hi all , my phone died about a week ago, ive tried flashing it with all sorts using odin, tried the kies restore method aswell all to no avail,
I cannot get passed the white Samsung gt-i9300 writing , I cannot boot into recovery, I can however get into download mode, odin recognises the phone, but whatever I flash it wants a pit file for, and when I input various pit files it just gets stuck at mapping pit (something like that)
displayed on download mode is the following :
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME :
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD :NO
CURRENT BINARY : SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
SYSTEM STATUS : CUSTOM
FIRSTLY notice there is no product name , upon reading up on this it means the phone has suffered sudden death syndrome, firstly if this is the case is there a way I can fix it?? secondly if not how likely is it that Samsung will fix it ?? considering it has custom firmware on it ?? shoud the custom firmware matter as from what I read its to do with a bad emmc which is hardware right ?
any advice or help will be appreciated
thanks
okz19
Nothing you can do, motherboard needs replacement. Your binary count is zero but phone was rooted, even so you should be able to get a warranty repair.
Contact Samsung and tell them SDS has happened.
Also, questions go in the Q&A forum, not general. A search would have returned many similar posts.
I have a probably soft bricked i9300 that I have inherited from my brother. Since it is almost impossible to do anything with my HTC Desire, I would like to get this S-III running and use it.
According to my brother's explanation Viber was locking on the Phone so he got into recovery menu, pretty much pressed every option that he could found without knowing what he is doing. You may call it a monkey test. He is kind a over-confident non-technical guy.
Now the phone stays in non animation Samsung i9300 logo. Phone does not charge, I can get into download mode. Odin tells that it can't find the PIT file and When I give PIT file, it does not do anything.
Download Mode Screen Says
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME:
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: NO
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
My questions are:
- Are there anything like a wiki page that puts everything together, so that I can see if I miss anything? I am not familiar with the android jargon. I am having hard time understanding all the parts. For example there are several PIT files, which PIT is proper for me?
- If nothing can be done with Odin/Kies/Heimdall, can someone connect with JTAG and correct it?
- Are there any professional who can make this JTAG (or whatever operation) for me that I can find in this forum? (Device is a grey market item so Samsung service is not an option for me)
Best regards
Zorbey
Product name is blank, emmc chip is blown so new motherboard required. If you searched and read this post why ask the same question?
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My gt-7500 froze during a gaming session, so i rebooted the thing. This made me get into odin 3 download modew without any intention to do so. Problem is, i cannot seem to get out of it, nor am i able to turn the device completely off anymore, it restarts itself, or dies when empty batteqry.
Samsung refuses to help me and is blaming me for trying to jailbreak the device, so i had to find out what that ment, and i ended up here. I do have quite abit of technocal skills, but i have no experience with this device, nor did i intend to until this happened.
Can someone please guide me in the right direction to get back to plain original samsung software?
The gt have some info where it's stuck, and here it is if it helps.
Reason: no kernel
Secure mode : secure
Check signature : check
Custom binary download: no (0 counts)
Current binary : samsung official
Waitting usb cable...
Outch
Seems like yours is an actual hardware failure and somehow the memory containing your kernel (the software that makes it tick) has died.
Just call them again, stress that you have not modified the device, and they can check that that's actually the fact.
I would not go rooting / flashing the device on my own if this happened just out of the blue, then clearly the hardware must be faulty.
Would tend to agree. If you are the original owner and have never attempted to root before then you certainly have a case against them refusing to service you. Who is to say it won't happen again if you were to reflash things onto it yourself.
Sounds like you could though as it is in download mode currently.
Sent from my SCH-I905 using Tapatalk
So there is no easy software i could use to attempt exiting the downloadmode, without attempting to modify anything?
If you hold down the volume down button while it restarts does it give you the option to boot into recovery mode?
No i do not get any option to go into anything else.
Hold down the power button until it restart itself
Sent from my GT-P7500 using XDA App
Im returning the ta. To the vendor tomorrow, and will keep you updated on my progress to proove tjis was not caused due to me doing something to void the warranty.
Kentimeter said:
My gt-7500 froze during a gaming session, so i rebooted the thing. This made me get into odin 3 download modew without any intention to do so. Problem is, i cannot seem to get out of it, nor am i able to turn the device completely off anymore, it restarts itself, or dies when empty batteqry.
Samsung refuses to help me and is blaming me for trying to jailbreak the device, so i had to find out what that ment, and i ended up here. I do have quite abit of technocal skills, but i have no experience with this device, nor did i intend to until this happened.
Can someone please guide me in the right direction to get back to plain original samsung software?
The gt have some info where it's stuck, and here it is if it helps.
Reason: no kernel
Secure mode : secure
Check signature : check
Custom binary download: no (0 counts)
Current binary : samsung official
Waitting usb cable...
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Good luck! When you get a new tab, come back to learn about what you've been missing (root + custom ROM). But, yeah, I agree that it's a hardware failure if nobody has ever rooted it. (BTW- download mode is just "download mode"; ODIN is just the name of a program everyone here uses to flash the tab when it's in download mode)
I didn't get a new tab, but they did however acknowledge that there was an hardware error, so they changed the mainboard.
I think they would get more positive reputation if they didn't blatantly go out and blame people of jailbreaking stuff before they even look at the problem.
But aslong as the tab is working after this, i'm happy
Today my Samsung galaxy R i9103 with original Hong Kong ROM turned into brick..
Rooted for 5 months.
And I have found a .bat on other forum to get into odin 3 download mode
Same as Kentimeter, Reason: No Kernal, and I don't have any other options after rebooting my phone. It just gets me to the same page.
What can I do besides taking it to Samsung to fix it? since I won't be in Hong Kong until 2 months later...
Sigh. This is disappointing.
I've been rooted for a long time. Essentially the same thing happened to me that did to OP. Froze randomly, rebooted, and bam. Download mode with no kernel.
So am I essentially screwed? This is beyond disappointing.. only had the tablet for a year...
Hello xda community,
mainly my problem is in my Samsung Galaxy S3 (international) device, it's bricked !!!
Device: Samsung Galaxy S3 [international] 16GB
ROM: N.E.A.R 1.2 [ http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2126059 ]
Kernel: N.E.A.K. Kernel 2.5
Yesterday i downloaded the Note 2 keyboard for Samsung s3, but after i flashed it i realized it was for the leaked rom, so apparently
it didn't work, and all was normal, after about 30 minuites, i was browsing on my device, the device suddenly restarted so it first shows
the first screen: Samsung Galaxy S3 Logo .... but nothing else ... Stucked on that screeN ... i'm pretty sure it's not from the keyboard ...
-restarted my device [returned to SGS3 Logo]
-removed battery [returned to SGS3 Logo]
-tried to enter recovery mode (CWM) [returned to SGS3 Logo]
-removed external SDCARD
-removed SIM nothing happened still stuck on that logo.
i can only enter the download mode so I :
-tried to flash a stock rom [4.1.2 and 4.1.1] using Odin [ with 3.07, 3.04, 1.85 versions], but odin keeps on saying FAILED with red color.
- downloaded the RESCUe FIRMWARE, followed the steps assigned here : [http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...35&postcount=6 ],
but odin says : failed to partition, invalid PIT.
- downloaded the CheckROM EvoHD [http://checkrom.com/threads/resurrec...%84%A2-v4.896/], ODIN > FAILeD
- found this thread [http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1916796 ] and started with the steps assigned in the .pdf file but when I tried to flash the bootlaoder >>>> FAAAIL
NOW I THINK THE PROBLEM RESIDES IN THE FILE SYSTEM, i tried to re-artition with the below PITs,
- PIT section: I tried to re-partirion the device with three different files:
1) with the PIT: [http://invisiblek.chickenkiller.com/...-i535-16gb.pit ] i found it form here [http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2075861 ]
2) with the PIT : [GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit] , I downloaded it from xda (can't find the link).
3) and the PIT file that comes with the Rescue Firmware.
ALWAYS stuck on: "Get PIT for mapping" > after googling and xda-ing I 1) tried another cable, 2) changed the compatibilty to windows XP in the ODIN settings, 3) tried on an XP desktop >>> but still the same message "Get PIT for mapping ... "
That's all, i really appreciate it if anyone could find me a sloution for this issue.
-[ THNAKS IN ADVANCE ]-
Hmm seems to me more like a hardware failure of some sort.
So you flashed a bootloader and it failed? But you still can power up your device and go into download mode?
that`s also weird because normally if you screw up the bootloader your device shouldn`t be powering on at all (happened to me once with my old phone).
Did you have any other weird behavings of your phone? Like unusual freezing before the device rebooted?
Scarface1991 said:
Hmm seems to me more like a hardware failure of some sort.
So you flashed a bootloader and it failed? But you still can power up your device and go into download mode?
that`s also weird because normally if you screw up the bootloader your device shouldn`t be powering on at all (happened to me once with my old phone).
Did you have any other weird behavings of your phone? Like unusual freezing before the device rebooted?
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Scarface1991 > my S3 just stuck on that logo screen, and there is noway to flash anything, as i mentioned upward: when i flash anything Odin keeps on telling me " FAIL " ... I don't think that the bootloader is screwed, because the device is powering up, and whenever I tried to flash anything it keeps on saying FAIL but only when i try to re-partition the device using a PIT file it do some processing and then on Odin will stuck on " Get PIT for mapping "
-[ BY MISTAKE I POSTED THIS THREAD IN THE !9305 TROUBLESHOOTING SECTION >>> AND I COPIED THE BELOW REPLIES FROM THERE AND DELETED THAT POST ]- -[ 15/4/2013 ]-
Cundis said:
First, this is the wrong place if you have the i9300. This is for i9305.
It's not cool when this happens. Excactly this happened to my mothers S3 also while it was in her pocket and not being used.
Only thing I could get it into was download mode. Otherwise stuck on Samsung screen. I did'nt try to flash something on it because she was afraid of her warranty.
When she brought it to the store they told her the motherboard needed to be replaced. Was not repairable at all they said. She was not rooted and got it for free.
If you live in EU there is a new law that states that rooting does not void guaranty. They have to proove that it was the root process that caused the brick.
I really hope you'll be able to solve this out!
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> hhh my bad,
first thank you for your concondolences , and am afraid this is the only solution, but lets say the motherboard is corrupted or whatever > the whole device even shouldn't power up ... i don't know, i hope there is a solution for this ...
Reads to me like wrong firmware or kernel flashed and destroyed PIT partition .
A JTag repair may be cheaper than a Samsung repair .
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If you live in EU there is a new law that states that rooting does not void guaranty. They have to proove that it was the root process that caused the brick.
FACT that is not a new law and applies only to the vendor of the phone does not apply to any third party warranties like Samsung's limited warranty .
FACT if you are in the EU and your phone vendor says no warranty its rooted . You will have a job to get them to accept EU law and may need to take them to court .
Personally i would just act dumb and say you think it has the sudden death syndrome problem that's p[posted all over the web .
jje
Hi everyone,
I am a noob but I have scoured the earth and not been able to find any answer to this or any case of this occurring... yet. However the incidence may increase over the next few days as Vietnamese users update.
I have an unrooted S2 GT-i9100G (the ones released for Asian markets).
I bought it new out of an unopened box from a major retailer and have never installed any CFW.
I was running ICS without a hitch until yesterday (and had previously successfully updated from Gingerbread), when an official update announcement arrived (I'm assuming Jellybean... finally).
Phone ran update then rebooted and bricked, and now gets stuck on the splash screen (Black screen with "Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100G in the middle).
If I enter recovery mode (down, home, power) then it shows me a screen with ODIN mode!
I don't get it. I thought ODIN was not included in stock phones? I'm also assuming this is why the stock FW update bricked the phone.
What steps should I take now? Since it appears ODIN may exist on the phone in some capacity should I hook it up to the PC and try to root the phone?
So far all I have done is cleared the phone memory using the standard recovery mode, and left ODIN mode running whilst unconnected to PC to see what happened (which was nothing). For some reason the phone drains completely in ODIN mode even when connected to a charger.
Thanks for your input on this one.
EDIT: Also please don't tell me to take it back to the retailer. The phone is out of warranty now and Vietnamese retailers don't take any responsibility for their products after sale, so I need to sort this out by myself. Thanks
Down/home/power is download mode, not recovery mode. Recovery mode is vol up/home/power.
You need to find an I9100G stock rom for your carrier/country from somewhere (maybe Samfirmware ?), get into download mode & flash it with Odin (how to do this has been covered thousands of times here; search). If Odin won't work or the phone/PC won't recognise each other, search for threads re: this issue. There's a set of 10-12 troubleshooting steps you need to try in that instance.
MistahBungle said:
Down/home/power is download mode, not recovery mode. Recovery mode is vol up/home/power.
You need to find an I9100G stock rom for your carrier/country from somewhere (maybe Samfirmware ?), get into download mode & flash it with Odin (how to do this has been covered thousands of times here; search). If Odin won't work or the phone/PC won't recognise each other, search for threads re: this issue. There's a set of 10-12 troubleshooting steps you need to try in that instance.
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Roger that. I'm sure I can figure out how to do all these things quite easily. But how about the fact that Odin is present on the phone? I was under the impression that Odin is an extra application that you install to root your phone and install CFW. My phone is unrooted and stock out of a sealed box, so should I expect to have Odin on it? I don't want to have CFW on my phone and I'm concerned that even after I fix this issue and unbrick the phone, I will have difficulty installing the latest Jellybean XXV region OFW through automatic update.
It also seems strange and contrary to me that I should have to even use unofficial methods in order to fix an official update that was delivered automatically.
Odin is not present on the phone. Download mode is also referred to as 'Odin mode' because you use Odin to flash whatever (normally stock roms) in this mode. Odin is a piece of Samsung software initially used by techs @ service centres but now widely used by people who visit XDA/similar places to flash stuff to their phones.
Edit - You can think it's 'strange or contrary' that you need to do X or Y to fix your phone. That's fine (Personally, I'm not really interested). That's how you can fix your phone. Sorry if I sound standoffish or whatever, it isn't personal at all, but you're just another person with a (slightly, at this point) busted phone who visits here. I've told you how to fix it, so you can either do that or not.
And there it is. Thanks for your guidance
MistahBungle said:
Odin is not present on the phone. Download mode is also referred to as 'Odin mode' because you use Odin to flash whatever (normally stock roms) in this mode. Odin is a piece of Samsung software initially used by techs @ service centres but now widely used by people who visit XDA/similar places to flash stuff to their phones.
Edit - You can think it's 'strange or contrary' that you need to do X or Y to fix your phone. That's fine (Personally, I'm not really interested). That's how you can fix your phone. Sorry if I sound standoffish or whatever, it isn't personal at all, but you're just another person with a (slightly, at this point) busted phone who visits here. I've told you how to fix it, so you can either do that or not.
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Well until your final post I wasn't aware that download mode was also called Odin mode and that is perfectly normal for a stock phone to say this. I think it's perfectly reasonable for someone who has done a fair bit of research into fixing a stock phone to hear about Odin only in the context of rooting and CFW (pages which I avoid because I'm not interested in CFW), and thus to be surprised when they see Odin mentioned on their stock phone. Now that you've made me aware that this is normal, I'm perfectly capable of finding the info required to fix the phone.
I appreciate your help. I just wanted to mention this as it seems you feel I have asked this question unnecessarily. I hope this points out that if one follows this particular train of thought of fixing a stock phone then its very possible and not unreasonable to arrive at this conclusion.
Hello,
I know, my question is not new for the most of you and I think it is asked over 1000 times. I tried but I can't find the right working answer for me.
I have a problem, with my old Samsung Galaxy SIII GT- I9300 with T-Mobile branding.
Sorry for my english, but I did not found something useful on german websites but much useful in your forum, so I hope you may help.
The Phone is old, so I have no guarantee any more. I got it from a friend and for him it worked very well till now. It started with freezing on pages and the friend tried to recover the device and I think he did something wrong. The device ended up bricked.
Now, when I want to switch on the device it shows a white screen, with grey and black snow everywhere. Only thing I still can do is going in download mode, then it shows:
___________________________________________________________________
odin mode
Product name: GT-I9300
Custom binary download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Custom
The robot picture
Downloading...
Do not turn off target !!
________________________________________________________________________
The friend who owned the phone said it is broken and buys a new phone.
I am new to modification phones and all things like that and I haven't got a clue what I'm doing, but I'm interested in learning and don't want to give up.
I read and read and read and looked at google and everywhere and the more I looked, the more different advices I found, but I don't know what will work for my device.
There is another problem, since I don't have a windows or Mac machine, I can't use odin. I work with linux, kubuntu 14.04 ( this is another project,I haven't a clue from, but I'm learning for fun) and I just managed to download JOdin3 Causal, working with heimdall-frontend 1.4.0-0.
I tried to flash firmware with one part and firmware with 3 parts, and I always get from Jodin: that the phone is connected, but there is no pit-file.
I added plenty of pit-files I found in the net, but Jodin said the pit-file was corrupt or broken or Jodin shows on top, left side: „running“ but nothing happens for hours.
Can someone help me. I think I need a firmware and the right pit-file for this firmware. What kind of firmware is not interesting for me, I just want to see the device come back to life again.
I found in the internet, that there is still hope, if the phone shows in odin mode a product name.
Because of this I think that my phone isn't scrap jet. Am I right?
Thanks in advance for your replay.
nina
No, your phone is dead. Try the dead boot recovery thread in general forum for a test but you will need a box.
My GT-I9300 international galaxy S3 gone brick itself, all of a sudden its stuck at the boot screen (white samsung ... text). I was using Cyanogen Rom 12 Unofficial Lollipop 5.1 for around 3 weeks (Everything Works Fine with few Lags and Reboots rarely in a day). I used various method's from noob to expert solution but didn't find success
Tried to reboot into recovery but no go, when i hold the buttons it just continues to reboot and reboot, only showing the white text.
Tried to reboot into download mode and that worked, i though fhew, i got a breath and not all is lost(Phone itself).
In Download mode,
It says : Product name = (Blank)
Custom Binary Download = No
Current binary = Samsung Official
System Status = Custom
Tried to recover with kies, but it complains that it cannot install new firmware (after i downloaded the firmware, extraction, and all instruction followed).
Tried with odin (several original roms with my region and the one from kies) but with no luck, odin complains "There is no PIT partition.".
Tried to repartition with GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit but then it does SET pit and hangs on "Get PIT for Mapping".
Tried One Click Method but failure is what resulted.
Didn't Tried JIG Method (will buy if nothing works).
Is there any chance to save my phone ? I'm getting really desperate here.
:fingers-crossed:A Beer is sure to one that gets my problem solved :good:
---Waiting for Good---
So you just rebooted without changing ANYTHING before and then the device was stuck like you explained?
Have nearly the same problem.
Was using the original Samsung firmware. One day I want to power it on and I had the loop. It stucks on the white Samsung texts.
I cannot go in recovery mode, but I can go into Download mode. But whatever I try, there is no chance to flash an image with or without any pit-file. Always "There is NO Pit--Partition."
And: In my download mode, the product name is there. "GI-9300", no blank in my case.
Is there any chance to save our phones? :\
Thanks!
Did u try installing only a cm kernel through odin
This should bring you recovery
Bad news, blank PRODUCT NAME in download mode implies either broken motherboard, or at least broken eMMC, to the point that bootloader can't read board name.
Hard brick, don't waste your time, unless you want to replace eMMC or motherboard, which is currently not worth the money.
where to get PIT?
prabhu1980 said:
Did u try installing only a cm kernel through odin
This should bring you recovery
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What is a cm kernel and where do i get it?
//edit: Cyanogenmod Kernel? I tried to patch "Kernel_Odin_I9300XXEMG5.tar.md5" with Odin, but it's still the same error. "There is no Pit-Partition".
JustArchi said:
Bad news, blank PRODUCT NAME in download mode implies either broken motherboard, or at least broken eMMC, to the point that bootloader can't read board name.
Hard brick, don't waste your time, unless you want to replace eMMC or motherboard, which is currently not worth the money.
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In my case, it's not blank. It shows: PRODUCT NAME: GT-I9300
So I think, there is still a chance, right?
Nobody got an idea?
EDIT: Nevermind.