i'll explain what i did to get here.
I was in stock rom 4.1.2, and i decide to flash a custom rom, after several tests i decided to get back to stock rom and i used the mobile odin, when i flash the rom using mobile odin, nothing happens, and rebooted the manually the phone and when i did this, the phone got locked/bricked in Samsung GT-I9300 screen.
So i tried any ways to turn on the phone and i got sucess, but when i unbrick my phone, he start to freeze all the time and reboot all the time for it self, everytime that it freeze i had to wipe cache partition to turn on and use, if a did not do this, the phone stuck just after sansung screen.
I'm lost, i tried everything and the phone keeps freezing, rebooting all the time.
Please, someone help me!
Thanks.
GiovaneM said:
i'll explain what i did to get here.
I was in stock rom 4.1.2, and i decide to flash a custom rom, after several tests i decided to get back to stock rom and i used the mobile odin, when i flash the rom using mobile odin, nothing happens, and rebooted the manually the phone and when i did this, the phone got locked/bricked in Samsung GT-I9300 screen.
So i tried any ways to turn on the phone and i got sucess, but when i unbrick my phone, he start to freeze all the time and reboot all the time for it self, everytime that it freeze i had to wipe cache partition to turn on and use, if a did not do this, the phone stuck just after sansung screen.
I'm lost, i tried everything and the phone keeps freezing, rebooting all the time.
Please, someone help me!
Thanks.
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Use pc odin to flash stock, then reboot into recovery and factory reset then wipe cache.
tallman43 said:
Use pc odin to flash stock, then reboot into recovery and factory reset then wipe cache.
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i done this a thousand times.
GiovaneM said:
i done this a thousand times.
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Well why didn't you put that in your thread i'm not a mind reader
Seriously though have a look at doing a mega wipe first look here >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/tool-mega-wipesuper-wipefactory-t1832326 << then flash a custom stock rom.Place it on your ext sd card first because the mega wipe will wipe everything including your system.
Read exactly what to do first so you fully understand.
tallman43 said:
Well why didn't you put that in your thread i'm not a mind reader
Seriously though have a look at doing a mega wipe first look here >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/tool-mega-wipesuper-wipefactory-t1832326 << then flash a custom stock rom.Place it on your ext sd card first because the mega wipe will wipe everything including your system.
Read exactly what to do first so you fully understand.
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I forgot, my bad.
I alredy done this, i tried to do a mega wipe using that script, and flash using odin stock rom, but didn't work :crying:
GiovaneM said:
I forgot, my bad.
I alredy done this, i tried to do a mega wipe using that script, and flash using odin stock rom, but didn't work :crying:
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I don't think I will post any more information because if I do you will probably say I've tried that. I think more information is needed on what you have tried so people looking can suggest things you have not tried.
tallman43 said:
I don't think I will post any more information because if I do you will probably say I've tried that. I think more information is needed on what you have tried so people looking can suggest things you have not tried.
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If i say that i tried, its couse' i tried and didn't work, what a did was wipe my device and flash stock rom using odin. I'm here couse' nothing has worked well, both things you said to me i did and didn't work.
Try to say something advanced, something that only do in hard bricked.
GiovaneM said:
If i say that i tried, its couse' i tried and didn't work, what a did was wipe my device and flash stock rom using odin. I'm here couse' nothing has worked well, both things you said to me i did and didn't work.
Try to say something advanced, something that only do in hard bricked.
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Lol for some people that is advanced
If you have done a mega wipe and installed stock rom correctly there are not many options left
(1) You could try another stock rom (Just in case their is something wrong with the one you are trying to flash)
(2) Try the rescue firmware (But only use as a last resort because it containes a pit file)
(3) Service center
tallman43 said:
Lol for some people that is advanced
If you have done a mega wipe and installed stock rom correctly there are not many options left
(1) You could try another stock rom (Just in case their is something wrong with the one you are trying to flash)
(2) Try the rescue firmware (But only use as a last resort because it containes a pit file)
(3) Service center
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Will try to rescue my rom using your signature link, i hope it works. Thanks for your help.
GiovaneM said:
Will try to rescue my rom using your signature link, i hope it works. Thanks for your help.
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tallman43 said:
Lol for some people that is advanced
If you have done a mega wipe and installed stock rom correctly there are not many options left
(1) You could try another stock rom (Just in case their is something wrong with the one you are trying to flash)
(2) Try the rescue firmware (But only use as a last resort because it containes a pit file)
(3) Service center
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My friend, thank you so much, your tutorial about rescue firmware works like a glove, thank you so!!!
GiovaneM said:
My friend, thank you so much, your tutorial about rescue firmware works like a glove, thank you so!!!
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:good:
Related
Hi,
earlier I was using MIUI and I thought I will come back to TouchWiz, but while installing official rom ( branded and not branded as well, tried both ) using Odin it stops ( Odin ). In this state i can only install rom that wipes all data while installing. However that doesn't satisfies me. Anybody know solution? Also i want to say that I searched and didn't find anything that would help me.
Boblob21 said:
Hi,
earlier I was using MIUI and I thought I will come back to TouchWiz, but while installing official rom ( branded and not branded as well, tried both ) using Odin it stops ( Odin ). In this state i can only install rom that wipes all data while installing. However that doesn't satisfies me. Anybody know solution? Also i want to say that I searched and didn't find anything that would help me.
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Sounds like you are trying to go from MIUI back to stock without wiping data. I don't think you can get away with that.
ctomgee said:
Sounds like you are trying to go from MIUI back to stock without wiping data. I don't think you can get away with that.
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I have tried to wipe data but only using normal recovery, would using custom recovery change something?
Boblob21 said:
Hi,
earlier I was using MIUI and I thought I will come back to TouchWiz, but while installing official rom ( branded and not branded as well, tried both ) using Odin it stops ( Odin ). In this state i can only install rom that wipes all data while installing. However that doesn't satisfies me. Anybody know solution? Also i want to say that I searched and didn't find anything that would help me.
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Boblob21 said:
I have tried to wipe data but only using normal recovery, would using custom recovery change something?
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You don't want to wipe data, you tried to wipe data... which is it?
Oh right, that seems confusing. After installing rom that wipes data in installation process I had wiped it again in recovery just before turning on download mode and using Odin, which frozen while installing normal, official rom. I don't want to use one that wipes data.
Boblob21 said:
Oh right, that seems confusing. After installing rom that wipes data in installation process I had wiped it again in recovery just before turning on download mode and using Odin, which frozen while installing normal, official rom. I don't want to use one that wipes data.
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I may still be missing something here...
If you ALREADY wiped it in recovery just before this last flash attempt, why does it matter if you use one that wipes data or not??
Main reason is that rom that wipes data is older than one I want. I would also like to use branded rom and I just want to know an answer as it may became usefull in future.
My reasons aren't really important.
Boblob21 said:
Main reason is that rom that wipes data is older than one I want. I would also like to use branded rom and I just wan't to know an answer as it may became usefull in future.
My reasons aren't really important.
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Maybe not, but your shortage of details is what is killing me.
What is the exact model of your phone? GT-I9100? GT-I9100G? GT-I9100T? GT-I9100P? SGH-I777? SGH I727?, SGH-T989? SPD-D710?
What are you wanting to flash to, and what is the version of the wipe version you don't want to use? What is your carrier? Or do you just want to use any old branded ROM? Heck, what COUNTRY are you in??
GT-I9100, I want to flash branded rom from PLUS, Poland.
I have tried to flash it simply from MIUI, it failed, frozen at factoryfs.
Also from "Frankestein" from Intratech's thread, failed same way as from MIUI.
Boblob21 said:
GT-I9100, I want to flash branded rom from PLUS, Poland.
I have tried to flash it simply from MIUI, it failed, frozen at factoryfs.
Also from "Frankestein" from Intratech's thread, failed same way as from MIUI.
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Intratech has a carrier branded firmware thread. Only one for PLUS / Poland I see in there is XWKF3, which is 2.3.3. Unless you have a package from somewhere else...
Unless otherwise stated, those firmwares are all non-wipe.
Just follow the instructions fully in post 1 of Intratech's main official firmware thread.
And by "flash it simply from MIUI", what do you mean, "flash it from MIUI"? This is not clear.
I think I didn't wipe the data before trying to install it while MIUI was actually installed rom. And the branded rom from Intratech's thread is the one that I'm trying to install but without succes. Odin simply stops at factotyfs.img.
Boblob21 said:
I think I didn't wipe the data before trying to install it while MIUI was actually installed rom. And the branded rom from Intratech's thread is the one that I'm trying to install but without succes. Odin simply stops at factotyfs.img.
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Did you Wipe data/factory reset AND also select wipe cache partition in recovery? Also, make sure Kies isn't running when you have Odin running. They don't play well together.
Yes i did both and i uninstalled Kies before trying.
Boblob21 said:
Yes i did both and i uninstalled Kies before trying.
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What OS are you on? Vista? Win7? Someone somewhere said that he had this issue and got past it by running Odin as an administrator.
Win 7, 32 bit. I haven't tried running Odin as administrator yet.
Edit: Didn't help.
Boblob21 said:
Win 7, 32 bit. I haven't tried running Odin as administrator yet.
Edit: Didn't help.
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Sorry bud, I'm fresh out of ideas now. Good luck.
EDIT: actually, one last idea. Well, three actually. Have you tried a different cable? If so, have you tried a different USB port on the computer? If so, have you tried a different computer?
You were right! My cable was plugged through keyboard but now when I connected it directly to computer it worked! Great thanks!
Boblob21 said:
You were right! My cable was plugged through keyboard but now when I connected it directly to computer it worked! Great thanks!
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Yeah, sometimes pass-through ports and hubs do weird things. Always plug directly into a port on the computer.
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!
Well, I just messed up with my phone trying to flash B2G
Did it like it's said in this tutorial, worked, but then got an error. So I tried to restore my old backup => didn't work, got bootlooped
reflashed siyah, restored backup => doesn't work, bootloopat cm logo
original 4.0.3 via odin => didn't work
just siyah, full wipe and then install new zip => didn't work and REBOOTS AFTER WIPING DATA, IN EVERY KERNEL TRIED YET!
then I tried flash original 4.0.3 (xwlp7) and then the cfkernel for it, but => didn't work!
does somebody have an idea? Damn, I'm desperate!
Did you wipe cache and dalvik when re flashing stock firmware?
I've been in the same situation and I wiped cache and dalvik and factory reset, then boot to download, flash stock firmware package including stock kernel then once flashed wipe cache and dalvik and factory reset again.
Worked for me
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app
tried it out, stucks a this f*cking factory reset...
just this blue bar at the bottom about 10 minutes and then I gave up - or does this need more time to just wipe data?
Flash stock rom via odin like it says in the other eleventy million "bricked" topics.
Sometimes it can take a while if you are using CWM the other thing to try is go into mounts and storage and then format Data, System and internal sd card.
Then re flash via Odin
You do definitely have the correct firmware for your model?
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app
Yeah, I took the one from sammobile where it says switzerland - orange (and thats what I have...)
Tried with format internal storage, but still get bootloop (tried factory reset after this, but didn't work too )
Should I try with Phone EFS Clear or Phone Bootloader Update maybe (tried Re-Partition, didn't work too, maybe I need another pit?)
or should I try with the KI4 I had when I got the phone at the beginning (long time ago) with phone Bootloader update?
-angel* said:
Yeah, I took the one from sammobile where it says switzerland - orange (and thats what I have...)
Tried with format internal storage, but still get bootloop (tried factory reset after this, but didn't work too )
Should I try with Phone EFS Clear or Phone Bootloader Update maybe (tried Re-Partition, didn't work too, maybe I need another pit?)
or should I try with the KI4 I had when I got the phone at the beginning (long time ago) with phone Bootloader update?
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You need another pit file.
Visit here: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1760107
I don't geht it working...
But I got now another solution, just flash siyah and use it as second rom (Custom), but seems like me dummy broke the partitions of the first rom
If somebody can give me a noob-proof (!!) guide with this pits, just here with it, but fortunately second rom is working :good:
-angel* said:
I don't geht it working...
But I got now another solution, just flash siyah and use it as second rom (Custom), but seems like me dummy broke the partitions of the first rom
If somebody can give me a noob-proof (!!) guide with this pits, just here with it, but fortunately second rom is working :good:
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use the guide here:[GUIDE] Fix an unflashable or soft bricked GSII (I9100G/M/P/T VERSION INCLUDED!)
Well, I read this guides before, but I don't get what pit I need...
In this guide there isn't any pit and in here there are about 20 different
-angel* said:
Well, I read this guides before, but I don't get what pit I need...
In this guide there isn't any pit and in here there are about 20 different
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you can use the .pit file from here
then follow the instructions in the previous guide.
good luck
Damn, didn't work for me too - seems like I have to just stay on only a second rom
-angel* said:
Damn, didn't work for me too - seems like I have to just stay on only a second rom
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it seems you have corrupt nand.
You need you use the any of the .pit files in the previous tutorial. one of the first 8 pit files (especially the 8th one) should work for you.
Sure? Because in odin it sais "nand write start" and then no error?
-angel* said:
Sure? Because in odin it sais "nand write start" and then no error?
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I know but some part of of the disk which may not even affect flashing may be responsible. you can just simply search for bootloop in Q&A section, you should find some pit files that have helped others fix similar problem.
Edit: You can try the stock pit file included with the zip package first, before trying any other pit file(s)
Should I try to just reset counter, format internal story, flash original 4.0.3 (then Counter should be still on zero, right?) and then bring into warranty and just say I got a bad OTA update?
Hi all.
I think i have killed my Galaxy S3 i9300!!!
I rooted it and installed the Paranoid Android rom, but then decided to go back to stock rom as I couldn't access the play store.
Now here's the problem... I wiped dalvic cache and did a factory reset, but stupidly wiped the system at the same time.
There is no operating system on the phone at all now and my pc greys out the device when I plug it in.
Odin did recognize the phone, but I couldn't flash a rom to it as it kept getting stuck at 'nand write start' in all versions of odin.
When I try to start in recovery mode (volume up, power and home) I get the green android instead.
I read that it's game over if you can't enter recovery mode.
Have I killed my s3? :crying:
Possible you have damaged the NAND .
wiped the system at the same time>> then you just flash a stock rom via ODIN .
What phone have you what stock did you flash .
You have already posted this why start yet another thread ??
jje
JJEgan said:
Possible you have damaged the NAND .
wiped the system at the same time>> then you just flash a stock rom via ODIN .
What phone have you what stock did you flash .
You have already posted this why start yet another thread ??
jje
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Sorry for the double post, I thought that the first one may have been in the wrong place, it won't happen again.
I never got to flash any stock roms at all because i'm new to all this and I assumed that doing a factory reset was going
to put me back on the stock rom automatically.
That's when I made the mistake of doing the advanced wipe and ticking the system box.
Excuse my ignorance... but is it possible to fix this even if I don't have recovery mode?
Thank you for your help.
tel2405 said:
Sorry for the double post, I thought that the first one may have been in the wrong place, it won't happen again.
I never got to flash any stock roms at all because i'm new to all this and I assumed that doing a factory reset was going
to put me back on the stock rom automatically.
That's when I made the mistake of doing the advanced wipe and ticking the system box.
Excuse my ignorance... but is it possible to fix this even if I don't have recovery mode?
Thank you for your help.
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Flash stock rom via Odin in download mode .
#
doing a factory reset was going
to put me back on the stock rom automatically. NEVER ever it just restores the last firmware flashed .
i'm new to all this and I assumed that's why we have multiple faqs guides and instructions .
jje
JJEgan said:
Flash stock rom via Odin in download mode .
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doing a factory reset was going
to put me back on the stock rom automatically. NEVER ever it just restores the last firmware flashed .
i'm new to all this and I assumed that's why we have multiple faqs guides and instructions .
jje
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Can you point me in the right direction for the correct stock rom please?
I'm fully aware of the faqs and guides, but I just wish I had read them BEFORE trying to do this!
What shall I do if I cannot get past 'Nand write start' in Odin?
tel2405 said:
Can you point me in the right direction for the correct stock rom please?
I'm fully aware of the faqs and guides, but I just wish I had read them BEFORE trying to do this!
What shall I do if I cannot get past 'Nand write start' in Odin?
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Service centre .
jje
You could try Keis first, if you don't have it install it, start Kies up and then go to Tools > Firmware Upgrade and Installation and follow the on screen instructions
ag4751 said:
You could try Keis first, if you don't have it install it, start Kies up and then go to Tools > Firmware Upgrade and Installation and follow the on screen instructions
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I'll give that a go this evening when I get home. Thanks so much for the helpful answer :fingers-crossed:
if you still have a recovery download a rom and flash it
Thealshear said:
if you still have a recovery download a rom and flash it
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Unfortunately I don't have recovery mode anymore, volume down takes me to Odin mode and volume up just shows me the green android!
you still got download mode good, just goto samfirmware and download a firmware from there
will he have lost his EFS having formatted his system?
Thealshear said:
you still got download mode good, just goto samfirmware and download a firmware from there
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Thanks for the info, i'll try both of these options this evening and get back to you
k6? said:
will he have lost his EFS having formatted his system?
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What does this mean if I have... and what is an EFS??
please excuse my ignorance, i'm still learning about android.
k6? said:
will he have lost his EFS having formatted his system?
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I've read up on it and I see the importance of the EFS now
Am I right to think that if I have lost it, then the phone is pretty much useless?
tel2405 said:
I've read up on it and I see the importance of the EFS now
Am I right to think that if I have lost it, then the phone is pretty much useless?
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unfortunately yes. If you have proof of pruchase etc a samsung service centre can help you.
k6? said:
unfortunately yes. If you have proof of pruchase etc a samsung service centre can help you.
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I tried flashing official rom, but Odin got stuck at 'Nand write start' and Kies wouldn't recognize the phone.
Thanks for your help, but I think it'll have to be the service centre now!
tel2405 said:
I tried flashing official rom, but Odin got stuck at 'Nand write start' and Kies wouldn't recognize the phone.
Thanks for your help, but I think it'll have to be the service centre now!
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Use Kies intilisation or whatever to chose your device and serial.
If that wont work flash recovery and then use recovery to flash a stock based rom.
My S3 i9300 is gets stuck on the welcome screen and none of the buttons work. I've tried dozens of official firmwares and the latest i9300XUFME7 test firmware as well to fix the problem but all to no avail. I've tried different recoveries, CWM, Philz and TWRP and I've tried wiping cache, data/factory reset and dalvik cache but still the phone gets stuck on the Welcome screen. What is the problem and more importantly what is the solution? I'm thinking of trying the next flash again with Auto Reboot, F.Reset Time and Re-Partition checked and also to check the Nand Erase All if my phone survives the next flash. Any suggestions?
okizen said:
My S3 i9300 is gets stuck on the welcome screen and none of the buttons work. I've tried dozens of official firmwares and the latest i9300XUFME7 test firmware as well to fix the problem but all to no avail. I've tried different recoveries, CWM, Philz and TWRP and I've tried wiping cache, data/factory reset and dalvik cache but still the phone gets stuck on the Welcome screen. What is the problem and more importantly what is the solution? I'm thinking of trying the next flash again with Auto Reboot, F.Reset Time and Re-Partition checked and also to check the Nand Erase All if my phone survives the next flash. Any suggestions?
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sounds not good to be honest, did you check:
(1) try a stock rom flash with prior use of mega wipe (deletes anything, only leaves ext. sd card)
(2) read the SDS thread (not sure if your phone might concerned though)
(3) read the occasional freeze thread
okizen said:
My S3 i9300 is gets stuck on the welcome screen and none of the buttons work. I've tried dozens of official firmwares and the latest i9300XUFME7 test firmware as well to fix the problem but all to no avail. I've tried different recoveries, CWM, Philz and TWRP and I've tried wiping cache, data/factory reset and dalvik cache but still the phone gets stuck on the Welcome screen. What is the problem and more importantly what is the solution? I'm thinking of trying the next flash again with Auto Reboot, F.Reset Time and Re-Partition checked and also to check the Nand Erase All if my phone survives the next flash. Any suggestions?
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Try this method. It worked in my phone after strugling five days reading and trying different methods!
Best wishes!
chrismast said:
sounds not good to be honest, did you check:
(1) try a stock rom flash with prior use of mega wipe (deletes anything, only leaves ext. sd card)
(2) read the SDS thread (not sure if your phone might concerned though)
(3) read the occasional freeze thread
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khaaba said:
Try this method. It worked in my phone after strugling five days reading and trying different methods!
Best wishes!
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Thanx guyz. I've tried both methods but unfortunately the result was the same.
Anyway any further help would be appreciated.
If the rescue firmware didn't help then it's a hardware fault.
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okizen said:
Thanx guyz. I've tried both methods but unfortunately the result was the same.
Anyway any further help would be appreciated.
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After what I told you to do[method which was successful in my case], if you still stuck there, goto recover mode[vol up+home+power] and do factory reset. It should work!
boomboomer said:
If the rescue firmware didn't help then it's a hardware fault.
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khaaba said:
After what I told you to do[method which was successful in my case], if you still stuck there, goto recover mode[vol up+home+power] and do factory reset. It should work!
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Thanx guyz. But still no joy. Like boomboomer says it must be hardware fault because all my hard buttons work and the phone shows up correctly when connected to my pc but there is no touch response when I get to my Welcome screen on the phone so I'll take it to the Samsung Repair Centre but before I do I want to know is there any repair tar or zip I could try to use?
okizen said:
Thanx guyz. But still no joy. Like boomboomer says it must be hardware fault because all my hard buttons work and the phone shows up correctly when connected to my pc but there is no touch response when I get to my Welcome screen on the phone so I'll take it to the Samsung Repair Centre but before I do I want to know is there any repair tar or zip I could try to use?
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Well, you may try this. It will do re-partition, format your phone and will make it as if your phone just comes out of FACTORY
Go here and download "I9300XXEMG4_KOR_MULTI_FACTORY", extract and install. Installation guide is found here.
Thereafter, flash your phone again using your country's FW via Odin with PDA option! Hope it works. In my case, it worked like a charm! I re-partitioned my phone three times already while doing experiments! It's ok! It must work!!
I even mixed[JB4.3's Bootlodaer, PDA and Modem + JB 4.1.2's CSC] this way[see attachment]! If you know what you are doing, all goes well!
khaaba said:
Well, you may try this. It will do re-partition, format your phone and will make it as if your phone just comes out of FACTORY
Go here and download "I9300XXEMG4_KOR_MULTI_FACTORY", extract and install. Installation guide is found here.
Thereafter, flash your phone again using your country's FW via Odin with PDA option! Hope it works. In my case, it worked like a charm! I re-partitioned my phone three times already while doing experiments! It's ok! It must work!!
I even mixed[JB4.3's Bootlodaer, PDA and Modem + JB 4.1.2's CSC] this way[see attachment]! If you know what you are doing, all goes well!
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I have had the phone repaired. The technicians told me that it was a hardware problem. I reckon they charged me too much but hey, at the end of the day I've got my phone, fully working, back again.
okizen said:
I have had the phone repaired. The technicians told me that it was a hardware problem. I reckon they charged me too much but hey, at the end of the day I've got my phone, fully working, back again.
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Aha! Congrats!!
khaaba said:
Aha! Congrats!!
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Thanx for assisting me.