Samsung Galaxy S3 will not turn on

[proaccs]

well im just waiting for the official firmware to download and im gonna try flashing using odin if that fails well god knows

 

[Kelly Kearns]

Just registered after reading through all/most of the threads....Mine has just died not rooted i was using it loaded skype and it just hung had to remove battery and now stuck on logo..

After doing a bit of research would reloading firmware using odin be of any benefit? I cant get into factory reset i.e home power and vol up but i can get into custom firmware load so use odin and load original firmware?

Thanks for the link Kelly!
I can't even get to recovery mode. Whatever I do I don't get past the Samsung logo....

well im just waiting for the official firmware to download and im gonna try flashing using odin if that fails well god knows

Just from what I'm reading, the Odin and flash seems to work, but..also, seems like this would be honored by Samsung if there is a Samsung store or your carrier replacing it.

Also, one thing I saw was to remove the SD card if you have it, then try to turn it back on.

 

[Kelly Kearns]

While this thread is about Gingerbread and someone trying to root their phone, just scanning this, I see there is possibly some kind of help using Kies. Might want to read this thread, check out one of the links about restoring using Kies that is at the beginning of this thread.

Also something I didn't think about, if y'all have "tech" stores where you are that will reflash your phone, might be a very good idea to do also.

Here's the thread I just saw, if you read through, you might find you can do the same thing with Kies and the S3:

http://www.galaxyforums.net/forum/galaxy-s2-help/6022-stuck-download-mode-please-select-recovery.html

 

[jetrated]

I talked to Samsung support but no joy. They won't help me because the country where I live does not show up on their country list. I bought the phone in the USA and wasted an hour on the phone with USA support.

I am curious to see if flash would work.

One thing seems to be sure, Samsung is not going to replace anything for me at this point in time.

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[jetrated]

I forgot to mention, I tried to hook up the phone to KIES but without results. Options are becoming less

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[Kelly Kearns]

Just registered after reading through all/most of the threads....Mine has just died not rooted i was using it loaded skype and it just hung had to remove battery and now stuck on logo..

After doing a bit of research would reloading firmware using odin be of any benefit? I cant get into factory reset i.e home power and vol up but i can get into custom firmware load so use odin and load original firmware?

Thanks for the link Kelly!
I can't even get to recovery mode. Whatever I do I don't get past the Samsung logo....

I talked to Samsung support but no joy. They won't help me because the country where I live does not show up on their country list. I bought the phone in the USA and wasted an hour on the phone with USA support.

I am curious to see if flash would work.

One thing seems to be sure, Samsung is not going to replace anything for me at this point in time.

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Where did you buy the phone in the US?

 

[Kelly Kearns]

Just another bit of info, this is the Samsung page for your area, don't know if it will help.

Mobile Phones | Televisions | Notebooks | Refrigeration - SAMSUNG LATIN_EN

And their Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/samsungcaribbean/info

And your Samsung Support Contacts, including phone support and live chat link support.

Contact us - Samsung

 

[jetrated]

Yup. Bought in the US through Amazon. Tried to contact the vendor no reply yet. Keeping my fingers crossed

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[jetrated]

My country is not on any of the lists. But I have not tried their Facebook page yet. That is a great idea. Thanks!

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[Kelly Kearns]

Just registered after reading through all/most of the threads....Mine has just died not rooted i was using it loaded skype and it just hung had to remove battery and now stuck on logo..

After doing a bit of research would reloading firmware using odin be of any benefit? I cant get into factory reset i.e home power and vol up but i can get into custom firmware load so use odin and load original firmware?

Thanks for the link Kelly!
I can't even get to recovery mode. Whatever I do I don't get past the Samsung logo....

My country is not on any of the lists. But I have not tried their Facebook page yet. That is a great idea. Thanks!

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Might need that live chat support, cause they say "Caribbean" on the Samsung website. Also, Amazon is generally very good with returns, etc.

 

[jetrated]

Amazon is awesome with returns. The third party vendor that delivered it through Amazon might not be, but I am going to chase them

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[proaccs]

Right odin doesnt work apparently i dont have a pit partition? Whatever that is? So i have gone back top basics...... i have managed to get samsung kies to recognize my phone by using a upgrade and initialize function (this prompted me to upgrade samsung kies). It asks for you model number and serial number and downloads the latest firmware.

I believe is a positive step as at least the PC/Laptop is now recognising the phone in some way and its using the approved (by samsung) method of restoring.

This should take approx 1hr to do so.

I will report back with the findings..Thanks

 

[Kelly Kearns]

Just registered after reading through all/most of the threads....Mine has just died not rooted i was using it loaded skype and it just hung had to remove battery and now stuck on logo..

After doing a bit of research would reloading firmware using odin be of any benefit? I cant get into factory reset i.e home power and vol up but i can get into custom firmware load so use odin and load original firmware?

Thanks for the link Kelly!
I can't even get to recovery mode. Whatever I do I don't get past the Samsung logo....

Right odin doesnt work apparently i dont have a pit partition? Whatever that is? So i have gone back top basics...... i have managed to get samsung kies to recognize my phone by using a upgrade and initialize function (this prompted me to upgrade samsung kies). It asks for you model number and serial number and downloads the latest firmware.

I believe is a positive step as at least the PC/Laptop is now recognising the phone in some way and its using the approved (by samsung) method of restoring.

This should take approx 1hr to do so.

I will report back with the findings..Thanks

Yes, please do and good luck!

 

[proaccs]

nope it doesnt recognise the phone even though it has just downloaded the update that corresponds with the attached phone :s......

ok one more thing to try/check need to makesure i have drivers installed for this phone so attach anothers3 and load driver details..

if that doesnt work back to odin i guess...the problem with kies is when it kicks you and says unsuccesful it deletes the temporary download of the firmware so every attempt requires a fresh download of the stock firmware 8minutes each time

 

[Kelly Kearns]

nope it doesnt recognise the phone even though it has just downloaded the update that corresponds with the attached phone :s......

ok one more thing to try/check need to makesure i have drivers installed for this phone so attach anothers3 and load driver details..

if that doesnt work back to odin i guess...the problem with kies is when it kicks you and says unsuccesful it deletes the temporary download of the firmware so every attempt requires a fresh download of the stock firmware 8minutes each time

Well have you thought about flashing a new ROM on there with Odin and then going back to stock?

 

[proaccs]

such as?any suggestions or links?

 

[omar4279]

same thing is happening to mine too..did you end up fixing it or did something to make it work?

 

[Kelly Kearns]

such as?any suggestions or links?

Nooooo..no suggestions from me on that, I don't root or anything.

Let's get you to the right place.

Are you using the International version of the phone? What country are you in?

 

[banjo67xxx]

People need to read more carefully. The article says this:

This statement would seem to indicate the update to fix the Exynos exploit is not the same as the 4.1.2 update.

The only thing this article says is limited to the international version is the Exynos exploit. Nowhere does it say the sudden death problem is limited to the international version. And as it says directly above, it's "unclear" whether the update solves the sudden death issue.

To avoid double posting - I've replied to this comment on the other thread http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...fter-150-days-no-post2534131.html#post2534131

I'll leave this thread to the specifics of alimac1966's issue.

 

[Kunal Raiker]

I have the same problem, it started to shutdown about 2 weeks ago and now it does not even boot up. A dud phone.