Hi everyone,
I am new as a poster to the forums here. Have been a lerker as needed for a year and a half or so now. Anyways, I have run into an issue with my S3. I have not attempted to substitute a custom ROM in place of the stock ROM, nor have I rooted the phone (I know, shame on me right?). When I awoke this morning, after a night charging, my phone now is stuck in a boot loop. It reboots and shows the battery charging spinning wheel sequence but never passes to the green battery indicator (Tested the battery in a friend's S3 and it is recognized and shows as being fully charged). After a moment it vibrates the screen goes black and when it comes back on simply remains in that same location. When holding Vol Up + Home + Power it attempts to start Recovery Mode but immediately fails and restarts taking me back to the boot loop. When holding Vol Down + Home + Power download mode remains on and working without issue. However, I tried to restore the stock ROM with ODIN and though it passed it remains in the boot loop (likely due to the fact that I was unable to wipe the phone in Recovery Mode first). Also, attempted Heimdall but it crashes. KIES is all but useless as it does not recognize the model SPH-L710 according to the error message given after entering the IMEI ID. Also tried pulling the battery, waiting, and then replacing but to no avail. Swapping batteries also does not resolve the issue. Have also remove additional SD card to isolate that from being the cause. So I am now turning to the excellent and knowledgeable community here for assistance. Thank you in advance for the help. Hopefully you can point me in the right direction.
Sprint Galaxy S3 LTE 16 GB
Model : SPH-L710
Thanks everyone,
Merlen
Sounds like it might be power button failure. There have been many reports of it. It's referred to as SDS, or sudden death syndrome.
Hello
Have a GS3 running Rootbox 4.2. Was running stable for probably around 6 months, no issues at all except for the occasional random reboot which seems to plague all S3s.
Felt it vibrate in my pocket, assumed I had a message. But when I looked it was restarting. It gets to the rom loading screen then abruptly restarts.
Now it even doesn't get that far. The samsung screen shows up and the phone restarts in a loop.
Cannot stay booted into recovery. CWM recovery screen shows for about 2-3 secs then phone restarts.
Download mode through odin works, but I'd like to avoid wiping everything if at all possible.
thank you for any help.
an easy try to fix is to pull battery , wait a couple minutes and then either just hold power button till vibrate or do button combo to get to recovery.
"all i can really do , is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"
Try re-flashing an updated version of CWM via Odin and see if you can remain in recovery mode.
Thanks for the replies
Tried pulling battery for few mins (actually a few days since I did not have time to mess with phone) - No good, phone gets partway through the rom load screen then reboots.
Tried the odin suggestion - home +vol. down+ power opens download mode, but download mode stays open for around 10-15 sec before the phone restarts itself.
I have tried swapping back to the oem battery since i have an extended battery and the problem still remains.
Sounds like a hardware problem to me since you can access download and recovery but it turns itself off. You've tried a couple of batteries so that kind of rules out any software issues.
Did you try booting the phone with a de-brick image from XDA?
I'm having a weird problem. Yesterday I was using my phone as I normally do-- texting, playing simple puzzle games, etc.-- when I noticed the battery was at about 2%. I wasn't very concerned so I tried to send one last text before it died. Shortly afterward it died with the usual "Powering Down" alert. I thought absolutely nothing of it and once I had access to a charger, I did what I normally do: I turn on my phone, wait for it to get past the LG splash screen, and I plug it in once it gets to the boot animation. I do this so my phone will turn on instead of going into charge only mode. Also, like usual, my phone's screen dimmed seconds after the boot animation began (I assume from my automatic light sensor settings), and I could feel it vibrating a little (also something it typically does upon boot).
However this is as far as it got. I was very confused when about an hour later, the phone still hadn't completed boot. I removed the battery, inserted it again, and tried once more telling myself that I would wait as long as I could instead of just an hour. Booting the second time gave me identical results-- everything is normal (light sensor response and vibration indicating the phone is powering on) yet it gets stuck. The only difference is that this time I got to see the entire bootloop.
After the boot animation screen has run for a while, I get the usual "Android is starting.... Optimizing app ## of ##" (#= actual numbers). Once it finishes, instead of booting my phone, it begins the boot animation again. If left alone it will cycle between the boot animation and the "Android is Starting" screen indefinitely.
TL;DR:
1. ) Caught in bootloop between boot animation screen and "Android is Starting... Optimizing app ## of ##" screen.
2. ) The screen still dims and there are little vibrations that usually tell me the phone is about to turn on.
I have tried:
- a hard reset- this yields only a slightly stronger vibration and it starts the bootloop again.
- Download mode- this does the same as the hard reset
- Removing battery for a while- no results
- Full charge to completely dead to full charge again on charge only mode- no results
I am running CM13 Nightlies from late February (not completely sure which exact date). Which I flashed without issue about a month ago. I do have Xposed and run various modules, but I was using nothing at the time and hadn't for about a month. My computer recognizes my phone as an LG G3 Device, but refuses to access any files.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Phone not starting.
First remove phone battery, insert it again, do not start phone. Connect your phone to original charger and charge it, while charging with the charger start your phone. Your phone should start if yes/no report me immediately. Your phone battery is failing to start your phone (Due to Low Voltage in battery). Replace with original battery.
jit1108 said:
First remove phone battery, insert it again, do not start phone. Connect your phone to original charger and charge it, while charging with the charger start your phone. Your phone should start if yes/no report me immediately. Your phone battery is failing to start your phone (Due to Low Voltage in battery). Replace with original battery.
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Alright, I removed the battery, reinserted it (without turning the phone on) plugged it into the wall charger (seeing the charge only battery animation), and attempted to turn it on. Whenever I try to turn my phone on after plugging it in, I get the LG splash screen followed by the battery charging animation. It never reaches the boot animation. I'll let it charge for a while and try again.
Thank you for the advice!
Okay, I let the phone charge completely and attempted to turn it on whilst plugged into the wall charger again. Unfortunately I had the same issue. The phone shows the LG splash screen and then the battery charging animation again-- no boot animation.
musiceas66 said:
Okay, I let the phone charge completely and attempted to turn it on whilst plugged into the wall charger again. Unfortunately I had the same issue. The phone shows the LG splash screen and then the battery charging animation again-- no boot animation.
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just start with a full reflash , if it doesnt boot up its simply broken
Jhinta said:
just start with a full reflash , if it doesnt boot up its simply broken
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Yeah, I'm trying to avoid a full reflash/data wipe. Since I haven't messed around with any Xposed modules or root apps, I also haven't backed up anything for quite a while. No abnormal apps were running before the battery died, which leads me to believe this can be solved somehow without a full wipe.
Also, I tried to use my boyfriend's battery to boot up my phone. I thought it might be a bad battery-- as some people on-line have mentioned. Unfortunately, it still refused to boot and it produced the same bootloop.
You see , if and not and this and that dont help . te only way to save files is to get acces by recovery or boot, you cant boot but possible you have recovery so start saving your files you need. when you have or dont have your files . you stil need your system to boot for that to happen, it needs to work. so flashing a default rom with wipe sould work if it doesnt you flash original if that doesnt work its dead
Verstuurd vanaf mijn LG-D855 met Tapatalk
I think I forgot to mention, I cannot access recovery mode. I have the latest TWRP installed, but attempting to boot into recovery gives me the same results-- endless bootanimation/ "Android is Starting" bootloop.
So no acces at all . so what do you do ? Read above! Anyway good luck
Verstuurd vanaf mijn LG-D855 met Tapatalk
Solved
I fixed my problem. It turns out I was being an idiot and got the method of entering recovery mode on the LG G3 confused with my Samsung tablet. I should be able to fix the bootloop on my own now. Thanks everyone for your help! Cheers to idiocy.
Hey, I have the exact same issue right now. Did you solve your problem, and how? I tried removing the battery and charging with original charger to 100%. I connected it to my PC, went into Download mode and clicked "Restore Upgrade Errors" in LG PC Suite. It successfully flashed the firmware update, then it said "Android is starting.... Optimizing app ## of ##". But after that it restarted into bootlop again. Also I noticed that sometimes it vibrates, and my LED (light sensor) doesn't light up anymore.
Any advice? I haven't tried replacing the battery yet.
simon710 said:
Hey, I have the exact same issue right now. Did you solve your problem, and how? I tried removing the battery and charging with original charger to 100%. I connected it to my PC, went into Download mode and clicked "Restore Upgrade Errors" in LG PC Suite. It successfully flashed the firmware update, then it said "Android is starting.... Optimizing app ## of ##". But after that it restarted into bootlop again. Also I noticed that sometimes it vibrates, and my LED (light sensor) doesn't light up anymore.
Any advice? I haven't tried replacing the battery yet.
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Hi i have the same problem with my lg g3 d855, after a reflash hi is start and do android optimazig after the tel is start and do this over and over. help please
Hi, the solution that worked for me was to
1. install drivers
2.install LGUP
3.flash "LGD855P_D855P10a_04" - found here https://drive.google.com/file/d/18tlmVNK_ba0jIapJy-Sz5wamxbIXh8xH/view
So I was trying to install Marshmallow on my SM-T800 and got stuck on the Samsung splash screen. When trying to get back to recovery mode I accidentally booted into download mode. I exited download mode but now the tablet is stuck displaying the battery charging image, even when unplugged, and I cannot get it to boot.
Any ideas? Should I just leave it alone for a few days to let the battery drain and then try booting again?
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So I was trying to install Marshmallow on my SM-T800 and got stuck on the Samsung splash screen. When trying to get back to recovery mode I accidentally booted into download mode. I exited download mode but now the tablet is stuck displaying the battery charging image, even when unplugged, and I cannot get it to boot.
Any ideas? Should I just leave it alone for a few days to let the battery drain and then try booting again?
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Have you tried all the key combinations?
Do you have a USB JIG?
I'm not sure how installing a rom has affected the bootloader as that's pretty much impossible.
Regardless of what's on screen now, hold POWER + HOME + VOL DOWN until download mode appears.
If still no response you may have to wait until the batter dies.
Hello there everyone! Let me explain my problem:
Backstory
I have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus GT-i9250 maguro since 7-6 years or so. I've been flashing some roms into it and everything went well since a week ago.
I had installed from a very long time this version of CM "cm-13.0-20160921-NIGHTLY-maguro" and I have not updated it, so I basically was running that from a very long time.
Three weeks ago the phone started behaving strangely, it was closing automatically, and I thought that it was a temperature problem (being a very hot summer) so I did not worry too much.
Everything was working fine, charging and connecting via USB .
Problem
Last week the phone once again died and I tried to boot it up normally as I would normally do, but nothing happened, not even the Google logo popped up.
So I removed the battery and put it back in, the phone booted up to the Google logo, then after two or three seconds the Google logo flashed like brightness went up to 100% and black screen.
Went into fastboot, booted TWRP to see if that was working, and the recovery was working fine.
Things got worse.
At the moment
I cannot get the phone to do anything if it's not connected to a power source.
If the phone is connected via USB, or charger, I can get it to go ONLY on fastboot, and download mode. If I unplug the phone while on fastboot or download mode, the screen brightness goes up to 100% for half a second then it glitches out and goes into black screen immediatelly. I can not access bootloader nor recovery mode from fastboot, because the phone reboots, shows the Google logo and then it dies.
What I tried
Thinking that maybe the ROM went crazy, I followed this guide to flash the phone with all the original ROM and recovery (I downloaded "yakju-jwr66y-factory-4cadea65" and followed the instructions of the guide).
Nothing changed, if the phone is not connected to a power source, it is basically dead, if I put it to a power source it shows the charging logo for a second, then black screen, and I can only boot up fastboot and download mode.
I don't know if this might help but I've also tested the battery voltage and it seems to be fine.
Last thing, if I connect the phone to the PC (with the battery or without) every 2 seconds it shows up that an unidentified device is being detected.
I currently am using a laptop running windows 8.
On my desktop computer the same thing happens (the device detection) but from device manager I see a OMAP4400 (something like that) popping up but at the moment I cannot use my desktop PC since I'm traveling.
I would really like to know what happened to my phone, any answer will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
Update [solved]
After doing some research and trying different methods I gave up. But then I realized that maybe trying the stupidest thing could be the solution, so I went to a phone shop and asked them if they had some sort of test battery that I could plug in my phone temporarily to see if it was booting up.
Turns out, it was the battery.
I bought a new battery and now the phone runs smoothly like it's new.
I feel so dumb and I'm so sorry if I've made some of you people waste your time by reading the poem of the first post.
Hopefully this will someday help someone that will have the same problem of my GT-I9250!
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