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Hi all, I hope you guys can help as I'm coming up blank here after days of trying to fix this.
First, yes I read this thread and a few people were reporting the same problem but the solution was always to flash a stock firmware with odin.
Right now my wife's phone is stuck in a boot loop, she doesn't do anything out of the ordinary with it, I rooted it when she first got it 3 months ago and then flashed a stock kernel to get rid of the yellow triangle and it has worked perfectly until last week when she told me it was stuck at the galaxy s2 logo. No problem I though, I'll just flash a stock rom with odin and all will be well.
Well it didn't work out that way, I've flashed the original firmware, an ICS leak, Villainrom 1.1 and XXKI3 multiple times, with and without pit file + re-partition. I've flashed the old bootloader and I've tried a few custom kernels as well, and multiple combinations of the above. Nothing is getting it past the boot loop. The only result I've had that is any different to how I started is with an ICS build I got a screen saying kernel panic upload (or something like that, I don't have that rom flashed at the moment). When I connect at this time odin recognises the phone so I guess it's in download mode.
I can't get into recovery mode so I can't do a factory reset, when I press vol-up, home and power I get a blank screen for a moment followed by the same boot loop. I can get into download mode and odin is reporting successful on every flash. When I flash a custom rom or kernel I get the yellow triangle, it goes away when I flash a stock rom or kernel.
According to my wife just before the crash android market reported updates available and she installed them. I don't know if that's related or not but she says when she went back to the phone it had hung so she turned off the phone, upon turning it on it was stuck in boot (the big animated purple S part of the boot) so she removed the battery and since then it doesn't get past the initial galaxy S2 screen, sometimes, depending on which kernel it's on, the galaxy screen goes blank for a second or two and then the logo comes back.
I've really tried everything I can think to try, warranty isn't really an option as I'm in Saudi Arabia and I've been told it will take 3 months to get the phone back, also I can't easily access a jig, I'd have to make one and I'm not too confident in my ability to do that.
If anyone has any ideas at this point please help, I can't think of anything else I can do here.
tl;dr random boot loop, tried flashing everything I can find, no recovery mode but download mode works fine, help!
davegene said:
If anyone has any ideas at this point please help, I can't think of anything else I can do here.
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Flash a full wipe firmware and see if that helps, if you need one there is a link at the bottom of my insecure kernel thread.
Thanks Odia,
I just flashed the firmware at the bottom of your thread, I9100XWKE7_CL215725_REV02_user_low. Tried it twice for good measure.
Unfortunately nothing has changed on the phone, still can't get into recovery or past the galaxy s2 logo.
davegene said:
Thanks Odia,
I just flashed the firmware at the bottom of your thread, I9100XWKE7_CL215725_REV02_user_low. Tried it twice for good measure.
Unfortunately nothing has changed on the phone, still can't get into recovery or past the galaxy s2 logo.
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Have you tried with repartition and update bootloader ticked?
I didn't tick either of those this time but I have ticked repartition with a different firmware that came with a pit file. Do I need a pit file or can I tick repartition without it?
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davegene said:
I didn't tick either of those this time but I have ticked repartition with a different firmware that came with a pit file. Do I need a pit file or can I tick repartition without it?
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You need a pit file, use the 1 from the other firmware.
Ok, I just tried XWKE7 again with a pit file with re-partition ticked. Also tried flashing the old bootloader again with update bootloader ticked.
No change I'm afraid.
davegene said:
Ok, I just tried XWKE7 again with a pit file with re-partition ticked. Also tried flashing the old bootloader again with update bootloader ticked.
No change I'm afraid.
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Most strange, look like your off to service
That's most unfortunate, I'm in Saudi Arabia and they have quoted 3 months to get the phone back under warranty although in reality I'd be lucky to get it back at all.
Are my options really exhausted or is there anything extreme I can try?
I ended up making a jig and took it for warranty repair and they were able to do it locally, it only took a few days.
The curious thing is even though I repartitioned several times using two different pit files the sdcard partition was still intact.
I'm pretty sure I was doing it right and the yellow triangle was coming and going as I was flashing stock and custom kernels so the flashes were taking.
I don't speak Arabic so I couldn't ask how they fixed it but what do you think was the problem? I was very surprised to find the data intact, it even had the same stock ROM that I flashed before I took it for service still installed.
Anyway thanks for your help in this thread odia.
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I'd love to know what they did.
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Hi all!
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 which I since a week cannot start. It get stuck on the black/white samsung logo. I cannot enter recovery mode, nothing happens when releasing the power button after pressing volumeup+home+power buttons. I can however reach download mode. I'm not sure what caused this problem, one day I just couldn't start it. I read on forums that many similar problems seem to have occurred when upgrading android but I'm not sure this is the case here (unless the phone made an automatic update while I was asleep). I'm not sure what version of android I'm running, but I'm pretty sure it is at least the ICS.
I would like to hard reset my phone if possible. It seems to be easiest through the recovery mode which I cannot get into.. I read things about Odin, connecting the phone to the computer and downloading android to the phone but haven't quite grasped it. Could anyone explain this option for me or point me in the right direction? Are there other options?
I would appreciate any help, especially since my 1-year warranty expired a month ago!
Best regards,
Marcus
marlu873 said:
Hi all!
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 which I since a week cannot start. It get stuck on the black/white samsung logo. I cannot enter recovery mode, nothing happens when releasing the power button after pressing volumeup+home+power buttons. I can however reach download mode. I'm not sure what caused this problem, one day I just couldn't start it. I read on forums that many similar problems seem to have occurred when upgrading android but I'm not sure this is the case here (unless the phone made an automatic update while I was asleep). I'm not sure what version of android I'm running, but I'm pretty sure it is at least the ICS.
I would like to hard reset my phone if possible. It seems to be easiest through the recovery mode which I cannot get into.. I read things about Odin, connecting the phone to the computer and downloading android to the phone but haven't quite grasped it. Could anyone explain this option for me or point me in the right direction? Are there other options?
I would appreciate any help, especially since my 1-year warranty expired a month ago!
Best regards,
Marcus
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Sounds like the symptoms of a NAND RW corruption. Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458
Hi Marcus,
I had the same problem few days back.
If it's not broken by you trying something fancy, the best solution is to take it to service centre. If you have rooted your device, had installed some custom firmware or are not willing to visit the service centre for some other reason, please read ahead.
All I did was,
Installed USB connectivity drivers through Kies.
Installed ODIN 1.83
Ensured that Kies or any of its processes are not running in background.
Downloaded the official SGS2 firmware
Flashed the firmware through ODIN.
It took around 10 minutes for the full process and I was having my mobile up and running. Using ODIN sounds scary initially if you haven't used it. I have slowly started gaining confidence in it after using it a few times.
Please note that though the process is well proven to be safe, there is still an amount of risk involved.
Sent from my GT-I9100
Download a siyah kernel(like v4.0.1) .tar file and flash through odin.
See if that makes it boot/lets you into recovery.
Adarzannh said:
Sounds like the symptoms of a NAND RW corruption. Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458
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I appreciate all of your answers!
Adarzannh: I tried the guide but when flashing using odin I get stuck on:
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
both when trying to flash the recovery package and the kernel. Any clues?
mananbdesai: where do I find the "official SGS2 firmware"?
theunderlining: is it enough just to flash a new kernel or do I afterwards need to flash ROM too?
marlu873 said:
Adarzannh: I tried the guide but when flashing using odin I get stuck on:
NAND Write Start!!
both when trying to flash the recovery package and the kernel. Any clues?
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A couple of things..ensure KIES is not running on your computer in the background. If possible delete it completely. Also ensure your phone is connected to a USB port directly on the computer and not via a hub or to a USB port on a keyboard or something. Odin is a finicky s/w..so..
Also, try different versions. If v1.85 doesn't work try v3.4
marlu873 said:
mananbdesai: where do I find the "official SGS2 firmware"?
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Go to sammobile.com or a sticky in the Original Android Development section here..has links to all the stock firmwares.
marlu873 said:
theunderlining: is it enough just to flash a new kernel or do I afterwards need to flash ROM too?
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Lol at underlining. if you flash a custom kernel like siyah, you'll be rooted and get CWM. Using that you can install a custom ROM.
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And youll be safe from the 4.0.4 brickbug if you flash siyah.
You flash a kernel for various reasons like it has emmc cap disabled,you can tweak it etc.
You can flash siyah kernel and stop there.Or you can move onto a custom rom.
Whatever,when its done-backup your efs and make a nand backup.
And yesterday I was downgrading my wifes phone onto 4.0.3.I was using odin and kept getting "failed".After 3 attempts I realised I hadnt put the phone into download mode..........how stupids that......lol
hi there, just wondering, after Flashing the stock firmware through ODIN, do you lose everything in your phone? i need to get all the notes that I have in my phone (notes from the samsung stock apps). I dont have any external sd card in the phone. thanks in advance for the reply.
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marlu873 said:
Hi all!
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 which I since a week cannot start. It get stuck on the black/white samsung logo. I cannot enter recovery mode, nothing happens when releasing the power button after pressing volumeup+home+power buttons. I can however reach download mode. I'm not sure what caused this problem, one day I just couldn't start it. I read on forums that many similar problems seem to have occurred when upgrading android but I'm not sure this is the case here (unless the phone made an automatic update while I was asleep). I'm not sure what version of android I'm running, but I'm pretty sure it is at least the ICS.
I would like to hard reset my phone if possible. It seems to be easiest through the recovery mode which I cannot get into.. I read things about Odin, connecting the phone to the computer and downloading android to the phone but haven't quite grasped it. Could anyone explain this option for me or point me in the right direction? Are there other options?
I would appreciate any help, especially since my 1-year warranty expired a month ago!
Best regards,
Marcus
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Hi there sir,
Has the problem solved ? Care to share the solution ?
Thanks.
i had the same exact problem, i tried flashing with odin n stock firmware but stuck in NAND write start, i didnt try flashing with PIT & repartition though, i couldnt be bothered anymore, so i took it to samsung service plaza, they told me the problem is in the main PCB (hardware issue), so all they did was replace that n it got fixed! i didnt pay because it's still under contract/ carrier warranty
Can you get into downloading mode? It's by hold and pressing volume down+home+power
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it seems for some strange reason the phone wont turn on now. Wheni plug it in i get the blue flashing dot but its faint. Tried download mode and nothing.
same problem
araz.rozh said:
Can you get into downloading mode? It's by hold and pressing volume down+home+power
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my phone is stuck at the bootlogo too. but mine is rooted n running on biftor rom (jellybean) pls how do i flash with odin? thanks
help pls.
Pls guys I have the same problem but like I said earlier mine occurred while I waS tRyna backup my ROM. Plss can I get a detailed guide on how to flaSh my samsung galaxy SII GT19100. ItS verion; jelly bean 4.12.Its rooted n runs on a custom ROM( biftor). Plss guys help. Thank you.
tatchero said:
Pls guys I have the same problem but like I said earlier mine occurred while I waS tRyna backup my ROM. Plss can I get a detailed guide on how to flaSh my samsung galaxy SII GT19100. ItS verion; jelly bean 4.12.Its rooted n runs on a custom ROM( biftor). Plss guys help. Thank you.
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I had a similar problem, stuck at boot with Biftor v12, which happened after I tried to update SuperSU binary through CWM/TWRP. I don't know why it stuck at boot and why it wouldn't reboot to Recovery. Download mode was still working, so I had no choice but to flash new kernel through ODIN and see if it works.
So if your symptoms sound similar to mine, here's what I did to be able to boot again:
I REPEAT, SIMILAR TO MINE. MY SOLUTION MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY APPLY TO YOURS.
1. Download a suitable kernel in tar.md5 format. I used PhilZ-cwm6 v4.93.6 for XWLSN firmware (see OP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1877270)
2. Download ODIN, if you don't have it, found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2189539
3. Once installed, boot your phone in Download mode by pressing Vol Down+Home+Power together until you see a warning dialog. Press Vol UP to get into download mode.
4. Make sure ODIN is running, and NO KIES processes are running.
5. Connect your phone with USB cable to your PC.
6. In ODIN, you should see a COM port with yellow background.
7. Click the PDA button ONLY.
8. Select the kernel file you downloaded.
9. Press Start and nothing else.
10. If everything went as expected, your phone should reboot after a while with a working Recovery.
Only do the steps if you are absolutely sure. This worked for me, and I hope it gives some tips for your problem as well.
Flash-IS-Bright said:
I had a similar problem, stuck at boot with Biftor v12, which happened after I tried to update SuperSU binary through CWM/TWRP. I don't know why it stuck at boot and why it wouldn't reboot to Recovery. Download mode was still working, so I had no choice but to flash new kernel through ODIN and see if it works.
So if your symptoms sound similar to mine, here's what I did to be able to boot again:
I REPEAT, SIMILAR TO MINE. MY SOLUTION MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY APPLY TO YOURS.
1. Download a suitable kernel in tar.md5 format. I used PhilZ-cwm6 v4.93.6 for XWLSN firmware (see OP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1877270)
2. Download ODIN, if you don't have it, found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2189539
3. Once installed, boot your phone in Download mode by pressing Vol Down+Home+Power together until you see a warning dialog. Press Vol UP to get into download mode.
4. Make sure ODIN is running, and NO KIES processes are running.
5. Connect your phone with USB cable to your PC.
6. In ODIN, you should see a COM port with yellow background.
7. Click the PDA button ONLY.
8. Select the kernel file you downloaded.
9. Press Start and nothing else.
10. If everything went as expected, your phone should reboot after a while with a working Recovery.
Only do the steps if you are absolutely sure. This worked for me, and I hope it gives some tips for your problem as well.
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Hi Flash-IS-Bright
I have the exact same problem with SuperSU on my rooted Galaxy S2. I updated the SuperSU app, and when I opened it, it recommended me to update the binary, I selected the CWM/TWRP option and then my phone tried to reboot but is now stuck. It can only access download mode.
In doing the process above, you only flashed the kernel? Did this totally work? And all your apps/messages were left intact on your phone?
Any help is appreciated.
peshmann said:
Hi Flash-IS-Bright
I have the exact same problem with SuperSU on my rooted Galaxy S2. I updated the SuperSU app, and when I opened it, it recommended me to update the binary, I selected the CWM/TWRP option and then my phone tried to reboot but is now stuck. It can only access download mode.
In doing the process above, you only flashed the kernel? Did this totally work? And all your apps/messages were left intact on your phone?
Any help is appreciated.
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when ur updating the binary u should always choose the 'Normal' thing instead of the 'CWM/TWRP' one ma8
if u flash a kernel it will not delete anything on ur phone, all u have to do is to select the right kernel like 'Philz' for example (if ur on a stock JB firmware) and flash the same through 'ODIN' and reboot ur phone
Sun90 said:
when ur updating the binary u should always choose the 'Normal' thing instead of the 'CWM/TWRP' one ma8
if u flash a kernel it will not delete anything on ur phone, all u have to do is to select the right kernel like 'Philz' for example (if ur on a stock JB firmware) and flash the same through 'ODIN' and reboot ur phone
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Thanks for your help. I've originally had Jeboo 1.2 kernel on my phone and tried to reflash that again through Odin. It passed, however I'm still encountering the same problem of the bootloop.
Would flashing a different kernel help? I'm on stock JB firmware but with a Jeboo kernel. I am happy to try another kernel (if that would not brick my phone)
Do you have any other suggestions to help me solve this?
Again thanks for your help
peshmann said:
Thanks for your help. I've originally had Jeboo 1.2 kernel on my phone and tried to reflash that again through Odin. It passed, however I'm still encountering the same problem of the bootloop.
Would flashing a different kernel help? I'm on stock JB firmware but with a Jeboo kernel. I am happy to try another kernel (if that would not brick my phone)
Do you have any other suggestions to help me solve this?
Again thanks for your help
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You could try flashing hawkerpaul's kernel wiper first and then install another stock kernel like PhilZ or Apollo, and see if that helps.
Neat Rom lite,suddenly struck in boot loop after 1 month of operation.
Dear All,
I have installed the "I9100XWLSZ_NeatROM_Lite_v5.0.1" custom rom and after 1 month of successful usage, today suddenly the phone was dead.(probably due to autoupdates over wifi) . I tried to reboot, but didnt. Tried to restart but got stuck in the logo screen with yellow triangle.
Tried to enter recovery mode, but no use. Only download mode is possible.
Tried to flash the stock rom using odin, but no use, Nand write failed.
Can somebody help me how to come out of this situation. Shall I install a different kernal and see?
Regards,
Maka11
- i can get into recovery mode (normal recovery mode, not clockwork)
- i can get into download mode
- i am with Bell in Canada
Here's what lead to this error:
I updated the phone, through samsung kies to 4.0.3.
I followed this guide to root my phone: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719
I installed the jelly bean supernexus (i19100) rom but i forgot to wipe before doing it
after it installed, i wiped and it just stuck and rebooted and the phone wouldnt turn on
so, i used odin to flash the stock bell samsung rom and now the it gets stuck at the logo
Further research led me to this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1760107. Would it help? I have no idea what LQ5/LPM is.
I just want it to work I dont care what rom
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
interioralligator said:
- i can get into recovery mode (normal recovery mode, not clockwork)
- i can get into download mode
- i am with Bell in Canada
Here's what lead to this error:
I updated the phone, through samsung kies to 4.0.3.
I followed this guide to root my phone: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719
I installed the jelly bean supernexus (i19100) rom but i forgot to wipe before doing it
after it installed, i wiped and it just stuck and rebooted and the phone wouldnt turn on
so, i used odin to flash the stock bell samsung rom and now the it gets stuck at the logo
I just want it to work I dont care what rom
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
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Can't you wipe data in normal recovery mode?
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kilometers4 said:
Can't you wipe data in normal recovery mode?
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Nope, same thing, it gets stuck at Formatting data.... and then after a while (~7-10min) reboots and gets stuck at the logo.
I researched some more and found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1760107. But I don't know what LQ5, LPM is. Would it help?
LQ5 and LPM are the frimware versions ... From what I can tell, Jelly Bean SuperNexus ROM is LPX. Although the problem you describe and the problem the thread you linked sound pretty much the same, at this point I don't think that you have much to lose here.
Before you do, was Odin successfully able to flash the stock ROM on there, or did it fail? If you're not sure, try again and take note. If it was successful, it sounds like your problem might be slightly different from what is described in the linked thread you posted. If it wasn't, then I'd say you don't really have much to lose by trying it out. Your phone is currently useless, if you try the fix in that thread and it doesn't work, it's still useless and you're in the same place you are now... Although there is a small possibility that that place my be a little more permanent...
Porkchops said:
LQ5 and LPM are the frimware versions ... From what I can tell, Jelly Bean SuperNexus ROM is LPX. Although the problem you describe and the problem the thread you linked sound pretty much the same, at this point I don't think that you have much to lose here.
Before you do, was Odin successfully able to flash the stock ROM on there, or did it fail? If you're not sure, try again and take note. If it was successful, it sounds like your problem might be slightly different from what is described in the linked thread you posted. If it wasn't, then I'd say you don't really have much to lose by trying it out. Your phone is currently useless, if you try the fix in that thread and it doesn't work, it's still useless and you're in the same place you are now... Although there is a small possibility that that place my be a little more permanent...
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Yes, I flashed the stock ROM twice and Odin (v1.85) said it was succesful both times. I only set the PDA (with the rom) and left everything else (PIT, CSC, etc) blank and I made sure re-partition was unchecked.
Thanks for responding!
ok, now i cant get into recovery, it says in red text "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again." There is a pic of a red android with a exclamation sign. I can boot into download mode but wheneever i try to flahs something from keys it gets stuck at setupconnection....
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ok, now i cant get into recovery, it says in red text "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again." There is a pic of a red android with a exclamation sign. I can boot into download mode but wheneever i try to flahs something from keys it gets stuck at setupconnection....
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Just relax first of all you need a stock rom bro which have 4 files code , modem, csc & pit files
Just flash that rom there you govnow ur phone is unbricked
Yea but when I try to flash from odin, it gets stuck at SetupConnection...
Thanks for the helping, btw!
Ok, lol, now I can flash again. I have a question: to flash a PIT file (the one I found in OP) do you have to tick re-partition or leave it unchecked?
Also, I still cant wipe data (it gets stuck at:
formating /data....
for a looooooooooong time and then reboots.
I have a trouble the same with interioralligator. are you sovle it? Please for me a solution for this case. Thanks
Hello everyone
here's the story from the start:
I was chatting on Skype when my Galaxy S II GT-I9100 suddenly freezed. I removed the battery and booted the phone but it was stock at the Samsung logo.
What happened since then:
1- My device has never been rooted before.
2- I was running official Jelly Bean 4.1.2
3- I have only access to download mode.
4- I tried flashing stock Jelly Bean "I9100XWLSD_I9100OJVLS6_I9100XXLS8_HOME.tar" and "I9100_CODE_I9100XXLPH_CL118559_REV02_user_low_ship.tar" using Odin 3.07 and Odin 1.83.
5- The device started to show "firmware upgrade encountered an issue ..."
6- Tried to flash stock kernel. "KERNEL_XWLPM"
7- Tried to flash custom kernels. "Siyah-s2-v5.0.1" and "Siyah-s2-v6.0b5"
8- In download mode: Current Binary changed from "official" to "custom" and Custom Binary from "no" to "yes" (3 counts) WHAT IS THIS?
Questions:
1- Is my S II soft bricked or hard bricked?
2- Can I install CWM recovery with my S II in the current situation? I read somewhere in the forum that this could help me install a custom rom.
3- Can I flash custom roms via Odin? I have no problem using any rom available I just want my S II working again
4- Please keep in mind that I'm new to this so I hope that you can provide me with step by step instructions.
5- Thank you everyone in advance for your help.
Flash JB leak:
PDA: LSJ
PHONE: LS6
CSC: LS1
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no luck
Try another usb port.
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1- tried different usb ports. even usb 3.0 ports
2- tried different Samsung drivers. (kies is not installed)
3- used the usb cable that came with S II.
What about Re-Partitioning the device, will that help? What are the danger of using it?
It won't, it'll likely brick your device.
Install kies, by installing different drivers you're creating conflict.
If it fails, try with another PC/laptop.
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downloaded kies; still nothing!
don't you think my S II is bricked already? If so, what options do I have?
It's not.
Keep trying
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I almost gave up!
thank you for putting hope in my heart, dude
zMoondanceR said:
I almost gave up!
thank you for putting hope in my heart, dude
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Since you can still go to "download mode", first recharge your battery till full, get CWR and flash CWR only via ODIN, boot to recovery, format system, cache, data partitions. Obtain any custom ROM, flash with custom rom via CWR. Your device id soft brick only .... have FUN dude !!!
a million thanks x1123
However, I have few questions on my mind:
1- How am I supposed to know that the battery is fully charged while the screen displays "firmware upgrade encountered an issue ..." while charging?
2- Where can I get CWR? Would you be so kind to provide a link?
3- Which custom rom is the most stable that you can recommend?
4- Do I need to flash a new kernel? Which one is the most stable\safe?
thank you so much for all the help
zMoondanceR said:
a million thanks x1123
However, I have few questions on my mind:
1- How am I supposed to know that the battery is fully charged while the screen displays "firmware upgrade encountered an issue ..." while charging?
2- Where can I get CWR? Would you be so kind to provide a link?
3- Which custom rom is the most stable that you can recommend?
4- Do I need to flash a new kernel? Which one is the most stable\safe?
thank you so much for all the help
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1.first download ics 4.0.3 or 4.0.4 flash in odin
and keep mind when if it is succesfully completed it restar and struck at samsung logo means "s: symbol
remove u r battery and wait for one minute replace the battery and hold down the volume up+menu button+and press the power button u will go to recovery menu now with the help of volume button go to factory reset and press the power button to select and select yes and reboot.
thank you Raghavendra_atp for the advice but I already tried that but my device refused to be flashed due to NAND corruption.
I'd appreciate it if you could read my first post to know more about my current situation. Thank you.
zMoondanceR said:
thank you Raghavendra_atp for the advice but I already tried that but my device refused to be flashed due to NAND corruption.
I'd appreciate it if you could read my first post to know more about my current situation. Thank you.
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ok tell me that if u going to recover mode and download mode
I can only access download mode
zMoondanceR said:
I can only access download mode
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If that means u r mobile motherboard is gone it will cost nearly 8000rs sorry for that b'coz i had also same problem
i replace the mother baord in samsung service center
Have you tried following the guide on how to recover a soft bricked GS2?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458
On an off chance, are you trying to flash a rom for an i9100, but maybe you have an i9100G (newer GS2)?
This can be checked on the sticker behind the battery. Just suggesting that because you were previously on the factory rom.
I did follow that guide; tried flashing the provided kernel with no luck.
I'm positive that I have i9100 not i9100G.
How much does a motherboard cost in USD?!!
150 buck but I'm pretty sure this is a drivers conflict.
Keep trying, we've got plenty of threads about that.
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Hi, ad the title says i've bricked my player
I was on cm12 and tried to flash stock ROM from odin
I fkashed two times, the first one i got a bootloop, the second one the device got bricked :crying: , i can't do anything, it won't turno on or go into download mode :crying:
Please hekp me!
I've found a guide which tells about a program called unbrickble rezurrector, but i can't find the jar...
PLease help me i miss my player :crying: :crying:
Do you think that a USB jig will do the trick?
edoardog said:
Hi, ad the title says i've bricked my player
I was on cm12 and tried to flash stock ROM from odin
I fkashed two times, the first one i got a bootloop, the second one the device got bricked :crying: , i can't do anything, it won't turno on or go into download mode :crying:
Please hekp me!
I've found a guide which tells about a program called unbrickble rezurrector, but i can't find the jar...
PLease help me i miss my player :crying: :crying:
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To power your device all the way off plug it in and hold power until the battery logo comes up.
Then unplug it and hold power, home, and volume down to boot into download mode.
Use odin (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...=ewT0JrvKAjyPbAfN2FyCTQ&bvm=bv.91071109,d.eXY) to flash the stock firmware form here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192488
Androprise said:
To power your device all the way off plug it in and hold power until the battery logo comes up.
Then unplug it and hold power, home, and volume down to boot into download mode.
Use odin (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...=ewT0JrvKAjyPbAfN2FyCTQ&bvm=bv.91071109,d.eXY) to flash the stock firmware form here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192488
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hi, I've managed to make it boot into recovery by using unbrickable resurrector... now i've got another problem, I can't flash stock rom :crying:
I've followed adam outler guide to recover from a brick, but odin won't flash on the player! it just says SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Can't open the serial(COM) port! I can only make it go to download mode, and if I unplug it from the pc it shuts... I don't know what to do!
i don't think that the drivers are the problem, i can flash on my galaxy tab 3...
edoardog said:
hi, I've managed to make it boot into recovery by using unbrickable resurrector... now i've got another problem, I can't flash stock rom :crying:
I've followed adam outler guide to recover from a brick, but odin won't flash on the player! it just says SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Can't open the serial(COM) port! I can only make it go to download mode, and if I unplug it from the pc it shuts... I don't know what to do!
i don't think that the drivers are the problem, i can flash on my galaxy tab 3...
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My player has sometimes had this problem with Odin 3.07. It has always worked fine with Odin 1.85 however. I have attached the Odin zip just extract it and run. If it still doesn't work try installing Samsung Kies (or re-install) to get the USB driver. Should that fail install the samsung mobile USB Driver (also attached).
Kies Link (Use Kies 2.6): http://www.samsung.com/us/kies/
Androprise said:
My player has sometimes had this problem with Odin 3.07. It has always worked fine with Odin 1.85 however. I have attached the Odin zip just extract it and run. If it still doesn't work try installing Samsung Kies (or re-install) to get the USB driver. Should that fail install the samsung mobile USB Driver (also attached).
Kies Link (Use Kies 2.6):
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ok, thank you very much for your help
i managed to flash stockrom but the player won't turn on i don't know what happend
after it ends flashing it just shuts, it won't rebot... i don't know
edoardog said:
ok, thank you very much for your help
i managed to flash stockrom but the player won't turn on i don't know what happend
after it ends flashing it just shuts, it won't rebot... i don't know
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I'm in a similar situation (bricked after cm12, no recovery, have let the battery die, gathering info on what to do next).
Here's a total guess, maybe the repartitioning for the cm12 is messing up the stock rom (did you have "repartition" checked in odin?) have you tried flashing cm11 or 12 instead of stock?
Also if this doesn't work try flashing with the pit file which can be found lower down on the same post as the stock ROMs.
TheRealBubba said:
I'm in a similar situation (bricked after cm12, no recovery, have let the battery die, gathering info on what to do next).
Here's a total guess, maybe the repartitioning for the cm12 is messing up the stock rom (did you have "repartition" checked in odin?) have you tried flashing cm11 or 12 instead of stock?
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Hi, each time i flash in odin i check repartition and load the pit file...
how do I flash CM11 or CM12? I can't put it in recovery...
I think we are in the same situation, i was thinking... can't we make a CM11 or CM12 flashable tar file? i don't know if it's possibile, i'm a newbie and know only a little of android and similar OS...
uff, if the galaxy payer could only boot in recovery we could be able to flash one rom to fix it!
sorry for my bad english
edoardog said:
I think we are in the same situation, i was thinking... can't we make a CM11 or CM12 flashable tar file? i don't know if it's possibile, i'm a newbie and know only a little of android and similar OS...
uff, if the galaxy payer could only boot in recovery we could be able to flash one rom to fix it!
sorry for my bad english
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I couldn't get mine into recovery either. I couldn't even get proper download mode. But, I used odin3 v1.85 (I also tried kies, and re-installing that may have installed drivers that turned out to be necessary, windows spent a lot of time searching for drivers... I'm a linux guy, I don't really understand how/why windows needs to spend 10 minutes searching for the same drivers again and again - whatever), and tried flashing lots of things, assorted pit files, roms and recoveries...
Eventually I managed to install a stock rom that I got from the first post in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39188127
It installed correctly, but booted into an animation bootloop.
I cannot flash cwm on to it. When I boot into recovery I get the (stock?) android 3e recovery, and a screen full of red telling me that cache does not exist. None of the four options, reboot, install update zip from sd, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, do anything.
Stuck there now.
TheRealBubba said:
I couldn't get mine into recovery either. I couldn't even get proper download mode. But, I used odin3 v1.85 (I also tried kies, and re-installing that may have installed drivers that turned out to be necessary, windows spent a lot of time searching for drivers... I'm a linux guy, I don't really understand how/why windows needs to spend 10 minutes searching for the same drivers again and again - whatever), and tried flashing lots of things, assorted pit files, roms and recoveries...
Eventually I managed to install a stock rom that I got from the first post in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39188127
It installed correctly, but booted into an animation bootloop.
I cannot flash cwm on to it. When I boot into recovery I get the (stock?) android 3e recovery, and a screen full of red telling me that cache does not exist. None of the four options, reboot, install update zip from sd, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, do anything.
Stuck there now.
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I'm going to try to flash that, thank you for your respond... Windows can be relly slow in seraching driver, linux is a lot faster XD, yesterday i tried to flash my galaxy player from JODIN3, which is basically ODIN for LInux, the problem is, after it ends, it says SUCCESS!! but the player won't boot... Maybe the battery is dead this happens everytime I flash the pit and stock rom, ODIN says success but then it shuts, giving no life signs
This is a really strange problem even I tryed to flash everything (from kernels, to recovery, to stock roms and the bootloader which posted AdamOutler) we need to ask to an experienced dev what maybe has happend, ecause i relly have no idea
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I'm going to try to flash that, thank you for your respond... Windows can be relly slow in seraching driver, linux is a lot faster XD, yesterday i tried to flash my galaxy player from JODIN3, which is basically ODIN for LInux, the problem is, after it ends, it says SUCCESS!! but the player won't boot... Maybe the battery is dead this happens everytime I flash the pit and stock rom, ODIN says success but then it shuts, giving no life signs
This is a really strange problem even I tryed to flash everything (from kernels, to recovery, to stock roms and the bootloader which posted AdamOutler) we need to ask to an experienced dev what maybe has happend, ecause i relly have no idea
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I'll look into JODIN3, messing around with Windows is so painfull. I would skip flashing the pit, just odin the one thing. I've also found that if odin fails flashing something, everything else I try flashing afterwards will fail. The only success I've had has been with disconnecting everything, plugging the device back into the PC, the starting odin new.
I've gotten a working gingerbread ROM, from here:
http://meticulus-development.com/index.php/galaxy-player-5-0-2/galaxy-player-5-0-stock-roms/
(irritating finding the download link among all the malware bull**** and "windows support" popups, it required registering for 4shared, but a throwaway email works)
The recovery is still a native samsung android 3e, and it took me a while to figure out that the "select" key wasn't the power button, but the home softkey... That might have been true of the last one I had flashed, the one that bootlooped, maybe I could have wiped... anyway. I've got a working gingerbread GP5.0 I can give my daughter (if I can avoid the temptation of putting cwm and then cm11 on it).
TheRealBubba said:
I'll look into JODIN3, messing around with Windows is so painfull. I would skip flashing the pit, just odin the one thing. I've also found that if odin fails flashing something, everything else I try flashing afterwards will fail. The only success I've had has been with disconnecting everything, plugging the device back into the PC, the starting odin new.
I've gotten a working gingerbread ROM, from here:
http://meticulus-development.com/index.php/galaxy-player-5-0-2/galaxy-player-5-0-stock-roms/
(irritating finding the download link among all the malware bull**** and "windows support" popups, it required registering for 4shared, but a throwaway email works)
The recovery is still a native samsung android 3e, and it took me a while to figure out that the "select" key wasn't the power button, but the home softkey... That might have been true of the last one I had flashed, the one that bootlooped, maybe I could have wiped... anyway. I've got a working gingerbread GP5.0 I can give my daughter (if I can avoid the temptation of putting cwm and then cm11 on it).
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Thank you very much! I'll try and flash, I'm curious to see if this one works! downloading right naw!!
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I'll look into JODIN3, messing around with Windows is so painfull. I would skip flashing the pit, just odin the one thing. I've also found that if odin fails flashing something, everything else I try flashing afterwards will fail. The only success I've had has been with disconnecting everything, plugging the device back into the PC, the starting odin new.
I've gotten a working gingerbread ROM, from here:
http://meticulus-development.com/index.php/galaxy-player-5-0-2/galaxy-player-5-0-stock-roms/
(irritating finding the download link among all the malware bull**** and "windows support" popups, it required registering for 4shared, but a throwaway email works)
The recovery is still a native samsung android 3e, and it took me a while to figure out that the "select" key wasn't the power button, but the home softkey... That might have been true of the last one I had flashed, the one that bootlooped, maybe I could have wiped... anyway. I've got a working gingerbread GP5.0 I can give my daughter (if I can avoid the temptation of putting cwm and then cm11 on it).
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Actually it didn't work DDD: whatever thank you very much for trying helping me, I think I need to change the entire device XD, but i was thinking... maybe if I install the usa rom on my INTL do you think that it may work, i've read that it works but the home button won't be recognized... dunno
I'm gonna try, as we say in italy, rotto per rotto, I will try and install
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Actually it didn't work DDD: whatever thank you very much for trying helping me, I think I need to change the entire device XD, but i was thinking... maybe if I install the usa rom on my INTL do you think that it may work, i've read that it works but the home button won't be recognized... dunno
I'm gonna try, as we say in italy, rotto per rotto, I will try and install
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Hmmm, I think the US/Intl might not be super important, since all you really want is to get a working recovery on there. I got one of those GB roms on, then was able to flash cwm. I don't think you need to be able to use the rom, but installing it make odin able to flash cwm. Once cwm was on I installed the cm11 xip and all is good.
Good luck with yours.
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Hmmm, I think the US/Intl might not be super important, since all you really want is to get a working recovery on there. I got one of those GB roms on, then was able to flash cwm. I don't think you need to be able to use the rom, but installing it make odin able to flash cwm. Once cwm was on I installed the cm11 xip and all is good.
Good luck with yours.
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I still have the same results, the player won't boot after finishing flashing... oh well, thank you very much for your help
Maybe i'll buy another one, it's a very cool device
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I couldn't get mine into recovery either. I couldn't even get proper download mode. But, I used odin3 v1.85 (I also tried kies, and re-installing that may have installed drivers that turned out to be necessary, windows spent a lot of time searching for drivers... I'm a linux guy, I don't really understand how/why windows needs to spend 10 minutes searching for the same drivers again and again - whatever), and tried flashing lots of things, assorted pit files, roms and recoveries...
Eventually I managed to install a stock rom that I got from the first post in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39188127
It installed correctly, but booted into an animation bootloop.
I cannot flash cwm on to it. When I boot into recovery I get the (stock?) android 3e recovery, and a screen full of red telling me that cache does not exist. None of the four options, reboot, install update zip from sd, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, do anything.
Stuck there now.
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If the stock recovery is not working try flashing a CWM recovery for the GB ROMS.
For the Intl Player with the hardware button this one should work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1414565
You need the Odin file to flash then recovery should work.
Do a cache wipe, factory data reset, and wipe the Dalvik cache.