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[Galaxy S II General] -iNCEPTiON-:
I have a safe problem .. I am on 4.0.4 , how can i avoid bricking my phone ... :) plz help .. M glad i saw this thread before i rooted my phone ...thanks
[Galaxy S II General] seres88:
I just downgrade my phone from ICS 4.0.4 to GB 2.3.6 yesterday because some bugs running with my ICS cause force shut down to my phone. Now my phone runninb GB and till now my phone still in a good and never force shut down. Maybe what OP say is true about bugs inside ics4.0.4 may lead to hardbrick if we're not resolve this problem ASAP. So just becareful guys.
[Galaxy S II General] Mittaa:
Start reading this thread from post # 1
[Galaxy S II General] Morodo:
I've used the eMMC check and it says i have an Insane Chip ( VYL00M), i don't have root yet, i was planning to root the device and experiment roms but now im scared..
[Galaxy S II General] jebuchanan:
Root it, use a safe kernel, enjoy.

Sent from my Samsung GT-i9100M

ROM Dilidroid UHLPS

Kernel Siyah 4.15
[Galaxy S II General] -iNCEPTiON-:
Anyone?

I have actually downloaded CF-Root For LPH But it says it has problems mounting SDCard partition, so i am confused about it... i have downloaded Siyah kernel , so i wanted to ask that if i flash Siyah kernel , i would have root access ?? i just want to get rid of some stupid apps i have on stock ICS 4.0.4 :(
[Galaxy S II General] Mittaa:
Flash Siyah then your rooted and can get rid of your stupid apps ... and besides that you are safe from the nasty, ugly, bugly brick bug :)
[Galaxy S II General] Pooshkis:
Plese, need help, tried to downgrade firmware from 4.0.4 to 4.0.3 using Odin and now i'm getting an error: android.process.acore has stopped, and can't really do anything.

is there anything I could do now or is my phone bricked?

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S II General] Mittaa:
Have you tried using Odin PC ?
[Galaxy S II General] Pooshkis:
Yes, I used Odin3 on PC v3.04

I do get email, explore through home screens and menus, but can't call, receive calls, write messages, look up contacts or memos and stuff. Maybe I could do a hard reset or wipe the phone, but then won't i brick my phone?
[Galaxy S II General] -iNCEPTiON-:
i am trying to flash SiyahKernel 5.0.1 (Latest Version) and tried 4.1.5 also but odin is giving me error saying that cannot open serial port :( and says FAILED :(

Kindly HElp .. i have tried changing the ports too
[Galaxy S II General] DaReDeViL:
Close KIES and it should work
[Galaxy S II General] -iNCEPTiON-:
KIES Is Closed .. Anyways , I have managed to root my phone and get CWM 6.0 using PhilZ Guide and avoided the brickbug also :)

I am running CyanogenMod 9.1.0 Stable Release :) Its awesome , i am loving it .. :) i hope it will be giving me good battery time now :)
[Galaxy S II General] Reno29:
Anyone knows a 4.0.4 safe kernel? Or maybe a list, I'm running XWLPY and this problem worried me.

Enviado desde mi GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] radx:
I have a emmc bricked S2 here. Has there been any development on this where you can fix it somehow?

I've read this post (I dont understand everything):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1667886

And this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1900612

The state of my phone is that it's completely dead. I cant get odin to recognize it. It wont wake up when I plug in a usb-jig.. Nothing wakes the screen up. Any help would be very appreciated.
[Galaxy S II General] Pooshkis:
don't know if i am exactly right, but I've red somewhere that the only thing you can do now is to change phone's hardware (some kind of micro scheme, maybe processor or smth).
[Galaxy S II General] radx:
Thanks for replying. I did some digging around and from what I understand I need to reprogram the EMMC chip with a Riff Box. In some cases a new emmc chip is required. Either way, this is out of my league. I will try to get it repaired at a service shop. Thanks for replying though :)
[Galaxy S II General] gabohXD:
Hello xda-community, I'm a new user to this samsung devices so I have a long way to go with this...

I have some experience just with flashing custom rooms and rooting Motorola devices and a Dream G1, but samsung is just a new world to me so I hope someone can give me a little help here...

This is a little info of my device:

Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100)

Android official firmware 4.0.4 (Updated through the normal way by receiving the update from the company, I'm from Argentina)

(I never flashed a kernel so I don't know if this data is relevant):

This is what it says in Kernel Version:

3.0. 15-1133289

se.infra@SEP-129 #3

SMP PREEMPT Fri Oct 5 11:21:08 KST 2012

Baseband version:

I9100UHLPH

Compilation number:

IMM76D.UHLPZ

My "problem" here is that I want to Root it. I have read some guides in many places and some guides here but I'm still kind of confused with the kernel-flashing thing and stuff. I don't know how to know if a kernel or anything that I can download from the attachments in the guides will work with my device.

Please can anyone, by knowing this data from my cellphone, re-direct me to the proper guide for me?

Also, if you could tell me what would be best for my phone.. like if I should stay with the Stock rom or install a Custom one... I don't know if this is the best but I think I want to conserve the Official Firmware and just add the Root thing..

Any tip with this would be really appreciated. Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S II General] seres88:
This my screen shot from got brickbugs? apps. Its shown my emmc chips got a brick bug. So, how to solve this and remove all brickbugs inside my chips. Any guide?

thanks for helping.
[Galaxy S II General] ghadap:
I've flash 4.0.4 (thanks to SamMobile for saying it is 4.0.3). Right now i didnt do anything. Should I wait for official JB (4.1.2) or reflash other stock rom? (without wipe anything) :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] ghadap:
Now I'm screwed a bit.. at Sam, it says 4.0.3.. when I done flashing, it shows 4.0.4.. Moral of the story; don't root yet+wipe anything+don't do anything.. Maybe i'll just wait for official 4.1.2? :silly:

Edit : Is it compulsory to "wipe data" when flash using Odin? I flashed my device with this ROM; I9100DXLPF_I9100OLBLPF_XME, from sammobile. It says 4.0.3, but turns out after flashing it, actually is 4.0.4 (About Phone properties).

Im not 100% sure. Is it safe for me to do this steps?

1) With Odin, I flash other official rom from sammobile (I9100DXLPB_I9100OLBLPA_XME or

I9100DXLP9_I9100OLBLP9_XME), without wipe anything..

2) If the flashing process successful, I just continue use it since data is still intact.

Sent from my Thoughts using Telepathy :banghead:
[Galaxy S II General] Reno29:
Just install siyah kernel via ODIN ,after that you can flash another Rom, or stay the same. Remember the problem is in the kernel, not in the rom

Enviado desde mi GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] darknagel:
lol read his http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1756242

the brickbug is a bug in the kernel which leads to brick your phone. only what you need is to use a kernel what is save.
[Galaxy S II General] t4ure4n:
Need advise for upgrade from Android 2.3.3 to 4.1.2

I understand that its the bug with stock kernel and not the ROM

I want to update my wife's SGS2 which is currently running

[B]Android Version[/B]: 2.3.3
[B]Baseband Version:[/B] I9100XXKE7
[B]Kernel Version:[/B] 2.6.35.7-I9100XWKF3-CL276555 root@DELL101 #2

to [ROM][4.1.2][AOKP/CM/PA] GT-I9100/I9100P Vanilla RootBox [12/11][v3.2][Nightlies] with Dorimanx Kernel and I9100XXLQ6 Moden

Can you please advise me what will be the correct procedure for achieving this with risking a brickbug.
[Galaxy S II General] ghadap:
You are absolutely right about it. Just that my theory is, since flash other firmware via odin, it will flash everything right? Or, still the kernel intact? Then is it ok if I not perform any WIPE procedure after flashing other stock firmware..

Sent from my Thoughts using Telepathy :banghead:
[Galaxy S II General] sucro:
I flashed my SGS2 from Gingerbread 2.3.5, first to ICS 4.0.3, through Wireless (OTA/FOTA), officially software update by Samsung, and bellow are details now from about menu, so is danger to root it, with this Kernel 3.0.15, or maybe before rooting, to flash it with that famous "siyah kernel" , which people speak here, and then to root?

Android version: 4.0.4

Baseband version: I9100BULP8

Kernel version: 3.0.15-1056084 dpi@DELL131 #3 SMP PREEMPT Thu Sep 13 10:45:25 KST 2012

Build number: IMM76D.BULPG

I checked eMMC chip version by chainfire app, it seems i'm out of luck :( , and have that famous "bugy" chip :(,

eMMC chip: VYL00M

Revision: 0x19

so what you advice? To wait for official JB at the end of this month, and then to upgrade software like previous time through software update function by Wirelsss or to try root this device, before updating to JB ?

Tnx!
[Galaxy S II General] t4ure4n:
If you don't want to wait for stock JB from Samsung (released may be by end of this year) then:L

Downgrade to 4.0.3 based on the @googy_anas instructions above

Then flash Custom ROM like RootBOX AOKP 4.1.2 and get Google Experience.

Personally I like AOKP better than stock Samsung because Sammy is too slow to release updates.
[Galaxy S II General] sucro:
I think will be faster ;), like Samsung anounced end of november 2012 ;), i'll wait for stock JB... I'm not at all in this thread for posibility of upgrade to leaked JB for SGS2, etc. more for rooting my SGS2 with ICS 4.0.4, in this state device is now...

But my question is more related for rooting my SGS2 with "eMMC chip: VYL00M" - problematich chip, i just want to avoid bricking my SGS2 with this chip, and to have rooted phone, cause i need root for installing some app, is that possible to do with flashing siyah's kernel from link bellow,

http://d-h.st/Bcf

is danger to flash SGS2 with this kernel, will then device be rooted? Is there any chance to brick my SGS2 :), i paid much money for it, i bought it new, not second hand, and i'm afraid to brick it :)!?

Thank you very much for help!

Greetzz ;)
[Galaxy S II General] t4ure4n:
In that case you can try [GUIDE] ROOT/UNROOT Stock ICS Firmware without flashing unsecure kernel.
[Galaxy S II General] ghadap:
// Do not wipe using CWM, instead using Factory Reset // - Can anyone confirm this method? Just to collect more information..
[Galaxy S II General] t4ure4n:
You can try the factory reset from settings no problem. Factory rest only formats /system partition etc on the phone and you will loose all you apps so be careful.

If you have changed your Kernel from stock to custom then you should not have problem doing factory reset from CWM.
[Galaxy S II General] Sun90:
flashing SGS2 running stock v4.0.4 with Siyah kernel is the best bet, since 'Siyah kernel' has this mmc_cap(brick bug) erase thing removed from it.

so u can safely use it to root ur phone and also the CWM recovery (stock one) will be replaced by the latest Siyah CWM recovery v6.0.X which is safe for wiping data/Factory re-set and installing custom roms if u wish:)
[Galaxy S II General] sucro:
Yeah, i read that thread for sure before posting here, but really this thread make me scarried :), and i was to research every possible aspects of some possible fail :)... Thank you very much for suggestions!

So everything i need to do is, to follow instructions from that trhead!? Not necessary to wipe internal memory after flashing siyah kernel, right? :)

Thank you dear sun90 too very much ;)! Yeah, i read much about it, and many threads, this one too, so i just wanted to confirm all what i discovered while i read all these things :), i was more active until was Winodws Mobile scene active here, so time to come on Android Scene :)...

I'll not install custom rom :), i'm happy with Stock Rom, my target is only to root my SGS2 securely :), to avoid Brick of my device, that's all :), cause i'm too much scarried by this thread :), cause i didn't read this thread, before updating to ICS 4.0.3, then to 4.0.4 - atuomatically requested by OS, cause i update it through Wireless :), option "software update", from menu About :)...

What's the difference between these 2 versions of CWM from their room manager for SGS2 ?

Samsung Galaxy S2 (galaxys2)	Download ROMs	4.0.1.5	5.8.1.5

Download Recovery - 4.0.1.5

Download Touch Recovery - 5.8.1.5

Shame of me :)...

Greetzz

p.s.

probably Touch associate on version which can be used by touch screen - not necessary using vol up-down for moving through window, and one without Touch in title probably request using hardware buttons like home,volup, etc.
[Galaxy S II General] mrcreativity:
Hope my question isnt stupid.

I flashed official 4.0.4 XWLPW via mobile odin thru cm9 and now i have a boot loop. I cant flash a safe kernel via odin since the process stops at flashing zimage.

Can i perform a factory reset via stock recovery?

Never mind... Flashed philz kernel via stock recovery and did the reset.

Thank you.
[Galaxy S II General] mrcaligula:
I have flashed 4.0.4 via Odin many times. No problem here. No brick. Have gone from Custom ROM and to Stock and to Custom ROM many times :):good:
[Galaxy S II General] sucro:
Just to inform scene ;) from my expirience, everything went well, by advices of t4uren and Sun90, thanks to them! I didn't flash siyah kernel, only rooted my SGS2 with stock ICS 4.0.4 (with bug-brick chip eMMC), by this method

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1501719

with CW recovery, firstly through stock recovery i installed CWM recovery, then through CWM recovery, i installed SU Busybox and voila ;), my SGS2 is now rooted ;)!

One thing i noticed, if somebody expiriences similary problem, stock recovery didn't see my SD CARD, when i press "open external sd from stock recovery menu, it didn't detect sd card, then i put micro-sd card in micro-sd card slot, and then again exectuted stock recovery, now it detected external sd - micro sd card, and i could instal CWM, then with CWM recovery, it detected too sd card-internal memory, and installing SU-busybox was easy, phone is rooted, after rebooting ;).
[Galaxy S II General] NanoSurfer:
Good for you, but that doesn't make the countless poor saps feel any better that actually did brick.

You could have a sane chip, or you could be very, very lucky. Not everybody on the bad chip bricked, but a lot have.

My chip is sane so we both lucky. Lets just keep it to ourselves because this is a definite confirmed problem for this phone
[Galaxy S II General] Kruzenshtern:
Thanx Siyah for bootloop instead of brick :o
[Galaxy S II General] voidzero:
Sorry guys if I am asking a question already asked. It's a jungle of posts, and I'm unsure where to start. So please point me somewhere.

I have a Samsung Galaxy2 GT-I9100 with Android version 4.0.4, baseband I9100XXLQ6, Kernel 3.0.15-1056084 and build number IMM76D.XWLPW. I haven't done anything with the phone yet.

I want root on it and I'd love to have something like TWRP or CWM recovery on it so that I can make backups. And of course I'm going to use TitaniumBackup :cowboy:

This thread made me a bit scared, can someone please describe how to root the phone in n00b-safe wording? Or point me to a thread?

It's my gf's phone, if I brick it she'll never forgive me unless I purchase a new phone... :eek:

Much thanks for any help I can get here.
[Galaxy S II General] maijinace:
hi guys,

i bricked my phone mounts ago when 4.0.4 released,

so i was at samsung service center they told me that is not included in waranty becouse of "waterdamage" WTF....

so i desided now becouse i want to give it to my girlfrind, to repair it.

does someone know how much it will coast (in Euro) please. and what should exactly repaired?? i thing the mainbordchip called in german "platine" or something else?

@voidzero

if you are on 4.0.4 i would chance anything ... wait till 4.1.2 it should be released this year... and the most roms dont have what your girlfrind search. install her a new launcher and she will be happy :)
[Galaxy S II General] voidzero:
Thanks for your suggestion -- Just to be clear, did you mean to say "I wouldn't change anything?" And where can I find a new launcher?

The most important thing for me is to get rid of all Samsung specific applications. This is because I don't trust Samsung: I run my own IMAP email server. So I configured email on the phone and I noticed something evil, I posted a thread about this at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2007571.
[Galaxy S II General] maijinace:
oh ok... i never thought about that ... do you use samsungs mail app or gmail or somthing else from market???

there are many laucher in market (now called google play(store)) i prefere sslauncher but it takes to much time to create your own "desktop" so you should take golancher!

for golauncher there are many themes but you can also use nova or launcherpro, and and and ... there are many launcher at playstore...

earlier i rooted and use custom roms becouse i had a low end phone

so i use root to delete system apps for saving some free space and to being up to date. but since i have sgs2 i dont need to root and use custom roms becouse i have enough space and jeallybean will also released for our phone ;) so why i should root or use c.roms!

i know some C.roms has some featuers. but the most of the featueres you can get trought apps which are free in the market and so you can save your waranty and you are on the safe side that your phone cant brick or something like that by flashing or rooting your phone :)
[Galaxy S II General] t4ure4n:
Good to hear that your phone is rooted.. :laugh:

Stock recovery menu has issues with detecting sd card etc and I was told by XDA folks not use stock recovery for backup-restore or operations like that.

Just a quick note, in future if you flash stock JB via ODIN you will loose your ROOT.
[Galaxy S II General] Zod5000:
Is there anything wrong with using Odin to flash the new jellybean firmware, when you're on a 4.0.4.

I'm assuming because no wipe is taking place, the kernal would be replaced with the new kernel, at which point you'd be safe to wipe (if you fell so incline?).

My phone is currently routed using the clockworkrecovery/install superuser method.
[Galaxy S II General] mrcreativity:
So... The first time u tried to flash via stock recovery using the external sd card option ur slot was empty?
[Galaxy S II General] --Yo--:
Hi, I installed the "evil" 4.0.4 right when it was leaked and after a few weeks the brick bug started to show up on the internet.

I don't usually flash my S2, actually, that's the only time I've done it and the "evil" version has been working properly for half a year now, but now I see the JB coming and the trouble starts again.

For what I've read, I just need to replace the kernel for a safe one, which I did (I guess), I put the speedmod kernel from hardcore which is supposed to have the issue fix.

Does this mean that I can do the wipe now? According to what I've read it does, but I'm still worried and wanted to ask you guys here. I run a couple apps to check the brickbug and they both say that mine does have the issue.
[Galaxy S II General] hakaz:
If you are on SpeedMod kernel you can do safe wipes now. But afaik we still have no confirmation that JB's kernel is safe (means MMC_CAP_ERASE call disabled or Sammy's own brick bug routine implemented). Cheers.
[Galaxy S II General] orate.cl:
Guys is this still happening? I want to flash to 4.0.4
[Galaxy S II General] NIK3SH:
If you'r planning to install Test JB ROM I9100XXLSJ, then yes it is safe to use.

Just don't wipe data while you are running ICS Stock Kernel.

---------- Post added at 03:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:45 PM ----------

Almost all ICS Stock Kernels are and will be risky to use for wiping data.

For a safe side,

Wipe data using any Ginger Bread ROM,

Install ICS Rom using PC Odin

and Change Kernel to any safe one like Siyah v5.

That's all.
[Galaxy S II General] orate.cl:
If i use another kernel other than the stock kernel, can I do an OTA update when JB comes out?

IDK what you mean by "wipe data" you mean "restore factory defaults?" in the security settings?

Thanks in advance man.

PD: I'm using android 4.0.3 a friend of mine installed it some time ago sur mon telephone.
[Galaxy S II General] dipenrique:
thanks for the info.. i found my phone to be bugged :(
[Galaxy S II General] googleme3:
So I guess this will work then? I'm in pretty much the same situation: flashed a stock 4.0.4 with MobileOdin a couple of weeks ago. It's a good thing I haven't done a factory reset... I'm asuming having root (SuperSU) doesn't help in any way?
[Galaxy S II General] NIK3SH:
No. If you change your kernel, you will be prompted for an update over OTA but it will resulted in fail during installation due to change in kernel.

Means overall OTA will be useless after changing kernel.

As well regarding factory reset doing from Security settings will not brick your device as it will only clear user data of all apps only.

Wiping cache data and Factory Reset from Security settings are technically different operations.

But for a safe side, I recommend to change kernel to a safe one.

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Device: Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100)

ROM: Stock ICS 403 XWLP7

Kernel: Siyah 5.0i

Hit Thanks, If my Post did Helped You
[Galaxy S II General] sucro:
Tnx God everything was ok with help of people like your, sun90, etc. ;)! :D :o Clear man ;)!

Thank you very much for info! Will i loose root if i update to JB through OTA-via wireless, throug samsung s2 menu "update software" or only if i flash it through ODIN? I'm not sure when Vodafone Spain will publish JB for their users, cause my SGS2 is OEM bought from Vodafone Spain.

Yeah, micro-sd card wasn't inserted, but CWM.ZIP was on my internal memory - SD CARD, but stock recovery menu didn't recognized it... So then i decided to put CWM.ZIP on micro-sd card, insreted micro sd card, and stock recovery menu recognized cwm.zip, then i started cwm.zip from microsd card to root my SGS2 by SU-Busybox Installer and method posted in rahmat's trhead,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1501719
[Galaxy S II General] Lanek66:
I have not really follow what was happend with this brik bug... just checked and it look like i have the problem ( 4.04).

( i think i have flash with 3 different 4.04 roms and wipe data without problem, but better be safe ).

So, by advance im sorry to certainly ask again something who have been allready posted.

If i flash the last JB 4.1.2 stock rom ( or another one based on it ) ? without wipe data, then i should be ok or not ? or does the flash is allready a risk and it is better to go back to 4.03 before do it ?
[Galaxy S II General] DavidVSP:
+1. I have the same doubt, however I'm running on cyanogenmod 9.1.0 and CWM 6.0.1.2, with a potential brickbug terninal (checked it time ago)

Honestly I'm lost with all the brickbug thingy in JB 4.1.2 :crying:
[Galaxy S II General] egps2:
Most of the discussion has been on this thread (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1994313) but I believe there is a kernel releae for the JB leak that has the brick bug disabled just have a quick search to confirm that's true!

Hope that helps a bit!
[Galaxy S II General] googleme3:
You should be fine as long as you don't use a STOCK ICS Kernel. Only Sammy 4.0.4 kernels have the eMMC brickbug. Community ones are fine. It figures... :)
[Galaxy S II General] Bleeding-Edge-Armour:
Safe?

I'm thinking about flashing this stock rom:

GT-I9100 - India

PDA: I9100XWLPW

CSC: I9100ODDLPC

Version: 4.0.4

Date: 2012-09-06

Regions: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom

URL: Details

I intend to use it with Siyah kernel 5, is this kernel safe? (I will flash it using odin ofcourse ) :confused::confused:

Update I installed the emmc brick bug check app, and it say's I have an insane chip. What does this mean?.
[Galaxy S II General] webjunky:
this one was releast last night : http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=GT-I9100&pcode=PRO&os=1&type=1#firmware
[Galaxy S II General] Bleeding-Edge-Armour:
Thank you for the link but could you also answer my question please
[Galaxy S II General] googleme3:
what kernel are you using now?