[Q] I9305 stay on logo , problem with mount EFS. How to repair it?

[Krasza]

Hello everyone
I've got problem with my I9305 lte. I bought it from my friend. It was working fine till my friend try to root phone with software dedicated to i9300. Galaxy right now stay on logo , goes in recovery mode and download mode. In a photo you can see cause of this thread.

I tried to flash oryginal software by Odin. Everything looks fine. Odin doesn't see any error. Galaxy still stay on logo with red error in recovery mode. I don't have backup with EFS folder... If it help i9305 is from vadofone Germany.

Could anyone help me ?

 

[GR0S]

RIP, motherboard replacement is needed now

 

[Krasza]

Does anyone have more positive idea ? Phone is like new , near 2 mounths of use...

 

[fridgie]

Motherboard replacement....

Is that more positive??

And next time, read everything you can before you stuff around with something! Damn, the first thing I did was backup my efs folder :banghead:

 

[Krasza]

I found this. I'll try it tommorow when I'll come back home. : alliance-rom.com/community/wiki/imei/
I was looking for motherboard for i9305 on ebay etc. but there is nothing...

 

[fridgie]

So you have no backup of the efs folder, a phone that won't boot properly, and you obviously didn't read your link properly either.

Good luck, enjoy buying a new phone

 

[Krasza]

So you have no backup of the efs folder, a phone that won't boot properly, and you obviously didn't read your link properly either.

Good luck, enjoy buying a new phone

My galaxy works right now ! There's no need to replace mothernoard.

 

[jh787]

My galaxy works right now ! There's no need to replace mothernoard.

I am in a similar situation.
Could you please share your knowledge on how you got it sorted?
Thanks


EDIT****



Sorted it.

 

[hustlergraham]

I am in a similar situation.
Could you please share your knowledge on how you got it sorted?
Thanks


EDIT****



Sorted it.

Could you post a fix mate on how you sorted your problem? I have an S3 with the same issue - failed to mount efs. I have a back up of my efs folder on my PC.

 

[jh787]

Could you post a fix mate on how you sorted your problem? I have an S3 with the same issue - failed to mount efs. I have a back up of my efs folder on my PC.

I should begin with explaining my problem first.

The phone would not boot,charge or show any signs of life.

I had another S3, so i swapped the battery over and to my surprise it came on.
Luckily i could boot into download mode.

Moving onto how i sorted it.

First i went here

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33048706&postcount=1

and downloaded, extracted and flashed the Param_Bin_I9305.zip .

I then went here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2023527

and flashed all 3 sections (phone/pda/csc)

and hey presto all was sorted.


Hope this helps and if i can be of any more help or i have omitted something please ask

 

[hustlergraham]

I should begin with explaining my problem first.

The phone would not boot,charge or show any signs of life.

I had another S3, so i swapped the battery over and to my surprise it came on.
Luckily i could boot into download mode.

Moving onto how i sorted it.

First i went here

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33048706&postcount=1

and downloaded, extracted and flashed the Param_Bin_I9305.zip .

I then went here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2023527

and flashed all 3 sections (phone/pda/csc)

and hey presto all was sorted.


Hope this helps and if i can be of any more help or i have omitted something please ask

Thanks for the quick reply mate. Will this work on my International GTi9300 do you know? Sorry I should have said that earlier. I've had all previous versions of the Galaxy models and never got a problem like this.

One guy above says a new motherboard is the only option, I left mine in for repair and because the custom binary was at 2 the warranty was Void. So they quoted me €150 just today. I can't afford that at the moment. But after so many searches here on XDA, it seems some people with the same issue as myself have managed to fix it. Thats why i am a bit sceptical, because I have my EFS folder backed up. Maybe it might work.

I should have my phone back on Monday so if you think this will work on mine I will give it a go and let you know?

Really appreciate the help.

 

[jh787]

Sorry to hear about your problem.
I did this on a I9305 which is very different to the standard I9300.
These files and methods i used are **ONLY FOR THE I9305***

The only reason i had the problem in the first place is that i flashed I9300 software onto a I9305.

Sorry i cant be of any more help but i am sure if you head over to the i9300 q+a section, someone is bound to know what you should do.

PM me with your exact issue and what you messed up on and i will try and see if i can find some helpful info

 

[bmw750long]

ok!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jjpro45]

AW: [Q] I9305 stay on logo , problem with mount EFS. How to repair it?

What's this?

Sent from my GT-I9305 using xda premium

 

[bmw750long]

What's this?

Sent from my GT-I9305 using xda premium

Corrected (formats) efs folder makes it empty
and the phone turns on
use ODIN
then http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1946915

 

[drmspidi]

Has anyone else tried this ??

My i9305 is in bootloop on yhe samsung logo. Every ROM i put tought odin goes right, then loop again.

I should begin with explaining my problem first.

The phone would not boot,charge or show any signs of life.

I had another S3, so i swapped the battery over and to my surprise it came on.
Luckily i could boot into download mode.

Moving onto how i sorted it.

First i went here

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33048706&postcount=1

and downloaded, extracted and flashed the Param_Bin_I9305.zip .

I then went here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2023527

and flashed all 3 sections (phone/pda/csc)

and hey presto all was sorted.


Hope this helps and if i can be of any more help or i have omitted something please ask

 

[jh787]

Has anyone else tried this ??

My i9305 is in bootloop on yhe samsung logo. Every ROM i put tought odin goes right, then loop again.

Yes.... The chap on eBay who saved himself 200 quid after he agreed to sell his phone to me extra cheap but managed to fix it after I told him to have 1 last try with this method. elf

 

[drmspidi]

Yes.... The chap on eBay who saved himself 200 quid after he agreed to sell his phone to me extra cheap but managed to fix it after I told him to have 1 last try with this method. elf

So you were able to recovery the phone with the same symotmes as mine ?

 

[jh787]

So you were able to recovery the phone with the same symotmes as mine ?

Yes.. you got nothing to lose and everything to gain

 

[drmspidi]

Yes.. you got nothing to lose and everything to gain

Oh, OK. I'll try and post the results later !!

Thanks