Please Help Soft Bricked? Galaxy S III - AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III

went to bed last night and woke up and my phone when plugged in the charger just vibrates every 3 seconds and does nothing. i can get it to download mode but not into recovery even after a reflash via ODIN i tried the LK3 and LG1 original firmware's
any help or insight to this problem would be greatly appreciated

chrisj22 said:
went to bed last night and woke up and my phone when plugged in the charger just vibrates every 3 seconds and does nothing. i can get it to download mode but not into recovery even after a reflash via ODIN i tried the LK3 and LG1 original firmware's
any help or insight to this problem would be greatly appreciated
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i would flash again in odin but make sure auto reboot is NOT checked. you may have tried that already. have the back of the phone off. after a successful flash, pull the battery immediately. after you insert the battery back in, vol up/home/power combo for recovery. release that power button as soon as you get a vibrate. just trying to start from the beginning again with you, bro
let me know

trying that now. did take it to at&t real quick got it to boot as soon as i got to the start screen to setup google and what not immediate shut off.

chrisj22 said:
trying that now. did take it to at&t real quick got it to boot as soon as i got to the start screen to setup google and what not immediate shut off.
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even doing it that way still unresponsive when booting unplugged, plugged in it will vibe every 2 seconds still and holing the home,vol up and power boots to samsung screen with blue letters sating recovery mode and shuts back off

chrisj22 said:
even doing it that way still unresponsive when booting unplugged, plugged in it will vibe every 2 seconds still and holing the home,vol up and power boots to samsung screen with blue letters sating recovery mode and shuts back off
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try flash either cwm or twrp recovery.img and see(assuming you can still get back in download mode)

just flashed CWM Via ODIN and still a no go same problems still.

one other thing is i know the battery is charged but if i just leave it plugged in i get the battery symbol with the circle in the center and it wont power on with out being plugged in

chrisj22 said:
just flashed CWM Via ODIN and still a no go same problems still.
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when you flash, did you uncheck auto reboot and reset time?

pcshano said:
when you flash, did you uncheck auto reboot and reset time?
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the reset time was checked still ill re-flach the factory image without both checked and see what happends

chrisj22 said:
the reset time was checked still ill re-flach the factory image without both checked and see what happends
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still seems to be doing it. idk what the guy at at&t did but i atleast got the start screen but immediate shutdown after that

chrisj22 said:
still seems to be doing it. idk what the guy at at&t did but i atleast got the start screen but immediate shutdown after that
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if flash stock rom with odin (with both reset time and auto reboot unchecked) or take out battery(~1 min) or flash recovery.img doesnt work,
then my suggestion is you bring it back to him lol...

pcshano said:
if flash stock rom with odin (with both reset time and auto reboot unchecked) or take out battery(~1 min) or flash recovery.img doesnt work,
then my suggestion is you bring it back to him lol...
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flashed that method, will only do anything plugged in and it shows the battery charging and when i do any botton methods it boots and goes to samsung screen then galaxy s III screen and shuts down and back to battery charging screen

chrisj22 said:
flashed that method, will only do anything plugged in and it shows the battery charging and when i do any botton methods it boots and goes to samsung screen then galaxy s III screen and shuts down and back to battery charging screen
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you can't get in download mode while plugged in
unplug your phone, vol down + home + power
and then replug your phone and odin back to stock

pcshano said:
you can't get in download mode while plugged in
unplug your phone, vol down + home + power
and then replug your phone and odin back to stock
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with it unplugged its totally dead. plugged in i can go into download mode and attempt recovery although it never actually goes in

chrisj22 said:
with it unplugged its totally dead. plugged in i can go into download mode and attempt recovery although it never actually goes in
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try fully charge it first, it might be auto shutdown due to insufficient battery

pcshano said:
try fully charge it first, it might be auto shutdown due to insufficient battery
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it shows about 90% when the battery charging icon is up

I had a similar problem once. Battery was dead. Popped in a fresh one and it worked. Just saying.
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tried with 2 brand new fully charged batteries. think im going to take it to at&t and see what they will do, or send it to JTAG

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[Q] Charging Bootloop

When I plug my phone into my a charger and it is charging my phone gets stuck into a bootloop where I can't turn it off nor turn it on. It wont even go to the Samsung logo, it just is black and keeps turning on/off. Only way I have to get around this is by unplugging, pulling battery, reboot recovery, plug back in, then I can reboot to system. Any ideas on a solution to this?
riku-vomoto said:
When I plug my phone into my a charger and it is charging my phone gets stuck into a bootloop where I can't turn it off nor turn it on. It wont even go to the Samsung logo, it just is black and keeps turning on/off. Only way I have to get around this is by unplugging, pulling battery, reboot recovery, plug back in, then I can reboot to system. Any ideas on a solution to this?
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Don't try to power it on while plugged in. Ain't much else to suggest there. I find doing the button combo for download mode then pressing vol-dn at the warning screen works too. This is the normal it's not a bootloop. The way these charge w/ the power off is strange.
billard412 said:
Don't try to power it on while plugged in. Ain't much else to suggest there. I find doing the button combo for download mode then pressing vol-dn at the warning screen works too. This is the normal it's not a bootloop. The way these charge w/ the power off is strange.
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Okay sounds good; thought it was just a problem with my phone but guess not lol. Thanks for the quick reply !
riku-vomoto said:
When I plug my phone into my a charger and it is charging my phone gets stuck into a bootloop where I can't turn it off nor turn it on. It wont even go to the Samsung logo, it just is black and keeps turning on/off. Only way I have to get around this is by unplugging, pulling battery, reboot recovery, plug back in, then I can reboot to system. Any ideas on a solution to this?
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What recovery and rom are you using? This is not a normal behavior. It doesn't happen on my phone using Stock rom/TWRP recovery.
poit said:
What recovery and rom are you using? This is not a normal behavior. It doesn't happen on my phone using Stock rom/TWRP recovery.
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That's weird as I'm on my 5th s3 since 6-21 and this has been normal behavior on every one regardless of rom. The S2 did the same stupid shiit. Its almost impossible to turn these on while plugged in and shut off.
poit said:
What recovery and rom are you using? This is not a normal behavior. It doesn't happen on my phone using Stock rom/TWRP recovery.
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I usually use freeg3 from Clark, but I flash about every ROM when they are updated to try it out; I use TWRP to flash them all. My phone is infected with anthrax, but It was before and after it. I even tried flashing the stock .tar from odin :/
When the screen is black, simply hold the power button in until you see the Samsung logo.
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I just confirmed again that my phone doesn't do that. With the phone on, I plugged into the charger. Power off, wait until the green battery icon appears. Hold power button, phone boots normally.
I'd guess somewhere along the way you acquired a wonky bootloader. You could probably try just replacing the bootloader, I know there is a way to do that but I'm not sure how. Probably someone else could quote the procedure off the top of their head. If not, I would guess a full odin to stock would fix it also.
My phone does this too. Sometimes it shows a charging battery, sometimes it vibrates, and sometimes I even see the Samsung logo, but it always refuses to turn on while it is plugged up.
My phone doesn't do this. It looks to be a hit or miss on if your phone will do it.
Generating random authentication keys
Or it could have to do with a particular flash that has corrupted the boot loader. People need to be clear what roms they are on, and if they have ever tried to go back to FULL stock through Odin to fix this. Until they have reflashed the Stock Bootloader, there is no way to know what's going on.

[Q] Brick? (Phone won't stay in download mode)

Hey guys, I'm not sure if my phone is dead. It was running fine this morning, Task & Ktoonsez' AOKP with Ktoonsez kernel. However, I tried to unlock it a little while ago and it wouldn't go on. It boots to the splash screen, both normally and going into recovery, but it doesn't last long enough to go into recovery or boot normally. I try to boot into download mode and it boots, but the phone turns off after a few seconds.
I tried to flash back to stock in Odin, but the phone doesn't stay in download mode long enough for the flash to finish.
I'm not sure what to do. Any help would be appreciated.
Pretty sure if it was bricked it wouldn't boot into download mode at all. It sounds like it is losing power or something. The only thing I can think of is maybe your battery is bad. Download mode can run off of USB power if you remove the battery after booting into it. Maybe plug your phone in and boot into download mode, then take your battery out before it shuts off and see if it stays on.
Lumixz said:
Pretty sure if it was bricked it wouldn't boot into download mode at all. It sounds like it is losing power or something. The only thing I can think of is maybe your battery is bad. Download mode can run off of USB power if you remove the battery after booting into it. Maybe plug your phone in and boot into download mode, then take your battery out before it shuts off and see if it stays on.
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No dice. It just did the same thing it's been doing. I went into download, popped the battery, it stayed in download for a few seconds, and then powered off.
Could it be a faulty power button? The phone is constantly vibrating by itself and if the power button was messed up it could be causing the phone to leave download mode.
Sun0fNothing said:
No dice. It just did the same thing it's been doing. I went into download, popped the battery, it stayed in download for a few seconds, and then powered off.
Could it be a faulty power button? The phone is constantly vibrating by itself and if the power button was messed up it could be causing the phone to leave download mode.
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As far as I can tell pressing or holding the power button in download mode will only restart it, but won't shut it off. Also it takes about 10 seconds. I don't think it's your power button.
Lumixz said:
As far as I can tell pressing or holding the power button in download mode will only restart it, but won't shut it off. Also it takes about 10 seconds. I don't think it's your power button.
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Ah, okay.
In that case, though, I have no clue what's causing the problem here. At this point the only thing I can do is enter download mode for a few seconds, but I can't get it to be enough time to flash a ROM in Odin.
Sun0fNothing said:
Hey guys, I'm not sure if my phone is dead. It was running fine this morning, Task & Ktoonsez' AOKP with Ktoonsez kernel. However, I tried to unlock it a little while ago and it wouldn't go on. It boots to the splash screen, both normally and going into recovery, but it doesn't last long enough to go into recovery or boot normally. I try to boot into download mode and it boots, but the phone turns off after a few seconds.
I tried to flash back to stock in Odin, but the phone doesn't stay in download mode long enough for the flash to finish.
I'm not sure what to do. Any help would be appreciated.
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Might be a dumb question... Is your battery charged? I'd plug it in for a while off and see if the battery logo comes up and than try putting it in recovery or download.
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KorGuy123 said:
Might be a dumb question... Is your battery charged? I'd plug it in for a while off and see if the battery logo comes up and than try putting it in recovery or download.
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I tried that too. It's been plugged in for a while and the same thing happens. It just stays in download mode for a few seconds and then turns off. Also, I tried flashing back to stock in Odin but it failed because the phone turned off before the flash could finish. Now the phone says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select Recovery mode in Kies and try again."
So it's basically stuck in download mode cause of a corrupted flash. If I could get the phone to stay in download mode, I could flash it back to stock with Odin, but it's not giving me enough time at this point.
I'm running into the same problem currently, I was wondering if you were able to find a solution. Same ROM same Kernel. I've been using my current version of the ROM since October and haven't flashed anything recently, It just died on me last nigth and now I'm experiencing what you are as well. I was able to turn on the phone somehow last night but it stayed on for couple of mins and turned off again. At the time I had 60% charge.
Thanks
Unfortunately not. Sent my phone back to AT&T and they honored the warranty (despite it being very clear that I was rooted and on custom software).
@fly3rr
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Sun0fNothing said:
Unfortunately not. Sent my phone back to AT&T and they honored the warranty (despite it being very clear that I was rooted and on custom software).
@fly3rr
Sent from the Dank Device
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Thanks. I got the phone when it launched so it's been over a year hence I'm well over the one year manufacturer warranty. Doubt they'll honor it for me =/.
Bad news, It's not about software, it's a hardware issue.
I had that issue with a Sprint S3,
The power button switch is stuck pressed all the time, you can try to hit it a little and maybe it pops out but the issue is gonna still there.
If you remove and insert the battery does it vibrates and tries to turn on without pressing the power button?
Damian8a said:
Bad news, It's not about software, it's a hardware issue.
I had that issue with a Sprint S3,
The power button switch is stuck pressed all the time, you can try to hit it a little and maybe it pops out but the issue is gonna still there.
If you remove and insert the battery does it vibrates and tries to turn on without pressing the power button?
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yup I just realized it was the power button issue. I managed to fix the problem[kind of], i kept trying to get into download mode while connected to AC Adapter with official charging cables. And it stayed in download mode long enough for me to go back to stock ROM. I'm just trying to avoid hitting the power button as much as possible because every time I do something goes crazy and phone turns off.
I'm gonna try and go to AT&T store tomorrow to see if they can do anything about this.
Thanks again for your help. I really appreciate it.
You're welcome. Good luck dude :thumbup:
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I have the same problem. I've tried to install quickly the twrp. But is not time enough
My problem was the battery. After charge a lot, all thing works fine.

[Q] Phone does not boot, red light flashes, is it hard bricked?

Hi,
I woke up to find my note2 stuck on the samsung logo, so i went to the recovery menu and cleared the cache. When I went to restart the phone, it wont start up.
1) Nothing appears on the phone
2) When i press the power button, the red light on top flashes but thats it
3) it doesnt go to recovery mode with the power, vol+
4) it doesnt go to download mode with the power, vol-
5) Battery should be fully charged, when plug into the phone and the wall, nothing happens even when i left it there for half a day.
6) Switched out with friends battery and nothing happens as well.
7) Plug into PC Mac, multiple computers, nothing happens on the phone or computer. Nothing is detected on that usb port.
Anyone know what I can do to try and fix this before I send it to a repair shop?
Thanks
I think u r missing HOME button to press while going recovery or download
jdomadia said:
I think u r missing HOME button to press while going recovery or download
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Just tried both with home button pressed. Same thing, nothing happens but the red light flashes.
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Which firmware version was there?
jdomadia said:
Which firmware version was there?
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Sorry man, I have no idea. I rooted the phone when i first got it and i haven't change/update anything since then. Got the phone around December 2012 in Hong Kong.
lilming263 said:
Sorry man, I have no idea. I rooted the phone when i first got it and i haven't change/update anything since then. Got the phone around December 2012 in Hong Kong.
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In switched off condition, if it takes charge then it must be go to DOWNLOAD MODE (home+power+vol.down). Then restock through odin or use 'mskip toolkit'
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lilming263 said:
Hi,
I woke up to find my note2 stuck on the samsung logo, so i went to the recovery menu and cleared the cache. When I went to restart the phone, it wont start up.
1) Nothing appears on the phone
2) When i press the power button, the red light on top flashes but thats it
3) it doesnt go to recovery mode with the power, vol+
4) it doesnt go to download mode with the power, vol-
5) Battery should be fully charged, when plug into the phone and the wall, nothing happens even when i left it there for half a day.
6) Switched out with friends battery and nothing happens as well.
7) Plug into PC Mac, multiple computers, nothing happens on the phone or computer. Nothing is detected on that usb port.
Anyone know what I can do to try and fix this before I send it to a repair shop?
Thanks
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few days it happened to my phone also, follow thread,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2351472
Good luck.
nitol said:
In switched off condition, if it takes charge then it must be go to DOWNLOAD MODE (home+power+vol.down). Then restock through odin or use 'mskip toolkit'
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The phone does not respond while the charger is pluged in and cannot go to Download mode.
apachiee_pk said:
few days it happened to my phone also, follow thread,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2351472
Good luck.
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Thanks, Looks like I'll have to send it in.

Xperia S- no response after rom installation

Hello.
few days ago i have benn installed Rom (2,7) on my Xperia S. I noticed the first reboot after installation dont always works, i mean phone will shutt down but dont turn on. my phone stopped turning on during SONY logo or when on display was triangle with tools. everyime my phone won't turn on i did a flash stock rom and everything was okay. yesterday i installen the same rom but v2,9 and after discharging my battery phone won't turn on. no response for flash mode or fastboot mode. sometimes when i start charging my phone is displaying SONY logo and shut down or sometimes triangle with tools. what can i do?
i'm sorry for my mistakes. i'm not perfect polyglot.
BaltazarIX said:
Hello.
few days ago i have benn installed Rom (2,7) on my Xperia S. I noticed the first reboot after installation dont always works, i mean phone will shutt down but dont turn on. my phone stopped turning on during SONY logo or when on display was triangle with tools. everyime my phone won't turn on i did a flash stock rom and everything was okay. yesterday i installen the same rom but v2,9 and after discharging my battery phone won't turn on. no response for flash mode or fastboot mode. sometimes when i start charging my phone is displaying SONY logo and shut down or sometimes triangle with tools. what can i do?
i'm sorry for my mistakes. i'm not perfect polyglot.
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Ok, first let the phone plugged into the wall outlet, not through usb. Let it charge at least 48 hours. After that, flash again the ROM. You should have enough battery for the flashing to go through without any problems.
P.S. While the phone is charging do not press any buttons. Do not try to power it on, just let it be.
skywalkerdroid said:
Ok, first let the phone plugged into the wall outlet, not through usb. Let it charge at least 48 hours. After that, flash again the ROM. You should have enough battery for the flashing to go through without any problems.
P.S. While the phone is charging do not press any buttons. Do not try to power it on, just let it be.
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ok, i will try it. my phone was charging 24 hours and still no response but during charging i was pressing buttons etc.
Try to hold power button + vol up, then wait for 3 vibration or you can check here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38567003
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try this topic, it works for me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849170
Mr. Khan said:
Try to hold power button + vol up, then wait for 3 vibration or you can check here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38567003
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hernanrod said:
try this topic, it works for me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849170
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very helpful links. thank you!
I was able to flash my device. Flashing finished succeed but phone still won't to turn on :/
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device had too low energy to turn on. now everything is ok. this is quote which helped me:
~ If you get bootloops, try to flash between loops. As soon as you notice loop, hold volume down and plug the phone into PC with FlashTool ready. Once the loop starts you have very little time to flash, before the loops drain the battery. If you can not flash, the battery will have to die and phone reset. Then start over with red led.
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Galaxy S4 - Lost power during a flash ... phone is a mess now

I was trying to flash back to stock via Odin. All was going fine, until my phone shut OFF in the middle of the flash.
I forgot to check battery level, so my bad... The issue now is I can not do anything. When I power on the phone
it gives me that short vibration for a second then nothing.
The screen NEVER comes on, no light in the LED circle, nothing !!! So I can not go into TWRP or stock recovery.
Is there any thing I could try that I am not aware of ???
Thank you for any idea's
Have you put the phone on a charger for a few hours?
audit13 said:
Have you put the phone on a charger for a few hours?
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Mmmm did not think of that. I will try now and report back ...
Thanks !!

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