First of all, Merry Christmas Everyone! I hope everyone got what they wanted and had a relaxing day!
Now, I was trying to flash or root my Sprint Samsung Galaxy SII GT-i9100 earlier today for the first time. Thought to myself how hard could this be? After flashing or rooting, when i try to go into recovery mode, the phone resets and goes back the phone title plus the triangle. I keep holding up + power button but like i said, it just reboots the boot screen. It will go into download mode but not recovery. Why? how can i fix this? i am a noob at this but i am willing to learn.
thanks
you mean vol up - power - home combo get's you to Dl mode right?
what rom were you trying to flash and what rom are you currently on?
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shufflinjay said:
First of all, Merry Christmas Everyone! I hope everyone got what they wanted and had a relaxing day!
Now, I was trying to flash or root my Sprint Samsung Galaxy SII GT-i9100 earlier today for the first time. Thought to myself how hard could this be? After flashing or rooting, when i try to go into recovery mode, the phone resets and goes back the phone title plus the triangle. I keep holding up + power button but like i said, it just reboots the boot screen. It will go into download mode but not recovery. Why? how can i fix this? i am a noob at this but i am willing to learn.
thanks
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Find a stock firmware and try the Siyah kernel. Not sure if it works but it's worth a try.
Is the sprint model GT-I9100? Not SGH or something? Make sure you're flashing the right rom/kernel intended for your device.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2
I think it is sgh...
Merry christmas and Happy new year
Paulius
Try holding Vol Up- Power- Home keys at same time and then wipe data...
Hopefully it will resolve the issue...
I ve also faced this issue some months ago...
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---------- Post added at 10:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:45 PM ----------
This was my problem and how i resolved it...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1996049
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shufflinjay said:
First of all, Merry Christmas Everyone! I hope everyone got what they wanted and had a relaxing day!
Now, I was trying to flash or root my Sprint Samsung Galaxy SII GT-i9100 earlier today for the first time. Thought to myself how hard could this be? After flashing or rooting, when i try to go into recovery mode, the phone resets and goes back the phone title plus the triangle. I keep holding up + power button but like i said, it just reboots the boot screen. It will go into download mode but not recovery. Why? how can i fix this? i am a noob at this but i am willing to learn.
thanks
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Sprint's Galaxy SII model is NOT the GT-i9100. The GT-i9100 is a GSM phone, which doesn't even work on Sprint's CDMA network.
The model number for the Sprint Galaxy SII is SPH-D710, and it is also known as the Epic 4g Touch. (you can confirm this yourself by looking at the model number which is printed on the label underneath your battery) If you flashed something from THIS forum (which is for the GT-i9100), then you did something wrong, and that is also why it is displaying GT-i9100 upon boot.
Epic 4g Touch forum is located at http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1281
EDIT to add: Also, there was ABSOLUTELY no reason to start two threads for the very same issue. (other thread here - still in the i9100 forums)
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HI guys I need some help Please
I tried to flash my wife's Samsung Galaxy S2
and now it is stuck in recovery mode
it won't boot past recovery
I can navigate in recovery, if I chose any thing in recovery mode
I get a " HAT " clockwork symbol and it freezes there.
I have tried ODIN and it looks like it flashes a rom then reboots into clockwork recovery.
I am stuck, really stuck.
A week ago the wife smashed the other Sansung Galaxy S2 in the car door smashed the screen and lcd
So can some one help me out Please and Thanks
Winston
Sorry if I'm stating the obvious, but are you confusing the power and home buttons for "enter" in CWM?
I ask because I've done it myself
In CWM Recovery 4.0.0.2, home is "enter".
In other versions I've used (forget which, bundled with kernel), power is "enter".
Thank you
I really got to thank you
I was pushing the wrong buttom....
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Glad to help!
I'm new at this and I really thank you. Can i biy.you a beer? Let me know
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No problem, no beer needed (well, not until after work anyway...)
See my sig? Assuming you won't help LUFC, just hit the "thanks" button (is there one on the xda app?)...
You're new, but you're flashing - braver than I was.... Can only advise you to read, read again and keep on reading - it's all here. The search button is your friend too.
For future reference, any similar problems probably belong either in the General or Q&A sections - you'll get more help there.
Last I checked, this is not a development thread. Thread moved and closed.
Agh!
I recently rooted my SGH-I777, flashed it using Clockword Mod Recovery, and then rebooted into recovery using CWM. But instead of rebooting into the recovery menu, everything went black. Now my phone won't reboot into recovery mode at all (not even with the Volume Up + Volume Down + Power combo). Instead, it gives me the Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 startup screen with the yellow triangle and then the screen goes all black, with quick flashes of dark gray.
When I removed the battery (to get it out of the black screen loop), returned the battery to the device, and plugged it in (without powering up the phone), the "charging" screen with the charging battery indicator flashed on the screen for a moment, and then back to all black flashes.
I removed the battery, SD card, and SIM card for about 20 minutes because I've read that can sometimes help. No dice.
I'm running ICS 4.0.3 with a Siyah 3.4.2 kernel.
This is probably either really bad or no big deal and I'm lame for not figuring it out, but... HELP! (Please? :fingers-crossed: ) I know this has been asked, but the other threads I've found have been able to get to recovery mode, whereas I can't seem to get to that point.
If you need any other info, let me know!
olllive said:
Agh!
I recently rooted my SGH-I777, flashed it using Clockword Mod Recovery, and then rebooted into recovery using CWM. But instead of rebooting into the recovery menu, everything went black. Now my phone won't reboot into recovery mode at all (not even with the Volume Up + Volume Down + Power combo). Instead, it gives me the Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 startup screen with the yellow triangle and then the screen goes all black, with quick flashes of dark gray.
When I removed the battery (to get it out of the black screen loop), returned the battery to the device, and plugged it in (without powering up the phone), the "charging" screen with the charging battery indicator flashed on the screen for a moment, and then back to all black flashes.
I removed the battery, SD card, and SIM card for about 20 minutes because I've read that can sometimes help. No dice.
I'm running ICS 4.0.3 with a Siyah 3.4.2 kernel.
This is probably either really bad or no big deal and I'm lame for not figuring it out, but... HELP! (Please? :fingers-crossed: ) I know this has been asked, but the other threads I've found have been able to get to recovery mode, whereas I can't seem to get to that point.
If you need any other info, let me know!
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download mode and flash another kernel, or the same one.
sounds like broken recovery.
MotoMudder77 said:
download mode and flash another kernel, or the same one.
sounds like broken recovery.
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The phone is not even entertaining the idea of giving me a menu of any sort at this point. Just all black screens. Super frustrating.
olllive said:
The phone is not even entertaining the idea of giving me a menu of any sort at this point. Just all black screens. Super frustrating.
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No d/l mode, no CWM. = brick.
no offense but im pretty sure your just not holding the buttons right.
CWM= hold both vol, then hold power, let the first screen blink once, come back, then let off power is my trick.
download, you can just hold vol buttons and insert USB belive.
Somebody used rom manager!
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MotoMudder77 said:
No d/l mode, no CWM. = brick.
no offense but im pretty sure your just not holding the buttons right.
CWM= hold both vol, then hold power, let the first screen blink once, come back, then let off power is my trick.
download, you can just hold vol buttons and insert USB belive.
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A-ha! Ok, so definitely no on the CWM combo, but I do get a menu using DL mode. Thank you. Seeing at least a menu made me feel much better.
I re-flashed the initial kernel, but no change. Still stuck in perpetual black screen boot loop.
I'm not opposed to doing a full-fledged wipe using Odin, if that's an option, but I've never looked into it before, and I'm currently feeling pretty gun shy when it comes to getting creative with any new tricks.
Pirateghost said:
Somebody used rom manager!
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Ugh. Yes. That somebody would be this idiot right here.
But you've seemed to have dealt with fools like me in the past, so your knowledge would be greatly appreciated! Pleeeeaasssse! haha
olllive said:
Ugh. Yes. That somebody would be this idiot right here.
But you've seemed to have dealt with fools like me in the past, so your knowledge would be greatly appreciated! Pleeeeaasssse! haha
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If you want stock, flash a stock ROM, or stock with root, with Odin.
If you want custom, after you flashed that custom kernel, you CAN get into CWM and flash a custom ROM.
and NEVER use ROM manager, hell it was a joke when it came out, sorry koush
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and if you do go custom, dont forget to wipe data/factory reset in CWM before flashing.
olllive said:
Ugh. Yes. That somebody would be this idiot right here.
But you've seemed to have dealt with fools like me in the past, so your knowledge would be greatly appreciated! Pleeeeaasssse! haha
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Pirateghost said:
Somebody used rom manager!
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Nice prediction sir! ALSO: WHY! Why would you ever use rom manager.People say it all the dang time that it doesn't work for our device
122ninjas said:
Nice prediction sir! ALSO: WHY! Why would you ever use rom manager.People say it all the dang time that it doesn't work for our device
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Because it doesn't work for the Samsung galaxy s devices. It never has.
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MotoMudder77 said:
If you want stock, flash a stock ROM, or stock with root, with Odin.
If you want custom, after you flashed that custom kernel, you CAN get into CWM and flash a custom ROM.
and NEVER use ROM manager, hell it was a joke when it came out, sorry koush
EDIT:
and if you do go custom, dont forget to wipe data/factory reset in CWM before flashing.
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You rock. Thank you a ton for being so patient!!
To any other fool who gets into the same mess, I went into DL mode (volume up + volume dwn + usb attached) and opted to let this do the rest of the work because it was the only option that didn't give me a heart attack: androidarea51.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii/samsung-galaxy-sii-(sgh-i777)-att-only/
From there, I had the option of rebooting, initializing a factory reset... all of the menu options I wasn't seeing when I couldn't figure out how to get into CWM mode. Good luck!!
Pirateghost said:
Because it doesn't work for the Samsung galaxy s devices. It never has.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
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I know, I know (and this is a dumb excuse, much like using rom manager in the first place), but the tutorial I was reading made it seem like it was a good option. I hadn't used it in forever and logic coupled with faith in a perpetually broken system paves the road to hell, but I figured, "There's no way it still sucks as badly as I remember!"
Don't think that. Ever. My mistake.
Charge the baterry externally thats what I did when my old infuse was bricked
Sent from my SGH-I777
Samsung Galaxy s2 i-777 does not turn on
okay so I read through this thread and I still don't know how to fix my issue. I rooted my phone using Odin v 1.85 and used siyah 3.4.2. I did it successfully and everything was good. I then gave the phone to my cousin and he said he performed a factory reset to get rid of everything on the phone ( contacts ,etc). Now when I turn on the phone it shows the samsung galaxy display with the triangle and then the screen goes black and just blinks. It still goes back into download mode I just dont know what to do to fix the problem. I know I'm a noob but please HELP!!!
mmoncay11 said:
okay so I read through this thread and I still don't know how to fix my issue. I rooted my phone using Odin v 1.85 and used siyah 3.4.2. I did it successfully and everything was good. I then gave the phone to my cousin and he said he performed a factory reset to get rid of everything on the phone ( contacts ,etc). Now when I turn on the phone it shows the samsung galaxy display with the triangle and then the screen goes black and just blinks. It still goes back into download mode I just dont know what to do to fix the problem. I know I'm a noob but please HELP!!!
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Have you tried flashing back to stock using odin? BTW it is not good etiquette to necro a thread that has been dormant for almost 9 months.
I just for the first time rooted a phone. I made the mistake of going to galaxys2root.com.......Big mistake I see now after the fact. Anyway, after rooting was completed I noticed that my ATT 1777 now says its a GT19100 with a yellow triangle...it wont turn on, and now I feel totally screwed. Can anyone please help me? I can get the phone to download mode...but now my computer is not recognizing my phone thru usb. What can I do? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Factory reset In recovery make sure usb is not plugged in.
Sent from my GS4 running CM11 Kandy Kane
Search is your friend. This situation has happened MANY, MANY times and there are tons of threads on how to fix it. There is also a 'Return to Stock' thread with a solution.
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122ninjas said:
Factory reset In recovery make sure usb is not plugged in.
Sent from my GS4 running CM11 Kandy Kane
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Its not letting me do anything except put it in ODIN mode. Im so not happy right now. Any other suggestions besides throwing it away?
Galaxy S2 root problems
Miami_Son said:
Search is your friend. This situation has happened MANY, MANY times and there are tons of threads on how to fix it. There is also a 'Return to Stock' thread with a solution.
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The phone is a 1777..but when i followed the directions it now says its a i9100....yellow triangle and will not turn on...only go into ODIN mode without my memory card. Any other help would be greatly appreciated.....i've only been working on this for about 11 hours now. I tried to get Max from root.com to help me but i guess he's busy.
This link should help you, IF you follow it to the letter. Try it and THEN come back and ask questions. I hope this helps, if so hit the thanks button. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1294574
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kaos1975 said:
The phone is a 1777..but when i followed the directions it now says its a i9100....yellow triangle and will not turn on...only go into ODIN mode without my memory card. Any other help would be greatly appreciated.....i've only been working on this for about 11 hours now. I tried to get Max from root.com to help me but i guess he's busy.
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Use odin to flash stock then you can factory reset In 3e recovery. Do not ask him for help stay here his firmware has tons of bugs
HTCTerrorist said:
This link should help you, IF you follow it to the letter. Try it and THEN come back and ask questions. I hope this helps, if so hit the thanks button. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1294574
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda app-developers app
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Man Who cares about thanks!
Sent from my GS4 running CM11 Kandy Kane
122ninjas said:
Man Who cares about thanks!
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N00bies sure do .. :silly: (when we talk about the matter of asking for em..)
But on any forum, a suggestion / advice does take precedence depending upon the no of thanks/reps the author has.
kaos1975 said:
I just for the first time rooted a phone. I made the mistake of going to galaxys2root.com.......Big mistake I see now after the fact. Anyway, after rooting was completed I noticed that my ATT 1777 now says its a GT19100 with a yellow triangle...it wont turn on, and now I feel totally screwed. Can anyone please help me? I can get the phone to download mode...but now my computer is not recognizing my phone thru usb. What can I do? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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kaos1975 said:
Its not letting me do anything except put it in ODIN mode. Im so not happy right now. Any other suggestions besides throwing it away?
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kaos1975 said:
The phone is a 1777..but when i followed the directions it now says its a i9100....yellow triangle and will not turn on...only go into ODIN mode without my memory card. Any other help would be greatly appreciated.....i've only been working on this for about 11 hours now. I tried to get Max from root.com to help me but i guess he's busy.
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First, don't give up and don't throw your $500 phone away.
Seeing the I9100 logo and splash screen with yellow triangle is expected behavior, caused by flashing a modified kernel, which is what you did to root.
As already suggested, the first thing to try is to enter recovery and perform a wipe data/factory reset. You enter recovery by holding all three buttons, volume + & - and power down continuously. If this doesn't work, there's more wrong than just flashing the zedomax I777 modified kernel.
Don't hold your breath expecting zedomax to help. He has dozens of websites like gs2r, and is spread quite thin trying to make money from them. He doesn't appear to be at all focused on helping other people, just himself.
creepyncrawly said:
First, don't give up and don't throw your $500 phone away.
Seeing the I9100 logo and splash screen with yellow triangle is expected behavior, caused by flashing a modified kernel, which is what you did to root.
As already suggested, the first thing to try is to enter recovery and perform a wipe data/factory reset. You enter recovery by holding all three buttons, volume + & - and power down continuously. If this doesn't work, there's more wrong than just flashing the zedomax I777 modified kernel.
Don't hold your breath expecting zedomax to help. He has dozens of websites like gs2r, and is spread quite thin trying to make money from them. He doesn't appear to be at all focused on helping other people, just himself.
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I have almost the same problem. I have ATT Samsung Galaxy SII with ICS4.03. Tried to root it. Everything was going as is written in "Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH-I777 (AT&T): Root and ClockworkMod Recovery" by Ken East on Apr 20, 2012: I saw a PASS message in Odin3 so the process was successful? What I see on display now is Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100 and yellow triangle with exclamation sign. I was seeing it for more than hour: I am a patient man.
What I tried after were
1. Turned phone off and then turned it on to reboot. Nothing new: Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100 and yellow triangle with exclamation sign. BTW I could not even switch the phone off by pushing the Power button.
2. Took off battery and inserted it back to reboot. Nothing new: Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100 and yellow triangle with exclamation sign.
3. Pushed those three buttons- volume up, down and power to find out some options. Seems to me it was Recovery mode. CWM- based recovery v.5.0.2.3 was written on display. I chose reboot system and was watching a beautiful grey hat with orange arrow under it for half an hour. I tried other options in the menu with the same hat as a result first but then I saw new screen with new options.
So what must I do now to make my phone to work again? I understood that zedomax do not usually help.
ceKTop said:
I have almost the same problem. I have ATT Samsung Galaxy SII with ICS4.03. Tried to root it. Everything was going as is written in "Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH-I777 (AT&T): Root and ClockworkMod Recovery" by Ken East on Apr 20, 2012: I saw a PASS message in Odin3 so the process was successful? What I see on display now is Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100 and yellow triangle with exclamation sign. I was seeing it for more than hour: I am a patient man.
What I tried after were
1. Turned phone off and then turned it on to reboot. Nothing new: Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100 and yellow triangle with exclamation sign. BTW I could not even switch the phone off by pushing the Power button.
2. Took off battery and inserted it back to reboot. Nothing new: Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100 and yellow triangle with exclamation sign.
3. Pushed those three buttons- volume up, down and power to find out some options. Seems to me it was Recovery mode. CWM- based recovery v.5.0.2.3 was written on display. I chose reboot system and was watching a beautiful grey hat with orange arrow under it for half an hour. I tried other options in the menu with the same hat as a result first but then I saw new screen with new options.
So what must I do now to make my phone to work again? I understood that zedomax do not usually help.
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Quite simply your issue is that you were using kernel built for gingerbread and not ICS, therefore it wouldn't boot.
Selecting an item in that version is done with the home button as indicated in the stickies.
Flash a new kernel that is compatible with ICS and all these issues go away and you can boot it up.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
Pirateghost said:
Quite simply your issue is that you were using kernel built for gingerbread and not ICS, therefore it wouldn't boot.
Selecting an item in that version is done with the home button as indicated in the stickies.
Flash a new kernel that is compatible with ICS and all these issues go away and you can boot it up.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
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Strange for me but after I've read the article-instruction of rooting two more times just now I did not see any indication that the kernel is for gingerbread and not ICS. How could I wait such an evil? And I've read already a lot of messages to forums but you are the first to suggest such dishonor. BTW in the instruction was written the following:
3.Put your phone in Download Mode by holding down the Volume Down key, Volume Up key, and the Power buttons at the same time. Once you see “Warning” displayed on the screen, press the Volume Up key.
That was the way I used.
Do you see any possibility to return the phone to life? It is not quite simply, as you wrote, to my pity. It is because the phone does not boot up and computer does not see it. How can I flash another kernel in such conditions?
ceKTop said:
Strange for me but after I've read the article-instruction of rooting two more times just now I did not see any indication that the kernel is for gingerbread and not ICS. How could I wait such an evil? And I've read already a lot of messages to forums but you are the first to suggest such dishonor. BTW in the instruction was written the following:
3.Put your phone in Download Mode by holding down the Volume Down key, Volume Up key, and the Power buttons at the same time. Once you see “Warning” displayed on the screen, press the Volume Up key.
That was the way I used.
Do you see any possibility to return the phone to life? It is not quite simply, as you wrote, to my pity. It is because the phone does not boot up and computer does not see it. How can I flash another kernel in such conditions?
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That's the button combination for recovery mode, just saying.
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galaxys2
hello everyone, i hope someone can help. i have the t mobile locked s2 (with gingerbread) with simple mobile as my carrier. to get rid of the tmobile apps i'm told the phone has to be rooted. i know nothing about rooting so in searching i found oneclickroot.com. it sounds as if that is easy for me since i'm not a techie. can someone tell me if this site is recommended and if i use it what would be the other steps needed to get rid of the tmobile apps and upgrade from 'gingerbread'....i really hope someone can help so thanks for the support in advance.
ididitfirst said:
hello everyone, i hope someone can help. i have the t mobile locked s2 (with gingerbread) with simple mobile as my carrier. to get rid of the tmobile apps i'm told the phone has to be rooted. i know nothing about rooting so in searching i found oneclickroot.com. it sounds as if that is easy for me since i'm not a techie. can someone tell me if this site is recommended and if i use it what would be the other steps needed to get rid of the tmobile apps and upgrade from 'gingerbread'....i really hope someone can help so thanks for the support in advance.
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You should try your own device's forums. The T-Mobile gs2 is literally nothing like the i777
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Pirateghost said:
You should try your own device's forums. The T-Mobile gs2 is literally nothing like the i777
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
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But but they love our forum so much! Why search for your own(that literally says it's for at&t) when you can just post here?!
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Pirateghost said:
You should try your own device's forums. The T-Mobile gs2 is literally nothing like the i777
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
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thanks for your answer. please point me in the right direction. i typed in galaxy s2 root problem and this site came up.
ididitfirst said:
thanks for your answer. please point me in the right direction. i typed in galaxy s2 root problem and this site came up.
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would you like me to hold your hand and move your mouse for you? go to the MAIN FORUM page and SEARCH FOR YOUR DEVICE....
personally I would start looking for 'T-MOBILE' somewhere in the name of the damn device.....
like maybe T-MOBILE SAMSUNG GALAXY S II ????
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Pirateghost said:
would you like me to hold your hand and move your mouse for you? go to the MAIN FORUM page and SEARCH FOR YOUR DEVICE....
personally I would start looking for 'T-MOBILE' somewhere in the name of the damn device.....
like maybe T-MOBILE SAMSUNG GALAXY S II ????
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wow mr pirateghost...rather harsh but thanks for the lead.
ididitfirst said:
wow mr pirateghost...rather harsh but thanks for the lead.
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Everything he said was well deserved.
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Hey guys İ decided to flash a custom ROM -[i9100G] JB XWLSW NeatROM- to my Galaxy S2 i1900 because since İ have bought an an HTC One and İ want to have some fun with the S2 now. Btw this is my first attempt on rooting and flashing my phone so İ am quite a noob.
Anyway so İ rooted the phone with no problems and backed it up too but after flashing it is now stuck at boot screen with Samsung logo and the yellow triangle. İ know i've flashed the wrong ROM because my one isn't a i1900G, unfortunately İ have realized it too late, İ have tried to access recovery but no luck, same with the download mode.
Do İ have a brick in my hand now? Any solutions?
Any help is much appreciated.
Sent from my HTC One
First question.....are you sure you're trying to access recovery with the correct button combination? It's different from HTC.......
For recovery.....
Volume up, power and home button together......then release ONLY the power button when Samsung screen appears.
For Download.....
Volume down, power and home buttons together.....then release ONLY the power button when Samsung screen appears, then finally volume up.....
BTW...signs of a brick.....
No recovery
No download
No signs of life when you boot the phone
No charging indication (flashing battery image) when you plug the charger in
Phone gets warm/hot just below the main camera when phone on charge.
IMO.....you don't have a brick.....yet
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Keith is correct, make sure you're using the correct button combos. If using those combos doesn't work as he said, click the link in my signature and then go to the section 'no download mode' and try the things listed there. There's a few things to try.
And Keith, how've you been mate? Long time no see!
Good mate....and you?....
Been on a camping holiday....no WiFi connection
....got a suntan though in the UK too...lol
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Good to hear hope it was a good break! Impressive stuff :sly: same here, going good
Sent from a galaxy far, far away
Hey guys I have managed to fix it. It was apparently a soft brick as what the guy said on a video I watched on YouTube who is demonstrating a recovery, my bad I'm still new to all this root/custom ROM stuff, I managed to get into download mode, I was obviously doing something wrong.
I basically just downloaded the official stock firmware and went through the ODIN steps in the Download Mode and viola! I rooted the phone again and flashed the Paranoid Android 3 ROM which I am absolutely delighted with. But thanks for all replies anyway.
So in other words you got in a panic for no reason ? (If you'd done your homework before you started messing around with stuff, you would have known the situation you found yourself in was almost always easily recoverable).
Yes it's fair to say i panicked for no reason. I followed all the steps and everything but just didn't notice that the ROM I tried to flash was for i19100G. Other than that I rooted and flashed Paranoid Android with ease, but yeah I guess I need to be extra careful...
Hi there,
After two days of continuous efforts to resolve the issue and reading hundreds of articles and forum threads, I have tried everything to fix the problem to no avail.
I have just recently started using Android (Samsung Galaxy S3 I900T) It was purchased in New Zealand. When my iPhone died, I decided to try Android as I was getting a little sick of iOS. Anyway, since I am a total noob, I followed a great guide here on XDA forums to install a custom ROM. I installed Paranoid following step by step instructions and LOVED it. Everything was working well and I was happy with the "lollipop" as Jellybean was laggy and slow.
I then tried a couple of apps for various tasks that asked me to 'root' the device. I did not really care for it until Cleanmaster asked me to. So I installed an app (can't even remember the name) and it rebooted the phone. Now it is just stuck at "Samsung Galaxy SIII" white logo.
I tried to go into recovery mode by pressing Volume up + Home button + power and it simply won't work. Pressing volume down button however does bring the "Download mode".
According to many articles I have read, it seems my phone is soft bricked. Is there anyone who could help me to fix my phone? I am desperate and would highly appreciate any assistance! Please be kind as I am new to Android OS and pretty much a noob.
I will be checking for replies every 30 minutes in anticipation there might be someone knowledgable here to help me out.
Please feel free to ask any questions you may need to assist me and I will try my best to answer them as technically as possible.
Thank you in advance! :angel:
PS- I beg your pardon if I posted this in the wrong section or if I have not given enough information.
ZLestat86 said:
Hi there,
After two days of continuous efforts to resolve the issue and reading hundreds of articles and forum threads, I have tried everything to fix the problem to no avail.
I have just recently started using Android (Samsung Galaxy S3 I900T) It was purchased in New Zealand. When my iPhone died, I decided to try Android as I was getting a little sick of iOS. Anyway, since I am a total noob, I followed a great guide here on XDA forums to install a custom ROM. I installed Paranoid following step by step instructions and LOVED it. Everything was working well and I was happy with the "lollipop" as Jellybean was laggy and slow.
I then tried a couple of apps for various tasks that asked me to 'root' the device. I did not really care for it until Cleanmaster asked me to. So I installed an app (can't even remember the name) and it rebooted the phone. Now it is just stuck at "Samsung Galaxy SIII" white logo.
I tried to go into recovery mode by pressing Volume up + Home button + power and it simply won't work. Pressing volume down button however does bring the "Download mode".
According to many articles I have read, it seems my phone is soft bricked. Is there anyone who could help me to fix my phone? I am desperate and would highly appreciate any assistance! Please be kind as I am new to Android OS and pretty much a noob.
I will be checking for replies every 30 minutes in anticipation there might be someone knowledgable here to help me out.
Please feel free to ask any questions you may need to assist me and I will try my best to answer them as technically as possible.
Thank you in advance! :angel:
PS- I beg your pardon if I posted this in the wrong section or if I have not given enough information.
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Flasback to stock with Odin using firmware from Sammobile here >> http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/GT-I9300T/ << don't forget that if you get a bootloop after flashing to do a factory reset.
tallman43 said:
Flasback to stock with Odin using firmware from Sammobile here >> Link hidden << don't forget that if you get a bootloop after flashing to do a factory reset.
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Hi Tallman, thank you for your response. I am currently downloading the recommended firmware (916 MB, 2 days left till completion )
While its being downloaded, I have another question: whenever I connect my phone in "Downloading mode" by pressing volume down + home + power, Odin does not even pickup on the device. It is almost like nothing is even connected. I have installed the latest Samsung driver on my PC.
Would the flashing work if Odin is not even recognizing or acknowledging my device?
Thanks
ZLestat86 said:
Hi Tallman, thank you for your response. I am currently downloading the recommended firmware (916 MB, 2 days left till completion )
While its being downloaded, I have another question: whenever I connect my phone in "Downloading mode" by pressing volume down + home + power, Odin does not even pickup on the device. It is almost like nothing is even connected. I have installed the latest Samsung driver on my PC.
Would the flashing work if Odin is not even recognizing or acknowledging my device?
Thanks
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You have to wait while your stock rom is checked and in the pda box then it should recognize it look here for guides >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/guide-odin-flash-guide-t1671969 << Also I noticed in your first post you put Galaxy S3 I900T did you miss spell S3 I900 because it should be S3 I9300
tallman43 said:
You have to wait while your stock rom is checked and in the pda box then it should recognize it look here for guides >> << Also I noticed in your first post you put Galaxy S3 I900T did you miss spell S3 I900 because it should be S3 I9300
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Indeed, that was my bad. That is why I am so glad I have finally found someone like an expert yourself. The model is GT-I9300T. I missed the 3 in the original post. I believe (I might be wrong) the 'T' is for all the phone sets issued by Telecom (now rebranded as Spark) in Australia and New Zealand.
I have managed to download around 16 MBs lol.
Once again, appreciated your help dude :good:
My suggestion is connect your phone and keep it with Samsung kies for recovery. It would bring your phone back to purchased state.
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ganesh81289 said:
My suggestion is connect your phone and keep it with Samsung kies for recovery. It would bring your phone back to purchased state.
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Thanks for the response.
Kies does not detect any phone. Could it be due to the fact that the bootscreen is stuck in loop? I was loving my Custom paranoid ROM until some motherlicking app forced booted the phone in order to "root it".
I do not want to switch back to iOS and thats why I am so desperate to get my S3 fixed. I have put my SIM in my iPhone until Galaxy gets fixed.
Its strange how much I supported everything Apple back in the and how I much I dislike it now. It's like I have divorced Apple and now my Android mistress is acting up too. :silly:
Odin is too sensitive i guess i too have a s3 GT-I9300 and i have noticed that all usb cords dont work on odin. Try to change the cord it works. The shorter the better. It will surely detect just change the usb cord or try to connect to another usb port.
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