I've rooted my Samsung galaxy S2 two months ago and I used PhilZ-cwm6-XWLPY-VIA-2.7 kernel. This morning it asked me for software update and I accidentally clicked yes. Now it's just flashing, I can't turn it off, I can't go to the download mode, and it's happening when I'm charging it.
I'm not sure if I have all data written somewhere because it's been two months ago and I didn't expect it to happen again.
Can someone please help me?
cicamaca said:
I've rooted my Samsung galaxy S2 two months ago and I used PhilZ-cwm6-XWLPY-VIA-2.7 kernel. This morning it asked me for software update and I accidentally clicked yes. Now it's just flashing, I can't turn it off, I can't go to the download mode, and it's happening when I'm charging it.
I'm not sure if I have all data written somewhere because it's been two months ago and I didn't expect it to happen again.
Can someone please help me?
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I don't think you can into recovery? Try pulling out your battery and hold power for 10 seconds. Put battery in and try booting into something
Otherwise an usb jig?
Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9100
First it was again green droid with blue bar blinking every two seconds, but after doing what you wrote I managed to get into recovery mode, thank you
Do you think that I should install the same kernel now or should I change something else in order that this doesn't happen again?
Thank you
cicamaca said:
First it was again green droid with blue bar blinking every two seconds, but after doing what you wrote I managed to get into recovery mode, thank you
Do you think that I should install the same kernel now or should I change something else in order that this doesn't happen again?
Thank you
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I don't think the kernel is compatible with the updated rom. So you're probably better off with a different kernel.
Christiaan91 said:
I don't think the kernel is compatible with the updated rom. So you're probably better off with a different kernel.
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Problem is that Odin doesn't recognize it at all so I can't do anything. I've tried all that I could think of (keep in mind that I'm noob) and it's not working.
cicamaca said:
Problem is that Odin doesn't recognize it at all so I can't do anything. I've tried all that I could think of (keep in mind that I'm noob) and it's not working.
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U do have cwm recovery, right? Try flashing siyah or dori kernel through recovery..
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
Not really. At least not that I know of. I'm the first owner, I've just installed new kernel, I didn't touch anything else.
cicamaca said:
Not really. At least not that I know of. I'm the first owner, I've just installed new kernel, I didn't touch anything else.
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If u have flashed a custom kernel, then u most probably have a custom recovery.
Forgive my straight question, but do you know what cwm recovery is and how to enter into recovery?
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
No, I'm complete noob, I thought I said that already
cicamaca said:
No, I'm complete noob, I thought I said that already
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Thats ok..
Read this for more info abt CWM recovery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14942412
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
I've tried it already and I can't get into recovery mode. I get flashing droid again.
It's not working either, I see blinking droid again.
Deleted my post, wrong thread.
Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9100
Keeps on flashing?
Try to get into recovery again and flash a new ROM or just factory reset.
I9100 right?
Your recovery is CWM.
Sent from the little guy
gastonw said:
Keeps on flashing?
Try to get into recovery again and flash a new ROM or just factory reset.
I9100 right?
Your recovery is CWM.
Sent from the little guy
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I managed to get rid of flashing by inserting the same kernel as the last time, and now I have a clear brick, without any flashing
I can't get into recovery mode, just download mode. And none of the kernels I downloaded doesn't work. I have XXLQ6, and I even tried with Q5 but I didn't get any results.
It's time for you to flash a stock ROM.
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Get the right ROM for your device.
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I can't find it, XXLQ6 is code, but I can't find ROM for it. Is there any chance that I can use some other? I've used for XWLPY when I rooted it.
You want the right ROM for your DEVICE (model) not the right ROM for your actual ROM.
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So my friend has been using this site for over a year rooting his HTC Desire and said I should look into rooting my S2, and because the S2 is quite a popular phone it should be an easy hack. So I obliged and downloaded Odin and used this file.\CF-Root-SGS2_ZS_OZS_KG2-v4.1-CWM4\CF-Root-SGS2_ZS_OZS_KG2-v4.1-CWM4.tar.
I put my phone into download mode, followed every step perfectly and it said the download was a success/pass. Now when I try to boot my phone back up it goes to the Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 screen, with a yellow triangle with an ! in the middle. And it wont boot anymore from there.
If this is an easy fix, or if there's an easy way to do this, I apoligize I'm a phone noob. Thanks for any help.
JHolwell said:
So my friend has been using this site for over a year rooting his HTC Desire and said I should look into rooting my S2, and because the S2 is quite a popular phone it should be an easy hack. So I obliged and downloaded Odin and used this file.\CF-Root-SGS2_ZS_OZS_KG2-v4.1-CWM4\CF-Root-SGS2_ZS_OZS_KG2-v4.1-CWM4.tar.
I put my phone into download mode, followed every step perfectly and it said the download was a success/pass. Now when I try to boot my phone back up it goes to the Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 screen, with a yellow triangle with an ! in the middle. And it wont boot anymore from there.
If this is an easy fix, or if there's an easy way to do this, I apoligize I'm a phone noob. Thanks for any help.
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1. make sure you're in the right forum for your device, and used the right file. What is your model number? (printed on the label under the battery)
2. where did you get that file? (CF-Root-SGS2_ZS_OZS_KG2-v4.1-CWM4)
3. did you make a note of what your original kernel version was before you began? (this may be too much to hope for)
ctomgee said:
1. make sure you're in the right forum for your device, and used the right file. What is your model number? (printed on the label under the battery)
2. where did you get that file? (CF-Root-SGS2_ZS_OZS_KG2-v4.1-CWM4)
3. did you make a note of what your original kernel version was before you began? (this may be too much to hope for)
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1.GT-I9100M
2.I followed this topic(post 5, im with bell). http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193695. Then i googled the firmware and downloaded from here. http://hotfile.com/dl/133784983/242e8de/CF-Root-SGS2_ZS_OZS_KG2-v4.1-CWM4.zip.html(probably where I screwed up <_<)
3.And I have no idea, sorry.
Yes, I am curious about this too; could this thread be of use?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
Thanks a ton!
JHolwell said:
1.GT-I9100M
2.I followed this topic(post 5, im with bell). http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193695. Then i googled the firmware and downloaded from here. http://hotfile.com/dl/133784983/242e8de/CF-Root-SGS2_ZS_OZS_KG2-v4.1-CWM4.zip.html(probably where I screwed up <_<)
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Yikes. That thread says:
CF-Root Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
We do not have a CF-Root version of our kernel so just flash any kernel using the instructions provided in the link and flash the stock kernel back (found below). Root will remain as well as the CWM app but you will loose clockwork mod recovery.
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Which is very VERY vague, and is probably why it screwed up. You can't just flash ANY kernel - it has to be one close to the one you already have. For example, if you had ICS on the phone, and flashed an older Gingerbread kernel (which the one you downloaded is version KG2, is an older Gingerbread kernel build), then the phone wouldn't boot.
JHolwell said:
3.And I have no idea, sorry.
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If you didn't know what version you had, then there really isn't a way to recover without flashing a whole firmware.
Download an I9100M firmware from http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9100M and flash that to get back to ICS. Then go back to the CF-root thread, and make sure to read the instructions in post 1. Pay particular attention to the part that says "Help! Which file do I use ?"
2.6.35.7-19100mugkkg2-cl371789dh1130.y00 (oo)@sep-48#2 . That is the default kernel for the phone
Joshua3109 said:
2.6.35.7-19100mugkkg2-cl371789dh1130.y00 (oo)@sep-48#2 . That is the default kernel for the phone
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Only if the phone shipped with the UGKG2 build (you have one too many "k"s in there) of Android. (which isn't guaranteed).
Ok so I have that file downloaded, and I downloaded the correct file from that site. Now I'm trying to install the firmware onto my phone, but its in MD5 format, and not .TAR. I tried googling how to fix this but couldnt find anything, how would I go about changing the file so that Odin can pick it up?
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Ok so I have that file downloaded, and I downloaded the correct file from that site. Now I'm trying to install the firmware onto my phone, but its in MD5 format, and not .TAR. I tried googling how to fix this but couldnt find anything, how would I go about changing the file so that Odin can pick it up?
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Odin should pick up an md5. Mine does. Put it in the PDA box and leave everything else alone.
Okay it's back to how it was before I tried to hack my phone. Thanks for the help!
I still want to try rooting my phone, even though I failed pretty bad my first time. My Kernal is LD3 and when I went to the other topic to look for the file, they don't have it, is there a file for my kernal version?
JHolwell said:
I still want to try rooting my phone, even though I failed pretty bad my first time. My Kernal is LD3 and when I went to the other topic to look for the file, they don't have it, is there a file for my kernal version?
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If you don't want to worry about kernel versions, use this.
EDIT to add: according to this post, you can use LP7 for rooting LD3.
samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9100M
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how do i can get that file?
i have same problem whit yeallow triangle and noo booting
i need help please
can anyone help me. I can't get passed the yellow triangle and I need help my Model: GT-I9100 SSN:I9100GSMH
I can't remember the kernel or anything. I can get into the recovery and the download things but I cant do nothing else
thanks for any help.
ITryTooHard said:
can anyone help me. I can't get passed the yellow triangle and I need help my Model: GT-I9100 SSN:I9100GSMH
I can't remember the kernel or anything. I can get into the recovery and the download things but I cant do nothing else
thanks for any help.
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Details.. details mate..
Start with what rom/firmware u were on. What all u did that ended in the bootloop. Rooted or not.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
yellow triangle
immortalneo said:
Details.. details mate..
Start with what rom/firmware u were on. What all u did that ended in the bootloop. Rooted or not.
well i was on a 4.0.4 and the file that i uesd to root was ( Siyah-s2-v6.0b4.tar )
the root worked but then i downloaded a app then it kept on force closing so i pulled the battery out then i could only get to t-mobile screen then would crash. but now i cant even get to that.
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ITryTooHard said:
immortalneo said:
Details.. details mate..
Start with what rom/firmware u were on. What all u did that ended in the bootloop. Rooted or not.
well i was on a 4.0.4 and the file that i uesd to root was ( Siyah-s2-v6.0b4.tar )
the root worked but then i downloaded a app then it kept on force closing so i pulled the battery out then i could only get to t-mobile screen then would crash. but now i cant even get to that.
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Boot your phone to download mode. (volume down- home - power)
Download the latest Siyah Kernel (6.05b (the tar file)).
Start ODIN on your PC.
Press the PDA-button, and add the SiyahKernel file.
Connect your phone to a USB drive while it's on download mode.
Press "Start" on ODIN.
Now, if this doesn't work, download another version of ODIN. After trying all the versions, try all those versions again on a different USB port. If you STILL can't flash it, try another computer (and all the USB ports on that). If it still doesn't work, you probably have need for service.
I did this on my phone yesterday, and ODIN 1.85 worked on (only) one of my USB ports, so by all means, start with 1.85 first.
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oh okay thanks for the help
November13 said:
ITryTooHard said:
Boot your phone to download mode. (volume down- home - power)
Download the latest Siyah Kernel (6.05b (the tar file)).
Start ODIN on your PC.
Press the PDA-button, and add the SiyahKernel file.
Connect your phone to a USB drive while it's on download mode.
Press "Start" on ODIN.
Now, if this doesn't work, download another version of ODIN. After trying all the versions, try all those versions again on a different USB port. If you STILL can't flash it, try another computer (and all the USB ports on that). If it still doesn't work, you probably have need for service.
I did this on my phone yesterday, and ODIN 1.85 worked on (only) one of my USB ports, so by all means, start with 1.85 first.
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i tryed all the things you said to do and i get passed the triangle but then it just stay's on this different screen ?
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ITryTooHard said:
well i was on a 4.0.4 and the file that i uesd to root was ( Siyah-s2-v6.0b4.tar )
the root worked but then i downloaded a app then it kept on force closing so i pulled the battery out then i could only get to t-mobile screen then would crash. but now i cant even get to that.
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T-Mobile screen? U sure u have an I9100 and not a SGH T989?
Check under battery to be sure.
Siyah v6 is for JB mate. That's the reason things got messed up. For 4.0.4, you should have used Siyah v5.0.1.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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ITryTooHard said:
November13 said:
i tryed all the things you said to do and i get passed the triangle but then it just stay's on this different screen ?
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Since u can flash successfully with Odin, simply flash the stock firmware for ur device and it should boot up without issues. I suggest u flash either 4.0.3 or 4.1.2.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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November13 said:
ITryTooHard said:
Boot your phone to download mode. (volume down- home - power)
Download the latest Siyah Kernel (6.05b (the tar file)).
Start ODIN on your PC.
Press the PDA-button, and add the SiyahKernel file.
Connect your phone to a USB drive while it's on download mode.
Press "Start" on ODIN.
Now, if this doesn't work, download another version of ODIN. After trying all the versions, try all those versions again on a different USB port. If you STILL can't flash it, try another computer (and all the USB ports on that). If it still doesn't work, you probably have need for service.
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Like I already mentioned, Siyah v6 is for stock JB. The OP has 4.0.4, so flashing the latest Siyah v6 will still result in bootloop.
And the other steps you mentioned are for when Odin flash fails. I don't think the OP has mentioned Odin flash failing yet. He has only told of being stuck in a bootloop.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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i dunno what to do now
every time i try do the odin it keeps failing is there away around this or shall i just throw the phone away ?
Hello.
For the past week, I have been having this annoying problem. Sometimes randomly, I reach my pocket for the phone, I unlock it and the background is black, my widgets closed themselves and I get no response from anything but the power button.
Other times, sometimes when I finish a call, the phone just freezes and doesn't respond anymore, except for the power button again. I really don't know what can be causing this. I can only reboot it.
If I leave the phone freezed for a while, a message appears. The background problem causes something like touchwiz stopped working and after the call, I get android.phone.com stopped working, if I recall correctly.
For the history, I already had installed some custom ROM's, but decided a while to go back to stock ROM's. I used the official ones, from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487.
The first one was I9100XWLSD, built January 31st, in which I had that problem already. I then went for the most recent until now, I9100XWLSN. The problems stay, though. Everytime I flash, I make sure to factory reset, wipe cache partition and wipe dalvik cache.
I'm no expert, but I know the basics about using Odin3 and flashing stock or custom ROM's. The phone is rooted with Siyah S2 6.0b4 kernel.
Please help, I'm going nuts over this. Thanks.
Sounds like a memory leak issue...
Try Siyah v6 b5..
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
immortalneo said:
Sounds like a memory leak issue...
Try Siyah v6 b5..
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With the previous ROM I didn't use Siyah at all, but still had the problem...
Worth a shot still... And do a cache & dalvik cache wipe and fix permissions after that..
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
immortalneo said:
Worth a shot still... And do a cache & dalvik cache wipe and fix permissions after that..
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Ok. Just one thing. Do I need to flash the ROM again or can I just flash the new kernel over? What happens to the files of the previous kernel?
Those are questions I always had, but never really needed to know. Now I see it's different.
Btw, what do you mean by fixing permissions?
Alegom said:
Ok. Just one thing. Do I need to flash the ROM again or can I just flash the new kernel over? What happens to the files of the previous kernel?
Those are questions I always had, but never really needed to know. Now I see it's different.
Btw, what do you mean by fixing permissions?
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Just flash the kernel over the ROM. It will remove the old kernel files. To be really sure of this, u can first flash a 'kernel wipe script' before flashing the new kernel.
Fixing permissions:
Go to CWM recovery - Advanced -Fix permissions.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
immortalneo said:
Just flash the kernel over the ROM. It will remove the old kernel files. To be really sure of this, u can first flash a 'kernel wipe script' before flashing the new kernel.
Fixing permissions:
Go to CWM recovery - Advanced -Fix permissions.
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I'm going to try this script: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2124765. What do you think?
Also, I have been searching and found out about PhilZ. Do you think it's a safer bet?
Alegom said:
I'm going to try this script: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2124765. What do you think?
Also, I have been searching and found out about PhilZ. Do you think it's a safer bet?
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Yes, that script will do just fine.
Which kernel u flash depends upon ur experience.. I suggest you try both..
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
immortalneo said:
Yes, that script will do just fine.
Which kernel u flash depends upon ur experience.. I suggest you try both..
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I'm taking my chances with PhilZ this time then. I have now cleaned the kernels and flashed PhilZ.
Thank you so much for your help. Really appreciated!
If I get another freeze, I'll update the thread. So, it's like going to the doctor. Glad you were here, hope not seing you again.
Alegom said:
I'm taking my chances with PhilZ this time then. I have now cleaned the kernels and flashed PhilZ.
Thank you so much for your help. Really appreciated!
If I get another freeze, I'll update the thread. So, it's like going to the doctor. Glad you were here, hope not seing you again.
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Ur welcome! If you do manage to sort it out, please add [SOLVED] to the title of ur post.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
immortalneo said:
Ur welcome! If you do manage to sort it out, please add [SOLVED] to the title of ur post.
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Well, I guess the problem remains, as I got another freeze. I'm moving to a thread you should be familiar with, since you've been helping there too. It's a thread specifically related with TW Launcher.
Thanks for the help.
I updated my Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 to Jelly Bean via Kies. It worked fine for 10 days and yesterday night when I was switching Wi-Fi off, it hanged. So I pulled off the battery and after that it got stuck on boot screen. I am able to get in to download mode but not to recovery mode. I flashed the phone with Official JB rom available at sam mobiles using Odin but the problem still persists. Can someone help me in reviving my phone
Had u done factory reset after flashing the update?
Since u have download mode only, ur only option would be to flash a stock firmware via odin.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
immortalneo said:
Had u done factory reset after flashing the update?
Since u have download mode only, ur only option would be to flash a stock firmware via odin.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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When I updated for first time using Kies, i didn't. After flashing via Odin, I can't factory reset as it's not going to recovery mode. I used stock firmware available at Sam mobiles only to flash. Please guide me what to do next?
konquerror said:
When I updated for first time using Kies, i didn't. After flashing via Odin, I can't factory reset as it's not going to recovery mode. I used stock firmware available at Sam mobiles only to flash. Please guide me what to do next?
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Sorry, read ur first post really fast. Didn't notice that u already flashed stock JB!
If u can't get recovery mode, flash a stock ICS 4.0.3 firmware. Then, get into recovery and factory reset. That should help u boot.
Once you do that, you can either flash JB using odin again, or u can root the ICS and use Mobile Odin app to flash JB.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
Or just flash any rooted jb kernel and wipe/reset in recovery then flash stock jb again
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immortalneo said:
Sorry, read ur first post really fast. Didn't notice that u already flashed stock JB!
If u can't get recovery mode, flash a stock ICS 4.0.3 firmware. Then, get into recovery and factory reset. That should help u boot.
Once you do that, you can either flash JB using odin again, or u can root the ICS and use Mobile Odin app to flash JB.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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Thanks I will try that. However I searched the forum and according to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458
I might have NAND rw corruption. This guide doesn't have instructions for Jelly Bean. Can you guide me how to recover a possible JB SGS2 with NAND rw corruption?
stopro said:
Or just flash any rooted jb kernel and wipe/reset in recovery then flash stock jb again
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Can you please point me to correct rooted JB kernel and instructions for the same?
stopro said:
Or just flash any rooted jb kernel and wipe/reset in recovery then flash stock jb again
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Or that..
(Now why didn't I think of that!)
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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konquerror;40315112according to this thread:
[url said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458[/url]
I might have NAND rw corruption.
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Its too early to say that mate. If all other attempts fail, we will try that guide.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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konquerror said:
Can you please point me to correct rooted JB kernel and instructions for the same?
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Download Siyah v6 beta 5 (tar file) from www.gokhanmoral.com and flash it via Odin (select it as PDA).
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
immortalneo said:
Or that..
(Now why didn't I think of that!)
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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Its too early to say that mate. If all other attempts fail, we will try that guide.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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Download Siyah v6 beta 5 (tar file) from gokhanmoral and flash it via Odin (select it as PDA).
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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Thanks a lot. Will try and let you know the result
After flashing with Siyah Kernel, I was able to go in to recovery mode. I did a factory reset and wiped the cache after which my phone started working fine. Thanks a lot people for your help.
konquerror said:
After flashing with Siyah Kernel, I was able to go in to recovery mode. I did a factory reset and wiped the cache after which my phone started working fine. Thanks a lot people for your help.
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Ur welcome! Thanks should go to @stopro though!
Please add [SOLVED] to the title of ur post.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
s2 stuck on startup screen
I got my galaxy s2 in january prepaid thru walmart straighttalk. Yesterday it got stuck on startup screen. The reset option will not work...is there anything else I can do? Thanx
Aphrodite
Wot rom u r on
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
Just quickly, if you got it on January, are you still under warranty? If you are, save yourself some trouble and take it back under warranty, assuming you've never messed with (rooted etc) your phone? There's things to try but warranty is there for a reason.
Sent from a galaxy far, far away
Had the same problem, seemed like a NAND corruption to me on my phone since the progress bar on the main boot logo screen was slow and was stuck half the way, which otherwise used to slide pretty quickly, indicating that the phone is having trouble reading from its NAND flash.
Before the corruption I was running RootboX 4.1 with Dorimanx Kernel 9.38.
Was all prepared to do the ODIN flashing with latest firmware for my country, kernel and possibly a PIT flash with repartition , if in case else would have failed.
However to my skeptic mind a pretty safe suggestion read here somewhere on a thread, appealed for a while, and I was amazed to see the power of hunches.
Someone reported to have restored back his set, by SIMPLY taking the battery out and leaving it naked overnight. I did the same thing last night, and guess what, sipping the morning tea, I inserted the battery again and VOILA, its ALIVE....its ALIVE.....like any other FRANKENSTEIN defying all boundaries of logic.
So someone else in the same fix, should try it at first before jumping in the ODIN waters.
Lets see for how long does it lives, which TOUCHWOOD should be for a long time, till i save enough to a buy the S4 or Note3.
Cheers.
S2 stuck at boot screen. need some help
Hello everybody,
I'm new here and came here because of a problem with my Samsung S2.
Never rooted, original updates with KIES, android 4.1.2
Two days ago i woke up and the s2 was off and didn't restart. At first it was in a splash screen loop and i could get in recovery mode tried the factory reset but it got stuck in there to... After waiting for about an hour i pulled out the battery to restart it but then it didn't get any further than the boot screen. Couldn't get into recovery mode but could get into download mode. Searched the android forums for hours and came across this post. followed several possible solutions but now i'm stuck again, nothing did the trick... Hope you guys are willing and able to help me solve this thing.
What have i done so far:
Downloaded the original firmware for my device: I9100XWLSW_I9100XXMS3_I9100ITVLS2_HOME.tar
Downloaded ODIN v3.07
Updated KIES and after restarting pc stopped all the kies processes.
Started Odin without cable connected to the S2, selected the firmware, got the S2 into download mode, connected S2 to the Pc.
Odin recognizes the comport pressed start and can see that Odin gets stuck at NAND write start!!. first it says boot in white and after about 5min got the red fail.
Tried it different times with the same result.
Went on reading this tread and cam across the possible solution to firs flash kernel (in my case i've used Siyah-s2-v6.0b5.tar), go to recovery mode, factory reset and wipe and then flash original firmware again.
Same problem ODIN gets stuck at NAND write start!!
Detail: on the S2 during all this i''ve never seen a progress bar or any other movement, However although every attempt failed, when i go in to download mode now it says
Custom binary download: yes (2 counts) -my attempts to flash kernel with Siyah-s2-v6.0b5.tar
Current binary:custom
And at the boot screen i get the yellow triangle...
I'm stuck! :silly:
Any help would be very much appreciated!
Made some screenshots:
So because this is my first post they are attached to this post.
You've been pretty thorough so far. Search for Hopper 8's 'Odin troubleshooting' thread, try all the stuff in the thread, particularly flashing the 3 part firmware. That's the only way you're fixing it yourself. Could be NAND corruption, but most of these cases are fixed by perseverance (for example, the first 7 times you try flashing stock firmware it doesn't work, but the 8th flash does for whatever reason), sometimes it's something really small/obvious tripping you up that can be a bit hard to figure out if you've trying to fix it for hours/days. Hopper's thread should enable you to try everything you possibly can to fix it.
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You've been pretty thorough so far. Search for Hopper 8's 'Odin troubleshooting' thread, try all the stuff in the thread, particularly flashing the 3 part firmware. That's the only way you're fixing it yourself. Could be NAND corruption, but most of these cases are fixed by perseverance (for example, the first 7 times you try flashing stock firmware it doesn't work, but the 8th flash does for whatever reason), sometimes it's something really small/obvious tripping you up that can be a bit hard to figure out if you've trying to fix it for hours/days. Hopper's thread should enable you to try everything you possibly can to fix it.
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Thanks MistahBungle... I'll go and try that... I'll reply here if it worked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2345831. If it doesn't, it's a motherboard replacement job. I very much recommend you flash as many stock firmwares you can download (10, 20, whatever), because the alternative is expensive/means getting a new phone.
Hi, i have a really bad situation here.
so my phone needs its firmware flashed as it no longer will boot in either recovery mode or boot in general.
so i have to correct firmware open in odin and my phone in download mode but the firmware flashing failed.
the error was "Can't open the serial(COM) port."
im unsure if it has anything to do with the fact that my phone is not in usb debugging mode although i thought that the downloading mode bypassed that?
i would really like to save my data on my phone (pictures and such) so if anyone has a way i can either flash my firmware or retrieve my data that would be wonderful.
There is a picture of my attempt at flashing my firmware attached. (i think)
and here is the firmware i used (not a link to a download): firmwaredown.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/i9100tdvlp4-android-403-ics-australia.html
Do you have the correct drivers installed? Make sure Kies isn't running in the background, try different USB ports and download Odin v1.85 (most stable version).
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themadba said:
Do you have the correct drivers installed? Make sure Kies isn't running in the background, try different USB ports and download Odin v1.85 (most stable version).
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i am just trying odin 1.85 now. thankyou!!
themadba said:
Do you have the correct drivers installed? Make sure Kies isn't running in the background, try different USB ports and download Odin v1.85 (most stable version).
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so it has been stuck on this screen for a while now, should i be worried?
thatsrightbru said:
so it has been stuck on this screen for a while now, should i be worried?
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yeah it is not changing :/
thatsrightbru said:
so it has been stuck on this screen for a while now, should i be worried?
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Worried? Hmm.. A little.
Before I suggest anything, tell us how u messed up ur phone.
How did it get bricked?
What firmware are you on now?
Are you rooted?
As for the problem u have now, its called a NAND corruption. It may or may not be fixable.
Try these steps (all of them) first and see if you can successfully flash a rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25731280&postcount=4
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
immortalneo said:
Worried? Hmm.. A little.
Before I suggest anything, tell us how u messed up ur phone.
How did it get bricked?
What firmware are you on now?
Are you rooted?
As for the problem u have now, its called a NAND corruption. It may or may not be fixable.
Try these steps (all of them) first and see if you can successfully flash a rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25731280&postcount=4
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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okay immortal. tried all of that list with no improvement.
the firmware im running is the stock GT-19100T for australia.
i havnt fiddled or touched it in anyway.
as to how it bricked im unsure, yesterday my apps stopped working (like couldnt open them) and so i restarted only to get stuck on the screen that says "samsung galaxy s II GT-19100T"
ahhh anything i missed?
p.s. i might be going to sleep soonish so if i dont reply soon thats why.
and i realllllyyy appreciate your help!!
Keep trying a few more times. There must be something u haven't tried yet.
Also try flashing another firmware.
Once Odin flash succeeds, let us know.
If you can't get it to flash after a lot of trying, ur NAND could be borked. Take it to a service centre then.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
thatsrightbru said:
okay immortal. tried all of that list with no improvement.
the firmware im running is the stock GT-19100T for australia.
i havnt fiddled or touched it in anyway.
as to how it bricked im unsure, yesterday my apps stopped working (like couldnt open them) and so i restarted only to get stuck on the screen that says "samsung galaxy s II GT-19100T"
ahhh anything i missed?
p.s. i might be going to sleep soonish so if i dont reply soon thats why.
and i realllllyyy appreciate your help!!
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Only thing I can suggest it to download a stock ROM for your region from sammobile.com (sign up required - 5 mins) then select i9100T etc and then get the latest ROM for your region, if you can compare the md5 checksum then do this. If they match, stick your phone in download mode (you can still do this yes?) and pray that it goes well.
But before you should do this, wait and see if anyone shouts at me for suggesting this since you may have NAND corruption and it would be a bad idea! You never know...
Edit: well according to post above, you can continue to flash away, so try a few different ROM's, try to compare the md5 checksums for errors during downloading, and hope.
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themadba said:
Only thing I can suggest it to download a stock ROM for your region from sammobile.com (sign up required - 5 mins) then select i9100T etc and then get the latest ROM for your region, if you can compare the md5 checksum then do this. If they match, stick your phone in download mode (you can still do this yes?) and pray that it goes well.
But before you should do this, wait and see if anyone shouts at me for suggesting this since you may have NAND corruption and it would be a bad idea! You never know...
Edit: well according to post above, you can continue to flash away, so try a few different ROM's, try to compare the md5 checksums for errors during downloading, and hope.
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okay, you guys are amazing!
thanks heaps!
ill check back after a good sleep and see if that helps as well :S
i do fear that it will end up a costly adventure for me
immortalneo said:
Keep trying a few more times. There must be something u haven't tried yet.
Also try flashing another firmware.
Once Odin flash succeeds, let us know.
If you can't get it to flash after a lot of trying, ur NAND could be borked. Take it to a service centre then.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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i think my nand is borked
which sucks!
As Gaston & I were saying last week, in these instances, it's either a case of something really simple being missed/not being done (people not trying all the things suggested/saying they have but they haven't, etc) which is more likely, or the phone is genuinely borked, which is less likely (Tho it does happen).
Unless you've left something out (about what's happened to the phone, what you have/haven't done with & to it), it makes no sense for it to be 'borked' given what you've told us. I suggest you keep trying, and try with as many different PC's as you can get access to (and try all the troubleshooting steps you've been given on each PC if necessary).
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i think my nand is borked
which sucks!
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do u have ur phone in warranty ?
thatsrightbru said:
i think my nand is borked
which sucks!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458 Or JTAG !
What's all this jtag frenzee?
Please read more about this method before you keep suggesting it.
Soon people will start throwing it to solve bootloops and we'll have a big brick-o-rama.
Sent from the little guy
N00bs trying to JTAG. Can't wait to see that start happening. Seriously, if someone is incapable of doing something as simple as flash a phone, you really think they're going to be able to JTAG without permanently damaging the phone beyond repair ?
Please.
The advice should be 'Take it to someone who knows what they're doing'.
Lol they must be mistaking "riffbox" for "magic box", the box that solves it all.
Sent from the little guy
So basicly, I have a samsung galaxy s2 I9100G With the Latest Jelly Bean Rooted
So i was going to my phone information and i saw there was an update of cyanogenmod, so i've downloaded it and installed it using the cwm.
Now i rebooted it and everytime i reboot it just stay's at the booting screen and the cyanogenmod loading screen doesn't pops up!
I can't get into recoverymode or cyanogenmod whatever
volume up+home+power Doesn't works
volume down+home+power Doesn't works!
I really need a fix please , Hate u cyanogenmod!
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So basicly, I have a samsung galaxy s2 I9100G With the Latest Jelly Bean Rooted
So i was going to my phone information and i saw there was an update of cyanogenmod, so i've downloaded it and installed it using the cwm.
Now i rebooted it and everytime i reboot it just stay's at the booting screen and the cyanogenmod loading screen doesn't pops up!
I can't get into recoverymode or cyanogenmod whatever
volume up+home+power Doesn't works
volume down+home+power Doesn't works!
I really need a fix please , Hate u cyanogenmod!
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also when doing the keys i see a little flick from the return/home key and than it dissapears again
Get a stock rom from Samfirmware, flash it, re-root your phone, restore nandroid backup (in the unlikely event that you have one), or start again with the custom rom and/or kernel of your choice.
P.S - Stay away from Rom Manager.
MistahBungle said:
Get a stock rom from Samfirmware, flash it, re-root your phone, restore nandroid backup (in the unlikely event that you have one), or start again with the custom rom and/or kernel of your choice.
P.S - Stay away from Rom Manager.
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How am i going to flash it if i can't start it up.. i'm stuck at the Samsung Glaaxy SII GT-I9100G screen
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How am i going to flash it if i can't start it up.. i'm stuck at the Samsung Glaaxy SII GT-I9100G screen
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Try taking out the battery for a few minutes, re-insert and press the download mode combo and see..
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
immortalneo said:
Try taking out the battery for a few minutes, re-insert and press the download mode combo and see..
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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Okay, I've taken out the battery, i'll wait 10 minutes and try it again
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Okay, I've taken out the battery, i'll wait 10 minutes and try it again
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Omfg? It worked rofl!
And Now? Download Mode is working now, but i don't know what for rom or anything i need
i got odin and i get that it's loading when entering usb :3
fbto4 said:
And Now? Download Mode is working now, but i don't know what for rom or anything i need
i got odin and i get that it's loading when entering usb :3
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Just do what @MistahBungle said.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II