Help Help with Galaxy S3 I9300 International (unrooted)

[Nico1983]

Hello guys, been trying to fix my phone and went to several forums with no positive results. I hope someone here may help me.
Phone decided to stop booting, gets stuck at that page where in white letters it says the model and all (before the samsung logo).

Went into recovery mode: failed to mount...etc lots of errors in red.
Did wipe cache, factory reset and still no booting.

Installed Kies and tried to update firmware using download mode, Kies downloads perfectly but when installing it gets stuck at 0%. Happens with older and new version of Kies.

Decided to take a step forward and I download ODIN and a ROM from samsung website from country UNKNOWN since I don´t know which one to select (phone came from USA unlocked and I am using it in Argentina).
So, Odin detects the phone, but fails with this message:

• <ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
• <ID:0/003>
• <ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
• <OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Tried with Odin v.3.10.7 and later with v.3.185 and same error appears.

I have read that this may mean a motherboard issue? Is my phone able to be saved by me and my computer?

I really have no idea what to try next. Phone is no longer under warranty and I really don´t have the bucks to pay for a repair.

Thanks in advance to anyone who reads this and posts a reply.
Nico

 

[dynomot]

This is an unusual one, as you haven't managed to actually flash anything. Any chance of a photo of the "errors in red" your getting in recovery?

 

[Nico1983]

sure, here they go...sorry for the out of focus but the lines go by pretty quickly.

Any ideas why this has happened? It just came off like this while charging...came back and it was stuck in the boot sequence.

thanks Dynomot!

 

[Nico1983]

and the complete ODIN error also attached. I have unistalled KIES and did a registry clean with AdvSysCare before installing ODIN.
The drivers are all the latest, and the cable is the original (also tried with different ports, and different cables -that are not original-). Same result.

 

[Jfalls63]

When you tried Kies did you use the Software Upgrade and Initialization under Tools in the top bar? Kinda strange that Odin didn't give a reason for fail.
Did you get your firmware download from Sammobile?

 

[dynomot]

I have never seen all those error messages in recovery like that before. It is very peculiar, and it is odd that Odin did not give a reason for failing.

I can only suggest downloading this firmware, provided your sure your S3 is a GT-I9300 (I'm not convinced of it is from the states), and flashing it.

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/30803/I9300UBUGML1_I9300ANCUGMK1_ANC/

 

[Jfalls63]

Knox will prevent software downgrade so select the most current 4.3 firmware by release date for your country and Carrier.

 

[Nico1983]

Jfalls63> yup, did all of that. Was surprised (and happy) when Kies detected my phone and started downloading, but 3 hours waiting and looking at a 0% in the installation page, told me that the solution wasn´t gonna be that easy.

Dynomot> I am pretty sure it´s a GT-I9300...it says it on the sticker in the back, and on that screen in white letters while booting. What I´m not so sure is what firmware would be wise to install, since I´m pretty sure a phone bought through Amazon in USA didn´t use an Argentine firmware. I have downloaded last night the BTU MK6 ROM from Sammobile, could that work? If ODIN goes through the first error, and I get to install a ROM that wasn´t from the CSC of my phone....what could happen?
(tried to contact the seller, asking for the country code of my phone...but no answer).

I have also read that I might need to use a PIT file first or two boothchain files, but the explanations and accesibility to boothain files are somewhat less than for flashing ROMS, and I would be doing it blindly and crossing my fingers (surely the outcome will be a bricked phone).

I am already downloading the ROM you sent. Will let you know what ODIN says.

 

[Jfalls63]

Pretty sure CSC only matters to allow for OTA updates. Should be able to flash any current stock firmware available for the i9300 from what I have read. Should only need a pit file if Odin fails and says Pit File not Found during the flash. Never had a international version but read a lot.

 

[Jfalls63]

Kinda thinking that if Kies and Odin both fail,might be hardware (motherboard) issue.

 

[Nico1983]

Yes I was afraid it would be the MB, but with a motherboard issue would KIES still detect my phone and model and download the correct file?

I will try first with ANC ROM suggested by Dynomot, and then the BTU I downloaded yesterday.

 

[Nico1983]

Ok, so tried with the 2 ROMS.
ANC> same fail as last time
BTU> different error (attached) , now it didn´t even fail hahaha...good news or bad news? I guess it isn´t good since it didn´t PASS.

 

[Jfalls63]

Looks like success with MK6. Will phone boot up?

Just caught it (succeed 0/ fail 0).

 

[Jfalls63]

Try with Odin 3.10

 

[Nico1983]

nope, it still doesn´t boot

And btw, I forgot to mention, when i plug in the charger while it´s off, no vibration as before...but a battery appears (nice...) but it doesn´t move as before with the green bar going up and down, it just stays there all grey.

I guess it just needs a jumpstart someway to get it back to life?

Just read your 2nd post Jfalls, will try it now with Odin 3.10

Thanks.

 

[Nico1983]

I attach the error in Odin 3.10 (same for both ROMs, BTU and ANC)

(I plug the phone in after it says Leave CS (5th line)...is that OK?), I read somewhere to do it this way.

 

[Jfalls63]

I attach the error in Odin 3.10 (same for both ROMs, BTU and ANC)

(I plug the phone in after it says Leave CS (5th line)...is that OK?), I read somewhere to do it this way.

Should be OK. I usually connect as soon as I open Odin. The fail after Nand Write Start seems to be the issue. Same as earlier pic of Odin.

The way Kies selected and downloads firmware is based on the model and SN you enter. It was probably also getting hung up on Nand Write but unable to tell. Not sure what to try next.

 

[Nico1983]

What about the option in ODIN to NAND erase all?

If the problem is at NAND and ODIN has an option, I would try it if I knew what I was doing hahaha.

 

[Jfalls63]

Above my pay grade. Just looked at a few things on XDA regarding Nand Write Fail but nothing looks promising yet. I'll keep looking when I get a chance.

 

[Nico1983]

I am thinking of doing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030

but unsure about the rooting part. Should I just take some steps and not all of them? (sounds also like the decision that bricks a phone)....

 

[Nico1983]

yup, xda has been my reading material for these days also!

 

[Nico1983]

has anyone tried this or got any opinions?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...msung-galaxy-s3-unified-toolkit-v8-0-t1703488

 

[Nico1983]

I´m gonna try flashing a recovery, wiping and flashing a ROM like it says in this thread:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/fix-s3-to-factory-unroot-stock-recovery-t2323847

but leaving out step 1.

Do you recommend this recovery file?

 

[Jfalls63]

You could try flashing Stock Recovery file with Odin and see if you get past Nand Write. I even thought of looking for custom recovery then trying a custom rom. All is mute if can't get past Nand Write.

 

[Nico1983]

How do I flash a Stock Recovery?

Better yet, where do I find the SR file? I don´t seem to be finding them anywhere, do they come with another name?