[GUIDE]Unbrick a Hard Bricked SPRINT Galaxy S3 (Without JTAG)

[TheKryptonite]

Would having an extremely low battery affect me gaining dl mode with this method?

I have written the img many, many times in various ways on a 16gb class 10 microsd and attempted many orders of plugging in the battery, sd, and pc cable (then holding vol down + home + power for 10-15 sec) yet am having no success gaining dl mode. I do, however, hear Windows trying to recognize the device on each attempt and get the red led when plugged in without battery. I hard bricked my SPH-L710 while trying to fix a loud mic issue with Cyanogenmod 11, two days ago. I did it while my battery was probably below 5%.

My battery was dead and it worked for me. What version were you running before it hard bricked?

 

[willjzuke]

My battery was dead and it worked for me. What version were you running before it hard bricked?

cm-11-20140608-SNAPSHOT-M7-d2lte

I was trying to install Boeffla Sound Control via .zip in TWRP. Turns out I must have attempted to install a CM11 - i9300 kernal since I now don't see any for SPH-L710. Bad idea!

 

[TheKryptonite]

No, I mean 4.1.2, 4.3, or 4.4. I'm assuming you're running 4.4. If so, it's probably not working because you aren't using the 4.4 debrick image.

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[willjzuke]

No, I mean 4.1.2, 4.3, or 4.4. I'm assuming you're running 4.4. If so, it's probably not working because you aren't using the 4.4 debrick image.

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Thank you for responding, TheKryptonite. The Cyanogenmod I had was built on 4.4.2. I have been attempting to debrick using the file linked in this OP which is from gTan64's OP (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2345860). I apologize for asking but am I able to get the appropriate img?

 

[TheKryptonite]

Thank you for responding, TheKryptonite. The Cyanogenmod I had was built on 4.4.2. I have been attempting to debrick using the file linked in this OP which is from gTan64's OP (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2345860). I apologize for asking but am I able to get the appropriate img?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2740469

You can thank me by hitting the "Thanks" buttons

 

[roirraW "edor" ehT]

Thank you for responding, TheKryptonite. The Cyanogenmod I had was built on 4.4.2. I have been attempting to debrick using the file linked in this OP which is from gTan64's OP (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2345860). I apologize for asking but am I able to get the appropriate img?

The debrick image has to match the latest version of stock TouchWiz you've put on your phone, it won't matter what the most recent non-stock ROM version of Android is.

[BATTERY] Plasma Battery! ??? & wickeddecimalbarwide_colors

Charging still shot

n00b-xda-disciple's Wicked X Video review

Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy SIII on TouchWiz 4.4.2 with Conquest: Singularity v2.2, Ktoonsez' latest kernel and the latest Philz Touch Recovery.

 

[willjzuke]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2740469

You can thank me by hitting the "Thanks" buttons

DL Mode success! This 4.4 kitkat img worked immediately. Thanks, TheKryptonite!

After using Odin to flash this 4.4.2 from the OP (http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SPH-L710) then flashing CF-Auto-Root I'm unable to access SuperSU (message: "Unfortunately, SuperSE has stopped."), YouTube (same) ...and other bugs. I know this is getting off-topic but any recommendations/other forums I should read?

 

[TheKryptonite]

DL Mode success! This 4.4 kitkat img worked immediately. Thanks, TheKryptonite!

After using Odin to flash this 4.4.2 from the OP (http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SPH-L710) then flashing CF-Auto-Root I'm unable to access SuperSU (message: "Unfortunately, SuperSE has stopped."), YouTube (same) ...and other bugs. I know this is getting off-topic but any recommendations/other forums I should read?

No problem.

Try reinstalling SuperSU, if you can.

 

[roirraW "edor" ehT]

DL Mode success! This 4.4 kitkat img worked immediately. Thanks, TheKryptonite!

After using Odin to flash this 4.4.2 from the OP (http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SPH-L710) then flashing CF-Auto-Root I'm unable to access SuperSU (message: "Unfortunately, SuperSE has stopped."), YouTube (same) ...and other bugs. I know this is getting off-topic but any recommendations/other forums I should read?

Or Odin the very latest Philz Touch Recovery tar.md5 and use its re-root option in its settings.

[BATTERY] Plasma Battery! ??? & wickeddecimalbarwide_colors

Charging still shot

n00b-xda-disciple's Wicked X Video review

Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy SIII on TouchWiz 4.4.2 with Conquest: Singularity v2.2, Ktoonsez' latest kernel and the latest Philz Touch Recovery.

 

[willjzuke]

Or Odin the very latest Philz Touch Recovery tar.md5 and use its re-root option in its settings.

I now have a fully-working, bug-free phone after a hard-brick thanks to all the great people on xda-developers!

In case anyone can benefit from my situation... I finally gained access to DL Mode after using the appropriate debrick.img for my hard-bricked SPH-L710 running Android 4.4 Kit-Kat (which is not the .img file provided in this original post). Without installing any .md5 or doing anything from Odin or Recovery Mode I was able to reboot with SD card in back to my Cyanogenmod 11 rom with all data completely still intact! So I backed up all important data onto my PC. There were some non-functioning programs (such as the inability to get any cell signal) so I used "pda" on Odin to flash a stock 4.4 Samsung rom. That gave me cell use and the ability to reboot without SD but then even more programs were non-functional. I installed Philz Touch Recovery which then allowed me to re-install/fix SuperSu. Other programs still malfunctioned so I re-installed the stock rom in Odin but still had problems. I finally went to Recovery Mode, formated my data, and put the phone back to factory reset. Now everything is up and running, perfectly!

Thanks, again!

 

[das_webos_transformer]

I'd venture to say that heimdall works for our device, and by using that you can get away with just Linux. Don't know if it's been mentioned or not, however it's worth mentioning again. http://glassechidna.com.au/heimdall/

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[TheKryptonite]

Can anyone confirm or deny this would work on a Verizon S4?? I am determined to brink this dead as a zombie thing back to life without JTag. It has ZERO response of any sort, no download mode, nothing. I have tested the board with a multi meter, and countless things test out fine.

I've also fully charged the battery in another S4 and they used it and it lasted all day like it should, the battery isn't the issue.

Thanks!

-Jessica

If you could get a debrick image for the S4, I'm assuming it would.

 

[jjayno2003]

Nope. Doesn't work.... with help from Surge, I'll get this working on the S4. I have every debrick image for the S4 if anyone needs it. Thanks for the Original creator of this.

ineed help have a hARD brick for boost/sprint no img file worked for me

 

[ngMondo]

Resource Busy Fix

I used my macbook to flash this to a 16GB microSD card, and it worked perfectly!

I just had to change the wording in terminal, and unmount the card first.

"sudo su" (then entered password)

"diskutil list" (to find the specific memory card drive path)

"unmount /dev/disk1" (where "/dev/disk1" is the path to your microSD card)

"dd if=debrick_sph_l710.img of=/dev/disk1" (where "/dev/disk1" is the path for the microSD card)

just figured I would share my experience of the minute differences using Mac OSX.

In case you get "Resource Busy", unmount the partition's of the disk in Disk Utility:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=384730

 

[jjayno2003]

I just sent you a PM

I used TheKryptonight file flashed it to my sdcard using Windows no Ubuntu and it booted in to DL mode n I'm all gd now and I was on liquidsmooth 4.4.4 was on boost gs3 hope it helps

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[SANDBRO]

Need help, hard bricked r530u,4.12

Hi bros, I got my R530U hard bricked, it ran on 4.12, 16G.
At first, I just wanted to have it rooted, and then I flashed a recovery-cw6.0.2.3-r530u.tar downloaded form a domestic forum with Odin, and it could go into recovery mode, then I made the mistake, I flashed another openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.0-d2usc.tar in the recovery mode which was found in an website for R530U, and then the phone rebooted and never started again, no recovery mode, no download mode any more.
When connected via usb with no battery, red light turns on; and if battery plugged, red light turns off within seconds.
Then I searched the internet an found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2345860&page=63 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=54289551 threads, and almost read all the threads.
First, I downloaded 3 debrick imgs for R530U
https://app.box.com/SCH-R530U SCH-R530U_MJA_Debrick.bin
http://upload.teamuscellular.com/5Dd backup.bin
this from xda, in googledrive, uscell-debrick-SCHR530.bin
The first 2 can be written into SD card, but the 3rd would not, I got screenshot in the attached 7z.
Hopefully I have been using linux for some years, Kbuntu, 12.04. the command as below:
[email protected]:~$ sudo dd if=/home/fan/桌面/img/SCH-R530U_MJA_Debrick.bin of=/dev/mmcblk0
记录了262144+0 的读入
记录了262144+0 的写出
134217728字节(134 MB)已复制，59.2264 秒，2.3 MB/秒
But that never got my phone responded, maybe I need a debrick img of 4.12, anyone could help?

 

[DarkAngel]

@SANDBRO

You need the specific debrick for your device. You need someone with who you are serviced through with the same phone to provide a debrick image for you.

 

[Whanksta]

Will this method still work if I had already did a factory reset and system format via rom manager prior bricking it with a firmware zip flash?

Galaxy-S-fre3-MD4FirmwareModemAIO

 

[mtigrek]

I have a hard bricked at&t galaxy note (sgh-i717). If I make my own image from my friends note (which is the same) will it work?
Thanks.

 

[jpetrone]

I have a hard bricked at&t galaxy note (sgh-i717). If I make my own image from my friends note (which is the same) will it work?
Thanks.

@mtigrek

Looks like it would, based on @DarkAngel's post.

@SANDBRO

You need the specific debrick for your device. You need someone with who you are serviced through with the same phone to provide a debrick image for you.