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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Targ3T:
A friend of mine sent it from Switzerland, phone was working fine but after an upgrade failed to boot. It's my brother's phone not mine, I have HTC One and I've been playing with ROM's on it, so thought I could give a try and fix this SGS. What options I have left?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stopro:
If this happening jig tag or service

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This could be internal mem problem
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Targ3T:
Can't I just try all the Stock ROM's for all the I9100p/m/t/g models with Stock Kernels? What could Possibly go wrong?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
Yes u can..

Nd cld work. Regarding model u may check samsungs site cld be helpful.. Both for rom n device info.

Nd 1 more thing send a mail to doom abt this
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stopro:
Yes u can try

Difference betwen 9100/9100p/9100t/9100g is

P got nfc support nothing else

T its branded to t-mobile

They got yhe same hardware

G have diferent hardware

Try rom for G tru mybe u got g version thatsway it wont boot
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stopro:
Look here to

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=21659039

Maybe it will help

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Any progress ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
So you don't know what model you've got.....post a pic of the back without the battery.

P/T/M variants are all the same as it's the same hardware. You could be dealing with a G variant, which is tricky.

You can also reach out to your swiss friend and ask what its says on the box.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Targ3T:
[MENTION=4417072]stopro[/MENTION]

I've read that thread before I even start, was not sure about my model, so downloaded and tried both versions with corresponded Kernels attached there, no luck starting the phone.

[MENTION=5015324]gastonw[/MENTION]

Here's the back of the phone without battery
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Holla at the previous owner and ask about the model.

Search for jb leak and start downloading it.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stopro:
U tryed flash g version

Before u start flashing no chinse in android

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Try flash latest md5 from here thats for g version and check u got cwm

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=25941879

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Or this try this first and try boot into cwm

http://d-h.st/me7
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Targ3T:
Tried installing ICS Recovery, that doesn't work aswell. If its worth I'd point out that I after I installed Siyah Kernel and try get in recovery, by holding down (Vol Up + Home + Power) I get the logo once than dissapears and i get empty battery with stuck loading icon inside. My doubts at first were I had empty battery but I have 2 spare full batteries and did the same with them aswell.

Another thing, not sure which rom was it after installation the yellow triangle was gone but I had a boot loop and with the rest of the roms the boot logo was just sitting there, (no recovery in both cases however)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stopro:
Mate did u tryed with 3file stock rom ?

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Maybe u can try with pit file mean with partition

Look for right .pit for ur device

Really dnt have clue now
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
Sent from swiss try flashing d swiss stock firmware..jb or ics..nt d world 1.specific

Cn u tel wat rom wr u using. I.e. Global or else..

From cwm u may restore forcefully

As u installed update it could b unsupported nd wld hv corrupted the partition nd whole rom n kernel,whole system went nuts

try if u cn find d update files in cwm.

Well try this hopefuly may work.

If, then

Flash the specific swiss rom with kernel thats 1st priorty.

Keep posted,
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stopro:
Tbh it dsnt matter wot rom u flash cos region roms just give region modem that all, afterwards u can flash diferent .

And he said he cnt boot into cwm , he saying even stock rom wont boot
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
You're mixing things up here.

You either find out what device you've got or you start a trial & error flash.

Did you get the jb leak ROM?

DO NOT flash any pit files, you'll probably get bricked.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stopro:
U got rite with pit dnt mess with it if u dnt knw wot u do but i said cos aint got clue why after fresh flash wont boot
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
Did u. Send a pm to doom,

Nt getting even with corrupted partition y isnt it booting even after flashing stock.

Nd as about d region u accepted an ota which would hv corrupted it.

Now with locked bootloader it would b hard.

Bt try flashing roms nd do try pushing restore.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Targ3T:
Been checking out ROMs on sammobile and eliminating models which leaves me with i9100 and i9100G.

Only those two models have ROMs for Switzerland. i9100 has Macedonia aswell.

I'm downloading all ROMs for both models so in an hour I'll see what happens.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
Finaly the swiss version..Gr8 no probs.

Longer it gets , better d results are

Flash em

Good luck keep posted.

Hit thanks if I helped u..

A click for u but rep for me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Targ3T:
Seems like there's no way to fix this.

Flashed everything out there: 4.0.3 I9100XWLP7 (Swiss) 4.0.4 I9100XWLPW (Swiss) 4.1.2 I9100XWLSW (Swiss) with Stock Kernels, Flashed 2.3.4 I9100XWKI4 (MKD) , August 4.0.4 I9100XWLPW (MKD), 4.1.2 I9100XWLSD (MKD) - Stock Kernels, Flashed Siyah, DorimanX Kernels with custom ROMs, flashed god knows after, NOTHING!

The only thing I have left to do is the leak JB 4.1.2 ROM (whose download takes like Macedonia's entry in the EU). There is no how I'd get to know where this phone comes from, what model is it and what's it's stock software or the software used last time, therefore, flashing with .pit would be absolute waste of time and what are the odds for getting the right .pit file?

Iif anyone know what else I could try, if there's any ROM out there available for all the models, a magic word... something, I'd be very grateful. Otherwise, I'd have to disassamble it for parts.

Thanks everyone for sharing their knowledge with me, sometimes things just don't go our way.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stopro:
Mate maybe u got gt9105 s2plus it looks the same just check flash and see
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
I don't know why you're focusing in the ROM base. You need to know what kind of device you've got, not where it came from.

You may as well have an 250m device.

When you are in download mode, what model does it say it is?

If it's I9100 flash jb leak.

Also, are you even getting succesful flashes?

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
I'll try n find a working link for leaked jb to post.

Or if cn sme1 else pls post it.

Did u askd abt d model mentioned in book or box.

Or u cn google dat or check on ebay abt d device being shipped from swiss.

Try gb d base version which used to cme with device..

Till den i'll post ur jb link asap.

N are u getting succesful flashes?

Hit thanks if I helped u..

A click for u but rep for me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Targ3T:
Product Name: GT-i9100, this is what I see in download mode. Flashing JB 4.1.2 leak now.

Never got fail in Odin, all installations went normal.

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No luck with the 3 file leaked JB, phone still not booting

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> boot.bin

<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/004> data.img

<ID:0/004> factoryfs.img

<ID:0/004> hidden.img

<ID:0/004> param.lfs

<ID:0/004> Sbl.bin

<ID:0/004> zImage

<ID:0/004> modem.bin

<ID:0/004> Transmission Complete..

<ID:0/004> Now Writing.. Please wait about 2 minutes

<ID:0/004> Receive Response from boot-loader

<ID:0/004> cache.img

<ID:0/004> RQT_CLOSE !!

<ID:0/004> RES OK !!

<ID:0/004> Completed..

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)

<ID:0/004> Removed!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stopro:
After flash for how long u leave device before u reset/off
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Targ3T:
about 10mins
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Where does it hang?

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Targ3T:
No progress was made since I started flashing 2 days ago, Everytime I start the phone, I just get the logo and can't get past it. Custom Kernels bring the triangle along with the logo, stock Kernels just bring the logo up from, can't boot in recovery no matter what I do. Nothing has changed since the phone died.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Here's the thing, you're having succesful flashes, both stock ROMs and custom kernels, so your nand is doing fine (big news).

Being unable to get to recovery means that something's off with the flash itself.

This means that you could be flashing the wrong ROM for the device (unlikely, but you may have an I9100G) or there's something wrong with the flash.

Try flashing JB leak on every usb port you've got.

The other thing would be to flash a bootloader, which is also unlikely to cause all this s#!t.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
Yes he's right. Use bootloader.

N after flashing rom turn off ur ph. With hard reset key combination

Hit thanks if I helped u..

A click for u but rep for me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
I didn't say he NEEDS to flash a bootloader, I actually suggested him to keep trying to flash that firmware.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
How did u relocked ur bootloader?

N pls post d flashing log cat if u cn

and remove md5 check before installing rom pls....hopefully would help

And do check this and do double check its compatibility....pls it include jb for s2.....

http://droidviews.com/2012/leaked-samsung-4-1-2-xxlsj-firmware-rootedgalaxy-s2/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Targ3T:
Removed .md5 extensions, flashed .tar. This is the log from the leaked JB

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> boot.bin

<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/004> data.img

<ID:0/004> factoryfs.img

<ID:0/004> hidden.img

<ID:0/004> param.lfs

<ID:0/004> Sbl.bin

<ID:0/004> zImage

<ID:0/004> modem.bin

<ID:0/004> Transmission Complete..

<ID:0/004> Now Writing.. Please wait about 2 minutes

<ID:0/004> Receive Response from boot-loader

<ID:0/004> cache.img

<ID:0/004> RQT_CLOSE !!

<ID:0/004> RES OK !!

<ID:0/004> Completed..

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)

<ID:0/004> Removed!!

Tried old/new bootloader FOR i9100, phone still doing the same thing.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
Log's fine success in re flashing.u hv 2 google nd find wat models wre used in swiss.

Post this on samsung's site too..let em hv a look. Or it would b better 2 go to service centre.

Repair via kies.

Nd Let it charge for 2 hours.u installed cwm earlier ha??

try d combination home +power+vol up 2 hard reset

Nd which kernel u flashed over it?? Reflash dat kernel which created the problem right after flashing rom.

Did u tried other models bootloader too apart from g.

Nd How did u exactly relocked ur bootloader???

Hit thanks if I helped u..

A click for u but rep for me.

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Stop throwing threads at the guy, he's already flashed succesfully, the device is just not booting properly.

I would keep trying that flash on another PC.

I'm also begining to get skeptical about that cable he's using.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
Well thanks but that's wat am trying to also do ,not throwing thread,nevermind you may be right as am exhausted a bit.. :good:

that's y i asked him to post the flashing logcat

You're doubting the cable, m doubting the on ports :confused:

keep posted bro watever's the outcome...there's always solution to the problem..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gastonw:
Yeah, i'm not sure about both cable & ports.

That device should be up and running already.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kieronw3:
Hope you have kies disabled on pc when using odin. Turn off all firewall and antivirus. Odin running with admin rights (windows7). Source a known to be good cable. Reduce all other factors before taking desperate measures.

Probablly not much help

But good luck

Kieron
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
Just hit d combination n it'll boot in recovery,

Which I posted in my 2nd last post.

Hit thanks if I helped u..

A click for u but rep for me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcavni:
On my i9100 when it is in download mode i see on the top of the screen Product name: I9100. Don't you have this on your phone? Just to be sure you have i9100 and not some other variant.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
imp..

Just use the combination it'll get u into reccovery...

And going ahead with the flashing disable firewalls n kies as others said....help duly appreciated..

and flash using different usb port on your pc....

Keep posted... We'll bring it back to life... :highfive:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Targ3T:
Cable is good, been flashing stock rom on another Galaxy 2 yesterday, everything went fine. Had not much time to mess with the soft bricked one it was wedding day. Anyways, I'm looking for an update for my chipset and I will try all ports again, have my friends pc here so i will try to flash the rom there too.

[MENTION=1030407]kieronw3[/MENTION]

I don't have kies installed, I had SAMSUNG drivers package previously and keep them up to date. Flashed couple of phone without problems, so its not the drivers. I'm running Odin as administrator on my Win7, I don't have any antivirus installed and the firewall is off.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
Na no prob. Wid cable.just try flashing from diff. Ports....

Well enjoyed d wedding day??

N did u use d combination keys for recovery..if not den try dat first it'll probably boot in recovery.

Nd for d ota as only it messd up.repairing via kies wld b best I wld suggest this 2 u 2.

Well posts r dere for ur help.

Keep posted n keep smiling;)

Hit thanks if I helped u..

A click for u but rep for me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stopro:
Mate try to find old 2.3.+ build . download few diferent ,flash after flash leave and let try to boot.a did u tryed update by kies try. I dnt knw u have to boot into dl mode with kies just try

Good luck

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How i said try by kies there u can format/ factory reset i think
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
Dats exactly wat I said. Bt as he said he'll do when he gets time.

Well realy gud to see so much help..

Kies it is.

Hit thanks if I helped u..

A click for u but rep for me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
*#06# – IMEI number

*#0*# – Enter the service menu on newer phones like Galaxy S III

*#*#4636#*#* – Phone information, usage statistics and battery

*#*#34971539#*#* – Detailed camera information

*#*#273282*255*663282*#*#* – Immediate backup of all media files

*#*#197328640#*#* – Enable test mode for service

*#*#232339#*#* – Wireless LAN tests

*#*#0842#*#* – Backlight/vibration test

*#*#2664#*#* – Test the touchscreen

*#*#1111#*#* – FTA software version (1234 in the same code will give PDA and firmware version)

*#12580*369# – Software and hardware info

*#9090# – Diagnostic configuration

*#872564# – USB logging control

*#9900# – System dump mode

*#301279# – HSDPA/HSUPA Control Menu

*#7465625# – View phone lock status

*#*#7780#*#* – Reset the /data partition to factory state

*2767*3855# – Format device to factory state (will delete everything on phone)

Try this nd find ur model

Could help

Out

Hit thanks if I helped u..

A click for u but rep for me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kieronw3:
[MENTION=1030407]kieronw3[/MENTION]

I don't have kies installed, I had SAMSUNG drivers package previously and keep them up to date. Flashed couple of phone without problems, so its not the drivers. I'm running Odin as administrator on my Win7, I don't have any antivirus installed and the firewall is off.[/QUOTE]

Only other thing I can think at present is to install kies and see if it detects ur phone connected and letit recover it. Have done it a few times in past when done something silly to my phone.

Kieron
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
Only other thing I can think at present is to install kies and see if it detects ur phone connected and letit recover it. Have done it a few times in past when done something silly to my phone.

Kieron

That's nice man well kies it is the official 1 and it would probably work

As u hv tried though.....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kieronw3:
Let us know how you get on

Kieron
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Targ3T:
That's nice man well kies it is the official 1 and it would probably work

As u hv tried though.....[/QUOTE]

That's something I was thinking of and installed Kies, killed processes while flashing in Odin but that didn't helped. Kies detected the phone, but couldn't connect.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Targ3T:
Got another SGS 2 yesterday, when I start phone it says i9100G, my soft-bricked says i9100. I don't get it. I mean.. why would it say i9100 if I have a i9100G model? Maybe this sounds lame but lockscreen gave me a clue for the factory ROM as I know it was stock rom. Padlock in circle dragging around with options to turn on camera and stuff lead me into thinking that it was 4.0.4 or 4.0.3 ICS.

And also, these .pit files, been reading something but not everything about them. I know the phone had 16Gb internal storage. Are these .pit files same for both Galaxy models (16GB) ? Does it has anything to do with the Android version I'm flashing?

Phone is not usable anyways, flashed almost anything, so from here on I have nothing to lose. Please let me know which combination is most suitable for me at the moment.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Targ3T:
Another update, called couple of people who all got phones from the same shipment. All are GT-i9100 and all have the same kernel - ROM version.

Kernel 3.0.31 with 4.1.2 JB XXMS2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kieronw3:
Have you tried flashing the cwm recovery tar from the cm thread via odin to see if you can access that recovery .

Kieron
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
I agree,Well if that cn help flash cwn nd see if it works.

Or try d combi home power vol up till u boot into recovery i.e. Hold it for 2-3 mins.

Or flash d latest stock rom available for both device models I and G both via odin or via fastboot commands.

But do this first plug ur usb in pc n connect ph. It should show a triangle repairing n after dat ph. Will start charging just right after dat flash ur rom only as kernel is in d package It wil resolve the issue I sugest u prfrm this 1st. Note. Ph. Shld b off.

Perform n post here. Good luck.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veljkocar:
I have exactly the same problem as Targ3T, none of the solutions worked. Closest thing to recovery i came when i flashed cwm with odin and it enters recovery but phone freezes few seconds after it enters recovery. Any thoughts?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kieronw3:
If it does let u enter recovery then download a know stable cm rom I.e cm9 or cm 10.1 as 10.2 is having teething problems just now :D

Kieron
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
Flash ur stock firmware via odin.

Download d stock rom package only no custom rom nt nw

Dwnld jb leak or ics check ur compatility of device model b4 dwnldng.

N flash via odin unchek md5

Wipe all cache n data then reboot.

If u gt bootloop only then flash d kernel from d package..

It should resolve this.

And did u tried charging while ph. Off via usb.. Try this too.

And post the results here.

Hit thanks if I helped u

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veljkocar:
it does but recovery freezes almost instantly, pressing volume +, volume -, or power does nothing, so recovery is kinda useless :/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
Try dis combi again n see even stil it freezes

Home power vol up till it boots in recovery keep em pressed.

N post here

Then plug in usb try charging via usb thru pc.nt wal chrgr.

Hit thanks if I helped u

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veljkocar:
it boots in recovery only the first time after i flash cwm, after that it wont boot to recovery at all so i need to reflash jelly bean leak and cwn in order to boot in recovery again. i flashed more than 3 times this way and it always freezes.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
Dnt flash cwm

Just d rom

U mean after flashing u boot in recovery first. ??? N ur flashing via odin??

Try d charging method as it will 1stly repair n den u flash d rom right after.

U r able to connect in dwnld mode ??

Hit thanks if I helped u

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veljkocar:
I flashed jelly bean leaked with odin. wont boot can access recovery. then i flash cwm recovery and it boots to recovery but freezes after 1-2 seconds, so i have to pull out the battery or hold volume -, home and power in order to get in download mode. that's all i can do
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
In dwnld mode use kies to repair the firmware

And dnt install cwm pls.stop.

Hit thanks if I helped u

A click for u but rep for me
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mcjim113:
I know you are having issues with Stock roms etc. But when you install a custom recovery via odin and you press the power+vol up+home button to boot to cwm do you let go of the power button? when the phone boots and you see (samsung/gt-i9100) if you hold all three buttons the phone will reset and start over again. You need to let go of the power button and just hole home+vol up.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veljkocar:
tried kies repair, it was successful but problem still remains the same. phone stuck in bootloop, no recovery, only download.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Targ3T:
When I install custom recovery nothing happens. Another thing, take a look at these videos and see how they boot recovery.

/watch?v=YbcAZ7-u7HA - this guy releasing all 3 buttons as soon as the Samsung logo appears.

/watch?v=cPoqNs1uYY0 - this guy releasing power button as soon as the logo appears but still holding both vol up + home buttons.

can't find the other video of the guy holding all three buttons waiting for the phone to reset 3 times than boot in recovery.

the point is, i tried this all, none of this worked whether it was stock or custom recovery,