January 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM, "John via Replicant" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi, > > I flashed Replicant 6.0 0004 recovery to Samsung Galaxy S3 i9305 LTE > > using Heimdall. It did not reboot as expected but turned off. > > Turning it on with either: > > - Volume Up + Home + Power; or > > - Power > > always boots Download mode again. > > I tried TWRP recoveries from Replicant and Philz touch recovery - same > > result. > > What should I do? > Hello, The good news in this situation is that the phone is likely not bricked, if it is still booting into download mode. You may have already considered some of these, but I'll list them all for thoroughness: - Have you verified that your Samsung Galaxy S3 is in fact the GT-19305 model? (Model number is listed on the label under the battery, and molded into the plastic at the bottom right of the phone under the rear plastic cover.) - Have you verified that the recovery images you're flashing are specifically meant for the i9305 variant of the Samsung Galaxy S3? - Have you verified the sha256 checksum of the downloaded recovery files match those posted on the download page of each recovery? - Have you tried using a different Micro-USB cable to flash the recovery image? (I have personally had issues in the past where a seemingly high-quality cable will cause flashing to fail or give bad results, but switching to a different cable allowed the image to be flashed successfully.) For some additional info, what operating system are you using, and where did you acquire Heimdall? Did the phone seem to work without any issue on the factory firmware (with good battery health) before you attempted to flash the recovery? I'm no expert but hope I can be of some help. Kind Regards, Graysen Pitts _______________________________________________ Replicant mailing list [email protected] https://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant
