hi my phone was stuck on the reboot loop but thanks to your guide i managed to fix it but even though i used the ROM from my region, portugal - vodafone, it is now not recognizing my simcard what could i do?

my s3mini was stuck on bootloop after installing stock rom. then when i installed param_I8190.tar as well but still the same.. please help

How did you bricked it? Which version you are currently on? Which version you were trying to install? Did Odin showed pass? Did you cleared cache and perform a data wipe?

Hi,
just rescued my "soft-bricked" device. This here was _very_ helpful :-)
Many Thanks !!!

Welcome and a happy new year.

thanks that was help full

cant mount '/data'(no such file or directory)
E:failed to mount /data (no such file or directory)
E:failed to mount /system (no such file or directory)
E:failed to mount /cache (no such file or directory)
E:cant mount /cache/recovery/log
E:cant open /cache/recovery/log
E:failed to mount /cache (no such file or directory)
E:cant mount /cache/recovery/log
E:cant open /cache/recovery/log

how to fix android recovery log... plss help

Hello, I hope you can help me with my problem. I have a s3 mini that got soft-bricked somehow due to battery problems. The phone would restart suddenly if disconnected from charger, sometimes, even when connected. One day it restarted as usual but never booted again. It gets stuck on the "Samsung Galaxy S3 mini GT-i8190" screen and it only enter to Download Mode, not recovery nor anything. I tried this tutorial and Odin gives me the PASS! but it's still stucked on that screen. I never did something like installing custom roms, rooted, or flashing, nothing like that, that's why I say it was because of the constant restarts. Any help would be great.

hi jessie, did you fix your problem?
because I got the problem same with you

Hi Rohan, I tried one more time,loaded a custom rom, its a success but it still in bootloop.

I go to download mode, and I can see Custom RoM : No . Does this means it didn't save the files i loaded after reboot?

<osm> Enter CS for MD5..

<osm> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<osm> Please wait..

<osm> I8190XXALK6_I8190XEFALK1_HOME_ROOTED.tar.md5 is valid.

<osm> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<osm> Leave CS..

<id:0 003=""> Odin engine v(ID:3.1005)..

<id:0 003=""> File analysis..

<id:0 003=""> SetupConnection..

<id:0 003=""> Initialzation..

<id:0 003=""> Get PIT for mapping..

<id:0 003=""> Firmware update start..

<id:0 003=""> SingleDownload.

<id:0 003=""> boot.img

<id:0 003=""> NAND Write Start!!

<id:0 003=""> cache.img

<id:0 003=""> hidden.img

<id:0 003=""> modem.bin

<id:0 003=""> STE_boot1.img

<id:0 003=""> STE_boot2.img

<id:0 003=""> system.img

<id:0 003=""> RQT_CLOSE !!

<id:0 003=""> RES OK !!

<id:0 003=""> Remain Port .... 0

<osm> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)

Did you try clearing cache and wipe data in recovery? 90% of the bootloops can be fixed this way.

I tried the second time around and I got below.

<id:0 003=""> Added!!

<osm> Enter CS for MD5..

<osm> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<osm> Please wait..

<osm> PARAM_I8190.tar.md5 is valid.

<osm> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<osm> Leave CS..

<id:0 003=""> Odin engine v(ID:3.1005)..

<id:0 003=""> File analysis..

<id:0 003=""> SetupConnection..

<id:0 003=""> Initialzation..

<id:0 003=""> Get PIT for mapping..

<id:0 003=""> Firmware update start..

<id:0 003=""> SingleDownload.

<id:0 003=""> param.lfs

<id:0 003=""> NAND Write Start!!

<id:0 003=""> RQT_CLOSE !!

<id:0 003=""> RES OK !!

<id:0 003=""> Remain Port .... 0

<osm> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)

Rebooted but it keeps rebooting on Samsung Logo.

<id:0 003=""> Removed!!

<id:0 005=""> Added!!

Hi,

My Samsung S3 mini is in boot loop (reboots when its on samsung logo),

I loaded PARAM_I8190.tar.md5 and below result.

<osm> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<osm> Please wait..

<osm> PARAM_I8190.tar.md5 is valid.

<osm> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<osm> Leave CS..

<id:0 003=""> Odin engine v(ID:3.1005)..

<id:0 003=""> File analysis..

<id:0 003=""> SetupConnection..

<id:0 003=""> Initialzation..

<id:0 003=""> Get PIT for mapping..

<id:0 003=""> Firmware update start..

<id:0 003=""> SingleDownload.

<id:0 003=""> param.lfs

<id:0 003=""> NAND Write Start!!

<id:0 003=""> Transmission Complete..

<id:0 003=""> Now Writing.. Please wait about 2 minutes

<id:0 003=""> FAIL!

<id:0 003="">

<id:0 003=""> Receive Response from boot-loader

<osm> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

How to fix if like this? Did i miss something?

Can anyone direct me to a link to get back to 4.1.2 on my Samsung galaxy s3 that my son softbricked? I either find links that go to spam or are empty and getting very frustrated!

Mr Esther, please don't post your comment on every Galaxy S3 page. Your version of Galaxy S3 is different than S3 mini. You can't install firmware made for different model on your device. Also, you can't install 4.1.2 on your device since you are running on Android 4.3 version. I have already replied to you and updated the guide to show the latest firmware builds.

I fixed it myself after doing more research and got it back.

is it safe to flash other stock ROMS from other regions? idk what region my phone is. and im still stucked there is no pass showed in odin and my phone reboots after flashing the .tar file idk what to do next please help me. :(

No, flashing firmware for other region might result in different system language and getting problems in acquiring network lock. Consider you flash ROM made for China, the default language will be Chinese.
From which country you are ?

On Samsung-updates, region column shows the country. INU stands for India, PLS for poland and so on. If you hover your mouse on the every region, you can see the country name. Download the firmware for your country.

i think i flashed stock firmware from TNL i dont know which region is that. i guess my phone is done, is it forever gonna be stuck? i tried flashing the SEA (South East Asia) since this phone was only a gift from an old friend i don't know which country did she bought this, but my guess is kuwait since shes working there. and also i cant get a word pass in odin but i still tried to flash the stock firmware from the said region. could that lead to a big mistake right? ill try to search from that country on what region it belongs maybe it could work? and by the way the phone can still go to odin mode after flashing the two firmwares from other region.

Device will flash alright, but problem will be in getting a network lock and different system language. How you bricked your device in the first place?

Add the Odin log message when you flash, it will tell us what went wrong.

Hello. My phone is also stuck. How can I know that my GTI8190 is the international version?

Is your device in contract with carriers such as AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, etc or is it without any contract. International version means without any carrier.

Thank you. And how do I know which of the firmware files to download? There are too many in the link... I don't know which one to choose from.

Download the file for your region, like for Europe download file for EUR region, for India (IND), Egypt(EGY), etc.

Hi! I am trying to do this on my phone but I couldn't download stock ROM. Do you have other links to download it? Thank you very much!

samsung-updates provide two links for every ROM. Are you sure that you are not able to download? You can always download ROM from samfirmware, I have a tutorial on this site about how to do it, please search.

Why o why, i thought param_I8190.tar will fix my bootloop stuck problem after flashing custom ROM, nothing change still having trouble of bootloop and i can't even open my recovery.
Custom ROM: Carbon ROM 4.4.4

clear data partition and wipe data ( from stock recovery )