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Hey Guys,
I switched from the Iphone to Android, I just got the Galaxy s2 and I want to root it. I have been reading of the different ways to root the phone, based on what I have seen so far the GingerBreak seems to be the easiest way to do it. So I am here in the forum, my first post is requesting a confirmation from you guys, which is the easiest way for an idiot like me to root my galaxy s2 without bricking it ?
Thanks
RedCell X
There is guide here in other post.
Basically you have to flash custom kernel, reboot and flash stock kernel back.
All using Odin.
Be careful - each custom kernel flashing will be visible. There is counter that shows how many custom kernels you flashed.
I stick with stock rom this time and avoid rooting.
This counter can be reset according to this forum. It's your decision.
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Definitive SGS2 Rooting Guide for now .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056334
Do you need root now .
jje
Gingerbreak only worked on the pre-production SGS2 models, it no longer works on the retail versions that are shipping now.
If you need root then use the link provided above, it works like a charm and you can always reflash an official kernel once you have root (and this is probably recommended if you also update your firmware to the lasted version).
The SGS1 usb jigs do work with the SGS2 and have the added bonus of resetting the custom firmware counter which may be handy if you ever need to return your phone under warranty, I got mine off of ebay yesterday and it works a treat.
rdy2go said:
Be careful - each custom kernel flashing will be visible. There is counter that shows how many custom kernels you flashed.
I stick with stock rom this time and avoid rooting.
This counter can be reset according to this forum. It's your decision.
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Why is resetting the counter important? For warranty purposes?
Rootinf galaxy s2 continued
Hey Guys,
Thanks for the response, I don't think i will be rooting my phone being honest I am afraid to do it. I will stick with the stock rom that came from it. I spent $850 for the phone I dont want to brick it.
Thanks to everyone that responded.
Redcellx
redcellx said:
Hey Guys,
Thanks for the response, I don't think i will be rooting my phone being honest I am afraid to do it. I will stick with the stock rom that came from it. I spent $850 for the phone I dont want to brick it.
Thanks to everyone that responded.
Redcellx
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Dont worry about bricking your phone, even if something goes wrong with the flashing process you should always be able to get back into download mode so you can reflash either by using the keypress method or if that fails the usb jig should wake your phone up.
Then you can either use ODIN or even the Kies Recovery method to get a working ROM installed.
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Why is resetting the counter important? For warranty purposes?
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Yeah, while no has (yet) reported that they have had a warranty request rejected because of custom rom usage, its nice to know how to reset the counter to ensure any warranty requests go smoothly.
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Yeah, while no has (yet) reported that they have had a warranty request rejected because of custom rom usage, its nice to know how to reset the counter to ensure any warranty requests go smoothly.
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Take a stroll over to SGS 1 forum i replied to a post where service wanted $400 as non stock rom and their have been a fair few reported and Samsung sent out a post to SS do not repair rooted phones under warranty .
jje
Some one should post a video on YouTube a how to
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Take a stroll over to SGS 1 forum i replied to a post where service wanted $400 as non stock rom and their have been a fair few reported and Samsung sent out a post to SS do not repair rooted phones under warranty .
jje
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Ahh, that sucks then, I've never owned an SGS1 before so never looked in the SGS forum, if they have actively rejected modded phones in the past then it makes the usb jigs a very worthwhile investment then!
i'm optimus user from India and i want to update my phn with gingerbread official version.can any one plzz give me simple procedure to update my phone i saw many threads but replies were confusing plzz guide me.i hve few questions
1)if i update my phone with romania or russian version n whn i go to service center in future for official gingerbread update will my warranty get affected?
2)if suppose my phn gets bricked vl it affect m warranty?n vl service center ppl fix it?
your phone will be serviced at lg if it is bricked ...the procedure to update to official version remains the same no simple way out yet....if you have official russian 2.3.3 why will you need the indian version...i dunno abt service center ppl doing it for you...but you can do it yourself...
hit thanks if i helped you
link to guide to "how to install official 2.3.3":
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1141490
hit thanks if i helped you
install russian official Gingerbread using KDZ and that image file..Install kdz.. then run it and select 3GQCT and DIAG in two column and press the flash button ..wait a while and u have gb on your phone
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link to guide to "how to install official 2.3.3":
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1141490
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thank a lot!!!
U didnt temme whether it will affect my warranty?n i saw sum members sayin tht there device not recognising sim card will these problem occur if i update with gingerbread 2.3 20b.kdz?
Also temme is der anythin i need to backup before update
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How about that you read the sticky threads, references in there and stop asking questions that have been answered about zillion times? This board has about half million of active users, if everyone starts posting similar junk, we are seriously doomed.
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U didnt temme whether it will affect my warranty?n i saw sum members sayin tht there device not recognising sim card will these problem occur if i update with gingerbread 2.3 20b.kdz?
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Warranty is always void, if u use custom rom,root, recovery etc.
I am using the same Gingerbread and my sim/data working fine.
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Also temme is der anythin i need to backup before update
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If u actually want to restore the downloaded apps, contacts etc you need to backup lol
Once u flash the rom. It will be like a factory reset rom. Clean and fresh.
I dont want to flash with custom gingerbread rom but with official gb russian rom.will it affect my warranty?thnks who helped me will hit thnks whn m on pc
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I dont want to flash with custom gingerbread rom but with official gb russian rom.will it affect my warranty?thnks who helped me will hit thnks whn m on pc
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Go ask your lawyer. Flashing an official FW does not affect warranty in countries with sane legal system. Nor does flashing whatever piece of junk void your warranty for HW defects (again, in countries with sane legal system.)
Just wait till monday! . Mik is coming with a new release today or tomorrow. It's going to reveal some very good things. Also Mik will hopefully release two patches to resolve baseband issues in a few days. That will nullify the need to flash baseband if users don't want to flash baseband.
If you can't wait this much, flash official gb via kdz or lgmdp while following the instructions carefully.
Rooting, flashing voids your warranty. One should be very careful while reading instructions. If one follows instructions carefully, chances of brick are less than 1%.
If you are plain unlucky and brick your device somehow, you may go to service center and act as a noob and just tell them you tried to upgrade from lg pc suite and something wrong happened. Here there is 90% chance that you will get a replacement.
Keeping all these things in mind, you can take a decision.
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Here there is 90% chance that you will get a replacement.
replacement???? r lg tht much kind tht they will give replace my device?
doktornotor said:
Go ask your lawyer. Flashing an official FW does not affect warranty in countries with sane legal system. Nor does flashing whatever piece of junk void your warranty for HW defects (again, in countries with sane legal system.)
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y r u so rude with me didnt u read my first post i clearly said i dont know anything m experimenting for 1st time n as senior u shud hve helped me but u behaved so rudely.
Rude? WTH. You are asking in the wrong place. Again - you need to ask someone who is familiar with your local legal system to answer questions about warranty. Not here. N.B. that manufactures' claims about voiding warranty are often illegal and have no effect in reality if people are really willing to assert their rights.
chaitanyagarg said:
y r u so rude with me didnt u read my first post i clearly said i dont know anything m experimenting for 1st time n as senior u shud hve helped me but u behaved so rudely.
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LOL. chillax bro, doktornotor is helpful if he is not drunk.LOL...... Just follow the guided instruction on how to's so you wont ask irritating questions for him.
chaitanyagarg said:
y r u so rude with me didnt u read my first post i clearly said i dont know anything m experimenting for 1st time n as senior u shud hve helped me but u behaved so rudely.
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He is not rude in any way but i believe i can use some other words to explain you. Ans beauty is he has explained you quite well though it different manner.
Flashing any ROM and rooting can affect your warranty, but those are country specified. Like in India we can't have warranty after rooting(Lg people are rally don't know what is rooting and all they just keep replacing hardware and some time whole device) but doktornotor said they have at least hardware warranty even after flashing custom ROM.
If you care so much about the warranty, you should not have joined the xda community in first place. Stuck with the old official ROM with no root and enjoy the laggy, less performance and less battery.
If you need best ROM, best performance and no lags- Stop worrying about the warranty.
mansirawat said:
If you care so much about the warranty, you should not have joined the xda community in first place. Stuck with the old official ROM with no root and enjoy the laggy, less performance and less battery.
If you need best ROM, best performance and no lags- Stop worrying about the warranty.
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Well said.
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I want to buy used sgs2, im living in Serbia(if someone doesen't know, Serbia is in Europe), i heard that some sgs2 have something bug with mmc chip, but i also heard that just sgs2 for USA have that chip bugs, am i right? and if i got that mmc chip bug what that means? Please answer me !!!
anyone ?!
Frankly, I have no idea what you are talking about. "MMC chip"! what in the world is that?
Re: the emmc bug, don't worry about it. Honestly. Several things need to happen for your phone to get borked as per this post. Buy the phone if you like it/want it, this won't be an issue.
I'm still little confused, can i root sgs2, flash new rom-s, change kernels ? and do other stuff without bricking my phone ?
Sejk97 said:
I'm still little confused, can i root sgs2, flash new rom-s, change kernels ? and do other stuff without bricking my phone ?
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You can brick anything if you don't follow instructions, or try to flash firmware meant for another device.
Read, follow instructions, and above all else, only use firmwares/kernels/bootloaders/etc that are meant for whatever particular model of phone you end up buying.
Ok, thank u both, ur answers are very important for me
Sejk97 said:
Ok, thank u both, ur answers are very important for me
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The galaxy s2 is almost indestructible. Just don't mess with the repartition box or pit files in odin unless you are 100 % sure what you're doing. And make sure you are in the right forum. Eg if you have a i9100 don't flash a I9100G zip or vice versa.
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Plus, if you buy your phone in your region, i highly doubt that it will be incompatible.
Another thing, 2 days ago I did my first root, flash, load of roms upgrade, heck I flashed my phone 18 times (binary counter claims) because I was afraid I had broken it and HEY!
Now I have ICS with a custom ROM which works great!
Just follow instructions like kilometers4 said and you will be fine!
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Plus, if you buy your phone in your region, i highly doubt that it will be incompatible.
Another thing, 2 days ago I did my first root, flash, load of roms upgrade, heck I flashed my phone 18 times (binary counter claims) because I was afraid I had broken it and HEY!
Now I have ICS with a custom ROM which works great!
Just follow instructions like kilometers4 said and you will be fine!
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How do u mean "if you buy your phone in your region, i highly doubt that it will be incompatible." , incompatible with what?
Right. I'm going to make this really simple for you, OK ? So make sure you read it really really slowly.
1) The 'emmc bug' - forget about it. Don't ever mention it again. It has been blown out of all proportion on here by people who should know a lot better. If I see you mention it one more time in this thread, I'm going to post an epic facepalm pic. You don't want me to do that, do you ?
2) When Bolio said 'I highly doubt it will be incompatible with your region', he meant if you buy that used SGS2, it should work OK in your region with your carrier. Nothing else. Just like the emmc thing you're trying to see something between the lines which isn't there. Stop being paranoid/difficult.
3) As CTomGee said, people who brick their phones on here tend to be the ones who don't read or follow instructions. If you do read/follow instructions whatever you do with your phone (rooting, flashing custom roms), you should be fine. The chances of you bricking your phone increase with how little you read/follow instructions.
Now then. This thread has seen enough ridiculousness. You have enough information to enable you to make a decision whether to buy the phone or not. If you don't, read the Stickies. Either way, decide.
ok
buy i9100
dont buy any other version the the original. they all suck, nothing compared to the real thing.
GALAXY S2 I9100 , no 777, no 989, no i9100g.
i dont have any bug and everything works like charm
Somebody help me with my issue
I was having RR ROM with Siyah 3.3.3b Kernel and the secondary boot is port JB
I was on the secondary boot and I was restarting I found that the device is crashed
I thought it’s the kernel so I booted the phone to the download mood and flashed a kernel again and its not working also
I tried to add new software from Odin and it was giving me errors like | failed to mount emmc
I searched the internet and by mistake I flashed the device with i9100G PIT files and I re-partitioned the device and also I flashed a new boot loader not only this but also during the flashing process my pc crashed and it restarts leaving my device with no life
I can’t even turn the device on or go to download mood or anything the only thing that let me have a faith that the mobile is still a live that its getting heat while the battery is plugged in
Anyone can help with this?
Hard Brick?
As far a I know flashing a wrong bootloader hard-bricks your phone. the bootloader is what loads first, ans then in turn loads the rest of the system. if your bootloader is broken, it will neither load recovery, DL-Mode nor the system. maybe you can find a solution to this by searching for wrong bootloader or anything of the sort.
if everything fails you would need to get a new motherboard or whatever it is called in an android phone. there are guides in this forum on this, I once used this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1253969 althogh the photos only seem to work with the old xda2010 theme.
I hope it is not what it looks like and you get your phone up and ruing again.
Bootloader had nothing to do with what went wrong for him. He flashed an I9100G pit file to an I9100.
OP, unfortunately there's nothing you can do at this point short of JTag service, or visiting/sending the phone to a Samsung service center.
find a repair center that preforms jtag near you, it should cost you about 40$
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As far a I know flashing a wrong bootloader hard-bricks your phone. the bootloader is what loads first, ans then in turn loads the rest of the system. if your bootloader is broken, it will neither load recovery, DL-Mode nor the system. maybe you can find a solution to this by searching for wrong bootloader or anything of the sort.
if everything fails you would need to get a new motherboard or whatever it is called in an android phone. there are guides in this forum on this, I once used this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1253969 althogh the photos only seem to work with the old xda2010 theme.
I hope it is not what it looks like and you get your phone up and ruing again.
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thanks for the reply but let me tell you that it has nothing to do with my boot loader I just flashed wrong PIT file
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Bootloader had nothing to do with what went wrong for him. He flashed an I9100G pit file to an I9100.
OP, unfortunately there's nothing you can do at this point short of JTag service, or visiting/sending the phone to a Samsung service center.
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remorema said:
find a repair center that preforms jtag near you, it should cost you about 40$
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am living in Egypt we don't have Jtag services .. i saw what they can make on you-tube and am still in warranty so i don't know what to do should i pass it by the warranty should they let me pay or it will be free ?
From what i've read on this forum its better if you try to send it to samsung for warranty your chances to get it repaired is 50/50 just play dump you have nothing to loose
thanks guys for your reply i think i made an issue with the MB BOIS firmware hence it has to be hard flashed in the warranty so am scheduling the same on next Friday i hope that they will not ask for money as it was on a custom ROM
because here in Egypt Warranty is make fool of us and they always take much money to fix noob issues so guess what they can do regarding mine.
I've got my device from the warranty , its working fine now .. i need to inform you that Warranty in Egypt confirmed that flashing custom ROMs is not voiding the Warranty its just black listing the device in their records .
They are flashing boot loaders smoothly.
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moe.nassef said:
I've got my device from the warranty , its working fine now .. i need to inform you that Warranty in Egypt confirmed that flashing custom ROMs is not voiding the Warranty its just black listing the device in their records .
They are flashing boot loaders smoothly.
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u r lucky
its not the same case as evrywhr arnd .. may got the warranty void
i know am lucky lool if any body ia facing the same he/she can ship the device to Egypt and it will get the correct treatment lol
Am proud to have this kind of Samsung store in Egypt
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moe.nassef said:
i know am lucky lool if any body ia facing the same he/she can ship the device to egypt and it will get the correct treatment lol
am proud to have this kind of samsung store in egypt
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haha i wish samsung gave international warranrty
neerajganga said:
haha i wish samsung gave international warranrty
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I'd like to thank you rele for your support in my issue from the beginning.
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moe.nassef said:
I'd like to thank you rele for your support in my issue from the beginning.
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haha
cheers mate
glad that ur warranty is not void and u got it fixed
Cheers..!!!
Hey guys i have been using my galaxy s2 fo the past one year ..recently its vibration started to act wierd so iswitched it off .. but when i restarted my mobile signal started to dissapear and there is no imei number . evrything is unknown .. i dont know what to do.. I dont know how to root . so i dont know how to fix it as said in other posts .. can any one help me? .. im nooob to android .....!!!:crying::crying:
rythu_u said:
Hey guys i have been using my galaxy s2 fo the past one year ..recently its vibration started to act wierd so iswitched it off .. but when i restarted my mobile signal started to dissapear and there is no imei number . evrything is unknown .. i dont know what to do.. I dont know how to root . so i dont know how to fix it as said in other posts .. can any one help me? .. im nooob to android .....!!!:crying::crying:
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Spoon feeding is not allowed here.
If you're a Android n00b and want to know how to root or flash custom or stock roms I suggest you do some reading/research. We have plenty of Q&A and guides that cover this.
Asking "how do I root" is a silly question to ask because its already been asked and answered so just look/read.
If you lost somehow your IMEI number(0 under *#06#), rooting the device won't help.
First, before any movement, backup your data and then restore defaults. Maybe it's some king of bug?
Settings->backup &restore -> restore defaults, erase memory.
TheATHEiST said:
Spoon feeding is not allowed here.
If you're a Android n00b and want to know how to root or flash custom or stock roms I suggest you do some reading/research. We have plenty of Q&A and guides that cover this.
Asking "how do I root" is a silly question to ask because its already been asked and answered so just look/read.
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I kind of understood how to root but i cant understand this flashing rom thingy .. what should i do to just get it fixed? .. im soooo confusedddd . sorrryyy
mar10o said:
If you lost somehow your IMEI number(0 under *#06#), rooting the device won't help.
First, before any movement, backup your data and then restore defaults. Maybe it's some king of bug?
Settings->backup &restore -> restore defaults, erase memory.
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yea i did type *#06# but imei is not showing up . its empty!! its not a bug. its a corruption in the imei ... i have no idea what to do now
First, relax. Its just a phone.
If the phone is still under warrenty - get it replaced/fixed for free where you bought it from.
If not, try to recover the iemi like it's explained here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
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f-r said:
First, relax. Its just a phone.
If the phone is still under warrenty - get it replaced/fixed for free where you bought it from.
If not, try to recover the iemi like it's explained here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
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thing is its hard to relax because i dont have an altrenative phone and it costed me a lot . my warranty just got over a few days ago another problem ........
well i checked out the link . but i dont get the cmd, adb shell part .. the whole 8th point i dont get it ???.
If you don't get it, there isn't anything further anyone here can do to help you. Send it to a Samsung service centre/authorised repairer, or ask local mobile repair shops. This is not something you're going to fix yourself.
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If you don't get it, there isn't anything further anyone here can do to help you. Send it to a Samsung service centre/authorised repairer, or ask local mobile repair shops. This is not something you're going to fix yourself.
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hmmm.. well i went to them . they asked me to change the motherboard whith a total cost of 800 dhs.. which my parents wont give
CMD is command line - like MSDOS or Linux terminal. ADB is not something that you'll get by asking questions and getting answers, you need to read about it and understand it. It will take you a couple of days to figure it out.
I'd try going to several different phone shops/labs. Hopefully they will diagnose the problem without replacing the entire PCB. It's worth a shot.
If every shop says that you must replace the board, ask around. Maybe one of your friends knows someone who is able to fix this.
From what you described it seems like water damage or other hardware fault.
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CMD is command line - like MSDOS or Linux terminal. ADB is not something that you'll get by asking questions and getting answers, you need to read about it and understand it. It will take you a couple of days to figure it out.
I'd try going to several different phone shops/labs. Hopefully they will diagnose the problem without replacing the entire PCB. It's worth a shot.
If every shop says that you must replace the board, ask around. Maybe one of your friends knows someone who is able to fix this.
From what you described it seems like water damage or other hardware fault.
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hey thanx .. okay so i guess im gona root my phone now...can u post a reliable working steps on how to root ? because i read many posts and pepole say som have bricked their phone or aint working properly....
rythu_u said:
hey thanx .. okay so i guess im gona root my phone now...can u post a reliable working steps on how to root ? because i read many posts and pepole say som have bricked their phone or aint working properly....
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If you want anyone to -try to- help you get your phone back you should at least consider searching for easy questions.
Check what ROM you are on and perform a search at xda or google (or both).
Now, are you sure warranty is voided? if it was 2 years you still got time....If you root your devices, warranty will be off the table for you.
Seat back and get you sh*t together, take a long breath and then report back to see what's up.
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Finally rooted my phone using framaroot
and all problems solved:victory:
rythu_u said:
Finally rooted my phone using framaroot
and all problems solved:victory:
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Hi all,
I have exactly the same issue on my Galaxy S2 on Vodaphone in the UK. It's out of warranty and not rooted. I did an IOS upgrade to ICS v4.0.3 and at that point it shows no signal and the IMEI no. is blank after dialing *#06#. Somehow it has lost/corrupted the IMEI no. during the upgrade.
Is the only way to recover the IMEI no. to root the phone? Or is there another method?
Thanks all!
An iOS upgrade ? No wonder you borked your IMEI
Go to Samfirmware, find the latest stock rom for your carrier/country. Flash it with Odin. How ? Search/read/learn. If you're lucky, yours is a case where the IMEI disappearing is a transient thing & doing a 'good' flash of stock (as opposed to the update that obviously barfed in some way - I presume you're talking about an OTA update as opposed to something you did manually ?) might well fix the problem. We've seen a number of similar problems on here lately.
If you're unlucky, you're SOOL & it ain't coming back. Rooting it isn't going to magically fix it unless you have an EFS backup, which you won't have if you're someone who's never rooted their phone. Take it to a local mobile repair shop, they may be able to help. A Samsung service centre/authorised repairer will also fix it for you regardless of the warranty status, they'll just charge you more than a local mobile shop who isn't an authorised Samsung repairer will, likely.
Thank you for your response! I took the S2 to a phone repair shop, the guy tried flashing it back to stock IOS but this failed. He ended up replacing the motherboard, all fine now. Would like to find out the safest way to upgrade the IOS to Jelly Bean now, it's currently running Gingerbread v2.3.3. Any advice appreciated, in the meantime will do some reading up.
Thanks all, great forum!
Explorer.net said:
Thank you for your response! I took the S2 to a phone repair shop, the guy tried flashing it back to stock IOS but this failed. He ended up replacing the motherboard, all fine now. Would like to find out the safest way to upgrade the IOS to Jelly Bean now, it's currently running Gingerbread v2.3.3. Any advice appreciated, in the meantime will do some reading up.
Thanks all, great forum!
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Okay i might be able to help you .but tell me your model number ......
if its GT-I9100 then you can update easily ,but if its gt-i9100G or smoething else,im nt sure i cn help .. u might have to do some readings ..
The model is GT-I9100, I managed to successfully upgrade the IOS to 4.1.2 using Kies. Perhaps I should've done that first time around instead of selecting Settings-About Device-Software Update over Wifi - which resulted in the phone losing it's IMEI no.
Many thanks for the replies!
okay dude .. enjoy your JB ...