[Q] Black Screen after flashing ROMs - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi there, I'm stuck in a conundrum after owning and flashing several Android devices since Gingerbread, including HTC Evo 3D, HoX and SGS4.
My girlfriend bought a i9305 SGS3, and all is well running stock. I showed her the several ROMs out there (I'm currently using a S5 themed ROM for my S4) and she wants a similar looking ROM for her S3.
Downgraded to 4.1.1, SIM unlocked and PhilZ 6.48.4 installed with Odin all fine. Went to install "GlamourS5 for S3", zip copied fine, md5 matches but on reboot I get the Samsung Galaxy SIII i9305 boot screen, then the screen goes black. No boot animation, no bootloop.
So I pulled battery and went back into recovery and wiped /cache (usual boot issue), rebooted again and same again, gets past SGS3 screen but no boot anim or AndroidOS.
I have since tried "S5 Sensation ROM" and even tried "S5UI-FDN V5". All flash sucessfully and then boot to black screen. I also used latest TWRP and PhilZ 4.41.6 in case the latest PhilZ was bugged. Again, the screen worked A-OK stock.
I'm after any ideas while I restore stock 4.3.
Thanks in advance!

I am not sure but are these roms for the s3 i9300 or s3 i9305?
I don't think you can flash a i9300 rom on a i9305

Cant do that
Those Roms are only for i9300.
Check for I9305 roms here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/development-i9305
I dont think there are s5 themed roms for I9305

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mrlaigle said:
Last night I softbricked installing a rom. The device was being very weird and would not boot correctly. The device started showing the big GALAXY S4 splash screen instead of the usuall plain SAMSUNG sometimes says custom unlock sometimes not depending on the rom/kernal being used. Now even with Kernals that used to say SAMSUNG custom all it says is the big only GALAXY S4 splash screen. The device seems to take alot longer to get past this screen as well. Any suggestions on this??
Recovery would flash roms and device would boot once but would not boot after reset. SO F-it just Odin back to stock, root, recovery, done.
everything is working now except I still have the GALAXY S4 splash scren instead of the SAMSUNG and takes forever to boot/load past splash screen.
Is this stored in the kernal? Ive tired different kernals and all have stayed the same. I have completly ODIN back to stock wiped any and everything on this device.
QUESTION Summary::: Whats up with this splash screen VS the other one, why cant i get it to go back to the way it was before even after ODIN stock img, and why does it take longer to load and 1/2 the time not load at all.
Is there a BIOS that is not wiped... I think I broke it.
EDIT: Just sat on the SAMSUNG GALAXY S4 for 20 minutes before starting after fresh rom install... what a pain.
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Yeah I restored started from Odin stock last night. I thought that would take out anything that I flashed that caused the issue. But it didn't fix it.
I odin'ed back installed root recovery and still having issues where it will not boot after 2 or 3 resets. Hangs on thats galaxy s4 splash screen for more than 30 and never boots.
I would think that when it was odin'ed it would have over written the boot IMG and any thing else it might be but its not.
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mrlaigle said:
Yeah I restored started from Odin stock last night. I thought that would take out anything that I flashed that caused the issue. But it didn't fix it.
I odin'ed back installed root recovery and still having issues where it will not boot after 2 or 3 resets. Hangs on thats galaxy s4 splash screen for more than 30 and never boots.
I would think that when it was odin'ed it would have over written the boot IMG and any thing else it might be but its not.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk 2
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