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Hey guys, I posted this in the regular Q&A folder but got no replies.. hopefully someone here can help!
I've recently acquired a shiny new S II and am looking to root it.
Thing is, I'm slightly scared of bricking my phone because of the kernel not closely matching ones I can find.. so I just wanted to post my plan of attack here, to make sure it made sense to you knowledgeable gentlemen
1) Install Kies from Samsungs's website and install it on my PC - done!
2) Grabbthe OZS_KG2 zip from this post (my kernel ends BUKG2) - done!
3) Download Odin v1.83 - done!
4) Use the instructions in this post. (I've already downloaded s2root)
5) After rooting, update the kernel one more time (using odin) to a proper one from here - probably the XXKG3 one to be safe - to get rid of the yellow triangle thing.
Does this sound ok? I've not missed anything obvious out, have I?
I've backed up contacts/APN etc to be safe, but am I correct in assuming that rooting shouldn't wipe any data?
You can't brick your phone this way. Just go ahead and try what works best.
Ah ok, that's reassuring. Will have to just take the plunge and see what happens!
My first stop after rooting will be clockwork recovery, the cyanogen mod.. fingers crossed!
Well to answer my own thread (and to help others in future!) this is how I did it...
1. Download a close enough kernel from Chainfire's epic good thread.
2. Install Kies
3. Set phone to use USB debugging (Settings > Apps > Development)
4. Download and run Odin
5. Reboot phone into download mode (while holding vol down + home button, press power)
6. Check in Odin for yellow connection at top left
7. In Odin, click PDA, select the .tar file downloaded in step 1
8. Click Start
And done!
I'm not bothered about removing the warning triangle (not really that bothered) but my phone is now perm-rooted and has superuser/etc
I've just made a backup using CWMR (hold vol up + home when powering on to access the CWMR menu) and am ready to go experimenting!
My first contribution to this forum is a request for help. In the following you can read what I did with my Vibrant.
1) starting point: android with eclair 2.1 stock, unlocked
2) rooted
3) Upgrade from eclair to froyo done with kies
4) want to go back to eclair to install ics passion
5) remove sim, remove sdcard, put the phone in download mode, start odin, select pit and PDA
6) hit start, odin shows following messages
Added
Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)
File analysis
Get PIT for mapping
Firmware update start
cache.rfs
It hangs here, telephone screen gets black, no progess in green status bar
7) Wait and wait. Stop odin (probably a very wrong move ...)
8) try again, nothing happens. If I try to put the phone in download mode (with the volume up/down button) or if I connect it to power I can see 3 icons on the scren:
- a telephone on the left
- a yellow warning sign in the middle
- a computer on the right
9) no way of powering on the phone, no ways to go to download mode
10) adb does not see the phone when plugged on usb
11) odin sometimes detects the phone when connected, if I try to run it again, I get the same hang as at point 6
Any suggestion is welcome
K.
That icon you are getting is still download mode. You could pull battery to try and get in the regular one I guess.
Odin hangs on me occasionally. Make sure you run as adminastrator and don't touch cable. The newest Odin hasn't hanged on me yet too, 1.8.3 something like that.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
Thanks for your response. If I understand, your suggestion is to:
- try again with Odin also with the 3 icons on the telephone screen
- run it as administrator
- retry until Odin is successfull
Am I correct?
K.
Check out the MIUI guide stickied and about halfway down is exactly what you are talking about and a solution.
OK, I've tried again
1) by running Odin as administrator
2) by using the PDA downloaded from here
androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant pointing to
files.androidspin.com/downloads.php?dir=androidspin/samsung/vibrant/&file=T959UVJFD.tar
instead of the file I had on the PC (I do not remember where I got it from)
3) It stopped snowing, but probably this has not a relevant impact on adroid phones ...
and it worked, the Vibrant is alive again running stock eclair
Again many thanks to trailblazerz11.
Woodrube, I've seen only now your post, thanks in any case for your suggestion too.
i have tried holding down the volume rocker and power, as well as the up and power, and down and power, but it just keeps on starting up. is there any other way to get into recovery mode?
What phone do you have?
On AT&T SGSII SGH-I777 the correct button combination is vol+ vol- and Pwr.
Hold down all three buttons until the boot screen appears, goes black, and appears a second time. (In case it doesn't boot into recovery on the first screen.)
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i have tried holding down the volume rocker and power, as well as the up and power, and down and power, but it just keeps on starting up. is there any other way to get into recovery mode?
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Impossible to offer any reliable assistance without knowing things like whether or not you're rooted, if rooted which ROM/kernel you're using, etc.
it continues to boot. could something be corrupt? is there another way to get around this?
i have gt-i9100 installed. it was i777 before.
sniper8752 said:
it continues to boot. could something be corrupt? is there another way to get around this?
i have gt-i9100 installed. it was i777 before.
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If you flashed firmware for the I9100 by mistake, and the firmware contained the secondary bootloader, then the button configuration would be different than the I777. Is that what happened?
If so, then you should flash the full stock UCKH7 firmware which includes bootloaders which you can get from the Download Repository. See the link in my signature.
This is what i believe is happening. i don't believe that my phone is rooted though. i don't see any superuser apps.
If you flashed an I9100 firmware by mistake using Odin, you would almost certainly not be rooted.
Anyway, if that is what has happened to your phone, then you need to use Odin to flash back to fully stock UCKH7 Gingerbread using the full firmware flash that contains secondary bootloader and param.lfs files. You can find that in the Download Repository. If you need more assistance, just ask.
so i use this site: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20229527&postcount=46 ? if so, which one do i use?
and thanks so much for your help! i appreciate it.
Flash the firmware under the heading I777UCKH7-CL503881 Stock Binaries. You can use either the one-click downloader or the tar.md5 file. The one click downloader is easier.
i noticed there is only a .exe. i ran this, and clicked on start, and it just said this:
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)
My phone is plugged in and on.
Open the exe file on your desktop. Then put the phone into download mode by:
with the phone off, hold down vol+ and vol- while plugging in the usb cable. Odin should recognize your phone. Then press start.
i don't think that three-button combo worked for me. it turns on the sg2 logo, then black screen, then the logo again, and then boots up normally.
It's not 3 buttons. vol+ and vol- but not power.
Here are the complete flashing instructions. Follow them step by step, and in order. This is for stand-alone odin, but applies to the one-click version as well, except you can ignore the steps about choosing the file, what to check, etc.
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How to use stand-alone Odin3 to flash firmware:
Follow and recheck each of the following steps. Do them in order listed, as some steps are dependent on previous steps. Instructions are for Odin3 v1.85. It should work with any version of Odin, but some details, like color of items, may be different. (Skip steps 6 to 8 with one-click downloader.
1.) Open Odin on the Windows Desktop.
2.) Have the USB cable plugged into USB port on the computer, but *Not* plugged in to the phone.
3.) Shut the phone off.
4.) While holding down the vol+ & vol- keys, plug micro-usb plug into phone.
5.) In Odin, you should get the yellow box under where it says ID:COM with the text 0:[COMx], and in the Message area, <ID:0/00x> Added!! where x is some number, usually 1-8.
6.) In Odin, make sure Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are checked and all other items are not checked.
7.) Click on the PDA button. Browse to the tar file you want to install and select it so its path appears in the text edit box next to the button.
8.) Make sure the check box next to the PDA button is checked.
9.) Click the Start button.
10.) You should see the green progress bar advancing.
Let me know if it flashes successfully.
not getting the yellow bar. it just shows the charging sign on my phone. :/
Yes of course. I'm moving too fast and not thinking.
You flashed I9100 secondary bootloader. Your recovery button combination is changed. Your download mode button combination is also changed.
OK. You can get a usb jig to put your phone into download mode. If you don't have one, you can buy one on the net.
Or... you can also boot into download mode using "adb reboot download". I havn't used this method to start an Odin flash, but I presume you would use adb to put the phone into download mode, unplug the usb cable, close the command prompt, open Odin and plug the usb cable back into the phone.
If you are unfamiliar with adb, here is a pretty good place to start learning about it.
hm, could i do this?:
BUT WHAT IF I’M/YOU’RE TRYING TO GET TO CLOCKWORKMOD RECOVERY?
1 ) Before the above you should have downloaded ROM Manager from the Android Market and Flashed ClcockworkMod REcovery. When it ask you what version you should select “Samsung T-Mobile GalaxyS2.” I know it says T-Mobile but select it anyways.
2 ) From Rom Manager you can select Reboot into Recovery OR you can turn your phone off and follow my previous top instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1409769
No. Never use rom manager on the I777.
Edit: That link is from I727 Skyrocket forums. I sure hope your phone is I777 not I727. That's what you said earlier.
Another way to try to get into download mode:
Remove the battery. Hold down one or both of the volume buttons and plug in the usb cable. The usb connection will supply the power. Try that while you have odin open on the pc, and see if it gets you into download mode.
it worked!!!!
where is the tar file?
i just didn't apply any file for 1.81. what does it do, by the way, with no file selected?
If you used the one-click downloader, the firmware and Odin are both contained in the exe file, so you don't have to add anything. If you pressed start, and Odin reported success, then you flashed the firmware.
Please please please could anyone help!
About a month ago I upgraded to Ice cream sandwich (LP7) and then rooted my S2. All worked fine for 3 or 4 days and then suddenly it crashed for no reason. I suspect, but am not sure, that it did an automatic update. On rebooting it just stops at the Samsung S2 screen with a yellow triangle.
For the last few weeks i have been trying to find a fix, but am at my wits end now.
I have gone through the different solutions on your site but to no avail also where mine seems to be different is that I can get into boot mode and odin always says its successful. I have tried different pc and usb cable too just in case that was an issue
I can not get into Volume up mode, but i can get into boot mode with volume down. I have tried re loading a few different rom's and Odin says that the transfer was successful each time, however it is still stuck at the same place on reboot.
Tried reloading kernel and re partitioning, and again Odin said it went OK, but still stuck on start screen.
Tried using a jig and turned phone on, but it the phone just went to the start screen again.
If i could just get into reset mode, i could clear the memory, but this is not working either.
If anyone could help i would be very so grateful.
Thanks
Terry
mcguirestick said:
Please please please could anyone help!
About a month ago I upgraded to Ice cream sandwich (LP7) and then rooted my S2. All worked fine for 3 or 4 days and then suddenly it crashed for no reason. I suspect, but am not sure, that it did an automatic update. On rebooting it just stops at the Samsung S2 screen with a yellow triangle.
For the last few weeks i have been trying to find a fix, but am at my wits end now.
I have gone through the different solutions on your site but to no avail also where mine seems to be different is that I can get into boot mode and odin always says its successful. I have tried different pc and usb cable too just in case that was an issue
I can not get into Volume up mode, but i can get into boot mode with volume down. I have tried re loading a few different rom's and Odin says that the transfer was successful each time, however it is still stuck at the same place on reboot.
Tried reloading kernel and re partitioning, and again Odin said it went OK, but still stuck on start screen.
Tried using a jig and turned phone on, but it the phone just went to the start screen again.
If i could just get into reset mode, i could clear the memory, but this is not working either.
If anyone could help i would be very so grateful.
Thanks
Terry
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You need to flash a ROM that will wipe your data at once.
Is your phone GT I9100 or GT I9100G?
Jokesy said:
You need to flash a ROM that will wipe your data at once.
Is your phone GT I9100 or GT I9100G?
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It Is a GT-I9100
mcguirestick said:
It Is a GT-I9100
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Follow these steps:
1. Download CM9 Resurrection editon
2. Flash CM9 Ressurection edtion via Odin
done.
Let me know how it goes.
Jokesy said:
Follow these steps:
1. Download CM9 Resurrection editon
2. Flash CM9 Ressurection edtion via Odin
done.
Let me know how it goes.
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Didnt knew roms could be flashed through odin, are they also flashed through the PDA section?
Poroto said:
Didnt knew roms could be flashed through odin, are they also flashed through the PDA section?
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That is a special .tar edition. You simply flash it just like a single file firmware (as PDA).
Good luck
Jokesy said:
That is a special .tar edition. You simply flash it just like a single file firmware (as PDA).
Good luck
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Hi Tried it exactly the same im afraid Odin says successful phone reboots then sits at Samsung s2 screen and goes no further
mcguirestick said:
Hi Tried it exactly the same im afraid Odin says successful phone reboots then sits at Samsung s2 screen and goes no further
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can you enter recovery now?
Jokesy said:
can you enter recovery now?
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Hi, Nope still can only get to boot load not recovery
mcguirestick said:
Hi, Nope still can only get to boot load not recovery
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I think your data partition is corrupt, but you can still get it solved.
You need to special .pit file. I'll post you the link (for the .pit file and instructions) very soon
Try this it worked for me
mcguirestick said:
Please please please could anyone help!
About a month ago I upgraded to Ice cream sandwich (LP7) and then rooted my S2. All worked fine for 3 or 4 days and then suddenly it crashed for no reason. I suspect, but am not sure, that it did an automatic update. On rebooting it just stops at the Samsung S2 screen with a yellow triangle.
For the last few weeks i have been trying to find a fix, but am at my wits end now.
I have gone through the different solutions on your site but to no avail also where mine seems to be different is that I can get into boot mode and odin always says its successful. I have tried different pc and usb cable too just in case that was an issue
I can not get into Volume up mode, but i can get into boot mode with volume down. I have tried re loading a few different rom's and Odin says that the transfer was successful each time, however it is still stuck at the same place on reboot.
Tried reloading kernel and re partitioning, and again Odin said it went OK, but still stuck on start screen.
Tried using a jig and turned phone on, but it the phone just went to the start screen again.
If i could just get into reset mode, i could clear the memory, but this is not working either.
If anyone could help i would be very so grateful.
Thanks
Terry
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Try this
Try this step by step and it shoudl work!
Requirements
A Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100
A Windows PC
Your phone’s USB cable
7-Zip, WinRAR, or any other programs that can extract archive files
Handset USB drivers installed on the PC. You may install the drivers by installing Samsung Kies.
Enable USB Debugging on your handset.
Disable antivirus, firewall, and other security software. Also disable Samsung Kies and other software that accesses your phone. Such software can interfere with the procedure in this guide.
Download the following files to your computer:
Android 4.0.4 ICS firmware build XXLQ5 (I9100XXLQ5_I9100OXALQ5_OXA.zip, 387.1 MB)
copy and paste
hotfile.com/dl/162208594/226b6f0/I9100XXLQ5_I9100OXALQ5_OXA.zip.html
Odin3 1.85 (Odin 1.85.zip,199 kB)
Make sure your phone’s battery is charged up to 75% or more to avoid interruptions during the process.
Backup all personal data on your phone to make sure you have a copy of your personal data (e.g., contacts, SMS, MMS, Internet settings, Wi-Fi passwords, and the like) in case the procedure in this guide erases such data.
For backup tips, check our guides on how to sync your data to the cloud and how to create local backups of your mobile data.
Instructions
Extract the contents of the I9100XXLQ5_I9100OXALQ5_OXA.zip file to get these files:
I9100_CODE_I9100XXLQ5_CL753921_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5
GT-I9100-MULTI-CSC-OXALQ5.tar.md5
MODEM_I9100XXLQ5_REV_02_CL1165929.tar.md5
u1_02_20120326_emmc_EXT4_8GB.pit
Extract the contents of the Odin 1.85.zip file to obtain the Odin3 v1.85.exe file.
Double-click on the Odin3 v1.85.exe file to launch Odin on your computer.
Unplug your phone from the computer if it is connected. After unplugging, turn your phone off.
Put your phone into Download Mode. To do this, hold the Volume Down, Home, and Power buttons together until the screen turns on. Press the Volume Up key to put your phone into Download Mode.
Connect your phone to the PC using the USB cable. In Odin, a message saying “Added!!†will appear on the bottom left of the window.
In the Odin window, click on the PDA button and select the I9100_CODE_I9100XXLQ5_CL753921_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5file. The file should show on the space beside the PDA button.
Click on the PHONE button and select MODEM_I9100XXLQ5_REV_02_CL1165929.tar.md5 file. The file should show on the space beside the Phone button.
Click on the CSC button and select the GT-I9100-MULTI-CSC-OXALQ5.tar.md5file. The file should show on the space beside the CSC button.
Don’t alter anything else in Odin. Leave everything else as is, except for adding the files mentioned in steps 7 to 9.
Click on the Start button in Odin to start flashing the firmware to your phone.
After the flashing completes, your phone will automatically reboot. You should be able to get a “PASS†message on the top left part of Odin.
NOTE: If you get a FAIL message or Odin gets stuck, disconnect your phone from the PC and close Odin. Remove the battery from your phone, re-insert it, and place your phone into Download Mode again. Open Odin and do the procedure starting from step 6.
Once you see the Samsung logo on your phone’s screen, you can safely disconnect your phone from the PC.
Hope this helps!
ScottsDesk
ScottsDesk said:
Try this
Try this step by step and it shoudl work!
Requirements
A Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100
A Windows PC
Your phone’s USB cable
7-Zip, WinRAR, or any other programs that can extract archive files
Handset USB drivers installed on the PC. You may install the drivers by installing Samsung Kies.
Enable USB Debugging on your handset.
Disable antivirus, firewall, and other security software. Also disable Samsung Kies and other software that accesses your phone. Such software can interfere with the procedure in this guide.
Download the following files to your computer:
Android 4.0.4 ICS firmware build XXLQ5 (I9100XXLQ5_I9100OXALQ5_OXA.zip, 387.1 MB)
copy and paste
hotfile.com/dl/162208594/226b6f0/I9100XXLQ5_I9100OXALQ5_OXA.zip.html
Odin3 1.85 (Odin 1.85.zip,199 kB)
Make sure your phone’s battery is charged up to 75% or more to avoid interruptions during the process.
Backup all personal data on your phone to make sure you have a copy of your personal data (e.g., contacts, SMS, MMS, Internet settings, Wi-Fi passwords, and the like) in case the procedure in this guide erases such data.
For backup tips, check our guides on how to sync your data to the cloud and how to create local backups of your mobile data.
Instructions
Extract the contents of the I9100XXLQ5_I9100OXALQ5_OXA.zip file to get these files:
I9100_CODE_I9100XXLQ5_CL753921_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5
GT-I9100-MULTI-CSC-OXALQ5.tar.md5
MODEM_I9100XXLQ5_REV_02_CL1165929.tar.md5
u1_02_20120326_emmc_EXT4_8GB.pit
Extract the contents of the Odin 1.85.zip file to obtain the Odin3 v1.85.exe file.
Double-click on the Odin3 v1.85.exe file to launch Odin on your computer.
Unplug your phone from the computer if it is connected. After unplugging, turn your phone off.
Put your phone into Download Mode. To do this, hold the Volume Down, Home, and Power buttons together until the screen turns on. Press the Volume Up key to put your phone into Download Mode.
Connect your phone to the PC using the USB cable. In Odin, a message saying “Added!!†will appear on the bottom left of the window.
In the Odin window, click on the PDA button and select the I9100_CODE_I9100XXLQ5_CL753921_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5file. The file should show on the space beside the PDA button.
Click on the PHONE button and select MODEM_I9100XXLQ5_REV_02_CL1165929.tar.md5 file. The file should show on the space beside the Phone button.
Click on the CSC button and select the GT-I9100-MULTI-CSC-OXALQ5.tar.md5file. The file should show on the space beside the CSC button.
Don’t alter anything else in Odin. Leave everything else as is, except for adding the files mentioned in steps 7 to 9.
Click on the Start button in Odin to start flashing the firmware to your phone.
After the flashing completes, your phone will automatically reboot. You should be able to get a “PASS†message on the top left part of Odin.
NOTE: If you get a FAIL message or Odin gets stuck, disconnect your phone from the PC and close Odin. Remove the battery from your phone, re-insert it, and place your phone into Download Mode again. Open Odin and do the procedure starting from step 6.
Once you see the Samsung logo on your phone’s screen, you can safely disconnect your phone from the PC.
Hope this helps!
ScottsDesk
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Hi Tried it again no luck
mcguirestick said:
Hi Tried it again no luck
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Sorry for not posting the link for the .pit file.
You can get the pit file here
Use the stock pit file first before trying the patched ones.
Follow the guide in this thread to revive your phone
Good luck
Jokesy said:
Sorry for not posting the link for the .pit file.
You can get the pit file here
Use the stock pit file first before trying the patched ones.
Follow the guide in this thread to revive your phone
Good luck
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Shall we try the pit by itself or the pit with the rom
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I belive we have the same problems:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32546472#post32546472 (now that my phone flashs - page 2 -)
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Shall we try the pit by itself or the pit with the rom
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I belive we have the same problems:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32546472#post32546472 (now that my phone flashs - page 2 -)
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his case is milder than yours. he should get his problem fixed by follow the tutorial i posted.
TRY THIS!
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Hi Tried it again no luck
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Try this I did and it worked to get mine booting after a bad update.
I messed around with it using several methods of getting it to boot into download mode until I finally got it to do it. I think I left it plugged into the USB, powered it down until I saw the charging screen, then I proceeded to play with the different ways to hold the buttons to get it to download mode. If you are persistent enough and read a little on booting methods to get bricked phone into download mode you will succed if not then your not for the world of trial and error... the main thing is do the first steps I said before until it works
1. Get into Download Mode (WITH THE PHONE PLUGGED IN) by following the steps below
*Turn off the phone until you get to the charging battery screen (keep in mind, your phone is currently PLUGGED IN)
*Press volume up and down, and power all at once.
*As soon as the screen turns black, release your power button.
2. Unplug phone from USB
or try
2. Remove everything from your phone (SD card, sim, battery).
3. Plug your phone into your computer WITHOUT the battery, as you have already taken it out in the last step.
4. Press and HOLD vol. up and vol. down.
5. As you are HOLDING these buttons, reattach your battery.
6. You should be in Download Mode.
7. Unplug phone from USB
any how try try try until it works
Once in download mode
Get your files together for your phone, and use Odin 1.85.
Plug into Odin and make sure it shows yellow and its added!
1. Now if your files have like 3 files and the exact .pit file for your phone if available.
I found mine here (Find yous stock firmware for your phone)
CLICK HERE
2. Click the PIT button and browse to your exact .pit file for your phone *It should now have added a check in the re-partition box under the options area of the Odin window. If not CHECK IT!
***If you don't have your .pit don't worry about this unless you suspect, or have a bad partition
3. If you have just 1 file just click the PDA button and load the file. If you have 3 then you will load the PDA file in PDA, the Modem file into PHONE, and the CSC file into CSC, there are way too many phones to link all the files so get you stuff together!
4. Now hit start.
5. When done and the phone shows the first sign of starting up IE Logo or whatever... immediately unplug the battery from the phone to shut it down.
6. Now put it back in and start it in Upload mode by pressing Vol Up, Home at the same time then the Power button.
7. As soon as the phone shows the first sign of starting up IE Logo or whatever let go of all buttons and using the Vol Up down Choose the Clear Cache option and go through and make sure you factory reset it if you can just for good measure.
8. Reboot
9. Now when the phone shows the first sign of starting up IE Logo or whatever take out battery again to power off
10. Now put it back in and start it in Download mode by pressing Vol Down, Home at the same time then the Power button.
11. Once in download mode Hook up to Odin again and flash it with a root kernel for your phone. Do not ask me just find it. I did it took time but I got all the files together over several days of reading and collecting the correct ones.
12. When done and the phone shows the first sign of starting up IE Logo or whatever... immediately unplug the battery from the phone to shut it down.
13. Now put it back in and start it in Upload mode by pressing Vol Up, Home at the same time then the Power button.
14. In most roots you will now have a advanced or mounting options and more options to use.
15. I cleared the Cache again, Cleared the Davilik Cache, Went into a option and actually mounted the cache formatted the Cache.
16. Use the option now to restart the phone...
And mine started up installed the apps and I am up and running, nice and smooth and no issues so far
I hope this helps out someone whos just about to go off the deep end, as I was there and patience and trial and error came up with this step by step way to recover mine. Thank me by hitting the little thumbs up THANKS button below this post.
And if your so happy your phone is up show your appreciation by buying me a Pepsi
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his case is milder than yours. he should get his problem fixed by follow the tutorial i posted.
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Hi Once again no luck,
I have sent it away to go on a JTAG box will let you know if that fixes it.
I really appreciate all your help.
I will let you know what happens.
thanks
Terry
mcguirestick said:
Hi Once again no luck,
I have sent it away to go on a JTAG box will let you know if that fixes it.
I really appreciate all your help.
I will let you know what happens.
thanks
Terry
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Sorry for your luck! Cheers!
Hey guys,
First of all, happy to become a member in the this community.
My phone stuck on the boot logo screen after I tried to put a custom rom. I flashed few roms before , i guess i felt on a currpurt one.
After that i tried to put a stock rom using cygwin guide.still nothing.
Clockworkmod Recovery Error:
Sometimes i faced errors as given below:
E: Can’t open /cache/recovery/log
E: Can’t mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can’t open /cache/recovery
last_log
and even cant mount system
please help me return my phone back to live.
thx in advance
Hey, welcome!
I just had the same problem, tried to flash a bad ROM and thought I was done for. The information on these forums is a bit scattered so I will just detail what I did to unbrick it.
1. First thing you need to do is have the samsung drivers, if you're on Windows 7 or above, Windows can probably go find them for you when it comes to plugging your phone in.
2. You need to have the original stock firmware, luckily they are essentially all the same so here is the Open Australia version I used (I'm on O2 in the UK) http://www.mediafire.com/?903oq9l7qbmkir4 (password is: mod2xtreme.com)
3: Extract that folder somewhere you will remember.
4: Odin is a firmware flasher, it's what will save your phone. It needs a PIT file, luckily some kind person has already packaged the PIT for the Ace within Odin here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1270119&d=1345402010
Now you have all the different pieces required
5: Open Odin on your computer and put your phone into Odin mode by holding the power button, volume up and volume down. (and read the screen, it'll ask if you if you're sure and to press volume up) - once you plug the phone in correctly and the drivers are installed Odin should come up saying "<ID> Added!!"
6: A picture paints 1000 words here: http://i.imgur.com/La1r4zE.png - you should ensure you select your PIT file, and all the correct files from step 3 (modem = phone) - click start then wait for it to say "Pass" (I had a nervous smoke here)
7: Boot your phone into recovery by pressing the home button, volume up and power. Let it run through the update and wipe the cache and reboot itself.
8: You're in! It went German on me so I had to change the language at the startup screen, but other than that it's fine.
Monotoko said:
Hey, welcome!
I just had the same problem, tried to flash a bad ROM and thought I was done for. The information on these forums is a bit scattered so I will just detail what I did to unbrick it.
1. First thing you need to do is have the samsung drivers, if you're on Windows 7 or above, Windows can probably go find them for you when it comes to plugging your phone in.
2. You need to have the original stock firmware, luckily they are essentially all the same so here is the Open Australia version I used (I'm on O2 in the UK) http://www.mediafire.com/?903oq9l7qbmkir4 (password is: mod2xtreme.com)
3: Extract that folder somewhere you will remember.
4: Odin is a firmware flasher, it's what will save your phone. It needs a PIT file, luckily some kind person has already packaged the PIT for the Ace within Odin here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1270119&d=1345402010
Now you have all the different pieces required
5: Open Odin on your computer and put your phone into Odin mode by holding the power button, volume up and volume down. (and read the screen, it'll ask if you if you're sure and to press volume up) - once you plug the phone in correctly and the drivers are installed Odin should come up saying "<ID> Added!!"
6: A picture paints 1000 words here: http://i.imgur.com/La1r4zE.png - you should ensure you select your PIT file, and all the correct files from step 3 (modem = phone) - click start then wait for it to say "Pass" (I had a nervous smoke here)
7: Boot your phone into recovery by pressing the home button, volume up and power. Let it run through the update and wipe the cache and reboot itself.
8: You're in! It went German on me so I had to change the language at the startup screen, but other than that it's fine.
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many thanks... it helped me alot with my friends phones... keep it up on sharing...
same prob
It says E:failed to mount / system (invalid argument).I 've done what all you have said but as u can see please verify this...please...
and reg 1 point how can pc recognise this phone which is not getting on???
Prashanth Nadella said:
It says E:failed to mount / system (invalid argument).I 've done what all you have said but as u can see please verify this...please...
and reg 1 point how can pc recognise this phone which is not getting on???
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install samsung drivers
Sent from my GT-S5830i using XDA Free mobile app
actually from which mobile should i install xda app?
and my phone is 5830 not 5360
Monotoko said:
Hey, welcome!
I just had the same problem, tried to flash a bad ROM and thought I was done for. The information on these forums is a bit scattered so I will just detail what I did to unbrick it.
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Thanks, now my phone works!
Thanks
:good:
Thanks a ton dude. My uncles phone was stuck at bootloop. Was looking for a solution and voila, u gave me the perfect answer with detailed steps.
Market app is not working.
So planning to flash a custom rom. Please suggest a good and a stable rom.
Monotoko said:
Hey, welcome!
I just had the same problem, tried to flash a bad ROM and thought I was done for. The information on these forums is a bit scattered so I will just detail what I did to unbrick it.
1. First thing you need to do is have the samsung drivers, if you're on Windows 7 or above, Windows can probably go find them for you when it comes to plugging your phone in.
2. You need to have the original stock firmware, luckily they are essentially all the same so here is the Open Australia version I used (I'm on O2 in the UK) http://www.mediafire.com/?903oq9l7qbmkir4 (password is: mod2xtreme.com)
3: Extract that folder somewhere you will remember.
4: Odin is a firmware flasher, it's what will save your phone. It needs a PIT file, luckily some kind person has already packaged the PIT for the Ace within Odin here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1270119&d=1345402010
Now you have all the different pieces required
5: Open Odin on your computer and put your phone into Odin mode by holding the power button, volume up and volume down. (and read the screen, it'll ask if you if you're sure and to press volume up) - once you plug the phone in correctly and the drivers are installed Odin should come up saying "<ID> Added!!"
6: A picture paints 1000 words here: http://i.imgur.com/La1r4zE.png - you should ensure you select your PIT file, and all the correct files from step 3 (modem = phone) - click start then wait for it to say "Pass" (I had a nervous smoke here)
7: Boot your phone into recovery by pressing the home button, volume up and power. Let it run through the update and wipe the cache and reboot itself.
8: You're in! It went German on me so I had to change the language at the startup screen, but other than that it's fine.
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Not Working
I am stuck on Set up connection screen.
Hi, my phone was stuck on samsung boot logo. Now I followed these steps and it worked but when I open the Market it crashes...
Thank you
Many many thanks, tried many many solutions, all failed, complicated this and that. All leading to dead ends and frustration (and my download directory full with junk files and directories). But not this one. Splendid in its simplicity, my Ace S5830I dead since 2 years now works once again.
I want to hug someone :laugh:
sammy came back from death
Monotoko said:
Hey, welcome!
I just had the same problem, tried to flash a bad ROM and thought I was done for. The information on these forums is a bit scattered so I will just detail what I did to unbrick it.
1. First thing you need to do is have the samsung drivers, if you're on Windows 7 or above, Windows can probably go find them for you when it comes to plugging your phone in.
2. You need to have the original stock firmware, luckily they are essentially all the same so here is the Open Australia version I used (I'm on O2 in the UK) http://www.mediafire.com/?903oq9l7qbmkir4 (password is: mod2xtreme.com)
3: Extract that folder somewhere you will remember.
4: Odin is a firmware flasher, it's what will save your phone. It needs a PIT file, luckily some kind person has already packaged the PIT for the Ace within Odin here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1270119&d=1345402010
Now you have all the different pieces required
5: Open Odin on your computer and put your phone into Odin mode by holding the power button, volume up and volume down. (and read the screen, it'll ask if you if you're sure and to press volume up) - once you plug the phone in correctly and the drivers are installed Odin should come up saying "<ID> Added!!"
6: A picture paints 1000 words here: http://i.imgur.com/La1r4zE.png - you should ensure you select your PIT file, and all the correct files from step 3 (modem = phone) - click start then wait for it to say "Pass" (I had a nervous smoke here)
7: Boot your phone into recovery by pressing the home button, volume up and power. Let it run through the update and wipe the cache and reboot itself.
8: You're in! It went German on me so I had to change the language at the startup screen, but other than that it's fine.
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MANY MANY THANKS
stuck in bootloop. Tried all.
follow his advice. It works.
Hope some day I can help someone as you helped me.
Un saludo desde España.
getting fail in odin..what to do now.?? Getting Can't open the serial(COM) port error mesage in odin while setting connection.
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getting fail in odin..what to do now.?? Getting Can't open the serial(COM) port error mesage in odin while setting connection.
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Install the Samsung drivers for ur phone. Then first start odin then plug cord into cpu first and finally while inserting into press both volume buttons together
Monotoko said:
Hey, welcome!
I just had the same problem, tried to flash a bad ROM and thought I was done for. The information on these forums is a bit scattered so I will just detail what I did to unbrick it.
1. First thing you need to do is have the samsung drivers, if you're on Windows 7 or above, Windows can probably go find them for you when it comes to plugging your phone in.
2. You need to have the original stock firmware, luckily they are essentially all the same so here is the Open Australia version I used (I'm on O2 in the UK) http://www.mediafire.com/?903oq9l7qbmkir4 (password is: mod2xtreme.com)
3: Extract that folder somewhere you will remember.
4: Odin is a firmware flasher, it's what will save your phone. It needs a PIT file, luckily some kind person has already packaged the PIT for the Ace within Odin here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1270119&d=1345402010
Now you have all the different pieces required
5: Open Odin on your computer and put your phone into Odin mode by holding the power button, volume up and volume down. (and read the screen, it'll ask if you if you're sure and to press volume up) - once you plug the phone in correctly and the drivers are installed Odin should come up saying "<ID> Added!!"
6: A picture paints 1000 words here: http://i.imgur.com/La1r4zE.png - you should ensure you select your PIT file, and all the correct files from step 3 (modem = phone) - click start then wait for it to say "Pass" (I had a nervous smoke here)
7: Boot your phone into recovery by pressing the home button, volume up and power. Let it run through the update and wipe the cache and reboot itself.
8: You're in! It went German on me so I had to change the language at the startup screen, but other than that it's fine.
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This needs to be stickied
Hi I did everything up until the part where it states i have to click start. I want to know is the phone meant to be on recovery mode as well as after i clicked start it said "Complete(Write) operation failed". im not sure where i went wrong plz help
leon2810 said:
Hey guys,
First of all, happy to become a member in the this community.
My phone stuck on the boot logo screen after I tried to put a custom rom. I flashed few roms before , i guess i felt on a currpurt one.
After that i tried to put a stock rom using cygwin guide.still nothing.
Clockworkmod Recovery Error:
Sometimes i faced errors as given below:
E: Can’t open /cache/recovery/log
E: Can’t mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can’t open /cache/recovery
last_log
and even cant mount system
please help me return my phone back to live.
thx in advance
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here's the solution.. just had the same issue, i just reset my phone successfully. hope it works for you guys! Special thanks to Monotoko!
1. First thing you need to do is have the samsung drivers, if you're on Windows 7 or above, Windows can probably go find them for you when it comes to plugging your phone in or install from here: http://www.samsungusbdrivers.net/2017/04/samsung-s5830i-usb-driver-for-windows.html (Make sure you restart the computer after installing the Driver)
2. You need to have the original stock firmware, luckily they are essentially all the same so here is the Open Australia version I used (I'm on O2 in the UK) http://www.mediafire.com/?903oq9l7qbmkir4 (password is: mod2xtreme.com)
3: Extract that folder somewhere you will remember.
4: Odin is a firmware flasher, it's what will save your phone. It needs a PIT file, luckily some kind person has already packaged the PIT for the Ace within Odin here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...9&d=1345402010
Now you have all the different pieces required
5: Open Odin on your computer and put your phone into Odin mode by holding the power button, volume up and volume down. (and read the screen, it'll ask if you if you're sure and to press volume up) - once you plug the phone in correctly and the drivers are installed Odin should come up saying "<ID> Added!!"
6: A picture paints 1000 words here: http://i.imgur.com/La1r4zE.png - you should ensure you select your PIT file, and all the correct files from step 3 (modem = phone) - click start then wait for it to say "Pass" (I had a nervous smoke here)
7: Boot your phone into recovery by pressing the home button, volume up and power. Let it run through the update and wipe the cache and reboot itself.
8: You're in! It went German on me so I had to change the language at the startup screen, but other than that it's fine.
I have this same problem but I have not been able to get a reliable Samsung firmware can anyone help me please
Hi trying to get a .pit file for the GT-S5830i can someone help please?