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Hello ppl
I've had some problems with my Samsung Vibrant (The T-Mobile model) since last friday. As I am kinda new to android, i did some stupid things, such as inserting GT-i9000 firmware into it by mistake, wich didn't work.
So I downloaded JI5 firmware, inserted it into my Vibrant using Odin, and upgraded it to JI6 using Kies.
The only thing I was bothered is that every time i switched my phone On, the 1st screen I was seeing was "Samsung Galaxy S GT-i9000", wich suddenly was changing into VIBRANT and the boot was going on OK, and I could use my phone normally.
In fact, not normally. I couldn't root it with One Click Lag Fix, nor with that update.zip thing in recovery mode, since I couldn't enter recovery mode (the keys combination were not working at all for it).
After a few hours of google, I found nothing that would solve my problem. By this far, I've have already downloaded a lot of firmwares, and i was still seeing the GT-i9000 screen before everything, and could not root or access recovery mode on myd device.
Then it came to me the GREAT IDEA! Download JI4, and older firmware, and upgrade it using KIES to JI6.
First step was alright. I downloaded JI4, installed on my vibrant using Odin... but when I started kies to upgrade it, Kies told me my fw version wasn't upgradeable. Damn!
So i decided to turn back to JI5 using Odin.
Occurs that when I start my phone in "download mode", now it shows me a screen saying "POWER RESET or UNKNOWN UPLOAD MODE". Odins recognize it normally, but when I try to upload a JI5 or JI6 firmware, it keeps stuck in this message:
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
I've tried to restart this proccess dozens of times and still had no success.
Would any of you guys help me?
My phone is working right now, with JI4, but it is not what I want!!
Close odin and restart it. Sometimes it takes a few times with odin.
Incidentally, why don't you just download the OTA JI6 file and flash it with odin on here.
Or just keep it open and open another one to flash with, that helps my odin issues
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
djquick said:
Close odin and restart it. Sometimes it takes a few times with odin.
Incidentally, why don't you just download the OTA JI6 file and flash it with odin on here.
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I've tried to open and restart it hundreds of times...
And i didn't receive the OTA JI6 file yet, i think that is due to the fact that I live in Brazil
Hey. I recently was using the Froyo Rom that had the same boot screen that read "Samsung Galaxy S GT-i9000." I also have a TMobile Samsung Vibrant. I had that same problem with recovery where none of the keys would work. I resolved the issue by using oding and I flashed T959UVJFD which is the original shipped FW for it. Try that method.
Remember use Odin 1.3 version. In Odin, place a check box in "Re-partition" and leave everything else the same. Select your 512.PIT for PIT and Phone should be set to
T959UVJD.tar. Than select start. Before that make sure your phone displays "Downloading Mode". Remove battery first and Re-insert it, while holding both up and down volume keys (make sure usb cable is connected into phone first) than finally open up odin, connect the usb cable to the computer. Odin should detect it with a yellow COM Port ID.
Thanks.
mulcahyd said:
Hey. I recently was using the Froyo Rom that had the same boot screen that read "Samsung Galaxy S GT-i9000." I also have a TMobile Samsung Vibrant. I had that same problem with recovery where none of the keys would work. I resolved the issue by using oding and I flashed T959UVJFD which is the original shipped FW for it. Try that method.
Remember use Odin 1.3 version. In Odin, place a check box in "Re-partition" and leave everything else the same. Select your 512.PIT for PIT and Phone should be set to
T959UVJD.tar. Than select start. Before that make sure your phone displays "Downloading Mode". Remove battery first and Re-insert it, while holding both up and down volume keys (make sure usb cable is connected into phone first) than finally open up odin, connect the usb cable to the computer. Odin should detect it with a yellow COM Port ID.
Thanks.
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I was just coming here to tell this. I've downloaded T959UVJFD and made this to enter download mode correctly:
METHOD 1: ACCESSING DOWNLOADER/RECOVERY:
(if the following directions do not work... then your phone may be locked out from using hardware buttons to access downloader/recovery)
Download Mode:
With the phone powered off
Plug in the USB cable.
Turn the phone on it's side and use both thumbs to hold (left thumb) Vol Up and (right thumb) Vol Down
Press and hold the power button with your right index finger til you see "Virbant" release the power button and it should say Downloading.
Recovery Mode:
With the phone powered off
UnPlug the USB cable.
Turn the phone on it's side and use both thumbs to hold (left thumb) Vol Up and (right thumb) Vol Down
Press and hold the power button with your right index finger til you see "Virbant" release the power button and it should be on the recovery screen.
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(found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771247)
Now i'm upgrading to JI6 with KIES, i think everything is gonna be alright.
Cool. Glad to see things will be okay now.
Using KIES is your first mistake, even T-Mobile doesn't recommend it...
Make sure you have the Samsung USB drivers installed to use ODIN.
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hi all
i was usingg odin to root my phone.
everything seemed to b fine. I hd the green success/pass but when the phone automatically restarted after the root, it got stuck in the samsung screen.
hv to take out battery to turn off and same happning when i tried starting it again. also same when i press volume +- to turn on.
any ideas, help welcome....
thx a lot!!!
Time to get a jig
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smartgoh said:
hi all
i was usingg odin to root my phone.
everything seemed to b fine. I hd the green success/pass but when the phone automatically restarted after the root, it got stuck in the samsung screen.
hv to take out battery to turn off and same happning when i tried starting it again. also same when i press volume +- to turn on.
any ideas, help welcome....
thx a lot!!!
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Take the battery out. Put back in, plug USB cable in while holding volume down.
Should put you into download mode. If it does:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313659
If the screen turns on at all, you're not bricked.
No need for a jig - I think only the Captivate (Maybe I9000 too) had a bug that prevented you from getting into download mode with VolUp + VolDn + USB insertion
With the Infuse and I777, I have NEVER needed a jig to enter download mode. My pack of MicroUSB plugs from Sparkfun is still sitting unopened.
Entropy512 said:
If the screen turns on at all, you're not bricked.
No need for a jig - I think only the Captivate (Maybe I9000 too) had a bug that prevented you from getting into download mode with VolUp + VolDn + USB insertion
With the Infuse and I777, I have NEVER needed a jig to enter download mode. My pack of MicroUSB plugs from Sparkfun is still sitting unopened.
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Entropy, I noticed the unbricking is based on your work, would be really great if you can help me out. I tried entering download mode, but it freezes with the loading cycle....
smartgoh said:
Entropy, I noticed the unbricking is based on your work, would be really great if you can help me out. I tried entering download mode, but it freezes with the loading cycle....
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Looks like it tried to enter battery charging mode.
This has always worked for me:
Remove and reinsert battery
DO NOT HIT POWER
Plug USB cable into PC (if not already plugged in)
Hold VolUp + VolDn
Plug USB cable into phone while still holding those two buttons (Not power!)
Entropy512 said:
Looks like it tried to enter battery charging mode.
This has always worked for me:
Remove and reinsert battery
DO NOT HIT POWER
Plug USB cable into PC (if not already plugged in)
Hold VolUp + VolDn
Plug USB cable into phone while still holding those two buttons (Not power!)
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thx I managed to go into dl mode via this way. however when trying to unbrick i got a fail. it was a yellow 0:[com3] in the box if it says anything
any thoughts?
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
<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> factoryfs.img
<ID:0/003>
<ID:0/003>
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
Someone else will have to help you here, I've only used Heimdall on Ubuntu to flash in download mode.
Looks like its connecting properly, but failing to flash the image somewhere in between.
Possibly try a different cable, as it might help. Also, if you can, charge the battery (not sure if that would be an issue)
A lot people said it's easy to root, I thought it's easy and unbrickable.
Reading this thread, I chicken out
Will follow this thread closely to see how it pans out.
Why didn't you use super one click to root.
And what package were you.trying to flash in Odin
Sent from my i777 high in the sky
It is more or less unbrickable as long as you READ fully before flashing random things to your phone. I've gone through the process with three different phones, and all have turned out well.
The guides in the general section aren't stickies because they're just there, they're meant to be read and followed...and if you don't get it, AK questions (you can look, I've asked a bunch of stupid questions in the beginning haha)
Remember: read twice, flash once. Problems? None.
/end minor rant
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda premium
colbynmeghan said:
Why didn't you use super one click to root.
And what package were you.trying to flash in Odin
Sent from my i777 high in the sky
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SOC doesn't work on kk6. I can only assume he is trying to use the one click +root Odin package. Still, it shouldn't have failed.
Looks like we need more info from OP if changing cable, reinstalling drivers, changing USB Ports, and charging battery doesn't work
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avidmovies said:
It is more or less unbrickable as long as you READ fully before flashing random things to your phone.
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Is it your definition of unbrickable? LOL
votinh said:
Is it your definition of unbrickable? LOL
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No it's not, but having people flash stuff they don't understand is really frustrating. What's worse is when they make a OMFG I'M BRICKED post here, without seeing the 100 other threads, and ignoring the directions in all of them.
Other than flashing grossly inappropriate bootloaders, you can recover from any software issue. Then again, Odin isn't a toy, and many people are treating it like one.
Yup. Don't flash PITs, don't flash bootloaders (there are warnings against this anywhere in the I777 forums you might find a bootloader or PIT file), don't flash stuff intended for another phone unless given specific instructions that it's OK (such as if you follow the Hellraiser instructions), and you'll be fine.
ok i tried using another cable, but sine the fail last time i seem to just get the following message and can't go back into dowlnload mode
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies & try again.
obviously Kies doesnt recognise my phone anymore..
Previously I followed the instructions from galaxys2root and everything seemed fine, had the green success and the nightmare only started when phone automatically rebooted.
This is kind of out of left field, but have you tried using different USB ports on your PC?
I vaguely recall reading somewhere on these forums that some USB ports not mounted on the PC's motherboard sometimes don't play nice when talking to some devices...maybe it was just for Macs or something - not sure - but might be worth a shot if you haven't tried already...
smartgoh said:
ok i tried using another cable, but sine the fail last time i seem to just get the following message and can't go back into dowlnload mode
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies & try again.
obviously Kies doesnt recognise my phone anymore..
Previously I followed the instructions from galaxys2root and everything seemed fine, had the green success and the nightmare only started when phone automatically rebooted.
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Need more info to troubleshoot the problem. The first thing you did was try to root using the galaxys2root.com rooting method for the I777 for Windows?
You flashed the zedomax root kernel using Odin3 v1.85 included in the download. The "SGH-I777-ATTGalaxyS2RootStockZedomaxKernel.tar" from the download in those instructions contains only the zImage, which is the kernel image. Can you please verify that this specific tar is what you flashed, and confirm that the flash was successful but that the phone would then not boot past the initial boot screen.
Incidentally, many have used the zedomax I777 root kernel to root succesfully. So we need to eliminate other possibilities. Are you sure you used the instructions for rooting the I777? There are instructions on that site for International version, T-Mobile version and Sprint version as well. And your phone is an AT&T I777?
Have I got my infuse bricked? Can someone please help!
I had encountered a rebooting in loop issue after I installed MIUI 2.3.7 (ICS theme). My phone was restarting after every 45-50 seconds. I tried to installed stock room using GTG's UBrick in download mode and it got reboot after a minute. Now, I see a screen with message "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies and try again" with phone--- yellow triangle ----- computer icon!
I don't know if I have completely bricked my phone or not but is there any way out, can I somehow go to download mode? or any pointer would help.
Thanks in advance.
My first contribution to this forum is a request for help. In the following you can read what I did with my Vibrant.
1) starting point: android with eclair 2.1 stock, unlocked
2) rooted
3) Upgrade from eclair to froyo done with kies
4) want to go back to eclair to install ics passion
5) remove sim, remove sdcard, put the phone in download mode, start odin, select pit and PDA
6) hit start, odin shows following messages
Added
Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)
File analysis
Get PIT for mapping
Firmware update start
cache.rfs
It hangs here, telephone screen gets black, no progess in green status bar
7) Wait and wait. Stop odin (probably a very wrong move ...)
8) try again, nothing happens. If I try to put the phone in download mode (with the volume up/down button) or if I connect it to power I can see 3 icons on the scren:
- a telephone on the left
- a yellow warning sign in the middle
- a computer on the right
9) no way of powering on the phone, no ways to go to download mode
10) adb does not see the phone when plugged on usb
11) odin sometimes detects the phone when connected, if I try to run it again, I get the same hang as at point 6
Any suggestion is welcome
K.
That icon you are getting is still download mode. You could pull battery to try and get in the regular one I guess.
Odin hangs on me occasionally. Make sure you run as adminastrator and don't touch cable. The newest Odin hasn't hanged on me yet too, 1.8.3 something like that.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
Thanks for your response. If I understand, your suggestion is to:
- try again with Odin also with the 3 icons on the telephone screen
- run it as administrator
- retry until Odin is successfull
Am I correct?
K.
Check out the MIUI guide stickied and about halfway down is exactly what you are talking about and a solution.
OK, I've tried again
1) by running Odin as administrator
2) by using the PDA downloaded from here
androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant pointing to
files.androidspin.com/downloads.php?dir=androidspin/samsung/vibrant/&file=T959UVJFD.tar
instead of the file I had on the PC (I do not remember where I got it from)
3) It stopped snowing, but probably this has not a relevant impact on adroid phones ...
and it worked, the Vibrant is alive again running stock eclair
Again many thanks to trailblazerz11.
Woodrube, I've seen only now your post, thanks in any case for your suggestion too.
i have tried holding down the volume rocker and power, as well as the up and power, and down and power, but it just keeps on starting up. is there any other way to get into recovery mode?
What phone do you have?
On AT&T SGSII SGH-I777 the correct button combination is vol+ vol- and Pwr.
Hold down all three buttons until the boot screen appears, goes black, and appears a second time. (In case it doesn't boot into recovery on the first screen.)
sniper8752 said:
i have tried holding down the volume rocker and power, as well as the up and power, and down and power, but it just keeps on starting up. is there any other way to get into recovery mode?
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Impossible to offer any reliable assistance without knowing things like whether or not you're rooted, if rooted which ROM/kernel you're using, etc.
it continues to boot. could something be corrupt? is there another way to get around this?
i have gt-i9100 installed. it was i777 before.
sniper8752 said:
it continues to boot. could something be corrupt? is there another way to get around this?
i have gt-i9100 installed. it was i777 before.
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If you flashed firmware for the I9100 by mistake, and the firmware contained the secondary bootloader, then the button configuration would be different than the I777. Is that what happened?
If so, then you should flash the full stock UCKH7 firmware which includes bootloaders which you can get from the Download Repository. See the link in my signature.
This is what i believe is happening. i don't believe that my phone is rooted though. i don't see any superuser apps.
If you flashed an I9100 firmware by mistake using Odin, you would almost certainly not be rooted.
Anyway, if that is what has happened to your phone, then you need to use Odin to flash back to fully stock UCKH7 Gingerbread using the full firmware flash that contains secondary bootloader and param.lfs files. You can find that in the Download Repository. If you need more assistance, just ask.
so i use this site: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20229527&postcount=46 ? if so, which one do i use?
and thanks so much for your help! i appreciate it.
Flash the firmware under the heading I777UCKH7-CL503881 Stock Binaries. You can use either the one-click downloader or the tar.md5 file. The one click downloader is easier.
i noticed there is only a .exe. i ran this, and clicked on start, and it just said this:
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)
My phone is plugged in and on.
Open the exe file on your desktop. Then put the phone into download mode by:
with the phone off, hold down vol+ and vol- while plugging in the usb cable. Odin should recognize your phone. Then press start.
i don't think that three-button combo worked for me. it turns on the sg2 logo, then black screen, then the logo again, and then boots up normally.
It's not 3 buttons. vol+ and vol- but not power.
Here are the complete flashing instructions. Follow them step by step, and in order. This is for stand-alone odin, but applies to the one-click version as well, except you can ignore the steps about choosing the file, what to check, etc.
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How to use stand-alone Odin3 to flash firmware:
Follow and recheck each of the following steps. Do them in order listed, as some steps are dependent on previous steps. Instructions are for Odin3 v1.85. It should work with any version of Odin, but some details, like color of items, may be different. (Skip steps 6 to 8 with one-click downloader.
1.) Open Odin on the Windows Desktop.
2.) Have the USB cable plugged into USB port on the computer, but *Not* plugged in to the phone.
3.) Shut the phone off.
4.) While holding down the vol+ & vol- keys, plug micro-usb plug into phone.
5.) In Odin, you should get the yellow box under where it says ID:COM with the text 0:[COMx], and in the Message area, <ID:0/00x> Added!! where x is some number, usually 1-8.
6.) In Odin, make sure Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are checked and all other items are not checked.
7.) Click on the PDA button. Browse to the tar file you want to install and select it so its path appears in the text edit box next to the button.
8.) Make sure the check box next to the PDA button is checked.
9.) Click the Start button.
10.) You should see the green progress bar advancing.
Let me know if it flashes successfully.
not getting the yellow bar. it just shows the charging sign on my phone. :/
Yes of course. I'm moving too fast and not thinking.
You flashed I9100 secondary bootloader. Your recovery button combination is changed. Your download mode button combination is also changed.
OK. You can get a usb jig to put your phone into download mode. If you don't have one, you can buy one on the net.
Or... you can also boot into download mode using "adb reboot download". I havn't used this method to start an Odin flash, but I presume you would use adb to put the phone into download mode, unplug the usb cable, close the command prompt, open Odin and plug the usb cable back into the phone.
If you are unfamiliar with adb, here is a pretty good place to start learning about it.
hm, could i do this?:
BUT WHAT IF I’M/YOU’RE TRYING TO GET TO CLOCKWORKMOD RECOVERY?
1 ) Before the above you should have downloaded ROM Manager from the Android Market and Flashed ClcockworkMod REcovery. When it ask you what version you should select “Samsung T-Mobile GalaxyS2.” I know it says T-Mobile but select it anyways.
2 ) From Rom Manager you can select Reboot into Recovery OR you can turn your phone off and follow my previous top instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1409769
No. Never use rom manager on the I777.
Edit: That link is from I727 Skyrocket forums. I sure hope your phone is I777 not I727. That's what you said earlier.
Another way to try to get into download mode:
Remove the battery. Hold down one or both of the volume buttons and plug in the usb cable. The usb connection will supply the power. Try that while you have odin open on the pc, and see if it gets you into download mode.
it worked!!!!
where is the tar file?
i just didn't apply any file for 1.81. what does it do, by the way, with no file selected?
If you used the one-click downloader, the firmware and Odin are both contained in the exe file, so you don't have to add anything. If you pressed start, and Odin reported success, then you flashed the firmware.
Please please please could anyone help!
About a month ago I upgraded to Ice cream sandwich (LP7) and then rooted my S2. All worked fine for 3 or 4 days and then suddenly it crashed for no reason. I suspect, but am not sure, that it did an automatic update. On rebooting it just stops at the Samsung S2 screen with a yellow triangle.
For the last few weeks i have been trying to find a fix, but am at my wits end now.
I have gone through the different solutions on your site but to no avail also where mine seems to be different is that I can get into boot mode and odin always says its successful. I have tried different pc and usb cable too just in case that was an issue
I can not get into Volume up mode, but i can get into boot mode with volume down. I have tried re loading a few different rom's and Odin says that the transfer was successful each time, however it is still stuck at the same place on reboot.
Tried reloading kernel and re partitioning, and again Odin said it went OK, but still stuck on start screen.
Tried using a jig and turned phone on, but it the phone just went to the start screen again.
If i could just get into reset mode, i could clear the memory, but this is not working either.
If anyone could help i would be very so grateful.
Thanks
Terry
mcguirestick said:
Please please please could anyone help!
About a month ago I upgraded to Ice cream sandwich (LP7) and then rooted my S2. All worked fine for 3 or 4 days and then suddenly it crashed for no reason. I suspect, but am not sure, that it did an automatic update. On rebooting it just stops at the Samsung S2 screen with a yellow triangle.
For the last few weeks i have been trying to find a fix, but am at my wits end now.
I have gone through the different solutions on your site but to no avail also where mine seems to be different is that I can get into boot mode and odin always says its successful. I have tried different pc and usb cable too just in case that was an issue
I can not get into Volume up mode, but i can get into boot mode with volume down. I have tried re loading a few different rom's and Odin says that the transfer was successful each time, however it is still stuck at the same place on reboot.
Tried reloading kernel and re partitioning, and again Odin said it went OK, but still stuck on start screen.
Tried using a jig and turned phone on, but it the phone just went to the start screen again.
If i could just get into reset mode, i could clear the memory, but this is not working either.
If anyone could help i would be very so grateful.
Thanks
Terry
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You need to flash a ROM that will wipe your data at once.
Is your phone GT I9100 or GT I9100G?
Jokesy said:
You need to flash a ROM that will wipe your data at once.
Is your phone GT I9100 or GT I9100G?
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It Is a GT-I9100
mcguirestick said:
It Is a GT-I9100
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Follow these steps:
1. Download CM9 Resurrection editon
2. Flash CM9 Ressurection edtion via Odin
done.
Let me know how it goes.
Jokesy said:
Follow these steps:
1. Download CM9 Resurrection editon
2. Flash CM9 Ressurection edtion via Odin
done.
Let me know how it goes.
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Didnt knew roms could be flashed through odin, are they also flashed through the PDA section?
Poroto said:
Didnt knew roms could be flashed through odin, are they also flashed through the PDA section?
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That is a special .tar edition. You simply flash it just like a single file firmware (as PDA).
Good luck
Jokesy said:
That is a special .tar edition. You simply flash it just like a single file firmware (as PDA).
Good luck
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Hi Tried it exactly the same im afraid Odin says successful phone reboots then sits at Samsung s2 screen and goes no further
mcguirestick said:
Hi Tried it exactly the same im afraid Odin says successful phone reboots then sits at Samsung s2 screen and goes no further
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can you enter recovery now?
Jokesy said:
can you enter recovery now?
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Hi, Nope still can only get to boot load not recovery
mcguirestick said:
Hi, Nope still can only get to boot load not recovery
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I think your data partition is corrupt, but you can still get it solved.
You need to special .pit file. I'll post you the link (for the .pit file and instructions) very soon
Try this it worked for me
mcguirestick said:
Please please please could anyone help!
About a month ago I upgraded to Ice cream sandwich (LP7) and then rooted my S2. All worked fine for 3 or 4 days and then suddenly it crashed for no reason. I suspect, but am not sure, that it did an automatic update. On rebooting it just stops at the Samsung S2 screen with a yellow triangle.
For the last few weeks i have been trying to find a fix, but am at my wits end now.
I have gone through the different solutions on your site but to no avail also where mine seems to be different is that I can get into boot mode and odin always says its successful. I have tried different pc and usb cable too just in case that was an issue
I can not get into Volume up mode, but i can get into boot mode with volume down. I have tried re loading a few different rom's and Odin says that the transfer was successful each time, however it is still stuck at the same place on reboot.
Tried reloading kernel and re partitioning, and again Odin said it went OK, but still stuck on start screen.
Tried using a jig and turned phone on, but it the phone just went to the start screen again.
If i could just get into reset mode, i could clear the memory, but this is not working either.
If anyone could help i would be very so grateful.
Thanks
Terry
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Try this
Try this step by step and it shoudl work!
Requirements
A Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100
A Windows PC
Your phone’s USB cable
7-Zip, WinRAR, or any other programs that can extract archive files
Handset USB drivers installed on the PC. You may install the drivers by installing Samsung Kies.
Enable USB Debugging on your handset.
Disable antivirus, firewall, and other security software. Also disable Samsung Kies and other software that accesses your phone. Such software can interfere with the procedure in this guide.
Download the following files to your computer:
Android 4.0.4 ICS firmware build XXLQ5 (I9100XXLQ5_I9100OXALQ5_OXA.zip, 387.1 MB)
copy and paste
hotfile.com/dl/162208594/226b6f0/I9100XXLQ5_I9100OXALQ5_OXA.zip.html
Odin3 1.85 (Odin 1.85.zip,199 kB)
Make sure your phone’s battery is charged up to 75% or more to avoid interruptions during the process.
Backup all personal data on your phone to make sure you have a copy of your personal data (e.g., contacts, SMS, MMS, Internet settings, Wi-Fi passwords, and the like) in case the procedure in this guide erases such data.
For backup tips, check our guides on how to sync your data to the cloud and how to create local backups of your mobile data.
Instructions
Extract the contents of the I9100XXLQ5_I9100OXALQ5_OXA.zip file to get these files:
I9100_CODE_I9100XXLQ5_CL753921_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5
GT-I9100-MULTI-CSC-OXALQ5.tar.md5
MODEM_I9100XXLQ5_REV_02_CL1165929.tar.md5
u1_02_20120326_emmc_EXT4_8GB.pit
Extract the contents of the Odin 1.85.zip file to obtain the Odin3 v1.85.exe file.
Double-click on the Odin3 v1.85.exe file to launch Odin on your computer.
Unplug your phone from the computer if it is connected. After unplugging, turn your phone off.
Put your phone into Download Mode. To do this, hold the Volume Down, Home, and Power buttons together until the screen turns on. Press the Volume Up key to put your phone into Download Mode.
Connect your phone to the PC using the USB cable. In Odin, a message saying “Added!!†will appear on the bottom left of the window.
In the Odin window, click on the PDA button and select the I9100_CODE_I9100XXLQ5_CL753921_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5file. The file should show on the space beside the PDA button.
Click on the PHONE button and select MODEM_I9100XXLQ5_REV_02_CL1165929.tar.md5 file. The file should show on the space beside the Phone button.
Click on the CSC button and select the GT-I9100-MULTI-CSC-OXALQ5.tar.md5file. The file should show on the space beside the CSC button.
Don’t alter anything else in Odin. Leave everything else as is, except for adding the files mentioned in steps 7 to 9.
Click on the Start button in Odin to start flashing the firmware to your phone.
After the flashing completes, your phone will automatically reboot. You should be able to get a “PASS†message on the top left part of Odin.
NOTE: If you get a FAIL message or Odin gets stuck, disconnect your phone from the PC and close Odin. Remove the battery from your phone, re-insert it, and place your phone into Download Mode again. Open Odin and do the procedure starting from step 6.
Once you see the Samsung logo on your phone’s screen, you can safely disconnect your phone from the PC.
Hope this helps!
ScottsDesk
ScottsDesk said:
Try this
Try this step by step and it shoudl work!
Requirements
A Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100
A Windows PC
Your phone’s USB cable
7-Zip, WinRAR, or any other programs that can extract archive files
Handset USB drivers installed on the PC. You may install the drivers by installing Samsung Kies.
Enable USB Debugging on your handset.
Disable antivirus, firewall, and other security software. Also disable Samsung Kies and other software that accesses your phone. Such software can interfere with the procedure in this guide.
Download the following files to your computer:
Android 4.0.4 ICS firmware build XXLQ5 (I9100XXLQ5_I9100OXALQ5_OXA.zip, 387.1 MB)
copy and paste
hotfile.com/dl/162208594/226b6f0/I9100XXLQ5_I9100OXALQ5_OXA.zip.html
Odin3 1.85 (Odin 1.85.zip,199 kB)
Make sure your phone’s battery is charged up to 75% or more to avoid interruptions during the process.
Backup all personal data on your phone to make sure you have a copy of your personal data (e.g., contacts, SMS, MMS, Internet settings, Wi-Fi passwords, and the like) in case the procedure in this guide erases such data.
For backup tips, check our guides on how to sync your data to the cloud and how to create local backups of your mobile data.
Instructions
Extract the contents of the I9100XXLQ5_I9100OXALQ5_OXA.zip file to get these files:
I9100_CODE_I9100XXLQ5_CL753921_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5
GT-I9100-MULTI-CSC-OXALQ5.tar.md5
MODEM_I9100XXLQ5_REV_02_CL1165929.tar.md5
u1_02_20120326_emmc_EXT4_8GB.pit
Extract the contents of the Odin 1.85.zip file to obtain the Odin3 v1.85.exe file.
Double-click on the Odin3 v1.85.exe file to launch Odin on your computer.
Unplug your phone from the computer if it is connected. After unplugging, turn your phone off.
Put your phone into Download Mode. To do this, hold the Volume Down, Home, and Power buttons together until the screen turns on. Press the Volume Up key to put your phone into Download Mode.
Connect your phone to the PC using the USB cable. In Odin, a message saying “Added!!†will appear on the bottom left of the window.
In the Odin window, click on the PDA button and select the I9100_CODE_I9100XXLQ5_CL753921_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5file. The file should show on the space beside the PDA button.
Click on the PHONE button and select MODEM_I9100XXLQ5_REV_02_CL1165929.tar.md5 file. The file should show on the space beside the Phone button.
Click on the CSC button and select the GT-I9100-MULTI-CSC-OXALQ5.tar.md5file. The file should show on the space beside the CSC button.
Don’t alter anything else in Odin. Leave everything else as is, except for adding the files mentioned in steps 7 to 9.
Click on the Start button in Odin to start flashing the firmware to your phone.
After the flashing completes, your phone will automatically reboot. You should be able to get a “PASS†message on the top left part of Odin.
NOTE: If you get a FAIL message or Odin gets stuck, disconnect your phone from the PC and close Odin. Remove the battery from your phone, re-insert it, and place your phone into Download Mode again. Open Odin and do the procedure starting from step 6.
Once you see the Samsung logo on your phone’s screen, you can safely disconnect your phone from the PC.
Hope this helps!
ScottsDesk
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Hi Tried it again no luck
mcguirestick said:
Hi Tried it again no luck
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Sorry for not posting the link for the .pit file.
You can get the pit file here
Use the stock pit file first before trying the patched ones.
Follow the guide in this thread to revive your phone
Good luck
Jokesy said:
Sorry for not posting the link for the .pit file.
You can get the pit file here
Use the stock pit file first before trying the patched ones.
Follow the guide in this thread to revive your phone
Good luck
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Shall we try the pit by itself or the pit with the rom
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I belive we have the same problems:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32546472#post32546472 (now that my phone flashs - page 2 -)
marceloasr said:
Shall we try the pit by itself or the pit with the rom
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I belive we have the same problems:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32546472#post32546472 (now that my phone flashs - page 2 -)
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his case is milder than yours. he should get his problem fixed by follow the tutorial i posted.
TRY THIS!
mcguirestick said:
Hi Tried it again no luck
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Try this I did and it worked to get mine booting after a bad update.
I messed around with it using several methods of getting it to boot into download mode until I finally got it to do it. I think I left it plugged into the USB, powered it down until I saw the charging screen, then I proceeded to play with the different ways to hold the buttons to get it to download mode. If you are persistent enough and read a little on booting methods to get bricked phone into download mode you will succed if not then your not for the world of trial and error... the main thing is do the first steps I said before until it works
1. Get into Download Mode (WITH THE PHONE PLUGGED IN) by following the steps below
*Turn off the phone until you get to the charging battery screen (keep in mind, your phone is currently PLUGGED IN)
*Press volume up and down, and power all at once.
*As soon as the screen turns black, release your power button.
2. Unplug phone from USB
or try
2. Remove everything from your phone (SD card, sim, battery).
3. Plug your phone into your computer WITHOUT the battery, as you have already taken it out in the last step.
4. Press and HOLD vol. up and vol. down.
5. As you are HOLDING these buttons, reattach your battery.
6. You should be in Download Mode.
7. Unplug phone from USB
any how try try try until it works
Once in download mode
Get your files together for your phone, and use Odin 1.85.
Plug into Odin and make sure it shows yellow and its added!
1. Now if your files have like 3 files and the exact .pit file for your phone if available.
I found mine here (Find yous stock firmware for your phone)
CLICK HERE
2. Click the PIT button and browse to your exact .pit file for your phone *It should now have added a check in the re-partition box under the options area of the Odin window. If not CHECK IT!
***If you don't have your .pit don't worry about this unless you suspect, or have a bad partition
3. If you have just 1 file just click the PDA button and load the file. If you have 3 then you will load the PDA file in PDA, the Modem file into PHONE, and the CSC file into CSC, there are way too many phones to link all the files so get you stuff together!
4. Now hit start.
5. When done and the phone shows the first sign of starting up IE Logo or whatever... immediately unplug the battery from the phone to shut it down.
6. Now put it back in and start it in Upload mode by pressing Vol Up, Home at the same time then the Power button.
7. As soon as the phone shows the first sign of starting up IE Logo or whatever let go of all buttons and using the Vol Up down Choose the Clear Cache option and go through and make sure you factory reset it if you can just for good measure.
8. Reboot
9. Now when the phone shows the first sign of starting up IE Logo or whatever take out battery again to power off
10. Now put it back in and start it in Download mode by pressing Vol Down, Home at the same time then the Power button.
11. Once in download mode Hook up to Odin again and flash it with a root kernel for your phone. Do not ask me just find it. I did it took time but I got all the files together over several days of reading and collecting the correct ones.
12. When done and the phone shows the first sign of starting up IE Logo or whatever... immediately unplug the battery from the phone to shut it down.
13. Now put it back in and start it in Upload mode by pressing Vol Up, Home at the same time then the Power button.
14. In most roots you will now have a advanced or mounting options and more options to use.
15. I cleared the Cache again, Cleared the Davilik Cache, Went into a option and actually mounted the cache formatted the Cache.
16. Use the option now to restart the phone...
And mine started up installed the apps and I am up and running, nice and smooth and no issues so far
I hope this helps out someone whos just about to go off the deep end, as I was there and patience and trial and error came up with this step by step way to recover mine. Thank me by hitting the little thumbs up THANKS button below this post.
And if your so happy your phone is up show your appreciation by buying me a Pepsi
Jokesy said:
his case is milder than yours. he should get his problem fixed by follow the tutorial i posted.
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Hi Once again no luck,
I have sent it away to go on a JTAG box will let you know if that fixes it.
I really appreciate all your help.
I will let you know what happens.
thanks
Terry
mcguirestick said:
Hi Once again no luck,
I have sent it away to go on a JTAG box will let you know if that fixes it.
I really appreciate all your help.
I will let you know what happens.
thanks
Terry
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Sorry for your luck! Cheers!