Hi. I have a problem with my I9100. Half a year ago it fell into the puddle. It's seemed to be working through this time, but now the problem probably occurs. I was using Omni 4.4, 2 day ago, when I was trying to launch Snapchat, it suddenly shut down (no FC, no loading screen "Shutting down"). I was trying to awake it, at a lot of attemps only few succeeded (but SGS2 was working, idk, 5 minutes?, then again). I went into CWM, tried to full wipe, flash another custom (culdn't finish the task, because it also shut down). The same when it was connected to charger, nothing changed. When I returned to home I tried to flash him by ODIN. Flashing was done, but SGS also stuck on "Samsung". Now I still can't launch it correctly, but I am trying to restore my data from int SD. I can see in recovery the contain of int SD (for example I can flash ROM from it), but I can't connect my phone to PC by taping "mount SD Card" or sth similar-there is no reaction. So, is there any possibility to get my data back? Or repair my phone (I'm aware thath it's probably dead)? Thx in advance, guys.
P.S.-sorry for language mistakes
kamilq said:
Hi. I have a problem with my I9100. Half a year ago it fell into the puddle. It's seemed to be working through this time, but now the problem probably occurs. I was using Omni 4.4, 2 day ago, when I was trying to launch Snapchat, it suddenly shut down (no FC, no loading screen "Shutting down"). I was trying to awake it, at a lot of attemps only few succeeded (but SGS2 was working, idk, 5 minutes?, then again). I went into CWM, tried to full wipe, flash another custom (culdn't finish the task, because it also shut down). The same when it was connected to charger, nothing changed. When I returned to home I tried to flash him by ODIN. Flashing was done, but SGS also stuck on "Samsung". Now I still can't launch it correctly, but I am trying to restore my data from int SD. I can see in recovery the contain of int SD (for example I can flash ROM from it), but I can't connect my phone to PC by taping "mount SD Card" or sth similar-there is no reaction. So, is there any possibility to get my data back? Or repair my phone (I'm aware thath it's probably dead)? Thx in advance, guys.
P.S.-sorry for language mistakes
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can you go to stock recovery now?
If so, do a wipe data/factory reset, then reboot system
You can also watch this
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I flashed over Bionix V 1.3.1 with NextGen V2 last week by wiping data/cache/etc instead of flashing back to stock first. Everything worked really well (except for TW4 that force closes everytime) but I was just a little bugged by the 1 sec lag it takes to turn on the lock screen from sleep (the lag is absent when charging). I thought I would ODIN it back to stock and try again. Strangely, the stock has this lag now too. When I try to wipe Dalvik, I got an error "E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 (File exists)". Also, my phone is still SIM unlocked after ODIN. Does this mean there are some parameters from previous flashes remaining in the system? How can I REALLY get it back to stock?
with windows plug the phone into pc then right click on the internal sd on my computer then format, should get rid of anything left from previous roms, remember to back your stuff up
dont know how to do it on mac
Thanks, will try that.
Another (silly?) question: it's always advised we leave the phone alone for ~15min before we reboot and play with it. Whenever I flash Bionix ROMS, the first thing upon reboot after flashing is a question from Google about knowing my location (or something like that). Does 15min starts the moment the phone reboots or after I've responded to the question?
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Thanks, will try that.
Another (silly?) question: it's always advised we leave the phone alone for ~15min before we reboot and play with it. Whenever I flash Bionix ROMS, the first thing upon reboot after flashing is a question from Google about knowing my location (or something like that). Does 15min starts the moment the phone reboots or after I've responded to the question?
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id leave it from the moment it first comes on before
when i was flashing between 2.2 roms i always went back to simply galaxy and that had the old start up thing but i use to leave it before going through it then reboot then go through it then reboot after
1 reboot should do it though
Tried formatting but no improvement. Tried softlocker app and was able to turn on the lock screen instantly. However, I was losing about 5% battery life every hour, so that's not quite a solution. I then tried something really simple - remove the external SD. Immediately, I could see a reduction in lag when turning on the lockscreen from sleep (<0.5s vs >1s, if you call that a lag). It seems like the external SD card is the problem but I don't know what. The card seems to be lacking the ext2 partition, thus it couldn't be mounted or formatted in CWM. From what I understand, ext2 may improve I/O performance but I may be wrong. I couldn't get it to partition in my phone. The phone seems to format it back to FAT. I'll try getting a microSD adapter and partition it outside the phone and see if it helps, just out of curiosity.
Had my phone 2 years, installed ROMs without any issues before.
Was running CM10.1 daily, when yesterday I thought I'd go and encrypt the phone (using the system menu).
Phone encrypted, rebooted, but immediately I started getting 'google play store crashed' errors in an infinite loop. It was usable enough to push the latest neatrom to the phone via USB connectivity, so I did a full wipe (clear data/factory reset, clear cache, clear dalvik, format /system, install rom in CWM) and installed neatrom.
Phone reboots, looks OK at first except for a 'usb storage is blank or unsupported' message in notification center. I try to format it, no dice, just stops displays the notification again.
Of course, without what is seen by the sgs2 as usb storage I can't install any app and everything crashes to desktop (camera, etc).
I'm not sure what to do next, and could use some advice! Thank you!
Right, so now I've bricked it. Odin, GB phone, csr and pda, then black screen, then nothing. Won't reboot either. Just... great.
Ok, thanks for sharing.
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I got an iPhone now. Wondering why I spent 2 years of my life with a battery that last 1/2 day and constant issues. Problem solved for good!
Alright! Now you got so many things to do with it.
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reflash back to stock rom first, but first make a back up for your current rom. that happened to my tab before. the internal memory is not working and saying something blank/unsupported, really cannot remeber. i couldnt install apps. i contacted the support of the tab (NOMADNINE) and i was adviced to flash it back to stock since it will copy files and put the chipset to write mode and will erase everything... you can try to flash it through ODIN.
He went iOS.
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He went iOS.
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Yup, plus the SGS2 is hard bricked: no power on, tried various ways to address that but no dice. Off to ebay for spare parts.
Im Argentinean first of all and I'd bought my new GS2 3 days ago on mercadolibre.com.ar (a site like ebay.com) to a guy that imports it from factory. After of almost 50 days of waiting, i did got my new mobile phone, when i got it i'd upgraded to JellyBean with the official samsung rom, and that's when the problems showed up, the top left corner come overheat turning off the device, over and over again. So after some failed testing I'd chosed to change the kernel to Siyah expecting some performance improve but it become kind of worst because when the screen blackout the device just reboot itself, but if i keep doing something on it nothing happens, just when the screen comes black.
So i guessed that it may was related to the kernel, so downloaded another official rom jelly bean, this one was a Pre-Release rom, that some time ago i'd installed on a friend's galaxy s2 and it worked fine (despite the increased battery drain). This wasn't any solution though, because it keeps rebooting when the screen comes black.
I did tested to turning on without the simcard and microsd card, with the same results.
Another fact is that if i left the music playing and turn of the screen with the power button, nothing happens, it works perfectly.
It seems that is some kind of trigger when the mobile actually suspend itself doing really nothing.
Now i dont know what to do, should i test some custome rom/kernel?? should i get the chances to use the warranty? (implies to send again the device to china i guess ¬¬)
Please help, and thanks in advance.
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Im Argentinean first of all and I'd bought my new GS2 3 days ago on mercadolibre.com.ar (a site like ebay.com) to a guy that imports it from factory. After of almost 50 days of waiting, i did got my new mobile phone, when i got it i'd upgraded to JellyBean with the official samsung rom, and that's when the problems showed up, the top left corner come overheat turning off the device, over and over again. So after some failed testing I'd chosed to change the kernel to Siyah expecting some performance improve but it become kind of worst because when the screen blackout the device just reboot itself, but if i keep doing something on it nothing happens, just when the screen comes black.
So i guessed that it may was related to the kernel, so downloaded another official rom jelly bean, this one was a Pre-Release rom, that some time ago i'd installed on a friend's galaxy s2 and it worked fine (despite the increased battery drain). This wasn't any solution though, because it keeps rebooting when the screen comes black.
I did tested to turning on without the simcard and microsd card, with the same results.
Another fact is that if i left the music playing and turn of the screen with the power button, nothing happens, it works perfectly.
It seems that is some kind of trigger when the mobile actually suspend itself doing really nothing.
Now i dont know what to do, should i test some custome rom/kernel?? should i get the chances to use the warranty? (implies to send again the device to china i guess ¬¬)
Please help, and thanks in advance.
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You should try custom rom. Try to Flash Neatrom or any stock custom rom.
Hope it solves your problem.
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Firstly, you need to verify that it's a genuine S2. Turn the phone off, take the battery out and post on here EXACTLY what you see on the sticker in the battery compartment.... Just don't post the IMEI number...
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Model: GT-I9100
SSN: -I9100GSMH
RATED: 3.7V ------- : 1000 mA
FCC ID: A3LGTI9100
MADE IN KOREA BY SAMSUNG
IMEI: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
S/N: R5XA73828F1
That's all, its seems original, right?
i'd just installed the last samsung official Rom, form nordic countrys, and it seems to work just fine. I'll keep updated if it goes wrong again. Im so happy.
EDIT: Ok so i just leave it chargin the battery and it reboot itself 3 times again and 1 time just it turned off. I didnt tried leave it without the charger because it didnt have any charge. So im in trouble again >.<
hackkpo said:
i'd just installed the last samsung official Rom, form nordic countrys, and it seems to work just fine. I'll keep updated if it goes wrong again. Im so happy.
EDIT: Ok so i just leave it chargin the battery and it reboot itself 3 times again and 1 time just it turned off. I didnt tried leave it without the charger because it didnt have any charge. So im in trouble again >.<
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Go to recovery and do wipe data/ factory restet and wipe cache . Reboot . Phone will start working again.
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Jeetu said:
Go to recovery and do wipe data/ factory restet and wipe cache . Reboot . Phone will start working again.
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Ok since that post i'd installed cyanogenmod 10.1.3 with JB 4.2.2 and it rebooted itself like 4 times and finally it keeped on like 10 minutes now.
hackkpo said:
Ok since that post i'd installed cyanogenmod 10.1.3 with JB 4.2.2 and it rebooted itself like 4 times and finally it keeped on like 10 minutes now.
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Yes do the same what i posted above and then flash your rom again.
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Jeetu said:
Yes do the same what i posted above and then flash your rom again.
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Why would i reflash again? i dont get it
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Why would i reflash again? i dont get it
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Because your phone is now in Bootloop.
Bootloops can occur pretty easily, it’s mainly caused because system files interfering with each other which causes instability and/or crashes at the boot sequence.
Think of system apps that are compiled incorrectly, permissions that are not set correctly, files from other devices and even an init.d script, everything is possible.
To find the cause of a bootloop you have to think about what you did before getting the bootloop.
Choose one of the following reasons that caused the bootloop for you and try out its solution.
– After flashing a new rom
If you flash a new (base)rom on your device it may not automatically wipe your dalvik-cache, This means your old dalvik-cache will be used for the new system files which would result in a bootloop, to fix this problem:
1. Start your phone in CWM Recovery
2. Go to Advanced
3. Choose “Wipe dalvik-cache”
4. Now go to “Mounts & Storage”
5. Choose “Wipe /cache”
6. Reboot your phone
Note: by wiping “/cache” and “dalvik-cache” you make sure it’s completely deleted, some roms use /data and some use /cache for the dalvik-cache
If the problems still exists after doing that, you could try to wipe your /data partition. before you do that first make a backup of your phone (in it’s current bootlooping state)
1. Start your phone in CWM Recovery
2. Now go to “Backup & Restore”
3. Choose “backup” (it may also be called “backup to internal/external sdcard)
When that’s done you are free to wipe /data, you can achieve this by doing:
1. Now go to “Mounts & Storage”
2. Choose “Wipe /data”
3. Choose “Wipe /cache”
4. Reboot your phone
If the rom still doesn’t boot correctly it’s probably the rom which isn’t working, contact the rom creator then and try an other rom for the meanwhile.
Jeetu said:
Because your phone is now in Bootloop.
Bootloops can occur pretty easily, it’s mainly caused because system files interfering with each other which causes instability and/or crashes at the boot sequence.
Think of system apps that are compiled incorrectly, permissions that are not set correctly, files from other devices and even an init.d script, everything is possible.
To find the cause of a bootloop you have to think about what you did before getting the bootloop.
Choose one of the following reasons that caused the bootloop for you and try out its solution.
– After flashing a new rom
If you flash a new (base)rom on your device it may not automatically wipe your dalvik-cache, This means your old dalvik-cache will be used for the new system files which would result in a bootloop, to fix this problem:
1. Start your phone in CWM Recovery
2. Go to Advanced
3. Choose “Wipe dalvik-cache”
4. Now go to “Mounts & Storage”
5. Choose “Wipe /cache”
6. Reboot your phone
Note: by wiping “/cache” and “dalvik-cache” you make sure it’s completely deleted, some roms use /data and some use /cache for the dalvik-cache
If the problems still exists after doing that, you could try to wipe your /data partition. before you do that first make a backup of your phone (in it’s current bootlooping state)
1. Start your phone in CWM Recovery
2. Now go to “Backup & Restore”
3. Choose “backup” (it may also be called “backup to internal/external sdcard)
When that’s done you are free to wipe /data, you can achieve this by doing:
1. Now go to “Mounts & Storage”
2. Choose “Wipe /data”
3. Choose “Wipe /cache”
4. Reboot your phone
If the rom still doesn’t boot correctly it’s probably the rom which isn’t working, contact the rom creator then and try an other rom for the meanwhile.
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No is not, the cellphone starts normal, and while im using it nothing wear happens, but when i left it the screen goes black and the device reboot itselfs. But now im seeing that doesnt happen anymore, i dont know why.
Still with cyanogenmod rom, i connected the phone to charge the battery, and i saw a tendency of reboots and turnings off while the percentaje comes to 100% and a increasing overheat on the left-top of the phone, i suspect that the problem may be related with the amount of charge from battery and the overheating... Hardware problem?
Well... After all this time my cellphone went through the argentinean official service of samsung and the tech guy told me that he couldn't do anything on my device because he tried installing a lot of samsung official roms and the device was still malfunctioning. So he gave up on it, so i'd tooked it to another service (non official this time) and that guy told me that it may be a non official device, so he wouldnt do nothing on it, because i couldnt get the hardware that possible was malfunctioning. So here im now, with the all money spent for nothing.
My question is, what can i do to know if is or isnt an ORIGINAL samsung device? Knowing that i'll choose how to proceed. Txs!
Hey Everyone,
I am having an issue with my screen turning on randomly on my phone. Its a Verizon Note 2 (hence me posting in this section). I'd like to think I've done some troubleshooting but I want somebody else to tell me that I am not insane.
So far what I've done:
1. Flashed Custom Rom - CM11 in this case. Screen turning on and off is persistent between stock and CM leading me to believe hardware problems.
2. Took phone apart, unplugged power button from motherboard. Booted phone back up and disconnected. With the cable disconnected it still persisted.
3. Taking a page from some other threads on XDA I have tried the key test in CWM. My screen was turning on every 1-2 minutes and right now its been sitting for 15 minutes with no key presses registered (with the cable re-connected).
So with all of that being done I'm assuming its an issue with something that Google is restoring to my phone? Does that sound like a logical conclusion? Before I factory reformat and not have anything restore I just wanted to post up and verify.
As a second question - is there a good way to clear all the internal memory before I do a fresh format of CM11 (if i go that direction tonight?) I still have folders on the internal SD card from my stock install that i would like wiped out.
Thank you all in advance: I love this site. I've been flashing every phone i've owned from the guidance here but very rarely post.
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Hey Everyone,
I am having an issue with my screen turning on randomly on my phone. Its a Verizon Note 2 (hence me posting in this section). I'd like to think I've done some troubleshooting but I want somebody else to tell me that I am not insane.
So far what I've done:
1. Flashed Custom Rom - CM11 in this case. Screen turning on and off is persistent between stock and CM leading me to believe hardware problems.
2. Took phone apart, unplugged power button from motherboard. Booted phone back up and disconnected. With the cable disconnected it still persisted.
3. Taking a page from some other threads on XDA I have tried the key test in CWM. My screen was turning on every 1-2 minutes and right now its been sitting for 15 minutes with no key presses registered (with the cable re-connected).
So with all of that being done I'm assuming its an issue with something that Google is restoring to my phone? Does that sound like a logical conclusion? Before I factory reformat and not have anything restore I just wanted to post up and verify.
As a second question - is there a good way to clear all the internal memory before I do a fresh format of CM11 (if i go that direction tonight?) I still have folders on the internal SD card from my stock install that i would like wiped out.
Thank you all in advance: I love this site. I've been flashing every phone i've owned from the guidance here but very rarely post.
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To format the internal SD card, reboot into recovery (sounds like you use cwm), go to 'mounts and storage' and wipe 'sdcard' or 'data/media.' I havent used cwm in a while so I cant remember the exact wording.
While in mounts and storage go ahead and wipe 'system' and wipe 'data' as well before installing the new rom. Before installing a new rom you should always wipe system and data.
As far as the screen randomly turning on it does sound logical that it could be google restoring to your phone. Im guessing that you don't see new notifications in the status bar? How long did you let the phone sit after installing a new rom?
Whichever way I doubt it's hardware.
If you format and reinstall dont choose to restore from Google servers. If the problem still persists then there are ways to know what's waking up your phone.
Hälftebyte said:
To format the internal SD card, reboot into recovery (sounds like you use cwm), go to 'mounts and storage' and wipe 'sdcard' or 'data/media.' I havent used cwm in a while so I cant remember the exact wording.
While in mounts and storage go ahead and wipe 'system' and wipe 'data' as well before installing the new rom. Before installing a new rom you should always wipe system and data.
As far as the screen randomly turning on it does sound logical that it could be google restoring to your phone. Im guessing that you don't see new notifications in the status bar? How long did you let the phone sit after installing a new rom?
Whichever way I doubt it's hardware.
If you format and reinstall dont choose to restore from Google servers. If the problem still persists then there are ways to know what's waking up your phone.
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Thanks,
I'll be doing that today. How can i tell whats waking it up? The wakelock detector i have been using isn't ready for 4.4 yet.
Turns out it was noon walk that was doing it
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Haha good. How'd you find out?
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Sup guys, so i just had a really strange problem that popped out randomly, i was watching a youtube video and i had to help a person quickly and when i came back just a minute later i saw my phone showing encryption unsuccessfull when i pressed the power button to turn my screen on. Well it said to factory reset my phone, i don't store any important data on my phone anyways so i just went for it, and it restarted went to my TWRP recovery and tried factory reseting it, to no success. It basically failed to access /data/ and other directories and i can't see any files in them through recovery. And so i can't even factory reset it, i can't install a ROM cause the partition is corrupt i assume. How can i "unbrick" this? I was running the good old Temaseks CM 12.1 ROM, has been working fine for a looong time. My PC recognizes the phone but i can't access any data, it just shows that it's connected, odin doesn't recognize it.
Can somebody help me please ? I use my phone alot and it's really important.