Hey guys.
I have been doing a lot of researches before creating this new thread.
Here is my problem with a Samsung Galaxy s3 I9300T (Australia - Vodafone build). I was given the phone, since it was stuck in a boot loop after a software update issue with Kies (I think from memory 4.2 or something).
The phone boots up, displays the Vodafone logo, and is stuck on the Samsung logo. The phone doesn't restart but stays idle there.
It is impossible to reach the download mode with the use of the 3 buttons, but a USB JIB I bought on ebay does the trick.
Odin recognizes the phone, I can flash a stock Kernel from Samsmobile or root/install the CWM.
BUT, there is no way (so far?) to reach the recovery mode.
I tried to flash a new boot loader, tried to check any physical issue with the buttons, but nothing seems wrong.
I have been looking for tools such a android toolbox/toolkit etc, in the hope one would be able to wipe/flash the nand or even unbrick or whatsoever, from a download mode and not ADB, since I there no fast boot available.
I am ready to try anything, since there's nothing to loose here.
I'm running windows 7 from Parallel desktop.
Thanks mates.
Anthony
tonythrash69 said:
Hey guys.
I have been doing a lot of researches before creating this new thread.
Here is my problem with a Samsung Galaxy s3 I9300T (Australia - Vodafone build). I was given the phone, since it was stuck in a boot loop after a software update issue with Kies (I think from memory 4.2 or something).
The phone boots up, displays the Vodafone logo, and is stuck on the Samsung logo. The phone doesn't restart but stays idle there.
It is impossible to reach the download mode with the use of the 3 buttons, but a USB JIB I bought on ebay does the trick.
Odin recognizes the phone, I can flash a stock Kernel from Samsmobile or root/install the CWM.
BUT, there is no way (so far?) to reach the recovery mode.
I tried to flash a new boot loader, tried to check any physical issue with the buttons, but nothing seems wrong.
I have been looking for tools such a android toolbox/toolkit etc, in the hope one would be able to wipe/flash the nand or even unbrick or whatsoever, from a download mode and not ADB, since I there no fast boot available.
I am ready to try anything, since there's nothing to loose here.
I'm running windows 7 from Parallel desktop.
Thanks mates.
Anthony
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after flashing newfirmware using download mode+odin the phone cant reboot?have you tried diff version firmware from sammobile .
nainaabd said:
after flashing newfirmware using download mode+odin the phone cant reboot?have you tried diff version firmware from sammobile .
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I tried 2 different firmware from SAMSmobile, after flashing in Odin, nothing changes. The phone reboots (if the case is ticked) and stays stuck on the samsung logo, after the vodafone splash screen.
tonythrash69 said:
I tried 2 different firmware from SAMSmobile, after flashing in Odin, nothing changes. The phone reboots (if the case is ticked) and stays stuck on the samsung logo, after the vodafone splash screen.
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maybe something went wrong in partition table during kies upgrade, do you tried a full system reinstall comprensive of pit image?
myabe this get phone back to life but i think you will lose efs.
Well normaly after flashing your right Firmware you should be able to acces recovery...
franco853 said:
maybe something went wrong in partition table during kies upgrade, do you tried a full system reinstall comprensive of pit image?
myabe this get phone back to life but i think you will lose efs.
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How can I perform what you call a "full system reinstall comprehensive of PIT image"?
I have stock firmware, but no PIT file or CSC or whatsoever.
what do you mean by losing EFS? (encryption ??)
Any help is much appreciated.
tonythrash69 said:
How can I perform what you call a "full system reinstall comprehensive of PIT image"?
I have stock firmware, but no PIT file or CSC or whatsoever.
what do you mean by losing EFS? (encryption ??)
Any help is much appreciated.
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efs is a system partition wich contains your phone's hardware serial numbers, such as imei, wi-fi mac ecc... losing this means you can't connect to phone network until you restore it(i'm not sure you lose it)
i found this guide here on the forum to restore from brick's or similiar, i think you can try this if normal flashing don't work:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/solved-pit-bricked-dead-problem-gt-t2535367
When you flash full firmware from Samsung (.tar.md5), it includes things such as bootloader, tz, modem, system, cache, preload and the recovery. Just make sure to download it from site such as sammobile, and you can check yourself if your .tar.md5 you're about to flash includes these things using i.e. 7zip.
Untick "auto reboot" option and flash it. After it's done, it won't auto reboot but Odin will change text to "RESET!", this is a signal for you that it's finished.
Hold on Vol-Up+Home+Power for about 7 seconds, until you see Samsung Galaxy S3 logo. It MUST enter stock recovery you've just flashed, unless your hardware is broken. From there you can select Wipe data / factory reset.
Good luck.
JustArchi said:
When you flash full firmware from Samsung (.tar.md5), it includes things such as bootloader, tz, modem, system, cache, preload and the recovery. Just make sure to download it from site such as sammobile, and you can check yourself if your .tar.md5 you're about to flash includes these things using i.e. 7zip.
Untick "auto reboot" option and flash it. After it's done, it won't auto reboot but Odin will change text to "RESET!", this is a signal for you that it's finished.
Hold on Vol-Up+Home+Power for about 7 seconds, until you see Samsung Galaxy S3 logo. It MUST enter stock recovery you've just flashed, unless your hardware is broken. From there you can select Wipe data / factory reset.
Good luck.
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Yes this is what I did.
But after "RESET" doing it, holding the buttons won't let me reach the recovery.
Is there a way to access it ? like for instance a USB JIG allowed me to access the DOWNLOAD mode; whereas holding the buttons never let me.
tonythrash69 said:
Yes this is what I did.
But after "RESET" doing it, holding the buttons won't let me reach the recovery.
Is there a way to access it ? like for instance a USB JIG allowed me to access the DOWNLOAD mode; whereas holding the buttons never let me.
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I don't think so. Probably your buttons are broken then.
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I don't think so. Probably your buttons are broken then.
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I still do not understand that NO software is able to address the phone, like the recovery mode does.
We can flash from a computer, how come not to wipe from a computer.
assuming that someone has no screen or broken buttons, i'm sure there's a way to access wipe and/or access the recovery to flash a stock rom.
Thanks
tonythrash69 said:
I still do not understand that NO software is able to address the phone, like the recovery mode does.
We can flash from a computer, how come not to wipe from a computer.
assuming that someone has no screen or broken buttons, i'm sure there's a way to access wipe and/or access the recovery to flash a stock rom.
Thanks
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do you tried the guide i linked some post ago? the one with the repartition file?
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do you tried the guide i linked some post ago? the one with the repartition file?
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Hey, yes I tried the link, but again I cannot access the recovery to flash the .zip file.
When I hold the buttons as soon as the logo "galaxy s III GTI9300" appears, the screen goes black and the logo comes back again.
If I release one button, the vodafone splash screen appears, and the boot is stuck on the samsung logo.
I assume, the buttons are working because of what I just explained.
But again, I cannot access the recovery.
Last week, for some reason, after flashing I has a "setup wizard" from appeared, and crashed. that was the only time. I could see the lights under the touch buttons coming on. After the crash, I tried to reinstall and couldn't do it.
I am still sure there should be a way to wipe the nand completely or install from the SD card via the download mode.
Any help is welcome
tonythrash69 said:
Hey, yes I tried the link, but again I cannot access the recovery to flash the .zip file.
When I hold the buttons as soon as the logo "galaxy s III GTI9300" appears, the screen goes black and the logo comes back again.
If I release one button, the vodafone splash screen appears, and the boot is stuck on the samsung logo.
I assume, the buttons are working because of what I just explained.
But again, I cannot access the recovery.
Last week, for some reason, after flashing I has a "setup wizard" from appeared, and crashed. that was the only time. I could see the lights under the touch buttons coming on. After the crash, I tried to reinstall and couldn't do it.
I am still sure there should be a way to wipe the nand completely or install from the SD card via the download mode.
Any help is welcome
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I get same thing(galaxy s3 logo, black screen then normal boot when try accessing recovery) some time ago after installing philz reco, i flashed another recovery and now runs well, it sounds so strange that you still cant get at least stock recovery after a repartition and a full system reinstall... Maybe something get broke in the hardware...
I bought an a Samsung galaxy S5, SM-G900F.
When I turned it on at first, it got over the Samsung animation, but after that only BLACK SCREEN and blinking blue LED was what i got.
So, i did a factory reset in the original recovery. This not helped my phone.
I tried to reflash the firmware with ODIN, but nothing. I tried to downgrade with ODIN but nothing at all, the phone went worse.
I tried to make it stocky again with Smart Switch, but after that, nothing changed again.
I can flash everything in DOWNLOAD MODE, but after that my phone does nothing.
Flashing a PIT file along with a firmware did not help.
WHEN, i flash TWRP recovery, i can enter it approx once in a hour. But after that, only the blue text ,,recovery booting. . " and my phone reboots,.
I also tried this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...ft-bricked-t3311882/post65245516#post65245516 but it didnt help
In the current state with stock recovery again, i cant enter it. The phone now does not get over ,,Samsung Galaxy S5" text.
Does anyone could say something about it . . ? please
So this happened right after you bought it? Why didn't you first try to contact the guy that sold you the phone with a problem
id get a fresh tarball from sammobile.com/firmwares and flash it 3 times, yes 3 times. Delete the android folder from internal storage from TWRP before doing this tho.
Hello,
I am totally desperate...
I've try to update the firmware of my old Samsung GT-S7390G. I did not use it for a years, and he did not want to boot, so I upgraded the firmware using Odin. I believe I picked up the wrong firmware (one provided for Orange operator), but the upgraded worked well at first: the phone was working well. Next, I updated several android/google apps.... and problems started. Now the phone keeps rebooting... It starting normally, but once it started to work (I can see the menu, etc. but the sim card is no more detected), after several seconds the screen dim out and the phone reboot. I cannot access any settings, since it keeps rebooting very fast.
Using Odin, I could "PASS" another firmware upgrade... but it has no effect. The phone boots with Orange logo, and crashes/reboot after several second, it's like the firmware upgrade had no effect at all. I've tried different firmwares... some can pass, other not, but nothing works, nothing change. I wanted to use re-partition options, but it never works, Odin is asking for a pit file... I cannot find any pit file for this model on the net.
I can enter recovery mode, I can enter download mode. But I cannot get rid of this update.
Hard reset seems to work... but change NOTHING!
What can I do? Help!
Thank you...
Hello All, So I have a friend's 930V here. She let the phone "try" install the latest verizon OTA a few days ago, best I can tell 8CRK1 (I know). It did not complete. I have been attempting to fix it for a few days now. I have only been able to get the phone to actually boot into recovery twice. All other attempts say either "erasing, then installing update" or just "installing update", neither of which ever complete. The phone then reboots, says "recovery booting" and does it again. But I can not get it to boot into recovery to wipe the cache.
I have flashed it several times using odin (v3.13.1 and v3.13.1_3B) with firmware (8CRK1, 8CRJ3 and Umodel 8CRJ2). They all complete and pass in odin, yet it will not boot.
Some it will not even turn on, so let it sit for a while, when I come back it will turn on
- Will ticking erase NAND and/or REPARTITION help?
- Should I force the PIT file (HEROQLTE_USA_VZW)?
I have even gone to trying the Verizon/Samsung software upgrade utility, which fails half way through and says phone disconnected (on the phone it says unsupported dev_type)
-I'm about to rip my hair out- Any advice would be awesome!
thanks
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the screen grab I've attached are from the 1 of the 2 times it actually got it into recovery
Hi, I have a Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G that goes into the following loop for two days:
boots up, waits for me to unlock the phone through the draw pattern, I unlock the phone, "Phone Starting" pops up, phone starts, I am able to navigate the phone and phone apps for something like 20 seconds and then it freezes.
Model Number: SM-A528B/DS
The firmware shown in recovery mode is the following: A528BXXS1CVI6
Why I am trying all this
This is my wife's phone. I thought she was backing up photos through google photos and she told me that she was doing it. Unfortunately, she was only uploading them on the local app and the backup was not working since her storage was full for several months. So, if there is a way to access her stuff from any Operating System please let me know. The problem, I think, is that I can't without unlocking the phone (of course).
Note
If I don't unlock the phone, the phone does not freeze but of course, I cannot do anything. Therefore, I suspect it is some thread that starts by default as soon as the phone is unlocked.
What I tried
I tried the following things:
Remove the SD/SIM card tray (just because it was easy)
I tried to boot my phone in Safe mode. I correctly entered in safe mode, the third-party apps were disabled but then the phone froze again.
I connected the phone to a laptop (running Ubuntu 22.04) and entered in recovery mode. Once in recovery mode, I tried basically all the options without any luck so far:
Reboot system now
Reboot to bootloader
Apply update from ADB:
I tried to download a firmware for my phone and then send it through ADB with the following command
`$ ./adb sideload ~/Downloads/A525FXXS4CVK4_A525FOXM4CVJB_HUI.zip`
and I got stuck at
`serving: '/PATH_TO/Downloads/A525FXXS4CVK4_A525FOXM4CVJB_HUI.zip' (~0%)" `
I don't know why
I did not try "Apply update from SD Card" yet
I did not try "Wipe data/factory reset" yet
I tried "Mount /system" but it got me the following error:"Error updating for slotselect"
I tried "Repair apps"
I tried "Run Graphics test"
I tried "Run Locale test"
I tried and then did "./adb reboot recovery" to test that I was able to reboot through adb and it did reboot the phone indeed.
Let me know if you have any ideas on what to try next.
Having a similar issue right here, please notify me what you did afterwards and if you managed to solve it
I am in the same situation and same try outs. Only one slight different. Phone does not start at all. Only "SAMSUNG" and "powered by android" logos. Then starts to bootloop again.
Did you find a solution?
@minidiable did you try to flash with Odin? You should have a try using CSC that avoid erasing data.
In any case, I'm coming back here to give my result after several try-outs and finally going to a Samsung Center.
My phone, entering in recovery mode, had from the begining a message at the bottom saying " E:[libfs_mgr]Error updating for slotselect ".
At Samsung Service Center they told me that this error may probably warn about motherboard failure. And after tearing down the phone and checked it, they changed the moterhboard. Sadly, All data lost. That's all.