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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mark93:
Thanks a lot, made an account just so I can thank you fixing my beloved SII after clockworkmod broke it. Thanks again!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacyy69:
I'm a french noob so excuse me if my explanation isn't very clear.

I was on a Jelly Bean Custom Rom and I did'nt have any bootloop problem, but I didn't arrive to charge it or boot it.

My other problem is that my home button isn't working, so I can't go to the recovery mode.

That's why I flashed an ICS stock rom with odin, I have got a I9100P, I flashed the last version I found

and the flash worked out because the yellow triangle went away.

That's when the bootloop problem occured. My question is: will I have any problem if I use the ICS recovery package?

Because I didn't really use ICS because the bootloop problem occured.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raka78:
Thanks, it worked!

thank you so much for sharing this post. I too had accidentally dmanaged my phone - while sitting at the airport it searched for some updates and upgraded the OS to some other gingerbread version. On seeing this happen successfully, i ended up running the third update....and my phone never woke up! It was stuck on the Galaxy screen for ages :(

I tried flashing it with a ROM posted on CNET...but it horribly messed things up. The phone stopped even entering the download mode. Frustrated, i tried the process listed in your post, and somehow it seemed to click! My phone has been brought back from the dead-all thanks to you!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
Thank You :)

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glad it helped
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j3r3my5:
Completely confused...

Hi....thanks OP for the awesome post, but I continue to struggle. I have a I9100 Int version with rooted stock ROM...I ran a series of CWM & Titanium backup's before flashing cyanogenmod 9 through rommanager. This was successful.

After this I decided to try to restore from CWM (to see if I could!), and encountered boot loop at Samsung Galaxy SII screen. I think I had low(ish) battery level at this point too

Able to get into both recovery & download mode without issue. Wiped data/factory reset without issue. Wiping cache stopped access to CWM.zip on ext sd (how I rooted phone originally).

I then read whole thread & followed instructions to the letter, but steps 1-4 all hang at data.img, step 5 successful, then steps 7-10 all hand at data.img

When I unplug lead from laptop after hang at data.img, it shows the yellow triangle between phone & pc screen and will no longer allow access to recovery mode.....flashing XXLPQ through ODIN gets me back to original problem of boot loop.

I saw from the thread a thought that my internal SD has become corrupted by CWM, and a suggestion from OP to flash new bootloader if coming from GB, but I am coming from ICS so was following this section of the post...

At one point, I think after flashing the kernel & doing factory reset, the phone did get as far as the Sammy "S" and the startup sound, before hanging there....I haven't seen that since!

At the end of all this my phone now shows an image of the battery (sometimes showing it charging) as opposed to simply the samsung galaxy S2 screen...

I'm (clearly) a noob so have I missed something obvious? Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance and props for making it clear enough that I've got this far;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peterlimonade:
Great guide!

Hey mate,

Thanks for an awesome guide! Bricked my device before but this time it was way more severe: I hardbricked it with TriangleAway :eek:

Your guide was the solid rock I needed to survive :)

Cheers
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] critdmg:
I've got the second brick (NAND rw corruption) after shutting down the phone while it reboots (held the power-button for 10 seconds or so) and it will not start anymore. I know, it's stupid, but I had to do it, because of an exam... But it's strange, that it happens after shutdown in that way...

All symptoms are same like in the guide. I tried all the steps through, but ODIN allways stuck on "NAND Write Start!!". Doens't matter what I'm trying to flash - kernel, bootloader etc. Waited for half an hour - nothing happens. Already tried other usb-slots, uninstalled kies, drivers are ok. Anyone any ideas what I can do? Would a jig help in this case? Warranty is gone because of custom rom and I can't reset the counter and get the triangle away...

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sorry for mistakes, english is my third language =)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaycee_008:
[/SIZE]Hey there!!! Thank you so much for the guide... Even though i followed your every steps i cant get my phone back... No matter what i do it wont go beyond DATAFS step... I tried to flash bootloader in its field and also PDA and that went thru without a problem, i can also flash the kernel in PDA no problem at all... But when i put the Code in PDA the modem in PHONE and csc in its field it wont finish the work... Please HELP im completely lost!!! :crying:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j3r3my5:
me too...

Seems that this means your (and my) internal storage is corrupted...mines in the shop for a JTAG at the moment...if that doesn't work it's an expensive paperweight...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cuddlemybowel:
Hello , i have my phone not working when i tried using GSII_repair app from market, i only went as far as step two since it said i had to reboot.

So now im stuck at the black screen(Galaxy S2 Logo). Can anyone help me? I tried flashing bootloader and repartitioned. could somebody give a detailed step by step instruction?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Siberian Tiger:
Try to unistall kies and then install a fresh copy of kies.

That worked for me when having the same thing ,always stuck at factoryfs.img ;)

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaycee_008:
Thank you for the advice but... Kies does not recognize my device at all.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erkinous:
Download MODE (Home + Volume Down + Power) is not working.

When I update ICS 4.03 firmware on my phone (SGS II i9100G) was some interruption with computer and update not completed fully. After that when i switch-on my phone it show SOFTWARE UPDATE FAIL. Tried it update again but Download MODE (Home + Volume Down + Power) is not working.

pls help if anyone face with this problem!!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
kies would not recognise ur phone

try this

if u have kies installed

uninstall it

also remove the drivers

reboot

install only the drivers back

and start odin

get ur phone in download mode

and follow the instructions on the OP
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaycee_008:
I followed your instructions, removed Kies, the drivers, reboot, reinstall drivers, and nothing changed... Still stuck in DATAFS forever :crying:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
do u have ur phone in warranty?

also did u try using pit ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaycee_008:
Yes... it is under warranty.

And yes i tried using PIT...

Damn it i feel so dumb... This mess started yesterday after updating official 4.0.4 using Kies, i lost CMW recovery and ROOT.

So i search all over XDA and found out this : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1501719

I did it by the book and finally gained root access... reboot the phone in recovery to do a nandroid backup using CMW (which btw is not really installed in the phone, when in stock recovery i choose UPDATE FROM SDCARD and select the CMW.ZIP and it starts installing the file and returns with CMW 5.8.... Which allows you to use any option from CMW)

I backed up the entire OS and everything were just fine until that point, later in the afternoon i flash a zip and after that everytime i reboot my phone the UPDATING APPLICATIONS message at boot was displayed. (which i hate)

I went back to CMW and hit RESTORE to return to the previous working state, and after restarting the phone it never passed the SAMSUNG GALAXY S II GT-I9100 image again...:mad::(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stileth:
Then you damaged your phone. I guess you were not reading the brick bug thread? You have used restore under CWM 5.x on 4.0.4 kernel.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1756242

Odoslané z GT-I9100 cez Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] critdmg:
After got stuck on "NAND Write Start!!" in Odin, I've tried to solve nand rw corruption by using other PC... It was good idea, flashing was sucessfull, no errors, but the counter is at the same number and the triangle is there too. And it stucks on Galaxy S II logo, as before. I followed the guide exactly. It doesn't help. Any ideas?

And for some people, who get stuck on "NAND Write Start!!" in Odin when trying to flash kernel:

- Install Kies!

- Now uninstall Kies and click on "uninstall with drivers".

- Now get the driver-package from step 2 of the guide and install it (Just run the installer, you don't need to install it manually).

- Done. Now

you can

flash your kernel without stopping on "NAND Write Start!!" (or "do not turn off target" if you trying to install a .pit-file).

Could be useful to paste it in the first post.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mylittleponies:
hey, much like a few posters here my Odin gets stuck at "NAND write start!" whenever i attempt to flash anything. my phone is able to enter both download and cwm recovery modes but when i try to wipe data or cache, the phone just resets after awhile and gets stuck at the samsung boot screen.

a more detailed post about how i got to this state: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1857393

should i proceed with flashing with the bootloader and pit file? or are there other options?

edit: i tried changing computers and reinstalling the drivers but to no avail as well :/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
in nand failure u can flash kernels

]but as u said even after flashin rom u still have the yellow triangle

try flashing stock kernel again and if u still have the yellow triangle

then its unfixable .. u need to get it to the service center

have cme accross this issues earlier too

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try flashing cwm recovery via odin and then get to recovery mode

if u have access to cwm recovery then flash any custom rom and chk

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if u r having issues because of the 4.0.4 then try using the extended pit

and then flash ur rom

u mite recover it
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mylittleponies:
are there any recommended stable versions of cwm recovery to flash?

edit: i went ahead with siyah 3.3.3d but the same thing happens in odin, it gets stuck at

<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] critdmg:
It's not under warranty anymore, because of this triangle :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bkjugg:
if I flash ics kernel included in first post via Odin - I get yellow triangle?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
try flashing pit and then flash stock kernel and chk
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bkjugg:
can't charge my phone :( 10 hours of AC (original samsung charger) - shows on 3-5 mins "low battery! can't download!!" and phone turns off.

wtf =( can't charge it from usb while plugged in PC... i don't know

UPD: tryin' to charge a battery in another sgs2.

UPD2: RECOVERED MY PHONE! 100000 thanks to OP!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tharkimaa:
Hey, i'd write what my problem is , but you should take a look at this thread .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=31037368#post31037368
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cdaarif:
I followed the method & i succeed.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zemariaabreusantos:
Do these work when bricking your phone with LQ5 4.0.4 open europe?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
use the extended pit for 4.0.4 nand failure
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zoie:
guys need help. i follow the instruction but no luck. cant flash kernel, firmware , or bootloader. i tried flashing pit re partition tick but stuck at dont turn off target. ive waited for 2 hours.

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anyone?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
please elaborate on the issue

as u said u werin able to flash kernel and rom etc

was odin stuck at any point
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yousef91:
i9100 nand write failed

my i9100G failed to write the nand part(flashed with an i9100 without the G part)but it shows acomputer sign like it says connect to your computer>>>and it wont get out of that mode>>>also wont enter the download mode>>>tried the jig to manually enter to download mode but it also didnt work what can i do???
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
if possible get a image of wats there in ur screen

try gettin to dwnload mode

i wonder y u cant get into download mode with a usb jig

is ur usb port wrkin fi9 ?

if yes then swith off ur phone

plug in usb and press and hold the vol dwn button till the phone starts it shud take u to download mode
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] awicks:
I have a GT-I9100. At the moment the phone doesn't get past the flashing 'S' logo on boot. I can boot into download but not recovery. I have followed the instructions in the OP to flash ICS, but when I try flashing he ROM in the OP, it gets stuck at DATAFS (data.img) and hangs there for as long as I leave it (have left it for hours just to check).

I haven't got he .PIT file so can't flash that. Can someone point me in the right direction for where to find it? Will trying to flash the GB ROM make any difference?

Thanks in advance, Andy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ffluxx:
NAND rw corruption: need help

GT-I9100 with NAND rw corruption. I was running stock ICS when the phone hung whilst installing an an app update.

I can't get to recovery mode but download mode is working.

Flashed recovery package per the awesome instructions of Phistacio: not helping.

When flashing the ICS package in Odin this happens:

<ID:0/010> Odin v.3 engine (ID:10)..

<ID:0/010> File analysis..

<ID:0/010> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/010> Initialzation..

<ID:0/010> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/010> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/010> boot.bin

<ID:0/010> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/010> Sbl.bin

And it hangs forever with no green bar in Odin or on the phone.

WIth .pit file alone Odin shows:

<ID:0/010> Added!!

<ID:0/010> Odin v.3 engine (ID:10)..

<ID:0/010> File analysis..

<ID:0/010> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/010> Initialzation..

<ID:0/010> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/010> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

And it hangs forever with no green bar in Odin or on the phone.

Flashing the kernel:

<ID:0/010> Odin v.3 engine (ID:10)..

<ID:0/010> File analysis..

<ID:0/010> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/010> Initialzation..

<ID:0/010> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/010> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/010> zImage

<ID:0/010> NAND Write Start!!

And it hangs forever BUT green bar runs in Odin but no green bar or anything on the phone.

So to summarise, I've followed Phistachio's instructions in the right order multiple times, while making sure it's not a USB/driver/Odin version problem.

HELP, what can I do next?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] awicks:
I have tried the instructions on the OP to try to fix my I9100, without any success.

I can boot into download mode, but not recovery.

When I try to flash the recovery ROM it always gets stuck on DATAFS (data.img). I have tried flashing the kernel then bootloader and then the ROM with and without PIT, but still cannot get past DATAFS.

Log from Odin: (for ROM flash with PIT)

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> I9100_CODE_I9100XXLPH_CL118559_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> MODEM_I9100XXLPH_REV_02_CL1104396.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> GT-I9100-MULTI-CSC-OXALPH.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/016> Odin v.3 engine (ID:16)..

<ID:0/016> File analysis..

<ID:0/016> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/016> Initialzation..

<ID:0/016> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/016> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/016> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/016> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/016> boot.bin

<ID:0/016> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/016> Sbl.bin

<ID:0/016> param.lfs

<ID:0/016> zImage

<ID:0/016> factoryfs.img

<ID:0/016> data.img

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] awicks:
Well I have just managed to get my phone to boot!! :)

I used the PIT files from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1667886, trying different ones until I had passed the corrupt parts of the /data partition. Highly recommended if you are failing on FACTORYFS or DATAFS writes.

Andy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neur28:
Same problem as yours. Flashed an app update and boom phone gone......

Help, anybody ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neur28:
Been to the service centar. NAND dead. No way of flashing. Must change mainboard :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ffluxx:
bad news

Is it under warranty? If not, how much do they want to charge you?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dspPunk:
No luck mate...

I did all the steps you told...

After flashing the ROM :

In Android system recovery The log says something like this :

E:Failed to mount /sdcard

E:Cant mount /cache

E:Cant mount /efs

and many more...

Is my sdcard(phone memory) corrupted?

help plz....

Now its giving the following image...

i have attached the image.. i think its a brick..??

:(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neur28:
Didnt use triangle away so my counter was at 1. stupid me...

Because of that no warranty.

Im searching for motherboard from sgs2 with broken display because on 2 places asked from 160 to 200e.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madscout:
it worked :)

It worked, thanks :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mesionkalion:
need help with ICS

Hey guys, Thanks for all the tips and tricks with firmwares.. I have read the guide.. here are some of my queries about the same

I'm using a Galaxy S2 and recently upgraded to ICS using ODIN from Gingerbread....

But after the upgrade, though the phone is working fine... The camera has stopped working and the HOME KEY is also not working in this now..

I wanted to know whether i can go back to using GINGERBREAD os again .. ??? using ODIN ?

Is it possible..? I'm in INDIA.. and have downloaded this version I9100XWKL1_I9100ODDKL1_INU... should i go ahead with this .md5 file to go back to my old OS ...??
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neerajganga:
u can go back to gb incase u want

find the firmware in samfirmware.com

or

u can also the firmware using checkfus downloader

and flash

as u r already on ics i wud recommend u to flash ics first and then chk if the prob persis or try doing a factory reset / wipe data/cache from recovery
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chasemyass:
1`st of all I want to tell you that I`m not really a newbie around Android and flashing Android phones but still I have one question:

Can someone please tell me what version of Odin should I use? 1.85 or the 3.04 version? Because I`ve downloaded a i9100 stock firmware and I`ve found a 3.04 Odin inside the zip and here on this thread I see the OP starter has a 1.85 version.

And I`m asking here because I need to "unbrick" my cousin sgs2 (it has the NAND rw problem sadly)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaitanya87:
Phone was bricked. Help me!!

Hi

I didn't realise till now that this is the active thread. So I have posted my queries else where.

Right now I cannot copy paste the whole matter but I can point out to the original post

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=31906308#post31906308

Please confirm whether my device is hard bricked or not. What are the chances are restoring back to normal?

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Anyone?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaitanya87:
Anyone? :mad:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mario1968:
Hi, try this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=26428986

Is for Samsung Note, but there is a section about GT-I9100

Good luck!

Inviato dal mio Galaxy S2 con Tapatalk2®

XWLPF Stock

DreamKernel 2.7.4

Jkay V14.1
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sooby77:
Hi,

I'm trying to recover a softbrick after a failed failed of Chameleon 1.3. I downloaded XXLPH but there's not PIT file inside. Can anyone help? The flash is getting stuck at datafs.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pi_yush:
THANK YOU!!!!

Lots of love for helping me get S2 back after an OTA Samsung update bricked it...

The Samsung center refused to upgrade it.... and you SOLVED it...

Thank you :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sooby77:
The ICS version of I9100XXLPH on the link does not have a pit file in the zip. Is there a new link or has the file changed?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anurag.poddar0293:
Please help

plz reply to this:

I have the following issues:

Phone stuck at boot.

It CANNOT go into recovery mode.

It can go into download mode.

I was using cm 9.1.0 stable. It was working fine but suddenly all this happened.

I'm using a mac. So can I still use ODIN the same way? And do I need those 'drivers'?

Is my problem that of NAND rw? Should I follow this guide?

Please reply. Plz

:(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anurag.poddar0293:
kernel

i downloaded the kernel.

i have to flash the .tar.md5 file right?

its size is zero bytes. shall I still proceed?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b3rs:
Huge problem

Hello,

I was trying to get new CyanogenMod when my /data (prolly) got damaged. Since then I was unable to format it and my phone got Bootloop. I tried everything but re-partition in Odin and CWM. I even managed to damage my /system but will try to restore it with Odin. Both recovery and Dll mode are working but I can't do anything with mentioned sections. Would re-partition work for me if I had the .pit file?

Pls help me :(

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Edit:

I used Modified PIT files from here and recovery pack from here.

I simply localised wasted partition in Odin - it stopped on /data - and was applying modified .PIT files one after another till ...1536-MiB.pit finally worked for me.

I had to clear the cache partition first.

Hope it helps.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jr866gooner:
i have a question-flashing a custom rom raises your counter, correct?

a little while ago i was forced to flash an official stock rom to get out of a bootloop so does this mean the last 3-4 months I've probably had a counter that is not zero and I most likely could have been brave and rooted and flashed a custom rom all along!!?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -angel*:
Yeah, I only have second rom working :(

and pit that get's me first rom working again? And now pls don't link several, because I don't know which one exactly I need...

Thanks in advance :good:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b3rs:
You can use this app to reset the counter.

And root your phone this way.