Flashed kernel to i9210 and screen stays black - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi, got a galaxy s2 i19210 and using cm-10-20120926-UNOFFICIAL-i9210t
Was having a few random restarts and found that if I tweaked the voltages it would put an end to this. I found I had to use DreamKernel-GTI9210T-v1.7.1CM10-20121010073231-CWM to do this, so I downloaded it and tried to install via the rom manager.
Phone restarted to install, now when it turns on it says the usual 'galaxy s2 i9210' etc, then it usually goes to the blue cyanogen symbol spinning. Unfortunately, it no longer reaches this and the screen stays black. The lights turn on, but screen stays off.
Can't seem to get into download or reset mode with the key combination and sometimes instead of turning off the phone restarts which makes trying the key combinations a bit harder.
Have tried removing and replacing the battery but that didn't help either.
HOWEVER!
My computer recognises the phone although I can't access the hdd because the phone is locked
Odin recognises the phone
So, what options do I have to get my phone working again?
I've looked at a few threads and googled a bit but haven't found anything substantial
To clarify it's a Galaxy S2 i9210T 4G Australian Telstra phone

So I finally got into odin mode and cleared the dalvik cache and did a factory reset. Installed latest i9210 firmware via download mode and odin and everything is working again. Unfortunately I lost all my data but i'd prefer that than a brick. Still doesn't explain what happened in the first place though, did I use the wrong kernel or go about the install the wrong way? I'd like to go back to cm10 but fix the random resets.

You're more likely to get an answer here. Almost everyone here has an I9100/I9100T.

MistahBungle said:
You're more likely to get an answer here. Almost everyone here has an I9100/I9100T.
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Thanks bud!

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[Q] Help! How to Fix Bricked Samsung Galaxy Player 4.2?

Hi,
Usually, when I have a problem, I usually search for it and try to see if others have found a solution to it, but after hours of searching, I'm nearly at my wit's end.
I've had my Samsung Galaxy Player 4.2 for a while now and I flashed it the first day I got it, with alice90's ROM found here.
In the beginning, the custom ROM worked fine, but after a while, my device started periodically crashing and rebooting seemingly randomly, but especially during times of heavy usage. After one of these episodes, my device just wouldn't boot up at all and was stuck at the Samsung loading screen. After searching around for a while, I found out how to enter Recovery Mode and tried to reset it to factory default that way. However, this had no effect on the problem and made it even worse, as the condition is as the same as before, but now I can't even enter Recovery Mode or Download Mode. I think that it is soft bricked, but can't be sure. Every time that I do try to boot it up, it stays stuck on the Samsung screen for a while then tries to restart.
The model is YP-GI1CB/XXA, if it helps.
Can it be restored at all, and if so, how? Thanks in advance for any answers.
stillaiaiai said:
Hi,
Usually, when I have a problem, I usually search for it and try to see if others have found a solution to it, but after hours of searching, I'm nearly at my wit's end.
I've had my Samsung Galaxy Player 4.2 for a while now and I flashed it the first day I got it, with alice90's ROM found here.
In the beginning, the custom ROM worked fine, but after a while, my device started periodically crashing and rebooting seemingly randomly, but especially during times of heavy usage. After one of these episodes, my device just wouldn't boot up at all and was stuck at the Samsung loading screen. After searching around for a while, I found out how to enter Recovery Mode and tried to reset it to factory default that way. However, this had no effect on the problem and made it even worse, as the condition is as the same as before, but now I can't even enter Recovery Mode or Download Mode. I think that it is soft bricked, but can't be sure. Every time that I do try to boot it up, it stays stuck on the Samsung screen for a while then tries to restart.
The model is YP-GI1CB/XXA, if it helps.
Can it be restored at all, and if so, how? Thanks in advance for any answers.
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Use odin and flash it there is a guide with the stock rom for 4.2 here in the forums flash the stock rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1884071
The above is for international 4.2
jutley said:
Use odin and flash it there is a guide with the stock rom for 4.2 here in the forums flash the stock rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1884071
The above is for international 4.2
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I did this and tried to flash it with Odin to revert back to the stock ROM, but since my device can't go into Download Mode, Odin can't do anything. Is there a way to force it to go into Download Mode?
stillaiaiai said:
I did this and tried to flash it with Odin to revert back to the stock ROM, but since my device can't go into Download Mode, Odin can't do anything. Is there a way to force it to go into Download Mode?
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Could you describe a little more what your device is doing, like bootlooping or black screen and how you flashed it(did you put the rom in the pda section). Also you could try a usb jig to get in download mode.
Edit: Sorry I've just readed your first post and now I Know it's bootlooping. Wich way did you try to get into download mode?
If you want to force it in download mode remove battery then put back in and hold power and both volume buttons at the same time
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[Q] Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Verizon LTE (sch-i905) bricked, no recovery

Verizon Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G LTE (sch-i905)
So I got this tablet from a friend who said it was bricked, said I could have it if I got it working. So I plug it in and it turns on no problem, strange. wiped tablet and added a couple apps. Got busy at work and the tablet drain power. That's when I got to see it bricked, but still not sure why it booted for a bit for me.
Symptoms:
Boots to Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 splash screen (not the animated one after), sits there for ever.
Boots to Odin update mode
When booting to recovery I get a blank, back lit screen and nothing ever.
I've tried:
-Pushing clockwork mode to fix recovery
-I've had a hell of a time finding stock firmware for some reason (it isn't on sammobile), but I did find one eventually. I pushed it to the tablet via Odin, and it was successful, but rebooted to blank black back-lit screen. Have to hard boot and hold power buttun until I see the splash screen to get that far. I followed the guide on rootzwiki reposted on icsforums - www icsforums com/forum/showthread / 13525 (sorry new member can't post links)
-Followed another guide that involved draining battery completely, no go.
I don't care what firmware I end up on, or if I can use LTE (I won't anyway)
I'm a network engineer so I'm tech savy, but not heavy on Android OS. I'm looking for anything else I can try. I saw another method involving heimdall suite, but can't find the files for my model.
Any help or guidance is greatly appreciated.
@Juicebox4242
I had this problem on my gt-p7510...
What I ended up doing was wiping my sdcard..I must have had something corrupt in my file system or a kernel issue( still not sure which )..
Since you have no recovery..I think you can use odin to repartition ( I CAN NOT STRESS ENOUGH THAT THIS IS JUST A GUESS )..I have not tried it..but i will search after this post to confirm..I also believe there is a way using ADB..again not sure..
I just wanted to post this so you would know somebody was looking and to maybe give you a couple ideas to follow up on...I'll search around and see what I find
Edit...I believe ADB will only work with usb debugging checked...But you can flash a stock rom in odin with re-partition checked..you need a .pit file....I think...
Edit...Here is a link to a stock rom thread for you're device..It seems to have helped a couple people with their soft-bricked devices..just follow directions in OP..no repartition checked. I cant even find a .pit file to do a re-partition with for you're device..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342995 Let me know if this works for you..
Thanks for the post!! Really appreciate it.
That firmware is the one I found in the end and tried. Odin pushes it ok, but then still doesn't boot. In fact after pushing that firmware it boots to backlit blank screen, but when hard reset boots to splash screen.
I tried a pit file I found that I thought was the right one, but it failed when I used that so it must have been wrong.
Juicebox4242 said:
Thanks for the post!! Really appreciate it.
That firmware is the one I found in the end and tried. Odin pushes it ok, but then still doesn't boot. In fact after pushing that firmware it boots to backlit blank screen, but when hard reset boots to splash screen.
I tried a pit file I found that I thought was the right one, but it failed when I used that so it must have been wrong.
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I have the exact same problem as you, except sometimes I can't my tablet to boot. I know it is a software problem because before I was messing with recovery yesterday, everything was working just fine. All I wanted to do was restore to factory settings and instead ended up bricking the device... If you find / know the answer, please do share.
Juicebox4242 said:
Verizon Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G LTE (sch-i905)
So I got this tablet from a friend who said it was bricked, said I could have it if I got it working. So I plug it in and it turns on no problem, strange. wiped tablet and added a couple apps. Got busy at work and the tablet drain power. That's when I got to see it bricked, but still not sure why it booted for a bit for me.
Symptoms:
Boots to Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 splash screen (not the animated one after), sits there for ever.
Boots to Odin update mode
When booting to recovery I get a blank, back lit screen and nothing ever.
I've tried:
-Pushing clockwork mode to fix recovery
-I've had a hell of a time finding stock firmware for some reason (it isn't on sammobile), but I did find one eventually. I pushed it to the tablet via Odin, and it was successful, but rebooted to blank black back-lit screen. Have to hard boot and hold power buttun until I see the splash screen to get that far. I followed the guide on rootzwiki reposted on icsforums - www icsforums com/forum/showthread / 13525 (sorry new member can't post links)
-Followed another guide that involved draining battery completely, no go.
I don't care what firmware I end up on, or if I can use LTE (I won't anyway)
I'm a network engineer so I'm tech savy, but not heavy on Android OS. I'm looking for anything else I can try. I saw another method involving heimdall suite, but can't find the files for my model.
Any help or guidance is greatly appreciated.
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Did you ever get this fixed? I've had the same problem for months. I just gave up and put it away. I recently fixed a Galaxy Tab 2 and now I want to see if anyone else was able to fix this i905 not booting issue.
did anyone know the solution of this question

Galaxy S2 Crash

Hi all,
I've managed to royally mess up my Galaxy S2, and I could really do with a bit of help! It was running a rooted stock rom.
The problem started when I attempted to install the Orange Signal Booster using instructions from this thread. I think the killer was replacing default.prop in system.
At this point the phone would crash a couple of seconds after the unlock screen appeared. I could get as far as dragging down and clicking settings before the entire thing hangs. I got similar results in safe mode. I also tried wiping cache etc in CWM but to no avail. I'm backed up, so I tried a factory reset, but I'm having a similar issue. The language selection screen appears, I press start and the phone freezes again.
I'd really appreciate some help!
BTW, my phone's USB port doesn't work so I'm looking for a solution that can be done within recovery. This is a separate issue and I believe it is unrelated as I have managed fine for over a year.
With a dead usb port you're pretty much screwed. The best and fail proof solution is to reflash stock rom using odin because it will wipe and reflash all partitions that were used before.

stock phone stuck in a bootloop out of nowhere

hello everyone, my stock s6 edge on rogers is stuck in a boot loop all of a sudden, fully stock and unmodded, running 5.0.2. i was just walking and listening to music through bluetooth headphones and all of a sudden it stopped, and i looked at my phone and it was rebooting. so i just waited and its still stuck in a boot loop after an hour. it gets to the lock screen sometimes, and then after like a second or 2 just reboots again. i have not tinkered or have done anything to my phone either, and had no issues with random reboots ever, so i have no idea what could have happened
some extra info, when it reboots it doesnt always go to the galaxy s6 edge screen, it sometimes just shows the samsung logo with the animation. i have also tried to wipe cache and that didnt work either. after a few reboots however the stock theme was applied at some point. also i tried booting into safe mode and that also didnt work.
i really dont want to wipe my phone, but i will if it is absolutely necessary. so if anyone has any other suggestions that i can try out it will be very much appreciated!
thanks!
NuckFuggets said:
hello everyone, my stock s6 edge on rogers is stuck in a boot loop all of a sudden, fully stock and unmodded, running 5.0.2. i was just walking and listening to music through bluetooth headphones and all of a sudden it stopped, and i looked at my phone and it was rebooting. so i just waited and its still stuck in a boot loop after an hour. it gets to the lock screen sometimes, and then after like a second or 2 just reboots again. i have not tinkered or have done anything to my phone either, and had no issues with random reboots ever, so i have no idea what could have happened
some extra info, when it reboots it doesnt always go to the galaxy s6 edge screen, it sometimes just shows the samsung logo with the animation. i have also tried to wipe cache and that didnt work either. after a few reboots however the stock theme was applied at some point. also i tried booting into safe mode and that also didnt work.
i really dont want to wipe my phone, but i will if it is absolutely necessary. so if anyone has any other suggestions that i can try out it will be very much appreciated!
thanks!
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I have had said problem before under the same circumstances (although it was with a different phone)
Try using Odin to install the stock Firmware.
A thread explaining how is right here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/general/sm-g925f-s6-firmware-thread-t3078841
If you don't want the firmware listed in that thread, download from Sammobile.
While some users say it does not wipe the phone, it wipes every time I use it
If this does not work, you should get a warranty replacement.
Snowby123 said:
I have had said problem before under the same circumstances (although it was with a different phone)
Try using Odin to install the stock Firmware.
A thread explaining how is right here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/general/sm-g925f-s6-firmware-thread-t3078841
If you don't want the firmware listed in that thread, download from Sammobile.
While some users say it does not wipe the phone, it wipes every time I use it
If this does not work, you should get a warranty replacement.
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Thank you for the reply!
weird thing is it fixed itself .. few hours after it started it just booted back up and didnt reboot again, and has been running fine for the past couple hours. but if this happens again i will know what to try next time

Samsung Galaxy S4 (GT-I9515) won't boot!

Hello everybody,
I - Problem description
I have been experiencing a problem with my Samsung Galaxy S4 (GT-I9515). The latter turned off and didn't want to start up again.
Two days ago, as I was using my phone, it went off. When I tried to start it again, by pressing the power on button, it just showed the Samsung Logo and then went off again. I have tried several times switching it on, but in vain, it just shows the logo and goes off, yet sometimes it goes with the start up a little bit further by giving the start up sound and the next logo, but then it just goes off again.
II - Solutions tried
1- I have tried a few options I found on the internet, such as formatting the device by means of a pressing the Home key, the Volume up and power on button. However, the problem seems to persist.
2- I have lately tried to flash the device by Odin3, but even the flash did not solve the problem.
After having downloaded a number of firmwares and trying them on the phone, it still didn't work.
At first, I used to download, by mistake firmwares concerned with the GT-I9505 version, and the flash did not pass; however, later I knew that I had to use GT-I9515 firmwares as they are the ones that match with the device, so the flash would pass, but still the phone would not work.
Actually, firmwares I find on the internet seem to be always accompanied with regions/countries, hence one should know the region/ country of his phone to download a specific firmware that would work on the phone, nonetheless, I could never know to what region/country I should download the firmware, as my phone certainly does not belong to the country where I live, as it is imported from abroad.
Unfortunately, even the white sticker under the battery on the phone, does not seem to belong to it, rather it has obviously been changed by another one. So, I can never know the exact data of my phone so I would download the right firmware.
III- Questions:
1- Do you think that flashing the device with the right firmware would solve the problem?
2- Is there any possibility that I can know information about my device, knowing that it does not turn on, and the sticker under the battery has been replaced with another one that does not belong to the phone?.
3- What other solutions can I try to fix the issue?
Thank you for you time, help and coordination.
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