Picked up an S3 from someone that I have no idea what they had done to it. Its possible it was flashed with the i9300 noobness. No idea.
It does not boot to any screen. HOWEVER, i can power it up into download mode.
So I tried reflashing some stock images for T-mobile, And it does not boot no matter what I do. It will power up into download mode only.
Recovery mode tries. Itll come up Recovery Booting... for a quick second then go away. But it never comes up. Tried letting go of the buttons at the blue text, etc.. no dice.
I tried erasing NVRAM on the factory image flash and it didnt change anything on the recovery either. tried flashing CWM to recovery, same deal.
Normal boot I get nothing. just a vibrate and black screen. no logos.
Download mode shows this:
ODIN MODE
Product Name: SBG-T999
Custom Binary Download: (Yes) 5
Current Binary: Custom
System Status: Official
Qualcomm Secureboot Enable
It did say Binary Official before I reflashed a kernel or some sorts for tmobile to see if it would boot. same thing.
Any ideas?
Only thing I havent tried is bootchain, and I cannot find the bootchains for T-mobile. I also havent tried reparitioning as I cant find any info or PIT files for this device.
I think its screwed up partitions. I flashed the 4.0.4 ROM onto the device, even used the correct PIT.
Samsung logo will show now for a quick second and shuts down. Try recovery mode, Same thing but shows the blue text with samsung logo. Then shuts down.
I have no way to log the kernel to find out where the fault lies but I bet its messed up partitions.
Does it need jtagged? Reason why I ask is it still goes in download mode, but the PIT didnt help. Neither did nand erase on factory ROM.
Did you ever see it run? Kinda sounds like the internal memory is bad.
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Hi guys, I wonder if you would help me out with a problem I'm having with my Note 2. On Sunday afternoon it rebooted itself a couple of times and on the last reboot it's stuck on the Samsung logo. I rooted it with Note2 Toolkit V4.1.0 when I first got the phone and it's not had any problems since then.
If I try to enter the recovery menu for TWRP I see the Teamwin logo for a couple of seconds and it reboots. If I enter download mode it says:
Odin Mode
Product Name: GT-N7105
Custom Binary Download: Yes (1 counts)
Current Binary: Custom
System Status: Official
I've tried to reflash countless times using odin and the toolkit but although odin seems to say it's worked the phone is still as it was before. I've tried to flash stock recovery and odin says everythings okay but when I enter recovery mode again it still shows the teamwin logo for a second and then reboots.
Am I missing something really stupid?
I'm using the usb lead that came with the phone (I've tried others) all firewalls and anti-v are off, what am I missing?
Any help will be gratefully received.
CDZ.
Hello friends, my problem is that i can't boot and i can't enter recovery mode. I can enter download mode with jig or with vol + and - with usb cable, i can install fresh firmware but after reboot the phone shows samsung logo, then a progress bar, when the progress bar gets to the end the phone gets stuck with a black screen.
i tried to flash a recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.3.1-hercules recovery with sucess but i can not enter recovery mode or boot up the phone, and after the reboot i get the black screen described above.
Please help!!
Did you use Odin to flash stock firmware? Did it work??
Yes, i can use Odin to flash a 4.1.2 stock firmware sucessfully, but after reboot it doesn't boot, get stuck after samsung logo.
i was on stock firmware when the phone stop responding and shut it self down.
Recently, I was just playing games on my Tab then suddenly it froze and reboots. It was then stuck at 'samsung galaxy tab 3', not the samsung logo. Even if I restarted my Tab or charged it, it always get stuck at that 'samsung galaxy tab 3' logo.
The problem is: I can't access Recovery mode, all I can do is go to download mode.
I tried to flash any roms available here on xda via odin, still no luck. I even tried to flash the stock firmware. After it successfully finished flashing, still no luck.
What I have noticed after flashing the latest stock firmware:
1. download mode - System status was still on custom
2.download mode - RP SWREV: A1 shows up!
Still can't access Recovery mode.
Any help would gladly appreciated..
Flash a new recovery over Odin, this should fix the Access to the recovery
Hello everyone,
My phone (S4 mini GT-I9195) decided all of a sudden to stop working. I couldn't boot it, charge it, nothing but a black screen. After some research on the world wide web, I came to the conclusion that it might be "bricked", as the cool kids call it. I came upon a guide on this website that seemed promising: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2600869
I followed the instructions, found a debrick.img corresponding to my GT-I9195, put it on a sd card and managed to boot the phone.
Next was entering Download mode and flash with a stock firmware via Odin (v3.09). I used a 4.4.2 firmware I found on Sammobile (I9195XXUCNK4_I9195QXZCOA1_XEF) corresponding to my region and phone.
Everything went fine with Odin, I waited until it said "PASS!" and rebooted the phone.
The next step was to enter Recovery mode, and that's where I have a problem. I use the combination "Volume up + Home + Power" to enter it, it vibrates once, shows me the Samsung logo (+ model) with "Recovery booting...." written in blue on the top left corner, I release all the buttons, and after a few seconds, it goes to a black screen, it vibrates twice and reboot on the Samsung logo, but without the "Recovery booting..." message on top left corner. After that, it enters a bootloop that only ends when I remove the battery.
So, I can never enter the recovery mode (I tried multiple times, with different methods, such as releasing only the power button, but to no avail) and cannot complete the debrick guide. I tried different stock firmwares but always with the same result.
Did I do something wrong? What can I do differently to enter recovery mode? Should I prepare the funeral for my phone?
Thank you in advance for your answers.
You should try flashing cwm with odin, then formating your system partition, if you can externally put a rom on your memory card then do so, after that install that rom on your phone, if that doesn't work then try flashing your stock firmware after you had done everything...Of course I don't know if any of this will work because I haven't run into a issue like this before, though one time my recovery was blocked and flashing cwm on it fixed it, instead of flashing stock firmware I went for cyanogenmod (now lineage os) so it might work for you, who knows.
Well, first of all, thank you for your leads.
Secondly, as you suggested, I tried flashing with Odin, with CMW (6.0.4.6 and 6.0.5.1). It went smoothly in Download mode, I get the green PASS!, but just as before, when it reboots in Recovery mode, it doesn't go beyond the blue "Recovery booting...." step, instead, the dreaded bootloop begins.
I also tried flashing with TWRP (3.0.2.0), but unfortunately no change...
And without any custom recovery, I cannot try the lineage os.
I'm begining to feel the end ^^
paupiette said:
Well, first of all, thank you for your leads.
Secondly, as you suggested, I tried flashing with Odin, with CMW (6.0.4.6 and 6.0.5.1). It went smoothly in Download mode, I get the green PASS!, but just as before, when it reboots in Recovery mode, it doesn't go beyond the blue "Recovery booting...." step, instead, the dreaded bootloop begins.
I also tried flashing with TWRP (3.0.2.0), but unfortunately no change...
And without any custom recovery, I cannot try the lineage os.
I'm begining to feel the end ^^
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I have TWRP on my mini. When I first flashed TWRP (3.0.2.1) via Odin, I had to manually boot into recovery by holding VolUp+Home+Power as soon as I see PASS!, BEFORE the phone automatically reboots.
I have to try this a couple times to get TWRP to stick. From what I read, if you let the phone boot automatically after flashing from Odin, it will automatically overwrite the new flash with stock Samsung recover (which is bad in your case.) So you have to interrupt this by a manual reboot before the phone does its thing. If you are successful, you should boot directly into TWRP on the manual reboot. From then on TWRP will overwrite the stock recovery and you will be good to go.
I find the timing of this manual reboot a bit tricky on the phone. Do it too soon, and the TWRP was not flashed, a second too late, and the phone boots to stock. I had to try that a few times to get it right. Basically, be ready with the buttons and press it the instant you see PASS! So maybe you can try flashing TWRP again before giving up.
I have encountered the same problems today. After waking up, my phone (S4 Mini) told me an update (17 MB) was available. Happy about still getting updates, I started the process and the telephone rebooted. When returning ten minutes later it was all dark and wouldn't respond to any button combination. After working through a lot of threads and forums, trying to fix the problem, I managed to get a debrick image for the phone as well as the right firmware from Sammobile (which is astonishingly the same one that paupiette uses, though I'm from Germany, but the phone seems to have a French regional code).
At first I wasn't able to get to the Download Mode, instead my phone always told me this while denying my attempts to flash it:
BOOTE RECOVERY MODE
CHECK BOOT PARTITIONS..
COPY FROM T-FLASH..
BOOT RECOVERY..
WRITE 139008 sectors..
FLASH WRITE FAILURE
ddi: mmc_read failed
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: GT-I9195
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0x0
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x0
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30
BOOTLOADER RPSWREV: 2
WRITE PROTECTION: Enable
Nothing seemed to work and some other topics on different forums blamed the internal flash chip (eMMC) to be the cause for all the trouble. I gave up on my phone, loosening the skrews on the back to get a look on the board. Before ripping apart the last bits, I tried to start the Download Mode one more time, so I put in the battery and hold the three buttons. Et voilà - the phone came up with that white booting screen. It was looping this process over and over as paupiette had allready described. I managed to start the Download Mode and flash with Odin3 (v3.12). A green "PASS!" told be, it worked until it began to enter the loop of rebooting again unable to enter the Recovery Menu.
So close but yet so far away from what I want.
Any new ideas or suggestions?