[Q] Samsung galaxy s3 i9300 black screen - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I put a custom rom on my friends s3 and it was working fine but 2 days later he showed me his phone and it had a black screen. I downloaded the official ROM and used Odin to flash it the phone turns on but still has a black screen but you can still hear the samsung noises when you press back or menu which also light up. However when I go into download mode I can see the screen perfectly as in no black screen.
Any help will be appreciated.

If it works in download mode then the hardware is okay. Try flashing then factory reset before first boot.

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boomboomer said:
If it works in download mode then the hardware is okay. Try flashing then factory reset before first boot.
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How do I factory reset

Go read the sticky thread in general forum.

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[Q] SIII will not boot

Hi
So I've had my Samsung SIII for just over 18 months, and it's all worked fine etc. I've never rooted it or anything.
But this morning it will not boot up. When I try to switch it on the start up sequence happens, but it gets stuck on the flashing Samsung splash screen. If I turn it off it just restarts and ends up back on that screen. The only way to stop it is to take the battery out.
I've tried starting it in recovery mode (power+home button+vol up), but the standing, open android just flashes and I end up with the android lay down with the red exclamation mark from there. It then loops between the two androids and the Samsung SIII start up logo screen. I have tried to press the volume buttons whilst on the red exclamation mark screen but cannot get to anywhere from it.
However, it will load the download mode (power+home button+ vol down) just fine.
I have looked all over but most people encountering anything similar have rooted their devices, which I have not.
Also, last week I lost all of my contacts which were stored on the device (I don't know why) but that might have something to do with it.
I don't particularly want to hard reset the phone and lose everything, but if it's the only solution I will do.
Thanks.
In download mode is the product number shown or a blank?
If it shows i9300 then you have a good chance of flashing either a full stock rom or a rescue firmware (see general forum) using odin. You will need to factory reset in recovery afterward, but your data is almost certainly unrecoverable.
If the product number is blank then you have partial SDS and require a new motherboard.
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rachypoo said:
Hi
So I've had my Samsung SIII for just over 18 months, and it's all worked fine etc. I've never rooted it or anything.
But this morning it will not boot up. When I try to switch it on the start up sequence happens, but it gets stuck on the flashing Samsung splash screen. If I turn it off it just restarts and ends up back on that screen. The only way to stop it is to take the battery out.
I've tried starting it in recovery mode (power+home button+vol up), but the standing, open android just flashes and I end up with the android lay down with the red exclamation mark from there. It then loops between the two androids and the Samsung SIII start up logo screen. I have tried to press the volume buttons whilst on the red exclamation mark screen but cannot get to anywhere from it.
However, it will load the download mode (power+home button+ vol down) just fine.
I have looked all over but most people encountering anything similar have rooted their devices, which I have not.
Also, last week I lost all of my contacts which were stored on the device (I don't know why) but that might have something to do with it.
I don't particularly want to hard reset the phone and lose everything, but if it's the only solution I will do.
Thanks.
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Do has boomboomer said above but as a last resort before flashing back to stock or a rescue firmware if you flash PhilZ recovery in download mode with odin.You then have a Aroma option in PhilZ recovery to browse and copy phone files so you may be able to recover some data pictures etc.
Please read PhilZ thread >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2201860 << and the special features thread about Aroma file manager in post #3
Please note use as a last resort to get your data back! and read everything! Also all this is presuming you can get into PhilZ recovery after flashing..
I'm having the same problem , been looking through lots of topics. When I switch on the phone it's not booting android guy lays on his back. Download mode and Android Recovery are in my range.
I've been trying to flash stock-firmware from sammobile.com with ODIN but no effect , I mean It all went OK in Odin Operation list than fially phone reset and PASS. But this android guy is still laying on his back and making fun of me xD
Before trying to get back to stock ROM, I've had rooted phone and installed RR with 4.4.2 for S3, now I don't have a clue what shall I do next ...
Any ideas ? (the noob[me] have asked )
Stuck on samsung logo
Hi my s3 got stuck in the boot samsung logo.
It happend after I went to CWM app and created partition from there.
After I reboot it , then it froze down there.
S3-rooted running cyanogen mod 10.2
Teamdaiwa said:
Hi my s3 got stuck in the boot samsung logo.
It happend after I went to CWM app and created partition from there.
After I reboot it , then it froze down there.
S3-rooted running cyanogen mod 10.2
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You buggered the partitions .
Remove partition .
SOLVED >>
I have solved my problem with this lying android guy on his back , after trying to get back stock. So the thing was on my phone there have been left the kernel from Resurection Remix , I have updated it to Custom Kernel from this topic
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2563562
And my newest version of stock firmware is swimming very nice I hope This will help someone

samsung galaxy s3 t999 boot loop need help please

hello every one i have another gs3 with another boot loop issue. so on first sight the phone looks good. it will turn on and show the screen saying "samsung galaxy sIII" but after that it goes black and 3 seconds later it vibrates then another 3 seconds and it vibrates again and then 3 more seconds and the boot screen is back displaying "samsung galaxy sIII". it will not boot in to recovery mode, however i can get to odin mode or download mode. it has never bin rooted, and it has stock rom, but i did try rooting it throu odin mode and it failed multiple times as well as the phone would display "unsupported format"? i have seen this before and it ended up being a power button and well i tried replacing that with no effect. i also noticed that when you do try booting the phone into recovery mode it will say "recoverybooting" in blue letters at the top left hand corner but just keeps boot looping, i need to recover the data on the phone since i was going to back it up but could not do it in time lmao!!!! any help or suggestions would be appreciated, i have bin at this for days now and my chances are looking dim :crying:
911techrepair said:
hello every one i have another gs3 with another boot loop issue. so on first sight the phone looks good. it will turn on and show the screen saying "samsung galaxy sIII" but after that it goes black and 3 seconds later it vibrates then another 3 seconds and it vibrates again and then 3 more seconds and the boot screen is back displaying "samsung galaxy sIII". it will not boot in to recovery mode, however i can get to odin mode or download mode. it has never bin rooted, and it has stock rom, but i did try rooting it throu odin mode and it failed multiple times as well as the phone would display "unsupported format"? i have seen this before and it ended up being a power button and well i tried replacing that with no effect. i also noticed that when you do try booting the phone into recovery mode it will say "recoverybooting" in blue letters at the top left hand corner but just keeps boot looping, i need to recover the data on the phone since i was going to back it up but could not do it in time lmao!!!! any help or suggestions would be appreciated, i have bin at this for days now and my chances are looking dim :crying:
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I think you should try to install a Stock rom using odin.. and also you can try new cyanogenmode installer
ahmedishaam said:
I think you should try to install a Stock rom using odin.. and also you can try new installer
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Will reinstalling the stock Tom throu odin effect the data on the phone? And what will the cygaonmode install do that I need it? Sry just took a quick look and I didn't see how it would be useful?
911techrepair said:
Will reinstalling the stock Tom throu odin effect the data on the phone? And what will the cygaonmode install do that I need it? Sry just took a quick look and I didn't see how it would be useful?
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This is wrong forum any advice given here could make your phone worse! >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-t-mobile <<
samsung boot loop
tallman43 said:
This is wrong forum any advice given here could make your phone worse! >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-t-mobile <<
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what do you mean wrong fourm??
911techrepair said:
what do you mean wrong fourm??
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Quote "Samsung galaxy s3 t999 boot loop need help please" I gave you help to the right forum this is 19300 forum follow the link Or am I missing something?

[Q] I-9300 bootloop and no recovery

Hello,
I have a S3 which is stuck in a bootloop at the samsung logo.
when i turn it on it shows the logo for some seconds then the screen goes black and the logo re-appears.
i can not boot into recovery mode, but download mode is working without a problem every time.
i tried flashing stock firmwares with odin and also tried kies emergency firmware recovery. the flashing always went without any problem, but it had effect. whatever i try, i am never able to boot into recovery and still stuck in the bootloop.
in some tries after flashing the screen just shows the samsung logo forever, but after rebooting it once it then is stuck in a bootloop again (shows the logo - screen goes black - shows the logo...)
i also tried flashing TWRP and CWM via odin, but again i can never boot into recovery mode.
what should i try next?
thx alot for any helpful comment
Varjo said:
Hello,
I have a S3 which is stuck in a bootloop at the samsung logo.
when i turn it on it shows the logo for some seconds then the screen goes black and the logo re-appears.
i can not boot into recovery mode, but download mode is working without a problem every time.
i tried flashing stock firmwares with odin and also tried kies emergency firmware recovery. the flashing always went without any problem, but it had effect. whatever i try, i am never able to boot into recovery and still stuck in the bootloop.
in some tries after flashing the screen just shows the samsung logo forever, but after rebooting it once it then is stuck in a bootloop again (shows the logo - screen goes black - shows the logo...)
i also tried flashing TWRP and CWM via odin, but again i can never boot into recovery mode.
what should i try next?
thx alot for any helpful comment
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You can Try this:
1.) Pull out battery
2.) Put it in again
3.) Press Vol up + home + power
4.) When the Samsung Logo appears let it off
I think you press the Buttons too long.
I had the same problem!
S1ay3r666 said:
I think you press the Buttons too long.
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i really tried everything, it's not working. btw with i am stuck at the very first image, where it says "samsung Galaxy sII GT-I9300".
i dont think it's just the way i press the buttons because i can reach it on my s1 and s2 without a problem, it's just not working on this device.
could some setting like "nand erase all" in odin help? in other threads there is sometimes mentioned that the internal file system might be screwed up and in those cases a simple odin reflash does not help anymore...
Nand erase will usually hard brick it. Try the rescue firmware from general forum, sticky thread. Follow the guide exactly as it includes a pit file.
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boomboomer said:
Try the rescue firmware from general forum, sticky thread. Follow the guide exactly as it includes a pit file.
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thx, but i already did that (multiple times) and flashing via odin always succeeds. then the phone reboots and is stuck at the first samsung galaxy s.. screen. twice i managed somehow to get into recovery (after flashing cwm6) but it then randomly rebooted.
and i dont think that the power button is stuck because when i am in download mode it is perfectly fine it never reboots itself unexpectedly.
Had a similar issue on my tab2 p3100. It all happened when I tried flashing a custom recovery from rom manager.
A bad flash of anything related to recovery or bootloader could be a probable cause.
I remember a knowledge share on one of the threads describing this issue and as mentioned on it all I had to do is this:
1) switch off the device and plug in the charger. This would light up the display showing you the charging status. The status has to show if at least your bootloader part of the phone is fine.
2) plug out the charger and immediately press the three buttons (home + vol up + power) get into recovery mode. This step has to work and help you get to recovery mode.
***Note : the interval within which this step has to be performed is too short since the display would turn off immediately as soon as you plug out the charger. A bit tricky too so you have to be fast. If this misses getting you into recovery, pull out the battery and put it back again. Repeat step1 and 2 again.
3) upon successfully getting into recovery, perform wipe data, cache and select reboot phone from option available on recovery again.
Allow the device to boot. This could take a while since you have performed a data wipe and may prompt for first time set up.
I was able to restore functionality on my tab after these steps and like ppl learn from their mistakes, I then learnt that recoveries and bootloaders are things that needs to be done with a pc only.
Worth a try if you have tried other alternatives and found no go. may help. Who knows..
all the best.
thats also not working. i tried to get into recovery since two days now...
i also tried the steps from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/solved-pit-bricked-dead-problem-gt-t2535367
but again, after i flash the cf-root (successfully) the phone does neither boot into recovery by itself nor can i do it by hand...
its crazy... in download mode i can see the model number (GT-I9300) and i thought as long as the model number is there and i can enter download mode there should be a way to recover the device.
but i cannot think of anything to try that i have not done yet
If the rescue firmware didn't help then it looks like the emmc chip is damaged.
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boomboomer said:
If the rescue firmware didn't help then it looks like the emmc chip is damaged.
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is there a way to make certain of this? how can i tell if it is really a hardware damage and not just a software brick?
i just dont want to let the phone go, it looks still so shiny
is there anything else that could cause the phone not booting into recovery mode after flashing custom recoveries?
Varjo said:
is there a way to make certain of this? how can i tell if it is really a hardware damage and not just a software brick?
i just dont want to let the phone go, it looks still so shiny
is there anything else that could cause the phone not booting into recovery mode after flashing custom recoveries?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/gala...-help-t2737707
Same here, still didn't found how to fix it.. I guess our motherboard just died..
Howewer I have a solution that "almost" worked for me.
Get a stock firmware in odin and turn on Nand erase and T-flash
When it's done phone reboots and you'll see just "Downloading..." mode when you turn it on.
Then got to Kies and Select firmware recovery...
Enter s/n and model name and wait for the flash to complete.
With it , I got past boot logo and actually booted into android but the phone crashed because I guess I have a memory issue..
Well , gl. If you don't find anything else helpful , try going with this method..

Boot loop help

Sorry for my first post to be a help thread but i'm stuck and looking for advice.
My phone (Galaxy S3 i9300) is stuck in a boot loop. I am/was running paranoid android beta and had been updating via the OTA updates. I had phone on charge last night and when I woke up this morning I had an OTA update and a text. I pulled down notification bar and hit the text and the phone knocked off and went straight into boot loop.
Flashes from the "Samsung Galaxy SIII GT-I9300" screen to black and goes around and around like that non stop. I've tried booting with/without sd card and using 3 different batteries.
I've tried booting into download mode and the warning screen pops up momentarily but no matter how quick I hit the volume up/down key it will go back to black and start looping again.
Same goes for booting into TWRP, get as far as the Team Win logo popping up before going back to black and back into the loop.
When I plug in a charger/usb cable I get a loop of the battery icon flashing on the screen instead. (Still cant boot into download or TWRP with it plugged in)
I'm stuck for ideas. Is there anything I can do? It's been working fine up until this point. :crying:
Somehow i've managed to be able to get into Download mode and Odin recognises the phone.
Managed it by pulling the battery out while it was going from boot screen to download mode screen, no idea how/why that worked but it did.
Still stuck for my next move though?
Questions go in the q&a forum. Report your own post and ask a moderator to move it for you.
Flash a stock firmware with odin and then factory reset.
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it go to recovery?
boomboomer said:
Questions go in the q&a forum. Report your own post and ask a moderator to move it for you.
Flash a stock firmware with odin and then factory reset.
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Done. (Reported and asked to move thread)
Flashed stock firmware with odin but unable to factory reset, still nothing but a loop of the Samsung Galaxy S3 splash.

Stuck "IN LOGO SCREEN"

Hello guys,
Today suddenly the phone was turn off without any warring.
The next step I did is to turn it on, the phone is boot and working fine, and then turn off without any warring.
In the third time the phone going to the logo screen and turn off and in the fourth time again going to logo screen and turn off and, and etc.
After all this phenomenons I deiced to flash to backup I got, insert to recovery mode and I do "restore" action - the phone says "missing m5 files". Then I find your guide to flash a stock rom with Odin and it to be ended successfully. Now the phone turn on into the setting page of Samsung's stock and the screen stuck (any touch on the screen doesn't do anything). I turn off the phone and try to turn it on and again the phone is going to Samsung logo screen and turn off.
It is important to note that the phone insert to "download" and "recovery" mode.
I think that the phone infected with virus.
guys need yours help! :good::good:
Best regards,
Moshe
Try again with odin but with a diferent stock rom. Make sure you have stock according to your phone version. I9100, i9100g etc.
Hope this soslves your problem
Moshe125 said:
Hello guys,
Today suddenly the phone was turn off without any warring.
The next step I did is to turn it on, the phone is boot and working fine, and then turn off without any warring.
In the third time the phone going to the logo screen and turn off and in the fourth time again going to logo screen and turn off and, and etc.
After all this phenomenons I deiced to flash to backup I got, insert to recovery mode and I do "restore" action - the phone says "missing m5 files". Then I find your guide to flash a stock rom with Odin and it to be ended successfully. Now the phone turn on into the setting page of Samsung's stock and the screen stuck (any touch on the screen doesn't do anything). I turn off the phone and try to turn it on and again the phone is going to Samsung logo screen and turn off.
It is important to note that the phone insert to "download" and "recovery" mode.
I think that the phone infected with virus.
guys need yours help! :good::good:
Best regards,
Moshe
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Did you factory reset and wipe partition and dalvik cache?
gsstudios said:
Did you factory reset and wipe partition and dalvik cache?
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+1
try to do it after and before flashing
and please verify you phone model if it i9100 or i9100g
1. I try to flash with anther stock rom - not helped.
2. I did all the wipes and factory reset.
3. My model is i9100.
ty again guys
EDIT: The problem was the battery...

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