Shabbypenguin
Extreme Android User
added mf2 thanks to hackler007 for pulling the tar from kies
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[SGS3-R530M] Return to stock & reset your flash counter
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thatguy96
Android Enthusiast
You can use mobile Odin pro...
Shabbypenguin
Extreme Android User
you can use mobile odin to flash this, just be warned mobile odin doesnt flash bootloaders so if you ever decide to flash cm you wont be able to 
ironlung
Member
ironlung
Member
you can use mobile odin to flash this, just be warned mobile odin doesnt flash bootloaders so if you ever decide to flash cm you wont be able to
So I won't be able to flash recovery?
Shabbypenguin
Extreme Android User
no you can, just wanted to warn you since mobile odin doesnt flash bootloaders and aosp roms have been requiring certain bootloaders on many devices due to compatibility
ironlung
Member
Gotcha. I would only flash this tar in the event that I had to sell this phone, which I might do since I plan on switching to T-Mobile. T-Mobile also said they would buy the phone from me so I would prolly flash it for that too. Thanks for the help shabby
I thought certain new phones run on T-Mobile network now but only in select cities. Isn't that how metro is able to sell the s4 and the different colored s3?
ironlung
Member
I am sure they do, but my wife is leaving att and its cheaper for us to do T-Mobile than for us to do metro. She has an iPhone 5, and she refuses to come over to android so I am stuck taking her to T-Mobile. You know what they say, happy wife happy life
dcap0187
Well-Known Member
Anyone leaving att makes me happy, att has been voted three years in a row for worst in customer satisfaction. God knows they bent me over for a couple years .That's when att was bellsouth, then Cingular. I've been with metro since it was available in Miami around early 2000.
Definitely. I'll actually be adding family to my plan soon, granted AT&T follows through. You can use an unlocked iPhone on metro in certain cities now. It's up on the main metro page.
Shabbypenguin
Extreme Android User
Always entertaining to log in and see new likes on the first posts. its kind of liking signing your name to "crap i broke my phone, gutta fix it now" guest book 
Sovereignty
Lurker
Thank you so much for having this stuff available! I replaced the vibration motor on the SGS3 from Metro last night and for some reason I lost the ability to make phone calls. I can connect to the internet and browse the web, but can't make or receive any calls or texts. I am going to try to flash it back to stock to see if this corrects it.
Sovereignty
Lurker
So I still can't make any calls after flashing back to stock. Anyone have anywhere they can point me to correct this?
Sovereignty
Lurker
I had this issue when I tried using a different stock ROM. Make sure that you have the file in the PDA field with only Reboot and Time Reset checked. I haven't tried the ROM you were describing, but I can confirm that the LJ1 ROM from this post does work.
n4zty
Android Expert
Metro boot up screen sticks for two or three min u know it's about to enter home screen once bottom soft lights light up. I suggest waiting a maximum of 5 min just to be sure.
johnpro112
Well-Known Member
Hey Shabby,
None of the tar links work on your site for a stock image of a MetroPCS GS3
None of the tar links work on your site for a stock image of a MetroPCS GS3
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Odin Keeps Failing. I've tried multiple times & with different .tar files as well. Every time I double click a .tar file, it opens with the yellow exclamation shown in the bottom center of the picture. Some direction please. I can boot into download mode, and I lost TWRP. So I'm trying to get back to stock.
Shabbypenguin
Extreme Android User
odd it seems the tar isnt complete when you download it. you said this has happened multiple times have you checked md5sum's with the file you download vs what you have?
PRkid
Android Enthusiast
So I just wanted to go back to stock. My phone was not bricked or semi-bricked at all. I tried this method, but it kept giving me the "Fail" message on Odin. My phone said "do not turn off the target" (something like that) and guess what I did? Turned it off -__- Idk why I did it. I was just desperate. Now when I turn my phone on, it says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again". I hold the power button for about 9 seconds, the phone restarts but goes back to that message saying to go through kies. Is there anything else I can do? Or is that it for my phone? 
Shabbypenguin
Extreme Android User
redo the process, try a diff usb cable, diff usb port. odin is and can be a tricky program to "please"So I just wanted to go back to stock. My phone was not bricked or semi-bricked at all. I tried this method, but it kept giving me the "Fail" message on Odin. My phone said "do not turn off the target" (something like that) and guess what I did? Turned it off -__- Idk why I did it. I was just desperate. Now when I turn my phone on, it says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again". I hold the power button for about 9 seconds, the phone restarts but goes back to that message saying to go through kies. Is there anything else I can do? Or is that it for my phone?
PRkid
Android Enthusiast
I re-downloaded the TAR file. I guess it didnt finish downloading for some odd reason. Followed the stops that you gave, and it worked great! Thanks
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