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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thunderrr0:
Oops im very very sorry.. i messed up my above question with grammar mistakes and the meaning turned out to be different..!

re-correcting it..

right now im currently on official cm10.1 stable build.. and i want to flash a custom kernel on it..

so can i flash "Kernel_Dorimanx-V9.42-[18-20]-[18-10]-JB-SGII-PWR-CORE.zip"

or i need to flash "Kernel_Siyah-Dorimanx-V9.35-[18-01]-[16-07]-JB-CM-AOKP-SGII-PWR-CORE.zip"

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so instead of using CM kernel in cm10.1 i can flash dori kernel on cm10.1 and use it without any problem..!??

i dont have much experience with all these things.. and would like to know ur opinion on this..

and which of these two u recommend..??

sorry for noob questions..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Tbh use 9.32 as I no this works and is ok. If you want to move on to 4.3 then you will need the newer dorimanx.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thunderrr0:
Ok got it.. :good:

thanks for helping me sir.! :good: :victory:

Have a Good Day.! :highfive:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Pls don't call me sir. And you have a good day too mate. :thumbup:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
Hello again! Sorry my net was down. So, I was running smooth but camera still not working! A new update released for the rom but now, I'm not able to boot into recovery at all. when i try to enter recovery mode, samsung logo flashes and disappears, and then phone doesnt boot up at all, I have to leave it overnight with the battery pulled out and then it restarts and phone works fine but recovery mode still not accessible. So i was thinking if i could just install i through odin coz I am able to enter downloading mode. So can I convert the .zip file to .tar file to flash with odin? Or is there anything else i can do to flash the new rom?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
hey mate, please reply soon. I'm really worried now. My phone has been OFF for so long now, it is starting to freak me out.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hopper8:
No, you can't convert the zip file to a tar file. You can download a tar file from samfirmware.com. Search for your country and carrier, and download the android version of your choice from those available (I assume 4.1.2)

Then, flash that directly via Odin. Click the link in my signature, that has a link to another guide how to flash using Odin. Alternatively, look at the stickied guide 2nd from the top of Q&A by GamingDj for Odin flashing.

Sent from a galaxy far, far away
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
Okay cool, I will try that. For some reason, I am not able to download from samfirmware ie from hotfile.com. So, I will have downloaded the firmware soon as I get it working. But, I think the choice of kernel to flash with it is very important too. Prior to getting stuck in the bootloop, I was running Carbon rom JB 4.3, which kernel do you suggest I flash (before flashing stock rom / after flashing stock rom)? :confused: And you're guide is awesome mate :good:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Sorry mate bin on holiday. Hope you got it sorted?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
nope! it's still not working, same problem I described above :( i so don't know what to do. the files wouldn't download either. what should i do now? i'm sure there is a way coz i'm sure it's not bricked. the samsung logo flashes and disappears. pls help!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
What works and what firmware have you flashed? Was it 4.1.2? Does recovery work? If it's stock 4.1.2 I'd say philz kernel is a good one to go with. Have you managed to flash with Odin bk to stock?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
sorry for the late reply. Ok i'm doing just that, flashing stock 4.1.2 using philz kernel. I'll let you know if it works, or not! Hope it does! :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Ok cool.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
OK. it's done. and something strange is happening :confused: I flashed a stock firmware and flashed philz kernel with that, and when i turn on the phone, it directly enters the recovery mode which seems to work fine but when i hit "reboot system now" it just goes blank again (and it shows "root is missing" on the confirmation screen) AND if i try to enter recovery mode by holding power+home+vol up, nothing happens. I am really confused now. Should I try a different kernel???
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
What firmware and kernel did you flash and did you get it from sammobile.com? Did Odin pass? Did you flash firmware successful and start up phone set it up make sure it's working then boot to download mode and flash philz. ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
Yes, i got it from sammobile.com "I9100XWLST_I9100ODDLSE_I9100DDLS9_HOME.tar.md5" this is after extracting. I just flashed this firmaware and directly flashed the philz kernel without checking if it boots up. :( what should i do now? reflash the firmware?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
okay i reflashed the firmaware and tried to turn it on. It wouldn't. It just wont boot up. If I try to boot into recovery, same thing happens again. samsung logo flashes and disappears.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Does it say it passed? Ok flash dorimanx 8.32 tar using Odin. Boot to recovery and factory reset.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
yes it says it passed. could you point me to the link for dormianx 8.32 please? I'm not finding it on the website.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
I'm not finding it anywhere on the internet now :( i found his xda page announcement of the 8.32 kernel but I don't see the download link :confused: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=42648016&postcount=24578&nocache=1&z=5046622694935650
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Just go with 8.34

Didn't know he removed it

http://dorimanx.shine.sk/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
tried that. no change. :mad: :mad:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Keep trying with odin to flash and boot. Try a different firmware version like lsw.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
I've been doing just that, flashing every kernel, firmware i have, but nothing happens. I am able to enter recovery through philz, can that be of any help? i even flashed a carbon rom but to no avail :( But the good news is I'm able to enter recovery. and so, I still have hope. what is the Isw firmware version you mentioned above? and also any new suggestions? as i have recovery access now .. :confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
UPDATE: I am now able to access recovery from the stock firmware. I flashed the stock rom and tried it by holding down power and vol up and home buttons, it didn't work. What I did then was to turn off the phone, plug it in to a power supply and hold down both vol up + vol down keys together, and that led me to recovery mode, where I did a factory reset,cleaning everything and all. I hit reboot, and still the same problem. There must be a way out, mate! I'm worried sick, please help me bro!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
That's very strange. Is it stock recovery?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
yes. stock recovery.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Have you factory reset and wiped cache?

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Flash Philz kernel and factory reset wipe dalvik cache/cache with that recovery. Do you have a faulty volume buttons?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
i guess i've already done that mate. giving it one more try anyways :) and no, my volume buttons are perfectly fine. no problem at all.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
i guess i was flashing the wrong version of the kernel, wrong for my firmware. i just found a kernel which i think is right for my rom. flashing it now, will let you know.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
flashed it. same problem. :( everytime i hit "reboot system now", on the confirmation screen it shows "root file is missing (system/..)" i think this could be the cause. what do you think?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
please reply bro! still stuck .. :/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Ok flash dorimanx kernel 8.42 and format 2nd rom and install a custom rom to 2nd rom and gapps and boot into 2nd rom. Let's see if that boots up.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
umm... what do you mean format "2nd rom" and install a custom rom to 2nd rom and boot into 2nd rom?? didn't quite understand :eek:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
also if you could provide me with a link to the same :o
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
If you go into dorimanx recovery there is an option at the bottom. Go into that and format sec rom. Then install a custom rom. It's just like using a pit file but no risk. You can't format preload in 1st rom and I think that's the problem
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
When's the mini-series of this thread on TV ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Lol this is sad but true. You know I like to go on and on and umm on. He's had it working twice but now it's not happening. :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
well, first of all. sorry, coz i didn't mean for it go so long :( now, i flashed dori 8.42 but i'm not able to enter recovery from it, i am able to enter recovery on philz kernel though. is there any other rom you would suggest for me to continue with formatting 2nd rom?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Its not a problem mate. What version of dori are you trying?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
dori 8.42. actually, as there is no tar file for dori 8.42, i flashed philz, entered recovery, and flashed dori 8.42 zip, and now it won't enter recovery and btw i still enter recovery usin the method i mentioned earlier ( plugged in + vol up + vol down) and this is working only on philz right now
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
8.34 or 8.43 is tar so flash that with odin. And try again
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
nope that don't work either :/ it just doesn't wanna enter recovery :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Siyah v6.0b5 but its not good with custom roms but its worth a try at this time. Other than that have you tried three part firmware or dropping to ics version 4.0.3

After them its a pit file flash. :(:thumbdown:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jsilver73:
Maybe he could try Apolo kernel:

https://www.wuala.com/pedestre/Kern...N (just CWM & light version)?key=IZz8nJ7ajpFQ

thats a tar file so can flash in odin.

Here is the OP:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2291756

I can confirm this is working smooth on my wifes s2 running neatrom.

Hope this helps
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Apollo cant do a 2nd rom. I think that his preload is corrupt.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jsilver73:
Oh, yes I see. Sorry, just trying to help out, think is best that you help with this as I have never experienced a corrupt

Preload, I how it works out for him.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Dont be sorry mate all help is welcome on s2 q & a :thumbup::thumbup:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
yes, i've tried Siyah v6.0b5, but the odin flash itself fails so i guess no point there. and yes, i've tried the three part firmware, doesn't work, same problem :( i haven't tried dropping to ics though. should i do that? coz i've heard of some emmc or some brick bug or something like that in that version ..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
4.0.4 is bad 4.0.3 is good.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
okay, will try that :) and as my preload is corrupt, should I follow your suggestion on this thread? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2100558
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
UPDATE : I flashed apollo as suggested by Jimsilver73, i entered recovery and i did a dalvik cache clean, and i tried to format preload and guess what?! it worked!!! :victory: does that give us some hope?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jsilver73:
Yes, now get a decent ROM on there. Now you have cwm working you can flash what you like, if you like AOSP try carbon latest nightly or slim saber fusion jack unofficial, both very stable and on 4.3.1. Or if you prefer stock try neatrom, just my opinion. Is worth getting hawkerpauls gs2romnuke http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2100558 to flash before you out new ROM on, makes it nice and clean.

Remember, if you want to use apolo kernel you need apolo 6 for 4.3.1 ROMs (carbon and slim) and apolo 4 for neatrom. You flash the kernel after you flash the ROM and its good practice to flash hawkerpauls kernel wipe first. You don't have to flash kernel though as ROMs usually come with their own kernels. I suggest just trying the ROM out first and see how it runs ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
can i use philz kernel to just enter recovery mode so that i can flash a carbon rom zip?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jsilver73:
Well you could, but you already have apolo on there which has excellent cwm which is what you actually use to flash your new ROM, so really, I wouldn't worry about it. Just download your chosen ROM zip file to your sdcard, internal/external doesn't matter, just remember where you put it so you can find it when you go into cwm. Power of your phone, press 3 button combo volume up, power and home button then wait till cwm loads up, then flash zip from either internal or external sdcard depending on where you put it, flash ROM nuke first then go back and flash ROM, then reboot and enjoy your new rom ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
thanks a lot, will definitely try that:) and btw, even on apolo, i'm not able to enter recovery from the three button combo, i enter recovery by plugging my phone to a power supply + vol up + vol down. will that create a problem? also it'll be a couple hours before i reply again as im leaving for college now. please do reply:) thanks again:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jsilver73:
That's a new one to me but sounds a lot easier than setting up adb to get to recovery as I recently had to do worth my wife's s2. Some s2s firmware seems to be locked now to using 3 button combo. I think so long as you can get to recovery it doesn't really matter how. Good luck and let me know how it goes.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
How wrong I was. Glad you said apollo as I wouldnt of said to use that. :thumbup::thumbup:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
hey. so sorry but i'm really confused over what to download exactly :confused: i checked out this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2100558 and it has so many things :p i mean there's GS2romwipe, GS2romnuke and all that.. and under GS2romnuke there is GS2kernelwipe and GS2mediawipe.. :/ what exactly should i download??
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Bull****.

If recovery/download mode button presses aren't working, then they're either not being done properly or there's some other issue. There's nothing firmware-wise which would cause those not to work.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jsilver73:
This one:

http://d-h.st/u4G

:good:

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Maybe I made a mistake but I know my wife's i9100 recently came back from an insurance repair with newly flashed stock firmware and the 3 button combo no longer works, only way in I could find was through adb. I read some posts about the same problem but now I have checked I can see that most of those posts were talking about i9000 not i9100 so my bad! However, this still doesn't explain how my wife's phone has the exact same problem but is working absolutely fine apart from 3 button combo not working.

The thing is, if you are able to get into recovery mode with whatever method that is the important thing I think, as evidenced by my wife's phone recovery only being accessible through adb to re root, and of course now she has root can use apps like quick boot to get back through to recovery. Like I said though my wife's phone works fine now so I don't think there is that much to worry about.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
did everything perfectly, to the letter. but nothing changes :( omg wth is wrong with my phone :mad: :mad: what should i do now?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
So you formatted data, system, cache and wiped dalvik cache? Does flash go through ok in cwm? Install complete?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
no, i didn't actually format data, system, cache or dalvik cache but i flashed GS2romnuke so that basically does the same thing i guess, right(?) so, i flashed it, it took 5 something minutes and it was all good, i immediately flashed carbon zip, and that was fine too. yes, the flash went through just fine in cwm (both GS2romnuke, and carbon) everything was okay and it still went black after flashing that samsung logo :mad: :crying:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Go back to recovery and factory reset and wipe dalvik cache then reboot.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
nope. still the same :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
shall i post a video of what i am actually doing? maybe i'm going wrong somewhere and you could help pinpoint it! would that help at all? :confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Ok do that. Cuz if it's not working with Odin flash or cwm next thing is pit file flash. Have you tried dorimanx and format second rom now it's formatted preload
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
i would like to have a go at the second rom thing but, on dorimanx i am not able to enter recovery, not by the 3 button combo or by plugging in + vol up + vol down.. any help entering recovery on dori and i surely want to try that once, before pit flash
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
i am able to enter recovery ONLY on philz and apolo, and that too by the plugging in method
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
As normal mate volume+home down and power till it enters recovery. Make that video
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
which kernel do you want me to be on?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jsilver73:
I'm in agreement with Andrew, Dori is the way forwards, - try flashing dori tar file through odin http://dorimanx.shine.sk/ (first file on the list) and see what happens. I think flashing pit file is a very very last resort :eek:

Edit: I've just read through this thread and realize now you have tried dori several times, still, try it again though (not sure if you have tried 9.43?) The lost root thing you have been having has happened to me and lots of others, it has been a bit of a bug with 4.3 - still, its working good now, and that tar on doris site should be fine. Try it and let us know what happens.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
okay here is the video... i'm on dori v8.34 trying to enter recovery but as you can see, nothing happens. i am uploading another video of trying to enter recovery on dori v9.43.. what else do you want to see?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1eMHx8onTg
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
On dori v9.43 ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0YtGzAsKzM
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jsilver73:
Hmmm, I have a similar thing happens with my wifes phone. OK, try dori 9.43 see what happens.

Failing that, flash your working stock rom again through odin, boot up your phone and download the CWM-SuperSU-v0.97.zip - from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2116549 - make sure you put it on your external zip, then you can go into stock recovery, flash cwm supersu and reboot your phone, hopefully that should then give you root and superuser, then download quickboot from play store and use that to get to recovery.

Failing that, it might be time to try adb - do you have any knowledge of that?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
i've tried that already, ie flashing a stock rom through odin but it NEVER boots up, whatever I do. I've tried a lot of different stock firmwares too but nothing even helps progress the phone to even boot :( also i've posted two more videos, one of dori v9.43 and another with apolo. please watch them and lemme know what you think
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jsilver73:
OK, really sorry bud, but I'm running out of ideas - that doesn't mean a lot because I am by no means an expert or anything like that, just an enthusiastic amateur.

Have you been over to sammobile forum and asked there? They were very helpful when I almost bricked my wifes phone earlier this year. Thats not saying that folks here aren't helpful, they are very:good:. I'm just thinking you need all the help you can get right now!!

Edit: That being said - I chose to go to sammobile and ask there because I was scared of being ridiculed here, and because of that I did what it says in the noobs video when you sign up to xda and I read lots and lots and lots, and I now realise that all the solutions were always here anyway!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
I'm watched the video. You do push the power button last don't you. So holding volume + and home then power button? You must be doing it right if you can get into recovery using Apollo cuz its the same way.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
hmm so are you saying there is nothing that could be done now?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
hmm yes i think so too but i still don't understand why it wouldn't work, i've done everything there is to be done :/ having watched the video, do you think i have super bricked my phone? or is there still a way out?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Pit file flash but not recommended but what choice do you have. :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
If i take it to the samsung store, will they be able to fix it without replacing the motherboard? And why is pit flash so risky exactly? Does it guarantee to fix the phone if done properly?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewwright:
Sammy service will probably replace mb

If anything goes wrong when flashing pit youre stuffed.

No its not guaranteed to work. This is why im trying to get you to get into dori recovery as formatting and loading a rom onto second rom is oretty much the same thing with little risk. Thats not working so pit file flash with odin is last resort. Ill have a search and post some links later on how to pit flash. As always flashing a pit file is down to you. If it goes wrong its down to you.

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46547410

Have a read.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
i think i should try that:) what do you think? even if it doesn't work out, sammy is still gonna replace my mb, right? (regardless of me trying to flash the pit file)

and yes, i understand that if anything goes wrong, itt's on me. I just want to know what you think i should do?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emviveem:
also if you could tell me other kernels which support the dual booting option and i could just try those to get into recovery and proceed. also what is the adb thing? i guess it's something to do with entering recovery mode. can i try that with dori on?