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S3 won't boot, load CWM, go into download mode...

Alright, so I have an i-747 (AT&T GS3) running AOKP Jellybean (8.28 build) with the KT747 kernel. I just tried to install Chainfire 3D using the automated installer, and when the phone rebooted, it stuck at the Samsung Galaxy S3 logo until I pulled battery. So I tried rebooting into CWM - same problem. And again with download mode. Even after pulling the battery for a good 5 minutes, nothing works. Am I bricked, or is there some fix for this?

If you can get into CWM your not bricked. If you haven't backed up your phone there is a good chance you will have to start fresh. Its always a wise decision to do a nandroid backup via cwm before doing anything major. Including installing chainfire.
Have you tried wipe/factory reset in CWM?
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g2tegg said:
If you can get into CWM your not bricked. If you haven't backed up your phone there is a good chance you will have to start fresh. Its always a wise decision to do a nandroid backup via cwm before doing anything major. Including installing chainfire.
Have you tried wipe/factory reset in CWM?
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Yeah, I made a nandroid just this afternoon, but I can't actually boot into CWM at all. As in, I turn on the phone (power+home+volume up), it gets to the Galaxy S3 logo and just hangs there. If I could get into CWM (or download mode) this would be about a 10 minute fix, but I'm kind of out of luck here.

Huh. After another battery pull, it let me boot into download mode. I'm gonna try to reflash to stock and hope for the best.

HELP I have the same issue
Hey, Im stuck in the same situation and was wondering if you were able to get it into CWM mode?
MrPhantom31 said:
Huh. After another battery pull, it let me boot into download mode. I'm gonna try to reflash to stock and hope for the best.
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Hi, sorry to say but sounds like its bricked
Thanks

MrPhantom31 said:
Huh. After another battery pull, it let me boot into download mode. I'm gonna try to reflash to stock and hope for the best.
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I doubt it's bricked if he got it into download mode. I'm sure he's flashed it and even got his wallpaper back up by now. Please let us know of you've managed to solve this or not MrPhantom.
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Curious?
I know its technically "Solved" but does anyone have any idea why this is happening? I have a Verizon GS3 and it's happening to me. I try to boot and it vibrates once and doesn't turn on. Recovery does the same thing. But going into Download mode works. Odin back to stock as we speak but I'm just curious what went wrong. I just did a clean install of a rom, set it all up (working at the time), set it down for the night and woke up to it like this.

rrrs444230 said:
Hey, Im stuck in the same situation and was wondering if you were able to get it into CWM mode?
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Same thing happned to me but your not bricked. You can get into bolth download and boot mode easy
Here is how you do it.
RECOVERY MODE
Unplug the USB cable.
Shut down the phone.
Hold down the 'HOME' + 'VOLUME UP' buttons and press the 'POWER' button for about 5 seconds to enter Recovery Mode.
[edit]Download Mode
Save that somewhere. Make sure do it right. I got stuck also and thought I couldn't get into recovery but I had to do it right (it hit recovery mode first try) I have learned that most people do it slightly wrong. Make sure follow directions
Download mode
Unplug the USB cable.
Shut down the phone.
Hold down the 'HOME' + 'VOLUME DOWN' buttons and press the 'POWER' button for about 2 seconds until a WARNING! Screen appears. Press the 'VOLUME UP' button to enter Download Mode.
To get out of Download Mode, simply press and hold the power button until the phone restarts
if helps hit thanks.
Just save that to a text file somewhere
I have also soft bricked when I deleted my rom once on accident. I dunno how I did it but I would get stuck at the TWRP screen. It wouldn't go to download or anything however when I plugged it into odin it saw it .... I even had a soft brick when screen went black from a bad boot animation and same thing.. and I had one bad soft brick where it took about 100 trys to get it into download mode (black screen) but odin detected it. I spent like 4 hours working on it.
I think
1. People don't follow directions correct (they do it a little wrong) which is enough if your phones messed up for it not to work.
when your phones normal it can get into recovery or download easy but when its sick you got to do it perfect.
2. I think something wrong with the phones (my s2 never had any issues in 2 years of owning it) S3 has tons of issues from usb, to bluetooth, to these soft bricks I have had)
3. Roms play a big part
4. I also think the way storage works in this new phone causes lots issues I dunno why just what I think
anyway Like I said now when I have a isssue I open text and read it and make sure I do it right and 95 percent of the time it was my fault I wasn't doing it right. K just my thoughts

when i try this on my verzion s3 it wont load back into the CWM after installed to finish rooting. it just goes back into the android system recovery. tried it about 10 times and nothing different

phatchef1 said:
when i try this on my verzion s3 it wont load back into the CWM after installed to finish rooting. it just goes back into the android system recovery. tried it about 10 times and nothing different
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That's most likely cause you're not in the right section..: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1708

[Q] stuck in safe mode

I have sprint Galaxy s3 with jelly bean rooted. On new years eve I installed a 3rd party app from the market to see if I could get a hot spot. don't even remember the name of the app. I ran it and it locked my phone up. I pulled the battery and when it rebooted it was in safe mode. In safe mode I uninstalled the program but it did not help me at all. Any time I reboot it goes right to safe mode. I have tried several times to get to download mode and recovery mode and have not been able to reach either. The phone works fine in safe mode I could even do a factory reset and with no problem the phone resets and goes right back to safe mode when it boots up to the new factory set up. No 3rd party apps are seen and no download mode or recovery mode can be obtained in the usual ways we use to boot to them. I am stumped any ideas from anyone.

Try use kies!

Hi. You can try this method.
1- get or make a usb jig
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2- turn off your s2. Pull the batt out for 10 sec and press on button w/out inserting the batt.
After doing that, try to boot into download mode. Sometimes yhe phone need some rest,juat pull out the batt for 5-10min and retry. I suggest that you try to enter recovery mode before heading to download mode..
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BlackCl0udMY said:
Hi. You can try this method.
1- get or make a usb jig
0r
2- turn off your s2. Pull the batt out for 10 sec and press on button w/out inserting the batt.
After doing that, try to boot into download mode. Sometimes yhe phone need some rest,juat pull out the batt for 5-10min and retry. I suggest that you try to enter recovery mode before heading to download mode..
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That could be the problem.. "turn off your s2" He may fix that one.. But the S3 will still be broke :laugh:

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BlackCl0udMY said:
Hi. You can try this method.
1- get or make a usb jig
0r
2- turn off your s2. Pull the batt out for 10 sec and press on button w/out inserting the batt.
After doing that, try to boot into download mode. Sometimes yhe phone need some rest,juat pull out the batt for 5-10min and retry. I suggest that you try to enter recovery mode before heading to download mode..
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it always gets as far as the warning screen when going to download mode. when pressing volume up or down nothing happens. I have to long press start key or pull battery to get it out of the warning screen

patrick6465 said:
it always gets as far as the warning screen when going to download mode. when pressing volume up or down nothing happens. I have to long press start key or pull battery to get it out of the warning screen
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Strange. I haven't seen any do this before.. So it'll stick at the download totally? Hmm.. can you get to recovery now?

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milky1112 said:
Strange. I haven't seen any do this before.. So it'll stick at the download totally? Hmm.. can you get to recovery now?
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no not at all

patrick6465 said:
no not at all
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Yeah, i'm at a loss, was gonna say if you can get into DL mode, then could odin to sock. I'm not sure of any other way to get around it and force that puppy to boot back into normal land.
Try this.. Power off phone... Restart, once you see Samsung logo, Press the Menu capacitive button repeatedly. (read this is how to get into safemode) maybe it'll work to reboot you OUT of safe mode. (Note i'm just searching the web to see if i can find anything) And i did pull that for a i9300 International, but it may work for this one as well.. (just a shot)
Seen another with similar issue, Pull SD and battery for 10 min.. When rebooted, went back to normal. Again these are all shots in the dark..

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milky1112 said:
Yeah, i'm at a loss, was gonna say if you can get into DL mode, then could odin to sock. I'm not sure of any other way to get around it and force that puppy to boot back into normal land.
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Ya this is strange i've been searching all day on different forums and google and haven't seen any other posts with the same issue.

patrick6465 said:
Ya this is strange i've been searching all day on different forums and google and haven't seen any other posts with the same issue.
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I found a few. Try those methods I posted. lemme know if they work.

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milky1112 said:
Yeah, i'm at a loss, was gonna say if you can get into DL mode, then could odin to sock. I'm not sure of any other way to get around it and force that puppy to boot back into normal land.
Try this.. Power off phone... Restart, once you see Samsung logo, Press the Menu capacitive button repeatedly. (read this is how to get into safemode) maybe it'll work to reboot you OUT of safe mode. (Note i'm just searching the web to see if i can find anything) And i did pull that for a i9300 International, but it may work for this one as well.. (just a shot)
Seen another with similar issue, Pull SD and battery for 10 min.. When rebooted, went back to normal. Again these are all shots in the dark..
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no go with this one either

patrick6465 said:
no go with this one either
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May be time for a visit to your neighborhood Sprint store! Thats the only methods i found that might work.. Just searched for S3 stuck in safe mode.

patrick6465 said:
I have sprint Galaxy s3 with jelly bean rooted. On new years eve I installed a 3rd party app from the market to see if I could get a hot spot. don't even remember the name of the app. I ran it and it locked my phone up. I pulled the battery and when it rebooted it was in safe mode. In safe mode I uninstalled the program but it did not help me at all. Any time I reboot it goes right to safe mode. I have tried several times to get to download mode and recovery mode and have not been able to reach either. The phone works fine in safe mode I could even do a factory reset and with no problem the phone resets and goes right back to safe mode when it boots up to the new factory set up. No 3rd party apps are seen and no download mode or recovery mode can be obtained in the usual ways we use to boot to them. I am stumped any ideas from anyone.
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You have the root, why not use it instead of sudo-randomly smashing keys *Grin* ? If you don't have a Terminal app install one of those, su to root (answer to allow root when Superuser/SuperSu asks you) then run "reboot recovery". When/If recovery comes up wipe Cache, Dalvik-Cache, fix permissions and so forth, then try to restart into the system and see if "Safe Mode" crap persist.
I had my phone come up in Safe Mode one time, can't remember what I played with to even trigger it though. If this doesn't work, you can use something like Rom Toolbox Pro, or another fun tool to wipe the caches while the phone is up in Safe Mode.
Happy Flashing,
sponix

sponix2ipfw said:
You have the root, why not use it instead of sudo-randomly smashing keys *Grin* ? If you don't have a Terminal app install one of those, su to root (answer to allow root when Superuser/SuperSu asks you) then run "reboot recovery". When/If recovery comes up wipe Cache, Dalvik-Cache, fix permissions and so forth, then try to restart into the system and see if "Safe Mode" crap persist.
I had my phone come up in Safe Mode one time, can't remember what I played with to even trigger it though. If this doesn't work, you can use something like Rom Toolbox Pro, or another fun tool to wipe the caches while the phone is up in Safe Mode.
Happy Flashing,
sponix
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"No 3rd party apps are seen" Wouldn't Terminal be apart of this one? If so then he couldn't get into it. Just my guess. and those methods i posted were from others with same issue. Def worth a try. Never heard of Safe Mode on these till now Lol..

Are u sure none of your keys are stuck? Mine would do that if my case was holding in one of the keys IE volume key or power button

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fedge1234 said:
Are u sure none of your keys are stuck? Mine would do that if my case was holding in one of the keys IE volume key or power button
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That is the one thing that has me questioning. The volume button seems to move freely however; I have tried volume button when booted up in safe mode and the volume down does not move. the volume up moved the volume control up. although when pressing vol. down when trying to go do download mode it boots to download warning screen. unless it is stuck on internally. I don't know, cause the button moves freely.

Mine was in safe mode once. All I did is reboot it and mine went away.
Galaxy S3- Cyanogenmod 10!
Nexus Style!

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xxXismakillXxx said:
Try use kies!
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Thanks this d root is no longerdid help me make my decision . I am taking the phone to sprint store. by downloading and using keys it seems that the software does not cause my problem. I hooked up to kies and did a complete firmware upgrade. Although there is no upgrade it still reloaded jellybean. It did a complete restore though and root is no longer present. Super user is gone. But I still have the same safe mode issues. I am guessing that this is a hardware problem probably the volume key. I feel ok with taking it to sprint since root is gone. who knows maybe i'll get a new one. Thanks to all who helped I surely appreciate it.
Patrick

Did u reset flash counter before unroot?

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fedge1234 said:
Did u reset flash counter before unroot?
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no not sure how to do that or if I would have been able too because of safe mode limitations.

PLEASE help me!!!!!!

Hi guys hope someone can please help me.... I was trying to return my Canadian Rogers Galaxy S3 back to stock firmware using Mobile Odin and following this youtube video, and now Im stuck in a recovery boot loop..... I followed the procedure step by step, same as the video uploader and now it just loops.... it shows the mobile odin image says wiping dalvik cache, goes black, vibrates, goes into recovery shows mobile odin image and repeats itself..... Ive taken the battery out and put it in and it just does the same thing...... am i screwed or what? Im not very impressed right now cuz im gonna be out $500 if I cant fix this..... can someone please help me?? PLEASE??? Thank you in advance guys and have a great day!
Jeff

djnavig8tor said:
Hi guys hope someone can please help me.... I was trying to return my Canadian Rogers Galaxy S3 back to stock firmware using Mobile Odin and following this youtube video, and now Im stuck in a recovery boot loop..... I followed the procedure step by step, same as the video uploader and now it just loops.... it shows the mobile odin image says wiping dalvik cache, goes black, vibrates, goes into recovery shows mobile odin image and repeats itself..... Ive taken the battery out and put it in and it just does the same thing...... am i screwed or what? Im not very impressed right now cuz im gonna be out $500 if I cant fix this..... can someone please help me?? PLEASE??? Thank you in advance guys and have a great day!
Jeff
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Pull the battery. Reboot into stock recovery. Factory reset and reboot. You'll be fine. Happens all the time.
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KorGuy123 said:
Pull the battery. Reboot into stock recovery. Factory reset and reboot. You'll be fine. Happens all the time.
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Volume up + power + home if you didn't know. Sorry should have specified. Some people don't know.
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when I pull the battery and put it back in.... i power it up and the loop automatically starts back up again.... cant get into recovery mode, download mode.... NOTHING.... none of the buttons work... nothing happens when I plug it into the computer, charger NOTHING.... just loops over and over.....pulling the battery does nothing.

This is the video I followed
http://youtu.be/djcq5Wgf9zo

djnavig8tor said:
when I pull the battery and put it back in.... i power it up and the loop automatically starts back up again.... cant get into recovery mode, download mode.... NOTHING.... none of the buttons work... nothing happens when I plug it into the computer, charger NOTHING.... just loops over and over.....pulling the battery does nothing.
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Ok take a breather, stress makes this seem like a catastrophe.
Pull the battery. Put in the battery. It won't turn on after a battery pull until you turn it on, which is why it's recommended. Press and hold volume up + power and home at the same time when you feel the first rumble and see the Samsung logo let go of power and keep holding the other two buttons.
Its literally all about timing. Might take two or three tries.
Trust me there is no damage from a boot loop. I flashed back to stock this morning and had to do the same thing I'm explaining right now. Took me 3 tries and I've done this a hell of a lot of times.
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djnavig8tor said:
when I pull the battery and put it back in.... i power it up and the loop automatically starts back up again.... cant get into recovery mode, download mode.... NOTHING.... none of the buttons work... nothing happens when I plug it into the computer, charger NOTHING.... just loops over and over.....pulling the battery does nothing.
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Pull the battery. Replace. Immediately press Vol up + home + power in that order. Do not just press the power button first nor just by itself. Release just the power button as soon you get a vibrate

Different guy having the same problem with the same solution we are suggesting. Just timing.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31549817
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Hey guys thanks for the help.... ive flashed about 10 roms in the last 2 weeks and ive booted into recovery about 2100 times... and im telling you there is no way it will go into recovery mode no matter what order i press the buttons or how I press them.... it just goes into the loop again....

Only other option is to Odin back to stock and start over

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Only other option is to Odin back to stock and start over
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He can't get into download mode. You have a jig?

Thats exactly what im trying to do..... GET BACK TO STOCK!!! But i cant get into recovery to flash and unroot back to stock.... can you pretell how | use odin and go back to start when i cant do anything with the phone at all.

It will go into recovery...

Quasimodem said:
It will go into recovery...
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then please tell me how.... and remember, its not just normal recovery loop.... Odin is actually flashing back to stock firmware and it is stuck in ODIN and it says "wiping Dalvik cache" ....so its not like its been already flashed back to stock and its just in boot loop.... Odin hasnt finished flashing it and its looping while still in Odin.....and as i said before...no matter what order i press the buttons or when i press them... it wont go intop recovery mode.... unless you know a different way... this will not work.

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then please tell me how.... and remember, its not just normal recovery loop.... Odin is actually flashing back to stock firmware and it is stuck in ODIN and it says "wiping Dalvik cache" ....so its not like its been already flashed back to stock and its just in boot loop.... Odin hasnt finished flashing it and its looping while still in Odin.....and as i said before...no matter what order i press the buttons or when i press them... it wont go intop recovery mode.... unless you know a different way... this will not work.
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Just do this:
Hook up the phone without a battery... While holding only Home and Vol-Down insert the battery and continue to hold them... The USB will force it into Download mode while holding them and putting in the battery... Flash it with Odin...

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then please tell me how.... and remember, its not just normal recovery loop.... Odin is actually flashing back to stock firmware and it is stuck in ODIN and it says "wiping Dalvik cache" ....so its not like its been already flashed back to stock and its just in boot loop.... Odin hasnt finished flashing it and its looping while still in Odin.....and as i said before...no matter what order i press the buttons or when i press them... it wont go intop recovery mode.... unless you know a different way... this will not work.
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You need to be in download mode to use odin, not recovery mode
Vol down instead of Vol up in button combo

Quasimodem said:
Just do this:
Hook up the phone without a battery... While holding only Home and Vol-Down insert the battery and continue to hold them... The USB will force it into Download mode while holding them and putting in the battery... Flash it with Odin...
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Thank you so much.... that worked... so now im in download mode and i already have Odin installed on my computer. Without sounding like a total newb and idiot, can you please walk me through what to do next as im using my inlaws computer and i have to leave soon and i dont have a computer at home or wifi there so im stuck till tomorrow if i dont fix this here within the next half hour. Thank you so much again... you have no idea how grateful i am to you right now. If this helps im in canada using rogers/fido SGH-1747m and I was using Liquidsmooth at&t before this happened.

I dont care what direction this goes, whether its back tostock or rooted.... i just need my phone to work before i leave here. thanks bro.

djnavig8tor said:
Thank you so much.... that worked... so now im in download mode and i already have Odin installed on my computer. Without sounding like a total newb and idiot, can you please walk me through what to do next as im using my inlaws computer and i have to leave soon and i dont have a computer at home or wifi there so im stuck till tomorrow if i dont fix this here within the next half hour. Thank you so much again... you have no idea how grateful i am to you right now. If this helps im in canada using rogers/fido SGH-1747m and I was using Liquidsmooth at&t before this happened.
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Get ODIN here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1722686
The drivers here:
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SGH-I747MBAATT
A stock ROM for Rogers, Fido, whatever it was here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968625
Put the .tar in the PDA slot, only auto-reboot checked, hit Start, when it's done it will be stuck at Samsung until you go into recovery and factory reset and wipe cache...

Stuck in download.

When I turn my phone on, goes straight to downloading mode.
I was currently running jellybomb, plugged the phone in via usb. I transferred Illusion rom to my external SD card. Held the power button, pressed reboot into recovery. Phone restarted and went directly into download mode.
Even when I pull the battery, whether I do vol up home pwr or normal phone turn on it goes directly to downloading mode.
I see the Galaxy Note 2 logo for a split second.
Not sure what the heck happened but I'm freaking the heck out. I hope someone can help me and give me good news?

Let it go to download and flash a stock rom maybe? Not sure why its doing it. Soounds like system and recovery were wiped. Giving it no where to load into. As long as you have download you should be fine. Just find a one click. Flash it from your computer. Then try recovery. Or you can just odin the twrp recovery and not odin the rom. Then try booting into recovery. Either way goodluck. One clicks can be found in the development forums. Twrp can be found at goo.im
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I have this problem often. In fact since I cant odin my phone anywhere but home I dont flash roms at all. The only saving grace is no new tw roms getting released lately. I thought it was recovery dependent but it happens on both types for me.
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SGH-I747 Won't Boot After 4.3 Update

I've been looking on multiple other threads for the last few days now but haven't found a fix. I updated my S3 from 4.1.2 to 4.3 through the phone(AT&T recommended update) and it worked for 4 days but was very glitchy. Then it shut off one day with 50% battery and wouldn't turn back on. I tried pulling the battery and turning it on but it would generally fail after it reached the galaxy s3 logo. Can't stay in download mode or recovery mode without it crashing. I sometimes I found that if I leave the battery out for an over 4-5 hours, it can get it to boot and reach my home screen but it soon crashes. Any help would be greatly appreciated since I have been without a phone for about a week. Thank you.

Can you do a factory reset in recovery mode? Not sure if you phone will stay on long enough.

audit13 said:
Can you do a factory reset in recovery mode? Not sure if you phone will stay on long enough.
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Unfortunately no, the phone doesn't stay on long enough. And I've tried with and without the phone plugged into a charger or my computer but neither really help.

Any warranty left on your phone? If not, you could try flashing a custom recovery in Odin if the phone will stay in download mode, then wipe data, cache from the custom recovery.

audit13 said:
Any warranty left on your phone? If not, you could try flashing a custom recovery in Odin if the phone will stay in download mode, then wipe data, cache from the custom recovery.
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No I'm pretty sure the warranty is ended since I've had the phone for about a year and 3 months and don't have any insurance through AT&T. How would I go about flashing a custom recovery? Is there a link to a tutorial you could refer me to? Just in case I could get the phone to stay in download mode long enough. Thanks for all your help by the way. I really appreciate it.

Okay. Download the tar version of Philz Touch Recovery from here: http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2att
Install it using Odin by selecting pda and browsing to where you saved the CWM file. Flash it, go into recovery, and wipe.
Good luck. Let me know how it goes.

audit13 said:
Okay. Download the tar version of Philz Touch Recovery from here: url
Install it using Odin by selecting pda and browsing to where you saved the CWM file. Flash it, go into recovery, and wipe.
Good luck. Let me know how it goes.
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The flash worked and now my phone is staying in recovery. It got into recovery mode and did a factory reset. Now I started up and I started setting up my phone (wifi, google account..) but it crashed multiple times during that setup time. I haven't reached the home screen yet. Occasionally it will boot loop once or twice before reaching the setup again......
So I finally got to the home screen and it crashed (after about 7-8 crashes and reboots). Could it be 4.3 or maybe a hardware problem?

Could be either but let's assume it is an OS issue. Did you flash a custom rom?

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Could be either but let's assume it is an OS issue. Did you flash a custom rom?
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No I didn't, I don't know of one that I should flash? Recommendations?
Also, my phone was just on for about 8 minutes and was working. I noticed that my power/lock button was extremely touchy and i would barely have to touch(not press it) to lock it. If I press it (like I use to to lock it, it pulls up the power off/options and if I don't do anything about it, it will shut off and restart(boot loop) until i pull the battery and turn it on myself. So I think it might be a problem with the power button being too touchy that it just turns off. Do you know if there is a way to disable the power button?

I run Cyanfox on my brother's S3 and it's pretty stable: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2480007
Yes, the power button could be causing the problem. Sounds like the power connection and/or board may be defective.

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I run Cyanfox on my brother's S3 and it's pretty stable:url
Yes, the power button could be causing the problem. Sounds like the power connection and/or board may be defective.
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Alright I will try to see if I can get that to work. Now the phone is rarely making it to the home screen and if it does, it only stays for at most a minute. Generally it's back to it only getting to the initial Samsung logo.

Is this with the stock ROM?

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Is this with the stock ROM?
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Yeah it is. All stock.The only change that I made recently was the firmware update to 4.3.

Okay, definitely try Cyanfox to see what happens.

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Okay, definitely try Cyanfox to see what happens.
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Okay, I'm reading instructions and it says the one of the prerequisites is to have the phone rooted. Is that really the case?

No need to be rooted. You can just flash it in recovery.

audit13 said:
No need to be rooted. You can just flash it in recovery.
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Alright well it worked right off the bat for about 15 minutes and then crashed. Now it is doing the same sort of thing it was before. It will rarely make it to the home screen but typically just crashes before it gets there. It will crash and then only sometimes turn on when I press the power button. Other times I have to pull the battery and occasionally it will boot loop once or twice.

I think the power button is now the issue.