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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EmaMaker:
Hi guys.

My uncle gave me his Galaxy S3 GT-i9300, asking me to fix it. The reason is that when turned on it is stuck at the Samsung Galaxy S3 logo, without booting to the system. I can boot to Download Mode, speaking about it later. I can boot to recovery, but it gives a lot of errors about can't mount partitions or directory and files not found (such as the photo below in the attachments). Searching a while I understood that these errors are caused by broken partitions. I've successfully booted in Download Mode, but I can't flash any file with odin. If using the .pit file to repartion the eMMC, it stucks to "Get Pit For Mapping" step or it fails with "Re-partition operation failed", it depends on the Odin version I use to do it. I've let the computer to his things with the "Get Pit For Mapping" for over a night, without success. Still stuck. I've tried to flash stock boot.img, stock recovery.img and various other single images from the Stock Firmware downloaded from Sammobile. I've also tried to flash twrp and cwm. No succes, all of them stock at a certain percentage. Boot and Recovery Image always fail at 2/3 of the operation with "Complete(Write) operation failed". Neither "Nand Erase all" option works, it also fails.

I've tried so many things, including booting from the SdCard short-circuiting a resistance ç(found a giude about it on xda), no success also with this. I can't neither flash bootloader or so.

Tried to flash change cable, change port or so. I've also changed computer, no success.

My idea was to boot into TWRP (my favourite custom recovery) to save at least the photos and the music, and then flash the stock firmware.

I actually can't resolve this. Can you please help me? All help will be appreciated.

P.S.: I could try to ADB Sideload the rom, but I couldn't find .zip packages of official OTA updates.

P.P.S.: Is there a way to pull out files through ADB Sideload? I couldn't find one...

Thanks, EmaMaker.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
It really looks to me like the internal memory chip has failed.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shivadow:
Agreed. All options have been exhausted. It's dead.

As for the adb question, only if you have a working recovery that is adb enabled like twrp or cwm..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EmaMaker:
Oh come on, it can't be dead after a trivial recharge...

My s3's memory chip is still alive after 6 years and only the power button broke. And my new s3's main board (which was produced in 2012 as by written on the board) works perfectly.

Isn't there a way of completely erase the memory and reflash it, without problems?

I could make a friend change the emmc for me, replacing it with my old main board's one. Once an emmc is extracted and works as a stand-alone chip, can i try to recover files from it?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
There are many s3 users whose phones are completely functional after many years of use but failed memory chips in any phone is possible.

I have a nexus 5, Samsung s4, and Samsung note 2 with defective internal memory chips. These were given to me by family and friends to use for parts. Before taking them apart, I tried everything I could to flash the phones without luck.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shivadow:
By normal means the phone is f00ked. Once you get to the point where it asks for pit file 9 times out of 10 the nand is corrupt. The problem is how sd memory works in the first place and its inherent flaws. That is why some phones work forever while others can die within days.

As the phones were built in many different factories using many differently sourced parts the chances of "Sudden Death Syndrome" is quite high. Some manufacturers actually purchase prebuilt cheap Chinese phones and rebrand them as their own.

If you wanted to change the nand I'm not sure if any of the chips are married to each other so that's a risk in itself. You can swap the board out with a salvage phone. You can try jtag. All of which could cost you the same as buying another s3. They are too cheap nowadays.

If you want a wierd example, my stock rooted s3 borked royally from turning off in the middle of the night due to no power. Turned it on and it puked a load of errors "e: unable to mount /****". I flashed the latest official cwm and then flashed the stock recovery and as I rebooted thinking that it was dead it booted to os!. All errors solved!. Lost root completely but at least I could flash it back to stock and start over.

That was when I started to see a pattern on the forums where twrp was the common denomination between the cases of borked phones so I googled it and there is documentation on twrp github which states the same but the cause is currently unknown. This is where I always state to be careful rooting your phone in the first place as twrp is the only recovery for nearly all phones, it has an inherent fault that no-one knows the cause of and it can lead to a dead phone. Where any other recovery is available I'd recommend that over twrp. I also noticed that the most common combo is twrp and custom roms as THE most likely to go tits up across all devices. If you must root keep it stock root.

Otherwise if twrp didn't kill it then its genuinely a dead nand, probably faulty at birth and it was a matter of time. I honestly think Samsung cheaped out on parts for the s3 and that is why so many fail.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EmaMaker:
Thanks for your exausting answer. I will search more about jtag in the next days. I tried to flash both twrp and cwm, none of them worked.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsungnow:
Hello, I have a Samsung Galaxy S7 from Sprint at USA.

I was trying to root the device and broke the system.

Here is what I get:

image.ibb.co/fSivex/image.jpg

Text version here:

ODIN MODE (HIGH SPEED)
PRODUCT NAME: SM-G930P
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
FRP LOCK: OFF
WARRANTY VOID: 0x0
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
RP SWREV: B5(2, 1, 1, 1, 1) K1 S4
SECURE DOWNLOAD : ENABLE
SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]Fused 5 > Binary 4
[1]eMMC write fail: aboot

I tried to install with Odin3 one firmware I found on internet for this device but it failed as you can see on the image above.

I think because that firmware is older than the firmware I had on my phone.

When my phone was working I think I upgraded (automatic updates) the firmware of my phone on february or march (not totally sure) this year (2018).

Do you have any advice to get my phone back?

Thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibuprophen:
I don't have this device but, the following, device specific, threads should be helpful for what you are looking for and don't be afraid to ask for some member guidance within one of them too.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3702963

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3398235

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3537783

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3396314

If all else fails, and you don't receive any responses from the above thread, you can always try to obtain some member guidance within the following Q&A thread that's specific to your device.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3341138

Good Luck!

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I DO NOT provide support via PM unless asked/requested by myself. PLEASE keep it in the threads where everyone can share.
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] yakutza:
Hi all! I ask your help! I have Moto z2 Force on 8.0 Oreo and I installed custom recovery twrp-3.2.1-1-nash.img and foolishly chose Slot-B and then I reboot the phone. Now when connected to a computer, it is defined as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 . How can I bring it back to life?! Help please! :crying:
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] yakutza:
After many attempts, it was possible to flash blankflash_from_NDX26.183-15_17. Phone reboot in fastboot and then full flash stock firmware. :D
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] PoisonDash2:
Samething happened to me but instead of selecting slot b my rom didnt install well so my phone is hardbrick any idea if this file will help me revive my Moto z2 force Tmobile version?
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] dave31g:
This happened to me on t-mobile yesterday and I managed to solve it by downloading this: (T-Mobile only) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fM5KLheeMYcs3yF7InOzHq6yGCOmrrbk/view

Extract the zip and while your phone is connected to your pc and booted in bootloader mode, run flash_all.bat, boot (don't flash) TWRP, install TWRP with the TWRP zip found here: https://dl.twrp.me/nash/twrp-installer-nash-3.2.1-1.zip.html

Then reboot to your newly installed TWRP recovery, factory reset, flash rom, reboot bootloader and run "fastboot -w".

After that you should boot up fine. Fastboot -w might not be necessary but I had to do it, otherwise I would boot but I would get an error message "android.process.media has stopped" without it.
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] Will71000:
Hello Friend!

Do you know if there is a solution for Moto Z2 Play? The update for Android 8 came automatically and I accepted. After a few days, he caught up and got into HardBrick! Neither the BootLoader options (power + volume (-)) are working !!

When I put it in the charger it will flash a white LED

Sorry, I'm using Google Translate
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] gyarados025:
If its get detect as QHUSB_BULK in conputer and installing Qualcomm drivers get it to Qh_usbloader 9008 under COMports then theres no way ti revive ur phone. Theres no Blank Flash files yet available for Moto Z2 Play
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Michelium:
Hi,

So I rooted this device successfully but with my dumb head I apparently disabled OEM unlock.

Now my device is not booting. It only shows the samsung logo. I can go to download mode and android recovery.

I already tried:

- Wipe data

- Install stock firmware using Odin

- Install TWRP using Odin

None of this worked. It gives errows like "Custom binary blocked by FRP"

How can I possibly turn on the OEM while Im unable to go into Android?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Michelium:
I've found the solution for this problem. Thanks anyways.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] HITMAN-CREED:
What was the solution?

i have the exactly same problem.
[Xiaomi Redmi 3s Questions & Answers] youkarthik:
My redmi 3s prime device is currently in MIUI v9.5.1 stable. I have successfully unlocked bootloader (official method)

Installed twrp 3.2.1 using adb/fastboot it is also successful.

in TWRP i tried installing supersu v2.82 zip file, console shows no errors, but after system reboot I could not see SuperSU app, Root checker also reports device not rooted. I have tried couple more times to install supersu, but not able to see it.

Can anyone help where it went wrong, anyone tried rooting from MIUI 9.5?
[Xiaomi Redmi 3s Questions & Answers] leleallof:
Flash Magisk

Inviato dal mio Redmi 3S utilizzando Tapatalk
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] clarc:
I need to translate the Qtek 9100 rom in Albanian language..somebody help my..many thanks
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] omniapp:
B404 on Firmware Finder, google's april patch

B403 is now approved for installation

Quite fast!
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Giuskiller:
If everything goes like the past month, i should receive it on 15 April in Italy for my IMEI batch. I know that they make a batch updato to not overcharge their server...but i still preferred they were able to give us monthly updates. As for now we will always receive the previous month update ...well if we don't have root, in that case we could always flash the approved firmware with FF or unapproved ones with RedLotus
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BigD18t:
I have the c432 model which shows 404 in FF I looked at 403 but for me that is not approved Via IMEI.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] supersakis:
For the people in the UK that didn't update their firmware manually, and they are in B394, an update arrived today containing "4 patches" which brings the phone to B403. I updated manually to B401 a while back but I didn't get the new update just yet (and maybe I need to wait until 403 is approved for my IMEI).
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Edwinc26:
B393 update shown in FF app, which is the Google's April security patch. B393 for FRD-L14 (Northamerica version).

It's funny because we're on B391 (Feb. update) but we haven't received B392 (which is useless now because there's the B393 update).
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BigD18t:
I rolled back to official updates instead of FF as I was getting some awful battery life, currently on 394 in the UK and nothing newer yet.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] supersakis:
There is another workaround to get the latest (official) update without FF: use a SIM from another country that has received the update already. By setting it as the primary SIM, even in roaming, you receive the updates. Tried successfully on mine (which was manually updated via FF to B401) with a Greek SIM card, got the update up to 402.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] omniapp:
B403

B403 OTA delivery has started un Italy (L09-C432)
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] pirx73:
My Honor 8 still sits on B394, no update offers from Huawei (FRD-L09C432, Baltic states) although in FF using checking by IMEI i can see that at least B401 and 402 are approved for installation.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] b1tt1:
Yesterday I asked Honor Finland about the update situation (I'm still on B398 from August on FRD-L19C432). A rep promised to get back to me soon.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] xsacter:
Still on B392 for Frdl04
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] zinko_pt:
I can confirm this working in the UK to go from B394 B403.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tucci90:
Yeah, Tampere Finland :cool:

Any news from them?

I had FRD-L09C432B398 and security patch from November, but yesterday i decided to try FF to update my phone.

Now i have B402 with February security patch and everything works fine :good:

I recommend to do it that way if u wanna have almost latest security patch! :)

I used FRD-L09C432B402 FullOTA-MF because i received only errors from those little OTA-MF updates..
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BigD18t:
Where did you get a Greek SIM card and what network was it.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sheldd:
B403 delivered today in Romania :D
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] supersakis:
I assume that he used a Portuguese one :)

It is not limited to Greek SIM cards, you need to pick a SIM from a country that has received the update.

For what's worth, the greek sim card was from Cosmote.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] zinko_pt:
Portuguese SIM card. Like it was said, any SIM card from a country that already started receiving the update.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] linkazoid:
B403 seems to be approved for me today in the UK. I'm on Three if that makes any difference
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] supersakis:
I'm with giffgaff/o2 and B403 did not arrive automatically, but I was in b402.

By switching my SIM to my greek one (as described above) I got the update to b403.

If you were in b394 probably you got the triple patch, which is also good news.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] linkazoid:
Ah yes, mine didn't arrive automatically I just meant that it was approved in FF for me today.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Anonshe:
Just putting this out for those who unofficially update to B404. I updated from B403 and my bootloader was locked after the update.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] A_1li:
Anyone knows how to update after unlocking the bootloader and installing twrp ?
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] liPillON:
I'm on 402 (italian L09) and the 403 update has just been delivered through OTA

still no 404 in sight
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] NatusVincere:
Here, refer to this post: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=75892114&postcount=2
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BigD18t:
Three UK here, no update as of yet.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tucci90:
Today i received 403 in Finland and i have L09 model.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] omniapp:
Yesterday I received the 403 OTA (on L09), and it solved my problems with call volume, which I had since 402

Maybe only a more succesful installation
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] flip360:
Yesterday, L09C432B403 OTA, Macedonia
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jjustyy:
Received B403 today (in the UK). First time in a very long time to get an OTA.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] alen1901:
Just got B404, April security patches.

Pure Honor 8
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ysnX:
yea i got B404 today in Germany!
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BigD18t:
Lucky people, still haven't had 403 yet.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] zinko_pt:
L09C432B404 OTA Vodafone UK
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BigD18t:
Might have to try a Vodafone SIM in that case.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] LINJEinc:
Got 404 here in Finland last week
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Giuskiller:
Obviously, not approved yet in Italy, at least with my IMEI
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] zinko_pt:
A succession of security patches to excuse themselves from updating to Oreo... ?
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] xdmusicbx:
Meanwhile L02 is ignored yet again...
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tiguy99:
Really really hope not
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
No B404 update here yet, oh well. If everything goes according to the leak, then the next or the one after that should be oreo. :)
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BigD18t:
What leak is that !

Also still no update here either 403/404 and I've put a Vodafone SIM in it.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ThePS4Gamer:
Cool! I really want to install a stable Lineage OS ROM onto my device without any quality loss on my pictures thanks to Treble. :victory: :good:
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
I've read on other topics and apparently Oreo will come in May. And considering that there is about 1 update per month, it should be the next or the one after that :)
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] zinko_pt:
Also depends on IMEI and country.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ThePS4Gamer:
Now it's available in Hungary, too. :)
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sheldd:
Got the B404 one hour ago. Romania.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] omniapp:
This morning I checked FF and it was approved for installation (the small 140M update).

Recharged the phone, giustoper, launched again FF and now it's not approved anymore...
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BigD18t:
404 is approved for me on the full package, might just end up doing it as it's taking so long for ota.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] pix106:
In FF on android:

Short press "check availability" button = check with IMEI : if approved, the update can be installed on your device, right now.

Long press "check availability" button = check without IMEI : if approved, it means ota deployment has started, and you have to wait until your IMEI is approved
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] supersakis:
Did anyone notice a change in the font size/shape in b404?
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] randomshape001:
Recived today in Poland :good:
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] SirUnreal:
Is B404 Android 7 or 8?
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Edwinc26:
Not trying to be rude, but did you even read the main post? It says "Google april's update", there's no "Oreo" or "Android 8" either in the post.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] SirUnreal:
How should I conclude that "april's update" is an update for Android 7 or 8? Thought B400+ is Oreo...
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] omniapp:
That means this morning I've been just a little heavy with my finger :)

In fact it's approved after a long press, and not after a short one

Thanks a lot
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] stooby:
Received the OTA this afternoon - on 3 in the UK
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Old friend:
In two weeks B403 and B404. OTA. Tele 2, Croatia.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] flip360:
That was unusually quick, B404 OTA, Macedonia.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ivanlaki:
I Croatia bonbon as well 403 last week and yasterday 404.

Afteter one day, it seems to me that battery is excellent.

On 401,402 and 403 i was desperate trying to squeeze 3 hours of sot,

Now on 404 i'm getting 2 and a half hours and still 50% of juice left. Don't know why tho.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Alvichone:
404 in Spain. Only 2 weeks after 403.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] modrzew82:
mirrorshare bug

what version of emui hass come with b404? Is it 5.03 because on p9plus thread it fix mirroshare bug, could you check?
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BigD18t:
Still 5.0.1
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] modrzew82:
mirrirshare bug

i found on italian forum that B394 already fix this problem, could you check is it true?
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] BigD18t:
Just tested mirroring on a Tele here and it works ok.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Krikoo:
Did anyone noticed the new shortcuts in the notification panel? Did they come with 404?
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Giuskiller:
Got B404 today in the morning, but nothing apart Security Patches of April, no new shortcuts, no other things
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nyssa1104:
My European Honor 8 with UK sim cards on OS B394 would not receive the OTA update for B404 even today. SO I can confirm that replacing my UK sim cards with my La Réunion sim card which is out of service (Only network) and I received the B404 update right away OTA. today.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] omartins:
Hello!

Did anyone got bootloader locked after updating to B404?

RM
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] nicopas:
B404 navbar issue

Just installed b404: after reboot navigation bar disappeared and 4g icon in statusbar is not working properly.

Any suggestion?
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] linkazoid:
I did. Had to backup, unlock and restore
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] omartins:
I'll have to do the same.

Can't figure why some updates do and others don't mess up with bootloader lock status... Any idea?

RM
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] kainomed:
[MENTION=5431930]nicopas[/MENTION]

active floating menu in the settings of intelligent assistance ... it will troubleshoot
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] nicopas:
Thanks! this could be a temporary solution...

It seems that it's a common issue https://xdaforums.com/honor-8/help/navigation-keys-disappeared-update-t3783889
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] b1tt1:
Now I finally got an answer from a Finnish Honor rep, confirming that FRD-L19C432B398 is the "latest" official OTA update in Finland. But he also said that a new update is coming soon (during May) according to their system. (Which is logical if the latest info about the Oreo update is true.)
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tucci90:
How it can be latest official ota in finland?

Couple weeks ago i received 403 and now few days ago i received 404 via ota.. :D

And yeah, oreo is in its way ??
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] b1tt1:
Do you have FRD-L19 or FRD-L09? It seems to me that the 64GB model is often left behind in updates.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tucci90:
Oops, my mistake :) Didn't notice u have L19, i got L09.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
Anyone try this? For me it fixed the touch bug and also seems to have fixed the latency!

https://www.xda-developers.com/fix-multi-touch-bug-google-pixel-2-xl-android-oreo/

Edited: reports of bootloop issues on stock rom, will want to avoid it unless on a custom one
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Scarfa:
Does this touch bug effect LineageOS 15.1?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
It effects all android roms based off of android 8.1

It is an 8.1 bug and not a bug related to any specific device
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Jank4AU:
Do not install if on stock. You will bootloop.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Scarfa:
Are you on los 15.1?