My phone is hard bricked and won't go into download or recovery mode.
I've been running HD10.2 for a while wanting to update to HD15, so I was trying to go through the process listed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2579278 to update from ME7 to MJ7.
I uninstalled SafeStrap successfully and then was trying to use Odin 3.09 to add the MJ7 full wipe here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507253.
Everything seemed good, Odin detected phone, phone was in download mode, and the process started but eventually showed a write error and failed. When the phone rebooted, it gave a message saying that "Firmware upgrade encountered an error. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again.
The phone turned off and does not react to any button pushes, so it won't go into download or recovery mode. There seems to be SOME life left since when I plug it in to the USB my PC makes a noise, and then subsequently if I hold the power button my PC makes the noise that sounds like something is being disconnected from the usb, but odin and kies don't detect it.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Should I just look into JTAG? I bought a jig but it won't get here until next week.
iamlost26 said:
My phone is hard bricked and won't go into download or recovery mode.
I've been running HD10.2 for a while wanting to update to HD15, so I was trying to go through the process listed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2579278 to update from ME7 to MJ7.
I uninstalled SafeStrap successfully and then was trying to use Odin 3.09 to add the MJ7 full wipe here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507253.
Everything seemed good, Odin detected phone, phone was in download mode, and the process started but eventually showed a write error and failed. When the phone rebooted, it gave a message saying that "Firmware upgrade encountered an error. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again.
The phone turned off and does not react to any button pushes, so it won't go into download or recovery mode. There seems to be SOME life left since when I plug it in to the USB my PC makes a noise, and then subsequently if I hold the power button my PC makes the noise that sounds like something is being disconnected from the usb, but odin and kies don't detect it.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Should I just look into JTAG? I bought a jig but it won't get here until next week.
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did you pull battery?
iamlost26 said:
My phone is hard bricked and won't go into download or recovery mode.
I've been running HD10.2 for a while wanting to update to HD15, so I was trying to go through the process listed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2579278 to update from ME7 to MJ7.
I uninstalled SafeStrap successfully and then was trying to use Odin 3.09 to add the MJ7 full wipe here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507253.
Everything seemed good, Odin detected phone, phone was in download mode, and the process started but eventually showed a write error and failed. When the phone rebooted, it gave a message saying that "Firmware upgrade encountered an error. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again.
The phone turned off and does not react to any button pushes, so it won't go into download or recovery mode. There seems to be SOME life left since when I plug it in to the USB my PC makes a noise, and then subsequently if I hold the power button my PC makes the noise that sounds like something is being disconnected from the usb, but odin and kies don't detect it.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Should I just look into JTAG? I bought a jig but it won't get here until next week.
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Try to pull the battery out and hold the volume down and power and reboot in to recovery..
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did you pull battery?
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android-incredible said:
Try to pull the battery out and hold the volume down and power and reboot in to recovery..
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I did a 10 minute pull and there didn't seem to be any change. Nothing happens when holding volume down and power with battery, without, plugged in, or not plugged in.
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First off i'd like to say im not new to android, im not a dev or anything but i know how to work myself around my phone. But unfortunately i think think i might have possibly semi-bricked my phone. After installing frankin twiz final rom with JAC kernel w/voodoo, i was then informed that the official JI6 update was released. After i disabled the voodoo lag fix I tried odining back to stock vibrant so i can hopefully get the OTA update. It appeared to have flashed correctly. But once i booted up my phone it booted through the samsung vibrant screen then the galaxy screen, then just stayed there for awhile and turned black. I have tried to enter download mode but i believe i have a hardware locked phone(i've tried over and over again but with no avail) so i don't think i can odin flash again. So i have no clue what to do anymore. Please help. thanks.
Can you get into recovery by holding down the +/- buttons and power button? If you can, you can boot into Clockwork recovery and use ADB to see if mount /data works and what file system is formatted.
Also if you can use the buttons to boot into recovery these are the steps you should follow to get into download mode and have ODIN recognize your phone properly.
1.) Unplug your phone from the usb cable
2.) Remove your battery, sdcard, and sim card
3.) Open ODIN
4.) Plug in your usb cable to the phone and computer
5.) Hold down the volume +/- buttons
6.) While still holding the volume buttons insert the battery.
7.) The phone should now be in download mode with the big yellow icon
8.) Odin should recognize that your phone has been connected
9.) Flash the JFD firmware following the instruction in JAC's JFD thread
Thanks silow for the reply, but i've tried that and it failed. Even before i bricked the phone i couldn't access the recovery nor download mode by the hardware button i had to either enter through ROM manager or through terminal. Any other suggestions? thanks again.
If you can't get into recovery using the hardware buttons you should return and exchange your phone because that is consider a defect.
Being unable to get into recovery or download mode when you have a "soft-brick" is dangerous business.
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I have a standard unlocked UK SGS2.
It has been running ICS since its official Samsung update, and for the past week or so has been displaying a "firmware update available" message.
Today I tried to run the update via Kies. The update hung with the SGS2 displaying the "downloading - do not disconnect target" screen. Eventually, Kies displayed a message that the download had failed, and the phone should be disconnected and rebooted.
Rebooting the phone has given the "handset-exclamation mark - PC" screen.
I have so far tried:
a) following Kies instructions to the letter;
b) switching USB ports on the PC (running Win 7 pro 64);
c) trying the "hold volume up&down + on/off buttons; at second flash release power button", etc;
Nothing has worked and the phone appears bricked.
How can I resolve this. It must be a common problem, given the millions of these handsets out there. Unfortunately i am currently overseas and in the middle of a desert - so not able to go to a Samsung service centre to get help!
Download UK unbranded firmware from here <http://www.hotfile.com/dl/153177481/9861a3a/I9100XWLP7_I9100XEULP5_XEU.zip.html>. Extract using Winzip. You will get a Tar.md5 file.
Download Odin from here <http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=725858&d=1316556218>
Completely shutdown Kies via the Task Manager.
Completely Shut Down Phone. Now hold volume down+home+power buttons, You should see a warning asking you to press volume up if you want to continue or volume down to cancel, press volume up. You are now in download mode
Connect your phone to your pc via cable. Fire up Odin. The box below ID:COM will be yellow.
Click on PDA and select the .tar.md5 file extracted in first step.
Click Start. Let Finish. Do not disconnect wire until you see 'Pass'.
If phone bootloops, shut down phone. Now hold volume Up+Home+Power buttons. Do a Factory Reset. Restart.
Let know if this works.
Go to samsung and tell them what happened and they should fix it under warranty
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I knew the kies is not the proper way to update the latest firmware and always giving a problem! When the downloading firmware on kies are almost finish there is always an error such as " hang" or " internet disconnected " ! The smarter way is to use odin3 :good:
Its not a major issue, this isnt a brick, its a softbrick, big difference, just means ya flash failed, could be a million reasons for that,
AS DESCRIBED above, this is a simple fix by downloading and flashing the appropriate stock firmware for your phone via odin again in download mode.
your phone will go to download mode so dont worry about that, if it hasnt gone to dl mode when attempted, pull the battery, leave it out 10 mins, put it back in and try again, failing that a usb jig will suffice, see post on who and where will share their jig if you dont have one, there may be someone near you.
CAUTION, dont try flashing any of the latest leaks on your phone, just choose whatever the last stock release was by your carrier on samfirmware, and flash that as that will be your latest firmware.
I never use kies to update, simply use ota, or download the rom and flash it, kies is very unreliable, this is where HTC and SE beat samsung, the download and recovery methods are so much simpler and they work.
Hello everybody,
About 2 months ago I rooted my Galaxy S II and flashed the Resurrection Remix Jelly Bean ROM v3.0.6 for Galaxy S2 i9100 with a Siyah kernel. (As I am new to this forum I can't post links, but I got it from Galaxys2root . com
But yesterday I encountered an issue and my phone was shutting down constantly, so I decided to unroot it/flash back to stock ICS firmware.
I used galaxys2root . com(galaxy s2 unroot) too to try unrooting it .
I used Odin3 v1.85 to flash the stock firmware but it just stopped at about 75% (stupid as I am I forgot to write down the error.)
CWM was installed with the root but I don't have it anymore so I can't use recovery to use a backup (which I had made) and when I got in download mode in the top left it says Product Name:GT-9100
Custom Binary Download: Yes (2 counts)
Current Binary: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
Also my PC doesn't recognize my phone in Odin, even when reinstalling Samsung Kies.
When I boot my phone it now says: "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
But as Kies doesn't work, it won't even start on my PC, I don't know how to fix my phone,
The main problem is that Odin does not recognize the phone even when reinstalling drivers and Kies, with Odin working I could flash the CF-Root or would that be dumb to do?
Now the question: How can I get my phone back to work?
Thanks.
click on volume up + home key + power to boot into recovery and then do a factory reset, after reset cleck go back, then reboot phone.
If it is a software issue, your phone should work.
Cosmic Blue said:
click on volume up + home key + power to boot into recovery and then do a factory reset, after reset cleck go back, then reboot phone.
If it is a software issue, your phone should work.
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Well, I tried that but the message keeps showing up, I can only reach download mode. It looks like the root is gone?
Also, do you mean recovery like CWM Recovery or is there a standard recovery on the S II?
there is a standard recovery on the phone which is replaced when rooted to a newer version.
If something has happen to the root, it should default back to recovery 3e that comes with the phone.
okay I am going to try the following: Removing battery, put it back in, Volume up+Home button+Power button and I'll see what happens.
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okay I am going to try the following: Removing battery, put it back in, Volume up+Home button+Power button and I'll see what happens.
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Still getting the same error message..
Would it work if I use a .PIT file and check re-partition in Odin? (if i get Odin to recognize the phone, maybe on another pc)
You might want to try all pc's usb ports, the usb cable and also download an older/newer Odin version.
If non of the above works, it's time for you to try another PC.
PS: you did read this, right?
ok just got back from school, I would try it now if my telephone would work.
problems seem to have got worse, I charged it the whole night, atleast, I thought i did. I just put it in download mode when it gives me the message:
"Load Battery!! Can't download!!" do you know how I can make this work?
So at this point my main problem ,besides the battery, is that I can't get Odin to detect my phone but I will try it on another computer.
take bat off and reinsert it.
I don't know what to put here...any ideas?
well, I don't know if it matters but my phone doesn't display the charging screen. Is that a problem?
hum....yeah.
I don't know what to put here...any ideas?
and it doesn't say "load battery" it says "low battery" But that is almost the same
I don't think so....never heard that expression before.
I don't know what to put here...any ideas?
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charge your bat in another device, or manually.
I don't know what to put here...any ideas?
I will charge it first, and use another phone, and then try the guide you linked to and then report to you.
tried it on another pc and it still doesn't work, Odin3-v1.85 does not detect my phone. If it would I could get it back to work but without Odin the only option I can think of is sending it back to Samsung, without warranty, and paying it myself. Or are there more ways to get Odin to detect it, or are there other tools like odin?
Do all Checklist:
Reinstall PC drivers
Charge your phone, just plug it in a charger atleast 5 hours.
Boot to recovery.
Flash using this guide
http://androidforums.com/galaxy-s2-...t/482994-rooting-galaxy-s2-dummies-guide.html
and go to Jelly bean!!! leave ICS...
That Tut worked for me...
Check Odin version aswell is that the latest?
ok I will try that, I'm going to charge it now. Btw how do you reinstall PC-drivers? Reinstalling Kies or the Samsung Drivers?
Blikzemfritz said:
ok I will try that, I'm going to charge it now. Btw how do you reinstall PC-drivers? Reinstalling Kies or the Samsung Drivers?
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(Do this while S2 is plugged in
Go to Control Panel > Device Manager (Icons View) > open Portable devices or if theres unknown devices > right click > Uninstall Device...
Then to make sure "Scan Hardware changes" (Its the small icon on top of device manager with the PC and magnifying glass
Jomari29 said:
(Do this while S2 is plugged in
Go to Control Panel > Device Manager (Icons View) > open Portable devices or if theres unknown devices > right click > Uninstall Device...
Then to make sure "Scan Hardware changes" (Its the small icon on top of device manager with the PC and magnifying glass
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Should I do this while it is in download mode?
I will try to explain what happened: I was flashing the stock ICS firmware, it was doing the FACTORYFS (don't know if it is a file) when it suddenly failed, but Odin still detected my phone. I retried it and that probably made it worse because after that Odin didn't detect my phone anymore. And that is the main problem
Blikzemfritz said:
Should I do this while it is in download mode?
I will try to explain what happened: I was flashing the stock ICS firmware, it was doing the FACTORYFS (don't know if it is a file) when it suddenly failed, but Odin still detected my phone. I retried it and that probably made it worse because after that Odin didn't detect my phone anymore. And that is the main problem
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try it when theres power in your device and plugged in...
Odin doesnt detect , But the PC does..
just try it.. how about recovery mode?
I was trying to root and update this tablet, and I think I killed it. The current state is that I can only boot into ODIN3 Download Mode. If I hold down the power and up volume I get the two choices. If I try to boot into recovery mode the table just reboots. I can go into the download mode. One interesting change is that now I have to press the volume down to proceed verses vol up. The text loads to Waiting USB Cable (upper left corner). When I run Odin on my laptop I cannot see the table. I was able to see the tablet earlier before this "hang up" so I am confident that it is not the cable or drivers. I have uninstalled and re installed drivers. If I connect another tablet (same model) it is recognized. So basically all I can do is get to the screen where it says Downloading and can not see it from my laptop. I have even tried another laptop and loaded the drivers and Odin and still could not see it. I have tried Odin vr 1.85 and 3.07 neither work. At this point If I could get anything loaded I would be happy and there is nothing on it that needs to be saved. This is the Verizon 4g model.
thillis said:
I was trying to root and update this tablet, and I think I killed it. The current state is that I can only boot into ODIN3 Download Mode. If I hold down the power and up volume I get the two choices. If I try to boot into recovery mode the table just reboots. I can go into the download mode. One interesting change is that now I have to press the volume down to proceed verses vol up. The text loads to Waiting USB Cable (upper left corner). When I run Odin on my laptop I cannot see the table. I was able to see the tablet earlier before this "hang up" so I am confident that it is not the cable or drivers. I have uninstalled and re installed drivers. If I connect another tablet (same model) it is recognized. So basically all I can do is get to the screen where it says Downloading and can not see it from my laptop. I have even tried another laptop and loaded the drivers and Odin and still could not see it. I have tried Odin vr 1.85 and 3.07 neither work. At this point If I could get anything loaded I would be happy and there is nothing on it that needs to be saved. This is the Verizon 4g model.
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Try using another tablet with the same model in download mode and another USB Cable and connect it, then use the USB Cable you used to connect the other tab.
It ran out of battery power last night. Will it take a charge if there is no firmware, or software on the tablet? I have it on the charger now and the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again" message just popped up. I will let it charge for a while and try the USB cable swap idea.
Charge it even if it says "Emergency Firmware Required". Then turn it on and connect it to kies, go to emergency firmware recovery, it should show your device up there, if not flash a stock rom using odin.
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Hey guys, I really need help with my situation. I've been looking all over the forums for 2days straight trying to find solutions to my problem. I have a galaxy s2 i777 and I had the sho-stock3 rom. Then I decided that I wanted to back up my rom, so I used rom manager to do it. that's when the problem started. when the phone tried restarting it was stuck where it says "galaxy s2" with the yellow triangle. I put it into download mode and tried to flash siyah kernel..it worked..but when I tried to reboot my phones says "firmware upgrade encountered an issue, please select recovery mode in kies and try again. of course kies wont let the phone connect. and yes all the drives are installed for my phone. now i'm just stuck trying to flash stock firmwares for the phone and the stock rom but it always fails in odin. please help me!!!!!
Hours76 said:
Hey guys, I really need help with my situation. I've been looking all over the forums for 2days straight trying to find solutions to my problem. I have a galaxy s2 i777 and I had the sho-stock3 rom. Then I decided that I wanted to back up my rom, so I used rom manager to do it. that's when the problem started. when the phone tried restarting it was stuck where it says "galaxy s2" with the yellow triangle. I put it into download mode and tried to flash siyah kernel..it worked..but when I tried to reboot my phones says "firmware upgrade encountered an issue, please select recovery mode in kies and try again. of course kies wont let the phone connect. and yes all the drives are installed for my phone. now i'm just stuck trying to flash stock firmwares for the phone and the stock rom but it always fails in odin. please help me!!!!!
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Don't use rom manager again
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Can you get in either cwm recovery or download mode?
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Teknodad1974 said:
Can you get in either cwm recovery or download mode?
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yes i can get into download mode only by holding down on vol and plugging in the usb...no i cant get into cwm recovery
Try this page...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1511906
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Teknodad1974 said:
Try this page...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1511906
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thank you, my phone is back again!!
Sweet enjoy your phone buddy!
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Hours76 said:
yes i can get into download mode only by holding down on vol and plugging in the usb...no i cant get into cwm recovery
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this SAVED me...I couldn't get it into download mode for the life of me and that worked. I now have the correct i777 JB file (I accidentally flashed the wrong version). back in the game!
Help
sbello81 said:
this SAVED me...I couldn't get it into download mode for the life of me and that worked. I now have the correct i777 JB file (I accidentally flashed the wrong version). back in the game!
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Hello
My friend just gave me I777 with this problem cause he bought a new phone, he couldn't tell me exactly when he got that "connect to kies". I never flashed anything or installed any rom's, I just want to get it back to life. Any solutions for me?
Fratula said:
Hello
My friend just gave me I777 with this problem cause he bought a new phone, he couldn't tell me exactly when he got that "connect to kies". I never flashed anything or installed any rom's, I just want to get it back to life. Any solutions for me?
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Can you put the phone into download mode? I would assume the answer is yes if you still get the "connect to kies" message. Following are detailed instructions for getting into download mode.
Download Mode:
There are several ways to put the phone into download mode. You should try all of them that you can before you give up.
Recovery mode:
With the phone off (and not connected to the computer), and battery installed, hold all three buttons, vol- vol+ pwr continuously until the initial boot screen appears the second time.
Download mode:
1. With the phone off and connected to the computer via USB cable, and battery installed, hold all three buttons, vol- vol+ pwr.
2. With the phone off and battery installed, hold vol- and vol+ (but not pwr) while plugging in the USB cable.
3. With the phone off and battery installed, hold vol- (but not vol+ or pwr) while plugging in the USB cable.
4. Attempt each of the above three options with the battery removed from the phone. The computer will supply the power to the phone.
5. Use Android Debug Bridge (adb) which will only work if USB debugging has been already turned on in Developer Options, since you can't boot into the system to turn it on. With the battery installed and the phone connected to the pc via USB cable, use the command "adb reboot download".
6. Use a USB jig. With the battery installed insert the USB jig into the USB connector of the phone. Some have reported that this method works when no other method would work.
If the phone will go into download mode, you will need to use Odin desktop to flash the stock firmware. You should use the latest stock firmware. Go to the Download Repository and download Odin3 v1.85 from the link near the top of the page, and also download the latest stock firmware, "I777UCMD8 Stock Binaries (Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean)" from near the bottom of the page. It's the next to last item. Download both to your Windows pc, and then follow the detailed instructions below to flash it onto your phone.
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.
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.
11.) When complete, you will get a PASS (or FAIL if unsuccessful).
The phone should boot up normally. If it does not, enter recovery (see instructions in the download mode section) and perform a wipe data/factory reset.