Hey all....I'm calling on the experts! I have a friend of mine's s8+ Sm-955U from Verizon. She woke up one morning and it was boot looping. I've tried using ODIN, reflashing the original rom, wiped cache, did a factory reset, and even used the pit file and repartition in ODIN to try to restore it. All it does is get stuck at the s8+ logo screen, goes black and you can feel a tiny vibration when it goes to black. It usually just sits there, sometimes it will just reboot over and over. I've done everything I know. Is it possible that the NAND would be bad? Or what wears out if it's hardware related? It boots just fine in recovery mode or download mode and ODIN always shows success when flashing. Anyone know of anything else to do?
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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.
The problem only happens when I reboot or turn on the phone. When it boots up, I get multiple results. A: It boots up normally (not a problem) B: When it gets to the samsung screen, it freaks out and reboots itself again and again. It's like it's struggling to boot up. One time it got to the gs 3, but then it looped back. C: This just happened today. I booted up and it went pass the samsung screen but when it got to the gs 3 screen, the screen turned a faint pink and it stayed on that screen.
This just happened right after version 8. I know 10 was messed up but on 9 and 11, this problem persisted. Also,I don't think the issue is the phone, since I don't have this problem on other Roms. If I'm wrong please let me know .
Any suggestions, advice, help, etc is welcomed.
Please... i really need help.
I suggest you start over, this will remove any corruption and gremlins you have klinging to your phone..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099.. Then re root and flash anew.
Naddict said:
I suggest you start over, this will remove any corruption and gremlins you have klinging to your phone..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099.. Then re root and flash anew.
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I unrooted, went back to stock, it did a factory reset so no bugs should have been alive. I re-rooted, made a backup, did a factory reset and wiped dalvik, then I flashed the rom zip and rebooted. It gets stuck on the Gs III screen. I waited like 5 minutes and it didn't move. My battery was at 50% so I just put it on the charger and tried to boot up and it went through to the set up screen for gmail.Just to see if it was coincedental, I did another reboot but this time it got stuck again. It sounds like a system problem but i'm not sure.Like i said earlier, this only happens on Jellybomb.
Any other ideas?
Edit: I've tried switching recoveries but it doesn't fix it.
Sigh.
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
I was playing pokemon go and I got a facebook messenger message, and my phone just crashed and started boot looping at the Galaxy note ii screen. I tried going into the recovery and deleting the cache and factory resetting it, tried flashing it with ODIN, and nothing seems to be fixing it. I've tried flashing it to the stock rom too, but that seemed to make things worse? Now half the time when I try and turn it on it it wont turn on unless I plug it in or remove and put back the battery, when I try charging it when it's off it turns on and I can see the battery screen, but it freezes either when loading or when the animation plays. There's no red light and I'm not even sure it's charging.
I can get to the CWM menu and the recovery menu, I did have the Nandroid backup files but it seems like I mistakenly deleted it, so that's an option. I tried flashing it with different firmwares and it doesn't seem to make a difference. The first time I flash it it usually goes to the T-Mobile splash screen, which plays the little animation and sound but stays at that screen. Any Ideas?
I tried reflashing it another few times and now I actually got into the setup screen and got to the home screen. It charges somewhat normally but it still boot loops when I start it. When I plug the charger in when it's looping it boots fully and I got to the point where I installed an update. Not I'm stuck in a loop on the T-mobile splash
Try a new battery.
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I was playing pokemon go and I got a facebook messenger message, and my phone just crashed and started boot looping at the Galaxy note ii screen. I tried going into the recovery and deleting the cache and factory resetting it, tried flashing it with ODIN, and nothing seems to be fixing it. I've tried flashing it to the stock rom too, but that seemed to make things worse? Now half the time when I try and turn it on it it wont turn on unless I plug it in or remove and put back the battery, when I try charging it when it's off it turns on and I can see the battery screen, but it freezes either when loading or when the animation plays. There's no red light and I'm not even sure it's charging.
I can get to the CWM menu and the recovery menu, I did have the Nandroid backup files but it seems like I mistakenly deleted it, so that's an option. I tried flashing it with different firmwares and it doesn't seem to make a difference. The first time I flash it it usually goes to the T-Mobile splash screen, which plays the little animation and sound but stays at that screen. Any Ideas?
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Did you try Samsung Kies' emergency recovery option yet?
Hey guys,
So I've been running on stock EPD1 and everything had been running smoothly. Last night my phone randomly shut down, even though it was at full battery. After trying to restart it, I got stuck in almost a boot loop. It would boot, and during the Samsung animation, it would freeze and restart. This would happen twice until the phone gave up I guess and the phone stays at a black screen with either a constant blue LED, or a blinking whitish-purple LED. I have tried using ODIN to flash back to stock EPD1 and EPF1. Both were successful in ODIN, but didn't solve anything. I can flash TWRP, but flashing any ROMs doesn't help. Wiping Data, System, Cache, and formatting hasn't done anything as well. I also used the Smart Switch and Kies emergency software recovery and initialization features. Again, both said they were successful, but didn't change anything. Sometimes the boot gets to the point where it says "Android is optimizing apps," but once that finishes, it crashes again. Am I 100% screwed? Thanks to anyone that can offer some advice.
Small update: After using the emergency recovery feature in Kies once more, the phone booted to the green "Android is starting..." screen and it counted through 35 apps and said it was starting. It crashed at that point. Not sure if that's progress.