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[Galaxy S II General] montoya.23:
I have ICS XXLPQ build,stock kernel, I wanted to flash to the new 4.0.4 nordic version I9100XWLPX, non wipe. will this have the brick bug

Btw my phone is still in warranty as i Read before if it hard bricks they will not no the couse right ??
[Galaxy S II General] cguru:
I spent hours getting into that superbrick matter, but I few things didn't get clear for me.

Everyone is talking about safe kernels to use with roms, but doesn't recovery itself use its own kernel?

As this malicious wiping is done by recovery, shouldn't we care more about which CWM version to use?

There is a fair possibility, that I mixed a few things up :D
[Galaxy S II General] Mittaa:
As far as I know your right. CWM 4.x and 6.x should be save .. and 5.x NOT !

Siyah lastest kernel is including CWM 6.x :o
[Galaxy S II General] ProPain1996:
If the ROM is any good then it will be supplied with a Kernel/s

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i agree it is pretty good :)
[Galaxy S II General] xazp:
What about this firmware? How to find out more info (presence of brickbug) about the firmware without installing it?
[Galaxy S II General] Engineer It:
should be ware of all leaked versions

thank you
[Galaxy S II General] NIK3SH:
Hello,

I am currently running XXLQ6 version (Screenshot attached).

Stock kernal and No root.

I normally wipe my phone using *2767*3855# code.

So will it be bricked too ?

I haven't flashed my device after 4.0.3 to 4.0.4 update and currently I am having some problems with my gallery and music player so need to do it in nearby future....
[Galaxy S II General] cguru:
Thank you for your replys!

If I'm summing it up right, a ROM is in most cases shipped with a kernel, which in turn contains a recovery system.

Does recovery always share the kernel with the whole system?

If the normal user, never heard of xda developer, updates his phone to the latest firmware (ICS) officially available and then e.g. wants to sell his phone and performs a factory reset, will he with a good chance trigger that superbrick bug or has samsung done something about it?

rev 0x19 superbrickbug (protection: remove EMMC_CAP)

rev 0x25 32KB 0 bug (protection: patching every startup)

Why can't this firmware remain in in the emmc module?

Is this firmware extract- and patchable to older chips?

Are any error free revisions out there?
[Galaxy S II General] hakaz:
The kernel underlies all higher level activities so it is always base for it's recovery as well as for the normal system operations.

A user never heard of xda can brick his or hers phone without any knowledge of the superbrick bug because all 4.0.4 stock ROM versions have MMC_CAP_ERASE enabled (therefore most but not all eMMC chip versions used in SGS2 are endangered).

Apparently there are some eMMC chip versions available without the superbrick bug (follow this post and thread for more info).

Reprogramming/updating the eMMC chip with new firmware is possible in theory (but not easy). Unfortunately we don't know the exact way how the bug involves hardware chip design and firmware revision to superbrick the phone (latest boards - either in new phones or as replacement for bricked ones - have updated hardware and firmware).

So conclusion is to use any kernel with MMC_CAP_ERASE disabled keeps us safe on 4.0.4 ROMs (most custom kernels available comply) and anyone trying to wipe system or data partitions on stock kernel is in danger (regardless of the way the wipe is initiated). Additionally recovery shipped with a kernel can also be trimmed to stay away from secure wipe (which means no usage of MMC_CAP_ERASE) and will be safe to use therefore.

Cheers.
[Galaxy S II General] DaReDeViL:
I think it's unsafe to wipe the way you do => you should flash siyah kernel (for example) and use its cwm recovery to perform a wipe ! Be careful, be careful AND be careful !!!!!
[Galaxy S II General] mikhaew:
sns account don't working, stay crash.
[Galaxy S II General] NIK3SH:
Thanx for your reply Bro.

But after flashing Siyah-s2-v4.0.1.tar using odin, should I use this ROM or change it as well ?

I want to take my device in completely safe side. As well I have never used any flashing tool like Odin yet.

So please guide me what and how to do it ....!!!

I am really tense about this so being this noob.

Hope you understand....

Thanx...
[Galaxy S II General] beckdo:
Hi! I need help! (sorry for my english) I'm was on sotck lpx rom with cf-root kernel. I have tried to flash the siyah 4.1.5 kernel, after that came an error massege: Apex Launcher close. After that i flashed the cf-root kernel back but the error massege came again. After that i flashed the stock lpx rom again, but the error massege is still here. I can see just the empty wallpaper, and can do nothing. I would like to flash my nandroid backup (lp7 stock rom) after a factory reset, but i afraid of brickbug. What shall i do?
[Galaxy S II General] DaReDeViL:
Just follow my simple guide on first post ...

Ps : siyah 4.0.1 isn't a good choice for 4.0.4 firmware. Use 4.1.5 instead
[Galaxy S II General] NIK3SH:
Thanx.

So step by step it will look like,

1) Go To Download mode and install Siyah-s2-v4.1.5.tar using PC Odin3_v3.04.

2) Reboot to CWM (Home+Vol.Up+Power) and perform data wipe/Factory reset

3) Install any Stock ICS 4.0.3 version (ex I9100XWLP7_I9100ODDLP9_I9100DDLPA_HOME.tar.md5 am having downloaded from sammobile) using Odin3_v3.04.

4) Reboot it and use it without taking any more Samsung OTA updates.

Please correct me if any step of mine is wrong or unsafe.

One more thing I would like to ask if I flash Siyah-s2-v4.1.5.tar using PC Odin3_v3.04 and keep using this 4.0.4 then it is also unsafe to use ?

Or I must change the ROM as well after flashing Siyah-s2-v4.1.5.tar ?
[Galaxy S II General] cetc321:
Which is the latest
[Galaxy S II General] HannibaL_kk:
!!

I plan to flash this (PDA:LPW PHONE:LQ6 CSC:LPI ) on my sgs2 .

Is that a good idea ? Or its brickbug affected?
[Galaxy S II General] juzzy16:
Hi. I just updates my GS2 to 4.0.4. My baseband version is I9100XXLQ6 and Build no. is IMM76D.XWLPW. Would this be safe to root? And if so.. How? Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] chiefy009:
+1
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Directly flash siyah kernel from odin
[Galaxy S II General] chiefy009:
Which version ? I want to flash slim ics after
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Flash the latest version
[Galaxy S II General] HannibaL_kk:
So samsung released an official firmware and we cant do wipe/factory reset in stock recovery?

Thats not seems right....
[Galaxy S II General] cattaro:
Hi all,

Just wanna talk about this new firmware 4.0.4. .. Just downloaded yesterday 4.0.4 For Orange Carrier and my S2 got STUCK in Samsung Logo. Everything has gone well with Odin, everything just fine, and "bum" it stayed at Samsung Logo. It couldn't get into REcovery mode, but in Download Mode Yes, so I've flashed again 4.0.3 for Orange Carrier. I was so worried, I got :| .

Hope that the JB version that will appear in November is 100% safe!

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] juzzy16:
Is this method safe to use for XXLQ6?? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1746794

would there be any brick issues?
[Galaxy S II General] darkyat:
Just flashing my Samsung Galaxy S2 for the first time but were so stupid updating to 4.0.4 yesterday - and now I'm quite confused since I've read a dozen tutorials and this thread tells me that flashing the normal ways really could brick my phone...

I've managed installing CWM 5.5.0.4 using: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1118693

Tried rooting via Super One Click and GalaxyS2RootNew (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1499331) both say the succeded but even Superuser App ist installed and they tell me my device is rooted there are no SU Prompts and Terminal results in "permission denied".

What is the safest way now to get my SGS II to the awesome CM 10? If I should downgrade how to do it?

I'm running on ICS 4.0.4, PDA: I9100XWLPW, PHONE: I9100XXLQ6, CSC: I9100DBTLPI

Thanks in advance!

Best regards,

darkyat
[Galaxy S II General] HannibaL_kk:
Read this post. Its going to help you.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1746794&page=37
[Galaxy S II General] darkyat:
Thank you for your reply!

I've tried to get the important Informations out of the Thread.

I still found out that my Chip is "insane" using eMMC Check so I want to go back to some "secure" Kernel.

Using the "Siyah Kernel 4.1.5" seems to be save http://www.gokhanmoral.com/gm/2012/09/08/siyahkernel-s2-v4-1/

What makes me doubtful is that the Changelog says: "CWM-Based Touch Recovery v6.0.1.2" - and CWM Recovery seems to be the most risky method to wipe/factory reset at the moment - so how can Siyah Kernel 4.1.5 be safe? If I should still flash Siyah Kernel 4.1.5 it should be flashed as "PDA" using Odin - am I right?

Others are telling about getting back to 4.0.3 with ANY Version of 4.0.3.

I'm not now sure what would be the best way "to go" to get CM 10 working on my SGS 2 with the least risk to brick it.
[Galaxy S II General] cguru:
Thanks for clarification!
[Galaxy S II General] darkyat:
I'm sorry - but I'm that crazy about all the new things I've learned the last hour that I didn't realize you've posted a Link to another Thread instead of telling me to read this whole thread.

Thank you for your help!

The miracle ist that I'm now even more confused since you're suggesting me to use the "PhilZ-cmw6" Kernel. Am I right?

Since I've alread yinstalled CMW and have no stock recovery (the yellow triangle is already there) the steps for me would be:

boot into download mode

start odin3 and configure it as in picture below

connect phone in download mode to PC via USB

press start to flash the tar.md5 package

to root, download the root file from here (Method 1) : http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1746794

As Tar Archive I should use XXLPW-OXA ICS 4.0.3 as PDA File since I'm now on XWLPW and the important part is "LPW" if I'm right.

Then I should have a safe kernel which allows me to install CM10 using the CWM Recovery I've installed together with the Kernel using Odin?
[Galaxy S II General] HannibaL_kk:
I am new to the forum but what i have read about the brick bug the steps seems correct. I had the same firmware (XWLPI-DBT ICS 4.0.3) and flashed cm9 with out a problem using temp cwm 6.0.1.4-i9100 from the threat i wrote about. After the flash the temp cwm is going to permanent.As for the yellow triangle read this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
[Galaxy S II General] darkyat:
Since it's 2am now here I'm going to leave my SGS 2 alone before I'll really going to brick it.

I've now successfully flashed my SGS 2 now with SiyahKernel S2-v4.1.5.

The next step rooting it still makes me a headache since Super One Click is not working.

SuperOneClick tells me Device is already rooted and rerooting will only make the Superuser App disappear. Unrooting using SuperOneClick also does not work since SuperOneClick will tell me it isn't rooted yet.

Do I need to flash the CF-Root via Odin now?

Futher Steps after rooting should be:

Copy GApps and CM10 ZIPs to the internal SDCard

Boot into Recovery

Flash CM10 zip from internal SDCard

Flash GApps zip from internal SDCard

DO A DATA WIPE / FACTORY RESET (otherwise your device will be stuck at boot)

Now I'm really stuck so any further suggestion would be really great.

I'm a little bit scared just "trying out" CF-Root since Wipeing may brick me phone really easy if I'm wrong. So it would be great if someone can gimme a hint!
[Galaxy S II General] Mittaa:
Siyah Kernel 4.1.5 and CWM-Based Touch Recovery v6.0.1.2 ... IS SAFE! :good:
[Galaxy S II General] HannibaL_kk:
Hello.

Just flash any firmware 4.03 via odin then root via method 1 in the other threat. After flash cm10.
[Galaxy S II General] joedalton_tpu:
Safe choice is CF-Root 5.6 or above, or Philz kernels for those, who prefer stock firmware. But I recommend using stock-based firmwares, such as Neatrom lite, Wanamlite...., they 're absolutely:laugh: safe
[Galaxy S II General] DaOldMan:
I am sorry but CF-Root and Speedmod are NOT safe. My friend has superbricked his i9100 while beeing on the latest CF-Root. Some reports of latest Speedmod say the same. I consider CF-Root 100% dangerous.

I would only use the Syiah kernel to wipe my data.
[Galaxy S II General] Mittaa:
I don't think its due to SpeedMod! Link to source PLS ...
[Galaxy S II General] stayhard:
Any solution yet? Mu S2 is bricked because of this "bug"..
[Galaxy S II General] RobertSand:
Hi

I'm on xwlpt and i see that it is confirmed brickbug in this kernel.

Thing is: before i knew this i flashed cf root kernel, booted to cwm, formated cache and factory reeset.

Then flashed nexus port v3 from faryab. Phone is running good.

But do i still have this bug ?
[Galaxy S II General] Mittaa:
The bug is inside a chip in your phones hardware ... not in the kernel!

Use this app to check if your chip is faulty eMMC Brickbug Check

If your chip is save, you do not have to worry at all :good:

If you have insane chip ... I would advise you to use a safe kernel.

Some kernels have disabled the usage of a faulty function in this chips firmware.

Stock 4.0.3 and Siyah should be safe :o
[Galaxy S II General] ssahmed532:
+1

I would also like to know the answer to NIK3SH's last 2 questions (emphasis mine) above:

Once Siyah kernel v4.1.5 has been flashed (via Odin3), is it safe to continue running ICS 4.0.4 and use the CWM Touch Recovery for data wipe/factory reset? Or is it absolutely required to downgrade to ICS 4.0.3 as well?

Currently running official Sammy ICS 4.0.4 UHLPV ROM and my S2 is confirmed to have the insane chip with the brick bug.
[Galaxy S II General] mayekk:
it is safe to use 4.0.4.
[Galaxy S II General] Paul-1993-Paul:
Is it safe to

- Flash I9100XWLPW_I9100XENLPB_XEN

- Then flash Siyah S2 v4.1.5 (Odin)

- Then Wipe/factory reset with CWM
[Galaxy S II General] shaq1907:
Yes it is safe.
[Galaxy S II General] jack_p75:
Hi im on UHLPY 4.0.4 wanam rom whit siyah kerner V 4.1.5 my chip is insane :( is safe do full wipe ??

Thanks

Inviato dal mio GT-I9100 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] slash_5150:
im currently on I9100DXLP9 4.0.3 singapore. wanted to flash to I9100XWLPT 4.0.4 UK using ODIN.

i dont use cwm. is it safe?
[Galaxy S II General] NIK3SH:
Siyah v4.1.5 is completely safe.....

You can perform Full wipe without any fear.....
[Galaxy S II General] KingScorpian1980:
Yay!!! Bricked my phone again.

Oops. Did not read this thread before and tried to move on to JB from 4.0.4 CWM got stuck and Bang!!!! Bricked.

Last time was a stupid mistake of putting S firmware on to SII.

Went to Samsung gallery and told them some blah blah story and they are going to replace my motherboard. Since am out of warranty will have to shell Rs. 8.5K. Expensive!!!!

But bottomline is they dont know about bricking for sure!!!! Surprising.
[Galaxy S II General] kevinarjun:
Damn this is what happens when people dont read & keep flashing whatever they get. Its a device not your gf sheesh..:)
[Galaxy S II General] NIK3SH:
So it cost you 8.5K for new motherboard ?
[Galaxy S II General] flogger:
I have at the moment XWLPX_XXLQ6.

Also CF-Root 5.6 with CWM 5.5.0.4.

Apparently insane chip according to eMMC test though the testing blocks passed successfully.

Now is this rom/CF secure?? I'm totally scared of doing wipe....

Has anyone tried with this combination?

Perhaps I should try and go with the SiyahKernel S2-v4.1.5 that has CWM 6.0.1.2 and then do the wipe?
[Galaxy S II General] nik60:
I have dorimanx 5.85 and lpx , I made wipe and restore bak many times.is secure also speedmode kernel
[Galaxy S II General] padu333:
Thanks

Thanks mate. I bricked my phone the same way and then did all research for repair but didnt work so paid a hefty amount in samsung service for change of mainboard of the phone.
[Galaxy S II General] Shraier:
I am not quiet sure, but I got a Samsung Galaxy S2 from my friend who screwed it up and it has the hard-brick symptoms as posted in the first thread. Does not boot, nothing... completely dead. Since he had ICS installed I believe it's this case.

However, are there any chances to get this hard-brick solved without changing the motherboard in the future?
[Galaxy S II General] NanoSurfer:
I highly, highly doubt it bro.

Once its bricked, its bricked.

Its not called a super-brick bug for no reason. ;)

I think even Sammy replaces the board once this happens, so if they cant fix it without replacing the board then what hope in hell do we have?

Still, who knows, perhaps someone might still find a way... (however, unlikely though)
[Galaxy S II General] gnan10:
!!HELP!!

my sgs2 is not booting after wiping data on 4.0.4 XWLPX rom...getting stucked on galaxy s2 boot logo

it can getting into download mode but cannot to recovery mode ...is there any way to make to my phone work again???
[Galaxy S II General] Mittaa:
What kernel do u use?

Did you try to re-flash XWLPX using Odin PC?
[Galaxy S II General] gnan10:
stock kernel only and ..yes i tried to flash the XWLPX rom again but no use device is not booting still stucked at boot logo
[Galaxy S II General] Mittaa:
Sorry to hear :crying:

To me it sounds like a real brick due to faulty eMMC chip.

You should take contact to Samsung service center and see if you can get it fixed under warranty.
[Galaxy S II General] allocen:
is I9100BVLPH non-wipe?
[Galaxy S II General] allocen:
Anyone?
[Galaxy S II General] elgoumri:
Try patched pit file may be your phone will wake up
[Galaxy S II General] allocen:
Nah i got a better better idea, i just edit the firmware tar file with total commander, deleted the kernel from original firmware and put the zImage of DorimanX kernel and flashed after with Odin. This procedure succed from what i saw, now i can flash every firmware i want without thinking that i might brick my phone with the original kernel :P.
[Galaxy S II General] gnan10:
I got unbricked my device...yes i recovered the device from emmc brick... Samsung service centre people said that "u messed up with motherboard need to change it and it costs upto 10k(190$)"

So i planned to leave it as a bricked rather than repairing(to get a nexus or s3)...but i found that a developer made bunch of patched pits with different size of partitioning....i followed him and got succeded to boot my phone again...i managed to skip the installation of firmware on currupted NANDrw memory blocks...

But after my phone booted...i lost 4gb of internal memory...:eek:

But its ok for me...my mobile got survived for me...he came for me back again from hell of death:D:)

But still their are currupted blocks in my phone...if a stock pit is supposed to flash then my phone definitely brick again :eek:
[Galaxy S II General] jj03:
^^^ jesus. That would do my head in knowing my phone was alive but somewhat disabled. Still...at least its working again. :)

Flange.
[Galaxy S II General] omzart:
Hi there I just want to let you know that i had this brick and the warranty work for free, they changed the Motherboard

here is my story if you want any details http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=32627309#post32627309
[Galaxy S II General] JakeLee28:
good to hear you got it fixed.
[Galaxy S II General] Knuffibaer:
When i do run the tool, it tells me that my chip does have the bug. The problem is that i did flash a 4.0.4 firmware with odin some days ago.

So i do have some questios.

1) Does this bug only happem by using cwm?

2) Does it happen when you press the factory reset button in the settings of the stock firmware?

3) Does it happen when you reset your phone with the " *2767*38.." code?

4) Does it happen when you flash a new official firmware with odin when you are already on 4.0.4?

5) Does it happen when you do a whipe data/factory reset in the official system recovery menu?

So as you may notice, i only use stock firmwares, with stock kernel, without cwm but with root.

Am i safe using 4.0.4 without cwm or can the standard reset procedurs or flashing with odin still brick my phone?
[Galaxy S II General] flogger:
Where did you got those modified PIT files?

If the phone was bricked and didn't boot at all, how could you flash the new PIT file?

By the way, does anybody know if this bug also occurs when making factory reset from settings menu inside android instead of Recovery?

Thanks

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I was with LPX. Installed LPW (last UK ROM).

Installed last Syah with CWM recovey.

Make wipes without problem and I have the insane chip....

At least with me it worked fine. Can't be sure for everybody else.
[Galaxy S II General] andresantos:
OK so I'm a bit confused here what does the insane chip mean.. I tried flashing a phone last week and got my phone bricked and then found out about this. Took my phone to warranty and now I got a brand new Galaxy S2 that is still on stock 2.3.3 android version. Baseband is I9100XXKE7. Now I want to root it again and flash a different ROM. What should I do to avoid bricking my phone again? I checked the emmc brick bug test and I do have a insane chip in the new phone also but because I'm on 2.3.3 am I safe to root my phone with CF-root? Or what should I do to be safe?

Thanks a lot for any help, I understand that the topic reads 4.0.4.. but this time I want to be 100% sure I know what I'm doing.. can't brick the phone again.
[Galaxy S II General] Mittaa:
Use Odin PC and flash latest ICS firmware XWLPX - Nordic (4.0.4 Unbranded) link and then Siyah 4.1.5 link :)

In this way you get root and eMMC safe kernel
[Galaxy S II General] jr866gooner:
i guess im not safe doing a complete backup using cwm and potentially installing cm9/10?
[Galaxy S II General] bombaybadboy:
You have the siyah link above you to be safe, show them gooners are smarter :D
[Galaxy S II General] jr866gooner:
so could flash this kernel via cwm?
[Galaxy S II General] bombaybadboy:
Better via Odin just don't use data wipe until your on siyah if you use cwm
[Galaxy S II General] henriquebonofimvox:
I'd experienced it too. Fortunately my phone was under warranty, and they change the motherboard and display.

Enviado de meu GT-I9100 usando o Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] yelvieman:
I super bricked my S2 by not reading enough first, I bought a USB jig which did nothing, i sent it off for JTAG repair which didn't work so I returned it to Samsung under warranty with an innocent explanation and it has just arrived back repaired with no cost.

I need to charge it and then I'll see what firmware etc is on it, I guessed it was worth a try and it paid off.
[Galaxy S II General] jr866gooner:
flashing Siyah would not work with cyangenmod tho iirc but is there a safe stock option to flash other than my own? (brick-able)

also I am eying up miui and wasn't sure which kernel would be safe (either stock or Siyah)
[Galaxy S II General] bombaybadboy:
First of all I ment use ICS siyah to use as safe starting point kernel. I don't no what plans you have next, cm9 or cm10 maybe. Both builds will replace siyah with there stock kernels anyway. Plus if your thinking cm10 Mali then it is possible to use an altered siyah with a little tweak. I have used it myself.
[Galaxy S II General] dark_emperor:
i have the s2 with 4.0.4 baseband I9100XXLQ6 BUILD NUMBER XWLPW kernel 3.0.15

can i restore an old backup i have?

with omega rom 4.0.3 ?
[Galaxy S II General] ohwarumbloss:
Ummm, after my 2nd hardbrick, I got my S2 back with emmc check saying my chip is "sane" so this means I can flash last dbt 4.0.4 ( LP7) without losing my phone again for some days, right?

Btw, my 2nd Brick happened while official update from 4.0.3 to 4.0.4 lol
[Galaxy S II General] javascript18:
thanks for this great reminders