To start, I was using I9000XXJP2 firmware on an unlocked samsung I9000 from Bell. I installed a lagfix a few days ago and everything was working fine. The phone was really slow and freezing a lot today so I decided to restart. Ever since then, the phone is stuck on the Samsung S screen (not the one with the triangle). I can get into download mode just fine and i tried reflashing XXJP2 using odin back onto the phone. Odin does everything fine up until i see a blue 'reset' on odin and the phone is in recover mode with the options asking for me to restart the system etc. I restored to factory settings from there and even cleared the cache and restarted but it is still stuck on that "S" screen at startup. Odin only says "pass" once the phone is disconnected. So as of yet I haven't been able to flash a working ROM back on the phone. If you have any ideas as to which ROM i should try, if you could place a link with that, I would be very grateful.
I've had this problem myself a couple of times (just happened today in fact).
Boot into recovery mode (vol-up, home & power). Do you see any error messages in yellow under the menu?
I was unsuccessful at reflashing any of the Froyo firmwares so I reverted back to the last official 2.1 firmware from Bell JH2. Since I was coming from a 512 pit firmware, I didn't repartition or specify a pit file. This ended up working for me. I've since flashed to JK3 and am about to go back to JPU.
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I actually do see an error message E:can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1, Can't mount SD card.
I should mention that Im using the unlocked bell phone on fido. Will i lose the unlock if i downgrade? Also, if you could point me to the site where i can download bell firmware, that would be awesome. I went to samfirmware.com and they dont have canadian versions there.
Unless one of the pros comes by and says otherwise, I understand that's the error indicating internal sdcard issues.
However... if the thing is dead, you can't hurt it more by trying some fixes
You can get the official and unofficial Bell firmwares from samfirmware.com, you just have to look in the US section. You want the firmwares starting with "i9000UG". Here's direct download links for you:
JH2 (official 2.1)
http://www.multiupload.com/ZNBT2RY5Y0
JK3 (unofficial 2.2)
http://www.multiupload.com/WTZGSKJGPF
JK4 (official 2.2)
I've heard people flashing this via CWM but I haven't see the files.
Also, I've seen references to people saying their phones begin working again after this error msg after they've left the battery hour for hours.
Let us know how things go.
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No go. When i flash to 2.1, it just shows the "S" screen and turns off. When i flash to 2.2, does the same thing as my first post. I still can get to the download screen through all of this so I hope its not messed up too bad.
I tried several times this afternoon before it worked including clearing data/cache.
Although, I had a different error message so you might be SOL in the end.
called samsung
So I called samsung this morning and they basically said they won't repair it because Bell handles repairs. Since I dont have a bell account, I can't get it repaired. I keep reading on forums that if you can get into the download mode, if you see the battery icon when you plug the phone in, its not totally bricked so i still have hope yet everything I've tried doesn't work. I tried to adb into the phone in recovery mode and it detects it but says I dont have permissions to push files onto the phone. If anyone can tell me what possibly went wrong and if it is fixable, how, that'd be awesome because right now this is a very expensive paperweight.
I've had a search but can't seem to find anything relating to this problem so to cut a long story short it's goes a bit like this;
1. Galaxy Ace GT-S5830 Stuck on boot 'Samsung' logo
2. It's not rooted on standard stock firmware (I think 2.3 ginger bread but not certain)
3. My mum has just given me the phone saying she was on the Facebook app it force closes and crashes
4. She reboots phone and is now in a constant boot loop hitting the O2 splash screen then the 'Samsung' logo which it never leaves only for it to reboot and do the same thing
5. I can put it into Android System Recovery however but have the following message at the bottom of the screen in yellow text which I don't know what it means;
--Appling Muti-CSC--
Can't access to '/syste,/csc/02u/system'.
6. Before I try a wipe data/factory reset is there anything I can do to try and fix it saving all data?
I just don't understand, she's not very good on the old tech so the phone is very basic so there is no need to worry about her messing with the phone rooting etc... so why has this happened its only 5 months - 6months old.
Any help is appreciated.
I think its a CSC error. Try to flash a new ROM via odin.
Maybe a CSC error. Here in Brazil, you need to flash the Vivo or Claro (operators) ROM first, or any other operator roms (like TIM) will not work, will bootloop. Search this.
before you flash a rom try clearing the cache partition in the recovery menu , its worked for me several times
Download stock rom for your region and flash it via odin...
Thank all for the reply I simply tried the reformat through the recovery menu first and it worked! :laugh:
So, to make a long story, short, for the past couple of days my phone has been soft-bricked... It first happened when I attempted to flash dmodv6 in CWM. Everything looked good throughout the installation, however, when I rebooted my device, I got stuck in a boot loop where It would say "Samsung Galaxy S III GT-I8190" for a few seconds, the screen would go black, then say the same thing again... over and over and over...
After a lot of trial and error because of NOT making a nandroid backup via CWM (stupid, I know - I had made one via Titanium Backup and thought that might be good enough), I finally was able to boot. Thanks to xXPR0T0TYPEXx, I was able to flash another rom by puting my external sd card into another phone, loading another rom onto it, and putting it back in my phone. I now had Cyanogenmod10 and was able to boot back up.
I attempted to restore the Titanium Backup I had made with this new rom (stupid again, I know) and it made almost every service on the phone stop working... I desperately wanted just to get back to square one - to install stock firmware and go from there. I followed tys0n's guide on flashing stock recovery then attempted to install stock firmware... All seemingly went well - I booted up, got past the initial "Samsung Galaxy S III GT-I8190" logo and finally got hung up at the "Samsung" logo. I left it one while I went to sleep, just to see if it would eventually work... I woke up and it was still the same. I tried flashing different version of the same stock firmware but it all ended in getting hung up at the "Samsung" logo.
A major problem is that I absolutely CANNOT flash a custom recovery via Odin - it just will NOT work. Everything looks good on Odin's end - I PASS, get the (succeed 1 / failed 0) thing but am sent to stock recovery every time I do the 3 button combination. I've tried many version of CWM and TWRP.... NOTHING. I've even unticked the "Auto-Reboot" button in Odin and pulled the usb cable and battery upon completion but, but nothing ever works. The only way I was ever able to get CWM on my phone in the first place was by an in-phone app... Rom Manager, maybe? I can't remember. But, as it is, that method is out of the question.
I've learned a lot about what I did wrong so that's the only good part of all of this. Now, all that's left is to fix the thing so I can go about it right. I'm completely out of ideas, have spent almost a full 24 hours searching solutions to this problem and I am at wits end...
I just want to get back to stock firmware... Any ideas, guys? Should I go about re-partitioning my device at this time?
I have the PIT file... but I'm not sure as to which firmware to choose. I imagine a firmware that is 4.1.1 like my phone was... but I'm not sure about the region. I live in the US and there is no US or North American region firmware version.Can anyone shed some light on which one I should choose?
My SSN underneath my battery say "GTI8190GSMH".
I'm sorry this is so long, I just wanted to explain what happened as best as I could. So, should I go about re-partitioning my device at this point? If so, what firmware would you recommend for my model? Are different region versions okay for a this method?
Or is there another way?
Thanks, guys. :silly:
Some additional details (if it will help): I can, indeed, boot into both recovery and download mode. I just can't seem to flash a stock rom that will boot past the "Samsung" logo.
I've even attempted to flash the param file after the rom flash but it didn't help.
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Some additional details (if it will help): I can, indeed, boot into both recovery and download mode. I just can't seem to flash a stock rom that will boot past the "Samsung" logo.
I've even attempted to flash the param file after the rom flash but it didn't help.
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Do you have the stock recovery now instead CWM? If yes do (if you didn't try it) a factory/data reset and wipe cache but it will delete your pics, music etc on your internal storage too.
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Do you have the stock recovery now instead CWM? If yes do (if you didn't try it) a factory/data reset and wipe cache but it will delete your pics, music etc on your internal storage too.
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Yeah, I have stock recovery now and I have tried that many, many times... Even if I install something like CyanogenMod, it still gets hung up on the CyanogenMod boot screen... And if I boot a stock firmware, it gets hung up at the same place at the "Samsung" logo...
I have an idea that one of the only options left is a PIT re-partitioning... If so, how would I properly go about that? Load the PIT file and the stock firmware in odin? Or only the PIT as PDA? I've heard a couple of different things and am unsure.
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Yeah, I have stock recovery now and I have tried that many, many times... Even if I install something like CyanogenMod, it still gets hung up on the CyanogenMod boot screen... And if I boot a stock firmware, it gets hung up at the same place at the "Samsung" logo...
I have an idea that one of the only options left is a PIT re-partitioning... If so, how would I properly go about that? Load the PIT file and the stock firmware in odin? Or only the PIT as PDA? I've heard a couple of different things and am unsure.
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I don't know about PIT files but some people got this message : "CUSTOM PIT BINARY" in recovery mode after flashed a PIT file (maybe they used a other PIT file that wasn't compatible). So make sure you use a PIT file that is GT-i8190 compatible.
I tried flashing the PIT file for the hell of it because I am completely out of ideas.... It failed repeatedly in Odin.
I have no clue on how to fix this... I've tried countless roms and they all get stuck on their respective boot screens. The only one that gave me a glimmer of hope was Cyanogenmod10.2.... It went as far as saying "Android is upgrading" and showed "starting apps" but it got hung up there.
I don't know what to do, guys. Someone help!!!
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I tried flashing the PIT file for the hell of it because I am completely out of ideas.... It failed repeatedly in Odin.
I have no clue on how to fix this... I've tried countless roms and they all get stuck on their respective boot screens. The only one that gave me a glimmer of hope was Cyanogenmod10.2.... It went as far as saying "Android is upgrading" and showed "starting apps" but it got hung up there.
I don't know what to do, guys. Someone help!!!
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Use a custom ROM to see if it will fix the problem .Try to flash CyanogenMod 10.2 by NovaFusion via odin or if you flash CyanogenMod 11 then you will automatically get the TWRP recovery. NovaFusion Team Homepage : novafusion.pl. I know you want the stock ROM but try other ROMs to get a booting phone again
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Use a custom ROM to see if it will fix the problem .Try to flash CyanogenMod 10.2 by NovaFusion via odin or if you flash CyanogenMod 11 then you will automatically get the TWRP recovery. NovaFusion Team Homepage : novafusion.pl. I know you want the stock ROM but try other ROMs to get a booting phone again
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I have... I've tried numerous stock roms and numerous custom roms... all versions of Cyanogenmod, Chameleon, Carbon, Slim mod, etc... They all get stuck at their respective logos.
I even tried the Cyanogenmod with TWRP but, as I explained earlier, I absolutely CAN NOT flash a custom recovery unless I use what ever app I used.... It doesn't work with Odin or with a rom. I don't know why.
I wish someone had more info on repartitioning my phone and if it would help.
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So, to make a long story, short, for the past couple of days my phone has been soft-bricked... It first happened when I attempted to flash dmodv6 in CWM. Everything looked good throughout the installation, however, when I rebooted my device, I got stuck in a boot loop where It would say "Samsung Galaxy S III GT-I8190" for a few seconds, the screen would go black, then say the same thing again... over and over and over...
After a lot of trial and error because of NOT making a nandroid backup via CWM (stupid, I know - I had made one via Titanium Backup and thought that might be good enough), I finally was able to boot. Thanks to xXPR0T0TYPEXx, I was able to flash another rom by puting my external sd card into another phone, loading another rom onto it, and putting it back in my phone. I now had Cyanogenmod10 and was able to boot back up.
I attempted to restore the Titanium Backup I had made with this new rom (stupid again, I know) and it made almost every service on the phone stop working... I desperately wanted just to get back to square one - to install stock firmware and go from there. I followed tys0n's guide on flashing stock recovery then attempted to install stock firmware... All seemingly went well - I booted up, got past the initial "Samsung Galaxy S III GT-I8190" logo and finally got hung up at the "Samsung" logo. I left it one while I went to sleep, just to see if it would eventually work... I woke up and it was still the same. I tried flashing different version of the same stock firmware but it all ended in getting hung up at the "Samsung" logo.
A major problem is that I absolutely CANNOT flash a custom recovery via Odin - it just will NOT work. Everything looks good on Odin's end - I PASS, get the (succeed 1 / failed 0) thing but am sent to stock recovery every time I do the 3 button combination. I've tried many version of CWM and TWRP.... NOTHING. I've even unticked the "Auto-Reboot" button in Odin and pulled the usb cable and battery upon completion but, but nothing ever works. The only way I was ever able to get CWM on my phone in the first place was by an in-phone app... Rom Manager, maybe? I can't remember. But, as it is, that method is out of the question.
I've learned a lot about what I did wrong so that's the only good part of all of this. Now, all that's left is to fix the thing so I can go about it right. I'm completely out of ideas, have spent almost a full 24 hours searching solutions to this problem and I am at wits end...
I just want to get back to stock firmware... Any ideas, guys? Should I go about re-partitioning my device at this time?
I have the PIT file... but I'm not sure as to which firmware to choose. I imagine a firmware that is 4.1.1 like my phone was... but I'm not sure about the region. I live in the US and there is no US or North American region firmware version.Can anyone shed some light on which one I should choose?
My SSN underneath my battery say "GTI8190GSMH".
I'm sorry this is so long, I just wanted to explain what happened as best as I could. So, should I go about re-partitioning my device at this point? If so, what firmware would you recommend for my model? Are different region versions okay for a this method?
Or is there another way?
Thanks, guys. :silly:
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i got same problem with you before im wayback dmod v6 before and stuck at samsung logo i just try hard reset
1. open your phone
2. remove battery and put the battery try and try til u get in recovery mode (CWM) maybe just tried almost 20x restarting in logo til u in CWM :victory:
3. re-Flash your dmod v6 this way for dirty rom like what i said (softbricks)
4. just flash another new rom whatever u like or dmod v6.
5. I HOPE IT HELPS DONT FORGET TO THANKS <3 :highfive:
Im currently using a S3 Mini I8190L with Carbon latest ROM. It was all fine and great until I tried to improve a little bit by using swapper2 through this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1659231&page=1
Since the ROM documentation said it provided support for swap, I went straight for the swapper2 apk configuration, set it all, HIT ok. After that part, i got 2 fail msgs, the phone froze and i had to restart it.
But it would go straight to a white pixelated screen and never boot into KK or TWRP. All it does is Download mode (btw, battery doesn't recharge, need to use a 2nd device to charge it)
I tried to reflash the ROM but got a "THERES NO PIT PARTITION" error, went on to solving that with i8190l.pit but after flashing it, nothing changes. Still cant flash ROMs, boot to KK or TWRP.
For reference, the "STOCK" firmware is this one: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/confirm/22769/I8190LUBAMK1_I8190LZTMAMK1_ZTM/
What should I do ?
Sir,
Please wait until mods will move this thread to the device specific forum for more relevant answers.
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Good luck
hello everyone, this thread might seem like a repost to some of you, but since the answer has yet to be found on the other thread, might as well try asking about it myself
so i've got a galaxy s3 mini (the i8190 version, not the l or the n) it's in stock 4.1.2 international version. yesterday, out of nowhere the phone just keeps on rebooting after a few minutes of booting up ( it got to the lockscreen and home screen just fine, but it keeps rebooting after that). and i think, well might as well just flash something on top of this stock rom so i decided to get the cm11 from novafusion, along with odin and tried to flash it. it all goes well in odin, no problem at all (odin flashes green passed sign).
but the strange thing is, when the phone rebooted, it goes back to the stock rom, with all the apps intact and with stock recovery. so far, i've been trying to flash almost everything into this phone via odin and odin always says it succeeded but nevertheless, everything stays the same, i've tried flashing some custom roms, custom recoveries but it doesn't seem to work. and the flash counter never goes up, it still says "custom binary download : no"
i've also tried to go to stock recovery and tried to wipe data / factory reset the phone which it said it has done successfully but when i booted in, nothing changed. i'm still logged on as my account with all the apps and files intact.
this problem has also been asked here but no definitive answer seems to have surfaced there.
please, any help would be appreciated