[Q] help me guys jus bricked my phone - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hey guys i jus bricked my phone last nite was using the official jellybean ROM 4.1.2 build number : xwlsn
wat i did is i went to the neat rom thread thr i found some mods for lsn.. i dl the crt off zip an flashed it in my pure stock ****... hw did i forgot tht im using a stock ROM i knw guys tht shud be flashed olyt in neat rom aft flashing oly i gt knw tht i did a bad flash aft tht reboot the phone an its booted but nothing worked everything getting forceclosed thn for sometime i cant able to go recovery mode i pulled out the battery thn tried again it works thn i restored my nand backup tht Rom is custom one Neat Rom xxlsj everything went gud but i wanted to use tht backup rom freshly so i decided to factory reset it thn i did it an now my is not booting up jus stucked on the samsung gt-9100 logo im unable to open recovery now but i can able to open the downloaad mode.. whats the next step i can go for?? im thing of download a custom rom again an flash it thru odin wil it work ??sucessfully ??pls help me out of this prblm :crying::crying::crying:
waiting for ue reply !!
thanks...

Okay first of all, please spell correctly next time
Second of all, your phone is only softbricked.
Now that i've given you the keyword. Search and read!

Kaldsud said:
Okay first of all, please spell correctly next time
Second of all, your phone is only softbricked.
Now that i've given you the keyword. Search and read!
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thanks bro...for your quick reply sorry i used the spelling in short form i'm sorry for that. ya myself search lot of pages about fixing of soft bricked !!all i found is USB JIG is the only solution. do you know any other way to unbrick it ??
thanks again

I have done this, so this is what i'll say.
You can go into download mode, good.
First, get Odin for your computer.. version doesn't matter but take new one.
Find your stock firmware here (Odin is included when download this)
download.
Now go into download mode in your phone and connect a USB cable to computer.
Open Odin.
If you can see a yellow (or blue depending on which version) light, with "COM:" something written on it, then you're good to go.
Now this stock firmware you have, it will probably be a .tar or .tar.md5 (dont rememeber), put this in PDA. Make sure re-partition is UN-CHECKED
So now if the only thing that is checked is PDA and Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time then you can press "Start".
Now you can flash any custom ROMs. But always make a backup before! ----> And also backup your /efs folder after flashing custom anything!!!!!!!! <---- IMPORTANT
Reply if any problems

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[Q] i think bricked my i9100.

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

[Q] Trying to get Clockwork recovery on 2.3.6

Okay hello everyone im new on this forum as well as +1000 users so its ok if you hate me, well aside from that i own a rooted Samsung Galaxy S2 with android 2.3.6, the problem is that i dont have clockwork recovery, i tried to flash it from rom manager but it didn´t work, so i searched in the web and i found this video:
youtube /watch?v=ByZ2okDu3CI
Everything went fine until the Odin part, i have Kies installed with drivers and everything but in the video it says i need COM18 and i get COM6, what i want is to get Clockwork so i can get started on this flashing scene and that stuff because i like to experiment and im a curious person, but as i dont know alot about Odin and i dont want to brick my phone im asking for your help, thanks for reading this far and i hope you can help me, and sorry if this has been asked before, i searched in the forums and i didnt find this problem
check the CF-root link from my signature and select appropiate CF-root kernel for your Firmware, and flash from Odin.
Dowload mod and Odin flashing guides also there in links
Tuner420 said:
Okay hello everyone im new on this forum as well as +1000 users so its ok if you hate me, well aside from that i own a rooted Samsung Galaxy S2 with android 2.3.6, the problem is that i dont have clockwork recovery, i tried to flash it from rom manager but it didn´t work, so i searched in the web and i found this video:
youtube /watch?v=ByZ2okDu3CI
Everything went fine until the Odin part, i have Kies installed with drivers and everything but in the video it says i need COM18 and i get COM6, what i want is to get Clockwork so i can get started on this flashing scene and that stuff because i like to experiment and im a curious person, but as i dont know alot about Odin and i dont want to brick my phone im asking for your help, thanks for reading this far and i hope you can help me, and sorry if this has been asked before, i searched in the forums and i didnt find this problem
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hey ma8 since ur phone is already rooted please find below the cwm zip file below just flassh the same using ur stock recovery
2 enter stock recovery pwr of phone and then hold Volup +home butt+pwr butt simultaneously until u enter stock recovery form there u install the zip file
after installing the same reboot ur phone and go 2 app drawer u will find CWM app there
ZACQ8 said:
check the CF-root link from my signature and select appropiate CF-root kernel for your Firmware, and flash from Odin.
Dowload mod and Odin flashing guides also there in links
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OK, my kernel ends in KK1, but there is no KK1, only KK2, and as it said there it should be able to install because they are very close, ill try that
Sun90 said:
hey ma8 since ur phone is already rooted please find below the cwm zip file below just flassh the same using ur stock recovery
2 enter stock recovery pwr of phone and then hold Volup +home butt+pwr butt simultaneously until u enter stock recovery form there u install the zip file
after installing the same reboot ur phone and go 2 app drawer u will find CWM app there
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Also, i tried your method and when it is installing some red letters show up saying that it cant verify the whole-file signature, so it didn´t work
WORKS!!
ZACQ8 said:
check the CF-root link from my signature and select appropiate CF-root kernel for your Firmware, and flash from Odin.
Dowload mod and Odin flashing guides also there in links
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It worked!!! thanks !!!!!!!!
@ZACQ8,
I rooted my son's S2 using this method -> http://galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-root/how-to-root-galaxy-s2-newworks-on-all-galaxy-s2-variants/ and now need to install CWM. Was thinking of "touch", but don't know how.
Went to the CF-root link in your signature but not sure which one to choose ... my firmware before the root was 2.3.6, but has now gone to 2.3.5 and the base band is XXKI4. Can you suggest the exact file I should download? Can you also tell me if the touch version is available?
Thanks,

Phone Messed up after installing custom ROM

Hello all,
i tried installing the JellyBam ROM last night and things went ugly somehow. I had installed the good old CM10 a weak ago with ClockWorkMod! it was running perfectly except i had antenna/reception problems so i thought i give another rom a shot. followed every step of the guide, booted into recovery and the installed the JellyBam ROM.
After that my phone never loaded pass the Samsung Galaxy S II (with yellow triangle) screen and for some reason i can not load into recovery anymore! loading to download mode works fine. I did some searching on the web and some people where suggesting installing ClockMod once again, but this did not help either!
i was wondering am i doing the right thing or my phone is just dead!
ozeeo said:
Hello all,
i tried installing the JellyBam ROM last night and things went ugly somehow. I had installed the good old CM10 a weak ago with ClockWorkMod! it was running perfectly except i had antenna/reception problems so i thought i give another rom a shot. followed every step of the guide, booted into recovery and the installed the JellyBam ROM.
After that my phone never loaded pass the Samsung Galaxy S II (with yellow triangle) screen and for some reason i can not load into recovery anymore! loading to download mode works fine. I did some searching on the web and some people where suggesting installing ClockMod once again, but this did not help either!
i was wondering am i doing the right thing or my phone is just dead!
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1) which JB rom u tried to install provide info about it.
2) do u have the backup of ur earlier rom.
3) if so then flash 'Siyah kernel v4.1.5' .tar file from ODIN, then boot to recovery and restore ur bkp and see
Sun90 said:
1) which JB rom u tried to install provide info about it.
2) do u have the backup of ur earlier rom.
3) if so then flash 'Siyah kernel v4.1.5' .tar file from ODIN, then boot to recovery and restore ur bkp and see
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Thanks for the reply!
1. i tried to install JellyBam.AOKP.20121005-DAILY-i9100G.
2. i do not have any back up! but i can not get into recovery mode so how could this work? unless your talking about a different back up.
ozeeo said:
Thanks for the reply!
1. i tried to install JellyBam.AOKP.20121005-DAILY-i9100G.
2. i do not have any back up! but i can not get into recovery mode so how could this work? unless your talking about a different back up.
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is ur phone model i9100 or i9100G ?
1.Flash to stock ICS through Odin3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487
2.Then flash Siyah again through Odin http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1555259
3. Flash JellyBam but the i9100 one not the G.(If u got i9100 not i9100G)
4. Fatory reset.
5. Reboot.
5. Enjoy.
6. Thank me :highfive:
Thanks a lot Sourabh007, that worked! and thanks Sun90 for the tip! yea i was really sleepy and made a really stupid mistake of installing i9100G ROM on my international SII (yea i know, dont say anything)!
But i followed through the instructions of Sourabh007 and it worked perfectly! Installed JellyBam AOKP, seems to be a little heavier and slower than CM10. and unfortunately just like CM10 im still having very poor antenna/reception most of the time. so i have to fix that somehow.
BTW im loving the Siyah kernal, going to give the dual boot option a try later.

Help getting out of bootloop

I have recently tried to put on a custom rom, but when my phone wouldn't boot I flashed back my siyah kernel onto my Galaxy S2 Gt-i9100. Now my phone is stuck on booting, please help.
Hi
Can u get into recovery mode ?
did u make a backup before flashing ? if so u can load your backup as long as u can get into revovery mode.
If u did not make a back up u may have to flash a rom from your computer using Odin.
read some threads on using Odin and recovery.
I'm still new to this so maybe others can give u more help.
good luck
peace
Factory reset if you have no recovery to restore backup. And if factory reset doesn't work, flash stock rom in Odin (assuming you still have download mode).
Can you access download mode?
Power + Vol Down + Home
If yes then flash stock firmware via odin..
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Pretty sure I said that exact same thing over three hours ago.
Why do people here lately seem to have a habit of repeating the exact same thing someone else posted often many hours earlier purely for the sake of posting ? It's stupid :-/

Stucked At Recovery!! HELP!!!!

Hello,
I Bought Samsung Galaxy I8552 Recently, I Successfully Rooted The Phone And Installed Custom Recovery
Everyone Thing Work Fined but then Accidently I Factory Reset from the phone settings (Stock Rom)
And When My phone boots up , Samsung Logo comes up and i am stucked at Recovery!
I guess i just soft bricked my device!
I Surfed up the internet and decided to Flash Stock Firmware However on Internet I am unable to find the correct Instructions + Correct Firmware
Any Help would be Appreciable!
Please Help!
Kindly Give me Correct Instructions with firmware link!
HELP!!!:crying:
HELP :crying::crying:
Search this site ... the stock ROM GT-i8552 ... install via ODIN ...
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
hii.. here u go
wamiq112 said:
Hello,
I Bought Samsung Galaxy I8552 Recently, I Successfully Rooted The Phone And Installed Custom Recovery
Everyone Thing Work Fined but then Accidently I Factory Reset from the phone settings (Stock Rom)
And When My phone boots up , Samsung Logo comes up and i am stucked at Recovery!
I guess i just soft bricked my device!
I Surfed up the internet and decided to Flash Stock Firmware However on Internet I am unable to find the correct Instructions + Correct Firmware
Any Help would be Appreciable!
Please Help!
Kindly Give me Correct Instructions with firmware link!
HELP!!!:crying:
HELP :crying::crying:
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1st of all search wel b4 creating a new thread there r plenty of related threads and 2nd is dat u dnt hav 2 flash whole rom jst recovery is enuf if ua getng a recovery loop.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2716953
Ya it helped me flashing recovery again
Stopped the recovery loops
Thanx @gody420
Sent from Galaxy grand quattro
TransWin v3 rom
Project engine kernel
gody420 said:
1st of all search wel b4 creating a new thread there r plenty of related threads and 2nd is dat u dnt hav 2 flash whole rom jst recovery is enuf if ua getng a recovery loop.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2716953
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-Sir, I already read the thread you gave me this is why i posted this thread, We need help we posts thread! This is what XDA is for!
Secondly, I already flashed the Stock Recovery and then Flashed the CW recovery again and then ---> Reboot system
still stucked at Recovery loop
I guess, there is no firmware file in the phone this is why it is giving loops!
I guess, i should flash firmware with odin ?
hiii
wamiq112 said:
-Sir, I already read the thread you gave me this is why i posted this thread, We need help we posts thread! This is what XDA is for!
Secondly, I already flashed the Stock Recovery and then Flashed the CW recovery again and then ---> Reboot system
still stucked at Recovery loop
I guess, there is no firmware file in the phone this is why it is giving loops!
I guess, i should flash firmware with odin ?
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there is nothing wrong in posting threads but it is wrong to hav 100 threads with same topic, anyway back to your question.....
you dont hav a missing firmware, instead you just messed up with cwm.... always remember never select reboot recovery from cwm or any other app coz it will surely get you recovery loop as our cwm has a bug... so always manualy enter cwm, so the solution is flash stock recovery den let your device boot succesfully then again get into download mode and flash cwm recovery. and if even this doesnt help you den flash stock rom, but just doing a factory reset wont make you loose your firmware :laugh:
gody420 said:
there is nothing wrong in posting threads but it is wrong to hav 100 threads with same topic, anyway back to your question.....
you dont hav a missing firmware, instead you just messed up with cwm.... always remember never select reboot recovery from cwm or any other app coz it will surely get you recovery loop as our cwm has a bug... so always manualy enter cwm, so the solution is flash stock recovery den let your device boot succesfully then again get into download mode and flash cwm recovery. and if even this doesnt help you den flash stock rom, but just doing a factory reset wont make you loose your firmware :laugh:
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I Already flashed stock recovery and then again flashed CW , and then SU
but still stucked at recovery loop :\
Now im download stock rom and going to flash it with odin ?
here you do bro!
reflash your cwm recovery using odin but this time tick the auto reboot option on odin..
press thanks button if I helped you..
here is the answer bro
wamiq112 said:
Hello,
I Bought Samsung Galaxy I8552 Recently, I Successfully Rooted The Phone And Installed Custom Recovery
Everyone Thing Work Fined but then Accidently I Factory Reset from the phone settings (Stock Rom)
And When My phone boots up , Samsung Logo comes up and i am stucked at Recovery!
I guess i just soft bricked my device!
I Surfed up the internet and decided to Flash Stock Firmware However on Internet I am unable to find the correct Instructions + Correct Firmware
Any Help would be Appreciable!
Please Help!
Kindly Give me Correct Instructions with firmware link!
HELP!!!:crying:
HELP :crying::crying:
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reflash your cwm recovery using odin but
this time tick the auto reboot option on odin..
press thanks button if I helped you....this will work 200%.. ..
Wipe cache and dalvik cache from recovery and reboot...
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2716953

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