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first of all plz don't hate for making a new thread i really searched some time and i dind't find anything that helped me.
my sgs2 is stuck at the boot screen (splash screen with the S and "samsung galaxy sII" underneath).
i can access recovery and download mode. so i did a data/cache wipe and factory reset and than i flashed an original firmware with odin. flahs worked fine but my phone is still not booting. i also flashed an insecure kernel and tried - not working so i reflashed the original kernel - still not working. btw i flashed this one "GT-I9100_XEU_I9100XWKE7_I9100XXKE4_I9100XEUKD1".
so can anyone help me plz?!
Lol. Funny.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1108499
jje
JJEgan said:
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1108499
jje
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as i said in my first post if you would have read it i already did this and it is not working!
have you tried updating thru KIES?
which region is your handset from?
and you have already tried using the USB Jig too...right? after reading the POST one
If you belong to XEU, Kies would update the phone to KF3.
After updating the firmware normally the phone gets stuck in the boot screen for 10-15 secs first time around. i hope you are leaving it there for a minute or so.
i tried kies but it didnt recognize the phone.
i also flashed kf3 now but it is still not working. left it on splash screen for about 10 mins or so...
Well for starters a question about failed boot would be better answered in a failed boot thread and you dont mention you have read that post in your OP .
Clean flash
Via CWM recovery mounts and storage format SD card System Data Cache and this will wipe all data .
Factory reset .
Phone will now not boot .
Enter download mode .
Open Odin
Download a stock rom and following instructions connect USB cable and flash .
That fails its a service centre job .
jje
ok jjegan can you plz explain that again so a noob can do it too?
Clean flash
Boot into recovery go to mounts and storage format SD card System Data Cache and this will wipe all data .
Factory reset .
Phone will now not boot no OS .
Enter download mode .
Open Odin
Download a stock rom and following instructions connect USB cable and flash .The same method you used .
jje
That fails its a service centre job .
Firstly, you did mention that you tried a factory reset, so the third post from JJE has no merit, so instead of assuming we know everything and rushing to answer, we need to determine the conditions under which your phone is no longer booting.
Was the phone working normally?
If it was, what rom was the phone running in the first place, and what did you do (if anything) before it got stuck at the boot logo?
The last post by JJE is "assuming" you have the CWM recovery, I am going to ask you, which recovery do u have, is it the stock recovery or the CWM recovery. if it's the ClockworkMod you would know.
Did you try a normal reboot or did you try flashing something on the phone before you got the bootloop?
yes the phone was working normally. i didn't do anything before it got stuck at boot. The stock rom with t-mobile austria branding was running on it. i can't say the exact version. The phone began to lag during games and browsing so i turned it off and wanted to turn it on again as it got stuck at boot logo.
no i do not have cwm installed so the factory reset and data/cache wipe was done from stock recovery.
after several on/off switches i tried flashing an unbranded stock rom available in this forum. first ke7 then kf3 but the phone still wont boot. also kies is not recognizing the phone.
thanks in advance.
What you want to do is get in into download mode open odin and
download and extract this
http://androidadvices.com/downloads/GalaxyS2_GTI9100_XXKG3_2.3.4.zip
tick repartition
click on PIT and select u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4.pit,
click on PDA and select CODE_I9100XXKG3_CL401405_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5,
click on Phone and select MODEM_I9100XXKG3_REV_02_CL1040774.tar.md5,
click on CSC and select GT-I9100-CSC-MULTI-OXAKG3.tar.md5,
flash it
after all done perfectly reboot to recovery and wipe partition cache
reboot once again and you are done
if this helped reply me
unfortuantly it didnt work out. i did everything as you described but it still got stuck at the boot screen.
i really dont know what to do any more...
Downloaded but asking for password to unzip?
One of the major do not touch is both repartition and pit file especially for a novice .
You have taken the steps in the Boot loop thread post recovery wipe user data . Download mode followed by flash a stock rom that fails flash Villain rom .
Personally i would take the phone to a service centre and claim it stopped working during a Kies update .
jje
hey guys please help.
i think i bricked my phone galaxy s2 i9100.
odin is working ,cwm mode is working and even downloading mode is working.
this problem happened after i flashed slim ics rom yesterday 29-4-2012 on my i9100. the main problem behind it is that i'm not able to factory reset the phone.
whenever i try to factory reset my phone in cwm mode or recovery mode,my phone hangs.
i can format my phone through system /format.
i can wipe cache ,dalvik cache and battery stats.
i flashed many roms and kernels but even after flashing any rom or any kernel in my phone ,it doesnt work.
i installed these firmware and tried so that my phone starts working -
with odin
cm9
stock ics
stock gingerbread
lightening rom
through cwm recovery mode
slim ics
thebyani
resurrection roms
dynamic rom
hydrogen rom
kernels -:
siyah 3.1rc4 ,rc6, 3.1.2
cm9 remix
cf
speedmod
phenominal extreme
but nothing is working..
after any thin i flash only see is the GALAXY S2 GT-I9100 logo on my screen.
please guys tell me a way out..
if i flash a rom on my phone then binary count is not increasing but when i install a kernel then it increases. why so?
i can format ,mount ,unmount anything on phone but i cant format the user data or do a factory reset while doing that my phone hangs.
i even tried .PIT file with repartition ticked in the odin.
please tell me as if there is any hardware problem or just a normal problem?
now,
my phone says
cant access to /system/csc/SEK/system/'. in recovery
WHAT DOES IT MEAN ???
can any 1 help me?
Hey guys i got my phone working..
The problem was with siyah 3.1rc6.
It was emmc bug..
Motherboard has been replaced under warranty..
I flashed the official gb firmware and older bootloader ,then reseted my binary counts with usb jig...
shubham.dhand said:
hey guys please help.
i think i bricked my phone galaxy s2 i9100.
odin is working ,cwm mode is working and even downloading mode is working.
this problem happened after i flashed slim ics rom yesterday 29-4-2012 on my i9100. the main problem behind it is that i'm not able to factory reset the phone.
whenever i try to factory reset my phone in cwm mode or recovery mode,my phone hangs.
i can format my phone through system /format.
i can wipe cache ,dalvik cache and battery stats.
i flashed many roms and kernels but even after flashing any rom or any kernel in my phone ,it doesnt work.
i installed these firmware and tried so that my phone starts working -
cm9 ,stock ics ,lightening rom through odin
slim ics , thebyani , resurrection roms through cwm mode
kernels -:
siyah 3.1rc4 ,rc6, 3.1.2
cm9 remix
cf
but nothing is working..
after any thin i flash only see is the GALAXY S2 GT-I9100 logo on my screen.
please guys tell me a way out..
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wel u have a soft brick ma8 dont panic just dwnl a odin flashable stock GB rom and install the same
after that search the forum under samsung gs2 how 2 root ur phone with stock gb fallow the instructions and root ur phone
then select the ics rom like lightening rom and flash thru odin
every thing will be fine
Reading the post, seems like OP did flash a stock file (although ICS, not GB).
2 dumb questions just to confirm. You have the i9100? not the i9100G? Also have you waited a certain amount of time after you flashed those roms? It can take up to a couple minutes for it to first boot.
If above are fine, (you have i9100, and you waited a long time and it was still stuck on i9100 screen)
Try the link below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458
thanks buddy now i'm trying your advice.
Sun90 said:
wel u have a soft brick ma8 dont panic just dwnl a odin flashable stock GB rom and install the same
after that search the forum under samsung gs2 how 2 root ur phone with stock gb fallow the instructions and root ur phone
then select the ics rom like lightening rom and flash thru odin
every thing will be fine
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now i'm doing as you said ,will tell you later that it worked or not..
thanks for your time and your valueable advice
yes my phome is i9100 and i waited for a long time.
Kaze105 said:
Reading the post, seems like OP did flash a stock file (although ICS, not GB).
2 dumb questions just to confirm. You have the i9100? not the i9100G? Also have you waited a certain amount of time after you flashed those roms? It can take up to a couple minutes for it to first boot.
If above are fine, (you have i9100, and you waited a long time and it was still stuck on i9100 screen)
Try the link below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458
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i read this thread before writing this post but it didnt help.
the problem is that i can flash any thing on my phone but i cant factory reset my phone because of which my phone is not starting after flashing any rom or kernel.it just show the logo galaxy s2 gt-i9100.
shubham.dhand said:
i read this thread before writing this post but it didnt help.
the problem is that i can flash any thing on my phone but i cant factory reset my phone because of which my phone is not starting after flashing any rom or kernel.it just show the logo galaxy s2 gt-i9100.
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Factory reset is not required after flashing a rom .
You load rom via Odin it finishes install and then reboots itself .
You load rom via CWM and it goes to reboot screen yes and phone reboots .
As said a stock gb rom flashed via Odin preferably after a format of system data and cache should be your first step .
jje
i did that.
JJEgan said:
Factory reset is not required after flashing a rom .
You load rom via Odin it finishes install and then reboots itself .
You load rom via CWM and it goes to reboot screen yes and phone reboots .
As said a stock gb rom flashed via Odin preferably after a format of system data and cache should be your first step .
jje
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i did as you said but it is not working.
i still cant format/data or factory reset before or after flashing/installing rom via cwm recovery or odin.
still the problem remains the same.i cant delete the user data or cant do factory reset
did you read this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1615058
maybe this will help you?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25216762&postcount=22
Sun90 said:
wel u have a soft brick ma8 dont panic just dwnl a odin flashable stock GB rom and install the same
after that search the forum under samsung gs2 how 2 root ur phone with stock gb fallow the instructions and root ur phone
then select the ics rom like lightening rom and flash thru odin
every thing will be fine
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when i flash gb rom then after flashin there is a installation process in the phone in which it says that cant open data/recovery_log. something like this.
it happens so fast that i couldn't read that.
yeah i gone through these threads.
aHcVolle said:
did you read this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1615058
maybe this will help you?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25216762&postcount=22
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but should i go for flashing my phone with the .pit file?
Nooooooooooooo wait wait wait,don't ever touch pit files and repatition
i would try it but i hope it won't make your problems worse ...
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ok then not ...
Looks like you have siyah rc6. Make sure it's not from the 21st, iirc.
Don't factory reset just to be safe.. Restore your nandroid if possible and change to a later version.
Hope all goes well
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
flash with odin a firmware with 3 file.
Inviato dal mio Transformer Prime TF201 con Tapatalk 2
kedai said:
Looks like you have siyah rc6. Make sure it's not from the 21st, iirc.
Don't factory reset just to be safe.. Restore your nandroid if possible and change to a later version.
Hope all goes well
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
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yup i had siyah 3.1rc6 on my phone.
i tried to restore my nandroid backup but there is no effect on my problem.
how to know weather emmc is fine or currupted?
Try to mount it in CWM and connect it in linux computer and run fsck to check the eMMC. Windows chkdsk is no good.
And please try to remember, did you do this step: flash bad siyah rc6 then wipe/factory reset and get stuck?
if not, then the problem is different from those who flash bad rc6 (which is removed now and siyah is safe)
any thing is not working.
in every thread its written that if my phone goes in download mode and recovery mode then its soft bricked but then how can i unbrick my phone?
or is there any hardware problem?
i can mount and unmount every thing in recovery mode
i can format every thing but only user data cannot be formated,when ever i format/data or factory reset the phone hangs.
is there any other way of hard resetting i9100.?other than cwm recovery?
Have you tried flashing with the .PIT? I doubt it'll work, since other people also tried it, but it's worth a shot.
Phistachio said:
Have you tried flashing with the .PIT? I doubt it'll work, since other people also tried it, but it's worth a shot.
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yup i tried .PIT file too.
tried older bootloader also.but there is no effect on my phone
Hello guys
Is there any way to reset my flash counter using recovery menu (CWM) on my S III?
I have bricked my device and want to send it back to Samsung Customer Support Center.
I need your help
Thank you
tweetatoo said:
Hello guys
Is there any way to reset my flash counter using recovery menu (CWM) on my S III?
I have bricked my device and want to send it back to Samsung Customer Support Center.
I need your help
Thank you
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What means bricked?
Can you get into CWM (I assume you can from above statement)?
Can you get into Download mode?
What happens if you try to flash a stock rom?
chrismast said:
What means bricked?
Can you get into CWM (I assume you can from above statement)?
Can you get into Download mode?
What happens if you try to flash a stock rom?
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After the Jelly Bean update, the device kept in reboot loop and everytime it runs, it shows the screen, hangs, then reboots. I did full factory recovery, restored to the stock 4.0.4 and still the problem persists. It sounds to me like hardware failure. However, I am still able to install ROMs, root and reach both recovery and download screens. Installing stock ROMs did not change the custom firmware counter into "0".
All what I need now is Flash Counter Reset so that the "Custom Binary" is set to "No" and counter is set to "0".
I cannot use TriangleAway app, as I cannot reach apps, even I cannot activate!!
So I need a CWM-flashable one if you can help me on this.
tweetatoo said:
After the Jelly Bean update, the device kept in reboot loop and everytime it runs, it shows the screen, hangs, then reboots. I did full factory recovery, restored to the stock 4.0.4 and still the problem persists. It sounds to me like hardware failure. However, I am still able to install ROMs, root and reach both recovery and download screens. Installing stock ROMs did not change the custom firmware counter into "0".
All what I need now is Flash Counter Reset so that the "Custom Binary" is set to "No" and counter is set to "0".
I cannot use TriangleAway app, as I cannot reach apps, even I cannot activate!!
So I need a CWM-flashable one if you can help me on this.
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did you try to do a mega wipe to have a 100% clean slate (it is different from factory reset) and try to flash a stock 4.0.4 rom afterwards?
I am not aware of any way to reset flash counter from CWM, maybe there is one from Odin/Download Mode?
TA is the only method .
jje
chrismast said:
What means bricked?
Can you get into CWM (I assume you can from above statement)?
Can you get into Download mode?
What happens if you try to flash a stock rom?
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chrismast said:
did you try to do a mega wipe to have a 100% clean slate (it is different from factory reset) and try to flash a stock 4.0.4 rom afterwards?
I am not aware of any way to reset flash counter from CWM, maybe there is one from Odin/Download Mode?
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How can I do the mega wipe?
tweetatoo said:
How can I do the mega wipe?
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here you go, just flash in CWM, but again be careful as it erases anything (not efs folder though), hence prepare a flashable rom on your ext sd card.
chrismast said:
here you go, just flash in CWM, but again be careful as it erases anything (not efs folder though), hence prepare a flashable rom on your ext sd card.
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Thank you. But when I choose to apply zip from sdcard, an error appears showing "Can't Mount /sdcard"
It is NOT hardware failure.
An unsuccessful ROM installation attempt does not damage the hardware. Your chances of having Samsung replace your phone are near zero.
It will help you if you tell us EXACTLY how you tried to install the JB ROM: what tools you used, what options you set, and so on.
Simonetti2011 said:
It is NOT hardware failure.
An unsuccessful ROM installation attempt does not damage the hardware. Your chances of having Samsung replace your phone are near zero.
It will help you if you tell us EXACTLY how you tried to install the JB ROM: what tools you used, what options you set, and so on.
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1- Downloaded stock JB Rom from SamMobile.com. Unzipped to get the .tar file (XSG).
2- Using Odin3 v3.07, I chose it as PDA. Ticked ONLY "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time".
3- After auto-rebooting, I could work for like 5 minutes on the device using internet, apps, etc. Suddenly, the device rebooted and went into endless boot loop.
I think it is hardware failure, because when I attempted to install CWM Touch 6.0, everytime I enter to recovery menu the phone enters the same boot loop!! Hangs, unresponsive screen, then reboots from the recovery menu!
What the title said:
My SGS2 stucks at the reboot logo, SGS2 GT-i9100 >> Logo >> repeating.
I wanted to format my phone cause it was almost full, so i format it, but it doesnt work and i got the same space free.
So i tried to do it manually in Recovery Mode, i formated some stuff, but i formated something like: Format Pre-Load (or something like this) and some more stuff, if im right that was only data/cache etc, and system to.
But now my phone wont reboot....
Help!!!
Phone connects to Odin only, i tried to flash the file i use to rooted my phone again, but i get: FAILED.
Srry for bad English....
Hey guys,
I have a similar problem after attempting a root on my Galasxy i9001T.
I used Odin following the instructions on this thread,http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125414, I've gotten as far as using Odin 1.83, using the GT-I9100T_DUKF2_original.tar as my insure kernel. Odin gave me the green light "OK" and I waited for my phone to boot upt.
My phone gets far as the initial "Samsung SII GT-I9100T" and stays there, there was no yellow triangle, which expected from the instructions. The phone recharges and is able to go into recovery mode, but is Odin is having trouble communicating to the phone via USB, it won't establish a connection, so I have a strange feeling that I've bricked my phone and need help to fix the problem if possible.
My phone model and kernel are below, any assistance in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers.
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Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I1900T
Kernel: 2.6.35.7-I91000TDVLB1-CL957836
Out of warranty
Dannyvld said:
What the title said:
My SGS2 stucks at the reboot logo, SGS2 GT-i9100 >> Logo >> repeating.
I wanted to format my phone cause it was almost full, so i format it, but it doesnt work and i got the same space free.
So i tried to do it manually in Recovery Mode, i formated some stuff, but i formated something like: Format Pre-Load (or something like this) and some more stuff, if im right that was only data/cache etc, and system to.
But now my phone wont reboot....
Help!!!
Phone connects to Odin only, i tried to flash the file i use to rooted my phone again, but i get: FAILED.
Srry for bad English....
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You should not have formatted preload. Why didn't you just format the internal sd card?? Anyway now you will have to flash official firmware with odin. you can find so many guides on how to do that
...and to format your system wasn't the best idea also
Sent from the Matrix
Donnie Sins said:
...and to format your system wasn't the best idea also
Sent from the Matrix
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Indeed.
/System partition is where the rom is stored.
So, what i need to do, flash a official rom with odin?
Tar file?
Can someone just send me the link of the thread that can help me?
I dont want to fail again And i want to fix my phone ASAP.
Already thx
Dannyvld said:
So, what i need to do, flash a official rom with odin?
Tar file?
Can someone just send me the link of the thread that can help me?
I dont want to fail again And i want to fix my phone ASAP.
Already thx
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Watch the third post. There's your answer.
Sent from the Matrix
You cleaned everything boy even the Android OS
You just formated your whole phone you deleted your android os. you have to use ODIN to flash rom download some official firmware of some custom rom or if you have cwm download the rom transfer the zip to sd card or internal on your phone and flash it from cwm. And remember if you want to clean up your phone completly Just use factory reset in setting and if you want to delete all files in your internal sd check delete all files. Never format SYSTEM and PRELOAD
Now he's got a clean device alright.
I can just put a custom rom on it?
Using Siyah kernel, Philz, CWM or another? Does this matter?
Otherwise is put a rom on my sdcard and i put my sd in my phone and i flash it.
I putted a rom on my sd, installed it in Recovery Mode and its working again, thx for the support.
Hi,
I have a Galaxy S3 I9300.
I tried to flash a stock rom a couple of days ago and something went wrong.
Now my touch screen doesn't respond, it's the weirdest thing, I guess I flashed a corrupted file with Odin.
Anyway, I couldn't enter recovery mode (the phone kept roobting when I tried), I managed to flash the CWM recovery and now I can enter recovery mode.
I could flash a rom via external SD card, but still no luck, now I have paranoid, but still the only buttons that work are the home and shutdown (physical buttons) the touch screen just doesn't respond...
What can I do ???
edocoh said:
Hi,
I have a Galaxy S3 I9300.
I tried to flash a stock rom a couple of days ago and something went wrong.
Now my touch screen doesn't respond, it's the weirdest thing, I guess I flashed a corrupted file with Odin.
Anyway, I couldn't enter recovery mode (the phone kept roobting when I tried), I managed to flash the CWM recovery and now I can enter recovery mode.
I could flash a rom via external SD card, but still no luck, now I have paranoid, but still the only buttons that work are the home and shutdown (physical buttons) the touch screen just doesn't respond...
What can I do ???
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which stock rom did you flash a couple of days ago?
If you can get back to recovery now then try download mode too and reflash your countrys/carriers original firmware to what it was before.Then re-root and flash philz recovery and then a custom ROM from the internalSD.
sriram231092 said:
which stock rom did you flash a couple of days ago?
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I've tried so many ROM's to repair that I'm not sure regarding which one is the corrupted one...
I'm almost sure it was downloaded from the link in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2187081
Before flashing a new ROM boot to recovery and manually wipe cache partition and dalvik and format data/system/cache from mounts and storage.After that the phone wont reboot so pull the battery and put it back in and boot to download mode then flash via Odin.Also try Odin v1.85 too.Ive used both v1.85 and v3.07 and sometimes had issues with the newer one.
try this with a different firmware than the first one you used.
the WEIRDEST thing ever
cooza said:
Before flashing a new ROM boot to recovery and manually wipe cache partition and dalvik and format data/system/cache from mounts and storage.After that the phone wont reboot so pull the battery and put it back in and boot to download mode then flash via Odin.Also try Odin v1.85 too.Ive used both v1.85 and v3.07 and sometimes had issues with the newer one.
try this with a different firmware than the first one you used.
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So, I have done what you suggested.
And now, the left bottom 'menu' button work!
it's not a physical button, and It didn't work before.
I know it sound crazy, but this is the situation.
I've tried doing it a few times more, and nada, still the same..
I've tried more roms, but nothing seems to help...
Any ideas anyone ?
Sounds like damage to the hardware from flashing a rom not for this phone .
Good point from JJEgan mate.What was the ROM you flashed to your phone and is your phone an i9300 or i9305?.Maybe another varient..?.Makes a big difference.
cooza said:
Good point from JJEgan mate.What was the ROM you flashed to your phone and is your phone an i9300 or i9305?.Maybe another varient..?.Makes a big difference.
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I have the international I9300.
All the stock rom's that I tried contained '9300' in their name...
the custom roms that I tried were Paranoid and Cyanogenmod.. I was pretty careful regarding the exact model type.
I think maybe at one time I accidentally plugged out the phone while odin was in the reset stage and didn't get to PASS yet.
Can this explain the symptoms ?
If indeed there is a hardware problem, is it fixable or should I begin grieving ?
Flash stock rom via Odin .
Post at what point it fails .
If you unplug your phone in Odin mode you could kill it.Atleast it was at the end.You said you have formatted and reflashed again and I guess that about all you can do but do it a couple more times with your countrys firmware just to make sure.Keep an eye on the flash bar on Odin an watch to see if anything doesnt flash or skips.
I hope you didn't flash a note 2 rom (i and some other users flashed the kernel of note2 and the digitizer was dead), you can read in one of my posts and I'm sure there are other users. Not so many but still.