Soft Bricked. Odin Fix Passes But Still Bricked. - T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII

After wiping data and factory resetting the phone everything was still working fine. I decided to format the data and system via clockwork mod but after that the phone hangs on the Galaxy S3 logo. I tried flashing a stock rom through Odin and it passed but the phone still hangs at the S3 logo. I haven't sat and waited for half an hour but I'm pretty sure it's still soft bricked. I can still get into recovery and download mode but the phone still wont boot up. I saw something about bootchains in another thread but I couldn't find anything for the T-Mobile variant. Anyone able to help?

Lock this thread. Solved the issue thanks to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1897181
Had to download the entire stock image from Samsung's site.

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[Q] Galaxy S3 Bootloader stuck on a bad loop

Hey guys,
I have a Galaxy S3 AT&T that I was attempting to unroot via Odin 3, and am now currently stuck in a good bootloader loop. I have done my fair share of searching and research before starting this thread, and my problem seems to be unique. Or very bad.
I tried flashing the stock image/unroot file via Odin, it black screened and have a blue LED light on. Cannot access recovery, so I tried flashing a new recovery through Odin as well. (I made sure it was the correct device model and build, which is IMM76D ALG1.) Still nothing. Tried the same thing through download mode, rebooted, nothing. Battery pull, tried the same thing as before, and now I can't access my download mode.
So basically I'm stuck in a boot loop, with no access to recovery mode or download mode. Do I have a new fancy paperweight for my desk or is there a way out of this? Any help would be appreciated greatly, I'm pretty desperate right about now.

Stuck at Samsung splash screen.

Hi,
I recently tried installing the new 4.3 update onto my Samsung Galaxy S3 I747. Also, I never rooted my phone and my carrier is Telus if that matters.
When my phone finished updating, it lead to the lock screen. Just as I was about to enter my pin and unlock it, the phone restarts and gets stuck on the Samsung splash screen. I have tried entering into recovery mode and then wiping the cache and restarting it, but no luck.
I do not wish to restore my phone back to factory settings because I do not want to lose my music and apps. Is there a solution that can fix it without wiping the memory?
Thanks.
edit: i left it charging for a few minutes while it was stuck on the samsung splash screen, and then it went to the lockscreen and restarted it self
... i have to wait five minutes before i can save my edit
editedit: it just went to lockscreen for a second again
editeditedit: its going back to lockscreen quite often and restarting it self
aznpiggy said:
Hi,
I recently tried installing the new 4.3 update onto my Samsung Galaxy S3 I747. Also, I never rooted my phone and my carrier is Telus if that matters.
When my phone finished updating, it lead to the lock screen. Just as I was about to enter my pin and unlock it, the phone restarts and gets stuck on the Samsung splash screen. I have tried entering into recovery mode and then wiping the cache and restarting it, but no luck.
I do not wish to restore my phone back to factory settings because I do not want to lose my music and apps. Is there a solution that can fix it without wiping the memory?
Thanks.
edit: i left it charging for a few minutes while it was stuck on the samsung splash screen, and then it went to the lockscreen and restarted it self
... i have to wait five minutes before i can save my edit
editedit: it just went to lockscreen for a second again
editeditedit: its going back to lockscreen quite often and restarting it self
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When you got it into recovery did you try to wipe data/factory reset??
But to be honest it sounds like your phone is soft bricked maybe. I'm experiencing the almost same problem with my AT&T sgh-i747. Mine is stuck at the Samsung Galaxy S III screen and doesn't go any further than that at all.
You will most likely have to do that same thing I am doing which is reflashing android 4.3 via odin. It may work for you, I'm pretty sure it'll work for mine. Head over here and read this thread and see if this can help if not let me know and we'll come up with somethin else to help you fix your phone. (If I'm correct following this thread and flashing via odin will not erase and of your data.)
Your only other real option is to install the 4.3 MJ2 leak via heimdall. http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2496425
Heimdall will flash odin files. http://glassechidna.com.au/heimdall But odin will not flash heimdall files. It works much like odin flash in download mode so i'm told. I'm trying to figure it out now. I hope this helps.
I was never able to get the above Heimdall installed correctly on my pc. I am still stuck at the black and white galaxy s3 screen. I installed TWRP via odin to try my to run my nandroid i made earlier today and it says successful. But when I go to reboot It says No OS are you sure you want to reboot. I was already on 4.3.3 via the OTA update like you. And now i'm here turn phone on and it's going straight to download mode
Please HELP US BOTH Someone ANYONE

[Q] Hard brick

My brother has an S3 on AT&T running a nightly build of CyanogenMod 11.
It's been running this build for a while. However, he was on it today, and it crashed. Now it won't even try to boot unless you take out the battery and put it back in, in which it will show the samsung logo and shut off. It won't boot into recovery, it won't boot into download mode.
I'm thinking it's hard bricked, but why would it randomly hard brick itself like this? And is there any way to fix it?
Maybe it bricked because some files got corrupted? Not sure. If you can get into recovery, try wiping the cache, data, and Dalvik. If that doesn't work, you could try an updated CM11 ROM.
Did you try to get into download mode with a USB jig?
Its not hard bricked. Boot it into download mode and Odin back to stock
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
Don't use desktop Odin if the phone has been updated via an OTA update to stock AT&T 4.3 ROM.
I'm the brother with this problem, I just couldn't post at the time.
Anyway, I can't boot it into anything. not recovery, not download mode, nothing. The only way I can force it to even try to boot is to take the battery out, and back in.
After this, "Samsung" appears for all of about a second, and it shuts off again.
Edit: it seems I can boot into download mode, but like the samsung logo, it disappears. It's almost as if it's crashing after a second each time. Any ideas?

Odin flashed, Bootscreen loop. Help please

I was on a N7105 rom and i decided to factory reset using Odin
I flashed T889TMBCMK7 through odin for my T889.
Everything went well! Samsung screen came up then its taking forever
The keys arent lighting up but only the led notification.
I can still get into download mode.
Does anyone know a fix
I factory reset through factory recovery and it worked!!!!!

Samsung GT-I9195 vibrating twice then bootlooping

Hello sorry if this problem have been posted before,
I am trying to get a Samsung S4 MINI GT-I9195 to work it was working fine then all of a sudden it went dead and would not boot up
after awhile I was able to get it in boot recovery with the Samsung jig
and able to flash it with three different stock roms using Odin which went perfect, but still the phone
will not boot up, it keep vibrating twice then Samsung logo screen will appear and repeat for ever, can anyone help? thanks in advance
UPDATE: Phone is now dead as I used an older version of Odin
after i did a wipe cache and factory data reset I got a lot of errors
check image link to view https://i.imgsafe.org/eca9cd822f.jpg
is there anyway to revived this phone at this stage all help is very much appreciated..

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