[Q] Why My Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 Freeze On Samsung Glowing Logo

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Alton56

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My Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 Freeze On Samsung Glowing Logo and when trying to factory reset it shows, E: failed to mount /efs (invalid argument)
When i use Odin to restore a stock firmware it successful but its still not pasting Samsung Glowing Logo.
PLEASE HELP!!!!! MY FRIENDS.:

 

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AndroidNerdz

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custom recovery

Alton56 said:

My Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 Freeze On Samsung Glowing Logo and when trying to factory reset it shows, E: failed to mount /efs (invalid argument)
When i use Odin to restore a stock firmware it successful but its still not pasting Samsung Glowing Logo.
PLEASE HELP!!!!! MY FRIENDS.:

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Install siyah kernel and see what happens I had a similar problem on my s2 when installed flash a custom rom like cm11 and then go back to stock

 

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AndroidNerdz said:

Install siyah kernel and see what happens I had a similar problem on my s2 when installed flash a custom rom like cm11 and then go back to stock

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How do i go about to install Siyah Kernel on my GT-I9300?

 

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Alton56 said:

How do i go about to install Siyah Kernel on my GT-I9300?

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On Google search up siyah Kernel I9300
Flash it via Odin
Then mount storage to computer and put cm11 on it
And flash it

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Alton56

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Why My Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 Freeze On Samsung Glowing Logo

AndroidNerdz said:

On Google search up siyah Kernel I9300
Flash it via Odin
Then mount storage to computer and put cm11 on it
And flash it

Please hit that thank button

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It Still Doesn't Work Is There Any Other Way You Could Help Me???? When i do It i get a purple glowing icon and its not pasting there .. then i try to put the cm11 on it and when i try to install it from my SD card It still shows the message E: Fail to mount/ efs/ invalid argument.

 

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Alton56 said:

My Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 Freeze On Samsung Glowing Logo and when trying to factory reset it shows, E: failed to mount /efs (invalid argument)
When i use Odin to restore a stock firmware it successful but its still not pasting Samsung Glowing Logo.
PLEASE HELP!!!!! MY FRIENDS.:

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There is a small chance that the efs folder might be corrupted.

You can install a custom recovery like Philz Touch and try to do factory reset from there.

 

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Alton56

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My Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 Freeze On Samsung Glowing Logo

RazorMC said:

There is a small chance that the efs folder might be corrupted.

You can install a custom recovery like Philz Touch and try to do factory reset from there.

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Yeah i installed it and it work but when i do the factory reset it still not pasting the Samsung Glowing Logo...

 

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Format the efs and restore your efs backup, if you don't have a backup then you'll need to pay for a repair.

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk

 

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Alton56

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Thanks man

boomboomer said:

Format the efs and restore your efs backup, if you don't have a backup then you'll need to pay for a repair.

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk

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I really appreciate your help thanks again..