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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeeTSynC:
Heres my problem

So I rooted my phone and it was all working splendidly. About a month later the phone was working fine all day and then as the battery died it just shut down (as per usual), so I put it on to charge for a bit (not full charge) and then turned it on again and started using it because I was bored. Then both the launchers I had crashed (nova prime and some other one, i forgot what its called.) So from there I could restart it and it would load the OS but for some reason the launcher would just keep crashing without opening properly so it was effectively useless. I tried flashing the kernel on again and it just got stuck on the GS2 boot screen.

Me not thinking, tried flashing a kernel on 5 times, so now download mode says theres 5 kernels on the device (cause i'm a moron lol).

Symptoms include not being able to boot, from what I can work out its a NAND rw corruption (i still dont know exactly what that means), it can boot download mode but not recovery mode, and the device won't charge the battery. Its very weird. I know its not the battery because my mum has the same phone and we swapped batteries and hers charged my battery.

Any help will be splendid. I feel like I can fix it from this thread but I don't have the .PIT file which I need. I'm using the "ICS Version" files btw. Also the password isn't 'samfirmware.com' or at the very least 7zip is being a turd and is just saying thats wrong (probably a pebkac error but i copy and pasted so i dont see why its not working).

I'm very confused and just want to use my galaxy s2 instead of my old xperia x10i lols
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Thought my phone was dead too have you tried flashing siyah5.01 with odin then booting to recovery? It fixed mine
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeeTSynC:
Hey mate, thanks for the advice... Flashing Siyah5 did fix the issue where it won't boot, but now its stuck on the boot screen and I still can't get into recovery mode :/

Having said that I was using siyah 5 on it before it had a whinge and absolutely loved it :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Mine did the same , stuck on the boot screen with only download mode available. I tried reflashing siyah again and he presto this time it booted up. I was pretty worried for a while but as I said reflashing siyah for the second time fixed it
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeeTSynC:
Hey man, flashing Siyah again didn't work :/

its still stuck on a boot loop and won't boot into recovery. + D/L mode says there are now 7counts of a custom OS lols

are there any ways to get rid of those?

Might re-flash another once or twice before bed...

This phone intrigues me haha
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
You guys with kernel this kernel that.

Let me get this straight. Your had crashing apps so you thought, let's flash a kernel....How would that fix your phone? You are doing things without knowing what you are doing. Stop doing that! Why would flashing a kernel 10 times fix anything? It won't.

Just flash a stock rom. After that boot up the recovery and do a full wipe. Your phone will be fine again.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Mine wouldn't flash i kept getting fail with odin and it wouldn't charge or boot into recovery. I'm only saying what worked for me. My phone wouldn't turn on or flash a stock rom the only thing that did flash was siyah
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeeTSynC:
er, if you're going to tell me to flash a stock rom, maybe you should let me know where I can get a copy of the stock rom for the gs2... just a thought...

---------- Post added 26th February 2013 at 12:05 AM ---------- Previous post was 25th February 2013 at 11:57 PM ----------

Anyway, I know flashing a kernel loads of times won't fix anything but if no one else tells me otherwise I figured it can't hurt. Don't get cocky just cause you might know more about this than I do.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
Now there is the problem. You have no idea what you are doing. And then telling me that I HAVE to give you a stock rom. XDA is not a helpdesk. The forum is full with stock roms. If you are to lazy search for the tools that you need, then you deserve to have a broken phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Poor s2....

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gustavct:
I'm getting the following error when I try to get the GB kernel: "The file you attempted to download is an archive that is damaged or possibly encrypted. MediaFire does not support unlimited downloads of broken or encrypted archives and the limit for this file has been reached. This file may only be distributed from a premium account."

Anyone could post me a mirror?

My friends phone I9100 seems to have NAND rw corruption. It doesn't get in Recovery Mode and when I tried step 5 with all files included and Re-Partitioning ticked Odin stopped at Set Partition and the following message:

<ID:0/003> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/003> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

Also tried flashing siyah kernel but got stuck at this message: <ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!

Any ideas?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Only flash a pit file if you know it'll be successful:

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeeTSynC:
Gee, can't remember the last time I came across a ROM that didn't require recovery mode to install...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Stockland baby

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeeTSynC:
I have no idea what that means...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Aw the people......

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeeTSynC:
Holy crap will someone just help me out instead of being an arrogant moron?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
I am arrogant, and .....what the hell! I'm a moron too.

What's wrong with your device again? I only recall that "i forgot what is like to flash a ROM that's not recovery flashable" -or something- remark.

EDIT: okay, you were stucked at nand write.

We've been thru all this.

I suggest you search q&a, try it all and if it fails, service center.

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeeTSynC:
I had two launchers on it, one was Nova launcher Prime, and I forgot the name of the other one... Either way, my phone was working perfectly fine one afternoon until it ran out of battery. I half charged it and wanted to go through a thread of texts with one of my friends so I turned it on and just after it booted, nova prime would crash and the whole device locked up for 5 minutes. So I rebooted and the same thing happened. I did it again and tried switching to the other launcher because when nova crashed it gave me that option. Then I figured I'd just re-flash the kernel because someone on here gave me misinformation to fix the problem. Apparently I only need to flash another rom onto it but thats next to useless when I can't access the recovery
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
The reason that I'm not really nice to you is for your own good. You don't read the forum. You just flash and don't think about it. People who do that destroy their phones, because messing with roms/kernels etc isn't safe! If you think that it is only possible to flash a rom true the recovery then you are the "arrogant moron" here, you don't listen, you don't want to read and learn.

Do you know the proverb: "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

You need Odin, a stock rom and a pc. The first two can be found in Original Android Development.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeeTSynC:
I love it how you assume that I didn't know that you can flash a rom with odin. I know you can. What I told you was that I couldn't find a rom that was flashable with odin. EVERY. LAST. ONE. I looked at said to mount it to your externel memory and flash it through recovery. I've done that before, and I've used odin before. The last time I looked I was looking for 30 minutes trying to find one that I can do with odin, but couldn't find one. So don't tell me im a moron for not knowing, because I do. I looked through the forums and I spend another hour on google. Besides, I'd be an ignorant moron, not an arrogant one. Arrogance and Ignorance go hand in hand,yes. But they can be separate. In my case, I'm neither. Just having a hard time due to people like you. But I just proved that you are both.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Yeah, this is nice and all but I still don't know what ROM you were on, what kernel you flashed.

Still, I stand by my previous post.

One last thing, what's for lunch? Just woke up and I am truely starving right now.

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stormos:
I have the exact same problem.. Does someone have a mirror of either the ICS or the GB kernel because mediafire stopped hosting those.. I tried getting them somewhere else but getting the exact kernel used here is not like getting a stock rom from somewhere. A mirror would be great =D thanks in advance
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
cough
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nexxer:
To follow up on this, Samsung service told me the motherboard is fried. I presume that this was the root cause of the failure, not my incorrect attempts at flashing it (and later repartitioning).

Regardless, they also said that the humidity sensors indicated possible water damage so it's not covered by warranty, even though no water has been spilled on it. *shrug*
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimsilver:
i9100G soft brick or nandrive rw curruption?

I'm feeling really stupid right now!

Having successfully rooted and modded my i9100 (not 'G') a couple of months ago, I offered to do the same for my wifes i9100G.

Now I understand that the different models need different firmware so I carefully chose a package that said it was for i9100g and flashed TAR through odin, only to get Samsung logo with yellow triangle but would not go into recovery mode.

So, when I say soft bricked - I also understand this may actually be a nandrive corruption so need to flash stock firmware tar file.

Thing is, I can't find one for my country (UK).

The phone was running on ICS 4.0.4 before (on Vodafone). Can anyone suggest where I could find the correct files I need to restore the phone, I have searched and searched XDA, Google etc and find lots of files for i9100, and some for i9100G however when I go to open these the files have already all been removed.

Many thanks in advance for any help anyone can give,

Jim
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eusousuperior:
Thank you. Very usefull post.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worf_1977:
Sammobile.com

There you can download, almost, any firmware ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miki96:
SGS2 doesn't boot after format internal storage in CWM...

Hi Friends,

I would really appreciate If someone could help to solve my problem. At first, this is great thread to help people like me. Thanks for that and I hope that I can hope to save my SGS2.

I have to be honest I am newbie of flashing any Android ROM. I have never tried to flash some ROM before. But my friend gave me a great advice to do it. :( I was a little bit afraid about it but I decided to read some forums and learn how to do it. I was learnig the procedure for two days to be sure that I understand what I am going to do and then I tried it - with success. Everything was OK since I got a stupid idea :( But step by step:

I have GT-I9100 and I was using GB version 2.3.3 - I9100XXKE7 for a long time. But I wanted JB. So I made root by "CF-Root-SGS2_XW_CLK_KF3-v4.0-CWM4.tar" using ODIN3 v1.85, installed Titanium Backup, made a backup of all data and applications, I have also installed MyPhoneExplorer to my PC and made a backup of all data by this program (copy of EFS folder, copy of system storage and internal sdcard too). Then I did flash my SGS2 by ODIN using "I9100XWLSD_I9100FOPLS4_I9100XXLS8_HOME.tar.md5" (single file only) - with success. Then I did root and flash kernel "Siyah-s2-v6.0b4.tar" to have possibility of use Titanium Backup - with success. The smartphone was OK, working, with all data. In some forum I read that it is good to clear memory by wipe data/factory reset after flashing ROM so I turned the device off- used Recovery Mode to proceed the wipe data/factory reset, and here is the moment of my STUPID idea: I saw option "format internal storage" and as I am dumb I thought it formats internal memory (sdcard) only and didn't damage the system files, so I did it. I would like to kick myself because of it! (in addition I hadn't realized that it deletes all and I didn't copy my Titanum backups to PC, but whatever, I have backup of all data by MyPhoneExplorer in my PC..). But after reboot only animated logo of Samsung GT-I9100 appears. Nothing more. I have tried to do one more flash using "I9100XWLSD_I9100FOPLS4_I9100XXLS8_HOME.tar.md5" via ODIN, but it doesn't help. I have tried to do "wipe data/factory reset" again, but after reboot it shows a selection of language only for 5sec (I don't even have time to select language) and then animated logo of Samsung GT-I9100 appears and nothing more. I have waited for 1 hour to let the device "do something" but no change.

If someone could help me with good advice I will be grateful. Now I am afraid to do anything without consulting because I do not want to make it worse.

I have to mention that I am able to get into Download Mode and also Recovery Mode. The ODIN detects the device and it is able to be flashed. But it still doesn't boot. :(

Thanks for response!

Miki.

PS: Sorry for long post and, please, apologize for my poor English..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
That's good english, don't worry about that.

Download LSJ (jb leak) from sammobile and flash only these 3 files via Odin:

PDA: CODE

MODEM: PHONE

CSC: CSC

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miki96:
WOAW! So quick response!! Thanks a lot!

I am downloading the LSJ ROM (it will take some time 'cause of slow connection) and I am going to try it.

But could you tell me briefly, please, what's probably happened? Did I delete system files?

And one more question, if it fix it, can I do a flash by "I9100XWLSD_I9100FOPLS4_I9100XXLS8_HOME.tar.md5" again, or the LSJ is equivalent to this? Unfortunately I have no experience with it and I am not able to compare it.

Thanks!

Miki.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
You may have deleted your system with that wipe.

This ROM will flash a modem, jb leak and csc separetly so you can get your phone to work.

After you flash it you can go ahead and flash official jb again.

Factory reset isn't mandatory.

If you want root you can get mobile odin pro and flash any stock ROM with it and you'll always be rooted because of EverRoot feature.

While you wait flash siyah again and after that flash the md5 file. See if it works.

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miki96:
My SGS2 is alive!!! :D

Thank you so much for such a good advice.

Flash with these three files has fixed the problem.

When you will come to Prague to Czech Republic, send me a message, and I will buy some beers to you as a reward! :)

Have good time!

Lucky Miki.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Czech's chicks are pretty good looking, invitation accepted.

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fizzybeef:
hi i was wondering if anyone could help me, i bought a second hand galaxy s2 today that was on v.2.3.3 and i tried to update it on odin and it failed at boot.bin bit, and it then soft bricked my phone, i done alot of googling all night and have tried alsorts, i came across this page and i have followed the guide carefully but it doesnt seem to work, i can flash the kernal thats it anything i do after thats just fails on odin.. if any one could help me i would much apreciate it :)

thanks jamie
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
jamie, what model?

post the odin log.

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skintosh:
Soft bricked but not visible in Odin

Hi all

Hope someone can help

Due a new upgrade, I tried to install a stock ROM back onto my i9100 and it stated FAILED in Odin.

Since then my phone seems to be in a soft brick state

It will go into download mode, but not CWM

Problem is it just will not be recognised by odin

I have tried a windows laptop, macbook, different leads, different USB ports, different versions of Odin, reinstalled the drivers and kies many times and feel like giving up. Nothing happens when I plug the phone in...

Is it possible to be able to get in to download mode but not be able to be recognised by pc/mac?

Also, on the download screen, it says that there has not been a custom binary download (i did the triangle away fix) and that the currant binary is 'samsung official' - does this mean that the flash was partially successful?

Anyone have any ideas or should I resign to trading my i9100 in as faulty?

Thanks for any help in advance...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtg93:
You just made it to the top of my all time favourite people list! I've hit the thanks button but thanks again! :good:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skintosh:
help needed

Now, I have posted this in another thread but thought it might be more suitable to put here. Apologies and please remove it if this is not the case!

Hi all

Hope someone can help

Due a new upgrade, I tried to install a stock ROM back onto my i9100 and it stated FAILED in Odin.

Since then my phone seems to be in a soft brick state

It will go into download mode, but not CWM

Problem is it just will not be recognised by odin

I have tried a windows laptop, macbook, different leads, different USB ports, different versions of Odin, reinstalled the drivers and kies many times and feel like giving up. Nothing happens when I plug the phone in...

Is it possible to be able to get in to download mode but not be able to be recognised by pc/mac?

Also, on the download screen, it says that there has not been a custom binary download (i did the triangle away fix) and that the currant binary is 'samsung official' - does this mean that the flash was partially successful?

Anyone have any ideas or should I resign to trading my i9100 in as faulty?

Thanks for any help in advance...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Tell us what ROM you tried to flash.

Keep trying all the things you've tried, make sure you're using genuine s2 cables.

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skintosh:
I have been using the cable that came with my S2, also tried the one that came with my N7

this is what I tried to flash

I9100XWLPT_I9100XXLQ6_I9100XEULPA_XEU.zip

I came from SlimRom 4.2.2 (which was excellent by the way... oh to be back there now...)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trybi:
hey dudes, i gotta add my nickle here too... i guess it's the right thread!

i'm a complete moron, normally would 've laughed from myself but this time it's about my sgs2 baby ;)

i got no, but absolutely NO IDEA how did i manage to do this, (hangover must have had something to say here) but i have flashed a galaxy tab rom into my sgs2...

Don't ask... a total disaster.

Thing is:

- i can't access cwm

- i can put phone into download mode BUT my pc doesn't recognize the phone or can't see it at all...

Does anyone of you got idea is there something i can do to get my phone back on-line? i don't give a damn about what will happen with data inside... sh** happens. BUT PLEEEEASE HELP!!! using an old omnia isn't funny at all ;)

MEGA Thanks in advance :)

Before:

radio: XXLQ6 (not totally sure)

kernel: Siyah 5.0.1 with cwm 6.0.27

rom: AOKP Jellybean 4.2.1 task650 1.22.2013-B (which begun the mess)

After:

TOTAL MESS caused by Ultimate N7000 LSZ jb4.1.2 v5.2

Before all started was a happy user of two roms:

ReVolt AOKP jb 4.1.2 build-4 and a stock 4.1.2 (don't remember precisely).

After flasing task650's rom dualboot disappeared, and rom itself was running badly so decided to flash back... but couldn't flash absolutely anything by cwm, and PC stopped recognizing the phone... and than an alien came and made me flash n7000 rom... ;)

CHEERS Y'ALL !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Only thing I can say is keep on trying all you already tried.

It's weird tho...busted usb flex is what makes sense but I don't think that's the case.

Try bungle's windoze trick and see what happens.

Sent from the little guy

---------- Post added at 09:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:32 PM ----------

nasty sh*it, try all the above poster did.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trybi:
What's "bungle windoze trick" ? Can't find it anywhere...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=29248414&postcount=3

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trybi:
SO I'VE MADE IT!

Sorry for posting with sucha delay:)

MY SOLUTION:

1. Removed KIES with RevoUninstaller

2. Reboot PC

3. Scan with CCLeaner

4. Reboot PC

5. Same procedure for Samsung USB Drivers

6. Scan PC with DriverScanner, fixed what needed it.

7.Reboot PC

8. Put phone into donload,

wait for windows to search and install all drivers by itself!!!

9. Unplug, reboot PC

10. Run Odin 3.04 (worked for me)

11. Flash Syiah 5.0.1 kernel in Odin

12. Reboot phone to CWM, flashed CWM 6.0.27

13. flashed a rom.

With some further rom-related issues (some already solved) phone working fine :)

THANX for everything :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Lol that's a lot of rebooting.

Glad you pulled it off, maybe those steps can help other people before they start to freak out ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nileshm.nm:
I do not get the First step. Which files are to be added where? I mean which added to PHONE and which in PDA and which in PIT and Bootloader.

Please help me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worf_1977:
Usually they are named as it's position. PDA, BOOTLOADER, and PIT.

After select them in ODIN, just press start while in download mode, and TA-DAAAAAAA...

Besides of this, if you dint't know where each file has to be, it is probable to you to get into problems :P

Sent from Hell thanks to Android
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trybi:
yep... it's still windows ;) better reboot than suffer some crazy issues;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Amen.

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iambigman:
Thank you so much for the tutorial ! :good:

I wonder if my phone is really "soft bricked".. The phone is now 4.0.4 works ok, but I just could not upgrade it to 4.1.2. When I tried to flash a new stock firmwire, the odin shows as the picture attached.

Is this a "NAND rw" problem ? If yes, should I follow your instruction to solve the problem?

Thanks again !!

My question was posted in this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2185121
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worf_1977:
Try to clear partitions on your SG2, and look what happens...

If you are commited to flash official JB ROM, this could do the trick...

Also format /SYSTEM...

Cheers!

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malacay90020:
Soft bricked or nand rw corrupt S2

Hello guys, tried to upgrade from 4.0.4 to official JB 4.1.2 and I ended up with a phone that does not enter recovery mode but enters download mode and I'm stuck at the "phone-exclamation mark-pc" logo. I downloaded the ICS files for my GT-I9100 but before I start working on flashing I have a question. ICS or Gingerbread versions and methods are based on which FW we had last or which FW was present when the phone came out on the market ? Because every S2 was a gingerbread.