I have a samsung galaxy S2 no reason to turn it off and back on I go into boot loop reaches the S and returns to the animation of the operator (Personal Argentina) I made the wipe cache partition remains the same. I need to urgently recover contacts and notes, is this possible? as? thank you very much
Carlos
Have you tried factory reset? There is a chance you could lose data though.
If you dont want to lose data then go into download mode and flash the official ROM via odin this should recover your ROM and you wont lose anything
The /data partition could be corrupted already. If you really need the data try do a Nandroid backup from CWM, wipe, and dig up the data later in PC.
Still, I cannot guarantee that it will work though.
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I had this too, I made factory reset and it problem was solved, maybe it can help for you too.
Obagleyfreer said:
Have you tried factory reset? There is a chance you could lose data though.
If you dont want to lose data then go into download mode and flash the official ROM via odin this should recover your ROM and you wont lose anything
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estimate, this phone does not turn, so I can not see the kernel version or install the nandroid. There are some generic rom to install? root was not, thank you very much
Well, I tell them I've got: I installed the ROM Unbranded from Argentina without achieving any progress, then install the kernel-CF-Root-v4.1-CWM4 SGS2_UH_MUL_KG7 without progress but I also discovered that the download menu (V +, home , power) was enabled nandroid!! thus perform a full system backup, wipe data / factory and Encendio!! Now I have to figure out how to unzip the backup on the PC nandroid to import contacts and notes mainly.
isettateam said:
estimate, this phone does not turn, so I can not see the kernel version or install the nandroid. There are some generic rom to install? root was not, thank you very much
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You can download the CWM zip to temporarily load CWM with the stock recovery, then do nandroid backup from there
BEWARE THOUGH, if you are on 4.0.4 and using the stock kernel, it will cause brick. If you're not in 4.0.4, or have changed the kernel (if you don't know what a kernel is, then most probably you haven't changed kernel)
-So you just can download this http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.1.5-galaxys2.zip
-Put that on your sdcard
-Flash that zip from Stock Recovery, and it will boot CWM
-Do a nandroid backup
-Mount the phone as mass storage to PC, move the nandroid to PC
-Reboot to stock recovery
-Wipe data from there
But I'm not responsible if this doesn't work for you, or your phone failed turn on after following this steps
KcLKcL said:
You can download the CWM zip to temporarily load CWM with the stock recovery, then do nandroid backup from there
BEWARE THOUGH, if you are on 4.0.4 and using the stock kernel, it will cause brick. If you're not in 4.0.4, or have changed the kernel (if you don't know what a kernel is, then most probably you haven't changed kernel)
-So you just can download this
-Put that on your sdcard
-Flash that zip from Stock Recovery, and it will boot CWM
-Do a nandroid backup
-Mount the phone as mass storage to PC, move the nandroid to PC
-Reboot to stock recovery
-Wipe data from there
But I'm not responsible if this doesn't work for you, or your phone failed turn on after following this steps
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Thank you very much for your information, now everything is working, just that I find how to read the files *.img nandroid generated because attempts to restore it with the same menu nandroid from the recovery of the S2 the phone back to stay in boot loop.
Now I have discovered a wonderful application called nandroid BROWSER with which I can "walk" img files but I do not encuentr nandroid genre folders / data / data / .... where supposedly contacts and notes are stored on different routes each course. but if I found a path .//app/contacts.apk other ./app/contacts.odex but I can not open or install. will be these? not meeting the equivalent of /data/data/com.sec.android.app.memo/files. Thanks
isettateam said:
Now I have discovered a wonderful application called nandroid BROWSER with which I can "walk" img files but I do not encuentr nandroid genre folders / data / data / .... where supposedly contacts and notes are stored on different routes each course. but if I found a path .//app/contacts.apk other ./app/contacts.odex but I can not open or install. will be these? not meeting the equivalent of /data/data/com.sec.android.app.memo/files. Thanks
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There is a tool for that. Just follow the instruction. Easy.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1370349
You cannot restore the /data because the partition has broken
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KcLKcL said:
There is a tool for that. Just follow the instruction. Easy.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1370349
You cannot restore the /data because the partition has broken
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KcLKcL, thanks for your information, unfortunately I could not retrieve the information most important to that team who were the contacts and notes. I returned my computer because I use a lot for work, but not before teaching synchronize with KIES to have backup of all your information. A hug and thank you very much for the help.
can you help?
Obagleyfreer said:
Have you tried factory reset? There is a chance you could lose data though.
If you dont want to lose data then go into download mode and flash the official ROM via odin this should recover your ROM and you wont lose anything
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Hi Obagleyfreer - sorry for being a total noob, but bewildered by the amount of data out their and having followed a load of threads related to my issue and not getting far, I turn to your seniority for support.
My galaxy s2 is stuck in a recurring error-message loop on startup leaving the phone (im pretty sure) innacessible. I can open download and reset modes though. about 20% of my dissertation data exists as photos on the phone hard-drive, and my thoughts are I might be able to recover it via rooting the phone (it currently is running gingerbread). Unfortunately the computer doesnt recognize the device when it is plugged in. You mention flashing odin - can this be done via 'update from SD' in the reset menu? I was under the impression I had to download CWM from the appstore before I could root and flash a rom, which I cant do.
I could provide many details (such as it being in airplane mode preventing me from installing apps on the phone from my pc) but i wont bore you with details if you cant help. but if you can I'd really appreciate it!
I am currently trying to repair a soft bricked(stuck in boot loop) Samsung Galaxy S2. I am trying to save the info (contacts,sms,pictures..etc).
Would using Odin to flash CWM Recovery and doing a nandroid backup and then restoring the phone to factory settings.
Would it somehow save everything in the internal memory and fix the phone?
Please, If you can Update me with some info, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks
Might be possible, if you backup, reinstall a rom based the same update you're on and then do an advanced restore of just /data, Really depends on what made it soft brick in the first place though. You're pictures won't be touched either way, but contacts, messages, etc are a different story. Hopefully you had your phone synced to Google to backup the contacts at least...
Try This.
on CWM , you can do a backup.. then flash your previous rom before you get softbricked.
reboot.
cwm again,
Backup and restore >> andvance restore >> restore data
this usually works with me..
Hi everyone,
Think I have confused myself from reading to much.
I have done the rooting now looking at doing Nandroid backup before going any further, which requires TWRP or CWM from what I have gathered I need to flash install with ODIN due to being a Samsung.
Will flashing TWRP or CWM erase my data? Looking at change the partition which requires flashing and states to do a backup as everything will be erased, so no sure if it will
Thanks for any help.
jecatch said:
Hi everyone,
Think I have confused myself from reading to much.
I have done the rooting now looking at doing Nandroid backup before going any further, which requires TWRP or CWM from what I have gathered I need to flash install with ODIN due to being a Samsung.
Will flashing TWRP or CWM erase my data? Looking at change the partition which requires flashing and states to do a backup as everything will be erased, so no sure if it will
Thanks for any help.
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Installing a custom TWRP/CWM recovery doesn't wipe any data. However, to be on a safer side, you should take a backup.
Regards.
So today i flashed a custom rom and my s3 got soft bricked, the worst thing is i forgot to make a nandroid backup, i would appreciate it if someone gave me a nandroid backup (stock) for my s3
@FreedomUser: that's no good way to repair. Rebuild your system, beginning with original-firmware (from sammobile.com). If everything works fine, root, backup efs, flash custom recovery & ROM…
Try pushing over a custom ROM to your SD card and try flashing it.
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Hello,
Unfortunately, my stock S2 is stuck in a bootloop and I would like to retrieve as much of the data (photos, recorded audio and contacts) as possible - no, it wasn't backed up well enough...I have learnt this the hard way
Reading through the forums I have a couple of options but not sure if they'll work as expected...
1. I can access the factory reset: Will it only wipe the system data??
2. Can I flash the siyah kernel (as described elsewhere) via ODIN without any phone auto-formatting/reset? If so, will all the data still be there upon restart assuming this corrects the bootloop? Is that a correct assumption?
My thinking is I can try option 2 first, and then fall back to option 1.
Any confirmation and support from your experience will be greatly appreciated! I really hope I can rescue my data!!!
Thanks!!
Hi @Snato,
If you use the factory reset option, this will wipe all user data. You don't want to do that.
Flashing a custom kernel like siyah (or philz) will not touch your data. If you can flash one of these and replace the stock recovery with a custom one, then you should be able to mount the internal memory and retrieve your data from there. The only doubt I have is why is it bootlooping? You may run into unexpected problems if there is a hardware issue, but try that first.....
You can follow my tutorial to do so : https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/help/guide-tutorial-samsung-galaxy-s2-i9100-t3538601
At step 3), once in TWRP, you can use TWRP recovery to connect to PC before reformating.
Go to Mount -> Mount the partitions you want and Mount USb storage.
Keep in touch. Don't go beyond step 3 without having stored your data !