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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
re: Idea

ADB is a really good way to give commands to your phone from the computer's teminal.

But in this case, since the phone is not stable it cannot be done until it stops bootlooping.

I found this 100% stock i9100 rom with all four parts needed for a complete Odin flash.

PIT select u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4.pit

PDA select CODE_I9100XXKI3_CL577579_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5

PHONE select MODEM_I9100XXKI3_REV_02_CL1062028.tar.md5

CSC select GT-I9100-CSC-MULTI-OXAKI3.tar.md5

I know that flashing a i9100 rom to a i777 phone is not the most ideal thing

to do however in this case perhaps it will do the trick to stop the bootloops.

Since there is no 100% stock i777 Odin rom complete with all 4 parts for the

i777 phone this might be a good way to resolve this problem.

The triangle and counter are both secondary issues and can be resolved after

the phone stops this endless bootloop.

A i777 phone flashed with i9100 rom will have a bugs, errors, fc's and the

keymapping will not be right, BUT it will not bootloop and it can be re-flashed

in hope of fixing the bootlooping issue.

Also since there are personal pictures and other files on this phone once the

i9100 rom is flashed and the phone is stable it will be easy to move/copy

and recovery the pictures and anything else to the computer using ADB

commands or via the the default windows explorer using usb cable.

Once the phone is stable with the i9100 rom it can be easily reflashed with

the rom which is available for the i777 phone and after all is said and done,

no one will be able to tell that the phone ever had the i9100 rom flashed.

If it was my phone I certainly would give it a try for sure.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] victor3063:
OK, so this worked. i flashed the newer 2.3.5 i9100 with MODEM, CSC, PDA and this FINALLY allowed my phone to boot into android and become useable. truly unfortunately though, i lost all my data.

now, going through the usual root methods to enter download mode, im stuck with i9100 hard controls? ie. instead of holding UP VOL+DOWN VOL and plugging in the usb to enter download mode, all i have to do is press DOWN VOL+POWER to enter download mode? and when i do enter download mode under PRODUCT NAME it says GT-i9100 and this is also present in the boot screen. How do i get back to vanilla i777?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
You should be able to flash entropy's stock package, he also has the stock modem. And that will get you most of the way if not all.

What I don't know is if the csc file you flashed installed any thing that will cause network connection problems or not, but there should be a work around we can find if needed - hopefully at the worst you will just have to enter apn settings manually - but there may be more too it depending what was in that csc file.

--- Edit two --- I just read a post by entropy in his thread that there its csc data in the system package (factoryfs.img) that is posted in his stock package, so all you should need is to flash his stock package and modem

--- Edit --- if after flashing entropy's stock package and stock modem you are having network connection problems just enter the hard reset code I posted earlier, the longer one that should rewrite all the stock network settings that came with the phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
re: worked!

Glad it worked for you.

What you should do now is to flash Entropy's http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...m/PNQC9KOD4D&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13196071531361

kernel + rooted system package and Entropy's modem http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...m/VWTSCXE5L0&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13196072886192 .

For best results odin flash the modem tar file seperatly.

Good luck!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dranakin:
Damn, did the same thing as you, did every single flash as you above and even did the i9100 international pieces and I'm still getting a boot loop. I can at least access download mode by holding down + power. HELP!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dranakin:
Sigh. At this point, I feel like I've done everything I can known to mankind/the Internet. Stock ROM, PIT partition, i9100 ROM, restore from CWM, etc. = nada. Nothing seems to be resolving the boot loop issue. I can't even get into the recover menu, as it states: "deleting cryption meta data" and then reboots itself.

And to think, this all started because I stuck a USB jig in just to reset the flash counter.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
You can get into download mode but not recovery if I'm reading correctly. You have flashed entropy's stock package (kernel and factoryfs.img)?

You say this happened after plugging in a jig? Where did you get the jig from?.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
re: JIG

All of this did not start by simply plugging in a jig.

If it did start by plugging in the jig, do you know

how many posts there would be in these XDA

forums saying the same thing you are saying? :)

And I am 100% certain that have not followed the

instructions given to victor3063 100% either.

If you had followed exactly what victor3063 did

you would not be having this bootloop issue now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
How do you know his boot loop isn't hardware related? If it is, then he may have of followed the same exact steps that victor3063 and still have boot loops. Also if it is a hardware issue it could be related to when inserted a jig, though I seriously doubt it was directly caused by a jig. Still he has not given enough information about what happened or what all he is done to be so dismissive.

I think at this point it would be better to ask nicely for more details, if you want to be helpful.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
re: bootloop

Ok first download this "1-Click Odin Rom": http://www.ponack.net/designgears/rootzwiki/I777UCKJ2/

No need to add pda/modem/csc/kernel or anything.

Everything is included and the actual rom is built into this executable.

Be sure that your usb drivers are installed properly.

After you downloaded the stock rom

#1: run/open II777UCKJ2_designgears_Oneclick.exe

#2: put phone into download mode

#3: plug usb cable into phone and computer

#4: make sure the phone is reconized by the 1-click odin exe

#5: click START

When its done it should work well enough without bootlooping so

you can flash back to stock i777 rom.

Good luck!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
rom link

Sorry must have sent the wrong link.

Here is the correct link for I777UCKJ2_designgears_Oneclick.exe:

http://www.ponack.net/designgears/rootzwiki/I777UCKJ2/

This is a stand-alone Odin ROM executable.

(thats why the file is so big)

This is the 1-click all-in-one this one is for the i777 sgs2

but still follow the instructions in my previous post.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dranakin:
I still get into a boot loop after, sadly. Here's what the program shows:

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/004> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> boot.bin

<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/004> Sbl.bin

<ID:0/004> param.lfs

<ID:0/004> boot.bin

<ID:0/004> Sbl.bin

<ID:0/004> param.lfs

<ID:0/004> zImage

<ID:0/004> factoryfs.img

<ID:0/004> data.img

<ID:0/004> hidden.img

<ID:0/004> cache.img

<ID:0/004> modem.bin

<ID:0/004> Transmission Complete..

<ID:0/004> Now Writing.. Please wait about 2 minutes

<ID:0/004> Receive Response form LOKE

<ID:0/004> cache.img

<ID:0/004> RQT_CLOSE !!

<ID:0/004> RES OK !!

<ID:0/004> Completed..

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)

<ID:0/004> Removed!!

After it rebooted, it showed a screen with yellow text that said reformatting /data, etc. After that, it's now just boot looping the "Samsung Galaxy S II" screen.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
kernel

Try this stock i777 kernel.

Stock kernel tar: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22081056/StockKernel-PDA.tar
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dranakin:
Loaded this into Odin, but I still boot looping. :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
tar odin

OK try this.

This is the i777 pda and kernel tar files:

http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go&drKey=1359&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fxdaforums.com%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D1286432&v=1&libid=1319820660583&out=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.multiupload.com%2FPNQC9KOD4D&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.androidcentral.com%2Ft-galaxy-s-ii%2F124047-how-root-t-galaxy-s-ii-2.html&title=%5BHeimdall%5D%5BOdin%5D%5BStock%5D%5BRoot%5DUCKH7%20Return%2FUnbrick%20to%20Stock%20(or%20Root)%20-%20xda-developers&txt=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.multiupload.com%2FPNQC9KOD4D&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13198207145621

and this is the matching modem for it:

http://www.multiupload.com/VWTSCXE5L0

all are tar files for use with odin.

best to do one at a time so you know

the flashing was successful.

If this does not work you will need to flash a proper bootloader

with odin.

Here is the PIT file.

This can be dangerous. (don't hold me responsible if something goes wrong)

https://www.4shared.com/get/WlznBmv-/u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4.html :

I have done this many times with no problem with many of my phones.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dranakin:
The first didn't work. Do I load the PIT file into PIT or bootloader with Odin?

Also, thanks for all of your help so far.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
Just to clarify here, .pit is not a boot loader, it its the partition table. There is a flashable secondary boot loader file in dev forum, but I would only flash that as a last resort, flashing boot loaders has proven to be the one way to actually brick a galaxy s phone.

Flash .pit in the PIT box, and if you want to actually repartition make sure the repartition box is checked.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dranakin:
I repartitioned with your linked file and that didn't helped.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
Can you boot into recovery? And if you can is it cwm?

What exactly happened again when the boot loop first started?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dranakin:
No, with the most recent instructions Misterjunky provided, I'm at complete stock it seems. I have trouble getting into recovery mode, but I can get into download mode. I have been able to previously get into both e3 and CWM recovery.

As for your second question, after I tried to reboot after removing the jig (details above), it went into an endless loop.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
Try this if you have not already,

1. pull your battery and replace

2. Hold down both volume up and down, then hold down the power button until you see the galaxy s ii screen then release the power button while continuing to hold the volume buttons.

3. If this works do a factory reset/data wipe.

If that won't work, here is that secondary boot loader

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1316726

Download the sbl tar file from that thread and flash it on the pda slot (NOT bootloader slot).

Then see if you can get any kind of stable boot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dranakin:
That last file didn't help. I can't get into recovery currently. When I try to access, it says "deleting cryption meta data" with the little Android guy and then reboots into the loop.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
When you inserted the jig, did you follow the bad advice someone posted this morning about trying to power the phone on? You don't want to do this by the way, you should wait til the jig does its thing, then remove the jig, THEN hold the power button down to reboot. This should have of either done nothing or still put you into download mode.

But I'm wondering if pushing the power button a just the wrong moment when the jig is triggering the download mode data erase could cause some low level corruption.

The other question is where did you get this jig?

And if you do a battery pull and then insert the jig now and don't touch anything what happens?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dranakin:
The jig I bought is the one from MobileTechVideos.com (http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerc...axy-s-ii-at-t/), as recommended in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1281569

If I insert the jig now, it goes into ODIN mode, stating in green that the counter is reset or something. If I let it sit for awhile, it just remains like that until I remove the jig and reboot it by pressing the power button.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
That is a good jig, and it is doing what it is supposed to do now.

Try this, flash the stock package, with the .pit file, from the thread linked below, at the same time while making sure the repartition button is checked.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1286218
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dranakin:
Yeah, I did that already (noted above), I can try it again though. Nothing to lose at this point.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
Did not realize you flashed the package and the .pit file at the same time already.

Well don't know what else to try other than flashing different roms, or just flashing to stock, use the jig to make sure download mode data is erased, them take your phone back. Should be easy to get an exchange since you should still be in your first thirty days.

And one other thing, I noticed on the mobile tech videos site earlier that connexion is now offering jtag flash for the galaxy a ii now, but I would not go this route if you are going to try and exchange or return the phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
pit

yes the pit is the first slot in odin.

good luck !
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dranakin:
Looks like I've tried everything I can. Nothing seems to be working. Thanks for all the suggestions.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dranakin:
Forgot to mention this: Sometimes after flashing the stock package (either trough a one-click or piece by piece), if I insert the jig, it'll say "Factory Mode" instead of Odin. If I then access download mode by holding the vol buttons and then inserting the USB cable, it'll say "Odin Mode." Not sure if that makes a difference in things on what I should do.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tylerdurdin:
although it most likely wont work if you can find some way to keep it up long enough you may be able to use kies emergency firmware rescue. On my old Xperia the Sony PC Companion restored it back to stock when I got caught up in a MIUI bootloop. Not sure if Kies is as good as that but its worth a shot. At this point you could use the I9100 rom to get it up and going and then let Kies try to restore it the way it thinks it should be.....Hey your teaching us all something at this point.:confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] androidfan2010:
I'm Having the same issue

Hi Dranaking, did you find a solution? I'm having the same issue and tried everything and nothing seems to work on my i-777... please HELP!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
This is a very old thread, and it is unlikely that the user Dranakin is still around.

We usually want you to give specific details of your problem, even is it is similar or the same as the one originally posted in the thread. If you are having a bootloop with the message "deleting encription meta data", then it is a very sticky problem. This has been a hard one to get out of. The only solution that has worked for some people is to flash back to stock UCKH7, and then install the siyah kernel. See this post and the one immediately after it. This was posted a few months ago, and the version of Siyah has incremented since then, so I hope it still works for you.

You can find all the files you need, except for the Siyah kernel, in the Download Repository.

If your problem is different than this, then please post all the specific details so we can try to help you.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] skiptodd:
is there a way to do a screen capture while in HBOOT
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] RMarkwald:
Never seen one, taking a picture with another camera?

:D
[Hero CDMA General] ngholson:
ok, so i am going to upgrade my phone soon, i have 3 choices and i am not sure which one to get; Motorola Milestone X, Samsung Galaxy S, or HTC Merge.

any thoughts?
[Hero CDMA General] vidaljs:
I'd look up each on xda development website and see which has better ROM choices and which development teams are involved.

From that information I'd pick the one that has best and most options.

Good luck

V's CDMA Hero
[Hero CDMA General] Jurellz:
I try to get a phone thats on Xda cspire really doesnt have any good phones that has development on here , you should wait till they release 4g
[Hero CDMA General] tokuzumi:
Are you talking about the Galaxy S 2, or just the Galaxy S? If it's the Galaxy S 2, go with that. I know people will come in and say Sammy is slow on updates, but I don't think they will disappoint with the S 2. Coupled with the last 2 Nexus phones have been Samsung, I think it shows Samsung's dedication to Android.

Otherwise, I'd get the Milestone X. I'm getting tired of HTC's shenanigans, so I'm looking to other manufacturers from here on out.
[Hero CDMA General] Robbie_G:
What shenanigans? I've heard much worse about the Samsung Galaxy S (Epic) compared to the HTC hero. GPS problems causing the phone to restart and difficulty developing. They only just got CM7.
[Hero CDMA General] sRs DoLLaR mEnU:
I sold my epic and went back to my hero because it tons of problems my hero is way better
[Hero CDMA General] spleef:
im going with the motorola photon. not alot of development going on but thats not really a problem when the phone is beastly out the box(so i hear dont own one myself).but getting one in two weeks. im going to root it and run it stock, until some genius unlocks the bootloader without losing 4g.
[Hero CDMA General] ganjah:
I'm very seriously considering going with Sprint's version of the Samsung Galaxy SII, the Epic 4G Touch. I played with it at a friends' house and, even with the stock ROM, it is UNBELIEVABLE how much faster and better all around it is than our little workhorse Heroes.

I was not, however, too crazy about the Evo 3D. Even with a custom ROM, it seemed slow and sluggish by comparison to the stock Epic 4G. In the exact same location, the Epic 4G loaded everything faster, had much faster results on speedtest, and switched between apps much quicker. Plus the Epic is thinner and lighter, with a bigger screen.

I really don't know anything about the Photon. A 1ghz Tegra 2 is kinda slow these days, though. I looked at one in the store briefly, but the style was not very attractive to me. The piano black edges clashed with the matte black body. And they are fingerprint magnets.
[Hero CDMA General] tokuzumi:
I have an Evo 3D, and while it's definitely a step up from the OG Evo, HTC has killed the capability of the phone with their Sense UI. I don't get any FCs, but there is a lag when the the carousel is spinning. The frame rate of the spin is not very fluid. The only reason I have the 3D is because I was having issues with my Evo 4G, and it was replaced with a 3D. If I were in the market for a new phone today, I would go with the Epic Touch 4G, and not look back. But, I hope the Galaxy Nexus comes to Sprint, as I think I'm done with carrier customizations, since I always revert back to near vanilla Android (CMx) anyway. I just hope the 4th gen Nexus goes to Sprint (not due for an upgrade until Jan 2013), and has a LTE radio. I'd like for it to be a world phone, but will be satisfied with LTE and Jelly Bean, or whatever Googles uses for the letter J.
[Hero CDMA General] laie1472:
I own an evo as well haven't had not one issue. Slow ha never. If you on a Evo3d and its slow I'd definitely say its user error.

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[Hero CDMA General] ganjah:
Compared to a SGS2 it is awfully slow. Just go to a retail store and compare the two. After seeing these two side by side outside of a store, I wanted to get an idea of what they were like in store, just in case you were right. You're not. Even in store, the difference is significant! It's really night and day. The SGS2 is significantly faster when loading web pages, has apparently a better radio because its speedtests were faster than the evo, when both were done side-by-side, and the SGS2 took and stored pictures about half a second faster.
[Hero CDMA General] laie1472:
Lol man everyone has there opinion, but to say I'm wrong lol that's a little different. I actually own a Evo3d you don't own either phone correct?? And you went to a store a played with two demos and did a comparison which IMO isn't accurate because you dont know how the phones were setup. And as far as speed tests go IMO there garbage. Real world performance is what matters. But to save a back and forth about a phone you currently don't own I'll post this. You get what ever phone works for you. And that's all that matters.

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[Hero CDMA General] ganjah:
I don't think you read my first response. I played extensively with two of my friends' phones, one an SGS2, one an Evo 3d, both of which have cm7 loaded on them. I rebooted them both before I did a comparison. The SGS2 was _considerably_ faster in every respect. Then I went to a Sprint store to see if it was just some random thing. In the store, after rebooting them, the SGS2 was _significantly_ faster as well with both having stock roms that were wiped clean the night before my arrival.

All off the differences were real world differences. I think it's interesting to see speedtests act so differently, too, since both phones were priced at the exact same $199.99 level. The SGS2 was about 35% faster, repeatedly, when they did side-by-side comparisons. That matters to me, especially when every other phone operation was better, both under CM7 and stock.

The only thing I'm seeing in your response is that you haven't played with both phones and you think yours, without having done an empirical test, simply "must" be just as fast. Go compare for yourself, buddy.
[Hero CDMA General] laie1472:
As far as me reading your post incorrect that's a negative, your second post is greatly different than your first. How then could I have misread your first post and got the meaning of your second post when there obviously not the same. If what you posted in your second post was the point you were trying to make then don't you think you should have posted that instead?? "Its a rhetorical question" Also if that's all you get from my first post then hopefully you can gain a little more from this one. A good friend of mine has the sgs2 so I had the pleasure of handling the phone unrooted. Then just to spite me because I give him such a hard time about it he went and paid someone else to root it and put cm7 on it. After that I had the pleasure of handling the phone while being rooted. I will definitely say the sgs2 is a top noch phone but its not faster IMO than the Evo3d. As far as app loading,web page rendering, phone call connection, multitasking, multimedia upload & download, bootup time, shutdown time, etc. I've ran the sgs2 threw the paces of how I would use my phone and I would definitely still choose the Evo3d. So to shed a little light on the dark thought that you have of me just thinking "my Evo3d is faster" lol without giving the sgs2 a fair shot, I have spent enough time with the sgs2 to know that I would not want one. A fast phone yes but just not faster than the Evo3d. Its just my opinion. Also as I previously posted just get what phone you like best and if it works for you that's all that matters.

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