[Q][Troubleshooting] Soft Brick? - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all. I thing my phone is struggeling to survive.
First I'll give you some background info:
Phone is SGS3 I9300.
[ROM] Has been running Omega Rom since one of the first versions. Been running v32 since it was released (not v32.1)
[Kernel] Been running Omega's tweaked stock kernel most the time, but installed SiyahKernel 1.7rc3 some days ago.
About a week ago I recieved a 64gb SanDisk MicroSDXC card and installed Mittiadj's ExtSD2InternalSd script.
[recovery] CWM V6.0.1.2
So, what happened?
Well, when I installed the extsd2internal it wouldn't apply on boot, so per his guide, I installed Script Manager and got it working.
Some days ago I wiped system, flashed omega 32, flashed siyah kernel and flashed the extsd2internal for custom kernels.
Now the script worked without script manager.
After I installed Siyah, the phone reboted twice, about a day or 2 apart. The 3rd time it rebooted automatically, it did not manage to boot again (stopped at the Siyah boot logo,the purple eye).
From here, I switched the phone off, and using vol-up+home+power, I am SOMETIMES able to get into recovery. However, in recovery, I am able to flash cache but not dalvik, I tried flashing Omega, but it froze during the install wizard, I tried wiping system (for another attempt at Omega) but it rebbots then also.
Now the phone only gets to the White Samsung logo or to recovery (but recovery only shows version and the text)
E: can't mount /cache/recovery/command
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If I hold vol-down+home+power, I get to a question if I want to install Custom ROM, vol down for cancel, up for yes. Pressed down.
Warning!! A custom OS can cause critical....
If you want to download a custom OS, press the volume up key, otherwise, press volume down
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Where can I go from here?
What has gone wrong?
I am suspecting the memory chip is fubar, but hope someone can tell me otherwise
For the record, I have tried booting with and without sim and microsd, no change comes from that.
In the mean time I guess it's time to resurrect the god'ol Nexus One

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Requiem87 said:
Hi all. I thing my phone is struggeling to survive.
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f I hold vol-down+home+power, I get to a question if I want to install Custom ROM, vol down for cancel, up for yes. Pressed down.
Quote:
Warning!! A custom OS can cause critical....
If you want to download a custom OS, press the volume up key, otherwise, press volume down
This reads as totally bolocksd firmware and recovery .
Remove SD card and format it in windows as FAT 32 .
Boot to download mode and flash stock rom via Odin as alternative is a non warranty repair .
jje
jje
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JJEgan said:
Requiem87 said:
Hi all. I thing my phone is struggeling to survive.
Remove SD card and format it in windows as FAT 32 .
Boot to download mode and flash stock rom via Odin as alternative is a non warranty repair .
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Tried flashing CWM via ODIN, but get an error after Writing stage. (i shoulden't have done that, because before the flash counter was 0, and it showed stock, after it shows as modified
Any reason to believe that flashing a stock rom will work better than flashing CWM?
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Confused flashed CWM >> do you mean root ???
Stock rom has a kernel and would at least be on the right road for a warranty repair .
jje

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JJEgan said:
Confused flashed CWM >> do you mean root ???
Stock rom has a kernel and would at least be on the right road for a warranty repair .
jje
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Phone is allready rooted, as i had Omega Rom installed.
CWM means ClockWorkMod Recovery. I allready had that installed to, but as i wrote in first post, I had trouble getting it into recovery mode.
Nothing's changed in that regard tho
Update:
Tried flashing a stock rom via Odin, and this is the error message I get:
Code:
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> I9300XXDLJ4_I9300TENDLJ3_I9300XXDLID_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> system.img
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/003>
<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

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Requiem87 said:
Phone is allready rooted, as i had Omega Rom installed.
CWM means ClockWorkMod Recovery. I allready had that installed to, but as i wrote in first post, I had trouble getting it into recovery mode.
Nothing's changed in that regard tho
Update:
Tried flashing a stock rom via Odin, and this is the error message I get:
Code:
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> I9300XXDLJ4_I9300TENDLJ3_I9300XXDLID_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> system.img
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/003>
<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
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not looking so good - I think I would have another go at flashing stock - my AV/ firewall sometime stop odin trying disabling them - I suspect it wont help but hopefully it will