[Q] Help with bricked i9300 - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I was recently changing custom roms on my i9300 and think i formatted the wrong option. Now when I turn on my phone it gets as far as the start up screen, then goes off and just continues to repeat. I have trawled the web and tried a couple PIT and PDA's but no joy as of yet. I can boot it into download mode. Any help would be highly appreciated! Thank you.

SwirlesY said:
I was recently changing custom roms on my i9300 and think i formatted the wrong option. Now when I turn on my phone it gets as far as the start up screen, then goes off and just continues to repeat. I have trawled the web and tried a couple PIT and PDA's but no joy as of yet. I can boot it into download mode. Any help would be highly appreciated! Thank you.
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what happens when you try to flash a rom via Odin? any error message? I guess we need a bit more information here

chrismast said:
what happens when you try to flash a rom via Odin? any error message? I guess we need a bit more information here
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Ahh of course haha. Well the PIT has passed but when i put the PDA on, depending on if i do straight after i have run the PIT, which it stays on "Setup connection..." or if I run the PDA on its own i get "NAND write start!"

Flash a stock rom for your galaxy s3 via Odin it's only recover your phone then you will root again
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

and just to add to the NAND write start, there is a blue bar on the download screen on my s3

gauravgymnast08 said:
Flash a stock rom for your galaxy s3 via Odin it's only recover your phone then you will root again
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
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ok downloading as we speak....

the PDA i downloaded did not come with a PIT in the zip. So i have just used to PDA on its own, and when i opened it come up in the comments "Leave CS...". The start option became available so i hit it and got "NAND write start..."
I then used a PIT i used previously and tried again, then got this...
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

Service centre repair .
jje

SwirlesY said:
the PDA i downloaded did not come with a PIT in the zip. So i have just used to PDA on its own, and when i opened it come up in the comments "Leave CS...". The start option became available so i hit it and got "NAND write start..."
I then used a PIT i used previously and tried again, then got this...
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Hey untick repartition then flash
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

Did it help when flashed without re-partition checked?

Why do you need a PIT file? Where did you get it?
Repartitioning could be extremely dangerous.

try odin version 3.04 without the PIT file, if you get NAND write start just wait about 5-6 mins, if it stays where it is come here again.
IF you can, try rooting it with CF AUto root then flash a recovery. THen put a ROM on your external SD card and flash it via recovery and see if it boots.

Very sorry for the delay in reply. Its been bloody hectic!
I tried both of those suggestions Mr Mirage.
The first one i got the NAND write start, and the same on the second. It also got stuck on NAND write start

if you flashed a pit file, send it to service to replace the motherboard

Glebun said:
if you flashed a pit file, send it to service to replace the motherboard
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Sorry if I sound a bit dim, but is that to samsung, vodafone, or phones 4 u? And do you know how much that will cost about?

Send it to phones 4 u if that's who bills you for your contract
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

It goes to the vendor not the network under SOGA .
Vendor may well send it straight to Samsung .
jje

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GS3 semi brick ... no pit file?

guys, my phone has been FINE for ages on I9300XXBLG8 ..then on friday while charging off my laptop ..i pull the plug and boom, it force restarts.
and has been doing so ever since ... just gets stuck at that very 1st galaxy s3 logo.
tried flashing the rom again ...odin fails saying no pit file found .... ditto flashing a kernal ...
looked around net and tried flashing a pit file ... odin log says > Re-Partition operation failed ....
anybody been able to fix something like this....? i have a few pit files i've found ..none seem to work.
are they rom specific ?
sun-drop said:
guys, my phone has been FINE for ages on I9300XXBLG8 ..then on friday while charging off my laptop ..i pull the plug and boom, it force restarts.
and has been doing so ever since ... just gets stuck at that very 1st galaxy s3 logo.
tried flashing the rom again ...odin fails saying no pit file found .... ditto flashing a kernal ...
looked around net and tried flashing a pit file ... odin log says > Re-Partition operation failed ....
anybody been able to fix something like this....? i have a few pit files i've found ..none seem to work.
are they rom specific ?
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Why are you trying to repartition your phone..PIT-Partition Information Table..is used for partitioning the flash memory of your device.. flash the firmware as PDA with repartition checked off..
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
zoot1 said:
Why are you trying to repartition your phone..PIT-Partition Information Table..is used for partitioning the flash memory of your device.. flash the firmware as PDA with repartition checked off..
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
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because trying to flash the normal way just gets me a "no pit file" error in odin.
and i can't get to recover ...
ok sorta progress .. trying to flash CWM recovery via odin3 1.85 gets me a progress bar at least ...but it's hung ... but thats the first progress bar ive seen on my phone afrter two days of trying ... might power off and see whats happens ..
nope...nand write fail :/
how is the phone now? still not working?
So what is the status now? your phone recovered or not?
I have the same problem
I have the same problem
What I already tried
I have it on another usb port (nothing):crying:
And other PC :crying:
And others type ODIN :crying:
And 5 other pit files :crying:
And other firmware Roms from XDA And Sammobile :crying:
It remains no pit file partitioning or no re-partitioning :crying:
Taxi341 said:
I have the same problem
What I already tried
I have it on another usb port (nothing):crying:
And other PC :crying:
And others type ODIN :crying:
And 5 other pit files :crying:
And other firmware Roms from XDA And Sammobile :crying:
It remains no pit file partitioning or no re-partitioning :crying:
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Exactly same here!! Died today whilst charging - tried everything the OP did but nothing works.:crying:
Calpol said:
Exactly same here!! Died today whilst charging - tried everything the OP did but nothing works.:crying:
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I'm a noob of android, but i can try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030
??i've got a stock galaxy s3, can only work in download mode :crying:
try this set but follow the screenshots carefully. If not... join the club, search for "sudden death" thread in General section, then, service can be your only option.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31827683
i9.0.1.3k galaxy imperator
I've tried your rescue firmwere but odin return me always the same error, what can i do?only samsung service i think... :crying:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

[Q] S3 doesn't boot anymore

Hello guys,
I wanted to change my rom of my phone and so made a backup of everything and also saw that the internal partition was messed by custom rom.
I saw folders like: "0/" and 2 more.
My idea was to repartition with pit file, but I was messing with NAND Erase All, and now I stuck with flashing in Odin.
When I want to repartition it doesn't go further then: NAND Write Start!!
I did try to:
- Terminate the Samsung Kies Process
- Try Different USB ports
- Try Different versions of Odin
Screenshot:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Can please someone help me with this problem ?
Turkdale said:
Hello guys,
I wanted to change my rom of my phone and so made a backup of everything and also saw that the internal partition was messed by custom rom.
I saw folders like: "0/" and 2 more.
My idea was to repartition with pit file, but I was messing with NAND Erase All, and now I stuck with flashing in Odin.
When I want to repartition it doesn't go further then: NAND Write Start!!
I did try to:
- Terminate the Samsung Kies Process
- Try Different USB ports
- Try Different versions of Odin
Screenshot:
Can please someone help me with this problem ?
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The 0 folder was probably from an install of 4.2.2, and you could (and should) have just deleted it manually, if you wanted to get rid of it. Using a pit file with the SIII is generally NOT recommended, and now you know why.
In the FAQ, you might be able to find a way to recover it, if you can boot at all, but if you are had bricked, which it sounds like you are from the description you gave, you will need JTAG or Samsung repair.
Using nand erase all is probably what killed your phone.
donalgodon said:
The 0 folder was probably from an install of 4.2.2, and you could (and should) have just deleted it manually, if you wanted to get rid of it. Using a pit file with the SIII is generally NOT recommended, and now you know why.
In the FAQ, you might be able to find a way to recover it, if you can boot at all, but if you are had bricked, which it sounds like you are from the description you gave, you will need JTAG or Samsung repair.
Using nand erase all is probably what killed your phone.
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Thank you for your fast answer.
I'm contacting the Samsung Service Point near my town and also contacting some friends at local phone stores, So I hope they can do a JTAG repair for me
Problem is solved
I flashed onepackage firmware in odin with .pit file and my phone is working as charm again
Turkdale said:
Problem is solved
I flashed onepackage firmware in odin with .pit file and my phone is working as charm again
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When you say "one package"firmware, do you mean a lowship firmware?
Would be handy to know for future reference.....
slaphead20 said:
When you say "one package"firmware, do you mean a lowship firmware?
Would be handy to know for future reference.....
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I think he may mean this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30087735&postcount=6
boomboomer said:
I think he may mean this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30087735&postcount=6
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That's what I was suspecting, I tend to use these in trouble, and it seems that using a .pit might only work with these, just an ongoing observation that I may be wrong about, but I certainly would try if I ever needed to use a .pit
slaphead20 said:
That's what I was suspecting, I tend to use these in trouble, and it seems that using a .pit might only work with these, just an ongoing observation that I may be wrong about, but I certainly would try if I ever needed to use a .pit
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Yep, although I'd have to be fairly desperate before I ticked that repartition box!
So many people seem to panic, follow the first advise they find and make it worse in the process. This one was very lucky.
My phone did work without any problems and after flashing a couple of new custom roms, the phone shutdown random and sometimes it reboots random.
I did swap the battery with an other one, but this didn't solve the issue.
I'm now downloading the Rescue Firmware and I will try this and hoping that this will solve my phone's issue.
I am also going to buy the Samsung Galaxy S4 monday, so I want to solve this problem with my phone so I can have it as second smartphone.
The problem was the eMMC chip The samsung galsxy s3 have the issue that the eMMC chip(storage chip) can go insane so you need a repair by Samsung. You can test this with an app called eMMC test tool or something for S3
Sent from my GT-I9505G using xda premium

[Q] Is the emmc problem?

i received a S3, never saw him turned on
on recovery i got this:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
on download mode i got this:
I had a s3 which had emmc problems, not too sure but as long as you have product name and access to recovery and download mode you can try and flash the firmware again using odin. I am not sure as mine had no recovery mode at all.... somone with more knowledge may wish to clear things up for both of us. You can find some guide on how to flash to stock and flash stock firmware.
Sent from my GT-I9300
Klejdi90 said:
I had a s3 which had emmc problems, not too sure but as long as you have product name and access to recovery and download mode you can try and flash the firmware again using odin. I am not sure as mine had no recovery mode at all.... somone with more knowledge may wish to clear things up for both of us. You can find some guide on how to flash to stock and flash stock firmware.
Sent from my GT-I9300
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sorry not mentioned before, but i have tried flash some firmwares, always got Nand flash fail.
tried flash PIT files for partitions but or get fail or stuck on "getting pit files"
sergio_f said:
sorry not mentioned before, but i have tried flash some firmwares, always got Nand flash fail.
tried flash PIT files for partitions but or get fail or stuck on "getting pit files"
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Try this if you have not already >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30087735&postcount=6 <<
tallman43 said:
Try this if you have not already >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30087735&postcount=6 <<
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Again Nand error,i think it's the emmc, Odin can't flash anything
sergio_f said:
Again Nand error,i think it's the emmc, Odin can't flash anything
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Yep most probably
tallman43 said:
Yep most probably
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2369125
this is for sprint version, but if someone can make a dump file from international version maybe i can unbrick mine
Can someone help me?
I do not know, uncheck auto restart after flash pull out a flashlight and put back
helped me
MIKEMON said:
I do not know, uncheck auto restart after flash pull out a flashlight and put back
helped me
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flashlight?
sergio_f said:
flashlight?
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take out the battery and re-insert
MIKEMON said:
take out the battery and re-insert
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already tried
After searched a lot, i think its a software brick, since product name still active,
My S3 have product name AFR, its from Kenya???
pit files for 16GBs is for all countries?

Probably Bricked My YP-70

Hi Everybody,
I was trying to install a new version of cyanogenmod that held kitkat, worked, but heres the problem. After installing the new rom i wanted to put a different kernel. This specific kernel I wanted was not compatible with kitkat, but i wasn't reading, so when it was booting up it was stuck at the Galaxy S Cyanogenmod booting screen. I turned it off and put the device in cwm recovery. I was going to put the right kernel for the device but the SD wound't mount. I looked for a solution, which led me to odin. When I started flashing the status was frozen at nand start write. So I stupidly unplugged it, so now I am greeted with a Phone+!+PC please help me!
Gerard897 said:
Hi Everybody,
I was trying to install a new version of cyanogenmod that held kitkat, worked, but heres the problem. After installing the new rom i wanted to put a different kernel. This specific kernel I wanted was not compatible with kitkat, but i wasn't reading, so when it was booting up it was stuck at the Galaxy S Cyanogenmod booting screen. I turned it off and put the device in cwm recovery. I was going to put the right kernel for the device but the SD wound't mount. I looked for a solution, which led me to odin. When I started flashing the status was frozen at nand start write. So I stupidly unplugged it, so now I am greeted with a Phone+!+PC please help me!
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Without seeing a picture of the screen, I'm going to have to assume the screen is a blue color with a picture of a computer on it.
If so, that's not a problem at all. That screen is basically the same thing as ODIN/Download mode.
With your device on that screen simply replug in your USB cable and reflash with ODIN.
If you could provide a picture of the screen, I could definitely say for sure that your device is good to go, or not.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk
Gerard897 said:
Hi Everybody,
I was trying to install a new version of cyanogenmod that held kitkat, worked, but heres the problem. After installing the new rom i wanted to put a different kernel. This specific kernel I wanted was not compatible with kitkat, but i wasn't reading, so when it was booting up it was stuck at the Galaxy S Cyanogenmod booting screen. I turned it off and put the device in cwm recovery. I was going to put the right kernel for the device but the SD wound't mount. I looked for a solution, which led me to odin. When I started flashing the status was frozen at nand start write. So I stupidly unplugged it, so now I am greeted with a Phone+!+PC please help me!
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{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
If you're talking about this above, then do as Higgs_Boson said above. This is just a force download mode, and happens when you improperly flash something.
obscuresword said:
If you're talking about this above, then do as Higgs_Boson said above. This is just a force download mode, and happens when you improperly flash something.
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Thanks for the help, but can anyone send me link to a flashable file for odin?
Gerard897 said:
Thanks for the help, but can anyone send me link to a flashable file for odin?
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Actually nevermind about the download because I followed this tut http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432936 but after step 3, and putting my device in download mode, My computer won't now read it/notice it in odin. I have kies installed and it used to work before.
Gerard897 said:
Actually nevermind about the download because I followed this tut http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432936 but after step 3, and putting my device in download mode, My computer won't now read it/notice it in odin. I have kies installed and it used to work before.
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Have you installed the drivers? If not, here's a link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2038555
I was JUST in this situation, after fooling around with Ubuntu and the UnbrickerResurector, I was able to come back from Download Mode using the .pit and bootloader files from this thread...Flash them in Odin and you should be set.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1386669
SAVED MY Galaxy Player!!!!
Yeah you bricked your device, I bricked my device like that before and all I had to to was flash rj's kernel and I was in cwm before I knew it. Try that to see if it will work
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Help please my s3 not work

Hi Hi, First you, you are amazing ... do not understand how you can have so much knowledge about this.
Well I tell you my problem that I have spent one week in and I can not resurrect.
I stayed on the phone with samsung logo and did nothing mas..le install a room and before I came to end in the odin..ahora only fail I get a screen with a water blank and I can not put him any rom always gives me fail've tried everything and no result. Will help me I would appreciate. from already thank you to everyone s.
In product Name GT-I9300 I get as I have seen here the phone is not dead if it goes ... no?
I can also tell you that going into Downloading mode.
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: GT-I9300
CUSTOM BINARY: No
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
get Image Capture to see my screen as it has been
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Thank you
first of all
-were you successful flashing the rom via odin and got a pass sign in green color on odin
-which version of rom are you trying to flash.
jasi275 said:
first of all
-were you successful flashing the rom via odin and got a pass sign in green color on odin
-which version of rom are you trying to flash.
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Hi Thanks for answering.
I have proven with many Roms and always leaves me FAIL in Odin
I have also tried pit.
And whenever I get FAIL in Odin.
I have proven all Odin and I always get the same. FAIL
do you have kies on your pc if not install it, it will install proper drivers for s3 then odin might start working and one more thing odin only works if your phone is on download mode and the added is written
jasi275 said:
do you have kies on your pc if not install it, it will install proper drivers for s3 then odin might start working and one more thing odin only works if your phone is on download mode and the added is written
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If you have Kies on the PC does not detect the phone.
if you always put the phone in download mode to connect to Odin
Odin if it detects the phone but always comes FAIL
extract the zip file see see if it is corrupted or use different version of odin like latest or old one
jasi275 said:
extract the zip file see see if it is corrupted or use different version of odin like latest or old one
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The zip file where?
I have proven with all versions of Odin
mensajero2 said:
The zip file where?
I have proven with all versions of Odin
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you do have a firmware file don't you the stock android .tar file which is used to flash the firmware via odin extract that
jasi275 said:
you do have a firmware file don't you the stock android .tar file which is used to flash the firmware via odin extract that
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the S3 samsung firmware I have tried them all and does nothing.
Odin goes into FAIL
are you files in zip format or .tar format you do not get added sign in odin when you put your s3 in download mode is that right
jasi275 said:
are you files in zip format or .tar format you do not get added sign in odin when you put your s3 in download mode is that right
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The Odin works as the problem is not always grabs any ROM out FAIL.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/samsung-i9300-flash-odin-error-t1842728 see this thread do you have a problem like this
mensajero2 said:
The Odin works as the problem is not always grabs any ROM out FAIL.
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You cannot fix this with a software fix this is emmc failure you need a service center see this post >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/problem-white-screen-black-lines-rain-t2467459 << and the many other posts with same problem.

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