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[Galaxy S II General] kami2k:
mine is also bricked
[Galaxy S II General] irios86:
Well here is an update on my situation.

I bricked my phone on 22 April with the 3.1RC6 kernel. It would not power up on A/C power, USB power, or with a USB jib. It was dead, hard bricked. I sent the phone on Monday to FoneFunShop.co.uk for JTAG service and I got an e-mail on Wednesday saying the eMMC chip was done and they couldn't write to it, they suggested Samsung Service Center repair. I got in contact with Samsun and they created a ticket for me a sent me a postage bag. I told them the phone had crashed on a Kies upgrade to ICS. It really crashed on on the Data Wipe with the RC6 kernel of course. Sent the phone to them on Wednesday. Just got it back and to my disappointment - it was not repaired. "Nerijus one of our engineers, has tested your phone and found that unauthorized rework has been carried out on the phone. Unfortunately, this prevents us from repairing it and we are, therefore, returning your phone un-repaired."

They didn't go into detail. I'm wondering if maybe FoneFunShop left a mess when they soldered onto the board or if they found ROMS on the phone. Who knows. Either way, my S2 is done. :(

Was considering getting an S3, but honestly the reason I find myself always playing with my phone and trying out different ROMS is I want Vanilla Android. So I think I will pick up a Nexus. Sure hardware wise it won't be on par with the S3, but there aren't any perfect AOSP ROMS for the S2 either and thats been out a while. I hope by now no one else has bricked their phone on the kernel. But if you have, I would skip the JTAG process and go straight to the Samsung Service Center. FoneFunShop might have screwed the pooch on the Samsung repair with their soldering.

Many thanks to all the devs! GM, keep on rocking man. I was using you kernels 95% of the time. The only exception was the stock CF root ones.
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Finally got my S2 back!!

Learnt Moral, never flash RC and Betas
[Galaxy S II General] :
@irios86

If you sent it away without first using FoneFunShop then they would fix it. For the JTAG procedure the phone needs to be disassembled and TP pins need soldered, which could have left some traces.
[Galaxy S II General] Rawi666:
Come on, Siyah3.2b6 is a very good and stable kernel :)
[Galaxy S II General] htc9420:
You should've gone the official Sammy repair right from the start...J-TAG-ging almost always leaves marks...also, you could raise an issue with FoneFunShop because of this...

Anyway, I've been constantly watching the thread for some days now and never got the culprit , how was the EMMC chip fried? UNDERVOLTING:eek:?

All I'm thinking is that if this wasn't a dev's fault and it was a Sammy fook up ( even that the source was FOR KOREEAN SGS2), it could be easily replicated by thousands of "Dr.No" and, with the root/cwm/custom kernel frenzy hitting new records among Android users .... just imagine the sH-load of bricked Sammy devices...:D...
[Galaxy S II General] Elvispen:
Just got it back from SC.

No hassle, got a new mainboard on warranty.
[Galaxy S II General] RobinRichard:
They repaired under warranty or you paid Rs 8000?
[Galaxy S II General] duykhang524:
are the newer exynos chips confirmed or just speculation?... Since the ipad 2 just got the new 32nm A5 cpu i would expect samsung to do the same for their device because they've seen 10-15% improvement in the ipad 2,4's battery life over the 2,1 at anandtech :D
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
its uncertain thing as of now, My old board is still under examination.

Service center had ordered new board same day I deposited handset to them.

They installed new board and gave me S2 without asking for money.

it could have been possible due to SC friendship:)

Now, waiting for report..
[Galaxy S II General] irios86:
Yes, I figured Samsung Serv Center would've have probably fixed if I would've sent it to them first. I figured all it needed was a JTAG, so I went that way first. My mistake. Either way, I'm ok with the situation. Just ordered my Galaxy Nexus :D I want to be on AOSP and first in line for updates:cool: I got a pretty paperwight now, lol

Edit: As for raising an issue with FoneFunShop, I highly doubt they would even considered it their fault.
[Galaxy S II General] mpfa:
Hi all!

I'm sorry for all of you that had your S2 bricked...

I'm the person that is referred in the first post for JTAG repair in Ebay.

I just received last Friday a S2 from user Roger00 and unfortunately for the moment being, the JTAG solution isn't working with this specific kind of brick :-(

Resurrection procedure is failing because JTAG box can't write to S2 EMMC memory. I'm trying to contact the box creators to see If there is a chance to repair phones bricked by Siyah Kernel...

If a solution is eventually found, I'll update the status here... meanwhile the only solution would be mainboard substitution...

Regards,

Marco
[Galaxy S II General] sauron96t6:
Lot of guys had same problem... I believe EMMC was KO. My S2 still... sent in assistance for changing mobo!

Cheers
[Galaxy S II General] irios86:
Well, I'm now a Galaxy Nexus owner:D Probably the best news out of this situation. AOSP is so nice!!

Anyways, anyone know who/how to get my S2 repaired? From what others have said it needs a new main board and I'm pretty sure that will be cheaper than just buying a new phone. I want to get it fixed to give it to my girl, she is using my old HTC Magic which is a giant POS and she refuses to buy or go into a contract for a new phone, lol. So I want to just fix my S2 and give it her. I know it will cost $, just curious if there is anyone reputable on the XDA forums that can do this?
[Galaxy S II General] Roger00:
Hi have a look at this video, it seems easy enough to change the motherboard yourself: http://youtu.be/65pvAINg2ME
[Galaxy S II General] irios86:
If I replace the mainboard, how do I get the IMEI number back on it? WOuld I have to JTAG it?
[Galaxy S II General] loylik:
I think you'll have new IMEI
[Galaxy S II General] gokhanmoral:
you can try to restore efs backup if you have taken one before.

I did not try it but I think IMEI information is kept in efs partition.
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
The Samsung service center people write your old imei on new motherboard

So if you get it replaced from their then it will be the same old one

Terminator runs on android:cool:
[Galaxy S II General] sauron96t6:
Only in Italy: I sent on april the 25th my S2 for repair and I have not been answered yet. Samsung Service "snail" in Italy.

:mad:
[Galaxy S II General] irios86:
That makes sense that a new mainboard would have a new IMEI. :p

What about it having android already loaded on it? or will I have to get the mainboard JTAGed to load android? Loading my old IMEI isn't a problem, Vodafone doesn't lock my SIM down to only that IMEI.

Did some searching yesterday and couldn't find any mainboard replacements on ebay. I found some used/broken S2s but the ones that would benefit me (the ones with broken screens) are all really close to the price of a used S2. Which makes it seem like a better idea to just buy a used working one. :rolleyes: I'm just going to sell it. Thanks for the help guys! Goodbye SGS2 forum.
[Galaxy S II General] chudders22:
Well I got a notification from Carphone Warehouse today, that my product has not been repaired and is being sent back to store.

Didn't have the device JTAG'ed, so I imagine I will be getting a "You tampered with the software" sort of excuse. Thankfully my contract was due for renewal this month anyway, so will be moving on to another phone.

Think I will be on the lookout for a SGS2 with a broken screen for sale, and swap it over into my casing with screen etc.
[Galaxy S II General] slk-A4:
What else do you expect from a country governed by someone like Berlusconi for so many years? :D :D
[Galaxy S II General] adrok76:
I think I suffered at the hands of the rogue Siyah kernel! I am pretty sure I flashed this kernel then I did a CWM restore. it stopped halfway through then showed the same symptoms as everybody's (stuck on Samsung start screen, apparently flashing via odin but still no response, unable to access CWM recovery etc)

I had it jtag'd but it came back as a damaged emmc, needed new PCB

I was told the only option was to send it to Samsung, so I rang my network provider, played dumb and they sent me a new handset, I was very lucky!
[Galaxy S II General] sauron96t6:
Indeed I am ashamed to be italian! :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] irios86:
It will get denied, read my post a few pages back.
[Galaxy S II General] jchusted:
Hi All

I got my phone back today under warranty. They replaced the MB, so everything is cool here in Denmark.

Thanks to the guys, which had to guts to send it in as the first ones.

I'm looking forward to have it rooted and again have the nice Siyah kernel installed.

Best regards

JC
[Galaxy S II General] slk-A4:
did you keep your emei?
[Galaxy S II General] sauron96t6:
Sounds good, I am still waiting since 15 days... :(

Enjoy your SG2.

Cheers ;)
[Galaxy S II General] valentinrascu:
Hehehe

Inviato dal mio GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II General] tazer4:
lol you cant brick your phone with siyah it is the best kernel in the world and makes your phone way better and faster your probably just flashing wrong idiots.
[Galaxy S II General] Kaze105:
Congratulations for probably the dumbest post of at least of today. Try reading the thread instead of posting dumb things. Problem wasnt the fact that it was flashed wrong.
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
This is not Siyah haters and lovers thread at all.

people trying to survive from the disaster..
[Galaxy S II General] svardman:
Likewise here in sweden to:mad:
[Galaxy S II General] jchusted:
Yup. That's still the same. They also replaced my screen. I don't know why, but it was kind of scratchy, so I'm happy.

But they will probably fix your phone under warranty. SC is not able to figure out what's the problem is :-)

Good weekend out there.
[Galaxy S II General] slk-A4:
Got mine back today: it took 10 days:

They did not only renew the chip, but I´ve got a new screen too. My original screen had a screenprotector, so it was not scratchy at all, I do not why they changed the screen as well. The man at the servicecentre guessed that the screen might have been broken when they disassembled the device.

I´ve kept my IMEI as well.

So afterall, I´m quite happy. I managed to reset the counter with a jig before I took it to the SC, so they could not see that I rooted the device.

I hope it ends likewise for all of you.
[Galaxy S II General] Elvispen:
Slk-A4

SC usally removes screenprotectors to minimize faults when troubleshooting.

And if you had it bricked this way you'ld never be able to reset the counter because this brick itself makes the internal memory unreadable.

It kills the memory completly so you couldn't even JTAG it.
[Galaxy S II General] slk-A4:
Sorry Elvispen, you do not know what you are talking about:

mine was bricked by the Gokhankernel: the data partition did not accept any data anymore, I, myself, and the SC could not flash a new rom, whilst it was still possible to flash a kernel through Odin and read the SD card.

With the jig I could reset the counter at home before I went to the SC, it was not possible to reset the counter by flashing the original Samsung rom, because in the end of the flashing process the /data could not be written to. I am 1000% sure of what I am writing.

And Samsung replaced the EMMC chip and the screen, that is 1000% certain as well.

I got a new screen as well
[Galaxy S II General] Mingo3k:
Ok, this is going to sound a bit noobish.

I don't have the time to read through all 40+ pages..

But this sounds like my issue, prior to the Siyah release, I bricked mine on the 11th of April.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1593441

emmc seems borked on mine too, JTAG could not be performed.

What would be the best course of action from here?

I was told it would cost ~$275 to repair the issue, and i'd rather save it for a S3 :/
[Galaxy S II General] slk-A4:
When your device is jtaged Samsung will deny all warranties because when you perfom a jtag there has to be soldered.... someone posted this before in this topic
[Galaxy S II General] svardman:
Got my phone phone back in friday:rolleyes: . they replaced the mainboard and the screen on my phone too.
[Galaxy S II General] jxzcvk:
Did you guys get your phones completely bricked?

Mines bricked but it can still enter download mode but I cant reset the counter with a jig.

How do I get it completely bricked so they dont know its rooted?

Edit:never mind it was the bootloader stopping my jig

Btw should I flash the stock rom/kernel as well before I take it back?
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Yes, flash stock rom with csc that is related to your country.
[Galaxy S II General] jxzcvk:
what's a csc?:confused:

Would my carrier firmware from the carrier firmware thread work?

thanks
[Galaxy S II General] manojcitc:
afaik csc stand for country spacific code...and your carrier firmware is ok to flash through odin.

sgs2 ...
[Galaxy S II General] jxzcvk:
Cheers guys

Hope everybody gets their phones fixed
[Galaxy S II General] jxzcvk:
I downloaded the firmware theres's only 1 file do I just flash it using PDA and it'll include the csc?It usually gets stuck at data.img but this time it passed for some reason, can I assume that the csc is changed now?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] sauron96t6:
20 days have passed and got no answer! :mad:
[Galaxy S II General] spaxxilein:
mine was in service center for about 10 days, got it back, repaired switched mainboard under warranty ;)))
[Galaxy S II General] sauron96t6:
Lucky... sounds good! :)
[Galaxy S II General] sauron96t6:
My phone is still under repair!! The imei tracking does not work, do not respond to email and the phone number is wrong. Today, the store where I purchased the phone told me that he had talked with the service center and was told that the phone is still under repair. By Friday 25 should return to the store where I bought it... one month exactly since april the 24th!!

DAMN!! :mad:
[Galaxy S II General] Ruka82:
I just found the thread.

I'm one of the unlucky guy that decide to try probably the only kernel release in the world that hard brick the phone :)

For sauron96t6, i'm italian as you,when i send the phone in assistance (euronics store near home,but i buy the phone on another internet site) they told me that probably i must wait 15/20 working day (1 month),luckily i send the phone on 27/04 and they return me on 11/05 (2 weeks exactly).

They changed motherboard,no questions about the cause and absolutly no problem from the assistance.
[Galaxy S II General] sauron96t6:
http://www.gokhanmoral.com/gm/2012/04/17/siyahkernel-v3-1rc6/

So, from what can be seen above, with the buggy kernel must:

1) Download the latest release, 3.2.4 in this case, and maybe place it on the external SD

2) Reboot the terminal and go directly to CWM

3) Without doing anything else, directly to flash the new kernel (I mean overwriting each other without treating it with cleaner kernel).

So... is that correct??

THANKS A LOT!!!
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Yes correct

Now you can full wipe several times
[Galaxy S II General] sauron96t6:
I asked for confirmation because the fear of another brik is still in my mind! :eek:

Unfortunately, these situations make it impotent having to give up my SG2 for another 30 days terrifies me! :rolleyes:

Thanks thanks thanks!!!
[Galaxy S II General] jashy67:
So you finaly got back your phone? gratz dude :)
[Galaxy S II General] shadowofdarkness:
According to this news story http://www.xda-developers.com/android/hard-brick-bug-on-galaxy-s-ii-and-note-leaked-ics-kernels/ they have the ability to fix the emmc corruption with firmware update code. But the guy is not sure he is allowed to share it.

Why wouldn't they? It would save money on replacing motherboards from people able to hide the rooting.

It would also help people unwilling to trust future Samsung phones if they could be destroyed by software.
[Galaxy S II General] maaw:
For those who cannot get the phone to boot even to download mode with a jig, are you guys sure your battery is charged?

Enviado desde mi Samsung Galaxy S2 ICS con AndyX ROM v9.0 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] sauron96t6:
Not yet... they promised me maximum on 25th the next... I hope no delays!!

I am still waiting!
[Galaxy S II General] jashy67:
AH sorry, hope it will end soon for you mate.
[Galaxy S II General] jxzcvk:
got my phone back after a week, they replaced the motherboard and i got a different imei. :)

goodluck to everybody else.
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Are you carrier bounded?

Coz my Simfree device's imei remains same after replacing motherboard
[Galaxy S II General] jxzcvk:
My mistake they actually transferred my imei to the new motherboard
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
After 21 days, they fixed it, going to get it later today. :D
[Galaxy S II General] sauron96t6:
I'm waiting since 28 days... no news.

damn samsung!!! :mad:
[Galaxy S II General] Jazztecho:
Very happy didnt do that update:rolleyes: and happy for those who did it:D
[Galaxy S II General] exynoss:
Backed up everything before using any betas.
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
It came with latest ICS rom for Brazil, nice one Samsung. :D
[Galaxy S II General] luffa1:
haha, they are too to test out. That's a little bit sad about android, the official devs are just to lazy (look at the optimialization).
[Galaxy S II General] Spunkynitro:
I've used that version too, but luckily without bricking my phone
[Galaxy S II General] sauron96t6:
Today one month exactly... my S2 is still in SA!

It's a really nightmare!!! :mad:
[Galaxy S II General] buxz777:
hope you get it back soon mate , have you been in touch with them at all?? what did they say if you have??

have a nice day
[Galaxy S II General] Jal253:
I also bricked my phone but it took 14 days to get it back they did a board swap. (Belgium )
[Galaxy S II General] FeuchtVonLipwig:
wow a friend of me told me to redownload the kernel that day because i didnt see it and now i just read that it bricked some devices.

i guess i will be less flash-happy with new kernel releases in the future
[Galaxy S II General] ninjazin:
Happend to me as well. Luckily my warranty period was not over so I got the mainboard replaced by the service centre free of charge.
[Galaxy S II General] slk-A4:
no more responses in this topic, so I guess all bricked phones are repaired by Samsung or are bricked for ever (for those who are out of warranty).

I would like to know how many S2s were bricked by Siyah´s Kernel
[Galaxy S II General] SirCanealot:
Hey guys,

Sorry to be a pain, but my S2 bricked this morning when doing a factory reset from within Android 0_o

My thread is here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27180085#post27180085

Can anyone confirm I've been hit by this bug? I'm a lil confused at the moment...

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] sauron96t6:
My S2 is now ok, changing motherboard for free!

Siyah 3.3.2 it's now safe! :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] advr:
This is what I was looking for!!

My GS2 is back on track!!

YES!!

Thanks!

Ad.
[Galaxy S II General] spike86:
Hi! just ordered the new board! how should it come? Is os already flashed or i need to flash it myself?
[Galaxy S II General] crusaderlong:
samsung s2 bricked

Hi Folks

I have rooted my device priorly and tried to update the device to Jelly Bean.

1. Flashed cache

2. Installed Speed mod kernel from the package

Speedmod Kernel:

Leaked ROM:

3. Restarted device in recovery mode

4. there was no display (went down with dimm pixels)

5. Hence restarted with (volume down_power+center button)

6. Via Odin updated the below

PIT:omap4_all_20110627_emmc.pit

PDA:CF-Root-SGS2_XW_ODD_KE8-v4.0-CWM4.tar

Then device went black and now im not able to do any thing.

Is there any one who have come across this situation. If recovered plz share your comments.
[Galaxy S II General] atulalvenkar:
Why did you flash a pit file? From the name it looks like the pit file is for other SGS2 i.e I9100G as it says OMAP.

Can you boot into download mode? If not your device might have been permanently bricked and you will need to either go for JTAG or

go to service center.
[Galaxy S II General] crusaderlong:
Since im new to this concept. I followed a stupid forum and just followed the steps. And this is where i end up now.

Finally, as you said i have given my hadset to samsung service centre and keeping my fingers crossed.

Lets hope for the best.

Thanks for your reply- atulalvenkar
[Galaxy S II General] atulalvenkar:
You've basically flashed firmware meant for a totally different phone on your phone. Although both phones use SGS2 name they are very

different internally. The one talked about in this forum is I9100. The firmware you flashed is for I9100G.

If you have warranty it might be fixed under it. if not then they'll have to replace motherboard and charge about $150-200 depending on your

country.
[Galaxy S II General] crusaderlong:
Atulalvenkar

Ar you sure, Replacing the motherboard is the only solution . Bcoz i read sometimes flashing the s/w also would fix the issue. Is it true?

If replaceing the MB is the only solution then in have to stop putting effort on this.
[Galaxy S II General] Entropy512:
It looks like your brick has nothing to do with Superbrick. Looks like a traditional hardbrick. JTAG will probably fix you.

Please do more research and find the correct thread to discuss this, as you've necroed a completely unrelated thread (since all Siyah 3.1rc6 downloads were pulled months ago, this is the wrong thread.)
[Galaxy S II General] crusaderlong:
If this is not the correct thread .. Ten which the right one. :(
[Galaxy S II General] serhat737:
i use siyah too and i had never give a problem
[Galaxy S II General] Scarface1991:
Like others said, you probably messed up the bootloader and when you can`t go into download mode anymore and there is no sign of life from your device, then either try for service center, if you still have warranty or give it to someone who can repair it via JTag.

What country are you living in?

I live in Germany and I saw people in German Forums that they do JTag repair for a little cash. Just try to find someone who can do this for you.
[Galaxy S II General] crusaderlong:
I live in India. If Jtag is the prime way. Then i have to find a geek..
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Only Jtag or Motherboard replacement is the options:(
[Galaxy S II General] Ghost-of-the-Sun:
What does "kernel panic upload mode" mean?

It appears after I flashed the new bootloader
[Galaxy S II General] enekho:
Sorry bro... We expose to this when we flash... Hope you can recover it somehow.

Now I'm afraid to flash Siyah :S
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
When predecessor can't handle the load, Kernel Panic appears.

Simply switch off the phone, and restart after some seconds
[Galaxy S II General] lfabresm:
that's what I guess... good luck with your "brick"

---------- Post added at 02:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:31 PM ----------

Just be afraid to be the first one :D and keep an eye on the forum ;)
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Not only siyah but be carefull on flashing BETAs and RCs
[Galaxy S II General] Entropy512:
If you're able to flash anything in Odin you're not bricked.

I've seen a LOT of devices fail to flash data.img in Odin.

I suggest using a STANDARD CWM (not modified) such as CF-root to format data, system, sdcard (internal and external), and cache. Reboot, push a ROM to the internal or external SD card using ADB, and flash it.

If you're able to get into DL mode you're not bricked.

Something in the Korean M250S/K/L source base seems to cause data corruption under heavy I/O load. If the corruption hits PBL or SBL - you're toast.
[Galaxy S II General] svardman:
I,m one of lucky guys to:( its stone dead, havent decide yet what to do with the phone!
[Galaxy S II General] lfabresm:
5 options:

- send it to samsung service

- send it to somebody with JTAG

- buy a JTAG programmer and DIY

- sell your phone as spare parts (the worst option)

- stick a mirror over the screen and send it as a gift to your GF