Hi
I'm using (was) Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300...
About a week ago my phone started to freeze once in a while... and I've needed to restart the phone everytime.
after a few days like this I tried to restart the phone and it just got stuck on the galaxy s3 logo and doesn't go no where.
Can only access Download Mode - Can't access recovey!!
When I connect the phone to my PC it recognising it and also is Odin. But when I try to Install a new firmware
it keeps saying that I have to PIT partition... tried doing different things and nothing is working for me.
Tried installing old firmware and no, tried using different Odin ver and no, tried even using different PIT files and nothing works.
Even tried to use different computers.
Can anyone help? Because I'm kinda lost here.
Thanks
Danny
Judging by your phone`s symptoms (random freezing, reboots) your phone suffered a so called Sudden Death. There is a lot of info to that in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2091045
Do you by any chance remember the name of your Firmware when your phone started to freeze randomly?
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Scarface1991 said:
Judging by your phone`s symptoms (random freezing, reboots) your phone suffered a so called Sudden Death. There is a lot of info to that in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2091045
Do you by any chance remember the name of your Firmware when your phone started to freeze randomly?
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I hardly think that its the ROM, because I was using this ROM for the last 7 month or so.
dannygru said:
I hardly think that its the ROM, because I was using this ROM for the last 7 month or so.
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What ROM did you use and most importantly what Kernel with what version did you use?
It doesn't matter for how long you've been using that rom. S3's have a problem known as sudden death syndrome that affects 16GB units. After some months working perfectly fine, it starts to have some freezes and, eventually, dies. With EXACTLY the same problems you cited: stuck at logo, no recovery, no OS boot, just download mode and ODIN unable to flash due to that PIT thing. I'm 99% your phone died. Tell us which rom and kernel you were using, because some kernels (and some roms that include those kernels) have fixes for that, but old ones haven't. Tell us also which recovery you were using. It may be due to recovery's vulnerable kernel.
Anyway, your phone is COMPLETELY DEAD. There is no way to fix it. Send it to Samsung and they will change the mobo.
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I got my Galaxy S II about 3 days ago and love it. Apart from some annoyances (I'm looking at you Touchwiz) no problems... installed Launcherpro and here we go
Today I woke up and bam. Flight mode.
Factory reset
Wipe USB storage and SD card
Wipe cache from recovery (stock recovery)
No change.
So now I have a very fancy Samsung Galaxy II Player. I called tech support and they asked me to try another sim (which I had done) then told me to clear the cache (which I had done) blah blah... then they ended up telling me to send it back to Amazon as faulty.
Great, just great.
Anyone else had this problem?
Nope, haven't had this.
Intratech said:
Nope, haven't had this.
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I'm wondering... if I flashed an update.zip from stock recovery if the issue might go away... it's clearly software.
Just need to find an update.zip file....
Also something quirky is happening with regards to lock screens. Had unlock pattern enabled and then switched off however it still remains on but only needs a press on the screen to unlock.
Personally wouldn't try flashing if it's being funky. Last thing you want is to get stuck with non standard firmware if you still need to return it.
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Personally wouldn't try flashing if it's being funky. Last thing you want is to get stuck with non standard firmware if you still need to return it.
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I want to flash and official update...
p.s.
This sounds similar except I can't turn Aeroplane mode on or off.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1083358
I have the same problem with the phone that I bought today (a problem I noticed after 15 minutes of purchase). Tomorrow I bring it to a Samsung service center to confirm it as DOA so I can do the replacement for the operator ... I am disappointed that I was wasting my time on these things ...
p.s after I try code *2767*3855# a have no problems for last hour...
today i have problems again and I replace my galaxy...I hav new one without any problems...
I have a somewhat similar problem.
My Galaxy S II randomly goes into flight mode every now and then. It's not a permanent thing like what you guys experience, but it is an annoyance.
Couple that with the "wifi sharing" bug and I think we can say that Samsung has some faulty radio firmware in the Galaxy S II.
flash the generic xeu of ke7 from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
this was tried but didn't work. Even a new radio package was flashed . Didn't help.
SGS2 running India distribution 2.3.3, unlocked. Not rooted. Stuck in flight mode, becacuse IMEI # cannot be read. Help !
could it be efs partition corruption?
It probably is /efs corruption. How do I recover it ?
Posting on behalf of my brother..
He to has this problem. Nothing we do fix's this resetting to factory defaults changing sim card formatting memory card..
Since it's done this.. it uses the battery from a full charge to near empty within ~5 hours
Bought 29th Aug 2011
They wont honor the warranty even though it broke down at only 2 months old.
DuttBeefe said:
Posting on behalf of my brother..
He to has this problem. Nothing we do fix's this resetting to factory defaults changing sim card formatting memory card..
Since it's done this.. it uses the battery from a full charge to near empty within ~5 hours
Bought 29th Aug 2011
They wont honor the warranty even though it broke down at only 2 months old.
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Have you gone through Samsung directly? (Register on their website and request a repair).
I had this problem just now. Couldn't get it out of flight mode. Saying no sim etc...
The way I fixed it was to remove the sim and battery, replace them, turn the phone back on, the hold the power button to bring up the power options and press turn off flight mode. It now works again.
Not good that after I googled this problem it seems to be quite common.
tpr007 said:
Have you gone through Samsung directly? (Register on their website and request a repair).
I had this problem just now. Couldn't get it out of flight mode. Saying no sim etc...
The way I fixed it was to remove the sim and battery, replace them, turn the phone back on, the hold the power button to bring up the power options and press turn off flight mode. It now works again.
Not good that after I googled this problem it seems to be quite common.
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I have this issue too, bloody annoying. I did a kernal update and I hope that fixes it. But will give your method ago.
My post is here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21557309#post21557309
I had an interesting problem. My phone sometime stuck on flight mode. I had to restart device 4-5 times to disable flight mode(flight mode menu becomes transparent or untouchable). After a while button becomes enable and phone starts normally. But it's annoying problem.
Now I'm using Lite'ning Rom v1.1 XXLPH. Even in stock LPH,LPB, KK5 2.3.6.... every firmware I had same problems occasionally.
What's the problem? There is nothing wrong with IMEI (but I can't see IMEI in flight mode).
go in it recovery and clear data and then go to fix permissions
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So is there a simple solution for this anoying problem, or it cames back every time ?
With Android 4.0 or 4.1 is the same?
I need to know as I am thinking of buying one that as this problem, at a good price.
Should i buy it?
thanks
Have you tried to reflash with kies?
I believe there is a recover option there? Atleast that wont get your waranty voided.
Never actually tried it since i only use heimdall & odin but might be worth a try!
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galaxy gt i9003 -stuck in flight mode, not reading SIM
pzayx said:
Have you tried to reflash with kies?
I believe there is a recover option there? Atleast that wont get your waranty voided.
Never actually tried it since i only use heimdall & odin but might be worth a try!
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kalpa108: galaxy gt i9003 stuck in flight mode, not reading SIM...and not recognised by recent version of KIES. Factory Reset does not fix this, device is not rooted, yet, but there's always a 1st time! Can this be done w/o any connection? Trying to download old KIES versions too.
Any layman ideas?
Yep. You're in the wrong forum, this in for I9100/variants.
Hi,
I have been having loads of issues lately with my GS3, it works for about 3 or 4 minutes then crashes and restarts. or shuts down completely. if i leave it to charge then i don't have any guarantee that when i wake up in a morning that it will even be switched on!
It's all a bit random and some days i can barley use the phone, it will restart and crash for literally hours on end, even when i remove the battery for 30mins and put it back in, it continues.
I have been reding up and i suspect i have this sudden death thingi thats affecting phones, i checked using the little app and i do have the version that is affected.
so yesterday i installed cm-10.1-20130311-NIGHTLY-i9300 but i'm still having the same issues as before. is there anything i have missed?
Many thanks
Bahney said:
Hi,
I have been having loads of issues lately with my GS3, it works for about 3 or 4 minutes then crashes and restarts. or shuts down completely. if i leave it to charge then i don't have any guarantee that when i wake up in a morning that it will even be switched on!
It's all a bit random and some days i can barley use the phone, it will restart and crash for literally hours on end, even when i remove the battery for 30mins and put it back in, it continues.
I have been reding up and i suspect i have this sudden death thingi thats affecting phones, i checked using the little app and i do have the version that is affected.
so yesterday i installed cm-10.1-20130311-NIGHTLY-i9300 but i'm still having the same issues as before. is there anything i have missed?
Many thanks
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Through recovery format sd card cache system data preload.
Boot to download mode and flash stock rom .
TEST without installing any apps .
jje
JJEgan said:
Through recovery format sd card cache system data preload.
Boot to download mode and flash stock rom .
TEST without installing any apps .
jje
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Thanks for the reply, where is the best place for the stock ROM ? my galaxy s3 is a uk model on the orange network
Many Thanks
Bahney said:
Thanks for the reply, where is the best place for the stock ROM ? my galaxy s3 is a uk model on the orange network
Many Thanks
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download the EMB5 UK firmware. its in the general section mate
here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
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download the EMB5 UK firmware. its in the general section mate
here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
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Just wanted to say thank you for your help, i have put it back to stock rom now and so far so good no crashes and it looks like it has sorted the sudden death issue.
I can't do an over the air update though, so i'm not sure if i am on the latest version but if im honest i don't care! as long as it works
Thanks again for your help and advice, it isnt un appriciated.
Hello i have a samsung s3 16gb version
i woke up in the morning looking at my phone stuck on the samsung logo tryed removeing battery and putting it back to power it on still same thing then tryed to go to recovery mode couldnt go inside so plugged it to the pc it sayed Unknown device
opened the odin to re flash rom went to download mode it didnt have Product Name on there
tryed to flash a stock rom and a multi file rom too didnt work
saw few posts on the net that there is a problem with the 16gb version of sammys phones
it has the sudden death syndrome same thing that the guy is telling on youtube
SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROME FIX << (video name cant post link atm)
same thing happend to me
i have only download mode only on my phone odin detects the phone like the com #
its blue now is there a way to wipe every thing and re install every thing from scratch or is there a fix for this ****
if you had this same problem and fixed it please help me out
Thank You
There is no sds fix except new motherboard. All data is gone roo
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rootSU said:
There is no sds fix except new motherboard. All data is gone roo
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i will check out if samsung fixes it for me still have it below a year
so i hope they fix it i dont have huge hope cause its rooted but still thanks i thaught the same
same thing
Hawk-Tech said:
i will check out if samsung fixes it for me still have it below a year
so i hope they fix it i dont have huge hope cause its rooted but still thanks i thaught the same
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same thing has happened to me. Do u ever fix ur phone?
two of my friends s3 also facing the same problems..
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What android version were you using? And for how much time time were you using your phone before SDS?
Hi,
I am on Archidroid 1.7.11 , Kernel Boeffla 5.2 b 6a , my phone randomly reboots and is stuck on Samsung Logo, after trying 2 -3 times I am successfully able to get to the Main working screen and It works perfectly normally, but sometimes after 4-5 hours it again reboots and is stuck on Samsung screen , after 2-3 tires I am able to get it working normally. My phone is not hot, I tried 4.1.2 ROM and same thing happens with that ROM as well. Today, I formatted my EXT SD card and this problem is occurring after that (it might be a coincidence).
Is my problem related to:
1. SD Card
2. Power Button
3. ROM
4. Power button (I don't see that it is stuck).
or just 5. SDS?
Please advise as I am out of warranty and pretty worried about the same.
Sounds like firmware corrupting due to nand memory failure. Flash the official 4.3 stock rom, factory reset and test before you install or restore anything.
SDS is sudden, the phone dies and will never boot again.
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boomboomer said:
Sounds like firmware corrupting due to nand memory failure. Flash the official 4.3 stock rom, factory reset and test before you install or restore anything.
SDS is sudden, the phone dies and will never boot again.
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Thank you very much for the reply. However It will be great if you can share a good firmware to flash (may be a link if you could) and also , do I need to flash it via ODIN with PIT ? Please advise.
I suggest try with new Kernel. Try stock or LiteGX kernel.
I am on latest Boeffla kernel and phone is working fine at the moment. I noticed that earlier it used to reboot when phone was not in use. While using, the phone never reboot earlier. Also, my voltage is sometimes unstable like 500 MA but replugging the charger pin solves the problem. Can someone suggest If my above problem is related to USB port on my phone?
Sent from a better Galaxy designed for humans!
Its been now alomost 24 hours since I got any reboot issue. In the interim I cleaned the USB port on my phone via toothbrush and also made sure that My power button is not stuck.
I wanted to share this so that any one who has this kind of problem in future can take the steps from the steps I took to troubleshoot this problem.
I will report back in case I see this issue again .
Thank you everyone for amazing help!
Hello everyone.
A few months ago my Korean Samsung Note 1 (SHV-E160S) bricked while updating an application. I left the phone as it updated an application over wifi. When I came back the screen was black. I pulled the battery and after that the phone would not fully boot. It would go into download and recovery mode only.
I have flashed (using Odin) the original firmware downloaded from various different websites. Every time however the loading bar would get to around 80-90% and would fail. When I power the phone up after the fail it would show a yellow triangle with Korean text stating that the upgrade was not completed and please connect to Kies. No access to download or recovery. I have tried restoring through Kies but Kies does not recognize the phone.
I have tried flashing all the different versions of original firmware(for SHV-E160S) I could find(as I do not know the version of the firmware that was on the phone before it bricked). I have also tried 4 different computers, 3 different USB cables, many different USB ports and multiple versions of Odin. Always fail.
I have even tried a suggestion to flash using the PIT file after flashing the PDA file. When I do that the Samsung screen comes up with the blue loading bar but the loading sometimes gets stuck or the phone reboots. But I do have access to download and recovery when using the PIT file.
This phone has caused me much stress. I am at the point I should just buy a new phone as I have already spent many hours trying to revive this phone.
Please if someone has any other suggestions I would appreciate it very much.
Hope this helps
kafeero said:
Hello everyone.
A few months ago my Korean Samsung Note 1 (SHV-E160S) bricked while updating an application. I left the phone as it updated an application over wifi. When I came back the screen was black. I pulled the battery and after that the phone would not fully boot. It would go into download and recovery mode only.
I have flashed (using Odin) the original firmware downloaded from various different websites. Every time however the loading bar would get to around 80-90% and would fail. When I power the phone up after the fail it would show a yellow triangle with Korean text stating that the upgrade was not completed and please connect to Kies. No access to download or recovery. I have tried restoring through Kies but Kies does not recognize the phone.
I have tried flashing all the different versions of original firmware(for SHV-E160S) I could find(as I do not know the version of the firmware that was on the phone before it bricked). I have also tried 4 different computers, 3 different USB cables, many different USB ports and multiple versions of Odin. Always fail.
I have even tried a suggestion to flash using the PIT file after flashing the PDA file. When I do that the Samsung screen comes up with the blue loading bar but the loading sometimes gets stuck or the phone reboots. But I do have access to download and recovery when using the PIT file.
This phone has caused me much stress. I am at the point I should just buy a new phone as I have already spent many hours trying to revive this phone.
Please if someone has any other suggestions I would appreciate it very much.
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You have to use quincyatt roms for you phone, im guessing you have a sgh-i717 att,tmobile,Rogers,Fido, or Telus ?
never use a korean rom on these phones because there for our phones. I've tried this rom and it didnt work so I had to pull out the battery and go to recovery mode and flash it to my rom I used before.
As for trying to flash your phone back to stock, if odin isnt working, use the flashable zip and flash it through twrp or cwm.
Hope this helps
- Cheers
Actually as stated in my post I am using the Korean Note SHV-E160s.
I am downloading a custom rom called SayanogenMod and also CWM and will see what happens.
kafeero said:
Actually as stated in my post I am using the Korean Note SHV-E160s.
I am downloading a custom rom called SayanogenMod and also CWM and will see what happens.
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Ohh sorry....
Try getting the Sgh- i717, I herd they're problems with that phone.
TeamAndroid14 said:
Ohh sorry....
Try getting the Sgh- i717, I herd they're problems with that phone.
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No problem. I'm actually thinking of getting a Galaxsy S5 soon if I can't fix the note.
So the Sayanogen did not work. CWM does the same thing that Odin does. It gets to like 90% and then the screen just goes black and stays that way until I pull the battery. Then after reboot the phone freezes on blue bar loading screen...
This is so frustrating....
kafeero said:
No problem. I'm actually thinking of getting a Galaxsy S5 soon if I can't fix the note.
So the Sayanogen did not work. CWM does the same thing that Odin does. It gets to like 90% and then the screen just goes black and stays that way until I pull the battery. Then after reboot the phone freezes on blue bar loading screen...
This is so frustrating....
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Thats kinda weired, I've always run into problems with my note and I've always use odin and it works perfecly.
try downloading this rom, im guessing its the custom rom for your phone http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-att/general/rom-galaxy-note-korean-shv-e160k-s-t2873791 , flash it with odin and make sure you use the latest versions of odin. see if that would work
Hope it helps :good:
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Thats kinda weired, I've always run into problems with my note and I've always use odin and it works perfecly.
try downloading this rom, im guessing its the custom rom for your phone http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-att/general/rom-galaxy-note-korean-shv-e160k-s-t2873791 , flash it with odin and make sure you use the latest versions of odin. see if that would work
Hope it helps :good:
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I am currently downloading the files and am going to try that rom. Will update when finished. Thanks.
So I have at this point also downloaded multiple custom roms and none have worked. I have at this point started looking for another phone.
kafeero said:
So I have at this point also downloaded multiple custom roms and none have worked. I have at this point started looking for another phone.
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Oh snap that sucks, the same thing happened to me and I got it fixed by using odin.
Some times it can be the usb port. If you do want another Samsung note 1, you can try buying it off ebay, really cheap.