[Q]Does my GT-I9100 got bricked? Need help - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello everyone! ^^
My phone now can not boot up when i press and hold power button. Here is my work before that:
- First, i use Odin to flash stock ICS I9100DXLPF
- Then, reboot to stock recovery, flash cwm (on sdcard) and use cwm flash superuser for root the phone and remove yeallow icon
- When completed, i reset the phone -> all worked
- Next, i reboot to stock recovery and flash cwm (on sdcard) again and wipe data/factory reset (i want flash custom ROM)
-> I wait for 10' but this cwm can't wipe
- Then, i press and hold power button for reboot -> And the phone poweroff, and never boot up again
Some questions:
- Does my phone got bricked? And how do it can brick, when i don't wipe system, only wipe factory/reset?
I need your help, friends
- I have efsbackup, if i change the motherboard, can i use my backed up efs for apply old imei? ^^
- If i buy a new s2 phone (but lost IMEI, so that dont hear the SIM), can i use efsbackup to apply my old imei for new phone?

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Krensii said:
Hello everyone! ^^
My phone now can not boot up when i press and hold power button. Here is my work before that:
- First, i use Odin to flash stock ICS I9100DXLPF
- Then, reboot to stock recovery, flash cwm (on sdcard) and use cwm flash superuser for root the phone and remove yeallow icon
- When completed, i reset the phone -> all worked
- Next, i reboot to stock recovery and flash cwm (on sdcard) again and wipe data/factory reset (i want flash custom ROM)
-> I wait for 10' but this cwm can't wipe
- Then, i press and hold power button for reboot -> And the phone poweroff, and never boot up again
A question: Does my phone got bricked? And how do it can brick, when i don't wipe system, only wipe factory/reset?
I need your help, friends
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Sounds like you may have had the unfortunate eMMC superbrick bug which hard-bricks your phone beyond saving (even by JTAG) this happens if you were one of the unfortunate ones (like me). If you running stock 4.0.4 kernal then this is certainly what has happened as you tried to wipe... give me a few mins i will get you thread
edit: couldnt find thread but i am 99% sure. What kernal were you running?

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rsr1 said:
Sounds like you may have had the unfortunate eMMC superbrick bug which hard-bricks your phone beyond saving (even by JTAG) this happens if you were one of the unfortunate ones (like me). If you running stock 4.0.4 kernal then this is certainly what has happened as you tried to wipe... give me a few mins i will get you thread
edit: couldnt find thread but i am 99% sure. What kernal were you running?
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Im using stock kernel of Stock ICS ROM (4.0.4). I just rooted, removed yellow icon...by cwm only, on sdcard
(This cwm independent work, and dont need custom kernel )
What can i do for save my phone? Thank bro

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Krensii said:
Im using stock kernel of Stock ICS ROM (4.0.4). I just rooted, removed yellow icon...by cwm only, on sdcard
(This cwm independent work, and dont need custom kernel )
What can i do for save my phone? Thank bro
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thanks for the quick reply..
i had same problem and didn't realize at first and sent it in for JTAG but it cannot be fixed..
ONLY option now is motherboard replacement.. if you still have Samsung warranty you will be fine as they cannot tell if you modified the phone because they change the whole board

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i have been monitoring many of your posts lately and they are all garbage. stop commenting useless stuff for post count moron

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Are you stalking me?
Lol, why would I want to increase my post count? Think about it...WHY?
Nothing good comes to mind?
Let me spell it for you:
I.A.M.H.A.V.I.N.G.F.U.N.
And trying helping while I'm at it too.
Now go read something funny.
Sent from the little guy

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rsr1 said:
thanks for the quick reply..
i had same problem and didn't realize at first and sent it in for JTAG but it cannot be fixed..
ONLY option now is motherboard replacement.. if you still have Samsung warranty you will be fine as they cannot tell if you modified the phone because they change the whole board
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I have efsbackup, if i change the motherboard, can i use my backed up efs for apply old imei? ^^

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Update some questions in #1

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No, you can't. Your device should have the same IMEI if it's done by an authorised repairer. If it's done by someone who isn't an authorised repairer, who knows what will happen. One thing is for certain tho, if you try and restore your EFS backup when you get your phone fixed, there's a fair chance you'll bork it.
Don't try it.
Edit - No you cannot restore an EFS backup from one phone to another phone. The IMEI is a unique identifier that identifies a specific (one) device. Changing IMEI's is illegal in most countries, I suggest you stop talking about same or mods will close your thread (Per XDA rule "Don't do/say anything that gets us 'in trouble'")
Extra edit - @OP:- I've done a bit more rummaging through my SGS2 bookmarks, so far as whether you keep your existing IMEI or whether you get a new one when the board is replaced, it seems to vary a bit. Most old examples I could dig up where the person posted after they got the phone back kept their existing IMEI's, and a couple say they got new ones. Hard to say whether it's a country to country thing (seems that way) or whether it varies even amongst individual authorised repairers in the same country (less likely).
Regardless of what happens in your case, why would it matter whether you had the existing IMEI or a new one ? It makes absolutely no difference to you as a phone user, and would only make a difference to someone if there was some dodginess or 'shenanigans' going on. Rest assured, if your phone is fixed by an authorised repair, it will work exactly as it did before you borked it (minus the data you had in the internal storage, obviously).
Extra extra edit () - Tho if you get a board from a 'donor' phone & replace it yourself/get a local mobile shop to do it, you'll end up with the IMEI on that board. Again, I don't really recommend attempting to restore an EFS backup from another phone (And talking about same on here is nada).

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MistahBungle said:
No, you can't. Your device should have the same IMEI if it's done by an authorised repairer. If it's done by someone who isn't an authorised repairer, who knows what will happen. One thing is for certain tho, if you try and restore your EFS backup when you get your phone fixed, there's a fair chance you'll bork it.
Don't try it.
Edit - No you cannot restore an EFS backup from one phone to another phone. The IMEI is a unique identifier that identifies a specific (one) device. Changing IMEI's is illegal in most countries, I suggest you stop talking about same or mods will close your thread (Per XDA rule "Don't do/say anything that gets us 'in trouble'")
Extra edit - @OP:- I've done a bit more rummaging through my SGS2 bookmarks, so far as whether you keep your existing IMEI or whether you get a new one when the board is replaced, it seems to vary a bit. Most old examples I could dig up where the person posted after they got the phone back kept their existing IMEI's, and a couple say they got new ones. Hard to say whether it's a country to country thing (seems that way) or whether it varies even amongst individual authorised repairers in the same country (less likely).
Regardless of what happens in your case, why would it matter whether you had the existing IMEI or a new one ? It makes absolutely no difference to you as a phone user, and would only make a difference to someone if there was some dodginess or 'shenanigans' going on. Rest assured, if your phone is fixed by an authorised repair, it will work exactly as it did before you borked it (minus the data you had in the internal storage, obviously).
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Thank you sir, now i know that is not good thing. I'll dont talk about it again

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You're welcome I hope having it repaired goes smoothly/quickly for you.