[Q] Odin freezes while installing official roms. - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
earlier I was using MIUI and I thought I will come back to TouchWiz, but while installing official rom ( branded and not branded as well, tried both ) using Odin it stops ( Odin ). In this state i can only install rom that wipes all data while installing. However that doesn't satisfies me. Anybody know solution? Also i want to say that I searched and didn't find anything that would help me.

Boblob21 said:
Hi,
earlier I was using MIUI and I thought I will come back to TouchWiz, but while installing official rom ( branded and not branded as well, tried both ) using Odin it stops ( Odin ). In this state i can only install rom that wipes all data while installing. However that doesn't satisfies me. Anybody know solution? Also i want to say that I searched and didn't find anything that would help me.
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Sounds like you are trying to go from MIUI back to stock without wiping data. I don't think you can get away with that.

ctomgee said:
Sounds like you are trying to go from MIUI back to stock without wiping data. I don't think you can get away with that.
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I have tried to wipe data but only using normal recovery, would using custom recovery change something?

Boblob21 said:
Hi,
earlier I was using MIUI and I thought I will come back to TouchWiz, but while installing official rom ( branded and not branded as well, tried both ) using Odin it stops ( Odin ). In this state i can only install rom that wipes all data while installing. However that doesn't satisfies me. Anybody know solution? Also i want to say that I searched and didn't find anything that would help me.
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Boblob21 said:
I have tried to wipe data but only using normal recovery, would using custom recovery change something?
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You don't want to wipe data, you tried to wipe data... which is it?

Oh right, that seems confusing. After installing rom that wipes data in installation process I had wiped it again in recovery just before turning on download mode and using Odin, which frozen while installing normal, official rom. I don't want to use one that wipes data.

Boblob21 said:
Oh right, that seems confusing. After installing rom that wipes data in installation process I had wiped it again in recovery just before turning on download mode and using Odin, which frozen while installing normal, official rom. I don't want to use one that wipes data.
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I may still be missing something here...
If you ALREADY wiped it in recovery just before this last flash attempt, why does it matter if you use one that wipes data or not??

Main reason is that rom that wipes data is older than one I want. I would also like to use branded rom and I just want to know an answer as it may became usefull in future.
My reasons aren't really important.

Boblob21 said:
Main reason is that rom that wipes data is older than one I want. I would also like to use branded rom and I just wan't to know an answer as it may became usefull in future.
My reasons aren't really important.
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Maybe not, but your shortage of details is what is killing me.
What is the exact model of your phone? GT-I9100? GT-I9100G? GT-I9100T? GT-I9100P? SGH-I777? SGH I727?, SGH-T989? SPD-D710?
What are you wanting to flash to, and what is the version of the wipe version you don't want to use? What is your carrier? Or do you just want to use any old branded ROM? Heck, what COUNTRY are you in??

GT-I9100, I want to flash branded rom from PLUS, Poland.
I have tried to flash it simply from MIUI, it failed, frozen at factoryfs.
Also from "Frankestein" from Intratech's thread, failed same way as from MIUI.

Boblob21 said:
GT-I9100, I want to flash branded rom from PLUS, Poland.
I have tried to flash it simply from MIUI, it failed, frozen at factoryfs.
Also from "Frankestein" from Intratech's thread, failed same way as from MIUI.
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Intratech has a carrier branded firmware thread. Only one for PLUS / Poland I see in there is XWKF3, which is 2.3.3. Unless you have a package from somewhere else...
Unless otherwise stated, those firmwares are all non-wipe.
Just follow the instructions fully in post 1 of Intratech's main official firmware thread.
And by "flash it simply from MIUI", what do you mean, "flash it from MIUI"? This is not clear.

I think I didn't wipe the data before trying to install it while MIUI was actually installed rom. And the branded rom from Intratech's thread is the one that I'm trying to install but without succes. Odin simply stops at factotyfs.img.

Boblob21 said:
I think I didn't wipe the data before trying to install it while MIUI was actually installed rom. And the branded rom from Intratech's thread is the one that I'm trying to install but without succes. Odin simply stops at factotyfs.img.
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Did you Wipe data/factory reset AND also select wipe cache partition in recovery? Also, make sure Kies isn't running when you have Odin running. They don't play well together.

Yes i did both and i uninstalled Kies before trying.

Boblob21 said:
Yes i did both and i uninstalled Kies before trying.
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What OS are you on? Vista? Win7? Someone somewhere said that he had this issue and got past it by running Odin as an administrator.

Win 7, 32 bit. I haven't tried running Odin as administrator yet.
Edit: Didn't help.

Boblob21 said:
Win 7, 32 bit. I haven't tried running Odin as administrator yet.
Edit: Didn't help.
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Sorry bud, I'm fresh out of ideas now. Good luck.
EDIT: actually, one last idea. Well, three actually. Have you tried a different cable? If so, have you tried a different USB port on the computer? If so, have you tried a different computer?

You were right! My cable was plugged through keyboard but now when I connected it directly to computer it worked! Great thanks!

Boblob21 said:
You were right! My cable was plugged through keyboard but now when I connected it directly to computer it worked! Great thanks!
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Yeah, sometimes pass-through ports and hubs do weird things. Always plug directly into a port on the computer.

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unable to format the data/factory reset

help i am using galaxy s2
and unable to format the data/factory reset
its stuck on the formatting data .......
can anybody help me in this
Did you have the brick-bugged 4.0.4 leak flashed?
Did you try flashing a stock ROM via Odin?
HellcatDroid said:
Did you have the brick-bugged 4.0.4 leak flashed?
Did you try flashing a stock ROM via Odin?
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yes earlier it was working fine but now its un able to format data............
any way bro that can i use to format data
i am on xwlpm
"Yes" as in you DID have the 4.0.4 leak installed?
If so, not much you can do. There is some threads about 4.0.4 leak bricks here, you might wanna read them.
HellcatDroid said:
"Yes" as in you DID have the 4.0.4 leak installed?
If so, not much you can do. There is some threads about 4.0.4 leak bricks here, you might wanna read them.
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i am now on 4.0.3 xxlpq and rooted but still not able to wipe data
plz help how to wipe data any way
The question wasn't what you are on now, the question was if you ever HAD the 4.0.4 leak installed and tried a wipe or similar while running it,
HellcatDroid said:
The question wasn't what you are on now, the question was if you ever HAD the 4.0.4 leak installed and tried a wipe or similar while running it,
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yes i was on 4.0.4 what problem i have in my phone that i am unable to wipe data
in which part
sandeepsivia said:
yes i was on 4.0.4 what problem i have in my phone that i am unable to wipe data
in which part
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The problem is that your phone has hardware damage on the eMMC (the flash storage) now, which can't be fixed.
There's a few workarounds (read the threads about the "leak brick bug") but none of them really work out nicely.
I also cannot do a factory reset.
I'm pretty sure I've never had this 4.0.4 leaked firmware installed. I've only installed 3 or 4 roms, all of which are the most popular ones on this forum.
Even when doing the reset from CWM the phone just goes into a boot loop at the startup screen.
I can restore to stock using MY backup but I want a clear phone for sale. I would try flashing a stock firmware using odin but I can't get hold of the firmware (every link goes to a download site that won't allow me to download it!!!!).
Any suggestions?
ben cole said:
I would try flashing a stock firmware using odin but I can't get hold of the firmware (every link goes to a download site that won't allow me to download it!!!!).
Any suggestions?
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Check out Intratech's stock ROM thread.
The links there work.
HellcatDroid said:
Check out Intratech's stock ROM thread.
The links there work.
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Thanks very much. Finally downloading.
Well, flashed the stock firmware using Odin.
Thankfully it seems I don't have damaged eMMC and can now do factory reset. Now the kernel and recovery are stock, flash counter is reset with no yellow triangle.
Should be good enough for the phone recyclers and 200 quid.
Thanks again and hope I haven't hijacked the thread (too much)
anybody know the motherboard price
or can we replace the chip only (storage)
finally my ph is with service center for board replacement

i9100 won't boot rom or recovery after trying to install a CM nightly

Hi Guys,
Sorry to bother you with this, but I'm out of ideas...
I decided to root my i9100 using this guide9.
As I was doing this, the recovery rom would reboot when using the volume buttons to navigate (only on the first "page") - This was easily worked around by using the touchscreen, but now I'm wondering if this was the start of my issues...
I applied the SU busy box installer, and got root. I installed rom manager, and noticed that it seemed to lock up when doing certain things. I put this down to CWM saying there was no official mod for the i9100.
The next day I decided to try and install a CM10.1 nightly, so I took a backup, wiped cache and data, and applied the rom and gapps.
When I rebooted, the phone wouldn't finished booting, it just sat at the initial logo screen.
After that, I tried following this recovery guide but the odin flash failed at around 80% (I retried and the same happened again).
Since then I've had difficulty getting in to recovery mode. I've tried flashing various stock roms with odin, and trying to restore with Kies.
In Kies I get as far as it conencting to the phone in download mode, but it pops up a "notice" in a foreign language - presumably Korean (and I can't copy the text to even attempt a google translation).
I tried flashing Siyah-s2-v5.0.1 to get a different recovery - that seemed to have a garbled progress bar, before hanging when I tried to wipe /data again.
When I use odin to flash a stock rom - is it supposed to restore absolutely everything? I'm not sure how I'm still getting problems if this is the case. Any ideas on what to try next?
(The current stock rom I'm try ing to use is this one)
Let me know if I'm missing any info, and thanks in advance for any help.
Using rom manager would have been the start of your problems-not the temp cwm recovery in the rooting guide.
If you can boot into download mode then I would download LP7 stock rom, disable kies and flash that with Odin.
{go back to your iphone since you are an android noob}
Thanks for the reply.
Rom manager didn't work properly for me, so I stopped using it. I used the temp cwm recovery to install the CM nightly.
I can boot in to download mode, but I've already tried an LP7 rom, - as with the others, it doesn't boot.
Any ideas on how to tell why it isn't booting? logcat doesn't seem to want to to work. Not sure if it's broken / too early in the boot process / etc
Silly Billy said:
Thanks for the reply.
Rom manager didn't work properly for me, so I stopped using it. I used the temp cwm recovery to install the CM nightly.
I can boot in to download mode, but I've already tried an LP7 rom, - as with the others, it doesn't boot.
Any ideas on how to tell why it isn't booting? logcat doesn't seem to want to to work. Not sure if it's broken / too early in the boot process / etc
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I9100 right?
Try this:
- Download this ROM.
- Kies installed? uninstall it, re install it. Close it all up with Task manager (3 or 4 applications running).
- Flash ROM via Odin (CSC, MODEM, PHONE).
- If that doesn't fly, try another usb port & usb cable. Another PC would also be recommended.
- Repeat the process.
- Still no luck? try flashing a previous siyah version.
- No go? repeat all the above.
- Let us know how you did.
gastonw;37017081- Download this ROM.[/QUOTE said:
Thanks, I'll give it a go. (Will take a while for the file to download from hotfile...).
Are odin images for stock roms supposed to restore the stock recovery, or do they leave that alone?
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As a matter of interest, how far did you go with Phistachios repair guide.
{go back to your iphone since you are an android noob}
Silly Billy said:
Thanks, I'll give it a go. (Will take a while for the file to download from hotfile...).
Are odin images for stock roms supposed to restore the stock recovery, or do they leave that alone?
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Focus on getting a ROM to boot.
That ROM will install stock recovery.
gastonw said:
Let us know how you did.
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For some reason, I can't get Odin to flash that rom - it just hands for a while at the start of data.img, before saying "Complete(Write) operation failed."
There a .pit file in the archive, although the link says not to repartition (so I didn't).
Some roms seem to get written, some don't, I'm not sure why...
theunderling said:
As a matter of interest, how far did you go with Phistachios repair guide.
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Odin failed about 80% through flashing (step 4, after taking the ICS steps). I tried flashing the kernel afterwards, which flashed, but didn't help with my boot issues.
gastonw said:
Focus on getting a ROM to boot.
That ROM will install stock recovery.
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Of course, I was just trying to get a better understanding of how things work - I'd settle for anything booting right now.
I was meaning how far did you go with his guide.He says (near the end) to flash a bootloader/kernel/rom.
You can try everything in his guide, but understand about the risks involved with pit and bootloaders.
{go back to your iphone since you are an android noob}
theunderling said:
I was meaning how far did you go with his guide.He says (near the end) to flash a bootloader/kernel/rom.
You can try everything in his guide, but understand about the risks involved with pit and bootloaders.
{go back to your iphone since you are an android noob}
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He's right.
Keep trying, consider pit files & bootloaders as a last resort.
Tried everything?
Used another usb cable for the flash? tried in another PC? tried in a laptop?
Are you sure kies is all shut down?
I've read about so many people having the same issue than you, they keep on flashing as in trial & error and most times they come out winners.
GL!
gastonw said:
He's right.
Keep trying, consider pit files & bootloaders as a last resort.
Tried everything?
Used another usb cable for the flash? tried in another PC? tried in a laptop?
Are you sure kies is all shut down?
I've read about so many people having the same issue than you, they keep on flashing as in trial & error and most times they come out winners.
GL!
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I guess I'll keep at it then.
I'd tried another cable with kies shut down. Just tried a different machine, and flashed the ROM you suggested with heimdall. It flashed without complaining (unlike odin), but I'm still getting a boot loop.
Looking at the initial recovery guide I was following - I suspect that I might've flashed the bootloader (the guide shows in bold which file goes in which box, so I probably loaded them all). Maybe this is the source of my troubles...
I also noticed that heimdall can pull data from the phone too - if I can pull and mount these, am I likely to find any useful log files?
For completeness (and anyone else who finds themselves with the same issue): It seems I hit the EMMC brick bug, which rendered some of my EMMC storage unusable.
This helpful chap came up with a workaround to partition around the dead space. (Please read the post carefully and make sure this really is your problem before flashing!)
That method will let you know what part of your memory is corrupted. It's done via recovery as far as I remember.
Did you bring your device back to life?
Sent from the little guy
gastonw said:
That method will let you know what part of your memory is corrupted. It's done via recovery as far as I remember.
Did you bring your device back to life?
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Yes, that's right. IIRC, I flashed a working recovery with Odin, then did most of the work from adb shell.
I got my device back to life for the most part. I get the occasional hang but haven't investigated much (have since bought a Nexus 4, so not using the S2 so much).
Just thought I'd share for the next poor soul who has the same problem

[Q] Need help returning to stock**ODIN doesn't work for me

I'm trying to return to stock on my Verizon Note 2. I'm currently on AOKP 4.2.2 and have TWRP. I tried to use the Odin method shown by Adam but my phone is not being seen via USB. I've tried to uninstall all drivers and reinstall. Tried again by using Kies as suggested by many.
Can I return to stock just by using TWRP? Are there steps or a walk through on how to do this? Links? I'm thinking I could go into TWRP, wipe the cache, delvik cache, and then factory reset. Then install, "flash" a update.zip and return to stock. Would this work or get stuck?
Also, not sure where to get the update.zip I'd need. I have the OTA stock downloaded from Adam tutorial...not the "alternate" but it's only one file. Would I just zip that, rename to update.zip and try to flash?
Please help!! Again I'm unable to do this through usb plug in so I really need another route.
Thank you in advance for any help!
Do not try renaming the file and flashing. Nothing good will come of that.
Not sure if you looked through this thread, but this might have different info for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35265728
BoostedB18C said:
Do not try renaming the file and flashing. Nothing good will come of that.
Not sure if you looked through this thread, but this might have different info for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35265728
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I read through that one too. Tried all of that. ODIN will not work. My phone is not being detected through USB. Again i've tried all the reinstalls of the drivers etc.... Tried different original cords. nothing.
I need a way to return to stock through my device. Maybe load to the external sd and flash. Can this be done?
Not sure what file to flash though.
If odin isn't seeing your phone then something isnt installed properly. Probably drivers. Im not too sure about it because the only time I used odin was when I first rooted and I haven't touched it since.
The only option I have heard of for doing it from the phone is mobile odin. I dont know much about it, never tried it. Here's the link for it
This is the free lite version that requires more work on your part
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19375402
This is the paid version from the play store and is supposed to be much simpler
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.mobileodin.pro
hidden-one said:
I'm trying to return to stock on my Verizon Note 2. I'm currently on AOKP 4.2.2 and have TWRP. I tried to use the Odin method shown by Adam but my phone is not being seen via USB. I've tried to uninstall all drivers and reinstall. Tried again by using Kies as suggested by many.
Can I return to stock just by using TWRP? Are there steps or a walk through on how to do this? Links? I'm thinking I could go into TWRP, wipe the cache, delvik cache, and then factory reset. Then install, "flash" a update.zip and return to stock. Would this work or get stuck?
Also, not sure where to get the update.zip I'd need. I have the OTA stock downloaded from Adam tutorial...not the "alternate" but it's only one file. Would I just zip that, rename to update.zip and try to flash?
Please help!! Again I'm unable to do this through usb plug in so I really need another route.
Thank you in advance for any help!
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Are u sure usb debugging is on?, or try going back to a tw rom before using odin, i also read that kies has to be removed from comuter, and phone before trying this, i had problem originally, manually installed drivers, and went to device manager and checked operation, you also have to be in odin mode on phone( power,home,down at same time, as that way it is in download mode.
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Chance77 said:
Are u sure usb debugging is on?, or try going back to a tw rom before using odin, i also read that kies has to be removed from comuter, and phone before trying this, i had problem originally, manually installed drivers, and went to device manager and checked operation, you also have to be in odin mode on phone( power,home,down at same time, as that way it is in download mode.
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Tried all of this as well. I installed kies and tried that route as some were saying the drivers may work through that method. They didn't so I tried uninstalling. I was in DL "odin" mode when trying to run odin also.
Just curious, why are you trying to go back to stock?
BoostedB18C said:
Just curious, why are you trying to go back to stock?
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My phone was a trade off for a iPhone 5.. Best move ever but the last owner had somewhat messed up the phone modding it. I did a full wipe and the previous owner had never done any backups. I wanted to start fresh. All that being said I wanted to start back fresh at stock and then do any modding that I preferred from a new state.
I just flashed MeanBean after reading back through the posts to my question. I realized I had not tried using odin while on a TW based ROM.
I'll see if this helps.
BoostedB18C said:
If odin isn't seeing your phone then something isnt installed properly. Probably drivers. Im not too sure about it because the only time I used odin was when I first rooted and I haven't touched it since.
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I too am having issues with my Note II not being recognized by Odin on my PC. I know my drivers are installed and I have a good connection with my USB cable/port since when I plug in my phone when powered on, I can see the phone and card just fine. However, when going into Download mode and running Odin 3.07, Odin isn't seeing my phone.
I discovered this while looking into another situation from another thread. While I'm not currently attempting to return to stock and aren't overly concerned about returning to stock since I could probably do it with Mobile Odin if push comes to shove. I am concerned, however, that if I'm unable to use MO and my phone isn't being recognized by Odin from my PC then I might be up the proverbial creek with a paddle.
BoostedB18C said:
If odin isn't seeing your phone then something isnt installed properly. Probably drivers. Im not too sure about it because the only time I used odin was when I first rooted and I haven't touched it since.
The only option I have heard of for doing it from the phone is mobile odin. I dont know much about it, never tried it. Here's the link for it
This is the free lite version that requires more work on your part
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19375402
This is the paid version from the play store and is supposed to be much simpler
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.mobileodin.pro
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Mobile Odin Pro did the trick. It incorporated root saver so I didn't loose root when I returned to stock. Great advice!! Now I can start fresh and not have to worry about the mess I had from the trade.
Thanks again!
hidden-one said:
Mobile Odin Pro did the trick. It incorporated root saver so I didn't loose root when I returned to stock. Great advice!! Now I can start fresh and not have to worry about the mess I had from the trade.
Thanks again!
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Glad it worked. And as an added bonus now I know if I do ever have problems and dont feel like spending the time to figure it out, I can just use mobile odin.

[Q] samsung s2 wont stop rebooting

hi hoping someone can help. i have a samsung galaxy s2 i was trying my hand at rooting but now the phone wont do anything but reboot. i even bout one of those jigs. i can get it into download mode i install odin then a kernal i have also an official s2 firmware but no matter what i do it will only reboot constant anyone any ideas or suggestions cheers in advance and if iv cocked up on the tread i appologise in advance
the donkey said:
hi hoping someone can help. i have a samsung galaxy s2 i was trying my hand at rooting but now the phone wont do anything but reboot. i even bout one of those jigs. i can get it into download mode i install odin then a kernal i have also an official s2 firmware but no matter what i do it will only reboot constant anyone any ideas or suggestions cheers in advance and if iv cocked up on the tread i appologise in advance
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Do you mean you can't even get into recovery? If it can, I would think a data wipe might get the ROM to be able to boot.
the donkey said:
hi hoping someone can help. i have a samsung galaxy s2 i was trying my hand at rooting but now the phone wont do anything but reboot. i even bout one of those jigs. i can get it into download mode i install odin then a kernal i have also an official s2 firmware but no matter what i do it will only reboot constant anyone any ideas or suggestions cheers in advance and if iv cocked up on the tread i appologise in advance
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You might want to double check if you are using the right version of recovery that kernel is fully supported with your ROM. For example, if you are trying to install a KK ROM using an old version of CWM you will end up in error 7 or end up in a boot loop screen. My words are pretty mess up but I hope you get what I mean. So make sure you have the right version that match each other (recovery, kernel, ROM).
Hope that helps.
im new to all of this. when i hold the home button the power button and the vol down button i get a screen telling me installing a custom os could be bad press up to continue i do this and install even the official software but when it reboots it keeps looping on the samsung logo
cglegion said:
You might want to double check if you are using the right version of recovery that kernel is fully supported with your ROM. For example, if you are trying to install a KK ROM using an old version of CWM you will end up in error 7 or end up in a boot loop screen. My words are pretty mess up but I hope you get what I mean. So make sure you have the right version that match each other (recovery, kernel, ROM).
Hope that helps.
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i cant access the phone to see what kernal was on it so i am just trying to get it back to normal
the donkey said:
i cant access the phone to see what kernal was on it so i am just trying to get it back to normal
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I suggest you flash a working recovery via odin first. Look for TWRP, it's the best newbie-friendly recovery or try CWM if you are looking for more advanced options. After that, flash a stock or custom ROM to get your phone back working. Make sure they are compatible with each other. Why didn't it work when you try flashing the stock firmware via odin? Make sure the zip file is downloaded properly.
Hope that helps.
cglegion said:
I suggest you flash a working recovery via odin first. Look for TWRP, it's the best newbie-friendly recovery or try CWM if you are looking for more advanced options. After that, flash a stock or custom ROM to get your phone back working. Make sure they are compatible with each other. Why didn't it work when you try flashing the stock firmware via odin? Make sure the zip file is downloaded properly.
Hope that helps.
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that sounds excellent but being new and a bit thick what is a twrp and where would i get one?
still no joy
ok so now i have tried 3 official samsung roms h3g o2 and t mobile the h3g installs but just keeps looping the boot screen the o2 failed and the t mobile installes but all i get is a blck screen but it showes the batter the clock and the usb conection i can also go into it through my computer but it wont boot up properly. is it possible to get a samsung rom thats not network based?
the donkey said:
ok so now i have tried 3 official samsung roms h3g o2 and t mobile the h3g installs but just keeps looping the boot screen the o2 failed and the t mobile installes but all i get is a blck screen but it showes the batter the clock and the usb conection i can also go into it through my computer but it wont boot up properly. is it possible to get a samsung rom thats not network based?
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It seems like you have broken files. Make sure those firmwares are for the right model of your phone. Are you using I9100 or I9100G? Is your phone still under warranty? What do you mean by not network based? I think it's time you head on to NeatROM JB 4.1.2 Aroma and flash that to your phone. It's way better than the stock one from Samsung. If you don't know how, read the instructions from the OP.
Hope that helps.
il give it a go
cglegion said:
It seems like you have broken files. Make sure those firmwares are for the right model of your phone. Are you using I9100 or I9100G? Is your phone still under warranty? What do you mean by not network based? I think it's time you head on to NeatROM JB 4.1.2 Aroma and flash that to your phone. It's way better than the stock one from Samsung. If you don't know how, read the instructions from the OP.
Hope that helps.
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il try that just now cheers
ahhh my heed
cglegion said:
It seems like you have broken files. Make sure those firmwares are for the right model of your phone. Are you using I9100 or I9100G? Is your phone still under warranty? What do you mean by not network based? I think it's time you head on to NeatROM JB 4.1.2 Aroma and flash that to your phone. It's way better than the stock one from Samsung. If you don't know how, read the instructions from the OP.
Hope that helps.
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ok so i downloaded the romnuke and the neatrom the instructions say... Boot into Recovery
- Install RomNuke (Does all clean & backup your android folder as well) - Thanks to Hawkerpaul
- Install ROM
- Reboot & Enjoy
but when i unzip the files i cant see any way of gettong romnuke to work i tried odin but it doesnt pick it up is there some other download i need??
still no joy
cglegion said:
It seems like you have broken files. Make sure those firmwares are for the right model of your phone. Are you using I9100 or I9100G? Is your phone still under warranty? What do you mean by not network based? I think it's time you head on to NeatROM JB 4.1.2 Aroma and flash that to your phone. It's way better than the stock one from Samsung. If you don't know how, read the instructions from the OP.
Hope that helps.
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ok so i put the zip files on an sd card and put it in the phone. but when i try and install them it says ignature verification failed also if i try and wipe the date and retore it says faild to mount/efs invalid argument. when i manage to get the t mobile rom to load the screen is black but i can get the swipe down screen to turn on blue tooth or wifi
the donkey said:
ok so i put the zip files on an sd card and put it in the phone. but when i try and install them it says ignature verification failed also if i try and wipe the date and retore it says faild to mount/efs invalid argument. when i manage to get the t mobile rom to load the screen is black but i can get the swipe down screen to turn on blue tooth or wifi
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This error is most probably because you don't have the right Rom for the right model or not compatible hence the verification error. Are you doing this in recovery mode? Make sure you follow the installation instructions properly and download the right one for your phone model. Just try cyanogenmod for starter. Installation is easy to understand.
still no joy
cglegion said:
This error is most probably because you don't have the right Rom for the right model or not compatible hence the verification error. Are you doing this in recovery mode? Make sure you follow the installation instructions properly and download the right one for your phone model. Just try cyanogenmod for starter. Installation is easy to understand.
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ok so i went to cyanogenmod downloaded the newest file for the s2 when i did unzip i get 2 folder meta-inf and system plus a boot.img file. i burned the boot file to a disc but when i check it the disk is empty even though i can see its burned. also when i go to sammobile to get firmare it says no files available...therte must be some way of getting this to work H E L PPPPPPPPPPP
Dude, you're not supposed to be burning anything to discs. The zip file is what the recovery uses to install from. It should include the custom kernal too.
Copy the zipped ROM file to your SD card, put it in your phone and boot into recovery. Assuming you've already flashed the latest custom recovery CWM or TWRP (I prefer TWRP)
From here, to be safe, do a full wipe (That's everything except sd-card: system, data, cache, dalvik-cache)
Now you install/flash the zip file via recovery. Hopefully that completes without error. After that clear cache and dalvik-cache again just to be sure (I do this out of habit)
Reboot.
Hope this helps. I saw you mention something about "efs" and that gives me a bad feeling, read something about needing to back that up before bad things happen. But anyway, good luck :good:

Gt-i9300 freezing and rebooting after multiple fail unbrick

i'll explain what i did to get here.
I was in stock rom 4.1.2, and i decide to flash a custom rom, after several tests i decided to get back to stock rom and i used the mobile odin, when i flash the rom using mobile odin, nothing happens, and rebooted the manually the phone and when i did this, the phone got locked/bricked in Samsung GT-I9300 screen.
So i tried any ways to turn on the phone and i got sucess, but when i unbrick my phone, he start to freeze all the time and reboot all the time for it self, everytime that it freeze i had to wipe cache partition to turn on and use, if a did not do this, the phone stuck just after sansung screen.
I'm lost, i tried everything and the phone keeps freezing, rebooting all the time.
Please, someone help me!
Thanks.
GiovaneM said:
i'll explain what i did to get here.
I was in stock rom 4.1.2, and i decide to flash a custom rom, after several tests i decided to get back to stock rom and i used the mobile odin, when i flash the rom using mobile odin, nothing happens, and rebooted the manually the phone and when i did this, the phone got locked/bricked in Samsung GT-I9300 screen.
So i tried any ways to turn on the phone and i got sucess, but when i unbrick my phone, he start to freeze all the time and reboot all the time for it self, everytime that it freeze i had to wipe cache partition to turn on and use, if a did not do this, the phone stuck just after sansung screen.
I'm lost, i tried everything and the phone keeps freezing, rebooting all the time.
Please, someone help me!
Thanks.
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Use pc odin to flash stock, then reboot into recovery and factory reset then wipe cache.
tallman43 said:
Use pc odin to flash stock, then reboot into recovery and factory reset then wipe cache.
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i done this a thousand times.
GiovaneM said:
i done this a thousand times.
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Well why didn't you put that in your thread i'm not a mind reader
Seriously though have a look at doing a mega wipe first look here >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/tool-mega-wipesuper-wipefactory-t1832326 << then flash a custom stock rom.Place it on your ext sd card first because the mega wipe will wipe everything including your system.
Read exactly what to do first so you fully understand.
tallman43 said:
Well why didn't you put that in your thread i'm not a mind reader
Seriously though have a look at doing a mega wipe first look here >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/tool-mega-wipesuper-wipefactory-t1832326 << then flash a custom stock rom.Place it on your ext sd card first because the mega wipe will wipe everything including your system.
Read exactly what to do first so you fully understand.
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I forgot, my bad.
I alredy done this, i tried to do a mega wipe using that script, and flash using odin stock rom, but didn't work :crying:
GiovaneM said:
I forgot, my bad.
I alredy done this, i tried to do a mega wipe using that script, and flash using odin stock rom, but didn't work :crying:
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I don't think I will post any more information because if I do you will probably say I've tried that. I think more information is needed on what you have tried so people looking can suggest things you have not tried.
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I don't think I will post any more information because if I do you will probably say I've tried that. I think more information is needed on what you have tried so people looking can suggest things you have not tried.
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If i say that i tried, its couse' i tried and didn't work, what a did was wipe my device and flash stock rom using odin. I'm here couse' nothing has worked well, both things you said to me i did and didn't work.
Try to say something advanced, something that only do in hard bricked.
GiovaneM said:
If i say that i tried, its couse' i tried and didn't work, what a did was wipe my device and flash stock rom using odin. I'm here couse' nothing has worked well, both things you said to me i did and didn't work.
Try to say something advanced, something that only do in hard bricked.
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Lol for some people that is advanced
If you have done a mega wipe and installed stock rom correctly there are not many options left
(1) You could try another stock rom (Just in case their is something wrong with the one you are trying to flash)
(2) Try the rescue firmware (But only use as a last resort because it containes a pit file)
(3) Service center
tallman43 said:
Lol for some people that is advanced
If you have done a mega wipe and installed stock rom correctly there are not many options left
(1) You could try another stock rom (Just in case their is something wrong with the one you are trying to flash)
(2) Try the rescue firmware (But only use as a last resort because it containes a pit file)
(3) Service center
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Will try to rescue my rom using your signature link, i hope it works. Thanks for your help.
GiovaneM said:
Will try to rescue my rom using your signature link, i hope it works. Thanks for your help.
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tallman43 said:
Lol for some people that is advanced
If you have done a mega wipe and installed stock rom correctly there are not many options left
(1) You could try another stock rom (Just in case their is something wrong with the one you are trying to flash)
(2) Try the rescue firmware (But only use as a last resort because it containes a pit file)
(3) Service center
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My friend, thank you so much, your tutorial about rescue firmware works like a glove, thank you so!!!
GiovaneM said:
My friend, thank you so much, your tutorial about rescue firmware works like a glove, thank you so!!!
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