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Help S3 Bricked? - Sprint, not rooted - Help Please?

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galdie

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Hello,

The past two days my S3 started to turn off during texting/facebook/instagram/while sitting on the night stand.

This morning I deleted any apps I recently downloaded (Golf Now, Couch 2 5k by Zen Labs) as well as the two apps that I felt were constantly running and couch be causing a problem (Battery Guru and Facebook).

Now if I try to reboot my device it gets stuck on loading - either on Samsung screen or Samgsung Galaxy S3 screen.

If I try to go into reboot it will say "reboot mode" along top, but then kick into restarting; or one time I got to the screen that said
recovery mode
appling multi-csc
applied the csc-code: spr

With the Android guy's belly open with red exclamation mark.

I've tried pulling the battery for 10 minutes. I've removed the SD card as well. I've tried two other batteries as well.

Any additional steps would be greatly appreciated. I can get into download mode - I'm not familiar with using Odin or flashing the phone but willing to try.

Basic Info:
Samsung Galaxy S3
Sprint SPH-L710
16GB

Device is not rooted
 
If it's not rooted you haven't voided the warranty. Have you tried the Sprint store?
 
Rukbat said:
If it's not rooted you haven't voided the warranty. Have you tried the Sprint store?
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Not yet, I like to fix things on my own and I didn't buy extended coverage or anything so I wasnt sure if it would be covered. I've had the phone for over a year, but still 9 months until upgrade time.

I will try out the Sprint store though, thanks.
 
Sprint wont reflash it. They'll troubleshoot (to the extent of doing a factory reset) and replace if they can't fix it.

I'd save yourself some time and try a factory reset yourself
 
Rxpert83 said:
Sprint wont reflash it. They'll troubleshoot (to the extent of doing a factory reset) and replace if they can't fix it.

I'd save yourself some time and try a factory reset yourself
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I'd be happy to factory reset, but the phone doesnt get past the Samsung logo and if I try to do power, home, and volumn up it doesnt work. Any ideas?
 
funkylogik said:
Sprint will maybe just reflash it. You could do it yourself in minutes :thumbup:
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All the steps I saw for this included doing a reset first, which I cant do as if I do Power, Home and Volumn up it doesnt take me to reset. Can I do Power, Home and Volumn Down and load without resetting?
 
galdie said:
I'd be happy to factory reset, but the phone doesnt get past the Samsung logo and if I try to do power, home, and volumn up it doesnt work. Any ideas?
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What about power+down+ home?

That would get you to download mode, where you could reinstall all software via Odin as funky was mentioning above
 
Rxpert83 said:
What about power+down+ home?

That would get you to download mode, where you could reinstall all software via Odin as funky was mentioning above
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That works (down,power,home), I just wasnt sure if I could reinstall without resetting first.
 
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