?
Yes, yes, and yes.
It resets the phone back to exactly how it was when you got it new.
I never saw the flash counter saying it was at 0, but before running the Kies recovery tool, under settings/about device/status, it said 'modified'. After, it said 'normal' so I assume that means the flash counter was back to 0.
Well that's good because that's what I'm after but I'm getting the same issue with it saying initialization isn't supported for the 747m. Is there a way around this?
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I've tried it without connecting and get an knvalid model number, I've tried plugging in while keis is running and plugging in before opening keis
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It will reset your recovery but i don't think count will be 0 if you have higher number.
Like i said above will not reset counter to 0 but you can use triange away before restore.
Did you try just connect phone to PC and open kies with out turning phone off then try Upgrade and Initialisation ?
Where on the phone is the counter anyway? Do you see that in recovery mode, or download mode somewhere. Just curious, because I had a count of 8 modifications, as reported by Kies when it was running the process, and I want to make sure it's at 0 now. If not, I'll use Triangle Away. I assumed that since the phone was reporting:
Status:Normal afterward, that it had reset the counter, because before running the recovery, it had said 'modified' there.
Thanks for all of the info
It is in download mode or install Triangle Away and open app (root needed) and will see counter then.
I've read the whole thread and haven't seen anyone else having the same problem as I am. The whole process went without any problems but when my phone reboot, Telus here, it was as if nothing was done, other than unroot. All my apps, settings etc are still there. Shouldn't it has wiped the phone clean and returned it as it I just bought from the store? I ran TA before to make sure flash counter was reset.
2 reasons I wanted to return the phone to stock, as in fresh from the store, was since upgrading to 4.1.2, my signal's been fluctuating between 3G/H+/4G. I don't see LTE anymore. The other reason is Kies says the following message under Firmware information;
Your device's current firmware version is not supported to update firmware via Kies.
*Current Firmware version: PDA:MF1 / Phone:MF1 / CSC:MF1 (ATT)
My S3's from Telus thus shouldn't it say (TLS) instead of (ATT)?
I've tried flashing stock ROM through Odin and nobarb's method but neither wiped the phone clean, it's like it only performed an upgrade instead of fresh install.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
This is ad. I never had this problem. Maybe someone else expirance same problem. Did you try format everything in recovery and them try my metod or Odin?
I see a lot of post asking :"How to restore phone to factory ?".I always do this way after i backup all i need and important data from my phone.
1. Start Kies
2.Click Tools-> Firmware upgrade and initilazation
3.Type in model of your phone for example AT&T is : SGH-I747 ( all in capital letters) click OK. In some cases letter after number can be small. In example for Samsung Galaxy S3 Rogers you can try SGH-I747m.
4.Then type serial number off the stcker under battery also in capital letters click OK
5.There will be info about firmware click OK
6.Info about software version. Put your phone in download mode by pressing volume down key, home button and power button then connect to PC using orginal USB cable, click OK
7. Follow info on screen.
8. Phone will reboot by itself when all is done correctly.
Enjoy virgin phone llike from store. In some cases you will need to do OTA upgrade after all of this.
Good luck
EDIT: I notice that sometimes you don't have to put phone in to download mode at all. Just connect and do step 2.
Yes it should work on rooted phones but you loose root.
No. Once you unlock your sim card lock you will never lock again.
Will this work if you have a rooted s3 and you need to get back to factory settings. Will this unroot the phone and set back to complete right outta factory?? I am new so please help!! I tested this up to step 5 and it works, all i have to do is plug in my phone and let kies do the work.
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So will this work if I have a rooted s3 At&t with stock 4.1.1 on my phone?? Please reply.
Is this advisable for rooted phones?
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Anyone knows if i restore my phone to factory, it will gsm lock again?
because i had to pay 20 bucks for the unlock code and i dont want to pay them again .
I see lot of post asking how to restore phone to factory .I always do this way after i backup all i need and important data from my phone.
Use Samsung Kies:
1. Start Kies
2.Click Tools-> Firmware upgrade and initilazation
3.Write model of your phone in example AT&T is : SGH-I747 ( all in capitals letters) click OK
4.From behind of battery serial in capitol letters click OK
5.There will be info about firmware click OK
6.Info about software version. Put your phone in download mode and connect to PC using orginal USB click OK
7. Follow info on screen.
8. After all will done phone will reboot.
Enjoy virgin phone llike from store. In some cases you will need to do OTA upgrade after all of this.
Good luck
How about a link to the kies for this phone. Since Samsung has to have so many different versions out... maybe add it to the op just a suggestion
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