I have an AT&T Galaxy sIII, It was rooted. I went to factory reset the device, and it keeps freezing at the att screen during the bootup. I've tried odin and putting a stock rom on it, but it keeps failing. I am selling the phone, and I really need it to boot back up to usable conditions. Any ideas or help is needed!!!
Also when I go to wipe data and factory reset it keeps failing and not being able to mount.
What bootloader was on the phone? Where did you get the ROM that you tried to flash in odin?
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After wiping data and factory resetting the phone everything was still working fine. I decided to format the data and system via clockwork mod but after that the phone hangs on the Galaxy S3 logo. I tried flashing a stock rom through Odin and it passed but the phone still hangs at the S3 logo. I haven't sat and waited for half an hour but I'm pretty sure it's still soft bricked. I can still get into recovery and download mode but the phone still wont boot up. I saw something about bootchains in another thread but I couldn't find anything for the T-Mobile variant. Anyone able to help?
Lock this thread. Solved the issue thanks to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1897181
Had to download the entire stock image from Samsung's site.
Hi,
I recently tried installing the new 4.3 update onto my Samsung Galaxy S3 I747. Also, I never rooted my phone and my carrier is Telus if that matters.
When my phone finished updating, it lead to the lock screen. Just as I was about to enter my pin and unlock it, the phone restarts and gets stuck on the Samsung splash screen. I have tried entering into recovery mode and then wiping the cache and restarting it, but no luck.
I do not wish to restore my phone back to factory settings because I do not want to lose my music and apps. Is there a solution that can fix it without wiping the memory?
Thanks.
edit: i left it charging for a few minutes while it was stuck on the samsung splash screen, and then it went to the lockscreen and restarted it self
... i have to wait five minutes before i can save my edit
editedit: it just went to lockscreen for a second again
editeditedit: its going back to lockscreen quite often and restarting it self
aznpiggy said:
Hi,
I recently tried installing the new 4.3 update onto my Samsung Galaxy S3 I747. Also, I never rooted my phone and my carrier is Telus if that matters.
When my phone finished updating, it lead to the lock screen. Just as I was about to enter my pin and unlock it, the phone restarts and gets stuck on the Samsung splash screen. I have tried entering into recovery mode and then wiping the cache and restarting it, but no luck.
I do not wish to restore my phone back to factory settings because I do not want to lose my music and apps. Is there a solution that can fix it without wiping the memory?
Thanks.
edit: i left it charging for a few minutes while it was stuck on the samsung splash screen, and then it went to the lockscreen and restarted it self
... i have to wait five minutes before i can save my edit
editedit: it just went to lockscreen for a second again
editeditedit: its going back to lockscreen quite often and restarting it self
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When you got it into recovery did you try to wipe data/factory reset??
But to be honest it sounds like your phone is soft bricked maybe. I'm experiencing the almost same problem with my AT&T sgh-i747. Mine is stuck at the Samsung Galaxy S III screen and doesn't go any further than that at all.
You will most likely have to do that same thing I am doing which is reflashing android 4.3 via odin. It may work for you, I'm pretty sure it'll work for mine. Head over here and read this thread and see if this can help if not let me know and we'll come up with somethin else to help you fix your phone. (If I'm correct following this thread and flashing via odin will not erase and of your data.)
Your only other real option is to install the 4.3 MJ2 leak via heimdall. http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2496425
Heimdall will flash odin files. http://glassechidna.com.au/heimdall But odin will not flash heimdall files. It works much like odin flash in download mode so i'm told. I'm trying to figure it out now. I hope this helps.
I was never able to get the above Heimdall installed correctly on my pc. I am still stuck at the black and white galaxy s3 screen. I installed TWRP via odin to try my to run my nandroid i made earlier today and it says successful. But when I go to reboot It says No OS are you sure you want to reboot. I was already on 4.3.3 via the OTA update like you. And now i'm here turn phone on and it's going straight to download mode
Please HELP US BOTH Someone ANYONE
Hi,
Yesturday my phone updated itself to 4.3 and it ended up soft bricking itself. It would go to and stay at the Samsung logo and occasionally go to the lock screen for a second then restarting itself again. I tried using Odin v3.07 to reinstall the 4.3 update onto my phone but still no luck. The only difference is that it goes to the lock screen more often and it will stay there for one to two seconds longer.
Are there any alternative methods to fix my phone without wiping the internal storage?
Thanks.
You could try to go into recovery and factory reset it, keep in mind that you will lose all of your apps and settings. Try wiping cache first.
Making the iPhone jealous one user at a time.
I've been running a rooted pm-600 with clean rom for a week now. I decided to try the new megablast rom and after carefully following install instructions (all wiping done and zip install via twrp2.6.3.3.) I was stuck at the Samsung screen in the boot mode. After giving it some time and not getting past the Samsung screen, I tried restarting and the same thing happened. I used was able to go to download mode and used odin on my pc to flash back the stock rom, but I am still stuck at the Samsung screen. I get the galaxy note 10.1 2014 splash screen, the start up music, blue circle, but then it just hangs at 'samsung'. I have tried restoring stock twice now with the same results. Any ideas :crying:
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I've been running a rooted pm-600 with clean rom for a week now. I decided to try the new megablast rom and after carefully following install instructions (all wiping done and zip install via twrp2.6.3.3.) I was stuck at the Samsung screen in the boot mode. After giving it some time and not getting past the Samsung screen, I tried restarting and the same thing happened. I used was able to go to download mode and used odin on my pc to flash back the stock rom, but I am still stuck at the Samsung screen. I get the galaxy note 10.1 2014 splash screen, the start up music, blue circle, but then it just hangs at 'samsung'. I have tried restoring stock twice now with the same results. Any ideas :crying:
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The only avialable option for you now is getting into stock recovery, wiping data , cache & dalvik., you will loose your data on your internal card, but no other choices.
Thanks for the advice. I discovered that this was in part triggered/or perhaps caused by the failure of a brand new Samsung micro sdxc card. Very frustrating, had just gotten it the day before and all my recent nandroid backups were on it Appreciate the help
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I was on a N7105 rom and i decided to factory reset using Odin
I flashed T889TMBCMK7 through odin for my T889.
Everything went well! Samsung screen came up then its taking forever
The keys arent lighting up but only the led notification.
I can still get into download mode.
Does anyone know a fix
I factory reset through factory recovery and it worked!!!!!