[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xONEalpha:
What happened:

last night I was working late while reading WhatsApp groups messages from time to time. I noticed the battery reached ~30% then decided to charge the phone. Few minutes later, all of sudden Samsung logo appeared, I thought it was restarting but it keeps freezing on that screen.

:(

What I noticed:

1. Few minutes before it died, I noticed the performance was poor.

I disabled "power saving" to unleash the processor and see what happen.

my S3 looked as if it was gaining some power then losing it. this is when I decided to leave it charging. I spent many years troubleshooting PCs, I'm new to PDAs but I felt that there's big thing happening and the phone will show that sooner or later!

2. I can't access recovery mode. Only download mode is accessible.

3. in download mode, product name is empty

What I did so far:

I'm trying to flash with stock I9300XXELLA, I have (bootloader, PDA, MODEM & CSC)

I used two different releases of Odin:

1. Odin v3.04 error

with (re-partition) selected:

<ID:0/020> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> BOOTLOADER_I9300XXELLA_742798_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> KIES_HOME_I9300XXELLA_I9300OXAELLA_742798_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> MODEM_I9300XXELLA.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> CSC_I9300OXAELLA_BTU.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/020> Odin v.3 engine (ID:20)..
<ID:0/020> File analysis..
<ID:0/020> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/020> Initialzation..
<ID:0/020> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/020> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
<ID:0/020> Can't open the specified file. (Line: 2564)
<ID:0/020> Added!!
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

w/out (re-partition)

he error is (There is no PIT partition)

<ID:0/020> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> BOOTLOADER_I9300XXELLA_742798_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> KIES_HOME_I9300XXELLA_I9300OXAELLA_742798_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> MODEM_I9300XXELLA.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> CSC_I9300OXAELLA_BTU.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/020> Odin v.3 engine (ID:20)..
<ID:0/020> File analysis..
<ID:0/020> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/020> Initialzation..
<ID:0/020> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/020>
<ID:0/020> There is no PIT partition.
<ID:0/020> Added!!
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

2. Odin v3.07 error

with (re-partition) selected:

<ID:0/020> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> BOOTLOADER_I9300XXELLA_742798_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> KIES_HOME_I9300XXELLA_I9300OXAELLA_742798_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> MODEM_I9300XXELLA.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> CSC_I9300OXAELLA_BTU.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/020> Odin v.3 engine (ID:20)..
<ID:0/020> File analysis..
<ID:0/020> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/020> Initialzation..
<ID:0/020> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/020> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
<ID:0/020> Can't open the specified file. (Line: 1949)
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

w/out re-partition:

(There is no PIT partition)

<ID:0/020> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> BOOTLOADER_I9300XXELLA_742798_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> KIES_HOME_I9300XXELLA_I9300OXAELLA_742798_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> MODEM_I9300XXELLA.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> CSC_I9300OXAELLA_BTU.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/020> Odin v.3 engine (ID:20)..
<ID:0/020> File analysis..
<ID:0/020> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/020> Initialzation..
<ID:0/020> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/020>
<ID:0/020> There is no PIT partition.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

I'm newb to this, I appreciate your help.