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first of all plz don't hate for making a new thread i really searched some time and i dind't find anything that helped me.
my sgs2 is stuck at the boot screen (splash screen with the S and "samsung galaxy sII" underneath).
i can access recovery and download mode. so i did a data/cache wipe and factory reset and than i flashed an original firmware with odin. flahs worked fine but my phone is still not booting. i also flashed an insecure kernel and tried - not working so i reflashed the original kernel - still not working. btw i flashed this one "GT-I9100_XEU_I9100XWKE7_I9100XXKE4_I9100XEUKD1".
so can anyone help me plz?!
Lol. Funny.
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JJEgan said:
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as i said in my first post if you would have read it i already did this and it is not working!
have you tried updating thru KIES?
which region is your handset from?
and you have already tried using the USB Jig too...right? after reading the POST one
If you belong to XEU, Kies would update the phone to KF3.
After updating the firmware normally the phone gets stuck in the boot screen for 10-15 secs first time around. i hope you are leaving it there for a minute or so.
i tried kies but it didnt recognize the phone.
i also flashed kf3 now but it is still not working. left it on splash screen for about 10 mins or so...
Well for starters a question about failed boot would be better answered in a failed boot thread and you dont mention you have read that post in your OP .
Clean flash
Via CWM recovery mounts and storage format SD card System Data Cache and this will wipe all data .
Factory reset .
Phone will now not boot .
Enter download mode .
Open Odin
Download a stock rom and following instructions connect USB cable and flash .
That fails its a service centre job .
jje
ok jjegan can you plz explain that again so a noob can do it too?
Clean flash
Boot into recovery go to mounts and storage format SD card System Data Cache and this will wipe all data .
Factory reset .
Phone will now not boot no OS .
Enter download mode .
Open Odin
Download a stock rom and following instructions connect USB cable and flash .The same method you used .
jje
That fails its a service centre job .
Firstly, you did mention that you tried a factory reset, so the third post from JJE has no merit, so instead of assuming we know everything and rushing to answer, we need to determine the conditions under which your phone is no longer booting.
Was the phone working normally?
If it was, what rom was the phone running in the first place, and what did you do (if anything) before it got stuck at the boot logo?
The last post by JJE is "assuming" you have the CWM recovery, I am going to ask you, which recovery do u have, is it the stock recovery or the CWM recovery. if it's the ClockworkMod you would know.
Did you try a normal reboot or did you try flashing something on the phone before you got the bootloop?
yes the phone was working normally. i didn't do anything before it got stuck at boot. The stock rom with t-mobile austria branding was running on it. i can't say the exact version. The phone began to lag during games and browsing so i turned it off and wanted to turn it on again as it got stuck at boot logo.
no i do not have cwm installed so the factory reset and data/cache wipe was done from stock recovery.
after several on/off switches i tried flashing an unbranded stock rom available in this forum. first ke7 then kf3 but the phone still wont boot. also kies is not recognizing the phone.
thanks in advance.
What you want to do is get in into download mode open odin and
download and extract this
http://androidadvices.com/downloads/GalaxyS2_GTI9100_XXKG3_2.3.4.zip
tick repartition
click on PIT and select u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4.pit,
click on PDA and select CODE_I9100XXKG3_CL401405_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5,
click on Phone and select MODEM_I9100XXKG3_REV_02_CL1040774.tar.md5,
click on CSC and select GT-I9100-CSC-MULTI-OXAKG3.tar.md5,
flash it
after all done perfectly reboot to recovery and wipe partition cache
reboot once again and you are done
if this helped reply me
unfortuantly it didnt work out. i did everything as you described but it still got stuck at the boot screen.
i really dont know what to do any more...
Downloaded but asking for password to unzip?
One of the major do not touch is both repartition and pit file especially for a novice .
You have taken the steps in the Boot loop thread post recovery wipe user data . Download mode followed by flash a stock rom that fails flash Villain rom .
Personally i would take the phone to a service centre and claim it stopped working during a Kies update .
jje
HEY HO
This topic is about YOUR ways to full wipe/reset/restore a Samsung galaxy S2 !!!
! Not the halfwipes with caches factory reset and flashing rom. !
Looking for the REAL restoring.
This has to include the whole Phonesoftware! How to install your phone brandnew if anything went wrong. How to install even every phone driver ... EVERYTHING ^^
Lets see what you have got in your Pocket
? Provide one yourself.
use an usb jig and flash a stock rom
Boot |CWM recovery mounts and storage format cache system dalvik data and sd card
Phone empty flash stock rom through Odin .reset custom rom counter with USB jig if needed .
Real restore and brand new comment would make the assumption that the user had saved the original firmware or at least had access to a copy . In which case replace original firmware by flashing via Odin instead of stock rom .
Fairly simple tasks .
jje
Did you just steal one?
akbarhash said:
Did you just steal one?
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xD no ... my wifi driver just doesnt work anymore and I flashed the stock rom (from samfirmware.com) about 3-4 times now but it doesnt "repair" the driver or anything ^^
I have been helping the OP try to Fix his wifi problem and the first thing we suggested is to flash back to the factory state.
Even after doing a full wipe there are files missing on his system preventing the WIF from working. in particular the following files are missing:
/data/.cid.info
/system/etc/wifi/nvram_net.txt
Who knows what other files are missing.
So my question is how come after the OP did the following using clockworkmod
wipe system
wipe data
wipe cache
wipe dalvik-cache
These are STILL missing files after restoring the stock ROM. Are these files not part of the system ROM? or are the generated automatically by some start-up script on first run. I suspect that some first run start-up script is not being run on the OP S2 which would normally generate the missing files.
So the question is how to do a complete factory reset of the S2 in cases were some of the original files have got corrupted or deleted.
(for the background on this problem read thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1285249 )
Come on guys we can help the OP rebuild his S2.
So the question is how to do a complete factory reset of the S2 in cases were some of the original files have got corrupted or deleted.
If the factory files are corrupt on the device you will need new firmware .
Factory = the last firmware to be flashed .Restore copy is whats flashe d on wipe and factory reset .Factory reset returns to last flashed firmware NOT original firmware that came with the phone out of the box .
If you follow my post above then you end up with an empty phone with a clean sd card .
Flashing either original firmware or Stock Samsung firmware via Odin as the next step .
Simple as recovery /format /Odin /flash.
jje
JJEgan said:
If you follow my post above then you end up with an empty phone with a clean sd card .
Flashing either original firmware or Stock Samsung firmware via Odin as the next step .
Simple as recovery /format /Odin /flash.
jje
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I gonna follow this soon ... thanks so far ... hope it helps ...the firmwares like KI3 of samfirmware.com are original firmware or stock samsung firmware or am I wrong?
Weste90 said:
I gonna follow this soon ... thanks so far ... hope it helps ...the firmwares like KI3 of samfirmware.com are original firmware or stock samsung firmware or am I wrong?
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Samfirmware mostly stock Samsung .
Stock Samsung roms posted on XDA .
Stock Roms .and csc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
Original branded provider roms posted on XDA
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113928
jje
O.O does flashing a new rom break some part of the phone like the wifi in this case ?
And I thought bricking the phone is the least I should care about =.="
Weste90 said:
xD no ... my wifi driver just doesnt work anymore and I flashed the stock rom (from samfirmware.com) about 3-4 times now but it doesnt "repair" the driver or anything ^^
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That's because a stock rom might not come with a stock kernel.
Your problem sounds like a kernel problem, not necessarily a ROM problem. My suggestion is to wipe /system, /data, /cache, and then install a fresh CM7 nightly. These come with ROM AND Kernel. If your wifi works in CM7 then you know for sure your phone isn't damaged. If wifi still doesn't work, you may have to return your phone.
JJEgan said:
Boot |CWM recovery mounts and storage format cache system dalvik data and sd card
Phone empty flash stock rom through Odin .reset custom rom counter with USB jig if needed .
jje
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did it exactly that way ... problem still is the same ... nothing changed
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That's because a stock rom might not come with a stock kernel.
Your problem sounds like a kernel problem, not necessarily a ROM problem. My suggestion is to wipe /system, /data, /cache, and then install a fresh CM7 nightly. These come with ROM AND Kernel. If your wifi works in CM7 then you know for sure your phone isn't damaged. If wifi still doesn't work, you may have to return your phone.
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hmm I flashed with cf root kernel ... it should be the stock kernel or am I wrong ?!?
For the record the offending two lines in his logcat are:
E/WifiHW (2927): return of insmod (args:firmware_path=/system/etc/wifi/bcm4330_sta.bin nvram_path=/system/etc/wifi/nvram_net.txt) : ret = -1, Invalid argument
E/WifiService(2927): Failed to load Wi-Fi driver.
Does any body know if these two errors are caused by a hardware or software problem?
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Just about to say the same.
Just enter that in dialer. It will reinstall the firmware.
Sparksltd said:
Just about to say the same.
Just enter that in dialer. It will reinstall the firmware.
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Including the kernel?
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
super ext4 wipe?
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Then flash with .pit (repartition) ? Can't think of anything "cleaner" than that.
Hi
I received my phone back from repair today and proceeded with the CM7 guide on rooting.
I failed to put the phone in to USB debugging.
I installed the drivers for heimdall and followed the guide to flash ClockworkMod Recovery
The phone was then stuck on the boot screen. Not the splash welcome animation.
Figuring something went wrong there I decided to flash it using Odin with the Lightning Rom.
It got stuck at 'Starting NAND Write' so I restarted the phone. Same issue, stuck at the start screen.
I can still get in to download mode and so tried to flash the stock Kernel and ROM.
All is successful in odin but when it starts I get put in to Android Recovery mode with a bunch of 'failed to open' errors.
After rebooting it's still stuck on the boot screen.
I really don't know what to try next.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
I see you're on Orange UK, are you sure you have an I9100 and not an I9100P (or some other variant)?
Difficult to work out what you have actually done and why .
But first step would be .
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Clean Slate for those that balls up the firmware .Or need to return to service or decide if its hardware/firmware problem .
Backup data first if phone is working .
Boot CWM recovery no recovery install cwm and root from .
Root + CWM .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
Mounts and Storage
Format cache data system sd card .
Remove battery
Boot to download mode
Open Odin
Install correct stock firmware .
Stock Roms .and csc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
jje
oinkylicious said:
I see you're on Orange UK, are you sure you have an I9100 and not an I9100P (or some other variant)?
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I'm using the same files as I used previously. It's listed as a GT-I9100 in download mode.
I'm currently attempting to flash it again on a different PC.
Ok, So I fixed it, phew!
Further reading lead me to believe I had damaged the partition table as it was unable to read from the cache.
So I followed this guide to flash a stock rom that included a .pit file:
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/downl...oid-2-3-4-firmwarerom-for-galaxy-s2-ii-i9100/
Hi there guys!
I was restoring my EFS folder with Ktool in Omega v48 but the phone Freeze so i had to remove battery. After that the rom is not botting up and is stuck on animation logo. So i decide to flash my GT-I9300 back to stock trough ODIN, so far no problem, i entered download mode and flash, but when the phone is rebooted i got stuck @ galaxy s3 logo (not the animation), so I manage to install CWM and try to flash a custom ROM but this time the device is stuck on animation boot. I did a full wipe several times but nothing is happening. I can enter download mode and flash with odin but the result is the same, don´t pass the samung logo on stock rom. I got Phliz TOUCH CWM v5 installed and fully working.
The stock i already try: I9300UBELL6_I9300MVLELL1_MVL / I9300UBELL6_I9300DGTEMA1_DGT
Custom ROMS: OMEGA ROM, (i tried with paranoid but is stuck in the first logo again)
The output in the download mode is:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME : GT-I9300
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: YES (6 counts)
CURRENT BINARY: CUSTOM
CURRENT STATUS: CUSTOM
Any idea what might be the issue?
FOUND THE SOLUTION!
I found the solution yesterday! Is neccesary to have a previous and fully working EFS backup.
Just restore the EFS folder using the Philz Touch,(if you dont have it yet go and flash Phliz Touch CWM v5!):
1. Create the folder Clockwordmod>backup/.efs_backup/ folder in external sd
2. Copy the backup of the EFS folder, can be a img or tar file
2. Reboot into Philz Touch CWM
3. Go back to Philz Setting> Custom Backup and Restore> Custom Restore Job> Select only "Restore EFS" > Start Custom Restore Job> Restore from External SD CARD> Select your backup file and restore
4. Reboot device
If you get a error about the directory: Create a backup job, delete the new files and copy the EFS Backup (The fully working) in the directory that has been created with the new custom job.
Doing this make my phone work again!
Greetings
Problem just search multiple identical posts its posted every day .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344125
BASICS
Critical you read the first two posts .
Basics read first.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344125
Critical you read the first two posts .
JJEgan said:
Problem just search multiple identical posts its posted every day .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344125
BASICS
Critical you read the first two posts .
Basics read first.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344125
Critical you read the first two posts .
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I already read the BASICS, the problem is that the device is not booting.
To be clear, your phone is booting, its the ROM that isn't
If you are getting stuck at the animation logo, that would suggest one of two things.
1) Its possible your EFS partition is corrupt. A warning message should come up as it tries to boot. Do you have a working backup?
In my experience, an uncompressed backup is the only saviour.
2) The ROM you are flashing is not compatible with your phone (MODEM FIRMWARE CHANGED??)
Have you tried installing a stock firmware, even better, an original firmware (i.e. the one it came with)?
Is there a reason you were trying to restore your EFS partition? Was it corrupt before you started flashing?
The answer to these questions is the difference between you getting a working phone and/or going to repair centre.
To be clear, your phone is booting, its the ROM that isn't
If you are getting stuck at the animation logo, that would suggest one of two things.
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Only stuck in the boot animation if i use a CUSTOM ROM, When i flash a stock ROM with ODIN the device freeze in this screen:
http : //s15.postimg.org/tj8qant0b/I9300_bootlogo.jpg
1) Its possible your EFS partition is corrupt. A warning message should come up as it tries to boot. Do you have a working backup?
In my experience, an uncompressed backup is the only saviour.
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No message, but i have a working backup.
2) The ROM you are flashing is not compatible with your phone (MODEM FIRMWARE CHANGED??)
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yes is the OMEGA ROM v 48 4.1.2 and the v46 4.2.2
Have you tried installing a stock firmware, even better, an original firmware (i.e. the one it came with)?
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I dont know the original rom, i use a stock rom for my country that has worked before without any problems.
Is there a reason you were trying to restore your EFS partition? Was it corrupt before you started flashing?
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Yes, i have lose my IMEI a few weeks ago. Make IMEI repair with a box (very expensive by the way), when the phone arrived i have made a backup using efs pro and ktool, the installed ROM in the moment was stock I9300UBELL6_I9300DGTEMA1_DGT. Since that incident i always have to restore imei when i install a new room and always use the stock rom for restore the phone until now.
The download mode and CWM is fully working!!
Greetings.
I have the same problem. Same happened, wanted to restore EFS with Ktool and soft bricked. I found out that the only thing i can flash is the stock ics 4.0.4 XXBLFB and when i do that i still don't have mobile network. Tried flashing stock firmwares / roms but everything else than already mentioned ics gives me bootloop/ freezes on boot. I've sent it to repair today but if you find something out please update us.
Cheers mate
Sure mate, i will try a emergency rescue via KIES and will update the post soon.
Well..I made a emergency recovery trough KIES. he flash the original rom but is stuck on the Samsung boot animation, i rooted and install CWM trough ODIN make a wipe data/cache/dalvik and nothing happen is still stuck on the boot animation.
I will download the original firmware from sammobile i see if i can flash trough ODIN.
Any other recomendations?
I can only comment on my own experiences, but here goes.
I tried to flash an Omega ROM and lost my IMEI number and serial.
Fortunately I had several backups of my EFS partition.
I restored it. I found that every time I rebooted the IMEI was erased again.
I then saw a post about about setting permissions for files in EFS. I set and since no problems!
My EFS backup was made through TWRP recovery.
To set permissions I used a terminal app, but it can also be done by ADB.
Check the flashing basics post/sticky and all you need is in there.
The important thing is that you have an EFS backup.
Sent from my GT-I9300
Thank @IRPnet
But the problem i got now is the not booting ROM, i already install the original rom trough emergency recovery with KIES; download the same rom trough sammobile and flash via ODIN and the result is the same, the device is stuck on samsung boot animation it won´t start.
PLease somebody can help with this? I already have made a wipe on the device several times and nothing is happening
Ok, I found the a comment I have used previously.
So, assuming you have a backup EFS, restore it. (If you don't have backup this is not gonna work for you)
Next
Originally Posted by kocweb
Here is the exact solution for this problem which i have recently had!
You have to root your phone and install Terminal Emulator from Google Play.
Open terminal emulator and type as ;
su
rm /efs/FactoryApp/keystr
rm /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
echo -n ON >> /efs/FactoryApp/keystr
echo -n ON >> /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
chown 1000.1000 /efs/FactoryApp/keystr
chown 1000.1000 /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
chmod 0744 /efs/FactoryApp/keystr
chmod 0744 /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
reboot
You now should not see the that message anymore. Its because of an EFS corruption. ( Thanks to yesilcin*com (sawgent) ) for exact solution.
Hope it helps!!!
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This will ensure that your EFS partition "sticks". Otherwise, when you reboot your phone you will have to restore EFS again!
Hope this helps.
pit file
samipr said:
Thank @IRPnet
But the problem i got now is the not booting ROM, i already install the original rom trough emergency recovery with KIES; download the same rom trough sammobile and flash via ODIN and the result is the same, the device is stuck on samsung boot animation it won´t start.
PLease somebody can help with this? I already have made a wipe on the device several times and nothing is happening
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hello,
im a new to this but I have tried some rom,at your own risk if you try these
I9300_mx.pit
GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit
mx.pit
search XDA...for these file if you want
I THINK these file for booting if you got not booting ,stuck at Samsung logo,
sorry for broken English
please let me know then
thanks
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samipr said:
Hi there guys!
I was restoring my EFS folder with Ktool in Omega v48 but the phone Freeze so i had to remove battery. After that the rom is not botting up and is stuck on animation logo. So i decide to flash my GT-I9300 back to stock trough ODIN, so far no problem, i entered download mode and flash, but when the phone is rebooted i got stuck @ galaxy s3 logo (not the animation), so I manage to install CWM and try to flash a custom ROM but this time the device is stuck on animation boot. I did a full wipe several times but nothing is happening. I can enter download mode and flash with odin but the result is the same, don´t pass the samung logo on stock rom. I got Phliz TOUCH CWM v5 installed and fully working.
The stock i already try: I9300UBELL6_I9300MVLELL1_MVL / I9300UBELL6_I9300DGTEMA1_DGT
Custom ROMS: OMEGA ROM, (i tried with paranoid but is stuck in the first logo again)
The output in the download mode is:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME : GT-I9300
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: YES (6 counts)
CURRENT BINARY: CUSTOM
CURRENT STATUS: CUSTOM
Any idea what might be the issue?
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hello,
im a new to this but I have tried some rom,at your own risk if you try these
I9300_mx.pit
GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit
mx.pit
search XDA...for these file if you want
I THINK these file for booting if you got not booting ,stuck at Samsung logo,
sorry for broken English
please let me know then
thanks
SOLVED!
Hi @IRPnet!
I found the solution yesterday! Is neccesary to have a EFS backup.
Just restore the EFS folder using the Philz Touch:
1. Create the folder Clockwordmod>backup/.efs_backup/ folder in external sd
2. Copy the backup of the EFS folder, can be a img or tar file
2. Reboot into Philz Touch CWM
3. Go back to Philz Setting> Custom Backup and Restore> Custom Restore Job> Select only Backup EFS > Start Custom backup Job> Restore from External SD CARD> Select your backup file and restore
4. Reboot device
Doing this make my phone work again!
Greetings
same problem here, but i don't have a efs backup. what can i do?
Without a backup EFS you cannot do anything. It will be a shop repair.
Sent from my bacon.
IRPnet said:
Without a backup EFS you cannot do anything. It will be a shop repair.
Sent from my bacon.
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use following method for those who do not have efs back up :
1. flash full stock rom
2. it will be stuck at samsung shining animation.
3. pull out the battery
4. put back the battery and boot into stock recovery by pressing vol up+ home key + power key
5. wipe data and cache.
6. reboot , and your s3 will be boot up sucessfully ( if you are lucky enough like me )
Hi everyone,i am asking for your help i am noob at this. So i wanted to install a custom rom on my s9+ (Pixle Expirience),after using the rom i installed a random android pie kernel,then the rom woudnt boot.So i installed a normal custom rom that i knew it worked.I flash that but i didint have mobile data and i coudnt see my IMEI and my flight mode was plain blue instead of gray(but my wifi worked like everything elese).Then i installed stock firmware via odin,still nothing.
Then i panic and found some software which with u can insert your IMEI,but i have accidentally wiped my efs.So now when i install firmware it is stuck at samsung logo,and in TWRP it says failed to mount /efs Invalid argument.So i ask u if u can guide me on what to do and how to get efs file.Your help is appreciated.Thank you
Did you wipe the date with the csc file while flashing your firmware with odin?
danlivesey said:
Did you wipe the date with the csc file while flashing your firmware with odin?
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Same problem with me phone works but network issue