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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dumbo Boran:
Here we go again

My son has bought a new phone and gave me his S2.

He had no time to explain how or what, left me his "old" phone and said: I've set all that's needed.

Just connect the phone to the USB cable and click the START button. OK? I'm off.

I don't know what kind of software he has put on it (and for the moment I don't want to disturb him with these kind of things, he's right in the middle of a few preliminary exams), the ODIN download counter shows 3.

I clicked the start button and all of a sudden, Odin crashed.

That's when I first got the PC icon - exclamation mark - Phone icon.

The past few days I've had a PC icon - exclamation mark - Phone icon, and the usual "Downloading" screen.

(If I leave out the battery a day or so, it goes to the download mode).

And so I ended up reading a lot of the posts on this site.

I've read this post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19534226 in wich the same problems occured.

But I am uncertain about what to do in what sequence.

Things I do know/did:

The software that was intended to be flashed is: I9070XXLQE_I9070XENMP3_HOME.tar.md5 (Stock-ROM??)

I've deleted KIES from my PC (Windows 7 64 bit).

I've got the correct Samsung drivers (and they work, because Odin3 v1.85 connects).

The USB cable is ok.

I've made a USB-JIG.

I've got Odin3 v1.85 with admin rights.

I've tried a good old 32 bit Windows XP laptop, installed the drivers, Odin v1.85, downloaded the same ROM (from a different site I think) but Odin still shows me the same: a big red sign that says FAIL!

The good thing is that the laptop seems to be doing it's job in a normal way (exept from the USB connection that "hangs" after a Odin fail and I have to restart the thing), that is: Odin v1.85 doesn't crash.

Oh: and the last, last, last thing I want to do is fool with PIT?

Any suggestions?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electricsheepdreamer:
[MENTION=311738]DumboBoran[/MENTION]

Remove your battery, please and check on the sticker what exact phone model you have.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dumbo Boran:
Model: GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Get another odin version.

Get jb leak from the last few pages here.

Also try getting another s2 cable.

And install kies (kill its process before flashing).

Sent from...this is not even my S2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electricsheepdreamer:
Flash some i9100 ROM then.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=23562820

As gastonw said, do XXLSJ for start.

Hey gastonw ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dumbo Boran:
I tried other Odin versions on my Win7 PC (not on my laptop) and they had the same kind of result. Tomorrow I'll try them on my laptop (bedtime for me now) but I think that'll give me the same as on my PC.

The other ROM: which one would be the right one for this model? (Dutch) Link??

(and I'm surprised about your fast reactions!! I'm starting to 'like" you)

---------- Post added at 11:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:10 PM ----------

I'm sure the cable is ok. It's the original that came with the phone and has done it's job while my son used odin.

Knowing that kies and odin sometimes bite each other: I've got a clean, no-kies laptop that works proper.

So: why install kies? (sorry for doubting your experience)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Hey sheep, we gotta start charging for that magical lsj with the 50 gb Dropbox offer huh?

Dumbo, you're right about odin, kies and laptop.

Kies does the whole package, everything that odin needs, as long as kies isn't awake /aware ( kies wife is having an affair with odin, that's $#@!^$ up). The thing here is not to create a driver's conflict, as in:

"samsung Drivers don't work, I'ma install kies now"

I think it's better if you intall kies and, if it doesn't work, full -and clean- uninstall. Then you do the drivers thing.

You would also be surprised on how easy a cable can become stuffed.

Sent from...this is not even my S2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electricsheepdreamer:
Hey, this one is I9100 XWLSS and it's for nordic countries (It should be fine for Netherlands)

http://hotfile.com/dl/212148080/18eafb8/I9100XWLSS_I9100OXXLS9_I9100XXMS2_DNF.zip.html

XXLSJ gastonw suggested is inernational and should be your 1st choice but I don't have the link (it should be somewhere in this thread around 20 pages back)

Edit: here it is, 10$ :P http://www.sammobile.com/2012/11/15/i9100xxlsj-%E2%80%93-galaxy-s-ii-android-4-1-2-jelly-bean-test-firmware/

Oh, behave ;) :)

Edit: gastonw, lol.

Yeah, I agree :D

I sometimes think of returning to XXLSJ+Siyah 6 beta 4. It was a rarely great combo. And I loved that DropBox offer (the best cloud service, no doubt).

One more thing, if that matters anyway, on my laptop I have Kies installed/uninstalled drivers with WinXP, Odin 1.85 and ICS ROM. Never failed. (around 10 times)

On PC: Win7, Samsung USB drivers (Kies was never there) and latest Odin with JB ROM. Never failed (tried twice). So, I'm always thinking, while reading troubles, was I really that lucky :)

I guess a good wife is the key :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dumbo Boran:
Well guys, XXLSJ gastonw's suggestion was the one that did the trick!

I've flashed this one: I9100XXLSJ_I9100OXXLS1_OXX.zip and the whole worry about a bricked phone was gone!

I've done it with the Win XP 32 bit's laptop and Odin v3.07, didn't install KIES.

My idea is that the whole mess started with my Windows 7 being a 64 bit one that made Odin hang and a corrupt first ROM.

Thank you very, very much for helping me. You've saved me a lot of reading and doubting!

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I guess a good wife is the key :)[/QUOTE]

As long as you're not sure, you'll keep on guessing? Women!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
There's no such a thing as a good wife.

I mean, they're always trying to get a hold of our balls and put them somewhere safe. That's plain bavaric.

Sent from...this is not even my S2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sky3:
Do you have (or know of any) guides for the galaxy s2 SGH-I757M? My computer will not even recognize the phone or SD card through the USB!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electricsheepdreamer:
Maybe to post your question in the right place, since there may be device specific issues.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=41342323

You do have Samsung USB drivers installed on your PC?

This is rhetorical question. ↑
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Of course, we tend to leave things behind, we always gotta go back to get em and s#!t

This is getting too graphic...glad it's working out fine.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cloy_93:
My phone is bricked and I have followed these steps to the dot, still nothing.

Symptoms:

1. Gets stuck at the boot logo (with a yellow triangle, signaling that the firmware is custom).

2. Can access download mode but not recovery mode.

3. No matter what I flash, the flash counter is always at 2 and never increases...

What I know:

1. The phone is a GT-i9100 (International version) which was converted from an SHW-M250S (Korean version).

2. It was bricked because of a bad root method. (I do not know the specifics because that's the only thing the original owner said).

3. Before it was bricked, it was on 4.1 Jelly Bean. (I do not know kernel, build and other info)..

4. When flashing anything, Odin says Success and PASS.

5. While it's off, connecting a charger will show an image of a battery with a stuck spinning progress bar. (It seems like the charging animation should start but gets stuck along the way somehow. Bad bootloader maybe?)

What I have done:

1. Tried removing and inserting battery, soft and hard reset.

2. Tried flashing an SHW-M250S firmware (first without pit, then with m250sk.pit) -----> No fix, still the same symptoms.

3. Tried flashing a JB stock rom (first without pit, then with i9100.pit) -------> Still nothing.

4. Tried flashing an ICS rom, then kernel+rom, then bootloader+kernel+rom (Like what OP said) ------> Nothing.

It seems I have tried all possibilities and am stumped. I've tried fixing bricked Xperia Rays before but I have never encountered something this persistent. I have already compared symptoms with those of the emmc brick bug, hard bricks and soft bricks but it seems I have not found an exact match to my problem. And yes, I've used the search button. Also googled.

I really want to emphasize on symptom #3 and observation #5 since I don't really know what to expect since this is my first time to handle a GSII.

If anyone can point me in the right direction, that would be very much appreciated.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electricsheepdreamer:
[MENTION=5359194]cloy_93[/MENTION]

Maybe faulty microUSB port but this is just a wild guess.

(Especially regarding issues #4 & #5)

See vineetjoseph's case from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=43194561&postcount=1594
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cloy_93:
Okay, I'll try cleaning the contacts with alcohol and will report back.

Also, I don't think I can bring it to service center because it's an SHW-M250S (I'm in the Philippines @_@).

EDIT: Would also like to add these to my observations:

1. When the phone is at the boot logo, plugging it in to a PC causes an "Unknown Device" to be detected.

2. When the phone is off, plugging it in also causes an "Unknown Device" to be detected.

3. Plugging the device long enough while it's off causes it to turn on and get stuck at boot loop.

4. Flashing PDA, MODEM and CSC is done within 3 mins... I think it should b around 5 mins?

I think during these times an "ADB Composite Device" should be detected.

To add, I tried cleaning the contacts ----> No dice. :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electricsheepdreamer:
Try to uninstall Samsung USB drivers using Revo uninstaller (reboot) , then download the latest version USB_Driver_1.5.27.0 (reboot) and retry. Try to change the USB cable/port as well.

#3 looks like a hardware issue, if you ask me.

Good luck.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JiroPrinz8:
Hey there guys, i hope anyone can help.

I started off with a stock s2 i9100 on xwlp7, i then flashed cf-root, after which i got stuck on the samsung logo with yellow triangle.

-i know i used the correct cf root file

-tried flashing siyah, no luck

-tried flashing stock kernel, no luck

-all these were flashed as success in Odin.

After doing the above steps, i then went to follow the instructions in this thread.

After trying to flash the xxlps ICS fw, it failed in nand write start (failed) and now everything i flash fails.

before this i was still able to flash kernels and all were successfull.

I tried everything on the OP, flashed with/without .PIT, tick/untick repartition, all of the combinations, however it still fails at nand write start and it says failed.

I think i should also point out that before trying to flash the stock FW, i was stuck at the Samsung Logo with yellow triangle, but now when i turn it on, i have the phone -- ! -- PC message that says connect to Kies in recovery mode.

Any ideas guys? I'm all out.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JiroPrinz8:
Ok just wanted to update my situation. Perseverance wins! :)

Ok so what i did was re install the usb drivers and used odin 3.07.

And i would also point out that i used the ics package in the OP, BUT i only flashed pda, phone, and csc. I did not include bootloader or pit. And IT WORKED!!! phew that was close!!

Anyway, i still want to root.. Hahaha! Seeing that rooting using cf root what was got me in that situation i in the first place, any suggestions on best way to root and install recovery? I am now on XXLPH 4.0.3 stock afaik.

Thanks!!

Sent from a back from the dead GT-I9100 using xda premium
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cloy_93:
Can you explain step by step and what kernel you were on before you flashed pda, phone and csc? I think I have the same problem. Also, why not try a siyah kernel for root?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Guys, we don't use CF ROOT anymore after the brick bug drama.

For those who are on ICS try ExynosAbuse or siyah v5.

For those having a pc and an exclamation mark screen please check your device's model and get a multifile stock ROM such as jelly bean leak (look it up for tge link in the last 20 pages here).

For those having a "nand write" error search for troubleshooting threads such as hopper8's.

Once you are on jelly bean you can all root with siyah v6 / philz kernel.

Don't wanna dance with odin again? Mobile Odin Pro is your safest choice.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JiroPrinz8:
I dont actually remember which one i was on as i keptnon flashing dofferent ones to try to get it past the samsung logo. What i remember thiugh ia that i firat flashed with cf-root.. then tried stock, then siyah then philz and another cycle of that. I tried the steps in OP and got the computer--!--phone.. then tried flashing without bootloader and pit and got it to work.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nands_2012:
Help - Soft Brick (I think?)

I have a GT-I9100 and I keep getting the error message "firmware upgrade encountered an issue please select recovery mode in kies & try again". I have tried the instructions given on the first page but each option gets stuck on <ID:0/004> SetupConnection.. and doesn't progress further. Does this mean that I have no hope of recovering this phone? I also tried flashing a new software directly once I got into download mode.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Kill kies.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JiroPrinz8:
Uninstall samsung drivers/kies. install he lates samaung driver, get the latest odin, try other usb ports/cables restart your pc in between all of these. Try try and try some more. ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cloy_93:
Some new observations regarding my bricked GSII (See previous page for full explanation):

1. When flashing a kernel using Odin with Auto Reboot unchecked, Odin takes about 2 minutes to say PASS.

2. When flashing a kernel using Odin without touching anything, it takes 6-9 seconds to say PASS.

3. FLASHING ANYTHING DOES NOT INCREASE THE CUSTOM BINARY COUNT...

What I've tried:

1. Used different versions of Odin3 (1.83, 1.85, 3.04, 3.07)

2. Tried various cf-root kernels (I think I've tried 12 but the custom binary count doesn't increase so I don't know if it's successful...)

I hope somebody can help... I'm losing my mind here. Or should I just have my phone jtagged?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
cloy, you're not bricked.

Take a long breath and read the previous pages, then tell us what you can and what you can't do regarding download, recovery, boot sequence and what not.

After that tell us what is it that you wanna do/flash.

It's wise to know what you're doing before you actually do it. We can provide that for you.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JiroPrinz8:
If you are able to flash a kernel via odin, why not flash stock rom to start fresh?

Try to get it to boot first, once you get that then everything else would be a lot more easier like [MENTION=261724]gaston[/MENTION] said.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cloy_93:
Okay. I'll try to be as descriptive as possible.

Problem: stuck at boot logo, no recovery but can go to download mode (normally without jig).

Goal: make it boot again with any android version, jb, ics or gb doesn't matter as long as I can use the phone.

History:

1. it is an shw-m250s korean gs2 that was properly converted to i9100

2. The previous owner tried to flash a rooted kernel and failed miserably (leading to the bootloop)

3. I've tried flashing the stock rom found in op, stock roms in sammobile (all with the correct pit file), tried flashing an m250s rom with the correct pit file

4. Now I'm trying to flash cf root kernels hoping that one of them will let me use recovery mode (and if one of them works, I assume that it's the correct kernel and I'll flash the corresponding rom)

Some peculiar/weird stuff:

1. Flashing anything does not increase custom binary counter

2. When I tried flashing a korean rom, the boot logo text was still in english afterwards

3. Plugging it in while it's off shows a battery with a static circular progress bar (it doesn't move at all)

4. It is seen as an unknown device on my pc when it gets stuck at the bootloop

To add, I've installed kies, killed all processes, uninstalled it, found the driver installer pack on here and installed that. Odin says pass on anything that I flash.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electricsheepdreamer:
[MENTION=4914596]Nands_2012[/MENTION]

Uninstall USB drivers using Revo uninstaller (PC), reboot.

Find Samsung USB drivers (tap my sig, navigate back) v.1.5.27.0., install them, reboot.

Find XXLSJ 4.1.2. ROM (tap my sig, navigate back, LSJ, extract it from zip, flash CODEI9100XXLSJ.tar as PDA in Odin, check md5 sum)

1. Take your battery out from your phone for 5 minutes.

2. Put it back, enter download mode

3. Connect to PC

4. Launch Odin, flash that XXLSJ.tar.md5 (don't try PIT, bootloaders or anything)

5. All good?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
cloy, there's a thread about converting 250m devices to I9100, get both pit files.

You need to convert the device first, then you flash a proper ROM for your new partition layout.

You've already got a korean ROM so you need to get what sheep just suggested to the nand guy above.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slimdizzy:
Was running official 4.1.2 rooted. Decided to go see how 10.2 CM was doing. Couldn't get into recovery after, only DL mode. The "Open Canada" package brought my Bell SGS2 back to life!!

Thanks for this guide!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjfletch:
I have a gt-i9100

Hi I have the GT-i9100 and there is no letter after it at all? Can you tell me which recovery package I should be considering? Thanks in advance. Maurie
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjfletch:
What recovery package for GT-i9100

I have a GT-i9100 but there is no letter after that. What recovery should I be using in the soft brick or nand problem solution?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjfletch:
.pit file

My i9100T will not load from odin and also gets to the nand write and stops. Sometimes it gets to zimage and then stops. I am a little confused as some say you should flash the pit file and that this is in fact the problem when it stops at the nand write part of the install process. Am I understanding that right? Is there anything I can do to bring the phone back to life? Any help gratefully appreciated.:laugh:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Checked hopper8's troubleshooting guide?

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ammaray720:
Bricked? SGS2 GT-I9100

Hi. I am a noob who knows just enough to get himself into trouble, apparently. Today, I rooted my AT&T SGS2 using ODIN. Seemed to work fine, until I noticed that video wouldn't work, and neither would the camera. They just had black screens. As I was searching (using my phone) for a solution to this problem, I ran my battery down to around 20%, turned the phone off, and when I tried to reboot, discovered that the phone would not turn on, nor would it charge. I just get the initial boot logo with the triangle, or, if plugged in, I get the empty battery icon in the middle of the screen. Either way, the logo lasts for a couple of seconds, then black, with a repeating flashing of the entire screen when plugged in, although very dim and extremely faint.

After leaving the phone to charge, removing the battery several times, my phone seems to be bricked. (I guess)

If you want to redirect me to the step-by-step on how to unbrick, I guess I have

2 questions:

1. Is my phone an I9100 'G' version?

2. How do I enter recovery mode if I have no home button?

My phone doesn't seem to go into download mode either.

I did perform a backup using titanium backup, but not sure how to recover or anything, or if it is possible in this situation. Any help would be appreciated. Sorry for the book, but wanted to explain fully.

Thanks guys
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CheekyLord:
[MENTION=5398563]Ammaray720[/MENTION]

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
your phone might be an I777 version also.....

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MontaR1:
Hi guys, i'm in a bit of trouble with my phone... let's start from the beginning...

1 week ago i updated my phone to cyanogen 10.2, before i had the 10.1. But because i needed a stable phone i wanted to downgrade again to the 10.1 so i was going to do a full wipe data reset /chache and all of that kind of stuff, but i couldn't get into recovery mode.

So i asked in the cyanogen 10.2 thread how to get into recovery and I followed a guide that was posted there but i don't know how, the flash failed (with odin). So now everytime i try to turn on the phone i get the screen where it says "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies and try again".

I downloaded kies but it couldn't find my phone. One of my friend linked me this post, and i was super happy that maybe it was the solution to all my problems!

I followed every step in the first post BUT (as always) odin is now stuck for like 30 minutes in sbl.bin (as you can see in the attached image)..

I hope someone can help me with this problem, anyway thanks for the help and have a nice day everyone!

EDIT: I just resolved this changing pc! hope this help someone... have a nice day everyone
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fadetonoir:
I've got a problem with an I9100 that I tried to update from ICS to JB. The flash was successful but when the phone rebooted it just showed an Android with its stomach open and a spinning shape inside with a loading bar underneath that quickly loads to about 25%, but then the phone restarts. It's now stuck in a continuous loop whenever it is switched on - if it's plugged into the charger or PC it will show a battery icon for about 3 seconds, then the Android with the spinning shape for about 3 seconds, then restarts. If it's not plugged into anything, it says 'Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100' instead of showing the battery icon but otherwise it's the same. I've tried to go into recovery mode but it's mostly unsuccessful. It does occasionally work, but, again, it just comes on briefly (1-2 seconds), then the phone restarts again.

The phone was working fine before I updated. It still goes into download mode on every attempt, is detected by Odin and I can still flash it. I've tried going back to ICS and have tried various ROMs, different versions of Odin, different USB cables and ports, even a different PC, but no matter what I flash, it gives the exact same result. I've gone through Hopper's troubleshooting guide, Phistachio's guide here and GamingDJ's recovery guide, with no success.

What else can I try? Any ideas?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
First off, are you sure it's an I9100?

Second, tried flashing jb leak?

How did you update? odin or OTA?

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fadetonoir:
Thanks for replying. I'm pretty sure it's an I9100, but just to be certain, as I'm not familiar with the differences between all of the variations, how would I check in its current state? It says 'Model: GT-I9100' on the sticker under the battery and 'Product Name: GT-I9100'.on screen when it's in download mode. If it was a different variation, would the letter be present on either of those? Otherwise, how else could I tell?

To answer your other questions, the initial attempt to upgrade from ICS to JB was done with Odin and, yes, I tried the JB leak when going through Hopper's troubleshooting guide.