[Q] Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 flashed wrong kernel??? - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 that I recently rooted and when I rooted it it flashed a custom Kernel as well. Upon rebooting the phone, now my home button and back button soft key is not responding. I think I may have flashed a kernel from one of the Galaxy S2s that has the 4 soft keys along the bottom rather than the 2 soft keys and the home button, Whenever I try to flash anything through Odin now it says that a connection failure happens. If I put the phone into Download mode it is not recognized through Odin anymore either. Also, when I plug the phone into the USB of my computer and try to do anything with the phone through the USB it shuts it off and just shows the battery charging symbol. If I try to flash anything through recovery it says that Signature verification failed. I'm a bit stuck and I don't know what else to try.

kodyclarence said:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 that I recently rooted and when I rooted it it flashed a custom Kernel as well. Upon rebooting the phone, now my home button and back button soft key is not responding. I think I may have flashed a kernel from one of the Galaxy S2s that has the 4 soft keys along the bottom rather than the 2 soft keys and the home button, Whenever I try to flash anything through Odin now it says that a connection failure happens. If I put the phone into Download mode it is not recognized through Odin anymore either. Also, when I plug the phone into the USB of my computer and try to do anything with the phone through the USB it shuts it off and just shows the battery charging symbol. If I try to flash anything through recovery it says that Signature verification failed. I'm a bit stuck and I don't know what else to try.
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Try another usb port/usb cable/pc.
If it sees you phone, don't forget to close all kies applications (if you don't have kies, download it!)

kodyclarence said:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 that I recently rooted and when I rooted it it flashed a custom Kernel as well. Upon rebooting the phone, now my home button and back button soft key is not responding. I think I may have flashed a kernel from one of the Galaxy S2s that has the 4 soft keys along the bottom rather than the 2 soft keys and the home button, Whenever I try to flash anything through Odin now it says that a connection failure happens. If I put the phone into Download mode it is not recognized through Odin anymore either. Also, when I plug the phone into the USB of my computer and try to do anything with the phone through the USB it shuts it off and just shows the battery charging symbol. If I try to flash anything through recovery it says that Signature verification failed. I'm a bit stuck and I don't know what else to try.
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If you can acces recovery mode (Volume UP+Home+Power) you can save yourself:
-If you can't access the SD card by USB, try to remove your external SD card and connect it to PC through a card reader, if you don't have one, buy it because it's far cheaper than an new SGS2 (or 3)
-Download Phil'z kernel that suits your current ROM and copy it to your SD card
-Put SD card back into phone and flash this kernel (See post #3 of the above thread), depending on what kernel you have flashed, read the appropriate instructions (usually: Install Zip from SD Card > Choose Zip from SD card > select and apply)
-You are done :laugh:
BTW, can you provide a link to the kernel you flashed ?
Hope this helps

I have tried that. Everything I try to flash through recovery it says "signature failure" or something along those lines.
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kodyclarence said:
I have tried that. Everything I try to flash through recovery it says "signature failure" or something along those lines.
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Put your phone in download mode and flash philz kernel by downloading the tar and flashing through odin

kodyclarence said:
I have tried that. Everything I try to flash through recovery it says "signature failure" or something along those lines.
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Signature check error means that you are trying to flash a custom kernel (I may be wrong) on non rooted phone
Philz kernel could bypass this
Have you tried cwm flashable philz kernel ??
Envoyé depuis mon GT-I9100 avec Tapatalk
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Put your phone in download mode and flash philz kernel by downloading the tar and flashing through odin
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He already said that download mode is not available
Envoyé depuis mon GT-I9100 avec Tapatalk

Download mode is available, but when I plug it into the USB port Odin won't recognize it. But all of the drivers are installed. I've tried to flash philz through Odin but it won't recognize my device as being plugged in unless the phone is actually booted into Android OS. Then when I try to flash it just shuts the phone off and pops up the battery charging image.
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AS Leech4 said what kernel did you flash?

kodyclarence said:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 that I recently rooted and when I rooted it it flashed a custom Kernel as well. Upon rebooting the phone, now my home button and back button soft key is not responding. I think I may have flashed a kernel from one of the Galaxy S2s that has the 4 soft keys along the bottom rather than the 2 soft keys and the home button, Whenever I try to flash anything through Odin now it says that a connection failure happens. If I put the phone into Download mode it is not recognized through Odin anymore either. Also, when I plug the phone into the USB of my computer and try to do anything with the phone through the USB it shuts it off and just shows the battery charging symbol. If I try to flash anything through recovery it says that Signature verification failed. I'm a bit stuck and I don't know what else to try.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1294574

I used
CF-Root-SGS2_XX_XEO_LQP_-PROPER-v5.4-CWM5.tar
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And when it is in Download mode it says
Product Name: GT-i9100
Custom Binary Download: Yes (1 count)
Current Binary: Samsung Official
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kodyclarence said:
And when it is in Download mode it says
Product Name: GT-i9100
Custom Binary Download: Yes (1 count)
Current Binary: Samsung Official
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Regardless of what it says there, what does it say for model on the label under the battery?

ctomgee said:
Regardless of what it says there, what does it say for model on the label under the battery?
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It says GT-I900.
But everything worked fine, then I flashed that file through ODIN and ever since the home button and the back button soft key wont recognize. So I'm pretty sure whatever I flashed was for the Galaxy S2 model with the four soft keys rather than just the two with a home button.

So flash another kernel for I9100.
Get it at xda tho.
Sent from the little guy

I've been trying. Odin won't recognize my device when in Download mode, when i boot into Android and try to do anything through USB it shuts down to the battery charging logo, through recovery I get "signature verification failure" all of these suggestions are helpful, but I have already tried them.
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kodyclarence said:
I've been trying. Odin won't recognize my device when in Download mode, when i boot into Android and try to do anything through USB it shuts down to the battery charging logo, through recovery I get "signature verification failure" all of these suggestions are helpful, but I have already tried them.
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Try keep phone and pc linked through USB cable and restart the phone in download mode.

and don't forget to close all kies process running on the background.
Try all usb ports, usb cable and / or another pc / laptop.
Sent from the little guy

Hi
Have u tried flashing another kernel through mobile-odin ?
I'm still new to this stuff but I think it should work for you.
If u want to try it look for the thread with same name dl it ..free version, you will also need another file in same thread called
MobileODIN_FlashKernel_I9100-v2.0 (in same thread further down)
you can dl them on pc, put on card install them try.
or try rom-customiser u should be able to flash a diff kernel or Rom without pc-odin or recovery mode.
Good luck
Peace

I tried keeping it connected and restarting it. I also tried stopping all Kies processes and that didn't work so I uninstalled it but kept the driver. That didn't work. So I tried reinstalling the drivers.
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kodyclarence said:
I tried keeping it connected and restarting it. I also tried stopping all Kies processes and that didn't work so I uninstalled it but kept the driver. That didn't work. So I tried reinstalling the drivers.
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So you can get to DL mode right?
And you're sure It's a I9100 Model.
- You've re-installed kies already, so we good there. If you've unistalled it, please re-install again & close all 4 kies applications running on background.
- Get a couple of USB cables (along with the original I9100's cable) and start trying them one by one on each USB port.
- Still don't work? Try it out on another PC, same drill.
- No luck? Try the same steps in "Windoze".
- If all above fail, try it all again.
You gotta make that PC see your device, it already did, so it can do it again.

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My trouble :/

Okay so i ditched the stock rom for axura 1.0 and am using it...but i changed my mind and want to go back to stock...but never made a backup of my stock rom in clockwork like a moron. Now i tried Odin and here is the weird part it detects my phone in recovery mode...but not download mode so now im stuck trying to get back to stock vibrant 2.1...any suggestions?
Thank You
Start odin first, then hold the volume keys, then insert the usb cable
This always works for me when odin doesn't detect my phone
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S4BRE2121 said:
Start odin first, then hold the volume keys, then insert the usb cable
This always works for me when odin doesn't detect my phone
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I Have the same problem I did all the steps even tried to do the step you told us to. Still didnt work. what should i do?
Sometimes reinstalling drivers works for me when Odin doesn't see it.
cgol92 said:
Okay so i ditched the stock rom for axura 1.0 and am using it...but i changed my mind and want to go back to stock...but never made a backup of my stock rom in clockwork like a moron. Now i tried Odin and here is the weird part it detects my phone in recovery mode...but not download mode so now im stuck trying to get back to stock vibrant 2.1...any suggestions?
Thank You
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This is the easiest way. Download Terminal from Market and enter SU (gives you root access) and then type reboot download
Your phone will reboot into Download mode
i tried the su reboot download and it didnt detect it and i reinstalled the drvers too no luck cuz it says usb device not reconized when in download mode but when in recovery or normal mode it is detected no issue
Here's how I do it if everything else fails. Have ODIN v1.3 opened up first. Next, make sure phone is in debug mode and make sure its checked . Next,while phone still connected to pc, remove back cover and pull battery out. Before inserting the battery back in, hold the phone side ways while pressing the volume up/down at the same time now insert the battery. Your screen should now display yellow big letters -
Download Mode - Do not turn off target.
cgol92 said:
i tried the su reboot download and it didnt detect it and i reinstalled the drvers too no luck cuz it says usb device not reconized when in download mode but when in recovery or normal mode it is detected no issue
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Read the Vibrant Bible here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771111 . Read the top 2 sections --Useful links and Odin.
By the way, is your phone rooted?
Have you tried using a different USB port? Sometimes that helps.
yes the phone is rooted and i tried using odin v1.0 and 1.7 ill try 1.3 idk if it makes a difference
One method I've read on the boards is to flash "Eugene's froyo that doesnt' Brick". Of course that is an Odin file so...we need to get Odin working for you. Like icandy said, try a different USB port and see if that works. If nothing else also post in Master's Axura thread and ask him/her what the best method of downgrading to 2.1 is. I'm not sure if you'd have to flash Eugene's Kernel Back Support or not. I know this isn't too helpful but hopefully it'll give you a few ideas.
~SB

Need Help! SGS3 stuck at boot logo.

Hey,
I have a Samsung galaxy s3 GT-i9300 that wont boot up (it only shows the samsung logo).
Ive rebooted, removed the battery but no success. The only thing that works is download mode. It is still stock (not rooted).
I know theres some similar threads already however theyre rooted with custom roms. Any suggestions? What can I do?
Nath
ronin201085 said:
Hey,
I have a Samsung galaxy s3 GT-i9300 that wont boot up (it only shows the samsung logo).
Ive rebooted, removed the battery but no success. The only thing that works is download mode. It is still stock (not rooted).
I know theres some similar threads already however theyre rooted with custom roms. Any suggestions? What can I do?
Nath
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You could try reflashing your firmware via Odin, you can download it from Sammobile quite easily
NewAussiefromCanada said:
You could try reflashing your firmware via Odin, you can download it from Sammobile quite easily
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The only things stopping me is that the handset is still completely stock and under warranty. I dont want to try it and risk losing that warranty...
Try go into recovery and factory reset
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Arsaw said:
Try go into recovery and factory reset
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How can I get in to recovery? Power+VolDown+Home only put me in download mode with no other options.
Hi recovery is different. Power+home+vol up
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madcable said:
Hi recovery is different. Power+home+vol up
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Thanks, tried it, failed.
I turned teh phone off, held power+home+vol up until I saw the logo and then it didnt go any further.
ronin201085 said:
The only things stopping me is that the handset is still completely stock and under warranty. I dont want to try it and risk losing that warranty...
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If you flash a official release from sammobile it should not increase your binary count, thus leaving your warranty intact. It is when you root or flash a custom Rom your binary will increase.
Worst case you need to use triangleaway if counter increases
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If anyone's interested, I had to return the phone under warranty where they replaced the main PBA.
The combination to get to recovery is this (for future reference)
Vol-up + home + power button. Once galaxy s 3 logo pops up quickly let go of the power button and hold in again then let all three go once in recovery.
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please help meeeee
i did every thing..wipe my data ,factory rest it,wipe every thing but still my s3 is stuck on boot logo...i rooted it then i opend chainfire3d and updaate it ..after that all this happend..and i am also noob
jehanzaib1 said:
i did every thing..wipe my data ,factory rest it,wipe every thing but still my s3 is stuck on boot logo...i rooted it then i opend chainfire3d and updaate it ..after that all this happend..and i am also noob
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I had a problem once where my phone wouldn't get past the Samsung boot logo all I did was remove the external SD card tried again and it worked! Try it?
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jehanzaib1 said:
i did every thing..wipe my data ,factory rest it,wipe every thing but still my s3 is stuck on boot logo...i rooted it then i opend chainfire3d and updaate it ..after that all this happend..and i am also noob
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It's forbidden here to spoon feed people but I think I'll help you since I've experienced that myself.
Check your inbox for my PM.
Help wanted also.
EtienneBordeaux said:
It's forbidden here to spoon feed people but I think I'll help you since I've experienced that myself.
Check your inbox for my PM.
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PM me also?
You guy´s soft bricked your phones thats why u dont get any where re-flashing, but heres something worth trying without risking anything!!
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JUST GET YOUR SAMMY STOCK ROM FIRST FROM THEIR SITE
Use this Odin version >android.gs/download-odin-1-85/.
Above the country code and you can know the three-letter code which applies to your country. Now look for the date of release and select an appropriate update release for your phone.
Step-4 Rebooting
Reboot by holding Home, Volume Down and Power buttons. Remember you need to hold the Volume Down button and not the Volume Up button as in the first step. You will get into the download mode. So, you phone is now ready to get the firmware via USB.
The phone will flash a warning about the dangers involved. You should not worry as you are putting the firmware back on the phone.
On the computer, now unzip the Samsung firmware folder you downloaded from the official website. Now extract the .md5 file.
Now open Odin, select.md5 file in the 'PDA' section of Odin.
Make sure that Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time is ticked.
Connect your Galaxy S3 to your computer via the USB lead. Odin will automatically detect the phone and a pop-up message will show. Now start the process of transferring the file.
Step-5
Wait for the file to download. Odin will show 'PASS!' in the box once the transfer is successful. And the phone will then, reboot.
If it hangs on the Samsung logo, don't worry reboot into the recovery mode by holding down Home, Volume Up and Power buttons. Wipe the data/factory reset and reboot.
This will in all chances bring your phone to a functioning mode. Sign in and start working.
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The extent of you phone being bricked may vary, but the symptoms are often the same -- a reboot loop, switching itself off after the Samsung logo or never getting into the operating system. As long as you can get into the recovery mode, there is hope to recover the Samsung Galaxy S3,
no success
Hi guys,
your solutions are great but in my case it didnt help at all.
My phone still stucks at logo. Only download mode is possible, but odin wanted a pit file always when i tried to download the sammy firmware rom. After all i even downloaded the pit file GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit. But even with the pitfile and Re-Partitioning it didnt function at all.
My SGS3 T-Mobile can not start at all.
PLEASE HELP ME, i am helpless.
with best regards
ghostworm
spoonymoon said:
You guy´s soft bricked your phones thats why u dont get any where re-flashing, but heres something worth trying without risking anything!!
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JUST GET YOUR SAMMY STOCK ROM FIRST FROM THEIR SITE
Use this Odin version >android.gs/download-odin-1-85/.
Above the country code and you can know the three-letter code which applies to your country. Now look for the date of release and select an appropriate update release for your phone.
Step-4 Rebooting
Reboot by holding Home, Volume Down and Power buttons. Remember you need to hold the Volume Down button and not the Volume Up button as in the first step. You will get into the download mode. So, you phone is now ready to get the firmware via USB.
The phone will flash a warning about the dangers involved. You should not worry as you are putting the firmware back on the phone.
On the computer, now unzip the Samsung firmware folder you downloaded from the official website. Now extract the .md5 file.
Now open Odin, select.md5 file in the 'PDA' section of Odin.
Make sure that Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time is ticked.
Connect your Galaxy S3 to your computer via the USB lead. Odin will automatically detect the phone and a pop-up message will show. Now start the process of transferring the file.
Step-5
Wait for the file to download. Odin will show 'PASS!' in the box once the transfer is successful. And the phone will then, reboot.
If it hangs on the Samsung logo, don't worry reboot into the recovery mode by holding down Home, Volume Up and Power buttons. Wipe the data/factory reset and reboot.
This will in all chances bring your phone to a functioning mode. Sign in and start working.
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The extent of you phone being bricked may vary, but the symptoms are often the same -- a reboot loop, switching itself off after the Samsung logo or never getting into the operating system. As long as you can get into the recovery mode, there is hope to recover the Samsung Galaxy S3,
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ghostworm said:
Hi guys,
your solutions are great but in my case it didnt help at all.
My phone still stucks at logo. Only download mode is possible, but odin wanted a pit file always when i tried to download the sammy firmware rom. After all i even downloaded the pit file GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit. But even with the pitfile and Re-Partitioning it didnt function at all.
My SGS3 T-Mobile can not start at all.
PLEASE HELP ME, i am helpless.
with best regards
ghostworm
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If you using Jelly bean then Chainfire 3D not compatible you will need to wipe and reflash
bunglebp said:
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If you using Jelly bean then Chainfire 3D not compatible you will need to wipe and reflash
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i am not able to get into the wipe mode of the phone with 3 finger button mode, only download mode is available.
is there a special procedure how to wipe and reflash with odin or any software?
If there is a tutorial link it would be great to send it to me.
Many thanks in advance.
ghostworm
ghostworm said:
i am not able to get into the wipe mode of the phone with 3 finger button mode, only download mode is available.
is there a special procedure how to wipe and reflash with odin or any software?
If there is a tutorial link it would be great to send it to me.
Many thanks in advance.
ghostworm
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This is worth a try - ROM Flash using ODIN and Download Mode: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1835931
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This is worth a try - ROM Flash using ODIN and Download Mode: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1835931
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i will try it out. First i have to download 859MB !!!
I will tell you if it was successfull.
Thank you very much

[Q] S2 Only Boots Recovery

I have a bizarre problem. I was on aokp jb 3.1.2 and i decided to flash omega 16. In aroma i was about halfway through when my phone shut off. (it wasnt the battery, it was almost full when i started) now when i try to boot the phone all it does is boot straight to recovery. I can move up and down with the volume keys but i cant select anything with my power button. I can get into download mode but odin doesnt recognize my phone. I know its not my drivers since odin detected my friends i777 just fine. My phone only boots cwm and download mode. Is my phone bricked and if not how do i fix it? Thanks. And i apologize if i am in the wrong forum.
Nope, as long as the phone turns on, you shouldn't need to use the word "brick." It is a connection issue; try a different port, making sure you don't have Heimdall drivers installed on it. I suggest playing with the connection until it shows up.
I have tried all ports on two computers. Still nothing
Have you tried opening Odin first, then connecting phone fresh in download mode?
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korockinout13 said:
Have you tried opening Odin first, then connecting phone fresh in download mode?
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yes, i also connected the other s2 after mine wasnt recognized and it connected just fine
i got cwm to respond by pressing power and menu at the same time, it booted up after i wiped and reinstalled aokp. thanks for your help

[Q] Is my phone bricked? Or do I still have a chance?

Plz Help if you can,
I have rooted my Verizon Note 2 and unlocked the boot loader and installed mean-bean - it worked awesome and should have stayed with it but everything went so well I wanted to try another ROM. The new ROM failed so I went back to mean-bean by selecting the backup I made on my sd card before I tried another ROM. My phone stuck on the "Samsung Note 2" boot up screen and never moved after mins. I did the "power + volume down + Power" and I get a warning asking me to press the volume up key to download a custom ROM or the volume down key to cancel. When I press the volume down button I get stuck at the Samsung note 2 screen, if I press volume up I get stuck at the downloading screen. When I connect the phone to my computer I can hear a ding in windows 7 64bit but am unable to see the device. I have read some of the forums and have downloaded a stock rom as suggested by several of them and oden 3.07. Oden does not show a com port as the posts suggest and my computer does not see the device. The forums that deal with not seeing your device says to download and install the latest usb drivers. I have re-downloaded the latest Samsung usb drivers and rebooted my computer. The computer still just makes a noise when i plug my phone in but does not see it in oden or in the computer. I have read so many forums and other peeps seem to still see their phone in oden. Maybe my phone is now trashed do I still have a chance or is it done. can anyone help a noob plz?
Thanks in advance.
Quick notes:
1: phone only boots to samsung note 2 screen
2: Phone will only go to download mode when I try to go to recovery
3: can hear ding on my computer when I connect but can't find see device
4: Oden does not see device
Try Odin 1.87
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Try Odin 1.87
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I will try that when I get home. all day at work and can't wait to try it. Thank you for the responce.
pacoabq said:
I will try that when I get home. all day at work and can't wait to try it. Thank you for the responce.
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Thank you, but it still did not see the device, or at least the com port did not show anything. I can see it in my device manager though. Any other suggestions?
pacoabq said:
Thank you, but it still did not see the device, or at least the com port did not show anything. I can see it in my device manager though. Any other suggestions?
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Have you been running Odin as admin?
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kintwofan said:
Have you been running Odin as admin?
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yes. I wish had not been though, would have been great to have fixed it. Any other suggestions? Plz
pacoabq said:
Plz Help if you can,
I have rooted my Verizon Note 2 and unlocked the boot loader and installed mean-bean - it worked awesome and should have stayed with it but everything went so well I wanted to try another ROM. The new ROM failed so I went back to mean-bean by selecting the backup I made on my sd card before I tried another ROM. My phone stuck on the "Samsung Note 2" boot up screen and never moved after mins. I did the "power + volume down + Power" and I get a warning asking me to press the volume up key to download a custom ROM or the volume down key to cancel. When I press the volume down button I get stuck at the Samsung note 2 screen, if I press volume up I get stuck at the downloading screen. When I connect the phone to my computer I can hear a ding in windows 7 64bit but am unable to see the device. I have read some of the forums and have downloaded a stock rom as suggested by several of them and oden 3.07. Oden does not show a com port as the posts suggest and my computer does not see the device. The forums that deal with not seeing your device says to download and install the latest usb drivers. I have re-downloaded the latest Samsung usb drivers and rebooted my computer. The computer still just makes a noise when i plug my phone in but does not see it in oden or in the computer. I have read so many forums and other peeps seem to still see their phone in oden. Maybe my phone is now trashed do I still have a chance or is it done. can anyone help a noob plz?
Thanks in advance.
Quick notes:
1: phone only boots to samsung note 2 screen
2: Phone will only go to download mode when I try to go to recovery
3: can hear ding on my computer when I connect but can't find see device
4: Oden does not see device
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easy answer bro hopefully you have windows 7 or windows period. Easy way to do it is to go to your drivers deleted what it shows prob says samsung something stupid like that delete that also click driver files delete also button. then go to my computer and program files delete samsung folder then after you did all the deleteing plug in your phone and wala should work like a charm worked for me let me know!!
zactheandroidmac said:
easy answer bro hopefully you have windows 7 or windows period. Easy way to do it is to go to your drivers deleted what it shows prob says samsung something stupid like that delete that also click driver files delete also button. then go to my computer and program files delete samsung folder then after you did all the deleteing plug in your phone and wala should work like a charm worked for me let me know!!
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Thanks bro, I removed the drivers and still nothing in odins comport. I reinstalled kies and it sees the phone but can't connect to it. My computer sees it in device manager, and i have tried 3 different odin versions. Still the little green android guy with the downloading msg.
Anything esle you can think of?
pacoabq said:
Thanks bro, I removed the drivers and still nothing in odins comport. I reinstalled kies and it sees the phone but can't connect to it. My computer sees it in device manager, and i have tried 3 different odin versions. Still the little green android guy with the downloading msg.
Anything esle you can think of?
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Try a different cord...
Or press volume up (not down) power and home...go into recovery and run your back up (nandroid)...if you dont have a nandroid clean wipe and flash your mean bean
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In your description you said volume down power and home...probably looking at down load mode...your not even close to bricked YET...
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pacoabq said:
I will try that when I get home. all day at work and can't wait to try it. Thank you for the responce.
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Open Odin up on your computer without phone plugged in. Power off the phone then plug it in and boot into download and see if that does anything.

[Q] Soft bricked i777

Hey guys, I really need help with my situation. I've been looking all over the forums for 2days straight trying to find solutions to my problem. I have a galaxy s2 i777 and I had the sho-stock3 rom. Then I decided that I wanted to back up my rom, so I used rom manager to do it. that's when the problem started. when the phone tried restarting it was stuck where it says "galaxy s2" with the yellow triangle. I put it into download mode and tried to flash siyah kernel..it worked..but when I tried to reboot my phones says "firmware upgrade encountered an issue, please select recovery mode in kies and try again. of course kies wont let the phone connect. and yes all the drives are installed for my phone. now i'm just stuck trying to flash stock firmwares for the phone and the stock rom but it always fails in odin. please help me!!!!!
Hours76 said:
Hey guys, I really need help with my situation. I've been looking all over the forums for 2days straight trying to find solutions to my problem. I have a galaxy s2 i777 and I had the sho-stock3 rom. Then I decided that I wanted to back up my rom, so I used rom manager to do it. that's when the problem started. when the phone tried restarting it was stuck where it says "galaxy s2" with the yellow triangle. I put it into download mode and tried to flash siyah kernel..it worked..but when I tried to reboot my phones says "firmware upgrade encountered an issue, please select recovery mode in kies and try again. of course kies wont let the phone connect. and yes all the drives are installed for my phone. now i'm just stuck trying to flash stock firmwares for the phone and the stock rom but it always fails in odin. please help me!!!!!
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Don't use rom manager again
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Can you get in either cwm recovery or download mode?
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Teknodad1974 said:
Can you get in either cwm recovery or download mode?
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yes i can get into download mode only by holding down on vol and plugging in the usb...no i cant get into cwm recovery
Try this page...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1511906
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Teknodad1974 said:
Try this page...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1511906
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thank you, my phone is back again!!
Sweet enjoy your phone buddy!
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Hours76 said:
yes i can get into download mode only by holding down on vol and plugging in the usb...no i cant get into cwm recovery
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this SAVED me...I couldn't get it into download mode for the life of me and that worked. I now have the correct i777 JB file (I accidentally flashed the wrong version). back in the game!
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sbello81 said:
this SAVED me...I couldn't get it into download mode for the life of me and that worked. I now have the correct i777 JB file (I accidentally flashed the wrong version). back in the game!
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Hello
My friend just gave me I777 with this problem cause he bought a new phone, he couldn't tell me exactly when he got that "connect to kies". I never flashed anything or installed any rom's, I just want to get it back to life. Any solutions for me?
Fratula said:
Hello
My friend just gave me I777 with this problem cause he bought a new phone, he couldn't tell me exactly when he got that "connect to kies". I never flashed anything or installed any rom's, I just want to get it back to life. Any solutions for me?
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Can you put the phone into download mode? I would assume the answer is yes if you still get the "connect to kies" message. Following are detailed instructions for getting into download mode.
Download Mode:
There are several ways to put the phone into download mode. You should try all of them that you can before you give up.
Recovery mode:
With the phone off (and not connected to the computer), and battery installed, hold all three buttons, vol- vol+ pwr continuously until the initial boot screen appears the second time.
Download mode:
1. With the phone off and connected to the computer via USB cable, and battery installed, hold all three buttons, vol- vol+ pwr.
2. With the phone off and battery installed, hold vol- and vol+ (but not pwr) while plugging in the USB cable.
3. With the phone off and battery installed, hold vol- (but not vol+ or pwr) while plugging in the USB cable.
4. Attempt each of the above three options with the battery removed from the phone. The computer will supply the power to the phone.
5. Use Android Debug Bridge (adb) which will only work if USB debugging has been already turned on in Developer Options, since you can't boot into the system to turn it on. With the battery installed and the phone connected to the pc via USB cable, use the command "adb reboot download".
6. Use a USB jig. With the battery installed insert the USB jig into the USB connector of the phone. Some have reported that this method works when no other method would work.
If the phone will go into download mode, you will need to use Odin desktop to flash the stock firmware. You should use the latest stock firmware. Go to the Download Repository and download Odin3 v1.85 from the link near the top of the page, and also download the latest stock firmware, "I777UCMD8 Stock Binaries (Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean)" from near the bottom of the page. It's the next to last item. Download both to your Windows pc, and then follow the detailed instructions below to flash it onto your phone.
How to use stand-alone Odin3 to flash firmware:
Follow and recheck each of the following steps. Do them in order listed, as some steps are dependent on previous steps. Instructions are for Odin3 v1.85. It should work with any version of Odin, but some details, like color of items, may be different.
1.) Open Odin on the Windows Desktop.
2.) Have the USB cable plugged into USB port on the computer, but *Not* plugged in to the phone.
3.) Shut the phone off.
4.) While holding down the vol+ & vol- keys, plug micro-usb plug into phone.
5.) In Odin, you should get the yellow box under where it says ID:COM with the text 0:[COMx], and in the Message area, <ID:0/00x> Added!! where x is some number, usually 1-8.
6.) In Odin, make sure Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are checked and all other items are not checked.
7.) Click on the PDA button. Browse to the tar file you want to install and select it so its path appears in the text edit box next to the button.
8.) Make sure the check box next to the PDA button is checked.
9.) Click the Start button.
10.) You should see the green progress bar advancing.
11.) When complete, you will get a PASS (or FAIL if unsuccessful).
The phone should boot up normally. If it does not, enter recovery (see instructions in the download mode section) and perform a wipe data/factory reset.

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