Problem white screen with black lines "rain" - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi
A friend of mine owns a Galaxy S3 and is having the following problem
The phone seems not booting, and a white screen with black lines appear.
We've thought about getting a new screen housing complete, with digitizer, screen, etc. but I'm not sure if this will solve the problem.
How could I do some testing so I can know which is the problem and how could I do a complete wipe to the phone as it is now, if possible?
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Thanks

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seems like SDS

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Service centre as it may not be a problem you can solve .
Wipe phone see multiple identical posts / ADB how to use .

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hav the same problem here
is lcd problem just change another one try friend

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abumaha said:
hav the same problem here
is lcd problem just change another one try friend
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yea, but before buying the lcd+digitizer housing, I wanna be sure that buying it will solve this problem.

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Get another friends lcd test it

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My friend could get into download mode. He tried to flash another roms, but the 1st time he got an error, and the second try he waited more than 20min without any progress...
Is there any way to make a complete wipe from download mode?

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kabeza said:
My friend could get into download mode. He tried to flash another roms, but the 1st time he got an error, and the second try he waited more than 20min without any progress...
Is there any way to make a complete wipe from download mode?
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No. That white screen is the sign of the complete eMMC failure a.k.a SDS. Nothing you can do about it but have it repaired by Samsung either by warranty of by paying for the service.

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SignetSphere said:
No. That white screen is the sign of the complete eMMC failure a.k.a SDS. Nothing you can do about it but have it repaired by Samsung either by warranty of by paying for the service.
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let's say i bought it from ebay ( no garantie" , my counter is 0 , i can still go to Samsung center and get it repaired for not much money ???

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sinoukevin said:
let's say i bought it from ebay ( no garantie" , my counter is 0 , i can still go to Samsung center and get it repaired for not much money ???
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U can in warranty no worry bro
if its no water damage just send to repair Center samsung no need to pay only shipping

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abumaha said:
U can in warranty no worry bro
if its no water damage just send to repair Center samsung no need to pay only shipping
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thx for the quick replay ^^ , that's wht i'm gonna try to do , thx again

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sinoukevin said:
let's say i bought it from ebay ( no garantie" , my counter is 0 , i can still go to Samsung center and get it repaired for not much money ???
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Simply that depends upon Samsung's policy to second users and proof of ownership .
As far as i am aware they do not accept second users as a warranty claim . But you are going to have to try first before paying for a repair .

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hi
it's EMMC break.. u must change EMMC this is the only way to back to life

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kabeza said:
yea, but before buying the lcd+digitizer housing, I wanna be sure that buying it will solve this problem.
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use odin tou repair framwork this is the problem for u display

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It is not display problem but symptom of corrupted internal nand, eMMc as dackota said. Bootloader is probably still available but Partitions Information Table is damaged and switched to read only mode. You will not be able to flash anything.
You need to replace your motherboard or at least reflow new eMMc chip. Sorry it is so called hard brick or sudden death.
You can check display by entering download mode. It is displayed correctly. Fuzzy screen while booting shows because bootloader can't read data to init system.
You can try to flash only param.bin, same .pit file or anything else via Odin or Heimdall but it will end at Setup Connection and write fail errors. Sorry bro. 90 percent of nand flash chips in s3 are physically faulty. Samsung replaces those motherboard under warranty, but if it's void or outdated you need to pay for repair.
In some countries it is too expensive and worthless. In Poland, where I live, it is cost of 50-70 bucks. New i9300 or i9305 you can have for circa about 200$.
You can check eBay or similar to your country person-to-person transaction platform to search s3 with broken screen only but fully operational motherboard and replace it yourself. It is very easy. Sometimes it is cheaper than repair the old one.
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P3110 / I9300 / I9100 / NEXUS 5 / iPAD2

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Same issue as above ' I've now upgraded to a S5 ' and have a rather expensive paperweight sitting on my desk ' Thanks to those who posted above for posting about said issue saved me posting myself ' I will see what the damage is on a new motherboard an if it's viable to have it repaired ' Thank you once again .