[Q] Is my Galaxy S2 "Dead"? - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello! So.. I have a problem and i sincerely don't know what to do. 3 days ago, after a day of use (everything went ok for a while) i came home, i grabbed the charger and pluged it into my phone so it can..charge(nothing out of ordinary). After like 1 hour, i took my phone, unpluged it from the charger and pressed the on/off button to open my phone, check my gmail,facebook, the usual..buuuuuut it won't open..
For the first couple of minutes i thought it was just a bug and tried to restart it(take the battery out, wait 1 minute, put it back in, press "the button" and so on) but still it would not start. RESEARCH TIME!
After this, i went online from my laptop and started looking for explanations regarding why is my phone (i am trying to avoid the word but..) maybe "bricked"..
Here is a video i found online that explains what my phone is behaving like: "*SOLVED* SAMSUNG GALAXY S2 wont turn on, in description"
(i can't post links )
IMPORTANT
- My S2 has the official software ( JB 4.1.2)
- Never rooted my phone
- Never tryed to change anything to the software
- Did a couple of factory resets in the last 1 and a half year just to refresh it(so it is not such an old phone)
- It is not under warranty
Ok.. after 1 day of research i tryed the following methods:
-went into recovery mode and did a factory reset to it, erased the cache, rebooted it etc..still nothing
-when i saw it was not working, i went further into the download mode. Odin on my computer, official firmware downloaded(4.1.2) ready to go..
After i waited for a couple of minutes so Odin would do it's magic, the little window( In odin, the one with factoryfs, cache,hidden etc.) reached the "Reset" status, the blue bar on my phone dissapread and it started to reboot.. but here everything got out of control.. my phone started to reboot like this: samsung logo on for a few seconds, and then the green android with the blue things spinning appeared on the screen but just for one second, and then, it was gone...and the phone started to repeat itself.. i mean the logo and the green android again and again, without any improovment and way to stop it.. so i pulled the battery out and started thinking for other solutions..
OK, after i saw this, i tried again with the 4.1.2 one, and then with the 4.0.4 one(i thought maybe an older soft would help me) but still it wouldn't go through all the way( ok honnestly i think this one was the one that wasn't stuck rlly on the green android screen but on the samsung startup screen with the S sign on)..
the end..
Sorry for the long story but i really don't know what to do with my phone
I am willing to listen to any solution you guys can offer..thanks :good:

Keep flashing different firmwares and take a look at this guide
forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/help/guide-26-12-flash-stock-firmware-rom-t2365701

http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/guide-t2345831

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white screen on recovery mode

Hi there !
i'm a complete noob when it comes to flashing and stuff and this is the first time i post on a forum and I've been surfing the net for over 10 years now. goes to show that i really need your help and i wouldn't bother any of you unless I've done everything possible and already shown on the previous posts that describe the same problem as mine.
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2 days later, my phone screen start heating up and turned completely white. tried installing the stock Rom, everything goes well, Odin detect the phone the rom gets installed without any problem but as most of the guide says, i need to enter to recovery mode to wipe out all the data and reset the setting to factory mode, but since the screen is still white, i can't do that. is there anything else that i can do to fixe this exept for the Usb Jig thingy ?
hyperstoned said:
Hi there !
i'm a complete noob when it comes to flashing and stuff and this is the first time i post on a forum and I've been surfing the net for over 10 years now. goes to show that i really need your help and i wouldn't bother any of you unless I've done everything possible and already shown on the previous posts that describe the same problem as mine.
long story short, 30 days ago I've installed the Lolipop Rom 5.1.1 for my i I9100, and followed every step shown on this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/development-derivatives/rom-cyanogenmod-12-t2955551
2 days later, my phone screen start heating up and turned completely white. tried installing the stock Rom, everything goes well, Odin detect the phone the rom gets installed without any problem but as most of the guide says, i need to enter to recovery mode to wipe out all the data and reset the setting to factory mode, but since the screen is still white, i can't do that. is there anything else that i can do to fixe this exept for the Usb Jig thingy ?
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today, i kept turning on and off the phone a few times and the screen worked, but when the screen times out and goes off the white screen comes back again. so last time i set the times out to 10 minutes to prevent that from happening , now the screen is working but if the phone turns off, i get stuck with the same god damn white screen.
my phone is working for now, what else can i do ? please help !!!!!!
no one can help me ?

Samsung Galaxy trend 7560m boot loop

Hi Everybody, excuse me for my english
I am new in this forum, I go to talking about my experience in my case ,I have changed the touch screen it was broken, it this was 2 months ago and it worked very well, however one week ago this frozen screen , touch screen don't response , turn off and remove battery. then turn on and just begin and stop in animacion Galaxy Trend s7560m ,i tried some times and again the same , then i did the next pass
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2 - Downloading mode -- yes then I installed proper drivers for samsung, installed Odin3 and Firmware for galaxy trend s7560m.
I made the flashing with successful, when end my cell was working well.
This just worked for 5 hours about then the same frozen screen and stuck in boot, I went back to the same old process, and nothing Odin finished with PASS! however cell stuck in boot.
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I found a way to make it work only when this happens is to put the phone in downloading mode and connect the USB to the computer until a sound is heard connected dipositive wait a minute disconnect the power cell and ready works again without loading firmware , this only works with a limited battery that is only works if you have approximately 70% battery.
I not find way to do to work properly
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my tab pro 8.4 has been soft bricked, can anyone help me?

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Bricked i9100 after latest CM13 update

Greetings Everyone,
Yesterday i installed the last CM13 nightly via the CM updater in this phone.
But after the phone restarted, a green android and a "installing system update" appeared for a few seconds then after it went black, the screen blinks each 5 seconds or so, but nothing ever happens. I left the phone on overnight to see if something came up, but to no avail.
Furthermore, now i cannot enter recovery mode, only download mode and my computer does not recognize the phone. I tried pretty much everything, the basic guide on rooting i9100, KIES, Odin, Heimdall flashing, offering corpses to the Old Ones and nothing works.
Does anyone have any insight on what might be happening? I installed CM13 on my two phones (a z3c and a Note 4) and everything went smoothly. Now with this i9100 i was using 6.0.1 but everything went to hell after i tried this update.
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I'm in a same boat
Hey Mate ....!
I'm in a same boat i have tried almost everything Odin seems worked for 30 seconds and than it shows failed. I love this perticuilar handset allot it was gifted to me by very special it was awarded to me by my last company i want to save it please help me if anyone has the solution . What exactly happen to you , Same happen to me exactly same. please update if you get solution. Thanks in Advance.
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argethalm said:
Greetings Everyone,
Yesterday i installed the last CM13 nightly via the CM updater in this phone.
But after the phone restarted, a green android and a "installing system update" appeared for a few seconds then after it went black, the screen blinks each 5 seconds or so, but nothing ever happens. I left the phone on overnight to see if something came up, but to no avail.
Furthermore, now i cannot enter recovery mode, only download mode and my computer does not recognize the phone. I tried pretty much everything, the basic guide on rooting i9100, KIES, Odin, Heimdall flashing, offering corpses to the Old Ones and nothing works.
Does anyone have any insight on what might be happening? I installed CM13 on my two phones (a z3c and a Note 4) and everything went smoothly. Now with this i9100 i was using 6.0.1 but everything went to hell after i tried this update.
Thanks in advance
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You might find your answer here I'm not clever enough to post the link so you get it "Longhand".
Go To Forum Galaxy SII General.
Scroll to [Guide} Fix an unflashable or soft bricked GSII (i9100G/P/T/ versions included)
Have a good read through it and if you dare go for it . It's a "back to the future" sort of thing, takes you back to "jellybean" and android 4.1.2. (The route I took anyway)! Good Luck!
same problem here! please help me get my phone back :crying:
argethalm, fazallfrd, ThiagovGuerra
I had same problem - but ....... it was software bricked. Like yours.
If I repair then all of you can repair like me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/development-derivatives/rom-cyanogenmod-13-t3223808
Everything i take from this link.
You can rebuild with patient.

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