Hi there,
I searched the forums, I tried suggested solutions, I've been at a repair shop, nothing helped so far.
I have a SGS2 GT-I9100 Android 4.0.4, Baseband I9100XXLPX, Kernel 3.0.32-CM-ge9cef6c (Aug 28, 2012), CyanogenMod 9.1.0-galaxys2. This has been working flawlessly for months now -- until I plugged it into an DC-USB adapter in my car. When I plugged it into the car adapter the phone rebooted.
Since then the phonce shows the following symtoms:
a) If I shutdown the phone, it restarts automatically.
b) If I remove the battery and re-insert it, the phone starts automatically.
c) USB connection to PC does not work anymore.
d) Charging the battary is possibly. However, charging is not indicated in the status bar as it used to be.
e) The battery drains much faster than it used to. (Settings menu reports the CPU being at 200 MHz, when idle)
What I did so far:
1) Cleaning the Micro-USB socket. --> Didn't help
2) Going to a repair shop to replace the socket. The guy disassembled the phone, and connected the ribbon cable to another USB socket. Didn't help. He also tired another battery. Didn't help. He suggested to go back to the original software as this may cause the problem. If that didn't help, he said, it is the mainboard.
3) I reset the phone (i.e. wiped the Dalvik cache, etc. and reset battery stats in recovery) and ended up with a "naked" SGS2 with the above specs. Yet, this didn't solve my problems.
What I hope to find here:
i) Someone sharing their solid experience/knowledge as to what causes such behaviour.
ii) Instructions how to reset the phone to its stock software (remember c) above).
iii) Other suggestions how to fix these problems.
What I have at hand:
Windows 7; Ubuntu (preferrred, also used it to flash the phone back then); a PhD in computer science.
What I don't have:
An SD-Card, but willing to buy if needed; knowlegde of all acronyms and "community speak", but willing to learn.
tl;dr: Thanks for reading so far.
Best,
Daniel
Hi, I was wondering if you got this fixed yet?
Hi there,
no I didn't find the time to play/mess around with the phone. If you do -- I expect you have a similar problem -- please let me know.
Best
Ponnyhof said:
Hi there,
no I didn't find the time to play/mess around with the phone. If you do -- I expect you have a similar problem -- please let me know.
Best
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Can you connect it to PC in download mode?Or it doesn't work at all?
Also,you can try Mobile Odin to reset your phone.It can take a time,I've never tried it before,but I have seen that it works.Here's a video that can help you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLxGzWYGDNw (it's the same for S2,don't worry that it'a an S3).And for the firmware,go to http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/ and create yourself an account.I recommend you to download the UK/IIreland -XEU firmware,because I know it's an unlocked firmware.Download it right on your mobile,then flash it via Mobile Odin.Let me know that it helped.
GamingDj
I had the exact same problem after using a car charger. I took my phone in for warranty repairs and they changed the USB flex cable and the battery. No more issues since then.
Ponnyhof said:
Hi there,
no I didn't find the time to play/mess around with the phone. If you do -- I expect you have a similar problem -- please let me know.
Best
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Yup, my phone says charging for some time even after I pull the cable out and I can not shut it down because it restarts itself.
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Mine seems to have fixed itself
I will report back in the next 3 days to say how it is
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UPDATE: The phone messed up again then restored back to awesomeness within 3 days. Weird
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UPDATE: The phone has been running perfectly since my last post, seems like this is a temporary problem(at least for me it is)
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So my i777 running ICSrewed 2.0.1 with siyah kernel and previously hellraised CheckROM thinks its changing when it isn't. To be more correct it starts and stops charging every couple seconds when no usb is connected. So it will vibrate in my pocket every few second when it thinks i disconnected the usb cable. When turned off the phone flashes the battery charging screen followed by the battery screen with the yellow triangle and thermometer. This happens no matter what. I've reflashed my rom, tried entropy's DD instead of siyah kernel with no results. Also it seems to have several different ideas about the battery level, if i restart the phone the battery level usually changes by around 20%.
I'm not running any setCPU or UV apart from whats build into the kernel. Phone is only about 2 months old and is always kept in an industrial ballistic case.
Any ideas? Am i looking at a hardware issue or something that could be software related?
Thanks in advance
Any help is greatly appreciated
Sounds like 1 of 3 things IMO .. either the OS is freaking out or your battery is defective or your miniUSB connection is dirty/messed up/bent.
I had the issue after about a month where my GSII would go into car dock mode out of the blue for no reason. Voice search would fire up randomly. A factory reset fixed mine but there are tons of people that have reported the miniUSB needing cleaning (and/or a touch of grease) and resolved the issue.
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jsd6265 said:
So my i777 running ICSrewed 2.0.1 with siyah kernel and previously hellraised CheckROM thinks its changing when it isn't. To be more correct it starts and stops charging every couple seconds when no usb is connected. So it will vibrate in my pocket every few second when it thinks i disconnected the usb cable. When turned off the phone flashes the battery charging screen followed by the battery screen with the yellow triangle and thermometer. This happens no matter what. I've reflashed my rom, tried entropy's DD instead of siyah kernel with no results. Also it seems to have several different ideas about the battery level, if i restart the phone the battery level usually changes by around 20%.
I'm not running any setCPU or UV apart from whats build into the kernel. Phone is only about 2 months old and is always kept in an industrial ballistic case.
Any ideas? Am i looking at a hardware issue or something that could be software related?
Thanks in advance
Any help is greatly appreciated
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It's your USB port. It's done. Use warranty, replace it. There is no fix. It happened to me as well. Be sure to revert your phone back to stock, then wipe the internal SD card as well. Look through the threads in General for the revert to stock by Entropy.
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It's your USB port. It's done. Use warranty, replace it. There is no fix. It happened to me as well. Be sure to revert your phone back to stock, then wipe the internal SD card as well. Look through the threads in General for the revert to stock by Entropy.
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Yes, this. There are several threads in Q&A or General (including one by me) regarding USB port failures. The behaviors you describe are pretty much across-the-board for those of us who had this happen. As recommended above - warranty replacement is the way to go - they may make you go through a bunch of steps prior to approving your RMA - a common one seems to be to try another battery. As far as I know, this has not worked for anyone who tried it.
Yes - your described symptoms are consistent with what appears to be the most likely hardware failure scenario I777 owners are going to encounter if they encounter any hardware failures.
I have same problem.but just started since running ics screwed same version...never happened on any others
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Thanks everyone, that's what i was thinking, it was just strange because apart from the phone freaking out in my pocket it hasn't had any effect, the usb works for everything else.
I don't think it's ISCrewed in particular, it started when i was on CheckROM, i flashed ISCrewed just in case it was something about the hellraised rom.
Thanks again, back to my cappy i guess
I have the identical issue. Many times a day the phone "chirps" and thinks it has been plugged in/unplugged in, though it hasn't. It also enters and exits driving mode on a similarly random basis. Unfortunately I bought this phone used (though the problem only started this week, and I've owned the phone for 2 months), so I'm fearing that I won't be eligible for RMA. Has anyone had success using the Samsung manufacturer's warranty when they aren't the original purchaser?
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I have the identical issue. Many times a day the phone "chirps" and thinks it has been plugged in/unplugged in, though it hasn't. It also enters and exits driving mode on a similarly random basis. Unfortunately I bought this phone used (though the problem only started this week, and I've owned the phone for 2 months), so I'm fearing that I won't be eligible for RMA. Has anyone had success using the Samsung manufacturer's warranty when they aren't the original purchaser?
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What ROM are you using?
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What ROM are you using?
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Unnamed 2.2.1
hmm weird I was having problem on ics screwed changed and now no problem recently..hoping it isn't the port!
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I've been running Unnamed 2.2.1 since late December, and the problem only started a few days ago, which makes me think it's probably not software related, at least in my case. I've read many accounts of GS2 owners whose USB ports start flaking out and causing identical problems to what I'm experiencing, so my hunch is that's what it is. Before I look into a warranty return, I'm going to clean out the port with rubbing alcohol and a paintbrush.
I had this happen as well. It seemed to happen soon after I would flash siyah kernel. happened 3-4 times. For the past month or so have been running only entrophys dd kernel and have not had the issue come back yet.
I was running siyah too been running entropys fine since i switched..idk if kernel glitch or just coincidence
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Been there, done that
I had the exact same problems described above a few months ago. Thankfully, a "knowledgeable" AT&T rep just gave me an 800 number to call...did their obligatory troubleshooting and sent me a replacement (took a few days). Of course, I ordered a USB jig to erase the "root" counters just in case.
I noticed the problem on UnNamed (although it ended up not being the ROM of course) and switched to CM7....seems like I either never had the problem on CM7 or it took a really long time to come back.
Regardless, while i was waiting on the replacement, I removed the battery and, as was said above, swished around a small paintbrush dipped in rubbing alcohol in the USB port....didn't have the problem again. Went ahead and switched out phones anyway...but appeared to be "fixed". Kinda sad though...I rarely even use the USB (switch out between 3 batteries)...never had that kind of problem with my previous "fruit" phone. ;-)
I swabbed out the USB port with rubbing alcohol two days ago, and the problem hasn't happened since then. That same day, and since then, I've stopped keeping the phone in the bathroom while I take a shower, on the thinking that the steam could be aggravating the problem. Don't know whether the alcohol or the no-bathroom rule has helped things, but the problem seems to be gone for now.
adam8281 said:
I swabbed out the USB port with rubbing alcohol two days ago, and the problem hasn't happened since then. That same day, and since then, I've stopped keeping the phone in the bathroom while I take a shower, on the thinking that the steam could be aggravating the problem. Don't know whether the alcohol or the no-bathroom rule has helped things, but the problem seems to be gone for now.
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AWESOME! Hope more people see this...seems to be more common than a Google search would imply.
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Yep , mine has just started doing this the other day... Bent the usb port pins a bit and while it is stuck in charging mode (it thinks) it is not jumping to the dock or anything... so as long as i dont turn it off im ok for now.
Question is , I am running an ICS build AKOP 4.0.3 , do you think it could be safe doing triangle away (since the usb port is pretty much gone to try a jig might not be worth it) and mobile odin to flash back to stock so that I can bring it into my local att store and see what I can do there?
adam8281 said:
I have the identical issue. Many times a day the phone "chirps" and thinks it has been plugged in/unplugged in, though it hasn't. It also enters and exits driving mode on a similarly random basis. Unfortunately I bought this phone used (though the problem only started this week, and I've owned the phone for 2 months), so I'm fearing that I won't be eligible for RMA. Has anyone had success using the Samsung manufacturer's warranty when they aren't the original purchaser?
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You could try telling Samsung that it was a gift. They should be able to determine the original purchase date from the IMEI. I've never dealt with Samsung directly, only At&t. I did a warranty replacement on my original SII last month for the same issue and am now in the process of getting a 2nd replacement for the same issue. Just an FYI, revert to stock before you call them, they'll ask what version you're running, I was running 2.3.4 stock last night. They decided to push the 2.3.6 update to my phone and said I'd have to wait 24 hours before continuing onto getting another replacement. You'll also want to tell them you've already done a factory reset, it'll save you time. I'd recommend grabbing a beer or two for the call, makes working your way through their troubleshooting a bit easier.
Hi,
Recently installed Cyanogenmod on my new Galaxy S2, I couldn't get the stable version to install and after googling several threads on XDA recommended using a nightly build so I went ahead and downloaded the latest one at the time (April 19th release). All was fine, a couple of small bugs but nothing I couldn't work around. The only thing really bothering me was being unable to add a Facebook account.
Yesterday I decided to update to the latest version to see if that release had addressed the Facebook issue. It wouldn't allow me to connect to Wi-Fi, or add a Google account so I restored a backup from a couple of days before and thought nothing of it. Last night when I plugged my phone in it wouldn't charge, I thought I'd knocked the plug out of the wall and I was tired so I just went to sleep. I woke up this morning and my phone was dead and I can't do anything to get it to charge. I have checked the charger with another phone and it's working fine.
I have borrowed someone else's battery and I am able to turn on the phone, but nothing I have tried so far will get it to recognise a charger. I have tried:
resetting battery stats in CWM
resetting cache (both Dalvik and normal)
restoring to an earlier backup
reinstalling CM9 (the 19th April release that worked for me before)
finally restored my phone to stock using my initial backup, but still no joy
After all the above the problem continues. The really odd thing is that it will charge via USB from my PC, or at least it displays a charging animation - no change in battery level reading after 45 mins. It plays the USB plugged/unplugged sound on the PC and phone around every 30 seconds. So after all that my questions are:
1/ Is this a likely to be a Cyanogenmod issue or a hardware fault that coincidentally developed at the same time?
2/ Any suggestions to fix this?
Please let me know if you need any more info, thanks in advance for help.
Diberlee
[EDIT] I'm unable to get the phone to connect to the PC in download mode, I can get into Odin on the phone but it won't connect to the PC.
m8 post in cm9 thread,ull get good help.....if ur not on cm9 then flash again stock rom or c with diffrent usb cable.
After a full factory reset this issue sorted itself out. Guess the simplest solution is sometimes the best =)
Thanks for taking the time to read all the same.
diberlee said:
After a full factory reset this issue sorted itself out. Guess the simplest solution is sometimes the best =)
Thanks for taking the time to read all the same.
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Yes and a point to bear in mind many user go down the long and winding road just to get to starting point of factory reset .
jje
If you are facing an issue with Samsung galaxy SII with fake charging and you think that it’s a port issue and you are willing to change the USB port for your device please stop and action the below steps 1st to make sure that its not a software issue
• Take a backup from all your data in the internal memory
• Wipe your device by dialing the code *2767*3855# in your phone app
• Open the device in the download mood and flash on it a stock 2.3.5 OS
• After that you’ll find your device working like charm
• Don’t root your device in this phase, just flash it with a stock 4.0.3 and then flash it with the root from CF-root
• After that you can flash a custom ROM and I recommend Resurrection Remix
• The idea that you change from ICS to ginger bread that you will completely wipe everything in your device so it will be as if you are buying it new.
Appreciate that the above is helping people having this issue as I had it and now its solved.
The Original Post down there
Dear XDA team,
Appreciate your support on the below:
I’m an android user since 2009 I had many devices since that date ended with galaxy SII i9100 “international edition” 16GB
It was working fine from Dec 2011 till 4 days back.
4 days back the battery was 10 % and I plugged the original charger to the device and I slept for about 8 H, then I unplugged the charger how ever since that time my device is having the animation of the charging in the battery and its giving that its already plugged to the charger.. The main issue that I thought it’s a USB port issue so I tried to clean it with alcohol and with a tooth brush gently and nothing was helping... then I found that in the CWM the USB cable is working fine in mount mood so this means that nothing bad with the port so I tried to think about the ROM, I formatted the system drive and cleaned the kernel and installed the official software ICS 4.0.3 and I removed the root.. I still have the issue and its always giving me that the battery health is overvoltage I asked someone in the local warranty and he stated that there is some issue with water with the device which I know by heart that it was not effected by water.. I thought maybe because all the galaxy SII users are experiencing overheated issues and we spent most of the time in air conditioner here in Egypt so it can affect by heat and the condensation process but supposed that the device must have a failsafe protocol .. I have a good faith in Samsung but I found that the issue is still there and nothing was treated, someone told me that it can be a battery issue and you have to install a new battery and I did changed the same and I tried to put also the battery in deep freezer to lose its volts and nothing helped ..
Last trouble shooting made was to try to remove the battery and put the device in the sun to have any amount of moisture away and I let it about 3 H and also I put the charger in the device without the battery and I found it opening without battery as this was for me something strange.
Please share your ideas with me as I can’t find help from the warranty or from anyone and I don’t want to void my warranty by changing the USB port as most of people advised to..
Waiting for your kind ideas to help me with my poor situation
Sorry for making it long for you to read all the above but I really want to explain everything I did to help in solving the problem as I searched the internet and I found that many people are experiencing the same.
Your kind feedback is highly appreciated.
i'm sorry to tell you but it seems that you do have some problems with the usb flex cable (usb socket) and from what i have read here it seems that it doesn't need for the phone to be soaked in water... just condensation can cause you these problems... so you can guess what i can advise you... replacement
when i had the same problem i took it to servicing and they dismounted it and cleaned it properly, it worked for a couple of days but i ended up replacing the faulty part
gigeaky said:
i'm sorry to tell you but it seems that you do have some problems with the usb flex cable (usb socket) and from what i have read here it seems that it doesn't need for the phone to be soaked in water... just condensation can cause you these problems... so you can guess what i can advise you... replacement
when i had the same problem i took it to servicing and they dismounted it and cleaned it properly, it worked for a couple of days but i ended up replacing the faulty part
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Thanks gigeaky for your support i wish i can have any other solution.
My experience is different. I just got the phone and it was charging normally albeitba little slow compared to my sensation but now with a custom rom it has the fake charging issue.
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If you were on a gingerbread rom before you should know that it doesn't show you that error, but you can try. And also I'm not trying to be rude but search for this problem and read the specific thread... Last time I checked there were almost 20 pages about this problem.
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gigeaky said:
If you were on a gingerbread rom before you should know that it doesn't show you that error, but you can try. And also I'm not trying to be rude but search for this problem and read the specific thread... Last time I checked there were almost 20 pages about this problem.
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i already searched the internet regarding the same and i got the point and i mentioned clearly that i did all that they made but its not working and i don't want to change the USB port that's why i created this thread to gain more experience from XDA family as i know by heart that everyone here is having great ideas.
thanks for your kind participation
moe.nassef said:
i already searched the internet regarding the same and i got the point and i mentioned clearly that i did all that they made but its not working and i don't want to change the USB port that's why i created this thread to gain more experience from XDA family as i know by heart that everyone here is having great ideas.
thanks for your kind participation
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If you don't want to change the part for the USB port, then you're eliminating the one thing that will definitely fix your issue.
Hey guys, i know ot os inrelated bit i just left my phond to charge overnight and whrn i picked it up to check the time it was boilong. I have no apps running, just wifi ad the screen wasnt even on
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Remove battery, goto recovery wipe data cache.
Still issues, format system partition and flash the rom again.
Still issue change the modem
atifsh said:
Remove battery, goto recovery wipe data cache.
Still issues, format system partition and flash the rom again.
Still issue change the modem
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I did all what you've mentioned and its not helping i guess its a battery issue as i tried something here .. i put the device in the download mood and its was connected to odin fine .. also now am having the device connecting as internet tethering activated on my laptop.. definitly i need a larger battery to use but the issue that no one is selling the same in Egypt
if any one know a place in Egypt selling <2000 MAP battery for Galaxy S2 i'll be glad to have this thing done ASAP.
today i went and through the device to the warranty office in order to be fixed there and they had a look in the device they mentioned that its a recurrent issue and it must be water and they will check the same and feed me back .. warranty here in Egypt is sucks like everything about this damn country.
wish me luck
Before doing anything dramatic, try the following method, which worked successfully for me:
Get a compressed air can and blow the USB input a few times in short bursts. Do not use anything else than compressed air, unless you want to run into more serious problems.
I face the problem calibration also not working and i got no ans that can solved the problem for me too now m also searching the result.
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Well, first of all, I should start by greeting the community, as this is my first post. So, yeah, hey everybody, been reading the forum for quite a while now, and it's been of a great help
Now, to the problem - this morning I noticed that my sgs2 had turned itself off. I didn't suspect the phone to be bricked or something as this happens from time to time when using custom roms. I tried turning it back on, it booted up, showed my kernels logo (DorimanX, not sure for the version though), so I put my phone in my pocket. After half an hour or so, I wanted to make a call, but I noticed that my sgs2 still hadn't booted up. So I tried restarting my phone using the power button, but instead of restarting it just turned off and I hadn't been able to turn it on since - it's bricked
I've heard of phones getting bricked while flashing a new rom or kernel, but never had I thought it could happen on simply booting up...
I did some research on bricked SGS2 and here's what I have done so far:
I've tried booting up in recovery/download modes, but that doesnt work.
I've tried soft/hard resetting my phone - still no luck.
I've also tried making an USB Jig, didn't work though. I'm not quite sure if my self-made jig works in the first place, as I did mess up the micro usb connector pretty bad while soldering resistors to pins. I'll try that one again with a different jack later and will keep you updated on weather it worked or not.
So, my question is, if my second try at making a USB Jig fails, is JTagging my only chance on reviving the phone? I guess that a MOBO change would probably help.
Another question is, if JTagging is my only chance, wouldn't it be easyer to just replace the bricked NAND chip? Then again, even though I have all kinds of soldering equipment accessible and also have the skills to do it, I have no idea where it's located on the mobo... Some info on that would also be much appreciated.
I havent flashed a new rom for quite a while now, last time I did it was when the latest version of Resurrection Remix was released.
My CPU wasn't overclocked - it was underclocked to 1GHz.
I was using DorimanX kernel.
Thanks in advance
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Well, first of all, I should start by greeting the community, as this is my first post. So, yeah, hey everybody, been reading the forum for quite a while now, and it's been of a great help
Now, to the problem - this morning I noticed that my sgs2 had turned itself off. I didn't suspect the phone to be bricked or something as this happens from time to time when using custom roms. I tried turning it back on, it booted up, showed my kernels logo (DorimanX, not sure for the version though), so I put my phone in my pocket. After half an hour or so, I wanted to make a call, but I noticed that my sgs2 still hadn't booted up. So I tried restarting my phone using the power button, but instead of restarting it just turned off and I hadn't been able to turn it on since - it's bricked
I've heard of phones getting bricked while flashing a new rom or kernel, but never had I thought it could happen on simply booting up...
I did some research on bricked SGS2 and here's what I have done so far:
I've tried booting up in recovery/download modes, but that doesnt work.
I've tried soft/hard resetting my phone - still no luck.
I've also tried making an USB Jig, didn't work though. I'm not quite sure if my self-made jig works in the first place, as I did mess up the micro usb connector pretty bad while soldering resistors to pins. I'll try that one again with a different jack later and will keep you updated on weather it worked or not.
So, my question is, if my second try at making a USB Jig fails, is JTagging my only chance on reviving the phone? I guess that a MOBO change would probably help.
Another question is, if JTagging is my only chance, wouldn't it be easyer to just replace the bricked NAND chip? Then again, even though I have all kinds of soldering equipment accessible and also have the skills to do it, I have no idea where it's located on the mobo... Some info on that would also be much appreciated.
I havent flashed a new rom for quite a while now, last time I did it was when the latest version of Resurrection Remix was released.
My CPU wasn't overclocked - it was underclocked to 1GHz.
I was using DorimanX kernel.
Thanks in advance
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What happens when you plug the charger. Does it charge?
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What happens when you plug the charger. Does it charge?
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I guess the battery is charging, as it heats up, but I don't see the charging animation. Also my PC won't see that a USB divice of any kind is connected.
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I guess the battery is charging, as it heats up, but I don't see the charging animation. Also my PC won't see that a USB divice of any kind is connected.
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order an usb jig and try. If it does not work send it to a repair center
Very similar happened to me a couple of days ago. Sgs2 crashed and wouldn't boot. I was also running dorimanx kernel, under clocked at 1ghz.
Originally I managed to get to download mode (not recovery mode). Kernels wouldn't flash via odin. I also tried using samsung kies to flash stock without success.
I tried the solution for nand bricked phones in this forum, however, this appears to have hard bricked the phone, since it failed to flash and now the phone does nothing (other than get hot when it is plugged in.) Nothing shows on screen. The PC does not recognise the device.
None of the threads I've read seem to offer a solution to this - any ideas? I guess I need to try a service centre, but thought I'd mention since I had same configuration as jankanolv, which of course may just be a coincidence...
birdr said:
Very similar happened to me a couple of days ago. Sgs2 crashed and wouldn't boot. I was also running dorimanx kernel, under clocked at 1ghz.
Originally I managed to get to download mode (not recovery mode). Kernels wouldn't flash via odin. I also tried using samsung kies to flash stock without success.
I tried the solution for nand bricked phones in this forum, however, this appears to have hard bricked the phone, since it failed to flash and now the phone does nothing (other than get hot when it is plugged in.) Nothing shows on screen. The PC does not recognise the device.
None of the threads I've read seem to offer a solution to this - any ideas? I guess I need to try a service centre, but thought I'd mention since I had same configuration as jankanolv, which of course may just be a coincidence...
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Sounds familliar, lol. Anyways, did you use USB Jig to get to download mode? Or you just managed to boot it up on it's own?
I am really confused right now, because I'm pretty sure this can't be a hard brick as nothing has went wrong while flashing something on the device - it just bricked itself...
I've just get in the forum a few minutes ago only to find somoene with this symptoms, and i wasn't in here for too long and voilá...
Since yesterday my SGII, with no problems to this date, went in reboot mode for a few times.
I have no clue what is going on, but im sure something is.
i'll wait to see if theres anyone else complaining about it.
cheers
Hmm... Looks like a lot of people are getting this "brick" lately.
Maybe we all used some kind of app that bricked the phone on bootup?
Well, I tried to make another Jig, didn't work... This time though, I screwed my resitors up...
Another thing - is it really relevant to have exactly 301kOhm resistance between pins 4 and 5? As far as I know, it just kind of short circuits some pins on MOBO, which tells the phone to boot up in download mode. But I might be wrong...
Btw, sorry for the double post.
Same Problem
Hi,
I just face the same problem today,
now my S2 not working and just heat up.
this only happened after the original update done to my S2 - Android 4.1.2 - 2 days ago.
any help please
heat up....near the rear camera heat up?
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Mine gets hot near the camera. Nothing shows on screen.
In answer to jankanolv's questions:
- originally I could get to download mode via pressing home/power/volume down. (Not any more following failed flash). I've not tried a USB jig.
- my crash which started the situation occurred while I was listening to tune in radio pro app.
Well guys....near camera heating + no boot/dl/recovery = claim warranty saying that you factory reset the phone, 4.0.4 was laggy.
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was going to post a thread asking for help for what appears to be a similar problem
mine got stuck in a bootloop after pulling the battery, tried flashing new software in recovery then tried through odin but kept failing, now its bricked.
does nothing, wont go into either download or recovery mode so looks like its off to the service centre with it.
ahmadmetwally said:
Hi,
I just face the same problem today,
now my S2 not working and just heat up.
this only happened after the original update done to my S2 - Android 4.1.2 - 2 days ago.
any help please
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Yessss! good to know I'm not the only one facing this issue.
I posted a thread about this yesterday but it is all the way down in page 3 already:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192996
I tapped on the "sync" toggle on the notification shade and my phone just turned itself off.
Recovery and download mode were accessible though.
Thanks for the help.
I went to Samsung to get them to fix based on the factory reset while on stock 4.04 premise, but they were having none of it, and wanted to charge me to investigate the problem. Once out of warranty period, it seems it doesn't matter if their software can brick your phone!
I found a local phone fixing service in Hong Kong which investigated, diagnosed as a motherboard failure (which I suspect my problem genuinely was given how firmware flashes were failing), and replaced + fitted for 700hkd, (approx 90usd). The guy did it in front of me within 10 mins. "Andy Telecom" in Mongkok, on +852 9237 9237 in case someone else has the same issue locally.
Well, outta warranty...that's another story. You only get 1-2 years to brick your device
Glad you had it fixed for 90 bucks, some service centers charge around 150.
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Well, I finally managed to make a working USB Jig, tried it on Galaxy Ace, worked like a charm.
What confuses me right now, is that my sgs2 has drained all the battery, even though it was switched off for about 2 days. I'm charging the device right now, and I will keep you updated on weather my jig works..
Sorry for double-posting again on an old thread, just wanted to let you guys know - I took the phone to warranty service and they changed the mobo. I didn't have to pay anything and everything is working normally. Of course all data on sd card is now lost for good, lol.
So if you hard brick your device so badly it even won't respond to usb jig and you still have your warranty active, don't bother trying to revive your phone - just take it to warranty service
I guess they couldn't see the odin download count so they cant void my warranty, he he he ]
Hello, I have a samsung galaxy s2 gt i9100 with a problem that I do not manage to find from where it comes. when I branch to the PC displaying the battery collapses until zero and then unplugged when it goes out and it is necessary to remove the battery and put it back to the start and functioning normally. well when it is off and that puts him in charge and then to start you must remove the battery and put it back and then it starts normally. beginning if someone has a solution or explanation I'm interested. thank you in advance.
Try a new battery. Also sounds a lot like the USB board/port is on the fritz; it almost always throws up intermittent problems like the ones you're experiencing rather than dying completely all of a sudden.
Replacing it is easy/cheap to do. There have been lots of threads about this issue on here over the past few months, search for those. You need to look at the USB board you currently have in the phone & order the exact same one. There are 4 different revisions from memory, get the wrong version & your phone may not work/properly after you change it. So it pays to get it right first time.
MistahBungle said:
Try a new battery. Also sounds a lot like the USB board/port is on the fritz; it almost always throws up intermittent problems like the ones you're experiencing rather than dying completely all of a sudden.
Replacing it is easy/cheap to do. There have been lots of threads about this issue on here over the past few months, search for those. You need to look at the USB board you currently have in the phone & order the exact same one. There are 4 different revisions from memory, get the wrong version & your phone may not work/properly after you change it. So it pays to get it right first time.
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thank you for the answer
You're welcome Hope you get it sorted (Let us know how you get on).
I have change the usb card but it's the same thing .i have changed to rom stock but it's the same . I think now the problem is in mothercard .
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Whoa. Wait a minute.
You're trying to tell me you were able to source a new USB board/port on a Sunday & replace it all in the space of 3 hours ?