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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
I'm not working from first hand experience, but I'm fairly good at correlating information and making deductions. Something in the sequence of events doesn't add up to me. You're sure you have the I777? You pulled the battery and looked at the label?

At this point any suggestions that I can offer are based on educated speculation. The first thing to try would be to flash an ICS kernel using Odin, but you have already done that. I would suggest that you try that again, but discard the tar you already have and download the tar again, from here. That may be the same place you downloaded it before, not sure. Be sure to use the original USB cable that came with the phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] g.kupster:
Yes, I check the phone. Its is a AT&T SGH-I777. I will try the ICS kernel again. Will it be worth trying Kies to recover the phone or is that a futile exercise?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
No experience with kies. I don't think you can connect to kies when you have custom kernel. People who mod their phones typically don't use it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] g.kupster:
Tried flashing the Kernel again. Odin passed but the phone restarted to the same screen as before..Exclamation mark. Not sure how to proceed...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
Did you do a wipe?

Sent from my SGH-I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
Try to enter recovery again. If you are able to get into recovery, perform a wipe data/factory reset.

If you are still unable to get into recovery mode, then you should attempt to flash the full stock. I think it would be best to try flashing the UCKH7 stock. Go to the Download Repository and flash the firmware in the section I777UCKH7-CL503881 Stock Binaries. Download the second item, I777UCKH7-REV02-home-low-CL503881.tar.md5.7z, extract and flash with Odin3 v1.85 that you got for your first flash. Odin will check the md5 sum before starting the flash. Please report results back. If the flash is not successful, please copy and paste the entire contents of Message section.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] g.kupster:
ODIN said 'FAIL'..this is what I get.

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> I777UCKH7-REV02-home-low-CL503881.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> Sbl.bin

<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/003>

<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
I really can't advise you beyond this point. I don't have enough experience to understand what is going on. Anything I could suggest at this point would be an unsupported guess.

Here are my thoughts:

Since you can flash a kernel successfully, but not a full firmware, it doesn't seem likely that the memory is damaged. Also probably not a partitioning problem, since there was nothing in the sequence you reported that would have changed the partition information.

Something is preventing the Odin flash, failing one time on cache and one time on sbl. This sometimes happens when one partition of the firmware is corrupted, such as the param.lfs. Some parts, namely sbl.bin and param.lfs, can be flashed individually to see if it corrects the problem. Although, again based on the sequence you reported, I don't see why one of those would be corrupt.

Since the phone has been updated to UCLE5 via kies, you could try flashing the UCLE5 firmware from the Download Repository. Don't think it would work, but it might be worth a try.

If you can't get it going again, you should be able to get a replacement under warranty. Since you flashed the zedomax kernel with Odin, and then the Siyah kernel, your flash counter will be increased. The tech that replaces the phone, especially if you take it to a warranty center, may very well check that. You can reset that to 0 by using a usb jig. Just plug the usb jig into the usb port, and the phone will boot into download mode, clearing the flash count in the process. Then just remove the jig and hold the power button to turn the phone back off.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] g.kupster:
Thanks for the help so far. I will try that and see if I can get the phone replaced.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bocephus007:
Would it be possible at all for this guy to try the proper zedomax you know one that is for ics because I almost made this same mistake until I remembered I had already updated my wife's phone to ics but I do have a lot of experience with galaxy phones so I already knew what to look for. I was just wondering if this would work for him.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pirateghost:
Zedomax is nothing but trouble.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bocephus007:
It worked for me all 3 times is why I asked but maybe I got lucky.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Ruger20:
I'm no expert here but a quick search for the ODIN message you posted led me to this: http://xdaforums.com/archive/index.php/t-804695.html

I know that the post I linked is very dated but maybe something in it will help you.

Suggestions include multiple tries with and/or without restarting odin in between, multiple USB ports, battery in and out, etc.

A google search for odin Complete(Write) operation failed yields many results, some presenting the exact error messages you are seeing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
Good search tactics

Sent from my SGH-I777
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] julien.me:
Hi guys,

I have an unlocked/rooted N7. The tablet has quite a bit of data in it and I am trying to initiate a back up using ROM Manager but the backup is only of about 20Mb when I check it.

I tried to do the backup straight from CWM but it is the same, very fast to back up and I assume it is not backing up all of the partitions...

My tablet has about 5Gb used so I expect the NANDROID backup to be around this size ...

Any idea ?

Cheers
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brianjr1:
Don't count me on this but I believe that the blobs file within the clock work mod folder contains some information as well.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] julien.me:
Thanks for that, I have since checked the blobs folder and indeed it is about 1Gb in size but that doesn't explain the time to take the backup (strangely quick, about 30secondes).

I am not confident enough to test my restore to see if it works :]
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackhand1001:
This tablet does backup and restore very quickly. I can confirm they work as well.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyuk:
Was this the first nandroid that you took?

CWM 6.0+ now does incremental backups, the first backup creates a blob folder where 'common' files will be placed and teh backup itself only includes 'new' files.

That being said a full old style nandroid with TeamWin recovery on the N7 only took me 130 seconds
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] julien.me:
Thanks guys, I understand now why it takes very little time to take the backup :)

So not only the backup folder is used but also the blobs one...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JaSauders:
Hate to bump this but I figure it's better than duplicating threads...

I just did a Nandroid backup (assuming that's the backup & restore function found in CWM) and ran two backups. Each came up to about 23-24MB. I do see a blobs folder, where there's about 1.6GB worth of data. My real confusion is... is this ALL of my data, partition structure, and everything? Pictures? App data? I just want to make sure I'm doing this properly.

Also, I want to store my backups on my server at home, so I'm assuming my best bet is to just copy both the backup and blobs folder entirely?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rootbrain:
Nandroid does not backup your media, docs etc. It just backs up your system and user apps with the associated data for each.

Same for titanium backup. You need to backup those other things to your PC or a flash drive through the USB connection.

Under the clockwork directory there is a backup and blobs directory. Both of them combined are your nandroid backup.

Rootbrain
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stillchimp:
For 100% recoverable backup from PC I have to copy across the blobs folder then?

I'm interested in the user apps and data, they must be in the blobs I guess?

Just so I'm really clear on this...

Say I only had the backup timestamp folder and missed out the blobs, and did recovery from that, would it work? Would that return to a clean ROM, or would clockworkmod not be able to use it without the blobs folder?

Thanks

Apologies guys, I just did some more reading and found this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1933000

It explains it all, and I have my answers :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] freakyd9984:
OK accidently flashed the wrong rom and i cant get my phone to boot , or enter boot loader at all and when i plug it in charger nothing still happens ............ I have a Galaxy SII Skyrocket I727 , any suggestions at all . Thank you very much if someone could help me out.:crying:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] specter07:
http://www.ort-jtag.com

Is your only solution
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] freakyd9984:
thank you very much ill check it out
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] xcrazydx:
Flashed what Rom? For a different phone? If so it needs jtag to fix it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] freakyd9984:
yes different rom on accident SalmanRom v4.2 XWLPG.zip , i went to jtag but cant find the correct download to do it ....... im sorry i dont know to much about jtag could u direct me in the right direction
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] xcrazydx:
You don't down load anything. You send it to someone to fix it for you. You can't do this yoursef.

Check out mobiletechvideos.com.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Tweakecho:
http://www.firstpost.com/topic/prod...vice-debrickin-video-AkJQAbwZjRk-91645-7.html

Here watch the vid and contact them :D

Or try this one....

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=JTAG+SERVICE+FOR+SKYROCKET

But that one is just mean but its such a fun thing to do.... its like the ultimate face palm...;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] garydv2002:
Don't know but if you hadn't had the phone very long call your carrier and tell them you updating to ics via Samsung kies and the dang thing hung up blinked and now won't do nothing. You may just get lucky and get a new one cheap or maybe replaced free.... its worth a try....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mmawji:
Did you try odin on your pc and reflace the correct rom. Worked for me. Good luck
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mario24601:
What service/provider of cloud type storage do most people here use? Any good recommendations?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Landara:
Personally I use Google Drive + Google Music for my tunes. Frankly the integration makes it a no brainer to me. That isn't to say it would be best for everyone but for my uses it's perfect. However most people will tell you to sign up for all of them and use them all then pick one. After all you can never have too much free cloud storage. And that will allow you to try them before you go Premium, if in fact that is something you were considering. I know Dropbox is great too. Cubby invites were all the rage here lately but I have never tried it. There's a thread. It would probably help you get better recommendations if you told us what you plan on using the service for.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YoungAceAtlanta:
i use Dropbox.. got over 100+Gigs because i have a GS3 + One X and a few other reasons.. i also use Google Drive + Google Music and all other Google cloud features

New accounts only get 2GB of space tho
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davedw:
currently i use google drive and dropbox. i think the free space on those services will increase in the future because there is a lot of competition
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 05GT:
Google Drive

Dropbox

Amazon Cloud
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] destro63x:
I use them all, but 4share is my preferred one.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luchoster:
I have Dropbox (4GB), Ubuntu 1(5GB), Google Storage for Developers (100GB) and Skydrive(25GB).

I know that's a lot of them, so I use SMEStorage to manage 'em together, well except for Dropbox and Ubuntu1
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wmoore:
This :good:

Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, SkyDrive ......
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyuk:
It depends what you need, for pure file storage dropbox or google drive are probably the best.

If you are looking to stream media from a cloud then I am not sure what is best here. Anyone have any suggestions for streaming media (files that I own already rather than other options)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Number R09:
i use:

dropbox

skydrive

box

sugarsync

cubby

google drive/gmail

they're unique in their own way, but generally similar; free with paid extras. i have about 115GB+ of free online storage, so no need for any paid versions. i suggest try a few out and see which service suits your needs best.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rowanparker:
I use Wuala. I think it's reasonably priced and there's a bonus that everything's encrypted!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mario24601:
Thanks everyone! What I would like to do is stream home pictures and videos. Any of these good for this?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JaSauders:
I like the idea of my data being on my own systems. As a result, I set up ownCloud on my Linux server in my basement (tho I believe a Windows variant exists). With the help of DDNS which provides me with a URL, along with some port forwarding, I basically have my own web address I can access from anywhere and log in to my ownCloud server. You are limited only by your hard drive space. I'm currently rockin a 300GB personal cloud server. I'll be looking at 6TB once I get my new drives in for the RAID 5 array I plan to set up.

On the same server I also have Subsonic running. I paid the couple bucks donation fee (10 to 15 or so) to unlock the full mobile license with the mobile app for Android, iOS, etc. There again, using my DDNS URL I tied Subsonic's Android app into my server at home. I can now stream all of my media straight from my box at home.

In short:

For music and media - Subsonic

For everything else - ownCloud

The future plan: 6TB for personal cloud usage for music, pictures, videos, documents? Oh yes. :good: Even my current 300GB setup is significantly more than I would get with any free service elsewhere. I'll take it. :D

total win.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrianDigital:
Another mod for subsonic for your own cloud media server.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DualSportDad:
I use ubuntu 1 and google drive. Ubuntu is my favorite tho.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JaSauders:
I'm quite fond of Ubuntu One myself. I use it for auto-uploads of my pictures on my phone. Since Ubuntu is on all of my systems, once I fire up my laptop, desktop, whatever it auto syncs locally. Of course, Dropbox does this too, but U1 also gives me 5GB to boot. I assume Dropbox is still @ 2GB for starters?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] housry23:
I use Dropbox, Google Drive, Sugarsync, Ubuntu 1, Amazon MP3 and Google Play Music. All serve a purpose and all get used. 16GB is not enough. Cloud storage is critical for me. Ubuntu 1, Dropbox and Play Music are the best imo.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] espionage724:
Google's Music Manager seems pretty nice, Can upload 20k songs for free :) I've been having trouble trying to import songs from my desktop though...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psmith79:
Probably a stupid question, but will my itunes library import over to the music manager?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dazzh82:
Yes it will. There's an option to auto update as well that adds any new music you add to itunes
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farhan76242:
Guyz I am new in HTC desire Rooted and Flashing system.

My problem is When I install and I create my 2GB SD card into 1 GB and Swap 128 so rom is working fine after flash. But When I am change My 8GB SD card and Turn on my HTC desire so It`s not opening. please tell me How can I Solve this problem ?

HTC Desire Details.

ROM: Runnymede_AIO_6.1.1_Special_Edition

Boot Loader: revolutionary-0.4pre4

Please help me that how can I restore my SD Card..
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmcclue:
:rolleyes:

If u flash a rom with ur 2gb sdcard then all data etc from the rom will be on that, so if u swap the sdcards then obviously the rom will not boot

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farhan76242:
So tell me What can I do ? I mean How can I reinstall I have download new rom so Cam I flash with my 8GB SD Card without 1GB make and swap?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nlooooo:
You have to partition you 8GB card in the same manner of the smaller one (sd-ext big at least the same or bigger + the same swap) if you want to use it with the old rom. You just have to put your old rom backup on the new sd card, and then from recovery do advanced restore-just sd-ext cause everything else is still on the phone.

If you want to flash a new rom, the only requirement for partitioning of the new card is requirements of the rom developer.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farhan76242:
Thanks for guide But If I Partition my 8GB into 1GB Ext4/Ext3 and swap so After Flash How can I restore My Complete 8GB Size? I mean 1GB to 8GB Size restore? Will you please guide me step by step Pleaseeeeee.....
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nlooooo:
I don't know what recovery you use but I recommend 4ext (go to 4ext.net, download recovery updater app, install it to your phone and from app flash recovery.img).

First copy all you have on your fat32 part of sd card to your PC.

Then do a complete nand backup from recovery.

Copy backup folder (from clockwork/backup folder) and 4ext folder you made to your PC.

Copy 4ext folder from your PC to your new sd card (using card reader on your PC)

Turn off the phone and remove old sd card.

Put the new sd card into phone.

Reboot phone into recovery (power+volume down and then select recovery).

Choose tools then partition sd card and remove all and start from scratch.

Choose size and type of sd-ext I recommend 1gb ext4, skip second ext and choose size for swap if you want qnd rest of the sd card fat 32.

Let 4ext execute everything.

When it's done go to main menu and choose toogle usb storage.

Create folder clockworkmod/backup on you sd card.

Copy your nand backup folder you stored on you pc to that folder.

Choose disconnect to unmount sd card.

Choose backup/restore option.

Choose advanced restore and restore only sd-ext.

Voila, it easier to spend 30min of my time then to search a little and find everything already written.:banghead:

Thanks for your support.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nlooooo:
And as usual, I lost important 20min of my life trying to explain something, and he doesn't even tried to look...

How common...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] treIII:
is there any reason to install twrp 2.2.1 instead of just remaining with twrp 2.1.8? will all of the roms available install just the same with 2.1.8? i dont know if its really necessary to upgrade as i have seen some people are having issues with twrp 2.2.1. thx
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PhxkinMassacre:
nope. you can stay on it. shouldn't cause you any harm. but what were the problems? ive been running 2.2.1 since it dropped and its been fine :P
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] treIII:
nothing wrong with 2.1.8. i just see where some of these new roms prefer that we be on twrp 2.2.1. im getting ready to upgrade using goomanager. is that safe to do since your a senior member? do u have any experience with that. and will all my backups still remain and be useable? i want to make sure i have my original backup which is after the ota update
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] treIII:
i installed 2.2.1 with goo manager. how do i wipe my battery stats? its missing now. and thanks for your help if you can and if not thanks anyhow
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cruise350:
If you want to try some of the newer roms you should upgrade. I know people that weren't on 2.2.1 and installed the new Venom rom had a lot of install problems with the aroma installer. The new twrp has a lot of new features it is worth upgrading.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PhxkinMassacre:
You don't really have to wipe them since they get wiped with everything else when you wipe before a rom flash. If you want to at any point while using a rom there is an app in the market that will wipe them. When I find the name ill put it in this post. Gimme a sec

Edit: the app is called "battery calibration" just download it and when you open it grant it super user permissions and then follow the instructions. Really easy :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] brookfield:
Just ordered from amazon. Comes with both white and blue back covers. Will comment after some time using.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Xander_25:
Wrong Forum?

Not to be rude, but this battery is for the GS3... this is the GS2 forum...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Divine_Madcat:
Please post this in the correct board (this is not it. ;) )
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BAYsikz:
So I flashed synergy today and so far everything is great except the fact that the wifi notifications are still present. Anyone running this ROM on verizon know how to fix this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ronns81:
You will get the notification after install. It is supposed to go away after your first reboot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BAYsikz:
I rebooted numerous times, still not working.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ronns81:
I don't know then. It worked for me. If it's something you absolutely can't stand wipe and reinstall or just wait for the next update that requires a wipe. Sorry I can't be more help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SirKronan:
Ok, this is something I don't understand. I am loving the SynergyROM so far, and the stock ROM wasn't bad either. However, with the stock ROM, with WiFi off, it would still notify me when in range of a remembered network, and suggest connecting automatically. It still does this with the Synergy ROM, despite turning it off in settings or using the notification screen widget.

Is WiFi really OFF if it still somehow knows whenever you're in range of a remembered network?? It blows my mind that you can't really turn some of this crap off despite really wanting to. We have 4G where I live now (finally!!) and it's over FIVE TIMES as fast as any internet I can get at my house. STOP trying to connect to inferior wifi, hahaha!! Never thought I'd be complaining about this, but there you have it.

How do you really shut off the wifi? I couldn't even do it with the phone completely stock and unrooted. :eek:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Smok3d:
it doesnt mean wifi is on, it's just a reminder to tell you to use wifi. lol
[General Questions and Answers] nocode99:
So I bought a few apps and have a little over $15 remaining. I wanted to buy FF3 which is $15.99 and pay the difference, but Google won't allow me to use my credit and pay the difference. I have to charge the whole thing. I couldn't find any info - but is it possible to add credit to my balance so I can purchase FFIII?
[General Questions and Answers] nocode99:
Well - I found my answer. This is not possible so make sure you divvy up the credit properly. Now I'm not gonna purchase FFIII. Good job Google!