i have a galaxy s2 i9100p all rooted and stuff. i saw jellybam came out and i wanted to try it even if it wasnt for i9100p (big mistake)!! flashed it from clockworkmod recovery and i selected no kernel just install jellybam. the phone bricked, wouldnt turn on just stucked on welcome screen GALAXY SII. anyway i flashed my phone from odin with a stock firmware, it turned on and i did a restore to my previous version with rom manager and everything worked fine. but my stupid curiosity wouldnt let me so i tried jellybam again but this time i chose the siyah kernel. now i tried everything from flashing with odin the same stock firmware, repartition, to restore the backup with cwm.zip from recovery but everything is useless. my phone wont turn on!! when i restore from cwm it gets stuck at restoring data. my galaxy is i9100PXXLPF. PLEASE HELP!!
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Hey guys,
I recently flashed a new 4.3 rom to my S3 (Imperium 21.0).
After a while i decided to update the kernel to Googy Max, downloaded it from OTA and went to install it via TWRP, after installing the galaxy decided it wouldn't boot and just returned to the recovery all the time, i thought it must be the broken kernel and re-flashed the rom, everything was fine until i went back to the recovery (to backup the rom), after i finished backup and tried to restart my S3 the same happens, the galaxy just reboots back to the recovery, and the only way i found to get of it is to re-flash the rom :/
I don't want to re-flash it again... Any ideas what can i do?
fr0z1k said:
Hey guys,
I recently flashed a new 4.3 rom to my S3 (Imperium 21.0).
After a while i decided to update the kernel to Googy Max, downloaded it from OTA and went to install it via TWRP, after installing the galaxy decided it wouldn't boot and just returned to the recovery all the time, i thought it must be the broken kernel and re-flashed the rom, everything was fine until i went back to the recovery (to backup the rom), after i finished backup and tried to restart my S3 the same happens, the galaxy just reboots back to the recovery, and the only way i found to get of it is to re-flash the rom :/
I don't want to re-flash it again... Any ideas what can i do?
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Can close thread, after installing another recovery via Odin it was fixed
hi guys im having trouble reverting back to android 4.1.2 on my samsung galaxy s2 i9100 i backed up the rom using siyah kernel which i havent had any problems with before but after flashing a s5 themed rom i wanted to revert back just to see if it would work but it said failed to restore preload apps and it got stuck at the pulsing samsung screen.
can anyone please help
woodsie2012 said:
hi guys im having trouble reverting back to android 4.1.2 on my samsung galaxy s2 i9100 i backed up the rom using siyah kernel which i havent had any problems with before but after flashing a s5 themed rom i wanted to revert back just to see if it would work but it said failed to restore preload apps and it got stuck at the pulsing samsung screen.
can anyone please help
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If the backup was made with siyah and the present kernel isnt it, try flashing only the siyah kernel 1st and then restoring the backed-up ROM after wiping cache n data..
When making a backup with some CWM versions, you have to manually enable the backing up of the preload partition. Without the preload data, a restored OS WILL NOT BOOT.
From the symptoms you describe, I believe this is the case here.
If I am right, you have 2 options.....
1) continue to run a custom ROM.
2) start from scratch, and flash a firmware via Odin.
If I am right, any attempts you make to restore your backup with whatever CWM kernel combo you find will continue to result in a non booting phone.....
Sent from my Markox/Gustavo_s powered KitKatted S2
Hello..
I've rooted and flashed my galaxy s3 i9300 , but somehow it's now stuck on loop "logo" then suddenly goes to " CWM mode"
what can i do to fix that? should i re-flash it with other firmware on sd card or anyone else have other ideas?
i forgot to say i have Paranoid Android Rom installed
thank you guys:good:
Factory reset first, then try flashing rom again.
Hello
I recently recieved my sisters old galaxy s2 after it had been water damaged and the only problem was the power button not functioning.
I wanted to flash a stock 4.1.2 rom via odin and since this was my first time flashing an S2 I followed a tutorial showing me how to flash a stock rom.
Everything went well during the flash but after it completed it bootlooped forever and ever. I tried flashing the same ROM again and the same bootloop. I also tried other ROMs and nothing worked. People have fixed their odin bootloops by entering recovery and wiping everything but I just don't know how to enter recovery without a power button.
Any suggestions?
Hello mates, Am no newbie to flashing ROMs but this is somehow disturbing! I updated my friends Galaxy S2 i9100 from stock 2.3.3 to 4.2.2 Paranoid Rom. The Rom was too buggy wth missing menus&crashes&finally stuck at bootloop, no safe mode,unable to enter recovery. So I decided to flash official 4.1.2 Jellybean 19100ZSMSA Odin flash was finished successfuly with no errors but after reboot the device reaches the sumsung logo&keeps rebooting frequently. Tried flashing official i9100VJMS3 4.1.2 jellybean but same results even with autoreboot unchecked. Wiping cache&factory reset doesn't help either. Am not too sure that USB debugging was enabled. I can't restore from a 2.3.3 backup i had made since previous cwm got wiped. Could this result from incompatible kernel? Kindly help out
UPDATE:
I identified the problem in recovery. " e: failed to mount /efs (Invalid argument) "
A broken efs partition was preventing the ROM from loading up. No ROM flash/kernel/CWM jigs would solve this issue. I had to repair this partition as a last resort.
Will post Solution details in a few. A long process but it worked Wonders!!!. Thanks
SOLUTION:
Follow this link to my other post. Here http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/how-to-fix-galaxy-s2-i9100-e-failed-to-t2981605
Droidsan said:
Hello mates, Am no newbie to flashing ROMs but this is somehow disturbing! I updated my friends Galaxy S2 i9100 from stock 2.3.3 to 4.2.2 Paranoid Rom. The Rom was too buggy wth missing menus&crashes&finally stuck at bootloop, no safe mode,unable to enter recovery. So I decided to flash official 4.1.2 Jellybean 19100ZSMSA Odin flash was finished successfuly with no errors but after reboot the device reaches the sumsung logo&keeps rebooting frequently. Tried flashing official i9100VJMS3 4.1.2 jellybean but same results even with autoreboot unchecked. Wiping cache&factory reset doesn't help either. Am not too sure that USB debugging was enabled. I can't restore from a 2.3.3 backup i had made since previous cwm got wiped. Could this result from incompatible kernel? Kindly help out
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Try to install a custom recovery like philz touch recovery. Than after you did that, install CM11 from here: http://get.cm/get/le1
It will work like a charm
Philz Touch from here: http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/i9100/philz_touch_6.48.4-i9100.tar.md5
Flash it in odin
Giving this a shot
Thanks Tkkg for quick reply. I was considering flashing philZ CWM as well&see if I can restore the 2.3.3 backup&then reflash the official 4.1.2 jelly bean update as my friend still prefers to remain stock after that bad experience with Paranoid ROM. Was looking for a compatible PhilZ CWM stock kernel for the jellybean ROM i installed above but if this one works that will be helpful. Will report if this works