hello,
Help needed, I recently applied an update to my phone but after that my phone got stuck at the boot screen. Then I tried to re-install the stock rom through odin but it failed and I now see "Phone icon + exclamation mark + computer icon" so I need help to get my phone to work again.
Thank you
Samsung galaxy s2 I9100G
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1108499
It was just up their....
sahibunlimited said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1108499
It was just up their....
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Hey Sahib, nice to see you again. I followed that instructions before I got into this trouble. May be I did not get the right rom anyways how get out of it now.
I am trying this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1153310 but it again and again shows that drivers are not properly installed. Any help?
GizmoFreak said:
hello,
Help needed, I recently applied an update to my phone but after that my phone got stuck at the boot screen. Then I tried to re-install the stock rom through odin but it failed and I now see "Phone icon + exclamation mark + computer icon" so I need help to get my phone to work again.
Thank you
Samsung galaxy s2 I9100
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I had the same once dont panic, you can get dowlaod mode with a jig,
if you have no jig, try pulling battery out put back and Vol-down+Home+power to get download mode,
this time you flash with corrected all pc issues and well chaged battery
zaheedahmed said:
I had the same once dont panic, you can get dowlaod mode with a jig,
if you have no jig, try pulling battery out put back and Vol-down+Home+power to get download mode,
this time you flash with corrected all pc issues and well chaged battery
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I tried to get into download mode but it come up with the same screen. So can't access download mode or recovery mode.
Can you tell more about jig?
GizmoFreak said:
I tried to get into download mode but it come up with the same screen. So can't access download mode or recovery mode.
Can you tell more about jig?
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How you are in electronics?.....its very simple to make if you have a soldering iron
I made it myself....just follow this guide : http://galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-hacks/how-to-make-a-usb-jig-for-your-galaxy-s2/
if you can not get it in your region to buy...
zaheedahmed said:
How you are in electronics?.....its very simple to make if you have a soldering iron
I made it myself....just follow this guide : http://galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-hacks/how-to-make-a-usb-jig-for-your-galaxy-s2/
if you can not get it in your region to buy...
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Well I am not at all in electronics so is there any other solution?
or should I go to Samsung customer service as it is still in warranty?
only solution left is jig for you to try yourself...
do you have any influence at service center??? then try for warranty
in normal case warantee is already void with this type of issue, you can only try your luck.....
You have a simple problem
Hold vol up+home+power for 4 secs when the phone is off and do a factory reset
EDIT: Do you have a i9100 or i9100G?
i am pretty sure you got yourself a soft brick, though i am not 100% confirm. however, since your phone got reaction, i assume that is not a hard brick (getting yourself a hard brick is very rare and very hard).
just get yourself a usb jig, it should be fine. you can refer to my thread for FAQ of usb jig.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402286
zaheedahmed said:
only solution left is jig for you to try yourself...
do you have any influence at service center??? then try for warranty
in normal case warantee is already void with this type of issue, you can only try your luck.....
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Hmm strange, but odin still recognizes my phone as it displays the yellow colored extreme left column. Can't it be fixed through odin by flashing again?
Have you heard about this - "One-Click UnBrick" which I mentioned in one of my post above.
GizmoFreak said:
Hmm strange, but odin still recognizes my phone as it displays the yellow colored extreme left column. Can't it be fixed through odin by flashing again?
Have you heard about this - "One-Click UnBrick" which I mentioned in one of my post above.
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You will really brick your phone if you use captivate unbrick tool
1.Turn off phone
2.Press and hold power+vol down+home key at the same time and when you see some different screen then press vol up again
3.Connect phone to PC and flash stock rom from odin(don't really know if you know that)
sahibunlimited said:
You will really brick your phone if you use captivate unbrick tool
1.Turn off phone
2.Press and hold power+vol down+home key at the same time and when you see some different screen then press vol up again
3.Connect phone to PC and flash stock rom from odin(don't really know if you know that)
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when I press "power+vol down+home" it shows that same thing, that is "phone + ! + computer" so does that matter or I just need to follow this command and flash after that?
and vol up need to be pressed alone or along with power and home?
And also can you provide me the link to the right stock rom and if possible not a mutliupload link as multiupload site is not loading for me.
sahibunlimited said:
You have a simple problem
Hold vol up+home+power for 4 secs when the phone is off and do a factory reset
EDIT: Do you have a i9100 or i9100G?
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Sorry I missed these posts, I have I9100G.
mattcfk said:
i am pretty sure you got yourself a soft brick, though i am not 100% confirm. however, since your phone got reaction, i assume that is not a hard brick (getting yourself a hard brick is very rare and very hard).
just get yourself a usb jig, it should be fine. you can refer to my thread for FAQ of usb jig.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402286
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I am trying other ways at the moment, if nothing works then I have no other option other than USB JIG. Thanks for the post!
Well today I took my phone to the service center and they fixed it in half an hour without any charges.
Thanks to all those who gave their precious time, appreciated!
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evening
about to rma my sgs2 but stuck in a bootloop trying to flash via mobile odin
any help?
Use a usb jig to get into download mode and then flash via odin.
Cheers
Ades
cheers bought a jig today, its in odin mode saying downloading, do i now put my usb
sutty86 said:
cheers bought a jig today, its in odin mode saying downloading, do i now put my usb
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Stock rom post then reset counter if need be .
Stock Roms .and csc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
jje
cheers just need to find my usb lead now
adrian5800 said:
Use a usb jig to get into download mode and then flash via odin.
Cheers
Ades
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Or he can just download ANY of the ROM managers and use the "boot into download mode" option trololol...
gr4ndm4st3r_bl4ck said:
Or he can just download ANY of the ROM managers and use the "boot into download mode" option trololol...
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he'll need a custom kernel for that, jig is much safer
gr4ndm4st3r_bl4ck said:
Or he can just download ANY of the ROM managers and use the "boot into download mode" option trololol...
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Yeah that'd work. He's in a bootloop...
guys still having dramas managed to get hold of a windows pc, got odin loaded
downloading 2 stock orange firmwares from intratechs thread and also the old litning
still stuck in bootloop!!!
please no phone now for 4 days!
sutty86 said:
guys still having dramas managed to get hold of a windows pc, got odin loaded
downloading 2 stock orange firmwares from intratechs thread and also the old litning
still stuck in bootloop!!!
please no phone now for 4 days!
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Look , i had the bootloop once. I tried to power down my device, but it wouldn't work. Took out the battery and it powered on itself - bootloop. Try holding Volume Up + Home + Power buttons to get into recovery mode and then clear data/cache. I remember holding the buttons for 10 seconds before it actually rebooted to recovery
But if you read the heading of this thread gr4ndm4st3r_bl4ck, it says the home button is broke....
ultramag69 said:
But if you read the heading of this thread gr4ndm4st3r_bl4ck, it says the home button is broke....
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I'm not sure his button is really broke , cuz he didn't mention it anywhere in his post , just in the heading... Which makes no sense, who does any kind of flashing if their hardware button is broke... If it really is , then it's his fault for not taking it to repair first...
Phone charged up overnight, and after half an hour of listening to music, I noticed the battery had fallen to around 30%. I then rebooted the phone, but it did not boot up. Cannot seem to enter any recovery/download mode.
Rooted running the Omega ROM. Haven't done any modifications to it for a good couple of weeks. Any chance of salvation?
maybe the battery gone bad? did u try with other battery?
Maybe, but I forgot to mention i somehow entered emergency recovery mode earlier (once) which would suggest its not? How do you enter that mode?
i've heard of that emergency recovery mode, but never actually seen it or know exactly howto trigger it. try vol up+vol down+home+power
Thanks that worked.
Now in 'emergency dload mode (arm9 mode)'
Where do I go from here?
so hows that recovery looks like? got any menu selection like normal recovery such as wipe data etc? if got, try to wipe data.
Nope not like a recovery mode. All it is is the Samsung logo with the 'emergency dload mode' text...
frankly we all here doesnt know exactly what the purpose of that emergency recovery mode.
try to connect your phone with odin and see its detected. maybe u can flash stock rom from it.
if it doesnt work either, u can try to force the device into normal download mode and flash with odin. first take off the battery, wait for around 5 seconds, hold the three button combination for download mode and while u still hold those three buttons, reinsert the battery. it should go into download mode and u can flash stock rom via odin.
Thanks for help. Will give it a go, and let you know the results....
If it treat it like a normal download mode, am I right in thinking I just follow the normal procedure for flashing via ODIN?
Ie, follow this tutorial: http://acetips.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/upgrade-ace-odin/
MrKillers66 said:
If it treat it like a normal download mode, am I right in thinking I just follow the normal procedure for flashing via ODIN?
Ie, follow this tutorial: http://acetips.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/upgrade-ace-odin/
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yes.
freakin' xda wont allow short post
thanks.
managed to get it to display yellow 'downloading' text. Can't find a link for drivers though? Think its them I'm missing as ODIN won't detect it...
MrKillers66 said:
thanks.
managed to get it to display yellow 'downloading' text. Can't find a link for drivers though? Think its them I'm missing as ODIN won't detect it...
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doload samsung kies and install
herpderp © aint got money to pay to my fish
MrKillers66 said:
thanks.
managed to get it to display yellow 'downloading' text. Can't find a link for drivers though? Think its them I'm missing as ODIN won't detect it...
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http://hotfile.com/dl/141204140/576b45c/SAMSUNG_Mobile_Phones_USB_Driver.rar.html
if its asking for pass, its
Code:
samfirmware.com
Does anyone knows where to buy a motherboard for gt n7000
Got drives and firmware downloaded. But ODIN won't recognise my phone? Any suggestions?
Odin won't flash phones that in Emergency download mode.
Have you tried normal download mode?
P.S: Emergency Dload mode = Vol Up + Vol Down + Menu + Power
Nomal dload mode: Vol Down + menu + power
Sent from my GT-S5830 using Tapatalk
Thanks for everyones help.
Managed to get it to the 'downloading' text, where I eventually managed to flash a stock ROM via ODIN, so I'm now unrooted.
Problem still remains where it won't boot up without being plugged into a power source, so taking it back tomorrow. I believe the battery somehow died and may have taken something else down with it...
so, i got myself a bricked gs2
i have the phone...triangle...pc screen
i can't enter download mode, neither recovery mode
and obviously, it doesn't boot
do i need a JIG? because i'm already searching for 300k resistors
Did you try to pull out battery and put it back? How did you brick it?
jerkysh said:
so, i got myself a bricked gs2
i have the phone...triangle...pc screen
i can't enter download mode, neither recovery mode
and obviously, it doesn't boot
do i need a JIG? because i'm already searching for 300k resistors
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are you sure ur doing it right?
hold vol down + middle menu button + power .. try it also with it plugged in to power if that doesn't work ...
if you are getting the phone triangle pc screen that means you're soft bricked and you still should be able to get into download mode :/
Eudemony said:
jerkysh said:
so, i got myself a bricked gs2
i have the phone...triangle...pc screen
i can't enter download mode, neither recovery mode
and obviously, it doesn't boot
do i need a JIG? because i'm already searching for 300k resistors
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are you sure ur doing it right?
hold vol down + middle menu button + power .. try it also with it plugged in to power if that doesn't work ...
if you are getting the phone triangle pc screen that means you're soft bricked and you still should be able to get into download mode :/
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That phone - triangle - pc screen is a forced download mode, I believe. Means you aren't going anywhere until you flash a working firmware. You should be able to flash from there.
ctomgee said:
That phone - triangle - pc screen is a forced download mode, I believe. Means you aren't going anywhere until you flash a working firmware. You should be able to flash from there.
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so are you saying odin will recognise your phone on that screen?
Eudemony said:
so are you saying odin will recognise your phone on that screen?
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It should, yes. I've heard of others flashing from that screen. (I've also told others who have been on that screen to flash, and they have reported success.)
I have not PERSONALLY done it, as I have never actually had this screen show on my phone.
Exactly right CTM.
I successfully flashed a kernel in forced download mode when my very first flashing attempt went haywire. Put me in bootloop tho for some reason. But it did enable me to get into download mode proper & was then able to flash a stock rom.
ctomgee said:
It should, yes. I've heard of others flashing from that screen. (I've also told others who have been on that screen to flash, and they have reported success.)
I have not PERSONALLY done it, as I have never actually had this screen show on my phone.
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my sister told me she flashed a kernel, and i guess a wrong one..
how can i find out which kernel should i flash to get it working? in this state i guess there is no way :/
jerkysh said:
my sister told me she flashed a kernel, and i guess a wrong one..
how can i find out which kernel should i flash to get it working? in this state i guess there is no way :/
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update:
it's a i9100G, i just found out by inspecting it out a little
everything's okay, flashed a i9100G kernel and got in download mode, thanks anyway
jerkysh said:
update:
it's a i9100G, i just found out by inspecting it out a little
everything's okay, flashed a i9100G kernel and got in download mode, thanks anyway
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So, you and she learned a valuable lesson then. Do NOT under ANY circumstances use any firmwares or kernels for any device OTHER than an I9100G. The G is very important.
I9100G is not compatible to use I9100 firmwares or kernels.
I was trying to update-upgrade my S2 via Kies (everything up to date) to ICS, it got stuck at 0% an error message came up said pull out battery and connect again. Did it but nothing. A yellow triangle with black ! inbetween of a phone and a PC only appears. Tried Hard reset but nothing. can't connect to kies, can;t do anything...
Tried to look if there were is another thread like this but couldnt find.
Im a newbie in Android and as you can see I am in PANIC
any help appreciated.
is brick.you need jig usb to put in download mode for flash.
Inviato dal mio GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk
Thx for the quick reply. But how do I do-find it???
Did I do sth wrong? My fault?
You can buy it at ebay.
yeah looked it up. any other quicker solution isnt there?
volakas said:
Thx for the quick reply. But how do I do-find it???
Did I do sth wrong? My fault?
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I would say first try getting into download mode(by pressing volume up & the power button simultaneously). After that, connect your phone to your PC,run "Odin 1.85"(just google that sentence, you will get it), after that use odin to flash a stock samsung ROM to your phone.
download this stock ROM to be used with odin :
http://skywanker.net/download/downl...9100_XEO_I9100XWLP8_I9100OXALPS_I9100XXLPS.7z
the exact details on how to flash the link I gave above to your phone is on this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
Good luck!!
Tried Vol up and power button but nth happend. Still Yellow triangle and black question mark....
For download mode its volume down home and power key.Try this if it goes in to download mode then follow the rest of the steps from the above post
volakas said:
Tried Vol up and power button but nth happend. Still Yellow triangle and black question mark....
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You need to press the Home button as well.
I'd remove batteries, wait for at least 5 s. Then try entering Download mode with
(Vol Down Home, Power)
If it still won't work then you'd need to get a USB jig as noted in previous posts.
And no it is not your fault, KIES is not a very good piece of software.
Elythor said:
You need to press the Home button as well.
I'd remove batteries, wait for at least 5 s. Then try entering Download mode with
(Vol Down Home, Power)
If it still won't work then you'd need to get a USB jig as noted in previous posts.
And no it is not your fault, KIES is not a very good piece of software.
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Tried that as well but nothing..... will go the store I bought it to see if they want any fees or else I wil order the jig and wait 3 weeks for it to arrive
volakas said:
A yellow triangle with black ! inbetween of a phone and a PC only appears.
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Are you still getting this screen? This is a forced download mode. You can try an Odin flash from here.
apparently you are new to this so..... here it goes
1: first check you got i9100 not i9100G
2: kies told you to remove and reconnect blaa blaa so it can restore the error. if you cant manage to fix it, than easy method is like post above said. use odin.
3: read about how to use odin, close kies, download stock ROM (checkfus / sammobile ) and flash, it will be fixed.
4: no need for jig at the moment.
if ur in download mode jus use odin an c if it recognizes,yes means flash up....by the way kies is safe
Well i think i ve got I9100G, can i still use Odin?????
YES,
though search threads in this section :http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1550
cant you make sure or still think it is "G"
Yes it is MODEL:GT-I9100G
volakas said:
Yes it is MODEL:GT-I9100G
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G section of the forum .
i9100 firmware will brick a G model .
jje
Well i opened ODIN put an I9100G Rom as PDA and pressed start but after half an hour it is still <ID:0/008> SetupConnection..
It's in forced download mode, it should still be coming up "COM:x" in ODIN right? You should be able to flash a recovery package from there. It should take 5 minutes at the most, not 30.
where did you get ROM from...what type of file????
Well, my phone cant enter in this modes, but the problem its that also cant enter to the system, i can only see the logo of samsung and then the screen turn off, I dont know what to do, because I cant use the odin because I cant enter in download mode, I dont know if there is a button to hard reset the phone. I was trying to put a rom of ics but i believe that the firmware was wrong for my phone. please help me.
Sounds like you flashed something in Odin that was not for your phone. You probably need to get it J-tagged to get it fixed. Check out mobiletechvideos.com
It's like $50 dollars for the service, they'll J-tag your phone and flash the correct bootloader.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
Mattix724 said:
Sounds like you flashed something in Odin that was not for your phone. You probably need to get it J-tagged to get it fixed. Check out mobiletechvideos.com
It's like $50 dollars for the service, they'll J-tag your phone and flash the correct bootloader.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
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Thanks for your fast answer Mattix but you don't know another way to fix it, because I'm not in United States then its very dificult ( and take to much time ) to send my phone.
How did you try to get into download and recovery. Be as specific as possible
JoseDavid said:
Thanks for your fast answer Mattix but you don't know another way to fix it, because I'm not in United States then its very dificult ( and take to much time ) to send my phone.
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Since the phone will turn on, and initiate the boot process, it should be able to recover it yourself. Jtag is for true hard bricks, which your phone is NOT.
Please give a full description of what led up to your problem. What firmware was on the phone before, what did you attempt to flash, and anything that you can think of that would provide any additional information for trouble shooting. Also, a link to the firmware you tried to flash.
122ninjas said:
How did you try to get into download and recovery. Be as specific as possible
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Well, when I try to get into recovery I press the buttons of power and up and down of volume, and the same way to get into download but in this time with the phone connected in the pc. When I try to get into download mode, I can't see neither the samsung logo
JoseDavid said:
Well, when I try to get into recovery I press the buttons of power and up and down of volume, and the same way to get into download but in this time with the phone connected in the pc. When I try to get into download mode, I can't see neither the samsung logo
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To get the SGH-I777 into download mode, continuously hold down both volume buttons (but not the power button) while plugging in the usb cable.
Can you answer my previous question?
creepyncrawly said:
Since the phone will turn on, and initiate the boot process, it should be able to recover it yourself. Jtag is for true hard bricks, which your phone is NOT.
Please give a full description of what led up to your problem. What firmware was on the phone before, what did you attempt to flash, and anything that you can think of that would provide any additional information for trouble shooting. Also, a link to the firmware you tried to flash.
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I had a rom of supernexus for jelly bean, this rom run very fine, but i was trying to put the modem of one rom the ics, and in this moment the problems started, but i could enter in download mode and try to flash with a rom of ics, the topic its in spanish, and I couldn't read well because the rom its for s2, they don't specified the model sgh i777 :S, now I downloaded the rom what i need but i can enter in the download mode, I cant put the link because I'm new here
creepyncrawly said:
To get the SGH-I777 into download mode, continuously hold down both volume buttons (but not the power button) while plugging in the usb cable.
Can you answer my previous question?
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I'm doing the try right now without pressing the power button and then my phone screen display "Forcerd Upload by key pressing"
that help??
JoseDavid said:
I cant put the link because I'm new here
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I would like to see what you flashed, and if it contains the secondary bootloader for a different device. Just type in the link and I can cut and paste it.
creepyncrawly said:
I would like to see what you flashed, and if it contains the secondary bootloader for a different device. Just type in the link and I can cut and paste it.
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SamMobile.com_Android_4.0.1_CUSTOM.rar
this is the name of the rom I downloaded,maybe you can google it,
http://drblackberry.com.ve/?p=7343&replytocom= 880, this is the page
JoseDavid said:
SamMobile.com_Android_4.0.1_CUSTOM.rar
this is the name of the rom I downloaded,maybe you can google it,
http://drblackberry.com.ve/?p=7343&replytocom= 880, this is the page
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Looks like he loaded bootloaders.
122ninjas said:
Looks like he loaded bootloaders.
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Yes one step in the topic was put a bootloaders, right now I'm in Forced Upload by key pressing, I read in another site that it is something like download mode.
JoseDavid said:
Yes one step in the topic was put a bootloaders, right now I'm in Forced Upload by key pressing, I read in another site that it is something like download mode.
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Nobody knows what can I do in that moment?
I put my i777 on download mode by removing the battery and putting it back. Hold the volume button down and connect the USB charger wait for the buttons to flash and disconnect the charger while holding the volume down button. If that doesn't work nothing will.
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JoseDavid said:
Nobody knows what can I do in that moment?
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Try this:
Pull the battery and leave it out.
Hold down volume button and plug in the USB cable. (PC will supply the power)
This should boot the phone into download mode.
If the above works to get into download mode, do the following:
Download the I777 secondary bootloader .tar from the Download Repository. See the link in my signature.
Unplug the phone (to shut off)
Open Odin v1.85 on screen of pc.
Enter download mode as above.
When connected put the secondary bootloader in the PDA slot in Odin and flash.
creepyncrawly said:
Try this:
Pull the battery and leave it out.
Hold down volume button and plug in the USB cable. (PC will supply the power)
This should boot the phone into download mode.
If the above works to get into download mode, do the following:
Download the I777 secondary bootloader .tar from the Download Repository. See the link in my signature.
Unplug the phone (to shut off)
Open Odin v1.85 on screen of pc.
Enter download mode as above.
When connected put the secondary bootloader in the PDA slot in Odin and flash.
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Hey you all thanks for everything, I could fix the phone,
I could enter in the download mode and then install the secondary bootloader like creepyncrawly says to do,
Thanks :victory::silly:
JoseDavid said:
Hey you all thanks for everything, I could fix the phone,
I could enter in the download mode and then install the secondary bootloader like creepyncrawly says to do,
Thanks :victory::silly:
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Glad u got it fixed! In the future only download roms from this Site and never flash bootloaders.
Sent from Team Pirate Headquarters
help please
I just recently got my SGS2 (i777) and decided to root it. Unfortunately I got the root from another site (dumb move) and today the phone went into a reboot loop. I can connect it and get it into download mode, but everytime I try to flash back to the stock rom, or anything else (bootloader) Odin says connection failed, unable to open COM Port. I know it connects because it installs the drivers for the phone. Can someone MUCH smarter that me assist with this one?
jck203 said:
I just recently got my SGS2 (i777) and decided to root it. Unfortunately I got the root from another site (dumb move) and today the phone went into a reboot loop. I can connect it and get it into download mode, but everytime I try to flash back to the stock rom, or anything else (bootloader) Odin says connection failed, unable to open COM Port. I know it connects because it installs the drivers for the phone. Can someone MUCH smarter that me assist with this one?
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can you interrupt the bootloop by trying to get to recovery (holding VOL UP + VOL DOWN + POWER until recovery menu appears) and then go to backup-restore and restore a backup? That's what I would try. IF that does not work, I would reinstall the drivers for andoid on your pc --even though you had them working (presumably) once before. After reinstalling the drivers then odin should (may!) see the phone and work.
good luck