yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadeFromPanda:
Yessir i flashed the kernel first.

tried flashing 3 more times with the same result

the bar loads to about 1/6 and then stops...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcbruno:
This could solve the problem with Stock Recovery (3e)? I can't flash anything. Already seach everything on google, and here, and no ones comes wih a fix for it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Morkai_AUS:
not quite.

I'm using a GT-I9100 that I got from the UK (Expansys to be specific) and I've just put kernel CF-Root-SGS2_XX_XEO_KI4-v4.4-CWM4.tar onto the phone, while following a youtube tutorial (which I can't link right now)

I restarted the phone fine afterwards, and when I got back to the home screen, I let the phone lock itself, and it sat there for a few minutes no worries, while I was looking into backup options.

Not long after, I discovered that ClockworkMod does backups, so I opened it up, clicked backup. The phone appeared to reboot, and started what appeared to be a full backup of the phone. All good so far. The phone then rebooted again, and took ages to get back to the homescreen, and when it did, I was inundated with force-close messages for what felt like almost every app on my phone, without me even selecting them to open, they were just flashing on the screen!

One of them in particular was "Ice Cream Sandwich Keyboard" which is one I got a while back and have used flawlessly for months, but after I disabled it and went back to the Samsung keyboard, the force closes stopped... which is when I realised that all my icons and widgets had gone back to stock.

THEN, I realised that all my contacts were gone from the phone... All my SMSs are there, but none of them have numbers attached to them, and when I go into Phone or Contacts, there's only about a half-dozen numbers (messagebank, phone setup, call connect etc.)

basically, at this point, I turn the phone on, and it's stuck at the Galaxy S2 logo screen, with the yellow triangle underneath it. This was my first attempt at rooting and ROMming my phone, and it's scared me enough that I'm happy to go back to plain old stock firmware, but I really just want the phone to work, and I do not want to lose my SMS messages in the recovery process.

any help you can provide would be great.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jermitano:
my take here is that either you have a corrupt md5 tar file downloaded or your usb ports or cable has problems...check other variablea mate
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] catastf:
please help...!!!

I tried to flash a 4.0 stock ROM to my Galaxy S2, unfortunately I did all the things i shouldn't do: thick repartition, put a different pit file, and because ODIN got stucked, I pulled out the data cable. Now my phone will not even start, is completely dead. I did this many times with my Galaxy S, never had a problem, but i screw up with my S2. What can I do now? How can I fix 'it?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pilililo2:
Thannnkk you sooo much, you saved my phone :dddd

/request_sticky
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Did you put a .PIT different from what was in the recovery package?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aur0r4:
Sadly now my sgs2 seems to be absoluty dead after trying to rescue it with step 1 of your guide (See http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=24118145#post24118145 for my main problem)

Display is black, download mode doesn't work anymore (usb jig doesn't change anything too).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
You should've flashed a 3 file package ;)

Well, my guess is that your baterry may have went dead... You can try asking a GSII battery from someone else, go into DL mode and flash my recovery package ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
You have a bootloop, so only fix is to flash the recovery package... Which will erase your SMS, contacts and such... :( No other way, I'm sorry... Did you try to restore your backup?

Can you explain the issue better?

I see you ticked repartition and put a .PIT... :confused:

Try flashing the Bootloader, but I doubt that'll fix.

Also, close your close your KIES processes and try changing USB cable & ports.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Morkai_AUS:
Yeah i figured it was a bootloop.

I just went through your guide and flashed the recovery package, I used the "PDA", "Phone" and "CSC".

I did not use the .pit, and did not tick repartition.

the phone rebooted fine, and now it's on a screen asking me to confirm a password... any idea?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Good boy ;) :p

A password? A SIM or lock screen password?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Talbred:
Quick question..

Hi guys,

Quick question.. Can this ROM be used to fix issues like

"Error mounting /sdcard/.android_secure"

or

Formatting /sd-ext

Formatting /sdcard/.android_secure...

I:Formatting unknown device.

W:Failed to mount /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 (No such file or directory)

Error mounting /sdcard/.android_secure!

Skipping format...

Data wipe complete.

?

Thank you!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aur0r4:
You mean flash the recovery package files without PIT? Yes I should have done this...but I follow your guide step by step and so first it says:

"1) Grab the Recovery Package, and you'll see a bunch of .tar files. Take a look at the names. You'll see CODE, MODEM, CSC and .PIT. Put each one in its place, and tick re-partition. :(

Will try another battery and another jig tomorrow. If it ain't work I send it to samsung.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
First try without the .PIT, and then with the .PIT :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nelinski:
I've basically soft bricked my phone and haven't got a clue how to fix it. I've read everything and tried everything and still can't get it working with my knowledge.

I tried to flash resurrection v1.0 but phone just hung on the GSII startup screen and froze. I've tried different kernels so that i can flash from external SD card but whenever i try this, it always says bad file (no matter what file i try use to flash). When i try flash from the internal SD card, it says its all successful (for the resurrection 1.0) but i'm back to where i started.

I think i need to flash the firmware using odin but i can't find the right files. Anyone got any ideas how to fix this issue? I've been playing around with it for 10 hours roughly now.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aur0r4:
Too late:D

Edit your guide and make it clear that Re-partition is the very last option, pls!:cool:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worf_1977:
Hi all. I have been reading this post, and i can't use odin on my dektop.

U

It says wrong image file, but the mebile version recognizes the .md5 file perfectly... :sly:

Should i try to flash by this method?

:confused:

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Morkai_AUS:
it looks like the attached image

I borrowed the image from another site :P
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Try typing your SIM number, 1234, 0000, a password that you might have put earlier... If none of those work, try a factory reset, that'll work out. ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Will do, editing the OP :)

Hola!

Puedes especificar tu problema un poco mejor? :)

Translation as per rules : Can you specifiy your problem a bit better?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worf_1977:
A ver. Estoy intentando flashear ROMS en mi SGS2.

Hoy he podido meterle por el gaznate el cf-root, y la MIUI al fin, pero no me convence...

Asi que despues de mucho trabajo, le he vuelto a meter la stock que previamente había copiado en el CWM...

Estoy abierto a sugerencias ;)

Translation (approx :D): look. I am trying to flash some ROMS on my SGS2, with bad luck...

I installed cf-root with CWM succesfully and tried some ROMS wich doesn't convice me...

After a lot of work, i reverted to my previously copied thru CWM stock ROM

IM am open to suggestions ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Puedes tentar el CM9, CNA o AOKP ROM... Se te gusta ICS, entonces esos son los mejores. Si quieres Gingerbread, entonces yo pienso que CM7 es muy bueno... Tu tienes que leer e provar los ROMs para cojer tu favorito ;)

Translation : You can try CM9, CNA or AOKP ROM... If you like ICS, then those are the best. If you want GB, then I think that CM7 is amazing... You have to read and try the ROMs by yourself to choose your fav.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worf_1977:
I already tried CM9 , but ICS look is not of my taste. Call me siner if you want, but i prefer GB look over it LOL
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asifisbest:
Laptop turned off while flashing S2 with Odin, what to do?

Hi guys, a friend of mine was flashing his Samsung Galaxy S2 to get 4.0.3 stock ROM using Odin but the laptop battery died during the flashing process. Now when he starts in download mode again and tries to reflash, he gets a 'MD5 Hash Invalid' message. What could be done to get the phone back into working condition?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worf_1977:
Maybe he should re-download the ROM file again.... Sounds like a corrupted file ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
How dare you say those mean words?! :eek: :p

Regarding GB, I don't quite know many ROMs besides CM7 honestly... You can check out previous versions of AndyX, Resurrection Remix... You have to search and try for themselves, everyone has its own opinion regarding ROMs ;)

Although Stock Samsung ICS looks a lot like GB...

Re-download the package. You're lucky it didn't brick the phone completely ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worf_1977:
You meant OFFICIAL ICS from samsung. And yes. I don't like other ICS look. It is as respectable position as yours, no? ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superfan':
Why I even can't follow the first 4 steps???

I stuck on the line sbl.bin. , with re-partition and pit ticked

I thought my phone was in that NAND rw corruption.

So, I flashed the kernel and it also can't be flashed.

It stuck on the line NAND WRITE START!!

Then, I tried to flash bootloader instead.

It alos stuck on the line NAND WRITE START!

There are no bad downloads!!!

HELP!

HELP!

EDIT:When I flashed the rom in ODIN, I got stopped by the ODIN on the line 'DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!'

IT is weird and I want someone who can solve the problem for me
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worf_1977:
Sorry. I am new to sammy flashing. They are a lot different to what i am acustomed, SonyEricsson...

Maybe you should open a thread, if you can, asking for help and pray to someone to respond your question ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Which version of ODIN are you using?

Change USB ports and USB cables. Make sure they're in a good state

Re-download the recovery package

If you did unplug your device while flashing the sbl.bin, then you have an expensive paperweight, because it means that the bootloader wasn't flashed, so no chance of even booting DL or recovery mode...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hevar:
hey man i followed your instructions to the letter but its still stuck on the boot screen ,,, do you have any suggestions ??

thanx in advance
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
May I know exactly what you did? Perhaps you missed a step, or forgot anything...

Check your USB cable and see of it's in a good state, switch USB ports, uninstall KIES, check if your PC has "Samsung drivers for mobile phones".

Can you get in recovery mode?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hevar:
ok if you can bear with me i will tell you everything ,, my friend gave this S2 to me to fix it for him and didnt now anything about what was his stock firmware or kernal or anything the only info that i got is that he bought it late july 2011 and it has been broken since then , it get stuck on the boot logo and that is it

and it gets only into download mode ,,,,

and i did all the steps but its still stuck at the logo

any further steps that i can take man ???
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worf_1977:
So, you must flash a CWM kernel capable, like N.E.A.K. and flash a zip ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Flash the stock kernel

Make sure you *uninstall* KIES

Do you use the official Samsung cable?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hevar:
thanx dude for the quick reply

any particular version of N.E.A.K do you recommend ? i got multiple hits on this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1411788

but i didnt get the (flash a zip) part what do you mean by that

thanx in advance

---------- Post added at 10:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:18 PM ----------

i have un installed kies

yes i use the one that came with the phone
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worf_1977:
I use N.E.A.K 1.4.2, for what i read on system information, kernel info ;)

And for the zip subject, in CWM is an option to apply updates from zips :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hevar:
but i can only get into odin mode i cannt access recovery mode so i cannt do the flash from zip man

:o
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worf_1977:
Try to press VOLUME UP + home + power button. It should get you into CWM install a zip.

But first, you must install any CWM capable kernel through ODIN ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superfan':
I am using Odin 3v1.85

At the fourth point, you seems know what happen to me. And I want to know what can I do if I can't follow the steps on the first page of this thread. I can access to the download mode. Please help!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worf_1977:
That surpases my knowledge...

My SGS2 is just a week old.

But this forum is a good start point, mate ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Interesting... So apparently the sbl.bin is messed up, but the primary bootloader is still alive, otherwise there would be no DL mode...

Flashing the bootloader would fix the problem, but... Flash it. If that doesn't work, report back, I'll try another thing.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superfan':
I can't flash it. It stops at the line

<ID:0/016> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

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

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> GT-I9100_OLD_BOOTLOADER.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> Get PIT for mapping..

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

<ID:0/016> Sbl.bin

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

Please give me advice. Thx bro
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hevar:
should the CWM cable kernel match the XXKI3 or what ?

where can i get my hands on it ??

thanx
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Forget CWM for now. What you want is to recover the health of your kernel. Flash a recovery package, then the kernel, then the recovery package again.

Mmm... Interesting... The NAND can't get opened/mounted/accessed... I'll report to you back later, I gotta think and I gotta leave now :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superfan':
Thx. I am waiting for your reply.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hevar:
i did all that and it all passed in odin without any fail but its still stuck on the boot logo but this time without any yellow triangle ,,, any hope ,or any advice ??

appreciate it man
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aur0r4:
I'am interested too what else can be done, because (if you remember) on tuesday I had the same problem with nand write start.:cool: Strange problem this:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worf_1977:
I haven't encounter that kind of problem... By now...

I was scared the first time I fkashed with odin, but then I discovered Mobile Odin, and have flashed my kernels with it succesfully ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Yes, I do remember... I can't come up with a fix... Been looking, reading, searching and thinking around, and haven't gotten a workaround... Will keep looking tho.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superfan':
Can my phone reborn?? Please help.......
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
When flashing, are you ticking re-partition? In the flash procedure, ODIN is looking for the .PIT when it shouldn't be. You only need F. timer reset and auto reboot ticked with the boot loader in PDA.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superfan':
I do not tick the repartition. It still can't be flashed! It stops at NAND WRITE START!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
I'm lost... The NAND doesn't want to get unmounted and written...

You can try using a JIG, it'll force you to the Download mode, and perhaps will force the NAND to wake up too...

Can you try flashing the whole package with the .PIT and the Bootloader (in the Bootloader section)? The phone seems to be unfixable anyway, better try my other more dangerous solutions :o
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superfan':
What do you mean by the whole package? The rom, kerne and bootloader plus the pit file??
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
No, .PIT, Bootloader, PDA, MODEM and CSC.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superfan':
Not works. It stops at Set Partition

<ID:0/016> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

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

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> GT-I9100_OLD_BOOTLOADER.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> CODE_I9100XXKI3_CL577579_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> MODEM_I9100XXKI3_REV_02_CL1062028.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> GT-I9100-CSC-MULTI-OXAKI3.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!!

---------- Post added at 06:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:59 PM ----------

Also, I want to ask that if I use a JIG now. Can I make my custom binary number back to 0??
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
This is why I love xda.

Thanks to you I got my SGSII back up and running again :D I accidentally deleted superuser because I'm an idiot, but thanks to you I'm back on root :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
How much do you wait before giving up?

And yes, you can reset the binary with the JIG.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superfan':
I can wait for some days, but as soon as possible is okay.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
No, I mean like, how much do you wait before you unplug your phone from ODIN?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hevar:
hey man , still stuck on the boot logo after recovery package flash and then kernal ad then recovery package again !!!!

any advice ???

thanx
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superfan':
About fifteen minutes
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superfan':
About 15 minutes
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Did you try flashing the bootloader?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Mmmm... A flash takes at max, 5 mins...

The NAND can't get access... I don't know why...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superfan':
Is the nand getting some problems?? Will a JIG get it better or what??

If you cant help, i may find the samsung cs or others.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aur0r4:
@superfan

Your device still goes into DL-Mode after abort the flash procedure in odin??:eek: For my S2 it was the death blow..but it seems like nobody knows what is going on here.

I've googled for it for hours...nothing found. I'd advise you to send it to an repaircenter. Had send mine to w-support in germany (amazon.de partner).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hevar:
yes sir, i hv tried that as well but no result still stuck at that boot logo !!!1
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clespier:
I wanted to thank you but I couldn't find the thank you button on this thread. My phone wasn't responding after my first attempt installing a rom and this post was very helpful! Thanks alot!

Yours truly,

A grateful newb :P
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
What you wrote did some sort of revelation on me...

I too was suspicious and surprised how, while you were flashing a BL, it didn't flash and you removed your USB cable, and still were able to get on Download mode. Doing that is an instant brick.

But see, ODIN never even started flashing the bootloader. It was stuck at "NAND Write Start". Which means that the bl.bin and sbl.bin weren't even getting overwritten by ODIN. Now why? I don't know. I'm ripping my hair out, and I'm truly lost here. But I believe it is something deeper than the kernel, which only remains the bootloader. What I think is that the bootloader itself isn't allowing to be overwritten. The bootloader isn't letting the NAND get access, and then dumping and overwritting the bootloader.

I don't know coding or developing, so I can't really investigate on the issue in a deep manner.

But I do have to ask this : were on Gingerbread or ICS? this question also applies to you, Aurora.

The being stuck at boot logo means that the OS can't grab the necessary startup files, which should have been easily fixed with a simple flash. But why isn't the NAND able to be written? Corruption? Damaged USB port on the phone?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aur0r4:
I try to write down my flash history:

Stock -> CF-Root -> Lightning Rom (GB) -> DLevRom (GB) -> (Flash via CWM) Hydrogenics ICS) -> (flash via Odin) -> Stock (GB) -> (Flash Odin) Lightning Rom (ICS) -> (CWM) Hydrogenics (ICS) -> (Odin) Stock (ICS) -> (Odin) Siyah Kernel v 2.6 to get root -> restart and getting graphic issues on galaxy s2 logo

from here: start from CWM -> Factory Reset (hung up -.-) -> CWM won't boot.....and so on you know the story

So at last I was on Gingerbread:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rufy93:
I seem to have the same problem as some of the posters above.

Were using CM9, for about 2 or 3 days, then my phone suddenly froze. Restarted, froze at bootscreen. Tried recovery, same thing again. Tried bootloader, loads.

Tried to flash LPQ kernel, Odin freezes at "<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!"

Same with trying to flash the old bootloader.

Tried flashing a stock rom, same thing.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Wait, your last stay was at ICS stock...

I knew it. It's ICS that's giving these errors. It's the ICS bootloader. Before, at GB, no one, NO ONE had these issues.

Now to figure out, why is this happening on ICS and not on GB?

People get these issues when they are downgrading from GB to ICS. It's unsafe to do that. I'll add a recovery guide, but ICS edition.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
You've just confirmed my thoughts.

When people are on ICS, they should only recover to ICS. I wasn't sure about this, but now I am.

Creating an ICS recovery edition ASAP.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rufy93:
The stock rom I was trying to recover to was LPQ, the process was ICS to ICS.

Also tried to flash a KI4 rom that I already had downloaded, no luch there either.

Stuck at this screen for about 5? minutes, then i disconnected.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4009734/screengrab_20120402001636.png

Edit: Also tried to tick "Force Reset Time", didn't help.

Edi2: Also tried CM9 to KI3, no changes in result.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Yes, but it wasn't a 3 file recovery ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aur0r4:
Argh...sorry I did a mistake with my flash history. The Stock Rom after Hydrogenics was Gingerbread too...sorry for that..its to late:p

I was on ICS and then I go back to stock 2 times! And there were no problems so far (was one day on Stock before I install Lightning Rom (ICS).