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Hello i have an sgs2 from At&t and i was trying to root but was unsuccesful and now i have this message on my screen when i turn it on " Frimware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again". I could use any advice or help. I have search and tried alot of things but no luck. Please thanks.
What method did u use to root?
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And importantly did you attempt the recovery through kies?
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i used the "how to easily root your sgs2" method using odin. I tried to use the recovery through kies but it asks for a code and it wont connect to my phone.
It sounds like your phone is still half functioning. Try booting into recovery,
With the phone off hold down both volume keys and power button until you see the first screen, then let go of the power button.
If it's stock recovery you'll be able to do a factory restore(wipe). If CWM choose wipe data factory reset.
After rebooting it might work.
Worst case you can put it back in download mode and try odin again.
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If you can't get it into download mode you may have serious issues.
Might need to build a usb jig or buy one.
Contemplate a return.
If you tried everything, and I mean everything to get it into download mode, i.e. jig, "adb reboot", then neither can they. Can't see anything you did.
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I just tried that but all i get is the firmware error screen. And i would try reflashing through odin but i dont know what to reflash the kernal that i was trying to root or something else??
and i have thought about returning it but i want to eventually root it so i would like to know what im doing wrong or how to fix it. thanks for all the help
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lakid06 said:
and i have thought about returning it but i want to eventually root it so i would like to know what im doing wrong or how to fix it. thanks for all the help
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You never did tell us what KIES has to do with ROOTING ?
I would definitely flash back to stock. Stock will never further mess it up. Not to mention there is the stock rom that's prerooted. By using that one you won't get a yellow triangle on boot. Nor will the counter go up from changing the kernel.
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Can you get into download mode?
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Misterjunky said:
You never did tell us what KIES has to do with ROOTING ?
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It doesnt but i was trying to go back to stock and i tried to do it from kies.
gr8hairy1 said:
I would definitely flash back to stock. Stock will never further mess it up. Not to mention there is the stock rom that's prerooted. By using that one you won't get a yellow triangle on boot. Nor will the counter go up from changing the kernel.
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Can you point in the direction of that prerooted stock rom, cuz i couldnt find it. thanks, i will try that once i find the right rom
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Can you get into download mode?
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Yes!!! thanks for all the help, i hope i can get it up and running and rooted
gr8hairy1 said:
It sounds like your phone is still half functioning. Try booting into recovery,
With the phone off hold down both volume keys and power button until you see the first screen, then let go of the power button.
If it's stock recovery you'll be able to do a factory restore(wipe). If CWM choose wipe data factory reset.
After rebooting it might work.
Worst case you can put it back in download mode and try odin again.
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If he downloaded an international rom then he can't use the stock recovery as the power button on the international roms aren't the select key. They have an actual hardware button to select. I found that out the hard way.
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@stalked_r/t Good point, I forgot about that happening to some people.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432
Here's the link you want.
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stalked_r/t said:
If he downloaded an international rom then he can't use the stock recovery as the power button on the international roms aren't the select key. They have an actual hardware button to select. I found that out the hard way.
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That is probably true cuz i downloaded a 1900 or something odin file to get back to stock but it was not the right one as i now know it should have been I777.
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At least you got download mode working. With that working there should be no issue about fixing your phone.
Just keep in mind depending on if "everything flashed from the international version you possibly will also need to flash the right modem.
I wouldn't worry about that until you got the phone up and working.
It's best to keep each step as simple as possible, especially for the first time you're trying it.
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ok so i downloaded the stock rooted rom and im using odin 1.85 but it stops at factoryfs.img, any ideas??? thanks again for all the help
Not good. I wish I could offer more help. At least it didn't stop at flashing the bootloaders.
There's not too much you can do at this point. You can try waiting seeing if it changes.
You can hope if you do unplug it that you can get it back into download mode. Then try odin again. Though I'd make sure the checksum of the download matches up to make sure it downloaded properly.
No one wants to be the one to say unplug it in the middle of an odin procedure, but if no progress is being made after a reasonable amount of time, there's not much left to do.
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I wanted to revert to Sammy rom from cm9 beta. So I ran Odin and placed all the necessary files. Went into download mode, attached USB, and started. It got stuck at the mibib part after 'big partition size!!' I did have admin rights, redownloaded the same rom from samfirmware and reflashed many times with no luck.
Can someone please help?? Its my brother's phone btw.
First flash a stock rom based rom
Like
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Go into recovery and format all partitions then use Odin again
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and shutdown kies before flashing! this may prevent some errors!
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Go into recovery and format all partitions then use Odin again
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I am unable to enter recovery now. Is there any Odin flashable recovery?
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sefira said:
I am unable to enter recovery now. Is there any Odin flashable recovery?
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Nope
Try adb reboot recovery
herpderp ©copy+paste
With the big partition thing try right click odin and run as admin incase. Make sure you have all neccesary files in the right place. (e.g. Default program (made that up) cant be in boot) make sure odin is on first. Then go into download mode. Press up. Then press start on odin. Or you can do a hard reset via abd (restore all files and things) i dont know the cmds off by heart so google the hard reset thing.
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One question...is ur phone rooted
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gmaster1 said:
One question...is ur phone rooted
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I was.
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spacecaker said:
Nope
Try adb reboot recovery
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The problem is that the recovery is screwed cause the phone only shows phone-!-computer sign.
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well,there are always samsung centres out there if you fail to fix it...
hopefully you can avoid that
Well ur phone is dead if you see a !. Not even samsung can fix it i dont think...sry
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I think just doing a hrd reset will revert it to normal stock
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I think just doing a hrd reset will revert it to normal stock
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How can I hard reset if I can't access recovery? All I can think of now is to keep flashing with Odin and hope it gets past mibib
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1342569.html
might help u out
ohh... i faced the same problem. its because u didnt flash it completely through odin. did u extracted the zip file(downloaded) if its one package extract the file and put *.md5/tar in one package column. here for review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x5EJKY64Vg
for one package:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xae93GfDCjw
Try to change usb ports.....donot use the front ones
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get it to service center and troll the employees XD <----LAst resort
anyway did you use 4.38? (or somethin like that. sorry didnt use it since I used custom roms) As I see in your sig, u use SGS.. can someone please confirm that odin used in SGS supports SGA?
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get it to service center and troll the employees XD <----LAst resort
anyway did you use 4.38? (or somethin like that. sorry didnt use it since I used custom roms) As I see in your sig, u use SGS.. can someone please confirm that odin used in SGS supports SGA?
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i dont think so....
Actually I have no problems with entering download mode and running the correct Odin. I just want to know why it gets stuck halfway even when I tried many times and redownloaded many times too
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I have installed slim bean on my vibrant but found it laggy....so i wants to back to ics ...now i m flashing ics rom but getting error as installation aborted.
I have flashed glitchy kernel but no luck
Help me
Odin back to stock first. I think your treading on dangerous territory if you try to go from JB to ICS directly.
I agree with Toast ^^
I always suggest going back to stock via odin before doing anything like that, just to be safe.
If you can't or are in a rush,....you can get back to ICS from JB in the usual way (full wipe, flash)...I do it all the time, since odin isn't an option for me
at the moment...so I can assure you it's more or less safe, since my phone is still running just fine even though I've gone back and forth without odin quite a few times.
But again, if possible....always odin.
Good luck!
Finally tried to flash phone with odin but i m not able to go into download mode...i have tried 3keys combo, usb jig but no luck.
Now phone is stuck on samsung vibrant screen maybe now its bricked.
Any suggestions wat to do now ?
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sanchitgrover said:
Finally tried to flash phone with odin but i m not able to go into download mode...i have tried 3keys combo, usb jig but no luck.
Now phone is stuck on samsung vibrant screen maybe now its bricked.
Any suggestions wat to do now ?
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if u have gb bootloader u have to use 2 button combo...if that doesn't work then ............why can't u enter recovery and flash slim bean u had ....and later Odin to stock?
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Finally tried to flash phone with odin but i m not able to go into download mode...i have tried 3keys combo, usb jig but no luck.
Now phone is stuck on samsung vibrant screen maybe now its bricked.
Any suggestions wat to do now ?
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Sometimes it can be tricky getting into DL mode. Try pulling the battery, have phone plug in to the cable/PC, hold button combo and put the battery back in. Also try different ports on PC doing this. If you have any life you are not hard bricked so don't panic!
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Tried both ways to enter into bootloader but no luck..
I m not able to go into recovery or download mode.
I m feeling i have killed my vibrant
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when did last time u used download mode? were u able to use recovery after flashing slimbean? u should have odined back before installing ics ............I think if u can't enter both recovery and download mode then u might have hard bricked ur vibrant.........
Downgrading
When downgrading, upgrading or flashing new roms, it is always good practice to odin back to stock. This will help remove any "ghost" files that may still be around.
Sorry to hear about your phone but don't give up. Keep searching the forums and you may find a way to fix our phone.
I have searched all forums but not found any gud answers .
Is there any way to unbrick hard bricked phones ?
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I heard about one click unbrick ......just search it ......that will be ur last hope............if that won't work then u got ur self new fancy paper weight .....sorry cantdo anything .......if u are in India then give to Samsung service centre they might help
Just because you don't see the graphic showing download mode doesn't mean you cannot get in it.
In a post a couple days ago called "I need help!" Woodrube posted a guide about it.
Open Odin, plug in your USB to PC, not phone yet.
Now try to enter download mode. You may set no graphics or black screen but, it doesn't mean Odin won't see your phone. Its happened 3 times that I know of in the last couple days. Since you can still see the Vibrant text all hope isn't lost.
Just some "in case you need it" info, you can go to
www.mobiletechvideos.com
They can do a JTAG repair to fix a hard brick. They can also perform the unbrickable mod. They are very professional and have fast service. I shipped my phone off from Washington D.C. to them in Texas on a tuesday, I had my phone back on monday. They stayed in contact to notify me when my phone arrived, when they completed and shipped.
Hopefully no one will need their service but JIC.
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I just bricked my s2 the phone just shows a (phone triangle pc) the phone is not booting in recovery or download mode and odin is not even detecting my phone plzzzz is there any way........
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What was the cause? What were you trying to do? Bit more info please.
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I was flashing stock ics i selected the file but forgot to select pit file(i was in a hurry )
The odin stuck in the middle and that's the cause......
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Edit: odin is now detecting my device but when i try to flash a rom it fails :banghead:
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So you selected "repartition"?
He forgot to flash the pit file I guess, and that saved his device.
@ OP: Chill out and share with us what are you doing, what you wanna do and how are you planning to do it.
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sohail77 said:
I just bricked my s2 the phone just shows a (phone triangle pc) the phone is not booting in recovery or download mode and odin is not even detecting my phone plzzzz is there any way........
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Why the hell have you choosen a ROM with a .pit file ?
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He forgot to flash the pit file I guess, and that saved his device.
@ OP: Chill out and share with us what are you doing, what you wanna do and how are you planning to do it.
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Now odin is detecting my phone and when i try to flash a rom it says "FAIL"..... Do guys have any ideas on what should i do :banghead::banghead::banghead:
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Yeah, a bunch.
A little searching won't harm, just check the first 5 pages of Q&A.
We still don't know what you've done so far, so I guess you're in panic mode because you're not sharing this info with us.
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Does anyone ever had this symbol on their s2......... Because i see many people on YouTube with this symbol.......
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That's forced download, it's like download mode, but in this case, your phone is begging you to flash something.
As I said before, you need to tell us what phone you've got in order , for us, to tell you what you oughtta flash.
PS: for the love of god, what's up with the flowers!
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gastonw said:
PS: for the love of god, what's up with the flowers!
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Mothers' day
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gastonw said:
That's forced download, it's like download mode, but in this case, your phone is begging you to flash something.
As I said before, you need to tell us what phone you've got in order , for us, to tell you what you oughtta flash.
PS: for the love of god, what's up with the flowers!
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Lol
It's My sisters bed sheet
Update : as said in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21659039 i flashed kernel through odin and now my s2(i9100g) is stuck at the galaxy s2 logo and now i can't reboot in recovery or download and now odin doesn't detect my device now i think i don't have any chance to flash a rom :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead: i think i got into a bigger trouble
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First off, say hi to your sister for me.
Second of all, get an I9100 ROM.
Third, when on that exclamation mark screen, flash that ROM.
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gastonw said:
First off, say hi to your sister for me.
Second of all, get an I9100 ROM.
Third, when on that exclamation mark screen, flash that ROM.
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How can i flash the rom without my phone booting in recovery or download mode and my odin doesn't recognise my device
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Does anyone ever had this symbol on their s2......... Because i see many people on YouTube with this symbol.......
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Aren't you getting that screen?
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Aren't you getting that screen?
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In stuck at this screen forever
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That exclamation mark error is telling something bad has happen with earlier flash, ie unfinished flash, corrupt files etc. Back in the old days people usually use usb jig to force phone into nornal download mode again. That happen to me once and what i did is remove battery, hold the three button combination for download mode and while still holding those buttons, force reinsert the battery. Phone should boot into download mode and should be detected by pc and can be flashed via odin. Good luck with it
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That exclamation mark error is telling something bad has happen with earlier flash, ie unfinished flash, corrupt files etc. Back in the old days people usually use usb jig to force phone into nornal download mode again. That happen to me once and what i did is remove battery, hold the three button combination for download mode and while still holding those buttons, force reinsert the battery. Phone should boot into download mode and should be detected by pc and can be flashed via odin. Good luck with it
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Thanks
It booted in the download mode now downloading rom.........
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One more question I'm downloading from sammobile so can someone tell me best way to flash through odin.... Do i need a pit or what
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my friend helped me root my note 3 last week, i went to unroot it without any files downloaded yet or any steps taken. i had my phone in odin mode sitting on my desk and my son knocked the phone off and the battery came out. now when i try to start it up im stuck on the sprint logo screen. i can boot back into odin mode but what do i do!!?? please help
Use oden to flash back to stock files here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2522638
Make sure of your model and get right file.
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Mandic said:
my friend helped me root my note 3 last week, i went to unroot it without any files downloaded yet or any steps taken. i had my phone in odin mode sitting on my desk and my son knocked the phone off and the battery came out. now when i try to start it up im stuck on the sprint logo screen. i can boot back into odin mode but what do i do!!?? please help
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You can also use this, assuming you are on KK.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2657447
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Go back into download mode and re flash the stock nab tar.
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thanks guys, downloading and trying now. ill post update. greatly appreciate the help
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Use oden to flash back to stock files here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2522638
Make sure of your model and get right file.
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This worked great thank you so much!! scared the **** outta me lol