[Q] No Odin Boot - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

My dad just got an AT&T Galaxy S III today and asked me to put a custom rom on it. I have an HTC Vivid so I am familiar with it's bootloader and flashing kernels, recoveries, going S-off etc. After successfully rooting this Galaxy I put on a custom rom which worked but he didn't like. While flashing another rom, I got an error message mid-flash (team win recovery, flashing the Energy HD 2.0 rom) which seemed to be about not being able to flash the kernel. My plan was to go in to Odin and make the phone stock and start from scratch, but now it won't do Odin, recovery, or boot up at all. Battery is 90+%. Help? Thanks

TCox37 said:
My dad just got an AT&T Galaxy S III today and asked me to put a custom rom on it. I have an HTC Vivid so I am familiar with it's bootloader and flashing kernels, recoveries, going S-off etc. After successfully rooting this Galaxy I put on a custom rom which worked but he didn't like. While flashing another rom, I got an error message mid-flash (team win recovery, flashing the Energy HD 2.0 rom) which seemed to be about not being able to flash the kernel. My plan was to go in to Odin and make the phone stock and start from scratch, but now it won't do Odin, recovery, or boot up at all. Battery is 90+%. Help? Thanks
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If you cant get in download mode -volume down+start+home- im afraid you bricked it
Download mode and odin is last option you have

Please be aware that the firmware on this site is for I9300 only it may brick other models .
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[Q] Help think phone is bricked

I recently rooted the phone and wanted to install a custom rom. When I tried to back up the current stock rooted rom with rom manager, someone went wrong. So I was then stuck on a flashing black screen. But I can still access Odin/download mode. But whenever I try to flash something, it flashes, but the screen just reboots back to the flashing black screen. Help please I dont know what to do
What firmware base did you start from, and what method did you use to root the phone?
Rom Manager is not recommended for use on the I777 phone. You need a custom kernel which contains ClockworkMod Recovery to back up the phone. Did you try to install ClockworkMod Recovery from Rom Manager?
Need more information before we can help. So, answer the above, and provide as much detail in addition as you can.
I almost messed my phone up by not rooting or flashing a ROM the proper (safe) way and ended up using a return to stock / unroot guide to start fresh and just follow the guides for rooting and installing ROMs from there.

[Q] Flashing ROMs without ClockworkMod - POSSIBLY BRICKED

Hi,
I am unsure about how to flash a ROM on to my phone.
I have already rooted it and installed a insecure kernel using Odin and the Samsung Quick Root tool (found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125414). :victory:
I am still running the insecure kernel that I flashed with Odin, and did not install CWM as I do not know what to do.
ROM Manager is installed on the phone but I don't think CWM is actually installed.
Currently, I want to install the F1 Galaxy Nexus ICS ROM. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1601518)
All I want to know is do I need to install CWM, and how to install and flash the ROM to my phone.
The exact model of my phone is i1900-XWLPI.
Thanks.
Hi.
Yes you need cwm.
How to install Rom always be a guide in thread...
Send form Galaxy S2. Using XDA Premium
I was following a guide on it.
Now I am worried
I think it is bricked as it is stuck on the yellow triangle screen.
I don't have a jig and I NEED IT WORKING.:crying:
Ok I managed to get it to go in to d/l mode and flashed kernel back to the one I had earlier.
I think I'll just leave it for today and try another time.
Too much happened today and I don't want to risk a permanent brick.

New to samsung switched from htc

just as it says im new to samsung not to android, my question is i followed the root guide and can get to the recovery screen but everytime i try to flash a rom it fails to install the rom, did i do someting wrong in the rooting prosses? i have the samsung att i717
jjpeasl said:
just as it says im new to samsung not to android, my question is i followed the root guide and can get to the recovery screen but everytime i try to flash a rom it fails to install the rom, did i do someting wrong in the rooting prosses? i have the samsung att i717
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you do have an alternate recovery, right
most likely very simple...............is it a STATUS 7 ????
if so, you just need to update your recovery.
if you are using CWM, many ROM's suggest TWRP. some are not having problems with CWM, but TWRP is much more user friendly and don't have to mess with vol +/- buttons
You don't need to be rooted to flash a rom.
Either flash from the phone using a custom recovery like ^^^^^ described, or flash from a pc using samsung software (Kies or Odin3).
All custom roms are rooted by the developer.
You know YouTube helps if you think you are having trouble it shows you how to do it.

stuck after trying to flash rom

So i unlocked my phone and decide to flash a custom rom. I have an ATT HOX+ that was on 4.2.2. I rooted and installed CWM Advanced Edition PhilZ Touch recovery and then stupidly forgot to backup then wiped and installed the rom. the Rom i used AOKP Pure unofficial international. I flashed the img file first as well but didnt fix the stuck at boot screen with it saying initiating swagger. I think i should not be using this rom because my phone is from ATT. So bootloader still works, recovery still works i just cant mount my phone so i can send any more roms to try. And i cant push any zip to my phone. So im kinda stuck on what to do. Any Suggestions? Currently phoneless
anthonyuslu said:
So i unlocked my phone and decide to flash a custom rom. I have an ATT HOX+ that was on 4.2.2. I rooted and installed CWM Advanced Edition PhilZ Touch recovery and then stupidly forgot to backup then wiped and installed the rom. the Rom i used AOKP Pure unofficial international. I flashed the img file first as well but didnt fix the stuck at boot screen with it saying initiating swagger. I think i should not be using this rom because my phone is from ATT. So bootloader still works, recovery still works i just cant mount my phone so i can send any more roms to try. And i cant push any zip to my phone. So im kinda stuck on what to do. Any Suggestions? Currently phoneless
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Why would it boot........????
Please do some reading......
The recovery itself the CWM Advanced Edition PhilZ Touch recovery is For INTERANTIONAL MODEL
Please note enrc2b means international HTC One X+ not AT&T
Please flash this recovery and for the list of custom ROM's for AT&T model refer to this thread
Got the phone working. Finally found a stock RUU that worked. and yah i didnt do enough reading prior to flashing this rom. Thanks for your help. Hopefully a 4.4 rom comes out for the ATT HOX+ soon.

Mega...semi-bricked??

So I have a Sprint Galaxy Mega and it seems as though it may be semi-bricked. It will not boot past the GALAXY MEGA logo. It will just continuously power cycle to and from that logo. If I attempt to put it in recovery, it will say "RECOVERY BOOTING" in blue letters as usual, then power cycle right back to the GALAXY MEGA screen. It will boot into Odin mode and accept Odin files, but after attempting do do a typical "stock Odin" scenario, nothing has changed. I looked around for the Pit but cannot seem to find it. Does anyone has a reliable link to the latest Odin stock restore and the PIT file that matches it?
Maybe an error with your system data. So you can't reboot into recovery ? If you can try to wipe data and cache and reboot.
It may be an abnormal re-partition when flashing stock rock, and then I can't help you (have the i9205 international model). Some members of this section have the Sprint version, try to send them a PM if nobody can help you
Nope, no recovery. I was considering flashing a custom recovery to it to see what it does but I don't wanna kill the phone any more than it already is...
Yes I understand. But flashing custom recovery can solve your problem, only if you can boot on it. I think it can't make more damages to your phone, he just always stuck on boot phase like a brick, but if you don't want to try, wait for a developer making you a PIT file. More safe, the Galaxy Mega have a too poor development support for risk anything...
Well I went ahead and flashed TWRP to it. It will boot into TWRP just fine. Tried flashing the stock L900 ROM zip and it still won't boot.
Well I installed a custom ROM, SlimKat, and the phone boots. If I install the stock ROM located in the following link, OP's signature, the phone goes right back to bootlooping. ???
I need either the stock ROM or a ROM with dialer codes because this phone will be flashed to a regional carrier.
what recovry version you use bro. maybe recovery problem. try use your custom rom to flash another recovery from philz. the latest one. some time recovery dont work properly to downgrade from 4.4.2 to stock 4.2.2.
Great, so with Philz Touch Recovery, I never had problems for downgrade and I do this often for testing roms. Now it should not bootloop if you reflash stock.
I am using "CWM-based recovery 6.0.4.7"
I will try Philz recovery
After trying Philz recovery to flash the stock file I found, it once again bootlooped. Is there another stock ROM floating around somewhere or possibly a custom ROM that has dialer codes such as ##3282# enabled?
No idea... But actually the most complete stock based custom rom is MegaFire I think. Flash V5 (not V5x !) it should be enabled.
I don't see what is the problem while flashing stock rom... Oh ! Maybe you haven't enabled USB Debugging, I forgot to do that one time and I had some issues, in case you try to flash a firmware where Knox or others features are on with a modem without these, may cause bootloop. I've searched for 2 days before solve that little problem...
Have you tried another firmware ? If you can flash custom rom, something went wrong before flash... Odin folder is complete ?
Strange...once again a boot loop after flashing the MegaFire ROM
I'm almost certain I need the PIT file. I cannot find it anywhere.
Well I got the phone to boot from that rooted stock ROM FINALLY. I don't remember for sure but I think what I did was first flash TWRP, then flashed boot.img.tar that I found somewhere, it was listed for the Sprint Mega. I then booted into TWRP and flashed the stock rooted ROM(zip) I mentioned before. It now boots perfectly and everything works except one tiny little detail. No WiFi, no cellular signal at all. Baseband version: unknown in About phone.Already tried flashing the Sprint stock modem from the same download link as the ROM and it didn't work.
I'm having the same problem too dude, I
I download n flash all.the firmware I could find online, since I have no idea what the country of origin is. But most of them work, but no WiFi, Bluetoothand the sim card slot don't read
VirtueToVice said:
Well I got the phone to boot from that rooted stock ROM FINALLY. I don't remember for sure but I think what I did was first flash TWRP, then flashed boot.img.tar that I found somewhere, it was listed for the Sprint Mega. I then booted into TWRP and flashed the stock rooted ROM(zip) I mentioned before. It now boots perfectly and everything works except one tiny little detail. No WiFi, no cellular signal at all. Baseband version: unknown in About phone.Already tried flashing the Sprint stock modem from the same download link as the ROM and it didn't work.
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