Advice Please - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Been rooting my SG2for some time however, last night I did a factory rest and the phone bricked.....I used my jig to get back to reload and via odin I tried installing tar files back . However after it reboots up it does not run corrctly anf freezes.....One messaqge that keeps appearing is ANDROID PROCESS.ACORE
Any ideas whas occuring and is there another download that will sort this.
Thanks
sr

did you wipe after flash?
use the dial code to wipe.
or if that fails using cwm format system data cache and flash again using odin.

That happened to me. Same as above post,wipe all and flash with odin.
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Thanks..
Managed to sort it .... although whats the dial code option ?
Thanks
sr

Dial code to wipe
*2767*3855#
It will do factory reset also erases your Internal sdcard.
Only work on stock ROM

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Help, cannot flash through odin, it keeps failing

BEFORE anyone mention that this problem has been mentioned before, read twice.
i was on omega rom, it kept rebooting. so i cleared cache and all that stuff. shut down the phone, booted in download mode. tried flashing my stock firmware KK3, it goes up to flashing kernel then fails.
when i turn the phone off and on i get the a different screen saying firmware upgrade failed try restoring via kies.
i tried lp2 firmware it flashes fine. could it be that i was using ICS before and now it doesnt let me go back to 2.3.6
pls respond with solutions
Omega has ICS themed ROMs but no ICS firmware ROMs so it wont be cos of that.Did you try a full system wipe before the flash??
boot to recovery and wipe cache partition.Then go to "mounts and storage" and format System/Data/Cache and then do a factory reset then reboot.The Phone probably wont go past the Galaxy-S logo so pull the battery then put it back in and boot to download mode and try the flash again.If that doesnt work you could try to flash the F/W that works and then flash a new kernel.After that try the 2.3.6 flash again.
cooza said:
Omega has ICS themed ROMs but no ICS firmware ROMs so it wont be cos of that.Did you try a full system wipe before the flash??
boot to recovery and wipe cache partition.Then go to "mounts and storage" and format System/Data/Cache and then do a factory reset then reboot.The Phone probably wont go past the Galaxy-S logo so pull the battery then put it back in and boot to download mode and try the flash again.If that doesnt work you could try to flash the F/W that works and then flash a new kernel.After that try the 2.3.6 flash again.
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Thx I will try it soon. But how come I can flash ics kp8 and lp2 roms
Are you using the new bootloader then?
That one Im not sure of but I have read on other threads that people have had to "repartition" their phones to be able to flash back from ICS.Not bieng on ICS I dont see why you cant as the Omega ROM was just themed.Im on the latest Omega and its 2.3.6. so 100% positive it wasnt ICS.Also Try stupid things like another com port.Happened to me once.The one I was using when I had an i9000 stopped letting me flash it via Odin when it reached the same stage every time I tried.Dont Know why.Just had to change ports.Try everything:
1.Full wipe and flash.....If that dont work then...
2.Flash F/W that works then change kernel and flash old bootloader(as mentioned above)never know,might work.
http://www.multiupload.com/LQQBRQVJUD
Flash it in PDA in Odin.
ALso you could try a program called "Fus Downloader"
http://fus.nanzen.se/
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Clean Slate for those that balls up the firmware .Or need to return to service or decide if its hardware/firmware problem .
Backup data first if phone is working .
Boot CWM recovery
Mounts and Storage
Format cache data system sd card .
Remove battery
Boot to download mode
Open Odin
Install correct stock firmware .
jje
when i had problems with odin failing i changed the usb cable and it worked a treat. wouldnt work at all with a cheap unofficial cable
KevandLynds said:
when i had problems with odin failing i changed the usb cable and it worked a treat. wouldnt work at all with a cheap unofficial cable
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True.Same thing happened to my mate.He has an i9000 and Odin stopped flashing his phone but only if he used a PIT file so I gave him my i9100 cable and it started flashing his phone again with PIT file selected.Weird how things work sometimes for no real reason.Anyway Nandroid backups are always a good call.could have saved some trouble the this case.Ive got a Nandroid backup on my phone and copied to DropBox thats months old but it would get me out of trouble if this sort of thing happened to me Even though its old as.Gotta have that saftey net.
zabihjan said:
BEFORE anyone mention that this problem has been mentioned before, read twice.
i was on omega rom, it kept rebooting. so i cleared cache and all that stuff. shut down the phone, booted in download mode. tried flashing my stock firmware KK3, it goes up to flashing kernel then fails.
when i turn the phone off and on i get the a different screen saying firmware upgrade failed try restoring via kies.
i tried lp2 firmware it flashes fine. could it be that i was using ICS before and now it doesnt let me go back to 2.3.6
pls respond with solutions
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Try flashing a Gignerbread bootloader using Odin
happel92 said:
Try flashing a Gignerbread bootloader using Odin
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I will try it soon thx
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JJEgan said:
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Clean Slate for those that balls up the firmware .Or need to return to service or decide if its hardware/firmware problem .
Backup data first if phone is working .
Boot CWM recovery
Mounts and Storage
Format cache data system sd card .
Remove battery
Boot to download mode
Open Odin
Install correct stock firmware .
jje
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Tried dont work i can only flash ics roms
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pulser_g2 said:
Are you using the new bootloader then?
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Old bootloader as i can use my jig to clear counts
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cooza said:
Omega has ICS themed ROMs but no ICS firmware ROMs so it wont be cos of that.Did you try a full system wipe before the flash??
boot to recovery and wipe cache partition.Then go to "mounts and storage" and format System/Data/Cache and then do a factory reset then reboot.The Phone probably wont go past the Galaxy-S logo so pull the battery then put it back in and boot to download mode and try the flash again.If that doesnt work you could try to flash the F/W that works and then flash a new kernel.After that try the 2.3.6 flash again.
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Didnt work
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Mate,thats a strange one alright.
Any luck yet.I was thinking that you might have to look for a package that has the older 4 file flash with pit.Its possible that maybe you need to repartition your device.Might be hard to find thought.

[Q] Bootloop after Factory reset

I was trying to factory reset my phone. I removed SD card and dialed this code *2767*3855#
, but now its stuck in bootloop. Samsung animation without sound again and again. Then insterted SD card with a cwm backup, tried to restore via cwm, but again boot loop.
Flash Rom via ODIN
I suppose this is a filesystem problem, have you ever mess with it? (Rfs, ext4 and such)
Flash DXKPB (The one I use to repair my usual bootloop) with Odin, Full package. Make sure it has data.rfs flashed (You can see it in odin log)
I suppose this is
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OK Just flashed via Odin, and cleared cache and data and working. Thanx everybody.
But CWM really let me down. I didn't mess with any system files or like that.
Were You trying to flash new rom?
No, I just got a new Class 10 sd card, so I thougt to put it in after a factory reset so that things may get faster.
I had the same issue with my phone after installing Cyanogenmod well not exactly after but once I attempted to boot back to my phone decided to ignore any rom backup. I had to reinstall Gingerbread on my phone again and then using odin once I figured this out it only took me 10 minutes to get back on my mobile then I just recovered my default ROM using clockwork. Hope this helped.
animal_he said:
I was trying to factory reset my phone. I removed SD card and dialed this code *2767*3855#
, but now its stuck in bootloop. Samsung animation without sound again and again. Then insterted SD card with a cwm backup, tried to restore via cwm, but again boot loop.
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dont wory buddy. just get into recovery and wipe data and cache. it will all be fine after that. I had the same problem and solved it like this.
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[Q] Going around in circles with bootloop

Hi I hope someone can help I flashed stock generic firmware GT-I9100_XEU_I9100XWKI4_I9100XEUKH2_I9100XXKI1 my phone restarted as normal and after logging in it updated to (crap ICS) via Samsung update the phone loaded but when I checked version info baseband was blank so I tried several times to reinstall stock after clearing cache and data but although odin says pass I am still stuck with boot loop, I have also tried to install my carrier rom Three UK GT-I9100_H3G_I9100XWKI8_I9100H3GKI2_I9100NEKI2 but after loading it stays on S boot loop screen
any idea what I can do to get my phone to work again
thanks
Mike
mike2098 said:
Hi I hope someone can help I flashed stock generic firmware GT-I9100_XEU_I9100XWKI4_I9100XEUKH2_I9100XXKI1 my phone restarted as normal and after logging in it updated to (crap ICS) via Samsung update the phone loaded but when I checked version info baseband was blank so I tried several times to reinstall stock after clearing cache and data but although odin says pass I am still stuck with boot loop, I have also tried to install my carrier rom Three UK GT-I9100_H3G_I9100XWKI8_I9100H3GKI2_I9100NEKI2 but after loading it stays on S boot loop screen
any idea what I can do to get my phone to work again
thanks
Mike
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Boot into the Android recovery, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition. Works every time.
Also, no need to post a new thread for this as there's a sticky for it ._.
were u on ics b4 u flashd..if yes then i gess ur files dint install well ,and on update to ics via kies right???if ur facing prblm then y not factory reset...
rocky23 said:
were u on ics b4 u flashd..if yes then i gess ur files dint install well ,and on update to ics via kies right???if ur facing prblm then y not factory reset...
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Or buy an English spell checker as what you post is gibberish to most people .No extra charge on XDA for using actual words .
jje
Azure Flame Kite said:
Boot into the Android recovery, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition. Works every time.
Also, no need to post a new thread for this as there's a sticky for it ._.
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if you are referring to this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458 I have tried with no success.
@ rocky23 I updated via Samsung update service not kies
@ Azure Flame Kite I tried to reset and cache still boot looping
I have tried flashing GT-I9100_XEU_I9100XWLP7_I9100XXLPS_I9100XEULP5 and get process system is not responding error would you like to close it ?
Still getting problem? Using cwm format system partition. after that flash using Odin.
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atifsh said:
Still getting problem? Using cwm format system partition. after that flash using Odin.
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Thanks for the reply I have flashed CF-root for ics loaded CWM and run factory reset/ cache /dalvik / battery
when you say format system partition is there something I have missed
thanks
Mike
It's under mount and storage
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atifsh said:
It's under mount and storage
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thanks for the reply I tried that but it didn't work, I retried the bootloop sticky both for gingerbread and ICS but that didn't work either, I can boot into download and recovery mode.
I can flash CWM and I have retried to flash checkrom v6 from sd card but just stays on S boot screen.
Could the ICS update from Samsung have caused the problems I am having? I have previously flashed a number of different ROM's via odin and CWM with no problem at all
cheers
Mike
Hard to believe, when you format data, system, cache. It's a clean slate..... You should not be boot looping anymore..... Do again, flash stock GB ROM after that.... Wait 3 to 5 minutes. Takes time on first boot.
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Oh after wiping and formatting system, you should be doing Odin only stock flash.
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atifsh said:
Oh after wiping and formatting system, you should be doing Odin only stock flash.
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I gave up in the end and took it to a local shop to see if they could fix it
thanks for the help if they don't get it running I will try your method
Mike
Ok so I have my phone back from the shop who could not fix it either, it booted but when trying to use phone etc it just hangs, so I flashed cf-root formatted system, cleared cache, and user data then re flashed stock rom XEU_I9100XWKI4_I9100XEUKH2_I9100XXKI1
bootloop removed battery restarted bootloop
I am now dl I9100XXLPQ_I9100H3GLP2_H3G see if that works I might have to send it off to Samsung see if they can fix it I will have to pay as warranty will be void :-(
Ok so after numerous attempts at flashing I now have a partially working phone using GT-I9100_XEU_I9100XWKI4_I9100XEUKH2_I9100XXKI1.tar.md5 I say partial because everything is working except when I recive a call I cannot hear the person and they cannot hear me? and I get com.android.phone is not responding options to wait or close
wifi, googlestore, send sms, updates, keyboard all works perfectly
any idea what's causing this driving me nuts now

[Q] soft brick - bootloop

hi there i have had my device rooted for awhile now and all of the sudden it just started to get stuck in a bootloop, just displaying the "samsung galaxy s III GT-I9300T" screen then goes black and repeats
i have a sgs3 GT-I9300T (from telstra, australia if it matters)
i rooted with "CF-Auto-Root" which worked fine and was working fine for atleast a month
i dont have a backup (yes im a noob/idiot for not creating a backup but didnt think there was any reason to)
i have tried flashing the latest firmware from sammobile using odin (with only auto reboot and F. reset time checked)
i can still access recovery (factory or custom from flashing in odin)
i've already tried a few suggestions from some posts on here but alot of them arent for the international/I9300T version so wasnt game enough to try them out in fear of fully bricking it
if anyone can help out with what i should try that would be great
i would even settle for resetting flash counter and system status back to 0/offical so that i can try and return it
current state is:
Custom binary download: Yes (3 counts)
Current binary: Samsung Official
System status: Custom
Did you try factory reset from recovery before/after reflashing stock?
hsrars-d said:
Did you try factory reset from recovery before/after reflashing stock?
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yes and even installed CWM recovery to clear the "dalvik cache"
Here is thought
Pull out sdcard, better format in FAT32, copy few ROM into it by using card reader or other usable phone which has sdcard slot.
Flash any of newest recovery such as TWRP personally suggested, Backup current ROM in case of further needed and then
Factory reset, format /system partition, wipe cache / Dalvik cache, and then flash new ROM too see if it works.
Remember format system partition!
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qtwrk said:
Here is thought
Pull out sdcard, better format in FAT32, copy few ROM into it by using card reader or other usable phone which has sdcard slot.
Flash any of newest recovery such as TWRP personally suggested, Backup current ROM in case of further needed and then
Factory reset, format /system partition, wipe cache / Dalvik cache, and then flash new ROM too see if it works.
Remember format system partition!
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got to the point of trying to install the rom i copied to the sd card but it keeps failing says thge zip file is bad
ondona said:
got to the point of trying to install the rom i copied to the sd card but it keeps failing says thge zip file is bad
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Redownload, file might be damaged
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qtwrk said:
Redownload, file might be damaged
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new to this whole thing, is there any fear of not being able to get back into recovery or download mode if i turn off the device?
ondona said:
new to this whole thing, is there any fear of not being able to get back into recovery or download mode if i turn off the device?
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download this file http://checkrom.com/threads/resurrection-odin-checkrom-evohd™-v4.896/
get into odin and flash this file into your phone through the download mode ... if everything works it should boot into cwm recovery .. then wipe data\factory reset , wipe cache , wipe dalvik cache and reboot ... wait 15 mins and it should work!! Good Luck!
woot this worked!
i tried re downloading the file first like qtwrk suggested and reflashing it in odin which still returned the same result but i then downloaded this one and did it and it worked
i got into the os downloaded triangle away and reset the counter then flashed the telstra one again so that it was right back to factory default firmware which is what i wanted, will proberly root it again but will def make sure i get a full backup right away incase of any issues later on.
thank you all for your help
hye me again just thought id write an update on my situation
it appears that the phone had stuffed up again this time tho couldnt get into recovery mode but could still get into download mode
i didnt bother doing the same thing again instead i just took it back to telstra and they replaced it, and they replaced it with the 305 model so worked out alright in the end

[Q] Is there a way to factory reset/ data wipe w/ a broken screen?

Is there a way to factory reset a I9300 if the screen is broken? Like flashing a particular ROM with odin that will wipe the data or an option for that. There seems to be no initializing for the I9300 in kies. I can't get the phone into recovery at this point and either way I can't see the screen anyways. I do have a jig so it's easy to put it in to download mode for Odin. Any ideas guys and gals??? I've been googling my eyes out...
Thanks!
yes it's possible but what's your reason are you trying to get it on stock so u can take it to a service shop this way won't work
and which restore version you have stock or custom ??
I'm just trying to wipe the phone of the personal user data so I can sell it responsibly.
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Flash stock firmware via Odin .
Recovery mode factory reset or format via key press sequence .
ADB or Android Commander may work .
Or the identical question posted a number of times may help
jje
JJEgan said:
Flash stock firmware via Odin .
Recovery mode factory reset or format via key press sequence .
ADB or Android Commander may work .
Or the identical question posted a number of times may help
jje
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As I mentioned the screen is broke and I can't enter into recovery. Thanks though...
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Flash a stock ROM, it'll wipe your data, tho it won't wipe the internal SD.
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Flashing doesn't wipe data
My old Desire has a broken display, too. I use Android Screen Cast to see the Desire's screen on my PC. It also works in Recovery, at least with the 4ext Recovery for the Desire, so i doubt it'll work on PhilZ too
there's no way it worked in recovery because Android is not even running
Flashing csc wipes data.
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