UPDATE 2 : 29th Nov
ok lemme rephraze what i need
i am having a drain bug in my setup, be it stock or custom rom .
using latest safestrap and running stock ICS , black widow and eclipse Roms
all showing similar levels of battery drain.
cant use fastboot or anything that requires a PC to flash stuff as my phone wont connect to any PC.
just tell me how to fix this battery drain issue without using a PC
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UPDATE as on Nov 29th
after reading a lot , i came to know that the guy from whom i bought this phone flashed a kexec XT910 CM10 build on it , the build couldnt work as the phone process was force closing ,
but i suppose despite my reactivating the stock the kexec build kernel is still functional on the phone thereby leading to battery loss in sleep as well as occasional freeze,
So i guess in this light someone can shed some light on the issue of how can i replace this evil cm10 kexec kernel with the stock ics Xt912 kernel WITHOUT THE USE OF A PC as i suspect flashing of that cm10 build isnt letting me connect to any PC in any mode with any cable.
CHK the attached pics for the condition the phone was in when i bought.
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ORIGINAL QUERY
got a XT912 Of ebay.
phone has safestrap , stock partition , and 4 others .
when i got it , it was on cm9 i guess or 10 with phone process force closing
iall i did was boot to stock Xt912 thru safestrap ( stock ics 4.0.4 was already there )
But the issue has been i have not been able to connect this phone to any PC with any cabae at all, wanted to clean it and flash the 4.0.4 XML via rsd lite , the phone charges alright via usb cable, but as soon as you plug it in the prompt says unrecognised device, changes all the options in storage settings as well.
but i could live without that,
the other and most annoying major issue is that the Kernel in stock has gone totally evil, its sucking up all the juice Gsam battery info shows 85% of battery was drained by it sitting idle in last 6 hrs
one more interesting thing is that the phone itself becomes frozen , the soft touch lights keep glowing and the phone screen goes black and unresponsive to everyrthing, i have hardset reset by power and vol down to reboot. wehat is this happeneing
its happening on stock ROM as well as eclipse rom that i just installed on another partition thru safestrap.
can anyone tell me
1.. how to get over usb connection unrecognized thingy ( tried every possible thing i could fine )
2.. how can i flash the stock ICS with stock kernel without connecting to usb, are there zip files available for that , dont wanna mess up whatever i already am having.
any help would be appreciated
lord dredd said:
got a XT912 Of ebay.
phone has safestrap , stock partition , and 4 others .
when i got it , it was on cm9 i guess or 10 with phone process force closing
iall i did was boot to stock Xt912 thru safestrap ( stock ics 4.0.4 was already there )
But the issue has been i have not been able to connect this phone to any PC with any cabae at all, wanted to clean it and flash the 4.0.4 XML via rsd lite , the phone charges alright via usb cable, but as soon as you plug it in the prompt says unrecognised device, changes all the options in storage settings as well.
but i could live without that,
the other and most annoying major issue is that the Kernel in stock has gone totally evil, its sucking up all the juice Gsam battery info shows 85% of battery was drained by it sitting idle in last 6 hrs
can anyone tell me
1.. how to get over usb connection unrecognized thingy ( tried every possible thing i could fine )
2.. how can i flash the stock ICS with stock kernel without connecting to usb, are there zip files available for that , dont wanna mess up whatever i already am having.
any help would be appreciated
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are your drivers installed?
yes installed and reinstalled latest drivers many times.
currently installed MotorolaDeviceManager_2.3.4, i guess they r latest.
updated the safestrap
installed another ROM in eclipse 1.5 on the partition 2
but still battery drain is similar and got 2 phone freezes as well.
and still not able to connect the phone to PC in any possible way .
looks like some glitch in the kernel as Gsam battery monitor shopws kernel is using up a lot of battery.
nones having any idea ?
i am kinna stuck guyz
chip in with whatever you think is doable
regards
lord dredd said:
nones having any idea ?
i am kinna stuck guyz
chip in with whatever you think is doable
regards
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try different cable or computer. then, if eclipse or stock "sees" your device, flash stock firmware using RSD lite
or, flash another kernel
also, there is another method flashing stock firmware, but I see now that the site is not working anymore...
http://www.eternityproject.eu/topic/53-eternityproject-fla****-rsd-alternative-for-flashing/
try yourself later
good luck
is it not possible to flash another kernel , i meran the stock kernel using cwm or safestrap ?
i guess till this phone accepts any cord or PC , thats the best bet
lord dredd said:
is it not possible to flash another kernel , i meran the stock kernel using cwm or safestrap ?
i guess till this phone accepts any cord or PC , thats the best bet
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Unfortunately there is NO way to flash stock firmware, nor kernel without using an usb cable...
You can only flash radio with custom recovery (I've tried bootmenu manager)
For a better info about flashing kernel, see posts 525 and 526 form here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1964792&page=53
Have you tried another computer and cable?
Also I suppose your pc doesn't see the phone when is in fastboot mode...
Yes nothing in USB or fast boot mode.
Although phone does connect in sbf made but that again needs it to be in fast bout to flash the ROM.
Gonna give those links a try.
Is there any jig or something somewhere.
edit : well again this also requires connecting to PC , which isnt possible
is there no way to flash stock or just kernel only via recovery
Sent from the DAD of all S2s - The Epic Touch.
UPDATE as on Nov 29th
after reading a lot , i came to know that the guy from whom i bought this phone flashed a kexec XT910 CM10 build on it , the build couldnt work as the phone process was force closing ,
but i suppose despite my reactivating the stock the kexec build kernel is still functional on the phone thereby leading to battery loss in sleep as well as occasional freeze,
Can anyone now shed some light on the issue of how can i replace this evil cm10 kexec kernel ( if my assumption is correct ) with the stock ics Xt912 kernel WITHOUT THE USE OF A PC as i suspect flashing of that cm10 build isnt letting me connect to any PC in any mode with any cable.
Or may be just link me to any custom stock based ROM which has the stock kernel in it.
i can transfer the rom zip to my sd card thru other means and flash thru the safestrap recovery
lord dredd said:
UPDATE as on Nov 29th
after reading a lot , i came to know that the guy from whom i bought this phone flashed a kexec XT910 CM10 build on it , the build couldnt work as the phone process was force closing ,
but i suppose despite my reactivating the stock the kexec build kernel is still functional on the phone thereby leading to battery loss in sleep as well as occasional freeze,
Can anyone now shed some light on the issue of how can i replace this evil cm10 kexec kernel ( if my assumption is correct ) with the stock ics Xt912 kernel WITHOUT THE USE OF A PC as i suspect flashing of that cm10 build isnt letting me connect to any PC in any mode with any cable.
Or may be just link me to any custom stock based ROM which has the stock kernel in it.
i can transfer the rom zip to my sd card thru other means and flash thru the safestrap recovery
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The kexec Kernel doesnot delete your stock kernel , it just bypasses it . Your best bet is to ask the CM10 dev on how to remove/uninstall the ROM & kernel. I guess HSD-Pilot/Hashcode will be able to help you out.
lord dredd said:
UPDATE as on Nov 29th
after reading a lot , i came to know that the guy from whom i bought this phone flashed a kexec XT910 CM10 build on it , the build couldnt work as the phone process was force closing ,
but i suppose despite my reactivating the stock the kexec build kernel is still functional on the phone thereby leading to battery loss in sleep as well as occasional freeze,
Can anyone now shed some light on the issue of how can i replace this evil cm10 kexec kernel ( if my assumption is correct ) with the stock ics Xt912 kernel WITHOUT THE USE OF A PC as i suspect flashing of that cm10 build isnt letting me connect to any PC in any mode with any cable.
Or may be just link me to any custom stock based ROM which has the stock kernel in it.
i can transfer the rom zip to my sd card thru other means and flash thru the safestrap recovery
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The link below has a complete stock ROM zip that I had to use to restore a while back when I screwed things up trying to add Google Now to ICS. LOL
I used the 6.7.2
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/cdma_spyder/list.php
thanks mate , but these ROMs can be flashed only thru RSDlite in fastboot mode and for that you need your phone to be connected to a PC ,
and my issue is my phone doesnt get recognised by any PC at all
i need a kernel or a rom with a kernel that can be flashed via recovery
ok lemme rephraze what i need
i am having a drain bug in my setup, be it stock or custom rom .
using latest safestrap and running stock ICS , black widow and eclipse Roms
all showing similar levels of battery drain.
cant use fastboot or anything that requires a PC to flash stuff as my phone wont connect to any PC.
just tell me how to fix this battery drain issue without using a PC
help me plz !!!
Don't know on the fixing battery draing and I am out of suggestions.
Just a few things. And I read a lot of your problem.
When you say windows won't recognize it, are you talking about USB pop ups when you plug it in saying device not recognized?
Because the phone is fragged. That would seem normal.
I just double-checked mine.
In AP fastboot mode windows does not load the normal USB drivers. The only place it shows in windows is under ADB Device in Device Manager. No pop ups.
When in AP Fastboot, the phone recognizes when a USB cable is plugged in. AND when I fire up RSDLite, and I click show devices and it shows nothing. But it should still load.
I just wanted to make sure that you weren't relying on the normal pop-up you get when you normally plug your phone in. You are not going to get that when phone is in fastboot mode. Windows won't show any pop-ups. But it does show in Device Manager under ADB Devices. And the phone switches over to connected on the display.
I just wasn't clear if you had tried that from reading your posts.
Hope you get it resolved.
Hi,
lord dredd I have exactly the same problem, but i haven't applied custom ROM or other kernel. My Device is running on stock OS.
This problem began on sunday, 25th of November, and from that day i'm struggling to repair it.
What i have discovered through App "BetterBatteryStats" is that there are constantly active two kernel wakelocks: "usb" and "suspend_backoff". Through App "OS Monitor" i found that process "system" is constantly using 15-30% of CPU. Sometimes this process is calming down, but plugging USB cord to the phone results in waking it up again.
I think that this two are connected with each other.
The last thing i can now think about is that the USB port or motherboard in the device is corrupted.
I hope that this information will be helpfull in diagnosing what is causing this problem.
Sory, if my english is bad, but i'm not, a native english speaker.
85gallon said:
Don't know on the fixing battery draing and I am out of suggestions.
Just a few things. And I read a lot of your problem.
When you say windows won't recognize it, are you talking about USB pop ups when you plug it in saying device not recognized?
Because the phone is fragged. That would seem normal.
I just double-checked mine.
In AP fastboot mode windows does not load the normal USB drivers. The only place it shows in windows is under ADB Device in Device Manager. No pop ups.
When in AP Fastboot, the phone recognizes when a USB cable is plugged in. AND when I fire up RSDLite, and I click show devices and it shows nothing. But it should still load.
I just wanted to make sure that you weren't relying on the normal pop-up you get when you normally plug your phone in. You are not going to get that when phone is in fastboot mode. Windows won't show any pop-ups. But it does show in Device Manager under ADB Devices. And the phone switches over to connected on the display.
I just wasn't clear if you had tried that from reading your posts.
Hope you get it resolved.
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Yes I have tried the fast bolt modes and tried flashing with rsd lite as well as tried adb commands too
But nothing actually happens.
The phone sits like that and in adb it says waiting for the device.
I have now lost all hope and will not use this phone.
Sent from the DAD of all S2s - The Epic Touch.
Send a PM to some devs with detailed info about your problem, one of them will help you
Try hashcode, whirleyes, frasertag.
Also you can check this forum:
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/index
And most important: DON"T LOSE HOPE
heblu said:
Send a PM to some devs with detailed info about your problem, one of them will help you
Try hashcode, whirleyes, frasertag.
Also you can check this forum:
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/index
And most important: DON"T LOSE HOPE
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thanks a lot mate
lets hope this becomes phone again and doesnt remain like a damn paperweight
regards
guyz tell me
howabout if i downgrade my safestrap to 2
and flsah this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1716392
i guess this one might help fix if this flashed a kernel as well ?
regards
PS : got a working link from droidrazr forumjs.
Related
Ok my cousins ace is stuck on froyo with vodafone, locked to network.
He's got issues with power, but new battery & mine also does same thing, whenever you start phone battery its empty, but if you plug power in & start phone, then remove power battery is fully charged, so its either FW goosed or hardware on main board.
So tried to connect to pc, will not show up as samsung android device, but when mines plugged in it shows up perfectly, it sees a usb device but wont install with the correct driver, even if pointed to this, just shows as unknown device.
So my question is, how can I update it to ginger or a fresh froyo via recovery mode as it requires a zip file & all fw's are through odin.
I considered cwm, but this requires rooting yes?
So best route is to root, install cwm then install a custom fw to see if it fixes issues then install a stock rom via odin?
Ideas please & best way forward.
Thanks in advance
no, u cannot flash custom roms via cwm if u still on froyo. most custom roms need gingerbread as base, means u need to already had gingerbread installed.
and the only way to upgrade from froyo to gingerbread is by kies and odin. but because kies is highly dangerous and known to brick phones, odin is your only option.
Looks like its a warranty job then huh.
Ok so before I take this into service center, anyone else have any ideas to try, as I cant see anyother way to fix this buggered FW.
NHNXDA said:
Ok so before I take this into service center, anyone else have any ideas to try, as I cant see anyother way to fix this buggered FW.
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no just use odin
it helps you
Sent from my GT-S5830 using xda premium
Odin wont help as usb device isnt loading, its not driver related as other ace units are fine.
NHNXDA said:
Odin wont help as usb device isnt loading, its not driver related as other ace units are fine.
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you need to instal kies also
Sent from my GT-S5830 using xda premium
How is that going to help me if the usb device isnt loading, usb drivers are installed & correct as other Ace units work 100%
Hello all.
My Xperia X10 Mini Pro is stuck on bootloop as you can see on this video
http://youtu.be/EhaBn0uuSvE
It just got like that from one moment to the other..I was using stock ROM
I tried to flash with Flashtool with these ROMs
U20a_2.1udpt1_Generic
ST17i-Active_4.1.B.0.431-1254-6360_SONY
On the first ROM it gets 100% successfull but still cant boot !
This phone was bought on Portugal, so I dont know if the ROM makes any difference..
Need some advice please !
I've read somewhere that Gordon's Gate (part of Flashtool) can still access a phone even when it bootloops.
Could you document what steps you already took? Perhaps link to the article you followed? (Below is a list of certain steps one usually takes when installing custom ROMS, but they are by no means always necessary, could you perhaps indicate what you already did?)
Rooted Yes/No/Not Sure
ClockWorkMod installed Yes/No/Not Sure
Unlocked bootloader Yes/No/Not Sure
Custom kernel Yes/No/Not Sure
The location of where the phone was bought will not make a lot of difference for the ROM. It might affect things like hardware keyboard layouts, but there are fixes available for those. But things like specific baseband and firmware are still important. By carefully reading the description, you can usually check if your phone can be used.
To be honest, I only have used Flashtool to flash new kernels to my X10 Mini Pro, for just installing another ROM I use ClockWorkMod.
What you can try:
Unbrick through SEUS: here (video)
I've read about people unbricking their devices with PC Companion, here.
If you should be able to regain access to the phone and still want to tinker:
This ROM works nice with the stock kernel
Later, you could unlock the bootloader, flash custom kernels (nAa ICS 04) and install ROMS needing such custom kernels (the U20 ICS ROMS, like MiniCM9)
Should you feel the need to ever unlock the bootloader, use this tool
Cheers and thanks for your post !
I used SEUS and updated to latest firmware but still no success on booting. It stills the same...
Rooted No
ClockWorkMod installed No
Unlocked bootloader No
Custom kernel Not Sure
Any chance that you can point me a stock rom and stock kernel to see if it boots that way?
JotaM07 said:
Cheers and thanks for your post !
I used SEUS and updated to latest firmware but still no success on booting. It stills the same...
Rooted No
ClockWorkMod installed No
Unlocked bootloader No
Custom kernel Not Sure
Any chance that you can point me a stock rom and stock kernel to see if it boots that way?
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Don't update, repair... leave your phone unplugged when SEUS searches for updates, it can't recognise your phone when it's not connected and will give you a repair option. choose that, and make sure you select your phone from the list presented. it will then flash original kernel and firmware to your phone.
Don't know which kernel you flashed before you got this bootloop, but the second rom you mentioned in your opening post isn't even for your phone, so i guess you got confused with what goes for your phone. You don't even get a kernel logo, so i guess you flashed a kernel for a different model altogether, or your stock kernel got corrupted. a repair should fix it.
I'm now updating on PC Companion like belgianguy said
If unsuccessfull I'll follow your instructions, thanks a lot in advance !
Same on PC Companion..no boot !
SmG67, I dont see any repair option on SEUS. It detects the phone and says thar it's updated. If I remove the battery while is searching my phone it keeps saying that it's updated. What am I doing wrong ?
On PC Companion I got the Repair option, it repaired, but...surprise...still can't boot !
JotaM07 said:
Same on PC Companion..no boot !
SmG67, I dont see any repair option on SEUS. It detects the phone and says thar it's updated. If I remove the battery while is searching my phone it keeps saying that it's updated. What am I doing wrong ?
On PC Companion I got the Repair option, it repaired, but...surprise...still can't boot !
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That's a shame... because you now have all official sony ericsson firmware on your phone, kernel and rom... If it's still not booting the kernel, there's nothing you can do about it, maybe a repair-shop might be able to fix it.
Well, a repair-shop isnt able to fix it because the mini-usb port has bad contact and they consider this phone out of warranty because of that ! It almost never happens that bad contact..
JotaM07 said:
Well, a repair-shop isnt able to fix it because the mini-usb port has bad contact and they consider this phone out of warranty because of that ! It almost never happens that bad contact..
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Well if it's that far gone it might very well be a hardware issue. But just to be sure, could you start Flashtool and see if it still recognizes the device (see screenshot of what I see).
If it isn't able to, an older version of s1tool had an IDENTIFY option that required you plug the USB cable into the computer (but not in the phone), to shut down the phone, then push the BACK button and then plug the usb cable into the phone.
The bad contact you mentioned might be causing troubke as well, are you sure it isn't the cable that is at fault? Perhaps try to attach the USB cable in such a way that its not stressed and so that the phone cannot move (to prevent it from disconnecting due to a bad contact). Your flashes very well might have gone faulty because of that. But then again, the SEUS/PC Companion flashes seem to have succeeded, so hopefully Flashtool can shed some light here.
Hello,
I am new to the S2 forum. I have purchased the phone on Dec 04. It came with firmware version 4.0.4.
The PDA was I9100XWLPW and CSC was I9100ODDLPC.
After a week, I flashed the leaked JB firmware XXLSJ and used PhilZ cwm6 kernel to obtain root.
I was not having any problems until today.
I was using the phone normally, it had about 60% battery. Suddenly it was not waking up ( The phone was not used for about 15min ). I tried removing the battery, all button combinations but was not booting normally or into recovery. I could get into the download mode by plugging the phone to the PC. Odin failed to flash the official FW and the JB leak. I followed the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458 and found out it was a corrupted NAND r/w function.
I tried doing all the steps given in the thread. Now my phone does'nt go into the download mode and does'nt show charging when plugged to a power source.
Can I recover my phone?
Please someone help me or guide me to a previous post that solves this problem!!
Edit: Samsung service has replaced the mother board!!
Doing the pit partition has resulted in my phone getting bricked!!
So people new to the forum, never do it :laugh:
Hi,
You said you couldn't access download mode, but can you access CWM recovery?
If you can then, you should wipe data/factory set, wipe cache and wipe Dalvik-cahe. after that you should re-flash your ROM.
If that doesn't work, maybe you should restore your CWM/Nandroid backup of your ROM before you flashed the JB leak XXLSJ, which in this case seems to be Stock ROM. (providing that you have backed it up in the first place)
Greetz and Happy new year
CashAndPotatoes said:
Hi,
You said you couldn't access download mode, but can you access CWM recovery?
If you can then, you should wipe data/factory set, wipe cache and wipe Dalvik-cahe. after that you should re-flash your ROM.
If that doesn't work, maybe you should restore your CWM/Nandroid backup of your ROM before you flashed the JB leak XXLSJ, which in this case seems to be Stock ROM. (providing that you have backed it up in the first place)
Greetz and Happy new year
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I am unable to get into recovery mode also.
The phone does not respond to any button-combos or connecting to computer or a power source!!
Pradeep said:
I am unable to get into recovery mode also.
The phone does not respond to any button-combos or connecting to computer or a power source!!
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HI,
today I wake up with the same problem.(Bug from the junary 1st???). I'm on Leak 4.1.2 too
Mi Galaxy sII don't charge the batery (loop from charge batery symbol) All the combination button don't wake up the phone.
The only thing seem working is the download mode. Don't try to connect to ODIN for the moment.
Any idea?
Pradeep said:
I am unable to get into recovery mode also.
The phone does not respond to any button-combos or connecting to computer or a power source!!
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Remove battery for some time re insert it and see .
Or
Try a jig
leap before you think
Pradeep said:
Hello,
I am new to the S2 forum. I have purchased the phone on Dec 04. It came with firmware version 4.0.4.
The PDA was I9100XWLPW and CSC was I9100ODDLPC.
After a week, I flashed the leaked JB firmware XXLSJ and used PhilZ cwm6 kernel to obtain root.
I was not having any problems until today.
I was using the phone normally, it had about 60% battery. Suddenly it was not waking up ( The phone was not used for about 15min ). I tried removing the battery, all button combinations but was not booting normally or into recovery. I could get into the download mode by plugging the phone to the PC. Odin failed to flash the official FW and the JB leak. I followed the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458 and found out it was a corrupted NAND r/w function.
I tried doing all the steps given in the thread. Now my phone does'nt go into the download mode and does'nt show charging when plugged to a power source.
Can I recover my phone?
Please someone help me or guide me to a previous post that solves this problem!!
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We already have plenty of topics about this why do you feel the need to create another? Your symptoms are no different to others and the answers are no different.
If you cant access download or recovery and cant power on then try a USB jig. If that doesnt work then you will need to take/send it for repair which will either be JTAG or complete mobo replacement.
Just because you create your own topic it doesnt mean answer is going to be any different.
Gediprime said:
HI,
today I wake up with the same problem.(Bug from the junary 1st???). I'm on Leak 4.1.2 too
Mi Galaxy sII don't charge the batery (loop from charge batery symbol) All the combination button don't wake up the phone.
The only thing seem working is the download mode. Don't try to connect to ODIN for the moment.
Any idea?
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If you can access download mode, use it. Try re-flashing your kernel.
nikufellow said:
Remove battery for some time re insert it and see .
Or
Try a jig
leap before you think
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JIG ???
Gediprime said:
JIG ???
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Use the search button and use keywords "usb jig". Or google.
TheATHEiST said:
We already have plenty of topics about this why do you feel the need to create another? Your symptoms are no different to others and the answers are no different.
If you cant access download or recovery and cant power on then try a USB jig. If that doesnt work then you will need to take/send it for repair which will either be JTAG or complete mobo replacement.
Just because you create your own topic it doesnt mean answer is going to be any different.
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I am sorry!! I am new to this forum and the phone being a recent purchase, i was very much desperate!!
I know the answer may not be different and the problem may not be new hence I've asked to guide me to the appropriate thread in my post!! No offence!!
Thanks for your reply. I will be taking the phone to Samsung Service tomorrow.
Gediprime said:
JIG ???
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3 100k resistors + 1k resistor in series connected between 4 and 5 pins of a male usb end when plugged will get you into download mode in case of soft bricks .
leap before you think
TheATHEiST said:
We already have plenty of topics about this why do you feel the need to create another? Your symptoms are no different to others and the answers are no different.
If you cant access download or recovery and cant power on then try a USB jig. If that doesnt work then you will need to take/send it for repair which will either be JTAG or complete mobo replacement.
Just because you create your own topic it doesnt mean answer is going to be any different.
If you can access download mode, use it. Try re-flashing your kernel.
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I try it but when a push up level button my phone loop again to charging symbol (without charging)
Sorry if this post is the same than another. For my part i'm just trying to find a solution. A have plenty of corporative information on my phone. I do my last backup one weeks ago :crying:
nikufellow said:
3 100k resistors + 1k resistor in series connected between 4 and 5 pins of a male usb end when plugged will get you into download mode in case of soft bricks .
leap before you think
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In some of the posts, I've read that a JIG may not work on ICS based roms!!
Is this true?? Should I try a JIG first before I take the phone to Samsung Service??
I was on XXLSJ before the phone went dead!!
Gediprime said:
I try it but when a push up level button my phone loop again to charging symbol (without charging)
Sorry if this post is the same than another. For my part i'm just trying to find a solution. A have plenty of corporative information on my phone. I do my last backup one weeks ago :crying:
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I had the same problem.. I could get into the download mode by:
1. Phone completely OFF state
2. Connect the USB cable to the phone and PC ( The battery charging indication has to come, atleast once )
3. Fire up ODIN
4. Get the phone into download mode ( Vol-down+home+Power ) while the phone is connected
5. The phone is now recognized by ODIN.
I could flash a kernel (tried siyah and Philz) but the phone was not booting.
While trying to flash Stock and XXLSJ, ODIN was getting failed at factoryfs.fs
After a few trys, the phone just went dead!!
Hope you can flash a firmware successfully :good:
Pradeep said:
In some of the posts, I've read that a JIG may not work on ICS based roms!!
Is this true?? Should I try a JIG first before I take the phone to Samsung Service??
I was on XXLSJ before the phone went dead!!
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You are misinterpreting what you read. What you're referring to is resetting the binary counter, and no it doesn't work on ICS bootloader however it still works for putting device into download mode (unless its bricked).
nikufellow said:
3 100k resistors + 1k resistor in series connected between 4 and 5 pins of a male usb end when plugged will get you into download mode in case of soft bricks .
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"Soft-brick" has absolutely no meaning, Your device is either "bricked" or it isnt. Its a made up term by n00bs when they cant get system to boot normally. Your devcie is only bricked when it wont power on or go into useable recovery+download modes. If you can simply use a jig or go directly into flashing a rom then your device is not bricked.
The "bricked" term is used far too loosely nowadays.
Pradeep said:
I had the same problem.. I could get into the download mode by:
1. Phone completely OFF state
2. Connect the USB cable to the phone and PC ( The battery charging indication has to come, atleast once )
3. Fire up ODIN
4. Get the phone into download mode ( Vol-down+home+Power ) while the phone is connected
5. The phone is now recognized by ODIN.
I could flash a kernel (tried siyah and Philz) but the phone was not booting.
While trying to flash Stock and XXLSJ, ODIN was getting failed at factoryfs.fs
After a few trys, the phone just went dead!!
Hope you can flash a firmware successfully :good:
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Your phone died? you kiding ?
I'm using the leak version of Sammobile since 3 weeks... Why do you think the phone make a bad reaction now? why now?
Ok, you try to flash OFW and don't result. and then you flash again the XXLSJ ? and the phone colaspe?
What kind of roms do i flash? OFM or CFW ? ICS or JB ?
Well if a can connect with ODIN of course
A quick question!!
Is it possible that the phone can be revived (put into download mode) using a JIG if it is not starting at all for any key combinations and it is not showing charging animation when plugged into a computer or a power source??
Pradeep said:
A quick question!!
Is it possible that the phone can be revived (put into download mode) using a JIG if it is not starting at all for any key combinations and it is not showing charging animation when plugged into a computer or a power source??
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Yes its possible which is the reason we already mentioned to try it
It all depends on the actual base issue though as to whether it will work. Its worth a try either way though, They only cost £1-2 or you can make them yourself if you have the spare parts. (Don't ask how, Use search).
I have tried the JIG, but no luck!!
I have given the phone to Samsung Service.
Hope they fix it!!
Will they use JTAG or it has to be done somewhere else in case Samsung people refuse to do it??
They wouldn't refuse just act dumb tell something like you were updating firmware via kies and all of a sudden power went down and device bribed
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nikufellow said:
They wouldn't refuse just act dumb tell something like you were updating firmware via kies and all of a sudden power went down and device bribed
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Thanks!! Well I did act dumb there!! Said I downloaded a game Royal Revolt (~200 MB), the phone got heated, blah blah blah......
Well I did not tell about firmware upgrade via kies and all....
Only thing that I can do now is wait and hope!!:laugh:
I was using XZXperience 2 on my Sony Xperia S, and then sony companion detected that i had firmware 6.1.A.1.45 and 6.1.A.55 was available, so just to give it a try, I installed that update, but that is a failed update, it says unfortunately music player stopped working, or unfortunately xperia keyboard stopped working etc. The main problem is that my system does not recognize my XS anymore, it says USB Device Not Recognized, so I cant connect it to Flashtool or PC Companion for repair. The Sad part is that I cant even connect it in Flash Mode, I tried a hard reset by using power button and volume up buttons, but no use. I should mention that once it recognized my phone when i turned off my laptop and removed its battery too, after restarting both phone and laptop, flashtool detected that phone was connected with USB Debugging OFF, though it was on, but as a try, I unchecked USB Debugging and then checked it again, and it worked. Now my Xperia S was connected in USB debugging mode, I tried to install busybox, rooted it, and tried to install CWM recovery,flashtool said that busy box was installed and phone was rooted, but it could not install recovery and I used another tool to install recovery,which had a bat file and it installs recovery automatically. But it didnt. After restarting my phone, the same issue appeared again, My PC does not recognize my Xperia S, tried previous procedure several times, but no use. Cant even repair it as my set cant go in flash mode. What can I do? have I bricked my Xperia S? I`m in Pakistan and there is no official Sony Mobile franchise as they dont launch their flagships in Pakistan. Please help me, considering I`m used to with rooting,flashing etc. How can I connect my phone in flash mode? Thank you.
Thanx
Sewrizer said:
It looks like another strike from the productors. They usually send you malicious updates which cause your device to stop working. This only happens to rooted phones which run custom roms. And since the rooted users only flash their roms in zip format, sending an OTA update patch(designed for stock rom) to a custom rom can only lead to a malfunction. I am not sure whether or not sony did that on purpose, but the truth is that after installing a custom rom NEVER do OTA updates(unless they are from the rom's developer).
If you want an update check your rom's thread and there may be new flashable versions.
As for making your device work, the only thing you can do is to call technical support or go to a phone service(in my country they are called gsm services, and they fix mostly everything, both hardware and software. Some even claim to be able to fix water damage) but given that your warranty is voided, you will have to pay for the reparations. I guess they will only do a re-soft(delete everything, and install the stock version, you may lose your root, i am not sure here.)
I hope this helps, this is how we fix things like this in our country, so it will work in your case too, hopefully.
Sent from Area 51 using my HTC Sensation XE, hit thanks if I helped
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Thanx for your advice. I was almost hopeless, but after spending continous 16 hours, I`m now able to get a solution. I got another data cable, removed battery of my laptop, and made a hard reset to my phone, and after 10-15 min I tried again, and Thanx GOD, it detected my phone, so I hurriedly start repair my phone option and connected my phone in flash mode which was successful and that was not less than a miracle, because i`ve been repeating same procedure and it was not working, this time luckily it worked, now i`m using stock rom with firmware 6.1.A.2.55. Now I would either wait for official Sony JB Update or I would flash a custom ROM XZXperience 2, which I found awsome, as it had no bugs, and it improved battery and sound quality was significantly imrpove + Bravia Engine 2 with improved graphics. I would ask users to not to give up hope, there is always a solution to every problem.
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jibraiel.hassan said:
Thanx for your advice. I was almost hopeless, but after spending continous 16 hours, I`m now able to get a solution. I got another data cable, removed battery of my laptop, and made a hard reset to my phone, and after 10-15 min I tried again, and Thanx GOD, it detected my phone, so I hurriedly start repair my phone option and connected my phone in flash mode which was successful and that was not less than a miracle, because i`ve been repeating same procedure and it was not working, this time luckily it worked, now i`m using stock rom with firmware 6.1.A.2.55. Now I would either wait for official Sony JB Update or I would flash a custom ROM XZXperience 2, which I found awsome, as it had no bugs, and it improved battery and sound quality was significantly imrpove + Bravia Engine 2 with improved graphics. I would ask users to not to give up hope, there is always a solution to every problem.
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I have sony xperia s.....before it was working perfectly fine but than suddenly i got message on my laptop usb device not recognized.. i have not rooted my phone than also.. since then m suffering from it and transferring files via wi fi... please help me.. i tried almost every thing.. but i dont know how to perform hard reset.... and what kind of new data cable are u talking about..as i bought this phone from other country so sony service center is not entertaining....
pratik1315 said:
I have sony xperia s.....before it was working perfectly fine but than suddenly i got message on my laptop usb device not recognized.. i have not rooted my phone than also.. since then m suffering from it and transferring files via wi fi... please help me.. i tried almost every thing.. but i dont know how to perform hard reset.... and what kind of new data cable are u talking about..as i bought this phone from other country so sony service center is not entertaining....
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Get a new data cable, fortunately almost all phone now a days have same data cable, u can try data cable of some HTC, Samsung, Blackberry or even Iphone`s data cable. Secondly, u must turn off your PC, and remove its power source, if it is laptop then also remove its battery. Then after 5-10 minutes, turn on your PC and connect the phone. Also try installing drivers, which u can by using PC Companion. You can also install drivers by using FlashTool. Download it and extract it, then go to the installation folder and look for folder "Drivers" open it and u will see an exe file. Just run it and select Xperia S and follow the instructions.
maybe not new usb cable sometimes usb port is broken
Hey, I had the same problem a few time ago, you can try to restore with flashtool, if you can still get in to flash mode
Sony xperia S not starting
Plzzzz help I m realy worried
few months back i had unlocked the bootloader of my xperia s and flashed CWM 10 on it...Now i Thought of locking the bootloader and to get official updates...i locked the bootloader directly by using flash tool....after i locked it and tried to turn on the phone it is not turning on...a green light just flashes once and the phone vibrates once after that nothing happens...plzzz helppp
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Plzzzz help I m realy worried
few months back i had unlocked the bootloader of my xperia s and flashed CWM 10 on it...Now i Thought of locking the bootloader and to get official updates...i locked the bootloader directly by using flash tool....after i locked it and tried to turn on the phone it is not turning on...a green light just flashes once and the phone vibrates once after that nothing happens...plzzz helppp
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There's nothing strange: you are using a custom kernel and you have locked bootloader
It's impossible it could work
You need to flash official stock rom to boot up
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There's nothing strange: you are using a custom kernel and you have locked bootloader
It's impossible it could work
You need to flash official stock rom to boot up
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the phone has responded and is working now...i unlocked the boodloader using cmd..and the phone worked...One Thing plzz tell that i want to bring my phone to stock ics from sony..and want to get the OTA update...is it possible??
elegantuser29 said:
the phone has responded and is working now...i unlocked the boodloader using cmd..and the phone worked...One Thing plzz tell that i want to bring my phone to stock ics from sony..and want to get the OTA update...is it possible??
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Since you CAN'T use custom kernels with locked bootloader (and so, no cm10)
You only need to flash stock rom and then relocking your bootloader
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23180725
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I am also having the same problem
I have sony Xperia S. I updated to the latest stock firmware version(6.2.B.1.96). after this update I rooted my phone using old kernel .200 and update the firmware's kernel again to stock after that I locked the boot loader again. Now I can't use memory stick that I used to use before with OTG cable. And now, if I am trying to enter flash mode by pressing volume down key, the led turn green for a while only about 10 sec while this was happening, my pc say that USB device not recognized. So, now I can't use flashtool or sony update service tool(SUS) as well.
Now I am using stock .96 rom with no error but I want to install CWM and also want to unlock boot loader again to test some custom roms.
Pls help me what I have to do and what should. I am now in Delhi.
aungthumoe said:
I have sony Xperia S. I updated to the latest stock firmware version(6.2.B.1.96). after this update I rooted my phone using old kernel .200 and update the firmware's kernel again to stock after that I locked the boot loader again. Now I can't use memory stick that I used to use before with OTG cable. And now, if I am trying to enter flash mode by pressing volume down key, the led turn green for a while only about 10 sec while this was happening, my pc say that USB device not recognized. So, now I can't use flashtool or sony update service tool(SUS) as well.
Now I am using stock .96 rom with no error but I want to install CWM and also want to unlock boot loader again to test some custom roms.
Pls help me what I have to do and what should. I am now in Delhi.
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To unlock the bootloader you need to enter fastboot (blue led) with vol+ during the boot, not vol-
Or you can also reboot the phone from adb with
adb reboot bootloader
If phone still doesn't stick to fastboot, it has to be a driver problem
There are lots of guide on the procedure (which is really hard on windows 8)
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Yes i use windows 8.1
mirhl said:
To unlock the bootloader you need to enter fastboot (blue led) with vol+ during the boot, not vol-
Or you can also reboot the phone from adb with
adb reboot bootloader
If phone still doesn't stick to fastboot, it has to be a driver problem
There are lots of guide on the procedure (which is really hard on windows 8)
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Yes I use windows 8.1
now. I can't use memory stick with OTG cable but I can only use mouse or keyboard with OTG cable. I don't know why?
I can access fastboot mode but I can't access flash mode. pc said that device not recognized. so, I think it is device error.
aungthumoe said:
Yes I use windows 8.1
now. I can't use memory stick with OTG cable but I can only use mouse or keyboard with OTG cable. I don't know why?
I can access fastboot mode but I can't access flash mode. pc said that device not recognized. so, I think it is device error.
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I dont really understand what you did
But my advice is: unlock your BL and enjoy the magic of aosp ROMs (magic included inside doomkernel for stock sony is fine too)
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Bricked my phone - please help!
Hi,
I think I bricked my Xperia S. I already had cyanogen 10 on my phone, so I thought I could just flash the new Cyanogen 11 4.4.2 ROM and GAPPS over top. I followed the instructions but I skipped the Fastboot step. I cleared the cache and system and then went ahead with the ROM and GAPPS. Once the ROM and GAPPS were installed, I selected "Reboot" and the phone turned off and now it won't boot at all. If I hold the power button, I get a faint vibration and if I hold the up volume and power I get the 3 vibration sequence but no boot. Please help!
This is what I was using:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2555243
Hey XDA folks,
I broke my Nexus 4 when I was drunk last Friday. A friend of mine gave me her old SGS2 but the Korean version of it (SHW-M250S). It's running Gingerbread at the moment. I have read some guides to change it to I9100, but the problem is, that I can't get the USB data connection to work. It is charging, but Windows (8.1) keeps telling me that it can't recognize the USB device. It's also not recognized in Download mode... I've installed Kies before, but no improvement. Odin also doesn't recognize it... Also Ubuntu with lsusb command didn't show anything. When I look closer at the usb port, it looks like the two outer pins are broken, which is probably the reason why the data connection is not working.
So my question:
Is there any possibility to upgrade the phone without working usb connection? Custom roms are more than welcome.
If not... does anybody know how much it costs to replace the touch screen of my Nexus 4 in Korea?
Thanks a lot!
Hi sac_k so far as I read you were not 100% drunk away from the world cause else your nexus4 was now in the middle of nowhere.
What you can try is to find an application that roots your s2 without pc access and then flash clockworkmod or twrp on it. You also have applications for it but I dont know the name at the moment.
I dont know how much a screen replacement for the nexus4 costs if somebody else does it but I think it will go to like 80 euros. Depends on where you live in korea I guess and if you know a good person.
You could also let your usb port get replaced or replace it yourself cause that makes everything better if you accidently flash a corrupt kernel then you cant enter recovery mode anymore and then you have to restore it with download mode. Or maybe a way with sdcard but I dont know whether that exists.
Edit: It just came up to me that you could flash philz recovery through stock recovery and then flash a rom like cyanogenmod 11 or some other custom rom. To flash philz recovery from stock recovery you only need to have an micro sdcard with philz recovery on it. So no need for pc access.