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Hi all,
I was running XWLPT and decided to try Chameleon 1.3. After flashing, it would not boot up. I've tried all kinds of things for the last 2 days, and read quite a bit. I've even tried the method in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458
At the moment, I can get into recovery and I can get to download (power+vol down+middle button). But it's stuck at the Galaxs SII GT-I9100 very beginning boot up. Nothing seems to be working. I've tried several pit repartition and I know it's risky. But at this point, I have nothing to lose I guess.
Can anyone help?
sooby77 said:
Hi all,
I was running XWLPT and decided to try Chameleon 1.3. After flashing, it would not boot up. I've tried all kinds of things for the last 2 days, and read quite a bit. I've even tried the method in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458
At the moment, I can get into recovery and I can get to download (power+vol down+middle button). But it's stuck at the Galaxs SII GT-I9100 very beginning boot up. Nothing seems to be working. I've tried several pit repartition and I know it's risky. But at this point, I have nothing to lose I guess.
Can anyone help?
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Boot into recovery, wipe data (factory reset), wipe cache and try to flash the custom ROM again.
Good luck !
The issue is, I can't even wipe factory data. It will start and then just sits there, unable to complete the wipe. I'm so out of ideas.
sooby77 said:
The issue is, I can't even wipe factory data. It will start and then just sits there, unable to complete the wipe. I'm so out of ideas.
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Have you tried upload stock rom to phone on download mode? I saw your checked link, maybe you should try with different stock roms like 2.3.5 and etc.. If you try that, what the say ODIN as error?
Flash a siyah kernel with odin.afther you have cwm...
Inviato dal mio GT-N7000 con Tapatalk 2
First of all stop doing things that you are not sure about...
If you can get into Recovery then your problem is simple.
1. Wipe Data/Factory Reset,
2. Wipe cache partition,
3. Advanced/Wipe Dalvik Cache,
4. Flash a new rom (from sdcars probably),
5. Wipe cache partition,
6. Advanced/Wipe Dalvik Cache.
Let me know if this helped.
Hey guys, I apreciate all the responses. panagiostis4te - I am unable to wipe data/factor reset. It just hangs trying to do that. I've let it sit and it never completes.
sinasi11 - ODIN never throws an error. Depending on what firmware I flash, it either get stuck at datafs or data. It just sits there. I've even left it overnight and nothing happens.
I was able to flash to completion a few or the 4.0.4 rom (XWLPF) and it would reboot, show the android logo with animated progress bar. Then it reboots and is then stuck at the Galaxy S2 very first boot screen. I'm so out of ideas.
sooby77 said:
Hi all,
I was running XWLPT and decided to try Chameleon 1.3. After flashing, it would not boot up. I've tried all kinds of things for the last 2 days, and read quite a bit. I've even tried the method in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458
At the moment, I can get into recovery and I can get to download (power+vol down+middle button). But it's stuck at the Galaxs SII GT-I9100 very beginning boot up. Nothing seems to be working. I've tried several pit repartition and I know it's risky. But at this point, I have nothing to lose I guess.
Can anyone help?
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Questions:
1 . Have you seen This Warning Thread before?
# I don't think so
2. Were you running a safe Custom kernel before flashing Chameleon?
# I don't think so.
Here are my conclusions
1.
You were affected by the infamous Brick bug.
# You should blame yourself for this, for apparently failing to read that sticky warning thread, or even ask questions before messing with your phone while running the Dreadful ICS 4.0.4 firmware!
2.
The reason why your phone is still partially coming on is because you have a partially insane emmc chip.
# If you were using a fully insane chip, your phone would just black out without any sign of life.
3.
Your Nand /Emmc chip is corrupt!
4.
You can try combinations of pit file and ICS bootloader (where suggested). Who knows, you might be lucky
# Visit here and try the suggested solution
## If it doesn't work, then you can try the combinations suggested here.
5.
Jtag service will probably not work for you.
6.
The only (probably) solution (if the suggestions in 4. doesn't work for you), will be for you to replace the motherboard of your phone.
# Changing motherboard costs between $120 to $200
7.
If your phone is still under a valid warranty, the best solution would be to send it to Samsung Service center. Repair if free.
Sorry about what happened to your phone, but you really must shoulder the blame!
jokesy - thanks for the suggestions. I accept the blame. I was running stock and I read the Chameleon 1.3 thread and didn't see any warnings. I thought everything was safe. I guess lesson learned the hard way!
sooby77 said:
jokesy - thanks for the suggestions. I accept the blame. I was running stock and I read the Chameleon 1.3 thread and didn't see any warnings. I thought everything was safe. I guess lesson learned the hard way!
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have tried my suggestion 4 yet? any news?
It's a Monday and I've got lots of things I need to take care of I've tried some of the suggestions prior to starting this thread but I'm going to give it another shot. Meanwhile, I'm going to try and survive without a phone for a few days. I'm almost ready to give up. I'm going to work on it more tonight. Will post if I have questions. Thanks again jokesy!
jokesy - I want to report success. I tried several of the pit files and finally at
i9100_u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4--patched--brick-between-176-and-2323-MB--FACTORYFS-moved-by-2048-MiB.pit
I was able to get it to complete install and format with bootloaded. The device then booted up! I now have 9.5GB vs 11GB and that's OK. Thank you so much for your help. It's now not the perfect S2, but nevertheless, a usable one! I sincerely appreciated your help. Lesson learned truly the hard way!
sooby77 said:
jokesy - I want to report success. I tried several of the pit files and finally at
i9100_u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4--patched--brick-between-176-and-2323-MB--FACTORYFS-moved-by-2048-MiB.pit
I was able to get it to complete install and format with bootloaded. The device then booted up! I now have 9.5GB vs 11GB and that's OK. Thank you so much for your help. It's now not the perfect S2, but nevertheless, a usable one! I sincerely appreciated your help. Lesson learned truly the hard way!
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Wow! that's a good news at least.
PS: Always try to go through all the sticky threads, they are made for some reasons. Also if you are not sure about something, search, if you can not find clear answers, then ask questions.
Enjoy your phone
Jokesy said:
Wow! that's a good news at least.
PS: Always try to go through all the sticky threads, they are made for some reasons. Also if you are not sure about something, search, if you can not find clear answers, then ask questions.
Enjoy your phone
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A quick question. Now that the pit is different, I assume that the nandroid backup I made cannot be restored to the device anymore?
sooby77 said:
A quick question. Now that the pit is different, I assume that the nandroid backup I made cannot be restored to the device anymore?
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I seriously don't know but if you have any important thing you want to extract from your backup, follow these steps:
1. Flash siyah kernel
2. boot to CWM recovery,
- dual boot options
- restore ROM to 2nd ROM (you need about 2.1 Gig free in your internal storage)
- done
3. Boot to your Second ROM
- Extract all info you need
4. Restore these info to your 1st ROM
5. you can delete the Second ROM when done, using the same dual boot menu in CWM recovery.
Thanks Jokesy. I did have 2 backups, Titanium and another backup app (name escape me at the moment). I think I'll restore app data and do it that way instead.
Just go back to original OS
sooby77 said:
Hi all,
I was running XWLPT and decided to try Chameleon 1.3. After flashing, it would not boot up. I've tried all kinds of things for the last 2 days, and read quite a bit. I've even tried the method in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458
At the moment, I can get into recovery and I can get to download (power+vol down+middle button). But it's stuck at the Galaxs SII GT-I9100 very beginning boot up. Nothing seems to be working. I've tried several pit repartition and I know it's risky. But at this point, I have nothing to lose I guess.
Can anyone help?
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You can go back to the original OS using Odin and a package found on many sites for the original Gingerbread that came on it... then go to Kies and update to the ICS and there you go. I have done this several times and unbricked mine after a mod. This was the best way for me.
Scott
sooby77 said:
A quick question. Now that the pit is different, I assume that the nandroid backup I made cannot be restored to the device anymore?
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You said you have Titanium - it can restore elements out of a nandroid backup, almost everything, stright back into place. Much easier than second ROMs.
ScottsDesk said:
You can go back to the original OS using Odin and a package found on many sites for the original Gingerbread that came on it... then go to Kies and update to the ICS and there you go. I have done this several times and unbricked mine after a mod. This was the best way for me.
Scott
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I've tried that and the flash would get stuck in Odin and never complete.
gyaku_zuki said:
You said you have Titanium - it can restore elements out of a nandroid backup, almost everything, stright back into place. Much easier than second ROMs.
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Good to know. I am actually waiting for my microsd to sd adaptor to arrive. I accidentally formatted my microsd card with all my data in desperation of trying whatever method to format the device. I accidentally selected format emmc. Took out the card immediately, and am hoping to be able to unformat it in windows since it's using fat32. Fingers crossed!
So my S3 went into a boot loop. And I dont know how I got to this point but now the phone wont even boot, when plugged in to my comp it shows the battery symbol but its greyed out with the circle in the middle, and it stays like that. If i hold the power putton it comes up with the Galaxy SIII GT i9300 screen but then goes back to the battery. I can get it to go into download mode though. I think somehow I may have deleted all the files required for the phone to actually boot(Im a n00b so im not completely sure) Can somebody please help me?
I was on custom ROM before and my binary counter is at 4, so sending into samsung doesn't sound like a great idea :/
Thanks for the help and sorry if this has been asked before, I have searched for hours.
Luke2508 said:
So my S3 went into a boot loop. And I dont know how I got to this point but now the phone wont even boot, when plugged in to my comp it shows the battery symbol but its greyed out with the circle in the middle, and it stays like that. If i hold the power putton it comes up with the Galaxy SIII GT i9300 screen but then goes back to the battery. I can get it to go into download mode though. I think somehow I may have deleted all the files required for the phone to actually boot(Im a n00b so im not completely sure) Can somebody please help me?
I was on custom ROM before and my binary counter is at 4, so sending into samsung doesn't sound like a great idea :/
Thanks for the help and sorry if this has been asked before, I have searched for hours.
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If you also can go into recovery, try to wipe. In addition did you flash any custom kernel?
If not, try to reflash a rom with odin after you got into download mode or did you try this already?
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
chrismast said:
If you also can go into recovery, try to wipe. In addition did you flash any custom kernel?
If not, try to reflash a rom with odin after you got into download mode or did you try this already?
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
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If you mean with CWM mod, no I cant, it just shows the Galaxy S3 GT i9300 screen then goes black. Yes i did have a custom kernel, I believe it was the latest Perseus one. I already tried this with a stock rom and it idnt work, it said it had passed but i still can boot the phone.
Luke2508 said:
If you mean with CWM mod, no I cant, it just shows the Galaxy S3 GT i9300 screen then goes black. Yes i did have a custom kernel, I believe it was the latest Perseus one. I already tried this with a stock rom and it idnt work, it said it had passed but i still can boot the phone.
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as you can go into download mode but not recovery, what about flashing CWM another time (if you did not try it already). Maybe it solves the issue with recovery and from there you could go on trying to wipe etc.
Other options would be to do a mega or super wipe (if this is possible from odin & download mode, not sure though), to get your phone completely empty (mega) or at least to factory reset (super).
Luke2508 said:
So my S3 went into a boot loop. And I dont know how I got to this point but now the phone wont even boot, when plugged in to my comp it shows the battery symbol but its greyed out with the circle in the middle, and it stays like that. If i hold the power putton it comes up with the Galaxy SIII GT i9300 screen but then goes back to the battery. I can get it to go into download mode though. I think somehow I may have deleted all the files required for the phone to actually boot(Im a n00b so im not completely sure) Can somebody please help me?
I was on custom ROM before and my binary counter is at 4, so sending into samsung doesn't sound like a great idea :/
Thanks for the help and sorry if this has been asked before, I have searched for hours.
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Look at the tread above yours,sudden death.
You are not the only one here mate.
I have it too.
Mods,can we have one tread for this huge problem.
It seems that there are many of us have this problem.
Thanks.
painterceessie said:
Look at the tread above yours,sudden death.
You are not the only one here mate.
I have it too.
Mods,can we have one tread for this huge problem.
Pointless having another thread why not post /read the original thread for this problem .
a hint look for sudden death thread
jje
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chrismast said:
as you can go into download mode but not recovery, what about flashing CWM another time (if you did not try it already). Maybe it solves the issue with recovery and from there you could go on trying to wipe etc.
Other options would be to do a mega or super wipe (if this is possible from odin & download mode, not sure though), to get your phone completely empty (mega) or at least to factory reset (super).
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I successfully flashed CF root with CWM, now shall I do a wipe and then restore back to a nandroid backup I made? and if so how will I? The phone now shows the samsung logo when turned on but just stays there forever.
JJEgan said:
painterceessie said:
Look at the tread above yours,sudden death.
You are not the only one here mate.
I have it too.
Mods,can we have one tread for this huge problem.
Pointless having another thread why not post /read the original thread for this problem .
a hint look for sudden death thread
jje
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Oke sorry mate.
I didn't no that.
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Furthermore i suggest anyone having motherboard dead problems and vendor Samsung saying no warranty .
To pull up the many posts regarding this now known manufacturing defect and don't accept in this case root/ custom rom warranty is rejected .
jje
JJEgan said:
Furthermore i suggest anyone having motherboard dead problems and vendor Samsung saying no warranty .
To pull up the many posts regarding this now known manufacturing defect and don't accept in this case root/ custom rom warranty is rejected .
jje
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The thing is there is nothing wrong with my phone in terms of hardware. The problem that I am having is purely software, I think I just need to restore my phone to a previous version. I did see that thread but didnt feel my post belonged there as my problem is nothing to do with broken battery or mobo or anything along those lines. Hence why I am posting here
Just factory reset via recovery then flash a stock rom via Odin .
No recovery flash CF root via Odin .
jje
JJEgan said:
Just factory reset via recovery then flash a stock rom via Odin .
No recovery flash CF root via Odin .
jje
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I did install a stock ROM and it was still stuck on bootloop, left it like that for an hour, still nothing. So I went into CWM (after flashing it) Wiped and factory reset (noticing it said error mounting /data but ignored) and then restored with a backup I had. it did say error mounting /data and so skipped that step. Still stuck in boot loop. now that I try wiping again the same error occurs, error mounting /data any ideas please?
I did have this problem a few days back. The only thing i did was downloaded my Carrier stock firmwaer and extracted boot.img and used Samsung galaxy toolkit and make a filé that i was able to use with Odin. Dunno if ot helps you but my Phone is still going strong
I was only trying to root my Phone tho. No custom rom installera when i got The boot problem
Sounds like you have permission problem. I can't find the three about that but I update my post here if I can find it.
you can try to fix permission in cwm it seems, hope it works
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
xda-napp3 said:
I did have this problem a few days back. The only thing i did was downloaded my Carrier stock firmwaer and extracted boot.img and used Samsung galaxy toolkit and make a filé that i was able to use with Odin. Dunno if ot helps you but my Phone is still going strong
I was only trying to root my Phone tho. No custom rom installera when i got The boot problem
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Thanks, do you have any idea where I will find my carrier specific firmware? And any other kind of tips on how to do/get things? But hopefully this works
Checkout this thread hope you find what you need there
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927113
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i have my wifes att gs2. i rooted succesfully with official ics version. made a nandroid backup. attempted to flash an aokp rom (which is what i use on my lg phone). upon reboot it just stuck at samsung gs2 screen. couldnt get into recovery to restore the backup at first. now i am able to get into recovery but now it get and md5 mistmatch when tryin to restore the backup. when i rooted it changed the boot screen to i9100 when the phone is an i777. please help.
thanks
woodardbg said:
i have my wifes att gs2. i rooted succesfully with official ics version. made a nandroid backup. attempted to flash an aokp rom (which is what i use on my lg phone). upon reboot it just stuck at samsung gs2 screen. couldnt get into recovery to restore the backup at first. now i am able to get into recovery but now it get and md5 mistmatch when tryin to restore the backup. when i rooted it changed the boot screen to i9100 when the phone is an i777. please help.
thanks
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You need to read a little more. The i9100 screen is because you have tripped the flash counter. Recovery is holding power and both volumes forever. Then you Factory reset.
Also maybe next time make the thread title something about the problem you're having. HELP isn't really telling much.
122ninjas said:
You need to read a little more. The i9100 screen is because you have tripped the flash counter. Recovery is holding power and both volumes forever. Then you Factory reset.
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ive been trying to read up on it. unfortunatley there are different methods scattered everywhere and confusing. however when i do a factory reset its sticks at gs2 gti9100 screen. if you can point me to a thread that has a fix i'd appreciate it. coming from lg forums, these gs2 forums and fixes are a little confusing to me. i guess because of the different variants of the s2's.
thanks
Phalanx7621 said:
Also maybe next time make the thread title something about the problem you're having. HELP isn't really telling much.
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Not to mention it is also useless for those who respect the forum by doing a search before posting.
woodardbg said:
ive been trying to read up on it. unfortunatley there are different methods scattered everywhere and confusing. however when i do a factory reset its sticks at gs2 gti9100 screen. if you can point me to a thread that has a fix i'd appreciate it. coming from lg forums, these gs2 forums and fixes are a little confusing to me. i guess because of the different variants of the s2's.
thanks
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Factory reset then flash AOKP FOR OUR PHONE
122ninjas said:
Factory reset then flash AOKP FOR OUR PHONE
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thanks for your help 122nijas.... ive tried a "supposedly" aokp rom for gs2 i777 but it doesnt come up after reboot. just hangs at the gs2 i9100 screen. i have tried a couple more but nothing seems to work to get a working driver. to me it seems like if i flash a compatible rom, it should work. i am able to get into cmw fine. on top of that, my backup that i did have that had md5 mismatch is no longer there. so when i connect to my pc and usb and navigate to clockwork mod folder it says file is corrupt. so now i have lost that initial bacup it seems.
so what course of action do you think i should try now?
again thanks for ur help
woodardbg said:
thanks for your help 122nijas.... ive tried a "supposedly" aokp rom for gs2 i777 but it doesnt come up after reboot. just hangs at the gs2 i9100 screen. i have tried a couple more but nothing seems to work to get a working driver. to me it seems like if i flash a compatible rom, it should work. i am able to get into cmw fine. on top of that, my backup that i did have that had md5 mismatch is no longer there. so when i connect to my pc and usb and navigate to clockwork mod folder it says file is corrupt. so now i have lost that initial bacup it seems.
so what course of action do you think i should try now?
again thanks for ur help
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Where are you getting the rom from
Flash another rom ... and for the i9100 screen use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
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Hi guys i have a issue here.
My phone was initially rooted in clockworkmod and running cyogenomod 10. But the rom kept hanging which pisses me a little.
So, i did a stock rom install using odin. After the reflash, i can see and hear the startup music, thereafter, it starts to restart. From there on, it reloops at the samsung S3 GT-I9300.
I tried to send to samsung for repair and they couldnt resolve this. Instead the recovery mode was restored back to the original (without clockworkmod now).
With my issues, can you guys help me on this whether can i restore the phone again? Appreciate your comments!
*BTW, i had backup in clockworkmod on my external sd card.
factory reset
Glebun said:
factory reset
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sorry, i am noob on this, how do i do a factory reset?
kamiru21 said:
sorry, i am noob on this, how do i do a factory reset?
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BASICS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927113
or return the phone to a service centre .
jje
Could not do factory reset in software because i cant even get to that.
Did the "reset" in recovery mode by deleting user data files, doesn't work
Is this a complete brick for me?
I do not wanna send in the phone for the MB changeout till i can resolve this.
Anyone knows what to do next? Appreciate the help given.
kamiru21 said:
Could not do factory reset in software because i cant even get to that.
Did the "reset" in recovery mode by deleting user data files, doesn't work
Is this a complete brick for me?
I do not wanna send in the phone for the MB changeout till i can resolve this.
Anyone knows what to do next? Appreciate the help given.
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If you wont read the basics then yes take to service and pay for a repair as you do not have a clue what you are doing its safer .
jje
I also think something went wrong while flashing. As stated above, try factory reset and flash again. My guess would be you forgot to wipe your (Dalvik) cache, had a similar problem.
JJEgan said:
If you wont read the basics then yes take to service and pay for a repair as you do not have a clue what you are doing its safer .
jje
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Yes, i will try to read the rest. Seems a lot though.
kuhfi said:
I also think something went wrong while flashing. As stated above, try factory reset and flash again. My guess would be you forgot to wipe your (Dalvik) cache, had a similar problem.
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u meant the deletion of the cache in recovery mode?
If that is, i had done that also.
You said Samsung didn't manage to fix it? It it was a local repair center?
The only thing to do is to flash a whole complete stock Rom with Odin, see in stock roms there's I'm general section to grab one. You can try also to use Samsung s3 toolkit in original android section, stickies.. if you have a Rom image it will be easier to flash it with it no risk messing with Odin settings.
Perhaps you should read about pit corruption, it can be this also.
Striatum_bdr said:
You said Samsung didn't manage to fix it? It it was a local repair center?
The only thing to do is to flash a whole complete stock Rom with Odin, see in stock roms there's I'm general section to grab one. You can try also to use Samsung s3 toolkit in original android section, stickies.. if you have a Rom image it will be easier to flash it with it no risk messing with Odin settings.
Perhaps you should read about pit corruption, it can be this also.
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Yes, it is the official samsung service centre. And their service and knowledge really sucks....(in my country)
Thx bro, i will read up and check on PIT corruption as well.
kamiru21 said:
Hi guys i have a issue here.
My phone was initially rooted in clockworkmod and running cyogenomod 10. But the rom kept hanging which pisses me a little.
So, i did a stock rom install using odin. After the reflash, i can see and hear the startup music, thereafter, it starts to restart. From there on, it reloops at the samsung S3 GT-I9300.
I tried to send to samsung for repair and they couldnt resolve this. Instead the recovery mode was restored back to the original (without clockworkmod now).
With my issues, can you guys help me on this whether can i restore the phone again? Appreciate your comments!
*BTW, i had backup in clockworkmod on my external sd card.
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Just a short update, i had install clockworkmod. But still facing similar issues.
Tried PIT flashing method, still no help...
Hello.. I have faced similar issue in India with looping of logo on my Galaxy S3.
I went to the official service center and they flashed my phone 2 times with original stock rom but the issue did not go.
Finally they have to replace my phone's mother board completely and it got resolved.
I am still not sure how this has happened or is it some kind of virus.. but i was watching a video and my phone hanged and looping of logo started on my S3.
Good that my phone was under warantee so i did not have to pay any money...
But some senior members should through some light on it...
Hi Guys,
i managed to get it back to stock rom by flashing the below linked rom.
The samsung service are really......What they can't solve, they would use the worst scenario which is to change the board...
Actually i have been charged (30 bucks) by them which they can't resolve. They told me that they had flashed the ROM and that incured the charges....I was thinking wat dafuq....Cannot resolve still have the cheek to charge me. Anyway in short, they void my warranty because they saw the cwm. They were very happy when they saw that.... Anyway the warranty left 3 months, not of a issue to me.
For people who have the same issue with me, just flashed the rom (JB) that was in the below link. All the best.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1825272
And not forgetting the seniors and juniors whom helped. Appreciate that!
I was running CyanogenMod 10.1 ROM with SiyahKernel v-1.9.1. My phone ran out of battery, so I went to charge it, I turned it on and it became stuck at the ''SAMSUNG S3 GT-I9300'' logo. I left it there for 30 min. nothing happened, I took the battery out and the same thing. So I decided to flash again the Stock Firmware with ODIN (obiously ), It flashed it with no problems, but it is the same. I tried so many things and searched in so many posts and nothing helped me. Sorry for writing long and for bothering! Thx!
Plenty of reasons why your phone won't boot, running the battery until shut down increases the risk of corrupting files or even partition. If the stock rom flashed via odin successfully then there should be nothing wrong, you did factory reset and clear caches before you booted, right?
factory reset from recovery
boomboomer said:
Plenty of reasons why your phone won't boot, running the battery until shut down increases the risk of corrupting files or even partition. If the stock rom flashed via odin successfully then there should be nothing wrong, you did factory reset and clear caches before you booted, right?
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Yeah I did it nothing happened... But when I put it into Recovery its says E:failed to mount /efs (Invalid argument) it has something to do with it?
yes. restore your backed up EFS folder.
Or if you didn't back it up, then send it to service. Use search for loads of similar posts.
Glebun said:
yes. restore your backed up EFS folder.
Or if you didn't back it up, then send it to service. Use search for loads of similar posts.
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Oh god so there is no way I can fix it? Here the Samsung service is soooo expensive :crying:
If you didn't read the instructions that said you should back up the folder before doing anything, then no
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If you didn't read the instructions that said you should back up the folder before doing anything, then no
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I just got an EFS file that I got from my father's phone, is there a way to take out the file that contains his IMEI and recover mine with other things? It is possible?
juanca530 said:
I just got an EFS file that I got from my father's phone, is there a way to take out the file that contains his IMEI and recover mine with other things? It is possible?
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NO
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juanca530 said:
I just got an EFS file that I got from my father's phone, is there a way to take out the file that contains his IMEI and recover mine with other things? It is possible?
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maybe, but you won't get any support on xda about that, because it can be used for illegal purposes
Glebun said:
maybe, but you won't get any support on xda about that, because it can be used for illegal purposes
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Thx for the help guys! I'll keep investigating.