yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjangjojo:
Can you still go into download mode?? If yes then flash this firmware its a singapore firmware that works on malaysia. http://hotfile.com/dl/121529952/2ff0b3c/I9100XWKF1_OLBKE5_DXKF1.rar.html
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RbbCHan:
boot loop

yes, only doing step 1,2,3,4 helps most of the time.

On my friends SG2 we even didn't do those steps but opened quickly the task manager and cleared the memory 3to4 times in a row(hit the "clear memory"button 3-4 times within 5-7 seconds). Then the hanging app gets killed before the phone reboots. We also found out that clearing your "auto start apps" to the absolutely necessary ones prevents the phone from boot looping.

hope this minor contribution helps

rr
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjangjojo:
We all appreciate your help.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] santhoshkcsk:
I own a SG2, i was trying to flash it with a ROM and it doesn seemed to respond. So i plugged off the USB connection and now the phone doesn respond for nothing !

I tried to enter recovery mode,download mode...... nothin works,to my bad...

Anyone here to give me a piece of advice ???
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjangjojo:
Wat rom was u you trying to flash and did you use odin? Can yu give a complete log of what you did?? This way it would be easier for us to help.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chiggah:
my phone went to bootloop after flashing from villainrom to litening 5.0

Which firmware do i need to get back starting again ?

I tried Frankenstein_GT-I9100_XEU_I9100XXKG6_I9100XEUKD1_I9100XXKG6

Still doesnt work
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjangjojo:
Try flashing to the ROM that your phone came with out of the box.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spiros83:
Thanks

Worked like a charm for me, thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] let's be reality:
I'm currently running rooted JPKG2 fw on my i9100 and when I try to flash roms my phone gets stuck at the screen with the warning triangle.

Steps to reach this:

1- Flash CWM through RM

2- Format /data and /system

3- Wipe Dalvik

4- Install zip from SD Card

5- Reboot after installation

6- Stuck on screen

Any tips/recommendations?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjangjojo:
Flash to stock rom. Then flash cf root then flash the rom.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] let's be reality:
Seems installing the zip twice while in CWM recovery did the trick.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjangjojo:
Yeah. Good for you.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] santhoshkcsk:
thanks 4 d reply.... I used a lightning rom tat was supposedly uploaded for I9000 and wasnt mentioned anywere by d uploader...

I loaded files in pit,bootloader,pda,phone,csc from the downloaded firmware. I am totally new to android and dont even knw wat all dis mean !!! :(

i flashed it... and d screen was jus idle in d download mode for more than a hour,so i plugged it off and device went blank...

after that it doesn switch on,neither does it get it into download or recovery mode ! I went to the service centre n d ppl der said i need to change the mother board.

If der is any alternative tat u can help me with,i could save many bucks.........
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KornX:
clean cache

just as a info for you guys

i had to clean the DALVIK cache

Harder way:

Make sure you're running a rooted device.

Root your device and install ClockworkMod Recovery (http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1118693)

Do a Nandroid backup!

WIPE (wipe data/factory reset + wipe cache partition) - do it for real.

>>>>> WIPE DALVIK cache... <<<<<

Install the ROM from internal sdcard using ClockworkMod Recovery

Optionally install the Google Addon (through ROMManager is easiest)

so you wont be busy for hours like I was

;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pyushgupta87:
You saved my soul man.

i was trying to install the cyanogen mod using Rom manager and my phone died during clockwork recovery mod installation.

i spent one full day tryin to figure out and then landed on your post.

My phone had got stuck on the boot screen finally and i had already wiped everything.

Villian ROm worked and my phone is up now.

Thanks a lot
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teekkari:
Tips in this thread help me to solve my boot loop problem. Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imran077:
Stuck in boot loop - No Recovery mode but can flash using download mode

I am stuck in bootloop. I cant access recovery using Vol Up + Home + Power but I can access Download mode and flash roms using ODIN. But no use. Everytime its stuck in boot loop and either the initial boot logo flashes or it stays stuck at the boot logo. Can please someone help. I read all the comments and lot of people having problem being able to get into Download mode but not in Recovery Mode. I would appreciate if someone can post a detailed response as to how to get rid of this issue.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjangjojo:
What firmware did ur phone come with out of the box?? Just flash that firmware using ODIN.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @LI™:
my phone doesnt go to recovery mode !!

how can i do ? is it broken ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjangjojo:
If u still can het ur phone into download mode then it is not broken.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KornX:
no prob.

:)

anyway, long way:

enter dl mode

flash stock rom

flash rooted kernel

go into CWM

wipe cache, data and Dalvik (advanced)

flash new rom...

This way should always work...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imran077:
boot loop and random restarts

My phone randomly restarts and than gets stuck in boot loop. Only way to boot it again is by taking off battery for 20-30 secs. Even than its sometimes get stuck while booting and again I have to take off the battery. Anyone has any ideas what might possibly be going on here.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RbbCHan:
another update on boot loop

as my phone many times goes into boot loop after scanning the external sd card.

i have done the following:

1) TAKE OUT YOUR SD CARD restart

2) as soon as your phone has started, open the built in video player and try to play a video on the INTERNAL sd card

3) your phone will tell you possible that it is still scanning..don't care just go on hitting the play button if already one video thumbnail is visible.

4) as soon as your phone plays the video it is safe to restart

5) restart..........here the boot lool was gone. the phone runs correctly

6) put in your external sd card , RESTART again .....all should be fine.

I do not know if this is specific only for my phone, but it works and it prevents me from flashing all the time.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imran077:
Random restart and boot loop

As long as I am using phone it is fine but if I let it go to sleep it reboots an gets stuck in boot loop. Very weird.

Any thoughts or ideas

I m rly tired of all these boot loops. If it would have been hardware issue than phone wouldn't run properly even once. Sometimes I have a clean install of a stock ROM and it runs as it should for 30 mins 1 hour or watever time I wanna use but as soon as I let phone go to sleep it just reboots. Also there are occassional random reboots while using as well

And every time it reboots it gets stuck in boot loop

Can anyone specifically point out whether its a hardware issue or a software issue and why so many people boot looping on SGS2 i9100

I am a previous owner of SGS i9000 and that phone is impossible to brick soft or hard. You can just do almost anything with it and it can still made to work like new every time.

Please can someone present authentic facts as to the real reason behind boot looping in technical or noob terms watever
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ediflyer:
Hmm - OK so that's just the problem I'm experiencing too, however it was working fine when I was rooted running stock ROM, so the problem seems to be more around a custom ROM/kernel issue than a rooting one.

Is this going to be solvable? Could REALLY do with the increased battery life from VR!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stefhelm:
Hi all,

Here is my boot loop issue:

To start, my phone is an HTC Desire

-AlphaRev-

Bravo PVT4 SHIP S-OFF

HBOOT-0.93.0001

Radio-5.17.05.08

My goal was to give Cool Sensations 7 a try. From the above, you can see I made it through Unrevoked and AlphaRev. I then flashed to CM7 r2. I used Rom Manger to add a 500mb ext2 partition to my SD, and then flashed the EXT 4 align tool on the Cool sensations thread. At this point, I figured I was good to go for Cool Sensations 7 pre-requisites. I flashed the Rom.zip, and it all loaded (appeared to go smooth). I then rebooted, and got a loop at the HTC Quietly Brilliant screen. (it was notably a new version of the HTC splash - the "quietly brilliant" drew much faster) I then flashed the boot loop zip that is posted on the Cool Sensations thread and there was no difference. I then started to re-format and clear data to ensure nothing was left on the various parts of the phone, and re-flashed the rom.zip a few more time, but no luck.

I have since dumped everything and reverted back to my stock ROM (learned a pile about the android sdk and various other utilities in the process...)

In the end, My phone is working fine with the stock rom, but I'd still like to try the Cool Sensations ROM - it looks pretty cool.

Anyways, thanks in advance for any feed back. This would probably be better in the Cool Sensations thread, but my noob status prevents me from doing that.

Cheers,

Stefan
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roysolid:
hi my galaxy s2 working fine the only problem is this

this is the problem in my Galaxy S2 Gingerbread 2.3.3

I have 16 GB of SD it was before every time I add mp3 in my music file on the SD it appears in music player and also my video it appears in Gallery

but after sometime it doesn't adding the files with Samsung Kies or by normal connecting the usb it will be the same problem

then I perform clear data on media storage and music and restart my Galaxy S2 and sometimes it works again but it's mix my contact raining tons

and after some copy times it returns to the same problem

when I disconnect the mobile from PC it gives

1-media scanning running

2-media scanning complete

but nothing new is add to the files

and if I go to My file App the music and videos are add to the SD

and If I use other Media player Like MX Player I only need to press video scan and the new files are shown

so what cause this problem ?

I tried installing startup manager but even so disable media storage and adding other manual scanning didn't help

so the problem is the media scanner doesn't recognize the files are add after sometime

my Galaxy S2 info

android version 2.3.3

baseband version I9100xxkg1

Karnel version 2.6.35.7-I9100jpkg5-cl428948 root@dell137 #2

build number gingerbread.jpkg5

I flashed it and rooted it from your files in this forum

please help because this is driving me crazy

sorry to post it in this thread but i cant bust new threads
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeobe:
Looks to me that you may have a faulty SGS2...this happened to me with the first SGS2 that I bought in Singapore...apparently it was an export set from China, the radio signal kept dropping for no apparent reason...

You may want to check with the shop you bought it from...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steve113:
thanks i follwoed the instructions mentioned earlier on and mine seems to be fine now
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edgeboy47:
Please im begging for your help so heres what happened, I was trying to update my firmware via Kies right, but it kept on losing the connection right as it was about to load the firmware onto the device. So after a few tries it starts working properly, THEN it stops midway and I get a yellow triangle in between a pc and a phone on my SGS2 screen. So i try to do an emergency firmware recovery but Kies cant find my phone. At this point I'm really frustrated. So i turn to Google and downloaded Odin and some official kernels and started flashing them but to no avail. I would just get the Samsung galaxy s2 logo with a yellow triangle at the bottom and the phone wouldnt start up. Then i tried rooting the phone, but it still wouldnt start.So after finding this I tried to flash VillainRom 1.1 but Odin just keeps failing to flash it. Now im stuck on the logo with the yellow triangle still and nothing I tried worked so can you please help me??
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roysolid:
I don't think so my SGS2 was working fin but after add spacfic tone for each contact then add new mp3 files it changes the contact tone then i put the tone for each contact again but after that every media i add is not appear

so I think it's a program problem

mmm this driving me crazy till now no 2.3.4 for arabic and must of you have 2.3.4 and may be this is a bug in 2.3.3
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doomharbinger:
same here but what i dont know: is my case bootloop since it does some times enter bu then crash again. here is a bit of description and background

i have sim unlocked uk o2 phone which had i think ke1 (was 2.3.3) (not sure though) did multiple roots and roms but was an absolute idiot and did not do a nandriod backup. now whatever rom or even a stock firmware i am experiencing random shutdown (1-5 minutes) with everyone (i have to take the battery out play with it a couple of times for it to boot or even to get into download or recovery. it does not even charge in this condition). here is the history

upgraded to kg2 via odin (from android advices via odin no issues)

rooted via cf3 (no issues)

litening 5.0 ( went well for a couple of days then disaster)

reverted to kg6 stock (same issue)

did villian rom (same issue)

my warranty is voided and dont have access to a jig. desperate
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] petsasj:
Sorry for posting here, i KNOW this is the wrong place to post, but i didn't want to start a new thread, and was also a bit too lazy to go through every page (search function was not functional at the posting time :P)

I'm coming from the Galaxy S i9000 (actually i'm getting my new SGS2 tomorrow) and i'd like to ask one small detail about Odin flashing.

When flashing a stock rom we used to put in a .pit file in the appropriate section (in my SGS1) and ticking repartition. I went over at samfirware, downloaded the latest stock rom (KH3), and i see that there is an ext4.pit file. However, having read all the guides on how to flash a SGS2 via odin, i haven't seen anyone using a .pit file.

So i guess in the SGS2 there is no need to tick repartition and use a .pit file if i am to flash via odin, am i correct?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steedy27:
pulser you are the BEST ...

I have to admit I was going from Villian to CM and it messed up :(

Everytime i go to a new Villian ROM its fine so gunna stick with what I know VILLIAN ROM!.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Syrellaris:
Never use Repartition and a pit file...all the odin guides on here, should tell you that...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dullah:
great post, Will help a lot of people. Thank you very much sir.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ProNewb:
hi guys, i

i may be the stupiddest but i forgot to enable usb debugging and im in bootloop.

please help. i tried replacing a framework-res.apk file (for crt lock) but now im in bootloop.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dullah:
Clear the cache maybe?

if not restore it from a backup? (if you have one)

Or follow the method from pulser.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dullah:
probably a hardware issue.. Have you tried any other ROMs?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dullah:
Use the usb jig to try and get into download mode.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dullah:
Flash a kernel with CWM.. see if it lets you get into recovery mode then
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ProNewb:
Where is this option?

is this Wipe data/Factory reset?

or wipe cache partition??

i am stuck in a bootloop after replaicing framework-res.apk, and v desperate, plz help!:confused::confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pulser_g2:
Adding a nice little video from user "dullah"

[youtube]pvdC2Exxm0M[/youtube]
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pulser_g2:
Geez I wonder...

Wipe user data...

Wipe data

Hmmmm..... Seems to me like it's fairly obvious :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dullah:
Oh you are such a nice man :)

Hope it helps anyone who cannot follow simple instructions lol.

Thanks to pulser_g2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r2arthur:
How should I flash with this villain rom?

when I click on PDA I only can choose tar, md5 and smd formats. Should I choose another option?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dullah:
If its a .zip file, then it can be done through Clockword Mod Recovery.. :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akuzura:
So I thought it would be cool to install a custom rom, but I messed up big time, and can't seem to fix my phone. This is everything I did.

1. Followed a guide to root phone first, installed XWKDD_insecure.tar in odin

2. Used superoneclick to root phone or whatever, after I did that first thing

3. installed rom manager from appstore to try a custom rom. For some reason it wouldn't want to back up my existing rom (Got a signature error or something, in a recovery mode that wasn't Clockwork Recovery Mode, seemed like stock)

4. Proceeded to use Odin AGAIN to install GT-I9100_ClockworkMod-Recovery_4.0.0.2.tar so I could access a recovery mode that allowed me to install a custom rom

5. moved Cyangenmod 7's cm_galaxys2_full-39.zip to sdcard then proceeded to wipe cache and data to install

6. installation was unsuccessful, and I can't boot

After all this I've tried several times to wipe data, cache, and dalvik cache or whatever it's called then tried to reinstall cyangenmod, MIUI (MIUI-1.9.2-SGS2-beta8), and Villainrom (VillainROM-2.3.0-signed), but whenever I reboot im stuck at that splash screen with the triangle. I've tried my best to google this problem and read solutions to try, but I can't seem to fix this. This guide says to use a stock rom or villainrom 1.1, and I found a link to another thread with download links to stock roms (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278) but I am so unsure what to get. Also the download link to villainrom 1.1 doesnt work either so I can't try that.

Anything I can try?

Thaaaanks

EDIT: I forgot to say, I got a Samsung Galaxy S2 (duh) but am using a HTC usb cable when doing these things. Does that matter?

EDIT 2: Okay, I've literally been trying to fix this for 4 hours, then as soon as I post about it I manage to install the stock rom. But I still want a custom firmware, can anyone tell me what I did wrong? After I rooted the phone, I moved the Cyangenmod (the one that was FOR my phone) over to the SDcard, installed the clockworkmanager so I could install the CF, but then everything broke down.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dullah:
tried any different kernels? and did you take note of your stock firmware and stock kernel prior to flashing as those as the ones you should revert to if needed?

the usb does not affect anything as I myself use a nokia usb for the SSG2..

Also, what country if the phone from, and what service provider are you with?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akuzura:
I've managed to get the stock rom back on the phone, and everything is well, but I still want to install cyanogenmod on the phone.

Android ver: 2.3.3

Baseband: I9100XXKDH

Kernel Ver: 2.6.35.7-I9100XWKDD-CL161513 root@DELL103 #2

Build number: GINGERBREAD.XWKDD

I have, again, rooted the phone using that unsecure tar file, then used superoneclick and bought rom manager, as I thought that would surely fix my problems. After I click the "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" I choose the right model (galaxy S2) and press allow on that second screen, and yet when I reboot into recovery mode I don't think I'm in clockwork's recovery mode (it's very blue, with something like 4 options to choose from). From this blue recovery menu I try to install a CF, but I get greeted with a "failed to verify whole-file signature".

Again, I'm not sure, but I don't think this is clockwork's recovery.

The phone was bought in Norway, and my carrier is Netcom (norwegian), but I don't think that matters. Thanks for helping!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dullah:
yup! the blue menu is the stock recovery mode. Isn't there an option in ROM manager to install clockwork mod?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akuzura:
Yes they do, and I've pressed it, then pressed the "boot into recovery mode" button and still I get the stock recovery. 'tis a mystery
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dullah:
best option, don't worry about CM7.. it's in beta stages anyway as far as i'm aware.. try out insanity, or LeoMar75.. very good Roms.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akuzura:
The thing is I don't think it's CM7's fault. When I seriously messed up my phone it was because the ClockworkMod Recovery wouldn't install through the app "Rom Manager", so I browsed the web and came upon a site (inspiredgeek.com/2011/06/16/install-clockworkmod-4-0-0-2-cwm-recovery-for-samsung-galaxy-s2-ii-how-to/) with a link to a tar file with the clockworkmod recovery. I proceeded to install it using Odin, then moved the latest CM7 build retrieved from the CM forums (in the right Galaxy S2 forum).

I only want CM7 because a lot of people say it's got the perfect balance between functionality and battery life.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gunrh:
after I've wiped the data from recovery, where can i find a rom to flash with ODIN? all the roms I found are zip files that need to be transfered to the internal sd card to be installed, and I cant do so because my phone is stuck on the boot screen :\
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dullah:
stock roms can be flashed through odin..

find them here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkneill:
:D i got my new s2 into boot loop after flashing lite ning rom , i thought i was dead , thanks for all the info . i did wipe data and it is working . :p
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Autumnal:
This is the kind of post that i needed to have before I start to oull any tricks on the phone.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dullah:
Videos for the SSG2

Helpful videos: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=17289111#post17289111
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donalgodon:
These are JUST .tar files?

No separate PDA, CSC, etc.

Are they flashed via PDA?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dullah:
yeah the contain everything and are flashed through PDA..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dizzee:
Get Stock ROMs from here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] powerover:
I think i did everything right

Hello,

I flashed CWM and got the orange menu,

i backed up the original rom

wiped user data-

installed cognition from zip (root dir of phone)

and got the boot loop.

restored from backup to stock.

Everything works but I really want to change ROM...

What did I do wrong?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psone:
How can I recover from a boot loop on a Epic Touch since I don't think any stock ROMS are available?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sam911x:
Thanks for the info really helped me from taking my phone out of the loop Many thanks again
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boyband6666:
Most articles on here are pretty shoddily written, and very arrogant in their tone - 'if you can't do this then you are an idiot and shouldn't root your phone' like tones.

This however is excellent, and very useful - thankyou for making me not panic, and think logically - I didn't do what you guide said in the end, but it made me think, and now everything i working!

Thankyou again, thankyou thankyou thankyou.