yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spotlight79:
I really mess around with my phone a lot! Accordingly, I sometimes stuck in a bootloop, too. Last time yesterday, when something went wrong during installing new fonts...

For me, the easiest way is to make a backup using CWM recovery let's say once a week, so I'm always up to date if I need it... When stuck in a bootloop, simply pull out the battery, put it back in, press volume up, home + powerbutten and hit restore... ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lukasound:
battery dead

I installed a Beats Audio zip on my SGS2 and it didn't have any problems at first, but after my battery ran out and the phone turned off, i can't get it to charge again...

Whenever i connect the charger, it just boot loops...

I can't go to download mode because it says "Low battery..." and i can't charge it :(

What can i do?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mast3rchi3f:
My S2 can't access to internal storage.

At this moment cant access to CWM recovery (first screen is a phone-pc logo) but when it was possible the first thing to showed up was an message(E:\can't mount storage).

Is internal memory dead?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] New_World_Order:
I wish I had been sensible and searched for this half an hour ago after flashing the newest version of ICS.

I'm now stuck in download mode with NOTHING happening since I clicked start 45 minutes ago.

Looks like a sleepless night, until it's sorted at least!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arghsarge:
Hoping someone can help me.

I was running VillianRom 3.0 without the backup option as I didn't install it.

I've just updated to ICS, and it went fine, USB debugging was enabled before I did this, but now it's stuck at the start up screen.

I can boot into download mode, but Odin doesn't recognise the phone at all, so I'm at a loss of what to do.

Sorry if this has been already covered, I'm a little perturbed about having bricked my phone!

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Thought I would update as I've seem to have resolved my issue.

I booted into Recovery by pressing Volume UP, Home and Power Button for at least 15/20 seconds.

Once I did this, I formatted/cleared the cache. I then turned off the phone and rebooted.

This then continued with the original installation of the ICS I installed.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sentix_001:
thanks for this thread, saved my mobile from the dead i owe you one people
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] szukai:
I changed build.prop while attempting to fix the camera sounds option, and I ended up soft bricking my phone into a bootloop.

I was able to restore my phone, and I used CWM to make a backup of my phone before I flashed a ROM over to get my phone working.

Is there a way I can restore everything with the exception of the build.prop?

Thanks,

KH
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zewsan:
Hello, having some issues flashing a new Rom and stuck in bootloop.

Tried to install Resurrection 1.0 Rom, followed all the zedomax guides to first root the phone with the new method, installed CWM via Odin, and booted into CWM recovery.

The problem is that I wiped data, but I can't access the Rom file that is saved on my SD card (16gb class10).

I put the Rom in my PC, copied to multiple locations on the SD card, but I can't access it via CWM.

I see the folder /External sd via CWM, but can't get into it for the new Rom.

I tried mounting and unmounting it in CWM, but still can't access it.

Phone is stuck in boot loop when i boot it normally, so can't try to put the Rom on internal storage.

Problem with my SD? 16gb not supported? Problem with CWM 14.0.1.4?

Please help :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zewsan:
Nevermind above issue, I still didn't manage to access the SD card, but managed to set CWM into USB mass storage mode, to connect it to PC again and copy the Rom directly to internal storage.

Still strange that I can't use CWM with SDcard..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reshad94:
thnx

niceee,

very helpfull thread, devs would be happy for not bothering them now :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RatusNatus:
Man, i just want to know how to do that.

How to copy a file from the PC over download or recovery mode.

Edited

Lol, that easy. Just connect the cable and do the option "mount".

Now i'm waiting the charge. and damn, the battery gets in and out the charging mode... and its original.

hummm, its charging fine since i fit it in again.

Now i'll Wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SGS21324:
Boot Loop problem!

Please help me!

ok, so i have been running ICS XXLPQ on my galaxy sII. This morning i noticed that the USB port was loose and my phone wasn't charging so i decided to restore my phone. i wiped the cache as instructed via recovery/CWR mode and got the error "firmaware update encounterred an error" so reading on i have been trying to flash stock kernals which puts the fone into boot loop and i cant get out of it no matter what i try. PS. i can get into download odin mode but not recovery.

please advise me
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheMightyBrick:
Hi guys,

Apologies if there's a thread about this already.

I just upgraded my firmware through the settings menu on my Galaxy S2 - everything seemed to go OK, phone rebooted, now it's stuck on the SAMSUNG GALAXY SII GT-I9100 logo on a black screen indefinitely.

Tried so far:

Removing battery for a period of time, then rebooting

Booting into recovery mode and emptying the cache (have not tried factory reset yet)

Allowed to boot for 30 minutes to see if anything would happen, nothing

Can you guys offer any advice before I consider more extreme measures? I've kind of accepted I'm going to have to format the stupid thing now. Should I do a factory reset before trying to flash the firmware using Odin? I'm about to try this:

http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1457458

To try to fix what I assume is a soft brick issue. Does this seem like a good idea?

Sorry if I sound like a complete n00b. I don't normally get this involved with my phone, but it's kind of forced my hand this time around

Many thanks x
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nelinski:
I can get out of it, i'm just stuck with a specific ROM which i want lol. I'm sure i'll get it sorted. Nice bit of help here though, thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skarecrow215:
I just got my rooted Att&t to T-moblie Galaxy S II from ebay two days ago. It had SuperUser along with a program "team kong" (pink unicorn)-sorry for my ignorance- installed on it. I was charging it and using it when it went into the boot loop. I have tried to read up on how to fix it, I can not get into the download mode or recovery mode. When pressing the volume (up/down) home, and power, it turns off and reboots to the SGSII logo screen with the yellow triangle. I do not know anything about flashing/odin. I have just read about them. It does have ice cream sandwich installed as well. Some seriously simple help would be appreciated. thanks guys.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbanzon:
hey guys i flashed an aokp rom and i didnt find it to my liking so i went into recovery and tried to do a nand restore but it couldnt find any of my nand backups so i pulled battery and went into download mode to flash a samsung rom via odin. The rom flashes successfully accdg to odin but im just stuck on the samsung logo bootloop. I can enter download mode but i cant get into recovery. Any ideas how to fix this? is this softbrick? Thanks for any help.

EDIT: Fixed by flashing cf root kernel and deleting data and stuff.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsungs2:
YESSS, rebooting, errors, force closes????

i did it!

2x reboot of galaxy s2 and now getting all kind of errors and than force closes.

I only did root and small changes >change font, lbe, change dpi< everything else is stock.

can i get root, like reset or something?

ps. yes everything before my very kind touch to s2 was working smooth :S
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hevar:
hey man

i can only get into download mode and used stock firmware both ki3 and ki4 but still stuck at bootlogo can i use villianRom via odin to get up working again??

tried villianrom and still on stuck on the bootlogo but this time with the yellow triangle , but still stuck ,,, any help would be appreciated guys
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thunderbox:
another unprovoked reboot loop...

My SGS2 has suddenly gone into a reboot loop after a few weeks of normal functioning following ICS update.

No warning messages, no previous problems, no mods by me, no indication of what has gone wrong.

The reboot is now occurring after about one minute. This doesn't even give enough time to make a connection and back-up under Kies.

I really don't want to wipe everything with a full reset, but I don't know what to do with it... :mad:

Update: it now turns out the reboot loop only occurs when the (Orange) sim is in the phone. Phone was originally on "3" (UK), but rooted and unlocked. Phone has worked fine with an orange sim since then, but had some auto network selection problems as soon as ICS installed via Kies.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kovacs-m:
thank you master

cheers
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zouz0una:
8) Flash a stock ROM from those available in ODIN format, and the phone will boot correctly.

I can't understand this step.. how do I flash a rom?? through pit?? I can't find any rom in .tar all are in .zip... Am I missing something??

Never mind I got it!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdadeem:
boot looo and cant even get into recovery or safe mode

I have gone into my ROM manager app, and ticked a permission which told me that it will fix issues like force close (an issue I have been having frequently)... I went ahead and it took a few minutes for the process to fix after that I was told to reboot which I did but thats the last time I was able to boot my phone, it went into a boot loop which I left for more than 2 hrs hoping it would fix but NO.

I hope I can have a solution here my phone is B63M on Gingerbread 2.3.5
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snezana:
soutym son

Great instructions, thanks Pulser
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickytenzer:
[EDIT] Wrong thread
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ndnesh:
Try to flash the same ROM that you were on originally through ODIN. Download from Intratech's thread. Your data should not be lost if you flash a No-WIPE ROM.

Cheers and let us know how it went.

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wrong forum!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Krishnadusad:
Great Guide :)

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psychotico:
Stuck on start p screen with yellow triangle

Hi there

I have a problem with my Samsung s2.

I have installed kies nor any other software on my pc to sync my phone to it. i don't even know how kies works...

I was going through the phone and under system i saw the update option...i updated the phone and the firmware too...after about 3-4 installations and reboots the phone got stuck on the start up screen...i tried hard reboot by holding the power+volume up+menu/OK keys - Nothing happened

then i deleted all my files from the sd card but that dint help either. Then i saw a video on youtube about clockworkmod... i followed that and after doing so the phone now goes to start up screen with a yellow triangle. when i try installing the ROM from odin it fails. Since then i got an icon showing that there is an error on the connectivity between the phone and the computer...i ran the clockworkmod again using odin and the phone returned to start up screen with a yellow triangle. The phone only goes to download mode but doesn't go to recovery/clockworkmod anymore (power+volume up+menu/OK buttons).

Another weird thing is that the phone doesn't turn off, as in if i press the power button for about 5 seconds the screen goes off but turn back on again...so if i have to reboot the phone i have to completely remove the battery n put it back in. when connected to the computer i don't see any storage drives on my computer only Odin detects the phone.

Please help me...

Thanks

Abbas
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bayint Naung:
The instruction looks clear.

But I have problem with ICS ROM. I'm currently on DXLP7 official ROM.

I can flash LPQ, too. But when I flash latest official like XWLP4/7, phone is stuck at S logo.

Note: I use heimdall to flash. and I download the firmware from samfirmware.

I've tried to wipe everything possible. data, cache, ....

The odd thing is when I flash back to DXLP7, it works!

Anyone encountered similar issue?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supranos:
thank you !! perfect job
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jadax:
Hi guys, quick question - I think I have a boot loop on my phone - whenever I switch it on I get a yellow triangle with exclamation mark in it + the name of the phone above it.

Is this a soft boot loop? Just asking for verification purposes.

thx
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sad56:
No it's because you have make a flash with odin.

if you have flash the old bootloader you can remove this triangle with a jig.:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jadax:
Ok I asked him what exactly happened and he told me: He showed the phone to the IT department in his company and they tried a new root. After that he recharged the phone and tried a factory reset from the applications menu. Since then he has been getting the loop. And now I've bought the phone.

So you still think it's fixable?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sad56:
If tou are able to enter download mod.

Home+volume down+power or with a jig.

You're fine:)

Follow this tuto and flash a stock firmware.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1544487

Don't forget to install samsung kies in your pc to have the driver of your phone.

And close this program before to flash with Odin
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jadax:
Thanks I'll try it out.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garlnt:
cant get the phone on

hi, i hAE sgs2 i9100 stock firmware non rooted2.3.6

the phone just started, hanged and then,......

I am unable to go to restore (Volume Up + Home + Power) does not work...

even Volume down + Home + Power doesnt work.

Just remember that Android version I last updated via kies was 2.3.6.(Iam from INDIA) Not sure of the other details..

Can you guys please help been searching for 24hrs and landed up on this thread and was reading and trying to get my phone back to normal but finally after so many tries gave up and though will ask...

please suggest
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deep red:
Please help me, i'm desperate,

I tryed to root with CF-Root my wifes' phone.

this was the original setup (bought at amazon):

Baseband version I9100GXXKL4

Kernel version 2.6.35.7 dpi@dell165#2

Build number Gingerbread.XXLA1

I tried LA2 and KL1, and all i got is boot loop. i cant get to recovery mode (i can get to download)

please, i WILL sleep with my dog.

thanx.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babafooka:
Samsung Galaxy SII I9100GXXKL4

Hello, i am from Germany and new user on this forum. will any body please help me to root my Samsung Galaxy SII I9100GXXKL4? I found too many post but could not found root kernal for I9100GXXKL4.

Model Number = GT-I9100G

Fw = 2.3.6

Baseband = I9100GXXKL4

Kernal Version = 2.6.35.7 dpi@DELL165 #2

Build Number = GINGERBREAD.XXLA1

is this possible to root this mobile? still i could not found any root kernal for this mobile. please please help me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CamoGeko:
CF-Root is not for 9100G, you should have investigated that before flashing it.

You need to flash stock ROM in download mode and do a factory reset.

Logged using an SGS2 type droid while exploring CheckROM V6 quadrant on a research & rescue operation.......
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Osutin:
So, I've been trying for quite a while now to flash pure ICS onto my phone, and every time I do,I get boot loop at the screen after the one with the yellow triangle. I've followed the given directions to the t, but it never works. Am I missing something, or is there some stuff that isn't there?

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By the way, my phone is a GTi9100M, now recognized as a GTi9100 through the process of updating to ICS.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deep red:
I actualy did investigated - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1597333

anyway, thanks for the help.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Syph0nX:
I tried to flash Thebyani's latest Rom (v3.9), my previous ROM was Cognition 1.5.1 (GB 2.3.4). After doing a factory reset/wipe and wiping the dalvik cache I installed the ROM with no problems, after selecting reboot the phone sits on the first screen to showup after reboot (has phone model number and that pesky yellow triangle) for a few secs, the phone then restarts again, show that same screen for a moment and then opens recovery mode (CWM Touch v 5.5.0.4). I cannot get it to go past this screen. I've tried flashing different versions of CWM Touch as I've seen this issue is quite common, I even got ADB running and tried the shell command mentioned, whatever I try it's still stuck in a boot loop. Luckily I have a backup I can restore which has an older version CWM recovery (V 5.0.2.3) and that works fine. But I really want to use the new ICS rom from thebyani. Anyone able to help or point me to a solution? Thanks.

Sorry for long post.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Osutin:
Update to my earlier post. Never mind, I don't need help anymore. After updating my ice cream sandwich version further (lp7 or what ever), soft bricking it, recovering it, and then updating it successfully and rooting it successfully, and grabbing 7.2 of pure ics, I got it to work.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdadeem:
any further help?

OK.. wrong forum, thanks... but what does your response tell me actually, how about something like pointing me to the right forum, the usual trouble I fond with these forums... someone shows up to appear to know so much but they cant give a correct response, further complicating the trouble... better not to respond at all I'd say.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ehknaton:
Hi, please help me..

I have android 2.3.6 on my SGS2, CF-ROOT kernel.

I flashed CM 7.1 on my SGS2, and it had a problem the installation went fine, but after 5 minutes use it was freezing, and I could only pull out the battery to restart it. I tried restoring my nandroidbackup with CWM, but it seems that he version changed from 5.0.2.7 to 5.0.2.6 and now it does not recognize by backup anymore.

Now..in CWM, I wiped/factory reset, and wiped dalvik cache and power off the phone. Now I want to install stock. I think I have to use ODIN. What kernel and ROM should I use ? Is it ok if I flash with ODIN on a wiped phone with CWM ?

What is the best way to get my phone back working ? Just flash stock rom with ODIN ? Also do I need to flash kernel ? Is ok to do it on a wiped phone ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jensonrphillips:
OMG LIFESAVER thank you soo much one beer for you OP
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChevoJulius:
I couldn't read the whole thread... but what happens, if I cannot start the Recovery Mode when Boot Looping. Does this mean, that the ROM doesn't fit to my device or something went wrong while flashing?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pedro.coba:
HELP

Hi all

I have a problem here and hope to help my problem. after i try to flash rom ics by odin stoc after I just get stuck on samsung logo. 've tried a few times just to get the same problem. and can not enter recovery mode. anyone can help thanks. :confused::(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dunnomuch:
I have a G version of SGS 2. I tried to update the phone using the inbuilt software update option. After the installation of the 12 MB update the phone fails to start. It is stuck on the first screen which says Samsung Galaxy S2. is this boot loop? How do i fix it?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hack51:
thx great helped me!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CamoGeko:
Try doing a factory reset from within recovery. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdadeem:
Why wrong forum

whats yur solution in this case, where is the right forum... or yu just enjoy saying wrong forum.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enilkcals:
Thanks for this guide, thought I'd bricked my phone (Samsung Galaxy S2) when it got stuck on the boot screen trying to flash with stock 4.0.3 ROM using Heimdall 1.3.2.

Recovered now :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vadi1234:
S2 I9100 boot error

I installed CM9 nightly build, and then my phone was not detecting any network..so i went to CWM recovery to change the build..but the wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache was hanging in process.

Then the boot loop started...it gets stuck at boot screen.

I panicked and reinstalled my ICS XXLPQ firmware using odin. still had the problem, so referred some forums, flashed stock rom, CWM. the problem still persists now with the triangle!

I am able to go to :

download mode, recovery mode, normal mode.

But i am unable to access /sdcard, wipe data/cache, dalvik cache in recovery mode, neither install any zip file from there. It just hangs there.

when i tried to wipe data, it was hanging so when i restarted it crossed the initial screen with the triangle, then hanged at the 'S' logo and samsung galaxy 'S' II.

Any ideas how to get out of this problem?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ftpftp:
Logsprovider, Twlauncher and other FC Looping: how to save data?

Hello, I'm Italian so my English is not very good.

I would like to ask you something: when I select "wipe user data", what kind of data I will lose?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rawfa:
If I may suggest a way to make this sticky be even more helpful, it would be great to have the links to the stock roms on the first page (GB and ICS).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ken6336:
Tq.thanks for sharing
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mancmackem:
I'm stuck in recovery mode from booting into it from rommanager with a broken home button, so cannot access download mode or select any options from the recovery menu.

Tried taking the battery out, every boot goes into recovery.

Is there anything I can do or will I need a jig?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mancmackem:
Hey guys,

Don't worry, I managed to command line out of it using the SDK. Put ICS firmware on but still the home button doesn't work so going to look how to reset the counter for ICS LP7 elsewhere on XDA and send it for warranty repair.

Love to you all!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vadi1234:
S2 boot error

Hey guys..can anyone suggest something for my problem??
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shubham.dhand:
my phone is soft bricked

and my phone says

cant access to /system/csc/SEK/system/'.

in recovery

WHAT DOES IT MEAN ???
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CamoGeko:
Means you need to install a ROM via Odin.

Sent from my CyanogenMOD 9 powered beast of a phone!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cr723:
Hello ,

My Ideos X5 (u8800) was working fine till I tried to install new version of CM7.

Only boot screen comes and goes. I am not able to start the phone. What to do? No Odin available for my mobile. I tried to factory reset and data wipe but still it is the same. I had foryo 2.2.1 and tried to port to CM7 by ezet. Must be some issue from my end. help me guys