just removed the root with odin but i put 3 network firmware on & its stuck on 3 network splashscreen back and forward with galaxy s2 screen,should not have done that i made a mistake ?? should i have put 02 firmware on as i think that was the simcard the previous owner had in it,but my vodafone sim worked in it ? what have i done ??
ive now tried 02 & vodafone firmware & they are both stuck in splashscreen loop
ohh my god now i think i remember it was orange it was on
will this do anything to the phone if i keep trying all these firmwares ?
f**k sake all doing the same thing i honestly cant remember seeing a network splashscreen on the phone when i got it,how can i sort this mess please help
If you can enter download mode, you don't have to worry and everything will be fine. Just take your time sorting this out and not making stupid mistakes. I've seen people with the same problem, to really screw up their phone because they had no patience.
1) Hold down home, power, and volume UP. This will enter recovery mode. If you are using CF-Root, you'll get CWM recovery. If not, you get stock recovery. It doesn't matter which appears.
2) Choose to wipe user data from the menu.
3. reboot
If it still does not boot, flash again the rom of your choice.
ps flashing again and again does nothing bad to your phone
hi,when i go into recovery mode i have odin mode with picture of android & says downloading do not turn off,how long does that stay like that & i have no wipe data coming up,lastnight i removed root from phone i tried all diffrent stock roms voda,o2,3,orange & they all do the same thing,i just want the phone back to factory default
hi mate thats done the job but ive got orange network stuff on the phone ? can i redo it with vodafone stock ? & is there anything else i should do like factory reset & update via kies ?
and thankyou very much
Instructions boot to RECOVERY mode not boot to download mode .
jje
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Hello ppl,
i got a big problem, i hope someone can help me.
A friend of mine, gave me his galaxy s 2 to fix it. It just showed the battery icon with a circle running into it.
I fixed it with the JIG and got into download mode.
Everything is fine until now, even the flash with Odin shows success, but the phone just wont start up.
It doesnt matter what i do, or flash, its stuck in the samsung galaxy s II screen.
Download Mode is working, but Recovery not. When i try to enter the recovery mode, the phone hangs with the same screen like above.
Is there anything i could try to fix this?
Thank you
geminga
Okay relax, as you can get into download mode, there's a chance that you can still fix it.
I think you're running the wrong kernel or modem here.
I advice you to freshly install a new rom, and then install a CF-Rooted kernel that allows you to get back into recovery.
Once you got that worked out, get into recovery and select Wipe/factory reset. It should boot now.
If this still does not solve your problem, install VillainRom 2.0 using the process described in the thread. I had the bootloop problem too, but Wiping, Flashing and Wiping again did the trick for me.
Thank you mate I will try this later. Im will report if I was successful. (i hope so)
I flashed 2.3.4 ROM with Odin and then CF-Recovery but i can still not access recovery mode. It shows the yellow triangel but still hangs with the samsung galaxy screen.
I think that phone has become a nice paperweight...
As 2.3.4 is a test release i would try older stable firmware .
Flash a stock 2,3,3 rom via Odin and see if it boots .
jje
Is there something for Samsung that completely replaces everything including ROM,recovery and such things?
From my desire I know, if a RUU can't boot your phone it is 100% bricked. So I need something like that for that sgs2, to be sure that this is no hardware failure...
I will try some flashes and report after that.
Sent from my HTC Pyramid using XDA App
what i would do is install one of these carrier branded ROMs http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113928
and see if it boots, if it does then flash the cfroot [specific to the carrier version you choose e.g. KF2] make sure thats the right one. that should give you recovery as prodygee has said. then do a full wipe, system, data, cache, dalvik and reboot.
afaik this should work. that's worked for me on numerous bootloops!
Hope this helps, Rumble
solved [Arrow Galaxy s 2 wont start]
i just followed this link... >>1.Make sure that your phone is Samsung Galaxy S2 not any other.If you try this process on any other phone then the phone will be damaged.
2.Create a backup of your all useful phone data with the help of backup apps that ensure your phone data.
3.This process will take several minutes or may be hours so make sure that your phone battery consumption is maximum.
4.Remove the SIM card and external storage SD card.
5.Download both these files.
Download Gingerbread 2.3.4 XXKGI Firmware
Odin3 v 1.83
Procedure for Update Samsung Galaxy S2 GT I9100 to Gingerbread XXKG1 2.3.4 Firmware.
1. Open the Odin.exe file you will see the window image on your screen.
2. Switch off your phone then press and hold the Volume Button with the Power Key and HOME to turn the phone into the download mode.
3. Now connect your phone via USB cable to the computer. After connectivity you will see the window screen in which you see the COM ID 5 as a yellow color.
4. Now add the following files in the corresponding options:
PIT – u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4.pit
PDA – CODE_I9100XXKG1_CL349526_REV02_user_low_ship.tar
Phone – MODEM_I9100XXKG1_REV_02_CL1034110.tar
CSC- GT-I9100-CSC-MULTI-OXAKG1.tar
5. Click on the "Start button". Then updation process is start and wait for some time.Please don't interrupt your device will installation.
6. When the installation is completed reboot your phone and remove cable connectivity.The previous version of this firmware is also stored in cache memory.Remove your previous firmware version by dialing*2767*3855#.Now Update and check the latest version by dialing *#1234#.
it worked perfectly for me
Hello.
I have a problem. When I bought my SGS2, I had a branded software (GINGERBREAD). I decided to update it to ICS. Everything went well, but I played a little bit with Android and messed up some things. My power screen did not appear. Phone was just turning off, while I was holding the power button, instead of showing up the power screen, where I could be able to turn off the flight mode for example. Simply, it was just straightly turning off. And I did not have lockscreen. When I pressed the lock key, the screen just got dark, and, when I pressed it again, the screen went on, without the lock screen to tap and move. It just took me straightly to the screen I had had before. I decided to wipe everything, but it did not help. I searched the Net and found my branded ROM, that I seemingly had pre-installed on my phone. After flashing I hoped everything to go well. Unfortunately, it did not solve the problem. I could not even make a call or access the internet. It said, that I do not have access to the network and asked me to put my sim card in, when I had it done. That was weird. I tried to install KI3 ROM, that I found on the net. It restored my Android to 2.3.5 and fixed the problems. But now, when I try to update my Android to ICS, the problems appear again. I just got stuck on 2.3.5 and I do not see any working way to update my Android.
What is funny, even after wiping, on the home screen, when the phone should ask me to type my google account to synchronize and all that things, it just takes me straightly to the home screen. It looks like the data about my account is saved somewhere on PC, and even the wipe does not seem to delete the data. That is rediculous. But this is about ICS only. Gingerbread is OK.
If you could, give me some real working links. I might used some damaged ROMs or something like that. I do not know, I have no clue. I've been trying to fix that since I got the problem, so I am really hopeless.
Thanks in advance.
Batorun. said:
Hello.
I have a problem. When I bought my SGS2, I had a branded software (GINGERBREAD). I decided to update it to ICS. Everything went well, but I played a little bit with Android and messed up some things. My power screen did not appear. Phone was just turning off, while I was holding the power button, instead of showing up the power screen, where I could be able to turn off the flight mode for example. Simply, it was just straightly turning off. And I did not have lockscreen. When I pressed the lock key, the screen just got dark, and, when I pressed it again, the screen went on, without the lock screen to tap and move. It just took me straightly to the screen I had had before. I decided to wipe everything, but it did not help. I searched the Net and found my branded ROM, that I seemingly had pre-installed on my phone. After flashing I hoped everything to go well. Unfortunately, it did not solve the problem. I could not even make a call or access the internet. It said, that I do not have access to the network and asked me to put my sim card in, when I had it done. That was weird. I tried to install KI3 ROM, that I found on the net. It restored my Android to 2.3.5 and fixed the problems. But now, when I try to update my Android to ICS, the problems appear again. I just got stuck on 2.3.5 and I do not see any working way to update my Android.
What is funny, even after wiping, on the home screen, when the phone should ask me to type my google account to synchronize and all that things, it just takes me straightly to the home screen. It looks like the data about my account is saved somewhere on PC, and even the wipe does not seem to delete the data. That is rediculous. But this is about ICS only. Gingerbread is OK.
If you could, give me some real working links. I might used some damaged ROMs or something like that. I do not know, I have no clue. I've been trying to fix that since I got the problem, so I am really hopeless.
Thanks in advance.
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1. Download a stock firmware. But, register first.
2. Download Odin.
3. Happy flashing.
I have tried to use Odin. I do not know, which link shall I choose. On the site, you gave me link to, there are a lot of ROMs. Which is the stock?
They are all stock. Where did you purchase your phone (location, carrier), do you have the i9100 or other (i9100t, i9100G, i9100p etc), is it branded.
I am from Poland, so I bought my phone in Poland. The carrier is Play and I have the original I9100. I have already tried to re-install stock firmware and then ICS, but I have no lock screen and no power menu. I also have no connection, it says put a sim card in, even, when it is in. Wipe does not help. I do not even have the first-start screen, when it asks you to type your google account data and synchronize. It just installs and updates aps and that is it. That is weird. It was OK before, but it got screwed up.
Batorun. said:
I am from Poland, so I bought my phone in Poland. The carrier is Play and I have the original I9100. I have already tried to re-install stock firmware and then ICS, but I have no lock screen and no power menu. I also have no connection, it says put a sim card in, even, when it is in. Wipe does not help. I do not even have the first-start screen, when it asks you to type your google account data and synchronize. It just installs and updates aps and that is it. That is weird. It was OK before, but it got screwed up.
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Like i said, flash the stock firmware. Sammobile.com>register>FIRMWARE>select your device, region etc>download.
I did, I tried to use the older version of Odin (1.3), and it helped a little bit, but I can not still update Android to ICS properly. I just get sometimes lock-up screen and/or a lot of red messages in recovery mode and I can not boot my system up.
Batorun. said:
I did, I tried to use the older version of Odin (1.3), and it helped a little bit, but I can not still update Android to ICS properly. I just get sometimes lock-up screen and/or a lot of red messages in recovery mode and I can not boot my system up.
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Use CHECKFUS to download your providers or your matching original ICS firmware and flash via ODIN .
Problems then suggest a full wipe of the phone and sd card .
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Clean Slate for those that balls up the firmware .
Backup data first if phone is working .
Boot CWM recovery if no CWM recovery flash root from .
Root + CWM .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
Mounts and Storage
Format cache data system sd card .
Remove battery
Boot to download mode
Open Odin
Install correct stock firmware .
jje
JJEgan said:
Use CHECKFUS to download your providers or your matching original ICS firmware and flash via ODIN .
Problems then suggest a full wipe of the phone and sd card .
....................................
Clean Slate for those that balls up the firmware .
Backup data first if phone is working .
Boot CWM recovery if no CWM recovery flash root from .
Root + CWM .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
Mounts and Storage
Format cache data system sd card .
Remove battery
Boot to download mode
Open Odin
Install correct stock firmware .
jje
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I will try that. But, one more question. Shall I use the PC version of CHECKFUS or the mobile one?
Use the PC version, which will enable you to download the rom & decrypt the package automatically. Connect your phone to PC via USB, fire up Odin, and choose the rom package you download with Checkfus in the PDA section. Flash.
Batorun. said:
I will try that. But, one more question. Shall I use the PC version of CHECKFUS or the mobile one?
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Currently, I did the steps you gave me above and now Odin is flashing my stock kernel (at least, it is supposed to be my stock ROM). Stay tuned.
@ REFRESH.
After flashing, recovery mode vomited with a lot of red messages with errors again. As it was a 3 files ROM, I selected PIT and checked re-partition. Should I leave these options untouched, even when it is the 3 files ROM?
Batorun. said:
@ REFRESH.
After flashing, recovery mode vomited with a lot of red messages with errors again. As it was a 3 files ROM, I selected PIT and checked re-partition. Should I leave these options untouched, even when it is the 3 files ROM?
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The advice on XDA is never use PIT and never repartition .
jje
I did, but it did not help. What about trying to unmount these directories instead of just formatting in CWM RECOVERY?
Do a full wipe again...select PDA on Odin for rom file...select CSC also and insert the same firmware file u have inserted into the PDA onto the CDC..... It will change ur sales code back to the stock firmware and wipe all the crap that was on there before.do not select any other option on the odin board other than the ones that should already be ticked/selected
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
I've managed to fix that.
I just had to use a command prompt from Play Store, to change a line of code in one file.
My phone is Samsung Galaxy Note
Okay, so i got a problem a big one.
Today i came home from my night shift, turn on my pc and the download for stock ics rom was done.
My phone was running miui and i thought i'll flash stock rom because of battery drain on miui.
So i put my Note in download mode, connect it to PC Odin, select PDA file and press flash.
Everything went well until the phone didn't want to power on. (that's because i had less than 15% when i flashed). But that was not the first time i did that, Uselessly i just leave my phone turned off so that battery can get a bit of juice. But today i was a bit to sleepy and i went to recovery mode and pressed wipe data. Before the wipe was done i remember brickbug .
Then i quickly turned the phone off and put it download mode tried to flash the same rom with odin 2times but no luck. On odin it goes fine but gets stuck at 1/4 or so.
So the third time i unplugged the cable and now my phone is saying: Frimware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select download mode in Kies & try again.
But i still can put my phone in to the download mode and odin does recognize it.
However i decided to take it to the service because i still have warranty.
But I'm concerned, i have a few questions for you guys!
1. Will they on the service know that the phone dose not have installed original rom from them (Open Europe rom) insted of that i did instaled rom from other mobile operator (I wanted to sell the phone). ??
2. If there is no flash counter, and triangle, they can not know that the phone was ever rooted, correct?
Thank you for your help! I will press the tnx button every time.
first of all if you rooted your phone.
your warranty will be void for sure.
2nd they cant know if your phone is rooted until they open your
SGN.
Once they Open your phone w/o reinstalling your stock rom.
and they find that you rooted your phone. you will responsible to
pay their service you like it or not .
but if they cant fix your phone w/o reinstalling your rom
and they have no other choise
BLESS YOU. They Fix your PHONE FOR FREE
Hi all,
Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300, UK, Orange
All stock firmware, updated to JB Novemberish time
Recovery mode works
Download mode works
PC will not recognise as mass storage, but Odin will recognise that an S3 is connected
So my S3 came down with sudden death before Christmas (annoyingly just 3 days before the fix came out) - it's stuck at the boot screen flashing 'Samsung' over and over. I can get into both recovery and download, USB mass storage fails but I think Odin recognises it's a phone. Tried all the very basic fixes like taking the battery out, wiping the cache, etc., haven't done a factory reset yet as I'm trying to save my data if possible as my backups failed.
I want to try flashing the phone with stock to see if this will fix it/possibly fix it without wiping my data at the same time (not much to lose if it's just going to be reset otherwise anyway) but I'm completely new to all of this and only learnt what the words Odin and flashing mean in the past few weeks.
So my questions are:
1) Should I flash the whole stock firmware found on Sammbile or just the boot recovery .tar file, what's the difference between these files and what is a 'resurection rom'?
2) If I should flash the whole stock, should I flash the ICS firmware that came with my phone or should I try the new ELLA one as it's an update not a downgrade?
3) Can someone walk me through which file goes in which Odin box please - PDA, PHONE, BOOTLOADER, etc.
Simple & thoroughly explained answers appreciated
if it's a sudden death, there's no way of recovering the data
Katanaqui said:
Hi all,
Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300, UK, Orange
All stock firmware, updated to JB Novemberish time
Recovery mode works
Download mode works
PC will not recognise as mass storage, but Odin will recognise that an S3 is connected
So my S3 came down with sudden death before Christmas (annoyingly just 3 days before the fix came out) - it's stuck at the boot screen flashing 'Samsung' over and over. I can get into both recovery and download, USB mass storage fails but I think Odin recognises it's a phone. Tried all the very basic fixes like taking the battery out, wiping the cache, etc., haven't done a factory reset yet as I'm trying to save my data if possible as my backups failed.
I want to try flashing the phone with stock to see if this will fix it/possibly fix it without wiping my data at the same time (not much to lose if it's just going to be reset otherwise anyway) but I'm completely new to all of this and only learnt what the words Odin and flashing mean in the past few weeks.
So my questions are:
1) Should I flash the whole stock firmware found on Sammbile or just the boot recovery .tar file, what's the difference between these files and what is a 'resurection rom'?
2) If I should flash the whole stock, should I flash the ICS firmware that came with my phone or should I try the new ELLA one as it's an update not a downgrade?
3) Can someone walk me through which file goes in which Odin box please - PDA, PHONE, BOOTLOADER, etc.
Simple & thoroughly explained answers appreciated
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BASICS .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927113
Fail to actually pick up your problem .
USB drivers ???
jje
chap rriespr
JJEgan said:
BASICS .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927113
Fail to actually pick up your problem .
USB drivers ???
jje
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Ahh thanks, I had a read of a few of these but I missed the 'for the ultimate noob' one
I've got the USB drivers installed correctly on my pc, I think the phone just won't boot up far enough to do whatever it does to be mass storage at its end.
I've tried pulling my files via ADB as well and nothing.
My problem is there doesn't seem to be a way of getting my data off my phone onto my pc as my phone won't boot. So as a long shot, I'm trying to fix the booting problem by flashing it, hopefully without wiping any data, so then I could boot properly and rescue my files.
My question is what would be the best way to go about attempting this: flashing the whole stock firmware file, or just the boot loader file?
SD means a dead phone impossible to do anything with .
Download mode yes then flash stock firmware via Odin ..
jje
JJEgan said:
SD means a dead phone impossible to do anything with .
Download mode yes then flash stock firmware via Odin ..
jje
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I thought SD meant a soft brick, ie. stuck in bootloop but with the possibility of recovery/download modes, whereas a dead phone is hard bricked?
Ok thanks
Sd means "softbrick" or "sudden death" depending on who abbreviates it.
Sudden death is a full hardware brick ( no chance of recovery), softbrick can be fixed through recovery, download mode and/or jig
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
Hi
I read many threads in many forums but still hope to get my data back as it represents bits of my life and more important than the phone itself, though some cases were similar but none exactly same plus i care much about my data and I never rooted, messed up with or even tried to do anything like that with my phone
here's what happened in details on my Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 maybe someone can help me
phone's SSN: -I9300GSMH
Made in Vietnam by Samsung
bought from Egypt where i live, SIM-free, not carrier locked, though i bought it from the carrier's (Orange subsidary in Egypt called mobinil) official store with warranty 1 year that now expired
the old firmware was 4.1.2, i got its build number from colleagues with similar phone bought same time as me I9300XXEMF6
here's what happened:
1- OTA firmware upgrade notification, downloaded package, options were cancel , install and install all package(somthing like that)
2- unfortunately chose install all package(yes i didn't read so i donno which version this was installing) and scheduled to start 5:20am
3- at 10:30am phone screen showing "starting apps"
4- after more than an hour still the same so i rebooted
5- stuck at samsung blue splash screen logo
6-removing battery and back in didn't help even for more than an hour, Samsung Kies won't recognize the device
7- Recovery mode give strange behaviour, didn't find similar in any forum, it brings the green droid man with a counter (like installing or loading somthing) reaches 27% exactly then this droid man flips on its back, red exclamation sign triangle on its belly and it dies, here's the ling to small video showing my mobile doing this
"https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0RJAWx6Ec-MUUlncVdjWFp0c1k/edit?usp=sharing" (there's no spam in the link, so plz just copy paste in browser to view, this is important to help show my problem)
yes that's RECOVERY MODE-->phone reboots itself coming back to stuck at samsung logo
there are no options, no menu on recovery mode just the after pressing the (Vol Up+home+power) combination it starts by itself this loading something till it dies and restarts, it doesn't give me any options or any control or allow me to interfere
yes download mode is working but i really hope there is another option than flashing the mobile and loosing everything, my whole life history that was on the mobile
praying God someone can help find me something to make it continue past the 27% or even go back to normal without loosing any of my stuff
really looking forward to your support..i'll be waiting for it b4 i do anything
many many thanks
Flash firmware with Odin and next time back up you're data.
Thanks andrewwright
if you just could be more specific..is this the only solution?
if yes, then which firmware version to flash that won't risk loosing my data? 4.1.2? or a newer version?
please if anyone else with less risky suggestions,,please your help is highly welcome
Flash a custom recovery like philz, use aroma file manager to save your data to external sd card.
Go read and learn how to do this from philz thread in original development.
This won't enable your phone to boot, but might save your data -if it is still there.
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Solved:good:
Hi all
Odin 3.09
and latest Egypt firmware 4.3 for the GT-I9300 from samfirmware .com solved everything... i guess 4.3 is the version that this OTA firmware upgrade was eventually taking my phone to but got stuck somewhere during the process
not a single bit of Data lost, everything is there pictures, sms, even the settings
Thank God :angel:
thanks everyone for trying to help
cheers
Wasn't sure if it would wipe you're data or not. Some do some don't. Can't tell the outcome till its done. Glad you solved you're problem.
Sent from my GT-I9300