Hmm... glad I saw this guide. I was now going and flash it back to stock. I'm going to try this guide first
Have any of you returned your phone for the IMEI issue? I reset mine finally, apparently the backup I had made in QPST had failed because it wasn't working. I'm now always in roaming, which is ridiculous. If you have returned it for that reason, what was your excuse?
I rooted my phone and flashed a rom and next thing i know it will not go into recovery only odin mode, tried to flash a few things to get it back and nothing,,, PLEASE HELP ME. The screen says found software that verizon wireless doesnt recognize. ?????
What a great help. Thanks a ton.
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Thank you so much for this post. I've been into rooting and jailbreaking for several years now, and with all my experience over the iPhone, PSP, Droid X, and now my sleek and sexy (and much beloved) Galaxy S3, I've never encountered something like the counter when flashing. I've also taken my Droid X in a few times, having forgotten to flash my phone to stock, and the guy in the Verizon store would say there's nothing he can do since the phone has "third party software" on it.
So I always wondered, other than flashing to stock - is there a truer way of getting the phone back to REAL stock recovery? Especially with the trip counter now, on the S3, it seemed like all hope was lost.
Thanks again, this guide has come in handy!
Trip counter is easily reset to 0 if you use Triangle Away while rooted. Put in another way, nothing is more complete than using Odin. Flashing a stock tar via Odin is the true way to return to stock.
Thank you for reminding me of that. For some reason, whether I found a bad stock file or corrupted download, etc. I just had so many issues flashing back to stock.
Does that automatically knock out root?
I rooted my Verizon s3 a few months ago via Odin and was running synergy until it crashed (tried to set a AOSP lock screen, which crashed it) and I restored to the stock rom and have been running it for a few weeks now (just haven't took time to load another custom rom). I was using cwm for bootloader. This morning I accidently accepted Verizon’s ota update and... Well it tried to update only to give me a fail message at the end. Now I'm getting to" Yellow triangle. System software not authorized" message and can't get into cwm (from my understanding my phone is soft-bricked?). I was wondering if anyone could direct me in how to update my phone with the latest ota software and have cwm back. I would actually like to try the latest Cleanrom. I don’t know all the technical terms and have tried to provide as much info as I could of the top of my head. I have done some research in these forums but haven't found anything or anyone who has done what I've done. My phone is working right now but I don't have access to the bootloader. Rootchecker says it’s still rooted.
My system info says:
Android Version 4.1.2
Baseband I535VRBMB1
Build Number JZ054K.I535VRBMB1
If that helps...
If anyone could help and provide me with steps on how to correct my issues I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks in advance.
My boot up screen says custom with a padlock thats open, is that normal or does it mean im still unlocked?
so can I flash backwards to 4.1.1 ? Things are different without rsd
Yes, you should be able to. What's "rsd"?
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If its unlocked it goes quick and if its locked it take a few seconds, right?
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