Hello,
I am having some trouble with a chinese s2,
I read alot on this forum, and I was able to flash my own s2.
But mine is bought where I live, in belgium. My dad bought one in china.
I tried to put on a belgian firmware, but he won't accept it.
I used odin, but it stops when he tries to upload the firmware:
NAND write start
write operation failed
I've been searching the whole day by now, but I can't get it fixed.
Can anyone help me out please? I have got only 3 days of android experience.
*UPDATE*
I was able to flash a kernel to the device.
before that, I couldnt start up the phone, now I can start it up again.
But I still can't flash a matching firmware...
Thanks in advance.
do you have the soft brick icon now? (the one with a small triangle between the cell and a computer). I tried exactly that flashing other country's rom and I have a failed write. Just try to flash it back to HK or asian rom and see if it boots your phone. for some reasons it should allow you to flash back your old stock rom
Yes I had that triangle, but now the phone functions normal again...
If I upload a new kernel the phone works, if I trie to upload a new firmware it wil fail and the phone won't start up again.
I cant get it solved....
Does anyone know how I can at least get the market to work on it?
I installed market apk on it, but when I trie to open it, it asks for my google account and then crashes.
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Hello,
Recently I got a Samsung Galaxy S2, although I bought it in China. So the firmware I have on it (ZCKG4) is the default firmware giving me Chinese apps and localized settings.
This shouldn't be a problem, although I can't put in Google accounts so, I figured I need to change the firmware some how.
First off is this possible?
If so how?
Thanks.
Just download any firmware and flash it via Odin, simple. You can get the firmwares from here,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
OR
www.samfirmware.com
Regards.
Hi,
I just tried to update my ZCKG4 firmware to XWKF3 but with no luck. The Chinese version seems to lock-up if you do this. You will get a brick every time. I managed to get back to ZNKG5 (no ZCKG4 available).
How to get around this? Will rooting help?
It doesn't brick, it just boot loops. This is normal.
Normally when you crossflash to another firmware, it gets stuck on the Samsung Logo, and loops.
If you are using stock firmware of another country. Just do the following.
1) Turn off the phone
2) Goto Recovery mode (Power + Volume Up + Home)
3) In SAMSUNG's recovery, factory reset it. (Wipe DATA+CACHE)
4) Reboot.
If should work after that.
If you are using 3rd party kernel, which has Clockwork Recovery built in, you cannot use that to erase userdata+cache to factory reset as it will cause boot loop again.
Some Advise:
Always make sure your computer is not having problems before flashing. Run memtest86 to make sure RAM data is not getting corrupted.
Instead of downloading stock ROM from forums, you can download official stock rom using fus downloader
When using ODIN, never repartition, unless you know what it is for.
Hello,
Thanks for the replies, although I am still having trouble.
So I downloaded another firmware and used Odin to install it. Although each time it arrives at failure and either makes the device become corrupted (Although it can be fixed by rooting it) or nothing happens.
So I've found I can root the device fine, although every time I attempt to install another firmware nothing happens and I can't install it.
I've been looking on the forums and found this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192575 and apparently the Chinese SGS2 firmware uses a different format?
Could someone confirm this as at the moment I'm pulling hair out by the minute trying to get the Android Market to appear as well as be able to put in my Google Account details.
Please help
Thanks.
Hi
any help in this case?
i have same problem and do not know how to solve it.
BR/Artur
DUDE!!!
I think i got some good news.
I have the same problem with my new S2 bought in China, no Android market. I've been searching all around the web to try to fix it.
It is still not working for me, but i got a little bit farther though.
I find the hint here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351283
So what i did and what you can try is:
1) Install GoogleServicesFramework.apk
This seems to be the issue, as when you install it you can see the permissions Google requires, and pretty much says the can access ALL the data in your phone. (It would explain the censorship)
2) Install Android Market with any .apk you can find
3) Launch Android Market
The change for me is i can now input my account login. But it still fails connecting to google to actually login. Maybe because i'm still in china and it blocks the connection.
Could any one try this outside china and tell me if it works?
Cheers
hello
This is the first time I'm on this forum, but I really need some help.
Let me start at the beginning, I got the galaxy player from a friend who got it for free, but had never used it before.
When I booted it up, everything went normal but when I need to login using google account. I couldn't get a reliable connection.
After some google I found out I should change something in the hosts file.
So I rooted my phone tried to change hosts file,ok everything works but my play store was gone.
I tried to reinstall play store but it would crash on opening. After long trying to reset my device.
I thought I would reinstall the stock rom to get the store back
BADD!! mistake, I downloaded the wrong wrong and my phone got soft bricked (phone exclamation mark computer) (I found a one click soft brick fix worked!!). But still I wouldn't boot
But now I need the original 3.5.6 stock firmware.
My galaxy player 5.0 has the code YP-G70CB
I can't seem to figure out which firmware I should download. Because nowhere I find the "CB"
Can you guys help?
tl;dr Need original firmware 3.5.6 for YP-G70CB or player wont work.
The 'CB' bit at the end shouldn't really matter, as long as you get an INTL Stock ROM.
This one should work for you:
http://www.mediafire.com/?r7pft8vcrohsmr3
Hello!
I'm a newbie and I really need help with my bricked(?) phone. First a short intro to how the problem came to be:
I own an old (but I still love it) and extremely rare phone, the original Samsung Galaxy Beam (I8520).
There is no official update for it, so it is stuck on Android 2.1.
The thing I miss is Netflix, and Netflix officially only supports 2.2+, so I thought I could try to fool Netflix into running anyway by editing puild.prop.
But to be safe, I used an app called Device Spoofer. In this I could try different model infos by selecting different phones in a list.
I tried a couple and found one it would except. Then it required a reboot, I believe, and now my phone won't start up.
I get to the Samsung logo and then a Starhub carrier logo, as usual, and then the phone just turns black.
There is supposed to be a way to get into download mode by holding some buttons, but that doesn't work on my phone. I have read something about it being a bug on some Samsung models. But anyway, I have bought one of those usb sticks that puts the phone into download mode, and it works.
I have tried to use ADB, but it doesn't seem to find my phone. I also tried to flash a firmware to the phone, but that doesn't work either, Odin gets stuck at "SetupConnection..". The only firmware I have found online is one called I8520STHJI1.tar, which is the last firmware version made for the phone and the version that is factory installed on my phone.
The I8520STHJI1.tar contains the following files:
cache.rfs
modem.bin
ramdisk.img
SS_DL.dll
system.rfs
userdata.rfs
zImage.img
Is there anything that can be done?
Thank you!
After googling, it seems that I need a certain version Odin to be able to flash the i8520.
What I need is Multi Downloader v.1.7.3L
Does anybody have that?
Hi, guys... Basically a little while ago a certain idiot attempted to root his phone, it all went wrong and said phone is now either dead or in the bootloop. I'm able to get it into download mode and thats all i can do! Ive tried reinstalling the stock firmware via odin however I haven't had any luck so far. It either straight up fails or gets stuck on NAND write start or setup connection. Can somebody please help because id really rather not have to go into a mobile repairs shop if i don't have to. Thanks to all
Redracer5000 said:
Hi, guys... Basically a little while ago a certain idiot attempted to root his phone, it all went wrong and said phone is now either dead or in the bootloop. I'm able to get it into download mode and thats all i can do! Ive tried reinstalling the stock firmware via odin however I haven't had any luck so far. It either straight up fails or gets stuck on NAND write start or setup connection. Can somebody please help because id really rather not have to go into a mobile repairs shop if i don't have to. Thanks to all
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Hi! Were you able to resolve this issue? I have a similar problem. Thanks!
try to get your phone to out of battery, and use the charger to boot into the download mode, when charge it, press vol + - until you see the download mode, enter and flash firmware to get back to the original samsung UI
and if it stucks on NAND Erase try to find a new usb cable or try to find a newer firmware
the lastest firmware's bootloader have upgraded, if these solution wont work, i am afraid i cannot help you
Hello folks.
I would like to save the data on an old phone, but I'm getting a bit overwhelmed because I have no idea about roots etc. and would be happy about any help
It's about a GT-S8600 Wave 3.
When you start it, it gets stuck on the Samsung display screen and nothing happens. However, you can still switch it to download mode.
Now I have read and seen that it could work with Odin and flashing a one-piece firmware, whereby the internal memory is not deleted.
However, I cannot find any firmware. Bada 2.0 is the operating system.
The Samfirm tool does not find any firmware for this phone.
If someone has a tip on how else to save the data or where to get the firmware, preferably in German or English, I would be very grateful.
I managed to get a Firmware. Odin dont work for me cause it cant find the phone. so iam forced to use Multiloader.
So my question would be now, which files i have to flash if i dont want to loose all data?
Pls help.