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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rufy93:
True that.

This is what I get stuck as of now:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4009734/screengrab_20120402002818.png

---------- Post added at 12:31 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:29 AM ----------

Started looking through XDA and Swedroid (the swedish android forum), seems that everyone that got this problem started getting them just a few days back, as far as I know, nothing special has happend these last few days so that many would be affected.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Yep, same issue as others... What I notice is that, it only happens to those that were on ICS. Doesn't matter if they did or did not return to GB, it apparently is some sort of driver that doesn't get washed away, gives corruption and corrupts the NAND access and permissions...

I have no idea what's happening. None at all. Files aren't corrupted because the md5 is a match, USB ain't broken... What it might be is that your PC drivers aren't healthy...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rufy93:
Crap, now the battery died and the damn thing won't even charge.

Have to try more tomorrow, thanks for your help.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superfan':
I am on ICS before, and i tried to flash gingerbread stock rom but i failed. I might on ics or what?

Are you going to make a ics version of these fix?? Thx so much
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Yes I will, making it at this very moment.

Yep, ICS is to blame. Scratch that, Samsung is to blame for their terrible ICS version. It breaks communication with the NAND when the kernel is down, unlike with the GB counterpart, even when the kernel was down or the NAND was down, it could still communicate and fix it. :mad:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
OP Edited, improved and included the ICS version.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rufy93:
So apparantly my battery died yesterday while I tried to re-flash and the phone don't want it to charge anymore, any ideas what to do now?

Can't boot at all, so no more tries at flashing as of now.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
You could try buying an external battery charger, charge it and re-try :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hevar:
hey man thanx for all your efforts so far but my friends s2 is still stuck at boot screening he bought it last year late july so it was def on GB but then it got stuck and i dont know which stock is the right one i have tried KI3 and KI$ and even ICS but no luck ,, any advice for me dude???

thanx
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0ntreal:
hi,

nice tutorial, but didn't work for me. I'm still stuck in a boot loop after doing all this... I can flash roms via Odin, so download mode works, but recovery mode doesn't.. Everything was stock and is going to be stock (it's not my phone). But your tutorial didn't work, any advice?

thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Have you tried literally

everything

?

Could you please tell me exactly what you flashed?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sandeep.thdh:
Weird Boot Loops

Hi ,

I am not new to dealing with boot loop issues :p but this time i have really out done myself.

Ok so here is what happened, i have been using the MIUI GB version for a while as i have not really been to comfortable with ICS for my own stupid reasons :D

I downloaded SGS2 boot screen changer and messed around a little but it was all fine till last night i changed the boot screen after which my phone got into boot loop.

i did follow the standard process to get myself out of boot loop but it didnt help.

whats strange flashed with odin and got into recovery mode, i tried to flash the same old rom file and reboot the phone and i wouldnt go beyond the samsung logo.

In the end i flashed a ICS rom and voila that seems to work fine which is really driving me nuts. I am not sure what has gone wrong but please some one help me get back to my MIUI GB rom. :(

Looking forward for your help:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0ntreal:
I flashed the old bootloader as PDA, then the stock ki3 kernel. The two links didn't work for me so I searched on google.. And after that the recovery rom. Then the samsung-logo appears 3 times and the device shuts down.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hevar:
if by literally you mean stock roms for GB KI3 and KI4 , and ics

yes i have but if there are any other routes i would appreciate it very much

thanx
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Sometimes you have to flash twice, that's why you got a bootloop, because it didn't go to recovery and finish the process by itself (factory reset), so after your first flash was goof'd (why am I obsessed by this word?), the 2nd one was a success, thus putting you in ICS.

Now, regarding the ICS -> GB procedure... I personally advise you against rolling back to GB from ICS due to the bootloaders... But of course, it's up to you! :)

To get back to GB, just download my Gingerbread recovery package, flash CODE, MODEM and CSC

without the .PIT and re-partition

:)

While you're on ICS, why don't you try out MIUI v4 or CM9? :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Mmmm... Well... Try downloading the Samsung USB drivers, reinstalling them (that means after installing the drivers, reboot your PC!) and then flashing the package again.

Also, OP updated with Samsung USB drivers :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sandeep.thdh:
Thanks a ton , Your recovery package did the trick, i did try mutiple flashing but it didnt help.

I am planning to go with dual boot :p hope i dont screw up there.

I like ICS but i love GB :D. If dual boot works then i will surely check out the MIUI on ICS and CM9.

Thanks again
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Be advised : Lolboot doesn't work on ICS yet ;) It'll only work on GB ROMs like MIUI GB and CM7, but no CM9 :)

So if you're currently on ICS, lolboot won't work.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sandeep.thdh:
:mad:Crap, But anyways, will try CM9 for sure, got nothing to loose any ways:p

Thanks a lot again.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Yes, indeed!

If you want CM9, don't try the April builds! They're a bit buggy and have some weird kernel issues. I'm uploading to you Codeworkx's version of the 31st March build, with the latest kernel and has a fully functioning cam :)

What I recommend you to flash is CM9's resurrection edition with ODIN in PDA. Here's CM9's official guide :

Using the noob-proof ODIN method:

- Download CM9 Resurrection Edition

- Download GApps and put it onto your internal sdcard

- Open Odin

- Choose cm-9-XXXXXXXX-ODIN-galaxys2.tar.md5 as PDA

- Boot your phone into download mode

- Connect your device via usb to your computer

- Wait till Odin has fully recognized your phone

- Hit the start button and wait till the flash process is finished

- Device boots automatically into recovery

- Flash GApps, wipe cache and dalvik-cache

- Reboot into CM9

- Follow above steps to update CM9 to lastest available version (Upgrading from earlier version of CyanogenMod 9)

Here's the Resurrection download : http://codeworkx.de/download/cyanogenmod/galaxys2/cm-9-20120330-ODIN-galaxys2.tar.md5

GApps : http://goo-inside.me/gapps

And then, after you do all that, go to recovery, and flash this : http://www.mediafire.com/?hy00yg33ynjy0j5
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kbrahma:
I need some serious help! :(

After an unsuccessful flashing I ended up in the phone-broken_connection-pc screen in my phone... and I thought my S2 was bricked. But I kept on reading on and found out it was solvable, specially since Odin was recognizing it.

So I took the recovery package in the opening post and flashed it (following the instructions given). Now it would not even turn on!! :(

The only time it turns on is when the power cord (or USB is connected)... but Odin doesn't detect it.

Now, sometimes (after keeping the battery out for atleast 2 hours), the phone boots up in download mode and Odin detects it. So the first time it happend, I tried to flash it with "CF-Root-SGS2_XW_ODD_KE8-v4.0-CWM4" (cause I am in India)... but nothing changed... got the same old problem as described above (no screen until power plugged in, that too with boot loop).

I now have no idea on how to fix this now.... :'((

I ordered USB Jig from eBay just now, would that help me reset the counter, so that I can send it to the Service Center?? or Is there still a way to solve it (since I can still flash via Odin)?? I wish some of you geniuses were my close friends living in my city so that I can dump my phone in your disposal! :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sandeep.thdh:
I am no expert but i am sure if you google around a little longer you will get a solution but i am sure the other experts here will give you a way out.

I have a usb jig myself which i got it from ebay. It does what it claims and you can send it for service after that. I am from india as well so you can relax about the USB jig working or not.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stakoman:
nice thread hehe you have all the info for the starters, this is what we need hehe useffull users :)

a month ago i linked a friend of mine and he did just fine :cool:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Flash the kernel, and then my XXKI3 recovery package. It should fix the issue, since you still have USB and ODIN functionality :)

Awesome :D Glad I could help :)

Also, how can you be in Funchal and in Porto in the same time? :p
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hevar:
tried it and still stuck :(:mad:

any other ways to go from here??
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickytenzer:
I think I'm ****ed. I'm coming to you guys as a last ditch effort.

I'm not even going to bother trying to explain what the hell I did to the phone (tried flashing the old bootloader, screwed that up...) so I'll just let you know the current state:

I can access download mode, and any attempt to access recovery or boot the phone gets me the red android logo saying that the firmware flash failed and that I have to try recovery through KIES.

I'm trying to flash any of the bootloaders now (last step of the process) and nothing happens.

What else can I try?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Did you try flashing the kernel? Or better, the recovery pack?

Mmm... I seriously don't know... As soon as I find a way I'll report back.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickytenzer:
Tried flashing everything. Nothing works.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
When flashing, did you have KIES installed/running?

Also, did the flash screw up with your were flashing the bl?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hevar:
counting on you man , please put some thoughts in to my problem

thanx again

p.s : can i try villainrom through odin or i cannt??
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
We're a bit desperate here, so any possible fix is a go... Try flashing it :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kovacs-m:
Awesome guide, thanks :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickytenzer:
No KIES installed.

I ****ed up the BL flash. Anyway, brought it in for repair. $57 apparently.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
JTAG? After a BL mess up, it's the only way to recover the phone...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patricksnijers:
cargyth one

Nice, you guys! But if I want a Belgian Stock rom, can I update to Belgian stock ICS through Kies if I follow your fix steps and use this GB rom XXKI3?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
I didn't quite understand your question... Could you specify a bit better? :)

In what ROM are you currently on?

According to Sammobile, Belgium doesn't have any ICS update...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickytenzer:
Ya, I brought it in to my local Samsung repair center. So far they say it'll only be $57 to repair, but I highly doubt that.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NickDais:
Well u saved my phone yesterday cause i nearly bricked it trying to get ics to work on it. I got the message that something went wrong with the update bla bla bla and followed the instructions and made it.

Now i posted a question to try it over in the thread with the official ics in samsung general and i'm waiting for an answer to start it over.

Thanks again this post is a phonesaver :D:D:D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patricksnijers:
First of all, thanks for answering. I'm on a XWKI9 GB stock rom right now and I think that this one is also a Belgian rom. I think Belgium has two or three roms, like PRO, LUX, ... The phones in Belgium that have the same rom as Luxemburg can upgrade to ICS according to samsung Belgium. So my question is: can I go from your GB rom that you have posted in the first post, to a Belgian ICS? Because Kies can't recognize the firmware version I have right now. When I enter *#1234#, this is what I get:

PDA: I9100XWKI9

PHONE I9100XXKI4

CSC: Unknown
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Ah! In that case, yes, you can try flashing my ROM to go to ICS with KIES :)

But be advised, I have read reports that flashing ICS using Kies bricked their phones, so watch out
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patricksnijers:
Ok, so KIES will recognize that my phone needs the Belgian ICS after flashing your rom?

Can you please post a new link for the kernel and bootloader?

Greets
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
In your case, as the phone is completely healthy, just flash CODE, PHONE and MODEM. There is no need for a .PIT, new kernel or bootloader.

Also, thanks for notifying, the link is down. Intratech keeps changing DL links, rawr :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patricksnijers:
Ok, I will try this today and I'll let you know if my CSC stays 'unknown' ;).

Greets
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Well, if you would like, and IMO it's safer, I can give you the download for a Luxembourg version of ICS (XWLP4 LUX) to flash with ODIN and so you can uninstall KIES for good and have to trouble with ODIN ;)

Uploading the ROM right now.

https://hotfile.com/dl/152019995/7110961/GT-I9100_LUX_I9100XWLP4_I9100XXLPS_I9100LUXLP1.7z.html Here's the ROM :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patricksnijers:
Thanks man! I have fixed my CSC issue by using your GB upload but when I connect my phone and turn on KIES, it says: 'Your device doesn't support softwareupgrades through KIES' ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Meh... It said the same to me. Either KIES doesn't recognize the ROM or Belgium doesn't have the update yet.

Just flash the ICS ROM I provided you with on the first post of this page. It's a Luxembourg ROM so it's good for you :)

Also, if you do flash ICS with ODIN, please uninstall KIES and reboot your PC :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worf_1977:
Once you touch the phone with ODIN it renders incompatible to any Kies firmware update...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kbrahma:
Thanks, I see a glimmer of hope now... and I am downloading the XXKI3 recovery package as I speak.

There is some new development though, sometime after posting the message in this board, I flashed the kernal XXLPQ from the Stock ROM thread. That got me into soft brick state again, as in I can power up the device but it goes into bootloop. Also, the VolumeDown+Power+Menu gets me into download mode aswell, but still no recovery mode :( .

I tried to flash the stock ROM (for XXLPQ) again but that brings be back to phone-brokenConnection-PC mode and flashing the XXLPQ kernal reverts me back to the happy state of "Download/ODIN mode".

If I am not wrong XXLPQ is for ICS though and XXKI3 is for GB, since you said that stepping down from ICS to GB is *NOT RECOMMENDED*, would the XXKI3 recovery package work? I see that the ICS recovery package doesn't come with the kernal, so which one should I go for from here?

The ICS one or the GB one? (I hope I can go with the GB one, since it's a complete package with kernal and everything)...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Not always, depends on the flashed firmware.

I have the XXLPH ICS kernel, but I didn't upload it yet, since I can't go to my laptop at the moment (only in 3 hours). I have the LPH kernel ready, and as soon as I get to my laptop, I'll upload it to you :)

Yes, flash the ICS package. First kernel then the package with re-partition :)

EDIT : In what ROM were you before everything happened? ICS or GB?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patricksnijers:
Hi, I flashed the LUX rom (ICS) and my phone is running very smooth. Thanks for everything
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Cheers :)

OP Updated with XXLPH kernel :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amir77a:
works like a charm

Just want to thank the author for this great guide.

Works like a charm.

It revived my probably bad kernel to a working one.

THANKS!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HANDSY:
Excellent Guide

Thought i had ruined my SGS2 after noob rooting session, however after many hours of reading and re-reading various pages in xda, i found this. Worked perfectly first time. Cant recommend this guide enough.:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RaGa_MuFFiN:
Thank you very much for helping me fix my friends phone! It works perfect!

One little detail though - I flashed with the Gingerbread recovery package. And for some reason danish is not in the text program languages? Can it be downloaded anywhere or is it just not included?

Thank you!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snezana:
thanks for this guide
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hevar:
flashed villainrom still stuck at bootlogo but this time with the yellow triangle too ,,

any ideas man??
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prabu33:
thx friend
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
You didn't have the triangle before?

That's a good sign, it means the kernel was overwritten to a custom one. Now try flashing the stock kernel again, and the recovery package.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hevar:
im gonna do that and get back to ya with the results dude
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kbrahma:
Thankyou thankyou thankyou :D

I was in stock GB (V2.3.6) when my phone decided to bail on me. I didn't have Odin3 and I had no plans to flash any custom ROM when all of this happened. I randomly checked if there was an upgrade available by going to my phones setting and it turned out there was, I downloaded it and when my phone restarted, it went to bootloop, so I pulled out the battery (didn't know we can f**k up our phone when doing that). So my phone kept on going into bootloop from there on in. So I decided to hit the forums and thought might aswell try to get the latest upgrade if I am recovering the phone. Little did I know I could harm the phone so much if flashing was done without any prior knowledge of flashing kernels or ROMs (or the difference between em)! Now I have a USB jig as well and the annoying triangle is gone too but it's not resetting my installation counts, so I have decided against going to the service center and try to fix it myself.

Since the kernal and the recovery package are now available, I'll try to flash ICS again? or should I go with GB only, since I started off with that?

Edit: Just to add, you are a gem of a person spending so much time helping out people and all of us noobs in this forum really really appreciate what you are doing for us. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Flash ICS, and if it doesn't work, flash GB :) Removing the battery doesn't harm, what harms is a bad update ;)

Flash the kernel and then the recovery package. First try without the .PIT and repartition, and if that doesn't work, flash the kernel and the recovery package again, but this time WITH the .PIT and repartition ;)

Also, thanks for the kind words! :) I'm quite a busy person (musician life, woohoo! :p) But I always find time for this thread, because of people like you, who are grateful of the help received, and because I love helping people, specially people who want to revive the God of Phones :p
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
thank you... I will one day
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koki2511:
Hi guys !

I have been reading xda for an hour and before that the sammobile forum for an hour and I have not seen the solution for my problem anywhere and this is the thread most related to my problem.

So, here is the story. I am (was) using Galaxy S2 with GB 2.3.6. (Slovenian - Mobitel -I9100MOTLA1) and wanted to upgrade to ICS 4.0.3. (OpenEurope - I9100OXALPJ). So, I downloaded Odin3 v1.85 with u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4.pit file, and complete ICS (I9100XXLPJ_I9100XXLPJ_OXA) with all three *.tar.md5 files. I put my phone in download mode and connected it to ODIN using the FlashGuide found on Sammobile.

I checked the Re-Partition box and added PIT, PDA,PHONE and CSC files, like said in the flashguide.

This is the summary of the Message box in Odin:

The flash was unsuccessful, when I turn on the phone the image appears: phone---triangle---computer, but if I turn the phone on while holding VolumeDown+Menu+Power I get back to the download mode. I cannot get to the recovery mode.

What can I do ? I do not even need ICS, I would be perfectly happy with GB 2.3.6. I just need some advice ?

Thanks :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Hello! Welcome to XDA :)

It seems that your flash messed up during boot.bin, which is a very bad sign. Try flashing the GB bootloader, followed by the kernel and the recovery package. If that doesn't work, try with the ICS version :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nayla.kinan:
nice thanks :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kbrahma:
Hmmm.... I think I have the save problem too... I tried what you suggested and tried to flash ICS by reading the instructions, but it failed in Odin. So I reflashed the kernel and tried getting only the bootloader on and found out this is where the problem lies....

Would a .PIT file and "repartitioning ticked" solve this problem? I am going back to GB now... :(

Just want this stupid yet super-awesome phone to work!!

Edit: Failed! Again.... :(

Both GB and ICS packages are failing with the same problem...

<ID:0/005> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

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

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> I9100_APBOOT_I9100XXLPH_CL118559_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.

<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:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..

<ID:0/005> File analysis..

<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/005> Initialzation..

<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/005> boot.bin

<ID:0/005> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/005>

<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
You did try ticking repartition, right?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snezana:
Great guide, thank you very much