So, im trying to root my phone via the toolkit, everything seems to be working etc according to toolkit at least...
after the Samsung Galaxy S III menu the screen remains black, and the LED strobes (blue)
nothing happens, can't push files on storage because i i dont have an insecure boot (which i do ive flashed it 4x now lol each time it passes)
im lost to be honest ive tried everything even factory reset the phone
kamopanosian said:
So, im trying to root my phone via the toolkit, everything seems to be working etc according to toolkit at least...
after the Samsung Galaxy S III menu the screen remains black, and the LED strobes (blue)
nothing happens, can't push files on storage because i i dont have an insecure boot (which i do ive flashed it 4x now lol each time it passes)
im lost to be honest ive tried everything even factory reset the phone
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What toolkit are you using?
If you can get the phone into download mode (which you should be able to if you can get into recovery for a factory reset - press Vol Down + Home + Power), flash one of the stock rooted images from here.
latest toolkit, i even did an update today
i did not have this problem when i rooted it the first time
kamopanosian said:
latest toolkit
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That doesn't tell me what toolkit you're using - there are several different "toolkits" one can use to root their device. Can you provide a link or something?
Did you see my suggestion about entering download mode to reflash the phone?
smelenchuk said:
That doesn't tell me what toolkit you're using - there are several different "toolkits" one can use to root their device. Can you provide a link or something?
Did you see my suggestion about entering download mode to reflash the phone?
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samsung galaxy s3 toolkit v2.3.0 for snapdragon s4 model
when i root, install busy box and flash boot image...all i get is the phone loading into the galaxy s iii screen, then the usual samsung startup melody on a dark screen and the LED strobes...
i can go back to stock rom thats not an issue
kamopanosian said:
samsung galaxy s3 toolkit v2.3.0 for snapdragon s4 model
when i root, install busy box and flash boot image...all i get is the phone loading into the galaxy s iii screen, then the usual samsung startup melody on a dark screen and the LED strobes...
i can go back to stock rom thats not an issue
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That would be this toolkit, I presume?
Did you start from Jelly Bean? The toolkit thread explicitly states that trying to use it with stock Jelly Bean will result in the soft-bricking you describe; you're better off trying another approach to rooting (such as the one I linked to).
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Basically My galaxy S2 was rooted and do not remember the root name etc... everything was working great until I installed a new font, the phone rebooted and was on start up screen for more than 3 hours.
After looking for solution and fielding with it, I ended up in worst place now!!
Cannot enter recovery mode anymore (volume up + Home + power)
The screen is Stuck on "firmware upgrade encountered an issue"
Cannot connect with Kies
However I can enter the Download mode and connect with ODIN
Tried to install many firmwares but ODIN fails!!
barzi3 said:
Basically My galaxy S2 was rooted and do not remember the root name etc... everything was working great until I installed a new font, the phone rebooted and was on start up screen for more than 3 hours.
Tried to install many firmwares but ODIN fails!!
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Post in Galaxy S2 threads I'm sure there is the answer..
also provide more details i.e. Odin log/output
I did the same exact thing. Went to s2 forum and it shows u how to reset your phone to factory. Then all you need is to re root and voila. Back on game mode!!!::good:
Just got this phone for my wife and decided to root it for her. I have the note ii and had no problem with mine using the same method. I used the Samsung galaxy 3 toolkit v2.3.0. Chose option 2 for sprint and then option 2 rooting options. Then # 3 all in one. I already had the drivers on the pc and the phone was set for usb debugging. THe software flashed the phone but when it came back up I get the "samsung" boot screen then the sound of it booting up. The only problem it is a black screen with a blue led light. Thats it, tried to reboot into recovery and download mode but there is nothing there. just reboots to black screen. Now I do have one of those jtag usb ends I have order just in case I needed it and I can boot it into download mode and I can use odin but I have no idea what I need to do to "fix" it. Tried to use the recovery option in the toolbox but that didnt work. Also tried team epic's root tar file but that didnt work either and I am out of ideas. The only thing I know is my wife is going to kill me if I can't get this fixed.
Please help!
ps...since this phone is one day old if i cant fix it I would like to take it back to sprint for another one but I need some way to reset the counter using the download method only or I am hosed.
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quantum3 said:
Just got this phone for my wife and decided to root it for her. I have the note ii and had no problem with mine using the same method. I used the Samsung galaxy 3 toolkit v2.3.0. Chose option 2 for sprint and then option 2 rooting options. Then # 3 all in one. I already had the drivers on the pc and the phone was set for usb debugging. THe software flashed the phone but when it came back up I get the "samsung" boot screen then the sound of it booting up. The only problem it is a black screen with a blue led light. Thats it, tried to reboot into recovery and download mode but there is nothing there. just reboots to black screen. Now I do have one of those jtag usb ends I have order just in case I needed it and I can boot it into download mode and I can use odin but I have no idea what I need to do to "fix" it. Tried to use the recovery option in the toolbox but that didnt work. Also tried team epic's root tar file but that didnt work either and I am out of ideas. The only thing I know is my wife is going to kill me if I can't get this fixed.
Please help!
ps...since this phone is one day old if i cant fix it I would like to take it back to sprint for another one but I need some way to reset the counter using the download method only or I am hosed.
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I dont have my Galaxy S3 yet, but it sounds like all you would need is to flash a stock rom through odin. Look in the android development sub-forum and find a stock odinable rom.
I'm with the above poster. Try an odin repair.
And let this be a lesson to you. Don't mess with the wifey's toys, Murphy's law will bite you every time and she'll remember "forever" and dredge it up when you least expect it.
I hate Murphy's law...but you are so right.
I went to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1774722
and downloaded SPR Image (JB 4.1.1) and it installed bootloader, system etc (the works) and when I rebooted it worked. I still don't have CWM and I dont even know if i have root BUT it works and I am now out of the doghouse! Thanks for all the help and if you think of anything else I need to know please tell me and thanks again...
PS.. installed goomanager and was able to get TWRP so the phone is rooted. next is the rom toolbox so I can back everything up!
Hi all,
I've been using a leaked Touchwiz JB ROM for the past couple of months, and today, I decided that I wanted to return to unrooted stock and then root using the V2.3 toolkit located at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746680.
I wiped everything with TWRP and installed the stock ROM with no problem. Then, I ran the toolkit to root the phone. The toolkit said that everything processed correctly, but now, my phone won't boot up and hangs on a black screen after the Samsung Galaxy S3 logo appears. I can hear the bootup jingle at the black screen, and the LED stays lit with a blue light when it is on this screen, but I can't do anything else. What's worse is that I don't have a custom recovery installed. I can get into Odin download mode, however.
Does anyone have any advice? I really hope that this phone isn't permanently bricked.
jjkjustin said:
Hi all,
I've been using a leaked Touchwiz JB ROM for the past couple of months, and today, I decided that I wanted to return to unrooted stock and then root using the V2.3 toolkit located at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746680.
I wiped everything with TWRP and installed the stock ROM with no problem. Then, I ran the toolkit to root the phone. The toolkit said that everything processed correctly, but now, my phone won't boot up and hangs on a black screen after the Samsung Galaxy S3 logo appears. I can hear the bootup jingle at the black screen, and the LED stays lit with a blue light when it is on this screen, but I can't do anything else. What's worse is that I don't have a custom recovery installed. I can get into Odin download mode, however.
Does anyone have any advice? I really hope that this phone isn't permanently bricked.
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Get back to stock here-http://www.qbking77.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii9.html
Re-root via this method here- http://www.qbking77.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii7.html
This should help ya get everything in order.
This will put CWM Recovery on there. I rooted this method with no issues.. Hope it helps get your phone back into order.
milky1112 said:
Get back to stock here-http://www.qbking77.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii9.html
Re-root via this method here- http://www.qbking77.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii7.html
This should help ya get everything in order.
This will put CWM Recovery on there. I rooted this method with no issues.. Hope it helps get your phone back into order.
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Thanks a ton for the quick response. I'll get to work on this now.
I ended up fixing it by installing a prerooted JB ROM via Odin.
Sprint SGS3 boots to black screen with blue led light
milky1112 said:
Get back to stock here-http://www.qbking77.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii9.html
Re-root via this method here- http://www.qbking77.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii7.html
This should help ya get everything in order.
This will put CWM Recovery on there. I rooted this method with no issues.. Hope it helps get your phone back into order.
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Hello,
Would this suggestion also happen to fix this problem?
I mistakenly followed the instructions of a video on youtube on how to root a Samsung GSIII and accidentally soft bricked my phone. The problem was (as the creator of the video says) that the video was outdated and I ended up flashing the 4.0.4 boot image on a 4.1.1 Samsung GSIII. So far my phone boots up with the Samsung logo, but falls short at a black screen with a pulsing blue led light. When I plug the phone to the computer, It get recognized just the same way as it would if it had booted up fully. I searched most forum posts but haven't come up to a solid solution. I might need to search some more, but can u confirm if your suggestion is likely to fix my problem.
Forum page of the toolkit used http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746680&highlight=bricked
Doldrey said:
Hello,
Would this suggestion also happen to fix this problem?
I mistakenly followed the instructions of a video on youtube on how to root a Samsung GSIII and accidentally soft bricked my phone. The problem was (as the creator of the video says) that the video was outdated and I ended up flashing the 4.0.4 boot image on a 4.1.1 Samsung GSIII. So far my phone boots up with the Samsung logo, but falls short at a black screen with a pulsing blue led light. When I plug the phone to the computer, It get recognized just the same way as it would if it had booted up fully. I searched most forum posts but haven't come up to a solid solution. I might need to search some more, but can u confirm if your suggestion is likely to fix my problem.
Forum page of the toolkit used http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746680&highlight=bricked
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qbking77 also has a video that walks you through the steps to recover from a "soft brick". It involves using Odin and a stock JB .tar file. I haven't looked at the video in a while, so I do not know if the link to the stock file is current. qbking77's video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypmqJbZqOaU&list=PL7011CD883D5201B8&index=29
There is also this thread on XDA: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099
I flashed and got stuck at the Samsung screen with the blue led..... from recovery all I did was reset/ factory settings and was back in business.
Parnelli98 said:
qbking77 also has a video that walks you through the steps to recover from a "soft brick". It involves using Odin and a stock JB .tar file. I haven't looked at the video in a while, so I do not know if the link to the stock file is current. qbking77's video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypmqJbZqOaU&list=PL7011CD883D5201B8&index=29
There is also this thread on XDA: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099
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I tried to root my S3 using mskip method for rooting. Thread listed below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1703488
After
4. FLASHING A ROM, RADIO OR KERNEL VIA DOWNLOAD MODE USING ODIN
When the phone rebooted the Samsung screen appeared and S3 screen appeared but the screen went blank and solid blue light appears and I get the att jiggle but the blue light does go away and the screen is blank.
I tried to unroot the phone with default firmware with no change to behavior. I also tried to factory reset the phone with recovery method still same behavior. I look threw interweb and forum. I've tried different methods listed below with no success.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1815770
Please help!!
deciph3r said:
I tried to root my S3 using mskip method for rooting. Thread listed below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1703488
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From your post it appears you are using an AT&T model.
Did you see the link near the top of that thread saying "AT&T US [SGH-I747] SUPPORT THREAD HERE"
And the warnings on that page regarding Jelly Bean
deciph3r said:
After
4. FLASHING A ROM, RADIO OR KERNEL VIA DOWNLOAD MODE USING ODIN
When the phone rebooted the Samsung screen appeared and S3 screen appeared but the screen went blank and solid blue light appears and I get the att jiggle but the blue light does go away and the screen is blank.
I tried to unroot the phone with default firmware with no change to behavior. I also tried to factory reset the phone with recovery method still same behavior. I look threw interweb and forum. I've tried different methods listed below with no success.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1815770
Please help!!
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Hey, so my note 2 (sgh-i317m variant) running 4.3 is stuck on the samsung screen and I cannot boot into recovery (it just stays at the samsung screen). What I believe caused this is the fact that I originally had it rooted, but flashed back to stock via odin to update to 4.3. Then I proceeded to re root it via odin and the cf auto root, however I forgot to factory reset before doing this. Now its stuck on the samsung screen and I cannot even get it into recovery mode. I can get it into download mode but whenever I try reflashing the stock rom (I have two different ones) neither of them work and Odin just displays "fail". I really dont know what else to do, hoping someone will know, thanks in advance.
Friend, try Google for KIES3. After installation under the Menu bar..look into something recoveries..
There you'll need to enter your model and serial no.
Boot your hp to DOWNLOAD MODE and plug to your usb. Then let KIES do its work.
Hope it helps
53N53L355 said:
Friend, try Google for KIES3. After installation under the Menu bar..look into something recoveries..
There you'll need to enter your model and serial no.
Boot your hp to DOWNLOAD MODE and plug to your usb. Then let KIES do its work.
Hope it helps
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That didnt work
Mbrar15 said:
Hey, so my note 2 (sgh-i317m variant) running 4.3 is stuck on the samsung screen and I cannot boot into recovery (it just stays at the samsung screen). What I believe caused this is the fact that I originally had it rooted, but flashed back to stock via odin to update to 4.3. Then I proceeded to re root it via odin and the cf auto root, however I forgot to factory reset before doing this. Now its stuck on the samsung screen and I cannot even get it into recovery mode. I can get it into download mode but whenever I try reflashing the stock rom (I have two different ones) neither of them work and Odin just displays "fail". I really dont know what else to do, hoping someone will know, thanks in advance.
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Mbrar15 said:
Hey, so my note 2 (sgh-i317m variant) running 4.3 is stuck on the samsung screen and I cannot boot into recovery (it just stays at the samsung screen). What I believe caused this is the fact that I originally had it rooted, but flashed back to stock via odin to update to 4.3. Then I proceeded to re root it via odin and the cf auto root, however I forgot to factory reset before doing this. Now its stuck on the samsung screen and I cannot even get it into recovery mode. I can get it into download mode but whenever I try reflashing the stock rom (I have two different ones) neither of them work and Odin just displays "fail". I really dont know what else to do, hoping someone will know, thanks in advance.
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Did you end up figuring it out?