Hey guys
In short my father's s3 mini is in bootloop
He didn't root it for sure -and I doubt he even knows what kind of devil's sorcery runs his phone at the first place- and he can't describe what happened with him before it got stuck
I've tried all the possible peaceful methods with no fruit
Can I root it with odin now while in boot loop ? and if not, Can I flash a rom on it without root?
Thanks and have a nice day
BTW it's too old to bother send it for samsung for repair and pay costs, it's too costly in my country I might as well buy a new one instead
So samsung customer service is out of the way, I'm giving it a last try before abandoning hope
try to boot into download mode & flash original firmware from sammobile via odin, then you can go about rooting & flashing custom rom
beerwolf-crowe said:
try to boot into download mode & flash original firmware from sammobile via odin, then you can go about rooting & flashing custom rom
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Thanks. I've solved it finally
Outta no where suddenly wipe cashe partition and factory reset worked and it booted smoothly
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my sons sg i9000 was rooted with a custom rom but then started playing up, now when i've wiped it and tried put new rom on it, all it does it force crash everything that was existing on his phone, so it looks like it is not wiping the phone anymore for some reason, i've tried flashing rom by odin but still the same effect, is there anything out there that totally wipes the phone for sure and then will allow me to put phone back to stock and then reroot.
many thanks if anyone can help as i am totally stuck now and my son is without his phone.:fingers-crossed:
If you restock via odin, usually all datas are deleted and wipes are done.
In this thread you will find many usefull things, also slappys rescue kit, in Android rescue, Recovery Kits content, which I used often and helped me a lot of times: i9000 Rescue EzBase Rescue with CF Root & semaphore root by nitr8 & chainfire, repacked by slaphead20
btw: the problem you mention seems to me more that you probably flashed a wrong ROM, which is not compatible to your device, or something went wrong during the installation?
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If you restock via odin, usually all datas are deleted and wipes are done.
In this thread you will find many usefull things, also slappys rescue kit, in Android rescue, Recovery Kits content, which I used often and helped me a lot of times: i9000 Rescue EzBase Rescue with CF Root & semaphore root by nitr8 & chainfire, repacked by slaphead20
btw: the problem you mention seems to me more that you probably flashed a wrong ROM, which is not compatible to your device, or something went wrong during the installation?
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thank you for the advise i will try and see what i can do
still having trouble with the phone, every time i reflash stock rom with odin it keeps starting up but then i have a lot of force close box popping up saying about all his old apps and and setting force closing and then when it get to the start up wizard it says it has forced closed and then can not go any further, this is why i cant understand why when i wipe all data and system it is not wiping it for some reason,im waiting on a download recovery for it but if anyone can understand what i mean and no a fix i will be most grateful as i have spent many hours now searching through xda for a answer and can not find any.:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
Could you give us some more information? What device do you have? And which ROMs did you try to flash? Which stock and which custom ROMS? And when do have the problems? After reboot from flashed stock rom or after flashing the custom rom? I think the stock rom you try to flash does not fit to your device?
i have tried the stock rom from samfirmware and my device is a galaxy s i9000, the custom rom was a old gingerbread rom, the problem comes when i have flashed the new stock rom with odin, it flashes with odin not a problem but then when it boots up and starts to go through the first 6 or 7 steps of the phones steps, ie ( keyboard use, packed data settings, wifi on or off and so on) it keeps popping up little dialog boxes saying sorry google play is not working force close and goes through a whole load of stuff saying the same thing for them all, hope this helps a little but is hard to describe
I would suggest to flash an other rom via odin. Try the rescue pack from slappy. Inside that pack, there should be a txt file, where additional infos are included how to use the different files. It could be that the sam firmware is not fully compatible with your phone or sometimes the download is corrupt or something else...
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I would suggest to flash an other rom via odin. Try the rescue pack from slappy. Inside that pack, there should be a txt file, where additional infos are included how to use the different files. It could be that the sam firmware is not fully compatible with your phone or sometimes the download is corrupt or something else...
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ok thank you i will try that,
thank you for all the help today but think the phone is knackered nothing will work anymore on it nothing will boot up properly :crying:
no problem and you welcome...better would have been if my proposals had worked...but perhaps you are right and there is a hardware defect or something else...perhaps even a fluid defect....or it is only stressed for today and tomorrow all is fine again ! So head up, and don't give up.
Hope you flashed Stock GB ROM with pit file and Re-partition ticked
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.
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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
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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...
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Yes keep it clean...
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Will do.:good:
HI all,
Today I decide to update my i9305t to the 4.3 rom. I unrooted my phone and reset the custom counter and all was good. I flashed the telstra rom and all was good. Because of the locked dock Icons I thought I would flash a different unbranded rom. During the installation (via odin) it went skew if and froze. It sat there for ages but I ended up having to do a battery pull.
When I went to the download menu on the phone, knox had been tripped and there was 47 instances. Any way I reflashed the telstra firmware. It passed but now the phone gets stuck on the Samsung logo.
OK now I have already.....
Pulled the battery.
Removed all cards sim and sd.
Restored different firmwares.
factory reset, clear cahce etc.
Installed custom recovery and cleared devalk cache.
Googled for similar events.
Nothing I have read has worked.
I cant think of what else to do. When I restore a firmware via odin everything is OK, it passes but on the reboot it just stops at Samsung logo and goes no further.
I gather that because the phone can still get into recovery and download mode there must be something can sort this out.
Thanks in advance.
flash the original firmware from samsung.....the 4.3 since you updated it...
after it finishes and reboots it will enter a boot loop....IT'S NORMAL.....pull out the battery and start the phone in recovery mode(stock one) and do a wipe data - factory reset and wipe cache partition...it should work without a problem...did this many times...
after you updated to 4.3 you should have done a full wipe...
spiderman07 said:
flash the original firmware from samsung.....the 4.3 since you updated it...
after it finishes and reboots it will enter a boot loop....IT'S NORMAL.....pull out the battery and start the phone in recovery mode(stock one) and do a wipe data - factory reset and wipe cache partition...it should work without a problem...did this many times...
after you updated to 4.3 you should have done a full wipe...
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Yeah I have done that. I have tried it about 10 times. Im going to give it another bash today as I am stuck using my wife's old Iphone and its horrendous.
try installing your firmware with a .PIT file and check repartition box...search for the pit file....
if this doesn't work i suggest going to local repair shop and let them have a look...
maybe something got broke when you flashed the unbranded firmware...
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try installing your firmware with a .PIT file and check repartition box...search for the pit file....
if this doesn't work i suggest going to local repair shop and let them have a look...
maybe something got broke when you flashed the unbranded firmware...
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Thanks for the info. Im unsure what a PIT file is. Are they phone specific or just model specific.
Cheers
Pat
Filipiak said:
Thanks for the info. Im unsure what a PIT file is. Are they phone specific or just model specific.
Cheers
Pat
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Found the pit file and read up on it. Tried to use it but it fails as soon as it starts.
Best of luck
Well I was in the same pickle
whicever 4.3 rom i flashed through odin i got stuck in boot logo or even if i recovered device from odin through emergency frimware and intillation
Also tried customs 4.3 roms stuck a boot logo
Here what u should try and what i did
1 flash philz recovery + 4.1.2 rom
if it works back up efs
2 Using Philz recovery wipe data factory reset + wipe cache + dalvik cache
3 in mount and storage section format everything ( THINK THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP )
4 Used odin to flash a 4.3 stock package it worked ( note u may get knox from this u may try a modifed stock package if u dont have knox and dont want to get it )
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Well I was in the same pickle
whicever 4.3 rom i flashed through odin i got stuck in boot logo or even if i recovered device from odin through emergency frimware and intillation
Also tried customs 4.3 roms stuck a boot logo
Here what u should try and what i did
1 flash philz recovery + 4.1.2 rom
if it works back up efs
2 Using Philz recovery wipe data factory reset + wipe cache + dalvik cache
3 in mount and storage section format everything ( THINK THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP )
4 Used odin to flash a 4.3 stock package it worked ( note u may get knox from this u may try a modifed stock package if u dont have knox and dont want to get it )
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Knox was tripped when the firmware install crashed. So knox tripping is no issue. Thanks for the information. I will have a go tommorrow.
I did manage to restore a cm9 backup but my IMEI is now gone and I cant get to the menu to restore my back up. Seems like Samsung has done a number on my phone. In all the years ive been fingering phones with custom firmware and modding I have never had anything stuff up this bad. Its rather amusing that it has happened flashing a stock rom that belongs to my phone.
AMoizK said:
Well I was in the same pickle
whicever 4.3 rom i flashed through odin i got stuck in boot logo or even if i recovered device from odin through emergency frimware and intillation
Also tried customs 4.3 roms stuck a boot logo
Here what u should try and what i did
1 flash philz recovery + 4.1.2 rom
if it works back up efs
2 Using Philz recovery wipe data factory reset + wipe cache + dalvik cache
3 in mount and storage section format everything ( THINK THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP )
4 Used odin to flash a 4.3 stock package it worked ( note u may get knox from this u may try a modifed stock package if u dont have knox and dont want to get it )
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AMoizK you are the ****en man. Worked. The part that worked for me was the format everything. IMEI restored as well. Phone is perfect. Now i dont need to use my wifes crappy old iphone.
WOOT!!!!
Filipiak said:
AMoizK you are the ****en man. Worked. The part that worked for me was the format everything. IMEI restored as well. Phone is perfect. Now i dont need to use my wifes crappy old iphone.
WOOT!!!!
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Filipiak said:
HI all,
Today I decide to update my i9305t to the 4.3 rom. I unrooted my phone and reset the custom counter and all was good. I flashed the telstra rom and all was good. Because of the locked dock Icons I thought I would flash a different unbranded rom. During the installation (via odin) it went skew if and froze. It sat there for ages but I ended up having to do a battery pull.
When I went to the download menu on the phone, knox had been tripped and there was 47 instances. Any way I reflashed the telstra firmware. It passed but now the phone gets stuck on the Samsung logo.
OK now I have already.....
Pulled the battery.
Removed all cards sim and sd.
Restored different firmwares.
factory reset, clear cahce etc.
Installed custom recovery and cleared devalk cache.
Googled for similar events.
Nothing I have read has worked.
I cant think of what else to do. When I restore a firmware via odin everything is OK, it passes but on the reboot it just stops at Samsung logo and goes no further.
I gather that because the phone can still get into recovery and download mode there must be something can sort this out.
Thanks in advance.
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It happened to me once, i found that 4.3 won't boot if baseband and imei are unknown. when you were trying to flash with odin and your phone got stuck it probably has damaged or ( erased ) your imei partition. try flashing 4.1.1 ( the package file without bootloader files ) it will definitely work for you. the reason is simple , Samsung's stock 4.3 never boots if the imei is corrupt or unknown (baseband is then usually too ) so, flash 4.1.1 , root your phone and install Persus kernel +any modem / baseband file, this is the only solution as i dont know how but does repair your imei , but you will be stuck at 4.1.1.
Hey guys,
I'm at my wits end with my bricked S3 Mini I8190N (3 UK).
Basically I accidentally tried to flash a CM12 zip file, forgetting I had to extract the MD5 first for Odin (Do'h) and now twrp is frozen on Simulating Actions and I can't flash any custom ROM's because I can't wipe the two caches and it won't boot past the Aamsung logo, only going straight to the frozen TWRP screen.
I'm completely stuck with this one.
Other notes:
Still boots into download mode.
Any help would be appreciated
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Hey guys,
I'm at my wits end with my bricked S3 Mini I8190N (3 UK).
Basically I accidentally tried to flash a CM12 zip file, forgetting I had to extract the MD5 first for Odin (Do'h) and now twrp is frozen on Simulating Actions and I can't flash any custom ROM's because I can't wipe the two caches and it won't boot past the Aamsung logo, only going straight to the frozen TWRP screen.
I'm completely stuck with this one.
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Still boots into download mode.
Any help would be appreciated
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Download the stock firmware from SamMobile
flash it with odin
Hi,
Thanks, your English seems fine. I managed to fix it without flashing stock actually.
I was able to sort it by flashing a PIT file and then reflashing TWRP and the ROM, worked a treat. That said I hate using sammobile & samsung-updates as both insist on using painfully slow file hosts, using them on a throttled connection is just not practical. I don't understand why a large company like Samsung have to use these abysmal filehosts.
Thanks anyway!
I had you same problem once: I just flashed again (with Odin) the stock rom.
Every time that I change rom I always use to flash the stock rom with Odin, and than do a wipe/factory reset from the recovery (just to be sure that everything is wiped and like new without "garbage) and then I flash the new rom.. It just take a few minutes more but in this way I never had conflict-problems.. I hope to be useful for you!
Hello everyone, I'm here to share with you guys a solution that saved my life last night.
Well, as a good user, I tried to root my phone and I got it, but the screenlock wasn't working as you guys should know, then I tried to go back to stock and wait 'til someone fix that problem, but when I flashed Stock through Odin, my phone began to bootlooping after Samsung's logo and apperently there was no reason for it to do that, but I got a lot of erros, like:
No data access (Argument invalid);
Modem error (auth), etc.
Well, what I did was just flash TWRP through odin, formatted /data and then I flashed the official recovery and firmware again.
Hope that helps!
iRomulls said:
Hello everyone, I'm here to share with you guys a solution that saved my life last night.
Well, as a good user, I tried to root my phone and I got it, but the screenlock wasn't working as you guys should know, then I tried to go back to stock and wait 'til someone fix that problem, but when I flashed Stock through Odin, my phone began to bootlooping after Samsung's logo and apperently there was no reason for it to do that, but I got a lot of erros, like:
No data access (Argument invalid);
Modem error (auth), etc.
Well, what I did was just flash TWRP through odin, formatted /data and then I flashed the official recovery and firmware again.
Hope that helps!
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probably during flash with odin you chose Home_csc_omc..... and all phone's data still intact/untouch. that's why need to wipe data in TWRP.
if since the first place you chose csc_omc without HOME label... thats mean you do the clean flash and all will fine no need format data in TWRP.
just my thought..