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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ephraim:
Is it even i9100 or other variants of galaxy s2 like i9100G or so..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mwatson:
Its defo GT-I9100

Just tried flashing Lightning 6.1 and getting fail on that too:(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xmoo:
did you try KIES Recovery?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Pull out your battery on your phone, . Re-install usb-drivers in Kies, reboot your computer.

Close everything related to Kies, also in toolbar trayagent and kies pdlr (right-click on windows toolbar). Put phone in downloadmode and try to reflash firmware with Odin.

Good luck
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mwatson:
I've tried it in kies and my phone cannot be found. Just says connecting then no device found.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Reinstall your usb-drivers with Kies
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mwatson:
How do I do that? Can I just re install kies?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
No, connect your phone to kies. In the topbar on the right next to help click and you`ll see something like usb drivers or connection problem, click on that and you can reinstall your drivers
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mwatson:
ok..

Battery out of phone

Re-installed Kies driver

Rebooted PC

In task manager end process all thing kies

Tried to flash in odin and failed again..

My sim is now is my old Orange san francisco :(

It can enter download mode ok.. so must not be totally bricked?

Thanks for your help so far guys.. much appreaciated
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Is your phone recognized in Odin?

Does IDCOM light up yellow and does it say added in MESSAGE below in the left corner?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mwatson:
It is added in odin.. see attached picture.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Maybe a bad flash, dowload the rom again and try it again. The rest seems fine!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Re-extract the .tar from the .zip and try again. I ran into the same issue once; prior to re-downloading the firmware again I re-extracted the .tar, and all was golden. Good luck.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mwatson:
I re-downloaded the rom.

Stiil fail...

I can flash the kernal ok, but thats about it. Seems to be going wrong at the NAND write..

Uh oh...is this now an expensive piece of plastic?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Sorry mate, i don`t know what how to help you anymore. I suggest you go to a service center and ask for a software flash. Covered under warranty.

Good luck:o
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mwatson:
I guess they won't do it under warranty s its got a flash count of 5 now?

Thanks for your help though
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Buy a jig, that resets the counter
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mwatson:
I've got one but it hasn't reset it. I'm kinda wishing i hadn't bothered with this.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Download this bootloader http://www.multiupload.com/LQQBRQVJUD. Flash in bootloader section in Odin. This resets the flashcounter with a jig
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peachpuff:
Which rom?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mwatson:
I downloaded GT-I9100_XEU_I9100XWKF3_I9100XXKE7_I9100XEUKD1
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mwatson:
I can't believe it! that failed too!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
I would go to a service point and ask for a flash, can`t think of anything else
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfribeiro:
Do you have CWM installed? If so try enter in recovery mode and flash...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mwatson:
good idea! Just managed to flash CWM but can't boot into it. Just stays at exclamation screen
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Have you ever flashed with a pit file or partioned your sd card (ext 3 or 4)?

---------- Post added at 12:47 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:40 AM ----------

Think you may have altered your memory format so odin can`t write to it.

Go to cwm and wipe everything, also in mount and storage. Format sd, system, mmc and everything you see
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mwatson:
I've managed to move a stage further.

I tried changing the USB port which began re-installing some drivers. I realised one driver kept failing. Eventually it installed and i managed to flash with a pass!

Now stuck on the boot screen with the big S and animations. Been stuck there for 15 mins at least. Is it unusual to be stuck there for so long?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sleepycat3:
Have you flashed the stock ROM again? If all you did was flash the bootloader, then it will probably be stuck at the S again if there was a firmware corruption to begin with. But personally I'd wait at least 30 minutes before you try to restart the phone. If you pull the battery out at this point, you could corrupt the phone's contents again.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilbso:
Lol yes I'm an x8 user but i know a lot more phones

When you reflashed did u flash stock or another. Can you boot into cwm if so special full wipe. The rest of the answers lie within this thread

sent from my rooted x8 using gingerdx
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mwatson:
I can now flash lightning 6.1... that works. But stock GT-I9100_XEU_I9100XWKF3_I9100XXKE7_I9100XEUKD1 just hangs at the start up screen.

I know this rom is ok as i've been using it for the last couple of months, but now it won't boot up. I've tried re-downloading it but still won't take?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Turn off the phone, pull battery, wait 30 seconds, go in recovery mode, wipe data/factory reset and cache and reboot
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mwatson:
ok.. sounds good.. i'll try that later.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mwatson:
All working! Thanks very much for your help. I've learnt a bit from this and no longer have to use my ZTE blade! :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darocsfinest1:
mee tooo!

i have the tmobile version and i too encountered this issue. i'm still stuck on the error screen. i did the change usb and let the drivers install, rebooted and closed all programs that deal with kies. still nothing, im trying to flash this file in odin(T989UVKID_HOME_SGH-T989user_CL594724_REV00.tar.md5), and i get all the way to the 'cashe' and the odin fails. can u help me please.:confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deenybird:
Wow I had the exact same problem. My phone had an increased flash counter yet they replaced it anyway. Here's my story from the thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20486746

Summary: My AT&T Galaxy SII showed an error on boot (software upgrade failed. connect to kies...). Kies wouldn't even recognize the device so that route was a no go. So as everyone's recommended method of last resort, I decided to flash the device back to stock via odin. I entered download mode (volume up + volume down and plug in usb) and Odin would recognize the device, I would load the stock rom in the PDA slot and hit start and it would begin normally, but it would always fail after a few seconds on 'NAND write start', or 'factoryfs.img'. So I got a 1 click download solution using odin for reverting my phone back to stock. Same thing, it would recognize the phone, but stall out and fail. I also tried flashing clockworkmod via odin but and same problem. People recommended I try heimdall. It would recognize my device, and then fail after 'kernel 100%'.

I tried both programs on 3 different computers, and must have tried 12 different USB slots amongst all of them. I'm fairly handy with this stuff and I worked for hours on it.

xtra info: I had successfully used odin on my computer to flash a kernel just a week ago so I know my stock usb cable was working etc...

Resolution: So I hung my head and drove to the ATT store. After pressing a few buttons on the device and not getting anywhere they sent me to a nearby Device Support Center. I told the girl at the counter that my phone booted to this error screen and that connecting it to Kies did nothing. She asked if it was ok that in the case that she couldn't fix it she would offer me a replacement. I said that was fine and after 10 minutes in the back room she came out with a replacement (free of charge).

Well that was the good news. For the bad news, unfortunately I still don't know how to fix the problem I had, and don't really know how to avoid it in the future. I thought phone's could only get truly bricked if you messed with PIT files and such. There didn't seem to be anything more I could do than flash with odin or heimdall as those were already last resorts. I know I had the right files, the right drivers, and working usb. No matter how crazy I got with my iphone, a full restore was only a click away by plugging in to iTunes. Somehow I messed up my phone so bad that even the device support center couldn't fix it....? Shouldn't have had to be like that.

Thank yous: Thanks to ATT for having a walk-in store and for so easily offering up a replacement. Thanks to the many people on the web who offered remedies.

tl;dr - phone broke, att replaced, still a mystery
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ropiana:
I encountered the same problem. And I was able to solved it by flashing it with xxkg6 stock firmware downloaded from sammobile.com.. The file must contain 5 files that includes the pit file. I know most of the thread advised not to touch the pit file but I just did(I took the risk). When I loaded the pit file, it automatically checked the re-partition option.. After 5mins my gs2 has born again..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rafting4fun:
Same here

After searching these forums and reading a lot, this worked for me.

I was able to flash w/odin GT-19100_clockworkmod_recovery_4.0.0.2

From there using cwm I erased and formatted including davlik. I cleared my data,partition, then davlik /sp ....

changed usb port, made sure I was running as admin and voila

I put EL13 back on then auto flashed the E4GTauto.zip to place cwm back on

and phone is working nicely. I'm not sure who shared the GT-1900 cwm recovery file but it was related to my success..

I appreciate the many informative people here, and every time I come here I learn a little more. Thanks to the developers and whoever else created the EL13 calukin perhaps... Thanks to everyone..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worf_1977:
nother solutuin, that worked for me after a heartbreak, has been to flash an intermediate Kernel with CWM and to restore a backup of my ROM :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jay Ssj:
I was upgrading my phone to 4.1.2 from 4.0.3 via kies and while upgrading something happened and it shows "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again"

I tried to recover it with kies but it doesn't work.

My phone is not rooted, will odin work for non-rooted phones?

If no, then what should i do?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worf_1977:
Odin should work straightly even in that case...

What i did, on it's time, is to flash a CWM powered custom kernel (any Siyah version should work) and Restore a previous NANDROID backup.

Now i am in another league, completely different from Sammy's world LOL

Enviado desde mi C6603 usando Tapatalk 2
[Member-Found Deals] freshlycutlawn:
Found these cases pretty cheap compared to the price they normally are on the website, doesnt seem like a bad case. Only around $12 USD. Just picked up a yellow one. :) For SAMSUNG GALAXY S II

Black:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SGP-Neo-Hyb...571282?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item4cfbf3c492

Red:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SGP-Neo-Hyb...566536?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item1e68573cc8

White:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SGP-Neo-Hyb...524435?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item1e68845f13

Yellow:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SGP-Neo-Hyb...526111?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item1e6884659f

Edit: Changed links so they should be working now!
[Member-Found Deals] Afghan39:
Your links don't work.
[Member-Found Deals] freshlycutlawn:
Might be because i was signed into my eBay account, let me repost them. Sorry.
[Member-Found Deals] freshlycutlawn:
Fixed links :)
[Member-Found Deals] andrewxu:
I heard there are fakes. Are you sure these are legit?
[Member-Found Deals] freshlycutlawn:
Not sure to be honest, as I said I ordered one so i can definitely let you know, but otherwise the seller does have good feedback and the postings look legitimate as far as what is being shown. Lets just hope they are in fact real. ;)
[Member-Found Deals] andrewxu:
I don't think there will be much of a difference either way, besides the supplied screen protectors quality.

The sgp didn't leave an impression of durability or super quality. But it did work and look nice. Shouldn't be hard to make a good fake. Their screen protectors however, are unmatched.
[Member-Found Deals] freshlycutlawn:
Bought one for the international version since it was half the price so I can't really use the screen protector anyways and I will update the thread then when I recieve it, I'm not sure how I will be able to tell if its real but I'm sure someone on here can :)
[Member-Found Deals] andrewxu:
How was it?

Sent from my white S2
[Member-Found Deals] freshlycutlawn:
Still haven't received as its coming from Hong Kong, hopefully it's in this week, will keep you updated though
[Member-Found Deals] freshlycutlawn:
Just an update, should be receiving it this week, will let you guys know how it is as soon as it arrives :)
[Member-Found Deals] mbh87:
I imagine they are fakes, doesnt mean quality wont be too bad though
[Member-Found Deals] freshlycutlawn:
Just received mine today after a long wait, but it fits fantastic, feels great and even gives the buttons a more tactile feel! However the screen protector did not fit and didn't really seem to stick, however it may fit better with the international version. I just sliced the bottom off to see if it would fit. It seems to be a knock off but it definitely seems worth it. Hope this helps in your buying. Also as a side note it does come with basically OEM packaging, just without a serial number. Sorry again for the delay and hope you guys enjoy if you get one!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nabisco_12:
first my gmail stopped working so i gave up on it i dont know what is going on now my yahoo is acting up my mail on my computer doesnt match the mail on my Epic... it is really pissing me off i missed a few important emails. what can i do to get this working again? Thanks!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Are you talking the stock email app or individual yahoo and gmail apps?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nabisco_12:
Th gmail the sprint chick made me use worked fine 4 months and I just usedmy regular yahoo, I didn't downloadanything 4 it I linked it with my phone
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Download the yahoo app. Also go into settings>applications>manage applications>all scroll down to gmail, click it and hit clear data. Hopefully that will clear out anything bad in the data and restart the app.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nabisco_12:
I wentin there and it read a lot of 0's and the only option it would let me pick was uninstall last update so I tried that so we will c lol
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] URwannabehack:
I'm using a blacked out version (older) of Gmail and have had no problems to date- used with many Roms, 3 different modems. If you still have issues, be rid of whatever version you have and start skimming the app forum...good luck!

sent Epically via XDA mobile

EI22 ACS ICS- V6 supercharged,

adrenaline injected
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hwh888:
Anyone know of a source to buy just the motherboard? I hard bricked mine & can't get into download mode, even with the jig. Seems a motherboard would be cheaper that a cracked screen/for parts buy?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prbassplayer:
You can get a Jtag service or modify it for Unbrickable Mod. Both cost ~ same Unbrickable Mod is better though. You wont ever get bricked again. You can send Adam Outler a PM or email Mobiletechvideos.com for the service.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melax1:
Or just look on Graigslist or ebay for a broken one then swap out the mother board.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prbassplayer:
Odds are you find a broken screen one and swap your bricked screen on the bought one. I read somewhere that changing Mobo's cant be done because you mix up some ID's. I don't know the specifics though.

Unless you find one near where you live Jtag/UBM will be cheaper, just saying.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] el_venga:
You can change MoBo with no problem. I have an independent support and repair center where i live and do it a lot. Btw be sure is same device.

Sent from my awesome Atrix 4G
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
Unbrickable mod is the easiest, cheapest, and smartest option.

Send it off once and you NEVER have to wort about bricking ever again.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chappatti:
+1

Yes, Unbrickable mod is the best choice......also it is from a highly respected forum person. Contact Adam Outler.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hwh888:
Thanks everyone for that information. I did contact Adam & I have the info. I need to get it to him.
[Dell Streak 7] NODO-GT:
How to calibrate Accelerometer?

There are no settings in menu, and nothing in fastboot...
[Dell Streak 7] khaytsus:
How exactly would you calibrate it? Do you mean disabling/enabling like 180 or what?
[Dell Streak 7] NODO-GT:
the accelerometer readings are off in one app, they are working only if i have tablet in horizontal position... this might be the apps problem itself but, i really need it in landscape mode, it calculates G-Forces, and i get constan 1G in landscape when standing still
[Dell Streak 7] khaytsus:
Ummmmm.. You fail at physics.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickyboyc:
Hi guys,

Hopefully you can offer me some advice.

I've been running on stock and normal kies releases on my O2 Samsung Galaxy S2 and I rooted it using infratechs technique is in 'stock' threads. A few days ago an update came up on Kies for the 2.3.5, I've updated and everything apart from my reception is fine. Where before I had say 3 out of 5 bars, now I have none and in areas where I had full strength I only have 3.

My phone details are now:

Android Version: 2.3.5

Baseband Version: I9100XXKI4

Kernal Version: 2.35.7-I9100XWKJ1-CL647431 root@DELL150 #2

Gingerbread Version: GINGERBREAD.XWKJ1

I've not done anything else to the device since I updated it, not sure why it still says root on ther kernal, But none the less has anyone got any suggestions on what I can do to fix the problem? I don't want to start playing around with flashing until I've had some real guidance from people who know alot more then me!

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
You need to flash a different modem. That will probably take away your problem. Do you know which rom you had? Then you can flash that modem onto your device.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickyboyc:
Hi Lenny, thanks for the quick response it is appreciated.

I don't I'm afraid, I'm guessing it would have been the stock one on the previous version?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
Here is a topic about modems that can be flashed true your recovery.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1277593

Just try some out and see what works for you the best :) You could start with the latest and then try the one before that one etc.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marka8191:
How do you know if it worked?

Lennyz1988 - thanks for the guidance. I am definitely a newbie at this. Yesterday my G2 updated it's firmware and the did 2.3.5. The reception dropped straightaway and not doesn't work in parts of the house it did easily before. Those calling me said it was terrible. God forbid, I am having to use an old iphone now!!!

I have rooted the phone, loaded Rom Manager, put it in recovery mode and then told it to install one of the zip files (kp1). It did started the install (orange bar across bottom) but had to press the home key a couple of times to keep it going (there was yellow lines of scripts or comments with several lines of red in the middle each time I pressed the home key but too fast to read).

Anyway, no difference so I suspect it didn't work. Any ideas - stats below ??

I would pay for help if someone could fix the thing.

Vodafone carrier

Baseband - I9100BUK1

Kernel - 2.6.35.7-I9100BUKJ3-CL647431root@DELL155#2

Build - GINGERBREAD.BUKJ3
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Original O2 shipped modems first release was KDH

Any of the released modems work on O2 UK some may give individuals better reception .

If you use CWM root and Rom Manager = problems .

jje
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ftgg99:
MOD EDIT: links removed

UNDELETE - RECOVER YOUR FILES ON THE GO

Undelete for Android is an application for root users that allows you to recover any type of deleted file from your SD card or internal storage. With support for over 1000 file types, Undelete can come in handy if you accidentally delete photos or want some old tunes to listen to. Undelete can also securely wipe and shred files so that they will be impossible for others to recover.

WARNING: DATA RECOVERY IS NOT GUARANTEED. Sometimes even recently deleted files can be corrupted beyond repair as the operating system writes new files to memory.

Features:

- Restore any file that has not been written over

- Securely wipe/shred files

- Thumbnail generation

- Works with images, video, music, archives and binaries

- Batch operations

- Preview media files

Currently, only FAT is supported. On Tegra devices, only the external SD is supported. EXT 4 will probably never be supported - use a desktop tool (if you can find one).

Some files that are discovered after a scan may fail to recover as data may be corrupted beyond repair, just like desktop based solutions.

INTERNET and READ DATA permissions are needed for the logging system. Logs are only sent manually with your permission through the "Write to us" dialog.

Market link:

Screens:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ftgg99:
Bump bump :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ftgg99:
So any issues with the Release Candidate?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ftgg99:
Yeah thats great. And when youre traveling i suppose youll need it a computer and lots of cables...

Also, its bad form to advertise other tools in a paid software thread. Not a great start to your XDA membership.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Number R09:
no issues on my DInc2. for the few times i've had to use it, it worked as intended. i've restored about six pictures and an mp3 with no troubles. even found pictures and music i had deleted long ago, and restored them for kicks.

one question though, should Undelete reside on the phone, or is it okay to move it to the SD as well? i've never tried to move it to the SD because i assumed it would cause issues. Undelete is quite small so having it on the phone really isn't an issue, but i like to keep as many apps on the SD as possible.

thanks for the great app. my fat fingers thank you too.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ftgg99:
There should be no issues. If you do have some, let me know!

And of course, please leave a review on the market, that can help a lot, considering how many crumby reviews this app gets...

Thanks!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] barzhdu:
That sounds like something worth checking out :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ftgg99:
Please do! Let me know if you have any issues!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] tejrl:
Is there an app that will ensure proper deletion so that apps like this don't work?