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[Galaxy S II General] Kakamarsson:
Yeah but, as far as i understood in this topic, even the "Restore" fuction that is into Configurations can make the phone brick. So, Samsung would been releasing the 4.0.4 with the possibility of normal user (only kies users) to brick their phones. Am I wrong?

There´s no SAFE situation using 4.0.4 unless you have a sane chip or safe kernel. Thats what i got from all this. And thats why im going to install Syiah.
[Galaxy S II General] Stileth:
What restore are you talking about? All the cases I have been reading had CWM wipe involved and l saw several people doing factory reset/wipe from stock recovery on 4.0.4 with insane chip and nothing happened.
[Galaxy S II General] mjc506:
my brick was from using the 'factory reset' button in the phone's system config menu. This was, admittedly, on AOKP, but I wouldn't be surprised if the stock rom would've done the same thing.
[Galaxy S II General] jvardon:
I found a way to upgrade to 4.0.4. I've been on 4.0.3 a while now and my brother who has the Nexus got JB so i wanted it too. Got the Super Nexus ROM and part of the procedure for that installation was wiping my phone using recovery mode. I did that, turned it on, told it I was now in the UK, I had been in the US prior and my 4.0.3 ROM was Russian but it started the 4.0.4 update as soon as it booted. YAY!!!
[Galaxy S II General] techfreakgag:
XWLPU

The new 4.0.4 version, XWLPU is out. Can anybody please confirm if it has the brick bug or not ?
[Galaxy S II General] Kakamarsson:
The one mjc506 did. I´m not sure about it but it´s the impression i got reading all the topic was that. There´s no safe situation unless you have sane chip or safe kernel.
[Galaxy S II General] mjc506:
I'll be honest, I'm no expert! The only reason I posted here was becaus I thought my symptons matched the problem pretty well :)
[Galaxy S II General] fs1023:
What I have done and would do (if you are rooted) go to play store and find eMMC check app to see if you have a sane or insane chip. There are many posts here and elsewhere advising what to do from the state of your chip.
[Galaxy S II General] shaq1907:
Yes it has (I read on XDA). You can use another safe kernel.
[Galaxy S II General] khaledibrahim:
thanks alot :good:
[Galaxy S II General] DaReDeViL:
The XWLPU is confirmed having unsafe kernel. Reference added to first post !
[Galaxy S II General] XuperLugia:
I'm a little bit lost with all of this 4.0.4 bug since for me I've using CM9/10 for a little bit of time for now but from time to time some friends ask me to update/unlock/wipe their devices and I cannot guarantee the a 4.0.4 because of this thing.

I mean, I actually know the issues that I could come by but, is there any danger in just using plain stock 4.0.4 without CWM or custom Kernels? Will it make any difference if the wipe is done inside the Settings menu against doing it from the recovery?

Thanks a lot in advance.
[Galaxy S II General] sachidanand444:
I have 4.0.4 and it is rooted. As suggested by some of them use a safe kernel.

I use siyah kernel. It has that command disabled.
[Galaxy S II General] Kakamarsson:
Dude, there´s no safe situation, even if you are using plain stock (firmware + rom) unless you have a sane chip. Any wipe could brick the phone.

If you want to keep usins 4.0.4 (like i do):

- Flash a safe kernel (I will flash Syiah).

If you want to use all samsung stock and have no danger bricking the phone:

- Flash a safe kernel;

- Wipe and install 4.0.3

Good luck!
[Galaxy S II General] adamsuail:
Update:

You were right about Josh!! MobileTechVideos.COM He returned the phone as is with this message:

' Unfortunately, I was not able to repair your device. The device's onboard EMMC controller was in a non-responsive state. It is advised to try out warranty replacement if possible or to search for a parts device and use it's mainboard for the swap. If you locate one, I can install it for just $30.00. I have refunded you accordingly at this time and I'm sorry I could not do more.

Please know that all options were exhausted before reaching this verdict.

Thanks for giving me a chance to work with your device and for you,
[Galaxy S II General] maijinace:
Watter Damager

Now after i send it to samsung becouse its got hard bricked. they send me my phone back without repairing it. with the reason:

"it hat watter damage"

wtf???????

i brick it and they say it was a watter damage?????

is this normal?
[Galaxy S II General] BlurrOVO:
Only CWM recovery is causing the brick. I can confirm for myself that the phone does not brick using the UI factory reset feature. I was skeptical in using it myself but everything went fine. Whether I want to wait for the JB update or to flash my phone and potentially risk bricking my phone again is the question..
[Galaxy S II General] Kristion:
Maybe they have a policy of their own to return a certain percentage of bricked phones as water damaged ones in order to cut the costs. I remember a case of a person in my country that encountered the same problem. I advise you to contact the cosumer protection agency and explain them the case. I will most likely be solved. Good luck!
[Galaxy S II General] Kakamarsson:
Didnt happened to you but the ui factory reset bricked other users phone. You re dancing with death...
[Galaxy S II General] Stileth:
To whom while having all stock? Link?

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[Galaxy S II General] BlurrOVO:
Really? If that is true, the problem is bigger than I thought. I assumed it was just occuring if you performed a factory reset/wipe through recovery, which the average user wouldn't end up on that section of the phone. Like the poster above, I would like to see a link, please.
[Galaxy S II General] hakaz:
Please read Entropy512's posting from June 2012 where he summarizes all 3 conditions which have to be met. Therefore a recovery binary stock 4.0.4 can brick your phone if you are on stock kernel. Sorry folks.
[Galaxy S II General] Jaycee_008:
I just got mine bricked... and i tried this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1760107 and this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1457458 without sucess... I think my phone is just dead!!:crying:
[Galaxy S II General] Mittaa:
What did you do in order to brick it?
[Galaxy S II General] Stileth:
He did nandroid restore: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30702237#post30702237
[Galaxy S II General] Mittaa:
Oh using stock 4.0.4 kernel :eek:

@Jaycee_008 feel sorry for you mate ...
[Galaxy S II General] jonnyh1994:
Okay I've used the search forums and thread and I can't seem to find an answer so I'm going to post here. Ok, I'm pretty new to this rooting scene and before I rooted I updated to 4.0.4(official through kies). I then followed this guide which let me root with siyah through odin. Atm it says on my settings

Baseband version :'I9100XXLQ6' and Kernel version: '3.0.15-Siyah-s2-v4.0.1+gm@ubuntu #2 SMP PREEMPT Tue Aug 7 04:20:49 PFT 2012'

oh and on build number: IMM76D.XWLPT.

My question is, reading through this thread has me worried and I want to try out all this rom changing and such and themes, but most of them require cynogen mod. Do I have to downgrade to do all this flashing because I'm on this 4.0.4 firmware and how if I do? :S I think it's official stock... idk but please help! I'm such a noob and I'm kind of worried of starting my own thread about this incase I get flamed.
[Galaxy S II General] bluefa1con:
Do what ever u want

Siyah kernel is safe
[Galaxy S II General] jonnyh1994:
So does it matter what roms I do? As long as it says 4.0.4?
[Galaxy S II General] Smoky:
Now you're safe as long as you don't install another 4.0.4 rom because brickbug is 4.0.4 kernel related. So you can flash any 4.0.3 stock (or custom) rom because kernel is safe, or another custom rom with safe kernel like CM9, CM10, and all roms with siyah kernel for example ;)
[Galaxy S II General] jonnyh1994:
So let me get this straight....I can flash any rom regardless of firmware? Or is flashing a rom basically changing the firmware altogether? also which are safe from this bug then? I downloaded that test and it said i have a 0x9 chip which is unknown.
[Galaxy S II General] Kakamarsson:
Maybe i misunderstood the whole topic and you two are right. But see the link Hakaz posted down.

I changed to syiah because of that. Good Luck!
[Galaxy S II General] Sol7_v:
My ROM is 4.0.4 :eek:! Stock Rom from Samsung! Damn is it gonna brick? Should i downgrade? But i love this ROM. i like the battery percentage... I dont think 4.0.3 have it..
[Galaxy S II General] Stileth:
Flash safe kernel.

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[Galaxy S II General] Smoky:
By "firmware" you wanted to say "kernel" i imagine. To be clear if you follow everything's written in first post you will be safe : 4.0.3 rom with its original kernel => ok, CM9 => ok, CM 10 => ok . If you're on 4.0.4 with original 4.0.4 kernel you can just flash Syiah kernel or another safe kernel via Odin (for example).
[Galaxy S II General] jonnyh1994:
I meant firmware cos i have 4.0.4 but it doesnt matter now. Ive got it cleared up thanks :) found out roms are basically os like 4.0.4 is ics
[Galaxy S II General] aerodoum:
Hi to all

I confirm problems after flashed stock 4.0.4 Samsung ROM...

I have no "real brick", but a lot of bugs, freezees, hang ups... especially when charger is plugged. :eek: As well as problems in CWM : Reboot during processes, unable to format, flash freeze... ! damn !!!

I tryed a lot of differents downgrades from CWM and Odin with previous ICS Roms and GingerBread (stock, aosp, aokp, miui...). But no way to solve that !! :mad:

So now I always boot 2nd ROM ( Siyah Kernel Dual Boot ), and then all's going fine.
[Galaxy S II General] himanshu_1502:
thank you for this information
[Galaxy S II General] tlf55:
Does wipe data/cache with the lastest Siyah and LPU 4.0.4 may lead to a brickbug ?
[Galaxy S II General] Stileth:
No

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[Galaxy S II General] Feze:
problem,please help

Please help me, I have a problem with my galaxy s2, I installed Android 4.0.4, now appears the yellow triangle when opening phone,but the most important problem is the the custom binary download yes 12 , how can I reset the custom binary download at 4.0.4.I tried with usb jig but doesn't work:crying:
[Galaxy S II General] Stileth:
Use TriangleAway application.

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[Galaxy S II General] Feze:
ok, thanks, with Triangle Away the triangle disappears but the "custom binary download" resets ? now i have "custom binary download yes 12 counts"
[Galaxy S II General] myszonokr:
i am one of the users that got bricked :crying:

i thought tis was old issue with Nexus 4.0.4 release - but here we go.

i was on 4.0.4 official and tried to to reveres nonadroid backup from one of JB room i used to, and my phone just turn off in middle of the process. hard brick.

i took it to the service telling them that phone was charging during the night -like always, and in the morning i could not turn it on.

will they refuse fixing my phone when they discover that i was messing around? i do not know.
[Galaxy S II General] beston94:
So flashing roms such as NeatromLIte XWLPU will be safe, since its coupled with siyah 4.1 kernel, right? I'm coming from cm9 stable running with dm 1.10 kernel btw.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] dud3me:
Sorry for your loss :( But just so I won't manage to eff up my own phone, you did this on stock kernel as well? Hope they'll fix it in warranty for you!

Anyway to all others: is it safe to use the stock 4.0.4 rom if I flash myself siyah kernel for example? Also my eMMC chip revision is 0x9, which the app says is unknown so has anyone got the brick with it?
[Galaxy S II General] neeraj.juneja:
EMMC app say, i got insane chip for galaxy s2 I9100.

What should I do now, currently I am on 4.0.3, I think Stock Firmware..

What should I do now, so that I do not brick my phone now.. Also should I update too :http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1846706&page=2 this ROM??
[Galaxy S II General] Mittaa:
You don´t have do anything but avoid 4.0.4 ... 4.0.3 is safe to use :)

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Yes flash Siyah or Speedmod ... and you should be safe with insane chip onboard your phone :)

I use Speedmod flashed with Odin PC.
[Galaxy S II General] elmo198:
am a little lost. whats the difference between XXLPQ or XXLPG or whatever. am using XXLPQ6 atm, but if is true about the bug. what could I use instead and doesnt it matter which one I use?
[Galaxy S II General] _PaPaUpA_:
someone can help me in spanish please???
[Galaxy S II General] bluefa1con:
Just flash a custom kernel and u ll be safe
[Galaxy S II General] :
I've had a look at forums posts and 0x9 is an unknown chip. Has anyone on the forums managed to brick a device with 0x9 rev?
[Galaxy S II General] l3onidas:
HI all now i'm want to fash may phone from 4.0.3 to 4.0.4

XWLPM is this version have same promblem like XXLQ5

if after flash i want to wipe phone or wipe cash will is hardbriked ???
[Galaxy S II General] jim.j:
On the stock kernel, yes. But after the upgrade if you flash a safer kernel, say Siyah, through Odin, you can wipe.
[Galaxy S II General] TechnicallyImpaired:
aneycou 8/1978

I have a few questions. Does this effect the Galaxy SII HD LTE Model SGH i757? I hard bricked this phone earlier today by installing CWM, then flashing ICS 4.0.4 via kies (the official ICS release) and then stupidly flashing a rom that was meant for a regular SII. Can anyone guess if it was the incorrect ROM that did it? or is my device effected by this issue as well? I want to install the official ICS but I don't know my phone to brick if I ever need to do a factory reset/ wipe. I've since got a new one and don't want to mess this one up. The emmc checker app in the market says my chip is "sane". Any help would be appreciated.
[Galaxy S II General] _PaPaUpA_:
i got a s2 with resurretion remix v1.9.1 and siyah kernel v3.2.4+ on android 4.0.4 with insane chip, so what I need to do to avoid the hard brick???

step by step please and sorry fopr my bad english
[Galaxy S II General] neeraj.juneja:
So does it mean that being on 4.0.3 i can enjoy full benifit of rooting/unrooting / flashin / unflashing and other stuffs. It will not effect my phone??

Listening to this emmc bug, i think i would downgrade to some custom rom leaving ICS for stable (without emmc bug issues)..

So in short will that be safe for me if I want to downgrade since I am on stock 4.0.3 with Insane chip(Affected by EMMC) ??
[Galaxy S II General] Stileth:
4.0.3 is safe.

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[Galaxy S II General] l3onidas:
thx bro

nice if i flash with Siyah kernel it will not bricked and if i want titanum back up not system only apps its allowed?
[Galaxy S II General] _PaPaUpA_:
nobody help me:crying:
[Galaxy S II General] Stileth:
If you have siyah then you are safe. Just make sure you have up to date version.

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[Galaxy S II General] _PaPaUpA_:
but according with emmc check i got a insane chip, doesn't matter???

sorry for my english
[Galaxy S II General] neeraj.juneja:
Thanks a lot mate.. :)
[Galaxy S II General] Stileth:
You can't change your chip. You can only prevent the brick to happen by using safe kernel.

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[Galaxy S II General] jlevy73:
Sadly I did use a safe kernel and my phone just got hard bricked. Not sure the exact cause but was going from LPU with CF-Root LPU to rootbox, wiped data/factory, format/system, flashed Rom then it just died. Battery was at 90% so it wasn't that. Recovery, download, Odin, adb nothing get's recognized.
[Galaxy S II General] 4evertoGS:
thanks answer..
[Galaxy S II General] neeraj.juneja:
Which android base version were you using??

and I want to Downgrade to GB now, for safety concerns. So please tell me what not to now in this case. Currently I am on Stock Firmware ( 4.0.3) { Actually updated it 6-7 months earlier, when it was released but later phone screen got damaged and now I replaced it}

So considering the Cost Price of Everything i dont want to permanently damage my phone..

So kindly enlighten me about that please..
[Galaxy S II General] HannibaL_kk:
Thanks answer!
[Galaxy S II General] spirit.of.resistance:
everybody say speedmod and syiah kernel is safe for 4.0.4,but what about the cf root,not safe?
[Galaxy S II General] jlevy73:
I was using stock firmware LPU 4.0.4 with CF-Root LPU which is supposed to have the emmc brick bug removed from.

Since you are on 4.0.3 there is no problem downgrading because none of the 4.0.3 kernels have the brick bug. So you are safe.

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I thought CF-Root LPU was safe and maybe it is. All I can say is that when I wiped through CWM using CF-Root LPU my phone hard bricked itself. I can't be 100% sure of the exact cause since I have not gone to a Samsung repair center but if I were you, I would use speedmod or Siyah.
[Galaxy S II General] neeraj.juneja:
Okay now i am getting the whole picture.. That EMMC Bug check is to tell you that if you are on 4.0.4 and do the wipe and flash stuff on unsafe kernel you'll end up with your phone bricked.. That app is just like a future teller to S2 users who are not on 4.0.4....
[Galaxy S II General] zemariaabreusantos:
I want to get back to stock and stop using root and custom roms, My personal phone just became my work phone...

If I flash the open europe LQ5 firmware and do not root or back up or wipe data nor cache, there's no problem right?

And by the way what are the advantages of 4.0.4 in comparison to 4.0.3
[Galaxy S II General] MarC_DEV:
+1
[Galaxy S II General] daciangeorge:
4.0.4

only danger with stock kernel
[Galaxy S II General] Michealtbh:
I'm trading my GNexus for a SGS2 soon. It'll probably be running stock 4.0.4 when I get it, and of course I plan to root and rom.

What is the best way to avoid this bug? Flash a safe custom kernel through Odin?
[Galaxy S II General] egps2:
Essentially yes. Siyah and speedmod for example are safe to use :)
[Galaxy S II General] lomistars:
help in getting ICS please

Done

Thanks !
[Galaxy S II General] Mittaa:
Don't place same Q in more than one thread pls ... and further more there is a thread dedicated to Q/A :o

I have send answer to you here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=31123673&postcount=8598
[Galaxy S II General] Ruzzah:
I'm glad we had someone dedicated to posting a thread how to avoid such thing, I just repaired my galaxy s2 screen which has been broken and not working for the past few months, coming from 2.4.6 to the latest, I avoided this bricking by seeing this thread. Many thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] neeraj.juneja:
I am thinking of upgrading to http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1755884 this ROM.. As I told I am on 4.0.3, so Should I flash it as I used to or should I take some precaution? Also What Future Precaution should I take care so that From the upgraded ROM I dont end up getting bricked

Thanks a lot..
[Galaxy S II General] neeraj.juneja:
How did you avoid that? you were already safe as you were on GB. By the way my phone is also like a dump as screen is damaged. :P
[Galaxy S II General] HAKANN:
Somebody has screens of the 4.0.4?

Changelogs?

I found @ Sammobile the official version of 4.0.4 on the Galaxy Note and it looked like the S3

That's the one i want..
[Galaxy S II General] Ruzzah:
I was updating ROM to ics
[Galaxy S II General] LooDnIzzA:
Thanks for info, using Siyah Kernel and it works.!
[Galaxy S II General] egps2:
Hey 4.0.4 hasn't changed yet and even the latest I9100XWLPX has the same UI as before. Essentially it looks like stock touchwiz 4 from 4.0.3 with very minimal UI changes. I do hope the new touchwiz ux will get officially ported because I'm using smando's version ported from S3 and although it works and looks great it is really buggy first few minutes on boot.

EDIT: who was that awesome guy who posted an XWLPT tar with speedmod built in ages ago? Does anyone have I9100XWLPX with a safe kernel built in to avoid stock? Thanks guys
[Galaxy S II General] ssalehh:
Guys the latest xwlpx is safe ? 4.0.4
[Galaxy S II General] egps2:
I think it still has the normal brick bug and even if reports say it does not I would still advise caution and suggest you pretend it's not safe and flash a safer kernel such as Siyah or speedmod. If anyone knows for sure that it's safe please feel free to correct me though!
[Galaxy S II General] Zlooo:
+1
[Galaxy S II General] HAKANN:
Thanks for the info, So the touchwiz isn't updated yet.

well that will be waiting for us ..
[Galaxy S II General] dud3me:
The only reason my phone isn't rooted yet is because this brick bug scared the sh*t out of me lol. Really don't get how it works since I've read people getting bricks even when restoring backups and making backups, so still have to do research before rooting since in this hurry I would probably get it bricked..

I have understood that if I flash siyah before doing anything else I should be safe.
[Galaxy S II General] SB4Life:
okay guys heres the deal, I'm a total noob in android, i have it like 2 months now, it was fully enabled (CM9 and the whole root stuff) and i accidentally found this thread and must see that i have somehow gotten to 4.0.4!

So the thing is, even if at the first post its completely good written and noob friendly, i'm still not sure what exactly to do. Where can i find those ''normal'' roms? I'm seriously scared not to brick this phone, since i got it from my uncle xD

Thanks for any helping reply.
[Galaxy S II General] egps2:
No problem and I installed LPX and old touchwiz was still there. I have wiped cache and dalvik on siyah 4.1.4 with no issues if anyone wanted confirmation. If you don't mind forced wallpaper scrolling, Smando's Touchwiz Ux 1.5.1 was mostly very stable if you wanted the new S3 launcher. The beta I use is less stable but not necessary if you like scrolling wallpaper.
[Galaxy S II General] lucky_sidhu:
Guys its only a suggestion.....

It will be good if some developer can make a windows based application or script that can check any kernel with "MMC_CAP_ERASE=1 or ENABLED"

So one will have to just select a kernel file (.zip or .tar or zimage) and the application will return with a message saying "This Kernel is SAFE to Flash !!!" or "Danger !!! This kernel has Brick bug. Install with extreme caution"

That will help people to check any kernel before flashing and without any fear of brick.. :)
[Galaxy S II General] :
No Need to use PIT ;)

I Didn't use it

Flash ANY 4.0.3 ROM (I use XWLPQ) With Odin

Let IT BOOT UP ( com.android.acore) will crash

Now Reboot Recovery (

NO CUSTOM!

) USE THE

SAMSUNGS OFFICIAL!

Wipe Data/Factory Reset!

Done, Enjoy Your Secure Phone Again

Only thing i have to do is to use CF-Root to gain Network/GSM (I got a damaged EFS)
[Galaxy S II General] graemeg:
NO-ONE needs to flash any .pit, ever, you only need the 3 file flash or if its 1 package then just that, pit is not essential, and yes this is not an official samsung sgs2 i9100 pit file, the orig is 16gb, samsung only use 1 pit file on i9100 for gb and ics, and this wasnt it, so those that have flashed it and re-partitioned, im afraid youre up SH-T creek without a paddle.

I only use stock rooted firmware and never flash pit, i saw what happened on the Gnote, it devastated lots of phones and the same has happened here, and every time its related to a samfirmware leak, once again.

I think folks we all need to EXERCISE more caution from now on and avoid the leaks and stick with what we know to be confirmed official firmware.

All you chaps that have bricked out, not even jtag will do this, the result of this on Gnote was samsung service center and replacement motherboard or new phone, IF they were willing to repair, and as the internal mem is flash, ya cant replace it.
[Galaxy S II General] :
But... can you resize back your internal SD without the old .pit?
[Galaxy S II General] OriginsOfLewis:
I restored to CM9 after about an hour, used Siyah kernel
[Galaxy S II General] :
yes if you use old 4.0.3 system! NOT 4.0.4!