As I have frequently done without issues, I was flashing a ROM and got stuck into some sort of bootloop.
Here are some details..
I was on a 4.4.2 KitKat ROM (Gummy Nightly) and decided to try out SlimKat 4.4.2. I wiped (advanced wiped System, Data, Cache and Dalvik Cache). I proceeded to flash the ROM and then the gapps file. Nothing out of the ordinary.. I rebooted and noticed I was at the samsung custom screen for a little longer than normal.. I didn't begin to worry too much because sometimes this screen can appear for a little bit before continuing when first booting into a fresh ROM install. Well.. quite some time passed and it became apparent that it wasn't going to go any further, I restarted the phone and consistently got stuck. I tried booting into TWRP and couldn't/can't get past the TWRP Blue Loading screen. I tried letting it sit for a long ass time (1 hour +) and same with regular rebooting at the Samsung Custom screen (1-2 hours +) with no luck or change.
I have a backup but can't get to it obviously. I'm quite frustrated and am confused/worried about attempting any drastic measures because all of the different phone versions/bootloader discussions/issues. I don't want to mess up the phone by bricking it or something when trying to flash the wrong file. I believe that right now the only thing I can do, if anything, is connecting my phone to my computer via a usb cable and running that ODIN program? I'd be inexplicably grateful and appreciative if someone can just give me some steps/instructions so that I can get my phone back up and running. I'm without a phone right now and am stressed out, so I'm hoping that I haven't made too many people upset with me if there's already somewhere this is answered. I searched but can't find someone with the exact variables my situation contains.
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Phone will not progress past samsung custom warning screen as well as TWRP Blue Logo screen no matter how much time passes (Have let sit at either screen for hours)
Was flashing SlimKat nightly (the most recent two days ago) coming from Gummy nightly (1-12, I believe).
The samsung custom screen comes up and then the phone reboots 2 seconds later and comes up again etc..
I never had to use 'safestrap' or whatever. When I got my s4, I was able to avoid the update and was always able to flash ROMs without any worry or concerns.
Please XDA, Help me out here.. I'm completely stressed and worried and don't know where to go from here.. What files to I manually push from my computer.. I don't see how I can solve this without a computer because recovery wont load and ROM won't either
Can you plug it into a pc and get Odin to see it? If so, you can odin back to your stock firmware and start over.
I am having this same problem
a.demarco said:
Can you plug it into a pc and get Odin to see it? If so, you can odin back to your stock firmware and start over.
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Hey I am having the same problem after trying to flash the latest version of hyperdrive, and my phone got stuck on the Samsung custom screen and I'm not able to get back into recovery even. I saw what you said and plugged my phone into my pc to see if odin could see it, but odin didn't recognize it and I even tried on Kies and it wasnt able to connect to my device either. Is there anything else I can do? or any solution?
If anyone can help I would really appreciate it!
This happened to me several times when i was using Gummy a few weeks back. I just kept doing battery pulls and restarting and was eventually able to get into TWRP. Try this some more and then odin.....
I have been trying to get it working with your advice of battery pulls but no luck. I have downloaded ODIN and installed and also downloaded the two tar files (the kernel and pre-source kernels). I *think* it's good news that ODIN/computer DOES see/recognize that my s4 is connected and disconnected. The issue I'm having is that when flashing the kernel, it does the first green bar and says PASS but the phone restarts and enters the bootloop (it restarts right into the Samsung Custom screen and will stay for a minute and restart again and again)..
I feel like I'm so close but so far away... I know that there's someone reading this that may have the solution or advice to help me get on my way.
I'm still without a phone and I know that there is certainly no one else to blame for my situation then myself but regardless, I would like to see this problem solved! I have a backup on my external sd and there's obviously no way to get to it since my phone won't actually let me into the recovery. The blue TWRP screen just hangs...
Please HELP!!! what can I do????
ccert said:
Hey I am having the same problem after trying to flash the latest version of hyperdrive, and my phone got stuck on the Samsung custom screen and I'm not able to get back into recovery even. I saw what you said and plugged my phone into my pc to see if odin could see it, but odin didn't recognize it and I even tried on Kies and it wasnt able to connect to my device either. Is there anything else I can do? or any solution?
If anyone can help I would really appreciate it!
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I'm having your same problem, except mine was with RLS 13.
fafinaf said:
I have been trying to get it working with your advice of battery pulls but no luck. I have downloaded ODIN and installed and also downloaded the two tar files (the kernel and pre-source kernels). I *think* it's good news that ODIN/computer DOES see/recognize that my s4 is connected and disconnected. The issue I'm having is that when flashing the kernel, it does the first green bar and says PASS but the phone restarts and enters the bootloop (it restarts right into the Samsung Custom screen and will stay for a minute and restart again and again)..
I feel like I'm so close but so far away... I know that there's someone reading this that may have the solution or advice to help me get on my way.
I'm still without a phone and I know that there is certainly no one else to blame for my situation then myself but regardless, I would like to see this problem solved! I have a backup on my external sd and there's obviously no way to get to it since my phone won't actually let me into the recovery. The blue TWRP screen just hangs...
Please HELP!!! what can I do????
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Just picked up an mdk s4 which was doing the same thing. I odin back to stock and booted into the phone to make sure everything was good. Then I went back into odin and flashed the md2 pre release kernel then booted again into stock and proceeded to use motochopper.
You shouod have 3 files. The mdk tar file and the two kernel files. Worked like a charm for me you sure you're doing the steps correctly?
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Also when mine was doing that it was TWRP 2.5.0 and I threw the newest TWRP on after rooting and its much faster rebooting .
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fafinaf said:
I have been trying to get it working with your advice of battery pulls but no luck. I have downloaded ODIN and installed and also downloaded the two tar files (the kernel and pre-source kernels). I *think* it's good news that ODIN/computer DOES see/recognize that my s4 is connected and disconnected. The issue I'm having is that when flashing the kernel, it does the first green bar and says PASS but the phone restarts and enters the bootloop (it restarts right into the Samsung Custom screen and will stay for a minute and restart again and again)..
I feel like I'm so close but so far away... I know that there's someone reading this that may have the solution or advice to help me get on my way.
I'm still without a phone and I know that there is certainly no one else to blame for my situation then myself but regardless, I would like to see this problem solved! I have a backup on my external sd and there's obviously no way to get to it since my phone won't actually let me into the recovery. The blue TWRP screen just hangs...
Please HELP!!! what can I do????
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How are you trying to get into recovery?
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Power + home +volume up. Then as soon as the phone cuts on let go of Power. Continue to hold the other 2.
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How are you trying to get into recovery?
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Power + home +volume up. Then as soon as the phone cuts on let go of Power. Continue to hold the other 2.
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You don't have to to finger Olympics on s4 like other devices... Just vol up and power
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Hello all,
I was already in the possesion of a SGII that has been rooted and flashed before. I came from Hyperdroid Androidmeda with Android version 2.3.6. This morning i took the guess it was a nice day to flash a rom with ICS Android 4.0.x. My choice was the rom Resurrection Remix ics v2.5.2.
I followed the exact instructions to Wipe Data, Dalvic Cache and Wipe Cache partitions before i flashed the rom. This went well, at this moment i didn't get any errors or bugs i.e. At the moment my SGII was booted i discoverd the rom a bit. And i came to the conclusion my camera was not working,eve as my outgoing calls. When i called somebody it rang barely one tone before my phone shutted itself down and rebooted. When i get an incoming call i couldn't see the Green answering button neither i saw the red denial button. So i this was just a guess.
But the main problem: I rebooted my phone manually and then he just shut down. I couldn't get him on anymore. On no circumstance it is possible for me to get my phone on. Battery in and out has no effect. Even connecting my phone with an usb cable with the PC gave no reaction. When i connected it to the charger i saw a blink of the loading battery but after a couple seconds my phone went off. And i dont get him on anymore.
What is wrong, what can i do to solve this?
Enter Download mode and check if Odin sees the phone.
Dude..odin pc is your last hope..never mind..it should work...try flashing a rom from there...
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I did now try to boot it that way.
I see:
Odin mode
Productname: GT-i9100
Custom Binary Download: YES (2 counts)
Current Binary: Custom
[GREEN ANDROID MAN]
Downloading...
Do not turn off target !!
And this is showing to me for at least two minutes. Will this take a while?
Try to flash a rom straight forward.....if it works...it works...nd if it dont...it dont
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Hamstert said:
I did now try to boot it that way.
I see:
Odin mode
Productname: GT-i9100
Custom Binary Download: YES (2 counts)
Current Binary: Custom
[GREEN ANDROID MAN]
Downloading...
Do not turn off target !!
And this is showing to me for at least two minutes. Will this take a while?
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It's clear you don't know how to use download mode. How did you flash your first ROM or root in the first place???
While in this mode, it is expecting you to connect the phone to a computer and use a flashing tool (Odin/Heimdall/etc) to install software to the device.
You can reboot just by holding the power button down for about 10 seconds.
ctomgee said:
It's clear you don't know how to use download mode. How did you flash your first ROM or root in the first place???
While in this mode, it is expecting you to connect the phone to a computer and use a flashing tool (Odin/Heimdall/etc) to install software to the device.
You can reboot just by holding the power button down for about 10 seconds.
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The first rom i flashed was with CWM. It was quite easy and i rooted it more than half a year ago that was not that hard to. This is the third rom i flashed and now it all gets wrong.
I already had my connection between phone and computer but it doesn't respond any further.
At this moment i dont even get him in download/recovery mode anymore. Everytime i try it shows a second of a empty charging battery and it shuts down.
Manvendra05 said:
Try to flash a rom straight forward.....if it works...it works...nd if it dont...it dont
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At that point i ain't arrived yet, unfortunately.
Here a guide (with picture) to flash stock firmware with odin, but the process is similar for custom rom.
Hope this help
Now i finally got in download mode again.
I tried to flash the Siyah kernel 3.3.2 via Odin.
In the attachment you see the result which went really well i thought?
But now i rebooted my phone and i only come to the begn screen with Samsung Galaxy SII GT-i9100 and the usual Yellow triangle. At that point it shut down again.
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Your in a boot loop now. Follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1108499
Read this as well to better understand Odin and flashing: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
When you are in download mode, nothing happens until you connect it to your computer and flash a ROM via Odin (which you will be doing). Next time, read more.
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Thanks all for helping me, my phone works again by flashing it back to stock rom.
I dont have any root privileges and the yellow triangle is gone now. I already miss things as changing battery icon and ability to use camera when batterylevel is below 15%.
But for now on i will take a little easy with flashing.
Mate, here is a hint for you. You should really thank people who help you and not just say “thanks." It helps the people who contribute feel like their input was actually appreciated in your problem solving. And not just for one person, but everyone who helps. Just a hint.
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Tried to odin back to stock because I recently made a deal on the phone and I havent used it in forever. Honestly I dont remember what ROM I was on but if it helps any the ROM home screen is the Blue tinted zippolighter wall paper. I never changed it after flashing so hopefully someone will know what I'm talking about. I can access download mode thru holding down the power button and that menu pops up that lets you choose if you want to reboot/reboot recovery/or get in download mode.
Odin recognizes the phone fine and once I choose the PIT and Tar file and hit start it only gets as far as the cache.rfs and thats it. I soft bricked it once and used the one click method to unbrick it but every time I try to Odin it keeps getting stuck at the same point cache.rfs. Can anyone help me please, thanks in advance. Dont mean to sound like a total nOOb its just been a really long time since I've used this phone so i dont remember the Rom.
Just to clarify some things, I have never seen an option to go into DL mode by holding power button while phone is on ??? Are you sure you have a vibrant? What ROM???
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xxhtownutzxx said:
Tried to odin back to stock because I recently made a deal on the phone and I havent used it in forever. Honestly I dont remember what ROM I was on but if it helps any the ROM home screen is the Blue tinted zippolighter wall paper. I never changed it after flashing so hopefully someone will know what I'm talking about. I can access download mode thru holding down the power button and that menu pops up that lets you choose if you want to reboot/reboot recovery/or get in download mode.
Odin recognizes the phone fine and once I choose the PIT and Tar file and hit start it only gets as far as the cache.rfs and thats it. I soft bricked it once and used the one click method to unbrick it but every time I try to Odin it keeps getting stuck at the same point cache.rfs. Can anyone help me please, thanks in advance. Dont mean to sound like a total nOOb its just been a really long time since I've used this phone so i dont remember the Rom.
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Make sure you right click odin and run as administrator. If it fails again do NOT close odin ! Load the pit and tar files again without closing odin and hit start again. It should flash properly after a few more tries, If it doesn't then try switching usb ports on your pc but do not close odin. Let us know if it still doesn't work.
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samsgun357 said:
Just to clarify some things, I have never seen an option to go into DL mode by holding power button...??? Are you sure you have a vibrant?
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He means when his phone is fully booted up. You can hold power to cut the phone off, reboot, reboot recovery and reboot download mode. That's what I took from it anyway.
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OP, you were/are running Deranged9 (Froyo). It was the ROM that has the zippo as the home screen wallpaper.
Since you are getting stuck at that point and you haven't Odin'd in awhile, it sounds like you have a corrupted download. Usually it will get stuck at cache or modem if it is a broken down file. Might want to redownload them or you can download the AIO Toolbox from my signature. It has all the drivers, pit/tar files you'll need.
Download mode from pushing power is nothing more than an EPM (extended power menu). Pretty common.
Congrats to you Wood for deciphering the op!
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Ya, me, Fishman and a few others were the pioneers on that ROM. So when he said the zippo, I knew immediately what he was talking about. I still use JCC's Toxic8 as my "home " Froyo ROM, although it is very heavily tweaked and almost doesn't resemble the original too much anymore. But hey, when i am on it I can get almost 2 full days with mod-heavy use.
Wow... I might get two days if I never wake it up.
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Woodrube said:
OP, you were/are running Deranged9 (Froyo). It was the ROM that has the zippo as the home screen wallpaper.
Since you are getting stuck at that point and you haven't Odin'd in awhile, it sounds like you have a corrupted download. Usually it will get stuck at cache or modem if it is a broken down file. Might want to redownload them or you can download the AIO Toolbox from my signature. It has all the drivers, pit/tar files you'll need.
Download mode from pushing power is nothing more than an EPM (extended power menu). Pretty common.
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Finally received the phone back, thank you for helping with verifying the ROM I have on the phone. Here's another problem that hopefully you can help me with. Now I do not have a homescreen nor can I access the settings/apps pages. All I get is the lockscreen, when I slide the unlock button the screen just goes black. Theres no way for me to access the phone settings to put it in debugging mode per the AIO toolbox instructions here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
That sounds like a bad flash to me. I think your Launcher is missing and with no backup, like LPP or ADW, you unlock into, well nothing.
Are you keeping your phone or selling it? I would put Fish's Bionix on there either way. Just need to get it to boot up. Fish has an Odin file for it too.
Woodrube said:
That sounds like a bad flash to me. I think your Launcher is missing and with no backup, like LPP or ADW, you unlock into, well nothing.
Are you keeping your phone or selling it? I would put Fish's Bionix on there either way. Just need to get it to boot up. Fish has an Odin file for it too.
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I want to sell it which is why I was trying to just Odin to stock and leave it as is. I'll try this and report back shortly, thanks again.
Trying to flash Fishes Bionix and Odin has been stuck here for a while. See image
Please any one can help me?
I have a Samsung Galaxy s2 GT-i9100G. I installed Android 4.2.1 via Odin. it worked fine, then i rooted it and also went fine.
My problem started when I tried to install GT-I9100G_LP7_ClockworkMod-Recovery_5.5.0.4 via odin. it seemed that it fionished ok. but after the reboot. the device stack in Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I900G, and I can't get to recovery mode nor the download mode using the key combination. it is just turning off and then stuck in the same splash screen.
Is that means my phone damaged??
can anyone please help me ????
Sometimes the screen well be black but your I download mode. I'm not at my computer but someone link or explain proper way do get in to download. Make sure pull battery before try download mode. Also connect Odin to see if your connected with black screen. Next time use mobile Odin to do recovery much safer.
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For your sake i hope you didn't have format partition selected. Just search download mode lot's times you don't do it perfectly rest time it worked but you can't see it i.e black screen. I had that happen thought i hard bricked.did it same way you did i installed wrong recovery.took two days figure out i was doing download mode wrong plus screen remained back.so don't freak out yet. Try everything and take your time lots people rush and turn a soft brick into a hard brick
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xxsicknessxx said:
Sometimes the screen well be black but your I download mode. I'm not at my computer but someone link or explain proper way do get in to download. Make sure pull battery before try download mode. Also connect Odin to see if your connected with black screen. Next time use mobile Odin to do recovery much safer.
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For your sake i hope you didn't have format partition selected. Just search download mode lot's times you don't do it perfectly rest time it worked but you can't see it i.e black screen. I had that happen thought i hard bricked.did it same way you did i installed wrong recovery.took two days figure out i was doing download mode wrong plus screen remained back.so don't freak out yet. Try everything and take your time lots people rush and turn a soft brick into a hard brick
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Thank you so much for your reply, I appropriated that. I am still stuck there, could you please send me that link telling how to proper get in download mode??
Thank you.
Finally,I got rid of it. I don't know how exactly it is done, but anyway, I removed the battery for about 5 hours (Don't know if that makes sense), then I was able to get in the recovery mode only. I selected to wipe cache and then to factory reset but it didn't work. but after it rebooted I was able to get in the DOWNLOAD mode so easily. That's it, I just connected to the PC, then opened Odin, selected the official JB ROM, started to flash and .. VOALAA ... it works
Thanks guys ...
Special thanks to xxsicknessxx for not letting me throw my phone out of the window
melsayeh said:
Finally,I got rid of it. I don't know how exactly it is done, but anyway, I removed the battery for about 5 hours (Don't know if that makes sense), then I was able to get in the recovery mode only. I selected to wipe cache and then to factory reset but it didn't work. but after it rebooted I was able to get in the DOWNLOAD mode so easily. That's it, I just connected to the PC, then opened Odin, selected the official JB ROM, started to flash and .. VOALAA ... it works
Thanks guys ...
Special thanks to xxsicknessxx for not letting me throw my phone out of the window
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---- where did you get the JB official rom? can you give me the link?
musyazid1719 said:
---- where did you get the JB official rom? can you give me the link?
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He probably got it from where everyone does: sammobile.com
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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plz help
i have GT-I9100G from mobile phone i make to him root but he not working and the phone also no be turn on and no recovery mode only download mode what i can make
So this morning and last night my phone was working perfectly until it decided to reboot, but since then it endlessly reboots show the the "Galaxy SIII GTI9300" screen. It comes up, goes black, then it shows it again. Ive looked around for other fixes but i can't enter my recovery or download mode. When entering into recover, it works for about 1 second then the phone reboots so I am unable to do anything, I can enter download for a few seconds but pressing the volume up or down to continue doesn't do anything.
I am using foxhound 2.4 and Siyah 1.9.1
I don't have an overclock, I've tested another battery so I know that isn't the issue.
I haven't done anything to it so I can't think of a reason it would be doing this. How can I fix it?
looks like sds
Any fix for it? I can't access recovery or download mode and my PC doesn't pick up my phone, should I take it in for repairs? Will they repair it with the custom ROM and kernel?
send it in, looks like it's the only option
From what I've read about SDS, I am by no means an expert, you wouldn't even be able to interact with your phone. The fact that you see the boot logo means that it isn't SDS. I am not sure what I'd do though, as you cannot enter download mode and flash a stock ROM from there.
If you send it in to service, I guess they will find out about the flash counter and modified status and all, and you would have to pay. On the other hand, if that is what it needs it might be worth it.
Sorry I'm not more helpful...
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From what I've read about SDS, I am by no means an expert, you wouldn't even be able to interact with your phone. The fact that you see the boot logo means that it isn't SDS. I am not sure what I'd do though, as you cannot enter download mode and flash a stock ROM from there.
If you send it in to service, I guess they will find out about the flash counter and modified status and all, and you would have to pay. On the other hand, if that is what it needs it might be worth it.
Sorry I'm not more helpful...
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not true, there are different kinds of SDS
nightmare1708 said:
So this morning and last night my phone was working perfectly until it decided to reboot, but since then it endlessly reboots show the the "Galaxy SIII GTI9300" screen. It comes up, goes black, then it shows it again. Ive looked around for other fixes but i can't enter my recovery or download mode. When entering into recover, it works for about 1 second then the phone reboots so I am unable to do anything, I can enter download for a few seconds but pressing the volume up or down to continue doesn't do anything.
I am using foxhound 2.4 and Siyah 1.9.1
I don't have an overclock, I've tested another battery so I know that isn't the issue.
I haven't done anything to it so I can't think of a reason it would be doing this. How can I fix it?
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factory reset the s3,reinstall the rom or restore a nandroid backup if done one.
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have you read the post? he can't access recovery or download
Well it just seems to get worse, I no longer get the boot screen anymore, now nothing happens, my phone doesn't even come on, when i plug my phone into the charger it gets the same endless reboot loop but insteast of the "Galaxy SIII GTI9300" screen it shows he battery logo with a circle in it for a few seconds. If it try access recovery or download it just reboots again. Without the charger nothing at all happens now.
you got the answer
is your phone the 16gb blue version?
if so ... then its really certain. u have sds! and even so its good that phone is trully dead! cause if it trully dead there is no way they'll find out that your rooted and running custom rom
SnowPluralism said:
is your phone the 16gb blue version?
if so ... then its really certain. u have sds! and even so its good that phone is trully dead! cause if it trully dead there is no way they'll find out that your rooted and running custom rom
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Mije is actuall the 32Gb Pebble, I'm also hoping that it's completely dead though because I honestly can't think of how they would even go about getting the phone to boot since the screen will only come on while on the charger so I doubt they can use anything external, I'm sending my phone in tomorrow
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Mije is actuall the 32Gb Pebble, I'm also hoping that it's completely dead though because I honestly can't think of how they would even go about getting the phone to boot since the screen will only come on while on the charger so I doubt they can use anything external, I'm sending my phone in tomorrow
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Do the red exclamation point appear at any time?
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So I sent my phone in for repairs and somehow they managed to fix it and get it back to stock. Before I gave it in I never had a red exclamation. As soon as I rooted it when I got it back it now has the red exclamation. Today my phone entered a bootloop doing the exact same thing but eventually worked. Not sure if it was the ROM. I'm considering flashing back to stock just to be safe. Doesn't seem like I can get rid of that exclamation without doing so. They sorted it out for free. I'm just worried they will say my warranty has been void next time
nightmare1708 said:
So I sent my phone in for repairs and somehow they managed to fix it and get it back to stock. Before I gave it in I never had a red exclamation. As soon as I rooted it when I got it back it now has the red exclamation. Today my phone entered a bootloop doing the exact same thing but eventually worked. Not sure if it was the ROM. I'm considering flashing back to stock just to be safe. Doesn't seem like I can get rid of that exclamation without doing so. They sorted it out for free. I'm just worried they will say my warranty has been void next time
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Red exclamation point is the same as yellow triangle on s2 ... u need yo flash previous bootloader ... reset binary counter and then flash stock only then your warranty is back
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sd card
i also have 32gb pebble blue with a 64 gb sandisk class 10 sd card. not using any roms everything stock but still have the same issue. i can get mine to load up if i pull the sd card out and reset.
does anyone know if there is some kind of issue related to using that type of sd card?
try homemade jtag or buy one if you don't want to send it to anywhere
nightmare1708 said:
So this morning and last night my phone was working perfectly until it decided to reboot, but since then it endlessly reboots show the the "Galaxy SIII GTI9300" screen. It comes up, goes black, then it shows it again. Ive looked around for other fixes but i can't enter my recovery or download mode. When entering into recover, it works for about 1 second then the phone reboots so I am unable to do anything, I can enter download for a few seconds but pressing the volume up or down to continue doesn't do anything.
I am using foxhound 2.4 and Siyah 1.9.1
I don't have an overclock, I've tested another battery so I know that isn't the issue.
I haven't done anything to it so I can't think of a reason it would be doing this. How can I fix it?
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I have the same problem but with foxhound 2.5.
What about the battery?
When I put it on, my s3 turns on itself...did the same thing happen to u?
Hi all, I have tried to unlock my galaxy S3 gt i 9300, which is locked to O2 UK. I live in Ireland and bought the phone from a guy on e bay. I got the unlock code from two different sources and both are the same, but neither will unlock the phone, I have tried the unfreeze code too but it gets me nowhere. Entering the keyboard codes does not work either. The firmware baseband version which is on the phone at present is I9300XXUGMK6, the build number is JSS15J.I9300XXUGNA5, I feel that if I can get the phone back to it's original O2 UK firmware then I might be able to unlock the thing. My problem is that I have found I9300XXALE8_I9300O2UALE5_O2U to be the original firmware, but the link to it from every site is dead and I cannot download it, all the links were to hotfile and we all know what became of it. If anyone has any other suggestions as to how I might unlock my phone then I would be more than happy to try them.
Best wishes Wez
Flash the latest o2u, root it with cf autoroot, nvdata unlock method. Do not attempt to go back from 4.3 as you will half cabbage your phone. The efs changed.
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Flash the latest o2u, root it with cf autoroot, nvdata unlock method. Do not attempt to go back from 4.3 as you will half cabbage your phone. The efs changed.
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Many thanks I will try that now and let you know how I get on, though the guy I got the second code from tells me the phone should not be rooted, if it is he says that the code will not work. But anything is worth a try so I will try it before I root the phone.
Thanks again best wishes Wez
kerrywez said:
Many thanks I will try that now and let you know how I get on, though the guy I got the second code from tells me the phone should not be rooted, if it is he says that the code will not work. But anything is worth a try so I will try it before I root the phone.
Thanks again best wishes Wez
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At the risk of sound stupid, I am going to ask one question, where do I find said latest stock ROM for my O2 UK S3, because all the ones I find are not on any link that works, they nearly all try to send me to hotfile, would seem that nobody has taken the trouble to put up any mirror download links, which has left me very frustrated. Hope someone can please point me in the right direction, because I have a phone which is of no use to me.
Best wishes and good luck Wez
kerrywez said:
At the risk of sound stupid, I am going to ask one question, where do I find said latest stock ROM for my O2 UK S3, because all the ones I find are not on any link that works, they nearly all try to send me to hotfile, would seem that nobody has taken the trouble to put up any mirror download links, which has left me very frustrated. Hope someone can please point me in the right direction, because I have a phone which is of no use to me.
Best wishes and good luck Wez
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Many thanks am downloading the latest rom from there now, hopefully this will do the job. I will not be able to try it till tomorrow morning as it is very slow downloading, but I can leave it all night and use Odin to flash the phone.
Good luck Wez
Samsung updates are always on slow hosts. It costs a lot of money to hire server space and free hosts that do over a Gb is as rare as hens teeth.. how did you get on?
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Many thanks to all who helped with my problem, I managed to get my s3 unlocked, just need to get it rooted now and get rid of the stupid thing keeps going to safe mode when booted normally, but if I boot whilst holding the home key (the middle one at the bottom) then the phone will try to boot into download mode, I then hit the volume down button and hole the home key again, this time the phone reboots itself and will boot into a non safe mode. Though this is not ideal and someone needs to find a cure for this, it is better than nothing. Tried to flash the resurrection remix ROM, but it stopped when a bit was done and failed will try some other custom ROM when I get the chance, at the moment my phone is keeping going back to the recovery screen.
Will let you know what happens, best wishes Wez
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Many thanks to all who helped with my problem, I managed to get my s3 unlocked, just need to get it rooted now and get rid of the stupid thing keeps going to safe mode when booted normally, but if I boot whilst holding the home key (the middle one at the bottom) then the phone will try to boot into download mode, I then hit the volume down button and hole the home key again, this time the phone reboots itself and will boot into a non safe mode. Though this is not ideal and someone needs to find a cure for this, it is better than nothing. Tried to flash the resurrection remix ROM, but it stopped when a bit was done and failed will try some other custom ROM when I get the chance, at the moment my phone is keeping going back to the recovery screen.
Will let you know what happens, best wishes Wez
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To get out of the recovery boot lock I had to leave the phone with the battery out of it for about 5 minutes, I was then able to get into download mode, by booting with the volumes down and home buttons held. I then used Odin to reflash the stock firmware again, which it did OK.Then I needed to root the phone again so I did that. I then downloaded the Android Revolution DH-SGS3, moved it to the external SD card, rebooted into recovery and flashed it to the phone, but again the phone went into it's crazy recovery boot loop, at the moment I have the battery out of kit and will try replacing it now and booting into the new ROM. It appears to be booting into the rom now, it has been on the Samsung screen for a while now and I am hoping that it will boot into the rom given a little time, this being it's first boot. OK all booted up OK, the only problem that remains is the bleeding thing booting into safe mode, but lots of people have got that.
Happy days, best wishes Wez
I have never encountered that issue before. When exactly did the boot issue start?
Glad you got this far!.
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I have never encountered that issue before. When exactly did the boot issue start?
Glad you got this far!.
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The boot issue started after I had tried to flash with another rim, which I feel was not fully downloaded, at any rate the flash was abandoned and when I went back through the options and hit the reboot now, it went into the loop. I had to remove the battery and leave it out for about 5 minutes, less might have done, when I reinstalled the battery, I went into download and using Odin flashed the phone with a stock rom and rooted it, then I flashed the android revelation rom, the phone again got stuck on the loop, this time I took the battery out the phone and left it, again for about 5 minutes, then replaced the battery and hit the power button and the phone booted into the rom, after a few minutes. I have been using this rom for a while now, but have noticed that for some reason the sound, for everything goes of completely, nit found a cure for that yet, but I am downloading the Echoe rom now, it will soon be finished, and I am going to flash it as soon as I can. I have the Echoe rom on my SGS4 and like it very much. I shall let you know if I have the same problem with this rom, when I flash it, the loop that is.
Best wishes Wez
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The boot issue started after I had tried to flash with another rim, which I feel was not fully downloaded, at any rate the flash was abandoned and when I went back through the options and hit the reboot now, it went into the loop. I had to remove the battery and leave it out for about 5 minutes, less might have done, when I reinstalled the battery, I went into download and using Odin flashed the phone with a stock rom and rooted it, then I flashed the android revelation rom, the phone again got stuck on the loop, this time I took the battery out the phone and left it, again for about 5 minutes, then replaced the battery and hit the power button and the phone booted into the rom, after a few minutes. I have been using this rom for a while now, but have noticed that for some reason the sound, for everything goes of completely, nit found a cure for that yet, but I am downloading the Echoe rom now, it will soon be finished, and I am going to flash it as soon as I can. I have the Echoe rom on my SGS4 and like it very much. I shall let you know if I have the same problem with this rom, when I flash it, the loop that is.
Best wishes Wez
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The Echoe ROM flashed without any further loop and to my surprise the phone did not boot into safe mode, so an improvement there, with both. But the sound is still a problem. I have since the first boot had to reboot several times and the damned thing is back to the bloody safe mode. To get round it now I have to hold the volume down, the home and power keys, to take me to the screen for download, when there I push the volume down and the phone goes to reboot, in it's own, while it is doing that I hold the home button, the phones boots without going into safe mode. I have tried to do it the way I was before, but it is not working that way now, so got to go down the way of booting into the download screen, but at least it works.
Very best wishes and good luck Wez
Interesting.. it would seem that the issue lies with custom roms. Which recovery are you using? Cwm 6032 is a good recovery to start with, moving on to 6047. I had issues with twrp.
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