my girlfriend has the GSII and for about a week now it keep randomly saying its connected to the usb when we are clearly nowhere near any cables at all today it has been saying in the top left corner that it is 100% charged whilst on the right hand battery symbol clearly says around 75% we have tried charging with a different charger, usb and usb adapter as it randomly turns off and looking online it says that it could be related to a "cooked" battery . when turning on it flashed a big battery symbol followed by a yellow triangle and a thermometer, so we bought a new battery charged it up (using a separate phone that we know works fine) but with no luck we still have the same problem ..... its on the o2 network in the uk running 2.3.6 i think but is definatly GB STOCK any help or advice would be greatly apperciated as we are at the end of our knowledge and the phone is only 2 months old and last time she sent a phone to be repaired it came back in a worse state than it went in
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Sounds like a dirty USB port. Try cleaning it.
have used almost a whole can of air cleaning everywhere i can possibly get to i think its cleaner now than when it was new haha
Canned air may not help. There could be something stuck on the little board inside the port that is shorting some of the pins.
Try a dry toothbrush first.
If that doesn't work try (with battery out, then let dry when done before putting battery back in) rubbing alcohol on a q-tip or something similar.
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have used almost a whole can of air cleaning everywhere i can possibly get to i think its cleaner now than when it was new haha
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try Data factory reset...if she is not concrern about apps & data
i will try it tomorrow and let you know how it goes any other things that it could be? apart from the usb board which im really hoping and praying that it is not as i don't feel confident enough to change that
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try Data factory reset...if she is not concrern about apps & data
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i have bricked my ACE before doing that so is it safe to do it on the SII as her phone is really important to her
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i have bricked my ACE before doing that so is it safe to do it on the SII as her phone is really important to her
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it is strange that doing data facrory reset bricked a phone.... I have done it countlessly.... it will bring your phone to the same status of the phone when you purchased...no harm. just to try only but chance is less..I dont think it will help you as ctomgee told if it sound like a hardware issue, software reset wont make any difference
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i have bricked my ACE before doing that so is it safe to do it on the SII as her phone is really important to her
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That's strange. A factory reset should NEVER brick any device.
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That's strange. A factory reset should NEVER brick any device.
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yeah not really sure what happened but i couldn't even get into download mode ..... luckily three were kind enough to replace my ACE with out so much as question about what the problem was, which i was surprised about haven't had a problem with my ACE even with it's bad battery life lol my partners SII on the other hand has been nothing but problems since she took it out the box .... i often wonder if i should have been the one to take it out the box haha
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it is strange that doing data facrory reset bricked a phone.... I have done it countlessly.... it will bring your phone to the same status of the phone when you purchased...no harm. just to try only but chance is less..I dont think it will help you as ctomgee told if it sound like a hardware issue, software reset wont make any difference
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i have just spoken to her on the phone and she said that the media scanner keeps looping now and has been for around 5 - 10 minutes so i am clueless yet again at what is going on with the phone
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i have just spoken to her on the phone and she said that the media scanner keeps looping now and has been for around 5 - 10 minutes so i am clueless yet again at what is going on with the phone
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remove the external SD card and reboot and try..the media scanning exist or not...may be external sd broken and keep trying to mount....
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remove the external SD card and reboot and try..the media scanning exist or not...may be external sd broken and keep trying to mount....
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would that affect the charge and usb etc ?
im just wondering if its the usb shorting and making the usb mount option function incorrectly i.e when there is no cable plugged in
sorry im not 100% on what things are called although i do try to learn as much as possible about these things
ok have tried with no luck guessing the only thing left is sending it for repairs and just hoping that it comes back fixed and un-damaged unlike the last phone that had to be sent away
it's usb board is propably busted, but you should get new one thanks to warranty
Sent from my sgs2 running cm9 using xda app
looks like it is the usb board so i think its going to have to go off for repairs id do it myself but it looks far to fiddly and i don't want to void any warranty just in-case i do something wrong
cheers for your help trouble shooting this guys
hope this may help others out too
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Hi all, im new to this android rooting stuff, i have jailbroken many apple devices, but im a big noob with rooting.
ill start from the start, i rooted my samsung galaxy s2 (I9210T) the other day with a stock ROM, using Odin and what not, it worked, no issues, but some non-market apps werent working but because of the stock ROM. So i followed a link that led me to "XDA"
In a hurry to root my phone with a custom ROM, i accidentally used a rom made for the I777, it booted and it all worked, just not the touch buttons at the bottom, (obviously), so again i downloaded a new ROM to get these buttons to work, and thinking im smart, i thought i could skip a step, and instead of flashing the phone again with odin, i loaded the clockwork recovery, and loaded this new ROM, without unloading the other thinking it would work, rebooted it, BUT it didnt reboot, it wont stay on, attempting to get into recovery is futile, and the phone is completely unresponsive, the computer makes the USB connection noises everytime i plug it in and take it out, but thats it, i do realise what ive done is completely idiotic and stupid, but is there anyway possible to recover my phone without having to take it in, or get a JTAG done?
Thanks to anyone who has a solution.
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Hi all, im new to this android rooting stuff, i have jailbroken many apple devices, but im a big noob with rooting.
ill start from the start, i rooted my samsung galaxy s2 (I9210T) the other day with a stock ROM, using Odin and what not, it worked, no issues, but some non-market apps werent working but because of the stock ROM. So i followed a link that led me to "XDA"
In a hurry to root my phone with a custom ROM, i accidentally used a rom made for the I777, it booted and it all worked, just not the touch buttons at the bottom, (obviously), so again i downloaded a new ROM to get these buttons to work, and thinking im smart, i thought i could skip a step, and instead of flashing the phone again with odin, i loaded the clockwork recovery, and loaded this new ROM, without unloading the other thinking it would work, rebooted it, BUT it didnt reboot, it wont stay on, attempting to get into recovery is futile, and the phone is completely unresponsive, the computer makes the USB connection noises everytime i plug it in and take it out, but thats it, i do realise what ive done is completely idiotic and stupid, but is there anyway possible to recover my phone without having to take it in, or get a JTAG done?
Thanks to anyone who has a solution.
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well first sorry for ur present state ma8, if ur phone is not able to get into dwnld mode than its really difficult to do anything except for a JTAG done
just try using the three button combo Vol dwn + home + pwr butt and check for dwnld mode if u find success then flash a stock rom and u will get out of the situation
yeah, ive tried that so many times, too many to count, but, when doing it while its plugged into my computer, it makes the "USB disconnected" noise, which is weird.
i dont know where i can get a JTAG done, as i only recently saw it, not looked into it, im assuming phone repair shops do them? or can samsung do them even if the warruntee is voided, would they do it for a price? :s
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yeah, ive tried that so many times, too many to count, but, when doing it while its plugged into my computer, it makes the "USB disconnected" noise, which is weird.
i dont know where i can get a JTAG done, as i only recently saw it, not looked into it, im assuming phone repair shops do them? or can samsung do them even if the warruntee is voided, would they do it for a price? :s
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the samsung people will defenetly do it, please check the same with them regarding the price etc
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yeah, ive tried that so many times, too many to count, but, when doing it while its plugged into my computer, it makes the "USB disconnected" noise, which is weird.
i dont know where i can get a JTAG done, as i only recently saw it, not looked into it, im assuming phone repair shops do them? or can samsung do them even if the warruntee is voided, would they do it for a price? :s
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as u said u hear the usb connection sound when u connect ur phone
try using a usb jig
there may b chances of getting the phone in download mode
u can buy a usb jig from ebay
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well ill see about travelling into town after i find the price then, just hopefully it doesnt take long, will be away in a week :S
Thanks anyway sun90, just need to make sure there was nothing that can be done first, definately wont be making that mistake again LOL
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as u said u hear the usb connection sound when u connect ur phone
try using a usb jig
there may b chances of getting the phone in download mode
u can buy a usb jig from ebay
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that actually might work!! hope it does, atleast the jigs are cheap, orded one off ebay, should be here soon..... fingers crossed.
Erm, jig might help, but sounds like you've flashed a bad bootloader. Or a good bootloader, if you've got a I777. On the bright side, you've now got a really attractive paper weight. People will think your incredibly rich when you throw around a Galaxy S II just you just don't give a ****. Next time you're at a club single out the sluttiest girl there, go up to her and ask if she will have sex with you for a Galaxy S II, tell her the phone is out of battery, then go and do your business. When you hand over the phone make sure you are confident and humorous about it, give her a charging cable to make it look super legit. Oh and you should probably be wearing a balaclava throughout the whole process, you don't want her seeking revenge when she knows she's been used.
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Erm, jig might help, but sounds like you've flashed a bad bootloader. Or a good bootloader, if you've got a I777. On the bright side, you've now got a really attractive paper weight. People will think your incredibly rich when you throw around a Galaxy S II just you just don't give a ****. Next time you're at a club single out the sluttiest girl there, go up to her and ask if she will have sex with you for a Galaxy S II, tell her the phone is out of battery, then go and do your business. When you hand over the phone make sure you are confident and humorous about it, give her a charging cable to make it look super legit. Oh and you should probably be wearing a balaclava throughout the whole process, you don't want her seeking revenge when she knows she's been used.
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As funny as what you said is XD i dont think telstra will be too happy that im using my phone to get with chicks, maybe after the 24 months is up XD
funny stuff just happened, i sent my phone away to get fixed, and it took them two weeks +
way too long, and when i got it back, i didnt have to pay, and this is what the samsung team did, as follows: Removed and replaced LCD screen with a new one, removed and replaced FPCB, checked main PCB, software upgraded, cleaned contacts, re-aligned connectors, reset to manufacturers specifications.
in other words, thanks to my Jig i bought off ebay, THEY DIDNT HAVE A CLUE WTH HAPPENED WITH IT!, but far out, what a repair eh?
Take a look at this, they can resurrect hard bricked phones:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1429491
The total price is about £40 I think, hopefully it can be fixed! good luck!
Tonight was second time in about one week when my phone shut itself down at night. Because of that I slept in both times Both times it was connected to charger and battery was full, also there was a lot of updated apps (notifications in status bar). Right before first time this happened I recovered from soft brick. First after recovering phone didn't work well it use to freeze on higher load so I re-installed stock ROM one more time and everything seemed fine.
Now I wonder if it's software or hardware issues. Any ideas?
Cheers in advance.
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Tonight was second time in about one week when my phone shut itself down at night. Because of that I slept in both times Both times it was connected to charger and battery was full, also there was a lot of updated apps (notifications in status bar). Right before first time this happened I recovered from soft brick. First after recovering phone didn't work well it use to freeze on higher load so I re-installed stock ROM one more time and everything seemed fine.
Now I wonder if it's software or hardware issues. Any ideas?
Cheers in advance.
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Did you UV/UC your device? And which rom/kernel are you on?
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Donnie Sins said:
Did you UV/UC your device? And which rom/kernel are you on?
Sent from the Matrix
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No, I didn't UV/UC. I was on rooted stock kernel.
Made factory reset today and installed custom JB ROM today to see if it helps.
I think your problem is a software related one, try using the latest stock Rom, also it may be induced bya virus or a new program which you May have installed, if this didn't help them you should think of a hardware problem.
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I think your problem is a software related one, try using the latest stock Rom, also it may be induced bya virus or a new program which you May have installed, if this didn't help them you should think of a hardware problem.
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I was using 4.0.4 official ROM (NEE). And most of my apps are from Play store and only few from a reputable forum.
But as I said, I wiped everything today and installed a different ROM. If everything's OK for a week it will be clear that it was a software glitch.
Maybe it's tired?
****Non of this is of any importance. Just chill the f**k out and relax****
One week after installing custom ROM my SGSII has shutdown at night again. Like last times it was connected to a charger but this time there were no updated apps. So it's not ROM's fault because it happened with custom and stock ROMs.
Is it possible that soft brick damaged some part of phone's hardware (internal flash memory)? When recovering from brick I re-partitioned it.
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1) There's no such thing as a 'soft brick'. Your phone is either bricked (unfixable other than by authorised repairer/JTAG) or it ain't.
2) Highly unlikely anything firmware related would cause hardware issues like that.
It may well be a hardware issue given it's happened on different roms. If you're still on stock & haven't reset the flash counter, do that & send it in to Samsung/authorised repairer to be looked at assuming your warranty is still good. If it isn't, take it to a local mobile repair shop & have them take a look (if you've gone back to a custom rom, reset the flash counter & back to stock).
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There's no warranty, therefore I won't be taking it to service center just to hear it needs new motherboard etc. because it'll cost me almost same as to buy another SGSII.
At this moment I'm only interested if there's anything I can do by myself. If not it's time for a new phone I'm afraid. The phone is still perfectly usable but I don't want to risk sleeping in and being late for work and I don't want to buy an alarm clock.
Common sense dictates you try a different battery.
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Common sense dictates you try a different battery.
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How can it be caused by battery when all times this happened phone was connected to a charger? All times after I turn it on I find a full battery.
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Do a completely clean install of stock (format cache, data, system, & internal sd card in CWRecovery first, Odin flash after), do not restore any apps (or app data with the exception of contacts/calendar/call logs/sms) via Ti or whatever, clean reinstall a few apps at a time, test for a day or two. Install a few more apps, test for a day or two. And so on.
If it's still happening after you do that, "it's time for a new phone" in your words.
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Thing is that when the phone got bricked I had no backup of any kind and since internal storage was re-formated we can say that it was fully wiped. I installed stock ROM first. But phone was rebooting on higher load so I did factory reset and wiped dalwik and data. Reinstalled stock ROM again (even re-downloaded to make sure it's not corrupted). This time it wasn't rebooting. But after a couple of night shutdowns I decided to try a custom ROM. I did a full wipe (including internal storage) before installing it. Clearly it didn't help
BTW night shutdown happens about once in a week.
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How can it be caused by battery when all times this happened phone was connected to a charger? All times after I turn it on I find a full battery.
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I tried a different battery and Ive noticed when Ive connected it to the charger,a couple of times my phone has switched off as I was facing the screen wanting my sim pin.
This doesnt happen with my original battery.
So it must be the battery.
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I tried a different battery and Ive noticed when Ive connected it to the charger,a couple of times my phone has switched off as I was facing the screen wanting my sim pin.
This doesnt happen with my original battery.
So it must be the battery.
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But I'm using my original battery. Also like I mentioned earlier all this started after the brick. Therefore I don't think it's the battery.
P.S.Before SGSII I owned HTC Desire for couple of years. I flashed and re-flashed it again and again, never had a brick etc. But when I decide to flash a custom ROM on SGSII for the first time phone gets bricked and even after recovering from brick phone is still f*****-up. Don't get me wrong I love this phone, it's better in every way but it's not exactly "flash friendly". Forums are full of stories of bricked SGSII. That makes me thinking should I choose a Samsung device if I'll be forced to buy a new phone...
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How can it be caused by battery when all times this happened phone was connected to a charger? All times after I turn it on I find a full battery.
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Simple, Because you cant run your phone just via charger, it goes from charger to device via battery so if your battery is faulty you could have lost power to device.
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Thing is that when the phone got bricked
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You're devcie was never "bricked". If it was your devcie would simply not power on or if it did it wouldnt go into download or recovery mode via buttons or jig.
If you can do the above yor devcie is not bricked. There is no such thing as a "soft brick", that is just a label n00bs like to use as a label for when they cant boot to system. Liek when they get a boot loop etc.
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But I'm using my original battery. Also like I mentioned earlier all this started after the brick.
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No it didnt.
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P.S.Before SGSII I owned HTC Desire for couple of years. I flashed and re-flashed it again and again, never had a brick etc.
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And you haven't on SGS2 either.
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But when I decide to flash a custom ROM on SGSII for the first time phone gets bricked
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No it doesnt.
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and even after recovering from brick phone is still f*****-up.
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No you didnt, you simply re-flashed a rom. When you're bricked this cannot be done (without hardware access/replace) hence the word "bricked"[/QUOTE]
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Don't get me wrong I love this phone, it's better in every way but it's not exactly "flash friendly".
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Wrong, its very flash friendly. Only thing you need to look out for is wiping data on leaked stock kernel.
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Forums are full of stories of bricked SGSII.
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1000% Untrue. They are full of stories from n00bs who "think" they have bricked their device, ie all the silly "soft-brick" topics.
My advice to you would be to check battery pins for bends or corrosion and also swap battery and see if you get different results.
Before any of this though you should try a kernel cleaning script, flash stock rom via ODIN and then flash Siyah kernel.
Jeez man! Why do you waste your an my time typing this long but pointless post?! To show how "l33t" you are? If so please stay away from this thread.
As for battery, if it is faulty why it's still fully charged? Also why does it act-up just once in a while? IMHO battery is quite a simple thing, either it charges or not. It looses it's capacity over time. Mine is about six months old and still lasts me about 36 hours.
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Jeez man! Why do you waste your an my time typing this long but pointless post?! To show how "l33t" you are? If so please stay away from this thread.
As for battery, if it is faulty why it's still fully charged? Also why does it act-up just once in a while? IMHO battery is quite a simple thing, either it charges or not. It looses it's capacity over time. Mine is about six months old and still lasts me about 36 hours.
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Because I was trying to help you [email protected] ungrateful moron! How on earth was it trying to sound "l33t" (By the way its "1337").
Your problem is that you create a thread about a problem you have with device and then dont even listen to what you get told with regards to advice from multiple people, ie check rom/kernel/battery. What the hell do you expect any of us to do give you some magic words you can say to solve your problem?
What I wrote was correcting your misconceptions and giving you on advice on how to resolve your issue, Did you even bother to read what I wrote at bottom??
Also you're been very narrow minded if you think that the only symptoms of a faulty battery is if it cant charge or hold charge. Symptoms can also include random drops of output which result in your phone losing power and rebooting or powering off which is exactly what is happening to you. Now I'm not saying this is your exact problem but the fact that you are ignoring this possibility shows how much of a fool you are been especially when been hostile towards people who are trying to "waste their time" helping you.
If you dont want our advice then I suggest you GTFO and find another site to post your problem on.
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n00bs
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[email protected] ungrateful moron
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a fool you are
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Wow, you're a real "keyboard cowboy". Do you tell same thing to people you don't know in real life? I bet you don't.
I already wrote this but I will repeat it one more time. I did full wipes, flashed a few different ROMs and kernels since this problem started. It didn't affect the problem in any way!
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Now I'm not saying this is your exact problem
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Reading your posts makes me think opposite. I will repeat myself shutdowns started right after recovering from "soft brick"/"NAND rw corruption" (which ever suits you better). Other reason I don't believe it's battery's fault is that I have never heard about:
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random drops of output
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in otherwise perfectly working battery.
Like everyone else I owned a bunch of cellphones, laptops, cordless drills, MP3 players and other battery-powered devices but never had such problem or heard about anyone having this exact problem. Would you care to elaborate about it?
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GTFO and find another site to post your problem on.
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I'm not going to do that only because there are a few "anal" people in this great community.
Ok, you're obviously an idiot and its pointless trying to help you. Good luck trying to find somebody who will help you now after showing how much of a **** you are to people trying to offer advice.
I'm off to play on my fully working i9100.
Bye.
Hi, I've done some googling and searching etc, I'm not sure if this is the 'Sudden Death' thing or not..
My phone was working fine, left it on the side for about an hour and went to check for txts... nothing, the screen wouldn't come on. Pretty sure I had a reasonable amount of battery left, tried to turn it on anyway, again nothing.. tried putting it on charge.. nothing..
Anyone have any ideas what I can actually do to fix it or make it work again? =/
I watched a youtube video of someones sudden death and theirs actually came on but only to the first Samsung screen, mine doesn't do anything at all.
Really don't want to lose stuff I have on the internal memory card either.. photos and stuff (not backed up anywhere) so if theres some magical way of retrieving that too that would also be helpful?
Thanks in advanced.
Samsung service center is the last option left
Just make sure your battery is ok before you take any drastic action
I think it is the infamous SDS
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
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I think it is the infamous SDS
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i think so, too :/
had the same problem and only a verified support centre and a time of 3 weeks could help...
Thanks for the replies everyone.
I read something about plugging in the USB and holding down the volume keys without the battery in and the computer is supposed to power the phone - This didn't work so I guess it's not the battery.
Does anyone know if they do replace the 'main board' or whatever do you lose your data?
Also... my screen is cracked and has been for ages now. does this void the warranty?
Thankss
sorry to say this,but yes. cracked screen means voided warranty ,they will say the phone was damaged when the incident happened!
That's what I thought, do you know even if they do fix it whether or not you lose your data?
Yes data lost if its a motherboard .
jje
I've just decided I'm never using internal memory again..lol.
If u r lucky then u can get 32gb s3. here in my place SDS faced 16gb s3 replaced with 32gb by service center peoples.
Hello all... After reading some threads I felt like I needed to start my own to clarify some things...
I have a friend who has a Galaxy SII (I9100) and she had some trouble with it...
SHe mentioned that her phone started acting erratic, freezing and saying that she didnt have enough memory (she only had 10 apps downloaded after a restore) and suddenly the phone restarted and a message saying that encription had failed. since I'm the one who fixes phones at work (from blackberry to iphone) she asked me if I could fix it.
The phone had pretty much like 80% batt left so I did what every mortal with a bit of knowledge would do... READ! I searched and the solution was to flash it with a newer firmware. I got the latest from SAMMOBILE and proceeded... For the record, the phone could get into recovery but recovery was messed up saying that a bunch of files were corrupt. I tried wiping and it showed an error message, so I proceeded to put it in download mode and set ODIN. Everything was going great... phone was detected,.. the process started.. Halfway through Odin FAILED... I restarted the phone and it didnt do anything... (crapping my pants started then...)
I started reading again (remembering the famous SDS on s3) and in different forums said that possibly some s2 came with the sds flaw and that that might have been my case. however, I always try to get more opions...
I tried using a USB JIG (which worked beautifully in other s2's that I have fixed) to no luck... With the battery in, the phone gets warm around the camera, but the usb jig doesnt do a thing...
So, I'm torn in two... My friend says that she thinks that the USB port was not working properly (she forgot to mention that at first) and sometimes it would appear af it nothing was connected and she had to jiggle the conector. I'm taking the phone to a service center tomorrow to check the port, but that is a pricey thing here in Venezuela... My second option is to sell it for spare parts...
Can I hear your opinions? Is it really hard bricked? Is it SDS?
I don't know which firmware it was running, and my friend doesnt know... my best guess is 2.3 since it's the one it came with and she never updated...
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Hello all... After reading some threads I felt like I needed to start my own to clarify some things...
I have a friend who has a Galaxy SII (I9100) and she had some trouble with it...
SHe mentioned that her phone started acting erratic, freezing and saying that she didnt have enough memory (she only had 10 apps downloaded after a restore) and suddenly the phone restarted and a message saying that encription had failed. since I'm the one who fixes phones at work (from blackberry to iphone) she asked me if I could fix it.
The phone had pretty much like 80% batt left so I did what every mortal with a bit of knowledge would do... READ! I searched and the solution was to flash it with a newer firmware. I got the latest from SAMMOBILE and proceeded... For the record, the phone could get into recovery but recovery was messed up saying that a bunch of files were corrupt. I tried wiping and it showed an error message, so I proceeded to put it in download mode and set ODIN. Everything was going great... phone was detected,.. the process started.. Halfway through Odin FAILED... I restarted the phone and it didnt do anything... (crapping my pants started then...)
I started reading again (remembering the famous SDS on s3) and in different forums said that possibly some s2 came with the sds flaw and that that might have been my case. however, I always try to get more opions...
I tried using a USB JIG (which worked beautifully in other s2's that I have fixed) to no luck... With the battery in, the phone gets warm around the camera, but the usb jig doesnt do a thing...
So, I'm torn in two... My friend says that she thinks that the USB port was not working properly (she forgot to mention that at first) and sometimes it would appear af it nothing was connected and she had to jiggle the conector. I'm taking the phone to a service center tomorrow to check the port, but that is a pricey thing here in Venezuela... My second option is to sell it for spare parts...
Can I hear your opinions? Is it really hard bricked? Is it SDS?
I don't know which firmware it was running, and my friend doesnt know... my best guess is 2.3 since it's the one it came with and she never updated...
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Is she hot?
It seems that she was on 4.0.4, so yeah, bricked because of the wipes.
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ok... I assume it's bricked... but is it unbrickable?
Kinda...yeah; you'll need a mobo change.
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joancolmenares said:
ok... I assume it's bricked... but is it unbrickable?
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Lol no, if it's because of the emmc brick bug then, maybe if you can still access recovery some repartition techniques might work but still don't get your hopes up, but if you have a faulty port then it will further worsen your situation.
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It all points to brick bug, never wipe on 4.0.4 (nor back up/restore).
She can claim warranty, samsung is to blame for this bug
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Well.. warranty will not work... the phone is like 2 years old and in our country this doesnt work for impored phones... it was not bought from a carrier.
Huguito's legacy, try an usb jig.
You've got nothing to lose.
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I have a USB jig which ha worked with another S2, S3, Note... but it is not working... I think I may have an issue with the USB connector... Any way, will try something tomorrow... and if it doesnt work, will sell it as spare... Thanks all for the comments...
Let me know how much would you like for it, was it made in Korea?
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Hi,
Yesterday, all of a sudden my S2 crashed for no reason and I haven't been able to boot it ever since. First, I put out the battery, put it back in and everything seemed to be ok, but when the screen with the Samsung logo came on nothing happened. I tried this a few times, still the same. So I started to search on the internet for soluitons and found out about the 'recovery mode'. I got it into recovery mode and chose 'reboot', and after that my phone totally stopped working...
Now it won't even turn on or anything, when the phone is on the charger there's no sign that it's charging. I've tried another battery but it stays the same. I've got the phone for 2.5 years and never had any problems with it and never rooted or flashed it.
I've searched this forum a bit and I saw some quite simular problems, but because at first I got into download mode I thouigt my case is a bit different. So, is there anything else I can do to help fix this?
Service centre or local mobile repair shop.
MistahBungle said:
Service centre or local mobile repair shop.
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You can try this if nothing works at all in the end if you are going to replace your Motherboard
[link] http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f258/samsung-galaxy-s2-i9100-short-circuit-solution-1537757/[/link]
Be aware to do this thing..
Thanks so far, but can someone tell me how it's possible that these devices just stop working? Never had any problems with it at all.
You guys think an USB jig etc. won't work? I've recently saved all photos/videos.. But I didn't save agenda items/contacts and such, because there was no reason to believe that the phone would crash in near future.
Seriously ? Electronics of all kinds (phones, PC's, whatever) die without warning for all kinds of warnings. Not like electronic components can give you some pop up warning saying 'Oh yeah, BTW, I'm about to bite the dust, you better back your **** up'.
A jig is unlikely to work, but eh, maybe you'll be the 1 in 10,000 cases like this where it will work. So you definitely try one if you can get one.
Saying 'But I didn't save agenda items/contacts and such, because there was no reason to believe that the phone would crash in near future' is beyond ridiculous. If you've got stuff that's really important to you & the loss of that stuff is going to cause you angst, you're a fool if you're not backing it up regularly. Even on a completely stock phone this is a cinch to do (Kies).
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Seriously ? Electronics of all kinds (phones, PC's, whatever) die without warning for all kinds of warnings. Not like electronic components can give you some pop up warning saying 'Oh yeah, BTW, I'm about to bite the dust, you better back your **** up'.
A jig is unlikely to work, but eh, maybe you'll be the 1 in 10,000 cases like this where it will work. So you definitely try one if you can get one.
Saying 'But I didn't save agenda items/contacts and such, because there was no reason to believe that the phone would crash in near future' is beyond ridiculous. If you've got stuff that's really important to you & the loss of that stuff is going to cause you angst, you're a fool if you're not backing it up regularly. Even on a completely stock phone this is a cinch to do (Kies).
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bro calm down
and tell will that capacitor thing will work ??
I mean take a look at that link.. people who have dead s2's without even water damage have able to boot up the phone by removing that capacitor...
what do you think ?
No idea, never tried it (and wouldn't). I'd bite the bullet & pay someone to fix my phone properly or buy another one, and I'd also have all my stuff backed up so I can restore it when I get my phone fixed/to my new phone.
Edit - I'm perfectly calm. I refuse to show any empathy/sympathy to stupid people who don't back important data up & then cry when that data is lost.
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Seriously ? Electronics of all kinds (phones, PC's, whatever) die without warning for all kinds of warnings. Not like electronic components can give you some pop up warning saying 'Oh yeah, BTW, I'm about to bite the dust, you better back your **** up'.
A jig is unlikely to work, but eh, maybe you'll be the 1 in 10,000 cases like this where it will work. So you definitely try one if you can get one.
Saying 'But I didn't save agenda items/contacts and such, because there was no reason to believe that the phone would crash in near future' is beyond ridiculous. If you've got stuff that's really important to you & the loss of that stuff is going to cause you angst, you're a fool if you're not backing it up regularly. Even on a completely stock phone this is a cinch to do (Kies).
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I backed up most of my stuff so calm down please Last backup was like half a year ago so I'm only missing some phone numbers and my agenda. The point is that I would like to know if there's any possibility to save the phone like it was when it crashed? So with messages/settings/apps etc.
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and tell will that capacitor thing will work ??
I mean take a look at that link.. people who have dead s2's without even water damage have able to boot up the phone by removing that capacitor...
what do you think ?
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And what exactly is this?
akhil17kr said:
You can try this if nothing works at all in the end if you are going to replace your Motherboard
forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f258/samsung-galaxy-s2-i9100-short-circuit-solution-1537757
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I've read this page but I don't completely get it.. Do I have to get new components or something? I think that page is mostly about water damage... or am I wrong?
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I backed up most of my stuff so calm down please Last backup was like half a year ago so I'm only missing some phone numbers and my agenda. The point is that I would like to know if there's any possibility to save the phone like it was when it crashed? So with messages/settings/apps etc.
And what exactly is this?
I've read this page but I don't completely get it.. Do I have to get new components or something? I think that page is mostly about water damage... or am I wrong?
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yes ... about those people who have water damaged their s2's
but some people whose s2's are dead not aby water damaged also saved by this thing..
It says to remove that Capacitor.. and try to turn on phone again...
Its not a guarantee that it'll work... just an last experiment done on Motherboard that may save it...BEFORE REPLACEMENT
akhil17kr said:
yes ... about those people who have water damaged their s2's
but some people whose s2's are dead not aby water damaged also saved by this thing..
It says to remove that Capacitor.. and try to turn on phone again...
Its not a guarantee that it'll work... just an last experiment done on Motherboard that may save it...BEFORE REPLACEMENT
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So just remove this thing and no replacement? Sorry if I'm a bit confused, but everyone is saying something else
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So just remove this thing and no replacement? Sorry if I'm a bit confused, but everyone is saying something else
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you can try that..if you have finally decided to replace your motherboard at all...
may be it could...
have you gone to the local mobile repair shop ? what they said ??
I'd rather try everything not to have to replace the motherboard. Cause like I said earlier: If there's any possibility to save the phone like it was when it crashed, so with messages/settings/apps etc. it's better offcourse... Or is it when I remove/replace this capacitor all will be lost also?
I'm going to visit the local store this afternoon to see what they have to say about it... But there's no warranty on this phone anymore so I guess fixing will be (too) expensive.
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I'd rather try everything not to have to replace the motherboard. Cause like I said earlier: If there's any possibility to save the phone like it was when it crashed, so with messages/settings/apps etc. it's better offcourse... Or is it when I remove/replace this capacitor all will be lost also?
I'm going to visit the local store this afternoon to see what they have to say about it... But there's no warranty on this phone anymore so I guess fixing will be (too) expensive.
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what did local repair shop owners said then ??
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what did local repair shop owners said then ??
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First went to local mobile phone store, only thing they did was putting the phone on a charger and say: Can't be fixed. Then I went to the repair store and they said that only looking at it what the problem could be would cost €30,-, and they couldn't guarantee that the problem would be solved then so...?
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First went to local mobile phone store, only thing they did was putting the phone on a charger and say: Can't be fixed. Then I went to the repair store and they said that only looking at it what the problem could be would cost €30,-, and they couldn't guarantee that the problem would be solved then so...?
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Try another shop.... It costs nothing just to check and see..
This friday I will visit a repair store in another town.. See what they have to say about it.
Just for the record: If the USB Jig method works, do I lose my data after all?
I got a USB-Jig and tried to get the phone into download mode, but it didn't work. Are there any other solutions left?
Eh no.