Hello Guys,
I own a Galaxy S2 I9100G.. 2 months ago i flashed it and installed custom Rom of cyanogen mod version 10.1.3-RC2-i9100g ...
Last night i was browsing the internet when suddenly it got stuck and i had remove the battery to restart. But the problem is that it didnt restart.
I can only go in to download mode. But cant seem to flash via odin it fails atfer nand write. And i am not able to find the files for my mobile..as many files here were on hotfile server and it seems to have been closed.
Please help me regarding this matter how should i proceed?? how do i get it to start ??
Last resort would be to go the service center but i would like to try to fix it before.. And warranty also expired a while back ..
I get complete ( write) operation fail after nand write..
do u think my hardware has blown up or something ?? or is it just sofware problem ?
I am using odin V 3.04 .. On odin version 1.85 it usually doeant go on after nand write and stays on it ..
Please help me here .. I really would like to fix my phone : (
Can't you go to Recovery using Volume Up+Home+Power ? the symptoms you are telling are kinda dangerous. At what stage the Odin flashing fails? if its at the factoryfs, than i am afraid you are facing a super brick here.
Look for firmware on AndroidFirmwares.net or Samsung-Updates.com, you don't need to use the exact same firmware that was originally on the phone, any firmware for your carrier will do (make sure it's I9100G though) & if you're going to go back to a custom rom as soon as you get your phone working normally again, any firmware from any carrier will do.
Search for Hopper8's 'Odin troubleshooting' thread, though some of the stuff he mentions is I9100 specific (advice to flash specific files) a lot of the other stuff is generic I9100x stuff which you should try if you find you can't get a successful Odin flash.
But if it keeps failing at NAND write having tried a lot of different I9100G stock firmwares, the NAND might be cactus, which means you need a motherboard replacement. But I'd try a lot of stock roms before I conceded that if I were in your situation. Often these things can be fixed by persevering.
@alvinasnow Nope i cant go into recovery mode.. If i could it would have been very easy after then.. Only download mode opens up.. And i tried different things flashing bootloader, kernel, firmware, pit,csc , everything fails at nand writing .. So is there a way out of this ??
@MistahBungle I was afraid that might be the answer motherboard replacement.. I tried different firmwares and even flashing via different Methods but its always the same.. i will go to the sites you mentioned to try more firmwares..
But i think my only option would be to go to a samsung service center i guess :-/ ?? they would be able to fix it right ???
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@alvinasnow Nope i cant go into recovery mode.. If i could it would have been very easy after then.. Only download mode opens up.. And i tried different things flashing bootloader, kernel, firmware, pit,csc , everything fails at nand writing .. So is there a way out of this ??
@MistahBungle I was afraid that might be the answer motherboard replacement.. I tried different firmwares and even flashing via different Methods but its always the same.. i will go to the sites you mentioned to try more firmwares..
But i think my only option would be to go to a samsung service center i guess :-/ ?? they would be able to fix it right ???
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Yep, but it's cheaper, faster and very easy to do it yourself
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Yep. Sourcing a 2nd hand motherboard online somewhere & either replacing yourself or paying a local mobile repair shop (non Samsung service centre) to replace will be much cheaper than paying a service centre to put a new board in.
So Basically there is no way to save my internal memory data :-/ ????
Changing the motherboard i guess would mean all gone with not a single hope of recovery.. OR i get to keep my data after the change ??
If you didn't back your data up, no. I guess you could contact companies who recover data from dead hard drives & maybe they can help, but that's a real longshot & will be very expensive if it's possible.
I did one back up 50-55 days ago when i went to custom rom .. so i will be losing pretty much only data in last month or so .. not much ..
But i still dont understand why the motherboard needs to be changed ?? i mean the download mode opens and everything .. odin fails to write ..
So nand failure basically means motherboard got screwed??
Are there other flashing softwares better then odin ??
I will have to actually wait till tomorrow to see what does samsung has to say in this regard as its off today ..So thought one last fight lol ..
And one more thing the battery is draining really fast and pretty much heating up in minutes when i put it on charge ..
And when i remove the charger .. the charging battery logo does not disappear i have to remove battery for it to disappear.. and the logo also stays when i remove the battery while the charger is still connected ..so have to remove the charger to make it go away .. basically cut all power for the logo to go away ..
As I said in my first post to this thread, you might as well keep trying/flashing firmwares, but you claimed to have already done a lot of that. What you're describing is symptomatic of the NAND being corrupted. It's too time consuming for service centres to replace just the NAND (removing/re-soldering components like that is fiddly), so they simply replace the whole board (and charge you a lot to do it).
OK...That extra information you supplied in your last post might give you an easier/cheaper fix. What you've just described sounds a lot like the USB board/port is on its way out. Replacing this yourself is cheap & easy to do (you just have to wait for the part to be delivered once you order it online); there's a guide in the General section which has all the info you need (search for replace USB charger board). Do that, then see if you can get a successful Odin flash. If you can, happy days. If you can't, then you replace the motherboard one way or another (or get a new phone).
This may or may not fix your problem; it may be a case of the NAND corrupted and the USB board needing replacing, but you're only going to know if you replace the board first.
You may fol a link in my signature for revival of ur phone.
From the OP: 'I can only go in to download mode'.
alvinasnow said:
You may fol a link in my signature for revival of ur phone.
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flash stock
^^^^^
Did you not read the OP/rest of the thread as well ? He tried to do that on a number of occasions, but something was tripping him up.
Initially it seemed fairly obvious it was likely NAND corruption, though in the OP's last post to this thread, the things he mentioned suggested a faulty USB board may have been stopping him getting a successful Odin flash.
So it was suggested he replace that given how cheap it is to do, and to try flashing stock again. That was a week ago, and depending on where in the world the OP is, he may well be still waiting for the part to arrive.
Actually i got confused bcoz he again told he can boot in download mode then his mother board cant b faulty its the usb port maybe
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So I had previously rooted my SGSII, and decided to try installing CM7 on it. I used CWM Recovery and ran it off the SD card, and everything appeared to work fine. I think I had a bad/not fully functioning CWM or something, as it didn't list an option to backup anything (I'm guessing because I flashed the stock kernel after rooting?) Anyway, it will no longer boot. I can access download mode, but Odin fails everytime I try to flash anything back on there. When I try to boot my phone, I just get a "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue" error.
EDIT: I just tried again as I was writing this, after rebooting, reinstalling my drivers and rebooting my computer. I was able to get the Firmware to flash properly in Odin. Now I have my phone booting and getting stuck on the "Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100 splash screen... Doesn't seem to go any further than that though, unfortunately.
Any ideas what I can do? Is it possible that I need re-flash a bootloader or something ??
Any help would be supremely appreciated!
So I was just trying to re-install the Kernel, using the CF unsecured kernel, and it failed, but when I try to go into recovery mode, it looks as though it managed to install CWM Recovery. I have no idea what to do from here, and am sort of afraid to do anything for fear or bricking the phone completely...
I'm hoping someone out there knows how to fix this, I feel like such a tool
As long as you can get into download-mode, your phone isn't bricked.
If you switch from or to a TouchWiz-based ROM, you have to do a full-wipe in the recovery.
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Go back to stock first via download mode via odin
Nah you're good. Similar thing happened to me at my first flashing attempt. Get your stock firmware from Intratech's thread, put the phone into download mode & flash the firmware via Odin.
Then maybe have another go at rooting the phone with the matching CFRoot kernel.
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So I was just trying to re-install the Kernel, using the CF unsecured kernel, and it failed, but when I try to go into recovery mode, it looks as though it managed to install CWM Recovery. I have no idea what to do from here, and am sort of afraid to do anything for fear or bricking the phone completely...
I'm hoping someone out there knows how to fix this, I feel like such a tool
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yes, if you can still go in download mode it's no so difficult..this "small brick" it's on of "Android things to do" once in your SGS2 life
Hi guys. I'm in a worst situation. As my phone after a failed ODIN downgrade from Android 2.3.6 to one stock kernel is completelly dead - it doesn't boot anymore - not even managed to put it back into download mode or revert to fact defaults (no keys, no lights not even battery charging displayed when pluged in) - tryed the USB jig also. Nothing worked.
The question is: Will Samsung manage to repair and how much will it cost - an average ammount offcourse. Because I guess it's out of the question to be considered a warranty issue. I guess it will be visible somebody have done smth to the ROM by a software approach....
This is the short story because I would bore you to discuss all the things I have been through - it was only my faoult out of stupidity
HELP!
I don't see why Samsung wouldn't fix it ? As to how much they'll charge you, I think you'll find that will vary from country to country (labour costs being variable, etc). No, I don't think you'll be able to have it repaired under warranty.
You might want to look at having it JTAG repaired by someone other than Samsung. This will possibly be cheaper than having Samsung repair it. Do a search on here/Google.
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The question is: Will Samsung manage to repair and how much will it cost - an average ammount offcourse. Because I guess it's out of the question to be considered a warranty issue. I guess it will be visible somebody have done smth to the ROM by a software approach....
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Thank you very much. I have searched alot to actually understand - unfortunatelly for me it will cost... I saw on youtube a JTAG in action right now (cannot post the link yet). I understand now it is the only way. I'll keep you posted guys. Tomorrow I'll go to service.
I'm sorry it's going to cost Alex. A difficult thing to happen, I know
Here's a link for a JTAG repairer in the US who is also a member here, tho I see you've already found one. I'm sure doing it this way will be cheaper/probably faster than having Samsung do the repair as well.
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Thank you very much. I have searched alot to actually understand - unfortunatelly for me it will cost... I saw on youtube a JTAG in action right now (cannot post the link yet). I understand now it is the only way. I'll keep you posted guys. Tomorrow I'll go to service.
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Thax. Funny thing is that this is exactly the thing I found - the same mobiletechvideos in US Now I allready have an ideea of how much should cost that. Hopefully I'll find a local GSM repair shop with the posibilitty to unbrick it cheep - or at least not much than 50USD - in local currency ofcource.
I'm still thinking if it is possible to use an ATMEL copy process - like in the old times for EEPROMS - I have done that in the past. In theory it might work but I will never do it - alredy scared about what happened to my beloved droid.
Thx again Mistah and have a gr8 day and a wonderfull new 2012!
Yeah I've seen a report or two on here from people who have used his service & have been happy. Must admit I found his page when thought I'd bricked my phone after my first flash attempt messed up. Yeah you might be able to get it done cheaper somewhere local, and that will mean less time without the phone for you without the phone in mail from you to the US & back again.
Let us know how you get on, your experience will be a good guide for people in future who have the same problems as you.
No probs man, happy to give you the little help I did. You too Alex Hope you have a great year & you get your phone back & working soon
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Thax. Funny thing is that this is exactly the thing I found - the same mobiletechvideos in US Now I allready have an ideea of how much should cost that. Hopefully I'll find a local GSM repair shop with the posibilitty to unbrick it cheep - or at least not much than 50USD - in local currency ofcource.
I'm still thinking if it is possible to use an ATMEL copy process - like in the old times for EEPROMS - I have done that in the past. In theory it might work but I will never do it - alredy scared about what happened to my beloved droid.
Thx again Mistah and have a gr8 day and a wonderfull new 2012!
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Hello again. Solved right now. The service didn't charged me at all - I was kind of lucky after all. Unfortunately there are still some issues I have from the start. I'll keep on digging - software related.
hi everybody!
all the steps below were taken from galaxys2root.com as well as the files
i have i9100 with a stock rom 2.3.4 (ki4) (and 1.4gb of free memory-maybe that was the problem).
yesterday i rooted it (everything was fine) and then i installed CWM recovery 4.0.1.4 through odin v1.85 (went fine too) and then on my way to find myself a new rom i decided to backup my current one with cwm. then i entered cwm by pressing vol-down+pwr+home and hit "backup". it backed up the system and then moved on to the data and thats where it got stuck for like an hour.... from the guide i understood that it shouldnt take more than 10 min- 15 min top so i figured that im having a problem, i tuned off the phone by pressing pwr button and turn it back on, then the phone got stuck on the sgs2 screen with the triangle so i turned it off again----> this time it didnt came back on, and not responding to download mode neither to polling battery out or not even by connecting to usb and charger- just dead!
how is it possible? and what should i do to bring it back to life? (and myself)
thank you very much(please help...), and sorry for the long text and the bad english
do you have usb jig with you?
i assume you brick your phone.
read my thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402286 carefully. anyway, usb jig will not harm your device
No download mode = try jig. Jig doesn't work = JTAG repair by 3rd party repairer (cheaper option) or JTAG repair my Samsung (more expensive option).
thank you,
no dont have one but i ordered from ebay.
is there a chance that my battery died and as a result of the two my phone wont respond?
Possible but highly unlikely. I guess you might as well try a new battery, at worst you'll have a spare when you get the phone repaired.
Fairly common problem go to forum xx download something and follow the instructions dont work go to a totally different forum and ask why ???
CWM 4 very old .
vol-down+pwr+home and hit "backup why ??? thats download mode
My guess would be wrong instructions/firmware .
The other question to ask is it a i9100 or a different version .
jje
i really hope thats the problem, im going to a friend now to try with his battry.
but really how is it possible that my phone is bricked when i didnt even try to flash a new rom, and more than that it happened in the backup process when all the cwm does is a copy operation... so what really had happened?
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Fairly common problem go to forum xx download something and follow the instructions dont work go to a totally different forum and ask why ???
CWM 4 very old .
vol-down+pwr+home and hit "backup why ??? thats download mode
My guess would be wrong instructions/firmware .
The other question to ask is it a i9100 or a different version .
jje
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to be honest i was too lazy to search here (which im not going to be now)
thats what he was doing in the video (it did went in cwm)
and my phone is i9100 i bought it in the UK
Wrong firmware faulty firmware wrong instructions any number of things can go wrong with a flash . But it is very odd that it happens in backup recovery yes but backup very rare .
jje
JJEgan said:
Wrong firmware faulty firmware wrong instructions any number of things can go wrong with a flash . But it is very odd that it happens in backup recovery yes but backup very rare .
jje
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so there is a slight chance that its the battery right?
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so there is a slight chance that its the battery right?
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no, there is not.
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ok the battery swap doesnt work so its not the problem,
any other ideas??? (except usb jig and jtag)
thanks
Jig <=1% chance of getting you into download mode, JTAG = 100% chance of fixing it. Other options = 0.
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Jig <=1% chance of getting you into download mode, JTAG = 100% chance of fixing it. Other options = 0.
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I should say jog = 50% chances of getting into download mode. JTAG is more like a solution for hard brick(totally unresponsive, bootloader totally mess up, brain system totally corrupted).
Base on my understanding, getting yourself a hard brick is harder than finding a needle in a haystack. If you go through zedomax(galaxys2root.com owner), he mentioned that he flashed all his android device countless time. All he got is just a couple of soft brick. Never a hard brick. Don't waste your money first. Invest on a cheap usb jig which only cost around 2 dollar, compare to JTAG services which cost 50 dollar.
If usb jig doesn't work, try to go for warranty , see whether they charge you or not. If warranty doesn't cover you and cost less than 50 dollar to repair, go for it.
Only go for JTAG if every effort above don't work.
Warning: JTAG is just a service that reinject Samsung firmware into your device. If your phone has hardware failure, I don't think they can help. Unless they provide hardware repair now. If you wanna be sure, email or call them up to see if they provide hardware repair/replace as well, just in case it is a hardware failure cases.
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i know its a very rare situation but it happened. I've tried the jig and it didnt work, then i decided to send it back to the store and they told me they have sent it to the manufacturer, now im waiting...
Hi!
I just had the weirdest experience with my sgsii
I have been using the unofficial vsync patched cm10 rom for this modelfor the last month or so.
I have been updating at least one per week but this week I decided to give my phone a break and not flash it... i am actually really busy at job.
Suddenly tonight, the phone looked like when you have a SOD... so i just pulled the battery.
Now, it does not pass from the first logo stage, just prior to start booting.
I cannot access cwm recovery either, but download mode seems to work-
Now the odd thng is that i am attempting to flash somethng to get the phone working but it gets stuck in the step "NAND Write start!".... it goes no furter than that...
I have chosen the options auto reboot and f.reset time.
a pda file, phone and csc file from the eaked jb rom.....
The system I am attempting to flash from is a windows 7 pro 64 bit.... and odin is Odin3 v1.85...
Please, tell me i didnt get a brick and there is a way tofix it... :crying:
EDIT: Desperated, i tried to flash latest jb leak again, and chose the pit file that comes with it, which re-partitions the phone...
After 20 minutes not responding, i pulld the battery out... now i cannot even enter download mode....nothing....nada....
Sounds like you bricked it, good job.
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GFXi0N said:
EDIT: Desperated, i tried to flash latest jb leak again, and chose the pit file that comes with it, which re-partitions the phone...
After 20 minutes not responding, i pulld the battery out... now i cannot even enter download mode....nothing....nada....
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too bad never repartition unless you make your own pit file with heimdall .. if you would've wait a couple hours I just pmed you.
and for other people instead of flashing samsung's bricksquadroms you can flash CM9 resurrection edition. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419102
Make a pit file with heimdall of your own device. Don't trust pitfile that comes with a rom.
I re-partitioned my device and i got like 3GB intern memory back.
There's probably a way to get your device alive. it isn't the mmc cap bug so. search some threads on xda about brickbugs etc of galaxy phones and you'll find people who hardbricked and unbricked their device.
Probably usb jig could get you into download mode i'm not sure though. Or else jtag. Ask some people over there they will know it
I will try to revive it with jig.... i must find the thingy though.,..... if not.. i will send it to the service but i'm not sure i'm on warranty....
Being not patient made me f*ck it up bad....
Any clue on how to recover a phone after re-partitioning.... i really don't know where to start...
EDIT: JIG does not switch it on either... why did i have to re-partition?!??!?!?!?!?!
That was a dumb move....... any more ideas?
If you cant enter recovery or download mode you have no choice but to JTAG repair or mobo replacement.
Hard brick.... on its way to service
Wish me luck..
Mobo replacement it is, this incident will at least teach you to be patient, I explained you my problem in PM, I waited for 1 week for USB jig to arrive from eBay then flashed stock ROM. I trust the f/w it came with the most.
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Mobo replacement it is, this incident will at least teach you to be patient, I explained you my problem in PM, I waited for 1 week for USB jig to arrive from eBay then flashed stock ROM. I trust the f/w it came with the most.
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USB JIG didn't work at all..... I have one and it was not able to boot the phone ....
Isn't this kind of brick fixable with Jtag?
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Ok, before I repartitioned, making the problem worse, I was experiencing some kind of R/W problem..... there was something odd with the nand because I was able to boot in download mode, but not in recovery (CWM) mode....
Then, when I plugged the phone to the computer, Odin was able to recognize the phone.
I followed some thread around XDA to flash 4.1.2 leak from sammy and when I hit the "Start" button in Odin, it would not pass from the first stages, revealing that R/W or I/O problem.... the internal nand was, somehow broken.... it didn't read or write properly.... so, even If i could find a workaround, I would have lost some internal storage (some posts talk about around 3 Gb or something similar as lost space in these cases).... that is IF i had been able to fix it..... but then, that's what warranty is for..... so I gave it a last (dumb) try..... including the pit file, which attempted a format, which ended messing (i would say the f. word) everything up.
The good side is that unable to even boot, at least i lost the blue loading bar the vsync patched cm10 mod has in the first bootup screen.... which could have revealed to sammy that I was tempering with unofficial roms....
Lesson learned: Be patient people: But also, don't think this could not happen to you: The phone was perfectly working the last time I saw it... and I even was making some phone calls and browsing the internet.... I mean... it gave no prior symptoms or warnings... I t just died..... I guess I have to be glad I'm not one of those people whose phone gets caught up on fire on their pockets for malfunctioning.....
Now waiting for it to come back revived from samsung..... I have hope
hope it will be able to recover
Great: After losing the phone and past almost three months, samsung says the phone has been manipulated and the warranty is voided....
I wasn't able to flash back an original firmware prior to sending it to the tech service.....
What do you recommend me to do?
I guess paying for the repair would be quite expensive....
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Great: After losing the phone and past almost three months, samsung says the phone has been manipulated and the warranty is voided....
I wasn't able to flash back an original firmware prior to sending it to the tech service.....
What do you recommend me to do?
I guess paying for the repair would be quite expensive....
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Well what is it you expect us to say, some secret magic word that will fix it for free?
The choice is pay for it to be fixed or dont.
So no magic word or secret passphrase so they will upgrade my device to a SGSIV for free?
Damn.....
I'm asking for advice, since I'm convinced the brick was not caused by flashing anything.....
Does anyone have any experience with this in the past to know more or less how expensive bill could I be facing for the repair?
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So no magic word or secret passphrase so they will upgrade my device to a SGSIV for free?
Damn.....
I'm asking for advice, since I'm convinced the brick was not caused by flashing anything.....
Does anyone have any experience with this in the past to know more or less how expensive bill could I be facing for the repair?
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Dude, it WAS caused by flashing something.
Initially your device wasn't "bricked" and was likely a kernel issue and possibly a dirty usb data connection.
The point when it was bricked was when you tried flashing the pit file, had bad connection and you then pulling battery. This f**ked your nand chip up and only way to fix it is to replace motherboard.
You will need to either purchase a mobo replacement and replace it yourself or pay somebody to purchase/replace it for you. Probably looking at around £100.
When bricks happen, you really need to BRICK it before claiming warranty.
I've got a couple of guys here that own a PhD in bricking.
Brick is the new flash.
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Jig wasn't working
Flashing anyting.. even just a recovery wasn't working
FLashing official didnt work
Flashing CM didnt work either
Tested different cables and different ports
It was f*cked up already... anyway: 4 samsung devices owned: 3 gave problems of hardware..... that cannot be a coincidence...
Repartitioning erased my tracks, if anything... because the 3 key combo for recovery was working until then..... but either way they managed to access the memory somehow, I guess.....
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anyway: 4 samsung devices owned: 3 gave problems of hardware..... that cannot be a coincidence....
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Maybe a PEBCAK?
GFXi0N said:
Jig wasn't working
Flashing anyting.. even just a recovery wasn't working
FLashing official didnt work
Flashing CM didnt work either
Tested different cables and different ports
It was f*cked up already... anyway: 4 samsung devices owned: 3 gave problems of hardware..... that cannot be a coincidence...
Repartitioning erased my tracks, if anything... because the 3 key combo for recovery was working until then..... but either way they managed to access the memory somehow, I guess.....
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Don't blame the phone, blame the user.
Yeah, sure... anyway... thanks for the help... I hope some day you need it and someone will come not trying to mocking you..... anyway... this is the trend around here lately...
Happy trolling
Hi everyone,
I found my non-rooted officially updated Ice Cream Sandwich Galaxy S2 phone turned off a few days ago. Upon switching on it won't go past the I9100 Samsung Galaxy S II screen, no matter how long I wait. I haven't flashed it before this moment with any custom ROMs or did actually make anything funny to it, including rooting.
Using Odin different versions I tried flashing it with official ROMs but it generally gets stuck either on NAND Write Start or at Set Partition/cache.img. Since only with the ROM with no pit, modem and CSC files I got no result, I was advised in another forum to flash with them so they can see what I reach. The suggested files were CODE_I9100XXLSJ for PDA, emmc_EXT4_16GB.pit for PIT, MODEM_I9100XXLS6 for Phone, and for CSC - CSC_HOME_OXX_I9100OXXLS1.
The second version which was a bit earlier was PDA CODE_I9100XXKG3_CL401405_REV02_user_low_ship.tar, u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4 PIT, MODEM_I9100XXKG3_REV_02_CL1040774.tar phone and GT-I9100-CSC-MULTI-OXAKG3.tar.
I tried flashing with both using almost every Odin version, from 1.3, 1.83, 1.85, 3.04 to 3.09 with only being able to reach the stages of NAND Write Start and Set Partition. I can only access download mode and not recovery mode.
Since I have been trying to solve the problem for a few days now, I also removed the battery for more than 2 minutes before flash, moved through different USB ports, going with different Odin versions, turning my anti-virus program off (I don't have KIES installed) with no success after the above point. The only thing I can't do now is change the USB cable but it is a nice one and the drivers and Windows recognise it OK with the phone. Since a xda thread I found suggested that re-partitioning off helped many people in my phone state I tried that too without opportunity to go any further. I also removed my SIM card and external 64 GB memory card just to check if there would be any difference (and also knowing this is recommended for wiping out their content), no help.
Can anyone give me advice what I could do to get the phone back to life? Could the internal 16GB memory be dying? Can I use something like the shared here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1823918 to check on bad sectors?
This is my first time to go through such experiences so excuse me if I have missed something. I will get back with more details as required. Thanks for your comments!
Dude..... I also did experiments wid ma phn......... nd faced da same prblm at da beginning...... try odin 3.04... its da best..... nd download ur s2 stock rom through sammobile.....
1st make sure dat samsung usb drivers are installed in ur pc..... install samsung kies...... it will automatically install drivers to ur pc.....
Den boot into download mode.... connect usb..... open odin in pc.... unmark auto reboot option...wen it shows blue color box written id:com....... flash ur s2 stock rom..... and wait till it doesnt get completed....... it will take time...so be calm..
after the rom will flashed completely....it will show a message "pass"
disconnect ur usb..... remove da battery.... wait for. 10 sec.... and reboot....... let me know if this helps u out...
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take a look at this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/guide-t2345831
maybe it'll give you some useful information
jeevan000 said:
Dude..... I also did experiments wid ma phn......... nd faced da same prblm at da beginning...... try odin 3.04... its da best..... nd download ur s2 stock rom through sammobile.....
1st make sure dat samsung usb drivers are installed in ur pc..... install samsung kies...... it will automatically install drivers to ur pc.....
Den boot into download mode.... connect usb..... open odin in pc.... unmark auto reboot option...wen it shows blue color box written id:com....... flash ur s2 stock rom..... and wait till it doesnt get completed....... it will take time...so be calm..
after the rom will flashed completely....it will show a message "pass"
disconnect ur usb..... remove da battery.... wait for. 10 sec.... and reboot....... let me know if this helps u out...
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Thanks jeevan000, currently flashing with 3.04 with reboot turned off and 4.1.2 JellyBean leak (I9100XXLSJ) from the suggested topic (thanks TheImpossibleEnemy). It failed but I will try once more, then will test an official ROM. Using primary USB port, installed KIES, killed its processes before starting, anti-virus turned off. Screenshot attached.
Tried with I9100XWLSS firmware too, downloaded by SamMobile, Fail again. I am frankly unsure what happens behind and how to troubleshoot it. All files to access are also properly unzipped and Odin itself is also unzipped. My only personal resort/hope is that so far I have used only one USB cable, tomorrow I will try with another or two. What brings me down is not that my phone is broken but that there is no way to get to what is really wrong...
i don't know..... wat's going on den......... i will suggest u to try ur own country official rom as u r saying dat u are using a leaked version... and have u installed kies.... try using the official one
Your problem is you're listening to a person who has no idea of what they're talking about, and ignoring the one who does. You need to go to the thread you were linked to by the person in this thread who does know what they're talking about. You need to try the stuff in that thread over and over and over and over until you get a successful flash. There's nothing else which isn't in that thread that can be suggested in these situations.
The alternative to persevering with the suggestions in the 'Bible' you were linked to (which that thread is in these situations) is giving up & paying a Samsung service centre a relatively large sum of money to fix your phone, or throwing it in the bin.
Right...You now have the different options, and you also have the tools you need to fix your phone. The rest is up to you.
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Your problem is you're listening to a person who has no idea of what they're talking about, and ignoring the one who does. You need to go to the thread you were linked to by the person in this thread who does know what they're talking about. You need to try the stuff in that thread over and over and over and over until you get a successful flash. There's nothing else which isn't in that thread that can be suggested in these situations.
The alternative to persevering with the suggestions in the 'Bible' you were linked to (which that thread is in these situations) is giving up & paying a Samsung service centre a relatively large sum of money to fix your phone, or throwing it in the bin.
Right...You now have the different options, and you also have the tools you need to fix your phone. The rest is up to you.
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who u r talking about......... if u know da solution,,,its better to give it.....instead of spamming the thread & blaming others
MistahBungle said:
Your problem is you're listening to a person who has no idea of what they're talking about, and ignoring the one who does. You need to go to the thread you were linked to by the person in this thread who does know what they're talking about. You need to try the stuff in that thread over and over and over and over until you get a successful flash. There's nothing else which isn't in that thread that can be suggested in these situations.
The alternative to persevering with the suggestions in the 'Bible' you were linked to (which that thread is in these situations) is giving up & paying a Samsung service centre a relatively large sum of money to fix your phone, or throwing it in the bin.
Right...You now have the different options, and you also have the tools you need to fix your phone. The rest is up to you.
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Yes, I have not given up and will not whatsoever. I am going for a few more USB cables, will try to buy an original Samsung one since my original one was taken by someone at work by mistake and I lost it so using a Kindle one instead. I have hope since the phone is entering download mode every time. My only alternative concern is that the problem may be hardware one since the phone was even with android 2.3.4 that I purchased it with officially and once or twice it turned off by itself, which was fixed by long holding of the turn on button or removing the battery.
I will not contact a Samsung centre as I have friends left their phones in weird conditions and Samsung/the vendor representing it kept them for up to 1 month returning them with either the same problems or doing something superficial saying the phone was OK, or claiming it had nothing to do with them, or even that they need a replacement since the phone was dead. What is better than that?
As long as you still have download mode, the majority of the time it's recoverable, though not 100% of the time. There's always a chance the flash is failing because the NAND is corrupted.
Those issues you described with the phone crashing/powering off for no reason could indicate something hardware-wise which might be causing your flash attempts to barf. If you're still trying in a few days & it's not happening, it's really quick/cheap/easy to replace the USB board/port yourself. When these are on the way out, they rarely die completely & often show a few faults & work OK for other things. They can sometimes cause phones to crash/power off/reboot like you described. So as this is really cheap to do (cheaper than going the change motherboard route anyways), try that before you start thinking about replacing the motherboard. KeithRoss39 has a guide in General (search for 'replace USB charger board') which will enable you to do it easily yourself.
If you get to that point of having replaced the USB board/port (by which time you'd have been at it for over a week by the time the part arrives) & it's still not taking a flash, then you'd look at motherboard replacement or a new phone.
So far as what might be wrong with it is concerned, it's electronics. They fail. I'm always surprised at other people's surprise on here when it happens. It happens. A lot. If it's not the NAND itself, it will be something else on the motherboard causing it to crash/power off & not take a flash (assuming you don't fix it). But the fix is still motherboard replacement because attempting to replace individual components is very fiddly, and would cost you more than it costs to have a board replaced in labour alone.
If you get to the point of deciding whether to get a new board or new phone, search online & see how much it will cost you to source a 2nd hand board (assuming you want to keep the phone rather than get another one). Once you've done that, you can get the board & take it to a local mobile repair shop (not Samsung service centre) and pay them to swap it. Will still be a lot cheaper than having a service centre put a new board in, and you won't have to put up the poor service you spoke of.
I was thinking of waiting for the Samsung's suggested F-series flagship/Note 4 or Sony Experia Z3 later in the year (Z2 is great but with user irreplaceable battery which for me is a no-go), but considering the case, no matter the outcome I am probably going for Note III next month.
Just to rephrase what you said, I tried flashing again yesterday with the new USB cable, it reached the data.img stage this time and failed with Odin 3.09. I haven't reached that so far so will try with other firmwares as I proceed. I found the USB charger board replacement thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/guide-replacing-usb-charger-board-t2335961, great is a mild description for the efforts in there and the video itself! If there is no progress until the middle of the next week, I will order a USB board and replace it, and then will follow your advice on the motherboard. I could see that I can have it for about GBP 35 (for now this is something that I do not want to consider).
If things go well, I will sell the S2. It's a great phone, it's been with me for about 3 years now (got it immediately once it started selling) and apart from slight left bottom screen corner darker backlight irregularity, common for the first year sold S2s and varying over the firmwares set, it has been built very well and is still an above-average device that has brought me a lot of pleasure working with. Still it is electronics so maybe it was time for something new...
P.S. After the last update, when I started it today it goes into 'Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.' I think the battery is low so will recharge it completely and see if download can be entered. Going through this thread so will see if anything is to change, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258628
did you try this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/help/guide-26-12-flash-stock-firmware-rom-t2365701
this might help you!
Try 3.07 of odin as it has options to nand erase.
Also try this- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43132016
P. S. - Wise people correct me if I'm wrong.
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I have a Galaxy 2 and a few days ago I charged cell phone and I when took out it from the charge the phone didnt turn on.
I tried reinstall the rom but the installation fails in ODIN.
I tried different ROMs but all failed.
I took to lab and they said the device was burned inside probably due to power charging.
But it is very strange that the device enters DOWNLOAD and when I turn the phone appears a message:
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Pleasev recovety mode in Kies & try again
Maybe something could be done to save the phone?
Thanks for helpers
I presume we're talking about an I9100 ?
The repair shop you took it to is probably wrong/doesn't know what they're talking about; think about it, if something was 'burnt out' on the motherboard, the phone wouldn't boot at all. However, with that said, it is possible the NAND could be corrupted, which is sometimes the case with these.
Find Hopper8'd 'Odin troubleshooting' thread stickied in General & try everything in that thread as many times as you have patience for/until you get a successful Odin flash, these cases are always fixed with persistence when they're actually recoverable (which is often the case when you still have download mode).
If you find after days of trying you can't get a successful flash, take it to another mobile repair shop. Most likely fix will be motherboard replacement as it's not feasible to just replace the NAND (very fiddly to do & would cost you more in labour than a motherboard replacement).
MistahBungle said:
I presume we're talking about an I9100 ?
The repair shop you took it to is probably wrong/doesn't know what they're talking about; think about it, if something was 'burnt out' on the motherboard, the phone wouldn't boot at all. However, with that said, it is possible the NAND could be corrupted, which is sometimes the case with these.
Find Hopper8'd 'Odin troubleshooting' thread stickied in General & try everything in that thread as many times as you have patience for/until you get a successful Odin flash, these cases are always fixed with persistence when they're actually recoverable (which is often the case when you still have download mode).
If you find after days of trying you can't get a successful flash, take it to another mobile repair shop. Most likely fix will be motherboard replacement as it's not feasible to just replace the NAND (very fiddly to do & would cost you more in labour than a motherboard replacement).
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I all day tried to falsh still is fail.
There is another way?
Please help me
I just did help you. I gave you the only help you can give in this situation.
The only way you're fixing this yourself is with a successful flash, and if you can't get that done, take it to a Samsung service centre or back to one of those local mobile repair shops.
There is no magic fix and no other way for you to fix this.
MistahBungle said:
I just did help you. I gave you the only help you can give in this situation.
The only way you're fixing this yourself is with a successful flash, and if you can't get that done, take it to a Samsung service centre or back to one of those local mobile repair shops.
There is no magic fix and no other way for you to fix this.
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There is any file that can be install by odin that will fix the phone? expect of rom
*cough*
Final time I'm saying it. I've given you the only way to fix this. If this doesn't fix it, you can't fix it yourself. What is it exactly do you find so difficult to understand about this ?
They're your choices. Persist & hope for the best, sit there with a busted phone for however long you want to be in denial, or get the motherboard replaced if you're unable to fix it yourself.