Galaxy S3 won't turn on, stuck on "Samsung Galaxy SIII GT-19300" logo, any way to recover the data?

[Kilo Man]

Galaxy S3 won't turn on, stuck on "Samsung Galaxy SIII GT-19300" logo, any way to recover the data?

Hey there!
My sister's phone completely died for no apparent reason 2 weeks ago, it won't get past the "Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-19300", here's an example:

(sorry about the cringy phone hygiene, it's not mine)
So, I tried switching out to a new battery, tried accessing the recovery mode but with no luck.
Basically it only reacts when the device is turned off and is connected to a charger, it shows a battery with a circle on it, any attempt to boot up the device results in a permanent "Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-19300" logo until reboot, the only thing I successfully got into is the "Download Mode" but I have no clue what to do with it in order to restore the data from the device.

My goal is to restore at least the photos and if possible the phone contacts, I don't need the phone working, just the data from it

(Unfortunately she didn't use a micro SD card, the data is in the internal memory, the contacts were never synced gmail)

Thanks in advance!

 

[AxlMyk]

Re: Galaxy S3 won't turn on, stuck on "Samsung Galaxy SIII GT-19300" logo, any way to recover the da

The phone contacts should be with her gmail account. Access it via PC.
Is there an SD card in it? Maybe the photos are there.
Good luck.

 

[Kilo Man]

Re: Galaxy S3 won't turn on, stuck on "Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-19300" logo, any way to recover the da

Unfortunately she never synced her contacts, and the data is in the internal memory, no micro SD :\

 

[B. Diddy]

Re: Galaxy S3 won't turn on, stuck on "Samsung Galaxy SIII GT-19300" logo, any way to recover the da

Welcome to Android Central! Can you boot into Safe Mode? How to boot the Galaxy S3 into Safe mode?

 

[Kilo Man]

Re: Galaxy S3 won't turn on, stuck on "Samsung Galaxy SIII GT-19300" logo, any way to recover the da

Thank you!, Unfortunately probably not, I can't get past the static Galaxy S3 logo, the animated one won't appear.

 

[B. Diddy]

Re: Galaxy S3 won't turn on, stuck on "Samsung Galaxy SIII GT-19300" logo, any way to recover the da

Unfortunately, there's probably nothing else you can do to retrieve that data, apart from paying lots of money for a forensic data recovery service. Sorry!

 

[Kilo Man]

Re: Galaxy S3 won't turn on, stuck on "Samsung Galaxy SIII GT-19300" logo, any way to recover the da

How about flashing something through the download mode? (odin)
is there any thing I could flash to get access to the files without formatting the whole device?