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I know my way around Android phones, Odin, etc. I've had a few of the original GS variations and never encountered anything like this.
It is an i9100, early batch GSII (Made in Korea) and is not rooted. This thing will not save any changes, whether it's deleting an app, flashing in Odin, using the Factory Format, etc. I am just perplexed.
I purchased this phone used from an online retailer at a great price, with a refund only policy. I figured no matter what there's always a solution as long as the bootloader, recovery mode and download mode are accessible. It seems I was mistaken.
Basically, all of the previous owner's information is on the phone. I can't do a factory reset through Android's menu since it prompts for the password of the original owner. Okay, fine, so I went into recovery mode and did a factory data reset then a wipe of the cache. Phone boots back up like nothing happened.
I've also tried the "Factory Format" dialer code with the same result. Any attempt at Odin flashing, whether it's a regular TAR or the 3 piece deal also do nothing. Odin will say it passed on every attempt, but nothing changes. All of the apps, personal info, etc are still there untouched.
After hours of trying to find a solution and getting nothing helpful, I even ticked the Re-Partition option, as well as the Phone EFS Clear in Odin. This also did nothing. The IMEI did not change or become corrupted as I expected.
Download mode shows that the Custom Binary Download is no. From what I understand, stock ROMs should still flash regardless of the counter's status. All I've tried to flash are stock ROMs, to no avail.
I'd love to get this thing working instead of sending it back for a refund. They won't offer an exchange as they are not receiving any more GS II.
Any ideas? I appreciate any and all responses, thanks.
I would remove ext sd card .
Go to recovery mounts and storage
Format cache data system and sd card .
Phone should now be empty remove battery and replace then boot to download mode and flash stock rom via Odin .
jje
JJEgan said:
I would remove ext sd card .
Go to recovery mounts and storage
Format cache data system and sd card .
Phone should now be empty remove battery and replace then boot to download mode and flash stock rom via Odin .
jje
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I haven't had an SD card in this phone at all. I've already tried those steps as well, and it did not help. This is just so strange.
I think your biggest problem is to do with the old password. I know from the S1 days that factory reset and other measures will not work if you don't know the password/pattern lock etc. Only Odin 3 part file + pit + repartition cleaned it up.
When you say you ticked repartition, did you have the pit file also? If not ticking repartition will not do anything I think. Very possible that all the files you flashed were no-wipe versions as well.
So maybe try this. Not sure if you've seen one of those firmwares which has a whole load of files in the zip like code (PDA), a couple of csc's, efs and more. They also have a pit file. Maybe try one of those firmwares. I use kh3 which I got of samfirmware.com a few months back when I want to clean **** up. I think I read somewhere that the new kk5 also.has them.
I know alot of people will say 'don't use pit or repartition' but I think you've got nothing to lose.
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I think your biggest problem is to do with the old password. I know from the S1 days that factory reset and other measures will not work if you don't know the password/pattern lock etc. Only Odin 3 part file + pit + repartition cleaned it up.
When you say you ticked repartition, did you have the pit file also? If not ticking repartition will not do anything I think. Very possible that all the files you flashed were no-wipe versions as well.
So maybe try this. Not sure if you've seen one of those firmwares which has a whole load of files in the zip like code (PDA), a couple of csc's, efs and more. They also have a pit file. Maybe try one of those firmwares. I use kh3 which I got of samfirmware.com a few months back when I want to clean **** up. I think I read somewhere that the new kk5 also.has them.
I know alot of people will say 'don't use pit or repartition' but I think you've got nothing to lose.
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I appreciate the detailed reply, but that was the second to last thing I tried. I did use the pit, however I'm not sure if the package I used was a no wipe version. I used KF1, it was 3 files and I selected the pit, didn't work. I'll give KH3 a shot and report back in a bit, thanks
No go on KH3 either, this is one phone that does not want to be wiped
Is it just me or does your phone sound like a zombie?
Aim for the head!
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No go on KH3 either, this is one phone that does not want to be wiped
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Man your phone does sound weird. Maybe the s2 has some other sort of security measure related to that password. I think I did read a thread once about someone who had a similar problem. Not sure but it might have been a hardware issue.
Maybe rooting it will help but doubt it. Anyway, try an Odin flashable kernal like cf root or speedmod or even a custom firmware like litepro. Litepro flashes in Odin. If you can get cwm recovery maybe a wipe custom rom might do something.
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I'm not noob to flashing or soft brick recovering but this has me confused...
I was running unNamed lastest for a lil while now. Everything was working fine until here recently, while stopped at a rest area checking a webpage my phone cut of and got stuck on a boot loop, only showing the kernal splash screen. Was like wtf? Tried pulling battery ,wiping cache and dalvik. No help. Was like that's fine, have a cwm back up from week ago. Nope didnt work. Was like ok let me try flashing something on my phone that's saved on sd. Flashed Miui, didn't work. Finally got back and tried using this Odin One click "Odin3 One-Click Downloader Stock I-777 UCKH7 with Root no BL" by entropy from the flashing without triggering flash counter guide. Still boot loops only showing the black Samsung Galaxy S II screen. This is after 3 what the odin says as 3 successful flash attempts.
I'm at my wits end, of all the soft bricking i've recovered from, where I assumed as long as a bad bootloader flash didn't happen and i could still get to download mode I'm fine, it could be fixed. But this has me stumped.
*After going into 3e recovery and trying to wipe data, it won't even now go back into 3e recovery. Attempts to but says something like deleting cryption meta data or something of that nature.
-confused-
Nerz said:
I'm not noob to flashing or soft brick recovering but this has me confused...
I was running unNamed lastest for a lil while now. Everything was working fine until here recently, while stopped at a rest area checking a webpage my phone cut of and got stuck on a boot loop, only showing the kernal splash screen. Was like wtf? Tried pulling battery ,wiping cache and dalvik. No help. Was like that's fine, have a cwm back up from week ago. Nope didnt work. Was like ok let me try flashing something on my phone that's saved on sd. Flashed Miui, didn't work. Finally got back and tried using this Odin One click "Odin3 One-Click Downloader Stock I-777 UCKH7 with Root no BL" by entropy from the flashing without triggering flash counter guide. Still boot loops only showing the black Samsung Galaxy S II screen. This is after 3 what the odin says as 3 successful flash attempts.
I'm at my wits end, of all the soft bricking i've recovered from, where I assumed as long as a bad bootloader flash didn't happen and i could still get to download mode I'm fine, it could be fixed. But this has me stumped.
*After going into 3e recovery and trying to wipe data, it won't even now go back into 3e recovery. Attempts to but says something like deleting cryption meta data or something of that nature.
-confused-
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The one-click downloader is NOT from me, it's a repack of my tar file - and it's starting to sound like the one-click is doing something weird and not flashing the kernel properly.
Use regular old Odin (or Heimdall) to flash the raw tar package.
I'll try it. Though I don't understand how I am in the position I am in from browsing the web on my phone to directly going into a hootloop that neither that odin one click will fix, or any cwm roms won't fix.
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I won't have access to computer till later today but I'm trying to figure out what could be wrong. I was thinking that maybe my partitions were bad, but doesn't that odin used, repartition, using a pit file (think that is what pit is for)? Although, this was not from a flash, but rebooted from a couple weeks old successful flash of unNamed while browsing the web so I don't see how that can be the problem. However, even if the partitions were bad, wouldn't odin fail a flash because it has no where to send the firmware files? Also if it was a type of hardware failure, such as processor, wouldn't it not even show the kernel Galaxy S II splash screen? Or is this something that only the gpu handles? It was able to get into cwm before I used the odin though so I can't believe it's cpu because I'm sure that recovery should use it. Just can't figure it out, never had a problem with a boot loop a flash couldn't fix.
If I can't get it to work, will flashing a stock kernel with cwm increment the flash counter? If not I guess I could access my internal sd, try and pull my pictures and the roms off there and then send it to warranty. However I really don't want to. Thanks to anyone in advance.
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Nerz said:
I won't have access to computer till later today but I'm trying to figure out what could be wrong. I was thinking that maybe my partitions were bad, but doesn't that odin used, repartition, using a pit file (think that is what pit is for)? Although, this was not from a flash, but rebooted from a couple weeks old successful flash of unNamed while browsing the web so I don't see how that can be the problem. However, even if the partitions were bad, wouldn't odin fail a flash because it has no where to send the firmware files? Also if it was a type of hardware failure, such as processor, wouldn't it not even show the kernel Galaxy S II splash screen? Or is this something that only the gpu handles? It was able to get into cwm before I used the odin though so I can't believe it's cpu because I'm sure that recovery should use it. Just can't figure it out, never had a problem with a boot loop a flash couldn't fix.
If I can't get it to work, will flashing a stock kernel with cwm increment the flash counter? If not I guess I could access my internal sd, try and pull my pictures and the roms off there and then send it to warranty. However I really don't want to. Thanks to anyone in advance.
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Ok so after flashing the odin file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432 it is still bootlooping at splash screen.
I'm not sure what my options are right now. I'm pretty sure bootloaders can't be the problem. I can't re-partition from odin because it says it can't open the specified file "(Line: 1828)". Is this because it doesn't have pit file? I don't understand how this problem manifested.
If I need to pull contents from sd card from cwm, will flashing a cwm kernal increment flash counter?
Don't repartition using a PIT, it's a great way to screw up your phone. (Hopefully you haven't flashed a PIT at all yet... If you have, I don't quite know what's going on.)
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Entropy512 said:
Don't repartition using a PIT, it's a great way to screw up your phone. (Hopefully you haven't flashed a PIT at all yet... If you have, I don't quite know what's going on.)
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Have yet to flash a pit file.
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I'm in the same situation, except with a Sprint GSII. Have you found a fix, yet?
Juq said:
I'm in the same situation, except with a Sprint GSII. Have you found a fix, yet?
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Hello there from colombia, i have the same thing over here, i`m stuck with a SGS SGH I777 the flash counter says 7 and either flashing CWM 5 or re-uploading stock room wont work, i have no way to buy a jig and it is pretty odd that im in a different country and i can`t send my phone for warranty repair, i`ve read all over and seems like there is no answer for this. Can anyone get rid of the Deleting Crytion Meta data?? this is all i get. ( and eternal boot loop ).
Thanks in advance.
hardgrid said:
Hello there from colombia, i have the same thing over here, i`m stuck with a SGS SGH I777 the flash counter says 7 and either flashing CWM 5 or re-uploading stock room wont work, i have no way to buy a jig and it is pretty odd that im in a different country and i can`t send my phone for warranty repair, i`ve read all over and seems like there is no answer for this. Can anyone get rid of the Deleting Crytion Meta data?? this is all i get. ( and eternal boot loop ).
Thanks in advance.
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Will try to help, but will need more specific information.
The OP of this thread started bootlooping while checking a web page in his browser. So, how did it happen for you? Please give as much exact information as possible. Was it after a flash? Or did it start while you were using the phone? Or how?
Mine was connected to an aftermarket car charger while it happened. I read a post somewhere and a couple ppl it happened to believed the same thing, since it was in my 30 day trail period I sent it back to Sams club and got my replacement today. Since I didn't have a jig at the time, I didn't want to flash a cwm kernel and increase my flash counter so I lost some pics of my kids.
Not sure if it was charger related but I couldn't find a fix and wouldn't really call myself a noob at flashing. Might have some things to learn nut far from a noob.
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Hi Guys,
Sorry to bother you with this, but I'm out of ideas...
I decided to root my i9100 using this guide9.
As I was doing this, the recovery rom would reboot when using the volume buttons to navigate (only on the first "page") - This was easily worked around by using the touchscreen, but now I'm wondering if this was the start of my issues...
I applied the SU busy box installer, and got root. I installed rom manager, and noticed that it seemed to lock up when doing certain things. I put this down to CWM saying there was no official mod for the i9100.
The next day I decided to try and install a CM10.1 nightly, so I took a backup, wiped cache and data, and applied the rom and gapps.
When I rebooted, the phone wouldn't finished booting, it just sat at the initial logo screen.
After that, I tried following this recovery guide but the odin flash failed at around 80% (I retried and the same happened again).
Since then I've had difficulty getting in to recovery mode. I've tried flashing various stock roms with odin, and trying to restore with Kies.
In Kies I get as far as it conencting to the phone in download mode, but it pops up a "notice" in a foreign language - presumably Korean (and I can't copy the text to even attempt a google translation).
I tried flashing Siyah-s2-v5.0.1 to get a different recovery - that seemed to have a garbled progress bar, before hanging when I tried to wipe /data again.
When I use odin to flash a stock rom - is it supposed to restore absolutely everything? I'm not sure how I'm still getting problems if this is the case. Any ideas on what to try next?
(The current stock rom I'm try ing to use is this one)
Let me know if I'm missing any info, and thanks in advance for any help.
Using rom manager would have been the start of your problems-not the temp cwm recovery in the rooting guide.
If you can boot into download mode then I would download LP7 stock rom, disable kies and flash that with Odin.
{go back to your iphone since you are an android noob}
Thanks for the reply.
Rom manager didn't work properly for me, so I stopped using it. I used the temp cwm recovery to install the CM nightly.
I can boot in to download mode, but I've already tried an LP7 rom, - as with the others, it doesn't boot.
Any ideas on how to tell why it isn't booting? logcat doesn't seem to want to to work. Not sure if it's broken / too early in the boot process / etc
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Thanks for the reply.
Rom manager didn't work properly for me, so I stopped using it. I used the temp cwm recovery to install the CM nightly.
I can boot in to download mode, but I've already tried an LP7 rom, - as with the others, it doesn't boot.
Any ideas on how to tell why it isn't booting? logcat doesn't seem to want to to work. Not sure if it's broken / too early in the boot process / etc
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I9100 right?
Try this:
- Download this ROM.
- Kies installed? uninstall it, re install it. Close it all up with Task manager (3 or 4 applications running).
- Flash ROM via Odin (CSC, MODEM, PHONE).
- If that doesn't fly, try another usb port & usb cable. Another PC would also be recommended.
- Repeat the process.
- Still no luck? try flashing a previous siyah version.
- No go? repeat all the above.
- Let us know how you did.
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Thanks, I'll give it a go. (Will take a while for the file to download from hotfile...).
Are odin images for stock roms supposed to restore the stock recovery, or do they leave that alone?
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As a matter of interest, how far did you go with Phistachios repair guide.
{go back to your iphone since you are an android noob}
Silly Billy said:
Thanks, I'll give it a go. (Will take a while for the file to download from hotfile...).
Are odin images for stock roms supposed to restore the stock recovery, or do they leave that alone?
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Focus on getting a ROM to boot.
That ROM will install stock recovery.
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Let us know how you did.
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For some reason, I can't get Odin to flash that rom - it just hands for a while at the start of data.img, before saying "Complete(Write) operation failed."
There a .pit file in the archive, although the link says not to repartition (so I didn't).
Some roms seem to get written, some don't, I'm not sure why...
theunderling said:
As a matter of interest, how far did you go with Phistachios repair guide.
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Odin failed about 80% through flashing (step 4, after taking the ICS steps). I tried flashing the kernel afterwards, which flashed, but didn't help with my boot issues.
gastonw said:
Focus on getting a ROM to boot.
That ROM will install stock recovery.
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Of course, I was just trying to get a better understanding of how things work - I'd settle for anything booting right now.
I was meaning how far did you go with his guide.He says (near the end) to flash a bootloader/kernel/rom.
You can try everything in his guide, but understand about the risks involved with pit and bootloaders.
{go back to your iphone since you are an android noob}
theunderling said:
I was meaning how far did you go with his guide.He says (near the end) to flash a bootloader/kernel/rom.
You can try everything in his guide, but understand about the risks involved with pit and bootloaders.
{go back to your iphone since you are an android noob}
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He's right.
Keep trying, consider pit files & bootloaders as a last resort.
Tried everything?
Used another usb cable for the flash? tried in another PC? tried in a laptop?
Are you sure kies is all shut down?
I've read about so many people having the same issue than you, they keep on flashing as in trial & error and most times they come out winners.
GL!
gastonw said:
He's right.
Keep trying, consider pit files & bootloaders as a last resort.
Tried everything?
Used another usb cable for the flash? tried in another PC? tried in a laptop?
Are you sure kies is all shut down?
I've read about so many people having the same issue than you, they keep on flashing as in trial & error and most times they come out winners.
GL!
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I guess I'll keep at it then.
I'd tried another cable with kies shut down. Just tried a different machine, and flashed the ROM you suggested with heimdall. It flashed without complaining (unlike odin), but I'm still getting a boot loop.
Looking at the initial recovery guide I was following - I suspect that I might've flashed the bootloader (the guide shows in bold which file goes in which box, so I probably loaded them all). Maybe this is the source of my troubles...
I also noticed that heimdall can pull data from the phone too - if I can pull and mount these, am I likely to find any useful log files?
For completeness (and anyone else who finds themselves with the same issue): It seems I hit the EMMC brick bug, which rendered some of my EMMC storage unusable.
This helpful chap came up with a workaround to partition around the dead space. (Please read the post carefully and make sure this really is your problem before flashing!)
That method will let you know what part of your memory is corrupted. It's done via recovery as far as I remember.
Did you bring your device back to life?
Sent from the little guy
gastonw said:
That method will let you know what part of your memory is corrupted. It's done via recovery as far as I remember.
Did you bring your device back to life?
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Yes, that's right. IIRC, I flashed a working recovery with Odin, then did most of the work from adb shell.
I got my device back to life for the most part. I get the occasional hang but haven't investigated much (have since bought a Nexus 4, so not using the S2 so much).
Just thought I'd share for the next poor soul who has the same problem
Hello, well i have SGH-I777 and about a week ago the phone frezee so i turn it off and when i turned it on its just stuck on "Samsung galaxy" logo and i can not go in recovery mode.
Because i can go just into Download mode i tried to flash rom with Odin but idk what went worng now i have this message:
firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies & try again.
I still can go to Download mode and use Odin but i tried to flash 4 (!) diffrenet "stock rom" but everyone of them wont work and the proccess stoped in the middle(factoryfs.img or sbl.bin or setupconnection or NAND Write Start!!)
So i give up and ask for help here! please what should i do and what im doing worng?
I download the stock rom from here and galaxys2root and some other places and nothing work everything stuck at some point..
HELP PLEASE! How can i fix this problem? and which rom i shold have after this (i had CM 10.1.3 and he have some problems and crash from time to time) is there any other better rom?
Thank you so much!
Amo5 said:
Hello, well i have SGH-I777 and about a week ago the phone frezee so i turn it off and when i turned it on its just stuck on "Samsung galaxy" logo and i can not go in recovery mode.
Because i can go just into Download mode i tried to flash rom with Odin but idk what went worng now i have this message:
firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies & try again.
I still can go to Download mode and use Odin but i tried to flash 4 (!) diffrenet "stock rom" but everyone of them wont work and the proccess stoped in the middle(factoryfs.img or sbl.bin or setupconnection or NAND Write Start!!)
So i give up and ask for help here! please what should i do and what im doing worng?
I download the stock rom from here and galaxys2root and some other places and nothing work everything stuck at some point..
HELP PLEASE! How can i fix this problem? and which rom i shold have after this (i had CM 10.1.3 and he have some problems and crash from time to time) is there any other better rom?
Thank you so much!
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Your phone seems to be soft bricked. Are the stock roms you downloaded .tar files or .md5 files? If they are .zip files or .rar files, uncompress them with 7zip. Did you put them in the PDA slot in ODIN?
@Amo5,
Sorry to be so late to answer your question, but I have been traveling out of town for the holiday.
Go to the Download Repository and get the latest stock distribution, I777UCMD8 Stock Binaries (Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean). Enter download mode and flash that, and see if the flash will complete. If the flash completes, but the phone does not boot past the splash screen, enter recovery and perform a wipe data/factory reset.
If the flash is not successful, your phone may have nand read/write corruption, so post back here with the results of the above, and I will post the instructions for clearing nand r/w corruption.
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Your phone seems to be soft bricked. Are the stock roms you downloaded .tar files or .md5 files? If they are .zip files or .rar files, uncompress them with 7zip. Did you put them in the PDA slot in ODIN?
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Thank you for your answer, I already understood this soft brick and I downloaded of coruse the .tar files and I put them in the PDA slot in ODIN.
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@Amo5,
Sorry to be so late to answer your question, but I have been traveling out of town for the holiday.
Go to the Download Repository and get the latest stock distribution, I777UCMD8 Stock Binaries (Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean). Enter download mode and flash that, and see if the flash will complete. If the flash completes, but the phone does not boot past the splash screen, enter recovery and perform a wipe data/factory reset.
If the flash is not successful, your phone may have nand read/write corruption, so post back here with the results of the above, and I will post the instructions for clearing nand r/w corruption.
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Thank you so much for your answer, you have nothing to be sorry about
I download the file from here like you said and the flash stuck again at SBL1.bin , anyway i can't go in recovery mode.
So it is nand read/write corruption like you said? what should i do now?
Thanks again both!
Amo5 said:
So it is nand read/write corruption like you said? what should i do now?
Thanks again both!
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The problem MAY be NAND read/write corruption. It is also possible that you have a bad or flaky connection between the phone and the computer. Sometimes failed flash is due to USB cable or micro USB connector on the phone, or you may need to use a different USB port on the computer, or even another computer. If the problem is NAND read/write corruption, then the following should clear it.
Instructions to clear nand read/write corruption. Instructions are specific; do them in order, and don't skip.
Odin3 v1.85 is recommended.
1) Download the Tar version of Siyah 2.6.14 Kernel. Flash it in PDA. Without ticking Re-Partitioning
2) Flash the Tar.md5 of the full stock Gingerbread distribution from the Download Repository, I777UCKH7 including the bootloaders and everything, in the PDA slot.
3) If that is successful you are done. If it is not, then:
4) Download the SBL Bootloader from the Download Repository. Flash it as PDA in ODIN, without ticking Re-Partitioning. (Please observe normal bootloader flashing caution.)
5) Flash the Kernel, as in step 1.
6) Flash the full stock Gingerbread distribution, as in step 2.
creepyncrawly said:
The problem MAY be NAND read/write corruption. It is also possible that you have a bad or flaky connection between the phone and the computer. Sometimes failed flash is due to USB cable or micro USB connector on the phone, or you may need to use a different USB port on the computer, or even another computer. If the problem is NAND read/write corruption, then the following should clear it.
Instructions to clear nand read/write corruption. Instructions are specific; do them in order, and don't skip.
Odin3 v1.85 is recommended.
1) Download the Tar version of Siyah 2.6.14 Kernel. Flash it in PDA. Without ticking Re-Partitioning
2) Flash the Tar.md5 of the full stock Gingerbread distribution from the Download Repository, I777UCKH7 including the bootloaders and everything, in the PDA slot.
3) If that is successful you are done. If it is not, then:
4) Download the SBL Bootloader from the Download Repository. Flash it as PDA in ODIN, without ticking Re-Partitioning. (Please observe normal bootloader flashing caution.)
5) Flash the Kernel, as in step 1.
6) Flash the full stock Gingerbread distribution, as in step 2.
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Thank you again, the Siyah 2.6.14 Kernel doesnt work, its stuck also at NAND Write Start!!
I tried also the full stock and its doesnt work also, about the SBL Bootloader i cant find the download there colud you give me the direct link? i get confused with all the links and descriptions there.
Amo5 said:
Thank you again, the Siyah 2.6.14 Kernel doesnt work, its stuck also at NAND Write Start!!
I tried also the full stock and its doesnt work also, about the SBL Bootloader i cant find the download there colud you give me the direct link? i get confused with all the links and descriptions there.
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The I777 SBL is the very first item in the Download Repository.
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The I777 SBL is the very first item in the Download Repository.
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Its also stuck at NAND Write Start!! part, why nothing is working?
Amo5 said:
Its also stuck at NAND Write Start!! part, why nothing is working?
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I would first suspect a problem with the connection. As I wrote previously:
The problem MAY be NAND read/write corruption. It is also possible that you have a bad or flaky connection between the phone and the computer. Sometimes failed flash is due to USB cable or micro USB connector on the phone, or you may need to use a different USB port on the computer, or even another computer. If the problem is NAND read/write corruption, then the following should clear it.
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Try different cables. Try different USB port on the computer. If you can get access to a different computer, try flashing from that. That will be a good start to troubleshooting this issue.
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I would first suspect a problem with the connection. As I wrote previously:
Try different cables. Try different USB port on the computer. If you can get access to a different computer, try flashing from that. That will be a good start to troubleshooting this issue.
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I tried a diffrenets USB cables and USB port, next setp is another computer? and what if it doesnt work?
TY again for all the help!
Amo5 said:
I tried a diffrenets USB cables and USB port, next setp is another computer? and what if it doesnt work?
TY again for all the help!
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In 99.9% of cases (I'm not going to say it's an absolute, but nearly so), when the phone can go into download mode it can be flashed. I'm not sure I know all the possible factors that would interfere with a flash, but the connection between the phone and the computer probably accounts for the vast majority of cases.
Have you ever had any problems with the USB port on the phone? You might try cleaning it with alcohol, not 80% as it has too much water in it, at least 90% or better.
Another thing you could try is flashing it using Heimdall from the command line instead of using Odin.
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In 99.9% of cases (I'm not going to say it's an absolute, but nearly so), when the phone can go into download mode it can be flashed. I'm not sure I know all the possible factors that would interfere with a flash, but the connection between the phone and the computer probably accounts for the vast majority of cases.
Have you ever had any problems with the USB port on the phone? You might try cleaning it with alcohol, not 80% as it has too much water in it, at least 90% or better.
Another thing you could try is flashing it using Heimdall from the command line instead of using Odin.
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sorry for my late answer, i have been away for the last week.
I just tried diffrenet latptop and again with my PC and same result still stuck at NAND Write Start or SBL1 its depened at the file im trying to flash(stock/kernel/sbl)
of coruse I tried different USB cables and even micro USB.
what next?
Amo5 said:
sorry for my late answer, i have been away for the last week.
I just tried diffrenet latptop and again with my PC and same result still stuck at NAND Write Start or SBL1 its depened at the file im trying to flash(stock/kernel/sbl)
of coruse I tried different USB cables and even micro USB.
what next?
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There is little else I can add to help find a solution to your issue. I've already covered pretty much what I know about the SGH-I777 with respect to your issues.
Even though you have been unable to flash with the things you have tried so far, it still may flash for you if you keep working with it. I have seen users report in the forums here that they were able to get a successful flash on the xth try (I don't remember, 5th, 10th, 15th?)
It could possibly be an issue with your micro usb port on the phone? What have you done to trouble shoot that?
There are some things that could cause the reported behavior that are not related to the connection between the phone and the computer. I have seen one or two reports of actual memory module damage that would allow the phone to boot, but not to function correctly. In such a case, the damage is in a non-critical area of the memory.
If you live near an AT&T service center (not a store), you might take the phone in to the technicians there and ask if they can help you out. I know the phone is rather old and out of warranty, but they still might help.
You could send the phone to Samsung for repair. There will be a charge. I think you could determine how much by calling them ahead of time.
creepyncrawly said:
There is little else I can add to help find a solution to your issue. I've already covered pretty much what I know about the SGH-I777 with respect to your issues.
Even though you have been unable to flash with the things you have tried so far, it still may flash for you if you keep working with it. I have seen users report in the forums here that they were able to get a successful flash on the xth try (I don't remember, 5th, 10th, 15th?)
It could possibly be an issue with your micro usb port on the phone? What have you done to trouble shoot that?
There are some things that could cause the reported behavior that are not related to the connection between the phone and the computer. I have seen one or two reports of actual memory module damage that would allow the phone to boot, but not to function correctly. In such a case, the damage is in a non-critical area of the memory.
If you live near an AT&T service center (not a store), you might take the phone in to the technicians there and ask if they can help you out. I know the phone is rather old and out of warranty, but they still might help.
You could send the phone to Samsung for repair. There will be a charge. I think you could determine how much by calling them ahead of time.
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Well my counter is about 25 now and many times the flash isnt count..
I living in country without AT&T service so i guess i send the phone to some lab or something..
About the connection between the phone and the computer i had troubles with it in the past so i just move to "Wifi file transfer" so i dont know if the problem still relavent, anyway i checked it in 2 differents computers and many USB cables.
SO what you saying is keep trying OR send it to some lab?
thanks again for all your help buddy
Hi, ad the title says i've bricked my player
I was on cm12 and tried to flash stock ROM from odin
I fkashed two times, the first one i got a bootloop, the second one the device got bricked :crying: , i can't do anything, it won't turno on or go into download mode :crying:
Please hekp me!
I've found a guide which tells about a program called unbrickble rezurrector, but i can't find the jar...
PLease help me i miss my player :crying: :crying:
Do you think that a USB jig will do the trick?
edoardog said:
Hi, ad the title says i've bricked my player
I was on cm12 and tried to flash stock ROM from odin
I fkashed two times, the first one i got a bootloop, the second one the device got bricked :crying: , i can't do anything, it won't turno on or go into download mode :crying:
Please hekp me!
I've found a guide which tells about a program called unbrickble rezurrector, but i can't find the jar...
PLease help me i miss my player :crying: :crying:
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To power your device all the way off plug it in and hold power until the battery logo comes up.
Then unplug it and hold power, home, and volume down to boot into download mode.
Use odin (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...=ewT0JrvKAjyPbAfN2FyCTQ&bvm=bv.91071109,d.eXY) to flash the stock firmware form here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192488
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To power your device all the way off plug it in and hold power until the battery logo comes up.
Then unplug it and hold power, home, and volume down to boot into download mode.
Use odin (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...=ewT0JrvKAjyPbAfN2FyCTQ&bvm=bv.91071109,d.eXY) to flash the stock firmware form here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192488
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hi, I've managed to make it boot into recovery by using unbrickable resurrector... now i've got another problem, I can't flash stock rom :crying:
I've followed adam outler guide to recover from a brick, but odin won't flash on the player! it just says SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Can't open the serial(COM) port! I can only make it go to download mode, and if I unplug it from the pc it shuts... I don't know what to do!
i don't think that the drivers are the problem, i can flash on my galaxy tab 3...
edoardog said:
hi, I've managed to make it boot into recovery by using unbrickable resurrector... now i've got another problem, I can't flash stock rom :crying:
I've followed adam outler guide to recover from a brick, but odin won't flash on the player! it just says SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Can't open the serial(COM) port! I can only make it go to download mode, and if I unplug it from the pc it shuts... I don't know what to do!
i don't think that the drivers are the problem, i can flash on my galaxy tab 3...
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My player has sometimes had this problem with Odin 3.07. It has always worked fine with Odin 1.85 however. I have attached the Odin zip just extract it and run. If it still doesn't work try installing Samsung Kies (or re-install) to get the USB driver. Should that fail install the samsung mobile USB Driver (also attached).
Kies Link (Use Kies 2.6): http://www.samsung.com/us/kies/
Androprise said:
My player has sometimes had this problem with Odin 3.07. It has always worked fine with Odin 1.85 however. I have attached the Odin zip just extract it and run. If it still doesn't work try installing Samsung Kies (or re-install) to get the USB driver. Should that fail install the samsung mobile USB Driver (also attached).
Kies Link (Use Kies 2.6):
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ok, thank you very much for your help
i managed to flash stockrom but the player won't turn on i don't know what happend
after it ends flashing it just shuts, it won't rebot... i don't know
edoardog said:
ok, thank you very much for your help
i managed to flash stockrom but the player won't turn on i don't know what happend
after it ends flashing it just shuts, it won't rebot... i don't know
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I'm in a similar situation (bricked after cm12, no recovery, have let the battery die, gathering info on what to do next).
Here's a total guess, maybe the repartitioning for the cm12 is messing up the stock rom (did you have "repartition" checked in odin?) have you tried flashing cm11 or 12 instead of stock?
Also if this doesn't work try flashing with the pit file which can be found lower down on the same post as the stock ROMs.
TheRealBubba said:
I'm in a similar situation (bricked after cm12, no recovery, have let the battery die, gathering info on what to do next).
Here's a total guess, maybe the repartitioning for the cm12 is messing up the stock rom (did you have "repartition" checked in odin?) have you tried flashing cm11 or 12 instead of stock?
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Hi, each time i flash in odin i check repartition and load the pit file...
how do I flash CM11 or CM12? I can't put it in recovery...
I think we are in the same situation, i was thinking... can't we make a CM11 or CM12 flashable tar file? i don't know if it's possibile, i'm a newbie and know only a little of android and similar OS...
uff, if the galaxy payer could only boot in recovery we could be able to flash one rom to fix it!
sorry for my bad english
edoardog said:
I think we are in the same situation, i was thinking... can't we make a CM11 or CM12 flashable tar file? i don't know if it's possibile, i'm a newbie and know only a little of android and similar OS...
uff, if the galaxy payer could only boot in recovery we could be able to flash one rom to fix it!
sorry for my bad english
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I couldn't get mine into recovery either. I couldn't even get proper download mode. But, I used odin3 v1.85 (I also tried kies, and re-installing that may have installed drivers that turned out to be necessary, windows spent a lot of time searching for drivers... I'm a linux guy, I don't really understand how/why windows needs to spend 10 minutes searching for the same drivers again and again - whatever), and tried flashing lots of things, assorted pit files, roms and recoveries...
Eventually I managed to install a stock rom that I got from the first post in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39188127
It installed correctly, but booted into an animation bootloop.
I cannot flash cwm on to it. When I boot into recovery I get the (stock?) android 3e recovery, and a screen full of red telling me that cache does not exist. None of the four options, reboot, install update zip from sd, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, do anything.
Stuck there now.
TheRealBubba said:
I couldn't get mine into recovery either. I couldn't even get proper download mode. But, I used odin3 v1.85 (I also tried kies, and re-installing that may have installed drivers that turned out to be necessary, windows spent a lot of time searching for drivers... I'm a linux guy, I don't really understand how/why windows needs to spend 10 minutes searching for the same drivers again and again - whatever), and tried flashing lots of things, assorted pit files, roms and recoveries...
Eventually I managed to install a stock rom that I got from the first post in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39188127
It installed correctly, but booted into an animation bootloop.
I cannot flash cwm on to it. When I boot into recovery I get the (stock?) android 3e recovery, and a screen full of red telling me that cache does not exist. None of the four options, reboot, install update zip from sd, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, do anything.
Stuck there now.
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I'm going to try to flash that, thank you for your respond... Windows can be relly slow in seraching driver, linux is a lot faster XD, yesterday i tried to flash my galaxy player from JODIN3, which is basically ODIN for LInux, the problem is, after it ends, it says SUCCESS!! but the player won't boot... Maybe the battery is dead this happens everytime I flash the pit and stock rom, ODIN says success but then it shuts, giving no life signs
This is a really strange problem even I tryed to flash everything (from kernels, to recovery, to stock roms and the bootloader which posted AdamOutler) we need to ask to an experienced dev what maybe has happend, ecause i relly have no idea
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I'm going to try to flash that, thank you for your respond... Windows can be relly slow in seraching driver, linux is a lot faster XD, yesterday i tried to flash my galaxy player from JODIN3, which is basically ODIN for LInux, the problem is, after it ends, it says SUCCESS!! but the player won't boot... Maybe the battery is dead this happens everytime I flash the pit and stock rom, ODIN says success but then it shuts, giving no life signs
This is a really strange problem even I tryed to flash everything (from kernels, to recovery, to stock roms and the bootloader which posted AdamOutler) we need to ask to an experienced dev what maybe has happend, ecause i relly have no idea
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I'll look into JODIN3, messing around with Windows is so painfull. I would skip flashing the pit, just odin the one thing. I've also found that if odin fails flashing something, everything else I try flashing afterwards will fail. The only success I've had has been with disconnecting everything, plugging the device back into the PC, the starting odin new.
I've gotten a working gingerbread ROM, from here:
http://meticulus-development.com/index.php/galaxy-player-5-0-2/galaxy-player-5-0-stock-roms/
(irritating finding the download link among all the malware bull**** and "windows support" popups, it required registering for 4shared, but a throwaway email works)
The recovery is still a native samsung android 3e, and it took me a while to figure out that the "select" key wasn't the power button, but the home softkey... That might have been true of the last one I had flashed, the one that bootlooped, maybe I could have wiped... anyway. I've got a working gingerbread GP5.0 I can give my daughter (if I can avoid the temptation of putting cwm and then cm11 on it).
TheRealBubba said:
I'll look into JODIN3, messing around with Windows is so painfull. I would skip flashing the pit, just odin the one thing. I've also found that if odin fails flashing something, everything else I try flashing afterwards will fail. The only success I've had has been with disconnecting everything, plugging the device back into the PC, the starting odin new.
I've gotten a working gingerbread ROM, from here:
http://meticulus-development.com/index.php/galaxy-player-5-0-2/galaxy-player-5-0-stock-roms/
(irritating finding the download link among all the malware bull**** and "windows support" popups, it required registering for 4shared, but a throwaway email works)
The recovery is still a native samsung android 3e, and it took me a while to figure out that the "select" key wasn't the power button, but the home softkey... That might have been true of the last one I had flashed, the one that bootlooped, maybe I could have wiped... anyway. I've got a working gingerbread GP5.0 I can give my daughter (if I can avoid the temptation of putting cwm and then cm11 on it).
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Thank you very much! I'll try and flash, I'm curious to see if this one works! downloading right naw!!
TheRealBubba said:
I'll look into JODIN3, messing around with Windows is so painfull. I would skip flashing the pit, just odin the one thing. I've also found that if odin fails flashing something, everything else I try flashing afterwards will fail. The only success I've had has been with disconnecting everything, plugging the device back into the PC, the starting odin new.
I've gotten a working gingerbread ROM, from here:
http://meticulus-development.com/index.php/galaxy-player-5-0-2/galaxy-player-5-0-stock-roms/
(irritating finding the download link among all the malware bull**** and "windows support" popups, it required registering for 4shared, but a throwaway email works)
The recovery is still a native samsung android 3e, and it took me a while to figure out that the "select" key wasn't the power button, but the home softkey... That might have been true of the last one I had flashed, the one that bootlooped, maybe I could have wiped... anyway. I've got a working gingerbread GP5.0 I can give my daughter (if I can avoid the temptation of putting cwm and then cm11 on it).
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Actually it didn't work DDD: whatever thank you very much for trying helping me, I think I need to change the entire device XD, but i was thinking... maybe if I install the usa rom on my INTL do you think that it may work, i've read that it works but the home button won't be recognized... dunno
I'm gonna try, as we say in italy, rotto per rotto, I will try and install
edoardog said:
Actually it didn't work DDD: whatever thank you very much for trying helping me, I think I need to change the entire device XD, but i was thinking... maybe if I install the usa rom on my INTL do you think that it may work, i've read that it works but the home button won't be recognized... dunno
I'm gonna try, as we say in italy, rotto per rotto, I will try and install
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Hmmm, I think the US/Intl might not be super important, since all you really want is to get a working recovery on there. I got one of those GB roms on, then was able to flash cwm. I don't think you need to be able to use the rom, but installing it make odin able to flash cwm. Once cwm was on I installed the cm11 xip and all is good.
Good luck with yours.
TheRealBubba said:
Hmmm, I think the US/Intl might not be super important, since all you really want is to get a working recovery on there. I got one of those GB roms on, then was able to flash cwm. I don't think you need to be able to use the rom, but installing it make odin able to flash cwm. Once cwm was on I installed the cm11 xip and all is good.
Good luck with yours.
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I still have the same results, the player won't boot after finishing flashing... oh well, thank you very much for your help
Maybe i'll buy another one, it's a very cool device
TheRealBubba said:
I couldn't get mine into recovery either. I couldn't even get proper download mode. But, I used odin3 v1.85 (I also tried kies, and re-installing that may have installed drivers that turned out to be necessary, windows spent a lot of time searching for drivers... I'm a linux guy, I don't really understand how/why windows needs to spend 10 minutes searching for the same drivers again and again - whatever), and tried flashing lots of things, assorted pit files, roms and recoveries...
Eventually I managed to install a stock rom that I got from the first post in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39188127
It installed correctly, but booted into an animation bootloop.
I cannot flash cwm on to it. When I boot into recovery I get the (stock?) android 3e recovery, and a screen full of red telling me that cache does not exist. None of the four options, reboot, install update zip from sd, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, do anything.
Stuck there now.
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If the stock recovery is not working try flashing a CWM recovery for the GB ROMS.
For the Intl Player with the hardware button this one should work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1414565
You need the Odin file to flash then recovery should work.
Do a cache wipe, factory data reset, and wipe the Dalvik cache.