Stuck on clockwork recovery logo bootloop - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys,
I flashed GlamourROM for Android 4.3 yesterday. It was working perfectly, so I decided to delete an old backup from recovery. I have ClockworkMod v6.0.4 running on the phone. The phone was rebooting perfectly prior to this, so I didn't see any reason to worry when I rebooted it into recovery. This is when the problem started.
The phone shows the Samsung S3 splash screen, displays the Clockwork hat logo for a split second (black background, not even the usual greyish) and then bootloops (times infinity).
I tried cold reboot, hard reboot and every other trip I could think of. The phone does go into download mode, so that's still there. Any help is welcome ... I'm really worried about this.

Flash another recovery via odin.
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Hey, I flashed the stock firmware (that I downloaded from sammobile) and it passed! But this was a short-lived relief, because now its stuck in the logo bootloop - without the clockwork mod logo, so a small win there, I guess!
Now what?

discoguru said:
Hey, I flashed the stock firmware (that I downloaded from sammobile) and it passed! But this was a short-lived relief, because now its stuck in the logo bootloop - without the clockwork mod logo, so a small win there, I guess!
Now what?
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SEARCH read the faqs and guides .
Format via recovery sdcard system data cache .
Boot to download mode flash stock rom via Odin .

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Device stuck at boot screen after flashing VillainROM

Hi all,
Today I wiped all data and cache from my device and installed VillainROM from CWM Recovery Manager. Install looked fine it said that it finished, so I went to reboot.
The device was stuck on the Samsung Galaxy S II logo with the yellow triangle (!) for around 10 minutes. I then turned it off cause I realized it wasn't going to boot.
Anyone have any idea why this happened? I restored a backup of my previous ROM and my phone booted up real fast and it was fine.
Could just be a bad download?
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Try flash it again before it boots. IE: Flash from zip, then go back and falsh from zip again.
I've had to do that with CM...
OK will try that, cause the same thing happened to me when I installed Cyanogenmod straight from Rom Manager. Thx
Update: No go, I also made sure Deluxe Settings was uninstalled before I went into recovery. It's stuck at the boot screen.
However, upgrading my previous ROM (WanamLite v4.0) to WanamLite 5.2 worked fine and the device booted. It was exactly the same procedure in recovery mode but a different ZIP file.
Will try another ROM like LiteningRom and see if anything changes. I don't think it's a CRC error because I open up the files before I copy to the device to see if WinRAR pops any CRC errors.
I'd start on the thread a few up from yours.... the one that mentions if you have a boot loop
Sorry, I didn't realize it was a boot loop because it wasn't actually looping, just stuck on the image. Is that considered a boot loop?

Bricked or not, thats the Question....

Hey Folks,
I'm Freaking out atm -.-
On Saturday my Phone just shut down, restartet and hung in a bootloop. Doing Wipes and Factory Resets didnt helped me. So i pulled the last Joker and flashed as its metioned here. First few Times nothing happend (But ODIN gave me PASSED after Procedure).
Today I tried again with Odin 3.04, Firmware from the Thread (and Vodafone GER Firmware, Factory Reset / Wpies via Android Recovery) and Wooooooow, Phone is booting. BUT its just booting up, I can make some Settings like Choose Language, Connect to WiFi and so on. After ~30 Seconds the Phone reboots, 3-6 Times, then its stucks on Bootanimation (not looping). After a while Phone gets hot on the Bottom.
Soooooo, any can tell me whats wrong with my Buddy?
Cant send it to Service cause i cannot reset the flashcounter (cant install Apps due to the lack of time phone is active)
Im able to root Phone again / replace stock recovery with CWM -Maybe flashable Zip for resetting the counter?
Installing CustomRom will give me a Loop on Splash Screen
I need my freakin Phone
Cheers
try formatting entire phone(all the internal memory) from cwm recovery. then install a stock rom via odin.
sriram231092 said:
try formatting entire phone(all the internal memory) from cwm recovery. then install a stock rom via odin.
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Okay What I did:
- Stock Vodafone Germany ROM is installed (but not booting right)
- Rooted with CF-Root 6.4 via Odin again - now i can access CWM Recovery
- Wiped everything (system, data, cache, dalvik, battery, preload)
- Flashed Stock ROM via Odin
- Recovery Droid showed up with blue loading bar under it
- Phone is running blue samsung bootanimation twice
- Phone gives me bootsplashloop twice
- Phone shows blue bootanimation and gets stuck on breathing samsung logo (last part of the bootanimation), blue notification LED is breathing
any guess?
after flashing stock ROM via Odin, go to the stock recovery and do a factory reset
Glebun said:
after flashing stock ROM via Odin, go to the stock recovery and do a factory reset
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Now its looping the bootsplash 3 or 4 times and than Screen turns black.
After wiping Dalvik, and Factory Reset again Phone boots to Bootanimation (Samsung Logo breathing), Bootanimation starts a Second Time Without Sound, than Boot Splash, Bootsound and blue Bootanimation again.
Sometimes with Graphical glitches (the blue circle around samsung text)
But going not further than Bootanimation, no System showing up
is the phone model name (i9300) present in download mode?
aslo, does the recovery say anything about the efs folder?
Glebun said:
is the phone model name (i9300) present in download mode?
aslo, does the recovery say anything about the efs folder?
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Yep, Model Name is visible in Download Mode.
Odin Mode
Product Name: GT-9300
Custom Binary Download: Yes (14 counts)
Current Binary: Samsung Official
Current Status: Custom
What should the Recovery say about EFS-Folder? Or where can I find some Info about?
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Oh, wow, cant enter Stock Recovery now...... god damnit -.-
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Works again.... Strange
One Error Msg:
failed to comapre 'system/csc/common/system/app/AppSelect_v3_1_12_PRO_RC1_GA.apk' '/system/app/AppSelect_v3_1_12_PRO_RC1_GA.apk'(No data available)
No ption Found for getting EFS Info

[Solved] Unable to boot into ROM and CWM recovery

I had to restart my phone for some reason and on restarting, the phone got stuck in a boot-loop ( Samsung galaxy S3 i9300 ) text logo. I thought I'd reboot into CWM (Philz touch) and wipe to make things better. But the phone won't boot into CWM either, it showed the soft navigation keys and rebooted again, and kept running in a bootloop of trying to get into the recovery and restarting again.
So I tried to ODIN the recovery just to refresh if something is broken. It didnt work. Odin was success but the boot into recovery wasn't. I tried several times but no luck.
Then I flashed TWRP using ODIN, and voilah! i could boot into TWRP . I flashed CWM using TWRP and voilah again, i could reboot into CWM again . After thatI had to flash the ROM again though.
I do not know why it happened, but I thought I'd share the details just in case someone tries to google it.
salimbaba said:
I had to restart my phone for some reason and on restarting, the phone got stuck in a boot-loop ( Samsung galaxy S3 i9300 ) text logo. I thought I'd reboot into CWM (Philz touch) and wipe to make things better. But the phone won't boot into CWM either, it showed the soft navigation keys and rebooted again, and kept running in a bootloop of trying to get into the recovery and restarting again.
So I tried to ODIN the recovery just to refresh if something is broken. It didnt work. Odin was success but the boot into recovery wasn't. I tried several times but no luck.
Then I flashed TWRP using ODIN, and voilah! i could boot into TWRP . I flashed CWM using TWRP and voilah again, i could reboot into CWM again . After thatI had to flash the ROM again though.
I do not know why it happened, but I thought I'd share the details just in case someone tries to google it.
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You have to remember what exactly you have done before rebooting. Some times it happened with me mainly changing boot screen, battery screen etc.

[Q] Soft brick, stuck on Samsung screen, no recovery mode

Background
I've got a SGS2 from a friend that is stuck on the Samsung logo (the one after the boot logo, with the swirl/pulse logo). I cannot get into recovery nor download mode with the volume up (down) + home + power key combination but I do get into download mode with a USB JIG. I am certain that the phone was pure stock and fairly certain that it had Android 4.1.2 on it before I got it.
I followed the
[GUIDE] Fix an unflashable or soft bricked GSII. I used the I9100XWLSD firmware, but I remained stuck on the Samsung logo. I also flashed the Kernel (nothing changed) and the Bootloader (+ Kernel + Firmware again) as mentioned in the thread above, but still nothing changed, i.e. stuck on logo, no recovery or download mode via key combo.
Last thing I tried is the Siyah S2-v6.0beta5 Kernel as mentioned here. Now I am stuck on a 'Android gets updated, Apps are opened' screen.
Questions
What else can I try?
Ideally I would like to get access to the internal memory, because there is still stuff on there that was not backuped. What that still be possible?
If I would get it back to run I would like to put CM11 on it.
Thanks!
dapperdanman said:
Background
I've got a SGS2 from a friend that is stuck on the Samsung logo (the one after the boot logo, with the swirl/pulse logo). I cannot get into recovery nor download mode with the volume up (down) + home + power key combination but I do get into download mode with a USB JIG. I am certain that the phone was pure stock and fairly certain that it had Android 4.1.2 on it before I got it.
I followed the
[GUIDE] Fix an unflashable or soft bricked GSII. I used the I9100XWLSD firmware, but I remained stuck on the Samsung logo. I also flashed the Kernel (nothing changed) and the Bootloader (+ Kernel + Firmware again) as mentioned in the thread above, but still nothing changed, i.e. stuck on logo, no recovery or download mode via key combo.
Last thing I tried is the Siyah S2-v6.0beta5 Kernel as mentioned here. Now I am stuck on a 'Android gets updated, Apps are opened' screen.
Questions
What else can I try?
Ideally I would like to get access to the internal memory, because there is still stuff on there that was not backuped. What that still be possible?
If I would get it back to run I would like to put CM11 on it.
Thanks!
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Did you hold the button combinations when your phone is off for more than 4 seconds? If you flash a kitkat kernel that is newer and doesn't support jellybean (I know this sounds crazy, but just listen), your phone should automatically boot into the recovery after being unable to boot into the rom. Have you done a factory reset and wipe the cache partition yet? Do that in the recovery and flash the jelly bean kernel again.
gsstudios said:
Did you hold the button combinations when your phone is off for more than 4 seconds?
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Yes, I almost got blisters on my fingers, thats how often (and long) I tried it. Also released the power button but continued to hold vol-up+menu as soon as the boot screen showed up.
If you flash a kitkat kernel that is newer and doesn't support jellybean (I know this sounds crazy, but just listen), your phone should automatically boot into the recovery after being unable to boot into the rom.
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Does sound a little crazy indeed, but it also makes sense to add such a feature (i.e. boot into recovery if rom isn't present). Any particular suggestion for a KitKat kernel or should I just pick one of those mentioned here?
Have you done a factory reset and wipe the cache partition yet? Do that in the recovery and flash the jelly bean kernel again.
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Nope, no recovery, ergo no factory reset (or is there another way with a softbricked phone?)
Anyway, that would delete the userdata from the phone as well (e.g. photos), correct? Or are they already gone due to my rom flashing etc.? Oh wait, there is this difference between internal memory and internal usb storage, right?
Update
So I could not decide which one of Kitkat Kernels mentioned here to take. But I tried flashing the CWM recovery files, both GT-I9100_JB_ClockworkMod-Recovery_6.0.2.9.tar and CWM-KitKatCompatible-i9100.tar, with Odin. Flashing went fine, but on boot I only see the bootlogo and then the screen went black.
Any suggestion on what other kernel I could try would be welcome.
dapperdanman said:
Background
I've got a SGS2 from a friend that is stuck on the Samsung logo (the one after the boot logo, with the swirl/pulse logo). I cannot get into recovery nor download mode with the volume up (down) + home + power key combination but I do get into download mode with a USB JIG. I am certain that the phone was pure stock and fairly certain that it had Android 4.1.2 on it before I got it.
I followed the
[GUIDE] Fix an unflashable or soft bricked GSII. I used the I9100XWLSD firmware, but I remained stuck on the Samsung logo. I also flashed the Kernel (nothing changed) and the Bootloader (+ Kernel + Firmware again) as mentioned in the thread above, but still nothing changed, i.e. stuck on logo, no recovery or download mode via key combo.
Last thing I tried is the Siyah S2-v6.0beta5 Kernel as mentioned here. Now I am stuck on a 'Android gets updated, Apps are opened' screen.
Questions
What else can I try?
Ideally I would like to get access to the internal memory, because there is still stuff on there that was not backuped. What that still be possible?
If I would get it back to run I would like to put CM11 on it.
Thanks!
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The guide which you used for flashing the kernel was for GB and ICS. Now as you have stated your friend's phone is running on JB.
I think you have not rooted your phone correctly but if you have done so try going into download mode thru Usb Jig and install the latest cwm recovery and flash a custom rom (don't flash cm11 directly)
summerchild said:
The guide which you used for flashing the kernel was for GB and ICS. Now as you have stated your friend's phone is running on JB.
I think you have not rooted your phone correctly but if you have done so try going into download mode thru Usb Jig and install the latest cwm recovery and flash a custom rom (don't flash cm11 directly)
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Yes, I realized that I probably used the wrong kernel from the guide, but AFAIK the I9100XWLSD firmware also contains a kernel, so that should not be a problem (i.e. the kernel was flashed again when I flashed the firmware). I did try the CWM recovery (see my edit above), but to no avail, since I does not take me into recovery mode either. (I assume that you mean that I should flash CM11 from the CWM, not through Odin).
dapperdanman said:
Yes, I realized that I probably used the wrong kernel from the guide, but AFAIK the I9100XWLSD firmware also contains a kernel, so that should not be a problem (i.e. the kernel was flashed again when I flashed the firmware). I did try the CWM recovery (see my edit above), but to no avail, since I does not take me into recovery mode either. (I assume that you mean that I should flash km from the CWM, not through Odin).
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Did you do backup of your stock ROM. If you can revert to the Samsung logo where you were stuck earlier (boot animation) I think then I can help you
summerchild said:
Did you do backup of your stock ROM. If you can revert to the Samsung logo where you were stuck earlier (boot animation) I think then I can help you
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I don't have a backup of the original ROM, but I can flash a stock ROM and that still gets stuck on the animated Samsung logo.
Anybody else with an idea?

Samsung logo stuck after stock flash from ODIN

Hi,
I have the 925f. I was in a custom rom but had some issues in my phone (7.0 A8 port), so I decided to flash back to stock through ODIN. After flashing G925FXXU5ERA4 it was stuck almost 30 min in samsung logo. Then I went back to DL mode and tried again with the same result. I also tried flashing G925FXXU5EQFC but again it was stuck. I did this several times.
Am I lacking something? Any help will be appreciated.
Nicop.
nicopmdq said:
Hi,
I have the 925f. I was in a custom rom but had some issues in my phone (7.0 A8 port), so I decided to flash back to stock through ODIN. After flashing G925FXXU5ERA4 it was stuck almost 30 min in samsung logo. Then I went back to DL mode and tried again with the same result. I also tried flashing G925FXXU5EQFC but again it was stuck. I did this several times.
Am I lacking something? Any help will be appreciated.
Nicop.
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If it's stuck in Samsung logo just leave it longer, the first boot can take quite a while
Thanks callumbr1!
It was almost an hour and it didn't passed the logo (I tried two stock roms through ODIN). I solved it by flashing twrp wiping system and a rom through a zip file.
nicopmdq said:
Thanks callumbr1!
It was almost an hour and it didn't passed the logo (I tried two stock roms through ODIN). I solved it by flashing twrp wiping system and a rom through a zip file.
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anytime when u flashing new firmware via odin u need to go to recovery and factory reset the device , thats the point that odin dont do while installing and that why u cant pass trought samsung logo.

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