Phone dead. - Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

S3 Mini not starting
hi
i have a problem
my phone was always starting into recovery when i tried to boot it normally into the system
so ive tried to reflash maclaws recovery with heimdall
and now phone isnt starting at all
not even splash where it says Galaxy s3 mini
screen is just black
when i try to load it i dont get a battery icon
can someone pls pls pls help me?

Lefl said:
S3 Mini not starting
hi
i have a problem
my phone was always starting into recovery when i tried to boot it normally into the system
so ive tried to reflash maclaws recovery with heimdall
and now phone isnt starting at all
not even splash where it says Galaxy s3 mini
screen is just black
when i try to load it i dont get a battery icon
can someone pls pls pls help me?
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On which partition you flashed recovery.did you changed partition option to kernel2? Cause in s3 mini recovery should be flashed at kernel2

qasim799 said:
On which partition you flashed recovery.did you changed partition option to kernel2? Cause in s3 mini recovery should be flashed at kernel2
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i did it with heimdall-cleanui, i think it was on GBT or GRT or GPT or something like that
i guess that was a huge mistake,
I found something intresting were some people can get into Download mode with a 301k Ohm resistance and a micro usb cable, but that was for the S3 and im not sure if that can work.
i would put the instructions here but i dont know if you understand german

Look here: http://www.android-hilfe.de/showthread.php?p=7249762
Hit me with the thanks button

Lefl said:
I found something intresting were some people can get into Download mode with a 301k Ohm resistance and a micro usb cable, but that was for the S3 and im not sure if that can work.
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If I understand it correctly, this 300k resistor trick is the same as a USB jig, and should work on the S3 mini. It may be worth a try building one is you can find instructions. Nothing to lose!
Maris

Lefl said:
i did it with heimdall-cleanui, i think it was on GBT or GRT or GPT or something like that
i guess that was a huge mistake,
I found something intresting were some people can get into Download mode with a 301k Ohm resistance and a micro usb cable, but that was for the S3 and im not sure if that can work.
i would put the instructions here but i dont know if you understand german
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Oh that is same which I did you flashed it on mbr, gpt now your phone is completely dead .if you unbrick it you will get other problems like no imei etc the best solution I suggest is to take it to samsung and claim it in warranty.DON'NT DO ANY THING BY YOUR SELF BECAUSE WARRANTY WILL AVOID AND SAMSUNG WOULD NOT ACCEPT IT.

qasim799 said:
Oh that is same which I did you flashed it on mbr, gpt now your phone is completely dead .if you unbrick it you will get other problems like no imei etc the best solution I suggest is to take it to samsung and claim it in warranty.DON'NT DO ANY THING BY YOUR SELF BECAUSE WARRANTY WILL AVOID AND SAMSUNG WOULD NOT ACCEPT IT.
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If i can get it to work with the resistance (ill try tomorrow) and my imei is really lost and i can recover it without wiping the internal storage then im fine, ive got a backup of my efs there

Lefl said:
If i can get it to work with the resistance (ill try tomorrow) and my imei is really lost and i can recover it without wiping the internal storage then im fine, ive got a backup of my efs there
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Restoring you efs would not restore your imei because novathor phones don't save their imei in efs I restored it many times but my imei doesn't came back so give to samsung they would give a new phone for free .don't tell them anything you did just say it was running fine and suddenly bricked.

ok ive tried the resistance, didnt worked
qasim799 said:
Restoring you efs would not restore your imei because novathor phones don't save their imei in efs I restored it many times but my imei doesn't came back so give to samsung they would give a new phone for free .don't tell them anything you did just say it was running fine and suddenly bricked.
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dude i dont think theyll give me a new one my warranty is expired for 2 month now AND its rooted.
If anyone can tell me a good (and not too expensive) service in Europe (good) or better in germany it would be very helpfull.

Lefl said:
ok ive tried the resistance, didnt worked
dude i dont think theyll give me a new one my warranty is expired for 2 month now AND its rooted.
If anyone can tell me a good (and not too expensive) service in Europe (good) or better in germany it would be very helpfull.
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ok i found w-support.com but they say it a standard-repair would cost 112€ but thats not a real standard repair is it?

Lefl said:
ok ive tried the resistance, didnt worked
dude i dont think theyll give me a new one my warranty is expired for 2 month now AND its rooted.
If anyone can tell me a good (and not too expensive) service in Europe (good) or better in germany it would be very helpfull.
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go to any good phone repair center and he would unbrick it using jtag riff box and then you would get other problems likr internal storage 0 b and some yellow text on screen and factory mode then come back here ask me i have best solutions

qasim799 said:
go to any good phone repair center and he would unbrick it using jtag riff box and then you would get other problems likr internal storage 0 b and some yellow text on screen and factory mode then come back here ask me i have best solutions
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aha found a guy who jtag it and flashes the Stock rom, if i have any problems then ill ask.

ok found out that
Code:
dmesg | tail
detects it,
but im still going to send this to someone who can JTAG it

I have s3 mini that is completely dead. Tried to fix it with usb jig, but nothing happened. Any suggestions?

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[Q] How to Unbricking Hard Bricked Samsung Galaxy Ace

Hey Guys,
I have Samsung Galaxy Ace (GT-S5830), recently while uprading the my ace with the Cyanogenmod10, i had bricked my phone, now it never goes into the download mode so that i can flash the firmware with Odin. Actually yesterday, i used Rom Manager to Install the Custom Rom, and when said yes to install the custom rom, phone shutdown, and never started again, i googled around for some way out to go into the download mode, tried all the key combination, but could not go into the download mode, i tried the Home + VolumeUp and connected the USB to PC, with this method, my phone was detected, but because it was not in the download mode (i guess), so Odin just stucked at setup connection... and does not go further. Have anyone went through this dilemma, can anyone help me out of this, my warranty period is elapsed, so was thinking to get phone back to life myself.
Please anyone help me with this, i love the phone... I know that was my mistake to use Rom Manager to Install the Rom.
take it to the service. there is no other way. i tried everything, belive me. repairing costed me 200hrk (around 45$).
and
DONT USE ROM MANAGER
By taking it to a service center...Only way to recover it
Controversies,controversies everywhere :what:
I suppose this may help: Un-bricking your SGA
How to Unbricking Hard Bricked Samsung Galaxy Ace
Rishabh13 said:
I suppose this may help: Un-bricking your SGA
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@Rishabh i tried what was there in the page (the link above you posted), i went thru all the steps, even my phone was detected in Odin, but when i selected the file and clicked on Start, the Process Started and stucked at "setup connection" and does not goes any further. what could be done for this.
hr.nomad said:
take it to the service. there is no other way. i tried everything, belive me. repairing costed me 200hrk (around 45$).
and
DONT USE ROM MANAGER
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i know that could be the way to back my phone to life, but just wondering, what the servicing guys would be going to do, which i cannot do.
They'll use a JTAG. You can do that to but they're really really really expensive.
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SMillerNL said:
They'll use a JTAG. You can do that to but they're really really really expensive.
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actually i know they will be going to use that, but they says they will be replacing the motherboard and according to that they are charging, but i know they will not be going to replace motherboard, is there any way i can check whether they have replaced the motherboard or not, or is there any other way to make it work without going to the service center.
Deprednd was
smartabbas said:
my warranty period is elapsed, so was thinking to get phone back to life myself.
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I don't think being in-warranty would have made any difference, it would have been void anyway
smartabbas said:
actually i know they will be going to use that, but they says they will be replacing the motherboard and according to that they are charging, but i know they will not be going to replace motherboard, is there any way i can check whether they have replaced the motherboard or not, or is there any other way to make it work without going to the service center.
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check the back of your phone.when you remove your battery you will see 3 gold squares..when you take it to the service center and it becomes 9 silver small squares it means that they didnt change the motherboard they just solder it to connect wires to the motherboard they used jtag...:cyclops:
smartabbas said:
actually i know they will be going to use that, but they says they will be replacing the motherboard and according to that they are charging, but i know they will not be going to replace motherboard, is there any way i can check whether they have replaced the motherboard or not, or is there any other way to make it work without going to the service center.
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Check for imei no. If they use JTAG it won't change since the motherboard/chip set of the phone is same.
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bogsie16 said:
check the back of your phone.when you remove your battery you will see 3 gold squares..when you take it to the service center and it becomes 9 silver small squares it means that they didnt change the motherboard they just solder it to connect wires to the motherboard they used jtag...:cyclops:
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i would like to buy the RiffBox and do the Jtag myself, can anyone tell me where i can buy that and how much would it cost.
smartabbas said:
i would like to buy the RiffBox and do the Jtag myself, can anyone tell me where i can buy that and how much would it cost.
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Don't know where, but its more expensive than a brand new ace (and lots of low-mid range smartphones)
I bricked mine 1 week after getting it. I took it in and said it shut off and I can't turn it back on. They made sure it wasn't the battery, then replaced it under warranty. So if you still have a warranty, it's worth a try. The guys at the store won't know you've been screwing around with it.
To use Rom Manager you need a CM-compatible rom installed. It says that right on Rom Manager's download page. DO NOT USE WITH STOCK ROMS EVER!!!
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is there any other way to recover my phone other than JTag, its really costing me a lot, can anyone help me with any other possible solutions, my warranty period has been expired. I really need my phone get back to life, missing my ace a lot. Can anyone please help me with this.
smartabbas said:
is there any other way to recover my phone other than JTag, its really costing me a lot, can anyone help me with any other possible solutions, my warranty period has been expired. I really need my phone get back to life, missing my ace a lot. Can anyone please help me with this.
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No.
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sauron82 said:
I bricked mine 1 week after getting it. I took it in and said it shut off and I can't turn it back on. They made sure it wasn't the battery, then replaced it under warranty. So if you still have a warranty, it's worth a try. The guys at the store won't know you've been screwing around with it.
To use Rom Manager you need a CM-compatible rom installed. It says that right on Rom Manager's download page. DO NOT USE WITH STOCK ROMS EVER!!!
Sent from my GT-S5830 using xda premium
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It also says not to use it at all around here. It bricks ace.
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smartabbas said:
is there any other way to recover my phone other than JTag, its really costing me a lot, can anyone help me with any other possible solutions, my warranty period has been expired. I really need my phone get back to life, missing my ace a lot. Can anyone please help me with this.
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Go to a service center and pay the repair fee.
Sent from my GT-S5830 using xda premium
smartabbas said:
Hey Guys,
I have Samsung Galaxy Ace (GT-S5830), recently while uprading the my ace with the Cyanogenmod10, i had bricked my phone, now it never goes into the download mode so that i can flash the firmware with Odin. Actually yesterday, i used Rom Manager to Install the Custom Rom, and when said yes to install the custom rom, phone shutdown, and never started again, i googled around for some way out to go into the download mode, tried all the key combination, but could not go into the download mode, i tried the Home + VolumeUp and connected the USB to PC, with this method, my phone was detected, but because it was not in the download mode (i guess), so Odin just stucked at setup connection... and does not go further. Have anyone went through this dilemma, can anyone help me out of this, my warranty period is elapsed, so was thinking to get phone back to life myself.
Please anyone help me with this, i love the phone... I know that was my mistake to use Rom Manager to Install the Rom.
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Rom manager is the culprit !!! i too installed it and hard bricked my lovely ace... :crying:
if your under warrenty go to samsung service center they'll replace the motherboard free of cost and would never know what went wrong with your phone...
where we can get repair in that cost 200
hr.nomad said:
take it to the service. there is no other way. i tried everything, belive me. repairing costed me 200hrk (around 45$).
and
DONT USE ROM MANAGER
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hi
i made a mistake in changing the Rom samsung ace gt5830 by mistakely i installed the rom of gt5830i after that my phone is not getting download mode pls i need a my phone back to working condiction i can pay my phone num is 8904600225 if u no any thing pls help me thanks
ajay8904 said:
hi
i made a mistake in changing the Rom samsung ace gt5830 by mistakely i installed the rom of gt5830i after that my phone is not getting download mode pls i need a my phone back to working condiction i can pay my phone num is 8904600225 if u no any thing pls help me thanks
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Do you have recovery mode?

Help me Please!!!

my galaxy mini dont have imei.. I made a tutorial to unlock the phone and lost my imei. not to do, I'm desperate
help me please...
i tried flash stock rom, custom rom and nothing... i read that the problem has to do with a file called StL5, but i dont know... i hope you can help me... thanx
you are in a big trouble dude
do you have any backup of your imei partition
I lost my IMEI too, when I installed a custom from. But it's not a big problem if you have signal. Just, you can't install apps from PC through play store and you can't use the anti-theft function. And I think you can't recover your IMEI. I tried all the methods, but not success. And if you return your phone to the Samsung service, they will know that your phone is rooted, etc... Only if you hard brick your phone...There are some methods...
So which means he has to purposely hard brick his phone...
sent from a human's mind.
it means he possibly now have an Apod
I Dont have signal, i dont do nothing, the device reboot very much, Dont have Sound.... I think that is dead x.x
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jamesmuking5 said:
So which means he has to purposely hard brick his phone...
sent from a human's mind.
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Soft Brick, cause OS still running.
Maybe we can call it Phone Brick (no signal, IMEI, etc...)
When Samsung sc changes mobo of the phone, does we get knew IMEI??
maybe, maybe not
bad luck!
bad luck man , i never have see this , but try re-install the stock rom from samsung via odin wipe everything , if this happen with me i made that xp
: Silly:
delgamarco said:
my galaxy mini dont have imei.. I made a tutorial to unlock the phone and lost my imei. not to do, I'm desperate
help me please...
i tried flash stock rom, custom rom and nothing... i read that the problem has to do with a file called StL5, but i dont know... i hope you can help me... thanx
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you still got the imei at the back of your phone after you put out the battery xD

[Q] I9305 stay on logo , problem with mount EFS. How to repair it?

Hello everyone
I've got problem with my I9305 lte. I bought it from my friend. It was working fine till my friend try to root phone with software dedicated to i9300. Galaxy right now stay on logo , goes in recovery mode and download mode. In a photo you can see cause of this thread.
I tried to flash oryginal software by Odin. Everything looks fine. Odin doesn't see any error. Galaxy still stay on logo with red error in recovery mode. I don't have backup with EFS folder... If it help i9305 is from vadofone Germany.
Could anyone help me ?
RIP, motherboard replacement is needed now
Does anyone have more positive idea ? Phone is like new , near 2 mounths of use...
Motherboard replacement....
Is that more positive??
And next time, read everything you can before you stuff around with something! Damn, the first thing I did was backup my efs folder :banghead:
I found this. I'll try it tommorow when I'll come back home. : alliance-rom.com/community/wiki/imei/
I was looking for motherboard for i9305 on ebay etc. but there is nothing...
So you have no backup of the efs folder, a phone that won't boot properly, and you obviously didn't read your link properly either.
Good luck, enjoy buying a new phone
fridgie said:
So you have no backup of the efs folder, a phone that won't boot properly, and you obviously didn't read your link properly either.
Good luck, enjoy buying a new phone
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My galaxy works right now ! There's no need to replace mothernoard.
Krasza said:
My galaxy works right now ! There's no need to replace mothernoard.
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I am in a similar situation.
Could you please share your knowledge on how you got it sorted?
Thanks
EDIT****
Sorted it.
jh787 said:
I am in a similar situation.
Could you please share your knowledge on how you got it sorted?
Thanks
EDIT****
Sorted it.
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Could you post a fix mate on how you sorted your problem? I have an S3 with the same issue - failed to mount efs. I have a back up of my efs folder on my PC.
hustlergraham said:
Could you post a fix mate on how you sorted your problem? I have an S3 with the same issue - failed to mount efs. I have a back up of my efs folder on my PC.
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I should begin with explaining my problem first.
The phone would not boot,charge or show any signs of life.
I had another S3, so i swapped the battery over and to my surprise it came on.
Luckily i could boot into download mode.
Moving onto how i sorted it.
First i went here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33048706&postcount=1
and downloaded, extracted and flashed the Param_Bin_I9305.zip .
I then went here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2023527
and flashed all 3 sections (phone/pda/csc)
and hey presto all was sorted.
Hope this helps and if i can be of any more help or i have omitted something please ask
jh787 said:
I should begin with explaining my problem first.
The phone would not boot,charge or show any signs of life.
I had another S3, so i swapped the battery over and to my surprise it came on.
Luckily i could boot into download mode.
Moving onto how i sorted it.
First i went here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33048706&postcount=1
and downloaded, extracted and flashed the Param_Bin_I9305.zip .
I then went here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2023527
and flashed all 3 sections (phone/pda/csc)
and hey presto all was sorted.
Hope this helps and if i can be of any more help or i have omitted something please ask
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Thanks for the quick reply mate. Will this work on my International GTi9300 do you know? Sorry I should have said that earlier. I've had all previous versions of the Galaxy models and never got a problem like this.
One guy above says a new motherboard is the only option, I left mine in for repair and because the custom binary was at 2 the warranty was Void. So they quoted me €150 just today. I can't afford that at the moment. But after so many searches here on XDA, it seems some people with the same issue as myself have managed to fix it. Thats why i am a bit sceptical, because I have my EFS folder backed up. Maybe it might work.
I should have my phone back on Monday so if you think this will work on mine I will give it a go and let you know?
Really appreciate the help.
Sorry to hear about your problem.
I did this on a I9305 which is very different to the standard I9300.
These files and methods i used are **ONLY FOR THE I9305***
The only reason i had the problem in the first place is that i flashed I9300 software onto a I9305.
Sorry i cant be of any more help but i am sure if you head over to the i9300 q+a section, someone is bound to know what you should do.
PM me with your exact issue and what you messed up on and i will try and see if i can find some helpful info
ok!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AW: [Q] I9305 stay on logo , problem with mount EFS. How to repair it?
bmw750long said:
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What's this?
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jjpro45 said:
What's this?
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Corrected (formats) efs folder makes it empty
and the phone turns on
use ODIN
then http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1946915
Has anyone else tried this ??
My i9305 is in bootloop on yhe samsung logo. Every ROM i put tought odin goes right, then loop again.
jh787 said:
I should begin with explaining my problem first.
The phone would not boot,charge or show any signs of life.
I had another S3, so i swapped the battery over and to my surprise it came on.
Luckily i could boot into download mode.
Moving onto how i sorted it.
First i went here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33048706&postcount=1
and downloaded, extracted and flashed the Param_Bin_I9305.zip .
I then went here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2023527
and flashed all 3 sections (phone/pda/csc)
and hey presto all was sorted.
Hope this helps and if i can be of any more help or i have omitted something please ask
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drmspidi said:
Has anyone else tried this ??
My i9305 is in bootloop on yhe samsung logo. Every ROM i put tought odin goes right, then loop again.
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Yes.... The chap on eBay who saved himself 200 quid after he agreed to sell his phone to me extra cheap but managed to fix it after I told him to have 1 last try with this method. elf
jh787 said:
Yes.... The chap on eBay who saved himself 200 quid after he agreed to sell his phone to me extra cheap but managed to fix it after I told him to have 1 last try with this method. elf
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So you were able to recovery the phone with the same symotmes as mine ?
drmspidi said:
So you were able to recovery the phone with the same symotmes as mine ?
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Yes.. you got nothing to lose and everything to gain
jh787 said:
Yes.. you got nothing to lose and everything to gain
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Oh, OK. I'll try and post the results later !!
Thanks

Bricked phone ?!!

Hello everyone ! Two days ago I wanted to flash the stock firmware on my S6500D and the pc restarted when I was flashing the recovery.img I think..and now the phone shows only the Samsung logo ( but very very veeery low-quality resolution ) with some lines in right, how can I repair it..?
ye, it's a brick. I had the same problem when I bricked mine. At first it had corrupted graphics, after some minutes it didn't boot at all.
There's no way to reflash it..? Without replacing the motherboard , I mean..using the software side.
JTAG
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man, try do self jtag, watch on youtube videos etc, its simply and not expensive and it can repair your phone. if it cant help, just go to mobile center for new board
Fallen_Knight said:
what happened to your phone before flashing stock?
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he said that the flashing process was interrupted, do you read?
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i heard USBjig is working on our phone to force it in download mode.
maybe you should try it
tekkenl0rd13 said:
i heard USBjig is working on our phone to force it in download mode.
maybe you should try it
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i read jtag also working on all galaxy family devices. try it, try.
I could give the device to a repair service ( GSMobile for me ) and they could repair it, but I don't want to give money for this device because the screen is also broken and I think in 2 months I'll buy a S3 Mini ( I love S3, belive me ) and if I find a way with a small amount of money to repair the phone I will do it ! But this jig..I also used some JIG for bricked PS3 but it's not the same way.. and I don't know a lot of things about making one for my phone, if you have a tutorial I will do it, but after I get the S3 Mini I'll surely repair this phone, I want to continue developing and searching and helping the other Mini2 owners, it is my first Android phone and it means very much to me.
JIG is only meant to force the phone into download mode. If the JIG works, your device is not hard bricked... Otherwise, I mean, if it is hard bricked, service center will take care of it. JTAG != JIG
I'll try to JIG tomorow , I'm using this tutorial : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604707 , TheWhisp, the recovery.img file wasn't flashed totally, I mean it was about 60%..but the boot.img / system.ext4 ( I Think it was like that ) / other files were flashed with succes.. maybe the JIG will do it for me !
zalukajonet said:
i read jtag also working on all galaxy family devices. try it, try.
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Thanks.
I've tried the USBJig but the phone doesn't responds in any way, it still remains off..
This should be posted in Q n A not in Android Development.
dei.andrei98 said:
I've tried the USBJig but the phone doesn't responds in any way, it still remains off..
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bro try check all conections in jig. mayby there is some problem with pins.
LiskatFlow said:
This should be posted in Q n A not in Android Development.
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There's no such section for Mini2
zalukajonet said:
bro try check all conections in jig. mayby there is some problem with pins.
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I've tried all possible connections and sometimes the phones turns on ( I mean that the Samsung screen appears ) but sometimes nothing happen ( like when connecting PIN 4 to PIN 5 and this is the jig connection )
dei.andrei98 said:
There's no such section for Mini2
I've tried all possible connections and sometimes the phones turns on ( I mean that the Samsung screen appears ) but sometimes nothing happen ( like when connecting PIN 4 to PIN 5 and this is the jig connection )
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my friend tell me something mayby usefull. push buttons to go to download mode and connect jig - in the same time. mayby it can help.
zalukajonet said:
my friend tell me something mayby usefull. push buttons to go to download mode and connect jig - in the same time. mayby it can help.
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It's not working, if I enter in download mode by the buttons the screen shows only a white line, then I connect the jig and nothing happens, the screen remains the same..

Bricked Samsung phone

HI,
My Samsung galaxy s III has bricked. I can go to the download mode though. Can I flash a custom rom to recover the phone ? If yes, then please give me the link to the rom which I can flash via odin. Thanks.
saudgokul said:
HI,
My Samsung galaxy s III has bricked. I can go to the download mode though. Can I flash a custom rom to recover the phone ? If yes, then please give me the link to the rom which I can flash via odin. Thanks.
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Try flashing stock rom from sammobile.com or samsung-updates.com
You may need to become a member(it's free) to download. Once you download the rom for your region and device, unzip the file and flash the .tar.md5 file in odin
saudgokul said:
HI,
My Samsung galaxy s III has bricked. I can go to the download mode though. Can I flash a custom rom to recover the phone ? If yes, then please give me the link to the rom which I can flash via odin. Thanks.
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Did you fix ur phone. i have same problem on my device
jtk585 said:
Did you fix ur phone. i have same problem on my device
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Yes. Download the stock rom from sam mobile and flash it using odin.
saudgokul said:
Yes. Download the stock rom from sam mobile and flash it using odin.
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thanks. but i tried it. no luck to me. i think board is gone
Does it even go to recovery? Does it even go to download mode? Please post the error in ODIN or the error on the phone screen because the "board is gone" is too little. We are trying to help you but you don't give us enough information.
西村大一 said:
Does it even go to recovery? Does it even go to download mode? Please post the error in ODIN or the error on the phone screen because the "board is gone" is too little. We are trying to help you but you don't give us enough information.
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thanks.
my phone recovery mode is not working..
my phone stuck on logo.. no booting..
download mode is working..:good:
when i flash with Odin.. nand error coming... nothing write on phone.
i tried re-partition
i tried nand erase all
i tried all most all.
but no positive....
i tried with kies.... kies on stuck 0 %....
any solution..... ?
jtk585 said:
thanks.
my phone recovery mode is not working..
my phone stuck on logo.. no booting..
download mode is working..:good:
when i flash with Odin.. nand error coming... nothing write on phone.
i tried re-partition
i tried nand erase all
i tried all most all.
but no positive....
i tried with kies.... kies on stuck 0 %....
any solution..... ?
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EMMC Brick Bug takes another phone down. Unfortunately the EMMC is dead. You can try and take it to a specialized repair shop and have the EMMC replaced. But it would probably be very expensive. Download mode works because the SoC actually boots for download mode, EMMC is not accessed. Nand erase all is useless in this case, and Kies doesn't know what to do.
西村大一 said:
EMMC Brick Bug takes another phone down. Unfortunately the EMMC is dead. You can try and take it to a specialized repair shop and have the EMMC replaced. But it would probably be very expensive. Download mode works because the SoC actually boots for download mode, EMMC is not accessed. Nand erase all is useless in this case, and Kies doesn't know what to do.
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thanks. board expense is 30 dollar. i know how to change it.
if i going to change mother board , is my phone work normally ...???
thanks you so much...
jtk585 said:
thanks. board expense is 30 dollar. i know how to change it.
if i going to change mother board , is my phone work normally ...???
thanks you so much...
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It will work normally, but make sure to take an i9300 motherboard for the normal S3 and an i9305 motherboard for the i9305. And also make sure to not damage anything. And not loose any screw (lost one already and regret it).
The IMEI will be different (if you have the box) but other than that, make sure the motherboard is tested, works 100% and doesn't have any problem.
Don't forget to push the tanks button just in case
西村大一 said:
It will work normally, but make sure to take an i9300 motherboard for the normal S3 and an i9305 motherboard for the i9305. And also make sure to not damage anything. And not loose any screw (lost one already and regret it).
The IMEI will be different (if you have the box) but other than that, make sure the motherboard is tested, works 100% and doesn't have any problem.
Don't forget to push the tanks button just in case
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:laugh::laugh: yeah..!
anyway i ordered last week... let u know when i fix
thank you
jtk585 said:
:laugh::laugh: yeah..!
anyway i ordered last week... let u know when i fix
thank you
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You welcome. Glad to have helped.
西村大一 said:
You welcome. Glad to have helped.
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how to change IMEI.... i wish to put my old IMEI ( in Box ) any option??
Very tricky, may not work and it could possibly blacklist both the IMEIs. Generally, IMEI copying is done using specialized programmes, but it is not generally both allowed, practical and in some parts, or global, ILLEGAL.
西村大一 said:
Very tricky, may not work and it could possibly blacklist both the IMEIs. Generally, IMEI copying is done using specialized programmes, but it is not generally both allowed, practical and in some parts, or global, ILLEGAL.
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ok. thanks

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