Myriad of problems suddenly OVERNIGHT (SD card, factory mode)

[bxbshingo]

My unrooted Galaxy S3 was working fine until last night, without warning and for no reason, it said my SD Card was blank. Nothing would show up, but occasionally, my photos returned! I saw this as the opportunity to stick my micro SD card into my PC and back it up, but alas...nothing showed up again. So I tried rebooting my phone. My phone gave me a message that it's "In Factory Mode" and gives me a transparent screen with yellow text stating my phone data.

I've removed my SD card, SIM card, battery, and rebooted multiple times to no avail. My phone has not had a single problem since yesterday, but now it just seems like a computer with a bunch of viruses! Any help?

 

[Craig Rogers]

Well something screwed up, either by installing a application with a virus or just a system failure. Not to worry though, this is an easy fix for the most part. You need to download the latest version of Odin and the Galaxy s3 jelly bean rom for your carrier (sprint, att, Verizon, t mobile). You will need to get the phone into flashing mode (I have no idea what it's called, just Google installing roms galaxy s3). Then load up Odin and put the rom in the pda section, select auto restart and f reset time. Then hit start and it should do its thing and boot If you did everything correctly. If it still won't boot do a factory reset and wipe the cache. Hope this helps!

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