yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] humphrey74:
OK now Information for all listening to this thread:

I sent my device to my cellphone provider to repair it.

After 2 weeks now I called them to ask for repair-state. Answer:

My device has hardware failure and the professionals weren´t able to fix it up.

They told me that I will get a new device instead.

..thank god :-D
[Galaxy S II General] Deni_NS:
That's good news mate. Now don't do anything stupid to have same problems :) Joke :) And stay away from superoneclick :D
[Galaxy S II General] PlanDreaM:
Edit:****, posted afterwards....

Hmmmmm delete all .folders, this might help.Also try to fix perimissions.If nothing else works you could do something dangerous and change the permissions of every file under / to 777.
[Galaxy S II General] humphrey74:
@Deni_NS: I think I will stay away from all this rooting stuff, after I got my new device ;-)

At the moment I am too afraid of gettin into new trouble caused by flashin custom firmware. ... at the moment ;-)
[Galaxy S II General] Deni_NS:
Well, u had only bad luck :) I flashed a lot of custom roms and different stocks fw and everything is fine :)
[Galaxy S II General] max621:
After reading the whole thread .. There are few lessons which need to be remembered...

1... Stay away from flashing

2... Stay away from rooting

Specially for those whose phones are not covered under any insurance , like me, and who purchase their phones at a full cash price...without any carrier branding and contract...
[Galaxy S II General] kanishkaggarwal:
Hi humphrey74,

Its great that you got a brand new phone.

But after going through the whole thread, I was sure that there must be some hardware issue which might have been restricting the files to be written on the SD card or the internal memory.

Anyways, I'm happy for you that you got a new S2.

Enjoy dude!

:)
[Galaxy S II General] sauc1er:
I have the same problem on my 3 month young GT-N7000, how exactely did you manage to get a new phone? I filed an RMA request 2day and any tips will be greatly appreciated!

If one of you is able to provide me with the info I need to feed samsung rma, I will honor you with 10 bitcoins :)
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Flash using 3 file firmware package the .pit file and repartition checked in Odin.
[Galaxy S II General] beaver2233:
I'm sorry, but why do people keep saying the same thing over and over again once the OP has stated it doesn't work ?? he has stated multiple times that he has flashed both 1 and 3files through odin...I'm just throwing something here, is it possible the phone under about phone states its the same version and what not but it actually has changed ?
[Galaxy S II General] humphrey74:
I agree with beaver ... ;)

I did flash a 3-parted ROM with repart and PIT!!!

beaver, I´m sorry but I didn´t understand what you mean with your last question.

But my phone status always says:

Kernel_version: 2.6.35.7-I9100XWKDD-CL161513 root@DELL103#2

Buildnr: GINGERBREAD.XWKE2
[Galaxy S II General] beaver2233:
I meant maybe for some unknown reason the 'phone status' isn't updating ? I dunno...just try flash a modem individually and then see if that changes under baseband version ...?
[Galaxy S II General] humphrey74:
well, I dont believe that will change anything. but I can try.

As I said... there isn´t only the phone status the same. It really concerns to all corners of the booted system.

A this morning e.g. I wrote some messages with my girlfriend. after reboot it seems that the message history never has been changed. all messages were gone :)

OK, I´ll try to flash MODEM only...
[Galaxy S II General] humphrey74:
No change. I think I could flash any file I want... e.g. "foobar.pit" , nothing will change
[Galaxy S II General] Bashkim:
I have the exactly same problem here.

I have flashed many different Firmwares without any problem, but now I'm stuck with KF3 and Tegrak kernel. I've already tried every available Firmware, but nothing changes. After a reboot I'm still on KF3 and EVERYTHING is restored to a default state (e.g. deleted Apps are back again and the new installed App are just gone.)

Pls help :(
[Galaxy S II General] humphrey74:
Oh, that sounds bad. BUT, I am glad to hear that there is anybody else with this problem .... so.... PLS HELP US :)

@Bashkim: which apps did you install after the flashed firmware you stuck in now?

I suspect there could be a reason for this problem in a special App that makes our device behaving like this.
[Galaxy S II General] mljjlm:
Do you guys have other usb-devices plugged in the computer while doing this?

Or else does a wipe from recovery change anything? (if the 'reboot-state' isn't like first boot that is...)
[Galaxy S II General] humphrey74:
I wiped in ALL ways a SGS2 can be wiped.

I tried ALL methods for factory reset. Nothing changed the state

@mljjlm: tried with several pcs. ... one had USB mouse plugged in, the other not (notebook with only plugged Phone in)
[Galaxy S II General] Bashkim:
RootExplorer, Titanium Backup, Launcher Pro, DroidWall and many more...

But I don't think an App could cause such a problem.

Tested Factory Reset, wipe cache, wipe data wipe dalvik-cache and wipe init.d.

No cahnges. Same state after a reboot :(
[Galaxy S II General] humphrey74:
Yes, but how could you explain, that some Apps installed after the stucking flash stayed on the phone? So it is on my device.

I installed droidWall, NoLED and an AutostartManagerApp... these apps are still there after reboot.

Others I installed e.g. today dissappeared after reboot

How did u do wipe init.d?? never heared from it
[Galaxy S II General] Bashkim:
I don't know, but as said before, I don't think a usual App could cause such problems. I guess our partition Table is damaged or something similar.

Tegrak recovery mode.

I did also some research and found another one with the same problem:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1158916

But no one could help him. So I guess our Devices are bricked forever.
[Galaxy S II General] humphrey74:
I dont think so. This has to be a software problem.
[Galaxy S II General] humphrey74:
maybe unimportant...but I do not have init.d under /system/etc/

what´s that?
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
My very clean wipe method = overkill .

Connect phone in USB mass storage mode and format via PC .

booted to CWM 4 recovery .

Advanced Wipe Dalvik Cache .

Mounts and Storage format cache system data sd card

followed by Factory reset and wipe ..

Boot to download mode and install stock rom via Odin .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] omrij:
Did both of you used Tegrak kernel?
[Galaxy S II General] Bashkim:
No, humphrey74 used Superoneclick for rooting.

I don't have CWM and can't install it, because it's gone after a reboot.

And the other things don't work as already said.

btw. I'll send 50€ (=72$) via PayPal to the one who can help me.
[Galaxy S II General] Bashkim:
No, i have still the Tegrak recovery menu. But it's pretty useless, because wiping doesn't help me...
[Galaxy S II General] beaver2233:
have you simply tried deleting/uninstalling all/most apps on your phone ? see if they still appear afterwards ?
[Galaxy S II General] Bashkim:
Yes, tried it already.

I deleted all my App's and checked my internal SD-Card with Root Explorer. Everything was gone (I also had more free space), then I deleted Root Explorer.

Then I Rebooted my device and everything was back again...

I also flashed a random file instead of the Kernel -> same state after reboot.
[Galaxy S II General] Banger242:
I may have missed it here already but try un-checking the automatic restore setting under settings>privacy. If it is checked I believe that your apps are stored on the google servers and when you sync it will restore everything.
[Galaxy S II General] carrammel:
Hello, sorry for my english...

I have a probleme to. i have flash a lot of different firmware without problem. My last flash is official xxkg1 firmware 2.3.4. not root. The phone boot and is fonctionnely... but impossible to flash anymore. i try offical or custom rom, kernel, CF Root.. Odin bloque after "firmware update start". on windows seven odin bloque and on windows xp odin make windows crash and the blue screen.. I think download mode is ok but don't download.. I don't understand the problem. Can you help me?
[Galaxy S II General] omrij:
try mount through adb shell and write here the output

it should be something like this

rootfs / rootfs ro,relatime 0 0
tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=111 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,mode=600 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw,relatime 0 0
none /acct cgroup rw,relatime,cpuacct 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/asec tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/obb tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/usb tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0
tmpfs /app-cache tmpfs rw,relatime,size=7168k 0 0
none /dev/cpuctl cgroup rw,relatime,cpu 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p9 /system ext4 ro,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 /cache ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /efs ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
nil /sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p10 /data ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,barrier=1,data=ordered,noauto_da_alloc,discard 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /mnt/.lfs j4fs rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/block/vold/179:11 /mnt/sdcard vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,nodiratime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0002,dmask=0002,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro,discard 0 0
[Galaxy S II General] humphrey74:
Hey, I did so :) my results:

rootfs / rootfs ro,relatime 0 0

tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755 0 0

devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,mode=600 0 0

proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0

sysfs /sys sysfs rw,relatime 0 0

none /acct cgroup rw,relatime,cpuacct 0 0

tmpfs /mnt/asec tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0

tmpfs /mnt/obb tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0

tmpfs /mnt/usb tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0

tmpfs /app-cache tmpfs rw,relatime,size=7168k 0 0

none /dev/cpuctl cgroup rw,relatime,cpu 0 0

/dev/block/mmcblk0p9 /system ext4 ro,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0

/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 /cache ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0

/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /efs ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0

nil /sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw,relatime 0 0

/dev/block/mmcblk0p10 /data ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,barrier=1,data=ordered,noauto_da_alloc,discard 0 0

/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /mnt/.lfs j4fs rw,relatime 0 0

/dev/block/vold/179:11 /mnt/sdcard vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,nodiratime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0002,dmask=0002,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro,discard 0 0

#

I see, that the onlies difference between your mount and my is in line 2.

tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755 0 0
[Galaxy S II General] carrammel:
for me the start is same. i post all.

$ mount

mount

rootfs / rootfs ro,relatime 0 0

tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=111 0 0

devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,mode=600 0 0

proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0

sysfs /sys sysfs rw,relatime 0 0

none /acct cgroup rw,relatime,cpuacct 0 0

tmpfs /mnt/asec tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0

tmpfs /mnt/obb tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0

tmpfs /mnt/usb tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0

tmpfs /app-cache tmpfs rw,relatime,size=7168k 0 0

none /dev/cpuctl cgroup rw,relatime,cpu 0 0

/dev/block/mmcblk0p9 /system ext4 ro,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0

/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 /cache ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,barrier=1,data=ordered

0 0

/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /efs ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0

0

nil /sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw,relatime 0 0

/dev/block/mmcblk0p10 /data ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,barrier=1,data=ordered,

noauto_da_alloc,discard 0 0

/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /mnt/.lfs j4fs rw,relatime 0 0

/dev/block/vold/179:11 /mnt/sdcard vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,n

odiratime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0002,dmask=0002,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp43

7,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro,discard 0 0

/dev/block/vold/179:17 /mnt/sdcard/external_sd vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noex

ec,noatime,nodiratime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0002,dmask=0002,allow_utime=0020,c

odepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0

/dev/block/vold/179:17 /mnt/secure/asec vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noat

ime,nodiratime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0002,dmask=0002,allow_utime=0020,codepage

=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0

tmpfs /mnt/sdcard/external_sd/.android_secure tmpfs ro,relatime,size=0k,mode=000

0 0

/dev/block/dm-0 /mnt/asec/com.rovio.angrybirdsseasons-1 vfat ro,dirsync,nosuid,n

odev,relatime,uid=1000,fmask=0222,dmask=0222,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,

shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0

/dev/block/dm-1 /mnt/asec/com.rovio.angrybirds-1 vfat ro,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,re

latime,uid=1000,fmask=0222,dmask=0222,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortna

me=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0

$
[Galaxy S II General] humphrey74:
by the way..I uninstalled all possible apps as well. but they were all back after a reboot.

the same with cwm .I cannot use cwm recovery mode because after reboot into cwm recovery there were only the usual options as I never have installed cwm. reboot=cwm gone.

as someone suggested here, I checked those data recovery options from Google settings. if i uncheck recovery they were checked again after reboot. if i switch device into normal usb mode I see that usb debug mode is switched to ON again after reboot.

I think I would honor the guy who can find the right solution for me with 50€ via paypal as well!
[Galaxy S II General] qwerty warrior:
this issue is mind boggling

its like ur phone is stuck in time

groundhog day issue ;)
[Galaxy S II General] alc0h0lic:
Could this be some kind of NAND-lock ?
[Galaxy S II General] humphrey74:
What does NAND-lock mean?

Yes, our phones stuck in time ... :) but unfortunately not funny.
[Galaxy S II General] beaver2233:
I'm guessing you've tried formatting internal sd ??
[Galaxy S II General] alc0h0lic:
something like this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=694034
[Galaxy S II General] humphrey74:
I didn´t try yet. What´s the best method for that?
[Galaxy S II General] humphrey74:
okay, I formatted internal SD via my PC. after reboot, all data is back again
[Galaxy S II General] beaver2233:
wtf, this is killing me, not even my phone haha :/ wish you good luck !
[Galaxy S II General] Solidswede:
This shouldn't be possible at all... Do you have a external card too?
[Galaxy S II General] cashisback:
You are in download mode when flashing right? Have you tried flashing cyanogen via zip file?
[Galaxy S II General] humphrey74:
You are right. This shouldn´t be possible. But it seems to be ...

I have unplugged my external SD.

I connected phone in normal mode and formatted "Samsung Phone" appearing in my workdesk on PC.
[Galaxy S II General] humphrey74:
Hm, ... did you read the whole thread?

We both get no success in flashing every ROM we want. A usual flash , wether via Odin or Heimdall, doesn´t affect our device
[Galaxy S II General] Solidswede:
Hmmm the card doesn't seem to be mounted as a USB mass storage.

What happens if you format the (internal) card and then try to copy a video or bigger file to it?
[Galaxy S II General] veyka:
Looking at what you have done I cant think of anything else you could do.

I cant see that odd permission being a problem as 755 is more permissive.

By this point I would take it back to samsung and say that you cant update, is there an option in KIES to reinstall the firmware?
[Galaxy S II General] humphrey74:
hm, you were right. but now i connected in mass storage mode. what file system do I have to format the SD? I have 'FAT32' and 'exFAT' option (in Win XP)
[Galaxy S II General] bluebart:
In KIES under Tools there is Emergency firmware recovery.
[Galaxy S II General] Solidswede:
Try a FAT32 which is standard, make sure windows formats it properly (not quick)
[Galaxy S II General] beaver2233:
or even format the internal sd using the phone....I believe there is an option somewhere...that's what I meant originally when I said to format it...
[Galaxy S II General] cashisback:
I had this problem when I had the desire HD, when I deleted or put something on the SD card it would come back or still be there. That SD card is corrupt and I had to change SD
[Galaxy S II General] Solidswede:
This doesn't always work, that's why you need a PC or a Mac to do it.

Yeah this is what I am having him test right now to rule out the SD card as the problem. There are a lot of settings that can get downloaded from Google and other old things that shouldn't be there. Even from older phones you might have owned... We will see soon if his card is corrupt.
[Galaxy S II General] veyka:
if the "sd card" is corrupt, then its the onboard NAND that's dead, which sounds kinda likely at this point.

If not the flash, then part of the controller or something.

Using the PIT and ticking partition in odin should have nuked it from orbit.
[Galaxy S II General] humphrey74:
Ok just finished formatting via PC (no quick format!)

after disconnecting - then connecting, ALL data is restored.... what´s that???
[Galaxy S II General] veyka:
Sounds like your NAND Flash Memory or the USB controller or the Flash controller is dead as a dodo.

Go back to samsung, they should replace your phone even though its rooted as its a hardware issue and you cant(shouldnt) bugger this stuff via flashing
[Galaxy S II General] humphrey74:
Yes, but I didn´t use a PIT with re-partition since it was suggested here. Before my tries to flash some firmware with these options, I had the same problem
[Galaxy S II General] Solidswede:
Exactly my point! So if this test fails, we know for sure that he won't be able to do anything about it.
[Galaxy S II General] veyka:
Yes, flashing some firmware with the PIT and reparation ticked should have nuked it, if it didnt and I saw that you have tried other computers and USB cables its a hardware issue.
[Galaxy S II General] Solidswede:
How is it going with the internal card?

If the memory is fine after this test, there might be hope for the phone.
[Galaxy S II General] humphrey74:
How ever... I have to do some social stuff now.

hm, hardware failure? ... but how? by flashing it? ... okay guys. will be back soon here.

thanks for the moment ...
[Galaxy S II General] veyka:
:( Its dead jim

And I would really doubt its anything you did, just plain old bad luck
[Galaxy S II General] Solidswede:
Yeah that phone will need to be replaced.

Use your 50 Euro to buy a phone in the meantime your phone is being replaced.
[Galaxy S II General] smaberg:
Sounds like the controller chip is dead, but do a last try, in the galaxy s (i9000) thread there is a tool to cheat kies into thinking you have an older firmware, therefore making it flash the new firmware xxxkexxxxx something.

Try that first, if nothing happens when trying to update from official kies, then return it to samsung.

Hope all the best, and welcome back with the new device.
[Galaxy S II General] Lightfunkyone:
After reading all this I'd say that the internal memory has write protected itself, even though you add/remove/format your memory is still in the same state, I've seen this kind of issue with sd cards.
[Galaxy S II General] rickyy00:
A. Redownload it

B. im not a galaxy s 2 user im a samsung galaxy s 4g but if your.has.an external sd card.try.anothrer
[Galaxy S II General] imparator:
What happens if you only flash the pit file without modem pda csc? Yhis way you shuld clean the phone completely. After that flash a rom.
[Galaxy S II General] coolfi:
At this stage it's worth a try this.

Boot the phone up removing back cover of the phone, while phone is still on pull the battery out, after 10secs put the battery back in and switch it on, this will force few checks.

Switch it off again and try flashing.
[Galaxy S II General] airuzzo:
Bro can ya make last try for me???

if u have an External SD, remove from phone (use a usb adapter) and try to copy/delete somenthig, just to be sure if the problem was the phone or other.

Maybe u need to try on a different Computer...
[Galaxy S II General] htc9420:
@ this point it seems that the NAND write controller is toasted...I've seen this before on some SEs and LGs. I also read on an ''eyes only'' report that could be a side problem with some unfinished custom kernels. It was an HTC guide btw.

Two ''successful''scenarios I've witnessed personally:

- one device was left w/o battery for 2 days, it was some write cache that cleared and service guys were able to flash it.

-least legal but somehow recommended for the greater good- one guy fried the device inside the microwave oven in order to claim warranty. Of course at the first secs it only trips tiny fuses but I guess they never check for custom kernel with Jtag attached to MB. Google is your friend. There are many smart ways to render the nand useless/unreadable...

Good luck.
[Galaxy S II General] coolfi:
Which country are you in?

They can't tell you your warranty is voided if it is hardware fault or clearly a manufacturing fault, you didn't brick the phone as result of flashing.

I think they just trying take the easy option.
[Galaxy S II General] Agamennon:
I say leave the phone w/o battery for 2 days..... and then is microwave time baby!!! (make a video on youtube and win money for a new phone!!) :)
[Galaxy S II General] da.trute:
When I see something like this I always think we must have missed something, I wonder if it is wise to document what fixed a similar issue for me.

I have had a similar issue twice now when moving between two different ROMS, this always works for me.I know you have already tried most of these options but just make sure you follow this to the letter.

1. power phone off by taking battery out.

2. Place battery back in and imediately Hold "home", "volume down", and "power" together, keep held until you get "warning a custom OS.. blah blah blah, green writing with a yellow exclamation.

3. In theis screen Press the "volume up" to "continue", you are now in download mode, (little green android man and "downloading")

4. Plug into your PC and open odin.

5. click on "PDA" option and point this to GT-I9100_ClockworkMod-Recovery_4.0.1.4.tar (or latest version) to install CWR.

6. Get ready for phone, dont let it try to book, hold "Home", "volume up" and "power" together to get into CMR

7. Once in CMR options, clear all data, partition and dalvik etc.

8. If you have ROM on your SD flash it now, make sure you choose install Zip from SD card and not "install update zip" from SD card, choose your ROM and flash.

If you dont have a ROM on your SD then boot back into download mode instead (l
[Galaxy S II General] no.one.writeme:
Let it rest!

Hi,

Leave your phone for about 20h without battery. Then flash a stock firmware from samfirmware.com.

I'm positive it will work,

Post some feedback.

Best of luck.
[Galaxy S II General] da.trute:
I think my previous post is worth a go first for the sake of ten mins of his time.
[Galaxy S II General] humphrey74:
hm, I get no CWM options after step 6
[Galaxy S II General] humphrey74:
OK, I will try this. And if it works you´ll get my 50€ ;-)
[Galaxy S II General] da.trute:
Hi, what do you mean you get no options, what happens exactly?

read this below and then try.

- hold down "home", "volume up" and "power" until you see the samsung text with the exclamation triangle at the bottom.

- keep holding these buttons until that screen disappears.

- Let go only when that screen appears again.

What happens then exactly?, just a black screen or other options?
[Galaxy S II General] humphrey74:
I get no CWM Options in the recovery menu.

I get only the "normal" recover options. install update from sd, wipe data, wipe factory reset
[Galaxy S II General] da.trute:
That is the CMR menu, from there choose to delete / clear data and partition and then go into "advanced" and clear dalvik.

Then choose install zip from SD, choose Zip and flash you ROM from your SD. Do you have a ROM On your SD?