Samsung S3 black screen , only battery charging - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have Samsung S3 showing black screen but while charging I am able to see green light is ON and also on screen I am able to see a battery showing charging. But my mobile is not able to ON

May be the power button of your phone has been damaged so please go to authorized service center to solve out your issue, I hope your problem will be solve.

z_haseeb said:
I have Samsung S3 showing black screen but while charging I am able to see green light is ON and also on screen I am able to see a battery showing charging. But my mobile is not able to ON
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Did this happen on its own or did you flash something you should not have flashed and screwed your device up?
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Galaxy s3 wont turn on. maybe bricked?

Hello. i have a uk galaxy s3 and after i updated a few apps two days ago it started to lag a bit and freeze. now today it just turned off and wont turn back on.
The phones screen wont turn on or nothing comes on the screen when charging and the pc wont recognise it and there is no notification light on to say its charging (i dont know if it has a charging light when turned off though)
I think the firmware was 4.1 and it was rooted but i never put anything on there.
I have read that i should try holding down the power and volume keys but it still doesnt work.
is there anything i can do?
You can try taking it to the service center
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Is there anything i can try first or do you think its bricked?
How would i find my nearest service center? or would it be better to take it to the phone shop i got it from?
trying a different battery has a very slim chance of working, you can do that.
you'd be better off taking it to the service center if you have the official samsung warranty
lew87ys said:
Hello. i have a uk galaxy s3 and after i updated a few apps two days ago it started to lag a bit and freeze. now today it just turned off and wont turn back on.
The phones screen wont turn on or nothing comes on the screen when charging and the pc wont recognise it and there is no notification light on to say its charging (i dont know if it has a charging light when turned off though)
I think the firmware was 4.1 and it was rooted but i never put anything on there.
I have read that i should try holding down the power and volume keys but it still doesnt work.
is there anything i can do?
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Sounds like sudden death
Only thing you can do is get in touch with your network and ask them to repair it
I suffered the same and o2 replaced the mainboard
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Glebun said:
trying a different battery has a very slim chance of working, you can do that.
you'd be better off taking it to the service center if you have the official samsung warranty
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i read that it will still turn on without a battery if you have it plugged into the wall. is this true because i tried that and it wont turn on.
that's not true
Also because it wont turn on and maybe bricked could they find out its rooted? becuase i doubt carphone warehouse or samsung (whoever i end up sending it to to be fixed) will fix it if they find out
lew87ys said:
Also because it wont turn on and maybe bricked could they find out its rooted? becuase i doubt carphone warehouse or samsung (whoever i end up sending it to to be fixed) will fix it if they find out
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If it's totally dead as mine was no they can't tell
Just don't tell them it was rooted or they won't repair
When i sent mine off to be repaired it was a 16gb board that was in but came back as a 32gb
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lew87ys said:
Also because it wont turn on and maybe bricked could they find out its rooted?
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[Q] s3 stucks at grey battery icon while charging!

here's the problem!!!
I rarely use s3 while exams going on!!
last time I switched off it while it is on 4% or 5% of battery.. and thrown in to the bag
now I just took phone and tried to turn it on!!
phone wont boot up..considered charging makes some sense..just connected cable to the s3..a grey icon of battery occurs and shutdown..again tried by plugging off and on..nothing happens same grey battery icon and shutdown..read somewhere that holding power and menu button will startup the phone..its working but phone again switched off after booting up in about 2 sec..
do I consider replacing battery?? if that's the case..it gave me an average battery life of day before.
I don't know what to do??:crying::crying:
someone please suggest me what to do
thanx in advance!!!
anyone???
Hold on Vol-Down+Home+Power and see if you can boot into download mode.
If you do plug your phone and reflash stock firmware through Odin.
JustArchi said:
Hold on Vol-Down+Home+Power and see if you can boot into download mode.
If you do plug your phone and reflash stock firmware through Odin.
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thank u for ur reply..if that's the case..it already bootup into custom rom once..and then switch off again showing low battery warning..
it is not even booting up now..the problem is, on connecting charger it is just showing grey battery icon..and then nothing..battery icon disappears and not charging.
anyway..i was waiting for some reply for long time.
thnk you again!!
praveen55 said:
thank u for ur reply..if that's the case..it already bootup into custom rom once..and then switch off again showing low battery warning..
it is not even booting up now..the problem is, on connecting charger it is just showing grey battery icon..and then nothing..battery icon disappears and not charging.
anyway..i was waiting for some reply for long time.
thnk you again!!
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No problem. I suggest trying another battery. And this is the best scenario here...
JustArchi said:
No problem. I suggest trying another battery. And this is the best scenario here...
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thank you!! it helped me to figureout something..but still confusing
I replaced a battery of another s3..
it worked..the best thing is my battery worked on another s3..
but my phone is not charging even after replacing battery..i thought charging pin of s3 is reason for all confusion..but if its the reason..when my battery is completely down(yesterday) I plugged in charger and it shown me some grey icon of charging(if charging pin is not working it will not show up)..and again confusion started..
iam currently in india..phone is rooted using android revolution hd rom..my warranty is not expired still..am I eligible for warranty??can I claim warranty?? I thought its not related to software issue..so comes under warranty.
ok even if it doesnot comes under warranty?? can I go for service center for repair..will they repair it(of course by taking some extra bucks)?
thanks again!!
praveen55 said:
thank you!! it helped me to figureout something..but still confusing
I replaced a battery of another s3..
it worked..the best thing is my battery worked on another s3..
but my phone is not charging even after replacing battery..i thought charging pin of s3 is reason for all confusion..but if its the reason..when my battery is completely down(yesterday) I plugged in charger and it shown me some grey icon of charging(if charging pin is not working it will not show up)..and again confusion started..
iam currently in india..phone is rooted using android revolution hd rom..my warranty is not expired still..am I eligible for warranty??can I claim warranty?? I thought its not related to software issue..so comes under warranty.
ok even if it doesnot comes under warranty?? can I go for service center for repair..will they repair it(of course by taking some extra bucks)?
thanks again!!
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bro i think your charger is the problem
Have you tried plugging it to a computer via USB cable? If that does not work then maybe buy a new battery. Cos there's a flaw in some Samsung batteries. They die completely if they reach 0%. Hope it helps. Good luck
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TellaReese said:
Have you tried plugging it to a computer via USB cable? If that does not work then maybe buy a new battery. Cos there's a flaw in some Samsung batteries. They die completely if they reach 0%. Hope it helps. Good luck
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I would bet the charger. My S3 always go to 0% before charging and never had a prob...
You should...
a) Flash latest software from Samsung through Odin for your country
b) Root it through chainfire's autoroot
c) Install and use Triangle Away to reset counter
d) Perform full unroot through supersu
e) Check if you have official status in download mode
Then you should use your warranty. Probably problem is in your USB cable or USB port in your device. I suggest firstly trying with other cable and if it doesn't help do as I told you above (if possible of course) and send it to warranty with a note "does not charge".
this happened to me and it was just the power button being stuck...I had the exact same issues.... I have 4 batteries so the issue was clearly not battery related. All i did was smack the phone around a bit and boots fine now.
mine just freeze in batery icon when i try to charge off.... but he charge normal on. anyone have that issue?
s4n0suk3 said:
mine just freeze in batery icon when i try to charge off.... but he charge normal on. anyone have that issue?
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Yes, Sanosuke, i have the same problem. I think it happened after trying to use triangle away on my i9305T. When turned off, phone will charge, but frozen at the battery screen (at 0%, screen wont dime, nor change to the current battery levels).
Anyones know how to revert the changes made by triangle away?
Thanks!
I'm having the same issue installed Gummy ROM 4.4.4 everything is flawless except charging the device while powered off shows a grey battery with a frozen white circle
Ahm is the problem solved? Im experiencing the same..i cnant boot up and hen when i plug it on the charger gray battery with a circle inside is the only thing showing up.. i dont know if i can boot it up to download mode or etc.. can u rply here [email protected]

[Q] galaxy S3 dark scrren

My galaxy S3 is showing a very weird problem. I was using the phone and before reaching home the battery when completely flat. When I arrived home and plugged the phone to the wall charger the screen remains dark, black. Now the battery is full charged (green light) but the screen remains to the same estate. When someone calls me the phone rings. When I plug it to the computer I can see the files inside the different drives. I reinstalled the OS that is 4.3 but still same problem. I didn't drop the phone and It didn't have any shock.
That is weird. I am thinking of a dead screen but before going for a chirgucal operation on my beloved phone I wanted to ask if that couldn't be a software problem.
Happy to hear from your experiences.
Boot into download mode, volume down + home then power button. If the screen is dead in download then it is hardware.
jacdem said:
My galaxy S3 is showing a very weird problem. I was using the phone and before reaching home the battery when completely flat. When I arrived home and plugged the phone to the wall charger the screen remains dark, black. Now the battery is full charged (green light) but the screen remains to the same estate. When someone calls me the phone rings. When I plug it to the computer I can see the files inside the different drives. I reinstalled the OS that is 4.3 but still same problem. I didn't drop the phone and It didn't have any shock.
That is weird. I am thinking of a dead screen but before going for a chirgucal operation on my beloved phone I wanted to ask if that couldn't be a software problem.
Happy to hear from your experiences.
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never heard this type of problem
try to go into recovery and check if it displays anything
If successful do factory reset
In download mode i can see nothing. That is really weird. I am letting the battery drain completely and i will check. Thank you for your replies
I wanted to upgrade so far what i am getting. The screen while dark, black is reacting to touch actions: for exemple when i lock the phone with the power button i can hear the lock sound;when i unlock with the lide action on the screen, I can hear the unlocking sound. I think that must be a weird system problem. If the screen was broken will it react to such touch actions?
Lide=slide. I can actually take a call with the slide action on the screen. When someone calls me i just have to slide my finder at the proper place on the screen to take the call. I need help please.
Most probably its the hardware. Your LED seems to be ditching you. And yes a bad led can still response to touch despite of being black all the way. Actually it's the digitizer that responds to the touch NOT the LED itself.
In your cas3 so far from your feedback I can say that you are having a bad LED everything else including the digitizer is working well.
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Thank you i w
ill try it check it tomorrow. I will try to install another firmware, may be 4.0.4. The one i was using i just installed it 2 days ago.

Samsung galaxy S3 won't turn on

Hello!
So today my phone had 4% left on battery, I switched it on to show my friend a photo and suddenly the screen turned into so many different colors and just stuck there. I took the battery out and turned it back on, tried to turn it on with no results at all, not even the looping samsung galaxy SIII screen! I thought it was the battery so I put it on charge, but nothing shows; no red LED nor battery screen. I took my battery out for 10 minutes, turned it back in and tried to charge it again, also nothing. I used a different charger, also nothing!
My phone is rooted with the newest CM 11, Kitkat.
Anyone has an clue what just happened? What was that colorful screen?
I would really appreciate some help, thanks!
natali_ay said:
Hello!
So today my phone had 4% left on battery, I switched it on to show my friend a photo and suddenly the screen turned into so many different colors and just stuck there. I took the battery out and turned it back on, tried to turn it on with no results at all, not even the looping samsung galaxy SIII screen! I thought it was the battery so I put it on charge, but nothing shows; no red LED nor battery screen. I took my battery out for 10 minutes, turned it back in and tried to charge it again, also nothing. I used a different charger, also nothing!
My phone is rooted with the newest CM 11, Kitkat.
Anyone has an clue what just happened? What was that colorful screen?
I would really appreciate some help, thanks!
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You mean it do not show the Samsung Galaxy s3 screen?
JohnSmit268 said:
You mean it do not show the Samsung Galaxy s3 screen?
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Yep, it shows nothing at all, just a black screen, no lights no nothing
natali_ay said:
Yep, it shows nothing at all, just a black screen, no lights no nothing
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We have 2 things here:
1. The phone turns on but no screen.
2. The phone don't turn on.
If it is No.1 then you can boot into download mode and flash stock it is hard but possible. Try holding power+home+volume down for 5-8 seconds and then press the volume up key(try volume down to not sure about this one)and then connect the phone to your PC and see if odin recognize and then flash stock and if you are lucky it will get fixed. I got such a problem with my friend's phone and fixed it this way. If it turns on and stock didn't help and if it won't turn on the only way I recommend is to give your phone to a Samsung service center.
JohnSmit268 said:
We have 2 things here:
1. The phone turns on but no screen.
2. The phone don't turn on.
If it is No.1 then you can boot into download mode and flash stock it is hard but possible. Try holding power+home+volume down for 5-8 seconds and then press the volume up key(try volume down to not sure about this one)and then connect the phone to your PC and see if odin recognize and then flash stock and if you are lucky it will get fixed. I got such a problem with my friend's phone and fixed it this way. If it turns on and stock didn't help and if it won't turn on the only way I recommend is to give your phone to a Samsung service center.
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Guess I'm sending it to repair, the method didn't work, Odin didn't recognize it
Thanks anyway!

Broken charging

Today I can't charge my phone anymore. If I connect it to the charger, a blue screen appears and the phone freezes (no charging!).
I've tried a factory reset, but is the same
Has anybody a similar problem?
It looks like the phone is goeing to the silicon heaven
rivierakid said:
Today I can't charge my phone anymore. If I connect it to the charger, a blue screen appears and the phone freezes (no charging!).
I've tried a factory reset, but is the same
Has anybody a similar problem?
It looks like the phone is goeing to the silicon heaven
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Can you capture a pic of the screen? All blue or any error codes? Also what happens if you plug into a pc?
It is all blue (but there are also some random white pixels) without any code. If I plug it into a PC, it shows also the blue screen - for about 5 secs and then the screen turns off and it is not charging. Same situation if I switch the phone to recovery or bootloader, so it looks like HW problem. Maybe replacing a battery could help.
I decide to move on, because I'm also a little dissapointed with the phone (no stable LineageOS, stock ROM with bloatware, ...)
Now I'm using the Galaxy S7 - it is much better (but also more expensive and includes a tons of bloatware

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