[Q] Major issues all programs stopping!!!! - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

When I turned on my i9300 galaxy III phone last week it prompt me for an upgrade. I installed it and as soon as it booted again, every single app started to issue warnings about stopping. The phone cycles through all of these pop up warnings over and over again and never reaches the home screen.
What I have tried:
Plugged it to PC open Kies - drivers were not installed correctly, Kies didnt connect.
Ran troubleshooting (unplugged phone b4) connected phone again Kies didnt connect.
Restarted the phone in d/l mode --> wipe data/factory reset, this time the drivers were installed correctly but Kies didnt connect again.
Unplugged phone open Odin and it didnt recognize the phone either.
Tried 2 different cables switched USB ports and nothing!!
PC recognizes the phone but it wont let me see content in windows explorer.
Please help me, thanx in advance. :crying:
Pacbert

seems you need to get on another Rom
why not try odin
or root and get CWM and flash a custom Rom

Blackwolf10 said:
seems you need to get on another Rom
why not try odin
or root and get CWM and flash a custom Rom
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I cant root the phone or how do I install another ROM. Odin doesnt recognize the phone, I plug it in and nothing happens
so I have no options how to connect to the cell phone.

Pacbert said:
I cant root the phone or how do I install another ROM. Odin doesnt recognize the phone, I plug it in and nothing happens
so I have no options how to connect to the cell phone.
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For ODIN to recognize the device you must first go into Download Mode and you need to shutdown the device first then do this hold home+vol down+then power button)
You don't need root to use ODIN though. If you want to revert to stock see the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610 it's pretty straightforward anyway so i guess you won't do something unnecessary.

As you were upgrading legitimately, take it back to vendor or Samsung and get them to sort it

SignetSphere said:
For ODIN to recognize the device you must first go into Download Mode and you need to shutdown the device first then do this hold home+vol down+then power button)
You don't need root to use ODIN though. If you want to revert to stock see the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610 it's pretty straightforward anyway so i guess you won't do something unnecessary.
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Yes I did that, I said that in my first post. I put the phone into d/l mode but Odin doesnt recognize the phone, that is my major issue here.
Neither Kies nor Odin recognizes the phone. PC installs drivers correctly and knows when its plugged in but thats about it

slaphead20 said:
As you were upgrading legitimately, take it back to vendor or Samsung and get them to sort it
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They take a long time to respond, but yea if nobody here can give me a solution thats what Im going to do.

Nobody has a clue?

Simple test.. Tried another pc?
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realwillow said:
Simple test.. Tried another pc?
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
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Tried 3 different and nothing

Pacbert said:
Tried 3 different and nothing
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you can try mobile odin then though it costs a few bucks but does a great job

Blackwolf10 said:
you can try mobile odin then though it costs a few bucks but does a great job
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I don't think there's much chance of him being able to use mobile Odin if you read the OP

slaphead20 said:
I don't think there's much chance of him being able to use mobile Odin if you read the OP
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Yea maybe phone has no chance at all and I probably need to replace it.

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[URGENT] Odin Crashed Whilst Flashing.

Hello, I was attempting to flash Clockwork Mod on my G5, whilst doing it Odin crashed and now my phone is messed up.
It will turn on but a PC-Triangle with a ! in the middle-Phone, it will go into Download Mode but Odin doesn't recognise it so i can't re-flash it, any ideas?
Please help, this is urgent.
The phone itself is on stock, it turns on but displays the error i have described above, it will go into download mode but Odin doesn't recognsie it.
Thanks, Curtis.
CurtisAndroid5 said:
Hello, I was attempting to flash Clockwork Mod on my G5, whilst doing it Odin crashed and now my phone is messed up.
It will turn on but a PC-Triangle with a ! in the middle-Phone, it will go into Download Mode but Odin doesn't recognise it so i can't re-flash it, any ideas?
Please help, this is urgent.
The phone itself is on stock, it turns on but displays the error i have described above, it will go into download mode but Odin doesn't recognsie it.
Thanks, Curtis.
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No need to worry about it.
Uninstall the drivers associated with the phone. Are you using Windows?
For XP: Go to start > Control Panel > System > Click on the Hardware tab and then Device Manager. Find the driver for the phone. I remember it has a yellow icon, and the drivers name is a mix of capital letters
It's probably similar for Windows 7, but i wouldn't know.
Uninstall the driver associated with the phone, then reinstall by plugging your phone into the computer in download mode. It would help to uninstall and reinstall Odin as well, just in case.
If you get Odin to work, just work away like you would.
Thanks for your reply, i have uninstalled the drivers, but when i plugged my phone back in, the drivers are not being installed and i can not find them on the internet. Any ideas?
I know how i messed up, i completely forgot to root my phone before i started to flash, any ideas on how i can just get my phone back to its normal working everyday self?
Will i just need to get the device recognised by Odin then insert the Ops file and the I5500.tar file and flash it back to stock?
edit- managed to get drivers installed, now how do i fix my phone? Just flash the .OPS and the stock I5500.tar file?
CurtisAndroid5 said:
Thanks for your reply, i have uninstalled the drivers, but when i plugged my phone back in, the drivers are not being installed and i can not find them on the internet. Any ideas?
I know how i messed up, i completely forgot to root my phone before i started to flash, any ideas on how i can just get my phone back to its normal working everyday self?
Will i just need to get the device recognised by Odin then insert the Ops file and the I5500.tar file and flash it back to stock?
edit- managed to get drivers installed, now how do i fix my phone? Just flash the .OPS and the stock I5500.tar file?
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I think it'll fail again if your phone isn't rooted. You can't get rid of the Computer-Caution-Phone image without succesfully using Odin.
You could try to flash the .tar and .ops file again. I can't see it working though unfortunately.
Any ideas then? Is there a way to root my phone via Odin or anything?
CurtisAndroid5 said:
Any ideas then? Is there a way to root my phone via Odin or anything?
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I've never heard of rooting your phone through the download mode or through Odin.
Maybe there's a file you can put on your phone through Odin which doesn't require root? I'll take a look around for you.
Thank you so much, i appreciate it, I'm 16, can't really live without a phone especially with college parties coming up in the next few days aha, I knew i shouldn't of risked around with flashing again!
CurtisAndroid5 said:
Thank you so much, i appreciate it, I'm 16, can't really live without a phone especially with college parties coming up in the next few days aha, I knew i shouldn't of risked around with flashing again!
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Just thinking that Odin is a program which requires root so there won't be any file you can transfer when unrooted. I had a quick glance over at the Odin thread, and the first step is that you have to root your phone.
I'm sorry, but there's nothing else I can think of which might help. Maybe if somebody with a bit more knowledge/expeerience sees this thread, they might help.
Can Odin detect your phone?
Ah man, thanks anyway, yes Odin detects my phone, I'm trying to use SuperOneClick Root on my PC- Do you know any other Root software that works on PC?
CurtisAndroid5 said:
Ah man, thanks anyway, yes Odin detects my phone, I'm trying to use SuperOneClick Root on my PC- Do you know any other Root software that works on PC?
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I don't know of any others, but Superoneclick works fine for the Galaxy 5. Like I said, I've never heard of using it during download mode so just be careful with that.
If Odin detects your phone, have you tried just closing Odin and plugging out the USB safely?
Can't use Superoneclick as my phone isn't in USB Debugging and i obviously can't change that aha I have just tried that, no luck with the closing Odin and unplugging it, should i try installing CWM again or is that a bad idea?
CurtisAndroid5 said:
Can't use Superoneclick as my phone isn't in USB Debugging and i obviously can't change that aha I have just tried that, no luck with the closing Odin and unplugging it, should i try installing CWM again or is that a bad idea?
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It's a bad idea because it just won't work. Odin will crash again.
I don't know what to do I'm afraid.
Looks like my phone is shagged due to my own stupidity, I forgot to root it because my phone was previously rooted and it went back for repairs, then I completely forgot i didnt install Root access -.-
Do you think i can recover my phone or is it well and truly gone?
Well it's not like your phone is bricked or anything. It's just broken a connection to Odin and it won't boot until it's completed.
You could always return it for repairs again. Your warranty might be broken though.
If I happen to come across a DIY fix then I'll post it here.
Thanks for your help mate, i've decided to just send my phone back for repairs, buy a new phone (Probably a Blackberry for BBM and stuff with all my mates), and sell my phone once i get it back.I have gave up on Samsung mobiles.
Thank you.
Did you send your phone alredy? Uncompress the firmware.tar file and unselect "one package in Odin" . On the boot in odin select the boot file of the .tar and run odin. Maybe that will help
Sent from my Galaxy5 using XDA App
Dude have u tryd using samsung kies it might detect it n let u do an emergancy firmware recovery or maybe (a verry unlikely maybe but still a maybe) it will detect the problem and provide u a solution hope this helps.
CurtisAndroid5 said:
Ah man, thanks anyway, yes Odin detects my phone, I'm trying to use SuperOneClick Root on my PC- Do you know any other Root software that works on PC?
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Hi, had the very same issue as you. Odin crashed just few sec after start. What I did ; uninstalled everything (Odin & files comes with it, KIES). Then restart PC, go to Samsung.com and download latest KIES, when downloaded go to Tools and check for updates. Accept/run them, when done restart PC. Now, read the steps bellow, and see the attached picture.
1. Extract Odin v4.28 and Ops File.zip I5500XXXX.rar
2. Open Odin v4.28,
- Select OPS tab: EUROPA_v1.0.ops
- Make sure Auto Reboot & Protect OPS selected in Option tab
- get this I5500XFJPQ from samfirware.com ( for some strange reason only this package worked!), download, and unzipp to folder called GT-I5500. In to this folder place Odin and ops as well.
- Make sure One Package selected in Option tab
3. Turn off phone, remove battery for 5second, put it back
4. Hold "Volume Down, Center button & Power button" in the same time to enter Download Mode (yellow triangle)
5. Connect to PC with USB cable
6. When the data line and the phone connection is successful, com port shows yellow in Odin
7. Press Start on Odin
8. Waitin & Pray!
9. PASS, its done!
*Hard reset after flashing *2767*3855#
*Check ur Phone Info *#*#1234#*#*
Note: my i5500 was rooted, so if was yours then ok. When pressing buttons you must see an yellow triangle! If you don't see it don't try connect. Remove battery for 3-5 minutes and try again...
Thanks for the replies, I've got my 'broken' phone in its box on my wardrobe, Carphone Warehouse have ordered me a brand new G5 to replace mine, I should get that sometime next week, but I'm buying a HTC Wildfire S pretty soon anyway!
Thanks for your help, I'd rather keep my broken phone well, broke aha.
Have you tried flashing twrp recovery then using cf-autoroot?

How Can I reset my phone, install the stock ROM, or what do I need to do?

A few days ago I accidentally deleted my messaging app(mms.apk), I looked everywhere for a solution to get it back, I couldn't find anything other than downloading a messaging app for the Android Marketplace, I just decided to restore my phone from the backup I made about ten days ago, I did. Then I decided I just wanted to reset & unroot my phone, I downloaded an unroot file, opened it up using Odin, then started to unroot my phone, a few minutes into the process it said, "Fail!", so I clicked reset and unplugged my phone & tried to boot it, it was stuck at the boot screen for about ten minutes, so then I rerooted it using a root file & Odin, it did it successfully. But now when I turn my phone on it says. "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
I can acess Odin mode as well, but that's all I can do, Kies can't connect to the phone.
Also, I have to plug unplug the USB a few times before the computer recognizes it.
I need help really bad, I've only had the phone for about two months. D:
Sladdon said:
Yesterday I accidentally deleted my mms.apk, I could not find any solutions to get it back other than downloading a messaging app from the Marketplace, so I restored a backup I made about ten days ago, then I decided that I just wanted to unroot my phone and completely start over, I used Odin and an unroot file to unroot it, about 2 or 3 minutes in it said "Fail!", I attempted to turn on my phone, it was stuck at the startup screen, then I tried it again, same thing, then I rerooted it, and unrooted, and just kept doing that, now when I turn it on it says, "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." It will not connect to Kies. I can access CWM(I think that's what it is), how can I fix it? I really need help, I'm currently using a Samsung Solstice or something, and it's just horrible.
Thanks.
EDIT: & I have to unplug and plug the USB back into the computer a bunch before it will recognize it(I have the drivers installed).
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If the phone screen is turning on, it's not bricked.
Try to look for the stock rom
Sent from my HTC Glacier using xda premium
Sladdon said:
then I decided that I just wanted to unroot my phone and completely start over, I used Odin and an unroot file to unroot it, about 2 or 3 minutes in it said "Fail!"
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May be able to help you but need to know what exactly you flashed that caused Odin to fail. Also need to know what you used to root your phone. And Specifically what the contents of the tar files are for those two packages.
creepyncrawly said:
May be able to help you but need to know what exactly you flashed that caused Odin to fail. Also need to know what you used to root your phone. And Specifically what the contents of the tar files are for those two packages.
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Any unroot I try to put on it, it doesn't work.
Sladdon said:
Any unroot I try to put on it, it doesn't work.
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It is impossible to troubleshoot your problem without information. As I said above I may be able to help you but i need to know what exactly you flashed that caused Odin to fail. Also I need to know what you used to root your phone. And Specifically what the contents of the tar files are for those two packages.
That will be a start at least.
creepyncrawly said:
It is impossible to troubleshoot your problem without information. As I said above I may be able to help you but i need to know what exactly you flashed that caused Odin to fail. Also I need to know what you used to root your phone. And Specifically what the contents of the tar files are for those two packages.
That will be a start at least.
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Alright, but before I tell you that, I don't have USB Debugging on, and I have no way of turning it on through my phone, unless there's a way to turn it on without being able to get on my phone, could this be why the new firmwares, etc. won't install using Odin?
Sladdon said:
Alright, but before I tell you that, I don't have USB Debugging on, and I have no way of turning it on through my phone, unless there's a way to turn it on without being able to get on my phone, could this be why the new firmwares, etc. won't install using Odin?
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No.
USB Debugging is irrelevant when you are in download mode.
creepyncrawly said:
No.
USB Debugging is irrelevant when you are in download mode.
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Okay good, but still, nothing seems to work, I need someone to Teamviwer with me.
Sladdon said:
Okay good, but still, nothing seems to work, I need someone to Teamviwer with me.
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As I told you, I will be happy to try to help you get your phone back. But...
I can't help you if you won't tell me what you have done.
creepyncrawly said:
As I told you, I will be happy to try to help you get your phone back. But...
I can't help you if you won't tell me what you have done.
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I'm not sure what I used to root it the very first time, I used ATTGalaxyS2Unroot_SGH-i777 http://gyazo.com/41cd5a9600ea4c21b223e1fff7513595 to unroot it(I THINK), I downloaded a few, then it messed up, froze at the startup screen, so I downloaded a root file, once again, I think it was this one, but could have been the other one I downloaded, http://gyazo.com/7412924c18a7bdf386ee2fee57c025d3, here's all the files I have, I didn't use them all, but I have them, http://gyazo.com/a9e126d653d4e29c5da04e505a8e37de.
Hopefully that can help you.
And also, I think I already mentioned it, but I have to unplug and plug back in my phone a bunch before it finally recognizes it, and when it does recognize it every time it installs the driver again as if it were a new device.
EDIT: Here's what it says 90% of the time when I plug it in.. http://gyazo.com/288b9e6a613e5348e91b15482ccbcebf

[Q] GS2 Bricked ... PLEASE HELP

Hi,
I recently bought a gs2 however its not working, basically the guy who sold it to me was trying to upgrade it to latest software via xda apparently and now its blocked. it just flashes the screen, black screen, you can see the yellow triangle when i try to put it into recovery or download mode. i have done some research but cant get my head round it. it comes up on kies as pda:lpt/phone:lq6/csc:lpa(xeu) as current firmware version. i have tried using odin to re set it and flash it also however odin wont read it and wont come up yellow , i have removed and re set the drivers still not luck.
i am not very clued up on android as i used to use blackberry.
can anyone please help me on what to do and how to do it?
thank you
kuq-e-zi said:
... when i try to put it into recovery or download mode...
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What do you me by "try"? Can you enter download mode or not?
fxrb said:
What do you me by "try"? Can you enter download mode or not?
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He can, because he stated that he tried to reset it via odin...
@OP , take a look at the USB port where you charge the phone... Do you see something wrong with it?...
Sent with a homing pigeon
riro1612 said:
He can, because he stated that he tried to reset it via odin...
@OP , take a look at the USB port where you charge the phone... Do you see something wrong with it?...
Sent with a homing pigeon
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the usb is ok, it charges the phone, connects to kies as well but not odin. i bought a usb jig as well. when i connect the jig it flashes "downloading" though it hard to see as its flashing non stop however nothing else happens.
kuq-e-zi said:
hard to see as its flashing non stop however nothing else happens.
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You mean the screen keeps flickering?

bricked i9100 help

Hi guys.
Tonight I did a data reset via the system settings menu within the OS so that all personal data can be wiped from the phone.
Shortly after I did this, the phone reset, then just started randomly flashing and not booting, occasionally pausing on a totally white screen.
I tried to enter into recovery mode with no luck, and had no luck with download mode either.
My USB jig worked and got me into download mode, and it now also lets me enter download mode via the 3 button method.
I figured I would just use odin to flash a new kernel/ROM, however the phone refuses to come up in odin and is no longer even recognised on my PC (unknown usb device).
I've tried installing and reinstalling drivers, different usb ports, different cable etc and nothing makes any difference.
Anyone have any clue what I can do about this?
PS. The phone was on rootbox rom (unsure of version) and I'm fairly certain it had siyah kernel.
sorry, posted in the wrong section.
please switch it over, mods
No recovery?
Sent from the little guy
What version were you running? GB, ICS or JB? Which kernel? Did you try to flash tar file? Repartition through Odin?
Sent from my digital submersible hovercraft.
It was running ICS, unsure of exact version.
And I did not try to do anything with odin as the phone is not recognised at all any more, doesn't come up in odin..
and yes, I cannot access recovery mode at all via the 3 button method
Didn't it work with the jig?
Tell us what you can do with your device right now.
Sent from the little guy
as above, I can enter download mode, but absolutely nothing else.
no boot, no recovery, phone is not recognised in odin, phone is not recognised by windows.
Can you find the device in windows device manager as unknown device?
Sent from my GT-I9305 using xda app-developers app
Wuxar said:
Can you find the device in windows device manager as unknown device?
Sent from my GT-I9305 using xda app-developers app
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yep, that's exactly what it comes up as.
Have you tried with another computer?
Sent from my GT-I9305 using xda app-developers app
Hold on, i'm going PC Mode.
In the meantime flash siyah v6
Sent from the little guy
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Try these and report back.
gastonw said:
Hold on, i'm going PC Mode.
In the meantime flash siyah v6
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Try these and report back.
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mate, I really appreciate you trying to help me but I'm not entirely sure that you are even reading my posts.
I'm not sure how I am supposed to flash a kernel when my device is not even seen (besides "unknown device") on my PC, and does not display at all in Odin.
ps: i've already tried all of those steps in that link, nothing has helped
lolthrash said:
mate, I really appreciate you trying to help me but I'm not entirely sure that you are even reading my posts.
I'm not sure how I am supposed to flash a kernel when my device is not even seen (besides "unknown device") on my PC, and does not display at all in Odin.
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I've read your post?
Have you read mine?
What are we trying to do here?
To make your PC see your device.....am I right?
yes, the objective is to make my PC see the device.
and seeing as the PC needs to see the device for me to flash anything to it, I'm unsure as to how flashing siyah will help me when I cannot in fact flash anything at all
lolthrash said:
yes, the objective is to make my PC see the device.
and seeing as the PC needs to see the device for me to flash anything to it, I'm unsure as to how flashing siyah will help me when I cannot in fact flash anything at all
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yeah yeah
You get unkown device when plugged in? delete that.
Install kies.
Already installed? uninstall it.
Re install.
just figured out the problem with it not recognising it via usb, it was a dodgy USB flex that I'd installed to fix a microphone problem (which eventually turned out to not be hardware related).
just swapped back the original board and hey presto, the damn thing is recognised in windows and in odin.
thanks for the help guys
Be carefull now.
Sent from the little guy
wrong post, didnt read your post properly

I Soft Bricked My Phone

I'm not sure my s3 bricked or not, yesterday i try to flash a new firmware MC3. But it was fail after, i was trying to flash older firmwares but it didn't work either. I can't turn on s3, it's also said "Please connect with KIES for recovery", i plugged it to computer but it doesn't seem connect with my computer. Please help, thanks so much.
hoangtung619 said:
I'm not sure my s3 bricked or not, yesterday i try to flash a new firmware MC3. But it was fail after, i was trying to flash older firmwares but it didn't work either. I can't turn on s3, it's also said "Please connect with KIES for recovery", i plugged it to computer but it doesn't seem connect with my computer. Please help, thanks so much.
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Make sure you put your phone in download mode, and also Samsung USB Drivers installed on your PC. Try other USB cable if it did'nt work. Redownload the firmware, maybe it is a corrupted file
If you can boot into recovery then format data and cache, that might make the phone bootable again. If that doesn't help then boot into download mode as above and flash the correct stock rom via odin.
If it won't boot into download then you have a hard brick, service centre repair required.
fanbogo said:
Does anyone know how to run triangle away on SGS 3 without downloading additional data? The point is that I bricked my device, somehow lost IMEI and put phone into factory mode, wifi doesn't work, the same goes for mobile networking. I'd like to give it back to where I bought it from but in Odin mode you can see that the custom binary download is yes (10 counts). In other words I'd appreciate it if you told me what to do to return the device and get it fixed or replaced. Thank you.
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Have you tried without downloading or used some other wifi .
Please stop hijacking other threads all the time .
jje
JJEgan said:
Have you tried without downloading or used some other wifi .
Please stop hijacking other threads all the time .
jje
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sorry mate, I'm desperate. It can't be done without mobile networking or wi-fi because it claims it needs some additional data.
fanbogo said:
sorry mate, I'm desperate. It can't be done without mobile networking or wi-fi because it claims it needs some additional data.
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Do not spam the forums, I have deleted your posts. Did it ever cross your mind that the best way to get an answer would be to create your own thread in the Q&A forum and give as much detail in there as you can? If it didn't cross your mind then I would suggest doing it.

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