yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
You didn't wipe right? good.

When you get to that phone - exclamation mark - PC screen plug in your device to the PC and flash JB (from sammobile.com)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malacay90020:
No, didn't wipe because I can't go into recovery. How can I use the firmware from sammobile ? I'm kinda new to Android. The phone was stock, like I bought it, no root, nothing.

LE: I just have that screen (phone-exclamation mark-pc) and I can enter downloading mode.

LLE: Gets stuck here when I try to flash original ICS.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Alright, looking good over there.

Flash this.

PDA: Code

MODEM: Phone

CSC: CSC

Flash the above only.

And try anoter usb port/usb cable/other odin version.

Also make sure kies is not running before you flash.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malacay90020:
Thanks, I'll give it a try after it downloads. If not, I'll go to a "doctor" and that's it. :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Be careful, some doctors are expensive and they don't know much ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malacay90020:
Thanks for all your replies. I went to the "doctor" after all and he fixed it in a matter of minutes. Now I have JB and I'm very happy that I didn't have to use it like a door stop. This particular doctor was extremely cheap and very professional.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Awesome!

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jamie_Pop:
HELP! :(

I have tried the first method (back on the fist page) and has not worked so i presume it is the NAND rw problem so I tried downloading the kernel but It will not 'unzip' using 7z. any help will be greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antimonyy:
Hello everyone,

Just registered to say thank you for big help ! it worked perfectly. What I had is I tried to return factory settings via menu>settings. After that my phone stucked at Samsung galaxy boot screen. Tried everything and your method worked. I have one question. I've installed ICS on galaxy s2. I'm trying to upgrade it to JB but in kies it says that Your device's current firmware version is not supported to update firmware via Kies. As far as I understood CSC of ICS is german. So I should wait that it would be released in Germany then I would get my update?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eluc:
I'm in the same case as you. It get stuck on Nand write...

I think the best is to recover with the pit file but there is no pit file in this topic. I don't know where to get it to be sure it's the good one. Can someone help ?

BTW to extract the kernel you need to enter the password: intratech@XDA

EDIT: I've tried to flash the kernel but it get stuck in the same place, NAND write.... then nothing for dozen of minutes...

I'm taking the risk to be "a moron" like said in the root/flash tutorial but where to get the unfamous .pit file ? it seams like my last chance before using my phone as a coaster...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick-W:
Bricked i9100?

EDIT:

This has now been resolved by using Odin3 v3.07 and the Gingerbread files rather than ICS. I was finally able to flash the ICS files with this version of Odin, but still could not boot. I then tried the Ginderbread files and it worked!

Hi everybody, I’d really appreciate some help.

Background & description:

My i9100 was rooted and running CyanogenMod 9 fine, but when I looked at it earlier it was sat on the Loading screen with the yellow triangle and not doing anything. Originally the phone ran Gingerbread. When it is rebooted it turns off and when it comes back it stays on this screen. Given a small amount of time the phone gets warm around the camera area. Recovery mode is NOT accessible (I had CWM installed). Download mode IS accessible. When plugging in the power cable to attempt to charge it, the battery image appears but remains empty (the green filling animation does not appear) and the circular icon in the centre does not rotate.

What I’ve tried:

I’ve tried the ICS Version method detailed in the OP, with the CODE, MODEM and CSC files. During step 4) after pressing Start in Odin it gets to the stage NAND Write Start!!, but then fails with Complete(Write) operation failed. It also does this with another stock ROM that I tried (before finding this thread).

I can flash kernels. I’ve tried the kernel in the OP (Kernel_I9100XXLPH.tar) along with Siyah-s2-v5.0.1 and Siyah-s2-v6.0b5. None of them make any difference. The phone only seems to be able to enter download mode, but the custom binary count does increment.

I’ve tried a several different USB ports (front and back) and Odin3 v1.85 and Odin3 v3.04. I am using the Samsung USB cable.

I’m thinking the problem is either NAND corruption or some sort of fried hardware? Any advice would be excellent!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eluc:
I'm in the exact same case as you were. Can you explain a little more what has solved your case ? You said you used the GB parackage, but with PIT file ? with bootloader ? or just normal flash with the 3 files (CSC, MODEM and CODE) ?

Now I've tried:

Using Odin 1.85

Flash "classic" with CSC, MODEM and CODE from ICS pack. Flash Kernel from ICS.

Using Odin 3.04 (from original Firmware GS2 topic)

Flash "classic" with CSC, MODEM and CODE from ICS pack. Flash Kernel from ICS.

At least with this version of Odin I finally get an error and not just freezing at Nand write start... xxx.bin

Using Odin 3.07 (from Galaxy S3 topic not sure if it's a good idea, seam not worst or better than previous one)

Flash "classic" with CSC, MODEM and CODE from ICS pack. Flash Kernel from ICS.

Flash the bootloader from ICS pack.

Next step redo the same with GB pack. => failed

Next, try to get PIT file from GB pack (as there is no pit file for ICS pack). => failed

Next sending to service for remplacement (it's still under warranty but there is the download mode that will show us that my phone has been rooted and some rom flash (even if it's officials roms only).

Open to any suggestion at this point. At the end of the week I'll send it for repairs if it's not solved.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick-W:
Odin 3.07 was the only version I tried that was succeeding in not spitting out the "Complete(Write) operation failed" error.

I did all of the way through step 10) in the OP with the ICS files including the kernel and bootloader steps, but without a PIT file as one was not provided with the ICS files. All went through Odin without failing however the phone still would not boot.

I then downloaded the Gingerbread pack and IIRC it was then working and booted into Gingerbread by step 4) of the OP. I only used the CODE, MODEM and CSC files, not the PIT file. Don't think I got to the bootloader stage, but can't remember whether I needed to do the kernel stage or not. Don't think I did.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worf_1977:
Extrange you booted up into GB without changing the bootloader, wich has changed for ICS and then, with JB...

Enviado desde mi GT-I9300 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eluc:
My device is sent to repair center, I hope they will not bother about the Odin download mode....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worf_1977:
Due to the fact that they will use it, you are safe, as far as your binary counter is reseted ;)

Sent from Quo'nos via subspace transmission
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maddy17:
pit file in ODIN folder

pit file is there in the ODIN folder. Extract the ODIN folder and see a file with extension .pit
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaveD97:
ourtnne seclusion

Thanks for this

I tried it having had the soft brick version but the Odin is saying fail?

Any ideas?

thanks:(

Dont wanna buy a new phone!

UPDATE

now saying...

Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again..

Tried the emergency recovery on the laptop, but nothing happening

HELP
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Does your pc see your device?

I'm guessing it does, flash a stock ROM via odin.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quarmzz:
I've tried all the steps and the NAND rw error is still present. Nothing can be flashed. Odin will show success, but no effect in the phone. Can a patched .PIT file fix it?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonitkd16:
not working!!

Please i really need your help!!! I have a samsung galaxy s2 that had android 4.1.2 rooted but when i tried to do a factory reset it sudennly bricked and now i've tried many times solving the issue with many tutorials but the don't appear to work, when i try your guide for gt i9100 gingerbread when i flash the first time with no kernel and with no pit it stays in sbil.bin and when i use the pit it stays in setupconnection...

then when i try to flash the kernel it stays in setupconnection... please what can i do!!! thank you very much for reading. i can put my phone in cwm mode and download mode
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gaosphappy:
WOW you used a .pit and can still get into recovery (you a lucky man).... Have you tried flashing a .zip rom from recovery (neatrom or one like it).

link to neat rom in my signature but others ARE available. Good luck man. Hope helped.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanenak.pouthena:
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you

I just can't thank you enough. My problem, in a way was a bit different than the ones addressed above. My phone got... wet!!! Yes wet. After that although I dried it up, it just got stuck in the boot logo loop. Also it would not enter recovery, only possible to got into download mode. I had tried to flash the stock ics rom with odin - successfully actually as the pass in odin would suggest - but the problem would remain. I followed the instructions as you suggested, although I skipped the kernel flashing (for some reason I would get an error message when trying to unzip the kernel file - I tried both winzip and winrar). So I just followed the next steps and flashed the recovery package. And It Worked! My phone Is ALIVE again!

Once again, Thank you so much. Keep helping people out. You make them happy.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asosa123:
problem with s2 gt9100

I have a problema with my s2 i9100, carrier TELCEL, México. My phone was with jb xwls8 and rooted with framaroot. Everything was working fine, but once i was trying to use the internet App, it got frozen:(. I try to reboot, but it got stuck in the Samsung galaxy initial text ( not the glow one). I could not get into recovery either, only in download mode. So i try to reinstall the xwls8 with odin, but it got stuck in the cache.img step. ( i only selected the file that goes in the pda box). It didn´t pass from there so i turned the pone off and i unplugged the phone. Then when the phone reboot it shows the home..triangle..pc screen. It shows "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies & try again":(. It does not get into recovery mode, kies dose not recognize it. It only gets into download mode. Odin does not go further than cache.img. Is there anything i can do the recover my phone. Pease help. Thank you.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worf_1977:
Run KIES firmware emergency recovery/upgrade, fill the correspondant forms, and then, attach the phone to USB port, and KIES will flash the last Android's version based on your already given S/N...

Sent from Quo'nos via subspace transmission
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WarioNeila86:
Hi guys,

I came from here.

Basically, I have this error when trying to flash with Odin:

<ID:0/007> Added!!
<ID:0/007> Odin v.3 engine (ID:7)..
<ID:0/007> File analysis..
<ID:0/007> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/007> Initialzation..
<ID:0/007> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/007> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/007> cache.img
<ID:0/007> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/007> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

I also can access Recovery however there is any option present (screenshot here).

I'm getting Odin error related to NAND write everytime I try to flash.

I'm not able to flash kernel, bootloader nor recovery package.

Any help would be appreaciated.

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asosa123:
It didn´t work

Thank´s, but it didn´t work. I uninstalled kies , and installed it again. It does not recognize the phone. it only displays "GT-I9100 does not initialize"
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vjumc:
great

put me out of a lot of trouble...

A big thank you from my side!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Try another usb port / cable / pc / odin version when in download mode.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amarpras:
recovery flash hang

odin got stuck in flashing. even after repeated attempts it gets stuck while writing data.img any suggestions?? i download the apt gingerbread recovery file.

My basic problem been unable to flash stock firmware via odin or custom rom via recovery.

1) after flash and "pass" message in odin, phone hangs at boot screen

2) in recovery everytime getting stuck in the format process...

plz reply im in desperate need of help. its my dads cell
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
So you are motivated....try what we suggested, it should be easy to revert if you can get to Download & recovery mode.

Are you sure you're flashing the right ROM for your device?

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amarpras:
recovery flash hang

thanks for replying. yes i have access to both recovery and download. via siyah kernel dual booting options was able to flash flash a 2nd rom but when i tried cloning it to the the first rom it again got stuck , i thnk i got nand rw problems
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
And why dont you flash a stock ROM so you can start fresh from the syart?

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oofol:
Hi guys,

I am occuring a NAND Error as well...

I have tried allmost everything... (Kies is uninstalled and drivers installed. tried on Win 7 and XP)

According the instructions - steps 1-4 get stuck. With PIT and rep. get stuck after DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET.

Kernel freezes Odin (get stuck) and I have to force close it.

The only thing that works is flashing Bootloader, after that there is the Galaxy logo back but cant go into CWM only DL...

And theres the devils circle back...

How it happend? My wife was browsing online and Sammy got frozen. She rebooted it and it got a bootloop on the Sammy logo.

I went in to Recovery tried to flash it - Wipe cache part. didnt compleat - got frozen. I rebooted recovery done it again with success, wiped dalvic, factory reset and wipe battery stats as usual. Was suppose to flash Neat ROM (which was currently installed) and it got frozen.

I tried to flash a 3 file stock (XXKG1) the only one .tar that I had and it started with the NAND frezing...

Any ideas are most appreciated....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Try this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=40708546

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oofol:
I'll try it in couple of hours when I'm back home. Hopefully this one works... cheers mate!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amarpras:
unable to flash

im unable to flash anything, tried Stock FAIL, tried Custom FAIL even recovery FAIL. im only able to flash bootlooder and kernel.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Who told you to flash a bootloader?

If you can flash those you should be able to flash a stock ROM.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oofol:
...

<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> Get PIT for mapping..

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

<ID:0/004> boot.bin

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

<ID:0/004> data.img

And Thats it...

Left it for more than half an hour...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Another usb cable / port, pc/laptop, other odin version.

And make sure all 4 kies applications are killed before you open odin.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oofol:
So you say it has to work with this files? I'll try it wit a different laptop and cables... I'm really short of time now...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TechGuyDev:
Love You Bro

Many many thanx to you now my phone is working great .. Love You brother .... :laugh: <3
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Always keep another ROM in case files get corrupted while downloading one of em.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Denigi:
very nice guide thank you
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oofol:
Ok, found some spare time.

2 laptops (XP Prof, Win7 Enterprise), 6 USB ports, 3 genuine USB cables (2x S2, 1x S3), Odin versions 1.85, 3.0.4, 3.0.7.

Still stuck in same place...

I belive it will be easyer to buy a crashed s2 and swap the motherB....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Maybe nand corruption.

Kies applications properly killed? All 4 that is.

No luck with siyah v5 and v6?

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oofol:
Kies is uninstalled. I am flashing allmost on daily basis from the sam laptop all the time and have had never problems...

Didnt try Syiah - mady thats a good idea. Will download now;)

---------- Post added at 09:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:33 PM ----------

... Both are getting stuck her...

<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> Get PIT for mapping..

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

<ID:0/004> zImage

<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
It always good to install latest kies....you got nothing to lose.

Anyhow, you do seem to have a corrupted nand. You might wanna try it all again before you go on flashing a pit file.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oofol:
I own this phone since the first day it was released in Europe. Flashed it with PIT allready few times a yer ago. I flashed PIT now as well with the same result as any other flash (besides of bootloader which works fine).

Just to make it clear - NAND is located on the MotherBoard not on any other?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Nand = internal memory = mobo.

The thing is that you need to flash a different partition lay out, hence, a different pit file.

The whole idea is to find out where is the corruption located (can be done via CWM) so you can flash a pit file "without" that bad spot.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oofol:
The purpose of flashing PIT is clear, however when it gets stuck its kinda difficult;)

Recowery does not work so no access to CWM...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
I know, that's what I'm saying.

You either keep trying to flash something or you go blind flashing (pit flashing).

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Macester:
Does anybody have a working version of the Kernel_I9100XXLPH ICS kernel that i can download? the one on the first page of this thread is corrupt.

Also is it possible to flash any kernel, to the phone? only have download mode and just want my phone working again, proving to be a nightmare as stock ROMs won't flash :-\

My jelly bean sgs2 just froze yesterday, restarted itself and got stuck on sgs2 screen, been having a nightmare since.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

James
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Flash siyah v6 and see if you can get to cwm.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Macester:
Cheers dude, is there a guide for installing it? or even better which option in ODIN should it be in?

Not a novice just been sifting through info on this for past 2 days and my head is mashed, can't see any guides on the developers website.

Thanks

James
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
You flash the tar file (gokhnanmoral.com) in PDA.

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Well, if you don't want official, you can consider Siyah or any of that sort :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maramat_99:
Do you happen to know a link?

Thanks a lot!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kotsios:
Cant download kernel

Hello i have tried severall times to download the kernel but link doesnt work! Could you give me the specified name of the kernel or an other link please?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Here is Siyah :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1263838

The kernel's name is XXKI3 Stock Kernel, but unfortunately, I don't have it... Not even stored in my laptop :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shahidg:
My SGS2 is stucked in a strange way. I was trying to install Darky's rom from DarkysOTA tool, it restarted my phone into recovery and flashed it then restarted but since that it wont boot. instead of boot animation it shows pixels that appears slowly and becomes brighter and brighter. same thing happens even if i tried to go to Recovery mode or Downoad mode.

Please help me. i cant even go into recovery or download mode. I dont want to loose my SGS2.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] falz1982:
Odin Image

Hi All.

Any chance someone could re post this pic? (from the first post) I wanna make sure i'm doing it correct (i'm a bit of a noob)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maramat_99:
Thanks a lot man! I would hit the thanks button if I only knew how to :) Please excuse my noobiness :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Mmm, you seen to have either corrupted GPU drivers or your GPU died (never seen any case of that, but it's always possible).

Can you like get in Download mode? Doesn't matter if it shows on screen or not, if you can, you can try to flash the fw anyway... But first, tell me if you can or cannot get in DL mode, we don't want to bork your device ;)

Thanks for the headsup! Fixed :)

No problem! Anytime ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EM|NEM:
Could anyone please link me to villianROM 1.1? cant seem to find it anywhere..the link seems to be dead. The v3.0 is the zip file which i cant flash in stock recovery.

EDIT: Any other custom rom that i could use? All attempts to get rid of the bootloop using these methods have failed and custom rom is the last option :(

EDIT 2: Found VillainROM but its not helping :( It flashes successfully in ODIN just like stock rom but the phone just reboots and gets stuck in bootloop again. Can some1 plz help me out here?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nigel85:
Phone freezes with 3G/wifi after flashing rom

Hi guys,

I recently rooted my S2 with and installed XXLPH in it. After that i flashed the rom and kernel with wanamlite 8.9 Rom which worked really great. However so soon as i turned on the 3G, the phone freezed and reboot itself. and then freezes again because the 3G is still on. So i had to quickly turn the 3G data connection off and it worked fine. As soon as i turned it on again, it freezes and reboot itself again.

After turning it off, i tried turning on the wifi. it does the same thing. Freezes and reboot itself. I tried some many things like removing the old APN and set up a new one and then try to flash it again and again. finally it worked.

Then i update the room with the latest Wanamlite 9.0. same **** happened. so i flashed back to wanamlite 8.9 again and the **** happened again. i really like this rom and it was great for a few days until i upgraded it to 9.0 and downgrade it back to 8.9 again.

Anyways... anyone knows whats the problem causing the phone to freeze during a data connection??? please help. thanks