Hello everybody,
I have been browsing the internet and the xda forum for over 2 hours, but I still can't seem to find an answer to fix my problem. I have the Samsung Galaxy SIII GT-I9300 (international version).
My device was rooted over 2 months ago, and since about 3 or 4 weeks I use the stock rom again, but I still have SuperUser. A few times my device was frozen, but generally it works like a charm. Rarely I encounter a bootloop, but it always eventuallly manages to boot correctly. Except for today. I was doing nothing special with my device. It just started to reboot, but became stuck into a bootloop.
I have tried:
- pulling out the battery
- connecting with my PC
- starting download mode
- starting recovery mode
It all won't work. When I start download mode, I get the screen where I should push the volume UP button to continue and DOWN to restart. Pushing the volume UP button does not work, it just starts rebooting again. Also, getting to that screen, connecting with PC and then pushing UP does not work either. Releasing the buttons in different orders does also not work. The same holds for recovery mode; the Team Win logo appears for not even a second, and then my device starts rebooting again. I want to flash another kernel or use samsung kies to intialize software updates/reset (tools), but I just can't get it into download mode.
Moreover, I just noticed that it might also be the power button. I can also get to the continue/restart screen of dowload modus, only holding the home button and the volume down button, without pressing the power button. However, moving it (wricking with a paperclip etc.) does not have any effect on it.
What should I do?
ps: I am sorry if this is in the wrong section of the forum.
pps: I completely pulled out the power on/off button, still no change
ps: I am sorry if this is in the wrong section of the forum.
Use the report button and ask a mod to move it ..
Please read the faqs and guides and search this question is asked daily .
Probable sudden death syndrome you need a new motherboard .
Freezing read the freezing sticky .
No download mode worth buying a USB recovery jig before buying a new motherboard .
STICKYS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344125
UNDERSTAND FIRST
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2362743
Network IMEI EFS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393289
Downgrade and network problems .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2531221
Phone Freezes
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2133401
Sudden Death .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2091045
It's sounds to me as stuck power button.
JJEgan said:
ps: I am sorry if this is in the wrong section of the forum.
Use the report button and ask a mod to move it ..
Please read the faqs and guides and search this question is asked daily .
Probable sudden death syndrome you need a new motherboard .
Freezing read the freezing sticky .
No download mode worth buying a USB recovery jig before buying a new motherboard .
STICKYS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344125
UNDERSTAND FIRST
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2362743
Network IMEI EFS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393289
Downgrade and network problems .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2531221
Phone Freezes
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2133401
Sudden Death .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2091045
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I already looked in all those posts, but it is not a (half) SDS, as one should then be able to enter download mode, which I clearly can't. If the answer was already on the forum, I think I would already have found it, since I have been searching for hours.
Jep it's the home button. If I slam it towards my desk it sometimes starts (but immediately reboots). Stupid phone :/
vernici said:
Jep it's the home button. If I slam it towards my desk it sometimes starts (but immediately reboots). Stupid phone :/
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It has multiple posts and one guy gave a fix .
I find myself in the same position with my phone. It just boots up to the samsung logo and won't go past it. I tried putting it in download mode, when it takes me there and i press the up vol button it just reboots to the samsung screen, same applies for recovery only that it lasts just a second in recovery mode and reboots again. I have also searched everywhere for the past 24 hrs now with no results.:crying: I was running Archidroids Omni kitkat rom with no problems at all when all of a sudden this happened. Is this a soft or hard brick and is there a solution for this. Any help will be appreciated
Its Up Again!!!!
Well what do you know. My phone started up after 6 days of playing dead. I tried everything in the book to get it to boot up, finally i decided to let it bootloop till it discharged to see if I could just charge it and try getting into download mode. Well after the discharge, plugged in the charger and it just kept blinking the battery icon without indication of charging. Got tired, pulled out the sim and sdcard with intention of taking it in for repairs to see if it was a hardware issue. When i got there was trying to demonstrate the problem, so put in the battery no sim or sdcard and she just booted up.
I have reflashed the rom, just to be sure is not some conflict of some sort and have restarted the phone a couple of times been using it for like the past 4 hours and she is still good.:victory:
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Hello!
I have a pretty bad situation going on with my phone. A couple of days ago I got a new battery for it off eBay, and I also flashed ParanoidAndroid 3.97. Around this time the phone kept crashing, the screen would freeze and then nothing. I tried doing a factory reset, and this fixed it for a while. Today it froze, so I turned it off, and it wouldn't boot back into android. I reflashed the ROM, and a load of other ones, but it refuses to boot at all. The closest it gets is the "finishing boot" stage of Android is upgrading and then it just reboots. I am now at a loss.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I can provide extra details if you need it.
George
First what model phone is it .
Second read the faqs and guides .
Third read the Freezing thread .
jje
JJEgan said:
First what model phone is it .
Second read the faqs and guides .
Third read the Freezing thread .
jje
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It's a GT-I9300, I've read everything there is - I know how you guys hate to be bothered by noobs who can't read.
George
Use the original battery, not ebay one. Flash an official stock 4.1.2 rom then factory reset before booting, check for any error messages in recovery.
If it still freezes before booting finishes then probably needs a new motherboard.
Also, don't pull battery or turn off while it's frozen -it's usually trying to deal with bad memory blocks and should resume if left long enough.
boomboomer said:
Use the original battery, not ebay one. Flash an official stock 4.1.2 rom then factory reset before booting, check for any error messages in recovery.
If it still freezes before booting finishes then probably needs a new motherboard.
Also, don't pull battery or turn off while it's frozen -it's usually trying to deal with bad memory blocks and should resume if left long enough.
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Thanks for the advice. Is it possible that motherboard issues could have been caused by plugging it into my ASUS TF700 wall charger? I can't believe that Samsung would let that be a thing that could damage it and I only did it once but still.
Will try out your tips ASAP
Thanks
George
EDIT: No dice Thanks for trying
No, a charger would not damage the motherboard.
Hi,
last night my phone went out of battery and in the morning I put it in charge when I looked back at it was frozen on charging logo(the logo wasn't moving)
I had to take the battery out and after that if I put the battery in early it turns on by itself, If I keep the battery out for a moment and then plug it init keeps being off until turn it on and then freezes with s3 logo.
I tried hard reset it gives me an error of "failed to mount system invalid argument"
My phone is normal s3 I9300 with all automatic updates installed.
I had installed no programs recently just did an update of softwares earlier during the day.
Regards
Reza
Please go first to the FAQS and Guides and read the FREEZING thread and the SDS thread .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2133401
My phone is stock at the booting logo, and doesn't even show the recharging animation. the thread here is about phones freezing and then unfreezing themselves
aldrinmcmie said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2133401
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SDS thread
this threat is about old androids as far as I know I had the latest firmware released for S3 installed.
any ideas?
Read the faqs and guides or take the phone to a service centre
raymound said:
My phone is stock at the booting logo, and doesn't even show the recharging animation. the thread here is about phones freezing and then unfreezing themselves
SDS thread
this threat is about old androids as far as I know I had the latest firmware released for S3 installed.
any ideas?
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Enter recovery mode (hold home + volume up + power)
choose wipe data / factory reset
raymound said:
My phone is stock at the booting logo, and doesn't even show the recharging animation. the thread here is about phones freezing and then unfreezing themselves
SDS thread
this threat is about old androids as far as I know I had the latest firmware released for S3 installed.
any ideas?
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why olds? As you can read, people even with newest Android version has SDS issue, 'cause newest Android version can't make you safe 100% from SDS because it's hardware issue.
Hey guys!
Today I flashed an early build of CM11 on my I9100 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2523604).
Basically everything went fine, just a few smaller bugs.
But then my phone froze for 2 times so I had to hold down the power button until it shut down. At the first freeze it worked and I could restart my phone but at the second freeze I couldn't restart the phone anymore!
No matter what buttons I hold (power, up-power-home, down-power-home) it just stays black, not even the Samsung logo shows up. When I connect it to the charger the battery icon with the small circle inside appears for some seconds, then goes away, then comes back up and so on...
I really have no idea on what to do so I ask you guys if you have any suggestions
SOLVED: battery was broken
That doesn't look good Did it just froze on its own? Did you do something? Focus on getting to the download mode and flashing stock with odin, if you can't get in the download mode read some instructions for recovering a bricked I9100, you can probably find them at the development sections.
Dakura said:
That doesn't look good Did it just froze on its own? Did you do something? Focus on getting to the download mode and flashing stock with odin, if you can't get in the download mode read some instructions for recovering a bricked I9100, you can probably find them at the development sections.
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I was just setting everything back up, as i wiped the data before flashing. Unfortunately I can't get in any mode But thank you for your answer, I'll search for bricked S2s
No problem, you can also put the battery out and wait for some time, sometimes it magically works
Dakura said:
No problem, you can also put the battery out and wait for some time, sometimes it magically works
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Already tried that :/ No luck
But I don't think it's related to CM11 directly as it doesn't even get close to booting it.
Yep, you probably got a faulty bootloader or something, this is definitely above the ROM, but i think flashing with odin will solve it, so just try to get in download mode right now.
Just solved my problem
Seems like my battery was broken or something (I had the 2002mAh extended battery inside). I put back the original battery and the phone booted normally!
Hi guys. I have seen and read through plenty of the same problems regarding the bootloop issue on the forum. I seem to be stuck somewhere different so I post this question. I hope someone can help.
I have a standard S3 I-9305 LTE in South Africa. Not rooted before or any mods. But somehow it started bootlooping a couple of weeks ago. I read and implemented the Recovery Mode- Cleared the cache and then rebooted, and it worked, plenty of times.
But now it has gone into a solid bootloop and i cannot access recovery mode. So read up about Download mode and installed Odin, Kies and the Cf Root file on my PC.
Now when I enter Download mode on the phone, and continue( press Volume Up) after the warning, the device restarts again. This I have done a hundred times and each time removing battery and waiting a couple of minutes. So essentially I cannot get Download mode to function but I do have access to it.
So this I know, this is a software , possible ROM problem, NOT hardware as the device worked perfectly after bootloop issue started.
I did the latest Firmware Upgrade to Android 4.2( i think, i r noob in this) yesterday. This was done on the phone itself under About-check-firmware. The Phone worked fine afterwards but then went into this never ending tormenting bootloop without yielding.
I live far from a proper service centre and I need my phone for work, thus very urgent.
I also have checked if the power button is stuck but it is not.
I am prepared to root the device and install any other ROM, Flash anything that can get me back on.
Any advice please?
Thanks in advance
Report your own post and ask a moderator to move it to the i9305 q&a forum.
Sounds like the emmc chip is corrupt or damaged, you may require a new motherboard.
Try plugging your phone into pc before you access download mode, remove the battery before you press volume up.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk
Caution and thanks
boomboomer said:
Report your own post and ask a moderator to move it to the i9305 q&a forum.
Sounds like the emmc chip is corrupt or damaged, you may require a new motherboard.
Try plugging your phone into pc before you access download mode, remove the battery before you press volume up.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk
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Hi Boom,
I have seen you have diligently answered many queries, please to be cautious saying it is a motherboard or hardware issue, it makes peoples heart sink before trying other avenues first. But don't get me wrong, the fact that you took the time to answer me makes you my hero. :good: And thanks.
I will try the other option you gave as I know the phone is fine the answer is just a few tries away.
Hi internet users,
I would like to solicit your help regarding a quite strange problem with my phone.
As indicated in the title, It is a Samsung GT-S5839I.
In order to create coherent whole i will sum this up with questions and answer.
What is it that, for me, is very likely to be the origin of the problem ?
I think i can say that the origin of the problem might be caused by an installation of a wrong ROM.
In other words, immediately after the installation of this one, the problem appeared.
What happens when i turn on the phone?
If i try to turn it on normally using the power button ; the phone turns on correctly but the screen turns out to be black and backlighted.
I mean by this that i can't see anything, the buttons are enlightened, there is light on the screen (maybe caused by the backlighting), but there is no way to know what is going on.
The only clue i have is the noise that the animation done at boot up.
When the phone ends his booting task, it is likely that it reached the unlocking screen.
If i try to turn it on normally using the volume up, down and the power button ; It happens the exact same thing that when i try to turn it on normally.
If i try to turn it on using the volume up, down, home and the power one ; It happens the exact same thing that when i try to turn it on normally.
In other words, the recovery mode doesn't work.
What can i do ?
I can access to the files on my SD CARD using the Samsung Kies 2.6 software.
I can access to the unlocking screen without visual returns.
What i can't do ?
Use the phone's touch keys .
Access to the ADB module.
Access to the download mode.
Access to the recovery mode
Thanks in advance for the attention you will bring me.
@chikamtsu, You do officially hard bricked your device ( both modes are not accessible ) .
There is so little remained to do mate, you can get a little device called "USB jig" as a last resort to force your phone into Download mode ( may or may not work,even if i provide instructions). As for your LCD blackness/dimness it goes, your symptoms might be caused by water/dust/corrosion damages more likely rather than flashing a wrong firmware ! in s5830i which is very similar to your device, replacing IC light u 503 part will solve problems in most cases ( I am not so sure of IC part of your device). Be cautioned though disassembling your device is not for fainthearted, you need expertise to open such a delicate case; hence I can't ask for critical information such as measuring voltage IC . One more thing mate, for the future record could you kindly provide a link to firmware you did flash from sammobile.com database preferably. Your original CSC/MODEM/PDA , Android version/ Kernel is also needed .
Raakib zargar said:
the symptoms you have told state that you have hard bricked your device
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Sure, but, what are my options ?
@chikamtsu, Just looking to the pattern he has been posting in this section mate >> indeed typical spammer without proper knowledge/insight of what is really happening under the hood of our Android device
As for your problem, I have already explained all of the possible solutions in details ! ( you may check my comment here too )
P.s: Report his ass for disturbing peace ( Report button ),, Really this dude make assistance impossible by reviving old topics; and such an odd way to increase post count ,, he even quoted my comment ,, pretty Hilarious
chikamtsu said:
Sure, but what are my possibilities ?
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Well if you can tell me that which rom you had flashed because some roms for Galaxe Ace after flashing need to press the Home button to avoid blacksceen.
Well your possibilities are to give your phone a usb jugg service/Heimdall and after that take it to download mode and flash back using odin.