Hi
I received my phone back from repair today and proceeded with the CM7 guide on rooting.
I failed to put the phone in to USB debugging.
I installed the drivers for heimdall and followed the guide to flash ClockworkMod Recovery
The phone was then stuck on the boot screen. Not the splash welcome animation.
Figuring something went wrong there I decided to flash it using Odin with the Lightning Rom.
It got stuck at 'Starting NAND Write' so I restarted the phone. Same issue, stuck at the start screen.
I can still get in to download mode and so tried to flash the stock Kernel and ROM.
All is successful in odin but when it starts I get put in to Android Recovery mode with a bunch of 'failed to open' errors.
After rebooting it's still stuck on the boot screen.
I really don't know what to try next.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
I see you're on Orange UK, are you sure you have an I9100 and not an I9100P (or some other variant)?
Difficult to work out what you have actually done and why .
But first step would be .
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Clean Slate for those that balls up the firmware .Or need to return to service or decide if its hardware/firmware problem .
Backup data first if phone is working .
Boot CWM recovery no recovery install cwm and 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 .
Stock Roms .and csc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
jje
oinkylicious said:
I see you're on Orange UK, are you sure you have an I9100 and not an I9100P (or some other variant)?
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I'm using the same files as I used previously. It's listed as a GT-I9100 in download mode.
I'm currently attempting to flash it again on a different PC.
Ok, So I fixed it, phew!
Further reading lead me to believe I had damaged the partition table as it was unable to read from the cache.
So I followed this guide to flash a stock rom that included a .pit file:
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/downl...oid-2-3-4-firmwarerom-for-galaxy-s2-ii-i9100/
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Tried rooting S2 then using Odin to update firmware to 2.3.4 but it failed. Now all I get is a message saying "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again".
Because I wasn't using Kies I haven't got a recovery code.
Is there an idiots guide to getting my phone to work? I'm a bit of a noob and have searched for solutions but can't find any.
Thanks in advance.
I don't think that's bricked. Just pull out the battery for 10 seconds and put it back.
Factory reset via recovery and install a stock rom via Odin.
Stock Roms .and csc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
jje
Flash a kernel with CWM over odin, boot into CWM recovery, copy a custom rom to internal sd card and flash this using CWM
Kernel & instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14283342
[08.08.2011][CF-Root v4.1] KE2/7/8, KF1/2/3/4, KG1/2/3/5/6/7 - su+bb+CWM4
Rom:
chose your own, for example Leomar75 makes a good rom (original android development section)
.... from TI30 Mobile
No its not bricked.i dont see why you shouldnt have a recovery mode.You dont need to root to upgrade either.pull the battery and leave it out a while.when you swith your phone back on boot into download mode and reflash a stable firmware.
Thanks everyone, I panicked. All sorted now.
first of all plz don't hate for making a new thread i really searched some time and i dind't find anything that helped me.
my sgs2 is stuck at the boot screen (splash screen with the S and "samsung galaxy sII" underneath).
i can access recovery and download mode. so i did a data/cache wipe and factory reset and than i flashed an original firmware with odin. flahs worked fine but my phone is still not booting. i also flashed an insecure kernel and tried - not working so i reflashed the original kernel - still not working. btw i flashed this one "GT-I9100_XEU_I9100XWKE7_I9100XXKE4_I9100XEUKD1".
so can anyone help me plz?!
Lol. Funny.
Sent from my Kyocera Echo.
POST ONE
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1108499
jje
JJEgan said:
POST ONE
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1108499
jje
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as i said in my first post if you would have read it i already did this and it is not working!
have you tried updating thru KIES?
which region is your handset from?
and you have already tried using the USB Jig too...right? after reading the POST one
If you belong to XEU, Kies would update the phone to KF3.
After updating the firmware normally the phone gets stuck in the boot screen for 10-15 secs first time around. i hope you are leaving it there for a minute or so.
i tried kies but it didnt recognize the phone.
i also flashed kf3 now but it is still not working. left it on splash screen for about 10 mins or so...
Well for starters a question about failed boot would be better answered in a failed boot thread and you dont mention you have read that post in your OP .
Clean flash
Via CWM recovery mounts and storage format SD card System Data Cache and this will wipe all data .
Factory reset .
Phone will now not boot .
Enter download mode .
Open Odin
Download a stock rom and following instructions connect USB cable and flash .
That fails its a service centre job .
jje
ok jjegan can you plz explain that again so a noob can do it too?
Clean flash
Boot into recovery go to mounts and storage format SD card System Data Cache and this will wipe all data .
Factory reset .
Phone will now not boot no OS .
Enter download mode .
Open Odin
Download a stock rom and following instructions connect USB cable and flash .The same method you used .
jje
That fails its a service centre job .
Firstly, you did mention that you tried a factory reset, so the third post from JJE has no merit, so instead of assuming we know everything and rushing to answer, we need to determine the conditions under which your phone is no longer booting.
Was the phone working normally?
If it was, what rom was the phone running in the first place, and what did you do (if anything) before it got stuck at the boot logo?
The last post by JJE is "assuming" you have the CWM recovery, I am going to ask you, which recovery do u have, is it the stock recovery or the CWM recovery. if it's the ClockworkMod you would know.
Did you try a normal reboot or did you try flashing something on the phone before you got the bootloop?
yes the phone was working normally. i didn't do anything before it got stuck at boot. The stock rom with t-mobile austria branding was running on it. i can't say the exact version. The phone began to lag during games and browsing so i turned it off and wanted to turn it on again as it got stuck at boot logo.
no i do not have cwm installed so the factory reset and data/cache wipe was done from stock recovery.
after several on/off switches i tried flashing an unbranded stock rom available in this forum. first ke7 then kf3 but the phone still wont boot. also kies is not recognizing the phone.
thanks in advance.
What you want to do is get in into download mode open odin and
download and extract this
http://androidadvices.com/downloads/GalaxyS2_GTI9100_XXKG3_2.3.4.zip
tick repartition
click on PIT and select u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4.pit,
click on PDA and select CODE_I9100XXKG3_CL401405_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5,
click on Phone and select MODEM_I9100XXKG3_REV_02_CL1040774.tar.md5,
click on CSC and select GT-I9100-CSC-MULTI-OXAKG3.tar.md5,
flash it
after all done perfectly reboot to recovery and wipe partition cache
reboot once again and you are done
if this helped reply me
unfortuantly it didnt work out. i did everything as you described but it still got stuck at the boot screen.
i really dont know what to do any more...
Downloaded but asking for password to unzip?
One of the major do not touch is both repartition and pit file especially for a novice .
You have taken the steps in the Boot loop thread post recovery wipe user data . Download mode followed by flash a stock rom that fails flash Villain rom .
Personally i would take the phone to a service centre and claim it stopped working during a Kies update .
jje
Ok, before anyone asks I have checked other threads and posted my problem. However to no avail, as no one has replied.
So, strait to the problem... I recently decided to install an ICS theme for my SG2, i was having problems trying to get into CWM and once I was in (after about 2 hours of googling) I followed the necessary steps to install the Theme.
Once the phone began to re-boot it started the boot loop on the ICS boot screen, so I began searching XDA forums for a solution. The most common was to wipe data and user files then flash an original rom using Odin. I tried this and the phone simply boot looped on the Original SG2 boot animation. I also tried leaving it on the boot loop for up to 10 minutes but nothing happened.
Help ASAP would be awesome thanks in advance,
Sam.
You should always take a backup of your rom before flashing themes and other stuff in case something goes wrong but if u didn't take it. go to cwm and in there, go to advanced, from there mount usb
And put another rom on your sd card and flash it
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
Thanks for the post, I am new to rooting/ flashing etc, and realised i should have backed up my rom.
I cant seem to get into CWM because when I hold... vol up + Home + Power, I only get put into the Android recovery, not CWM. :/
Is there another way to get into CWM??
Also I might have backed it up, if I did where would it be in the files?
GypZ said:
Thanks for the post, I am new to rooting/ flashing etc, and realised i should have backed up my rom.
I cant seem to get into CWM because when I hold... vol up + Home + Power, I only get put into the Android recovery, not CWM. :/
Is there another way to get into CWM??
Also I might have backed it up, if I did where would it be in the files?
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If you can't come into CWM, try to flash with Odin some rom which will give you a root. Lighting rom is one of them for example - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1095274
Then you should be able to get into CWM and flash other roms you want.
1. Boot into download mode.
2. Flash CF-Root, it does not matter which kernel you pick, just pick one.
3. You have recovery back.
ok, so I've managed to get it into CWM and I've installed Villain rom.
Problem is, it is still boot looping. :/
Any ideas?
Btw Thank you so much for the support so far.
GypZ said:
ok, so I've managed to get it into CWM and I've installed Villain rom.
Problem is, it is still boot looping. :/
Any ideas?
Btw Thank you so much for the support so far.
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For CWM you need to install CWM if you have then you have overwritten it somehow .
ONE the BOOT LOOP post
or BOOT LOOP
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1108499
TWO.
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Clean Slate for those that balls up the firmware .Or need to return to service or decide if its hardware/firmware problem .
Backup data first if phone is working .
Boot CWM recovery
Mounts and Storage
Format cache data system sd card .
Remove battery
Boot to download mode
Open Odin
Install correct stock firmware .
Still problems use usb jig to set rom counter to zero .
Return to service centre .
jje
THANK YOU
Thanks for all the help guys, I've got it ack to its original state and most importantly stopped the boot loop.
Thanks again,
Sam
Hi,
I thought I would try the ICS XXKP8 update so I took a backup of my phone using CW recovery. Then flashed it following the guide here:
www(dot)theandroidsoul(dot)com/galaxy-s2-ice-creams-sandwich-leaked-firmware-xxkp8
After a couple of days I decided I wanted to go back but as the guide flashed over CW recovery I cant restore from backup until I load it as the main Kernal again. The Problem is I cant get Odin to work. Every time I try to flash somthing to my phone it just sits there forever. I have even tried reflashing to the same XXKP8 update and it just sits there. Can anyone help?
Thanks
What exactly have you tried to flash. First try factory reset from recovery menu. Try a stock ROM from intratechs topic. Flash a matching CF-KERNEL. Then reload your backup.
Sent from my ThinkPad Tablet using XDA App
This is like the 23rd thread about people getting stuck after flashing KP8 or CM9 and trying to get back... use the search buttons or just scroll to the 3rd or 4th page of the Q&A forum you should see a ton of threads like these... learn to read
NEW HERE
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134290
Guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125282
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Clean Slate for those that balls up the firmware .Or need to return to service or decide if its hardware/firmware problem .
Backup data first if phone is working .
Boot CWM recovery
Mounts and Storage
Format cache data system sd card .
Remove battery
Boot to download mode
Open Odin
Install correct stock firmware .
Still problems use usb jig to set rom counter to zero .
Return to service centre .
Thankyou all back to my backup point now. Yey
Dear Community,
yesterday I read a few hours about CM9/10 and Liquid Smooth. So I decided to give it a try.
I had 4.0.4 with root and updated to 4.1.1 about a week ago without having any problems. After updating to 4.1.1 I did root again.
Yesterday I downloaded EFS Pro and made a backup which is stored on my PC and the phone.
The problem I have now is the following:
No baseband, no imei, etc.
I already tried to restore efs with EFS Pro without any luck.
I just installed the following Stock Firmware: I9300XXDLJ5 3 parts (CSC, MODEM, PHONE) including PIT and RE-Partition
Phone boots up, but when in android recovery mode if I wipe it says:
E: failed to mount /efs (Invalid argument)
I dont know what to do anymore, Samsung told me to install the latest available and to make a factory reset.
This didn't help too.
I hope anybody could help me maybe.
Never ever use PIT and Partition unless you understand .
Flash a stock rom via Odin and let it boot use a single file as posted on XDA not three part .
Fails boot to recovery and factory reset .
Flash stock rom .
Fails then its a paid for service repair .
jje
JJEgan said:
Never ever use PIT and Partition unless you understand .
Flash a stock rom via Odin and let it boot use a single file as posted on XDA not three part .
Fails boot to recovery and factory reset .
Flash stock rom .
Fails then its a paid for service repair .
jje
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Thank You for that fast reply.
Just one question: Is this good to go and flash? I9300XXDLJ1_I9300ATODLI4_ATO
So if You mean if it fails to boot up -> take battery out -> factory wipe -> stock flash again?