Possibly a SDS device, need help! - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys, so my mate had a S3, its only rooted, only 2 weeks ago he said it doesn't power on. I had a look at it and its seems its got the SDS.
The device can go into download load, but when I tried to install a stock ROM with Odin it says pit needed, or something like that. Any help? I'm free to answer any questions
Thanks guys

iFreestyle oG said:
Hey guys, so my mate had a S3, its only rooted, only 2 weeks ago he said it doesn't power on. I had a look at it and its seems its got the SDS.
The device can go into download load, but when I tried to install a stock ROM with Odin it says pit needed, or something like that. Any help? I'm free to answer any questions
Thanks guys
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Untick repartition and try
Sent from my GT-I9000

ahmadashraf said:
Untick repartition and try
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I did, I've been using Odin for ages on my S3. I only used the tar file that came from the extracted firmware package, so I don't know why Odin requires the pit files, its leading me to think that the emmc is gone and the mainboard needs to be replaced, I hope its not though, so can anyone else help me?

iFreestyle oG said:
I did, I've been using Odin for ages on my S3. I only used the tar file that came from the extracted firmware package, so I don't know why Odin requires the pit files, its leading me to think that the emmc is gone and the mainboard needs to be replaced, I hope its not though, so can anyone else help me?
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There have been many cases recently with the Pit problem and to my knowledge none of them was able to revive their device. Was it a SDS that caused the problem? I don't know. How did it happen in the first place? Did he experience performance problems with his device or sudden reboots before it happened?
Also what about the flash counter in Download mode? Does it say Samsung official?

Scarface1991 said:
There have been many cases recently with the Pit problem and to my knowledge none of them was able to revive their device. Was it a SDS that caused the problem? I don't know. How did it happen in the first place? Did he experience performance problems with his device or sudden reboots before it happened?
Also what about the flash counter in Download mode? Does it say Samsung official?
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Yes he was getting performance issues, and yes binary says official but system status says custom.

iFreestyle oG said:
Yes he was getting performance issues, and yes binary says official but system status says custom.
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Looks like a Sudden Death to me
The custom System Status could void his warranty but not necessarily, depends on the service center.

iFreestyle oG said:
Yes he was getting performance issues, and yes binary says official but system status says custom.
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Concerning your binary counter and status look ["http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1930418&page=31"]
I had the same problem and solved it with this solution.

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[Q] no PIT partition error in odin

Hey guys.
I have a GT- i9300, I rooted it in odin with CF root, no worries, installed foxhounds Rom with SiyahKernel. All was fine for a few weeks. My phone then randomly shut down one day and would not boot. (had not installed any 3rd party apps, custom upgrades or anything for a few days).
My phone now only boots to the Samsung splash screen. Will not boot into recovery mode either. Download mode still works
So i tried to re flash the kernel through odin but I get an error "no PIT partition"
Tried flashing a stock Firmware through odin, same error.
Tried flashing CWM again through Odin, same error,
Tried flashing CF root again in Odin, same error.
Any ideas please help???
I have looked all over the net for two days now and found some people with same problem but they have not fixed it yet.
Would a 3-part firmware work in Odin? If so I have downloaded countless ones only to find they are the single .tar file
3 part works via Odin.
jje
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Any idea where I can get one from? Every Rom I download is only the one .tar file.
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same problem here...
any help will be very appreciated...
tzujeff1008 said:
same problem here...
any help will be very appreciated...
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Hey Man, I have been searching the net for days now and trying countless different things in Odin but still no Luck. From what I have read if we can find a 3-part firmware +pit file and we flash them through Odin and tick re-partition it should fix it.
Problem being I cant find one, I have asked on other forums and asked Intratech himself but no response yet. If I figure it out though I'll let you know and you do the same for me hey?
R4M30 said:
Hey Man, I have been searching the net for days now and trying countless different things in Odin but still no Luck. From what I have read if we can find a 3-part firmware +pit file and we flash them through Odin and tick re-partition it should fix it.
Problem being I cant find one, I have asked on other forums and asked Intratech himself but no response yet. If I figure it out though I'll let you know and you do the same for me hey?
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hey, no luck for me so far. I am from Taiwan. I have found 5-part stock firmware, which has pit, bootloader, phone, csc, PDA. But it gave me another error: Re-partition operation failed. It seems the partition table has been crashed.
I have returned it for repair(distributor), and I was told that the phone needs to replace the mainboard. And since they told me I have tried to install custom firmware or software, I no longer have the warranty. The fee is unacceptable high, almost half price of the phone.
I will take my phone back and send it to Samsung repair center. Wait and see if any different solutions Samsung can provide me.
I am still looking for other possible solutions, and if I found one, I definitely will share it with you.
The worse thing is the hardware damage. Hope it is not....
Hi,
I'm having the exact same issue...
It happened me after installing CM10 Prev. #4.. I tried to make a phone call to test the sound problem. and suddenly it rebooted into a boot-loop.
After that I tried to re flash the .zip file to get it booting again but i couldn´t even get into {install zip from internal SD Card]
Then i tried to go back to stock with Odin but didn't work..
Tried to repartition with different .pit files on different pc's with different OS. but nothing helped..
I'm planning on returning it too. I hope they will repair it...
i'll let you know and looking forward to hear something from you.
I ended up taking mine back and it got replaced under warranty
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tzujeff1008 said:
hey, no luck for me so far. I am from Taiwan. I have found 5-part stock firmware, which has pit, bootloader, phone, csc, PDA. But it gave me another error: Re-partition operation failed. It seems the partition table has been crashed.
I have returned it for repair(distributor), and I was told that the phone needs to replace the mainboard. And since they told me I have tried to install custom firmware or software, I no longer have the warranty. The fee is unacceptable high, almost half price of the phone.
I will take my phone back and send it to Samsung repair center. Wait and see if any different solutions Samsung can provide me.
I am still looking for other possible solutions, and if I found one, I definitely will share it with you.
The worse thing is the hardware damage. Hope it is not....
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Hello tzujeff1008
I have same problem & I couldn't find that ROM.
Thanks first of all & Please Give me link of that ROM or tell me where I can find that.
R4M30 said:
I ended up taking mine back and it got replaced under warranty
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mine too got repaired ,under warranty
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tzujeff1008 said:
mine too got repaired ,under warranty
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wo that nice ..hey after flashing.. have u dne trangle away? asking coz u have rootd and still u got replcement: S ???
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please pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease help me guys!!!!!!!!!!
my phone is ****ed up.
i was runing checkrom V3.5.connected device to AC charger(supplied charger) and then slept for 1 hour.
when iwake up my device stuck at samsung logo.
i can't enter recovery mode,just can go to download mode.i got there and tried to flash CF-root v6.4 with odin v1.85(in chainfire thread said),when i hit start in odin it fails and says there is no PIT partition.what should i do?
i downloaded odin from SAMMOBILE.COM, and in zip file there is PIT file.now what should i do?should i flash stock firmware?
it's important to say i had SGS2 before and i'm not noob.
pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease help me:crying::crying:
which .PIT file should i use?
GT-I9300_mx_20120220.pit
GT-I9300_mx_20120322.pit
GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit
M0_20120220.pit
mx.pit
can i try to flash phone via odin with .PIT file and kernel
boobool said:
please pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease help me guys!!!!!!!!!!
my phone is ****ed up.
i was runing checkrom V3.5.connected device to AC charger(supplied charger) and then slept for 1 hour.
when iwake up my device stuck at samsung logo.
i can't enter recovery mode,just can go to download mode.i got there and tried to flash CF-root v6.4 with odin v1.85(in chainfire thread said),when i hit start in odin it fails and says there is no PIT partition.what should i do?
i downloaded odin from SAMMOBILE.COM, and in zip file there is PIT file.now what should i do?should i flash stock firmware?
it's important to say i had SGS2 before and i'm not noob.
pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease help me:crying::crying:
which .PIT file should i use?
GT-I9300_mx_20120220.pit
GT-I9300_mx_20120322.pit
GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit
M0_20120220.pit
mx.pit
can i try to flash phone via odin with .PIT file and kernel
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You have no choice! Try every pits you got, you might get another error : Re-partition operation failed...
So far, I believe that is hardware damage, and there is nothing you can do but send it back for repair(replacement).
If you have run triangle away before the phone crashed, then you are lucky, You might get replacement under warranty.
I did that before broken. There was no counter, but showed custom rom in download mode.
So it is hard to judge if I flash custom rom or not. The second time I sent my phone back to same repair center, they finally did replacement for me for free.
Good luck to you, and hope it is not hardware damage.
tzujeff1008 said:
You have no choice! Try every pits you got, you might get another error : Re-partition operation failed...
So far, I believe that is hardware damage, and there is nothing you can do but send it back for repair(replacement).
If you have run triangle away before the phone crashed, then you are lucky, You might get replacement under warranty.
I did that before broken. There was no counter, but showed custom rom in download mode.
So it is hard to judge if I flash custom rom or not. The second time I sent my phone back to same repair center, they finally did replacement for me for free.
Good luck to you, and hope it is not hardware damage.
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many thanks for really complete answer brother.
tried to flash stock firmware.after 2 minutes odin said there is no pit partition.
again tried and this time with PIT file, happened what you expected ,it said Re-Partition operation failed.:crying::crying:
luckily i don't have yellow triangle and in download mode it says samsung official.so i think it's better to send it to a warranty service center.
another question i have is why does this problem appear ?
i just connected phone to the charger and slept for 1 hour.when i woke up saw samsung logo on phone and it happened what you know.
again thanks for your help brother.
boobool said:
many thanks for really complete answer brother.
tried to flash stock firmware.after 2 minutes odin said there is no pit partition.
again tried and this time with PIT file, happened what you expected ,it said Re-Partition operation failed.:crying::crying:
luckily i don't have yellow triangle and in download mode it says samsung official.so i think it's better to send it to a warranty service center.
another question i have is why does this problem appear ?
i just connected phone to the charger and slept for 1 hour.when i woke up saw samsung logo on phone and it happened what you know.
again thanks for your help brother.
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Did you try with GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit ? works fine for I9300 repartition...
boobool said:
many thanks for really complete answer brother.
tried to flash stock firmware.after 2 minutes odin said there is no pit partition.
again tried and this time with PIT file, happened what you expected ,it said Re-Partition operation failed.:crying::crying:
luckily i don't have yellow triangle and in download mode it says samsung official.so i think it's better to send it to a warranty service center.
another question i have is why does this problem appear ?
i just connected phone to the charger and slept for 1 hour.when i woke up saw samsung logo on phone and it happened what you know.
again thanks for your help brother.
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I connected phone to the charger over night, and when I woke up, it just happened.
I have no clue why this happens, just doubt if the charging system has flaw.
Great that I can share experience with you guys.
Chewee91 said:
Did you try with GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit ? works fine for I9300 repartition...
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tzujeff1008 said:
I connected phone to the charger over night, and when I woke up, it just happened.
I have no clue why this happens, just doubt if the charging system has flaw.
Great that I can share experience with you guys.
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thanks for responses brothers.
i tried 5 different pit files and one of them was GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit.
it didn't help.actually when inserting pit file in odin it says Re-partition operation failed. and when pit place in odin is empty it says there is no PIT partition.
i tried to flash 3 part stock rom,same result.
tried those methods with odin 3.04 and odin 1.85, both of them gave me same result.:crying::crying:
If you always search a 3 parts firmware, try this one:
http://hotfile.com/get/159511026/500faffb/47a90c3/I9300XXALE8_I9300OJVALE7_FWD.zip without and with pit file
(morocoo CSC i think), just in order to test if it's works.
If it is, you'll flash your firmware (CSC THR) here:
http://hotfile.com/get/164216390/500fb0d0/c94977c/I9300XXBLFB_I9300OJVBLF3_THR.zip
If don't work, use warranty...
Just letting you know that i had the Exact same problem.
When trying to flash (when in download mode) it would always error when trying to get the PIT information.
Nothing would work, besides from download mode. When trying to hard reset, it would get to the logo screen and immediately turn off.
It was rooted + cmw + no triangle away. So it could be easily seen that it rooted
I took it back to warranty.
It was a fault motherboard. That was the issue. They replaced it and re-flashed with stock os.
And it was covered under warranty (the best part).
Same I issue I think
Hi. I think I have the same problem with my unrooted, stock S3. (unbranded UK)
Just suddenly apopeared with the grey battery with the static "O" symbol in it, and when booting doesn't get past the first Samsung screen.
Can get into recovery mode, when trying Odin with XXBLG8 stock ICS ROM, I get the "no PIT partition" error.
Please tell me my phone isn't dead :crying:...
Cheers
Brad

[Q] I9300 is stuck on white samsung screen, Help please!

I have the international edition of the S3 that a was messing around with, and I ended up installing some rom and now I can't even get into recovery. I've searched around and tried multiple methods of fixing it. The only thing I can access is download mode. Can anyone help?
same my condition ..... it's looks like sudden death ..... try flash any recovery files ... if not ... ur last hope doing PIT then if u failed to 100% successfully .... need a new MotherBoard ... replace it if warranty recover
ps: act like fool and tell them u have sudden Death and u didnt play with anything (dont mention ur flash custom rom/firmware ....it will cancel ur warranty)
sry for lose man , u not the only one ... i cant even replace it with warranty due to bought from another country
good luck
speedman2202 said:
same my condition ..... it's looks like sudden death ..... try flash any recovery files ... if not ... ur last hope doing PIT then if u failed to 100% successfully .... need a new MotherBoard ... replace it if warranty recover
ps: act like fool and tell them u have sudden Death and u didnt play with anything (dont mention ur flash custom rom/firmware ....it will cancel ur warranty)
sry for lose man , u not the only one ... i cant even replace it with warranty due to bought from another country
good luck
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Do you know where I could find instructions on how to flash a PIT?
this is file come from sammobile.com website
providing u the right PIT file with flasher
http://www.mediafire.com/?ddfpfkk2pb8326k
connect ur mobile , open odin program and then press on PIT button and navigate PIT files then (as i think) choose the latest PIT file with name i9300 (ur mobile Model) and latest date and then hit start ..... good luck but i recommend u send it to ur Samsung repair center if warranty cover
good luck
stop!
before messing with pit files, which is extremely dangerous, flash a stock ROM through Odin and then do a factory reset from recovery
Glebun said:
stop!
before messing with pit files, which is extremely dangerous, flash a stock ROM through Odin and then do a factory reset from recovery
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Exactly this^^^^....pit file flashing is an absolute last resort, not a first solution
did you tried flashing 4.0.4 stock rom with odin?
same thing happened to me 2 weeks ago, flashing 4.0.4 and after that flashing 4.1.2 fixed it.
try to do not mess with pit especially if you didn't backup your efs folder. it is not needed.
redstreetwalker said:
it is not needed.
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moreover, it can render your phone irreparable
Ganjasaur said:
now I can't even get into recovery. The only thing I can access is download mode.
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Glebun said:
stop!
before messing with pit files, which is extremely dangerous, flash a stock ROM through Odin and then do a factory reset from recovery
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he cant go to Recovery mode ......(same like my condition) , he just can go to download mode
Glebun said:
stop!
before messing with pit files, which is extremely dangerous, flash a stock ROM through Odin and then do a factory reset from recovery
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I've already tried to flash a stock firmware, but I still couldn't get it into recovery. I'm not sure if it was the right one though. I have a regular unbranded SIII, is there a specific firmware I should flash?
speedman2202 said:
he cant go to Recovery mode ......(same like my condition) , he just can go to download mode
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okay? the first thing to do here is just flash a stock ROM, no need for pit files
Mine was stuck before than samsung logo, on the model number screen. Almost 1 second or less after opening the device.
Then i flashed 4.0.4 and magically it opened without any loop or something. Its useless to flash 4.1.2 or any other jb stock rom, for some reason it seems not fixing the loop issue.
Again, there is no problem related with pit files.
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It's all individual, what worked for you might not work for others. Don't say that flashing JB is useless, because it's not
I flashed stock 4.0.4 firmware through odin. The operation was successful, but I was still unable to enter recovery. What am I doing wrong?
Ganjasaur said:
I flashed stock 4.0.4 firmware through odin. The operation was successful, but I was still unable to enter recovery. What am I doing wrong?
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Follow the steps to root and flash your custom ROM again as if you just got your phone. The same thing happened to my T999, and it took me 3 tries doing this to finally get back into Recovery.
try to flash in odin stock rom then root use cwm then try to go to recovery..
My cousin's having the same exact issue and we've been unable to find the proper rom. Can anyone please tell me where to get one? I've downloaded some "international" ones but when i try to upload it it keeps telling me failed, i've tried at least 4 or 5 different roms.
ANY help would be greatly appreciated!!
Phone is:
GT-i9300
using it in the US with StraightTalk in the US (been working like a charm for ~6 months, all of a suddent when into this weird limp mode)
Phone was running jellybean 4.1.1 (through kies) and not rooted
Try several times before giving up. Sometimes it works after when the device feels that you've had enough stress and fear.
I mean the problem is common but it's solved in different ways or different repeats.
But it seems that your problem is a software problem that can be solved.
Glebun said:
It's all individual, what worked for you might not work for others. Don't say that flashing JB is useless, because it's not
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Sorry for the misunderstanding, i mean flashing jb was useless for me in that situation. Thanks for the correction
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[Q] Stuck at NAND Write Start!! Help ASAP!!

Hey guys,
I don't know what happened but I was trying to update my phone (GT-I9300) using Odin v3.07 and I'm getting stuck at NAND Write Start.
Also, I'm unable to boot into recovery mode.
Also, When I try to reboot my phone normally, I end up in downloading mode but without the counter and all those stats which are written in top left corner. Just plain simple downloading mode. I don't know what to do. Please help me out ASAP as my battery will die otherwise.
P.S. Phone's not charging!!! :'(
saurabh_goyal93 said:
Hey guys,
I don't know what happened but I was trying to update my phone (GT-I9300) using Odin v3.07 and I'm getting stuck at NAND Write Start.
Also, I'm unable to boot into recovery mode.
Also, When I try to reboot my phone normally, I end up in downloading mode but without the counter and all those stats which are written in top left corner. Just plain simple downloading mode. I don't know what to do. Please help me out ASAP as my battery will die otherwise.
P.S. Phone's not charging!!! :'(
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I guess you Messed it up.. Wish any dev could help ya
GOOD LUCK :good:.
BHARGAV33 said:
I guess you Messed it up.. Wish any dev could help ya
GOOD LUCK :good:.
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What??? Seriously?? Warranty is still there or is it void?
Download mode shows the following:
PRODUCT NAME: GT-I9300
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: No
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
saurabh_goyal93 said:
What??? Seriously?? Warranty is still there or is it void?
Download mode shows the following:
PRODUCT NAME: GT-I9300
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: No
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
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Try getting into recovery mode..
Remove the battery
Hold down the keys for recovery mode(without battery)
Then put the battery in..
Don't leave the keys until you get into recovery mode.. Probably you'd have to try flashing an new rom through recovery..make sure the first thing you do.on CWM is factory reset
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And also see if you could flash an new version of CWM through Odin
saurabh_goyal93 said:
What??? Seriously?? Warranty is still there or is it void?
Download mode shows the following:
PRODUCT NAME: GT-I9300
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: No
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
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You were the one asking about hardbrick and now it seems you could have suffered one. What a fu**ed up coinsidence. Although for now it looks like a Soft-Brick
Ok first , how many % did your battery have when you started flashing?
Second, what Firmware did you flash and where did you get it (link would be good)?
The flashing counter looks good except the the System Status. It states custom which indicates that you changed the Firmware in some way which could void warranty but not always, depends on the carrier and the Service Center.
Scarface1991 said:
You were the one asking about hardbrick and now it seems you could have suffered one. What a fu**ed up coinsidence. Although for now it looks like a Soft-Brick
Ok first , how many % did your battery have when you started flashing?
Second, what Firmware did you flash and where did you get it (link would be good)?
The flashing counter looks good except the the System Status. It states custom which indicates that you changed the Firmware in some way which could void warranty but not always, depends on the carrier and the Service Center.
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1) Around 50% but the amount of battery left is much much less than that. I can feel it.
2) XXDLJ4 from Sammobile. I can't find the link. But it was official firmware from UK.
I live in India. We don't have carrier specific phones yet. But I have no idea what service centre guys are going to say. I'm just gonna tell him that I was updating using kies and this happened.
BHARGAV33 said:
Try getting into recovery mode..
Remove the battery
Hold down the keys for recovery mode(without battery)
Then put the battery in..
Don't leave the keys until you get into recovery mode.. Probably you'd have to try flashing an new rom through recovery..make sure the first thing you do.on CWM is factory reset
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And also see if you could flash an new version of CWM through Odin
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Thanks for your reply but I'm unable to get into recovery mode. I tried what you said.
XXDLJ4 is outdated and is from 2012. From what Google says it`s Android 4.1.1 . There are newer Firmwares around. The newest Firmware to my knowledge is XXEMC3. However it doesn`t matter what the Firmware is, it should work even if the Firmware is old. Do you still have the log from Odin? It would be good to see where Odin failed exactly. A screenshot would be great.
Scarface1991 said:
XXDLJ4 is outdated and is from 2012. From what Google says it`s Android 4.1.1 . There are newer Firmwares around. The newest Firmware to my knowledge is XXEMC3. However it doesn`t matter what the Firmware is, it should work even if the Firmware is old. Do you still have the log from Odin? It would be good to see where Odin failed exactly. A screenshot would be great.
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Yeah. Sure. Here you go.
Ok a friend of mine had the same issue one time with his I9000 and it helped to switch the USB Ports and then try to flash the firmware again. Also turn off every process that belongs to Kies. Go to Task manager and Kill every Kies process.
Also try to use Odin 1.85, I`ve seen people having problems with Odin 3.xx before
Scarface1991 said:
Ok a friend of mine had the same issue one time with his I9000 and it helped to switch the USB Ports and then try to flash the firmware again. Also turn off every process that belongs to Kies. Go to Task manager and Kill every Kies process.
Also try to use Odin 1.85, I`ve seen people having problems with Odin 3.xx before
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I'll do that. Give me two mins.
P.S. Can I somehow charge my phone's battery? Like through a wall socket? It shows old style downloading mode with no info whatsoever if I do that? Is it charging?
Scarface1991 said:
Ok a friend of mine had the same issue one time with his I9000 and it helped to switch the USB Ports and then try to flash the firmware again. Also turn off every process that belongs to Kies. Go to Task manager and Kill every Kies process.
Also try to use Odin 1.85, I`ve seen people having problems with Odin 3.xx before
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Same issue! I even reinstalled the drivers!!
saurabh_goyal93 said:
I'll do that. Give me two mins.
P.S. Can I somehow charge my phone's battery? Like through a wall socket? It shows old style downloading mode with no info whatsoever if I do that? Is it charging?
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Nope I don`t think it`s charging. That`s why almost every flashing guide says that you should have a fully charged battery before you flash a ROM to your device.
Edit: Ok this is weird. I would try a different Firmware.
Scarface1991 said:
Nope I don`t think it`s charging. That`s why almost every flashing guide says that you should have a fully charged battery before you flash a ROM to your device.
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Yeah I know that. But this thing has never ever happened to me. So I guess I was over-confident!
Turn your phone off so the battery won`t die. Then download the latest Firmware and flash it the same way you did before. This is the only thing that you could do to my knowledge.
Do you have a Custom ROM on your phones internal or external SD? If yes you could follow up on BHARGAV33`s tip to flash CWM Recovery through Odin and then try to access Recovery and afterwards wipe data and flash a new ROM.
saurabh_goyal93 said:
Yeah. Sure. Here you go.
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i faced same problem in two of my USB ports and was successful in the other ones ! as the senior member said try changing your pc USB ports. good luck ! :good:
Scarface1991 said:
Nope I don`t think it`s charging. That`s why almost every flashing guide says that you should have a fully charged battery before you flash a ROM to your device.
Edit: Ok this is weird. I would try a different Firmware.
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I've tried all the firmwares which I have! Android 4.0.4, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, everything!
No change in result!
Its bricked...hard bricked...send it off if you have warranty...it happened to me.
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"NAND Erase All" is worth trying?
Scarface1991 said:
Turn your phone off so the battery won`t die. Then download the latest Firmware and flash it the same way you did before. This is the only thing that you could do to my knowledge.
Do you have a Custom ROM on your phones internal or external SD? If yes you could follow up on BHARGAV33`s tip to flash CWM Recovery through Odin and then try to access Recovery and afterwards wipe data and flash a new ROM.
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Doing that only for the some past hours. No, I'm unable to get into recovery in the way he said. I've already tried it. I searched around on forum & some people were able to tackle their issue by flashing a complete firmware with 3 files. I download the whole firmware which had 3 files but still no luck. I'm going crazy over here, should I just give my phone to Samsung Care and let them deal with it? Or is there anything left to try?
And BTW, I gotta ask, what exactly happens if someone ticks "NAND Erase All" in odin when flashing a firmware. I've not done this because according to me, it's not advisable to play with things which you don't know about.
1) So, what does "NAND Erase All" in odin do exactly?
2) Will it somehow be helpful in my situation?
3) Also, some people on XDA say that NAND Erase All hard bricks your phone & warranty is also void. Is this true?
[email protected] said:
Its bricked...hard bricked...send it off if you have warranty...it happened to me.
Sent from my Vivid 4G using xda app-developers app
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Download mode shows the following:
PRODUCT NAME: GT-I9300
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: No
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom <<<<<<< This is the part I'm worried about!!
Is my warranty voided or not?

[Q] How to recover S3 from Half SDS

Hi friends,
I have samsung galaxy s3 and it bricked all by itself. I tried searching and found its a widespread issue (eMMC Sudden death). I think i have what is referred to as Half SDS, as i am able to get into ODIN mode. However i have tried flashing using ODIN 3.07 and it fails.
I tried re-partition using PIT file and ODIN simply gets stuck indefinitely trying to get PIT File for mapping.
I tried NAND erase and after some time it says failed
I tried Flashing with stock rom it says no PIT information.
So basically i have a dead phone with ODIN mode and it is recognized by windows in ODIN mode thats all . Any ideas how to restore it without motherboard replace?
How old is the phone? Is it still on warranty? Out of curiosity did you have a ROM or kernel with the SDS fix?
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Phone details
My phone battery says its made in 2012-06-17, I made a jelly bean update thru wifi around 2 months back. it was working fine till yesterday when i woke up i got the samsung logo and it never went past that.
I dont have warranty as its an unlocked phone for Orange and i bought it from ebay in UK (August 1st week 2012)
I am not sure if it has a kernal with SDS fix, I updated it to jelly bean so it must be having it right? It said it had the most updated software so am guessing SDS fix was included or am i wrong?
Nothing you can do, new motherboard required.
Aaah That hurts :'(
Thanks mate.... Any idea how much it will cost?
Am beginning to hate samsung, i paid so much to get a faulty hardware like this :crying:
moheshmohan said:
Thanks mate.... Any idea how much it will cost?
Am beginning to hate samsung, i paid so much to get a faulty hardware like this :crying:
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If you had not messed with firmware and PIT it would be a free warranty repair .
jje
about $350
gsw5700 said:
How old is the phone? Is it still on warranty? Out of curiosity did you have a ROM or kernel with the SDS fix?
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Premium HD app
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Dear,
I t is almost 03 year old?It is not under warranty?No i only tried above things as i said and read alot and at last wrote on forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...-4-1-2-cwm-t2091045/post36499838#post36499838
explains my condition but cant understand as i am not expert

[Q] Pit partition file missing - with odin flash

hi Guys,
my 19300 on t mobile uk, is stuck on the boot screen. In download mode I tried to Odin flash the stock firmware but got pit partition file missing error.
is there a solution to overcome this? , my main goal is to retrieve my content on the phone.
Many thanks
shahz_ said:
hi Guys,
my 19300 on t mobile uk, is stuck on the boot screen. In download mode I tried to Odin flash the stock firmware but got pit partition file missing error.
is there a solution to overcome this? , my main goal is to retrieve my content on the phone.
Many thanks
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What does it say in download mode? Were you rooted?
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rootSU said:
What does it say in download mode? Were you rooted?
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thanks for the reply.
no I was not rooted. in download it say;
custom binary download: no
current binary : Samsung official
system status: custom
ps am not at all technical but shall try my best to follow instructions.
shahz_ said:
shall try my best to follow instructions
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Unfortunately there is only 1 step. Send it for warranty repair. Your on board memory is destroyed and you need a motherboard replacement.
word of warning, the fault you have has set status to "custom" even though not. This can cause a problem with warranty. Good luck.
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rootSU said:
Unfortunately there is only 1 step. Send it for warranty repair. Your on board memory is destroyed and you need a motherboard replacement.
word of warning, the fault you have has set status to "custom" even though not. This can cause a problem with warranty. Good luck.
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thanks. I got a screen replaced recently and the guys at the local mobile shop took of the serial stickers, why I don't know. so I don't think sending it for warranty repair would work.
is there any other way of retrieving my contents from the phone? there's folk talking about some types of pit files which can be used but I don't know.
shahz_ said:
thanks. I got a screen replaced recently and the guys at the local mobile shop took of the serial stickers, why I don't know. so I don't think sending it for warranty repair would work.
is there any other way of retrieving my contents from the phone? there's folk talking about some types of pit files which can be used but I don't know.
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PIT files won't help. What you actually have is half SDS where your eMMC (internal memory) is almost completely corrupt. The data is completely gone I am afraid. Whats more, you need a motherboard replacement. It is possible to replace the eMMC only, which apparently can be purchased quite cheaply but this is a very technical job.
Take it back to the repair shop and see what they can do.
I have got a thread stuck at the top of general about Sudden Death which gives a little more info.

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