Bricked Samsung Galaxy S3

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Lambchop

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#107732 18-Aug-2012 03:24

gah ...had to happen to me eventually i guess.

not fully bricked, just stuck in a bootloop.

pulled my usb cable out today at work and boom, phone restarts and has been doing so ever since.

cant get to recovery. i can get to download mode though...

can't flash anything via odin...no pit file found ...

:/

trying the assorted fixes online ...no luck so far

firmware was I9300XXBLG8

MikeB4

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#673909 18-Aug-2012 07:05

You could try the following

Remove the battery and put it back again.
Boot into recovery mode (Home+power+vol up)
Choose to wipe/factory reset. (THIS WILL ERASE ALL OF YOUR DATA!)
Reboot. and you are good to go! (hopefully)

uglyb0b

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#673954 18-Aug-2012 11:04

When you say you can't flash anything with Odin "no pit file found", what process are you following? Are you flashing a full firmware package?

Access to download mode should be enough to unbrick it by flashing with Odin.

Brendan

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#673961 18-Aug-2012 12:01

you dont use a pit file with odin. just flash a kernel with odin,like speedmod, and then you should be able to get into cwm.

Lambchop

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#673991 18-Aug-2012 15:25

yeh i know how to flash roms ... but the phone can't get into recovery ..only download mode ..and i try flashing a rom via odin through the normal proccess...i get a strange no pit file found error..

im not the only one to be hit by this btw ...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1736062.html

sadly this hasn't helped ..still researching ..

Lambchop

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#673992 18-Aug-2012 15:26

Lambchop: yeh i know how to flash roms ... but the phone can't get into recovery ..only download mode ..and i try flashing a rom or kernal via odin through the normal proccess...i get a strange no pit file found error..

im not the only one to be hit by this btw ...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1736062.html

sadly this hasn't helped ..still researching ..

Lambchop

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#673993 18-Aug-2012 15:27

ditto when trying to flash a kernal

uglyb0b

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#673995 18-Aug-2012 15:44

Lambchop: ditto when trying to flash a kernal

Can you post the output log from Odin when you are attempting to flash the rom file and the kernel file?

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robjg63

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#673997 18-Aug-2012 15:53

Maybe Heimdall has something that could help???
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/

I used it on an S2 that was a korean domestic version of the S2 and flashed to be a 'standard' S2.
Software was pretty good - supposed to be much harder to brick a devices that odin...

I see comments that it works on the S3.

Maybe you just need to get the appropriate pit file?
http://widefide.com/mobile/galaxy-s3-boot-problem-solution

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CdTDroiD

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#674001 18-Aug-2012 16:04

Try flashing a stock ROM from Odin. Just make sure you use the right one ;)

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Lambchop

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#674346 19-Aug-2012 18:47

yeh ..no luck with kernals, roms, CWM kernals ..nothing

nand write fails every time.

gutted. fried nand chip?

back to wearhouse stationary with the recipt i guess.

watch it boys ..... all i was doing was charging off usb. launched the stock broswer and poof ..restart.

Lambchop

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#674347 19-Aug-2012 18:48

and no luck flashing pit files either ..tried a few, with various odin versions ... they either crash, freaze, or give me nand write errors.

scrrrrewd

CdTDroiD

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#674348 19-Aug-2012 18:48

They won't fix it if you flashed custom ROMs and kernels or anything custom

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uglyb0b

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#674438 20-Aug-2012 09:24

Can you post the output logs from these flash attempts? One of us may be able to help if we can see exactly what results are being returned by odin.

CdTDroiD

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#674439 20-Aug-2012 09:26

I've got a dongle also if it gets worse you can have

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