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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] planckstime:
Warning titanium backup pro + ics

Please note,

I recently flashed Resurrection Remix ICS v2.5.3 on a Gingerbread CHeckROM RevoHD.

Everything was going smoothly, until I tried to un-install APEX launcher (which came prebundled with the new rom) using Titanium Backup Pro and its force removal feature using the recovery exploit.

The phone switched off, I waited, but I noticed that it wasn't rebooting, it had shutdown.

Now when I try to reboot, it only makes it as far as the SGS2 logo. I cannot boot into recovery, only into download mode.

So if anyone else reads this, maybe you should be careful about trying to force delete a launcher like that. I have no idea what went wrong exactly

p.s. Phone also had Nova Launcher installed

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Ok for future reference, after I followed the guide, for ICS version, and downloaded and flashed, thru Odin, the Modem, Code, and CSC files only, it was enough to recover the phone. Next time I should be more careful,..... he he :| Dont uninstall a launcher using that same launcher (like dont uninstall Apex launcher, while using Apex launcher, sounds like commonsense I know but Im a noob
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
hmmmm

did u have any other launcher
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prateekbatan:
Phone stuck at " Logo.jpg" draw failed

Hi

My phone is not booting and gets stuck at screen where " logo.jpg draw failed" is written in green letters. I tried all the procedures given by OP, but I still have the same problem.

I can go into download mode, but NOT in recovery mode. Whenever i try to go to recovery mode, same "logo.jpg draw failed " comes.

Even while charging, I get "charging.jpg draw failed" written in green letters.

Any suggestions ? What should i do ? Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
try flashing this in odin

http://www.mediafire.com/?2tcvlx6t7m6e1ab
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elemenofi:
I am from Argentina, tried to root a SGSII ICS 4.0.3 with CF-Root for XXLPJ but after rebooting phone turns off. I have accesible recovery and download mode.

Should I flash the ROM in sammobile.com for my country even if its LPS and I was LPJ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
which recovery is it

stock recovery or cf root recovery ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elemenofi:
I think it is CF-Root because the options list looks OK in comparison to videos I've seen.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
if it is cf root then try flashing a custom rom
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elemenofi:
I9100UHLPS_I9100AROLP4_ARO this one from sammobile.com is good to flash? its only 1 file 376mb
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
u can try flashing the from the op

and if u had stock ics then flash ics or else flash gb
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erricos:
In need of urgent help. I made a terrible mistake and in order to the remove yellow triangle from my Samsung Galaxy S 2 I have flashed the wrong firmware, one intended for Galaxy Note GT-N7000 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1354888&highlight=screen+black . Everything seems to be working with the exception that now whenever I start up the screen of my SGS2 remains off (BLACK) until the point I have to set my pin. My SGS2 is rooted and I have UHLPS NeatRom Full (Build date: Tue Jun 12 201, Modem: UHLPG, CSC: AROLP4, CF-Root v5.5 UHLPK). Whenever I enter the DOWNLOAD OR RECOVERY MODE either using the three buttons or CWM Manager the screen turns off (is black) but the mode seems to work. Also CWM Manager seems to beworking, I used it to restore data. Do you think that following the described procedure for ICS will solve the "black screen" problem?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
flash the rom from op it shug b fi9
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erricos:
Which Rom should I flash? When you say "from op" you mean from my mobile phone, Samsung Galaxy S2 and what do you mean "it shug b fi9"?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larealman:
hello guys. anone managed to recover from the /data partition problem ? i mean without JTAG ???

i'v tried everything i found on xda related to this and no success. always same results and no luck :mad:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
please elaborate on the issue u facing
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gabriellazinho:
:good:

Such a great topic!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] me_max:
For all that can't flash datafs/data.img and are stuck in the boot process:

Here

is a solution.

That one worked for me. Be sure to match symptoms of your bricked phone with the thread's one!

Maybe that Link should be added to be OP.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
That thread is for galaxy note

Though datafs can be fixed by flashing stock rom with datafs image in them....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] me_max:
Please read the thread. It is for i9100, as well.

Datafs can't be fixed by just flashing a ROM. The problem is that the filesystem has been corrupted in that area. Therefore, the phone can't boot because it can't access the broken filesystem. The clue is to move the data partition to another location on the storage where it can be accessed again. That's done via a .pit file provided in the link. There is also a derived i9100-thread, see here. Maybe you rather want to point to this thread.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larealman:
me_max thx a lot. my phone i working again :P i was gonna send it to guys in samsung's service but now they are gonna wait for my phone very very long :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
it will surely be added to the op

can u temme which pit u used
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] me_max:
I used i9100_u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4-patched-standard.pit from the pits-i9100.zip

@larealman: Glad it fixed it for you.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emma129:
thank you thank you thank you THANK YOU OMG THANK YOUUUUU :) phew !!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _Stephan:
Hi, I'll start by sucking up, because this thread rules big time! Thans. Not in the least because this feels like the last change of a resurrection of my phone. :good:

We'll, my symptoms were (and still are) matching the scenario that I have a bootloop and I can't access the menu to do a factory reset. So I followed all the steps and I managed to flash all files, including kernel & bootloader.

Now what happens after flashing is that I kinda get stuck on the bootscreen that says 'samsung galaxy SII GT-9100' in the white fond.

So I almost gave up thinking my phone is officially dead. Untill all of a sudden when I booted my PC my phone booted into a screen that says:

Now all I could do in the end was rebooting my phone, again stuck in the Samsung Galaxy SII bootscreen. Anyone ever seen this screen and/or error message in red font?

I suggests that during installation the power dropped. But really, it had been stuk in the bootscreen for hours before the battery died. Now could it take that long?

Thanks for thinking along!

Current status:

- I flashed the ICS Rom, kernel, old boatloader, ICS rom (all from opening post) again.

- When I plug in a USB or charger, I get the battery icon, but it's not animating (so a static battery icon).

- When rebooting after flashing it get's stuck at the boot screen. After several hours (!) it will give up and switch off. I think this is where the error message I quoted above originates from. I have no clue how to get into the Android Recovery Menu (3E) again. Last time 'it just happened' when turning on my PC with my SGS2 connected to it.

- When trying to 'switch on' the device, nothing happens.

- When trying to get into recovery mode, nothing happens.

- When trying to get into download mode, I get there! (hope!)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GojiTronix:
Wish I had seen this before I sent away to Samsung lol oh well should have it back next week!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
the new modified pit was released last weak
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Waza.:
ok i've flashed all the files except the pit. file. Managed to get it working but when i tried to root my phone again it soft bricked again. What root kernal can i flash to get back into changing my rom's.

I'm on 4.03 ver

baseband XXLPH

Kernal XXLPH

anyone know what kernal to flash. I tried the one from samsungroots2 site but keep's soft bricking my phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GojiTronix:
Doh!

:rolleyes: lol
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheIceKing:
Thank you so much for this guide op. Lifesaver :good:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
as ur phone is now alive u can go flash ur stock rom if u want

or here is cf root for xxlph

here

http://download.chainfire.eu/147/CF-Root/SGS2/CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_LPH-v5.2-CWM5.zip
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Waza.:
thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hicham1830:
thinks! this had rescue my phone. thinks again.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 43358005:
Many thanks for the guide!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
Glad It Helped U :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stanxx:
Phistachio, really thanks a million for everything, your are the SAVIOUR!! :good:

neerajganga, many thanks for your kindness help. :good:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slipmeknot:
:victory: thought my phone is a goner! Thanks a lot this guide really helped me! Kudos buddy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dragoi:
Flying Spaghetti Monster bless you my good man!!! I was able to repair my S2 without using .PIT file as you suggested!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taff2408:
Guys,

I need some help. I did the Stock ICS update and my phone and re-rooted, and all went well. On re-starting my phone I had the Yellow triangle but I have a jig so I thought no problem use the jig to reset the counter. Of course the jig doesn't work with ICS. I did a search of the forums and found a method to reset the counter/yellow triangle here http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1354888. I followed the process to the letter and then discovered I have a black screen at startup. I though I had bricked by phone, but was randomly pressing buttons and lo and behold my screen started up and everything on my phone was working as normal. I then re-read the notes and saw this process doesn't work on a SGS2, which is what I was trying it on!!! I am normally so careful, but we all make mistakes. I thought no problem I will go back and re-load my Nand backup through recovery, but of course I have a black screen so I can't see what is going on!! I can get into download mode so can use Odin just by entering the key presses although I can't see it happening. I managed to re-load my Nand backup via the CWM app and it worked fine, and it hasn't made any difference, so I am back where I started but with a black screen at startup.

Please can someone help me to get back to normal, is this a soft brick as I have seen this method on the forum for rectifying this. Any suggestions gratefully received.

Many thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
wel i believe u flashed something which was made for galaxy note

this is not a soft brick as u can boot ur phone ... flash back the stock rom as u can get into download mode and then if u still have the prob then also flash the bootloader ... it shud b fixed
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taff2408:
Hi,

Many thanks for your reply. Am I alright to do this as I cannot carry out a full wipe or clean Dalvic Cache etc as I cannot get into recovery at the moment as I can't see it?

Cheers
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GojiTronix:
And I finally have my sgs2 back from service, thanks for the help guys :-)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
glad to hear that :)

happy flashing :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mario1968:
Hi, try to start the phone in download mode (volume down, menu and power) then if screen is black do the job blind, press volume up to confirm you want the download mode and try to connect your phone to the PC with Odin, if Odin recognise it (yellow com port) try to flash the firmware you have previously, if this flash go ok but the black screen issue remain, retry from the start to flash the bootloader in the same way (blind).

Hope this help

Mario

Inviato dal mio Galaxy S2 con Tapatalk2®

XWLPF Odexed

Siyah 3.2.7.2

Jkay V14.1
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravirajgalaxy:
kernel doesnt extract properly, extracted file 0 kb

HI,

I am following the steps you have written, but not able to flash the kernel because the file you have provided doesnt extract properly, can you help with some other file please?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
password of the kernel file is intratech@XDA
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravirajgalaxy:
kernel doesnt extract properly, extracted file 0 kb

Can you please help, the kernel you have provided in the link doesnt extract properly.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE THE ENTIRE OP

C THE POST ABOVE I HAVE ALREADY GIVEN U THE PASSWORD TO EXTRACT THE KERNEL

PASS FOR KERNEL IS intratech@XDA
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkmage17:
Wow thanks this save my life. I tot I will need to go to the Samsung repair centre to get it fix. THANKS.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imfun:
Hi i softbricked my phone after instaling alpha version of jelly bean.. no i got boot loop. I tried 1-4 steps, but no luck. Now when i try re-partition+Pit file odin stops at SetupConnection..

I have istalled samsung drivers. pls help:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ariffzainal:
hello there

i manage to flash kernel into my phone GINGERBREAD VERSION. step 6 was successful. got interrupted when i was gonna go for step 7. now my odin cant detect my phone. and my phone keeps flashing the brand and the yellow triangle while connected to the pc.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
can the phone go to download mode ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evenelia:
Thanks! :D

I can't thank you enough!

After a while with flashing everything I could get my hands on, I cured my addiction and started to only flash a new cm nightly every now and then.

And when I was about to flash cm9 rc2 the nand rw got corupted and I could only access download mode. I had to wait several days before getting home to recover it.

Without this guide, I wouldnt have my phone back today :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vylle:
love this thread, could use a lil help tho,

softbricked my phone and recovered by flashing CF-Root XX-OXA-LQ5 on my phone, i was able to recover and reinstall PFittech1.0.5 and my previous kernel (siyah) and my phone works almost the way it used to - that being said, i often drift from 0 bars to 2 bars in areas with strong reception and i cant view my firmware information with *#1234#.. i've flashed over a dozen modems using CWM, i've tried changing kernels (from CFroot, siyah and NEAK), tried using EFS repair i've practically tried everything except going back to gingerbread

really guys i'm doing alot of reading and its pointing me all over the place (from flashing a CSC using odin to unrooting and rerooting) and im really not sure what i should do to get my signal back :crying: please help

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well, tried downgrading to gingerbread, guess what? softbricked again..

*sigh*
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spiralzz:
Nevermind.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
were u able to fix ur issue ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] racoony:
Thank you so much for this post. I just soft bricked my SGS2 today. Very lucky to find this thread. Now I can have cake and rest again. :victory:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dammit55:
wheres the pit file
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
its in the zip file mate
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pooper:
Many thanks for this guide Phistachio, I have a quick (sorta!) question, as my situation is kinda odd...!

So basically, I flashed the Resurrection Remix v1.8.1 ROM ages ago and was happily using it for months with no real issues. Then one day, my phone got a bit dirty, so i wiped it with a damp cloth, left it in my bedroom and came back a few hours later and it was dead. I figured the battery had just run down, so i stuck the charger in and all it would do, is display the empty battery icon, then the screen would flicker and turn off.

I left it on charge for several hours and it became clear that it wasn't charging the battery, so I just figured that perhaps the battery had just died, so i ordered a new battery!

Stuck the new battery in and the phone then booted - but only as far as the Samsung boot screen. So THEN I just figured that something had corrupted, so I flashed a new Kernel via Odin (I can still get into download mode fine) and then it booted fine - huzzah!

Fast forward a few weeks. I left my phone uncharged and it eventually ran flat - so i stuck it onto charge... and got the exact same problem as before... empty battery icon - battery won't charge.

Soooooo (sorry for the long story!) I got the battery charged via a friend's phone, stuck it back in and again, got to the Samsung boot screen. I figured if I just flashed another Kernel, like last time, i'd be able to boot again... but no! I flashed the same version of Siyah i'd used before, but nothing happened. So i tried some newer versions and eventually got the phone to boot, however it got to the SIM lock screen, but the screen wasn't working, so i couldn't select anything.

After that, it then got stuck in the usual boot loop, So I tried to get into recovery (with Siyah and also after flashing some other Kernels) and only managed to get into CWM one time - and during that time, it wasn't able to mount (something) to be able to do a backup, and it eventually froze.

So basically i'm at the stage now where flashing different Kernels doesn't seem to be fixing my dodgy phone. I'm happy to install another ROM via Odin, but i REALLY need to somehow access and backup my sms/mms messages before I go ahead and wipe.

Is there anything else I can try, to resurrect my phone? I don't mind if it's just to get into recovery, as all i need to backup is my messages and perhaps some other bits.

I've not tried any bootloaders or anything like that, as I know they're a bit scary lol ;) I've only tried flashing different Kernels so far.

Really really really appreciate your help on this as it's driving me insane and i've got about 6 months of messages i really do need to keep!

Thanks :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JexL:
Today i flashed resurrection rom and then after a few hours my phone started to bootloop. Even when i went to CWM it would keep restarting itself.

Each time it restarts i get the empty Grey battery logo with the spinning white circle.

I can get into download mode and tried all the methods mentioned with ODIN. did the firmware. did the kernel and even did bootloader. they were all successful in ODIN but then after when the phone reboots it goes into a boot loop again and shows that grey battery with the spinning white circle.

Any advice on what i can do?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
can u get to recovery mode ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JexL:
it loads into recovery for like two seconds then instantly restarts and shows me the grey battery logo with the circle. Theres not even enough time to navigate in recovery it just reboots so quickly. Iv tried different battery and that still happened.... any ideas what to do. Download mode is the only place where the phone doesnt go crazy and restart itself
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pooper:
Sounds similar(ish) to my problem!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brownartist:
save here
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pooper:
I've flashed the ICS kernel from the OP tonight, still won't boot, so I'm thinking of flashing the bootloader by itself next. Just wanted to check that's okay and it won't affect any data before I go ahead?

Cheers :P
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pooper:
Anyone? I'm going to flash the bootloader tonight if i dont get a response, so i'll hold you all personally accountable if my phone explodes! :P
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spiralzz:
Flashing bootloader doesnt affect your data.... however, please be extremely careful and make sure that you are flashing the correct phone's boot loader.... flashing the wrong one will hard brick the phone..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pooper:
Heya, I downloaded the ICS recovery pack and ill be using that one. How do I know its the right one? As far as I know, I've got a normal SII :D

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cdaarif:
Help me plz for new ics 4.0.4 xxlpo in emmc bug or something like that.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cdaarif:
Hay gyz im new in hear & i need ur help. I do wipe factory data & catch partition in stock recovery new ics 4.0.4 XXLPO for preventing fc . But it do full wipe like it Erase all my internal & external card data. Im from Gb to LQ5 but when i flash xwlpo by odin and wipe factory data & catch partisan for fc. Apps 'My file' show me only external card & battery log. Solid explore show me, external card , battery log & Internal card convert a new name 'usb storage'. Now i don't record voice, camera works but can't store pictures in phone . Is it call emcc bug? Plz gyz help me. Is this ics recovery works/restor my phone/internal sd card ? Plz help me details/ PM me details.

Sorry for my bad English
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spiralzz:
For GT-I9100 (international variant) ONLY, you'll find all the boot loaders on the second post of this thread (the part in red): http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=23064622

Keep in mind I'm just helping you in flashing the bootloader, I don't know whether flashing bootloaders will help you in your problem or not.

Download the bootloader you want (what you want is the ICS one right?), and flash it in PDA section of Odin.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spiralzz:
No, its not the emmc bug. The recovery doesn't backup the internal and external SD cards, just the data in /system, /data, and caches.

I'm sorry but I don't know how to restore your data. If you flash back to your old GB ROM, is it there?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pooper:
Is a UK one considered an "international variant"? Also I can't see the boot loaders you're referring to in that thread (although I'm browsing via my BlackBerry... Which frankly makes me want to kill myself lol)

---------- Post added at 10:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:36 PM ----------

Right, I just flashed the bootloader from the ICS recovery pack and then tried some more kernels.... Not really any difference :(

I can randomly get into the CWMR touch recovery when I flash Siyah 3.4.1 but the touchscreen won't work then it enebtually reboots.

Am I EVER going to be able to get hold of my data or should I just give up? Running out of options now and I'm getting pi**ed off
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spiralzz:
Try searching for a non wipe customs rom based on Samsung's stock ROM which doesn't require a factory reset... I think lightening ROM is non wipe.... that's the last solution I can think of...

Edit: Litening rom is not non wipe... so if u flash that, it will delete all your data.... also, I forgot that you were on RR, so flashing a samsung based ROM isn't going to help you... I don't know, sorry, how to help you. Hope you find a way out.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spiralzz:
Sent you (pooper) a pm.... I think we should talk there, otherwise it will clutter the thread with one problem.