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[Q] I think I bricked my phone :( HELP PLEASE!

Hello,
I think I bricked My Galaxy S3.
What happened was I flashed a kernel through CWM and now the boot up stops on a black screen after the logo. I can get into download mode though. I am also on a Mac so I do have heimdall.
Can somebody PLEASE help me find the proper solution to all of this?
I know, I'm such a noob.

phamu said:
Hello,
I think I bricked My Galaxy S3.
What happened was I flashed a kernel through CWM and now the boot up stops on a black screen after the logo. I can get into download mode though. I am also on a Mac so I do have heimdall.
Can somebody PLEASE help me find the proper solution to all of this?
I know, I'm such a noob.
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Just flash d stock rom of ur country thru download mode
HiT ThE ThnX BuTTon If I Help U

What he said, get into Download mode, flash it with a stock .tar through Odin. Then reset all settings through CWM(dalvik, wipe cache, data/factory reset).

Why not just boot into recovery and wipe and flash a rom he wants?
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium

I can't get into Recovery Mode. Download mode is the only one I can get into.
mt3g said:
Why not just boot into recovery and wipe and flash a rom he wants?
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
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Also, I tried both a custom ROM and a stock ROM in Heimdall and got error messages.
STOCK ROM: firmware.xml is missing from the package
CUSTOM ROM: tar header contained an invalid file size.
Please help me, thank you so much in advance.

phamu said:
I can't get into Recovery Mode. Download mode is the only one I can get into.
Also, I tried both a custom ROM and a stock ROM in Heimdall and got error messages.
STOCK ROM: firmware.xml is missing from the package
CUSTOM ROM: tar header contained an invalid file size.
Please help me, thank you so much in advance.
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Y dont u flash cwm from download mode and gden go to cwm and factory reset
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Bhavik Jain said:
Y dont u flash cwm from download mode and gden go to cwm and factory reset
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I'm trying to flash CWM but I'm getting "tar header contained an invalid file size".
I am using the latest heimdall for mac. So frustrated!!

Y dont u download the cwm file again
Or go 2 ssc and claim ur warranty just say my fone is not starting
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And it might not work to flash a custom or stock ROM without clearing the cache/dalvik cache 1st. At least that's what happened to me. What I eventually found to work was to flash the stock recovery and boot into that (same procedure as booting into CWM). You will be able to clear cache from here and then flash stock ROM.

behappy said:
And it might not work to flash a custom or stock ROM without clearing the cache/dalvik cache 1st. At least that's what happened to me. What I eventually found to work was to flash the stock recovery and boot into that (same procedure as booting into CWM). You will be able to clear cache from here and then flash stock ROM.
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But how do I do this without Recovery mode? I can't access Recovery Mode, only Download Mode.

phamu said:
But how do I do this without Recovery mode? I can't access Recovery Mode, only Download Mode.
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You do this by downloading the stock recovery and flashing it through ODIN/Download mode.

behappy said:
You do this by downloading the stock recovery and flashing it through ODIN/Download mode.
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Unfortunately I have a mac, and I get error messages trying to load up the packages in Heimdall.
STOCK ROM: firmware.xml is missing from the package
CUSTOM ROM: tar header contained an invalid file size.
Any idea how this is solved? Thank you so much for your attempt, friend!

phamu said:
Unfortunately I have a mac, and I get error messages trying to load up the packages in Heimdall.
STOCK ROM: firmware.xml is missing from the package
CUSTOM ROM: tar header contained an invalid file size.
Any idea how this is solved? Thank you so much for your attempt, friend!
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Hmmm... Not familiar with the Mac situation. You have a friend/place you can go to use a PC?

You will not be able to do this on a MAC. You will need a PC. ODIN does not run in MAC.
PM Me is you need help and have access to a PC. I pulled mine out of a reboot loop yesterday and it was pretty simple. You just need a quality TAR file and ODIN. Then run a reset on all.

samson_420 said:
You will not be able to do this on a MAC. You will need a PC. ODIN does not run in MAC.
PM Me is you need help and have access to a PC. I pulled mine out of a reboot loop yesterday and it was pretty simple. You just need a quality TAR file and ODIN. Then run a reset on all.
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Darn, I don't have access to a PC. Why does heimdall trip out like this?

phamu said:
Darn, I don't have access to a PC. Why does heimdall trip out like this?
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Go to a public library, university, hotel business lounge. Be resourceful, as you can definitely find a PC close at hand.

I have lost my recovery!

After all the problems i had with my Wifi using ics (arco) i decided to downgrade to stock rom but with the new baseband hoping to solve the prblm. I downgraded according to "the-e"'s guide using ODIN but, i didnt flash stock recovery because i thought i would still have CWM recovery.
Now that i want to root, the "Box" comes up when i reboot but it just restarts and doesnt enter recovery mode~ i have no recovery. I tried using ODIN again, but it cant find my phone, it says "please connect phones". Even kies says my phone is incompatible!!?
What do i do?

sevenmad said:
After all the problems i had with my Wifi using ics (arco) i decided to downgrade to stock rom but with the new baseband hoping to solve the prblm. I downgraded according to "the-e"'s guide using ODIN but, i didnt flash stock recovery because i thought i would still have CWM recovery.
Now that i want to root, the "Box" comes up when i reboot but it just restarts and doesnt enter recovery mode~ i have no recovery. I tried using ODIN again, but it cant find my phone, it says "please connect phones". Even kies says my phone is incompatible!!?
What do i do?
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When using odin you have to put your phone into download mode and then plug it into the pc while opening odin. Do you did that?
Sent from my GT-I8150 Indroid remICS v5.1

reddvilzz said:
When using odin you have to put your phone into download mode and then plug it into the pc while opening odin. Do you did that?
Sent from my GT-I8150 Indroid remICS v5.1
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I cant enter download mode?! The page comes where i have to press the volume up button but that doesnt bring any reaction. neither does volume down (which is supposed to restart the phone).

download mode is volume down+home dude
maybe reflashing from odin could work?

If not mistaken, we will lost CWM and it may go back to stock recovery if we flash a stock ROM, by the way did you manage to enter into stock recovery?
If yea just download the Zip-file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1317394 to get root
Some guides related to CWM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1867870 & http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1924846
Hope it helps
Good luck

MyDeSTiNaTe said:
If not mistaken, we will lost CWM and it may go back to stock recovery if we flash a stock ROM, by the way did you manage to enter into stock recovery?
If yea just download the Zip-file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1317394 to get root
Some guides related to CWM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1867870 & http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1924846
Hope it helps
Good luck
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Yeah i managed to get into stock recovery, but download mode isnt getting through.

hadidjapri said:
download mode is volume down+home dude
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thats odd! Rebooting directly from ics to download mode didnt get through but what you said worked. Thankyou very much

try this link >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G5sHPPnins

Note 2 GT-N7105 LTE Singapore version unable to boot in Recovery Mode.

Hey,
My Note 2 GT-N7105 LTE Singapore version unable to boot in Recovery Mode.
History: I tried to use a lot recovery mode file with odin in downloading mode. But in the end it unable to boot up and boot into recovery mode.
I install MIUI Rom as previously, and I try to restore back to official rom and it cause the issue happen.
Right now I can only boot into Downloading Mode. Recovery Mode & normal boot up is fail.
Please help!!!!!

matthew90510 said:
Hey,
My Note 2 GT-N7105 LTE Singapore version unable to boot in Recovery Mode.
History: I tried to use a lot recovery mode file with odin in downloading mode. But in the end it unable to boot up and boot into recovery mode.
I install MIUI Rom as previously, and I try to restore back to official rom and it cause the issue happen.
Right now I can only boot into Downloading Mode. Recovery Mode & normal boot up is fail.
Please help!!!!!
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A fresh flash from a stock ROM may be the only solution for now. Have you try that yet?

OngL said:
A fresh flash from a stock ROM may be the only solution for now. Have you try that yet?
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What is the meaning of stock ROM ?
Any guide or download link?
Thank you

matthew90510 said:
Hey,
My Note 2 GT-N7105 LTE Singapore version unable to boot in Recovery Mode.
History: I tried to use a lot recovery mode file with odin in downloading mode. But in the end it unable to boot up and boot into recovery mode.
I install MIUI Rom as previously, and I try to restore back to official rom and it cause the issue happen.
Right now I can only boot into Downloading Mode. Recovery Mode & normal boot up is fail.
Please help!!!!!
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Hello Matthew, I have a Singapore GT-N7105 too! *High-five* as the previous post said, you can only flash stock ROM to save you.
1) download this file. It's gonna take a long time. http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=12428
2) flash that file through ODIN.
3) reboot.
Should work.
N7105 rocking AOSB with AGNi kernel,
Sent from a small country named Singapore.
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Hard bricekd my phone?

Did I hard bricked my phone and is it possible to fix it?
I can go into download mode but I cant go in recovery mode.

Can you give the model and rom?
Notsi said:
Did I hard bricked my phone and is it possible to fix it?
I can go into download mode but I cant go in recovery mode.
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Hi, can you give the model and the rom version? There is a way using odin but you have to find the right file to do it?

Notsi said:
Did I hard bricked my phone and is it possible to fix it?
I can go into download mode but I cant go in recovery mode.
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its very hard to brick gio, i know smh about it just put another rom on sdcard if you can go in recovery mode

Once u enter download mode, u can not access recovery. It's a fact bro!!
The screen above appears when u try to switch on the phone after having accessed download mode(without flashing any firmware):sly:.
Since u can access download mode indicates that ur device is NOT HARD BRICKED...the only solution to this problem is : Download & flash the official samsung firmware for ur device via Odin. & wipe data/cache thereafter.

If I try to flash a rom odin just crashes.

Try another firmware for GIO...preferably of ur country. from www.samfirmware.com

Thanks, I got this phone running again

Well...congrats then!!

Can't get on download mode

Guys is there any way to flash a stock rom than download mode? i can't get on download mode as my button isn't working and apps , cwm and etc i press reset on bootloader but it just does a normal reset -.-

GabrielCool1 said:
Guys is there any way to flash a stock rom than download mode? i can't get on download mode as my button isn't working and apps , cwm and etc i press reset on bootloader but it just does a normal reset -.-
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You may try using Philz Touch recovery to get into download mode!

Trilochanaaya said:
You may try using Philz Touch recovery to get into download mode!
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I can get to recovery but it does nothing to reboot on download mode (dammit cwm) , could you send me the philz recovery to test?

GabrielCool1 said:
I can get to recovery but it does nothing to reboot on download mode (dammit cwm) , could you send me the philz recovery to test?
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Use this