My phone restarted today on its own and then was stuck on the "Samsung Galaxy SIII" splash. Numerous soft resets gave the same result. I tried booting into the boot menu (volume up + home + power) and would only get a small "Recovery Booting..." message at the top followed by a dead android with a red caution icon above it. Doesn't look good.
I am able to boot into download mode (volume down + home + power), so I tried to flash the stock ROM with Odin 3.07. It recognized my phone and gives me a "PASS!" but the process only takes a few seconds. Here is the output from Odin:
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> recovery.img
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/003> RQT_CLOSE !!
<ID:0/003> RES OK !!
<ID:0/003> Removed!!
<ID:0/003> Remain Port .... 0
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)
I get the same behavior after the Odin process so I'm not sure anything worked.
I also tried Kies 3 but I couldn't get anything to work. I'm wondering if this is the wrong version of Kies, so I might try an older version.
Any ideas? Thanks!
EDIT. I tried Kies 2 but I'm having a hard time getting Kies to install. I'll have to try it on another PC.
I am able to boot into download mode (volume down + home + power), so I tried to flash the stock ROM with Odin 3.07. It recognized my phone and gives me a "PASS!" but the process only takes a few seconds. Here is the output from Odin:
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> recovery.img
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/003> RQT_CLOSE !!
<ID:0/003> RES OK !!
<ID:0/003> Removed!!
<ID:0/003> Remain Port .... 0
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)
I get the same behavior after the Odin process so I'm not sure anything worked.
I also tried Kies 3 but I couldn't get anything to work. I'm wondering if this is the wrong version of Kies, so I might try an older version.
Any ideas? Thanks!
EDIT. I tried Kies 2 but I'm having a hard time getting Kies to install. I'll have to try it on another PC.
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