Hey guys,
I recently bought a Galaxy S3 i9300 from my friend for $10. She was going to throw it away because it was stuck at the boot screen. So I figured I could make use of it by re-flashing a rom via odin.
I know for a fact that the phone is rooted and has CWM for recovery, but it doesn't boot into the recovery either.
I tried flashing TWRP to it via Odin, but there's absolutely no download bar in the download mode appearing. Odin either says 'Fail' or gets stuck trying to install it.
I also downloaded one of the official firmwares from Samsung's website but that didn't work either; again, no download bar appears when I start the flashing, but it IS in download mode.
The letters at the top say;
Odin Mode
Product Name: GT-I9300
Custom Binary Download: Yes (5 counts)
Current Binary: Custom
System Status: Custom
Any ideas what it could be? This isn't hard bricked, is it?
Any help is appreciated
Thanks!
Edit: It won't turn on at all any more, NOW it is hard bricked haha.
Maybe a sudden death issue. Emmc chip...
thewalekk said:
Maybe a sudden death issue. Emmc chip...
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I guess so. Ordered the Samsung Jig. See how it goes
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I was in the process of rooting my phone with Odin and using Clockwork Mod Recovery Odin flashable .tar file when I accidentally unplugged it while it was in the process of starting. Now I'm stuck on a screen where it says Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.
In the corner of the phone it reads
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-I717
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: YES(1 COUNTS)
CURRENT BINARY: CUSTOM
I need answers.... Would appreciate it
Download kies and while on that screen go to tools-firmware upgrade and installation that should get you back to stock
Did that, it downloaded then proceeded with the update and never went through. Let it sit for about 30 minutes, it never even hit 1%. I re did them steps tried to initialize it once more and all it does it download firmware then go away. Is it possible the phone is bricked?
If you can get into that screen its probably a soft brick, does odin recognize the device in in that weird download mode?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1863995
Read this .....
It describes your issue I think ....g
Hey guys.
Suddenly yesterday, I checked my s3 (which was turned on and working few minutes before) and it was stuck on the logo screen. I removed the battery and I tried to reboot it, but now it's always stuck on that s3 logo. If I plug it via usb it stucks on a gray battery with the circle thing not spinning. I noticed that in the last week also my phone was getting slower and freezing from time to time.
I can't get into the recovery mode, if I press power + home + volume it keeps showing the samsung logo, without getting me there.
I can get in the download mode. it says:
Odin mode (in red)
Product Name:
Custom binary download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Custom
If i try to fix the problem through odin as soon as I try something it fails giving me the error: <ID:0/003> There is no PIT partition.
Is there any way to fix this problem? Is it SDS?
thanks for your time
SDS
so there is no way to fix it, except that sending it to the Samsung support ?
Epilol said:
so there is no way to fix it, except that sending it to the Samsung support ?
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No, warranty repair to replace motherboard is required.
no way, the motherboard is dead
Epilol said:
Hey guys.
Suddenly yesterday, I checked my s3 (which was turned on and working few minutes before) and it was stuck on the logo screen. I removed the battery and I tried to reboot it, but now it's always stuck on that s3 logo. If I plug it via usb it stucks on a gray battery with the circle thing not spinning. I noticed that in the last week also my phone was getting slower and freezing from time to time.
I can't get into the recovery mode, if I press power + home + volume it keeps showing the samsung logo, without getting me there.
I can get in the download mode. it says:
Odin mode (in red)
Product Name:
Custom binary download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Custom
If i try to fix the problem through odin as soon as I try something it fails giving me the error: <ID:0/003> There is no PIT partition.
Is there any way to fix this problem? Is it SDS?
thanks for your time
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Im having same problem but it give this error
<ID:0/014> Complete(Write) operation failed.
Is my motherboard gone too?
yes
May I ask what process and what file you are using to try to fix your problem using Odin? You may need to download official firmware for your phone and then flash this using the pda option. Keep in mind that the only other options that should be ticked are auto reboot and f reset time.
this problem is not fixable through odin
please help
Hi, just getting a very similar problem, except that I can access the recovery mode (CMW v6.0.4.4). I've been using temasek ROM so far without issue. What should I try? many thanks.
You can try to wipe data/factory reset and if the phone doesnt boot you can try to flash a oficial rom by Odin.
Hi, thanks. When I do the wipe data/factory reset, it seems to start doing it, I'm getting "wipe data" in CMW, then the samsung logo appears and it stays stuck.
have you tried flashing stock rom?
Try to flash a stock rom. Recovery will be replaced by stock and maybe we will have some extra info. It it a 9300 or a 9305?
nfribeiro said:
Try to flash a stock rom. Recovery will be replaced by stock and maybe we will have some extra info. It it a 9300 or a 9305?
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I9300
where do I get a stock ROM? how do I flash? odin? thanks
From sammobile with Odin.
thanks, I managed to re-flash a stock ROM. Do I need to re-root it, re-install CMW to flash temasek ROM? thanks
You dont need to root in order to install a custom recovery.
So I've been using my S3 GT-I9300 for a few weeks with Ultima Rom v13 and everything was fine until a few moments ago. My phone entered a boot loop. I cannot access recovery mode as the phone restarts a few seconds after the recovery menu opens and I cannot access download mode either as it also restarted a few seconds after i start download mode. I would take my phone in but the problem is that I have the red exclamation mark in the top left corner and don't know how it affects the warranty. This is the second time this has happened to me although the first time i did not have the red exclamation even though i was using a custom rom. The last time i gave it in for repairs my phone was ready for collection about 2 hours after I handed it in so I'm guessing there is a way to restore it. Anybody know how to deal with this?
You can only get rid of the exclamation mark by ressetting the flash counter, which you can't do because you can't boot to android.
You can try reflash stock rom via odin but I don't hold out much hope
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219755
Should help.
AndroidPlant said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219755
Should help.
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Which is what I just said. Although not sure where you're getting "should help" from.since we dont know the root cause, we can't know the solution. Any amount of help we gauge is purely a guess
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When you use flash counter reset on custom ROM, sometimes the count may still show 1 even after reset. I had this problem earlier before sending to warranty.
This is what I did to remove the ! mark and reset the counter to 0
1. Flash stock firmware (counter still will shows 1, don't worry.)
2. Root your device
3. Install flash counter and reset. Flash back stock firmware again. Reboot.
# In case you're stuck on bootloop after flashing stock firmware, get into recovery mode and factory reset your device. Reboot.
It worked for me, I hope it should workfor you too. In case you're stuck on bootloop after flashing stock firmware, get into recovery mode and factory reset your device. Reboot.
This is the second time I've had this happen to me. The problem is that I can't get into download mode because the phone reboots as soon as I open download mode. The first time i was on an older version without the red exclamation. Last time I gave it in my phone was ready a few hours later so I'm curios to know how else I can fix it
Seems like the power button is broken or stuck. Maybe thats why it keeps rebooting even in download or recovery.
So I was able to get it into download mode. What I did was plug it in to my PC then while it was rebooting i would enter download mode and before it rebooted again I removed the battery while it was still plugged in. This allowed me to press volume up and enter download mode. I am going to flash stock firmware and see what happened. It very strange though. It stays in download mode but as soon as i put the battery in the phone reboots. I'll see what happens after the flash
So i flashed the stock firmware and everything went fine according to Odin. When I put the battery back in the phone was still in a boot loop except there is no red exclamation mark.
For warranty purposes, would it still be valid id download mode says
Custom Binary Download: Yes (2 counts)
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status:Custom
No warranty is void with rom count and modified custom status .
jje
having the same problem with the writer of this thread any update?
Hello everyone.
My phone: Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3
Today I decided to install CM11 on my phone. When I try to install recovery with Odin it was succesfully but when the phone restarts "set warranty bit recovery "
I researched this problem on the internet, someone writed If I reinstall the original ROM (from sammobile.com) the problem would be solved.
But it was worse. Because now the phone doesnt turn on. recovery mode and downloading mode doesnt working.
How can I recover the phone please help me. If you tell us step by step..
harbiaslan said:
Hello everyone.
My phone: Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3
Today I decided to install CM11 on my phone. When I try to install recovery with Odin it was succesfully but when the phone restarts "set warranty bit recovery "
I researched this problem on the internet, someone writed If I reinstall the original ROM (from sammobile.com) the problem would be solved.
But it was worse. Because now the phone doesnt turn on. recovery mode and downloading mode doesnt working.
How can I recover the phone please help me. If you tell us step by step..
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Hi..what model is your mega and which recovery did you use and were did you get the recovery from as the yellow warranty means that knox security is on you phone and any custom recoveries or custon roms will show this..but first have to find what model your phone is and which recovery was used.
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Hi..what model is your mega and which recovery did you use and were did you get the recovery from as the yellow warranty means that knox security is on you phone and any custom recoveries or custon roms will show this..but first have to find what model your phone is and which recovery was used.
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My phone model is Galaxy Mega 6.3 GT-I9200.. I installed TWRP..
in addition, the screen remains black, boot animation does not even come
harbiaslan said:
My phone model is Galaxy Mega 6.3 GT-I9200.. I installed TWRP..
in addition, the screen remains black, boot animation does not even come
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samething happened to me, but its not broken, something just happens to where you cant see the boot logo picture anymore but the backlight still comes on.
try this.
when turning on your phone go through the steps to get to download mode
then plug it into your computer you should hear it connect.
if not you dont hear the connection then either your computer volume isnt up or you
didnt follow all of the steps to enter download mode correctly.
once youve gotten to download mode flash PHILZ CWM recovery for the i9200
then reboot
when turning on your phone go through the steps to get to recovery, the phone will stay on a black screen until you reach recovery.
wipe data & factory reset.
you should be fine afterwards. although you'll still have a black screen on boot up. just install a custom/stock rom
hope this helped
Thanks a lot for answers. I solved this problem. It was a screen problem and i changed screen of my phone. The phone is working perfect with official samsung Gt-i9200 rom which is published for Russia 4.4.2..
Hello Guys, I have this Galaxy Mega SGH-M819N for MetroPCS. It enters to download mode but not recovery mode. The phones turns on but gets stuck on logo boot loops. I flashed the phone with three different firmware (M819NUVUBOH3 4.4.4, M819NUVUBNI5 4.4.4, and M819NUVUAMK7 4.2.2). The phone finishes the flash but after flash, the phone gets stuck on entering to "Recovery". It never enters to recovery and begins getting hot. I have to remove the battery and the phone starts boot looping again. The same thing happens when I use the Smart Switch emergency recovery. Here is what is says when the phone is in download mode:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-M819N
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0x0
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x1
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30
BOOTLOADER AP SWREV: 4
WRITE PROTECTION: Enable
Help Please!!
Anybody? Any ideas?
Seems like one or more of the partitions is corrupted. You can try and flash a custom recovery, like TWRP, to see if maybe it will let you into recovery to do a factory reset.
es0tericcha0s said:
Seems like one or more of the partitions is corrupted. You can try and flash a custom recovery, like TWRP, to see if maybe it will let you into recovery to do a factory reset.
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Hi there and thank you for your reply. I tried flashing a custom TWRP "twrp_2.8.5.0_metropcs". The phone accepts the file installation via Oding but the phone still gets stuck on "Recovery Booting...". The only difference is that below the Recovery Booting words is also the "Set Warranty BIT: Recovery" words too. It hangs there, then the boot loop starts.
Other than having Samsung take a look at it or having someone perform a JTAG service, I'm not sure there's much else you could do.
es0tericcha0s said:
Other than having Samsung take a look at it or having someone perform a JTAG service, I'm not sure there's much else you could do.
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I actually do not think that Samsung would do anything about it since the "KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x1" is set. Somebody mentioned me about that JTAG service but I do not know who can perform that and if the phone is worthy.
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pls i need a custom rom for my sgh m819nuvuboh3