Help please - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi Folks,
I flashed Foxhound 1.4.1 earlier and tried to flash CF-Root-SGS3-v6.4.tar with Mobile Odin so I could use ClockWorkMod to its full extent, but the phone is now stuck in a bootloop - the Mobile Odin logo appears then it quickly reboots.
I've tried removing the battery and starting in Recovery mode and Download mode, but the Mobile Odin flashing logo comes on no matter what I try.
I've even tried connecting the phone to my PC and running Odin, but it doesn't recognise the phone
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Robbie

floydart said:
Hi Folks,
I flashed Foxhound 1.4.1 earlier and tried to flash CF-Root-SGS3-v6.4.tar with Mobile Odin so I could use ClockWorkMod to its full extent, but the phone is now stuck in a bootloop - the Mobile Odin logo appears then it quickly reboots.
I've tried removing the battery and starting in Recovery mode and Download mode, but the Mobile Odin flashing logo comes on no matter what I try.
I've even tried connecting the phone to my PC and running Odin, but it doesn't recognise the phone
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Robbie
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I would pull the battery, wait 30 seconds and reinsert the battery, go in downloadmode if possible and flash a stock rom with Odin. Than reroot with CF Root. If not possible try a jig to get in downloadmode. Good luck :fingers-crossed:

Enter into recovery mode , run wipe data , factory reset , reboot. mobile odin logo should disappear. Enters into download mode, flash new firmware stock samsung. http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/

gee2012 said:
I would pull the battery, wait 30 seconds and reinsert the battery, go in downloadmode if possible and flash a stock rom with Odin. Than reroot with CF Root. If not possible try a jig to get in downloadmode. Good luck :fingers-crossed:
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Thank you
I've just been told that dinner's ready, so will leave the battery out until after that.
If I need to buy a jig, can you please recommend the best place to pick one up?

floydart said:
Thank you
I've just been told that dinner's ready, so will leave the battery out until after that.
If I need to buy a jig, can you please recommend the best place to pick one up?
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Look on ebay or something like that. They are for sale there.

gee2012 said:
Look on ebay or something like that. They are for sale there.
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I managed to get into Download mode and reflashed CF-Root with Odin.
Thanks for the advice

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[Q] Galaxy I9100 bricked - Request help

Hi Everyone,
Need help with my I9100 which doesn't boot. I got this phone yesterday and was using it fine. Today i installed Kies and it prompted to upgrade firmware. I researched and found that it had improvements in battery life and decided to go for it. It downloaded the firmware and everything went fine until it prompted saying firmware upgrade failed and asked me to do firmware emergency recovery.
I googled to see more info regarding this error and couldnt get much information. Decided to go ahead with recovery as instructed. Again i got error " Firmware emergency recovery stopped due to GT-I9199 error". If the problem persistes please contact samsung service center.
Please suggest if this is recoverable error and any links to proceed and have a working phone.
Currently when i power on, i get a logo of phone connected to PC with yellow bang in middle. Any pointers much appreciated....
Thanks.
Don't worry, I think you can fix this yourself using ODIN. I mean, flash a custom rom through Download mode. (Turn the phone off, hold Volume Down + Home + Power for 4 seconds)
In this mode you can flash any kind of rom without doing your phone any harm. Just go to the Rom Development forum and choose your rom. I suggest Lightning Rom, because it uses ODIN, and has a very well-explained tutorial.
You can also flash a stock rom, you can get it from the Stock Rom thread, and flash that through ODIN.
Or get it fixed by Samsung and wait two weeks. (where they use exactly the same program, ODIN, to reflash the stock rom)
Look here
And here
And finally here
If all that doesn't work, take it back to samsung.
Also, KIES is a PoS, use Odin in future
Yep, KIES may look all official and reliable, but it actually seems to brick some SGS2's.
Thanks for the info's. Will try them and update soon.
No luck. I tried multiple times to update ROM using ODIN in download mode. Everytime it says NAND write operation failed and comes out. I am searching to see if any other option left before i take it back to samsung
Don't forget to try it with a different computer. Sometimes it's not the phone, it's the PC or the USB port.
Also, you can try flashing with Heimdall instead of Odin.
First of all;
Yellow triangle means you are running custom kernel/rom.
Press home+volume down and then power, to get into download mode , on your phone. If that works, take battery out, to stop it.
Go to:
Samfirmware.com
Download firmware from there. It is a rar file, I think. Open rar file to see what is in. 5 files? The biggest file has all of the other files in it.
Install via Odin. Select pda in Odin and select the biggest file from the rar.
Put your phone into download mode, connect usb and run Odin.
Adrian.
SGS2 I9100
Lite'nin rom 3.2
Make sure that all kies processes are closed or odin will fail.
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Keis? Hmm.
Adrian.
SGS2 I9100
Lite'nin rom 3.2
it gets worse...
my brother let the battery fall out of his S 2 while flashing with odin, now it wont power on in any mode, the PC wont recognise it at all, when i plug in the charger the phone gets hot, but does nothing.... whats the recovery method? or is it dead well and truly...
mightygoose said:
my brother let the battery fall out of his S 2 while flashing with odin, now it wont power on in any mode, the PC wont recognise it at all, when i plug in the charger the phone gets hot, but does nothing.... whats the recovery method? or is it dead well and truly...
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You can buy a usb jig, specially designed to put you phone into download mode. Search for it on ebay. Take the battery out, plug in usb jig, replace battery and it should boot into download mode. If it does not, then the phone is dead.
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[Q] Verizon Galaxy Tab LTE 10.1 Dead

Hi there.. well, after trying to make my tab come back to life, I think I finally destroyed it. Can't get to Recovery mode (Blank screen) and Download mode does not connect anymore to the computer... it also goes to blank and then restarts the tablet itself when I hit the "Volume up" button.
If I hit the Power+volume down, it goes to this message: "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again"
So... am I dead??
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
Moving to Q&A
Guys really no one has any idea?
Just wondering if I am the only one with a dead tablet
vectorcharlie said:
Just wondering if I am the only one with a dead tablet
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Mines not dead and I can get to download with Power+VolulmeUP, but I can't get to recovery mode.
After selecting Android+Box, screen goes blank then Tab shuts down instead of recovery mode.
This was after trying to root using youtube video. Everything went fine until the last reboot into recovery. Now no recovery mode.
If you can get into download mode try and flash the stock kernel and Rom back through odin
Also have you tried recovery mode with kies, A dead tab is not useful =/
Danisflying said:
A dead tab is not useful =/
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It CAN be... paperweight, coaster, frisbee, mirror... the list goes on...
Danisflying said:
If you can get into download mode try and flash the stock kernel and Rom back through odin
Also have you tried recovery mode with kies, A dead tab is not useful =/
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No I haven't tried Kies for that, I didn't know you could! I'll read the Kies help file to learn what to do.
I did use odin to start the rooting and couldn't finish because it wouldn't go into recovery mode for the final step. I'm a real noob, so when you say flash the stock kernel, do you mean get a stock kernel to flash with odin?
Mine is a 4g lte. Thanks!
Danisflying said:
If you can get into download mode try and flash the stock kernel and Rom back through odin
Also have you tried recovery mode with kies, A dead tab is not useful =/
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The problem is that ODIN or Windows7 for that matter does not recognize the tablet... the only way to recognize the tables is through APX.
Have anybody solved this problem. My galaxy tab LTE 4G has bricked after i up a wrong rom. I cannot turn it on, nothing happen when i push power button
olddullguy said:
No I haven't tried Kies for that, I didn't know you could! I'll read the Kies help file to learn what to do.
I did use odin to start the rooting and couldn't finish because it wouldn't go into recovery mode for the final step. I'm a real noob, so when you say flash the stock kernel, do you mean get a stock kernel to flash with odin?
Mine is a 4g lte. Thanks!
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on post #15 in this link,you will get a stock recovery for tab 4g lte
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16804945#post16804945
or you can try flash everything back to stock in this link
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/7718-romleakodineg01-factory-stock-odin-image-vzw-lte-tab-101/
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[Q] How to unbrick samsung galaxy s2

Having recently installed a miui rom, i found that my phone has become brocked. I can go to dwonload mode, and I can turn it on but there is only a blank screen. Does anyone know how to unbrick it?
Thanks
go into download mode open up ODIN and flash a stock ROM. Simple as that.
you should buy a jig to get download mode. Did you tried recovery mode ?
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nikkox988 said:
you should buy a jig to get download mode. Did you tried recovery mode ?
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He said he can access Download mode which means he can flash a stock ROM and all will be good.
I can't seem to go into recovery mode
thealmightysaj said:
I can't seem to go into recovery mode
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to get recovery get into download mode open Odin and flash CF-Root Kernel and then try to get into download mode that way.
I flashed the CF Root Kernel (XW_CLK_KF3), but it failed in Odin
thealmightysaj said:
I flashed the CF Root Kernel (XW_CLK_KF3), but it failed in Odin
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are you flashing it through PDA? Just checking I didnt on accident once. Also try just flashing a stock ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1224423
onli flashing pda wont work i thinkk... you may need to repartition
go to http://androidflip.com/android-2-3-4-gingerbread-xxkg3-firmware-update-for-samsung-galaxy-s2/
flash it by repartitioning
download the package in it. it worked for me
Where can I find the stock ROM for a Bell Samsung GS2?
try samfirmware.com
they have all of the official released firmwares based on geographical region.
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
I have unbricked my phone but i can't access the android market, everytime time i open up the app it closes
my t-mobile galaxy s2 is dead after ICS upgrade failed
i am noobi. my galaxy s2 went through 2 stages before becoming dead.
1. i tried to flash I9100XXLPQ_I9100OXALPQ_I9100XXLPQ_HOME.tar using odin. it got stuck in connection mode. then failed. when rebooted the phone, i got a message "firmware upgrade encountered an issue".
2. now, odin still sees it. I tried different ROMs then the phone becomes dead. the phone is dead even after pressing the vol up+vol dn or any other key combination.
Now, windows 7 reports driver error when connecting the phone via usb. Linux sees the Qualcom modem, but heimdall failed to detect the phone. Any suggestion beside throwing my phone in trash is appreciated.
If you can't get into download mode (home/power/volume down), only thing you can try before you send it back to Samsung or get it JTAG repaired is a jig, which unfortunately is unlikely to work. Still worth a try tho.
hbarri said:
i am noobi. my galaxy s2 went through 2 stages before becoming dead.
1. i tried to flash I9100XXLPQ_I9100OXALPQ_I9100XXLPQ_HOME.tar using odin. it got stuck in connection mode. then failed. when rebooted the phone, i got a message "firmware upgrade encountered an issue".
2. now, odin still sees it. I tried different ROMs then the phone becomes dead. the phone is dead even after pressing the vol up+vol dn or any other key combination.
Now, windows 7 reports driver error when connecting the phone via usb. Linux sees the Qualcom modem, but heimdall failed to detect the phone. Any suggestion beside throwing my phone in trash is appreciated.
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Try uploading a stock kernel first, then try uploading the rom
Do we have to have a jig?
Help me fix my fully bricked i9100
I have flashed the wrong Roms and firmwares in my Samsung galaxy s2 i9100 for several times now my phone doesnt go to the recovery mode. It only goes to the download mode but re flashing the correct new roms and firmwares, nothing actually works! I tried those
Odin shows only FAIL !! when I flash new roms..I ve tried so many roms so far but it only fails
what do I do now??
Try http://sammobile.com for the firmware.
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Samsung Galaxy S2 SPH-D710
Looking for any kinda help...
Tried rooting the above mentioned phone with:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721229
the odin came back failed. I unpluged and when the phone started it said: Firmware Upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery in kies & ... so on..
I can only get into odin donwloading....
The PC is not recognizing the phone either..
Help if you can... Its greatly appreciated...
Thanks,
XraidedX2 said:
Looking for any kinda help...
Tried rooting the above mentioned phone with:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721229
the odin came back failed. I unpluged and when the phone started it said: Firmware Upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery in kies & ... so on..
I can only get into odin donwloading....
The PC is not recognizing the phone either..
Help if you can... Its greatly appreciated...
Thanks,
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I had the Exact same problem as you this is what you need to do.
1. Take everything out of your phone micro sd ,sim battery
2.Get your Usb Port and connect the first side to your pc but not to the phone
3.Insert Battery
4.Hold the vol down butt and at the same time connect the Other side of the cable into the phone then you will see
DOWNLOAD MODE!!!!!
5.From there install your sock rom again using samfirmware.com
6.Done

Help please! Frozen screen on "Downloading"

Today I tried to root my s3 i9305 with odin. After I hit Start it stayed stuck like 20 minutes, I pulled the cable out and since than I can't get the phone to start. I even entered recovery mode and wiped everything out, still the phone won't start. "Downloading.. Do not turn off target!!!" If I remove the battery (can't shut it off other ways) and plug it in to charge, the same screen appears, doesn't even show the battery percentage. Please help!
l3vy said:
Today I tried to root my s3 i9305 with odin. After I hit Start it stayed stuck like 20 minutes, I pulled the cable out and since than I can't get the phone to start. I even entered recovery mode and wiped everything out, still the phone won't start. "Downloading.. Do not turn off target!!!" If I remove the battery (can't shut it off other ways) and plug it in to charge, the same screen appears, doesn't even show the battery percentage. Please help!
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You've mentioned that you can enter the recovery- did you flash a custom one, or still in sotck?
Second- if you can enter recovery, is it possible for you to re-enter download mode? you can flash a stock rom from there...
Did you flash the right file? You are posting in the i9300 forum, anything here can brick your phone.
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boomboomer said:
Did you flash the right file? You are posting in the i9300 forum, anything here can brick your phone.
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Can you please give me a stock 4.1.2? Everywhere I look the file is on hotfile..
Ok, so today I flashed my phone with 4.3 (I9305XXUEML5_I9305EVRGML3_EVR.zip), when it booted I had no signal and IMEI was null. Fixed that with Param_Bin_I9305.zip . Works fine, but I have the same battery problem like everybody else, from 100% to 15% in a few hours. Can someone please give me a download link with stock 4.1.2 ? Don't want any custom roms. Thanks
You are still in the wrong forum.
Stock are saqmsung-updates and sammobile and a few others via Google .
Older roms that where on the deceased hotfile are no longer readily available as in many cases they where never reloaded .
amirTor said:
You've mentioned that you can enter the recovery- did you flash a custom one, or still in sotck?
Second- if you can enter recovery, is it possible for you to re-enter download mode? you can flash a stock rom from there...
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try rooting the phone without odin, using the toolkit provided by the dev mskip.
( this would work for your i9305)
heres the link to it : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1979290
go for it.
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[Q] Stuck in ODIN mode and can't get out

Hello
My situation goes as follows: I'm on a Cyanogenmod 11 nightly, as I flash a new ROM from time to time. So I know how to get into recovery and that kind of things. I've installed TWRP recovery, instead of the CWM one. I'm on a mac by the way.
As I was a little bit fast, I accidentally rebooted into download mode instead of recovery. Now my phone remains that way, only without the info in the top left (normally it says ODIN Mode and four other lines of information).
I tried to get the battery out and to drain the battery, both gave the same result: it booted in "downloading... do not turn off target !!"
I tried ODIN, Kies, Heimdall and adb trough terminal, and even the CM installer; none of these things seemed to recognize my phone.
I've been googling for over two hours now and I'm getting desperate. Is my phone ready for the bricks? I can't go to a shop tomorrow as it is the national holiday in Belgium. So still 32 hours of trying ahead of me...
Any ideas? If you guys have any additional questions, please ask.
Thanks in advance
R.
erdeebee said:
Hello
My situation goes as follows: I'm on a Cyanogenmod 11 nightly, as I flash a new ROM from time to time. So I know how to get into recovery and that kind of things. I've installed TWRP recovery, instead of the CWM one. I'm on a mac by the way.
As I was a little bit fast, I accidentally rebooted into download mode instead of recovery. Now my phone remains that way, only without the info in the top left (normally it says ODIN Mode and four other lines of information).
I tried to get the battery out and to drain the battery, both gave the same result: it booted in "downloading... do not turn off target !!"
I tried ODIN, Kies, Heimdall and adb trough terminal, and even the CM installer; none of these things seemed to recognize my phone.
I've been googling for over two hours now and I'm getting desperate. Is my phone ready for the bricks? I can't go to a shop tomorrow as it is the national holiday in Belgium. So still 32 hours of trying ahead of me...
Any ideas? If you guys have any additional questions, please ask.
Thanks in advance
R.
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Try removing the external memory card, if you have one.. and try the hard reset method.. sometimes it may work...search in forum for hard reset methods... or you can connect the phone and continue with odin again to see anything happens...:good:
cooljay5 said:
Try removing the external memory card, if you have one.. and try the hard reset method.. sometimes it may work...search in forum for hard reset methods... or you can connect the phone and continue with odin again to see anything happens...:good:
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Removing simcard and external storage didn't work, as well as putting another card in my phone. I'll try the hard reset and come back to you.
Thanks!
cooljay5 said:
Try removing the external memory card, if you have one.. and try the hard reset method.. sometimes it may work...search in forum for hard reset methods... or you can connect the phone and continue with odin again to see anything happens...:good:
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Odin does nothing, I tried Kies methode, but it stopped after the download.
erdeebee said:
Odin does nothing
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Have you tried the hard rester method?
Whilst in download mode hold power button for about 1 minute until it vibrates? Maybe your buttons are stuck.
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LiamAtkins90 said:
Have you tried the hard rester method?
Whilst in download mode hold power button for about 1 minute until it vibrates? Maybe your buttons are stuck.
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Hard reset as in tried to flash trough Kies, I can't do anything else, right?
I tried the pwoer button, but it just loops in download mode, without the information on the top left.
I do get it into download mode WITH the information, but than Kies simply says there's no phone attached.
erdeebee said:
Hard reset as in tried to flash trough Kies, I can't do anything else, right?
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Are you familiar with the PC flashing tool Odin? It's specifically for Samsung devices.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...08-2013-odin-3-09-odin-1-85-versions-t2189539
Download and install Odin onto your PC it will flash a stock image onto your device (No root, Stock recovery)
http://www.sammobile.com
Head to Sammobile and download your ROM firmware specific to your device.
Run ODIN on your computer and connect your phone.
When it recognizes it, check "Auto Reboot" and "F.Reset Time".
Everything else should be left unchecked.
On your computer, unzip the ROM file you downloaded. It should give you something with the extension of
.tar.md5
Press "PDA" on ODIN and select this file.
Everything should be as shown here: http://gyazo.com/fea7a1c8b7a7b5bb287fb0a0c70056dc
Click Start and wait for it to do it's thing. It'll take quite a few minutes.
When it's finished, you're done.
If it hangs on boot ones it flashed, reboot to Stock Recovery and do a factory reset it should boot up fine now, (also 1st boot takes about 3 minutes.)
Let me know how it goes
EDIT: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/guide-odin-flash-guide-t1671969
Stock Firmware is on this page
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LiamAtkins90 said:
Are you familiar with the PC flashing tool Odin? It's specifically for Samsung devices.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...08-2013-odin-3-09-odin-1-85-versions-t2189539
Download and install Odin onto your PC it will flash a stock image onto your device (No root, Stock recovery)
http://www.sammobile.com
Head to Sammobile and download your ROM firmware specific to your device.
Run ODIN on your computer and connect your phone.
When it recognizes it, check "Auto Reboot" and "F.Reset Time".
Everything else should be left unchecked.
On your computer, unzip the ROM file you downloaded. It should give you something with the extension of
.tar.md5
Press "PDA" on ODIN and select this file.
Everything should be as shown here: http://gyazo.com/fea7a1c8b7a7b5bb287fb0a0c70056dc
Click Start and wait for it to do it's thing. It'll take quite a few minutes.
When it's finished, you're done.
If it hangs on boot ones it flashed, reboot to Stock Recovery and do a factory reset it should boot up fine now, (also 1st boot takes about 3 minutes.)
Let me know how it goes
EDIT: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/guide-odin-flash-guide-t1671969
Stock Firmware is on this page
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As I'm on a mac, I tried jodin, but it doesn't seem to recognize my phone.
Sorry
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So, my phone is bricked?
Last try: A windows computer and it worked. Don't know why it didn't work on my mac.
Awesome. I'm happy for you mate. Glad you got it fixed
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No not at all.your phone not brickd.only one option is to flash your phone via odin on 4.3 available on sammobile.
Hot thanks?
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