After reading the forums (and google) for hours, I'm still at a loss how to recover my i777 phone. I followed the directions to the T at Galaxy2root.c o m. I attempted to upgrade from Gingerbread to JellyBean 4.2.1. I first rooted my phone using Odin3 1.8.5 and Zedomax ROM. I followed the instructions in the link above, clearing the cache, cleared Dalvik cache, factory reset (I did it in the phone, not through CWM which is where I may have messed up.) I did a backup with recovery mode to the sdcard then went through CWM recovery mode and loaded the AOKP's JB build 5.
Everything seemed fine until it got stuck in the JB animation boot screen and stayed there. At this point, I lost access to the CWM's recovery mode menu. At this point, Kies will not recognize my device when it's in Download mode. I flashed the phone with the Siyah 4.0.1 ROM but that caused more damage, being that the phone does not go past the boot animation.
Since I cannot get to recovery mode, how much trouble am I in and how to I fix it? ANY direction will be appreciated.
Guthaes said:
I first rooted my phone using Odin3 1.8.5 and Zedomax ROM.
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If you had Googled zedomax for the sgs2, you would have seen that that is where your problems began. It's known to cause problems for our device. I'll let the next guy help you out with fixing, as I have no clue.
Sent from my SGH-I777
Guthaes said:
After reading the forums (and google) for hours, I'm still at a loss how to recover my i777 phone. I followed the directions to the T at Galaxy2root.c o m. I attempted to upgrade from Gingerbread to JellyBean 4.2.1. I first rooted my phone using Odin3 1.8.5 and Zedomax ROM. I followed the instructions in the link above, clearing the cache, cleared Dalvik cache, factory reset (I did it in the phone, not through CWM which is where I may have messed up.) I did a backup with recovery mode to the sdcard then went through CWM recovery mode and loaded the AOKP's JB build 5.
Everything seemed fine until it got stuck in the JB animation boot screen and stayed there. At this point, I lost access to the CWM's recovery mode menu. At this point, Kies will not recognize my device when it's in Download mode. I flashed the phone with the Siyah 4.0.1 ROM but that caused more damage, being that the phone does not go past the boot animation.
Since I cannot get to recovery mode, how much trouble am I in and how to I fix it? ANY direction will be appreciated.
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you might have to go back to stock gingerbread 2.3.5 kk6 with odin http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432 and start from there again
Not to mention you never flashed a rom
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Well that and he flashed a Rom that's not even for our phone. At least I've not seen aokp jellybean 5 anywhere here.or he's got a different phone model and doesn't even have an I777 at all and instead has the I9100 international version or a skyrocket.
Guthaes said:
After reading the forums (and google) for hours, I'm still at a loss how to recover my i777 phone. I followed the directions to the T at Galaxy2root.c o m. I attempted to upgrade from Gingerbread to JellyBean 4.2.1. I first rooted my phone using Odin3 1.8.5 and Zedomax ROM.
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First up, i am not much of an expert so you can consider me as more or less in your category.
This is your first post here and AFTER you botched things up.
Secondly, you said you read forums for hours.. then you obv didnt read here OR missed this stuff posted about a week back:
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Broken WiFi? Sounds like someone went to zedomaxs website. If you did, shame on you for using his stuff and expecting help here.
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That really should have been a pointer.
I hope you ll take this as a big learning lesson and read about things after verification and attempt any rom flashing AFTER asking questions.
Wishing you luck.:good:
Thanks.
I can humbly say that my overconfidence and inexperience with flashing got me into a fix. I took tlopez1973's advice and followed the directions he sent me to. I flashed the ROM with stock Gingerbread 2.3.4, rooted it with Siyah, installed ICS stock and rooted it with siyah 4.0.4. Thanks a ton for the direction. I know now that the fine print is extremely important and definitely will be more diligent in comparing others' procedures when messing with kernals.
Guthaes said:
I can humbly say that my overconfidence and inexperience with flashing got me into a fix. I took tlopez1973's advice and followed the directions he sent me to. I flashed the ROM with stock Gingerbread 2.3.4, rooted it with Siyah, installed ICS stock and rooted it with siyah 4.0.4. Thanks a ton for the direction. I know now that the fine print is extremely important and definitely will be more diligent in comparing others' procedures when messing with kernals.
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here's the biggest tip anyone here can give you, you're welcome:
If you didn't find it in xda, don't use it.
Glad you got everything working! Read the stickies here and search Google with "xda" after your query and you'll be fine!
Clay
Team Pirate
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hi everyone,
I am actually a long time custom ROM flasher started since Desire days, but registered recently because of this problem I have with the Tab 10.1 Wifi.
Despite me trying everything I can think of, I couldn't flash any other ROMs now, including GalaxyTask, Overcome, AOKP CM9, except the stock Honeycomb sans TouchWiz ROM, and of course PhantomTask. I am pretty sure PhantomTask is the last ROM I've flashed until this problem comes up.
I have made sure that I have done a full clean wipe every time before I flash any of them, wipe data -> cache -> dalvik cache, I even format /system partition, but still none of them works. They always get stuck at boot screen, unless the either one of the two ROMs I've mentioned, stock or PhantomTask.
I am sure that my downloads are complete too, as I've checked MD5 for each of them.
So I really don't know what to do now, any ideas?
I'd really want to test out AOKP
How much time are you giving it to boot up?
I've tried flashing CM9 yesterday, and I left it overnight to boot, it still didn't boot pass the logo, and the battery drained out.
I'll give it another try later
Which version of CWM are you using? If you aren't using one of these try updating:
ClockworkMod - 5.0.2.7
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1090289
Overcome Recovery v5.1.2.6
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1348533
ok I've tried everything I can, and still can't get this to work.
Then finally I've decided to try to unroot and restore everything to stock.
I've followed each and every step of this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1474971
After everything is done, Odin is showing the pass sign, according to the video its suppose to reboot into Android, but weirdly its stuck at a black screen. So I unplugged it from the PC rebooted it by holding down power button. But now its stuck at the boot logo, and won't proceed, its been more than 10 mins.
I am still able to boot into download mode, but when I boot into recovery wanting to do a factory reset, it shows a black screen and nothing else.
any idea what's going on?
try using the overcome recovery posted above. there's a link in the post that will take you to the over come site. look for the restore yet tab section and use Odin to restore. follow their instructions exactly an make sure it's relevant to your device first.
this has helped MANY people who had some of the strangest problem start fresh. if you want or need specific links just ask I'll go to my PC where its easier to show you.
hth
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Benzoman said:
try using the overcome recovery posted above. there's a link in the post that will take you to the over come site. look for the restore yet tab section and use Odin to restore. follow their instructions exactly an make sure it's relevant to your device first.
this has helped MANY people who had some of the strangest problem start fresh. if you want or need specific links just ask I'll go to my PC where its easier to show you.
hth
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I can't believe it WORKED!! THANKS MAN!!
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I can't believe it WORKED!! THANKS MAN!!
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COOL! Thanks to you for posting that it worked. Knowing we help is one reason we keep trying to help.
For me personally it's the self gratification of just knowing.
It's kinda selfish I know but it makes me feel good and keeps me trying to help even in the littlest ways my limited knowledge allows.
Again thanks back at you.
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As stated in the title, this will be my first time rooting/flashing. I did a good bit with my old Tilt2 thanks to Entropy, but Android and rooting is all new to me. Anyway, on to the question:
Is it necessary to follow the instructions found in "ROM's, Kernels, Tools & "How to" I777 SGS2"
to flash/root my gs2 before flashing this? ([Rom][4.0.3-ICS][XWLP3] Phone-Bricker v2.7)
Clay
ps - I have searched the forums through and through and unfortunately I have not found an answer to this particular question, sorry.
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As stated in the title, this will be my first time rooting/flashing. I did a good bit with my old Tilt2 thanks to Entropy, but Android and rooting is all new to me. Anyway, on to the question:
Is it necessary to follow the instructions found in "ROM's, Kernels, Tools & "How to" I777 SGS2"
to flash/root my gs2 before flashing this? ([Rom][4.0.3-ICS][XWLP3] Phone-Bricker v2.7)
Clay
ps - I have searched the forums through and through and unfortunately I have not found an answer to this particular question, sorry.
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I recommend reading the links posted in the sticky to get you started. Please read as much as you can before attempting to do anything. For flashing stuff, this is your guide, but I still recommend that you read a lot more than just that thread before you do anything. There's a ton of information that you should know, and it'll probably take you at least a couple days (took me weeks) to understand it all. Again, start with the links in the sticky.
Ya karate, I have been reading for the past few days about routing, flashing, modems, unrooting etc. Watched several videos and will continue to do so until this weekend when I get some time to go through with it.
As for my question... Is it necessary to root and flash to a custom kernel before flashing to phonebricker?
Clay
ps - I will read everything in those links (again for some)
clay101eve said:
Ya karate, I have been reading for the past few days about routing, flashing, modems, unrooting etc. Watched several videos and will continue to do so until this weekend when I get some time to go through with it.
As for my question... Is it necessary to root and flash to a custom kernel before flashing to phonebricker?
Clay
ps - I will read everything in those links (again for some)
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If you have been reading for the past few days and still asking this question, I suggest you reading more, much more.
Do a logical thinking.
1. If I want to have phone bricker on my device? How? What is requirement to do so? (hint: CWM. Go figure what that is, I assume)
2. OK, now CWM is the requirement, how do I get it on my device? Read up again
3. So, since CWM is on my device, what next????
clay101eve said:
Ya karate, I have been reading for the past few days about routing, flashing, modems, unrooting etc. Watched several videos and will continue to do so until this weekend when I get some time to go through with it.
As for my question... Is it necessary to root and flash to a custom kernel before flashing to phonebricker?
Clay
ps - I will read everything in those links (again for some)
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Yes. If you're on stock GB, root first, use Mobile Odin Lite to flash a custom GB kernel (Entropy's DD or Siyah), then use the CWM included in the kernel to flash Phone Bricker.
Ok so phone is rooted, but I have a question I can't find the answer to.
In the flash without tripping root counter thread, after you're rooted it says to use mobile Odin lite which is all well and fine, I understand that. It says to use it to flash the kernel (GB) you want to use. However, it doesn't say anything about needing a "FlashKernel" which is what the Odin thread says is needed. Is this necessary to flash Entropy Daily/Siyah/etc or is it a kernel all the same and can be overlooked?
Clay
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Ok so phone is rooted, but I have a question I can't find the answer to.
In the flash without tripping root counter thread, after you're rooted it says to use mobile Odin lite which is all well and fine, I understand that. It says to use it to flash the kernel (GB) you want to use. However, it doesn't say anything about needing a "FlashKernel" which is what the Odin thread says is needed. Is this necessary to flash Entropy Daily/Siyah/etc or is it a kernel all the same and can be overlooked?
Clay
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I have no idea what a flash kernel is or which Odin thread you're referring to. Just use Mobile Odin to flash Entropy's DD or Siyah. You'll then have CWM, from which you can flash anything you want, and you'll likely never need any form of Odin again (so long as you don't flash anything not recommended by this forum and/or built for this phone).
clay101eve said:
Ok so phone is rooted, but I have a question I can't find the answer to.
In the flash without tripping root counter thread, after you're rooted it says to use mobile Odin lite which is all well and fine, I understand that. It says to use it to flash the kernel (GB) you want to use. However, it doesn't say anything about needing a "FlashKernel" which is what the Odin thread says is needed. Is this necessary to flash Entropy Daily/Siyah/etc or is it a kernel all the same and can be overlooked?
Clay
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Mobile Odin and Mobile Odin Lite both consist of two parts. Both parts are apk's really, but one is the main program, and the other, called the flash kernel, contains the version of ClockworkMod Recovery specific to a particular phone. Mobile Odin Lite will recognize and flash a kernel even though there is no flash kernel installed for it. But to use all it's features, that is to flash a complete firmware, or parts other than the kernel, you need to have the flash kernel installed.
I know the terminology that the developer chose to use is rather confusing, since the flash kernel that is part of Mobile Odin has nothing in common with the kernel we want to flash onto our phone. But that's what he named it.
You don't need the flash kernel if all you want to do is install a custom kernel onto your phone, and then delete Mobile Odin Lite. But if you want to keep and use Mobile Odin Lite, then you will need to install the flash kernel apk as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347899
That thread, halfway down after he posted the links to Odin on the market... Anyway, I will use Entropy and see what happens!
[EDIT] Ok, so since I will be using CWM, I can discard the flashkernel, flash entropy dd and then use cwm (included) to flash to ICS later. Correct?
Thank you sirs
Clay
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clay101eve said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347899
That thread, halfway down after he posted the links to Odin on the market... Anyway, I will use Entropy and see what happens!
[EDIT] Ok, so since I will be using CWM, I can discard the flashkernel, flash entropy dd and then use cwm (included) to flash to ICS later. Correct?
Thank you sirs
Clay
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Yes, this appears to be correct. You do not need the flashkernel (correct me if I'm wrong creepyncrawly).
I appreciate the fact that everyone here... even those who are a little more forceful about it, really push for you to research, read rinse and repeat!
Clay
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Ok done some searching about wiping, and everything I've read says to do so, however, it was never mentioned in the instructions used to root and flash to ukh7 from uck6. So, if I do wipe after I've flashed to Entropy DD (which I tried and it didnt take? When I try to load up CWM it loads up like normal ie. the "downloading" page thing... where you can see if you've tripped the binary counter. Do I need to delete Odin first?), will I need to backup any apps/personal files/contacts?
The threads I've read about wiping have been... somewhat conflicting about what is kept after a factory reset/wipe and what isnt.
Clay
[EDIT 1] Going to delete Odin then see if I can boot into CWM. Will report back after.
[EDIT 2] NOOB!!!! I got into CWM ... I'm an idiot - anyway, still curious about the whole wipe thing...
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will I need to backup any apps/personal files/contacts?
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You'll need to back up apps using Titanium Backup or a similar app. You will not have to back up personal files on internal or external SD cards; they will not be touched by the wipe. With contacts, you should have them linked to your Google account, so they should already be backed up...
clay101eve said:
The threads I've read about wiping have been... somewhat conflicting about what is kept after a factory reset/wipe and what isnt.
[EDIT 2] NOOB!!!! I got into CWM ... I'm an idiot - anyway, still curious about the whole wipe thing...
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I'm a Ex-Tilt2 user, so I can remember the process of learning how to get at the guts of an Android device with WM6 mentality.
If I recall correctly, a common and recommended step in flashing a new ROM on the ol' Tilts was to use Task27(or some number ending in 7) to wipe all existing data. Android devices don't generally require that. Factory reset/wipe removes all personal data, leaving the OS unchanged from the flashed ROM. Essentially, from a blank device, if a full ROM were flashed via Download Mode with ODIN, using Factory Wipe and wiping the Dalvik Cache will return the system internal storage to that state. This does not affect the internal user storage space, however.
If you want to wipe everything from CWM, go into the Mounts and Storage and format every volume listed. If you read the Wipe Data/Factory Reset output, you'll see it actually formats most of the volumes for you. As I said, wiping the Dalvik cache along with the Factory reset will wipe everything necessary to return the phone to "stock"(and by stock, I mean stock for the ROM installed). This is the , in my opinion, most that is required for a fresh install of almost any ROM.
Ya I didn't save my apps but that's fine. Needed to go through and clean house anyway. Running phonebricker now. Will have to get used to it... don't like that I don't have swype available yet, if its here I will find it later, if not I'll hey used to it.
Thanks again!
Clay
You can get the newest swype beta from their website
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Ya I didn't save my apps but that's fine. Needed to go through and clean house anyway. Running phonebricker now. Will have to get used to it... don't like that I don't have swype available yet, if its here I will find it later, if not I'll hey used to it.
Thanks again!
Clay
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Not gonna find swype here, least not in the installable .apk form.
Sign up for the beta. and you'll always have it available.
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clay101eve said:
Ok done some searching about wiping, and everything I've read says to do so, however, it was never mentioned in the instructions used to root and flash to ukh7 from uck6. So, if I do wipe after I've flashed to Entropy DD (which I tried and it didnt take? When I try to load up CWM it loads up like normal ie. the "downloading" page thing... where you can see if you've tripped the binary counter. Do I need to delete Odin first?), will I need to backup any apps/personal files/contacts?
The threads I've read about wiping have been... somewhat conflicting about what is kept after a factory reset/wipe and what isnt.
Clay
[EDIT 1] Going to delete Odin then see if I can boot into CWM. Will report back after.
[EDIT 2] NOOB!!!! I got into CWM ... I'm an idiot - anyway, still curious about the whole wipe thing...
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Just to clarify: what you did, the part about seeing the "downloading" thing where you can read the flash counter, that's download mode. You don't need to delete Odin to get into CWM, you just need to unplug your phone from any USB source (even if the cord's not plugged in on the other side). Then using the same button combo will get you into CWM, so long as you hold it for until CWM comes up.
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I'm a Ex-Tilt2 user, so I can remember the process of learning how to get at the guts of an Android device with WM6 mentality.
If I recall correctly, a common and recommended step in flashing a new ROM on the ol' Tilts was to use Task27(or some number ending in 7) to wipe all existing data. Android devices don't generally require that. Factory reset/wipe removes all personal data, leaving the OS unchanged from the flashed ROM. Essentially, from a blank device, if a full ROM were flashed via Download Mode with ODIN, using Factory Wipe and wiping the Dalvik Cache will return the system internal storage to that state. This does not affect the internal user storage space, however.
If you want to wipe everything from CWM, go into the Mounts and Storage and format every volume listed. If you read the Wipe Data/Factory Reset output, you'll see it actually formats most of the volumes for you. As I said, wiping the Dalvik cache along with the Factory reset will wipe everything necessary to return the phone to "stock"(and by stock, I mean stock for the ROM installed). This is the , in my opinion, most that is required for a fresh install of almost any ROM.
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Thanks for this info! I always wondered why some stuff gets deleted and some doesn't when doing a wipe data/factory reset in CWM.
major problem.
i flashed team perfection objection ics rom. felt that i wanted to go back to stock and thats when the problem showed up.
i havent flashed any other custom rom before the objection ics. i came from stock rooted telus.
tried flashing the tar file from this thread
[STOCK][ODIN][GB][Telus] For those who wish to revert to stock Telus
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27508953#post27508953
- sometimes odin freezes but when it doesnt and actually finishes flashing, phone wouldnt start up after the automatic reboot. (how long should i wait for the initial boot to start? i wait for about 2-3 minutes of nothing but black screen before resetting)
i tried flashing the backup files from this thread
[ROOT]For TELUS Note (i717D) - No Flash Counter
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1585440&highlight=telus+rooted+system
- after flashing, boots but gets stuck at the "touch the android screen to begin"
anybody have an idea whats going on?
tried 2 different stock tar files through odin and i cant get any of them to work.
i flashed back to the objection rom through cwm to make sure that my phone isnt bricked or anything. seems to be working fine. havent tried any other custom roms though.
any help would be appreciated.
thanks
Hi you may have a partition that is corrapted or there may be something wrong with that telus Odin flash. Go to dev section. There is another Odin flash for telus. It is a stock telus rom rooted that is flashed through Odin. It does work, I hav e used: t before. I will send you a link when I get home from work.
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I use to have a telus note now I have a rogers note. I may still have a back up of a telus rom. Will check my computure when I get home
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I may have found your problem. When using Odin, and flashing a backup file, it does not format your phone partitions. So you first have to go into cwm and do a factory wipe, wipe dalvik and go into advance and wipe the other dalvik . Do a battery pull, and now put your phone into download for Odin. I have telus kernel, telus modem and telus stock recovery that can be flashed in cwm. Just not sure if I have the stock from still. Pm me if you have any questions
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Just a update wipe data, wipe cache and wipe dalvik cache before you use Odin to flash a rom. I told you partly wrong in precise post
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thanks for the help guys
thanks for the help guys.
i dont know if its a partition problem though but it really got me worried.
for some reason i got it to flash properly and it booted up with no problems.
now im thinking thats its the odin software that was causing the problems. the first one that i used to root my phone a couple of weeks back had an "evo 4g" title at the top. it didnt gave me any problems back then so i ignored it. and thats the same one ive been busting to use last night to flash back to stock. anyhow, i tried using a different odin3 that has "android+slp" label on it and i noticed that it was freezing less and actually finishes the flashing but the bootup still has some problems. i get stuck at the bootup logo for a couple of tries. after sometime i just flashed it over and over again until i hit the jackpot.
is there anyway that i can check if my partitions are still broken? im thinking that i wont be doing any flashing until the update comes in july. the ics roms arent stable enough for me anyway.
oh what do i do if wanna get the official ics update? i have stock system, i think, but its rooted. do i just flash stock kernel and unroot it?
i found an article in lockermikedotcom that allows you to unroot using a batchfile. i was wondering if you guys can point me in the right direction. thanks
If you have a stock rom but it is rooted, flashing a stock kernel usually does not remove root. You would have to install stock recovery first and then you adb to remove the superuser and busbox files from your phone to get it totally stock like it was before you rooted it. This batch file DooMLord_v1_unrooting_zip will unroot your phone .It work on the Rogers Note anyways. http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?7ysrb3v7tfu9t1a
To make a long story short.
I bought this phone yesterday, dedcided to root, flashed cwm through odin, got a failure so the whole night trying to figure out whats going on and still haven't figured it out yet till now. I kept getting the firmware kies upgrade issue with the yellow triangle.
I posted a help thread on the SGH-1727 section and thats where I also got my guide. The whole time I have been putting in SGH-1727 skyrocket drivers and using odin app for that phone. Since there are a few type of galaxy SII on this forum i got confuse.
My goal is to root the phone, get the nicest JB rom and also a nice kernel which I can port over to this phone. I am not going to even start which best roms or even best kernel,but i just want to get back on track on how to fix my problem first.
As of now im stuck on firmware upgrade kies screen. Which Odin should I use to flash? Should I flash a stock rom first or CWM?
First and foremost: You do NOT flash CWM on this phone, it is included in the custom kernels and each ROM is packaged with one. You can change the kernel afterwards if you so desire. Also, DO NOT use any app labeled CWM or ROM Manager... Just don't. You're likely to create problems for yourself. Nothing against you, it's just the way this phone works.
If you can get back to complete stock, I would do so. After that, read the stickies. After that, read them again. TWICE!
Once you're done with that, use Google to search any questions you may still have. End your search queries with: I777 xda - ALL the information you need is here in these forums and can be found by simply searching. Some things you may have to dig a little, but for the basics, it's easily found.
Trust me, I'm being nice. I'm trying to keep you from being flamed... not guaranteeing its gonna work.
Oh, if you don't find it on these boards, don't use the info.
Clay
Team Pirate
Sent from my Buttery Smooth PINK SGH-i777
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First and foremost: You do NOT flash CWM on this phone, it is included in the custom kernels and each ROM is packaged with one. You can change the kernel afterwards if you so desire. Also, DO NOT use any app labeled CWM or ROM Manager... Just don't, your likely to create problems for yourself. Nothing against you, it's just the way this phone works.
If you can get back to complete stock, I would do so. After that, read the stickies. After that, read them again. TWICE!
Once you're done with that, use Google to search any questions you may still have. End your search queries with: I777 xda - ALL the information you need is here in these forums and can be found by simply searching. Some things you may have to dig a little, but for the basics, it's easily found.
Trust me, I'm being nice. I'm trying to keep you from being flamed... not guaranteeing its gonna work.
Oh, if you don't find it on these boards, don't use the info.
Clay
Team Pirate
Sent from my Buttery Smooth PINK SGH-i777
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Well the ODIN 1.85 for the skyrocket stated a failure setup,but after taking the battery out of the download mode and turning it back on i keep getting the kies issue triangle error.
I'll try to go back to stock
Please do some searching for this. If you find ANYTHING with "creepyandcrawly" as the user, read it.
Clay
Team Pirate
Sent from my Buttery Smooth PINK SGH-i777
clay101eve said:
Please do some searching for this. If you find ANYTHING with "creepyandcrawly" as the user, read it.
Clay
Team Pirate
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Lesson learned. I feel bad even one of the people that helped me remote access my laptop to resolved the issue that wasn't resolved.
I managed to go back to stock thanks to creepyncrawler guides. Now basing it off a lot of what I see. This phone has a lot of one click programs. I am so used to HTC builds,but not on Samsung.
I don't even know the first step and there are so much information everywhere on here. Don't know where to start. If someone can guide me and not bag on me telling me I'm lazy and don't what to search stuff please I don't need that.
I just don't want to end up like this guy http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1757972&page=2
Z33type said:
I managed to go back to stock thanks to creepyncrawler guides. Now basing it off a lot of what I see. This phone has a lot of one click programs. I am so used to HTC builds,but not on Samsung.
I don't even know the first step and there are so much information everywhere on here. Don't know where to start. If someone can guide me and not bag on me telling me I'm lazy and don't what to search stuff please I don't need that.
I just don't want to end up like this guy http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1757972&page=2
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That was the only case of confirmed emmc damage that I have seen on this forum. If you want to avoid this possibility, then from stock Gingerbread, which I assume you have if you followed my guide, then flash a custom firmware of your choice. The kernels packaged with the custom firmwares all are safe.
Read and follow the first guide linked in my signature, and you can flash custom firmware without taking weeks to study and learn.
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That was the only case of confirmed emmc damage that I have seen on this forum. If you want to avoid this possibility, then from stock Gingerbread, which I assume you have if you followed my guide, then flash a custom firmware of your choice. The kernels packaged with the custom firmwares all are safe.
Read and follow the first guide linked in my signature, and you can flash custom firmware without taking weeks to study and learn.
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I'm on my final step flashing a rom. I followed your guide to rooting the phone and flashing a gingebread kernel Siyah 2.6 w/ CWM SUCCESSFULLY!! Now my next question is would I able to flash this super nexus rom with my current kermel or flashing this rom overwrite it and ad their own custom kernel?
You have an awesome write up which took me 2hrs to really read read and read make sure i dont eff up
Z33type said:
I'm on my final step flashing a rom. I followed your guide to rooting the phone and flashing a gingebread kernel Siyah 2.6 w/ CWM SUCCESSFULLY!! Now my next question is would I able to flash this super nexus rom with my current kermel or flashing this rom overwrite it and ad their own custom kernel?
You have an awesome write up which took me 2hrs to really read read and read make sure i dont eff up
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Kernels are always included when you flash a rom, which you can use to flash any other rom.
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Nick281051 said:
Kernels are always included when you flash a rom, which you can use to flash any other rom.
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I did a backup, wipe cache, dalvik cache, flashed super nexus rom and google app like im suppose to, rebooted and now im stuck on the nexus boot screen for more than 10 minutes now.
What am I missing? Should I wipe data/factory reset as well next?
Always follow the OPs instructions for installing their ROM.
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Requirements:
Clockworkmod Recovery (CWM)/Any custom recovery
Wipe if coming from any other ROM
Instructions:
Copy Google Apps and SuperNexus ROM to your internal SD Card
Enter Recovery
Do a Wipe/Factory Reset (Necessary if coming from a different ROM)
Flash SuperNexus ROM
Flash Google Apps
Reboot your device!
Voila!
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With that being said, NEVER assume that you will be able to use your phone after a flash. Not trying to deter or scare you, but always have everything backed up and anything you really want off the phone (pics etc.) - Some say a FULL WIPE us need between every flash. I agree. It GREATLY reduces your chance of having a bad flash.
So, in short, yes. You seem to be catching on, but in your spare time read up on some more helpful threads and I think you'll be a flashaholic on your S2 soon enough
Also, this device is vastly different than any other. If you have experience with other phones, that's great, but not always helpful.
Clay
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Z33type said:
I did a backup, wipe cache, dalvik cache, flashed super nexus rom and google app like im suppose to, rebooted and now im stuck on the nexus boot screen for more than 10 minutes now.
What am I missing? Should I wipe data/factory reset as well next?
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Always wipe data/factory reset & wipe cache when flashing a different rom than the one you currently have (sometimes when updating a rom to newer version of the same rom, some say data wipe is not needed). Go back into recovery mode by holding volume - & + and the power button and release when you see the second samsung splash screen. You will be able to wipe data and then reboot into SuperNexus if all goes well, if not then re-flash the rom and gapps. Also to prevent lock-ups on SuperNexus I recommend using Siyah 4.1.4 (in siyah thread) or Siyah 4.1.5 (in the semi thread) for a kernel. To do that just go back to recovery and flash the kernel (wiping cache & dalvik) then reboot. Also SuperNexus comes with ROM manager but do not use it, Siyah will install CWM recovery. These are the steps I followed when doing this on my I777.
You should always full wipe when switching roms. Initial boot can take awhile, though. If you hit 30, re try with full wipe
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Cmoore0965 said:
You should always full wipe when switching roms. Initial boot can take awhile, though. If you hit 30, re try with full wipe
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U don't have to wait 30 minutes. I've never had a rom take more than 5 to fully boot up. And as stated always wipe data cache and system when coming from a different rom base or upgrading to a new base.
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30 is just my "****s definitely not happening" cut off. The anticipation of potentially having screwed something up leads me to sweat the boot time. I've had a handful of 10-15 minute boots back during broken ics days. Call it fire and forget stress management lol
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Hey there,
Today I received an MHL-adapter for my Galaxy S3 and wanted to try it out. Since it didn't work in combination with Slim Bean I decided to flash another rom (more on the sammy side of things). Coming across a thread with a guy pointing out a so called Chameleon crossover rom, I decided to give it a go, downloaded and flashed it. I shat bricks as I saw that, in my euphoria to try the adapter, I flashed a rom that was meant to be for the Galaxy S2!
So I restarted into recovery and tried to perform a full wipe, which didn't work, because it wasn't able to load the partitions (data etc.) then I tried to flash on a recent backup of Slim Bean, which was only partly succsessfull, meaning, that it flashed but couldn't wipe because of the reason mentioned above.
Booting into system doesn't work either, I just get a bootloop.
Right now im not quite sure, which step to take. Shall i flash on a clean stock-image via Odin or maybe try out something like One-Click UnBrick?
All your help and suggestions are highly appreciated!
rockband said:
Hey there,
Today I received an MHL-adapter for my Galaxy S3 and wanted to try it out. Since it didn't work in combination with Slim Bean I decided to flash another rom (more on the sammy side of things). Coming across a thread with a guy pointing out a so called Chameleon crossover rom, I decided to give it a go, downloaded and flashed it. I shat bricks as I saw that, in my euphoria to try the adapter, I flashed a rom that was meant to be for the Galaxy S2!
So I restarted into recovery and tried to perform a full wipe, which didn't work, because it wasn't able to load the partitions (data etc.) then I tried to flash on a recent backup of Slim Bean, which was only partly succsessfull, meaning, that it flashed but couldn't wipe because of the reason mentioned above.
Booting into system doesn't work either, I just get a bootloop.
Right now im not quite sure, which step to take. Shall i flash on a clean stock-image via Odin or maybe try out something like One-Click UnBrick?
All your help and suggestions are highly appreciated!
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Odion stock. If that fails you'll need to find and flash with a PIT
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Odion stock. If that fails you'll need to find and flash with a PIT
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Thank you so much for the quick response, I'm going to check whether it works and report back after it's done! :good:
G'Luck
Problem solved, thanks rootSU!
So, if someone is following this thread, I just want to share with you guys what I did and how it turned out:
I flashed the original firmware, according to region etc. via Odin, the procedure was succsessfull and I rebooted.
At first I had a bootloop, so I went into the stock recovery and hit "wipe /data and /cache", which was succsessfull as well, meaning that the previous problem with not being able to mount the partitions was resolved. So I went ahead and rebooted again aaand it booted!
Everything is working fine as far as i can tell, no misfunctions, hot reboots or anything similar.
Thanks very much for the quick response rootSU, which prevented me from hyperventilating .
I've rooted, unlocked bootloader and flashed stuff on my former phones (Htc Wildfire, Galaxy S) and I've never done anything like that before and nothing like that ever happened to me. So to anyone reading this, I highly encourage you not to be as dumb as me and to doublecheck what rom you're flashing and not to flash while being overly exicted about anything .
Does your adapter now work?
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Never panic. Read lots and dont do anything you don't understand. That's my advice when you're in an S3 pickle
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Very good advice
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