[Q] Bricked after flashing? - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys! I just tried to flash my S2 i9100. I forgot to enable USB debugging, went to ODIN and started the flash. It went all the way to "PASS" and when it should have rebooted, it stuck to the start-up screen. It had a new picture of a yellow triangle with an "!" inside it. I can access download mode, but i cannot access recovery. I suppose this means NAND corruption? I've tried everything, flashing a new kernel did not work (it would not even flash anything but the one i first tried). I also got through http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458 , but still nothing. Is it time to say goodbye to my S2 witch i bought 2 months ago :/
Kind regards,
pudipaa

You should always leave USB debugging on it wouldn't hurt to do so. Did you try flashing a boot loader like in the thread?
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Yellow triangle is no problem. You can reset the counter any time later.
Did you flash a boot loader?
Don't lose hope, there is always hope with xda around.

Wtf u mean by saying bye? There's still alot hope.... PM me i have a solution... Maybe
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Hey you can flash stock rom for your mobile specific to your computer country from sammobile.com Since you can access download mode
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I have tried to flash the original, i have tried to flash bootloader. But nothing happens. It wont flash them. Odin just freezes when im trying to flash bootloader/rescue package/original rom

Try reinstall samsungs drivers on PC and you have to flash rom by other ver. of Odin. Or you try do it on other PC.
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[Q] Galaxy note GT-N7000 stuck factoryfs.img

hello,
Im new here
I've been upgrading to ICS from the official update which is N7000DXLP9-----------------------2012 May-----------N7000OLBLP6-----------Indonesia from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997
it works great, until I see some red frame around and tried to fix it by going to buildprop and editing the buildtype from dev to user (what I found on the internet), but then I found out that mine is already user so I tried changed it to dev and when I restart, the phone stuck on samsung logo,but I am still able to go to recovery mode,the problem is I cant get odin to flash any rom to my note, it always stuck at factoryfs.img. then I installed abys kernell to wipe my factory reset, cache, dalvik, then I started to flash with odin again, with the patched pit file I got from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667886, and the official update from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997, suddenly it works, and I tried to restore data from CWM ( stupid me)....turns out it got back again on the logo samsung and stuck there and so i tried flashing again and it started to stuck around factoryfs everytime, I tried to use abyss but this time after I wiped everything and used the patched pit file like before, it still stuck, so I found a post from the internet, it was custom ICS, i forgot where i got it but i have the file if you'd like to know, and so i tried, then it leaves me with my counter started to count 1 and still stuck at factoryfs....and I cant even go to recovery mode now, I have tried USB JIG and I succeeded to turn the counter back to zero but still stuck at factoryfs.img and still cant go to recovery mode even through bootloader,..... please help! i love my gnote
finally i got my note back....
but it was by guarantee. ... and still i would like to know how to get out of such stuck.... please help
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how did u get it out ??
i m stuck at the same spot now
theunborn said:
finally i got my note back....
but it was by guarantee. ... and still i would like to know how to get out of such stuck.... please help
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Hi Bro m stck at the same position as u so can u please tell me how did u get this fixed ?
Honestly it is all very confusing. Best to stick to a reputable source for flashing and troubleshooting.
There are dangerous guides on the internet not updated to circumnavigate later discovered brick.
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Brick after Rom Manager Reboot?

Hi
I searched and only found similar cases with other phones and no solution.
I was on stock 4.0.3 with CWM, rooted and siyah kernel and tried to upgrade to CM9
with Rom manager
i dled cm9 with gapps and let ROM Manager do the backup, wipe and reboot to recovery
but then i just saw the first GT 9100i boot screen with the triangle and after that
the screen stayed black.
i noticed in a darker area that the screen blinked everey few seconds, so i guess its trying to reboot all the time. some kind of bootloop?
i cant access the cwm, nor boot normaly.
just the download mode is working
so i tried to flash a stock FW from intratechs thread via odin
but... FAIL
help would be much appreciated right know :crying:
thank you
Mmm I've had issues with rom manager before but never this severe. All I can suggest is what I would do which is to fash stock firmware from samfirmware via PDA section in odin. If this doesn't work I think there is a sticky thread which is dedicated to situations like this. It requires flashing a firmware via odin again but all partitions are used so it will wipe your device. All the best.
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skarboy said:
Hi
I searched and only found similar cases with other phones and no solution.
I was on stock 4.0.3 with CWM, rooted and siyah kernel and tried to upgrade to CM9
with Rom manager
i dled cm9 with gapps and let ROM Manager do the backup, wipe and reboot to recovery
but then i just saw the first GT 9100i boot screen with the triangle and after that
the screen stayed black.
i noticed in a darker area that the screen blinked everey few seconds, so i guess its trying to reboot all the time. some kind of bootloop?
i cant access the cwm, nor boot normaly.
just the download mode is working
so i tried to flash a stock FW from intratechs thread via odin
but... FAIL
help would be much appreciated right know :crying:
thank you
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Can you still get into Download Mode?
EDIT:
Try manually wiping data, cache and dalvik cache.
Try to go into recovery. Hold down volumen up, home key, and power on, at once hold them down ontil you reach recovery.
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I had that problem too-a black screen with a flash down the rh side of the screen every few seconds.
I managed a repair via odin after a couple of attempts.
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Flash a stock kernel then wipe everything the recovery it comes with. Also make your flashing roms for your 9100i model.
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thank you very much
i just reflashed a few times as adviced with my dled rom
am on stock again
retry without rommanager
ftw
Remove rom manager and dont use it again on your s2.
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skarboy said:
thank you very much
i just reflashed a few times as adviced with my dled rom
am on stock again
retry without rommanager
ftw
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I have the very same problem as you.
I can enter download mode but can't enter recovery mode.
I can flash any rom I can find but all of them have no use.
Still can't boot nor recovery.
Have you fixed the problem just by reflashing stock rom?
theunderling said:
Remove rom manager and dont use it again on your s2.
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This. How many times people saying:Rom manager doesn't work on S2 100%!!! Read people, read again before doing something!!
Mr.Greg said:
This. How many times people saying:Rom manager doesn't work on S2 100%!!! Read people, read again before doing something!!
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Yes, that's our fault that haven't read enough before installing a software.
But is there any way to revive our phone?
wm_shi said:
Yes, that's our fault that haven't read enough before installing a software.
But is there any way to revive our phone?
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the only way to revive ur phone, is to flash a stock ICS 4.0.3 firmware thro 'ODIN' and have a clean boot of ur phone
and never use 'Rom Manager' in the future

Unable to boot normally.

Greetings.
I've been trying some ICS ROMs on my US 5.0 Player but I decided to just go back to GB.
I flashed what I had before, Eryigit 3.5, nothing out of the ordinary, while it was charging. Everything went well.
At one point I turned it off, while still charging.
And when I tried to turn it on again I couldn't. Instead of the Samsung logo that would normally appear, only the "waiting" android sign showed up (8 lines forming a circle), sometimes the charging battery animation, even if it is unplugged, but nothing else.
I've tried to flash stock GB ROMs on Odin, flash Entropy's kernel on Odin as well, and it boots normally when the process is finished.
I had soft bricks which I solved, but when I try to flash the stock ROM with PIT files on Odin, it wouldn't go past "Setup Connection".
Right now I can go to Download Mode but not much else.
Any help would be appreciated.
From my GNote. That's all.
I'm sure you did this, but did you flash the correct version kernel for either the us or international variants? This is the only thing that ever caused me a soft brick. Was stuck in boot loop, but was able to get into recovery.
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Yeah, I used the right ROM and kernel, for the US version of the Galaxy Player 5.0.
From my GNote. That's all.
SirRhor said:
Yeah, I used the right ROM and kernel, for the US version of the Galaxy Player 5.0.
From my GNote. That's all.
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Flash back with odin tou your stock samsung rom and then try it again!
Next thing to try, any chance you
Can verify that the drivers are okay on the computer? When I was running erigit, my computer did not recognize my device in mass storage mode (debugging off), I had to uninstall Kies and reinstall, drivers got updated... Weird.
Could the bad Odin flash be driver related?
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annoyingduck said:
Next thing to try, any chance you
Can verify that the drivers are okay on the computer? When I was running erigit, my computer did not recognize my device in mass storage mode (debugging off), I had to uninstall Kies and reinstall, drivers got updated... Weird.
Could the bad Odin flash be driver related?
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That's just driver related try to reinstall the drivers!
I've reinstalled Samsung drivers like 10 times. Each time I had a soft brick I had to install Heimdall drivers and then reinstall the Samsung ones to use Odin, so no, I don't think it's driver related.
From my GNote. That's all.
No recovery mode at all, just download? Have you tried a different usb cable? Had that issue with droids. After that, I'm at a loss until I do some digging.
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annoyingduck said:
No recovery mode at all, just download? Have you tried a different usb cable? Had that issue with droids. After that, I'm at a loss until I do some digging.
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I can get to recovery only after I flash a ROM with Odin and then I restart it with a special toggle to go to recovery. But if I turn the device off, no recovery for me, only Download Mode, so I guess something is needed up with the bootloader.
I will try a different cable tonight when I'm home. Thank you for the suggestion.
From my GNote. That's all.
Ok, seeing as recovery is pirated in, what about re rooting using super one click to unlock that bootloader (again?). Can't see how it would have re locked, but could explain the rom not being able to run or recovery not accessible. Would make sense that this could be bootloader related.
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Well, I've tried everything I know.
Reflashed with Odin, and everything works perfectly up to the point I turn the device off. After that, no reboot for me.
Maybe a damaged partition, a damaged bootloader, who knows.
Tomorrow is waiting for me a trip to Best Buy; fortunately I got the extended warranty and I unrooted the device before turn it off.
Thank you for the responses I got, I really appreciate it.
Wish I could help more, but truly stumped.
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Jammed myself up using Toolkit

Just got my phone back following a repair for a faulty USB port. Before I sent it away I unrooted/reset flash counter.
Just tried to root using Galaxy S3 Toolkit v5.0, which is how I did it months ago, but the phone now refuses to boot and instead I get "Samsung" splash screen for a second, followed by a blank screen with a red exclamation mark in the top left corner and solid blue LED.
I can boot into download mode, so thought I'd flash a stock ROM and start again but Odin is not communicating with the phone (yellow box in ID:COM, instead of blue). I can also boot into recovery. Not sure what's gone wrong here, so I don't want to start flashing ROMs from there in case it makes things worse.
Anyone enlighten me? I'm guessing the carrier has updated the software on my phone without telling me, and I didn't check, so is this some new hurdle Samsung has built in?
EDIT: Looks like ODIN is playing ball after all....
EDIT: Looks like I'm still screwed. I've flashed my carrier's stock ROM with ODIN, but the phone won't boot fully. I get the carrier splash screen, then the Samsung splash just stays on the screen, pulsing.
After flashing with odin, try go into recovery and factory reset.
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Arsaw said:
After flashing with odin, try go into recovery and factory reset.
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Or just clear cache
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I reflashed with ODIN again and it turned out ok

[Q] Odin won't detect i777

Hello! So I've had some vibration problems and discovered that its the headphone jack slot being slightly misplaced or something that causes this. My phone is still technically under warranty as long as i can revert it all back to stock. So i've been following this thread and trying to get all to work: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313659
But I ran into a problem. My stupid computer won't detect my i777 through odin! I've installed the i777 drivers and everything! I currently have the latest version of the shoshock rom installed (ICS), but when I enter download mode, it won't detect the phone normally. All i get from my PC's hardware manager is "gadget serial"
When i start odin, its supposed to show some #'s right? Its just blank in the boxes. When i tried flashing a .tar through PDA, i got a 0 success/0 fail status.
I'm stuck. Where do i go from here? Mobile Odin won't work because i can't find the add on for the i777.
What I have done is open up kies and put my phone in download mode then went to firmware recovery and applied it. It has worked twice for me and my comp doesn't recognize my phone
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bh87771 said:
What I have done is open up kies and put my phone in download mode then went to firmware recovery and applied it. It has worked twice for me and my comp doesn't recognize my phone
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I don't think that'd work because i need to clear the bootloader flash count. To do that i need to flash a .tar file and i think you can only do that in odin?
YouTube how to make a usbjig or use chain fires triangle away I think it might reset the counter. I have not tried it yet. The ones that are for sell don't work on our phones but have read that making your own jig would reset the flash counter. Just suggestions
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Try using Mobile Odin, I believe it flashes tar files.
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aspen1135 said:
I don't think that'd work because i need to clear the bootloader flash count. To do that i need to flash a .tar file and i think you can only do that in odin?
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the flash count has nothing to do with odin seeing your phone. try a different usb port. if that doesnt work download samsung drivers from samsung not kies
But kies you can do a firmware recovery which will take back to stock. But it doesn't reset the counter.
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