Resetting to stock - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm trying to reset my s2 st-i9100 back to stock (encrypted the phone, can't mount sd card, can't flash new roms, need to reset in order to get sd card access back)
I saw the thread with list of official firmwares I have no idea which I should download and flash, I won't lie, the descriptions don't make much sense to me.
Any help would be much appreciated

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Do you want a link for the "telepathic stock" one.
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theunderling said:
Do you want a link for the "telepathic stock" one.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2
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I don't get it

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Maybe if you post the details about your phone someone can tell you which one you need and how to install it.
You see luv,there are a lot of variables/variations regarding the process.
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Trace6x said:
I don't get it
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I live in ___________
My phone carrier is __________
Add text to those blank areas and we have information

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theunderling said:
Maybe if you post the details about your phone someone can tell you which one you need and how to install it.
You see luv,there are a lot of variables/variations regarding the process.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2
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right sorry
UK with Giffgaff (o2) it might have been originally locked to another network I can't quite remember
gti9100
android 4.0.4
baseband v I9100XXKI1
Kernel Version
3.0.32-CMg12ef675
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SMP PREEMPT Tue jun 26 06:15:35 PDT 2012
cyanogenmod v 9.0.0-rc1-galaxys2
build no
cm_galays2-userdebug 4.0.4 IMM76L
eng.jenkins.201200626.060555 test-keys
Anything else?

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Trace6x said:
right sorry
gti9100
android 4.0.4
baseband v I9100XXKI1
Kernel Version
3.0.32-CMg12ef675
[email protected] #1
SMP PREEMPT Tue jun 26 06:15:35 PDT 2012
cyanogenmod v 9.0.0-rc1-galaxys2
build no
cm_galays2-userdebug 4.0.4 IMM76L
eng.jenkins.201200626.060555 test-keys
Anything else?
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Are you trying to flash a stock rom?
For stock roms go to this thread & flash UHLPS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487

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Barbiox Dogg said:
Are you trying to flash a stock rom?
For stock roms go to this thread & flash UHLPS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487
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I'm actually trying to follow these instructions:
1) Use the All-in-One-Kit and flash your recovery back to stock
2) Boot into the bootloader and choose to "clear storage" and afterwards to reset to factory defaults.
3) Go back to the all-in-one-kit and flash a CWM recovery version again.
4) Reboot into recovery (CWM). Your /sdcard should now be mounted and visible.
I don't know what the all in one kit is so I'm just trying to find a stock rom to flash and hope that that will work

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Trace6x said:
I'm actually trying to follow these instructions:
1) Use the All-in-One-Kit and flash your recovery back to stock
2) Boot into the bootloader and choose to "clear storage" and afterwards to reset to factory defaults.
3) Go back to the all-in-one-kit and flash a CWM recovery version again.
4) Reboot into recovery (CWM). Your /sdcard should now be mounted and visible.
I don't know what the all in one kit is so I'm just trying to find a stock rom to flash and hope that that will work
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Follow the instructions in the link i provided. That's what i always use whenever i want to go back to stock rom. Remember to wipe/data factory reset before proceeding or you will end up in boot loop.

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Barbiox Dogg said:
Follow the instructions in the link i provided. That's what i always use whenever i want to go back to stock rom. Remember to wipe/data factory reset before proceeding or you will end up in boot loop.
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Thanks will do, only thing is you one you said is described as
Region: South America
Country Argentina
should I not be downloading an English one or does it not matter?

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Trace6x said:
Thanks will do, only thing is you one you said is described as
Region: South America
Country Argentina
should I not be downloading an English one or does it not matter?
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It does not matter, the rom is in English.
However you may feel like installing a United Kingdom or Nordic countries rom but don't download roms that
has modem XXLQ6 because they are known to brick devices.

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Barbiox Dogg said:
It does not matter, the rom is in English.
However you may feel like installing a United Kingdom or Nordic countries rom but don't download roms that
has modem XXLQ6 because they are known to brick devices.
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ok thank you! I don't plan on keeping the rom anyway, just want to make sure nothing goes wrong
thanks again, after flashing multiple times (and formatting the internal storage) I've finally gotten it fixed. I think the problem I was having was to do with the phone encryption and the fact that I was trying to mount an external sd card when I didn't have one in the phone, flashing to stock, wiping and formatting and then reinstalling clockwork seemed to work, I then installed cm9 (although I've lost everything)
Thanks for the help!