HELP! Bricked my GS3

pizzlewizzle

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Background: My phone is rooted. I haven't touched any files pertaining to the system nor have I tried removing any bloatware. I haven't flashed any ROMs or done anything crazy to where this should happen. I rooted my phone by flashing the superuser zip file in clockwork recovery. My phone was rooted for over 24 hours and functioning fine prior to bricking. I currently can get into download mode but not CWM recovery.

Out of nowhere the other day my phone started showing up as having no service. I reset my phone and it would freeze on where it says Galaxy S III. I cant get into clockwork to restore a backup but i was able to get into Download mode and connect to Odin. I pushed the boot-stock-sprint-sph-l710.rar from (dont have enough posts to post links) and my phone booted up. After booting up the battery wouldn't charge. A warning showed up saying battery charging is paused because the battery temperature was too low(or too high i cant remember)...I turned my phone off and when i turned it back on its started freezing on Galaxy S III again. I tried pushing the boot-stock-sprint-sph-l710.rar in Odin again but it still freezes at Galaxy S III. I also noticed someone else having the same issue as me. Anyone have any ideas on what i could do to fix this problem??

Thanks in advance.
 
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gtuansdiamm

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You can't use rar files in Odin
Unzip and there should be a .tar or .tar.md5
Use that in odin


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pizzlewizzle

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Thanks for the reply...Sorry, I guess i had a typo. The file from mskip's post is a .tar file and I tried flashing that and it originally worked(umm well sort of) after i flashed the stock boot image it originally rebooted and all seemed to be alright. After rebooting again it bricked and now flashing the stock boot image does nothing.
 
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