OK people, I've been rooting for a long time now but a replacement handset has me confused as to where to go. I even went back to reading the CF n00b guide but I'm still none the wiser. I figure I'm being incredibly stupid but I just can't figure out the best way to root and all this talk of the emmc brick isn't helping. I'm putting the blame on my many painkillers due to my disability and I would ask that those of you who state search and you shall find, keep those comments to yourself, believe me I've looked.
I'm running on
Stock Android 4.04
Baseband I9100XXLQ6
Kernel Version 3.0.15-I9100XWLPT-CL941023 [email protected] #3
Build IMM76D.XWLPT
This is the guide I've been re-reading and I know I'm supposed to find the replacement Kernel LPT, but I can't seem to find it. Am I going about this completely the wrong way or am I missing some reading.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
Thanks in advance
I just flashed cwm zip then ROM with root I'll find link for u so easy and no triangle
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Carefully want help ask I just flashed this then reboot into recovery then flash ROM no triangle and so easy remember to thank the dev on link ok
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cerealfreak said:
OK people, I've been rooting for a long time now but a replacement handset has me confused as to where to go. I even went back to reading the CF n00b guide but I'm still none the wiser. I figure I'm being incredibly stupid but I just can't figure out the best way to root and all this talk of the emmc brick isn't helping. I'm putting the blame on my many painkillers due to my disability and I would ask that those of you who state search and you shall find, keep those comments to yourself, believe me I've looked.
I'm running on
Stock Android 4.04
Baseband I9100XXLQ6
Kernel Version 3.0.15-I9100XWLPT-CL941023 [email protected] #3
Build IMM76D.XWLPT
This is the guide I've been re-reading and I know I'm supposed to find the replacement Kernel LPT, but I can't seem to find it. Am I going about this completely the wrong way or am I missing some reading.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
Thanks in advance
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It seems that you actually run a firmware with the eMMC brick bug (XWLPT). These firmwares/kernels are affected: XXLQ5/6/7/B - ZCLPL - XWLPM - XWLPO - XWLPT - MUGLD3(?). Found these in this thread.
I think the best (and safest) thing would be to flash a custom kernel, such as Siyah through ODIN, instead og a Stock kernel with root.
And now here's how to avoid 4.0.4 hardbrick :
-DO NOT flash any stock 4.0.4 firmware
-If on 4.0.4 stock firmware, keep away from stock kernel (ex: use siyah kernel or latest speedmod)
-Use "eMMC Brickbug Check" app to verify whether you have an insane ship or not
-Backup your apps (titanium backup) and backup all (cwm) and copy all data from internal sdcard
-DO NOT wipe any partition or data
-Flash any official 4.0.3 stock firmware in download mode via odin (do not use mobile odin)
-Do not get tempted again by any unsafe leaked or official firmware !!!
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Again from here.
I hope I could help
cerealfreak said:
OK people, I've been rooting for a long time now but a replacement handset has me confused as to where to go. I even went back to reading the CF n00b guide but I'm still none the wiser. I figure I'm being incredibly stupid but I just can't figure out the best way to root and all this talk of the emmc brick isn't helping. I'm putting the blame on my many painkillers due to my disability and I would ask that those of you who state search and you shall find, keep those comments to yourself, believe me I've looked.
I'm running on
Stock Android 4.04
Baseband I9100XXLQ6
Kernel Version 3.0.15-I9100XWLPT-CL941023 [email protected] #3
Build IMM76D.XWLPT
This is the guide I've been re-reading and I know I'm supposed to find the replacement Kernel LPT, but I can't seem to find it. Am I going about this completely the wrong way or am I missing some reading.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
Thanks in advance
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All is well bro.
Very easy too.
Visit this THREAD, go through it (2 pages), I just solved the same issue for the OP
Hi all, sorry for the delayed response but I haven't been well. I tried to follow the tactics described but they all seem to indicate to flash a kernel with root in it such as Siyah and then I can flash from there. But, to do that I need to enter CWM mode and I can't do that as I don't have it as my phone's not rooted or am I missing something again. Is there a way of adding CWM to your phone before root? Or is there a way of flashing the Kernel with Odin.
Because of my meds and the fact I am suffering from the emmc brick bug, I really need a complete idiots step by step guide to getting round this as using stock Android is driving me mad.
Please and thank you
Yes there is.As mentioned earlier just get a siyah kernel(s2-v.4.1.5) and flash using Odin.
Then you should be rooted with cwm and kernel not affected with brickbug.
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Yes there is.As mentioned earlier just get a siyah kernel(s2-v.4.1.5) and flash using Odin.
Then you should be rooted with cwm and kernel not affected with brickbug.
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Hi, theunderling, thanks for the response and sorry if this is what you have said, like I said, lot of pain meds and this just isn't sinking in properly, flashing and changing everything on my phone used to be as easy as pie to me, these days brain fog doesn't help and I feel entirely stupid.
So I flash the Siyah Kernel with ODIN, do I use the S2-v.4.1.5 from the link in your signature? And what options do I choose in ODIN, I would previously choose PDA when flashing ROMs but, I'm guessing I use the Bootloader option? And as normal I don't change any of the options just leaving "auto reboot" and "F.reset time" ticked. And then once this is done I should be free to open CWM as normal and flash any ROM I choose?
Just to double check I am running the following at present
Android Version 4.04
Baseband I9100XXLQ6
Kernel Version 3.0.15-I9100XWLPT-CL941023 [email protected]#3
Build Number IMM76D.XWLPT
I thank you for your time and putting up with what is undoubtedly a repeated question but, I again repeat the pain meds. I can't wait until they fix my back and I can get off these bloody things
Thanks
Like he said flash siyah in odin as pda nothing else...put phone in download mode...hook up...com goes yellow....press start...10 seconds later pass and phone reboots...yay rooted...maybe wait till your off your meds bud.
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vanisleryan said:
Like he said flash siyah in odin as pda nothing else...put phone in download mode...hook up...com goes yellow....press start...10 seconds later pass and phone reboots...yay rooted...maybe wait till your off your meds bud.
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Thanks man, that's clearer still, I am grateful for the extreme level of n00bish help Frustrating I know, I've helped people in the past where the answer is as clear as day yet people just don't seem to get it, and I hate the fact that I am having to behave that way myself. I appreciate the sentiment about the meds bud I really do. Unfortunately, I am on them because of a spinal disability I will be living with for the rest of my life, a condition that has cost me my wife, my house, my highly successful professional career in IT Business management and my early retirement as a successful semi-pro MMA fighter with a record of 31 wins & 1 loss So I'd love to be off them but, never will. Hence the desperate need to get my phone back working as I want it too, not how Samsung want it.
Sorry had to edit this to add, I'm not having a passive aggressive attack at you for your comment, I just wanted you to know why it was I appear to be so brainless to such a simple task and that I need it explaining because it won't change for me. Apologies if it comes across as that I didn't meant it to.
Much appreciated help from you and everyone else. thanks
Cerealfreak
cerealfreak said:
Thanks man, that's clearer still, I am grateful for the extreme level of n00bish help Frustrating I know, I've helped people in the past where the answer is as clear as day yet people just don't seem to get it, and I hate the fact that I am having to behave that way myself. I appreciate the sentiment about the meds bud I really do. Unfortunately, I am on them because of a spinal disability I will be living with for the rest of my life, a condition that has cost me my wife, my house, my highly successful professional career in IT Business management and my early retirement as an MMA fighter with a record of 31 wins & 1 loss So I'd love to be off them but, never will. Hence the desperate need to get my phone back working as I want it too, not how Samsung want it.
Much appreciated help from you and everyone else. thanks
Cerealfreak
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There's also a way too root with just cwm. I done it this way and you won't get yellow triangle
Cwm zip .on external card. ROM you will flash also on external card
And gapps. Read back a few pages its been covered if not just ask happy to help
galaxys2 dori7.22 rootbox nightly pitch perfect
Theres no problem pal,its just you have to be extra careful with you being on the firmware that has the brickbug.
You can root using recovery/cwm,then change to a safe kernel using cwm or you can do all that in one operation using Odin.
As soon as you flash that kernel,you should backup your efs folder using hcktool,and make a nand backup using cwm.
There are a couple of tutorials you can have a quick look at.
theunderling said:
Theres no problem pal,its just you have to be extra careful with you being on the firmware that has the brickbug.
You can root using recovery/cwm,then change to a safe kernel using cwm or you can do all that in one operation using Odin.
As soon as you flash that kernel,you should backup your efs folder using hcktool,and make a nand backup using cwm.
There are a couple of tutorials you can have a quick look at.
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Hi, I downloaded the Siyah Kernel and put the phone into recovery mode, connected into ODIN and choose it, pressed start and nothing happened? Any ideas?
Yeah it needs to be in download mode.
Vol down,home and power buttons.
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Yeah it needs to be in download mode.
Vol down,home and power buttons.
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Naturally I did that, the phone showed up as connected in COM4 on ODIN, but it showed up as Zimage started and then nothing happened at all for about 5 minutes I had to disconnect and restart the phone by removing the battery
Despite numerous attempts at following the instructions using ODIN, nothing happens it shows up as zimage and then sits there doing nothing. Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong?
Go back to the start....can you get into stock recovery mode.
If so,just flash the 2 items in the ics root in my sig.
cerealfreak said:
Despite numerous attempts at following the instructions using ODIN, nothing happens it shows up as zimage and then sits there doing nothing. Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong?
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We'll go simple. You need to download the siyah kernel (odin version). What you get is a .tar file. Don't extract it, just keep it on the desktop.
Next, turn your phone completely off. Press home button + volume down + power button simultaneously. There will be a warning screen, press volume up to continue. Now you're in download mode.
Connect your phone to PC. Odin should detect your phone (a white box turns yellow). Make sure KIES is not running on your PC.
In Odin, only f.reset and autoreboot (or something similar, don't remember exactly) should be ticked, nothing else.
Click the PDA button, browse to the .tar siyah file and flash it.
I'm sorry if I made it really simple, might make you think I'm stupid trying to explain all that, but I don't think I've missed anything.
Keep us updated
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cerealfreak said:
Despite numerous attempts at following the instructions using ODIN, nothing happens it shows up as zimage and then sits there doing nothing. Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong?
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Here mate, download this http://db.tt/MxD7F6xg. Flash it through stock recovery. Then flash siyah/dorimanX kernel through the temporary CWM. Reboot then done
Edit: Oh BTW it's touch recovery.
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Spiralzz I understand why you put it in such simple terms but, that's exactly what I was doing, help appreciated though
boy racer adding your download allowed me to access the CWM recovery but when I try to flash the Siyah kernel I'm getting a signature verification failure? So close yet so far, bloody EMMC bug, flashing used to be easy
cerealfreak said:
Spiralzz I understand why you put it in such simple terms but, that's exactly what I was doing, help appreciated though
boy racer adding your download allowed me to access the CWM recovery but when I try to flash the Siyah kernel I'm getting a signature verification failure? So close yet so far, bloody EMMC bug, flashing used to be easy
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Is there not an option to toggle verification or something? I can't remember. I would check but I'm tethering to my PS3 playing black ops 2
Edit: just checked, there isn't have you tried flashing dorimanX kernel instead? Or any other? Worked for me 1st time when I 1st got my S2.
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Hi I rooted my galaxy s2 and then unrooted it as I did'nt know what to do with it as overclockig and changing cpu frequencies did'nt seem to do anything. I read on your forum bit, that samsung can tell if you have rooted the device or not, how do I avoid that.
When I rooted I downloaded the original Kernal and the yellow triangle went away. Then I unrooted via superoneclick.
Then when I went on to samsung kies the firmware was'nt there, so I did a factory reset and now it is back and is up to date the firmware version is there now.
I'm guessing I should've back my phone up before hand but how and should I have done things the way I did?
My appologies for the war and peace but I am nooob and really want to learn.
What I have learned is off youtube and I could'nt get all the info I wanted, like where to download a safe superone click root.
In the video they used cwm I think but where do you get this and what does this do?
Any help you guys can give me please inbox me so I can learn a bit more.
Thanks guys and girls and all the best for the year ahead.
Kind regards Iamaspecialneedscase.
Iamaspecialneedscase said:
Hi I rooted my galaxy s2 and then unrooted it as I did'nt know what to do with it as overclockig and changing cpu frequencies did'nt seem to do anything. I read on your forum bit, that samsung can tell if you have rooted the device or not, how do I avoid that.
By not flashing or by using the>> SEARCH will find it >> USB Recovery Jig .
When I rooted I downloaded the original Kernal and the yellow triangle went away.
Then I unrooted via superoneclick.
Then when I went on to samsung kies the firmware was'nt there, so I did a factory reset and now it is back and is up to date the firmware version is there now.
I'm guessing I should've back my phone up before hand but how and should I have done things the way I did?
You have gone down a different route firmware wise is KIES official firmware once you change part or modify kernel part you may not get KIES upgrades .
download a safe superone click root.Thats a very old method .
In the video they used cwm I think but where do you get this and what does this do?
Any help you guys can give me please inbox me so I can learn a bit more.
Thanks guys and girls and all the best for the year ahead.
You need to start at the beginning and read and learn its not really hard .
start with the basics and take your time .
NEW HERE
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134290
Guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125282
Method of rooting and installs CWM recovery
Root + CWM .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
roughly
The process would be root and install CWM choose a custom rom and flash through CWM then backup via CWM .
jje
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Where do I get cwm please
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Well guys and girls, I am even more confused now! What is cwm and where do I get it?
If super one click is outdated then what do I use?
I have read quite a few forums but I'm lost, please somebody help!!!!!
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I wasn't going to this question because 30 seconds of Googling would give you every answer you want and more but hey, it's new years, and I'm in a festive spirit.
So your question, first, "what is CWM?". CWM (Clockwork mod) is replacement for the standard Samsung recovery suite which allows you, in addition to the standard functions, to restore data, backup data, flash new zips and a wealth of other great stuff. Basically its your best friend when flashing new ROMS, Kernels, etc.
If you want to do anything above and beyond the bog standard tweaking with your phone (basically everything you find here on XDA) you will need to use CWM. It comes with any and every rooted Kernel you flash. Every Kernel which has root will have CWM. So if you had rooted your phone by installing a custom Kernel you would have it. (side note, you get to recovery by holding volume up + home button + power button for a few seconds).
Now down to how to get CWM and to super one click. If you made a timeline of XDA and rooting, super one click would be at the very very start. Its the dinosaur of rooting. I recommend strongly against using it, to be honest I didnt even know you could still use it. Anyway, the best way to root your phone is by flashing a rooted Kernel. I will presume your phone is now unrooted and you are running stock Kernel + stock ROM. You want to download Odin (http://www.mediafire.com/?a54dbk53vhpkjto) and then flash a corresponding rooted Kernel to your ROM (I recommend CF-Root by Chainfire). I'm not going to tell you how to flash stuff with Odin because there are millions of guides out there, just don't tick re-partitioning. What I mean by corresponding is it build of the Kernel should relate to your ROM. If you are running a XWKK5 ROM for example, you would flash a XWKK5 Kernel. It's pretty clear in Chainfire's CF Root thread what the builds of all the Kernels are.
Anyway I hope that helps you, and I hope you're grateful I've just taken 5 minutes to explain to you things that you could have found guides on written by people much more experienced than myself in 2 minutes of googling.
I thanked you because its New Year! (@postfatal)
Good luck with the rooting and make sure you use the search functions of these forums, a wealth of information is to be had and the stickies are well worth a look!!!
BTW rooting will void your warranty.
Thank you postfatal. I have done some googleing and have read up un quite a bit of stuff, but still getting boggled by all the info.
Maybe I will just give this up as abad job.
Thank you and happy new year.
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Iamaspecialneedscase said:
Thank you postfatal. I have done some googleing and have read up un quite a bit of stuff, but still getting boggled by all the info.
Maybe I will just give this up as abad job.
Thank you and happy new year.
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Hi,
Belive me, i was just like you for 3-4 days ago, and by now i almost can everything that's needed to be known about rooting. Almost everyone here make it sound so hard to rooting, that's because they can't eplain things in "noob languages".
If you still don't know how to do this, PM me back and i will help you.
thanks
Actually, Chainfire's CFRoot instructions couldn't be simpler. There's only 10 steps (7 that actually require you to do something)
I don't see what's difficult about:-
*checking your current kernel
*finding the corresponding CFRoot kernel
*downloading same (and downloading Odin if necessary)
*unzipping the tar
*firing up Odin
*putting your phone in download mode (volume down/home button/power button)
*plugging one end of a USB cable into the USB port on your PC/the other into the USB port of your phone
*clicking on PDA in Odin & navigating to where you saved the CFRoot kernel tar file
*clicking "start"
*waiting until the process completes/Odin saying "OK" then unplug the USB cable/wait for your phone to reboot
Or am I missing something ?
Darwichee said:
Hi, Almost everyone here make it sound so hard to rooting, that's because they can't explain things in "noob languages".
thanks
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My friend has an S2 he wants me to root, and I'm having trouble.
I've tried the one click method from windows computers though they don't seem to work as he is on ICS.
The ICS alternative says reboot to recovery etc, though obviously he doesn't have recovery so I can't do that either.
Of course I'm going to be told to root it via flashing, though while following the guide, the phone soft-bricked and wouldn't turn on (yellow triangle) though luckily I found the Orange UK Restore Package and now it's back to stock!
When I tried to flash it said use the most similar kernel you can find, and so I did, and it didn't work!
The kernel he has is I9100PBVLP6 and there was not an insecure kernel of that available.
Can anyone help?
tomhurst said:
My friend has an S2 he wants me to root, and I'm having trouble.
I've tried the one click method from windows computers though they don't seem to work as he is on ICS.
The ICS alternative says reboot to recovery etc, though obviously he doesn't have recovery so I can't do that either.
Of course I'm going to be told to root it via flashing, though while following the guide, the phone soft-bricked and wouldn't turn on (yellow triangle) though luckily I found the Orange UK Restore Package and now it's back to stock!
When I tried to flash it said use the most similar kernel you can find, and so I did, and it didn't work!
The kernel he has is I9100PBVLP6 and there was not an insecure kernel of that available.
Can anyone help?
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Your friend has the UK Orange NFC phone. Use LP7 Insecure kernel.
http://download.chainfire.eu/158/CF-Root/SGS2/CF-Root-SGS2_XW_XEN_LP7-v5.4-CWM5.zip?retrieve_file=1
You will have the yellow triangle after flashing and your binary flash counter would have increased by 1.
You can use triangle away to remove the symbol and reset the flash counter to zero.
Or have a look at the Root/Unroot guide in my signature.
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bored_stupid said:
Your friend has the UK Orange NFC phone. Use LP7 Insecure kernel.
You will have the yellow triangle after flashing and your binary flash counter would have increased by 1.
You can use triangle away to remove the symbol and reset the flash counter to zero.
Or have a look at the Root/Unroot guide in my signature.
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That's brilliant! Thanks so much. I'll have to convince him to let me now. He doesn't want me going near his phone again haha
If your friend now doesn't want you to go to near his phone, let him root it himself or live with it the way it is.
Statements like "he obviously doesn't have recovery" when he obviously does lead me to believe you'll only damage his phone anyway.
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Your friend has the UK Orange NFC phone. Use LP7 Insecure kernel.
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So I just flash this under PDA? Will this give just root and no recovery?
oinkylicious said:
If your friend now doesn't want you to go to near his phone, let him root it himself or live with it the way it is.
Statements like "he obviously doesn't have recovery" when he obviously does lead me to believe you'll only damage his phone anyway.
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Why does he obviously have recovery? His phone is exactly how he got it. Unless they give you recovery now? I used to have a Spica (piece of crap) which I had to root in order to get recovery onto it. And he has no idea how to root and his phone is being slow and crashes a lot, so he wants to make it better, I told him a custom ROM would help.
tomhurst said:
So I just flash this under PDA? Will this give just root and no recovery?
Why does he obviously have recovery? His phone is exactly how he got it. Unless they give you recovery now? I used to have a Spica (piece of crap) which I had to root in order to get recovery onto it. And he has no idea how to root and his phone is being slow and crashes a lot, so he wants to make it better, I told him a custom ROM would help.
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All new or old S2s should have recovery albeit stock 3e recovery," if they have not installed another recovery ". Try it!
Power down. Then at the same time press:- volume up/home button/power button.
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tomhurst said:
his phone is being slow and crashes a lot, so he wants to make it better, I told him a custom ROM would help.
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You told him bogus information then.
tomhurst said:
My friend has an S2 he wants me to root, and I'm having trouble.
I've tried the one click method from windows computers though they don't seem to work as he is on ICS.
The ICS alternative says reboot to recovery etc, though obviously he doesn't have recovery so I can't do that either.
Of course I'm going to be told to root it via flashing, though while following the guide, the phone soft-bricked and wouldn't turn on (yellow triangle) though luckily I found the Orange UK Restore Package and now it's back to stock!
When I tried to flash it said use the most similar kernel you can find, and so I did, and it didn't work!
The kernel he has is I9100PBVLP6 and there was not an insecure kernel of that available.
Can anyone help?
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Head over to here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=GT-I9100&r=1#regiona, & find the specific firmware for your friends device & flash in PDA via Odin! (no need to find a seperate kernel to flash, as it will be included in the official firmware package!)
At this point you'll have no yellow triangle on your boot up splash screen, & no flash count!
Then head over to here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719 & root the device using the instructions given! (you'll need an external sd-card in your device to put the files on for rooting!)
Still no yellow triangle on boot splash screen, & also no extra flash count!
Finally, install Triangle Away from here "IF NEEDED": https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.triangleaway&hl=en, & "MAKE SURE" it gives the exact same flash count number as is in download mode, then click "Reset Counter".
Job done, official stock firmware with root (fast, stable & reliable!) with no yellow triangle or flash count visible!
What Samsung official firmware site? Even if such a thing existed why would the custom binary counter go up? Think about it. Also, OP already made it clear he's incapable of following those root instructions, as he apparently (and obviously) doesn't have recovery.
oinkylicious said:
You told him bogus information then.
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What will help then? If you're going to put me down at least be constructive please.
tomhurst said:
What will help then? If you're going to put me down at least be constructive please.
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What will help before you potentially brick your friends phone is to read the stickies.
Stickies here
Hopefully you might learn the basics of rooting/unrooting and installing firmware before its to late
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oinkylicious said:
What Samsung official firmware site? Even if such a thing existed why would the custom binary counter go up? Think about it. Also, OP already made it clear he's incapable of following those root instructions, as he apparently (and obviously) doesn't have recovery.
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tomhurst said:
What will help then? If you're going to put me down at least be constructive please.
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It's just his way, don't worry about it!
1: This samsung firmware site: http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=GT-I9100&r=1#regiona
Obviously exists eh!
2: As I mentioned in my (helpfull!) post, the method I directed him to uses temporary "Touch CWM Recovery" for him to get into to root!
3: The method he tried was the oneclick method! That's not the method I directed him to! (try reading the post properly before commenting, as you've so graciously pointed out to me in the past!)
I hope this answers all of your descrepancies oinkylicious!
CrackDaddy said:
It's just his way, don't worry about it!
1: This official samsung firmware site: http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=GT-I9100&r=1#regiona
Obviously exists eh!
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Actually Samfirmware.com is an unofficial site, not endorsed by Samsung at all.
although it is where to get the Samsung firmware's for all their phones.
bored_stupid said:
Actually Samfirmware.com is an unofficial site, not endorsed by Samsung at all.
although it is where to get the Samsung firmware's for all their phones.
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Fair enough, well I won't split ends with you & thanks for the usefull information bored_stupid!
1) not official
2) it wouldn't go up "AGAIN" after flashing official firmware. Writing wrong information in CAPS doesn't make it right
3) I know, see 4)
4) he tried both and fell at the first hurdle.
Any more? Come at me bro.
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1) not official
2) it wouldn't go up after flashing official firmware.
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I got the not official bit m8, get over yourself!
Really, I'm trying to help the bloke & all you can pick up on is "NOT OFFICIAL"?? please!
Any more? Come at me bro?? How old?...........
The more you post, the more foolish you look. Flashing an official binary from download mode will not increase your counter.
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The more you post, the more foolish you look. Flashing an official binary from download mode will not increase your counter.
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& you're job on here I take it is to try & make people look stupid huh?
Like I said, how old?
Tell me something? what increases your binary count oinkylicious?
Flashing an unofficial binary from download mode. Such as CF-root or any of the custom kernels.
I just don't like people spreading incorrect information.
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Flashing an unofficial binary from download mode.
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I stand corrected & edited your honour, at last, something creative to say
You's da man, whoop whoop!
he said the phone wouldn't boot & yellow triangle!
yellow triangle as far as I know= binary counter gone up!
Apart from using a jig, for which he'd also have to flash an older bootloader coz the phone's on ICS & it wouldn't work otherwise, what would you suggest to reset it?
Not false information I'm giving m8, just trying to be helpfull, & I can't see in what I originally posted how I wasn't trying to be helpfull really!? But you obviously can
Alright, so I had attempted to root my new AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH - i777 and succeeded, but had flashed an incorrect kernel so my phone is acting very strange. I can still use the phone and everything, but it will not let me get into download mode so that I can use ODIN to fix my phone completely with no errors. Then, I was thinking if I tried using this option in SuperSU which allowed me to unroot my phone, then maybe it'd fix the phone itself and correct the kernel. So now, I am stuck with an unrooted phone and cannot root it again because I cannot access download mode. I do have CWM, but I also ran into problems with that not being able to flash ANYTHING off my SD Card. Could someone please give some tips or tricks I could use to fix this?
p.s. I read somewhere about something relating to a jig? I am still relatively new to all of this so I don't know how I'd go with doing that without proper instruction.
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Alright, so I had attempted to root my new AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH - i777 and succeeded, but had flashed an incorrect kernel so my phone is acting very strange. I can still use the phone and everything, but it will not let me get into download mode so that I can use ODIN to fix my phone completely with no errors. Then, I was thinking if I tried using this option in SuperSU which allowed me to unroot my phone, then maybe it'd fix the phone itself and correct the kernel. So now, I am stuck with an unrooted phone and cannot root it again because I cannot access download mode. I do have CWM, but I also ran into problems with that not being able to flash ANYTHING off my SD Card. Could someone please give some tips or tricks I could use to fix this?
p.s. I read somewhere about something relating to a jig? I am still relatively new to all of this so I don't know how I'd go with doing that without proper instruction.
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Search and you will find the answer about a jig as for your issue, have you tried flashing a different kernel
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Search and you will find the answer about a jig as for your issue, have you tried flashing a different kernel
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How would I flash a different kernel? I can't do it through odin and I'm pretty sure CWM won't flash kernels. Plus, I'm not rooted anymore. So I'm not sure how I'd pull that one off.
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How would I flash a different kernel? I can't do it through odin and I'm pretty sure CWM won't flash kernels. Plus, I'm not rooted anymore. So I'm not sure how I'd pull that one off.
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Thought you were still rooted, if you were you could use mobile odin
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Thought you were still rooted, if you were you could use mobile odin
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Yeah because I ran into mobile odin after I found away to remove the root, hoping it would fix my phone. But that's where I kind of messed myself up. Would a jig be the only solution? Or is there another possible way? Could I do something through CWM?
EDIT: I cannot access CWM in any way since I am no longer rooted. I really screwed myself.
I understand that you are a little inexperienced, and I mean no disrespect, but what you are describing makes little or no sense. First do you have a Galaxy S2 I777? Next, what exactly are you doing to try to get into download mode? Next, how are you trying to access clockworkmod? Please be specific, and I hope you can get back to the conversation fairly soon, because I need to go to bed pretty soon. If not, I'll be here in the morning.
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I understand that you are a little inexperienced, and I mean no disrespect, but what you are describing makes little or no sense. First do you have a Galaxy S2 I777? Next, what exactly are you doing to try to get into download mode? Next, how are you trying to access clockworkmod? Please be specific, and I hope you can get back to the conversation fairly soon, because I need to go to bed pretty soon. If not, I'll be here in the morning.
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Well first off, to get into download mode I tried holding down both Vol. Up + Down and then plugging in the USB (with ODIN already up and running). Also, the phone was completely off when I do this. No matter how many times I try, which has been at least 30 times, it never works. also, I cannot acces CWM since I am no longer rooted, because I saw an option in an app called SuperSU that unroots your phone, but I had assumed that it would fix my problem. Apparently not.
No need to repeat yourself.
I've never heard of an I777 phone still able to boot and not able to enter download mode using the method you describe, unless somehow a secondary bootloader from another phone, say the I9100, got flashed onto it. Is there any possibility that the SuperSU flashed bootloader? Was that flashed in Odin? More details please.
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No need to repeat yourself.
I've never heard of an I777 phone still able to boot and not able to enter download mode using the method you describe, unless somehow a secondary bootloader from another phone, say the I9100, got flashed onto it. Is there any possibility that the SuperSU flashed bootloader? Was that flashed in Odin? More details please.
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Sorry, I should've made that part a bit clear. Yes, I am pretty sure I originally made a mistake of flashing the i9100 instead of i777. I went too fast into the process thinking I would know what to do, since I managed to root and install custom ROMs onto my old HTC Inspire 4G and my girlfriend's HTC Evo 4G. I realized HTC and Samsung are completely different, any phone at that, and I should be cautious from now on. And yes, I haven't seen a case like mine. My phone works fully functionally, I just cannot access download mode and since I am not rooted anymore, no longer have access to CWM. By the way, Im trying to get back to you as quick as possible so I can at least get a start by tonight before I myself goes to bed as well. ;P
OK. Looked up SuperSU app by chainfire. chainfire is a developer in the I9100 section. I don't see anything on his OP for the app that says it can be run on the I777. Didn't read in depth though. Need to take some time to study it to see exactly what it does. But on first look, it seems it could be involved in your problem.
Your phone can be recovered, but we have to know exactly what has happened to it in order to correct things.
Can you get into recovery mode using three buttons? vol+ vol- and Pwr.
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OK. Looked up SuperSU app by chainfire. chainfire is a developer in the I9100 section. I don't see anything on his OP for the app that says it can be run on the I777. Didn't read in depth though. Need to take some time to study it to see exactly what it does. But on first look, it seems it could be involved in your problem.
Your phone can be recovered, but we have to know exactly what has happened to it in order to correct things.
Can you get into recovery mode using three buttons? vol+ vol- and Pwr.
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Damn, I had sworn it said i777, because ever since I originally tried fixing all of this, I look out for i777 or not just to make sure I'm fooling with the right apps or kernels. And no, recovery mode won't work. Holding those buttons turns my phone off, with and without the USB cable plugged in. If I do it while the phone is off, it just boots up normally.
OK. You almost certainly have I9100 secondary bootloader, which governs button combination for download mode and recovery mode. I'm not sure if you can duplicate the I-9100 button combo on the I777, since in includes the hard home button which we don't have. You could maybe google it and see what you can find.
The other way to get into download mode that will work is a usb jig. Do you own one? If not, you can buy or make one. Buying one may delay fixing your phone by a few days. If you are handy, there are instructions for making a jig available by googling. Some links in one of my guides, too.
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No, now that you say you flashed I9100 firmware, it probably means that SuperSU wasn't the problem. Doesn't matter now anyway. Just need to get your phone into download mode and flash back the full I777UCKH7 package including bootloaders that you can download from the Download Repository (link in my signature).
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I think I'll head for bed. It's after midnight here. I'll check back in the morning to see if you need any additional help.
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OK. You almost certainly have I9100 secondary bootloader, which governs button combination for download mode and recovery mode. I'm not sure if you can duplicate the I-9100 button combo on the I777, since in includes the hard home button which we don't have. You could maybe google it and see what you can find.
The other way to get into download mode that will work is a usb jig. Do you own one? If not, you can buy or make one. Buying one may delay fixing your phone by a few days. If you are handy, there are instructions for making a jig available by googling. Some links in one of my guides, too.
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No, now that you say you flashed I9100 firmware, it probably means that SuperSU wasn't the problem. Doesn't matter now anyway. Just need to get your phone into download mode and flash back the full I777UCKH7 package including bootloaders that you can download from the Download Repository (link in my signature).
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I think I'll head for bed. It's after midnight here. I'll check back in the morning to see if you need any additional help.
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Alright, thanks for all the extra info. It really helped. My problem may not be fixed, but I even assumed I would need a jig. I guess I'll just order one online. Afterall, my phone still works. It is just bugged in an awkward way and I'd really love to root it, so I don't mind waiting a few days to get it going. Also, any recommendations on ROMs/kernels that I could maybe look into after all these problems are solved? Anyways, Thanks for everything!
EDIT: Also, whenever I get the jig, should I flash the bootloader or the stock kernel first? And another question, after this mess is fixed, is it okay to use a ICS ROM with a Gingerbread kernel and vice versa? Or should I find some guide about that? Lastly, I looked at the kernel that you were using out of curiosity and was wondering if TouchWiz or AOSP is better overall?.. I apologize for the explosion of questions, just so curious about all of this and want to know as much as I can.
Adb reboot download
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Adb reboot download
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Well I feel very stupid now. I have it all working, every last thing. I still plan on getting a jig to wipe the counter from the previous installations, but besides that, everything is perfect at this point. When I had originally tried adb I couldn't understand how to install it because it said there wasn't an adb directory, but I figured it all out. Thanks to both of you for the help. You guys are amazing!
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Also, whenever I get the jig, should I flash the bootloader or the stock kernel first? And another question, after this mess is fixed, is it okay to use a ICS ROM with a Gingerbread kernel and vice versa? Or should I find some guide about that? Lastly, I looked at the kernel that you were using out of curiosity and was wondering if TouchWiz or AOSP is better overall?.. I apologize for the explosion of questions, just so curious about all of this and want to know as much as I can.
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Well I feel very stupid now. I have it all working, every last thing. I still plan on getting a jig to wipe the counter from the previous installations, but besides that, everything is perfect at this point. When I had originally tried adb I couldn't understand how to install it because it said there wasn't an adb directory, but I figured it all out. Thanks to both of you for the help. You guys are amazing!
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I see you've already recovered the phone. I suggested that you flash the stock I777UCKH7 full distribution, which is under the heading I777UCKH7-CL503881 Stock Binaries in the Download Repository. That contains the bootloaders and everything else all in one package. I was then going to suggest that you follow my guide How to Flash Custom Binaries Without Ever Incrementing the Flash counter!! to root and install your custom rom.
For your other questions: You must have a Gingerbread kernel with Gingerbread and an ICS kernel with ICS. As far as what to flash onto your phone, that is a personal decision, and rom comparison threads get closed in this forum, and pretty much throughout xda. I like the rom I am currently using. It is an I9100 base modified for the I777 and uses the Apex launcher (not touchwiz). It comes with CherryPicker kernel, but even though I havn't changed my signature, I recently flashed Siyah kernel so that I can double boot AOKP and my regular rom. AOSP/AOKP roms are much closer to a straight Android experience. I'm just now trying it out for the first time. You just have to put something on your phone and try it out to see if you like it. If not, try something else.
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I see you've already recovered the phone. I suggested that you flash the stock I777UCKH7 full distribution, which is under the heading I777UCKH7-CL503881 Stock Binaries in the Download Repository. That contains the bootloaders and everything else all in one package. I was then going to suggest that you follow my guide How to Flash Custom Binaries Without Ever Incrementing the Flash counter!! to root and install your custom rom.
For your other questions: You must have a Gingerbread kernel with Gingerbread and an ICS kernel with ICS. As far as what to flash onto your phone, that is a personal decision, and rom comparison threads get closed in this forum, and pretty much throughout xda. I like the rom I am currently using. It is an I9100 base modified for the I777 and uses the Apex launcher (not touchwiz). It comes with CherryPicker kernel, but even though I havn't changed my signature, I recently flashed Siyah kernel so that I can double boot AOKP and my regular rom. AOSP/AOKP roms are much closer to a straight Android experience. I'm just now trying it out for the first time. You just have to put something on your phone and try it out to see if you like it. If not, try something else.
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I did follow your guide to doing it without incrementing the counter and now it works flawlessly. And I decided to test the ROM you were using and it is fabulous. Even though I do agree, Siyah is a better kernel. But isnt Siyah a Gingerbread kernel?
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I did follow your guide to doing it without incrementing the counter and now it works flawlessly. And I decided to test the ROM you were using and it is fabulous. Even though I do agree, Siyah is a better kernel. But isnt Siyah a Gingerbread kernel?
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Check the development forum and you will find ics siyah
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Check the development forum and you will find ics siyah
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Thank you.
EDIT: Actually, would you mind sending me a link? I would love to not accidently run into the wrong files again. XP
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Thank you.
EDIT: Actually, would you mind sending me a link? I would love to not accidently run into the wrong files again. XP
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Just look in the dev section
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So I decided to root my Samsung S2 i7777. Had years of experience flashing HTC hero and Hp touchpad. Thought this might be straightforward as well. Proceeded to get ODIN and ATTGalaxyS2RootStockZedomaxKernel.tar. Flashed it and got pass. Phone proceeded to reboot and was stuck on the Exclamation mark. Tried restarting but no luck same thing. Initially had CWM coming in when I tried the Volume and Power button trick but could not do anything beyond that.
Then I decided that maybe my flash was not proper with that file so I took the siyah kernel and flashed that. This was a pass as well and then back to...the exclamation mark. Now, I cannot get CWM and retarating the phone with the USB connected lets me get into the Downloading window, but I cannot do anything beyond it.
What can I do? Do I need to flash a ROM- is that why I am stuck? How should I flash the ROM from ODIN- if I do get CWM back, can I put the ROM on the SD card and flash it using CWM?
Please help- I am getting stressed out and if I do recover from this, I am going to take a break from rooting :laugh:
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So I decided to root my Samsung S2 i7777. Had years of experience flashing HTC hero and Hp touchpad. Thought this might be straightforward as well. Proceeded to get ODIN and ATTGalaxyS2RootStockZedomaxKernel.tar. Flashed it and got pass. Phone proceeded to reboot and was stuck on the Exclamation mark. Tried restarting but no luck same thing. Initially had CWM coming in when I tried the Volume and Power button trick but could not do anything beyond that.
Then I decided that maybe my flash was not proper with that file so I took the siyah kernel and flashed that. This was a pass as well and then back to...the exclamation mark. Now, I cannot get CWM and retarating the phone with the USB connected lets me get into the Downloading window, but I cannot do anything beyond it.
What can I do? Do I need to flash a ROM- is that why I am stuck? How should I flash the ROM from ODIN- if I do get CWM back, can I put the ROM on the SD card and flash it using CWM?
Please help- I am getting stressed out and if I do recover from this, I am going to take a break from rooting :laugh:
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I think you should head over to the stickies and look for creepyncrawly's thread. It sounds like you should also be able to flash firmware through download mode if kernels are working. Also, stay away from galaxys2root and zedomax in the future
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So I decided to root my Samsung S2 i7777. Had years of experience flashing HTC hero and Hp touchpad. Thought this might be straightforward as well. Proceeded to get ODIN and ATTGalaxyS2RootStockZedomaxKernel.tar. Flashed it and got pass. Phone proceeded to reboot and was stuck on the Exclamation mark. Tried restarting but no luck same thing. Initially had CWM coming in when I tried the Volume and Power button trick but could not do anything beyond that.
Then I decided that maybe my flash was not proper with that file so I took the siyah kernel and flashed that. This was a pass as well and then back to...the exclamation mark. Now, I cannot get CWM and retarating the phone with the USB connected lets me get into the Downloading window, but I cannot do anything beyond it.
What can I do? Do I need to flash a ROM- is that why I am stuck? How should I flash the ROM from ODIN- if I do get CWM back, can I put the ROM on the SD card and flash it using CWM?
Please help- I am getting stressed out and if I do recover from this, I am going to take a break from rooting :laugh:
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You shouldn't take a break from rooting. You are just one of a very large group of people that have been blindsided by the galaxys2root website and its rogue developer zedomax. The firmware tools from that site have caused untold problems for people, similar to your problem.
To recover your phone, you need to first flash back to stock. Since you want to root the phone, and ultimately install custom firmware, you should first flash UCKH7 stock plus root package using the one-click downloader which you can get from the guide about how to flash custom binaries without incrementing the flash counter. The link for the guide is in my signature. Read the guide and follow it's directions. That should get you going again. If for some reason you have any trouble, post back here and we'll try to help you out.
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I think you should head over to the stickies and look for creepyncrawly's thread. It sounds like you should also be able to flash firmware through download mode if kernels are working. Also, stay away from galaxys2root and zedomax in the future
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Thanks I checked it out..seems like putting the Stock back on might help me. Just so that I understand this better before I do it, am I installing the UCLE5_Stock_Rooted.tar using ODIN and that is enough to get me through.
Thanks
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You shouldn't take a break from rooting. You are just one of a very large group of people that have been blindsided by the galaxys2root website and its rogue developer zedomax. The firmware tools from that site have caused untold problems for people, similar to your problem.
To recover your phone, you need to first flash back to stock. Since you want to root the phone, and ultimately install custom firmware, you should first flash UCKH7 stock plus root package using the one-click downloader which you can get from the guide about how to flash custom binaries without incrementing the flash counter. The link for the guide is in my signature. Read the guide and follow it's directions. That should get you going again. If for some reason you have any trouble, post back here and we'll try to help you out.
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Thanks for stopping by. I did not see your post when I posted my reply to the previous poster..I am so worried that I might screw it up more that I wanted to be doubly sure about this. from what I read, I am doing Step 2c as indicated below. Am I correct?
Thanks
2c.) How to root by flashing Entropy512's Return/Unbrick to Stock, Kernel + Rooted System Package with Modem using Odin3 One-Click Downloader (Windows)
UPDATE: I did download the "Odin3 One-Click Downloader Stock I-777 UCKH7 with Root no BL" package and extracted the file. Double clicked on it with the phone connected and all I see are the words I777- UCKH7 with Root with a lot of empty boxes below. Went to Odin and I see the phone connected (Com has yellow box) but nothing else is ticked off. Clicking Start does not do anything at all.
At my wits end- will not get any sleep tonite if I don't fix it.
Thanks in advance
I had a similar thing happen after trying to make a backup of the stock rom with Rom Manager (Yes, I know now, thanks much.)
If you keep trying new kernels/roms and it never clears up, you're pretty much stuck with wiping data. It won't wipe your sdcard, but more and more apps are sticking their data in the phone's memory rather than on the sdcard, so if you can get a backup at all, you really should.
Source: Was up until 2:30 the other night trying to make my phone work again. The above is a GUESS - it's probable I missed something that creepyncrawly wouldn't.
Ok more progress..turned off the phone and started 'I777UCKH7 OCD With Root.exe". Got the same window with lot of empty boxes. Had turned off the phone by this time and disconnected it. Now, I connected the phone and pressed the volume buttons. Phone goes into Download mode. Now, the Odin3 window has a Com port for the phone. Now I press start and it goes through a bunch of things before it declares "FAIL" in red. What do I do?
Evidently, the zedomax product you originally flashed, or perhaps the siyah kernel that you flashed second, has made some undesired modification. I'd like to know exactly which package you flashed for each one of these first before I suggest which way to start correcting the problem. Can you please post working links for each of the two downloads that you used? You should still be fine, and will be able to recover the phone.
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Evidently, the zedomax product you originally flashed, or perhaps the siyah kernel that you flashed second, has made some undesired modification. I'd like to know exactly which package you flashed for each one of these first before I suggest which way to start correcting the problem. Can you please post working links for each of the two downloads that you used? You should still be fine, and will be able to recover the phone.
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This stuff makes me so sad seeing these threads............ Thanx for helping him Creepy, ALWAYZ with 100% accurate info!!! Looks like this is the page he got the tar from in the zip on step 3 http://galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-root/how-to-root-att-galaxy-s2-sgh-i777/ Much respect Creepy.....
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Evidently, the zedomax product you originally flashed, or perhaps the siyah kernel that you flashed second, has made some undesired modification. I'd like to know exactly which package you flashed for each one of these first before I suggest which way to start correcting the problem. Can you please post working links for each of the two downloads that you used? You should still be fine, and will be able to recover the phone.
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The first one was http://galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-root/how-to-root-att-galaxy-s2-sgh-i777/
The second one was http://galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-root/how-to-root-ics-on-att-galaxy-s2-sgh-i777/
Now I know I need to stay away from galaxy2root. Thanks for looking at this. The status of the phone is I can go into Download mode by pressing volume buttons and connected to USB. ODIN can see the phone (COM is yellow with number). Nothing happens beyond that..
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The first one was http://galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-root/how-to-root-att-galaxy-s2-sgh-i777/
The second one was http://galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-root/how-to-root-ics-on-att-galaxy-s2-sgh-i777/
Now I know I need to stay away from galaxy2root. Thanks for looking at this. The status of the phone is I can go into Download mode by pressing volume buttons and connected to USB. ODIN can see the phone (COM is yellow with number). Nothing happens beyond that..
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The zedomax rooting kernel you flashed first is for Gingerbread version UCKH7, and was posted last October, shortly after the phone was released. If you had UCKH7 on the phone before you flashed that, it should have booted up fine. Most people I have heard about are able to use that rooting kernel successfully. So I need more information in order to be able to trouble shoot your situation.
First, are you sure your phone is SGH-I777, and not SGH-I727?
What firmware was installed on the phone before you flashed the zedomax kernel?
Has any other modification been done on the phone since or even before you had it?
The second kernel you flashed, the Siyah kernel, is an ICS kernel, version 3.4.2. The phone will not boot if the kernel and the system have different versions installed. So I need as much detailed information as possible so know what to do next.
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The zedomax rooting kernel you flashed first is for Gingerbread version UCKH7, and was posted last October, shortly after the phone was released. If you had UCKH7 on the phone before you flashed that, it should have booted up fine. Most people I have heard about are able to use that rooting kernel successfully. So I need more information in order to be able to trouble shoot your situation.
First, are you sure your phone is SGH-I777, and not SGH-I727?
What firmware was installed on the phone before you flashed the zedomax kernel?
Has any other modification been done on the phone since or even before you had it?
The second kernel you flashed, the Siyah kernel, is an ICS kernel, version 3.4.2. The phone will not boot if the kernel and the system have different versions installed. So I need as much detailed information as possible so know what to do next.
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The phone is SGH-I777 from AT&T. (I'll check the phone when I get home and reconfirm) The phone had the ICS installed (through the Kies update) before I (stupidly) tried the Zedomax Kernel. I just bought the phone new so no other modification had been done. After I had installed the Zedomax I had been able to see CWM if I did the power Volume trick but I cannot do it now since I installed the Siyah.
Hope that helps. Let me know if you need more info.
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The phone is SGH-I777 from AT&T. (I'll check the phone when I get home and reconfirm) The phone had the ICS installed (through the Kies update) before I (stupidly) tried the Zedomax Kernel. I just bought the phone new so no other modification had been done. After I had installed the Zedomax I had been able to see CWM if I did the power Volume trick but I cannot do it now since I installed the Siyah.
Hope that helps. Let me know if you need more info.
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OK. The phone was new, and most likely came with Gingerbread 2.3.6 UCKK6 installed. You updated it using kies to ICS 4.0.3 UCLE5. Just asking for your confirmation here.
Then you tried to root with zedomax kernel, which is a Gingerbread 2.3.4 UCKH7 kernel, which explains why it flashed successfully, but failed to boot, since you can't have a Gingerbread kernel and an ICS system together. You were able to boot into ClockworkMod Recovery in the kernel though. We can't blame this problem on zedomax. That kernel usually works ok. You started modifying your phone before you were familiar enough with the phone and it's firmware. The error of flashing a Gingerbread kernel onto an ICS system was yours.
Next you flashed the Siyah v3.4.2 ICS kernel. This kernel should be compatible with the UCLE5 system files that are on the phone. It seems to me that the phone should now boot, and I'm not really sure from this sequence what might have been altered that prevented the phone from booting and also prevented the Odin flash back to stock from succeeding. The only thing you have flashed so far is two kernels. No other partitions should have been touched.
What kind of error message do you get when you try to boot into recovery mode using vol+ vol- Pwr?
creepyncrawly said:
OK. The phone was new, and most likely came with Gingerbread 2.3.6 UCKK6 installed. You updated it using kies to ICS 4.0.3 UCLE5. Just asking for your confirmation here.
Then you tried to root with zedomax kernel, which is a Gingerbread 2.3.4 UCKH7 kernel, which explains why it flashed successfully, but failed to boot, since you can't have a Gingerbread kernel and an ICS system together. You were able to boot into ClockworkMod Recovery in the kernel though. We can't blame this problem on zedomax. That kernel usually works ok. You started modifying your phone before you were familiar enough with the phone and it's firmware. The error of flashing a Gingerbread kernel onto an ICS system was yours.
Next you flashed the Siyah v3.4.2 ICS kernel. This kernel should be compatible with the UCLE5 system files that are on the phone. It seems to me that the phone should now boot, and I'm not really sure from this sequence what might have been altered that prevented the phone from booting and also prevented the Odin flash back to stock from succeeding. The only thing you have flashed so far is two kernels. No other partitions should have been touched.
What kind of error message do you get when you try to boot into recovery mode using vol+ vol- Pwr?
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That seems correct (with regards to the sequence of events of the phone).
The error message is just the words "SAMSUNG GALAXY SII GT1900"..with a huge exclamation at the bottom. It stays like that until I do a battery pull.
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That seems correct (with regards to the sequence of events of the phone).
The error message is just the words "SAMSUNG GALAXY SII GT1900"..with a huge exclamation at the bottom. It stays like that until I do a battery pull.
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Please verify this - the screen says "Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100" assuming yours was a typo. Yellow triangle with exclamation mark?
This is what you get when you try to boot the phone normally, and also when you try to enter recovery mode using the three button method, vol+ vol- and power?
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Please verify this - the screen says "Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100" assuming yours was a typo. Yellow triangle with exclamation mark?
This is what you get when you try to boot the phone normally, and also when you try to enter recovery mode using the three button method, vol+ vol- and power?
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Yes, that is correct. It was a typo. I get the exclamation mark when I do the normal boot. I am going to confirm this evening if I get the same error with the 3 button method.
g.kupster said:
Yes, that is correct. It was a typo. I get the exclamation mark when I do the normal boot. I am going to confirm this evening if I get the same error with the 3 button method.
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Post the answer when you have your phone in hand and I'll suggest something to try.
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Post the answer when you have your phone in hand and I'll suggest something to try.
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Ok, I tried that just now and I got a message 'Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again'. There is an image of a cell phone and computer with an exclamation mark between them
g.kupster said:
Ok, I tried that just now and I got a message 'Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again'. There is an image of a cell phone and computer with an exclamation mark between them
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I'm not working from first hand experience, but I'm fairly good at correlating information and making deductions. Something in the sequence of events doesn't add up to me. You're sure you have the I777? You pulled the battery and looked at the label?
At this point any suggestions that I can offer are based on educated speculation. The first thing to try would be to flash an ICS kernel using Odin, but you have already done that. I would suggest that you try that again, but discard the tar you already have and download the tar again, from here. That may be the same place you downloaded it before, not sure. Be sure to use the original USB cable that came with the phone.
Hey guys!
I need a little help, I want to hardbrick my phone(for warranty purposes since i have some issues...last owner overclocked it like hell... )
I actually have a plan to do it:
I am running a 4.1.1 JB rom and Siyah kernel...
so first I am going to reset the phone to its factory state(flash stock rom, kernel ect.).. and now here's where I need help..
I need a method to brick it, that is undetectable that I've done any changes to it...in one word, hardbrick not to boot up and stuff!
Thanks!
Sorry if I posted this in the wrong section, I'm reading the forums for a long time, but this is my first post on it!
I once went into CWM, mounts and storage and formatted everything... Worked for me. Well if by worked you mean hard bricked
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DPluss said:
Hey guys!
I need a little help, I want to hardbrick my phone(for warranty purposes since i have some issues...last owner overclocked it like hell... )
I actually have a plan to do it:
I am running a 4.1.1 JB rom and Siyah kernel...
so first I am going to reset the phone to its factory state(flash stock rom, kernel ect.).. and now here's where I need help..
I need a method to brick it, that is undetectable that I've done any changes to it...in one word, hardbrick not to boot up and stuff!
Thanks!
Sorry if I posted this in the wrong section, I'm reading the forums for a long time, but this is my first post on it!
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Easy, flash a stock 4.0.4 firmware and keep it on stock kernel.
then just boot into recovery and start wiping everything.
Dont know if this is undetectable though
Moving to Q&A, please post all future questions there.
Thanks
The-Hulk
Poroto said:
Easy, flash a stock 4.0.4 firmware and keep it on stock kernel.
then just boot into recovery and start wiping everything.
Dont know if this is undetectable though
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But if I reflash the stock kernel, it will flash the stock recovery, or not?
The stock recovery has wiping options too?
I had a little research on other bricking topics(other phone brands) throught xda and most peoples advice was to flash corrupted files through Odin,
like a boot.img or a corrupted update.zip to prevent the phone from even getting into download mode, making it an excelent paperweight I think that is fully undetectable sinc they cant do anything with it, and I can then tell that it will not boot up, I did nothing to it, tested with another battery, never fell, never got liquid, it was in a case, it has not even a scratch on it I would not do this if it wasn't necessary...I'ts always overheating like hell(I really tried everything to prevent that), even on charger, this is my second battery, my touchcreen response is poor, the bottom buttons are also laggy...I just want replacement before it's too late...It might hold up longer but my warranty expires on 31. Oct.
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I would try using a firmware not meant for your phone and pull the plug out half way through flashing it with odin.
Then hope it gets hot around the camera and wont come on.....lol
Jokesy said:
Let's be reasonable here.
1. If you are not the first owner of the phone, then you might not be lucky with warranty service.
2. What are the issues you are facing? Can you list them?
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umm.. i'm the second owner, of course first, i will go and see my provider, and ask them about the warranty(will not bring the phone in first lol)!
Basicly the warranty sheet has no personal information, just the phone type, the IMEI, and the date when the other bought it!
The issues are, serious overheating around the camera area...it can never be interrupted, if the phone is on, it keeps overheating after about half an hour, I don't know what is the ideal temperature of a working device but after an hour I can't hold my phone without a thick case(or gloves lol)! It heavily affects the camera, focus has major issues, sometimes it says "can't connect to camera", touchscreen can be a little laggy when its hot...When I bought it from previous owner I didn't noticed it because on forums people kept complaining about heating, but then I realized that I was an idiot...I tried stock official roms, GB,CSI, and now JB, nothing changed!
DPluss said:
But if I reflash the stock kernel, it will flash the stock recovery, or not?
The stock recovery has wiping options too?
I had a little research on other bricking topics(other phone brands) throught xda and most peoples advice was to flash corrupted files through Odin,
like a boot.img or a corrupted update.zip to prevent the phone from even getting into download mode, making it an excelent paperweight I think that is fully undetectable sinc they cant do anything with it, and I can then tell that it will not boot up, I did nothing to it, tested with another battery, never fell, never got liquid, it was in a case, it has not even a scratch on it I would not do this if it wasn't necessary...I'ts always overheating like hell(I really tried everything to prevent that), even on charger, this is my second battery, my touchcreen response is poor, the bottom buttons are also laggy...I just want replacement before it's too late...It might hold up longer but my warranty expires on 31. Oct.
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it only works if you have a faulty emmc chip
Rick Roll said:
it only works if you have a faulty emmc chip
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How do I know that? My phone was first out in 31.10.2011.
DPluss said:
How do I know that? My phone was first out in 31.10.2011.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.vinagre.android.emmc_check&hl=es
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Thanks you very much!
Its says:
"Brick bug?
YES. Insane chip."
So if I revert everything to stock and then I start wiping stuff in recovery itt will hardbricked?
Can't it be even fixed in Download mode with Odin?
Jokesy said:
Ok.
very simple way to hard brick your phone.
Flash the wrong bootloader!
PS: first confirm that you can claim warranty service.
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I will confirm it!
So for example if I flash another phones boot.img throught Odin than it's a full disaster that can never be repaired?
Thank you!
Siyah kernel 3.1rc6 lol
DPluss said:
Thanks you very much!
Its says:
"Brick bug?
YES. Insane chip."
So if I revert everything to stock and then I start wiping stuff in recovery itt will hardbricked?
Can't it be even fixed in Download mode with Odin?
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Exactly, flash a stock 4.0.4 firmware and start wiping, not even a jtag service fixes that lol. or yeah, as jokesy said, flash a wrong bootloader
theunderling said:
Siyah kernel 3.1rc6 lol
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Lol, yeah, S3 kernel, I think that should work... I really want to do something that can't be reversed
What do you think? If I flash it, it would still go to the first screen? The one that says "Samsung Galaxy S2", or no response for ever?
Poroto said:
Exactly, flash a stock 4.0.4 firmware and start wiping, not even a jtag service fixes that lol. or yeah, as jokesy said, flash a wrong bootloader
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Thanks! I almost have all the info I need! Umm.. so if I wipe it's unreversable, and if I flash a wrong bootloader or kernel? Could Jtag service fix that?
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boot.img as far as i know is the kernel.
1. you need to download bootloader.tar Galaxy NOte GT N7000 (or any other samsung phone) and flash as pda via odin
or
2. you can download Galaxy SII bootloader.tar here.
then remove your cable as soon as odin starts writing the bootloader.
Gameover!
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Thanks, haha I think I will try to pull out the cable when the flashing start but first I will ask my provider about the warranty of course