Hi, I successfully rooted my phone and all was good until an automatic update came out for Super User and asked me to download and restart. Since then I haven't been able to boot into recovery mode or get past the samsung logo screen. However I can get into download mode. Could anyone give me any tips on what to do? The phone keeps restarting when I'm not in download mode and I need to take the battery out to turn the phone off.
Thanks
Maybe try re-flashing the Odin version of whatever kernel you were running (if there is one).
Failing that, get a stock rom from Samfirmware, flash it, re-root phone, restore nandroid backup (assuming you have one), or re-flash whatever rom/kernel you were using if you don't have a backup & start from scratch.
Hi! Thank you for the help I installed the my original md5 file and got my phone back! Just one last problem.... super user is not working, I re rooted but it says " There is no binary installed and SuperSU cannot install it. This Is a problem! Any ideas?
Thanks again for the help
No worries, I reinstalled the app and got SU working!
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No worries, I reinstalled the app and got SU working!
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Good for u! :thumbup:
Please post which app u reinstalled and a brief outline of what u did to solve ur issue (so that other member s can benefit too).
And please add [SOLVED] to the title of ur post.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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No problem
I got SU working again by going into recovery mode and reinstalled it. I got my phone out of the bootloop by reflashing the md5 jellybean update I used a while ago.
Just one last bit of help I need though! My sim is asking for an unlock pin and all the free apps I've downloaded have failed to unlock the phone. The sim is orange and the phone originally was t-mobile but had been unlocked. If anyone can help me out it would be really appreciated.
Try GalaxSim Unlock (search for it on XDA).
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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(because it's free here).
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gastonw said:
(because it's free here).
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I normally skip that part, so that if it were someone who could afford paying, they would be doing that dev some good too.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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First you try, than you pay the latest version for support.
"Those who don't do as I say, shall not pass"
- Odin
(meme coming soon)
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Ahhh man guys! I ended up finding the app myself and paying for it before you replied to the thread :laugh: Ohwell... it worked! Phone is all good I'm installing all my apps then will use titainium backup.
Initially the app didn't work and i still couldn't pick up my carrier even though it said my phone was unlocked. But after rebooting BOOM I have my phone back.
Thanks for all the help guys much appreciated!
Don't forget to add [SOLVED] to the title of ur post.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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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"
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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"
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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"
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Or just flash any rooted jb kernel and wipe/reset in recovery then flash stock jb again
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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"
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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?
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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?
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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"
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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"
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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"
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immortalneo said:
Or that..
(Now why didn't I think of that!)
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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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"
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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.
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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"
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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
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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.
my phone froze after factory reset at the "samsung galaxy sII gt-i9100" screen. it has 4.1.2 update via kiess and is rooted. i tried a factory reset and selected usb formatting as well. it restarted and the screen was frozen at that screen for 15 mins till i removed the battery and restarted. still frozen at the same screen. will not start. i can enter the download menu or what it is called (volume down home and power) but i can't enter the other menu (the one with volume up home and power) it freezes at the same screen.
can anyone please help me step by step to reinstall using odin if possible my original version (it was 4.1.2 romanian from orange) or the 4.2.2 (one that you guys know to work on s2)
i would like to try to install the 4.2.2 version to see how it works, but just for warranty purposes i would like to download the original version too (if anyone knows where i can find it)
it's my first rom install so if you can make the explanation as step-by-step as possible i would appreciate it. meaning were to download the files i need for this. i don't know if i am allowed to ask for that on the forum but like i said this is the first time i'm trying to do this.
Rooted phones sometime have this issue while updating via Kies.
Try flashing Siyah v6 beta 5 kernel via Odin. You get it from www.gokhanmoral.com.
Stock firmwares can be downloaded from sammobile.com.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
immortalneo said:
Rooted phones sometime have this issue while updating via Kies.
Try flashing Siyah v6 beta 5 kernel via Odin. You get it from
Stock firmwares can be downloaded from sammobile.com.
it did not crash wile i was updating. that worked perfectly. it crashed a few days later wen i tried a factory reset. i will try to flash the original version and see if it works. although i would have liked to try the 4.2.2 just to see how it works.
thanks for the address for stock version.
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As of now 4.2.2 is not available officially. You get custom roms based on AOSP. So many Samsung apps and features will be missing in them. You do get the stock vanilla feel of pure Android though.
Let know what happens!
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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immortalneo said:
As of now 4.2.2 is not available officially. You get custom roms based on AOSP. So many Samsung apps and features will be missing in them. You do get the stock vanilla feel of pure Android though.
Let know what happens!
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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were can i find a custom 4.2.2 that i can flash with odin? i found one but i was weird. it had an img file and lots of folders, not the files supported by odin.
Most custom roms are flashed via custom recovery (you have to be rooted for that). You can install CyanogenMod 9 Resurrection version via Odin.
You can find many 4.2.2 roms in the development section.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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immortalneo said:
Most custom roms are flashed via custom recovery (you have to be rooted for that). You can install CyanogenMod 9 Resurrection version via Odin.
You can find many 4.2.2 roms in the development section.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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i flashed the original os from sammobile for my phone using odin and now it's stuck at the screen that ha a S with changing colors and samsung galaxy sII at the bottom. it been at that screen for about 10 minutes....how long should it take, should i try a reset?
Valentin6282 said:
i flashed the original os from sammobile for my phone using odin and now it's stuck at the screen that ha a S with changing colors and samsung galaxy sII at the bottom. it been at that screen for about 10 minutes....how long should it take, should i try a reset?
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Yup.. a rest should solve that. Wipe cache too.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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immortalneo said:
Yup.. a rest should solve that. Wipe cache too.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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a reset didn't solve it. i cleared the cashe and flashed the rom again and it worked.
now i have another problem. the phone is locked in orange and i need it unlocked. i had it unlocked before with galaxim unlock and it worked.
now it doesn't. it says it is unlocked but it's not. i had this problem before because i didn't have busybox. now i installed it and su and it still won't work. i tried to relock the phone with galaxsim unlock but it won't. i was able to relock before. any idea why, or how to solve the problem?
I am using the Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100G.
I had put a Siyah Kernel on thinking it was compatable, which it obviously wasn't hense this post.
I've searched for related problems some near mine, but not exactly on the mark.
What has happened is the Kernel was placed onto phone, it reboot and now it has the S2 start up logo with the name and model number, but below that is a yellow caution triangle, I cannot enter download mode, nor can my PC detect it.
Is there any possible way to fix this?
Yes there is.
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Yes there is.
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Is there any other way rather than using a jig? Was really hoping I could fix tonight.
Of course, you can fix it right now if you want.
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Of course, you can fix it right now if you want.
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And would you happen to know how to fix it?
Factory reset in recovery maybe or nandroid backup restore. Sorry i dont habe a s2
I could tell you to check the first 2 pages of the Q&A section....and i'm.pretty sure you'll get your answer.
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Get an I9100G stock rom. Flash it with Odin. And don't flash anything for I9100/T to your phone again. Next time you'll probably break it permanently.
Edit - You're obviously not trying to get into download mode right. Keep trying. It isn't bricked. If it were, it probably wouldn't boot.
He's in forced download mode. He needs to sort the pc - to - device connection out.
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He's in forced download mode. He needs to sort the pc - to - device connection out.
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There was a brief connection to the PC to device in it installing the drivers not sure if it matters but it had failed to install the drivers either way.
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I have some how managed to enter download mode. At this point is there any way of backing up any data on the phone?
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There was a brief connection to the PC to device in it installing the drivers not sure if it matters but it had failed to install the drivers either way.
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Reinstall latest kies, reboot and try again.
Got a laptop nearby? Install kies there; sounds like a messy drivers thing.
And remember to kill all kies applications via task manager.
You will lose only apps installed data, nothing else.
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gastonw said:
Reinstall latest kies, reboot and try again.
Got a laptop nearby? Install kies there; sounds like a messy drivers thing.
And remember to kill all kies applications via task manager.
You will lose only apps installed data, nothing else.
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Also I've manage to get into my Download Mode, and from here I just flash restore the ROM? If that be the case will I need to find a stock ROM for i9100G?
So only applications will be effected and not contact etc?
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So only applications will be effected and not contact etc?
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Apps, their data, ur contacts, messages, bookmarks, notes, call log etc will be lost..
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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immortalneo said:
Apps, their data, ur contacts, messages, bookmarks, notes, call log etc will be lost..
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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So no way possible to keep them protected :\ Damn..
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So no way possible to keep them protected :\ Damn..
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Not now atleast. You should always have scheduled backups in case something like this happens. Of course ur contacts would simply sync back once u log in to Google.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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Yeah, sammobile will provide an I9100G ROM for you, focus on that G at the end.
When you get yourself on your feet get Titanium back up pro, you can back up your stuff and sh*t.
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gastonw said:
Yeah, sammobile will provide an I9100G ROM for you, focus on that G at the end.
When you get yourself on your feet get Titanium back up pro, you can back up your stuff and sh*t.
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Hey I could only find i9100TG on sammobile. Would you happen to know where I could find one?
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Hey I could only find i9100TG on sammobile. Would you happen to know where I could find one?
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Here perhaps?
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?page=1
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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TG? Please do a google search with this parameters:
| "I9100g" rom xda |
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immortalneo said:
Here perhaps?
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?page=1
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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What country would be suitable because the phones for New Zealand.
i have a samsung galaxy s2 (model :GT-I9100T) and my bro has the same phone but he updated to 4.1.2 through kies and when i tried to update through kies it said "your phone has the latest firmware" my bro's phone and mine both are international and same model number. when i click tools in kies then firmware upgrade and initilisation it says "Model name:GTI9100T 'GT-I9100T' does not support initialising.'" i need help how do i update to 4.1.2 BTW my phone is 4.0.3
Skip Kies. Its messy anyways.
Use Odin to flash JB firmware.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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immortalneo said:
Skip Kies. Its messy anyways.
Use Odin to flash JB firmware.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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im not goanna try odin cuz i just tried to root my phone a few days ago and it got wrecked cuz it wouldnt boot up past yellow triangle so i had to get it fixed is there any other way??
Far more phones get bricked via Kies/OTA updates than via Odin. We just don't tend to hear about the former on here because it happens to 'ordinary users'.
If you want it done in 5 minutes & without dramas, use Odin.
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Far more phones get bricked via Kies/OTA updates than via Odin. We just don't tend to hear about the former on here because it happens to 'ordinary users'.
If you want it done in 5 minutes & without dramas, use Odin.
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hmm but isnt kies official and odin not official?
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hmm but isnt kies official and odin not official?
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Yes, but the main problem with Kies is it's unpredictable. Sometimes, u don't get updates, sometimes it won't connect and (like in my case) it can mess up ur phone too!
Here is an interesting thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248346
From what it seems, it looks like u have no option other than Odin. You could try re-installing Kies, rebooting ur phone and computer, or even doing a factory reset.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
Odin is Samsung software. Kies is also Samsung software. Kies is a piece of s#!t.
Odin works just fine for most people almost all of the time if you make sure you know what you're doing before you use it - make sure you're using a PC with reliable USB ports, make sure whatever it is you're about to flash isn't corrupted, only flash stuff for your model phone. If you're careful/use common sense, Odin works fine. 99.9999% of problems with Odin are caused by something the user has/hasn't done, I've only ever seen <10 people who bricked their phone using Odin who were 'unlucky' in the 18 mths I've been here (out of many thousands).
immortalneo said:
Yes, but the main problem with Kies is it's unpredictable. Sometimes, u don't get updates, sometimes it won't connect and (like in my case) it can mess up ur phone too!
Here is an interesting thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248346
From what it seems, it looks like u have no option other than Odin. You could try re-installing Kies, rebooting ur phone and computer, or even doing a factory reset.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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so if im flashing a new official update manually from samsung through odin, i dont need to have a rooted phone?
DigitaL` said:
so if im flashing a new official update manually from samsung through odin, i dont need to have a rooted phone?
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Nope. U only need root if u want to flash an unofficial (aka Custom) rom.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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immortalneo said:
Nope. U only need root if u want to flash an unofficial (aka Custom) rom.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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sorry for asking so many questions :/ but uhh what problems could occur if something goes wrong? and would there be a solution?
It depends on what goes wrong.
You can get back to your feet 70% of the time.
If you do the homework above 97%. I'm leaving that 3% to the possibility of a meteor crushing in your back yard.
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Hello My friend has problem with S2. She tried to update via kies but something went wrong and now she cant turn on phone. I believe she has stock recovery. She wants to keep contacts and all her photos/documents prom internal sdcard. Is there any way to flash new clean samsung rom without losing data? As far as i know, in stock recovery you can flash only from internal sdcard ? I'm not sure. Can You give me some advice ?
Ok solved: I just did flash via odin. No loss of data.
Good thinking! Please add [SOLVED] to the title of your post then.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine."
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