Hello!
My friend has problem with SGS+. He connected his phone to upgrade firmwire by Kies, but when KIES entered downloading stage it has freezed on 4% (it was liked that 30 minutes). So, he unplugged cable and he ran kies emergency firmware recovery but he can't ran phone in recovery mode.
kies was, and will always be buggy and stupid way to upgrade. he should use samfirmware+odin to spare the hassle and headache
same thing, Kies locked at 4% for 1 hour and 30' ...
I haven't yet disconnected the phone from usb.
Phone says "Downloading... Do not turn off target!!"
What can i do?
EDIT: fortunately i have been able to access the download mode and ODIN saved me. Kies really sucks.
My phone is not restarting. I am using a Samsung Vibrant T959.
I really love the phone since it a gift from my sister and I hope i can fix it. It had no issues, with a stock 2.1 firmware, but last month I installed ICS on my phone after which I started receiving me errors.I guess the ICS version i installed was not very stable. Usually restarting the phone would fix the problems and I would be good to go. However last evening when I got the error I restarted the phone 2 times but I would still receive the errors. The 3rd time I restarted it, the phone got stuck on the animation screen and did not boot.
I tried the recovery mode and it worked fine.
I took a backup of my data using the USB debugging mode of the phone.
Since I was irritated with this version of ICS i tried to root my phone using Odin.
Odin failed. The phone was stuck on the downloading screen for some time so i disconnected the phone from my computer and now the phone will not start.
It does not boot, it does not go the recovery mode nor the download mode. when I press the power button or the three buttons (volumn and power) together the screen shows a mobile phone a computer and a disconnect between the three (Phone ! PC sign).
I do not know how to fix it. Any help on this would be appreciated.
Closing this thread so that your duplicate can progress.
I tried to update my I9100 simply by checking for updates on phone. Everything was going fine but when i downloaded OS and it said that it will reboot now, it had frozen during rebooting. Now I can't enter recovery mode but download mode works proper. When I turn on It's just black screen of death and "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again" However Kies doesn't connect with it. It says that It has connection issues. I have rooted S2 with 4.1.1 OS and jeboo kernel 1.2.
bambo95 said:
I tried to update my I9100 simply by checking for updates on phone. Everything was going fine but when i downloaded OS and it said that it will reboot now, it had frozen during rebooting. Now I can't enter recovery mode but download mode works proper. When I turn on It's just black screen of death and "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again" However Kies doesn't connect with it. It says that It has connection issues. I have rooted S2 with 4.1.1 OS and jeboo kernel 1.2.
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Make sure you have correct drivers installed and usb debugging option is on, after widows loads all drivers when phone is connected disconnect phone using safely discoonect device and do a reboot and then after restart try again, also check your firewall and antivirus is not blocking the connection to phone.
Flash stock and go back to custom.
And please stop trying to update your device thru kies while you're actually on custom. Those two don't get along to well.
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Hi Guys, I am in big trouble, My friend purchased an used galaxy s3 GT-I9300 europian/uk version two days back, and he is not tech savvy so he ask me to help to install software apps and other stuff, and handed over the phone to me for one day, so i perform hard reset to his phone, and it was running on ICS 4.0.4, so i checked for firmware update, and try to install it via OTA, after downloading update the phone restarted, but update not installed. so i again downloaded OTA update and install it, now after rebooting it freezed on samsung logo. So i wipe it via recovery mode and reboot it. Now after rebooting it freezed on a screen "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again".
(1) Now i am unable to enter in recovery mode, i can only enter in download mode, so i think it is soft bricked, not hard bricked, and can be repaired some how..
(2) I am unable to see charging screen when phone is connected to USB, it shows "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again". but i think it is still charging
(3) I have tried famous 15 minute battery out
(4) i have tried to install via kies
(5) i have installed 3-4 firmware via odin in download mode, but when it tries to restart, it again stuck at "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again".
(6) I have tried via Oneclick Unbrick file
(7) As i plugged USB cable (either battery inside or without battery), in both case, it displays "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again". screen. and i have to remove usb and battery to start it again, however when i insert only battery without usb plugged, then it never shows the screen "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again".
(8) I am from india, and friend purchased phone from somebody else which is from UK so i am not able to get service centre help her.
(9) phone is more than 1 year old, and carrier unlocked, so it is out of warranty now.
Now I am out of ideas, please help me how can i resolve the issue, because my friend think, i have messed his phone, he has not dial a single call with his phone yet. PLEASE..PLEASE HELP ME OTHERWISE I HAVE TO PAY FULL AMOUNT TO HIM...PLEASE HELP......
Would have taken much less reading the stickies rather than posting this.
There's only so much people here can do and if the stickies are exhausted there's no easy answer. What odin version are you using?
Follow the guide in general forum sticky to flash the right firmware for your country. Download the latest firmware from Sammobile.com
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boomboomer said:
Follow the guide in general forum sticky to flash the right firmware for your country. Download the latest firmware from Sammobile.com
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Odin version is 3.09, and i have tried rom from sam mobile WITH ODIN, But due to "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again". It is stuck at Nand write, or sometimes Process failed in odin., phone belongs to UK,
Since it was on ICS could be affected by sudden death causing emmc failure. Samsung give 2 years warranty on handsets but you're gonna struggle in India. Try "firmware upgrade and initialization" in kies. If that doesn't work it's most likely dead, can you still see the phone model in download mode?
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Since it was on ICS could be affected by sudden death causing emmc failure. Samsung give 2 years warranty on handsets but you're gonna struggle in India. Try "firmware upgrade and initialization" in kies. If that doesn't work it's most likely dead, can you still see the phone model in download mode?
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Yes i have attached snaps, and i am able to see my model no. in download mode
Now it is also not entering in download mode, I have to plug usb cable via laptop or via charger to enter download mode, i don't whether battery discharged or some other issue?
Your last option is to try the rescue firmware, search in general forum.
Follow the guide exactly on how to use it, but if it fails to flash then you have a hard brick -new motherboard required.
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All rescue files for my device are old, so all files are hosted on hostfile.com, which was banned due to US copyright issue, so links are not working
Apologies if this post is inappropriate for the forum, if so could I be directed to the correct place?
I recently flashed the latest CyanogenMod to my Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100). However, after some tinkering I managed to make it unable to access the internet via WiFi or Mobile Data.
Unable to fix this after asking online I figured I'd just flash a stock ROM, and go back to square 1.
In flashing, something ****ed up. I did everything right AFAIK but mid flash the phone went to the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." screen.
The device will now only boot to this screen, and I cannot access recovery mode.
I went immediately to Kies, plugged in my phone, intending to use the firmware recovery tool, however Kies does not recognise the phone. I went through the troubleshooting procedure, redownloaded the drivers (multiple times) and still no joy. I even uninstalled Kies and reinstalled. Following that, it now gives a "Device is not responding" error message.
I can't do a firmware recovery, I can't flash a new ROM until I can enter recovery mode, and I can't turn my phone on.
I hesitate to ask but... am I bricked?
Wat do?
Thanks in advance for any help.