[Galaxy S III General] overflyer:
S3 Screen disfunctional

Hey guys,

im on the newest Jan16th build of OMNI-Rom. Also newest PGapps Full and SuperSU1.89 (the only things in my flash after update folder).

When I put my S3 to get charged before I went to bed last night everything was fine. It was running with whatsapp opened. Then when I woke up this morning the screen didnt work anymore. It had those snow like look when you cant get a TV Channel. (PHOTO ATTACHED!)

Taking the battery out and waiting a long time, using two different batterys, several reboots (into download, recovery mode) didnt help.

The only thing I can say that since Jan15th build I noticed a heavy battery drain and my batteries didnt last even half a Day anymore. But I wouldnt think that this is related.

Any tips or is the display of my S3 suddenly totally destroyed (obsolescence?). If so, how can I rescue data thats not on the SD card? ://

Thanks so much in advance

over :)

P.S.: In my opinion it doesnt seem to be booting anymore. The way the broken screen looks never changes and more importantly if I go into download mode, press volume up and connect my S3 to my PC Odin doesnt recognize it.

P.P.S.: OK so after many tries i manages to enter download mode. Restart smartphone doesnt work. Screen turns blank for a second and enters Download mode again. After volume up and entering the next screen ODIN still doesnt recognize the phone. When I turn the phone off it turns right on again by itself and is showing the same weird screen but this time you can see the download mode in the background, like its just showing that bevause that was the last screen you where on. Of course its non responsive. I notice the phone keeps on turning itself after i shut it down and the second time it turned on the same screen as shown in the photo was there again. Recovery mode does NOT work.

P.P.P.S.: If when doenload mode is entered for the first time the screen works perfectly it cant be the screen. Since restarting doesnt work and the screen turns broken again when a normal boot is tried it might be a more substacial piece of the hardware which gave up?!!!

After taking out SD and SIM Card ODIN suddelny recognized the S3 in download mode. Just for fun I tried flashing something small, like the Old Bootloader that fixed the red exclamation mark problem. However ODIN fails to flash:

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> Old_BootLoader_i9300_TugaPower.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003>

<ID:0/003> There is no PIT partition.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

This was ODIN 3.07

3.04 jsut gets stuck here

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> XXELLA_New_Boot_TugaPower.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

This also happens with CF-ROOT. So I think it will happen everytime I try to slash something. Im scared to flash original samsung rom because I dont want to lose the photos on the phone, they are important for my master thesis.

After trying a total factory reset with PIT, PDA, BOOTLOADER, MODEM, CSC file described in this threat http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30087735&postcount=6 I found that even this doesnt work. ODIN stops at "Get PIT for mapping". There is one guy also describing the "s3 broken after night charging". I guess my motherboard for some reason was totally fried, right?

LAst result trying to flash only a PIT file (GT-I9300 32GB, RIGHT PIT FILE WAS USED)

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/003> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/003>

<ID:0/003> Re-Partition operation failed.

<ID:0/003> Added!!