[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LBTT:
Hi there! I'm new in this kind of thing, but i hope you can help me...

I have a Samsung Galaxy SIII mini GT-i8190 and days ago it started to freeze at first it froze launching some random application and then even about 20 seconds after the boot, so I tried to fix it in many ways:

1- I tried to go in Settings > Backup and Reset really fast but when I was there it froze... FAIL

2- I tried to go on Recovery Mode with the buttons combo Volume up + Home + Power, after tryin' several times I finnaly got it and I set the Wipe Data/ Factory reset, it ran for about 2 hours without any sign of progress, probably it erase some data cause after than Recovery Mode is dead... FAIL

3- I downloaded Odin v.3.07 , v.3.10.6 and all the unbranded firmware on Sammobile for my country (Italy), since my Galaxy it's unbranded and I bought it in a local store, though it's made in Korea, I don't know if it's an useful information, however I tried to flash every rom with two different version of Odin (v.3.07; v3.10.6), three different usb cable (Samsung APCBU10BBE ; NGM brand cable; and another one I don't know the specifications) , two different laptop (Win7 Pro x64 ; Win10 Pro x64)...

At first Odin gave me a PIT error that I solve flashing a PIT, it alway recognise the device with the "Added" notification but the laptops recognise it as "Modem" in Devices and Printers though when I put in the usb cable there's the "audio notification" and the Usb Samsung Drivers are installed, sometimes when i tried to add a device in "Devices and Printers" it shows an "android "something but it always doesn't install it ...

I also tried to install a custom recovery, it flash them but th combo Volume up + Home + Power doesn't work, I don't know why.

So now only the Download Mode works sometimes, the device always says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.", I tried Kies but it were on a "connecting device" forever ( then I removed it), Odin always FAIL when it comes to a 30% circa on flashing System.img, when on the device shows a kind of "movi_write card_status: 0 (200) start_blk: XXXXXX" ...

Here an example tryin flashing an UK rom:

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

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

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> I8190XXAMG4_I8190XEFAMH1_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> boot.img

<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/004> modem.bin

<ID:0/004> recovery.img

<ID:0/004> STE_boot1.img

<ID:0/004> STE_boot2.img

<ID:0/004> system.img

<ID:0/004>

<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.

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

<ID:0/004> Removed!!

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<ID:0/004> Removed!!

<ID:0/006> Added!!

I obviously looked for a solution on the net before asking for help here but I didn't find the "specific" answer to my problem, I hope we can find it :good:

Have a nice day!