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AT&T Galaxy S3 won't boot past samsung logo even after flashing stock in Odin

I tried to flash to stock through odin mode and when it's rebooting it shows the Galaxy s3 logo, AT&T logo, and then it reaches the samsung logo and freezes. I'm thinking that the boot image is incorrect but I'm not sure. I tried to use the gs3 toolkit but every option in there requires USB debugging which I can't access since the phone wont boot. Help?
I also cannot find the CWM 5.8.4.7 recovery anywhere I can't restore my nandroid, it says "cannot restore /System" of the nandroid.
The only available CWM i have now is 5.5.X.X.

Nabbu said:
I tried to flash to stock through odin mode and when it's rebooting it shows the Galaxy s3 logo, AT&T logo, and then it reaches the samsung logo and freezes. I'm thinking that the boot image is incorrect but I'm not sure. I tried to use the gs3 toolkit but every option in there requires USB debugging which I can't access since the phone wont boot. Help?
I also cannot find the CWM 5.8.4.7 recovery anywhere I can't restore my nandroid, it says "cannot restore /System" of the nandroid.
The only available CWM i have now is 5.5.X.X.
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I kept trying to flash the stock ROM and it finally worked so disregard this thread or delete it please.
For anyone's information this all happened after I flashed the Ultimatum ROM while I was on CM9 nightly.
The ultimatum rom flashed successfully and i rebooted it and then...nothing, it was a black screen.
I still had access to the custom recovery and odin mode but even after restoring a nandroid it wouldn't boot.
I don't know why it did this but my stress is your knowledge.
Thanks!

In the future, just boot into the factory recovery after flashing in Odin and do a factory reset.
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I'm having this same problem, stuck at the Samsung logo. This all happened when I was trying to restore to my backup after trying out a JB Rom, but it gave me an error when restoring system. I then tried to flash back to stock using Odin and here I am. Also I am trying to get to recovery but holding the 3 buttons isn't doing anything. Can anyone help me out?
nvm got it all fixed thank god

For anybody who flashes back to stock from ANY non stock rom. You must boot into recovery after the flash is done and clear your cache else you will get stuck at the Samsung logo
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I am also having a problem after trying to root the phone with Odin3. Here is the error message that I receive:
tz.mbn
boot.img
recovery.img
system.img.ext4
_XmitData_Read
XmitData Fail
Complete (Write) operation failed.
All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
I tried it several times and rebooted my computer but it still does not work.
Any idea?

ive looked all over for an answer but cant find anything. i tried to root my att s3 with odin. odin gave the successful message and when i unplugged my phone it only shows me either a samsung logo for a second or a drained battery. it cant be drained as i charged it to full before i started and it only took a few minutes. please help

Action Bob said:
ive looked all over for an answer but cant find anything. i tried to root my att s3 with odin. odin gave the successful message and when i unplugged my phone it only shows me either a samsung logo for a second or a drained battery. it cant be drained as i charged it to full before i started and it only took a few minutes. please help
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Here is a quick fix... spent my 8 hours, so now I am officially PHD in stuck at boot fix. If solution work, kindly hit the thnx button:
This thread didnt help. However I was able to fix my phone. Since I was not able to boot the phone, I was not able to turn on USB debugging that many softwares inluding the link you have mentioned required. So this is what I did for the benefit of those who may face this in the future:
1. Booted into the download mode vol- + power+ home key
2. When in download mode, I installed clockwork recovrey for ATT Samsung S3 which can be found at many links. I cant paste her as I dont have the rights to post links yet. But the filename was CF-SGS3-CWM-v5.5-v1.0.tar. The file I downloaded had a .tar.md5 ext, I just deleted the.md5 extension so I was left with CF-SGS3-CWM-v5.5-v1.0.tar
3. Than I used Odin and selected the above file as PDA and left everything else at default
4. The phone rebooted but again was going to go into the unending samsung logo. So shutdown the phone.
5. Than I did vol+ + home + power key and THANKFULLY booted into recovery
6. Thereone it was simple, that is restore factory defaults, wipe cache, wipe delvik cache etc etc. and boom. I am back in my phone.
Thank god, almost had a mini stroke!!!
P.S. Had lost root upon reboot. Did many things but device would keep loosing root. I went to CWM recovery and selected "fix permissions" bang.. phone back to how I used to like it rooted and booted!

thank you magn2o
magn2o said:
In the future, just boot into the factory recovery after flashing in Odin and do a factory reset.
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omg thank you so much for that. purchased a rooted cynagenmod att s3. was not happy with it. so i flashed it back to stock rom with use of mobil odin. it was stuck on samsung screen while booting up. so i read and researched a bunch of threads. decided to download odin and another tar. samething happened. if i knew it was as easy as a factory reset it would have saved me some time. is there anyway to just post the fix earlier in the thread. or somehow make it come up as the first link when you perform a search? just asking for other people. just in case .thanks again xda. you guys always come through.

Ace_R1 said:
omg thank you so much for that. purchased a rooted cynagenmod att s3. was not happy with it. so i flashed it back to stock rom with use of mobil odin. it was stuck on samsung screen while booting up. so i read and researched a bunch of threads. decided to download odin and another tar. samething happened. if i knew it was as easy as a factory reset it would have saved me some time. is there anyway to just post the fix earlier in the thread. or somehow make it come up as the first link when you perform a search? just asking for other people. just in case .thanks again xda. you guys always come through.
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Not working for me.
I'm stuck at Samsung Logo.
Tried to do the factory reset in stock recovery that's loaded after ROM install with Odin, no go.
Installed CWM recovery and tried to do reset / wipe cache/ wiped davlik/ no go
Tried to re-download ROM and tried again, no go.
Tried to load TeamWin recovery and do the same thing no go.
Still stuck at Samsung logo -
Waited good 15 20 min and still stuck

I just had the same problem. Flashing Samsung logo...thought that I was screwed. I tried to keep calm throughout the whole thing...(kind of helped) and did this. After Odin failed a few times I decided to restart my computer. After that it had to reinstall the drivers for the phone, ran Odin again, succeeded. Phone booted normally after that. I would suggest keeping the default settings in Odin as it appears (AutoReboot, etc) and do it that way. So:
1) If fails, restart computer.
2)Run Odin with defaults
3)Let the magic work
4) Enjoy your working phone, or start with number one again.
Hope this helps!

mookie_33 said:
I just had the same problem. Flashing Samsung logo...thought that I was screwed. I tried to keep calm throughout the whole thing...(kind of helped) and did this. After Odin failed a few times I decided to restart my computer. After that it had to reinstall the drivers for the phone, ran Odin again, succeeded. Phone booted normally after that. I would suggest keeping the default settings in Odin as it appears (AutoReboot, etc) and do it that way. So:
1) If fails, restart computer.
2)Run Odin with defaults
3)Let the magic work
4) Enjoy your working phone, or start with number one again.
Hope this helps!
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PMing probably would have been more efficient. You've revived a 2 month old thread that the user probably is no longer monitoring.
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magn2o said:
In the future, just boot into the factory recovery after flashing in Odin and do a factory reset.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S III
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does anyone have the s3 stock rom link? my phone also hangs on the s3 boot screen.
Cheers any help would be great!

wheelswisk said:
does anyone have the s3 stock rom link? my phone also hangs on the s3 boot screen.
Cheers any help would be great!
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seriously? search the forum, dude. its in the android dev threads. cheers

need help
Tejh said:
For anybody who flashes back to stock from ANY non stock rom. You must boot into recovery after the flash is done and clear your cache else you will get stuck at the Samsung logo
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I will honestly buy you a beer if you can help. I have tried to get past the samsung logo for a while and am still unable to succeed. Please help.

charlielima43 said:
I will honestly buy you a beer if you can help. I have tried to get past the samsung logo for a while and am still unable to succeed. Please help.
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Pm me if you need help
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hcyplr29 said:
Pm me if you need help
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Still having problems getting past the samsung logo. Ive even tried to wipe the data and perform a factory reset but I am still getting stuck at the samsung logo. Any ideas?

charlielima43 said:
Still having problems getting past the samsung logo. Ive even tried to wipe the data and perform a factory reset but I am still getting stuck at the samsung logo. Any ideas?
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Did you also wipe cache and dalvik cache (in advanced settings)?

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xBeerdroiDx said:
Did you also wipe cache and dalvik cache (in advanced settings)?
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I wiped the cache, I cant find where the dalvik cache is located. the only things I can do are get to the download screen and the factory recovery. If the dalvik cache is in the factory recovery, then I havent been able to locate it.
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hcyplr29 said:
Pm me if you need help
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Yeah could you help me out? I tried wiping the data and cache but im still getting the samsung logo.

charlielima43 said:
Still having problems getting past the samsung logo. Ive even tried to wipe the data and perform a factory reset but I am still getting stuck at the samsung logo. Any ideas?
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I had this exact same situation when I tried to do a restore after i flashed cm 10. It failed on the system folder and the phone was no longer able to connect to computer. I just reflashed the cm10 and it came back to normal boot and would be able to be reverted back to stock threw Odin. If you flashed the stock firmware I'm surprised its not fixed . but I would just somehow flash a new ROM.
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Help! Phone keeps bootlooping!

So I just got my note 2 for christmas and my dad wanted me to unroot my S3 so he could sell it. I downloaded the stock ics firmware without root from Doc's thread but when I flashed it in Odin it got stuck in a boot loop. I've tried a couple more FW's but every time it get's stuck in a boot loop when it finishes. I can still get into download mode but like I said no matter what I try it doesn't get past the boot screen, can anyone help me please?

theboss23 said:
So I just got my note 2 for christmas and my dad wanted me to unroot my S3 so he could sell it. I downloaded the stock ics firmware without root from Doc's thread but when I flashed it in Odin it got stuck in a boot loop. I've tried a couple more FW's but every time it get's stuck in a boot loop when it finishes. I can still get into download mode but like I said no matter what I try it doesn't get past the boot screen, can anyone help me please?
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try reflashing fresh stock firmware again
if it boot loops then remove ur cell phne battery and keep idle for 10-15 mins
and reboot

I got the same thing when I flashed stock in odin... go into recovery and wipe all data and cache. Worked for me a couple times.
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You will need to factory wipe. Odin doesn't wipe out those partitions.

Help! SGH-T999 not booting after new nightly, soft bricked?

hi. i have been putting cyanogenmod nightly's on my galaxy s3 since the beginning. at times i would skip versions and what not.
when i went to put on the nightly cyanogenmod (cm-10.1-20130113-NIGHTLY-d2tmo), i installed the gapps version i had always used that worked previously on the phone. setup wizard errors started popping up, couldnt do anything with the phone once it booted.
i have tried to reboot back into clockworkmod to install cyanogen again, but i cannot even get into that anymore.
i then went into Odin, and then i tried to install CWM through that. it did not allow me to go into cwm on reboot.
i then went into Odin again, and installed the stock rom: SGH-T999_TMB_1_20120523140229 hoping to be able to reboot back into that. still no luck.
currently, my phone is unable to boot still. it gets to the Samsung splash screen, and hangs.
any help to get this back up and running, would be much appreciated ^_^

jcs87 said:
hi. i have been putting cyanogenmod nightly's on my galaxy s3 since the beginning. at times i would skip versions and what not.
when i went to put on the nightly cyanogenmod (cm-10.1-20130113-NIGHTLY-d2tmo), i installed the gapps version i had always used that worked previously on the phone. setup wizard errors started popping up, couldnt do anything with the phone once it booted.
i have tried to reboot back into clockworkmod to install cyanogen again, but i cannot even get into that anymore.
i then went into Odin, and then i tried to install CWM through that. it did not allow me to go into cwm on reboot.
i then went into Odin again, and installed the stock rom: SGH-T999_TMB_1_20120523140229 hoping to be able to reboot back into that. still no luck.
currently, my phone is unable to boot still. it gets to the Samsung splash screen, and hangs.
any help to get this back up and running, would be much appreciated ^_^
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After Odin try and go back into recovery and choose factory reset. Then it should work.
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monkeypaws said:
After Odin try and go back into recovery and choose factory reset. Then it should work.
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i tried that (holding volume down during boot), and it just goes to the samsung splash screen.
any other suggestions? :-/

jcs87 said:
i tried that (holding volume down during boot), and it just goes to the samsung splash screen.
any other suggestions? :-/
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Pull your battery then reboot to recovery (vol up + home button + power) and wipe data/factory reset. Then reboot.
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djintrigue808 said:
Pull your battery then reboot to recovery (vol up + home button + power) and wipe data/factory reset. Then reboot.
Sent from my SGH-T999 with frosty jellybeans!
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yesssss! this worked. i didnt know that i could get into recovery mode that way. ty sir!

[Q] stuck at "samsung" on boot

I'm following the post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426&nocache=1 (for the second or third time) to flash the stock rooted rom onto my att s3. I've done this before a few times and never had an issue.
I'm following them to the letter tonight and everything goes ok (at least ODIN says its ok...) but the phone won't get past the SAMSUNG logo on the restart. ODIN finishes, I see the green Android guy and a progress bar, then I think it reboots again, I get the samsung/at&t logo with sound, then it just stays on the SAMSUNG screen. I gave it time, up to 20 minutes, to finish anything it was doing.
Any help would be appreciated.
(Why am I doing this? I flashed CM 10.1 and somehow LTE didn't work, so I went to CWM and flashed my backup and I couldn't get any phone/data to work. So thinking something got fouled up I decided to just re-flash from the above post to get what I had, which was working.)

zshguru said:
I'm following the post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426&nocache=1 (for the second or third time) to flash the stock rooted rom onto my att s3. I've done this before a few times and never had an issue.
I'm following them to the letter tonight and everything goes ok (at least ODIN says its ok...) but the phone won't get past the SAMSUNG logo on the restart. ODIN finishes, I see the green Android guy and a progress bar, then I think it reboots again, I get the samsung/at&t logo with sound, then it just stays on the SAMSUNG screen. I gave it time, up to 20 minutes, to finish anything it was doing.
Any help would be appreciated.
(Why am I doing this? I flashed CM 10.1 and somehow LTE didn't work, so I went to CWM and flashed my backup and I couldn't get any phone/data to work. So thinking something got fouled up I decided to just re-flash from the above post to get what I had, which was working.)
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Enter recovery and wipe data/factory reset. You have things from CM10 lingering and this wipe will fix them.

BCSC said:
Enter recovery and wipe data/factory reset. You have things from CM10 lingering and this wipe will fix them.
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I can't do anything. It won't boot past the SAMSUNG screen. I don't have CWM or anything

Manually boot into recovery, then do a factory reset

mrhaley30705 said:
Manually boot into recovery, then do a factory reset
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When I try to do that, the screen just goes black.
I tried flashing CWM using heimdall (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1728981) and got this error ... ERROR: Partition "recovery" does not exist in the specified PIT.

zshguru said:
I can't do anything. It won't boot past the SAMSUNG screen. I don't have CWM or anything
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you wont have CWM if you have stocked via Odin, but you will have 3e recovery with same option. Use same 3 button combo to get recovery

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I sort of had the same issue except I didn't have any issues with recovery. I flashed 4.1.1 via ODIN and then got stuck at the Samsung logo. ODIN said passed so I did a battery pull and booted into stock recovery (holding volume key up + home button (keeping both held until I was in recovery) and hit the power button) and I had to do a factory reset and wipe cache and then reboot. Could maybe try flashing via ODIN again and giving that a shot if you haven't yet.

ToXicWinter said:
I sort of had the same issue except I didn't have any issues with recovery. I flashed 4.1.1 via ODIN and then got stuck at the Samsung logo. ODIN said passed so I did a battery pull and booted into stock recovery (holding volume key up + home button (keeping both held until I was in recovery) and hit the power button) and I had to do a factory reset and wipe cache and then reboot. Could maybe try flashing via ODIN again and giving that a shot if you haven't yet.
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Yeah I will try to flash again via ODIN and will try the recovery thing.

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Yeah I will try to flash again via ODIN and will try the recovery thing.
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Finally, got to recovery and did a factory reset/wipe and cleared the cache. Rebooted and still stuck on sammy screen. Trying to reflash stock via odin.

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Finally, got to recovery and did a factory reset/wipe and cleared the cache. Rebooted and still stuck on sammy screen. Trying to reflash stock via odin.
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Woohoo --- it worked! The damn thing is back lol.

Good deal bro. I know when that happened to me last week I had a mini heart attack lol.
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ToXicWinter said:
Good deal bro. I know when that happened to me last week I had a mini heart attack lol.
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triangled-away, back to stock. now i can take my s3 back to at&t for warranty replacement (data stopped working)
thank you every who assisted me. i really appreciate it.

[Q] Phone Refuses To Boot

My friend is about to sell his gs3 which was working just fine up until yesterday. It was already rooted and running Liquid Smooth so I flashed a stock ROM from the dev section and got stuck on the Samsung boot screen. No biggly I'll just odin back to stock, accept when I did this the phone still gets stuck on the Samsung screen and it wont allow me to get into recovery. I tried 2 different odin tar and it just wont go past the Samsung screen. Has the phone just thrown in the towel?

regP said:
My friend is about to sell his gs3 which was working just fine up until yesterday. It was already rooted and running Liquid Smooth so I flashed a stock ROM from the dev section and got stuck on the Samsung boot screen. No biggly I'll just odin back to stock, accept when I did this the phone still gets stuck on the Samsung screen and it wont allow me to get into recovery. I tried 2 different odin tar and it just wont go past the Samsung screen. Has the phone just thrown in the towel?
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Which stock version did you ODIN? Have you tried the 3 button method? Vol Up, Home, and Power buttons at the same time, when the device is completely powered down. If that works for you, and you make it into stock recovery(3e), you may have to do a factory reset. This may wipe your internal SD, i'm not certain though. Let us know how it goes man!

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Which stock version did you ODIN? Have you tried the 3 button method? Vol Up, Home, and Power buttons at the same time, when the device is completely powered down. If that works for you, and you make it into stock recovery(3e), you may have to do a factory reset. This may wipe your internal SD, i'm not certain though. Let us know how it goes man!
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I tried to odin T999UVDMD5_T999TMBDMD5_TMB as well as T999UVDLJA_T999TMBDLJA_TMB
Tried the 3 button combo and blue letters appear saying "entering recovery" then the screen just goes black. Cant get into recovery to do a factory reset. I had done a full wipe before flashing this when all the trouble startred so im not sure what happened. I can get into download mode just fine but even after 3-4 odins it wont boot past the samsung screen.

regP said:
I tried to odin T999UVDMD5_T999TMBDMD5_TMB as well as T999UVDLJA_T999TMBDLJA_TMB
Tried the 3 button combo and blue letters appear saying "entering recovery" then the screen just goes black. Cant get into recovery to do a factory reset. I had done a full wipe before flashing this when all the trouble startred so im not sure what happened. I can get into download mode just fine but even after 3-4 odins it wont boot past the samsung screen.
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Damn.. I'm stumped. I know this is a pretty dumb question, but did you wipe before flashing the ROM you posted?

TheKucho said:
Damn.. I'm stumped. I know this is a pretty dumb question, but did you wipe before flashing the ROM you posted?
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Yes. Factor Reset/wipe dalvik -> Flashed ROM -> Trouble. Never had this happen with any of the phones I've owned. I suppose if the phone refuses to boot after multiple Odins theres no recovering it.

Factory reset again.
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Sorry just saw you can't boot recovery either?
Try Odin once more to see if you get stock recovery. Does Odin say PASS when done? What options are you using? You can also try flashing CWM/TWRP from my Sig. Get the .tar.md5 file and flash in Odin.
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