yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Oh boy, yesterday? :(

Your flash failed at the bootloader, I do not see a nice horizon... I'll give you the new GB bootloader, but right now I'm in class... It'll be my priority as soon as I leave the class :)

GAH! :(

Please do update me when you flash the CM9 route!

Before you leave ICS, you should try flashing CM9 resurrection edition! From there, flash AOKP and then you can mute cam sounds! ;)

Also, I can provide you the XXLPH cf-root kernel if you want :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sheked:
How do you flash in odin? Because when I flash it didn't do the step "<ID:0/006> NAND Write Start!".
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chewee133:
Hi.

I have a i9100g bought in China which i cannot flash any other ROM than the chinese ones.

Would use this method allow me to finally change ROM?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worf_1977:
Don't know your problem with ROMs, but ODIN shuld be flashing any kernel/ROM into your handset :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chewee133:
I actually managed to flash Chinese ROMs with odin and root it without any probleme, but as soon as i try a ROM from another country it fails and bricks my device. Appearently i'm not the only one having this kind of with chinese phone. Seems there is some sort of censorship disabling to put some other ROMs.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Criminal23:
Thats all.

bootscreen forever, no more :(

EDIT:

Lets have a look :eek: :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaaaleon:
wait... so i flash cm9 first, THEN AOKP?

isn't aokp going to wipe cm9?

yes, yes please! i would like to have the xxlph cfroot kernel.

so i just flash the xxlph cf-root kernel through odin right? I have to get this confirmation before i lost all my confidence after failing to flash xxki3 ;-;

oh and can these two methods be done together? or are they two separate choices, and I have to choose one of them?

thank you!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Azure Flame Kite:
same errors even with CM9 :(

more errors:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Check if you don't have a damaged USB cable, and switch USB ports.

Here's the new bootloader. Flash it and report back :) :

Yep, I believe your right. Perhaps there's some sort of restriction in your hardware so you can't flash anything but chinese ROMs... Might be brand related.

Hmmmm... I'm clueless. :confused: :(

Well, in CM9 you can mute the cam sound, but it has to be a general mute. In AOKP you can independently mute the sound. Nevertheless, I still recommend CM9 for being a much better ROM ;)

Also, can you flash XXLPQ? The CF Root kernel for XXLPH has problems mounting the secure storage, nothing big, but it's unpleasant. Flash XXLPQ, then flash this kernel through PDA : http://download.chainfire.eu/152/CF-Root/SGS2/CF-Root-SGS2_XX_XEO_LPQ-PROPER-v5.4-CWM5.zip

When you finish, flash CM9 Resurrection Edition through ODIN. Stay on CM9 for a while, if you don't like it, report back so I can give you AOKP if you want :)

Gah... I'm lost... :(

Only Siyah's dev can fix this now...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naguz:
OK, I nedd some help, and wondr if his fix is what I need.

Problem: I think I have a corrupted nand, at least a corrupted internal sd card partition.

I hava had problems with android mediaserver and hihg android OS usage even wthout an sd card inserted in the phone. So I took a complete backup of the internal storage "sdcard" and formated it from clockworkmod. I then rebooted, and tried to copy the fils back tothe internal sd card from my compute. Thiscaused the device to lok up completely, requering me to pull the battery. You can see the dmesg output from my computer when writing to my sdcard here.

Should I try flashing a normal Sammy rom again using Odin? Could that fix it? uess I should give it a go before I try to repartition....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Yes, it should fix :)

If you originally were on Android 2.3.x then flash the Gingerbread Package. If you were on 4.0.x, then the ICS package ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naguz:
Well, at list a corrupt USB/sdcard partition explains why I've had so many problems. The strange thing is ths started with the official Samsung ICS Update.

I was originally on Gingerbread, but I have been on ICS, so I will use the ICS file.

If i nee t repoartition, is it safe to use/am I supposed to use the .PIT-file from the ODIN-download pacjage, or am I supposed to extract my own pit form the phone first?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Use the .PIT from the package if needed :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaaaleon:
thanks! ill be trying cm9

btw can you tell me briefly what is wrong with softbricked devices and why gingerbread xxki3 no longer work?

im asking because if i decide to sell my s2 one day, i want to be able to leave my buyer with a rom that originally came with the device*or with anything close enough to the original one*

thanks again!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Theoretically there is nothing stopping you from doing that... But I always advice against because some bootloader code can be left after flashing ICS -> GB and may cause serious instability, even may cause bricks if the code is too "deep".

But if you want to flash to GB and you are sure that the cable, USB port and flashing environment is good and set, then I believe you can flash XXKI3 without any issue!

XXLPQ is an official firmware anyway, so you'd be only increasing the re-sale value with android 4.0.3 on your phone! ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Goodix33:
Great article to save a GS2

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordmorgul:
Thank you, thank you, thank you! It worked!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaaaleon:
ohhh is this why people "jig" their devices?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chewee133:
So any clue on how to pass this restriction om chinese device. Will flashing .pit file do any good?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Awesome! :D

Nope, people JIG their devices so they can reset the binary counter and to remove the yellow triangle on boot ;)

The binary counter is the number of flashes you have done. It appears in download mode.

I currently don't have the .PIT for the I9100G... but even if I had, the .PIT wouldn't change anything... FYI, the .PIT is to re-set the partition tables (partitions like /data, /cache, /system, etc).

____________________________

TO EVERYONE THAT HAS ISSUES AND ARE ON

GINGERBREAD

THAT WERE NOT SOLVED YET, including Criminal23, Azure Flame Kite, and other users who can't get past data.img :

Flash the NEW bootloader. Perhaps the issue is residing in the bootloader, so from now on I'll only attach the new bootloader instead of the old one. Positives : may fix everything. Negatives : the JIG doesn't work on it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaaaleon:
oh i see

is there any way to remove those left over bootloader codes then?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Well, that doesn't always happens, but it's a possibility. If you flash XXKI3 and the flash takes around 5 mins and ends up with PASS, then everything was perfectly fine!

A good advice is to make a data/cache/dalvik wipe before flashing XXKI3, and then another wipe after the flash :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaaaleon:
thank you for all the information!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Anytime! :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lloyd haber:
Think I bricked it...

hi Everyone, I have a problem... I am not able to get into Recovery Mode as a Samsung Galaxy screen with an exclimaiton comes up and doesnt continue booting. I tried following this thread to the letter but nothing has worked for me yet. All i can do is go to the download menu and flash things through Odin. I have tried flashing everything that was said in this Forum but nothing has worked. All of the flashing say they had Succeeded but still it doesnt load past the Exclimation point screen. I have no Idea what to do next. Also when i tried to install the kernels that were in the beginning of the forum, Odin kept freezing and when i extracted them it said the files were corrupt or incomplete. Can Anyone help? been working all day on it... nothing seems to pass... please help... I saw something about a USB Jig on this forum but I dunno what that is or if i even need it. Dont really care about going back to flashing just care about getting my phone working again...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angelshie:
nice tutorial.....:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Check PM :)

Thanks :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shubham.dhand:
the problem with my phone is that i can't factory reset or format user data my phone in any way.

what do you think is the problem with my phone is their any hardware problem?

please help.. :)

---------- Post added at 08:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:25 PM ----------

and my phone just hangs when it starts up with the logo - GALAXY S2 GT-I9100.

i can mount, unmount or format anything except user dataor factory reset.

i can install all kernels and roms but nothing is helping to solve my problem

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=25488626#post25488626

this is my thread. please help

i can flash any kernel or rom via odin or cwm recovery mode.

but i get only logo on my screen and then hangs.

sir if i flash a rom on my phone then binary count is not increasing but when i install a kernel then it increases. why so?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
And you are another victim of the dreaded Siyah 3.1 rc6 victim... I believe your issue was exactly that...

If you were on ICS, have you tried flashing the recovery package with the .PIT?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BopNiblets:
Hello dudes, getting a boot loop after adding some text to /system/build.prop following this thread to remove the camera shutter sound.

If I can pull the file through ADB (or Quick ADB), edit it and push it back, would that fix the problem do you think?

I'd rather not have to re-flash if possible!

Cheers! :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Yes, you can! As long as you fix the damaged lines, you can just edit & push the file with adb! :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BopNiblets:
Yes! Excellent, now if only I didn't leave my USB cable in work, haha.

Thanks.

Edit: So I got a lend of a USB cable, do I boot in Recovery mode or Download mode or how to I push/pull files with Quick ADB?

I'm aslo getting USB device not recognized :/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
No problem, anytime! :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BopNiblets:
Turns out I am not out of the woods yet, I was able to successfully pull, edit and push /system/build.prop using adb, however my phone is still boot looping, ARGH!

I'm at a loss what to do now!

Edit: doing an adb logcat, I see a lot of these:

W/ResourceType( 2737): Failure getting entry for 0x7f030005 (t=2 e=5) in package 0 (error -75)

W/ResourceType( 2737): Failure getting entry for 0x7f030006 (t=2 e=6) in package 0 (error -75)

W/ResourceType( 2737): Failure getting entry for 0x7f030000 (t=2 e=0) in package 0 (error -75)

W/ResourceType( 2737): Failure getting entry for 0x7f030007 (t=2 e=7) in package 0 (error -75)

W/ResourceType( 2737): Failure getting entry for 0x7f02019c (t=1 e=412) in package 0 (error -75

W/ResourceType( 2737): Failure getting entry for 0x7f020063 (t=1 e=99) in package 0 (error -75)

W/ResourceType( 2737): Failure getting entry for 0x7f030001 (t=2 e=1) in package 0 (error -75)

W/ResourceType( 2737): Failure getting entry for 0x7f030003 (t=2 e=3) in package 0 (error -75)

and these:

W/ResourceType( 2726): Failure getting entry for 0x010805b0 (t=7 e=1456) in package 0 (error -75)

W/ResourceType( 2726): Failure getting entry for 0x010805ab (t=7 e=1451) in package 0 (error -75)

W/ResourceType( 2726): Failure getting entry for 0x01080488 (t=7 e=1160) in package 0 (error -75)

W/ResourceType( 2726): Failure getting entry for 0x0108048a (t=7 e=1162) in package 0 (error -75)

W/ResourceType( 2726): Failure getting entry for 0x01080489 (t=7 e=1161) in package 0 (error -75)

W/ResourceType( 2726): Failure getting entry for 0x0108048b (t=7 e=1163) in package 0 (error -75)

W/ResourceType( 2726): Failure getting entry for 0x010804f3 (t=7 e=1267) in package 0 (error -75)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Just flash the CF-Root 4.1 for XXKI3 kernel with ODIN in PDA.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CobyBE:
Thanks for the guide!

This will come in VERY handy if I ever brick my phone!

Thanks++
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sultan-mrm:
Greetings OP and all,

I tried all steps here and my experience in odin , but no luck with my frind's phone.

and this phone always asking for emergincy recovery via kies, while I face this problem in TAB10.1 and fixed via kies recovery mode as this msg said because I updated TAB10.1 via keis. and I dont know why this msg appearing in SGSII after wrong flashing ROM via CWM.

NOTE: I can boot Download mode only.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ixdankd:
thnx for this guide :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Mmm, try booting into DL mode and connecting to Kies Recovery.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sultan-mrm:
I did, but kies ask me to put Recovery code :(

if somebuddy here provide any Recovery code for any SAM device, then

I will try even if bricke my device :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
I have no idea where to find that code :eek: :(

Also, I would like to thank everyone for the positive feedback :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uvaavu:
Just an update on mine from above - JTag would not work, they could not make it boot again, so I guess my next stop is a pcb replacement?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steelzzz:
This saved my ass.

TYVM
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Whaa?? :eek:

Yep, I guess that's the last thing you can try... :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iigrs:
Thanks for the great post. Would the same procedure work with the new boot loader of ICS ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
As in flashing the bootloader of ICS in 4.0.3? Yep, it'll work. Flash the bootloader in PDA :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Snakeforhire:
I guess you should also mention that, when trying to recover a bricked phone, people should always use the genuine USB cable that was provided with the phone (apparently the phone expects a precise impedance range from the cable for the data to be transmitted without interference. makes sense, as on a USB2.0 port the data is flying along at close to 500mbits/sec, so it's pretty easy and doesn't take much to corrupt a bit or two at these speeds).

I've tried flashing with all kinds of cables lying around, and a non-genuine cable often won't flash at all, or give weird and unpredictable results (bootloops and the like). This is something that you don't want happening when flashing a bootloader or repartitioning... ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Actually, I didn't know about that... :eek: I always flashed with either a Nokia or SE cable, and all went OK...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apanayis:
thanks for all the above infomation, i have used this more than several times but alas think ive managed to brick my phone permantly...?

As youre the author of all this amazing infomation and hopefully if some one else sees my message maybe i can save my SG2.

My sg2 is currently stuck on the SAMSUNG Galaxy SII screen, it can go into download mode but is NOT recognised by ODIN, i am a total loss of how to proceed.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1473317 is the link that will give you all the history in regards to posts ive put up trying to solve my issues,

ultimately i think ive dug myself a hole... :(

If possible could you contact me via my thread as i dont want to clutter it up with my issue.

thank you in advance for any help given.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Snakeforhire:
yea some of'em work sometimes.. Matter of fact, I'm using a Nokia cable to flash my ROMs as of right now.. ;)

But for instance, the cables from my HTC Desire S didn't. At first the flash would appear to go on OK most times (sometimes it didn't even detect the device), but upon close scrutiny of the filesystem, some crucial files were missing, and of course the system worked a lot less good then.. :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chinmayanaokar:
awesome guide! I am not a noob but if i was i would surely have worked your way ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dimit:
THANKS! It worked perfectly! :):)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] normanu:
Unfortunately this did not work for me....

It flashed everything successfully but it remains on boot loop ...

Can still access Download mode but not recovery ...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sunnyset:
will this work for s2 in the US
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shubham.dhand:
i tried that too but now what to do?

is there any problem with my emmc.?

someone said that its the problem with emmc but if it was the i should not be able to mount /unmount/format emmc ,i cant understand what is happening to my phone.

yesterday whole day i was working on it,trying to unbrick my phone.i'm tottally lost now,can't find a way out.

someone help please
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chewee133:
Had the same probleme a couple weeks ago. After playing with the build.prop file i had a brick.

I just re-flashed my ROM in a couple minutes. Then took my less than an hour putting back my root settings(erased with the flash, it's actually the only thing i lost after flashing)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shubham.dhand:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1627236

this is my link please help me.

i wrote my problem in this thread just 2 posts above.

someone please help me
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BopNiblets:
Attemting to re-flash I've discovered my SD card is read only, so I can't put PureICS ROM onto it to Reflash!

I've tried adb pushing the file to the sdcard but it's read only and I can't seem to mount it.

I even bought an SD card adapter for the external microSD card to see if I can manually transfer it on my laptop but that's read only too!

:confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Your phone is hopeless, I fear :( Can you boot to recovery mode, or boot at all? If answer is yes and no, then :

Let's try something radical. In CWM, format /system. Then reflash the ICS package WITH THE .PIT!

Well, I believe your only solution left right now is to do a reflash using the ICS package in ODIN (WITHOUT repartition or .PIT)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ken6336:
thanks for sharing
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] takkaros:
please help:)

I believe my i9100 is soft bricked. I was on ICS (galaxynexus F1 24/04/12). It seems i cant unzip the kernel files. Can someone please upload that file or guide me somewhere to download the right one myself? THANKS

edit:1) using only the first file for ICS fixed the phone. found this CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_LPH-v5.2-CWM5.zip . Ok to flash it to get CWM recovery?

2) "Sorry, you are limited to 8 thanks per day" aah.. tomorrow will give you 8 more then:)

Thanks for posting. Saved my day:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
That is the CF root kernel. You have to have the XXLPH kernel to flash the root kernel. What is the error when unzipping?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
You flashed PDA? Nice :)

Yes, if the phone boots, then you can flash the root kernel :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] takkaros:
Check my earlier post (re-edited). I deleted the file but it asked me for a password so I entered the given one but it must be a wrong one it said error while unzipping and the extracted file was 0 bytes. Anw for now im happy my phone booted (first out of possibly many soft bricks:P). Will re-root my phone asap. Should i do it manually or is there a quick way? (play store root app?)

Thanks for the informative/helpful guide

So flashing that cf-root kernel with odin is the right way? it seems im a little bit less king noob as i thought:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Yes! If it boots, please root with CF Root kernel with ODIN :) Flash the rooted kernel w/ ODIN in PDA :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] takkaros:
Thank you, flashed the kernel using odin and then [root] triangle away for the obvious reason. All good. Back to business. Cheers:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Awesome! If you need any further help just PM me ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shubham.dhand:
my phone says

cant access to /system/csc/SEK/system/'.

in recovery

WHAT DOES IT MEAN ???
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
That is new :confused:

Judging by /system/csc, it means that the CSC you're flashing might be corrupt.

When does that appear?

Try flashing the CSC on its own, and see if it fixes the issue.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jabberwocky17:
saved my life :)

Thx for a great post and for the help!

I softbricked my phone while trying to "update". No idea what happened, but this definitely fixed it for me!

Many thx!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rogeriok:
I need a mirror to donwload the Recovery Package/ROM for ICS please

I just can't donwload from hotfile:(

last edit: donwload completed :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] takkaros:
Gave you 8 more thanks as promised:) I hope you can answer me one more question, which i probably know the answer already.. but just for staying safe.. Using the ICS version for reviving the phone, i flashed the LPH bootloader as well right? That means that we will not be able to flash the latest CM9 on our phones?

[-Make sure you're running ICS bootloaders lower than LPH! (if you're unsure, flash the CM9 Resurrection Edition)]
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phistachio:
Thanks for the thanks! :p

And yes, you are correct! The LPH bootloader doesn't like CM9 ;) Just flash the CM9 Resurrection Edition (it's easier and safer!), reboot, let applications start and complete their upgrade, reboot to recovery, and flash codeworkx's latest build (fixes DSP Manager). Download for codeworkx's 3rd May is here :)