[HOWTO] UnBrick T-Mobile S III QHSUSB_DLOAD w/Video Walkthrough

cy_mpak · Sep 19, 2013

KAsp3rd said:
Bad news... the odin does not contain the modem or sbl1 We need someone with a T999V to get on IRC with me or to dump the bootloaders for you.

yesterday I was trying to use files from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2290118 to make image, but had no luck.. still looking for someone with t999v...

edit:
found this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1812408
do you think it might work?

KAsp3rd · Sep 19, 2013

cy_mpak said:
yesterday I was trying to use files from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2290118 to make image, but had no luck.. still looking for someone with t999v...

I can see what I can do without sbl1 but I doubt it would work. Need sbl1 to pass the signature checks

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cy_mpak · Sep 19, 2013

KAsp3rd said:
I can see what I can do without sbl1 but I doubt it would work. Need sbl1 to pass the signature checks

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this http://www.mediafire.com/?o77cos8yuh6k0dd has following files:
aboot 2,097,152
boot 10,485,760
pad 524,288
param 10,485,760
recovery 10,485,760
rpm 524,288
sbl1 131,072
sbl2 262,144
sbl3 524,288
tz 524,288

KAsp3rd · Sep 19, 2013

cy_mpak said:
this http://www.mediafire.com/?o77cos8yuh6k0dd has following files:
aboot 2,097,152
boot 10,485,760
pad 524,288
param 10,485,760
recovery 10,485,760
rpm 524,288
sbl1 131,072
sbl2 262,144
sbl3 524,288
tz 524,288

This could be what you need! Watching a movie with the wife. I'll try to get to it tonight. If not first thing in the AM

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DocHoliday77 · Sep 19, 2013

If You Can Flash A ROM.....

Now you can create the image file needed for this De-Brick method.

Download this: T999_Partial_Sys_Dump_for_debrick.zip

Flash it in your preferred recovery (CWM or TWRP) and it will create the dump file needed for this debrick method from KAsp3rd!

Once you have flashed it you will find a file called debrick.img on your internal sdcard. It should be 128MB in size. (if you zip it, it will be much smaller!) Upload this to your preferred file host (I recommend Dev-Host), and PM the link to KAsp3rd.

Now it is waaaayyy too easy for anyone to reasonably say no! :cowboy:

KAsp3rd · Sep 19, 2013

DocHoliday77 said:
Now you can create the image file needed for this De-Brick method.

Download this: T999_Partial_Sys_Dump_for_debrick.zip

Flash it in your preferred recovery (CWM or TWRP) and it will create the dump file needed for this debrick method from KAsp3rd!

Once you have flashed it you will find a file called debrick.img on your internal sdcard. It should be 128MB in size. (if you zip it, it will be much smaller!) Upload this to your preferred file host (I recommend Dev-Host), and PM the link to KAsp3rd.

Now it is waaaayyy too easy for anyone to reasonably say no!

Thank you for this. It will be used quite a bit ;D

KAsp3rd · Sep 19, 2013

Need a tester for the T999V image that I made. Not sure if it will work but I have faith. PM me if you want to test it for me.

absinthesummer · Sep 19, 2013

@KAsp3rd, I would totally test it for you if I had a T999v, but I don't

Someone will test it! I'm sure of it.This thread has exploded in the past few days, someone will jump on it.

Funny thing though, I literally JUST realized you're in Clarksville! I don't know anyone else "locally" who's interested in phones and customization like I am. I start talking ROMs and recoveries and adb their eyes just glaze over.
If I ever brick my phone or tablet and can't get the method going right for me, I very well might just drive the dead device to you for resuscitation. Fair warning

KAsp3rd · Sep 19, 2013

absinthesummer said:
@KAsp3rd, I would totally test it for you if I had a T999v, but I don't
Someone will test it! I'm sure of it.This thread has exploded in the past few days, someone will jump on it.

Funny thing though, I literally JUST realized you're in Clarksville! I don't know anyone else "locally" who's interested in phones and customization like I am. I start talking ROMs and recoveries and adb their eyes just glaze over.
If I ever brick my phone or tablet and can't get the method going right for me, I very well might just drive the dead device to you for resuscitation. Fair warning

LOL, I'm working with a user right now testing the T999V variant, I think we might have some headway on it but it's still skeptical at this point. It's not Clarksville, TN it's the other Clarksville

I know what you mean about the whole speaking to people and their eye's glazing over.

absinthesummer · Sep 19, 2013

KAsp3rd said:
LOL, I'm working with a user right now testing the T999V variant, I think we might have some headway on it but it's still skeptical at this point. It's not Clarksville, TN it's the other Clarksville I know what you mean about the whole speaking to people and their eye's glazing over.

Ah, see I should have figured it was "another Clarksville" lol. Apparently, there's 13 of them! (...or more, that was based on a cursory search) But Clarksville, TN is so prominent, that's the one I thought. Oh well, I'll continue my search for another local android development fan elsewhere

It would be nice, for sure, I feel like I'm not really an expert, yet everyone comes to me to fix or customize their phones- I'd love to know someone around here more knowledgeable than me to talk & share info with.

Good luck with the testing, I hope something awesome comes from it for the t999v folks!

KAsp3rd · Sep 19, 2013

absinthesummer said:
Ah, see I should have figured it was "another Clarksville" lol. Apparently, there's 13 of them! (...or more, that was based on a cursory search) But Clarksville, TN is so prominent, that's the one I thought. Oh well, I'll continue my search for another local android development fan elsewhere

It would be nice, for sure, I feel like I'm not really an expert, yet everyone comes to me to fix or customize their phones- I'd love to know someone around here more knowledgeable than me to talk & share info with.

Good luck with the testing, I hope something awesome comes from it for the t999v folks!

Yeah it seems to be the inception that if it's Clarksville that it must be TN. If I put Clarksville, IN everyone is like "where is that" So I should just change it to Louisville.

Good luck in your search for other local Android enthusiast...

cy_mpak · Sep 20, 2013

Here is link to debrick image I made from t999v (oficial jb 4.1.1 with original recovery, only rooted):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/y9birlrfgkvy7hi/debrick_SGH-T999v.zip

For some reason i wasn't able to de-brick t999v I have - when I put back battery and pressed power nothing happened. I do not know if it's a problem with my phone or t999v cannot be de-bricked using this method..

KAsp3rd · Sep 20, 2013

cy_mpak said:
Here is link to debrick image I made from t999v (oficial jb 4.1.1 with original recovery, only rooted):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/y9birlrfgkvy7hi/debrick_SGH-T999v.zip

For some reason i wasn't able to de-brick t999v I have - when I put back battery and pressed power nothing happened. I do not know if it's a problem with my phone or t999v cannot be de-bricked using this method..

I'll take a look at it in the morning. Thanks for the link. Did you use doc's zip file to get the dump?

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liongvn · Sep 20, 2013

have to use 8gb/16gb sdcard ????,i have a 4 GB sdcard and tried your method but after i dit it,my sdcard have only 63 MB ,eventhough i formated it,how can i fix my sdcard ?

DocHoliday77 · Sep 20, 2013

Congrats on the sticky! Well deserved!

:thumbup:

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KAsp3rd · Sep 20, 2013

liongvn said:
have to use 8gb/16gb sdcard ????,i have a 4 GB sdcard and tried your method but after i dit it,my sdcard have only 63 MB ,eventhough i formated it,how can i fix my sdcard ?

It requires an 16 or 32g SD card. To fix your other sdcard put it back into your linux computer and run parted /dev/sdX <where X is the card> and delete each partition

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KAsp3rd · Sep 20, 2013

DocHoliday77 said:
Congrats on the sticky! Well deserved! :thumbup:

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Thank you Doc. Going to deff get that video done this weekend

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cy_mpak · Sep 20, 2013

KAsp3rd said:
I'll take a look at it in the morning. Thanks for the link. Did you use doc's zip file to get the dump?

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No, i used adb to run dd. That phone do not have custom recovery (was new and I only rooted it).
Also I used 16Gb kingston microsd card

KAsp3rd · Sep 20, 2013

cy_mpak said:
No, i used adb to run dd. That phone do not have custom recovery (was new and I only rooted it).
Also I used 16Gb kingston microsd card

Hmmm... that is an odd one. All the partitions are showing the same size and locations as what I saw yesterday.

Code:

Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
   1            8192          131071   60.0 MiB    0700  modem
   2          131072          131327   128.0 KiB   FFFF  sbl1
   3          131328          131839   256.0 KiB   FFFF  sbl2
   4          131840          132863   512.0 KiB   FFFF  sbl3
   5          132864          136959   2.0 MiB     FFFF  aboot
   6          136960          137983   512.0 KiB   FFFF  rpm

Are you able to join me in IRC? I'd like to get you unbricked.

cy_mpak · Sep 20, 2013

KAsp3rd said:
Hmmm... that is an odd one. All the partitions are showing the same size and locations as what I saw yesterday.

Code:

Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name 1 8192 131071 60.0 MiB 0700 modem 2 131072 131327 128.0 KiB FFFF sbl1 3 131328 131839 256.0 KiB FFFF sbl2 4 131840 132863 512.0 KiB FFFF sbl3 5 132864 136959 2.0 MiB FFFF aboot 6 136960 137983 512.0 KiB FFFF rpm

Are you able to join me in IRC? I'd like to get you unbricked.

i can only check forum from time to time..

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