hello all.
just now i format my GF SGS 2 using CWM - mount and storage.
- what i did : unmount [efs\cache\system\data]
format the above.
wipe data\fact' res' + cache partition + Dalvik
how stupid am i ?
don't really know how bad is it, but now when i charge the phone while of i see no bat.
thank you, i'm a bit panic.
Try reflash the ROM in cwm, no wipe.
Or restore a previous nandroid backup with cwm.
After wiping efs, do you still have connection to your carrier ,and have imei number?
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hi mate
yes, just now re-flash the Darky[HD], connection and IMEI is fine but serial num is unavailable, don't know if it's Ok.
is there any damage it could do ? GPS lock and stuff ... \=
thank you for your respond, much appreciated.
BWT, it's a T ver' like your's, and now at boot screen i have a big [!], is it normal ?
farjeman said:
yes, just now re-flash the Darky[HD], connection and IMEI is fine but serial num is unavailable, don't know if it's Ok.
is there any damage it could do ? GPS lock and stuff ... \=
thank you for your respond, much appreciated.
BWT, it's a T ver' like your's, and now at boot screen i have a big [!], is it normal ?
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My phone says serial number 'unknown', not sure of ever had, but is fine.
Think you should be OK with GPS etc, just try it, preferably with a clear view of the sky.
If what you mean by the '!' Being a 'warning triangle'? If so, to remove:
Gingerbread : Power off and insert Samsung USB jig
ICS : Reset with https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.triangleaway
The warning triangle and flash counter won't hurt anything , but will be evidence to void warranty. These methods reset and remove.
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Hi, I recently rooted my sk17i using the unsecure kernel and superoneclick. Then I accidentally uninstalled one system application that was necessary in the phone. So I decided to do a factory reset in the phone.
After the reset, phone was still rooted, everything was normal and fresh. But then I noticed that the Home button is not working.(can't minimize tasks) :-(
All other buttons are working normally. Another difference I found was, when i long press the power button, Only the 'power off' option is displayed. Earlier there were silent mode and flight mode.
Then i tried connecting usb to my laptop. Earlier, everything was working fine. Now memory card is not connected in MSC mode. And I can't use usb tethering.
Another problem I found was, when I short press the power button, as usually display turns off. But when I press it again, screen comes instantly without showing the unlock slider. I can't use any screen lock security because the screen is not getting locked.
Everything was perfect even after rooting. I can't understand what will possibly go wrong after a factory reset.
Please help. Thanks in advance..
Hey,
I'm no expert so apologies if this is no help.
Have you tried to get the phone into fastboot mode again to re-flash the ROM?
I should imagine this would restore all the .apk you have removed including the essential app that has caused your problem.
Hope this is of help,
Joe
Me too think you should do a flash. it would fix it i think
Thanks for ur response. Now after all the experiments I conducted on my phone, I realize what a foolish question that was. . what I realize now is :
A factory reset will only wipe the /data partition. if any file is deleted from the /system partition, it is gone for ever. so, flashing the ROM is the only solution.
Hi Brother
ashokmkd said:
Thanks for ur response. Now after all the experiments I conducted on my phone, I realize what a foolish question that was. . what I realize now is :
A factory reset will only wipe the /data partition. if any file is deleted from the /system partition, it is gone for ever. so, flashing the ROM is the only solution.
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Is it works fine? i m also using Xperia Mini Pro SK17i. i need to root my device..
Did u do backup?
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Hi,
Sorry for myu english but i'm french.
I've have a Samsung Galaxy S2 with battery Samsung of 2000 mAh.
Since some days, i've problem because i've lost my modem and then airplane all the time.
I've flashed the last KK2 but nothing change.
Before this, i've used Lite'ning 1.5 and after Criskelrom V29 - 30 - 31.
My first problem was with the charge of my battery. I've a logo with a yellow triangle and a termomether ... The charge doesn't work but when i've putted my new battery of 2000 mAh, it's work.
What can i made for to solve my problem ?
Thanks before for your help.
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Did your imei got changed as well? Can you check?
If do, your efs partition is corrupt if you have backed up your efs restore it
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Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
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Neo said:
Did your imei got changed as well? Can you check?
If do, your efs partition is corrupt if you have backed up your efs restore it
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Hi Neo,
I don't know if my imei is changed but i'll checked this soon as possible.
I don't understand efs partition and then i've no backup of this.
Titanium Backup have the applications and data but not this one i think ...
Neo said:
Did your imei got changed as well? Can you check?
If do, your efs partition is corrupt if you have backed up your efs restore it
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Can I read the IMEI from any file in the EFS folder?
When i put in the dialer " *#06# ", the imei is empty, blank, nothing appear !
Now i search with GSII_Repair and GS Unlock ...
Nothing work !
What can i do ?
Anybody for to help me ?
Traduction with google :
Well yet again I reflash via Odin then flashed a stock rom old bootloader to try to be back compatible with the jig.
I rebooted and telephone network operational! Imei apparent and the whole shebang!
My joy was short lived as I reboot, network ... more reboot back network ... I press the power button the screen freezes a little and reboot itself ...
Even when I turn it off, he goes out and comes back only after a few seconds ... he is in charge and I do not know if that's the reason ...
In short, everything here is more and more strange.
I must succeed in bringing this absolutely counter to 0 flash! Then keep a stock rom + kernel and correct modem. To erase all traces on the internal SD, a complete wipe / factory is not the guarantor?
Or what to delete and what to keep accurate please?
Edit: even more weird ... When I go through Settings / About Phone / Status / My phone number is completely wrong!
I just try to call the number listed and not assigned! If I call the right number, the two rings my SGS ...
Hi, I am new to Samsung I previously had HTC's but I got a Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100 and tried unlocking it with galaxys_unlock tool from Android market and it worked, unlocked the phone I tried a new sim card but then it started crashing very shortly after unlocking and now it is just stuck on Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100 boot screen and keeps rebooting from there. I tried reflashing stock firmware on it and still same result. Is there any way to rescue it. I have tried all the bootloop threads but they all seem to be related to kernel problems and software problems I tried all the fixes but they don't work. Is my phone hardbricked or something? I can get into download mode and am able to flash new roms with odin but can not get into recovery mode at all. When i press the buttons to get into recovery mode the device just shuts down and reboots. Please say I can fix it. Thanks guys.
You shouldnt need to reflash.. being stuck there is sometimes normal as it normaly means you didnt wipe any cache or do a factory reset so it gets stuck at boot...
Flash the phone with the ROM you wanted.. & then root if you wish...when it boots & gets stuck... do this...
remove battery, wait 30 seconds or so & pop it back in...
Boot to recovery & wipe cache, then factory reset.. then advanced & wipe dalvik cache
reboot phone...skip all the startup **** & go into phone & do a factory reset from there once rebooted your phone will be up & running..... I hope...
also this will wipe everything as if a clean install....
War3zuk said:
You shouldnt need to reflash.. being stuck there is sometimes normal as it normaly means you didnt wipe any cache or do a factory reset so it gets stuck at boot...
Flash the phone with the ROM you wanted.. & then root if you wish...when it boots & gets stuck... do this...
remove battery, wait 30 seconds or so & pop it back in...
Boot to recovery & wipe cache, then factory reset.. then advanced & wipe dalvik cache
reboot phone...skip all the startup **** & go into phone & do a factory reset from there once rebooted your phone will be up & running..... I hope...
also this will wipe everything as if a clean install....
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I cant get to recovery though
You may not have recovery, if u flash a stick ROM/kernel that doesn't have CWM then of course your not gonna be able to enter it
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chronic8000 said:
I cant get to recovery though
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You're probably doing it wrong.
blade30p said:
You may not have recovery, if u flash a stick ROM/kernel that doesn't have CWM then of course your not gonna be able to enter it
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Because stock kernels don't have recovery? <insert I'm with stoopid smiley here>
oinkylicious said:
You're probably doing it wrong.
Because stock kernels don't have recovery? <insert I'm with stoopid smiley here>
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I know stock kernels don't have recovery, but I have already tried flashing CWM and Sirah both of which have recovery and it passes with odin and still doesn't work!
Stock kernels have stock recovery
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I think you missed the question mark. Stock kernels most certainly do have recovery.
Anyway, I stand by my statement, you're probably not doing the correct procedure to enter recovery.
oinkylicious said:
I think you missed the question mark. Stock kernels most certainly do have recovery.
Anyway, I stand by my statement, you're probably not doing the correct procedure to enter recovery.
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I know how to get into recovery, hold down volume up, home and power for 10 seconds. It is like the unlock tool has bricked my partitions or something. Now my battery has died and will not even charge, Download mode says "Can't download, battery too low" and shows no signs of life when plugged into a charger.
I changed the charger and now it looks like it is charging but the charging animation that shows when the phone is off and charging doesn't do anything, it just has a battery symbol with a static circle in the middle, not sure if it is actually charging or not but still doesn't fix the fact i can't get into recovery or even boot a stock rom flashed by odin.
Could the unlock tool have bricked my phone or could it have wiped the IMEI? Would a blank IMEI stop the phone from booting?
Thanks for your help guys. Really need my S2 working again and hoping it is not a return to samsung jobby as I have not got a USB Jig to reset the flash counter.
Did you backup your efs folder before running the unlock tool?
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Stileth said:
Did you backup your efs folder before running the unlock tool?
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Yes I did but I looked for it on the SD card and couldn't find it. Please tell me it hasn't saved it on the internal memory...
chronic8000 said:
I changed the charger and now it looks like it is charging but the charging animation that shows when the phone is off and charging doesn't do anything, it just has a battery symbol with a static circle in the middle, not sure if it is actually charging or not but still doesn't fix the fact i can't get into recovery or even boot a stock rom flashed by odin.
Could the unlock tool have bricked my phone or could it have wiped the IMEI? Would a blank IMEI stop the phone from booting?
Thanks for your help guys. Really need my S2 working again and hoping it is not a return to samsung jobby as I have not got a USB Jig to reset the flash counter.
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Phone will so no signal when imei foder get deleted,it cant be bricked with imei deleted.leave phone in charging for few hour and then chexk back.
manojcitc said:
Phone will so no signal when imei foder get deleted,it cant be bricked with imei deleted.leave phone in charging for few hour and then chexk back.
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yes I am going to leave it on charge for a few hours but when it was working it wouldn't boot at all, there is no way a missing imei or corrupted nvdata.bin / efs could stop the phone from booting then?
OK it has been on charge for an hour and a half and all it has done is get hot, I cant access download mode any more as it says "LOW BATTERY!! CAN'T DOWNLOAD!!" So I am stuck, dont know what to do now. If i send it back to samsung do they ask for proof of purchase or is the fact I have the box and everything proof enough? Just asking as I had that with HTC ages ago.
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OK it has been on charge for an hour and a half and all it has done is get hot, I cant access download mode any more as it says "LOW BATTERY!! CAN'T DOWNLOAD!!" So I am stuck, dont know what to do now. If i send it back to samsung do they ask for proof of purchase or is the fact I have the box and everything proof enough? Just asking as I had that with HTC ages ago.
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Damn. You can get unlock codes for $10 on eBay, not worth messing your phone over 10 bucks. For now, I guess you are stuck.
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FromiOSToAndroid said:
Damn. You can get unlock codes for $10 on eBay, not worth messing your phone over 10 bucks. For now, I guess you are stuck.
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Gee thanks, really useful input there.
I will pay £20 by paypal on 17th when i get paid to person who helps me fix this
If someone is actually knowledgeable enough to help me fix this I will pay them £20GBP by PayPal on 17th August when I get paid.
My wifes going to send her phone back to Samsung soon and they asked for proof of purchase.
Were ok there,but I suppose other people may not have that.It looks like they are trying to get out of fixing their phones.
All they should be doing is checking the phones not lost/stolen then get on with the repair ........tossers
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May I ask what is your S2 version? Are you sure it is an International version?
I would suggest to re-download a different ROM and flash it using ODIN 1.85.
About the warranty, I think the receipt is really needed to avail this. Unless you're willing to spend some cash for the repair.
so the phone was on coffee table. I noticed it vibrates so i look at it . and its on a solid blue led light and the samsung logo is circling/glowing in a loop. so pulled battery , left for a few mins and turn on but its same problem?
its s3 uk . btu. its on 4.1.2 for a good 3 months . had phone maybe just a year never had any problems until today.
i am getting s3 btu uk 4.1.2 firmware and flash it . but how can i enable usb debugging if i cannot boot up phone?
i can get it into donwload mode ,
and some sort of menu mode when i hold up button instead . something about wipe / factory?
cv65user said:
i can get it into donwload mode ,
and some sort of menu mode when i hold up button instead . something about wipe / factory?
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The other mode is called recovery mode.
The factory reset will wipe your data - although most will be probably backed up and restored later.
Try that, if it doesn't work, flash with the download mode.
Skander1998 said:
The other mode is called recovery mode.
The factory reset will wipe your data - although most will be probably backed up and restored later.
Try that, if it doesn't work, flash with the download mode.
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hi thank u for your quick reply. i dot have a back up of anything , i know . i have my contacts backed up onto google address book . but not the texts.
so i think i going to try flash with odin to see what happens if i can
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hi thank u for your quick reply. i dot have a back up of anything , i know . i have my contacts backed up onto google address book . but not the texts.
so i think i going to try flash with odin to see what happens if i can
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Did wiping from recovery mode not help? try that before trying odin, it's much safer.
Also, please follow all the instructions when dealing with odin, misuse can hard brick your device and turn it into 600$ useless paperweight.
no i just relfahsed with odin , and it restarted it then said re installing 0/200 apps like it started up first time then it restarted and now its back in a reboot loop
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no i just relfahsed with odin , and it restarted it then said re installing 0/200 apps like it started up first time then it restarted and now its back in a reboot loop
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Weird, seems like a problem with one of the apps (?) since it was reinstalling them, factory reset from the recovery menu and see if that makes the difference now that you flashed with Odin.
If not please report back.
PS: wipe dalvick cache under advanced in recovery.
it wasn't reinstalling them. it was optimizing them because the cache was cleared. you need to factory reset. factory reset from stock recovery will also wipe the internal sd though
i am not rooted so dont have access to clr dalvik cache
flashuing stock rom with odin didnt work .
factory reset worked !!
lost all my torrents and stuff on sd card . teach me to back up now
thank u
read the guides
FolderSync
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Hi you would never guess what. It happened again. I restored all google apps say 100. Then I was using SMS back and restore to restore about 16k texts . I have lost about two months since the last back so my phone had handled more txtx s then 17k texts
Then it was stuck on solid blue led and glowing samsung logo again . So I just factory restored and now it's ok again ,but now I lost all my stuff again having stayed up until. 4am in the morning rode loading and re installing all apps
Seems like something is hitting all the cache causing the phone to semi brick ? Could it be a bad cache ? So when the phone writes to that caches it bricks it?
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Seems like something is hitting all the cache causing the phone to semi brick ? Could it be a bad cache ? So when the phone writes to that caches it bricks it?
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No idea, is everything fine now?
Is your problem resolved?
Not really
I just been googgling , is this what they call sudden death?
I did call up samsung service centre and my phone is still under its two year warranty so I got time to take it back.
He did seem helpful but issue is I have fixed it by wipe and factory reset so problem is now not present so not much he can do
The service centre did say if they can not find or repeat the fault then they can't do anything and would send same phone back. Having come from iPhone , it seems the service is not as good . When I had problems with my iPhone they just swapped it out after they plugged it into some machine.
It's been ok today. Though, it's restored all the same apps I had and it hasn't bricked itself yet thank god
I am using app back up and restore and it's sayings I got 290 apps lol
17k of text messages, that maybe the problem..
Regards
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Long story short i was playing Clash of Clans on my phone for 5 minutes. The screen starts to "flicker" meaning lines of brighter light appear and flashing. Phone turns off. Phone restarts itself and i find it drained from 80% battery life to 4% after the whole ordeal. Any suggestions of how to fix this would be brilliant.
Also, like to add if my phone doesn't turn off it instead causes my 3G mobile network to shutdown or if I'm on wifi the wifi signal will cut out. This is all just from playing clash of clans.
P.S. had my S3 for 10 months had no problems with it in the past until about a month ago when i started playing clash of clans. Phone is rooted.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
Dude
Have you rooted your S3?
And are you using any kind of custom kernel and ROM?
If yes then u may change ur kernel or kernel settings like changing the undervolt setting to stock!
And if no then u may try by formatting ur device!
I have also faced the same problem but in my case it used to happen only when my battery level used to go below 20%!
So now I have changed my ROM and kernel with a complete format and now its all fine...
Hope it will help u
Your battery is ancient and needs replacing.
FireBlazeGT said:
Dude
Have you rooted your S3?
And are you using any kind of custom kernel and ROM?
If yes then u may change ur kernel or kernel settings like changing the undervolt setting to stock!
And if no then u may try by formatting ur device!
I have also faced the same problem but in my case it used to happen only when my battery level used to go below 20%!
So now I have changed my ROM and kernel with a complete format and now its all fine...
Hope it will help u
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Thanks for replying.
Yes my phone is rooted i don't have any custom kernel or ROM
I could try formatting my device if i knew what to do.
If possible could u link me a tutorial on how to do that would be greatly appreciated.
Dray161 said:
Thanks for replying.
Yes my phone is rooted i don't have any custom kernel or ROM
I could try formatting my device if i knew what to do.
If possible could u link me a tutorial on how to do that would be greatly appreciated.
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You can do so by :-
1st method
●Go to settings
●Go to backup and reset
●Click on factory reset device
●click on reset device
2nd method:-
●Go to your recovery
●click on wipe data/factory reset!
Above methods will reset your device
If you want to completely format your device
Then
●Go to your recovery (CWM)
●Go to mount and storage section
●Click on format Data!
Hope it must have helped you
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You can do so by :-
1st method
●Go to settings
●Go to backup and reset
●Click on factory reset device
●click on reset device
2nd method:-
●Go to your recovery
●click on wipe data/factory reset!
Above methods will reset your device
If you want to completely format your device
Then
●Go to your recovery (CWM)
●Go to mount and storage section
●Click on format Data!
Hope it must have helped you
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Thanks a lot dude been a great help!! http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/icons/icon14.gif
did this ever solve your problem? I am going through this too
Same problem here i9305
samura1ul said:
Same problem here i9305
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I have the same problem too weeks ago. changed new battery same result. it overheats and shuts off very frequently like 20mins to 1 hour. then I begin to diagnose 1 by 1 like deleting seldom use apps. still the same until I turn off wifi then only will it last. my solution is an app called Advanced Wifi Lock from playstore as it has helped me before during those days of flashing roms to tablet. its been more than 3 weeks now and it runs like new and never once shut off . remember mine is new battery and also see if its wifi related. hope it helps if its relevant.