Hi all
I have recived a I9100 from a friend and I am trying to fix it for her... It went dead after she flashed a costum rom to her device...
Recovery does not work either
What I have tried
flashing a stock rom
flashing a kernel
flashing bootloader
flashing unbrick file using ASB box
flashing the handset with SPT box
flashing .pit
repartion
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SPT box flashing log
Detect Phone Connect ...
Connect Phone OK.
Get PIT for Mapping ...
Sending Boot Data ...
Sending Sbl Data ...
Sending Param Data ...
Sending zImage Data ...
Sending Factoryfs Data ...
Sending Data Data ...
Sending Cache Data ...
Sending Hidden Data ...
Please Wait Reboot Phone ...
Update Flash OK!
Total Time: 146.4 s
My guess is that it is NAND rw problem, and I will have to wait for my riff box service cables to arrive, so I can jtag it back to life (I have the box, they forgot to ship the service cables)
Any ideas is appriciated
Best regards
You actually see the logo? Can you get into Download mode? Not recovery.
If not you either need to Jtag or she has somehow triggered the super brick bug. Then the device can't even be repaired with the RIFF box.
TheSniperFan said:
You actually see the logo? Can you get into Download mode? Not recovery.
If not you either need to Jtag or she has somehow triggered the super brick bug. Then the device can't even be repaired with the RIFF box.
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Yup, it is stuck at the Samsung GSII logo...
I can easily get into Download mode... But I have no recovery... Im thinking that it is a eMMC fault, I am trying to find a place to buy the eMMC and get it replaced/reballed
Well if you can get into Download mode, I'd suggest you try flashing the CM9 resurrection edition. It's the only "custom Rom installation package" I know that comes with everything to start from every base.
If it's really a broken emmc chip, you better have the knowledge to replace it yourself (or know someone who has). It's neither an easy nor cheap procedure.
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Well if you can get into Download mode, I'd suggest you try flashing the CM9 resurrection edition. It's the only "custom Rom installation package" I know that comes with everything to start from every base.
If it's really a broken emmc chip, you better have the knowledge to replace it yourself (or know someone who has). It's neither an easy nor cheap procedure.
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My brother has the right equipment at work...
I will try to flash that to it... Could you post a link??
Btw how am I supposed to flash it, as I have no recovery mode??
CM9 Resurrection is flashed via Odin in download mode.
MistahBungle said:
CM9 Resurrection is flashed via Odin in download mode.
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Hmm can you post a link then?? I get a .zip that is CWM flashable
Ratata82 said:
Hmm can you post a link then?? I get a .zip that is CWM flashable
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Im at a loss here... Why do you keep on going on about recovery mode," Hmm can you post a link then?? I get a .zip that is CWM flashable ", when you say you have none but can easily get into download mode!!!!.
As Mistahbungle said," CM9 Resurrection is flashed via Odin in download mode ".
Read the Galaxy S2 guide here how to use Odin is also there.
How to fix a soft brick is here
And CM9 Resurrection is here flashable via Odin
Hope you know what your doing.
bored_stupid said:
Im at a loss here... Why do you keep on going on about recovery mode," Hmm can you post a link then?? I get a .zip that is CWM flashable ", when you say you have none but can easily get into download mode!!!!.
As Mistahbungle said," CM9 Resurrection is flashed via Odin in download mode ".
Read the Galaxy S2 guide here how to use Odin is also there.
How to fix a soft brick is here
And CM9 Resurrection is here flashable via Odin
Hope you know what your doing.
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I apparently only found the CWM files, instead of the tar, that's why I was talking about CWM... but it is still dead...
Okay, you must have misunderstood me... I know how to use Odin, I know how to recover from a Soft brick, I know how to recover from hardbricks using JTAG... I am not a noob
I have all Samsung professional tools, riff, SPT, medusa, asb etc...
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I apparently only found the CWM files, instead of the tar, that's why I was talking about CWM... but it is still dead...
Okay, you must have misunderstood me... I know how to use Odin, I know how to recover from a Soft brick, I know how to recover from hardbricks using JTAG... I am not a noob
I have all Samsung professional tools, riff, SPT, medusa, asb etc...
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Then accept my appologies. the link to the CM9 odin flashable is live and it is a .tar file.
Good luck
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Then accept my appologies. the link to the CM9 odin flashable is live and it is a .tar file.
Good luck
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Hehe, it is just okay...
When I flashed the CM9 to it, I got the kernel panic uploade mode... So my guess is still NAND/eMMC fault...
Strange one. It seems like a hardware fault. Good luck with repairing that. Usually a motherboard replacement would be the way to go.
Can you check if you're able to get into stock recovery after flashing a stock ROM?
I have had similar problems on both SGS2 and on Gtab 8.9 after performing factory reset in latest CWM. The only solution was flashing a stock ROM and then factory reset from stock recovery (and then flashing whatever ROM I wanted to flash in the first place)
Could be worth trying.
podumal said:
Can you check if you're able to get into stock recovery after flashing a stock ROM?
I have had similar problems on both SGS2 and on Gtab 8.9 after performing factory reset in latest CWM. The only solution was flashing a stock ROM and then factory reset from stock recovery (and then flashing whatever ROM I wanted to flash in the first place)
Could be worth trying.
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It was a HW failure... I got it fixed under warranty, and they changed the PCB... Way more simple than changing the eMMC...
Best regards
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As Mistahbungle said," CM9 Resurrection is flashed via Odin in download mode ".
And CM9 Resurrection is here flashable via Odin
Hope you know what your doing.
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Had the same problem, stuck in logo. I tried flashing stock ROM, but it didn't save my situation. So I tried flashing CM9 Resurrection and managed to get into recovery mode. Then I reflashed the custom ROM I had earlier on and everything went up again. Thanks a lot.
same issue
I am also stuck at Samsung logo, i9100
I can get into recovery. I installed stock many times - no help. (I9100XWMS1_I9100XXMS4_I9100NEELS1_HOME.tar.md5)
I was missing my IMEI so I guess it is the efs folder fault.
I tried to fix the efs with backups, I have zipped EFS, but I can not go to system and replace the files.
If you have any ideas - please share it with me!
I also had a nandroid backup - no help as well.
my sgs2 is softbricked and I have download AND recovery mode, and still can't fix it ;(
did you try this guide?
forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/help/guide-26-12-flash-stock-firmware-rom-t2365701
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I tried to flash a firmware via odin and it stucks to factoryfs.img.now i cant open my phone.When im flashing every firmware va odin it stucks at factoryfs.img.i tried to wipe everything from the stock recovery and retry but i had no success.when im flashing kernels i have no error.so i was wondering if i could flash cf-root and then when i will be into recovery push files via adb to internal sdcard.is this possible?if yes tell me how.If not tell me other ways to unbrick my device
Which firmware did you try? Try to flash a stock firmware. Go here and pick up the latest ROM and follow the instructions it is very well explained
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
Good luck
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
i flashed a stock firmware.i tried this and i had no result.if you can answer this i told about cwm and adb i would be very happy
try another cable.
I had similar problem because of a poor cable ordered from e-bay.
even if you are using the stock cable, try another one as it might be damaged.
gokhan thanks for your help but it didn't work.if i format the /system partition will i be able to get into download mode?
I don't see how you could get Odin to recognise your phone in order to format the system partition if you weren't able to get into download mode.
So I guess I'll play Captain Obvious...Can you get into download mode ?
If not, does Odin recognise the phone when you hook the phone up to a PC via a USB cable ? (a long shot I know but I'm trying to think of anything that might work here).
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gokhan thanks for your help but it didn't work.if i format the /system partition will i be able to get into download mode?
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You really need to start giving more information.
Excactly what rom did you tried to flash? And yes, you can just flash CF-Root and start flashing from recovery. If it is possible to push the files true adb, I don't know. But you will have adb for sure in recovery.
And why are you flashing? It looks like you have really no idea what you are doing.
the problem is solved.i flashed a cwm 9 rom via odin and now im ok.now im flashing chechrom.i had checkrom and i undervolted too much.the phone closed but accidenatly i had ticked the set on bot button.my external sd is broken and i didnt have a checkrom backp into my internal sdcard.so i decided to flash an official firmware and then flash again checkrom.this is the story but now my problem is solved so you can lock the thread.thank you all
Unfortunately I bricked my S2 by flashing a bad zip so I sent it off to cell-dr.com. Randy, at cell-dr told me that after the JTAG repair the device will be in Download mode and that he can flash a stock ROM. However, flashing a stock ROM would overwrite some of the data I would like to recover such as text history and photos.
I can ask him to unbrick the phone and leave it in Download mode. My idea is to
Use Odin to flash CWM. By doing this I should be able to mount USB storage and have an ADB, correct?
or
Use Odin to flash Siyah and a Modem, which should hopefully allow me to boot into the already installed CM10?
What do you guys think? Any other suggestions?
vinvam said:
Unfortunately I bricked my S2 by flashing a bad zip so I sent it off to cell-dr.com. Randy, at cell-dr told me that after the JTAG repair the device will be in Download mode and that he can flash a stock ROM. However, flashing a stock ROM would overwrite some of the data I would like to recover such as text history and photos.
I can ask him to unbrick the phone and leave it in Download mode. My idea is to
Use Odin to flash CWM. By doing this I should be able to mount USB storage and have an ADB, correct?
or
Use Odin to flash Siyah and a Modem, which should hopefully allow me to boot into the already installed CM10?
What do you guys think? Any other suggestions?
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i don't think you can recover your data back.
You definitely have to lose something here.
Personally, if I were you, I'll be happy my phone is back.
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
Jokesy said:
i don't think you can recover your data back.
You definitely have to lose something here.
Personally, if I were you, I'll be happy my phone is back.
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
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Theoretically it should work if I use Odin to flash a kernel with CWM. Even if I can't boot into Android itself, ADB from CWM is sufficient to pull the texts db and photos. That's all I need. Then I can Odin everything and start fresh.
Any problems with this?
i had the baseband version XXKPA and i needed to switch to a more stable ICS so i flashed XXLPQ without doing a factory reset, now my phone is stuck at the boot screen. it can enter into download mode, but not recovery mode. I need to fix this asap. Anybody help?
read through this thread and follow instructions. You may have a soft brick.
[GUIDE] Fix an unflashable or soft bricked GSII (I9100G/M/P/T VERSION INCLUDED!)
nuts_850 said:
i had the baseband version XXKPA and i needed to switch to a more stable ICS so i flashed XXLPQ without doing a factory reset, now my phone is stuck at the boot screen. it can enter into download mode, but not recovery mode. I need to fix this asap. Anybody help?
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Becarefull if you **** up your bootloader you're bricked on another level. If you need any help using a pitfile PM me. Don't use pitfile's that comes from other roms. You're about to wipe every single item except EFS folder on your device with pitfile
The best way to use a pitfile IMO is using heimdall to make a pitfile of your device only. Connect to your PC in download mode. then you can make a pitfile of it.
Then flash in odin the cm9 resurruction edition http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419102 with the pitfile u made of your device. Repartition enabled. Then u can safely full wipe from CWM recovery.
This is the safest way I know of if anyone knows better than me feel free to correct
thanks guys, the thread you sent me really helped.
And yeah, i might need some help with the .pit file. what precautions do i exactly have to take before attempting to do the repartitioning along with the .pit file?
I am a newbie from Nepal. I dont have much knowledge of flashing. A week ago i tried to flash CMW recover while i was in resurrection remix JB rom. Till then i am not able to start my phone because it freezes at "Samsung Galaxy S2" logo... Now i dont know the CSC, PDA and kernel version of my mobile. So please help me solve my problem, how can i make it work?
Boot into recovery (Turn phone off. Then hold home/power/volume up) & do a wipe/factory reset. Or if you have a recent backup (or any backup) restore that from recovery. I've done this a couple of times over the past few mths when my phone has spontaneously bootlooped.
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MistahBungle said:
Boot into recovery (Turn phone off. Then hold home/power/volume up) & do a wipe/factory reset. Or if you have a recent backup (or any backup) restore that from recovery. I've done this a couple of times over the past few mths when my phone has spontaneously bootlooped.
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I can boot into CWM recovery but the wipe/factory reset and cache deletion too would not help.. I dont have any backup and i am not able to access my external sd card too... so please can you help me now...
Boot into download mode (Phone off. Home, power, volume down) & flash a stock rom in Odin; go to Samfirmware or AndroidFirmwares.net & get a stock rom (or get the PC version of Checkfus). Flashing instructions here
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MistahBungle said:
Boot into download mode (Phone off. Home, power, volume down) & flash a stock rom in Odin; go to Samfirmware or AndroidFirmwares.net & get a stock rom (or get the PC version of Checkfus). Flashing instructions here
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Now i dont know PDA, PHONE and CSC of my SGS2, So how can i select the particular rom for my SGS2.. Please let me know.....
Flash an old rom on your sd card maybe?
Sent From My Rooted Samsung Galaxy S2 JB 4.1.2 (GT-I9100)
Dannyvld said:
Flash an old rom on your sd card maybe?
Sent From My Rooted Samsung Galaxy S2 JB 4.1.2 (GT-I9100)
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Sorry i cant access my external sd card in CWM recovery and i dont know how to access internal memory of my phone since it can only boot into recovery and download mode...
In that case flash any stock rom you like. I gather you'll be going back to a custom rom pretty quickly in any case (?) so it doesn't matter. Whatever you do tho, do not flash a PIT.
liveondead said:
Now i dont know PDA, PHONE and CSC of my SGS2, So how can i select the particular rom for my SGS2.. Please let me know.....
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In that case flash any stock rom you like. I gather you'll be going back to a custom rom pretty quickly in any case (?) so it doesn't matter. Whatever you do tho, do not flash a PIT.
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All I can do is download a rom which is in zip format, but i know odin does not support .zip but it supports .tar, so how can i download rom in .tar, also does it matter if I flashed the rom which is not meant for my region?(I mean I dont know my phone's PDA and I am not able to decide which firmware to download since every firmware has its own specific PDA)... Yes, I'll be going back again to custom rom after I make it work...haha
AFAIK a rom for another country wont break your phone, but be careful with 4.0.4 roms because of the brickbug
liveondead said:
All I can do is download a rom which is in zip format, but i know odin does not support .zip but it supports .tar, so how can i download rom in .tar, also does it matter if I flashed the rom which is not meant for my region?(I mean I dont know my phone's PDA and I am not able to decide which firmware to download since every firmware has its own specific PDA)... Yes, I'll be going back again to custom rom after I make it work...haha
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go to http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3 and choose the stock or even another stock rom you wish, download it.
Boot into download mode and flash the single .tar file through odin, flashing instructions can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
PD: if the downloaded file is .zip and not .tar, just extract the zip and u'll get the .tar
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AFAIK a rom for another country wont break your phone, but be careful with 4.0.4 roms because of the brickbug
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Amm, now i have a android 4.0.4 firmware in odin supported format.. and i am about to flash using odin.. but i got confused what did you mean by "but be careful with 4.0.4 roms because of the brickbug".. Please explain me... And thankx in advance..
He means don't do a wipe/factory reset from recovery while you're running that kernel. Once you switch to a custom kernel you can relax tho.
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He means don't do a wipe/factory reset from recovery while you're running that kernel. Once you switch to a custom kernel you can relax tho.
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Oh god, I am so confused. When I selected my PDA in the odin interface and I clicked start, it says "The Parameter is incorrect".. What can I do now???
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He means don't do a wipe/factory reset from recovery while you're running that kernel. Once you switch to a custom kernel you can relax tho.
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Please help, when i tried to flash android 4.0.4, odin says "The Parameter is Incorrect"...
liveondead said:
Please help, when i tried to flash android 4.0.4, odin says "The Parameter is Incorrect"...
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Parameter is incorrect error can be caused by either of two reasons
1 . something is wrong with the file you downloaded try re downloading
2.Kies is interfering with Odin, terminate Kies from the background by using the task manager.
Using GT - I9100
Just hit the damn help button if I helped you.
A lot of Thankx..
I wanna thank all of the members of the forum who have helped me in fixing my mobile. I finally fixed it by flashing the stock rom android 4.0.3, and it is doing perfect but laggs sometimes....:good:
Glad you got it sorted
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I wanna thank all of the members of the forum who have helped me in fixing my mobile. I finally fixed it by flashing the stock rom android 4.0.3, and it is doing perfect but laggs sometimes....:good:
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When my phone bricked i went to the store, they set the official software over my rooted one, i had very much lag, just flash a good rom and its over.
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Help Plss. After flashing my rom Cm 11 4.4.2 Kitkat by Archi, im using after a mos, But now my phone suddenly restarting, and now its hanging only in samsung galaxy SII GT-i9300 logo only. Cant also enter CWM recovery mode. But i can enter Download Mode.. can anybody help me plss Thanks in advance.
mac123456789 said:
Help Plss. After flashing my rom Cm 11 4.4.2 Kitkat by Archi, im using after a mos, But now my phone suddenly restarting, and now its hanging only in samsung galaxy SII GT-i9300 logo only. Cant also enter CWM recovery mode. But i can enter Download Mode.. can anybody help me plss Thanks in advance.
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Flash back to stock with Odin and don't forget to factory reset after flashing or you could even try flashing PhilZ recovery with odin boot into PhilZ after flashing and factory reset see if that works if not flash stock and start again.
tallman43 said:
Flash back to stock with Odin and don't forget to factory reset after flashing or you could even try flashing PhilZ recovery with odin boot into PhilZ after flashing and factory reset see if that works if not flash stock and start again.
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Hi Tallman, Thanks for the help, Can you provide me the link, I have my EFS bakcup, I dont know wich stock rom should i get i forgot my baseband number, or the procedure of PhilZ. Thanks alot..
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Hi Tallman, Thanks for the help, Can you provide me the link, I have my EFS bakcup, I dont know wich stock rom should i get i forgot my baseband number, or the procedure of PhilZ. Thanks alot..
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Direct link https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/i9300/ you need the.tar.md5 version for Odin. PhilZ thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/orig-development/i93xx-philz-touch-t2002953 you can also backup efs with PhilZ recovery too.
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Direct link https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/i9300/ you need the.tar.md5 version for Odin. PhilZ thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/orig-development/i93xx-philz-touch-t2002953 you can also backup efs with PhilZ recovery too.
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Hi Tall man, Is it possible that my phone motherboard is broken?, my phone has no warranty and ive check it with samsung service center, after a few days of checking they call me and said that they need to replace the motherboard. and they charged me around 200$, hehehe
mac091889 said:
Hi Tall man, Is it possible that my phone motherboard is broken?, my phone has no warranty and ive check it with samsung service center, after a few days of checking they call me and said that they need to replace the motherboard. and they charged me around 200$, hehehe
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Quite possible but have you tried all the options first like (1) flashing back to stock with Odin also if you have flashed back to stock with Odin did you factory reset after flashing? (2)rescue firmware (only use as last resort because it containes a pit file)
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Quite possible but have you tried all the options first like (1) flashing back to stock with Odin also if you have flashed back to stock with Odin did you factory reset after flashing? (2)rescue firmware (only use as last resort because it containes a pit file)
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ok thanks, Will get it back maybe later and i will update you what happen. Thanks. for the help... Is there any things that i can give back to you for helping me?
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Flash back to stock with Odin and don't forget to factory reset after flashing or you could even try flashing PhilZ recovery with odin boot into PhilZ after flashing and factory reset see if that works if not flash stock and start again.
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Hi tallman just got my SIII back from samsung service center, they said ther is an I C not working, but now justried to flash philz recover Odin failed to ans it says something non Pit file something like that.
If an IC isn't working then pay for the repair or buy a new phone, flashing won't fix a dead chip.