hello,
I have a samsung galaxy S2 Model GT-I9100G. I was trying to flash a custom recovery CWM using odin and it apparently showed FAILED. The phone rebooted and ever since its been displaying the message "Error: Firmware Upgrade encountered an issue.Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again" . I cant get into download mode of my phone to flash anything. I installed kies and my phone is being detected by odin. Can anyone help me with the issue, I have a nandroid backup too.
Is it possible to flash through odin without my phone getting into dowload mode?How can i unbrick my phone...Any help will be appreciated.
The phone is in download mode now. Just use Odin and flash the right things.
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Hi Guys,
My cousin's phone(GT-I9100) was soft-bricked at first. He was on Stock ICS and this **it happened with an OTA update via wifi. He purchased the phone in Germany and warranty period was over.
It has the following issues:
Enters Download mode but does NOT enter recovery mode (confirmed NAND rw corruption)
Doesn't flash
Bad flash in odin (FAIL after flashing, or the flashing suddenly stops)
I have tried all the methods including the bootloader flashing. But all the time flashing via odin stops and when I have flashed the mentioned Kernel(Kernel_I9100XXLPH) it wasn't success. Hope was lost .
Now somehow still the download mode works but when I start the phone , its showing that "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
When connected through Kies, the phone is not recognized. Please help me on how to recover my phone.
I have followed the guide mentioned here
BTW tried to flash through heimdall also on a linux system. Below error occured
Initialising connection...
Detecting device...
ERROR: Failed to access device. libusb error: -3
Tried to re-partition using the pit file from here. But it stucked at
"Setting up PIT"
Was it completely bricked? Is there any other way to restore?
Do I need to change the motherboard or something to get the phone running?
chaitanya87 said:
Hi Guys,
My cousin's phone(GT-I9100) was soft-bricked at first. He was on Stock ICS and this **it happened with an OTA update via wifi. He purchased the phone in Germany and warranty period was over.
It has the following issues:
Enters Download mode but does NOT enter recovery mode (confirmed NAND rw corruption)
Doesn't flash
Bad flash in odin (FAIL after flashing, or the flashing suddenly stops)
I have tried all the methods including the bootloader flashing. But all the time flashing via odin stops and when I have flashed the mentioned Kernel(Kernel_I9100XXLPH) it wasn't success. Hope was lost .
Now somehow still the download mode works but when I start the phone , its showing that "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
When connected through Kies, the phone is not recognized. Please help me on how to recover my phone.
I have followed the guide mentioned here
BTW tried to flash through heimdall also on a linux system. Below error occured
Initialising connection...
Detecting device...
ERROR: Failed to access device. libusb error: -3
Tried to re-partition using the pit file from here. But it stucked at
"Setting up PIT"
Was it completely bricked? Is there any other way to restore?
Do I need to change the motherboard or something to get the phone running?
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Hi there,
I read your post and I have the *EXACT* same same problem, everything you described is what my phone is doing. I have a SGS2 GT-i9100M.
Were you ever able to find a solution to the problem?
Don't know how much this'll help but there was a thread a few days ago where someone faced the same issue. Flashing via Odin fails and the firmware error. Turns out he hadnt plugged he phone into a USB port connected directly to the computer. ie. Not via a hub or a USB port on the keyboard etc. Odin has problems with that. Also disabling KIES while on Odin. And finally the firmware should be one of your device variant itself.
Hope it helps.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app
did you manage to get anywhere with this? i had a similar type of issue, took a usb jig to get the system working again
Hi all,
Yes, i know there might be another topic on this, but trust me, ive looked, ive been looking for a solution for a full week now, and i know someone here can help me..
SO PLEASE HELP!!
I was running AOKP build6 on my SGS3 GT-I9300 International version, which performed excellent for more than a year, suddenly it became unstable, my phone would freeze completely and i had to reboot 10 times a day, it got worse, it just started rebooting out of nowhere
SO, i thought it a good idea to look for another ROM, and to be safe i tried flashing the stock ROM from the CMW recovery mode..
That did not work for some reason, it said Fail - so i went to try the PDA file option in Odin (newest version)
In Odin, i use the PDA button to load a md5/tar file, (Odin says 0COM/ connected, it can see my phone is connected) but when i start, it says Fail
-Phone will not start in recovery mode, it DOES go into Download mode, but any other way of trying to start in Download mode, it gives the following message:
"firmware upgrade encountered an issue please select recovery mode in kies"
I have updated (reinstalled) the latest version of Kies, but Kies cannot connect to my phone (while Odin does)
It just keeps "Connecting" but does not connect, i tried all options in Kies "connection problems" (mine is in dutch) but it just will not connect
I am almost sure i unticked the box for USB Debugging, / so USB Debugging mode is OFF (im pretty sure)
Can this be the reason why Kies does not connect?
Am i completely scr*wed now?
I tried the firmware on another topic here, but in Odin it just says FAIL
I think you would call this HARD BRICKED??
i can still boot into Download mode, but is that enough? cause USB Debugging is OFF and Kies does not find my phone
Is it neccesary to replace my mainboard perhaps? I feel i have no luck trying to push firmware whatsoever...\
This hurts (since my backup phone is a slow unrooted S1
PLEASE PLEASE some help ?? ?
Sounds like either partial sds (product name blank in download mode) or a hard brick.
Lots of other identical threads, if you've read them then you already know there is no easy solution.
Use "firmware update and initialization" option in kies, under tools.
hi, im new here because i dont know where else to turn. using odin v3.09 i assigned a file to the "AP" section that i had assumed to be a working md5 for my galaxy s3. i tried to flash and it failed. so i closed odin and unplugged my phone. now it will only boot into odin mode and says "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please use software repair assistant and try again" does anyone know how i can unbrick this phone? help greatly appreciated
edit: cannot boot to download mode
If it won't boot into download mode then you either need a USB jig or a repair shop.
Phone is SCH-I545
My trouble started when I upgraded to 4.4.2 while rooted..
Afterwards I had phone randomly restarting problems. (And when I upgraded OTA, the bar was stuck for hours and I had to pull the battery to restart phone and get past the Android guy.)
So learned about Odin and thought Id fix by flashing a stock rom.
Odin wouldnt work and when I pulled the plug and went to restart, phone gives me firmware upgrade encountered error message.
Tried resetting.
Tried booting into Safestrap.
Tried every recovery with Odin.
Tried both versions of Kies which odly, Kies wont recognize my IMEI so technically unable to try Kies.
Where do I go from here?
Odin will help u out . First of all check the drivers uninstall them and reinstall the drivers then restart the pc and try it again if it occurs again try to change the usb port and check out the cable ... Btw which odin firmware you are trying to FLash and what was your firmware before flashing ??
Suddenly my phone went into bootloop and couldn't access recovery. So I tried to flash firmware with odin, toward the end of the flash odin failed as the USB cable was unfortunately disrupted. Now the only thing I can get out of the phone is download mode, and a screen that says firmware ugrade encountered an issue, Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. Now the problem with this is now odin nor Kies will recognize my phone like there are no drivers. My pc says unrecognized device connected.
Please help me to unbrick my S2 GT-19100. I REALLY NEED THIS BACK TO LIFE.
Hi,
If you haven't done so already, please follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/guide-t2345831
If your phone is still not detected after following the guide, it is likely that your phone is bricked.
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