Hi All,
i think i just softbricked my S3. i was running Omega rom 33.2 and found the phone was unstable. Hence i wiped data, factory reset, clear dalvik cache and etc. after flashing the rom, it got stucked at samsung boot screen.
i even tried to reflash the rom but still failed to boot up. after that i decided to flash stock rom using Odin (I9300ZSDLK2). it managed to boot in but then it got stucked at recovery (failed to mount /system (Invalid argument). i thought it could be something wrong with the /system, i then flash CWM to format /system. obvious i wont be asking for help if that step succeeded. i basically got pawned because i am not able to mount /system. anybody can help me?
Have you tried flashing your nandroid backup that you'll have made at one time before flashing a ROM?
Simmster said:
Have you tried flashing your nandroid backup that you'll have made at one time before flashing a ROM?
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no backup. i think nandroid restore wont help also because of /system is dead. i need to solve /system mounting issue.
Try full format then flash a stock firmware package in Odin.
Go into mounts and storage and format: System, data, cache and internal SD if you have it backed up.
Then re flash stock firmware, this has got me out of soft bricks lots of times.
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Obagleyfreer said:
Try full format then flash a stock firmware package in Odin.
Go into mounts and storage and format: System, data, cache and internal SD if you have it backed up.
Then re flash stock firmware, this has got me out of soft bricks lots of times.
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Unfortunately it still won't work. I have decided to send back to sc but before that I need to find a way to completely kill my phone. Meaning no download or recovery mode. Anyway thanks for your help.
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c010 said:
Unfortunately it still won't work. I have decided to send back to sc but before that I need to find a way to completely kill my phone. Meaning no download or recovery mode. Anyway thanks for your help.
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If you are able to get into download mode, you can try flashing a PIT file. It will either really brick your phone or fix it. Search for the PIT file in the forums.
Remember when u flash a rom with pit file u need to tick repatition in odin..
But only do THIS in your case,never do it otherwise..
Good luck
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I'd really appreciate some help guys, I've searched everywhere but can't seem to find answers.
I had Cyanogen Mod 9 rooted on my phone, however, I decided to install Omega instead, I installed it but I can't get on it! Everytime I install zip and reboot, it goes back to CWM Recovery!
The procedure was:
-deleted all files in internal SD
-Reboot into CWM Recovery
-Wipe data,cache,dalvik
-install zip from sd card
and now im stuck
Please help, and apologies if any noob mistakes were made
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I'd really appreciate some help guys, I've searched everywhere but can't seem to find answers.
I had Cyanogen Mod 9 rooted on my phone, however, I decided to install Omega instead, I installed it but I can't get on it! Everytime I install zip and reboot, it goes back to CWM Recovery!
The procedure was:
-deleted all files in internal SD
-Reboot into CWM Recovery
-Wipe data,cache,dalvik
-install zip from sd card
and now im stuck
Please help, and apologies if any noob mistakes were made
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You'll lose all your data but do a factory reset and wipe your system in addition to what you've already done and re flash the rom. FYI always have a nandroid backup around before flashing. It's time consuming but saves you a lot of grief in the long run
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demondor said:
You'll lose all your data but do a factory reset and wipe your system in addition to what you've already done and re flash the rom. FYI always have a nandroid backup around before flashing. It's time consuming but saves you a lot of grief in the long run
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How do I do a factory reset? My phone is on loop and boots up only into CWM Recovery, should i re download stock firmware and odin it into my phone? thank you so much for helping out
I don't have much on my phone so i didnt back up =[ what a mistake
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How do I do a factory reset? My phone is on loop and boots up only into CWM Recovery, should i re download stock firmware and odin it into my phone? thank you so much for helping out
I don't have much on my phone so i didnt back up =[ what a mistake
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Factory reset(wipe) is an option in cwm(3rd from above) wipe and reflash the rom and let it boot,this can take 10min
1st check md5 .. it will show u wether its bad download or nt ... and then do this
go into cwm and to wipe data\factory reset wipe cache wipe dalvik and insll rom ..
omega 10 is up so better try omega 10 as its new rom :
hisee said:
1st check md5 .. it will show u wether its bad download or nt ... and then do this
go into cwm and to wipe data\factory reset wipe cache wipe dalvik and insll rom ..
omega 10 is up so better try omega 10 as its new rom :
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I don't know how to check md5, but I already did the wipes and resintall several times, it still loops back into Recovery mode everytime
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How do I do a factory reset? My phone is on loop and boots up only into CWM Recovery, should i re download stock firmware and odin it into my phone? thank you so much for helping out
I don't have much on my phone so i didnt back up =[ what a mistake
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Factory reset is on the main Cwm screen. You can wipe system through the 'mounts and storage' option
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Factory reset is on the main Cwm screen. You can wipe system through the 'mounts and storage' option
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Thanks, I've tried it just now and its still not working...
As said above, maybe the download is damaged, redownload and flash.. Good luck..
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As said above, maybe the download is damaged, redownload and flash.. Good luck..
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How would put it into my internal SD if I can't transfer the file because I can only boot into Recovery or Download mode? Do I just Odin it straight in via the PDA option?
If you connect your phone with the PC while in recovery you should be able to use adb commands
Put the rom file into the adb folder than try
Code:
adb devices
now you should see any cryptic combination of letters and numbers in the next row
(if you see a empty row... that wouldn't be nice^^)
then do:
Code:
adb push yourromfile.zip /sdcard/yourromfile.zip
than try flashing again the new file
dont forget to do a full wipe, cache wipe, dalvik wipe, the common procedure^^
PS:
If you don't know about adb, it is installed with the android sdk, but you can download it seperately
place the ADB folder somewhere on you system hd, maybe directly to C:\
the open cmd and type
cd C:\ADB\
now you're able to use the above commands
You can put it on an external sd and flash it from there...
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Thank you, all of you... I will try this tomorrow and tell you guys how it goes!
Thank you so much EVERYONE, It all worked out, seems like the original file was corrupted, now running omega 10 smoothly!!!!!!!
Hello,
Here's what I did:
I had Stock 4.0.4 firmware updated via Kies.
Made a backup.
I rooted Phone using SU Busybox method
Installed CyanogenMod 10.
It didn't want to boot so I wiped /data and dalvik cache and it worked.
ROM generally worked but didn't read my external sd so I restored the stock version with CWM.
I decited to try out the newer version of Cyan 10.
Installation went exactly the same - I wiped /data and dalvik cache.
Sadly it also didn't read external sd so I restored to 4.0.4.
Cyan felt really good so I went for it's latest stable version.
Sadly something went terribly wrong and it didn't boot and I could no longer wipe /data.
I can no longer install .zip from CWM when I try it shows some red warnings (about /system and /cache) and the picture of Android being dead.
When I get back from work I'll try to fix /system with Odin, hope it works.
Can this problem be solved or do I have to bury my phone.
Please Help!
if you can go to download mode, you can flash another stock firmware.. if u cant go to download mode, a usb jig will save u
i hope this helps!
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I tried to flash it with files from this thread but it stopped on data.img...
Any idea what can I do in this situation?
b3rs said:
I tried to flash it with files from this thread but it stopped on data.img...
Any idea what can I do in this situation?
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try dwnld'ng the stock ICS 4.0.3 firmware for GT I9100 from www.sammobile.com meant for ur region and flash the same thro 'odin' and see
I used Modified PIT files from here and recovery pack from here.
I simply localised wasted partition in Odin - it stopped on /data - and was applying modified .PIT files one after another till ...1536-MiB.pit finally worked for me.
I had to clear the cache partition first.
Hope it helps.
hi there i have had my device rooted for awhile now and all of the sudden it just started to get stuck in a bootloop, just displaying the "samsung galaxy s III GT-I9300T" screen then goes black and repeats
i have a sgs3 GT-I9300T (from telstra, australia if it matters)
i rooted with "CF-Auto-Root" which worked fine and was working fine for atleast a month
i dont have a backup (yes im a noob/idiot for not creating a backup but didnt think there was any reason to)
i have tried flashing the latest firmware from sammobile using odin (with only auto reboot and F. reset time checked)
i can still access recovery (factory or custom from flashing in odin)
i've already tried a few suggestions from some posts on here but alot of them arent for the international/I9300T version so wasnt game enough to try them out in fear of fully bricking it
if anyone can help out with what i should try that would be great
i would even settle for resetting flash counter and system status back to 0/offical so that i can try and return it
current state is:
Custom binary download: Yes (3 counts)
Current binary: Samsung Official
System status: Custom
Did you try factory reset from recovery before/after reflashing stock?
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Did you try factory reset from recovery before/after reflashing stock?
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yes and even installed CWM recovery to clear the "dalvik cache"
Here is thought
Pull out sdcard, better format in FAT32, copy few ROM into it by using card reader or other usable phone which has sdcard slot.
Flash any of newest recovery such as TWRP personally suggested, Backup current ROM in case of further needed and then
Factory reset, format /system partition, wipe cache / Dalvik cache, and then flash new ROM too see if it works.
Remember format system partition!
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Here is thought
Pull out sdcard, better format in FAT32, copy few ROM into it by using card reader or other usable phone which has sdcard slot.
Flash any of newest recovery such as TWRP personally suggested, Backup current ROM in case of further needed and then
Factory reset, format /system partition, wipe cache / Dalvik cache, and then flash new ROM too see if it works.
Remember format system partition!
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got to the point of trying to install the rom i copied to the sd card but it keeps failing says thge zip file is bad
ondona said:
got to the point of trying to install the rom i copied to the sd card but it keeps failing says thge zip file is bad
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Redownload, file might be damaged
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Redownload, file might be damaged
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new to this whole thing, is there any fear of not being able to get back into recovery or download mode if i turn off the device?
ondona said:
new to this whole thing, is there any fear of not being able to get back into recovery or download mode if i turn off the device?
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download this file http://checkrom.com/threads/resurrection-odin-checkrom-evohd™-v4.896/
get into odin and flash this file into your phone through the download mode ... if everything works it should boot into cwm recovery .. then wipe data\factory reset , wipe cache , wipe dalvik cache and reboot ... wait 15 mins and it should work!! Good Luck!
woot this worked!
i tried re downloading the file first like qtwrk suggested and reflashing it in odin which still returned the same result but i then downloaded this one and did it and it worked
i got into the os downloaded triangle away and reset the counter then flashed the telstra one again so that it was right back to factory default firmware which is what i wanted, will proberly root it again but will def make sure i get a full backup right away incase of any issues later on.
thank you all for your help
hye me again just thought id write an update on my situation
it appears that the phone had stuffed up again this time tho couldnt get into recovery mode but could still get into download mode
i didnt bother doing the same thing again instead i just took it back to telstra and they replaced it, and they replaced it with the 305 model so worked out alright in the end
I've just flashed the stock XXEMD2 via Odin 3.04, i got bootloop so i wiped cache and data from recovery and restarted, but i still got bootloop. Any advice? Every guides I've seen doesn't mention this situation
try these...
1.wipe data and cache from cwm and reflash rom
2. try wiping data cache and system from cwm and reflash
3. make sure that you enter the files in correct field in odin and flash is successful.
4. use a different stock rom package.
5. use a different odin version
hope this helps
I've got stock recovery and a zip backup of my efs folder, when i boot in recovery it says it can't mount the efs partitions. I tried to repartition a lot of times, but still no success.
hi
try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41593409#post41593409
already did and no success
Hmmmm, can you get into recovery? Would you care to try 3rd part ROM to see if any lucky?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2197515
this worked like a charm
Hello everyone,
I have big problem with my S3.
I have installed with stable CM10.2 few weeks ago.
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The phone was working normally until today when it reset itself (probably not important, but when I opened gmail).
When restarting it stuck in bootloop, so I wipe cache and Dalvik cache.
After that, when starting the phone it stays on the black screen where it says Samsung Galaxy ...
I tried to do a factory reset, and it did not help, then I tried to restore a Nandroid backup and did not want to
Then I checked mounts and partitions and saw that EFS, system, preload and data are not mounted and if I click to mount anything from it returns an error that it can not.
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Please help if anyone knows what I can do.
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Thank you.
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Best whishes,
Dag
Partition probably corrupt, format each and then restore your efs backup. Flash your rom again with a full wipe.
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Partition probably corrupt, format each and then restore your efs backup. Flash your rom again with a full wipe.
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Tried to do it, but when I try to format system this is message on screen
Warning: No file_contexts
Error mountinf /system!
Formating /system...
It just stays like that, and than after some time screen turns off
Factory reset and flash full stock rom using odin, if that won't work then try the rescue firmware from general thread.
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Factory reset and flash full stock rom using odin, if that won't work then try the rescue firmware from general thread.
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Thank you for your answer
I tried flashing stock firmware with Odin but it didn't pass.
Than I tried this
http://widefide.com/mobile/galaxy-s3-boot-problem-solution
and now I can't enter recovery (still can access download mode) and got message that "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
I guess that I will have to take it to service center.
In download mode I got status:
Custom binary downloads: Yes (1 count)
Current binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Custom
Can I somehow revert System status to offical?
Only way I know is triangle away, which needs a working rom to launch from, sorry.
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