[Q] Rooted and now having trouble flashing VZW roms??

drumrjoe · Jan 29, 2014

I bought a rooted gs3 on EBAY...

It is running liquidsmooth rom.. I have tried flashing some other VZW roms (esp. want to try out kit-kat roms) and I get an error during the flashing process..

See attached image...

Did I get taken on Ebay??? Not sure what I am doing wrong...

Thanks in advance for any help

Drumrjoe

ProtheusIRC · Jan 29, 2014

The photo isn't loading on my end. What was the error message?

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drumrjoe · Jan 29, 2014

ProtheusIRC said:
The photo isn't loading on my end. What was the error message?

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I just reloaded and the image is showing now, but here is what concerns me about the error msg:

"This package is for "d2vzw" devices: This is a "d2spr".

I was sold a verizon SCH-I535..

The sticker under the battery says it's a SCH-I535

so i am a little confused by the error msg during the flashing process

ProtheusIRC · Jan 29, 2014

You're on Sprint?

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That's a Sprint S3 and you're trying to flash a Verizon ROM to it. That's the problem lol.

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drumrjoe · Jan 29, 2014

nope, I am on verizon

and trying to flash a vzw rom

ProtheusIRC said:
You're on Sprint?

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That's a Sprint S3 and you're trying to flash a Verizon ROM to it. That's the problem lol.

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ProtheusIRC · Jan 29, 2014

You are mistaken. Your recovery stated "This package is for 'd2vzw' devices; this is a 'd2spr'". Your phone is Sprint, my friend...

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Go to Settings, About Phone, and look at the model number.

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SlimSnoopOS · Jan 29, 2014

Either it's your build.prop OR its the recovery cuz that's an outdated CWM. You'll need to update it to at least CWM 6.0.4.x to flash any KitKat rom. Just triple check that you see SCH-I535 d2vzw in the build.prop (which is in /System) before going further. I find it hard to believe the seller perfectly replaced the sticker behind the battery.

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drumrjoe · Jan 29, 2014

ok, Now I am really confused!

Please see pics I just took.

Also, thank you very much for your help!

ProtheusIRC said:
You are mistaken. Your recovery stated "This package is for 'd2vzw' devices; this is a 'd2spr'". Your phone is Sprint, my friend...

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---------- Post added at 09:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:05 PM ----------

Go to Settings, About Phone, and look at the model number.

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ProtheusIRC · Jan 29, 2014

That is weird. It could be the build.prop or out dated cwm. What version of CWM are you running?

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Stranger_84 · Jan 29, 2014

The cwm recovery is too outdated needs to be the latest to flash 4.4 ... But yes odd statement by the recovery failure

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BadUsername · Jan 29, 2014

drumrjoe said:
ok, Now I am really confused!

Please see pics I just took.

Also, thank you very much for your help!

Could be mistaken, but that looks like a knockoff s3 to me.

edit: Sticker looks wrong (no samsung logo), just doesn't look right and it's not making sense why it's acting like that. If you bought the phone for cheap on Ebay then it makes sense for it to be a fake. Fake one looks very similar to the real thing.

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mikeman45 · Jan 29, 2014

I would say Update your recovery to a newer version of CWM, TWRP, or Philz.

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DiSiD · Jan 29, 2014

I have 2 s3's that I purchased from Verizon directly. I would have never compared stickers but for your question. For your reference, here's what the stickers look like.

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DiSiD · Jan 29, 2014

Did you put the black part on your sticker? I crossed out the imei and bar code on mine, but yours definitely looks different. That information should be visible to you on yours (don't share it here if it is). If you didn't put that on there I'd almost guarantee something fishy about that seller our the phones origin.

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ProtheusIRC · Jan 30, 2014

BadUsername said:
Could be mistaken, but that looks like a knockoff s3 to me.

edit: Sticker looks wrong (no samsung logo), just doesn't look right and it's not making sense why it's acting like that. If you bought the phone for cheap on Ebay then it makes sense for it to be a fake. Fake one looks very similar to the real thing.

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Usually the knock offs don't have Samsung at the top though. Definitely something fishy.

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DiSiD · Jan 30, 2014

I don't know what your plans are for this phone now, but I was just thinking, they are building roms for d2lte (I tried cm11 and vanir, both kitkat). The d2lte builds are the same for all carriers, meaning you don't have to select a Rom file specific for your carrier. Maybe try flashing one of those? imho, vanir is pretty sweet.

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twistedillutions · Jan 30, 2014

LS 2.37 a good rom.. Like the above post stated now they making an universal build LTE. This reminds me of the fones u win at those 50cent or dollar machine at stores. Knock off samsung fones

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drumrjoe · Jan 30, 2014

mikeman45 said:
I would say Update your recovery to a newer version of CWM, TWRP, or Philz.

Sent from my Wicked GS3

Thanks everyone for the help!

I updated my recovery and now all is good.... Well I think so anyway..

I have been able to flash OmniRom and Cyanogen without anymore problems..

Wondering if I got a refurb or a grey market I535?

I haven't put my sim card in yet to activate phone...

twistedillutions · Jan 30, 2014

Thats good to hear.. Maybe a knockoff fone. But as long it works and u can make calls txt etc then thats good

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drumrjoe · Jan 30, 2014

DiSiD said:
Did you put the black part on your sticker? I crossed out the imei and bar code on mine, but yours definitely looks different. That information should be visible to you on yours (don't share it here if it is). If you didn't put that on there I'd almost guarantee something fishy about that seller our the phones origin.

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Yes, I blacked out the sticker myself in paint.net.. Didn't want to put out any identifying info that shouldn't be out there

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