Well after my Samsung GSII got licked by a dog, a slow black was spreading across my screen like a cancer, I sent it to get fixed. Got it back and everything was working fine. But since my operator has a custom OS thats is Hebrew only, I usually flash a different ROM, this time I didn't even get to it. I rooted my phone, it worked, and when I was installing Clockworkmod recovery, my phone bricked, I fixed the brick by using a official Samsung OS, 2.3.6 I think, and this is where I think things went bad. First my phone started thinking its an Epic 4G, than a S1, a note, and now its back to thinking its an S2. Inside the OS my home button doesn't work, but I can access Recovery and Download, can't use home button in recovery though, it wont let me. And whenever I try to flash a different rom, Odin always gets stuck at "Nand Write Start!!" and than it says "Complete(write) operation failed", I have had no success with anything since than.
Summarized:
Home button works since I can access Download and Recovery, but I can't use it in recovery.
My phone keeps thinking its a different phone.
Odin wont let me flash anything with a "NAND write start!!" I have had success flashing kernels though.
Thanks in advance, I really dont wanna take my phone to be repaired again, only got it back yesterday
Why don't you start with the basics and tell us your exact model number (found under your battery) and what you've actually flashed on your phone since getting it back from repair to get you into this mess.
Models GT-I9100T
The only things ive flashed are:
Clockworkmod
And when I got into the brick mode I surfed the internet, and found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18859438&postcount=199
Which has also been flashed, and my friend told me to try N.E.A.K which has also been flashed, and a stock kernel. Thats all I think, if I remember anything else ill add it, but im pretty sure thats all.
In that case, you've flashed something meant for the I777 on your I9100T.
Flash a stock I9100T ROM and don't just flash willy nilly on your device in future lest you'll end up with an expensive paperweight.
Mind linking me one? i really dont wanna mess something up again.
Thanks in advance ^^
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Mind linking me one?
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I do, because your blatant disregard for the rules annoys me, but I guess I will anyway.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278 or http://www.samfirmware.com/
I don't really understand how you can mess up again, with the knowledge that you have an I9100T, not an I777 or any other random device you feel like flashing the firmware for.
Both me and you completly disregarded something, I still can't flash anything because it just stops at "Nand write start!!" and than says "complete(write) operation failed"
Archoson said:
Both me and you completly disregarded something, I still can't flash anything because it just stops at "Nand write start!!" and than says "complete(write) operation failed"
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If you are flashing using the correct tools and firmware and following the instructions .
Ok you cannot flash and the message is more or less probably telling you that the NAND is damaged .
Means a service centre replace motherboard .
jje
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Both me and you completly disregarded something, I still can't flash anything because it just stops at "Nand write start!!" and than says "complete(write) operation failed"
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Did you not do what oinkylicious sugested..
Flash a stock I9100T ROM and don't just flash willy nilly on your device in future lest you'll end up with an expensive paperweight.
So from the Samfirmware site, What firmware did you download
{EDIT} Opps Sorry JJEgan has come up with the correct response.
I tried flashing a GT-I9100t 2.3.6 stock rom, and a 4.0.3 stock rom both failed and are stuck at the exact same place.
NAND .
jje
I'm going to take that by that you mean I need a new mobo for it?
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I'm not noob to flashing or soft brick recovering but this has me confused...
I was running unNamed lastest for a lil while now. Everything was working fine until here recently, while stopped at a rest area checking a webpage my phone cut of and got stuck on a boot loop, only showing the kernal splash screen. Was like wtf? Tried pulling battery ,wiping cache and dalvik. No help. Was like that's fine, have a cwm back up from week ago. Nope didnt work. Was like ok let me try flashing something on my phone that's saved on sd. Flashed Miui, didn't work. Finally got back and tried using this Odin One click "Odin3 One-Click Downloader Stock I-777 UCKH7 with Root no BL" by entropy from the flashing without triggering flash counter guide. Still boot loops only showing the black Samsung Galaxy S II screen. This is after 3 what the odin says as 3 successful flash attempts.
I'm at my wits end, of all the soft bricking i've recovered from, where I assumed as long as a bad bootloader flash didn't happen and i could still get to download mode I'm fine, it could be fixed. But this has me stumped.
*After going into 3e recovery and trying to wipe data, it won't even now go back into 3e recovery. Attempts to but says something like deleting cryption meta data or something of that nature.
-confused-
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I'm not noob to flashing or soft brick recovering but this has me confused...
I was running unNamed lastest for a lil while now. Everything was working fine until here recently, while stopped at a rest area checking a webpage my phone cut of and got stuck on a boot loop, only showing the kernal splash screen. Was like wtf? Tried pulling battery ,wiping cache and dalvik. No help. Was like that's fine, have a cwm back up from week ago. Nope didnt work. Was like ok let me try flashing something on my phone that's saved on sd. Flashed Miui, didn't work. Finally got back and tried using this Odin One click "Odin3 One-Click Downloader Stock I-777 UCKH7 with Root no BL" by entropy from the flashing without triggering flash counter guide. Still boot loops only showing the black Samsung Galaxy S II screen. This is after 3 what the odin says as 3 successful flash attempts.
I'm at my wits end, of all the soft bricking i've recovered from, where I assumed as long as a bad bootloader flash didn't happen and i could still get to download mode I'm fine, it could be fixed. But this has me stumped.
*After going into 3e recovery and trying to wipe data, it won't even now go back into 3e recovery. Attempts to but says something like deleting cryption meta data or something of that nature.
-confused-
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The one-click downloader is NOT from me, it's a repack of my tar file - and it's starting to sound like the one-click is doing something weird and not flashing the kernel properly.
Use regular old Odin (or Heimdall) to flash the raw tar package.
I'll try it. Though I don't understand how I am in the position I am in from browsing the web on my phone to directly going into a hootloop that neither that odin one click will fix, or any cwm roms won't fix.
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I won't have access to computer till later today but I'm trying to figure out what could be wrong. I was thinking that maybe my partitions were bad, but doesn't that odin used, repartition, using a pit file (think that is what pit is for)? Although, this was not from a flash, but rebooted from a couple weeks old successful flash of unNamed while browsing the web so I don't see how that can be the problem. However, even if the partitions were bad, wouldn't odin fail a flash because it has no where to send the firmware files? Also if it was a type of hardware failure, such as processor, wouldn't it not even show the kernel Galaxy S II splash screen? Or is this something that only the gpu handles? It was able to get into cwm before I used the odin though so I can't believe it's cpu because I'm sure that recovery should use it. Just can't figure it out, never had a problem with a boot loop a flash couldn't fix.
If I can't get it to work, will flashing a stock kernel with cwm increment the flash counter? If not I guess I could access my internal sd, try and pull my pictures and the roms off there and then send it to warranty. However I really don't want to. Thanks to anyone in advance.
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Nerz said:
I won't have access to computer till later today but I'm trying to figure out what could be wrong. I was thinking that maybe my partitions were bad, but doesn't that odin used, repartition, using a pit file (think that is what pit is for)? Although, this was not from a flash, but rebooted from a couple weeks old successful flash of unNamed while browsing the web so I don't see how that can be the problem. However, even if the partitions were bad, wouldn't odin fail a flash because it has no where to send the firmware files? Also if it was a type of hardware failure, such as processor, wouldn't it not even show the kernel Galaxy S II splash screen? Or is this something that only the gpu handles? It was able to get into cwm before I used the odin though so I can't believe it's cpu because I'm sure that recovery should use it. Just can't figure it out, never had a problem with a boot loop a flash couldn't fix.
If I can't get it to work, will flashing a stock kernel with cwm increment the flash counter? If not I guess I could access my internal sd, try and pull my pictures and the roms off there and then send it to warranty. However I really don't want to. Thanks to anyone in advance.
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Ok so after flashing the odin file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432 it is still bootlooping at splash screen.
I'm not sure what my options are right now. I'm pretty sure bootloaders can't be the problem. I can't re-partition from odin because it says it can't open the specified file "(Line: 1828)". Is this because it doesn't have pit file? I don't understand how this problem manifested.
If I need to pull contents from sd card from cwm, will flashing a cwm kernal increment flash counter?
Don't repartition using a PIT, it's a great way to screw up your phone. (Hopefully you haven't flashed a PIT at all yet... If you have, I don't quite know what's going on.)
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Entropy512 said:
Don't repartition using a PIT, it's a great way to screw up your phone. (Hopefully you haven't flashed a PIT at all yet... If you have, I don't quite know what's going on.)
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Have yet to flash a pit file.
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I'm in the same situation, except with a Sprint GSII. Have you found a fix, yet?
Juq said:
I'm in the same situation, except with a Sprint GSII. Have you found a fix, yet?
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Hello there from colombia, i have the same thing over here, i`m stuck with a SGS SGH I777 the flash counter says 7 and either flashing CWM 5 or re-uploading stock room wont work, i have no way to buy a jig and it is pretty odd that im in a different country and i can`t send my phone for warranty repair, i`ve read all over and seems like there is no answer for this. Can anyone get rid of the Deleting Crytion Meta data?? this is all i get. ( and eternal boot loop ).
Thanks in advance.
hardgrid said:
Hello there from colombia, i have the same thing over here, i`m stuck with a SGS SGH I777 the flash counter says 7 and either flashing CWM 5 or re-uploading stock room wont work, i have no way to buy a jig and it is pretty odd that im in a different country and i can`t send my phone for warranty repair, i`ve read all over and seems like there is no answer for this. Can anyone get rid of the Deleting Crytion Meta data?? this is all i get. ( and eternal boot loop ).
Thanks in advance.
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Will try to help, but will need more specific information.
The OP of this thread started bootlooping while checking a web page in his browser. So, how did it happen for you? Please give as much exact information as possible. Was it after a flash? Or did it start while you were using the phone? Or how?
Mine was connected to an aftermarket car charger while it happened. I read a post somewhere and a couple ppl it happened to believed the same thing, since it was in my 30 day trail period I sent it back to Sams club and got my replacement today. Since I didn't have a jig at the time, I didn't want to flash a cwm kernel and increase my flash counter so I lost some pics of my kids.
Not sure if it was charger related but I couldn't find a fix and wouldn't really call myself a noob at flashing. Might have some things to learn nut far from a noob.
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Hey guys.
I have a GT- i9300, I rooted it in odin with CF root, no worries, installed foxhounds Rom with SiyahKernel. All was fine for a few weeks. My phone then randomly shut down one day and would not boot. (had not installed any 3rd party apps, custom upgrades or anything for a few days).
My phone now only boots to the Samsung splash screen. Will not boot into recovery mode either. Download mode still works
So i tried to re flash the kernel through odin but I get an error "no PIT partition"
Tried flashing a stock Firmware through odin, same error.
Tried flashing CWM again through Odin, same error,
Tried flashing CF root again in Odin, same error.
Any ideas please help???
I have looked all over the net for two days now and found some people with same problem but they have not fixed it yet.
Would a 3-part firmware work in Odin? If so I have downloaded countless ones only to find they are the single .tar file
3 part works via Odin.
jje
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Any idea where I can get one from? Every Rom I download is only the one .tar file.
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same problem here...
any help will be very appreciated...
tzujeff1008 said:
same problem here...
any help will be very appreciated...
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Hey Man, I have been searching the net for days now and trying countless different things in Odin but still no Luck. From what I have read if we can find a 3-part firmware +pit file and we flash them through Odin and tick re-partition it should fix it.
Problem being I cant find one, I have asked on other forums and asked Intratech himself but no response yet. If I figure it out though I'll let you know and you do the same for me hey?
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Hey Man, I have been searching the net for days now and trying countless different things in Odin but still no Luck. From what I have read if we can find a 3-part firmware +pit file and we flash them through Odin and tick re-partition it should fix it.
Problem being I cant find one, I have asked on other forums and asked Intratech himself but no response yet. If I figure it out though I'll let you know and you do the same for me hey?
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hey, no luck for me so far. I am from Taiwan. I have found 5-part stock firmware, which has pit, bootloader, phone, csc, PDA. But it gave me another error: Re-partition operation failed. It seems the partition table has been crashed.
I have returned it for repair(distributor), and I was told that the phone needs to replace the mainboard. And since they told me I have tried to install custom firmware or software, I no longer have the warranty. The fee is unacceptable high, almost half price of the phone.
I will take my phone back and send it to Samsung repair center. Wait and see if any different solutions Samsung can provide me.
I am still looking for other possible solutions, and if I found one, I definitely will share it with you.
The worse thing is the hardware damage. Hope it is not....
Hi,
I'm having the exact same issue...
It happened me after installing CM10 Prev. #4.. I tried to make a phone call to test the sound problem. and suddenly it rebooted into a boot-loop.
After that I tried to re flash the .zip file to get it booting again but i couldn´t even get into {install zip from internal SD Card]
Then i tried to go back to stock with Odin but didn't work..
Tried to repartition with different .pit files on different pc's with different OS. but nothing helped..
I'm planning on returning it too. I hope they will repair it...
i'll let you know and looking forward to hear something from you.
I ended up taking mine back and it got replaced under warranty
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tzujeff1008 said:
hey, no luck for me so far. I am from Taiwan. I have found 5-part stock firmware, which has pit, bootloader, phone, csc, PDA. But it gave me another error: Re-partition operation failed. It seems the partition table has been crashed.
I have returned it for repair(distributor), and I was told that the phone needs to replace the mainboard. And since they told me I have tried to install custom firmware or software, I no longer have the warranty. The fee is unacceptable high, almost half price of the phone.
I will take my phone back and send it to Samsung repair center. Wait and see if any different solutions Samsung can provide me.
I am still looking for other possible solutions, and if I found one, I definitely will share it with you.
The worse thing is the hardware damage. Hope it is not....
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Hello tzujeff1008
I have same problem & I couldn't find that ROM.
Thanks first of all & Please Give me link of that ROM or tell me where I can find that.
R4M30 said:
I ended up taking mine back and it got replaced under warranty
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mine too got repaired ,under warranty
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tzujeff1008 said:
mine too got repaired ,under warranty
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wo that nice ..hey after flashing.. have u dne trangle away? asking coz u have rootd and still u got replcement: S ???
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please pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease help me guys!!!!!!!!!!
my phone is ****ed up.
i was runing checkrom V3.5.connected device to AC charger(supplied charger) and then slept for 1 hour.
when iwake up my device stuck at samsung logo.
i can't enter recovery mode,just can go to download mode.i got there and tried to flash CF-root v6.4 with odin v1.85(in chainfire thread said),when i hit start in odin it fails and says there is no PIT partition.what should i do?
i downloaded odin from SAMMOBILE.COM, and in zip file there is PIT file.now what should i do?should i flash stock firmware?
it's important to say i had SGS2 before and i'm not noob.
pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease help me:crying::crying:
which .PIT file should i use?
GT-I9300_mx_20120220.pit
GT-I9300_mx_20120322.pit
GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit
M0_20120220.pit
mx.pit
can i try to flash phone via odin with .PIT file and kernel
boobool said:
please pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease help me guys!!!!!!!!!!
my phone is ****ed up.
i was runing checkrom V3.5.connected device to AC charger(supplied charger) and then slept for 1 hour.
when iwake up my device stuck at samsung logo.
i can't enter recovery mode,just can go to download mode.i got there and tried to flash CF-root v6.4 with odin v1.85(in chainfire thread said),when i hit start in odin it fails and says there is no PIT partition.what should i do?
i downloaded odin from SAMMOBILE.COM, and in zip file there is PIT file.now what should i do?should i flash stock firmware?
it's important to say i had SGS2 before and i'm not noob.
pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease help me:crying::crying:
which .PIT file should i use?
GT-I9300_mx_20120220.pit
GT-I9300_mx_20120322.pit
GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit
M0_20120220.pit
mx.pit
can i try to flash phone via odin with .PIT file and kernel
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You have no choice! Try every pits you got, you might get another error : Re-partition operation failed...
So far, I believe that is hardware damage, and there is nothing you can do but send it back for repair(replacement).
If you have run triangle away before the phone crashed, then you are lucky, You might get replacement under warranty.
I did that before broken. There was no counter, but showed custom rom in download mode.
So it is hard to judge if I flash custom rom or not. The second time I sent my phone back to same repair center, they finally did replacement for me for free.
Good luck to you, and hope it is not hardware damage.
tzujeff1008 said:
You have no choice! Try every pits you got, you might get another error : Re-partition operation failed...
So far, I believe that is hardware damage, and there is nothing you can do but send it back for repair(replacement).
If you have run triangle away before the phone crashed, then you are lucky, You might get replacement under warranty.
I did that before broken. There was no counter, but showed custom rom in download mode.
So it is hard to judge if I flash custom rom or not. The second time I sent my phone back to same repair center, they finally did replacement for me for free.
Good luck to you, and hope it is not hardware damage.
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many thanks for really complete answer brother.
tried to flash stock firmware.after 2 minutes odin said there is no pit partition.
again tried and this time with PIT file, happened what you expected ,it said Re-Partition operation failed.:crying::crying:
luckily i don't have yellow triangle and in download mode it says samsung official.so i think it's better to send it to a warranty service center.
another question i have is why does this problem appear ?
i just connected phone to the charger and slept for 1 hour.when i woke up saw samsung logo on phone and it happened what you know.
again thanks for your help brother.
boobool said:
many thanks for really complete answer brother.
tried to flash stock firmware.after 2 minutes odin said there is no pit partition.
again tried and this time with PIT file, happened what you expected ,it said Re-Partition operation failed.:crying::crying:
luckily i don't have yellow triangle and in download mode it says samsung official.so i think it's better to send it to a warranty service center.
another question i have is why does this problem appear ?
i just connected phone to the charger and slept for 1 hour.when i woke up saw samsung logo on phone and it happened what you know.
again thanks for your help brother.
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Did you try with GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit ? works fine for I9300 repartition...
boobool said:
many thanks for really complete answer brother.
tried to flash stock firmware.after 2 minutes odin said there is no pit partition.
again tried and this time with PIT file, happened what you expected ,it said Re-Partition operation failed.:crying::crying:
luckily i don't have yellow triangle and in download mode it says samsung official.so i think it's better to send it to a warranty service center.
another question i have is why does this problem appear ?
i just connected phone to the charger and slept for 1 hour.when i woke up saw samsung logo on phone and it happened what you know.
again thanks for your help brother.
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I connected phone to the charger over night, and when I woke up, it just happened.
I have no clue why this happens, just doubt if the charging system has flaw.
Great that I can share experience with you guys.
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Did you try with GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit ? works fine for I9300 repartition...
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tzujeff1008 said:
I connected phone to the charger over night, and when I woke up, it just happened.
I have no clue why this happens, just doubt if the charging system has flaw.
Great that I can share experience with you guys.
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thanks for responses brothers.
i tried 5 different pit files and one of them was GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit.
it didn't help.actually when inserting pit file in odin it says Re-partition operation failed. and when pit place in odin is empty it says there is no PIT partition.
i tried to flash 3 part stock rom,same result.
tried those methods with odin 3.04 and odin 1.85, both of them gave me same result.:crying::crying:
If you always search a 3 parts firmware, try this one:
http://hotfile.com/get/159511026/500faffb/47a90c3/I9300XXALE8_I9300OJVALE7_FWD.zip without and with pit file
(morocoo CSC i think), just in order to test if it's works.
If it is, you'll flash your firmware (CSC THR) here:
http://hotfile.com/get/164216390/500fb0d0/c94977c/I9300XXBLFB_I9300OJVBLF3_THR.zip
If don't work, use warranty...
Just letting you know that i had the Exact same problem.
When trying to flash (when in download mode) it would always error when trying to get the PIT information.
Nothing would work, besides from download mode. When trying to hard reset, it would get to the logo screen and immediately turn off.
It was rooted + cmw + no triangle away. So it could be easily seen that it rooted
I took it back to warranty.
It was a fault motherboard. That was the issue. They replaced it and re-flashed with stock os.
And it was covered under warranty (the best part).
Same I issue I think
Hi. I think I have the same problem with my unrooted, stock S3. (unbranded UK)
Just suddenly apopeared with the grey battery with the static "O" symbol in it, and when booting doesn't get past the first Samsung screen.
Can get into recovery mode, when trying Odin with XXBLG8 stock ICS ROM, I get the "no PIT partition" error.
Please tell me my phone isn't dead :crying:...
Cheers
Brad
YES, I KNOW THAT ALL QUESTIONS GO IN THE Q&A FORUMS BUT ITS HERE TO GET THE DEVELOPERS. SINCE I HAVEN'T FOUND ANY PERSON THAT CAN HANDLE SUCH SITUATION. (Please read ahead to take note of the problem clearly)
Please think of this as to help me (and other people who made these dead like this one). Don't comment "Questions go in the Q&A forum you friggin' NOOB". I know all of this stuff!!!!!
How it happened??:-
Rooted the phone using CF Root 6.4. Working "Perfectly"!
Did an OTA update (0.17MB) accidently. Encountered Random Reboots after then.
Then it won't boot at all
Stuck at the "GT-i9300" logo.
I HAVE THE NANDROID BACKUP BUT WON'T GO INTO THE RECOVERY SO ITS USELESS (is there any way to do it without the Recovery??)
Current situation:-
No Recovery. Tried Re-flashing the Official ROM and Re-rooting it. Either doesn't shows up or when shows up stays for 2 seconds and then goes to the GT-i9300 Logo.
Download mode is PRESENT.
Charges with NO PROBLEMS. Shows the Battery Logo going up and the Blue LED comes on too.
It once gave an error saying : "E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted."
It also gave a similar one in the above but with some other error. I didn't noticed it.
Odin Flashes WITHOUT any errors(no errors within the Odin). Writes the Firmware completely but unable to proceed due to some unknown reason.
I have tried these:-
Changed the NAND Memory Chip. Still the exact same problem. (Partition problem or something?)
J-Tagged it. No use!
Flashed all the Official ROMs via Odin.
Re-Rooted it. No use. Recovery isn't stable. Keeps rebooting after 2 seconds to the GT-i9300 Logo.
Please take this Question very seriously. Since its not just me with the same problem. There are many many other people with the same problem and with no solutions. Isn't this the main reason of XDA-Developer? Or is it just ROMs, Themes or Kernels? A person would be more happy if he gets his/her phone repaired instead of lying there on the desk and keeping those papers in there place and stop them being blown away from the fan!
For the moderators:- I know this isn't in the rules of the XDA to post a Question in the Android Development Section but this is here to summon all the ROM Developers and the Kernel Tweakers. Thank You for your valuable time!
Flash FULL ICS rom with .pit file
AusafSal said:
YES, I KNOW THAT ALL QUESTIONS GO IN THE Q&A FORUMS BUT ITS HERE TO GET THE DEVELOPERS. SINCE I HAVEN'T FOUND ANY PERSON THAT CAN HANDLE SUCH SITUATION. (Please read ahead to take note of the problem clearly)
Please think of this as to help me (and other people who made these dead like this one). Don't comment "Questions go in the Q&A forum you friggin' NOOB". I know all of this stuff!!!!!
How it happened??:-
Rooted the phone using CF Root 6.4. Working "Perfectly"!
Did an OTA update (0.17MB) accidently. Encountered Random Reboots after then.
Then it won't boot at all
Stuck at the "GT-i9300" logo.
I HAVE THE NANDROID BACKUP BUT WON'T GO INTO THE RECOVERY SO ITS USELESS (is there any way to do it without the Recovery??)
Current situation:-
No Recovery. Tried Re-flashing the Official ROM and Re-rooting it. Either doesn't shows up or when shows up stays for 2 seconds and then goes to the GT-i9300 Logo.
Download mode is PRESENT.
Charges with NO PROBLEMS. Shows the Battery Logo going up and the Blue LED comes on too.
It once gave an error saying : "E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted."
It also gave a similar one in the above but with some other error. I didn't noticed it.
Odin Flashes WITHOUT any errors(no errors within the Odin). Writes the Firmware completely but unable to proceed due to some unknown reason.
I have tried these:-
Changed the NAND Memory Chip. Still the exact same problem. (Partition problem or something?)
J-Tagged it. No use!
Flashed all the Official ROMs via Odin.
Re-Rooted it. No use. Recovery isn't stable. Keeps rebooting after 2 seconds to the GT-i9300 Logo.
Please take this Question very seriously. Since its not just me with the same problem. There are many many other people with the same problem and with no solutions. Isn't this the main reason of XDA-Developer? Or is it just ROMs, Themes or Kernels? A person would be more happy if he gets his/her phone repaired instead of lying there on the desk and keeping those papers in there place and stop them being blown away from the fan!
For the moderators:- I know this isn't in the rules of the XDA to post a Question in the Android Development Section but this is here to summon all the ROM Developers and the Kernel Tweakers. Thank You for your valuable time!
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Download *.tar file from sammobile. As you have download option live, you can flash the same with help of Odin (for ICS)
Flash A Stock ICS ROM with Odin.
Get them from Sammobile or from a thread with stock rom collections.
Even get an Galaxy S3 .pit file for odin.
That will fix it.
Just to keep you happy, Most Samsung Devices are unbrickable. As long as it boots, even if its in bootloop it can get fixed with odin.
Keep us updated.
Sorry, even questions like this go into the Q&A, that's where the devs are, aswell..
Anyway, go to this website and create an account.
Download latest JB/ICS ROM and get a .pit file. Open Odin and flash away..
Done, your phone is working again..
Moved to Q/A, there is no reason to post this in the development section.
That is the problem!! No one in the Q&A section answered like u guys have :/
All I get told was "give it to the Service Center".
Anyway! Which PIT file should I flash. A Procedure would be nice. My Last firmware was 4.0.4 don't know the number.
Ohk so I found it from the Nandroid Backup. It was I9300XXBLG8 I also found something written as IMM76D
But this was before the OTA update. Can someone tell me about the .pit file for it?
Which .pit file should I use?
bump?
AusafSal said:
bump?
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Changed the NAND Memory Chip how have you changed on board components .
Isn't this the main reason of XDA-Developer?
Nope its not a fix my phone forum .
JJEgan said:
Changed the NAND Memory Chip how have you changed on board components .
Isn't this the main reason of XDA-Developer?
Nope its not a fix my phone forum .
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I gave it to a person here in the phone market. He also J-tags it. He had a spare broken motherboard. he changed the NAND Flash Memory Unit by himself. He said it is in the same condition as it was before. So no problem to the NAND Flash Memory Unit is done.
Suggest that you join sammobile as posted and use stock firmware .
Sammobile has a forum and you may get more information regarding a PIT file there .
jje
JJEgan said:
Suggest that you join sammobile as posted and use stock firmware .
Sammobile has a forum and you may get more information regarding a PIT file there .
jje
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Hey! I didn't noticed its JJE!
I remembered u helped me alot in the previous Threads I made!
I downloaded the U.K version. Which is the one I had according to the Nandroid Backup I made.
I opened the "system.ext4.tar" by WinZip.
Saw a CSCVersion.txt file.
It had written "I9300OXABLG8" on it.
Also in the "build.prop" file (Opened by Notepad) I saw I9300XXBLG8 written aswell.
So I downloaded that one.
So I have only one Question:
Which PIT File should I put? :/
I see 5 of them :-
GT-I9300_mx_20120220.pit
GT-I9300_mx_20120322.pit
GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit
M0_20120220.pit
mx.pit
Which one?
should be the last one...
Why don't you just spare yourself numerous headaches by sending the phone in for repair? Just say it died on you or something.
Theshawty said:
Why don't you just spare yourself numerous headaches by sending the phone in for repair? Just say it died on you or something.
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No warranty bro! And I'll try tomorrow
btw If I do a wrong pit file. what are the consequences? :/
Mine is the 16GB one of United Kingdom. Non-Branded GT-i9300
AusafSal said:
No warranty bro! And I'll try tomorrow
btw If I do a wrong pit file. what are the consequences? :/
Mine is the 16GB one of United Kingdom. Non-Branded GT-i9300
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Anyone??
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Anyone??
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Wrong Pit possible brick .
jje
AusafSal said:
No warranty bro! And I'll try tomorrow
btw If I do a wrong pit file. what are the consequences? :/
Mine is the 16GB one of United Kingdom. Non-Branded GT-i9300
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If you flash the wrong pit file or if the pit file fails to flash, you might destroy your nand memory. The pit file is the partition table, hence you should be very careful.
Theshawty said:
If you flash the wrong pit file or if the pit file fails to flash, you might destroy your nand memory. The pit file is the partition table, hence you should be very careful.
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Ok so Im gonna give it to the Samsung Service Center first thing. I don't wanna completely Eff up my device :/
Gonna take the phone from the person I gave to and hope to God that the NAND change has made that flash counter to Zero :/
Hi! I had a really bad week trying to get rid of my self-inflicted bootloop issue. I tried so many things I'm not really sure anymore what I actually did to cause the problems that I am having now. Anyway, the current state is as follows:
When I try to flash any stock rom in Odin (1.85 or 3.07), I get "FAIL!" directly in the first box and the procedure stops.
When I try to flash with a PIT file Odin says "No PIT partition found" and fails.
When I try to flash just a new recovery in Heimdall, the flash succeeds but i still go into the same old recovery(!)
When I try to flash anything in Heimdall with repartition checked, the process fails.
When I try to flash using the Kies firmware recovery update-thing, it also fails.
I still can get into download mode and I still have the model number at the top (so no sudden death?)
I still can get into CWM recovery, but it is sort of unstable, some commands makes it freeze. Flashing/formatting in CWM does not get me out of the bootloop.
I do know I probably caused this myself by messing with the PIT files, feel free to lecture me on the subject if you must, but I think I have learnt my lesson already. The resaon I did it in the first place was I started out using Heimdall on my mac and did not have the brains to read out my own PIT but used one out of some guide. Since then I tried Odin on a couple of Windows machines, making sure to not connect to a usb-hub, making sure to have a proper cable and all that stuff..
So, the final question: Anything more to try before admitting total failure and giving it up for service?
No straight to a service center Samsung may repair under warranty .
jje
Probably not, since I have CWM recovery and also custom counter showing 4..
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Probably not, since I have CWM recovery and also custom counter showing 4..
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3rd party repair shop, replacement motherboard and some $$$ then.
why third party? Samsung may repair it, just not under warranty
Yeah suppose. All $$$$$$$$ though
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Have you tried Kies Firmware Upgrade and Installation process under Tools, it resets the phone, wipes the phone data, settings and installs the latest version of firmware for your phone, if that doesn't work then the other options have already mentioned above.
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Have you tried Kies Firmware Upgrade and Installation process under Tools, it resets the phone, wipes the phone data, settings and installs the latest version of firmware for your phone, if that doesn't work then the other options have already mentioned above.
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Yes, as i wrote in the first post
Ok, thanks guys, I guess it looks like I will be looking up where to send it for service. Thanks for your input!
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Yes, as i wrote in the first post
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No, what you wrote in your first post was Firmware Recovery which is different to Firmware Upgrade and Installation but if that's what you meant and it didn't work then guess your stuck with the repair centre.
Oops, yes sorry, thats what i meant!
The Aftermath...
So I just thought I would come back and tell the end of the storry..
Sent the phone in, marking the case as a non-warranty one since I had custom recovery and nonzero rom counter. One week later I get it back and, lo and behold, didn't have to pay anything as the repair was marked as a warranty case anyway by the technicians. Also, the description says the repair was successfully carried out according to my complaint (software failure, can't boot, permanent). However it also said they replaced some errornous electronics part.
Really surprised, but I'm not complaining! :victory:
Yeah you've been lucky
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Its always going to depend upon the guy picking the phone up to repair good day bad day .
Samsung wont pay service centre unless their is an actual repair to the phone . Turn to many rooted phones away and you lose money .
jje
Long story short, I was trying to install a new rom onto my phone and odin failed. Now I can't do anything but access the download menu. Smart switch says my phone is unrecognizable and I can't get anything to pass on odin. I don't know what to do and I'm at a wits end. I spent over $400 on this phone which is a ton of money for me. If anybody can help me get out of this mess, I would be so grateful.
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Long story short, I was trying to install a new rom onto my phone and odin failed. Now I can't do anything but access the download menu. Smart switch says my phone is unrecognizable and I can't get anything to pass on odin. I don't know what to do and I'm at a wits end. I spent over $400 on this phone which is a ton of money for me. If anybody can help me get out of this mess, I would be so grateful.
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So what firmware are you trying to flash? What model do you have? Which region are you in, is the phone carrier locked? Answer these and we will take it from there
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So what firmware are you trying to flash? What model do you have? Which region are you in, is the phone carrier locked? Answer these and we will take it from there
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Well, I managed to fix it on my own, but I probably screwed it up even worse now. I have the SM-G925; it's international as well and unlocked. Unfortunately, when I fixed it I got mad because it said it was still rooted, and I checked up nand erase all on Odin like an idiot. Now it's stuck on the samsung logo and won't boot after I try to install new firmware. (I have the firmware I need) is there anything I can do, or do I have a new brick?
EDIT: I don't know if this helps, but I can install TWRP on it and access the download menu. I've been reading that I need a pit file or something, right?
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Well, I managed to fix it on my own, but I probably screwed it up even worse now. I have the SM-G925; it's international as well and unlocked. Unfortunately, when I fixed it I got mad because it said it was still rooted, and I checked up nand erase all on Odin like an idiot. Now it's stuck on the samsung logo and won't boot after I try to install new firmware. (I have the firmware I need) is there anything I can do, or do I have a new brick?
EDIT: I don't know if this helps, but I can install TWRP on it and access the download menu. I've been reading that I need a pit file or something, right?
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What firmware are you trying to flash and I can post you the PIT file? How long are you leaving it on the Samsung logo at boot? I as because the first time it can take around 10-15 minutes to boot
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What firmware are you trying to flash and I can post you the PIT file? How long are you leaving it on the Samsung logo at boot? I as because the first time it can take around 10-15 minutes to boot
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I'm actually so stupid. I just waited a lot longer this time and it seemed to go through. I felt like it was taking a lot longer than a usual firmware flash. It went through this time. Thanks for your patience, however.