SIII Mini rebooting every 3 seconds! Please help!

[PeterDempsey]

Hi there,

My phone has started trying to reboot every 3 seconds. Where can I download an Android OS and how do I flash it onto my phone?
First time threader, not a techie. Be gentle.

 

[jamiemullner]

I have also just started having this issue! Would be great if someone has some advice.

 

[Doflaminhgo]

weird, mine started to have this issue 2 days ago as well : o
i smell conspiracy

however, i think you should just read up on some tutorials, there are tons of them out there

 

[3liteking148]

What rom? Stock 4.1 or cyanogenmod?

 

[garpedos]

Hi there,

My phone has started trying to reboot every 3 seconds. Where can I download an Android OS and how do I flash it onto my phone?
First time threader, not a techie. Be gentle.

Wipe cache and dalvik cache on recovery, power off your phone and power on with pressing POWER+HOME+VOLUME UP.

 

[Doflaminhgo]

Wipe cache and dalvik cache on recovery, power off your phone and power on with pressing POWER+HOME+VOLUME UP.

didnt work for me, also bought a new battery, because other sources said this might be the cause of the bootloop. didnt work either. i have the stockrom 4.1.x
that i rooted a long time ago. so i will try to flash a custom rom on it, see if it works

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i have one question left though: do i need odin to flash the rom, or is it enough to select the corresponding option in cwm? i did read several tutorial about that, most are with odin. my head hurts from the information overload, since i barely have any knowledge about modding android.
a brief answer is appreciated

edit: found the answer x)

 

[Doflaminhgo]

So i tried installing cyanogenmod 11 with cwm, but my device keeps booting (half an hour so far) -> apparently i screwed up.
i attempted to restore my backup, but the problem is that the boot error is even present in recovery mode, so i didnt manage to restore it yet. any ideas on how to proceed`?

 

[ninjasoft]

So i tried installing cyanogenmod 11 with cwm, but my device keeps booting (half an hour so far) -> apparently i screwed up.
i attempted to restore my backup, but the problem is that the boot error is even present in recovery mode, so i didnt manage to restore it yet. any ideas on how to proceed`?

Have u tried in download mode???

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[Doflaminhgo]

Have u tried in download mode???

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i forgot to update the thread, sorry about that x).
actually i managed to resolve my problem already and successfully installed cyanogenmod 11. also, the booting error is hardware-based. i realized that it occasionally occured after pressing the power button. apparently the button "presses itself" for longer after using it and this causes the restart. a lot of samsung-users seem to have this problem.
thank you nevertheless for your reply

 

[ninjasoft]

i forgot to update the thread, sorry about that x).
actually i managed to resolve my problem already and successfully installed cyanogenmod 11. also, the booting error is hardware-based. i realized that it occasionally occured after pressing the power button. apparently the button "presses itself" for longer after using it and this causes the restart. a lot of samsung-users seem to have this problem.
thank you nevertheless for your reply

It was a great pleasure!!!

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