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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nexxer:
NAND fail r/w

Hello,

My S2 I900 running slimrom 3.1 (JB 4.1.2) suddenly crashed during a Skype call last night and would then be stuck in a bootloop.

Booting into CWM worked, and instead of restoring a NAND backup I decided to take the opportunity to flash a new ROM from scratch. Went to format user /data and the operation failed, which is a first hint that something was wrong with the storage space. Trying /cache also failed, as well as (obviously) any restore I attempted.

Using Odin I performed the steps on this thread, without however any success.

Attempting to flash the recovery zip contents (all in their right place) without PIT and repartition lead to NAND read/write fail.

Attempting to flash just the kernel without repartition also lead to NAND r/w fail, same for bootloader.

Eventually I attempted to flash the recovery zip contents, this time including u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4.pit that I found mentioned in the thread replies, and it failed as such:

<ID:0/015> 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:0/015> Odin v.3 engine (ID:15)..
<ID:0/015> File analysis..
<ID:0/015> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/015> Initialzation..
<ID:0/015> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/015> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
<ID:0/015> Re-Partition operation failed.
<ID:0/015> Added!!
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

After this the phone has been unable to boot even in Download mode. Is this something solvable anymore? Sounds like catastrophic storage failure, which I am visualizing as a computer crashed hard drive (maybe incorrectly).

I have a USB jig that I can get to in a few hours. Would this help somehow? What else can I try before giving in and shipping it to service? Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nexxer:
Because there was no PIT file included in the original post, and searching through this thread someone mentioned they used that one.

I take it it was not the right way to go about this. Is there anyway back from this?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
I'm affraid service center it is.

Pit files should be regarded as a last resort measure.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nexxer:
I was afraid once it said NAND read/write error that it wasn't fixable.

For future reference, before I tried the PIT, could I have done something differently than what I mention to maybe have a better outcome?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Yes, avoid flashing a wrong pit file for your device.

If it says nand/wrote fail you just go on and try another usb port, usb cable, another odin version, make sure kies applications are not running, another pc, re-intall kies, make sure your usb port is not dusty and charges well.

All that, before pit flashing.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nexxer:
Got it, understood. Thanks for your time, I appreciate it. I don't have very high hopes it would have fixed my NAND write issue, because I tried 2 separate PC+usb cable+odin combinations unsuccesfully, both had been used in the last few months for flashes.

I'll be taking it to a service center later today. It's still under warranty but I expect they may ask me to pay something.

Regardless, where can I find the correct PIT file for this device? I presume that not including it in the original post was done for a good reason, but referencing it without a link to the right PIT may confuse others as well.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
First you need to be sure nand is corrupted, then you need to know what part of your internal memory is damaged, then you find the proper pit file.

Before you take it, make sure there's no way you can get to DL mode or anything, then claim that you don't know what happened, just went off by itself, keep it simple tho, so questions don't arise.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nexxer:
Nod, understood. Cheers
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Good luck.

Next time, listen to this guy:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nexxer:
Hehe Ron is always right. The original post mentioned them as a last resort.. figured why not since nothing else worked. It may end up being for the best, in any case.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2ndComing:
Now USB not recognizing

I am so lost now it's retarded. I got my Galaxy S2 today it was on 4.0.1. I put CWM in my phone instead of CT-Root and I was first able to boot to CWM just fine, but trying to boot up it would show the Galaxy s2 title with the yellow triangle then black out. So I was unable to install a rom thru int or ext sdcard said no files found wich my sd card did have roms on it. So I figured maybe it was a kernel issue so I used ODin 1.83 to flash a kernel and it was siyah's s2 4.0.1 Kernel. Well same thing was about to get into recorvery which was a new one a touch recovery, and well when booting phone, I would get same outcome. Galazy s2 title with yellow triangle but it would go one step further by showing the siyah's logo, then black out.

So I found this forum and just wanted to put the phone back to normal. So I downloaded everything and followed all the directions and everything was going fine but it failed. Well I am still able to go into Odin, but now when trying to boot phone it goes to a screen saying firmware upgrade encuontered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again. Well the problem now is my pc does not recognize or even pick up my phone even being plugged in. I dont think it is charging either now. I plug it in the wall and that same message comes up while plugged in....I am still able to go into Odin but doesnt matter if computer cant pick up the device.

I looked under battery adn it was model Model SPH-D710, now in Odin it shows samsung gti9100...Anyone have any advice?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Yes.

You are flashing this device's ROMs into your device.

That also mean that you are in the wrong forum.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2ndComing:
am I screwed...

I am not sure what to do now. I do not even get any notifications now when I plug phone in. I still can get in download mode tho...

---------- Post added at 07:08 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:03 AM ----------

Guess I should have slept first before jacking around. Any pointers would help :D I will go look in the Touch forums, ty for directing me to the right place. I will check back here too incase anyone may have any advice.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Forget about this forum, our device is totally diffrent from yours.

Visit your forum and they'll tell you where to get a ROM that works on your device so you can flash it via Odin.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cuth64:
advice about kernel for soft brick

Hi

I have bricked my s2 when I tried to flash the spanish stock JB rom with odin. I have followed steps 1-4 I can start flashing with odin but I get a fail (log below). I am following the instructions for the i9100T. So I am trying to understand the bit about the kernel at step 5. I have downloaded the Kernel_I9100XXLPH.7z file but it will not extract with winrar and gives an error. Is this the kernel that I should be trying to use. Also my recovery pack only has the one tar file is this correct? Any advice would be appreciated thanks.

<ID:0/006> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

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

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> I9100TDULP9_I9100THUTLP7_I9100TDULP4_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/006> Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)..

<ID:0/006> File analysis..

<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/006> Initialzation..

<ID:0/006> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/006> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/006> zImage

<ID:0/006> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<ID:0/006> Added!!

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Did you flash a pit file as well? why?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cuth64:
Hi No I didn't flash a pit file. The recovery image is just one tar file that was all I flashed using the pda section. was that right ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Single md5?

Try another odin version and make sure kies isn't running on background.

What is it that you're flashing again? ICS?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cuth64:
Yes it is the correct ICS recovery package for my i9100T as downloaded from the OP. He mentions the single tar in the post "***If you have a 1 file .tar package, then flash it in PDA***" I do not have KIES on my PC just the correct USB drivers. This was how I flashed the ICS Stock ROM (again 1 tar file) I had working on my phone before I stupidly tried to flash the Spanish Stock JB ROM. I have tried four versions of ODIN and all connect to the phone but either hang or fail. So reading the OP I have a Nand rw corruption. Any ideas??
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
you can keep trying flashing a couple of I9100T ROMs by installing kies, killing all process and tryin with various odin versions.

I9100T equals I9100's hardware right? if so try flashing siyah v5 via odin and see if you can get to cmw.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JK-FINN:
Hello!

If I don't know if my bricked Samsung Galaxy s2 has Gingerbread or ICS installed, may I and should I use "ICS VERSION" ?

( from here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21659039&postcount=1 )

Thank you.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
what?

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bkjugg:
Use 7zip, not winrar. Flash kernel and firmware after kernel.

sent from i9100 using tapatalk
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CBF1:
I have a Galaxy S2 on 4.1.2 jellybean.......I tried to flash Siy S2 V4.1.5 during the process the reset icon on ODIN came on and the process had stopped. I reset the phone as I thought that what was required. My phone is unable to boot past the logo which is a yin/yang symbol which keeps on flashing.

I have tried the recovery mode and wiped all data but this has not worked i.e the phone is stuck in the logo stage. ODIN will not recognise my phone and I have reinstalled and uninstalled the samsung drivers,Kies etc ...................... Can you plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz help as I am at loss what to do next.....I have searched the web and I am unable to find an answer as ODIN doesnt recognise my phone therefore I cant flash any rom etc...........

Please Help :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Try diffrent usb ports / usb cables / another pc or laptop / other odin versions
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rolimesdk:
I think is a big problems~

I've accidently skipped the BootLoader! So any other way to install it back? My Samsung s2 stuck at Yellow Triangle and cannot go to download mode or recovery mode, Because my pc cant recognize my phone!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snazzman:
Thanks so much

Brilliant OP. I thought I had ruined my I9100 but following the instructions for soft bricking, I was able to restore to gingerbread version and then upgrade to other ROMs once again. Thanks a million. :good:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] S1ismytoy:
Work perfectly!!

:d thank you so much!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeeTSynC:
Will the i9100t work for GT-i9100?

(sorry if noob question, but I'm with optus and don't know if flashing telstra or vodafone/3 will do something stupid
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Nope, GT-I9100 must be used with I9100 :)

Also, I'm going to separately upload the .PIT to the i9100 version. Found a .PIT for the i9100G, but it's a bit fishy and I don't want to risk posting it here.

Added one last 11th step ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jenham:
I have followed your guide and when i tried flashing the bootloader or the recovery package or kernel odin fails no matter what i try? Help?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Have you flashed the i9100 version or the M version? ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jenham:
I've Tried Both!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Try another odin version/another usb cable / another usb port / another pc / kill all kies applications and antivirus while you at it.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jenham:
LINK to my thread explaining more
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeeTSynC:
Okay so for the GT-i9100 I need the i9100? where are the links for that? My phone came with ICS, do I just use the ICS (before the sub catagories for I9100-x) version? Sorry if this seems like a dumb question, I just really don't want to flash the wrong software to my phone haha
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Yes, correct. I9100 ICS goes for I9100 ICS. Go for the ICS version of the guide above all subcategories. Do

NOT

use files not mesnt for your device, only i9100 files :)

Hmm, will take a deeper look when I get home, I'm at school ATM. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diko adrian:
great!! superb guide!!

THANKS!!

here, take my thanks :p
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HeeTSynC:
Do you have the .PIT uploaded yet? I need it lol
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alonso_91:
PIT file needed

Hi guys,

I'm also interested in the pit file for the original I9100 as i believe that the data partition is corrupted because i can wipe and restore system and cache but when i try data it gets stuck.

It also stopped trying to flash datafs through ODIN.

Will the PIT fix this??

BTW in case it's relevant I got into this mess thanks to the 4.0.4 bug but its only softbricked as i can get into recovery, download mode and when i flash stock sansung firmware it gets stuck at flashing S bootanimation

Thanks in advance for suggestions and also to the OP for giving us hope with this thread!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Flash siyah, who told you you needed to flash a pit file?

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chellout:
Hello people. I got a link here from thread thanks to the helper, and i think that here may be found a cure to my situation. Currently i'm not sure what option to use, and if there is an option for me. Cause my SGS2 went hard bricked after it was running Cyanogen 10.1+ nighly that means JB.

More details on my case are provided here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2160042
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
You're device wasn't hard bricked. Nand corription TOPS.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alonso_91:
I figured it out as I found this link here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1667886 and tried the emmc partition scanner and it discovered a bad sector in the datafs partition. I did try siyah first but all that did was increase the flash counter.

After applying the pit file more suited to my case i got it to boot but now device freezes and then reboots itself or has to be rebooted.

Do you think i should've tried another alternative? I was in panic so i resorted to pit as it gave me some sort of result and was able to reset counter and flash jelly bean
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
You can always try to reflash.

You're saying that it freezes on you just like that?

Remember that only siyah v6 works with jb, not v5.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alonso_91:
Yup, just freezes in the middle of anything... first JB flash it froze twice once while in the facebook app the other after installing hotmail app, on the second flash it froze in the middle of typing and again right after the reboot.

I was using a zipped deodexed rom for nordic countries, I repartitioned using pit isolating further the bad sector and flashed using method in this thread first to go back to ICS and then after a backup of 4.0.3 I just flashed UK 4.1.2 firmware through ODIN.

Hoping for the best now
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Factory reset might do the trick.

Back up your apps again.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alonso_91:
S2's just not having any of it, fresh off the install it got stuck at the welcome screen and after wipe it hangs on the samsung logo bootanimation.

I dont get why it isnt working because I upgraded my girlfriends two weeks ago without a bother but this time on my friends s2 its non-stop hassle, even cost her some precious MBs of storage... I'm starting to hate the 4.0.4 update samsung released! :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
You did recover from an almost hard brick....

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alonso_91:
That's very true but now jelly bean won't stop freezing on me and I much prefer the 4.1.2 update as it seems way faster than ICS, anyway this is my last try at JB at least for today, if it doesnt work its back to 4.0.3 at least that way the bug wont happen again and further corrupt the emmc.

Btw just out of curiosity has sammobile changed? cant seem to find a particular version of the firmware for 4.0.3
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Yeah, they've upgraded the thread.

Check some after pit-file stories, maybe you'll find something useful.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alonso_91:
Will do :)

Thank you gastonw for your help and support, always nice to see what a great community we have here at xda

Can't wait to start contributing myself :P
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Welcome :)

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Please help I'm a real mess. I tried to flash cwm via odin and ity passed but the phone wouldn't reboot. I can get into download mode but everything I try and flash with odin fails and I am stuck in download mode. My last resort is to download the pit file but it is missing from the op. I'm on a 19100 and was on stock ics. I'm really worried, it's my mums phone
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Forget about the pit file, you're gonna brick her device.

Flash siyah v5 via odin.

Then flash a ROM.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I've tried siyah v5 via odin and it failed . Any other ideas I'm getting desperate

I've finally got siyah v5 to flash but I'm still stuck at the splash screen
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chellout:
I'm not able to DL Kernel from this topic, cause it says only for members, can anyone DL it and put it here? It may be my chance.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Gokhnanmoral.com

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I'm still struggling with odin everything else fails and I still can''t get into recovery. Any ideas and thank you
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Killed KIES related applications?

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
At the moment I cant even get into downoad mode as the battery has died. Any ideas I'm desperate
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Doesn't even charge?

The more desperate you get, you're more likely to nake it unusable.

Chill out now.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Nope it wont even charge. Sorry for being desperate it's just my mums phone that I was trying to update to 4.1.2 for her but once I'd flashed cwm via odin it never booted again.The only thing that got a pass on odin was siyah 5.01 but it still wouldnt boot or go into recovery
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
You need to charge it first.

Then we'll talk.

How?

- another s2 or...

- manually charge or...

- remove the battery and reinsert it.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Lol no such luck with reinserting the battery so looks like buying a manual charger tomorrow. I know she has a spare battery I gave her but that will probably be flat. Can you save the phone ? Sounds like flashing the pit file might be the only answer
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Nah....you got like 10 answers before even start thinking about pit files.

Now, full disclousure, why did you flash CMW via Odin? and how? isn't it a zip file?

What else have you done? Factory reset, wipped data, mada a back up, give it to me straight.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I downloaded the cwm odin file from here http://www.ijailbreak.com/how-to/install-clockworkmod-recovery-root-galaxy-s2-i9100-guide/ and flashed with odin and thats it. It stuck on the splash screen with the yellow triangle . Tried pulling battery and everything all I could do was get into download mode so tried to flash stock and it kept failing so I went to this guide and downloaded the recovery package followed instructions and failed everytime. I then downloaded siyah 5.01 and eventually it passed but wouldn't go past splash screen again could only get download mode so tried reflashing stock with odin then battery died. No nandroid as cwm failed only thing I did wrong I think was use my note 2 usb cable not the sg2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Okay, first of all, next time check XDA. There's plenty of rooting methods here.

Get the S2 cables, not the note ones.

You've got a yellow triangle? Take a breath, you're not that screwed just yet.

Tell me the battery didn't go off while it was flashing the ROM, tell me that it went off after....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
lol no the battery died when i tried to put it download mode for the last time. The first flash was with odin 3.04 the siyah flash was with odin 1.85 if that makes a difference. The phone was all ready rooted using exynos abuse and the last attempted flash just said failed 0 passed 0. Im just used to flashing me note 2 didn't realise it was that different
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Eurika !!! There is a god lol. I managed to get into download mode with the spare battery and tried to flash Siyah again and finally she lives again. Thank you for your help and patience