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Root [Virgin Mobile] Unrooting Virgin Mobile GS3

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cory1992

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I've tried everything including flashing a stock rom and hard resets everytime it leaves clockwork recovery on the phone no matter what I do, when I flash the stock rom it starts up and then when it goes to do a system update clockwork stops the update

any help would e great
 
Id ask in the Virgin root sub-forum man but flashing stock via Odin should install stock recovery. Why you wana unroot it though? Warranty?
 
OK but i havent found any Odin files that reset my phone back to stock all i've found is a sprint version which isnt right (obviously)
 
DragonSlayer95 said:
Moved over to virgins root forum :thumbup:

I see that the return to stock thread isn't working for you, I found this and it may be able to help you

How to Install,Return Back Original Stock ROM/Firmware on Samsung Galaxy S3 (S III GT-I9300, U.S and Canada) | Android Firmware Update

States that bells stock odin will work with VM as well.
Click to expand...

I just tried flashing and i get these messages

<ID:0/006> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> KIES_HOME_I747MVLDLK4_I747MOYCDLK4_538866_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/006> Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)..
<ID:0/006> File analysis..
<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/006> Initialzation..
<ID:0/006> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/006> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/006> sbl2.mbn
<ID:0/006> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/006> FAIL! (Auth)
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

I only have auto reboot on and f.reset on
my phone also says secure check fail sbl2
 
DragonSlayer95 said:
Moved over to virgins root forum :thumbup:

I see that the return to stock thread isn't working for you, I found this and it may be able to help you

How to Install,Return Back Original Stock ROM/Firmware on Samsung Galaxy S3 (S III GT-I9300, U.S and Canada) | Android Firmware Update

States that bells stock odin will work with VM as well.
Click to expand...

I actually just gave this a shot and it was a no-go for me. Got about 10 seconds in and returned:

<ID:0/013> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> KIES_HOME_I747MVLDLK4_I747MOYCDLK4_538866_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/013> Odin v.3 engine (ID:13)..
<ID:0/013> File analysis..
<ID:0/013> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/013> Initialzation..
<ID:0/013> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/013> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/013> sbl2.mbn
<ID:0/013> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/013>
<ID:0/013> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<ID:0/013> Added!!
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

On the phone side it gave me "SECURE CHECK FAIL : sb12" (or sbl2, the font is really small.) Any advice?

EDIT: Ok, found the correct file for this. Hotfile takes forever so I've taken the liberty of throwing it on google docs. Open Odin, plug in your GS3 and boot it into download mode, flash the PDA file, and you should be good to go.

DOWNLOAD:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwL_l8A9yhK_WWJlcVAwWlNXWDA/edit?usp=sharing
 
Ok tried what dragonslayer suggested and got the same error as krudsma then tried krudsma's method it all seems to work except that its running a half sprint setup i get virgin mobile service but all the extra stuff is sprint connected including the activate phone and the firmware the PLR and profile

edit: this actually solved my issue of not having any data service after the flash
 
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