I rooted my Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G and then decided to unroot it. I was using Odin3 v1.85 and about half way through it failed and the phone restarted. Instead of booting into the OS is just displayed a message saying
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again
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. When I put it into Downloaded Mode it says
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: GT-i9100
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: YES (1 counts)
CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
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And when I plug it in to to my computer to try to unroot it again, it would not recognize the phone, it did not appear in device manager. I tried two different cables, two different computers, and re-installed the drivers.
At this point I think it would be very difficult to repair the phone (but if someone knows how that would be useful).
So my real question is, will Sprint know I rooted the phone? I pay $8 a month for warranty, can I get it replaced or will they see I have tampered with it and make me buy a new phone.
Find and install the original drivers mayhaps. If that can get your PC to recognize your phone it should be all good. Just a shot in the dark here.
I brought it in to a Sprint Store with a repair center and they fixed it no problem. Though I bricked it again and we did a direct exchange as per the insurance. I doubt they knew the phone was rooted. If they did; they didn't care.
Sprint won't know nor care. I brought mine in on CM9 before...
Warning though: I am unfamiliar with the tep terms but this may be considered fraud. My phone had a hardware issue so it was not.
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I have a problem with Galaxy s2. Basically it started to drain my battery like hell.
It gets empty in about 10 hours.
Now when I want to flash the phone once again in order to get everything back as it was when I bought it I cannot. This is due to MTP connection activating itself as soon as I turn on the phone. And I cannot enable usb debugging due to that as it says that I have to remove the USB cable.
In addition my phone charges itself really fast about 2 hours. And when I try to power it on without charger plugged in it gives me charging image and yellow triangle with ! in it and thermometer aside flickering. Does anyone have any ideas how to fix my phone?
Have you tried using CWM to wipe all data + clear all cache, then do a fresh re-install?
Yes I tried it now. It still says my USB is connected when its not. And now it doesnt unlock my sim card.
Factory reset that dont work return phone to a service centre ..
jje
Well thats the case I have voided warranty already. Wondering if there are any chances I could put old rom back before returning it?
Make a DIY USB JIG then flash it back to stock rom and have it checked.
EarlZ said:
Make a DIY USB JIG then flash it back to stock rom and have it checked.
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Not sure what do you mean by DIY USB JIG but I cannot flash it because I cannot switch USB debugging on... Thats the case it shows me that USB is always connected when it isnt and when USB is connected it doesnt let to switch on USB debugging.
Route is source stock rom and Odin load stock rom into Odin enter download mode on phone and then connect cable and flash rom .
No download mode
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
jje
JJEgan said:
Route is source stock rom and Odin load stock rom into Odin enter download mode on phone and then connect cable and flash rom .
No download mode
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
jje
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Thank you all who have replied. I have now managed to get over the USB issue somehow but still something is wrong either with battery sensor or battery. When I power off my phone it switches on automatically and shows the thermometer and battery charge icon. Anyone else have had this problem? It also charges up to 95% and it bursts to 100% very quickly.
EDIT: Now I tried my friends battery and I did not get the flickering temp error and my friend didnt get it with my battery as well. So something now I'm totally out of ideas.
Service centre .
jje
I am having the same issues here, wonder if the topic creator resolved this in any way? I am thinking of getting a new battery?
Just FYI wear a condom or something on your galaxy S II. As it turns out from service my phone supposedly has liquid damage which does not the warranty apply. I have to pay 240 euros in order to get it fixed :S
Hey Guys.
I had an S1 7 months prior to buying the S2, and have upgraded/fresh installed ROMS many many times over the past year. Once the S1 bricked during an upgrade and I was able to get it into Download Mode without using a micro-USB jig from instructions on this website. If my memory serves me correctly, it was a procedure something fairly simple like hold the Home, Volume Up and Power buttons continuously until the phone goes into forced Download Mode.
However, this procedure doesn't work with the S2 or I'm remembering it incorrectly, and I'm unable to find that instruction webpage again. Now my S2 is almost bricked showing a message I've not seen before, "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
So far, I cannot get past this message and Kies 2.0.2.11071_128 doesn't recognize the device nor that emergency recovery is needed.
Unfortunately Samsung programmers haven't been quite smart enough or forward thinking enough to make Kies work from behind a proxy which requires authentication (I live and work on a university campus and the only way to the internet is via proxy and authentication) and it has never shown in the past 9 months of usage that it needs to update itself nor finds any official ROM releases. Therefore I've been forced to use Odin and ROMs from here or samfirmware.com for my updates. Until now, there has never been any major problems that I couldn't get around.
Do any of you have instructions on how I can get my S2 into download mode so as to get Odin to recognize the device? It is not possible for me to make my own JIG here in Thailand as there is nowhere for me to go purchase electronic equipment and parts such as soldering irons and resistors. I am a computer engineer and could easily build such if it were possible to get needed parts.
Thanks hugely in advance for any help offered.
Just order a high from ebay
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cmcole101 said:
Hey Guys.
I had an S1 7 months prior to buying the S2, and have upgraded/fresh installed ROMS many many times over the past year. Once the S1 bricked during an upgrade and I was able to get it into Download Mode without using a micro-USB jig from instructions on this website. If my memory serves me correctly, it was a procedure something fairly simple like hold the Home, Volume Up and Power buttons continuously until the phone goes into forced Download Mode.
However, this procedure doesn't work with the S2 or I'm remembering it incorrectly, and I'm unable to find that instruction webpage again. Now my S2 is almost bricked showing a message I've not seen before, "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
So far, I cannot get past this message and Kies 2.0.2.11071_128 doesn't recognize the device nor that emergency recovery is needed.
Unfortunately Samsung programmers haven't been quite smart enough or forward thinking enough to make Kies work from behind a proxy which requires authentication (I live and work on a university campus and the only way to the internet is via proxy and authentication) and it has never shown in the past 9 months of usage that it needs to update itself nor finds any official ROM releases. Therefore I've been forced to use Odin and ROMs from here or samfirmware.com for my updates. Until now, there has never been any major problems that I couldn't get around.
Do any of you have instructions on how I can get my S2 into download mode so as to get Odin to recognize the device? It is not possible for me to make my own JIG here in Thailand as there is nowhere for me to go purchase electronic equipment and parts such as soldering irons and resistors. I am a computer engineer and could easily build such if it were possible to get needed parts.
Thanks hugely in advance for any help offered.
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Well kiss my rosy red butt-cheeks! Speaking from personal experience as tech support, I know empirically to replicate something 52 times prior to asking for assistance. This instance shouldn't have been an exception!
Directly after posting this request for assistance, I decided to try Odin once again and DANGED if this time it found my device even with the "Firmware encountered" error showing. Odin stopped around 90% and forced me to reset my S2, but this time it went right into Download mode with nary a fuss. Now Odin just successfully installed KG6.
So if there is anything to be learned from this experience, either by other users with similar issues or myself, it is "if at 1st you don't succeed, try again and again and again and again."
help me,
i tried all method on this forum nothing was working...
first at all my phone cant use charger...i dont know what happen...i try others charger still same...i have both phone i9100 and i9100G but the G version giving me headache!
i wanted to send my phone to service centre due im still on warranty but..my binary counter doest reset...when i put the usb jig after flash patch my phone not boot up to download mode..and reset...its do nothing...what can i do...
but my combo 3 button still working if i flash using my pc...only USB jig not working..please help...
1. If 3 combo button working upgrade to ICS, Then download triangle away. Check the flash counter number matches your count and run the app.
2. Or try flashing the old bootloader. Then use the USB jig.
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I9100G have no ICS yet...so cant using triangle away...
using the old boot loader...i already tried...but not working or im doing wrong..?
im stuck...my phone cant charge...and binary counter still got..how to send to samsung..
Have you tried the USB jig on another phone. Just read on internet they are releasing ICS for the I9100G.
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You might get lucky
I had a similar problem i atempted my first rom install ever when we had a powercut my phone gave me connect to kies message i had no cwm no bootloader however i still sent my phone away as they had agreed to fix for me in the first place thankfully even though they never fixed the physical damage caused by their packaging skills and a combo of royal mails handling it they were good enough to fix my software problem without charge to myself. I think because they couldnt access the flash counter they were forced to put new firmware on either way big thanks to them i finally got ics on my phone.
They have however since had my phone back and fixed all above physical probs again cheers to them they were either sympathetic with rom or just did it anyway.
Just thought id pop my experience with you
Physical damage is 1st thing should have been fixed
bored_stupid said:
Have you tried the USB jig on another phone. Just read on internet they are releasing ICS for the I9100G.
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ICS just release for China phone only...not offical release all those news on internet spread that ICS already come to I9100G is totaly nonsense..
hmm..i might try sending out...but after they checking if my binary counter not 0 they will automatic void my warranty forever?
are2power said:
help me,
i tried all method on this forum nothing was working...
first at all my phone cant use charger...i dont know what happen...i try others charger still same...i have both phone i9100 and i9100G but the G version giving me headache!
i wanted to send my phone to service centre due im still on warranty but..my binary counter doest reset...when i put the usb jig after flash patch my phone not boot up to download mode..and reset...its do nothing...what can i do...
but my combo 3 button still working if i flash using my pc...only USB jig not working..please help...
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I9100G can't charge, and cannot get into download mode via jig, but CAN get to download mode via 3 button combo?
Sounds like the USB port is broken.
Since it's the I9100G, as you have discovered, there is no reliable ICS released for the I9100G yet, so you cannot use Triangle Away. And without a working USB port, the jig will not work.
However, you can replace that part for a relatively small cost from what I understand.
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I9100G can't charge, and cannot get into download mode via jig, but CAN get to download mode via 3 button combo?
Sounds like the USB port is broken.
Since it's the I9100G, as you have discovered, there is no reliable ICS released for the I9100G yet, so you cannot use Triangle Away. And without a working USB port, the jig will not work.
However, you can replace that part for a relatively small cost from what I understand.
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r u sure about this???im afraid if i go...later they will say got this broken..this one broken...got many broken part..hmmm...
are2power said:
r u sure about this???im afraid if i go...later they will say got this broken..this one broken...got many broken part..hmmm...
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Look, I can't possibly be sure, because you have the phone in front of you. I can't see it, so I don't know what exactly is broken. But the symptom you describe sounds like the usb post is broken. Others have ordered the usb port part and replaced it themselves for about $13 USD.
But if you are this unsure, I'm guessing you are probably either not willing or not capable (not trying to insult, just stating facts) of doing this on your own.
If that's the case, I think you don't have any other choice other than to just send it to Samsung. But there is no other way for you to reset the counter... So warranty will probably be denied.
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Look, I can't possibly be sure, because you have the phone in front of you. I can't see it, so I don't know what exactly is broken. But the symptom you describe sounds like the usb post is broken. Others have ordered the usb port part and replaced it themselves for about $13 USD.
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I might trying this method btw thanks for your information
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If you can three buttn combo an fix try triangleaway ittl reset yello triangle go playstoree
read descriptio all ovvit lol there a speciel link lol
Pasted from nuvva thread me lazy lol
This
Sorry was there even a reason to bump this thread?http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1494114explains everything about triangleaway and you can even download the apk from there for free.
linuxnubee said:
If you can three buttn combo an fix try triangleaway ittl reset yello triangle go playstoree
read descriptio all ovvit lol there a speciel link lol
Pasted from nuvva thread me lazy lol
This
Sorry was there even a reason to bump this thread?http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1494114explains everything about triangleaway and you can even download the apk from there for free.
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Triangle away only works for ICS, which isn't available yet for the i9100G.
i try Triangle away is not working for ICS i9100G india...something pop up " Magic Header not incompletetable" ...
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i try Triangle away is not working for ICS i9100G india...something pop up " Magic Header not incompletetable" ...
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Are you rooted yet? TriangleAway requires root.
yes im rooted...maybe Triangle Away not compitable yet with i9100G....
suddenly i decide to send my phone to samsung eleteronics...they take my phone w/o asking me w/o checking my binary anything...they change my usb board...plus they upgrade my firmware to ICS..and they CLEAR my binary counter as well...lucky me.!!lol...
My player is still dead, and I noticed this new feature of Kies. Others have gotten the "Firmware Update and Initialization" working with the SGS3's and such, I tried it on my player by entering the model name as "YP-G70" and the serial number as it's listed on the box.
I'm in download mode via unbrickable resurrector, and when I try it in kies it comes back with "The model information you have entered cannot be verified; the device initialization cannot proceed." I also tried "YP-G70CWY/XAA" as shown on the box and it still doesn't work. I'm sure I have the serial number correct, maybe Samsung decided not to support these via that kies feature??
Has anyone gotten this to work?
If your in download mode just use Odin or Heimdall to flash a stock ROM, not sure whats out there for the 5.0 as I have the 4.0, Keis is a junk virtually useless app, and in a YEAR of ownership and an uncountable number of ROM flashes via Odin, Heimdall and CWM zips I have never once considered using Keis for anything.
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If your in download mode just use Odin or Heimdall to flash a stock ROM, not sure whats out there for the 5.0 as I have the 4.0, Keis is a junk virtually useless app, and in a YEAR of ownership and an uncountable number of ROM flashes via Odin, Heimdall and CWM zips I have never once considered using Keis for anything.
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I know, I hate kies too. The filesystem on my player is severely screwed though, if samsung released a way to put in two numbers and click ok I'm more than willing to give it a shot.
I got an SGS3 a few months ago, so while I'd love to have my SGP working again I'm not about to spend $50 to have it JTAG'd.
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I know, I hate kies too. The filesystem on my player is severely screwed though, if samsung released a way to put in two numbers and click ok I'm more than willing to give it a shot.
I got an SGS3 a few months ago, so while I'd love to have my SGP working again I'm not about to spend $50 to have it JTAG'd.
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I have the same problem with my 3.6, nothing seems to work, any combo of letters and numbers (switching O for 0 and 0 for O and such)
my phone has problem i download kies to solve but when i enter my model name and series number say the model information that you have entered can not be verified;the device initialization cannot proceed
My model gt-I9300 but samusun kies
The model information that you have entered cannot be verified. The device initialization canot process please contact the service center.
Plzz help me.
Hi there my friend recently got a s3 from china she said it is a LTE even thought behind the battery the model number it i9300 ,long story short she flashed aokp milestone 1 on it and now it does not come on ,no download or recovery although it does make a USB sound when plugging it into a PC there are no warranty or service shops here what if anything can be done?
Well, did it really have LTE? Fake clone, nothing to do now.
ok so i got the phone and its an international s3 i9300 so no LTE when i plug it into the pc it comes up as a QHSUSB_DLOAD device and needs drivers is it dead of can something be done
If you flashed an AOKP version thats not for the i9300 international then its most likely bricked cos the LTE has different hardware.You could try a usb jig from ebay that costs about 5 bucks and hope that it jumps to download mode.One good thing is that if it is bricked you could send it back and say it suffered from SDS (sudden death syndrome) but for that you need a service centre.
Try get to download mode even though you cant see the screen.If it makes a sound there may be hope.Then plug it in to Odin and see if it gets regocnized.If it does then why not risk flashing it.After all its already screwed.Apart from that its the service centre and lie about the SDS thing.
yup did try that its not even recognized at all guess she just has a brick now, its strange since it was running aokp before and it was the same zip she flashed from here SD card it said successful then turned off for good. if i use odin 1.85 i can see it once i install those QHSUSB_DLOAD but thats about it
You sure it is/was even original Samsung? I mean the combination of "china", phone with non-present features (lte) and the fact that phone seems to have come with AOKP preinstalled does ring a few alarm bells.
Have you tried an USB jig to revive the device to download mode?
Usually flashing an incorrect ROM through CWM should not cause download mode to fail but only the device to no longer boot (obviously)
Most likely a knock-off
Details on the label under the battery .
jje
neoian1277 said:
yup did try that its not even recognized at all guess she just has a brick now, its strange since it was running aokp before and it was the same zip she flashed from here SD card it said successful then turned off for good. if i use odin 1.85 i can see it once i install those QHSUSB_DLOAD but thats about it
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If you can see it in Odin 1.85 then try your luck and attempt a flash.Its not going to do any more damged anyway.Try the stock FW for your region.
Will Samsung be able to fix my Galaxy S3?
I was trying to bring the phone back to stock ROM and ODIN failed on me.
I tried pretty much everything and Odin would keep on failing. I tried to emergency recover it in kies but Kies would say, "connecting" and never connect. Thinking this is a USB Driver issue, I took it to Samsung Experience store to get it repaired. However, they could not restore it.
(***** THE PHONE WOULD GO INTO DOWNLOAD MODE but NOT the Recovery mode.*****)
So the phone turns on but can't go into recovery mode but CAN go into download mode. Odin just screws up on me. (Is this a soft brick?)
So the guys at the Samsung Experience store asked me to send it to Samsung to get it repaired. So I called the Samsung guys and he told me that "Reflashing the phone" is free of charge (even though my phone is out of warranty btw). But I'm worried that "reflashing" is the same thing they tried at the Experience store. So I'm thinking they would try the same thing the guys at the Experience store and fail.(Then charge me to do some other option.)
So the question is,
1)Would they be able to restore my phone without having to do an expensive method?(replace motherboard or something)
2) Will they still do the repair? (My phone was rooted but I heard the root record gets deleted when you try to put a ROM through ODIN)
3)I still want to fix my phone even if it costs money. So how much do you expect the repair fee would cost if they cannot recover by software means?
4)How long would this repair take in general? I need this phone ASAP
Man this sucks..... I bought this phone for 200 dollars at Textnow like a month ... It would definitely cost less money to repair than 200 bucks right?
Dont worry,thats not a hardware problem.
:good::good::good:
1. Yes, they will be able to fix it. I hope you aren't in the USA, because you'll have to ship it out of the contedent. I could fix your phone. It's not very hard.
2. Root will be wiped, but when you reboot into Download mode, it shows that the phone has been rooted. Depending on what area you are in, your warranty may not be honored.
3. Depends on how bad it is, but at most, $500 for a new motherbaord, (since samsung rapes you)
4. It will be fixed within 3 weeks.
5. If you're willing to insure, and pay shipping both ways, I'll do it for free. Short of a hardware issue, I can (and will), fix it. I'll restore it to the latest 4.3 firmware, and send it back. No charge if your phone is already unlocked.
Did you try any other version of odin or check your download .. try to download again.. maybe your file is currupt?
Please quote me and let me know what happens
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I had a similar issue and in the end replace my phone
Before goign to samsung to this:
1. Change usb cable/port.
2. Check the downloaded file.
3. Download another firmware and try it. Somethimes some firmwares are bigger than others and need a pit file
4. Or in samsung kies press emergency recovery. Enter your device model number and serial number and samsung kies will tell you which firmware it came with and you should flash that firmware and download it from sammobile.com
I suggest going to step number 4 for a quick fix.
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mezo91 said:
Before goign to samsung to this:
1. Change usb cable/port.
2. Check the downloaded file.
3. Download another firmware and try it. Somethimes some firmwares are bigger than others and need a pit file
4. Or in samsung kies press emergency recovery. Enter your device model number and serial number and samsung kies will tell you which firmware it came with and you should flash that firmware and download it from sammobile.com
I suggest going to step number 4 for a quick fix.
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Hey, I've already sent it to Samsung and I've already tried all the steps but they didn't work. ._.
Odin failed and Kies would not connect my device, so emergency recovery didn't work.
But, could you give me any idea if they can fix it without replacing anything physical? (I'm just worried I'll have to pay **** ton of money trying to fix the phone.)
Just to remind, the phone does get to download mode. So, they will PROBABLY fix it without replacing anything right?
PROBABLY not 100% right?
Thanks anyways.