Please help a noob!
Hey guys! Let me first start off by saying hello! I’ve been a lurker on this site for a while but need your expertise and advice today. I have searched high and low here and can’t find anything that helps this situation.
I have a Verizon Galaxy SIII that I am trying to roll back to ML1 in order to safeboot and safestrap the device. I have tried both methods listed in the OP but both fail every time I’ve tried.
Here are my phone specs:
Model: SCH-I535
Android Ver: 4.3
Baseband Ver: I535VRUCNC1
When using Odin ver 3.07 or 3.09 and the supplied firmware file it fails after rpm.mbn… When it fails I have to run the PIT function with the supplied .pit in order to get it to boot up again.
Here is the Odin log file:
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> ALL_I535VRUCML1_I535VZWCML1_2198062_REV09_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/003> sbl1.mbn
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/003> sbl2.mbn
<ID:0/003> sbl3.mbn
<ID:0/003> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/003> rpm.mbn
<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
The Verizon utility method is a little vaguer in how it fails. I am able to connect to the device and start the process but it fails at 83% every time saying the device has been disconnected or unplugged. Looking at the phone, it is on the download screen just as it was when I started. After the failure I have to run the Odin PIT just like the other method to return the phone to a usable state.
I have installed the USB unifying drivers and everything seems to connect to Kies just fine. I don’t think it’s a USB issue but could be wrong!? I have tried multiple ports on my computer…
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!