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[Q] Bad ODIN Flash on i957 - Stuck at AT&T Splash Screen

This happened on an i957. There's a sub-forum for that device, but it's a development sub-forum; wasn't sure which place to post this.
The short of it:
I ODIN flashed a TAR for the official UCLK4 firmware for my i957, but I dropped the TAR in ODIN's PHONE slot instead of its PDA slot. Upon rebooting, my tablet now freezes at the AT&T's Rethink Possible splash screen.
I re-flashed the UCLK4 firmware in ODIN's (proper) PDA slot after I realized my mistake (after doing some research in the i957 sub-forum), but I'm still stuck at the AT&T logo.
Anyone have any recommendations?
The longer version:
I've been running AOKP (JB) on my i957 for a few weeks. It's a huge improvement over Samsung's Honeycomb ROM... but I was only-ever able to get HSPA+ working; was never able to get LTE. Today I saw that Samsung finally released the an ICS ROM for the i957. I wanted to try it out, but I wasn't able to "update" AOKP to UCLK4 using Kies.
I found the flashable TAR for UCLK4 on SamMobile.com, so I downloaded it and followed a walk-thru (on another site) that said to drop the TAR in ODIN's Phone slot. (It seemed weird, but I didn't question it.) I flashed the firmware in ODIN's Phone slot, rebooted, and got stuck on AT&T's Rethink Possible splash screen.
It didn't take long to realize I was following bad advice, and that I should have flashed with ODIN's PDA slot, so I...
Flashed UCLK4 in ODIN's PDA slot. I still had the same problem. I could never get past the AT&T Rethink Possible splash screen.
I tried to re-flash the stock kernel on top of UCLK4, following the instructions here, but that resulted in my tablet hanging after the Samsung boot logo, but before the AT&T splash screen.
I re-flashed UCLK4, and now I'm back to the Rethink Possible splash screen.
I'm still able to get into Download mode, so I don't think I'm bricked... but I'm not sure what I need to do. (Maybe I can use ODIN to reflash a proper PHONE file? Can anyone help me produce this file?) Does anyone have any recommendations?

Same problem. Thought I'd give the official I957 ROM a try, Kies won't work, and when I flashed with Odin, I got stuck at the AT&T splash screen. I did not make the mistake with the PDA / PHONE file on the first run. I did try to flash again with Odin, no change.
The tar file should have included a kernel; a new kernel version is part of the HC -> ICS upgrade process. And the kernel from that other post is probably an HC kernel, which won't work with the stock ICS ROM.

I had the same problem I installed twrp recovery and wiped everything, factory reset, etc then installed ics with Odin and it worked fine after that.
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Thanks!
I didn't even have to do the re-install. I rebooted into the stock recovery (power + volume up) and wiped cache and did a factory reset. Came right up into the setup screen.

Great! That would have taken less steps. But whatever way you do it it seems the factory reset is necessary.
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i installed the HC stock then flashed this and it worked. i also had the hangup problem but that fixed it.

jd1639 said:
I had the same problem I installed twrp recovery and wiped everything, factory reset, etc then installed ics with Odin and it worked fine after that.
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Thanks! I did a factory reset and wiped my cache and everything is working now. I feel a little ridiculous for not trying that on my own...
In the panic of the moment, I (somehow) just assumed that recovery wouldn't work. One should never assume that!

Thanks
Thanks a lot! I did a factory reset and wiped out my cache and everything is working fine now. :good:

[Q] Help needed please. Stuck on boot screen.

Hi guys. I was hoping that maybe some of you genius's maybe be able to help me out? I will try and explain my problem as clearly as possible.
I have an I9305 and an from the UK. I have rooted my phone before and used many custom roms. But quite recently I decide to unroot my phone and go back to a normal stock rom. Last week I got the urge
to root again and install some custom roms. I quickly discovered that since I had OTA my phone that the latest OS has problems (knox) with rooting. I did manage to root my phone. However, the problem started when I tried to install
twrp through Goomanager. I tried to reboot into recovery mode and my phone was stuck on the Galaxy S III splash start screen, and I could not get into recovery mode either. I could still get into download mode. Eventually I did manage
to restore my phone using odin, and install a stock rom for Ireland. After this I tried to install a stock from for the UK, and now my phone is now back to being stuck on the splash screen, and I can not enter recover mode on my phone
using the up/home/power combo, but I can still acces download mode and conect to odin. I have been searching on line for several days for some solutions and fixes, but I seem to be getting no where. So please, if you can help my out and hopefully get my phone back to life I would
be extremely grateful.

If you can boot to download mode, then have you tried to flash a custom recovery with odin? If its twrp you want then flash the twrp tar for i9305 which you can get off the team win website and then see if you can access recovery. If you can, then you should be able to flash a samsung 4.3 rom or cm rom from external sd if you don't have one on your internal or even restore a backup if you have one.
AllianceROM I9305

Thanks for your reply. Yes, I have tried to flash cwm and twrp using odin. They seem to flash fine, but I can not enter recover mode at all. I have also tried to flash some custom roms and they also seem to flash fine, with no errors, but my phone is still stuck on the boot logo. Thanks for any more help.

daytimeKnight said:
Thanks for your reply. Yes, I have tried to flash cwm and twrp using odin. They seem to flash fine, but I can not enter recover mode at all. I have also tried to flash some custom roms and they also seem to flash fine, with no errors, but my phone is still stuck on the boot logo. Thanks for any more help.
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im afraid like me, your stuck on 4.3... download the offical rom and odin it across to your phone, you will not be able to root your phone from now on, your stuck stuck with stock 4.3.. you cant even enter recovery mode thanks to knox.. just the download mode.. like i said in my post "UP YOURS SAMSUNG" IF I EVER SEE YOU IN THE STREET ILL KNOX YOU OUT LOL

relating btuali
Thanks for you replies and help so far. It would be good if I could flash 4.3 through odin, but unfortunately after each successful flash, my phone remains on the sIII logo screen. Maybe there is a specific rom that you guys could recommend that I try? Thanks once again.

Hi there. A big thanks for taking the time to help and give advice. I now finaly have my phone working again. I used Odin 3.7 and the latest official rom, entitled "I9305XXUENA1_I9305SIOENA1_SIO.zip" Odin froze and stalled a few times trying to install but after a few tries it worked. I can now also get back into recovery mode now. So, I was wondering might it be a good idea to do the normal wipes in recovery mode. ie wipe cache, etc. Thanks once again.

Yes keep it clean...

Raistlin1158 said:
Yes keep it clean...
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Will do.:good:

S3 Mini stuck in boot loop after flashing cm 10.2 try odin am i missing a step?

Hi thanks for reading,
i flash my rom from virginity v14 to cm 10.2 via twrp
its now stuck on bootloop
i downloaded a origianal stock rom l8190XXAMJ2
flash it with odin 3.07
still in boot loop
then i flash a Param IB190
Still in loop
Then i flash a goldenxx-Pit-File
still in loop
it says on the download screen:
GT-I8190N
Custome binery download: YES (16 Counts)
Current Binary: custom
System Status : custom
"have i miss a file"?
the phone comes on shows samsung model number and goes off again
i can access download via pressing 3 buttons
but cant access recovery
any ideas what i can do now.
Really appreciate any help as i really luv this phone!
Thanks for reading
Kind Regards
FAM0422

It sounds very much like the same kind of problem that I am having, but the phone I am trying to fix is 100% stock.
Here is my post: Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini GT-I8190N - Stuck in bootloop
If you do find a fix for your problem please do report back.
Thanks for your time.
Best Regards.

i fix the issue by using odin 3.07 and using the firmware below
I8190NXXALL6
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2122548&highlight=root
i went to download mode
and flash the firmware.
it then booted normally then i had issue with encryption but i solve this easily by going back to custom recovery and wipe data cache etc.
Hope this works for you

TWRP
In TWRP make factory reset and clear dalvik and cache! That should do it!

Thanks for the info, but unfortunately this has not worked with the phone in question and I am still having the same issue.

Just looping on splash screen? Help!

Hi, today after my phone suddenly died without reason, and then my phone just looping on splash screen ( SAMSUNG GALAXY S-III Mini GT-I8190 ). Before I start this thread, I already google it, and I found this and this maybe so many out there with almost same case and zero solution.
Yeah, Stock Recovery and Download Mode still accessable and I already tried:
Wipe Data/Cache on recovery
Flash Stock Firmware using odin, With/without PIT.
Flash Param
Try different odin version.
Flash bunch of different version custom recovery, TWRP and CWM.
Flash CM11 Maclaw using odin.
But my phone still same, nothing changes, even I already flash custom rom, and my Stock Recovery still there.
Flashing with no error, but I have error log in Download Mode, movi_write_card status:2 with red font.
I can't flash anything with that. This is hardware problem? eMMC? If anyone have suggestion would be appreciate, thanks.
Sorry for my english.

Boot loop and recovery loop only able to get to download frp lock

Hello, I've got a Note 5 on sprint n920p. I've had twrp and spacex kernel for ages without any trouble. Today however, I logged into a different google account on my phone and it rebooted. Now It wont boot or go into recovery. FRP is blocking my attempts to flash twrp via odin. I am stumped is there anything I can do?

Try flashing stock rom

amarstha said:
Try flashing stock rom
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Thank you! It was so incredibly easy! I just needed to calm down a bit and wait for the rom.

What're the steps to flash a stock rom? I basically have the same problem but I can't even boot into TWRP recovery.

First, I had to wait several hours for a rom to download from sammobile. Then, I put my phone in download mode and used odin with the rom in the ap slot. Voila, it worked ending days of frustration. Took a bit to configure itself. Avoid wasting time dont download a deodexed rom. You'll need the rom as a single file.