Hi , please help me ,
I have a samsung galaxy s3 , it was working so good , until yesterday , when i wake up , i found it crushed on the "samsung galaxy s||| "logo , i try to flash it , but i always get failed on odin .
I have access to recovery mode but it write : E: failed to mount /cache
I have access to download mode too without any probleme
*i''ve tried many version of odin : 1.83 - 1.85 - 3.04 - 3.06 - 3.07 - 3.09 - 3.12 .
*i've tried pit file (but im not sure if it's compatible with my phone ) anyway i get failed error too .
*i've tried changing the cable .
*i've tried changin usb port .
*i've changed the pc (first one is with windows 10 - and the second is with windows 7)
Please help me :'(
Thanks in advance
What error message are you getting in the Odin log?
Sounds like it is a hardware problem.
with frimware I9300XXUGMK6_I9300OXXGML1_I9300XXUGMK6 ; i got error on boot.img in all odin version
and in frimware I9300XXDLIH_I9300VDSDLI1_VDS ; i got error on system.img in all odin version
Looks like the rom is too old for the phone. Try flashing the latest stock ROM from sammobile.com.
audit13 said:
Looks like the rom is too old for the phone. Try flashing the latest stock ROM from sammobile.com.
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Depends where it's from. For my btu, mk6 was the last update. Nothing changed after mk6 so you should be able to 'downgrade' from any higher version as they are all 4.3.
E: failed to mount is a recovery issue. Which recovery are you using?. Is your device rooted?.
If your device isn't rooted then you can try flashing the stock recovery image via odin on the pc (hopefully it'll flash provided that the corruption is elsewhere in the nand).
If the stock recovery image won't flash then you have bigger issues and the device is probably hard bricked from hardware failure.
Here is a stock recovery for mk6: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4vTiHTBB629ajRJaWx5QlVFSWs/view?usp=drivesdk
Grab it quick before a mod breaks my balls for it.
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Although mk6 may be the latest for some phones, it may not be the latest for the op's phone which is why I suggested flashing the latest stock rom.
Sorry for late answer , no my phone is not rooted , how i can see which recovery im using?
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Although mk6 may be the latest for some phones, it may not be the latest for the op's phone which is why I suggested flashing the latest stock rom.
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Thats why I said "depends where it's from". You're right but lack the detail..
OP: You can access recovery by holding home and vol+ while tapping the power button.
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hello
i rooted the phone and installed recovery , downloaded custom rom and placed it by mistake on the EXTERNAL SD instead of the internal , and i formatted the OS (without making a backup) , and then i found out that CWM doesn't support external SD on the GS2 .. so now i'm stuck without a OS..
i googled a lot and i found only 1 topic about the same problem , and the solution there was to flash stock using odin , so i looked for the stock rom that i had (Pelephone Israel) and i'm downloading it, and its taking like forever to be completed ..
my question (which i couldn't find an answer to anywhere) whats the difference between flashing a rom via CMW and Odin ? can i just flash it from Odin instead of waiting another hour or 2 till the download is done and then flash it , reroot and flash recovery then flash custom rom ?
another question, when flashing a custom rom vua CWM , does it change the kernel ? (while Odin doesn't ?)
i'm a little confused here and i would appreciate any help (by the way the GS2 is my fiend's and its the first time i try flashing one)
Flashing via odin: You can only use tar files, and it boosts your custom binary count.
Flashing via CWM: It uses zip files, which is the most popular format for most roms. And it doesn't boot your custom binary counter. It's also harder to mess up flashing.
Pretty sure that's right. Just use CWM.
Edit: CWM only changes the kernel if the kernel is within the rom's zip.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
thanks for the fast reply
do you confirm that flashing stock via Odin will solve my problem ? any worries of a brick there doing that?
what happens if i flash (via Odin) a firmware that uses a different kirnel from the 1 installed?
thanks again
as long as u're following the instructions right i'm sure you'll be fine..
if you are flashing via odin, PDA file is the ROM which usually includes a kernel.
Twiq said:
as long as u're following the instructions right i'm sure you'll be fine..
if you are flashing via odin, PDA file is the ROM which usually includes a kernel.
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the thing is that there are no instructions .. someone told the OP to flash original firmware via Odin and thats all .. i couldn't find any information anywhere thats why i got confused and i'm asking here ..
what i'm downloading is the exact original firmware i had before .. i have CWM installed but apparently its useless in my case , and i can enter download mode ..
what i'm planning to do is flash the firmware i'm downloading via Odin (its either 1 PDA file or 3 different files , thats not the case here ..) , and all i need is a confirmation that i'm safe ..
thanks
bobo122 said:
the thing is that there are no instructions .. someone told the OP to flash original firmware via Odin and thats all .. i couldn't find any information anywhere thats why i got confused and i'm asking here ..
what i'm downloading is the exact original firmware i had before .. i have CWM installed but apparently its useless in my case , and i can enter download mode ..
what i'm planning to do is flash the firmware i'm downloading via Odin (its either 1 PDA file or 3 different files , thats not the case here ..) , and all i need is a confirmation that i'm safe ..
thanks
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You're safe. Just be sure to flash the right files
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
i'm up and running again .. thanks guys
bobo122 said:
the thing is that there are no instructions .. someone told the OP to flash original firmware via Odin and thats all .. i couldn't find any information anywhere thats why i got confused and i'm asking here ..
what i'm downloading is the exact original firmware i had before .. i have CWM installed but apparently its useless in my case , and i can enter download mode ..
what i'm planning to do is flash the firmware i'm downloading via Odin (its either 1 PDA file or 3 different files , thats not the case here ..) , and all i need is a confirmation that i'm safe ..
thanks
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You can safely update the official firmware using odin and you won't bork anything by that method. I hope you have enabled the USB debugging mode in your mobile or else odin might not recognize the phone.
Hi,
I have previously tried to flash a wrong kernel into my phone and caused the imei to become null and my s3 to lose all signal.
In my desperation, i have tried all sorts of different roms in imei retrieval methods but I was not able to get anything back.
I managed to get my imei back after pas a technician to do that for me.
However, ever since, when i went to the setting > update, there was update found but when i tried to install, it brings me error msg that 'signature verification failed'.
i get the following error msg.
assert failed: getprop('ro.product.device') == 'm0' || getprop('ro.product.device') == 'm0'
E:Error in /cache/fota/update.zip
(status 7)
When i reboot, i get the error msg 'Failed to update firmware. Try again using PC software (Kies) or visit a samsung service centre'
The current firmware version that is written on Kies is I9300ZSALF1/I9300OZSALF1/I9300XXLEF/I9300ZSALF1 (XXX)
I tried kies but kies says my device does not support software upgrading via kies.
I am not able to flash any rom into the phone, i tried stock roms and i tried custom roms like CM9 and 10.
I have tried using both ODIN and CWM to flash and always end up with having a phone that hanged during the bootloading phase. i restart and it stills brick, all i could do is to reboot in CWM and restore backup
Please help me because i am currently on ICS I9300XXLEF and it is not my stock ROM and there is no way for me to update the phone rom. I would like to get my phone back to a stock ROM that is Singapore based at least i can continue to update my firmware if there are any updates.
I am giving all the information about my phone as much as I can but if there is anymore information you folks need to now to be able to help me, please let me.
All help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Ronald
Need to flash a stock rom via ODIN in download mode. Plenty of tuts on here for that as well as a tut to redo your imei. Do you have a backup of your efs?? Thats where your imei is stored, if you have that just go into CWM and restore backup and sorted.
Did you do a factory reset from recovery after flashing with Odin?
From what you are writing it seems you are able to flash using Odin, so I suggest finding Odin image for uour phone stock firmware, flash using Odin (vol down+home+power) then reboot to recovery (vol up+home+power) and do a factory reset, reboot and I think it will boot.
I would boot to CWM recovery Mounts and Storage Format cache system and data .
Flash stock rom via Odin .
assert failed: getprop('ro.product.device')
means wrong firmware or wrong phone or wrong build prop on phone .
jje
Hi....first of all got you an EFS folder backup? If yes try restore EFS ( copy folder with root expplorer..i do this with s2 and got my IMEI back)
second : try an hard reset with this code *2767*3855# ( remove sim and sd card)
and try to flash a stock firmware in download mode with ODIN procedure.
Hope its helpful:good:
hi all,
its me again,
i have tried auto update, reflashing the same rom, reflashing an updated rom, flashing jelly bean, hard reset, soft reset and everything else recommended.
But it still does not work, it generally is a signature verification error. how do i get the signature back?
ronaldshi said:
hi all,
its me again,
i have tried auto update, reflashing the same rom, reflashing an updated rom, flashing jelly bean, hard reset, soft reset and everything else recommended.
But it still does not work, it generally is a signature verification error. how do i get the signature back?
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do as suggested, flash a stock Rom with Odin
slaphead20 said:
do as suggested, flash a stock Rom with Odin
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i tried. but still signature error
ronaldshi said:
i tried. but still signature error
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did you try with mobile Odin or Odin?
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did you try with mobile Odin or Odin?
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i used odin
If you are rooted try editing the build prop. to the correct one as the error message is saying it can't get ro.product.device
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If you are rooted try editing the build prop. to the correct one as the error message is saying it can't get ro.product.device
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how do i do that? i am rooted.
Hi,
I'm trying to install the new official JB 4.1 with Odin.
Did everything as written in guide but the device loads with previous version and doesn't seem to load into recovery mode and install anything at all.
Tried disabling "auto reboot" in Odin, pull out battery after installing the kernel and then start the device in recovery mode (vol up + home + power) but I only get the recovery menu. when I choose "reboot device", same thing happens.
Also tried to wipe data. so now I'm stuck with no data on phone and old ICS 4.3.3 instead of JB 4.1.
Any ideas how can i solve this problem?
Their hasn't been ICS 4.3.3 anyways just flash the firmware with Odin and restore with Google....pretty simple
anyone interested in blu-ray steelbooks, holla at your boy
One possible its a faulty download or two you are doing something wrong .
You say
Did everything as written in guide but the device loads with previous version and doesn't seem to load into recovery mode and install anything at all.
That does not make sense Odin does not use recovery mode . Are you using Mobile Odin ???
after installing the kernel
Again that does not make sense its not a separate package .
device in recovery mode (vol up + home + power) but I only get the recovery menu
Likewise you are only supposed to get the recovery menu .
Install instructions here .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671969
jje
sorry
I meant ICS 4.0.4, and the problem is exactly what you told me to do, I'm flashing the firmware, Odin says everything is good but when I restart the device nothing installs. Instead, the old ICS 4.0.4 loads like I never flashed anything.
speedyjay said:
Their hasn't been ICS 4.3.3 anyways just flash the firmware with Odin and restore with Google....pretty simple
anyone interested in blu-ray steelbooks, holla at your boy
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Maybe I didn't say it right
I only got into recovery mode because I read in some guide here that if the device auto reboots but doesn't install the new firmware I should go into recovery mode and then it will install the firmware.
And no, I'm using the normal pc audin version, not mobile Odin.
JJEgan said:
One possible its a faulty download or two you are doing something wrong .
You say
Did everything as written in guide but the device loads with previous version and doesn't seem to load into recovery mode and install anything at all.
That does not make sense Odin does not use recovery mode . Are you using Mobile Odin ???
after installing the kernel
Again that does not make sense its not a separate package .
device in recovery mode (vol up + home + power) but I only get the recovery menu
Likewise you are only supposed to get the recovery menu .
Install instructions here .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671969
jje
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yossi1771 said:
I meant ICS 4.0.4, and the problem is exactly what you told me to do, I'm flashing the firmware, Odin says everything is good but when I restart the device nothing installs. Instead, the old ICS 4.0.4 loads like I never flashed anything.
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If Odin flashes 100% and nothing updates then either the file is at fault itself or you phone is damaged .
You don't restart the device Odin does as Auto reboot should be ticked .
read in some guide here that if the device auto reboots but doesn't install the new firmware I should go into recovery mode and then it will install the firmware.
NOPE factory reset will but not recovery .
jje
oops
Sorry my bad, I was trying to flash the root file instead of the firmware file.. didn't even know it has such big size..
Thanks for the help anyway guys
Hey guys!
I think i could use some help on handling my GT I9300
I was on Paranoid Android 3.15 and flashed miuiandroid_m0_jb-3.4.12
It worked for me for about 40 hours- no problems at all.
While i was setting up my phone and reinstalling my apps clockworkmod told me that there is an update. I could update to a version that i already installed a couple of days ago but somehow the app showed me i am running on an older version. After trying to update clockworkmod it told me that an error occured while updating.
Didnt take care of it because i went to bed and wanted to continue later this evening.
Some hours ago (i already used my phone as usual) my phone restartet and stuck on the samsung logo.
When i plug in the charger no led turns on. Sometimes the Samsung logo changes to the charging animation but it seems that the animation is frozen.
I cannot enter recovery mode only download mode.
What i have tried till now was:
trying to flash a stock rom with odin 3.7- Odin told me something like there was no pit file found.
trying to flash an odin flashable cutom rom- some error as above.
trying to flash a 3 parted rom with pit file- odin was stuck on "Get PIT for mapping" and nothing happened for about 60 minutes.
I have uses both GT-I9300_mx_20120220.pit and GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit
CODE_I9300XXALE8_554452_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5
CSC_OJV_I9300OJVALE7_CL547448_REV00_user_low_noship.tar.md5
MODEM_I9300XXLE8_REV02_REV04_CL1145430.tar.md5
On Odin 1.85 the repartition fails
Now i am pretty clueless and i hope that someone could tell me a solution
Oh i almost forgot.
in Odin mode my description is:
PRODUCT NAME:
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: No
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
Thanks in advance!
You could try flashing CF-root with odin and see if that works. If it does you should have access to recovery.
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You could try flashing CF-root with odin and see if that works. If it does you should have access to recovery.
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Oh i sorry. forgot to write down that i already tried this aswell-but without .pit file. That was one of my first ideas because i wanted to avoid repartitioning.
Same error in odin- no pit found.
Should i try to just flash cf root with the .pit file? or would this cause even more damage?
Alan D said:
Hey guys!
I think i could use some help on handling my GT I9300
I was on Paranoid Android 3.15 and flashed miuiandroid_m0_jb-3.4.12
It worked for me for about 40 hours- no problems at all.
While i was setting up my phone and reinstalling my apps clockworkmod told me that there is an update. I could update to a version that i already installed a couple of days ago but somehow the app showed me i am running on an older version. After trying to update clockworkmod it told me that an error occured while updating.
Didnt take care of it because i went to bed and wanted to continue later this evening.
Some hours ago (i already used my phone as usual) my phone restartet and stuck on the samsung logo.
When i plug in the charger no led turns on. Sometimes the Samsung logo changes to the charging animation but it seems that the animation is frozen.
I cannot enter recovery mode only download mode.
What i have tried till now was:
trying to flash a stock rom with odin 3.7- Odin told me something like there was no pit file found.
trying to flash an odin flashable cutom rom- some error as above.
trying to flash a 3 parted rom with pit file- odin was stuck on "Get PIT for mapping" and nothing happened for about 60 minutes.
I have uses both GT-I9300_mx_20120220.pit and GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit
CODE_I9300XXALE8_554452_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5
CSC_OJV_I9300OJVALE7_CL547448_REV00_user_low_noship.tar.md5
MODEM_I9300XXLE8_REV02_REV04_CL1145430.tar.md5
On Odin 1.85 the repartition fails
Now i am pretty clueless and i hope that someone could tell me a solution
Oh i almost forgot.
in Odin mode my description is:
PRODUCT NAME:
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: No
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
Thanks in advance!
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i dont know if this will work , but you could try it , try flashing resurrection rom from the checkrom website through odin in download mode
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNaQfdOi56E
Is it possible to flash only recovery image with Odin? I've been doing that with Mobile Odin, so I guess it might be possible with Odin as well?
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i dont know if this will work , but you could try it , try flashing resurrection rom from the checkrom website through odin in download mode]
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This was the custom rom i mentioned above. Have forgotten the name so i only wrote via odin flashable custom rom. Same issue there "there is no PIT Partition"
The "best" result untill now was trying to flash a 3 parted rom with PIT but odin seems to freeze on getting pit. Or at least nothing happened after an hour
Usual is wrong PIT for your phone or PIT partition damaged .
Take it to a service centre .
jje
JJEgan said:
Usual is wrong PIT for your phone or PIT partition damaged .
Take it to a service centre .
jje
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I went to my provider today and gave it back to send it to service. I don't seem to be the first one who gave the phone back with the same issues. Usually it takes about one or two weeks till they have checked the phone and decide if the repair or replace the phone. Today the nice lady in the shop told me that they will send it back on monday and a replacement will arrive on monday aswell.
Thanks anyways
Hello.
I tried to flash stock XEO ROM to my S3, but while the whole process it stuck on loading system.img. Then when i tried to turn on the phone it shows me the yellow triangle and info that i can recover the system with Kies. But it also didn't work. I tried to flash other stock roms but it always is stuck in booting system.img
FIX:
I downloaded different roms and different ver. of android
Tried to flash several times with pit file and without but it was still stuck at system.img
I tried different ports and the result was the same
I changed the cable and reinstalled drivers and I succeed to flash 4.0.4 ver without pit file with odin 3.07
Have you tried flashing stock rom via ODIN?
Yeah, that's what I'm talking about I tried several times and it still doesn't work :crying:
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Yeah, that's what I'm talking about I tried several times and it still doesn't work :crying:
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Did you try install stock firmware with PIT file?
If you have 16 GB version of GT-I9300, you can try this PIT file (I tested on my device).
Odin 3.07 with PIT file;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2762337&d=1401023420
Download a stock ROM from sammobile, then put it to PDA. Before start flashing, press PIT button on Odin and select the PIT file, then press Start.
I decided to send my phone to service, when will it come back still bricked I will try it
Ok, I will get my phone back UNFIXED because they told me at the service that i have to pay for changing the firmware because my phone comes from other country.. I disagreed and told them to send my phone back.
I had an idea how to fix my phone and also some questions about that.
First, is there any way to full wipe my phone without recovery, I mean that i can;t access recovery on my bricked phone and i think that causes the problem with flashing any rom with odin (that the brokem rom i still installed and odin can' flash the new one over it). When I'll wipe the phone completely i suppose it might solve the problem. But does wiping the phone makes the phone unrecognizable for PC?
The second idea is kinda connected with the first one. I thought about flashing cf root with odin into my phone and as far as i know, it has its own recovery so i can easily wipe the phone with it and then flash the stock rom.
I know that my reply looks kinda messy but I hope you know what i mean.
First, is there any way to full wipe my phone without recovery, I mean that i can;t access recovery on my bricked phone and i think that causes the problem with flashing any rom with odin (that the brokem rom i still installed and odin can' flash the new one over it). When I'll wipe the phone completely i suppose it might solve the problem. But does wiping the phone makes the phone unrecognizable for PC?
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Bump, need an answer to this.
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Ok my phone is finally alive :cyclops: Here's the solution i figured out:
I downloaded different roms and different ver. of android
Tried to flash several times with pit file and without but it was still stuck at system.img
I tried different ports and the result was the same
I changed the cable and reinstalled drivers and I succeed to flash 4.0.4 ver without pit file with odin 3.07
I will add it to the first post for those who have the same problem, cheers :good: