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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManBearrrPig:
i bought a bricked samsung galaxy s2 for 60€. so i have no clue what firmware was installed or why it was not booting. when i power it on the device shows the boot logo and the yellow triangle and then goes dark.

i managed to get into download mode and flashed original firmware from sammymobile through odin. when it finishes i get this:

<OSM> I9100XWLSD_I9100SIMLSC_I9100BULS1_HOME.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> cache.img

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

<ID:0/003> factoryfs.img

<ID:0/003> hidden.img

<ID:0/003> modem.bin

<ID:0/003> boot.bin

<ID:0/003> param.lfs

<ID:0/003> Sbl.bin

<ID:0/003> zImage

<ID:0/003> RQT_CLOSE !!

<ID:0/003> RES OK !!

<ID:0/003> Remain Port .... 0

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

after that the phone rebots and it shows samsung galaxy s2 logo without the yellow triangle that was present before. then it goes to the boot animation and stays there. i waited for more than 10 min. when i pull out the battery and reinsert it, the phone always gets in recovery mode.

Currently my Samsung Galaxy II phone boots into this screen:

*********************************************

Android System Recovery 3e

Reboot system now

apply update from ADB

apply update from external storage

wipe data/factory reset

wipe cache partition

apply update from cache

MANUAL MODE

--appling Multy-CSC...

applied the CSC-CODE: KOR

Successfullly applied multi-CSC

*********************************************

i tryed to wipe data and chache and than to rebot but all it does is it writes reboting and it stays there.

later i tryed to flash multiple kernels and i get it booting with Siyah kernel.

the problem is that the phone is fairly slow (my lg p500 was faster) and i am unable to play videos (does not support this format) or music (was unable to play) or games (FC). so clearly something is still wrong. oh and the phone is reboting somethimes.

after i managed to get it booting i tryed to flash resurrection remix + gaps but it hangs on s2 logo and i am unable to go back to recovery. so the only thing i am able to do is to flash stock firmware + siyah kernel again through odin. after that i tryed some other roms and the only one that boots is neat rom lite (since it is based on stock) but only after i flash siyah kernel with odin.

i also tryed a nook script. factory reset......................

my question is why does it boot only with siyah kernel? and does someone has a solution for my problem.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
ManBearPig !! (sorry, just had to say that).

Advanced search Hopper8's threads for his 'Odin won't work' thread. Lots of stuff in that thread you can try. Without you (and us) knowing exactly what the previous owner did to it (how it got bricked in the first place), this may not be easy to fix/nut out.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManBearrrPig:
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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheMasterOfToast:
Maybe you can try custom recovery?

I don't know if it's any different than stock CWM in any way (other than that it's custom), but it's just a suggestion.. and since you have nothing to loose, why not go for it? :fingers-crossed:

You can get Siyah kernel .tar file from the site that the creator of siyah kernel has made -> gokhanmoral kernel for !*JB ONLY*!

Good Luck
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManBearrrPig:
is the kernel that you provided compatible with android 4.1.2? or it doesn matter? and how to flash it?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] niksyspidy:
agreed with him...

+1:angel:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheMasterOfToast:
Yes. JB = Jelly Bean = Android 4.1.2 :cowboy:

Actually it does matter if it's compatible or not, i guess you can figure out what happens if you flash something that isn't compatible with your device or firmware ;)

You flash as the same way as you did with the stock. Put siyah.tar (or whatever name it has) in PDA and flash. I assume you know the basics of odin since you already had a succeeded flash, so i wont get into depth of it other than what i have said already.

Good Luck!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManBearrrPig:
(solved!!!) galxy S2 stuck in recovery mode

thaaaaaaaannnnnkkkk yooooouuuu it worked!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManBearrrPig:
the phone boots normaly now. the only problem left is that it is randomly restarting every few minutes.

any solution to this problem?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WardenBerret:
Possible time for a new battery
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManBearrrPig:
delete
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManBearrrPig:
now i have a different problem. i tryed neat rom lite and i get stuck at boot logo. i tryed 3 different custom roms and they all get stuck at boot logo.

the only way the phone boots is by flashing original firmware with odin + siayah kernel with odin. it seems like the issue is kernel related.

any solution?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Try using a ROM Wipe/Nuke script before flashing NeatROM. :good:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManBearrrPig:
did not work..

any other ideas?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonny:
There is no need to create another thread for the same thing. I have deleted the other one, you mentioned that you wanted to change the title of this one. You can do this by clicking Edit > Go advanced.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Maybe the downloads get broken or soemthing? Try downloading ROMs from another source, like an internet cafe.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManBearrrPig:
would it be a problem if the previous owner had gb or ics and i installed jb with odin? i think that something is messed up with kernel...

would it make a difference if i install original gb or ics firmware with odin?

woul re-partition option in odin help?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
No, I don't think it would matter at all. You wouldn't have any issues provided you have done a factory reset after flashing JB.

"To err is human, to forgive is divine. "

Sent from my SGS II

---------- Post added at 11:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:55 PM ----------

Do not tick repartition mate! You could brick your device if you don't know what you're doing!

I don't think it would make a difference, but you could always try. :)

"To err is human, to forgive is divine. "

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManBearrrPig:
do you have any ideas left how to fix my issue?

at this point i am clueless..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManBearrrPig:
i have checked pda, phone and csc. and this are the numbers:

pda: l9100xwlss

phone: l9100xxms2

csc: l9100xeuls4

should they be the same?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electricsheepdreamer:
Hey ManBearrrPig.

Interesting thread :)

My XDA time is nearly over but lets try something if you're interested.

1. Install ES File Explorer and check and compare all downloaded files to see if md5 sum matches and if you may have a corrupt download.

You can do this by long tapping the zip file>properties>show checksum>tick md5>calculate and then compare the string to the one from the download site. Redownload if they don't match OFC.

2. Now download and check md5 sum of Philz kernel signed zip (you know the thread, Phil asked not to post direct links).

It's under latest downloads>v.5.08.5

(the blue one)

(Do the following steps with at least 80% of battery)

3. Flash it from Recovery from external SD. Now, while still in (Siyah's) Recovery go to Advanced>Reboot Recovery.

Now you should be in Philz Recovery. Go to wipe data/factory reset>prepare for fresh ROM install and do it.

4. Now, while still in Recovery install NeatROM.zip (you checked md5 sum before, right?). After it's done go back and select Reboot system (don't longpress power button or something).

5. You should be fine now, wait a bit, the first boot can take up to 5-10 minutes.

BTW, those things shouldn't be the same, pda is Rom version, phone is modem and csc is hm..good question but nevertheless it's Googleable.

This should work on a healthy phone so, good luck.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WardenBerret:
Wow, really?! :(

You've helped alot and it'll be a great loss for Galaxy s II :(

CSC - is customer sales code.

According to my experience, it dont matter much. I have different CSC now than what i had on my stock rom time. but yes google if you want to know more..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManBearrrPig:
i have followed your procedure and when i flash neat rom and select rebot from recovery it says reboting... and just stys there... damn

i pulled out the battery and reboted and it goes to philz recovery. i tryed to wipe data , cache and dalvik cache and when i press rebot it just says reboting.... i pulled out the battery again and it booted to recovery again.

is it because kernel is wxlss and rom is XWLSW?

would it help if i would flash stock ginger bread with odin?

i dont get it why does it not boot..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electricsheepdreamer:
When you take the battery out what does the sticker in the phone say about the phone model?

What version is displayed in Philz Recovery> About?

Can you go to Philz Recovery>advanced>report error (this will save log file from your Recovery to clockworkmod folder on your SD card)

Then you can connect to PC in USB storage mode (mounts and storage>mount USB storage) and upload it to Dropbox or Pastebin then paste the link here.

Then run checkdisk on your SD cards.

Safely remove it after.

Try to reflash NeatROM from internalSD. Repeat report error if needed again.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electricsheepdreamer:
Was that: 5.08.5?

Anyway NeatROM wasn't flashed because you would be on 5.06.1 version. Other things from Recovery seem fine.

What about the rest of the info?

Checkdisk?

Reflashing ROM from internal SD?

NeatROMs md5 sum matches?

Try to redownload it to PC (check md5) and then copy it to internalSD in USB storage mode using Teracopy software (for PC)

http://codesector.com/downloads

Sorry, I will be a bit busy tonight but will check your thread later.

P.S. Don't do PIT files yet.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManBearrrPig:
ok i flashed neat rom lite and than wiped everything again and flashed neat rom gain just to be sure. the md5 number is ok.

i just do not get it wh the thing boots with siyah kernel... i would not care if everthing would work, but the sound does not work, video recording and video playing does not work and also all games give me FC. damn..

also i used nuke script and some other scripts also wiped everything but the stuf on internal memory is still there.. should it be?

i just have no more ideas on what i can do. i searched google for 3 days now and found nothing. i am desperate.. :(

any other ideas?

here is the link of the error report : https://www.dropbox.com/s/otpet56749n54c2/philz_recovery.log
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sadekmefti:
I've this problem too, my phone boot only with SpeedMod, strange :/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManBearrrPig:
do you have any issues like videorecording or video playback do not work? and all games just fc and i have random reboots..

i have tryed the nuke script again and than flashed neat rom. because i was flashing it from siyah recovery which is the only kernel that somehow works for me it let me reboot after rom install but i got stuck at boot animation. after a minute of booting the touch buttons light up and stay this way so it seems something is happening but it gets stuck somewere.

any ideas?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electricsheepdreamer:
Hey man.

I saw your log file, it's pretty much the same as mine (but it works fine here).

Your issue resembles to the one Phil himself is currently having. See in his thread, starting from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=44458265&postcount=739&nocache=1&z=6403676783666015
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManBearrrPig:
damn so there is no solution for it? :crying:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electricsheepdreamer:
I'm not sure.

I guess you can try to isolate that bricked area and repartition (but that scanner link didn't show anything in particular you say (maybe to double check), as well as for Phil it seems)

But, I don't have a first hand experience with it, sorry maybe someone else.

Motherboard replacement is always an option but it is expensive.

Also, you can try to flash some unbranded stock ICS firmware and see how it goes. Nothing to loose, I guess.

Good luck man. :thumbup:

Keep us informed if you make any progress.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManBearrrPig:
i flashed neat rom lite + siyah kernel so that it booted. and i noticed that now my storage is shown diffrent than before (before i had i9100 and than a drop down menu containing internal storage and sd card). now i have internal and sd seperately and the icons are the same as for the hard disk and now when i right click on it it gives my a lot of options. now i can format internal space. should i do it?

would it help?

what about trying stock cm? philz said this: Buying a phone is not a priority for me as it was quite only used for dev.

Not sure how things will continue. I will try to finish the parts I am coding since a few days. Maybe try them on a cm ROM since it doesn't need preload.

so maybe stock cm would work?

i used partition scanner again:

-emmc_scan_all_partitions_infinitely.zip

-emmc_find_brick_end.zip

and it said everything is ok... just confusing.

would dual boot help as it would save the second android os in different place?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electricsheepdreamer:
Hey, a quick one.

Try to run checkdisk on them first.

I thought you did that before.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=44009547&postcount=66329

Phil has some bricked blocks on preload partition.

ICS firmware also doesn't use preload for system apps that's why I suggested it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sadekmefti:
I have EXACLY the same problem but with SpeedMod, when I flashed NeatROM, I was stuck at Boot animation, I really love NeatROM but I can't enjoy it :crying:

BTW, don't forget to donate :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManBearrrPig:
i checked disk and everything is fine.

flashing unbranded ics did not help. stuck at boot animation.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electricsheepdreamer:
Hmm..there's Siyah 5.0.1. for ICS ROMs on www.gokhanmoral.com for download. Does it boot with it?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sadekmefti:
Flash CF-Root or SpeedMod ICS maybe your phone will boot.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManBearrrPig:
i flashed stock gb rom with odin and it did not boot. now i flashed ics stock with odin and after boot animation it wrote android is upgrading and than it upgraded all 42 apps and now it says start applications and it does not get further...

also i noticed that when i flash stock firmware with odin and when i eventually pull the battery out i am unable to go to recovery by power up + home + power. i wanted to delete data, cache and dalvik cache nd see if it boots. is there any other way to delete these?

or have you maybe any other solution?

just so you know i am soooo thankful that you help me :)

what the hell?! after stock ics did not boot i install siyah for ics and when it started to boot it had the boot animation from neat rom. should it be that way?

i think i will try to sell the phone if i will not fix it till tomorrow. so any radical solutions? :)

i noticed that my s2 has 1.97gb device memory and 11.5gb usb storage. is that ok?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electricsheepdreamer:
Hey man.

Sorry to hear not so good news. (so far)

Here is my reasoning:

1. You tried that procedure I suggested with identical files on the identical phone model (it is GT-I9100, right?) that worked for me about 100 times and everything is nice here, stable, not a single FC or anything similar (except occasional Tapatalk crash, well, no wonder, I might clear it a bit :))

So what should be different except hardware and you might have some bad blocks on your emmc.

2. There's a good chance that the guy who sold you semi-bricked phone knew what he was talking about and he gave it at that price calculating that after motherboard replacement you'll get in the end an used S2 in a good state for a fair price.

So what can we do about it. Repartition could be the last shot.

I'm kind of busy these days but Google this one well, see that scanner thread (and its 'sister' recovering thread) to gain some additional info on how to and what.

I'll do some reading, too and we'll meet here tomorrow.

P.S. Neatrom's boot animation is stored in data partition so if you didn't wipe data it probably made it through.

No problem, man. I wish I could do more. Good luck and see you. :thumbup:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManBearrrPig:
guess i will read a bit about repartitioning my s2. if it will not work i will sell the device.

thanks a lot for your help.

i flashed the pit fie and than reflashed stock jb and no difference. i cant use the modified pit because when i scanned it did not show me bad blocks.

hope you can come up with something, otherwise its game over..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gulu20072010:
I think you need to fresh air. i mean just go sammobile.com and download your region firmware for your device and then install through Odin and after install finished your device restart automatic and then U just wait, after reboot whatever asked you some information or showing you some error, don't worry, remove battery and then connect battery and start recovery mode and do "wipe data/factory reset" and then "wipe cache partition" and after this reboot your device and I think your device working fine.

if your device is global version then I think your device support almost all region firmware, If you find your region and then ok or if you can't find then use Nordic Countries - NEE" its working well and I also use but remember if your Galaxy S II GT-I9100 is Global version otherwise use your region wise.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nofanzz:
boot into revovery mode and do a full wipe.

if that can't solved, maybe u must redownload stock rom and flash it agan via odin mode

:D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManBearrrPig:
when i install stock firmware it get stuck at boot animation. after i pull out the battery it always goes to recovery mode. i wiped everything and it does not help.

yesterday i tryed the pit file and now when i install stock with odin and than siyah kernel (with which i got a boot before) it gets stuck at siyah logo.

any solution?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManBearrrPig:
sold the phone for 90€.

i told what was wrong with it and he still bought it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electricsheepdreamer:
Good choice and that's one awsome trade, if I may say :thumbup:

So case closed, I guess.

See you around, man and I wish you better luck with some another phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManBearrrPig:
will try to find another galaxy s2 :D.

galaxy s2 is my dream phone. i couldnt afford it when it came out so i am buying and old one now.

and if it will have problems i will ask you for help again :p.

thaaaank you for everything. you cant imagine how thankful i am for all the help.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] llamallama82:
Hi,

Do you think its possible to resurrect a hard bricked Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9210T 4G,

Cheers,

Luke
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electricsheepdreamer:
Hi there.

I'm not familiar with the phone model but hard bricking cannot be recoverable (needs motherboard replacement.)

Now, the only question is: is it really hardbricked? Search for Odin truoblehooting guide by Hopper8.

P.S. Could someone lock this thread before that guy who bought S2 from OP comes around? :p
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poloman78:
I saw this thread while searching for an answer for my problem.

I have a similar problem with boot loop, after i flashed a custom rom. Then via odin i flashed back stock rom but the result didn't change.. I still have the looping boot animation and stuck with it.

I did all wipes, and wipe cache partition from recovery but did not help..

I think my problem is somewhat different.

I see "E: failed to mount /efs (invalid argument)‏" message with a red line when i enter Recovery Menu..

I got this, i think by accidently format /emmc ..

hopefully i have my previous EFS backups at my computer. IMG and TAR format.

But i don't know how to restore my EFS while device is not booting..

I found a thread in xda where the guy explains it for Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 in the following link.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2204960

But, i couldn't understand it completely, because i have no such a deep android knowledge.. What is "factorymode", how to start it...?

Could you pls help me to figure out this problem.

My phone now stucked in boot animation and any other custom or stock rom flashing does not help..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clustrion:
Bro my phone is not booting up.

Bro my phone is not booting up. It is stuck in boot logo. I have tried the process which you provided. Please provide me if there is any way to boot it up at least.

Samsung S II GT-I9100G
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
What did you try?

What ROM were you on? Do you have an I9100?

"To err is human, to forgive is divine."

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S III Mini Android Development] tys0n:
i8190 Baseband XXAMG4 (do not use for L/N version)

Flash with your custom recovery

GT-I8190_modem.bin-XXAMG4-update.zip

If it gets stuck in bootloop or you get baseband unknown, just reboot your phone.
[Galaxy S III Mini Android Development] szunyi77:
Thank you Tyson!

CM10 It's working!
[Galaxy S III Mini Android Development] YoshiFrance:
Thanks. I'm installed in Dmod v6. I'm don't have bootloop and baseband unknown :)

Envoyé depuis mon GT-I8190 en utilisant Tapatalk 4
[Galaxy S III Mini Android Development] cadfertiyu:
No problem at maclaws aokp thank you :thumbup:
[Galaxy S III Mini Android Development] aavvaallooss:
Fully works on Maclaw AND OliverG96's CyanogenMod 10.1. Thank you!

Sent from GT-I8190 using Tapatalk 4
[Galaxy S III Mini Android Development] giociampa:
Same here on Oliver's 10.1 :D
[Galaxy S III Mini Android Development] ppero196:
How? I get either baseband version: XXX or CPU stuck at 1ghz. Reflashing stock rom didn't helped
[Galaxy S III Mini Android Development] EgLe:
Hello,

is ist possible to installt these file to Omni-Rom 5.1.1 for S3 Mini?
[Galaxy S III Mini Android Development] mauam:
Sure, any ROM. Just make sure you don't install I8190 basebands on I8190L/N versions & vice versa. More basebands here:)
[Galaxy S III Mini Android Development] EgLe:
Hello mauam,

Thanks for information, its works great :)
[Galaxy S III Mini Android Development] veloc_h:
Do I have to flash the baseband before or after i8190_XXAMG4_XXAMG4_rootfixed.zip?

I'm living in Switzerland. "updates to the firmware of the cellular modem inside your phone" https://ohthehugemanatee.org/blog/2015/04/04/how-and-why-to-update-the-modem-slash-baseband-firmware-on-a-samsung-phone/??? Therefore I would suppose after the "rootfixed" flash.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2526831 -> conncection to mobile network, or what is it good for?
[General Topics] cerro79:
Hi,

anyone knows were is the mpx220 phone gsm memory? I want to access to this memory for obtaining CellTowerinfo like in prob cell track.