[ODIN] Desktop ODIN ver 3.07 for use with Samsung Galaxy S III

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ODIN V3.07 for Galaxy SIII

Warning: Using ODIN can change your bootloader to show that the system is MODIFIED and may increase your ODIN flash count. This may void your Warrenty. There are currently no confirmed methods to reset the ODIN count or remove the Triangle and Modified tag. The current Triangle Away and JIG may or may not work. Use at your own risk! ~thanks to pinoymutt for the warning.

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK
I am not responsible for anything that happens due to you reading this thread!

In order to use Odin you will need the Samsung drivers:

Samsung USB Drivers (Needed for Odin to recognize your phone
Drivers from Samsung's Site OR Mirror


ODIN is for Windows users only - For Linus or Mac us Heimdall found HERE

Instructions for using odin

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NOTICE: I am not responsible for anything that may happen if you chose to use the below instructions... If your phone blows up... suck it up... and go buy new one!

Step 1: Download and Install Necessary Drivers
Drivers from Samsung's Site OR Mirror

Step 2: Download and Install Odin 3.04
Odin 3.04 OR Mirror

Step 3: On your Galaxy S3 got to Settings/Developer Options/USB Debuging -> check the box next to USB debugging -> say OK to security warning

Step 4: Turn your phone off

Step 5. Press Volume Down + Home (Center Button) + Power until the phone boots up to Warning screen

Step 6. Press Volume up once to enter download mode

Step 7. Open Odin3.04 by running as administrator and make sure all check boxes on in the Option section are unchecked except for Auto Reboot

Step 8. Plug your phone in to the USB cable and wait for the phone to be recognized by ODIN... When the phone is recognized the first rectangle under the Odin3 logo will turn yellow and show a com port

Step 9. Click on the PDA button and select your .tar file

Step 10. make sure no other boxes other than Auto-Reboot are checked and hit Start.

Step 11. Wait for the process to complete

MOST OF THE THINGS YOU WILL USE ODIN FOR (IE: ROMS & KERNELS) will use the PDA button - The Phone button is for Modems and Radios only and using it to flash anything else can and will brick your phone - In my time using ODIN I have never used Bootloader, CSC, UMS, or PIT files....

This prompted me to go check for an updated version of Heimdall (for Linux & MacOSX), but their site seems dead atm...

This should definitely be stickied.

Sent from my SGH-I777 soon to be SGH-747 using xda premium

Originally Posted by Artimus009

This should definitely be stickied.

Sent from my SGH-I777 soon to be SGH-747 using xda premium

Good idea - I will be doing a write up on how to use in the second post and some details about mobile odin as well

DRIVERS

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Here are the drivers that you will need and manual
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/ow...SGH-I747MBBATT

Originally Posted by sfernandez

Here are the drivers that you will need and manual
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/ow...SGH-I747MBBATT

thanks - I will go ahead and put the link in the main post and include a mirror to the drivers

When you say "select your .tar file" where do we get that from? Is that what we're gonna be downloading when we d/l a rom?

Yes... Tar files are what the kernels and ODINable ROMs will come as...

Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2

Originally Posted by 916x10

When you say "select your .tar file" where do we get that from? Is that what we're gonna be downloading when we d/l a rom?

On the GSII the only thing Odin was used for was to flash CWM the first time and then restoring the device to stock. Thats it. Most roms are typically a cwm flash able in my experience.

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