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[SOLVED ] i9300 : stuck on samsung logo

Added by Paul Coispeau about 7 years ago

Hello,

I own a samsung galaxy s3 for years and it was running cyanogenMod 11 for something like 1 year.
Few months ago, my phone get stuck on the cyanogenMod boot logo and i couldn't use it.
I thought it was broken because pf its age so i didn't use it anymore.

Recently, I heard about the replicant project and decided to fix my s3 to run it.
I followed the installation tutorial (using an external sd-card) : everything went well and i gave access to downloading mode and recovery mode.

Unfortunately, i get stuck on the samsung logo and replicant doesn't boot.
I looked for a solution on the forum and on the internet, i found a lot of things bt didn't manage to fix the problem.
That's why i'm asking for your help.

Of course, i can provide any information you need about this.

Thanks a lot,
Paul

PS i'm french, please excuse me if my english is bad...


Replies (13)

RE: i9300 : stuck on samsung logo - Added by Xan VFR about 7 years ago

Did you do a "wipe data/factory reset" in Recovery Mode? What Recovery do you use?

I think I had to install first CyanogenMod 10.2 once because of a similar problem and install Replicant afterwards, but I can't tell for sure.

With the phone connected to the computer and booting, if you run adb root && adb devices do you see your device? If so, does adb logcat main shows any message?

RE: i9300 : stuck on samsung logo - Added by Paul Coispeau about 7 years ago

Hi,

Thanks for responding !

Yes, i did a "wipe data/factory rest". I'm using CWM-based Recovery v6.0.3.6 (suggested in the tutorial).
When i show log with CWM after the wipe data/factory reset, this is what i get :

--Wiping data...
Formatting /data...
Formatting /cache...
Formatting /sd-ext...
Formatting /sdcard/.android_secure...
Data wipe complete.
Blocks: 262144
Block groups: 8
Reserved block group size: 63
Created filesystem with 11/65536 inodes and 8536/262144 blocks
Formatting /sd-ext...
Formatting /sdcard/.android_secure...
I: Formatting unknown device.
I: using /data/media for /sdcard/.android_secure.
Data wipe complete.
I: Can't partition non-vfat: datamedia
I: Can't partition non-vfat: auto
I: Can't format unknown volume: /emmc

When i run adb root && adb devices, i first get error: device not found, and few seconds later error: device offline
adb logcat main shows anything but - waiting for device -

Hope this will help !
Thanks

RE: i9300 : stuck on samsung logo - Added by Xan VFR about 7 years ago

Paul Coispeau wrote:

Yes, i did a "wipe data/factory rest". I'm using CWM-based Recovery v6.0.3.6 (suggested in the tutorial).

Yes, that's the recovery I use too. The log doesn't make any sense to me because I'm no expert, but nothing strange stands out.

Are you installing Replicant 4.2 or the last beta of Replicant 6? If you haven't tried (pre-)Replicant 6 you could give it a try.

I'd suggest to try to install a CyanogenMod version (https://download.cyanogenmod.org/) equivalent to Replicant 4.2 (I don't remember which are) and check if the phone works. Or try it's fork LineageOS (https://download.lineageos.org/), which uses a different recovery.

A very good source of information about solving problems with phones you can check is XDA Developers

If you succeed getting your phone in service again give Replicant a try. It's a MUST if you care about freedom and privacy. I'm only recommending to try those other ROMs just to make sure it's not a hardware problem.

RE: i9300 : stuck on samsung logo - Added by Paul Coispeau about 7 years ago

Thanks for your advises.
I don't have time to do this right now but i'll try what you suggests as soon as possible and give you the results !

RE: i9300 : stuck on samsung logo - Added by Xan VFR about 7 years ago

OK. No problem.

Glad to help any time

RE: i9300 : stuck on samsung logo - Added by Paul Coispeau about 7 years ago

Hi,

Here some feedbacks :

- i didn't find any cyanogenMod rom because the project seems to be dead.
- i didn't find any LineageOS rom based on Android 4.2

- i tried to install pre-replicant6.0 with prebuild recovery and image.
Everything went well for flashing the recovery, but there is no "install from external_sd-card/adb" option in this recovery, so i don't know how to flash replicant6.0. I must have missed something... I found different solutions on the internet to flash a rom with heimdall but i don't manage to reproduce it by myself...

Do someone know how to do ? (no one talks about this like a problem in the replicant6.0 section of the forum, so i must have missed something...)

RE: i9300 : stuck on samsung logo - Added by Xan VFR about 7 years ago

I don't know how to do it in TWRP recovery (TWRP: What is ADB Sideload and how can I use it?), but you can try to "install zip from sideload" (in TWRP) as described in "Using ADB sideload" (almost at the end) in the GalaxyS3i9300Installation page and then, in the computer console adb sideload path/to/replicant-6-i9300.zip

RE: i9300 : stuck on samsung logo - Added by Paul Coispeau about 7 years ago

Hi,

I don't manage to install replicant with twrp, the problem seems to be : "Can't mount /efs: Invalid argument".
I tried to follow this tutorial :

https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/how-to-fix-efailed-to-mount-efs-invalid-t2858056

but i don't manage to download an official firmware (it takes about 12 hours to download and fail each time....)

I don't know what to do.
I don't know if i can try the following steps without flashing an official firmware.
Another thing i don't really understand is : is it possible to flash a rom directly with heimdall ?

RE: i9300 : stuck on samsung logo - Added by Xan VFR about 7 years ago

I think we should go back to the basics: Get the phone working with the original Samsung ROM and then install Replicant.

Are you able to restore original Samsung ROM with Kies?:

- French
- US English

You'll need a computer with Windows or Mac OS installed. No GNU/Linux version. :(

Here's a link sharing all CM ROMs I have in my computer and I've (probably) tested. Hope any of those can help you.

RE: i9300 : stuck on samsung logo - Added by Paul Coispeau about 7 years ago

Hi,

Thanks for your response.
I've downloaded your files, but i won't have time to try anything before next week.

I'll sent you feedbacks !!

RE: i9300 : stuck on samsung logo - Added by Xan VFR about 7 years ago

No problem. Glad to help.

Feedback is always appreciated.

RE: i9300 : stuck on samsung logo - Added by Paul Coispeau almost 7 years ago

Hi,

Here some news ! And good news !
I tried with KIES, but it didn't work. I finaly got an official samsung firmware (version 4.1.2) and flashed it with Odin.
It worked. Then, i installed Replicant 4.2 and it seems to work perfectly.

Thanks a lot for your help !

RE: [SOLVED ] i9300 : stuck on samsung logo - Added by Xan VFR almost 7 years ago

Glad to hear you have finally solved the problem. Congratulations! I hope you (and we all) enjoy Replicant for many years to come.

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