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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babijoee:
Hi kinglee,

My brothers phone s2 had the exact same symptions as yours and i believe it has to do with partitioning problem. The easiest way to fix it or atleast worth giving it a try:

http://www.darkyrom.com/community/i...arkyrom-hd-v1-0-r5-resurrection-edition.6565/

Prior to flashing this rom the clockworkrecovery was always reading a incorrect version of cwm 5.2.0.7 and after flashing Darky's via odin it immediately fixed the partitions and read the correct one which was meant to be 4.1.0.4.

I then let it boot up initially to make sure darky is working and then shutdown the device.

*Important* do not reboot into recovery via rom manager or shutdown menu.

Once the device is off turn it on using the 3 button combo for recovery which is volumeup+power and home. Now it should load cwr 4.x.x.x and now you can proceed to wipe factory reset/cache and install custom roms.

after you boot into your new rom, you can now use rom manager and flash the latest recovery and now it should be able to correctly boot into the newest recovery in cwm and shutdown menu.

I believe this should fix alot of people's problem with flashing custom roms and is a really good base to start from.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barazin:
FIXED! Just to help others with similar problems, that are not able to solve by first post.

- Used ODIN to flash Clockwork Recovery

- Found a SD Card that I finally were able to format

- Downloaded VillainRom 3.0

- Put this zip on SDcard/USB drive

- Installed zip via Clockwork Mod.

WORKED!

And I've tried everything today; my phone was about to be thrown into the trashbin!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barazin:
Problem seems to be only partly solved. My problem in the first place was that suddenly the S2 couldn't read SIM card anymore. Tested with both another SIM card in the phone (didn't work), and my own in another phone (did work).

Now; when I try to install a stock ROM I either get a boot loop, or a screen after I input lock code that says "Failed to encrypt data". This is before the splash screen.

So, I'm basically stuck again. Any idea what I'm doing wrong here?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pulser_g2:
Sounds like you enabled device encryption at some point. Boot to stock recovery and wipe data and cache, then turn off and odin stock rom.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barazin:
Hi

Sadly, this didn't work.

- Tried an old stock ROM - still get "Failed to encrypt data"

- Tried a newer stock ROM - get boot loop

- Tried the newest stock ROM - get boot loop

The strange this is that flashinh VillainROM via CWM gets me into the phone, but I still get problems reading SIM card. Any other idead, before I buy a new phone? (Btw, I got this phone from a friend working as promoter for a phone retail company - it's been a 'for show'-phone. No reciept, no nothing)

PS: I'm always asked for the Lock code, and I get passed that when I input it; I guess this has to do with the disk being encryptet. Is there any way I can get past that?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pulser_g2:
Don't get rid of it. It sounds like it's fine.

I suggest flashing VR to get it booting, then play with different modems.

PM me if you still have issues
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NTOP:
Thank You Very Much

I was in a panic attack. . . . lol

THank You
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] violet.:
Hi,

I flashed a CF-root using Odin, and then I tried to install CyanogenMod 7 using ClockworkMod... but now my phone won't boot! (it gets stuck at the Galaxy I9100 screen). I can get onto download mode and the ClockworkMod recovery screen though.

I have tried flashing a stock rom (from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1113928) using Odin, but that doesn't work- my phone still won't boot, although it doesn't have a warning sign any more.

I just don't know what to do.. please help! :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barazin:
I had the same problem. The only ROM that seemed to work for me is the VillainROM

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1198334

After fumbling around with that one for a while, I was suddenly able to load the stock ROM (which in the start only gave me the boot loop you have)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] violet.:
How did you put the VillainROM on? did you do it using ClockworkMod?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CamoGeko:
Yes, you need to flash it via CWM recovery. :)

Communicated using a Galaxy S2 droid from far far away via an XDA premium quality neurotransmitter while DJ'ing on The Enterprise.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] violet.:
hmm well I did that, but I have the same problem :( any more ideas?!

is it possible I have a bad version of the CF-Root? or that I've installed a bad kernel before I put on the CF-Root which broke it?

I don't really know, I'm a massive noob at this, hence my brick of a £400 phone lol.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CamoGeko:
Did you do a factory reset first (wipe data, cache and dalvik)?

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] violet.:
no I didn't... I'll try it..

also, is it ok that I'm installing VillainROM 3.0?

Also when I wipe data I'm not sure it's working - all my app files seem to still be there. is that right?

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I just don't know why it won't fix when I put on a stock rom, it worked before when I got into boot loop!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CamoGeko:
It should wipe your data.

Another rom you can try is the one I'm using, which is FoxHound v3.0. That wipes your system automatically when you flash it.

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M7mads:
thank you :)

i fixed mine by wipe data then flash rom from sd card
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] violet.:
yes!!!!! i love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and italian custom style, well good haha
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CamoGeko:
I guess it worked and you're back into the world of SGS2 monster power. :p

Btw, I'm in the process of finishing off a theme which will work with Foxy. Keep your eye on the themes and apps section of this forum.

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SNike05:
Stock phone. Need BACKUP method first.

I have a stock un-rooted unlocked SG2 from europe. I have had it for 7 months now and never had a problem.

My battery was dying and I needed my phone so I turned it off and put it a second battery like I have done several times. When I turned on the phone the galaxy S kept glowing and would not go any further. I then took out the battery and put it in the original. The galaxy S glowed a few times but then went to the Android Welcome setup page with a constant force close boxes appearing.

If i keep clicking on the force close buttons while going through the setup it takes me to a blank touchwiz homepage and then freezes.

No new app was installed in the past 2 weeks.

1. Am I in a bootloop? If yes, why when the phone is stock?

2. I have not tried doing what the first post says because I have 7 months of photos of my daughter on the internal memory that I need to remove first. Can someone direct me on how to recover these?

Thank you
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osugsxr:
:eek:

HELP!!

Okay, I am unable to get into recovery nor can I get into download mode. Phone will not boot up either!! just black screeen :mad: need some help.... when I open ODIN and try to goto into download mode I get a message

"windows needs to install driver software for you QHSUSB_DLOAD"

I do have kies installed already and previously was able to get into download mode.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sidrocks89:
Model :: GT-I9100G

ANDROID 2.3.6

BASEBAND :: I9100GDDKI1

KERNEL :: 2.6.35.7 root@DELL88#2

BUILD NUMBER :: GINGERBREAD.XWKJ2

I have finally rooted with this General Kernal for DDKI1(http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1327509), cause none of the other kernals on this forum was able to root my mobile..thanks for this kernal.

But now whenever I try any custom ROMs on my mobile I always end up in a bootloops. To ensure I'm doin it properly I wipe everything cache, format SD memory, factory reset, dalvik cache, cache partition and every possible thing that I can clear..but still I end up in bootloops.

I rooted my mobile as I thought it will improve things, but I dont know whats wrong. Am I doing anything wrong?

Please someone help me :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sidrocks89:
Please can anyone help me?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barazin:
I would try VillainROM:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1198334

As that was about the only ROM that worked for me (all other gave me boot loops)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sidrocks89:
Thanks for the reply..

I tried this too, but got bootloops, isn't there anything that work on "I9100G"?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nivicious:
S2 stuck in boot loop.

Hey guys, i just tried rooting my device using CF-Root.

Did the odin part of choosing the kernal using the PDA option and it succeeded so i waited for it to reboot after finishing. No reboot, just stuck on the logo/yellow triangle page. Where do i go from here?

I tried going into recovery mode by pressing V-up/home/power buttons to no avail.

I can get into download mode no problem.

My gf is going to kill me! So hopefully i can get it back to live another day!

So... Where do i go? What do i do?

Your help would be much appreciated :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CamoGeko:
Find Intratech's stock firmware thread, get the latest official firmware and flash it via ODIN then you should be able to boot into stock recovery and do a factory reset.

All should be well. :)

Communicated using an SGS2 droid with XDA premium neurotransmitter while DJ'ing on the Death Star.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nivicious:
Thanks a lot dude!

I'm searching now, but if anyone can link me to it that would be great :)

EDIT:

My original kernal was DOKH1 so it will be ok if i use the bolded stock below from the stock firmware thread?

JPKH1

Firmware info

PDA:JPKH1

PHONE: XXKG5

Date: 05/08/2011

Android 2.3.3

JPKH1 Stock Kernel:... (can't post outside links yet)

Password: intratech@XDA
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hulmeman2:
I've got a bootloop on my Sii, hope someone can advise me.

My question is, I've no idea which rom to use to recover in odin, as I didn't write down the firmware number. I got the phone from tesco in UK, and its unbranded. Could you advise me? give me a link for the best rom please, Im with t-mobile, not that it matters on my unbranded phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] golcheck:
XWKL1

This package has: PDA: XWKL1| Modem/phone: XXKL1| CSC: XEUKH2

Download: http://www.multiupload.com/9EQNGCY4RV
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hulmeman2:
Thanks very much mate, it worked a treat! Is this rom easy to root? Also, could you recommend a cool, fast rom to install?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nivicious:
I also now have the problem of having a flat battery that doesn't seem to want to charge so i can't get to download mode.

Anyone seen this before? Any suggestions.

Found one last resort solution of stripping a usb cable and resting the red and black on the battery or even the phone connectors to charge it straight or to work the phone without a battery.

But as i said it's a last resort...

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tigerphil:
I've been stuck on the boot loop for a few hours but my S2 will not pick up that the USB is connected so i have no way of using kies or odin even after downloading the new drivers. Does anyone know a way to fix this so i can get out of the bootloop or is there any way i can download all the files to my laptop so i can transfer them to the SD card and install it to the phone that way?

unfortunitely i don't know any of the original details about the firmware, all i do remember seeing it was on android 2.3.3 before it bricked...the phone is on o2 network and unbranded so any information on how to fix the problem will be much appreciated.....thanks in advance
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nivicious:
Well i finally found a way to charge my phone since the battery was dead but now while trying to flash the latest firmware it gets stuck here. Isn't frozen but doesn't move.

Any help?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CamoGeko:
Disconnect usb cable, switch off phone and close ODIN. Boot to download mode again using the button combo, start ODIN and connect USB. Then do the whole procedure again.

Communicated using an SGS2 droid with XDA premium neurotransmitter while DJ'ing on the Death Star.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nivicious:
Keeps getting stuck here...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CamoGeko:
Hmm... tried another kernel tarball?

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nivicious:
Just tried the:

But it does the same thing

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Ok, tried another and it went through with a pass. Took me back to the boot page which it hasn't done since the battery died. Tried Volume Up + home + power, and it still won't get to recovery mode. Will only do download mode.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SNike05:
Can somebody please tell me a way that I can recover pictures from the phone before I do this wipe data. I tried kies and simply connecting it to the computer but it doesn't recognize it.

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Can somebody please tell me a way that I can recover pictures from the phone before I do this wipe data. I tried kies and simply connecting it to the computer but it doesn't recognize it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osugsxr:
my brick has been sent in for repair to samsung, phone wasnt even month old. :)

Hopefully hear from them within next few days about the brick,
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l7ani:
thanks very much its helpful
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nivicious:
I have tried a few kernals with no avail and it seems like no one can help me so I've resorted to taking it in today.

No more rooting for me!

Thanks geko95gek for your help anyway
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osugsxr:
mine is bricked, waiting to hear back from samsung. Think I may just sell it and stick with an unlocked iphone 4 for now. Maybe be done with rooting and android in general, somewhat tired of tinkering with phones.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CamoGeko:
No need to blame Android, if you bricked it it's because you didn't do enough research before starting to mess around with it.

I rooted mine on 1st day I got it and haven't looked back. Rooted = free!

Apple = never free.

Communicated using an SGS2 droid with XDA premium neurotransmitter while DJ'ing on the Death Star.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jody2k:
hmm yes, but if I do full wipe and then flash with lighting it would still give boot loop, i tried everything, but as i see i'm not the only one with this issue ^^
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pulser_g2:
Yes, lightning has an issue causing this. That's proven by the fact it won't boot after a full wipe.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jody2k:
ok thx, so for the moment there's no fix for this?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] din5353:
What i do now is full reset factory and flash stock ke7.

Stick with stock for now.

:D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nobnut:
Pulser said earlier that you can't go from VR to Litening, as you have discovered. He also said you could go from VR to a stock ROM via ODIN. Try that and THEN try to flash Litening.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pulser_g2:
Not that I know of. It's not my ROM, and I make sure mine will cope with this :) Hence VR1.1 auto wipes.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jody2k:
hehe well i'm also happy with villain rom ^^ everything is smooth and battery doesnt drain too fast, installed lots of apps and games already without much probs
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] din5353:
hi all,

got solution if want to use lite'ning rom.follow below link:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=14426650&postcount=674

thank you
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redbullman:
Hi

Yep that was relating to my issue. I'm now successfully running Lightening 1.1 after 10 unsuccessful flashes! The only way it worked for me was to reflash stock and then flash lightening straight over the top with no data reset. Once installed I was able to wipe cache and dalvik cache, but as you probably know, don't touch wipe data. Quadrant scores are much faster with Lightening, especially after wiping the cache in CWR. Just had over 4700 with no overclock using setcpu on demand profile!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jody2k:
Thx! greetings
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jody2k:
Would it affect also an fps boost to games?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redbullman:
There's a lot of debate on xda about setcpu benefits, especially when not overclocked. I personally have found the gallery up definitely smoother since trying setcpu on galaxy s2.

It's debatable whether you would see any fps improvement in games - probably not. Obviously if you were using an overclocked kernel and then setcpu to increase clock speed - then fps in games would be increased!

You could try tegrak to overclock even on stock kernel. It's in the market.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jody2k:
Jep i have alreafy tried with tegrak, and to be honest I didn't really notice some fps boost in games, Most of the games are running constant 60 fps so it's hard to say for the moment. I also managed to work asphalt 6 which was terrible! very slow on my phone, don't know why though, oc'n with tegrak didn't help either ^^

Most of the games are just ports from previous sellphones, the SG2 can run alot better gfx than this
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pigglett:
Finally worked for me...Had to go to the 1st stock rom then wait 5mins for it to boot up
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjkdubois:
Thanks Pulsar, you are a phone saver. Went in to boot loop after wiping user data from Angelo 1.3, followed your instructions and saved within 10min. Cheers and thanks for all your work on this phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hellishboy:
Got Boot Loop?

I flashed kernel to CF-Root_KE7 used CWM to took a backup.

Flashed VillanRom 1.1 ..

Went to restore and didnt have CWM so re-flashed CF-Root again to get back CWM

Went to restore data partition and now in a boot loop.

Is there a way to load up VillanRom and restore data from a stock KE7?

Cheers
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] claudekenni:
If you only want your data from the downloaded apps you can use titanium. About system apps I had problem restoring them when going from one rom to another on my zte blade, but there were different versions so that may have caused errors (fc in android main process)

It may be ok on the sgs2 if there is the same versions of the apps
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hellishboy:
Thanks for the heads up! Didn't think about titanium..

All i really want is some app data, text messages, call logs. I did a backup via Kies as well maybe I can restore txt and logs from that. Ill give it a shot.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rosely1971:
Sorry I'm total noob to rooting/flashing: is that [stock ROM] means stock kernel in the first posts?

TIA
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shap08:
thanks this guide helped alot
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osugsxr:
not placing blame on android,

Pretty much getting tired of playing with phones! note they are all android phones, flashing roms, customization and so on.

Past year and half probably been through all the higher end tmobile android phones, trading, & selling. Pretty much done with it in general, like andriod and the google sync but its just old to me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vicracer:
Thanks very much pulser_g2, great instructions and saved me a lot of heartache lol
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] louisJJ:
Hi

I have a boot loop with my gsII, but I can't enter recovery mode: home+power+volume up launches the boot loop....

what to do? I really need help please!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CamoGeko:
You sure that you hold the buttons down long enough?

Another solution, download the official KL1 stock firmware from Intratech's thread and follow instructions to flash it in ODIN while your phone is in Download mode. If the phone doesn't reboot properly after that then try switching it off and then use the button combo to get into recovery mode and do a factory reset.

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acefreakz:
I had this too, after i flashed to MIUI -.- my solution is to flash back to stock rom using Odin, root it, then flash to MIUI(flash Siyah kernel in the same CWM recovery mode without reboot), then it works.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osugsxr:
My hard brick of my tmobile galaxy s2 which I bricked flashing a rom in this forum :p has been repaired UNDER WARRANTY through samsung.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arj154:
Right i made a post yesterday claiming i fixed the problem by uninstalling setcpu but it looks like i didnt. I'm running checkrom v4 with siyah kernal 3.6.8 and i ran the cleaning script, erased cache and davlik before installing it. I get random reboots and typically when this happens, it takes longer to find the network. Please can you help? I have tasker, juice defender and a copy type app as well called copypasteit i think. I also have widget locker. I cant think of anything else that launches. Also i have touchscreen fix as well. Is it possible for superuser to be corrupt?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Random reboots suggest you revert to stock and test in case its hardware .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arj154:
hm ok, but i forgot to mention a key detail, the reboots mainly occur when i reboot the device. It seems to reboot a couple of times and then stabilize itself. I do have 288 apps so it might have something to do with that :S. What i really wanted to know is if theres a way to check what app might be causing me problems... Specifically startup apps.

also i get random drops in battery life when it goes into this reboot state. which is quite weird;
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bahmonkeys:
Backup all your apps, contacts, messages etc. Also back up your phone using CWM. Try a clean install of your ROM. Go into CWM recovery, wipe data/factory reset, wipe dalvik cache, then install as normal. Leave it run for awhile with none of your apps installed. If the phone works fine then its obviously 1 of your apps. Restore them 1 by 1 until you find the problem. Why do you need so many apps installed?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ripton:
I did what it was said in the this thread but it is still stuck on the boot screen.

The Galaxy S2 screen thing.

Please,help!