[Q] Strange Problem 4.0.4 - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Dear Mate,
I hve been using Galaxy SII ( GT -I9100)
History: was on 2.3.5 -> upgrade to official 4.0.3 and it was showing an error msg " unfortunately service.acro.*** can not starter , set was lagged -> upgrade to official 4.0.4 - and bellow happend
this black color block always showing to screen - only when SIM card is inserted . I have tried to change the sim even different operator.
It always showing - why
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btw i have installed the official release downloaded for bellow
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=GT-I9100&pcode=TML&os=1&type=1#firmware
pls advice what to do?
later I have try to downgrade it to any lower version like 2.3.6 - now set is not booting up- right after the samsung Animation the big S is showing up and nothing els
what to do now?

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Try a factory data reset in recovery
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Sentario said:
Try a factory data reset in recovery
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not working in this way - any other advice pls

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the good news is the phone is only soft bricked if you can get Odin to work with it I would start from scratch and reflash the ics ROM ... also look up your phone here on xda there should be lots of info under questions and answer section for your phone
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Soft bricked?.......its the samsung service menu.
Search for "keystr"
You need to create that file in efs>imei folder

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Stuck at Samsung logo try this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458&highlight=unbrick+guid

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try bringing it to a technician

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Sentario said:
the good news is the phone is only soft bricked if you can get Odin to work with it I would start from scratch and reflash the ics ROM ... also look up your phone here on xda there should be lots of info under questions and answer section for your phone
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Dude, there is no such thing as a "soft-brick" or "hard-brick" they both have no meaning other then a phrase to help n00bs when panicking and creating topics.. Your device is either "bricked" or it isn't, simple as that. A device is bricked when you can no longer use recovery, download mode or power on phone, Like when boot-loader is corrupted or you flash wrong partition file or you use stock 4.0.3 kernel to wipe phone and have no option to either use JTAG fix or mobo replacement.
When a phone can power on and enter/use download or recovery the device is not "bricked".
@ OP
Make sure you are flashing the correct rom for your device variation. try flashing Siyah kernel via ODIN then wipe data/factory reset and then format system partition in storage menu.
Once you have done above flash your rom again and then flash v4 of Siyah kernel afterwards.

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TheATHEiST said:
When a phone can power on and enter/use download or recovery the device is not "bricked".
@ OP
Make sure you are flashing the correct rom for your device variation. try flashing Siyah kernel via ODIN then wipe data/factory reset and then format system partition in storage menu.
Once you have done above flash your rom again and then flash v4 of Siyah kernel afterwards.
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Hi Atheist
phone is now truning on..i can see home screen ..i can use this phone...
but guide me how to get rid from this Black screen..which is only showing when a SIM card is there( i have change the SIM even different operator, but the same) ..
pls advice how to remove this Black screen..
other issue - Screen lock also not working - slide / pattern / password- nothing is working...
Thnx

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I see I wasted my time advising how to remove the service box.

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To theunderling... yes when your stuck on boot logo its a soft brick... and next time read thread fully
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---------- Post added at 04:43 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:38 AM ----------
Well in this case buddy is a new theathiest so let's just keep **** simple and not freak out over something he obviously does not fully understand....
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And one last thing using the term sift brick is what the majority around here use even some senior members use the term in there stickys
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Whats a "sift brick".

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Real mature...
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Sentario said:
Real mature...
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Next time check your spelling carefully.
Eg
bOld
bAld