Welcome to one of our focused troubleshooting series that deals with Samsung Galaxy S3 issues that gets stuck on the Samsung logo or does not boot up at all. We have been receiving quite a number of issues from S3 owners regarding this concern which is why we will tackle this problem now. If you own this particular device then I suggest you bookmark this page in your favorite browser for future reference.
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S3 Stuck In Samsung Boot Logo
Problem: Heloo. My galaxy s3 has got a problem. As you may know the first picture to be seen on galaxy s3 is a picture of the phone’s status which is “Samsung galaxys III gt-I9305T” My phone is stuck on that picture and doesn’t go any further in another word the phone is not running up. I pulled out the battery many times but that didn’t work. Also when I plug the charger in, the picture of the battery which must be shown when the phone is off while charging, is shown but doesn’t show that its charging. Its just showing a picture of the battery and a loading circle at the centre of it. Pleas help me to get that solved I have many useful data on the storage. Also I’m pretty sure that would cost a lot if I bring it to a Samsung repair shop.
Solution:Here’s what you need to do to fix this issue without losing the data on your phone. Try a battery pull first. Take out the phone battery (and the microSD card if you have one installed) then press and hold the power button for at least a minute. Reinsert the battery (leave the microSD out) then try to turn on your phone.
If your phone is still stuck on the Samsung logo then proceed with wiping the cache partition of your phone.
- Turn off the device.
- Press and hold the following three buttons at the same time: Volume Up key, Home key, Power key
- When the phone vibrates, let go of the Power key but continue to press and hold the Volume Up key and the Home key.
- When the Android System Recovery screen appears, release the Volume Up and Home keys.
- Press the Volume Down key to highlight ‘wipe cache partition.’
- Press the Power key to select and wipe the cache.
- With ‘reboot system now’ highlighted, press the Power key to restart the device.
If the issue still persists then you will have to consider doing a factory reset. Take note that this procedure will delete your phone data.
S3 Stuck In Samsung Logo
Problem: Ive been trying to fix my Samsung S3 GT- I9300, stuck on Samsung Logo, when i go to android system recovery, i get alot of errors,starting with cant mount efs then followed by alot of red colored errors,data factory reset , wipe partitions, wipe cache is giving errors also, when i go to download mode and tried flashing thru Odin with stock firmware using only the PDA/AP
I9300XXUGNA5_I9300OLBGNB1_I9300DXUGNB1_HOME.tar but gives me this error:
- <ID:0/003> Added!!
- <OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
- <OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
- <OSM> Please wait..
- <OSM> I9300XXUGNA5_I9300OLBGNB1_I9300DXUGNB1_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
- <OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
- <OSM> Leave CS..
- <ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1005)..
- <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> SingleDownload.
- <ID:0/003> sboot.bin
- <ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
- <ID:0/003> FAIL!
- <ID:0/003>
- <ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
- <OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
Help!, i dont know what to do next.
Solution: It appears that there is a problem writing the data back into your phone. Try to use a different USB cable as well as a different computer running Odin to perform the same procedure. If the issue still persists then this may already be a motherboard issue. I suggest you have your phone checked at an autorized service center.
S3 Does Not Boot
Problem: hi im not sure wether ur active in chat messaging but im having trouble with my cousins s3 mini after trying to format it, it just got stuck in d midst of wiping the datas, so i removed the battery thinking to do it over again, but it wont turn on anymore and it wont charge. what exactly happened to the phone? any solution?
Solution: Try doing a battery pull first. Take out the battery and your phone microSD card then press and hold the power button for at least a minute. Reinsert the battery then turn on your phone.
If the phone still does not boot then leave it charging for 20 minutes using the wall charger. Try to turn on the phone after 20 minutes.
If there is still no response then attempt to enter the recovery mode and wipe the cache partition of the device.
- Turn off the device.
- Press and hold the following three buttons at the same time: Volume Up key, Home key, Power key
- When the phone vibrates, let go of the Power key but continue to press and hold the Volume Up key and the Home key.
- When the Android System Recovery screen appears, release the Volume Up and Home keys.
- Press the Volume Down key to highlight ‘wipe cache partition.’
- Press the Power key to select and wipe the cache.
- With ‘reboot system now’ highlighted, press the Power key to restart the device.
Samsung Stuck In Boot Logo
Problem: Hi my samsung Galaxy s3 is not turning on properly and I have no idea why I was hoping you could give me an idea as all it says on the screen is samsung Galaxy s 111 gt-19305 and won’t go any further even though it is full battery ! Many thanks
Solution: You should first try to do a battery pull on your phone. Take out the battery and the microSD card from your device. Press and hold the power button for at least a minute to discharge your phone. Reinsert the battery then turn on the phone.
If the problem persists then attempt to wipe the cache partition of your phone.
- Turn off the device.
- Press and hold the following three buttons at the same time: Volume Up key, Home key, Power key
- When the phone vibrates, let go of the Power key but continue to press and hold the Volume Up key and the Home key.
- When the Android System Recovery screen appears, release the Volume Up and Home keys.
- Press the Volume Down key to highlight ‘wipe cache partition.’
- Press the Power key to select and wipe the cache.
- With ‘reboot system now’ highlighted, press the Power key to restart the device.
If the problem persists then do a factory reset. Make sure to only do this if you have recently made a backup of your phone data as all data in your phone will be deleted.
- Turn off the device.
- Press and hold the following three buttons at the same time:Volume Up key, Home key, Power key.
- When the phone vibrates, release the Power key but continue to press and hold the Volume Up key and the Home key.
- When the Android System Recovery screen appears, release the Volume Up and Home keys.
- Press the Volume down key to highlight ‘wipe data / factory reset.’
- Press Power button to select.
- Press the Volume down key to highlight ‘delete all user data.’
- Press Power button to select and start the master reset. When the master reset is complete, ‘Reboot system now’ is highlighted.
- Press the Power key to turn the restart the device.
S3 Stuck On Boot Logo
Problem: My samsung galaxy s3 neo stuck on boot where showing SAMSUNG.Will you please tell me how to take backup in stuck mode,at least photos from phone memory.. if u can please reply ASAP.
Solution:There is no way you can backup your phone data that is stored in the internal memory if your phone is stuck on its boot logo. You need to have your phone boot up properly first to access your data.
There are two troubleshooting steps that you can perform that will not affect your phone data.
First, you can do a battery pull. Take out your phone battery and microSD card. Press and hold the power button for at least a minute. Reinsert the battery then turn on your phone.
Second, if the issue still persists then wipe the cache partition of your phone.
- Turn off the device.
- Press and hold the following three buttons at the same time: Volume Up key, Home key, Power key
- When the phone vibrates, let go of the Power key but continue to press and hold the Volume Up key and the Home key.
- When the Android System Recovery screen appears, release the Volume Up and Home keys.
- Press the Volume Down key to highlight ‘wipe cache partition.’
- Press the Power key to select and wipe the cache.
- With ‘reboot system now’ highlighted, press the Power key to restart the device.
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