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[Galaxy S II General] Red_Vex:
Wow never heard that a kernel hard brick the phone.
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Now its real...
[Galaxy S II General] lfabresm:
For those bricked SGS2 in Chile, you could go to www.rzdigital.cl

Thanks to member kei_kusanagi for the link
[Galaxy S II General] qwerty_7564:
Has anyone tried to use adb on the phones which bootloop or stuck on samsung logo to print the kernel log using dmesg.
[Galaxy S II General] diddsen:
i have wrote a guide in a forum, what helps many peoples there with similar problems, like bootloops, not flashable and so on...

its in german, but think googletranslate can do ;)

http://www.pocketpc.ch/samsung-gala...ranleitung-bereinigung-bootproblemen-etc.html

short... the thing is that THE BOOTLOADER from KH3 only can make the internal card working again!!! here you can download it from my dropbox.

flash this with odin, battery out, downloadmode, flash a 3part samfirmware, i recomend LPJ, because, last 3part.

then you can flash after a factoryreset all what you want ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Roger00:
JTAG SERVICE IN EUROPE & UK via eBay

I too bricked my sgsII yesterday :mad: while I was doing factory reset with cmw.

Can't find anyone here in Ireland to JTAG it so I've purchased the service via ebay of a guy in Portugal who I bought the jig of a few weeks ago, with very quick turn around I should add. He offers the service to Europe only and costs £25.50 inc shipping (he's posting on ebay.co.uk that way he can charge in British pounds instead of euro's).

This is his item number on ebay 320882225132 just copy and paste it into ebay's search box and it will bring you to his listing.

Also found a guy in the UK on ebay but deals only with orders from the UK, I did message him last night to see if he would offer his service to Europe, but still haven't had a reply. This is the ebay item number for UK only seller 221002739538 he charges £30.49 inc shipping

Hope this helps some of the people in Europe at least, I know what your going through!
[Galaxy S II General] svardman:
Well i had those options in mind aswell, maybe i buy a jtag off ebay and test it
[Galaxy S II General] Sm0L:
This is odd because i had Siyah 3.1Rc6 several days until today and i wiped/factory reset my primary rom several times because i am making my own custom ROM and i test it as primary rom and use WanamLite as a secondary ROM for daily use.
[Galaxy S II General] mahtew:
somebody tried this?

I've already tested KI3 botloader... also LPS (without data partition), GB with repartiton.. etc. and nothing worked.
[Galaxy S II General] A$h x:
Good luck guys, even though you have suffered extremely bad luck, the positive side is that you may discover how to revive a bricked S2 without download mode OR jtag. Unfortunately every experiment needs some guinea pigs.
[Galaxy S II General] diddsen:
why you dont believe?

you think iam talking bull****? :D

it works - 100%

again... only KH3 brings success
[Galaxy S II General] KennyLegend:
Lets wait and see ;)

Edit....looks like ur talking crap.
[Galaxy S II General] mahtew:
tried... and no succes :D

it isn't connected with bootloader. I think i'm going to service center tommorow.

is there any possibility to fully wipe phone - something like remowing partititions from hard drive and then recreate blank image of system.

another question - how does 'repartiton' works?

and I think that this would help... If my recovery image woldn't be on internal memory

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
[Galaxy S II General] edgarson:
Im scared to flash a custom kernel anymore. I thought SGS2 was unbrickable !
[Galaxy S II General] pulser_g2:
To be fair, the developer DID test this. I have suspicions that the brick is caused by something else IN ADDITION TO the kernel.

Can anyone who bricked add the following info?

1) Which bootloader were you using (GB vs. ICS)

2) What level of brick do you have? (black screen, nothing vs. data won't flash, otherwise fine)

3) What did you do (as accurately as possible) to cause the brick?
[Galaxy S II General] AvRS:
Just out of curiosity for those that can get into download mode and are having no luck with ODIN, has anyone tried Heimdall Go here for info.

It's basically another way of flashing ROM's or selected files like ODIN but you never know. For example I was doing testing for someone and flashed a test build which managed to lose my CWM so therefore couldn't do anything but go into download mode to recover. For this all I did was flash the CM9 kernel and that recovered my phone to how it was. I'm guessing flashing a kernel to get CWM is no use in this instance but as it's probably worth trying anything right now you could do the following:

1. Extract the boot.img from a CM9 nightly

2. Place this in the same folder as you installed Heimdall e.g. C:/Heimdall

3. Make sure your USB drivers are installed, if not read the ReadMe in the heimdall folder. I found the driver was just called Generic serial when I did it

4. Run cmd

5. Navigate to heimdall directory e.g. cd C:/Heimdall

6. Type heimdall flash --kernel boot.img

7. It should start installing and once finished reboot your device

8. If successful you may be able to boot into CWM and try access your internal storage

Unfortunately that's the only useful command in Heimdall I know to flash only a kernel but you can use this to repartition, flash primary or secondary bootloaders etc. There's a number of howto's scattered across the XDA forums.

Anyway just wanted to throw another option out there for people to try and it's not going to make things any worse.
[Galaxy S II General] hIdd3N-:
Gökhan did test ****.. it was his 3rd "RC6" release that day. the others were all bugged too. He is rushing releases for no reason.

Don't get me wrong here. We need people like him. But for the sake of it.. take your time and don't rush releases to please the kids. It's just not worth it.
[Galaxy S II General] rouvax:
Why the version is named as RC6 ? Do you have to Install it ? He is not rushing, he is sharing it. You are responsible for it to install.
[Galaxy S II General] xan:
Most of you:

Any 'brick' goin into download mode aint a brick, and is recoverable at home with easy measures.

Quick hints:

flash STOCK firmware with ODIN.

TICK repartition.

BE SURE that firmware contains all parttions images -

dbadata(important!)/system/data/cache/param and such.

Without having all of those - bootloop guaranteed.

Rest:

Go for SC or if you are in a hurry go for local JTAG debrick - It shouldnt be that expensive.

Device is alive and not damaged. Just fix it and then tell the success story - when, where, how long, how much.

GL everyone.
[Galaxy S II General] AndreiLux:
He tested it for a whole day, added to the fact that half the people don't have any issue with it. You can't do more than that. And its nobody's fault if people are trigger flash happy to have the latest on the same day, on non "final" release.
[Galaxy S II General] akira888:
This is exactly what I have experienced. How to resolve this?

But I haven't tried odin flash with PIT and re-partition.

I used the method in this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1449771
[Galaxy S II General] lfabresm:
My answers for my bricked phone:

1) ICS

2) I guess the worst scenario: black screen, usb jig doesn't work, no response to keys combination, is not entering to recovery or even download mode.

3) I've been using GB UHKK3 + CF-Root v5.0(KK2) + Siyah 2.6.14 and battery fully charged.

Then I flashed XEN_I9100XWLP7 over it, without wiping anything and restart.

After a general check, everything seems to be updated, shutdown it and boot to download mode and flash CF-Root v5.4.

Normal booting, I got superuser access again, everything seems to be OK (so far so good).

Restart to download mode, and flash Siyah3.1rc6 via Odin. After flash, normal boot... seems to be OK... let's test the camera... hum... I got camera error.

I went to camera app and clear data, run camera and I got the camera error again. So I rebooted to Recovery and wipe data... it takes more time than normal wipe... I press back key, home key, nothing happens... I knew this could be dangerous, but I didn't see another option: I removed battery.... I put the battery back...but the phone never came back on again... R.I.P.
[Galaxy S II General] RobinRichard:
So this has got something to do with the camera as I can see you had the 'camera error' problem. I'm also using Siyah RC6 but my camera works fine. I'm in Neat ROM XWLP8 (ICS).

EDIT: Did you see the following posted under SiyahKernel v3.1rc6 at gokhanmoral.com?
[Galaxy S II General] caloyzki:
i heard this kernel can brick the phone,i also read on the other forum. i hope they can fix it soon.
[Galaxy S II General] akira888:
Could you please elaborate a bit more on this part.

I can still go to download mode. But when I flashed the recovery package in this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1449771

I am always stuck at flash data.img in Odin.

As per your advice, I should flash a cf-root then re-flash that recovery package again? You mentioned ADB. Sorry, I have no idea how to flash with ADB except for with Odin or CWm recovery.

Thanks

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The notice is too late. :(

I think we are pretty much screwed. Wiping data / factory reset cannot be performed anymore I think under this situation, at least mine always gets stuck at it. Even in Odin, while flashing the data.img, it just stops there.

I think I will need to go to the the repair centre..
[Galaxy S II General] dandroid13:
+1 here, waiting for the jig that I've bought to try a fix, but hopes are little. I have no bootlogo, no recovery and download modes.

One thing that happens is that if I plug the charger the area around the camera gets a bit hot... :(
[Galaxy S II General] Roger00:
Im the same, black screen totally dead, I tried the jig, nothing happens except it gets hot around where sim card goes. Im actually sending it to Portugal tomorrow to be JTAGed. So back to using me Xperia X10i
[Galaxy S II General] NOMIOMI:
From where can i find the stock kernel i m using D4 rom and siyah kernel 3.1
[Galaxy S II General] akira888:
I have just been to the Vodafone store to drop off my phone for repair.

Hopefully they wont return it and say to me "too much hackings".....no warranty repair!:cool:
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
So far no solution found, feeling sad myself.:(
[Galaxy S II General] Ankit Tulsian:
What did you friend told?Any updates?
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
He told board need to be changed. Cost 8-9k.
[Galaxy S II General] Ankit Tulsian:
Its under warrant isn't?
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Yes, but he dont want to take chances on rooted and custom rom installed phone. His service centre might be closed by samsung, if samsung found other rom on my motherboard
[Galaxy S II General] sam razzy:
But how did all brick the phones.. is that flashing from cwm or Odin?

TapaTalk Gnex Galaxy Sii
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Kernel wiped bootloader friend..
[Galaxy S II General] sam razzy:
Then how cum not mine..? I had flashed RC6.. but I dint have any problem..! I just wanna know what causing the problem to brick

TapaTalk Gnex Galaxy Sii
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
GM reuploaded the kernel on 2104, that was culprit. Check yours
[Galaxy S II General] override182:
Im on 3.1RC6 and does it mean if i straight flash to 3.1 or 3.1.1 im safe? Can anyone light up on this?

If the camera app dosent work there is the problem but if its working fine it indicated that we r not on that problematic kernel isnt it? Since im not sure which rc6 i am now
[Galaxy S II General] mahtew:
You are right, but also you are wrong:D

This is not a simple issue. It's connected with nand corruption.

There is no possibility to flash data partition when You flashing 3-files ROM.

I've tried almost everything (I'm a civil engineer so don't flame on me) like bootloader from GB, 3-files ROM with and without repartition (GB), 3-files ICS, 1 file ICS... and nada :)

J-TAG probably will work, but I don't know where to find someone. We should create a list :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=25223656#post25223656
[Galaxy S II General] KennyLegend:
So its looking more and more like some peoples hard drive have also been affected (Ie..the emmc chip) and not just the partitions?
[Galaxy S II General] mahtew:
Can't say till service respond :).

I'm able to go into the Download mode; I was able run CWM;

I'll ask again - is there any possibility to completly wipe device - remove all partitions, file system and restore then from an image?
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
After motherboard is replaced, the used one crushed by samsung

They just can't find out what you had installed(if they can find it they won't, you know samsung india need only bill and don't check anything else)
[Galaxy S II General] J34:
Rage soam moar.

Dude, just freaking to download mode then flash any other kernel using ODIN. Or try updating/reflashing the bootloader that is provided in CyanogenMod thread.

It is NOT the developer's fault. He had tested it on his device and worked perfectly. Same to other hundred or thousands of other users. It's just something YOU did wrong.

I am sure there are a "disclaimer" in every development thread. No matter what you do, you're doing it by yourself. So, you take the complete blame.

I would still appreciate the developers even if they get my device burnt. At least they have tried to improve our devices FOR FREE!
[Galaxy S II General] ephraim:
I agree with you to some extent but maybe you did not understand fully what happened. No one is blaming gokhanmoral (maybe some?). We all are responsible for our actions as far as flashing custom roms and kernels etc. But what you did not understand is they can't even go into download mode, recovery mode or other modes. They only way is through warranty or service center or jtag.. a jig couldn't even revive their phones.. no one should blame gokhanmoral and nobody has..
[Galaxy S II General] bartoloandre98:
Yh I had primery and sec roms with siyah rc6 ,was wiping like crazy,nothing,nothing happened still working phone,then I read this and I'm like wtf...
[Galaxy S II General] Aijazji:
Use Jig It will Surely Back Your brick S2

Those Who are Able to Go in Download Mode

Use KI32.3.5 Rom with pit File 101% Works For Bricks phone

Ps I have tried Siyah With 3.1rc 6 and F**k My S2 :D To Check problem :D

Now i m able To use my Phone

So use jig and KI32.3.5 firmware
[Galaxy S II General] ephraim:
Some of them already tried a jig and it did not work.
[Galaxy S II General] mahtew:
Can you specify how You did that? Because I also tried KI3 and unfortunetly it didn't worked for me..
[Galaxy S II General] Aijazji:
I used My Own Made jig and It work For me

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Did You Able to Go Downloading Mode ?

Did You use pit File With All 3 Files ?
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Only blame is developer should test their development 1000 times before releasing it to users. These days developer in real hurry and thats the problem
[Galaxy S II General] Ghost-of-the-Sun:
I did try KI3 but it gets stuck flashing data.img

Did you use jig+KI3? Were you able to access download mode before using the jig? I don't own a jig, but I could buy one if it is useful.
[Galaxy S II General] Aijazji:
I am not Able to Access Download mode After using jig i am..

If you Stuck in Data.img make sure you have close all Kies In task Manager then try Again..
[Galaxy S II General] alc027:
I don't understand. If you can reach download mode how is sdcard an issue?

Some code from a Korean variant was merged. Apparently a kernel bug was introduced at the same time that meant when users did a factory reset in recovery it erased a portion of the bootloader partition. Is what I gather from reading.

The ones I've read about can't even boot to download and are proper ****ed.
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
because whole partition got wiped including usb storage..
[Galaxy S II General] alc027:
Flash this bootloader (tick Phone Bootloader Update): http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1547082 after PIT

I understand but if you can reach download mode you can repartition and flash bootloader with Odin/Heimdall. Or have you guys tried that already?
[Galaxy S II General] mahtew:
Yes, I'm able to go into DL; like I previously noted --- 3files/1file/also bootloader - not working:)

KIES is not an issue - was closed

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Already tried (ICS and GB bootloaders). Not working. Data partition can't be flashed.
[Galaxy S II General] alc027:
OIC
[Galaxy S II General] rQvsnaps:
As long as youre referring to final/stable software I agree, but since you downloaded and flashed an RC and probably the beta's as well, you are actually part of the testing phase and have no right to require 100% tested software.

Of course its regrettable, and a bricked phone is never fun - but as long as you are flashing work-in-progress software the only blame is on you. If you didnt know it could be risky you should read up on beta/rc status descriptions.

Sorry m8, I hope its fixable, otherwise its a nice excuse to look into the GSIII in a few weeks :)
[Galaxy S II General] Aijazji:
Don't Know Wat You do

i cheeked Repartition To

1st File Pit

2nd pda

3rd phone

4 csc

i don't use Any Boot-loader
[Galaxy S II General] punshkin:
Hey guys, luckily I am not amongst the bricked ones but I saw this YouTube video yesterday about a US jtag service so I thought I'd share it with you in case jtag turns out to be a solution for your problem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZkIXj7cXNw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Also this user from a German board does jtag repairs

http://www.android-hilfe.de/samsung-galaxy-s2-i9100-forum/179511-galaxy-s2-gebrickt-4.html
[Galaxy S II General] alc027:
Piss off mate. Gokhan makes kernels for himself to use and KINDLY SHARES THEM with us. You are not a ****ing customer and you flash at your own risk. The only blame rests with you for doing something outside the scope of your manufacturers warranty. Now nut up and buy a new phone or try to get Samsung to take the hit and replace it.
[Galaxy S II General] mahtew:
I know how to flash my device.... Flashing since 2010 :)

doing the same, but ODIN stops on datafs -- we all talking about this issue.
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
I know that, its our own responsibility! I mentioned this in OP if you read it.

But still developer should take some sort of caution is what I expecting.

I had blind eye confidence for GM before this, now can't say!
[Galaxy S II General] Ghost-of-the-Sun:
Gokhan fixed the issue in the new version of his kernel, so maybe he could know something more about the problem... if you know the cause and the effect of something it easier to find a workaround, isn't it?

Has he told anything about it?

I'm just a noob and I don't know much of how a kernel, a bootloader or a recovery work... we need some skilled people.

I don't blame him for the bug, everybody can make mistakes, but it would be nice if he would try to help us.
[Galaxy S II General] alc027:
Manufacturers test kernels extensively and bugs still get through. There is absolutely zero blame on GM for this incident.
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
He himself accepted about the bug in kernel caused disaster to S2 and expressed apology..

Did you read that??
[Galaxy S II General] alc027:
Yeah... and? He made a kernel that bricked your phone. He didn't force you to use it. You CHOSE to use it because of the possible benefits, knowing FULLY WELL that there was the possibility of detriment to your device. It happens. He is not responsibl for the damage to your device. YOU are for using the product of his hobby.

Developers have absolutely no obligation to you to remove bugs. You are not a customer of theirs.
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
What can I expect from fan boy

by the way this thread I started to sort out our problem not for blaming or protecting someone.
[Galaxy S II General] mahtew:
This discussion is useless.

Everyone knows that WE CHOSE TO FLASH so WE CHOSE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for our actions.

What we need is to figure out how to repair our devices :)
[Galaxy S II General] aegeuss:
Dear Kachrukamble,

It's sad of course to have a bricked device, I wish it did not happen. My sympathies for you. We all had the same risk during RC6. But it seems you are taking this subject into an unnecessary personal issue rather than trying to get over it. Why don't you follow the kernel thread in a slow pace and try the one or two weeks old betas which are deemed secure then?

This is one of those unfortunate incidents development efforts revealed such a result, which seems a bug in Samsung official kernel is causing it in one of the latest updates. Any developer, other than Gökhan, could have used the same sources for his kernel and got a similar result. It's Gökhan we are looking at because he is the first to use those. And thanks to him for this manner because we have this great kernel as a result.

Please mods, have an eye on this subject as it seems to bring harm than good to the developer community.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II General] PurpleMadness:
I don't get why people blame him. Sure, it's his kernel, and he implemented the error, but it's your fault that you use it. He probably has a warning sign somewhere.
[Galaxy S II General] ZonyX:
simple rule.

if you not willing to lose it, dont do it.
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Anybody tried Jtag service on bricked S2 yet?
[Galaxy S II General] sebarkh:
Remove the battery for 5 minutes, then connect your phone the wall charger and leave for an hour.

Report back if it starts.

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Try flashing some gingerbread. 3 file firmware. Flash with pit.

Report back.
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
S2 getting really hot near 8 Mp Camera when charger get connected.

Afraid of charging it anymore
[Galaxy S II General] sendhiloo7:
Sorry if you already know about this .. I am 200% sure you can go to Samsung service center , they will not find this mobile installed custom ROM / kernel , because they even dnt about what is different between ROM, kernel & modem.

Because I went one of SC in Chennai, they only know about hardware and how to flash the ROM. That's it.

Go small service center and demand it, they will help you.

Edit : just say my battery was completely empty in night, after that phone not booting

Sorry for my bad English
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
My S2 is in SC. Right now they are examining the device. they said, can say something on tomorrow
[Galaxy S II General] enekho:
Totally agree, and pointing fingers is not gonna fix your s2. Man up, guys!
[Galaxy S II General] sendhiloo7:
Good. I will pray you will get good news from SC.

Please dnt say anything about kernel our ROM, just act like noob
[Galaxy S II General] ZonyX:
wrong thread -
[Galaxy S II General] Goku80:
true true...but if people were stop bugging all the time regarding when he will add this when he will add that then maybe he would have more time concentrating on a release than throw two three releases a day.

no matter if it is alpha, beta or rc it is always best to take your time instead of rushing a release just to satisfy the masses...hence why it all went wrong in my opinion. not GM fault but at the same time he does have the knack to release like a few releases a day just because of either a typo or just some other reason.

at the end of the day we all flash we all know the score...no one is here to blame. just unfortunately one of those things
[Galaxy S II General] Ind33d:
SC accept the phone that brick with custom ROM and kernel :confused: