[Q] samsung galaxy S II - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

my samsung galaxy s II turns on and then it turns off and starts to vibrate while its off
and when i pull the battery and put it back in it turns on by itself and turns off again and vibrates?
what should i do?
its not rooted.
its been working fine until yesterday it started happening

allen4077 said:
my samsung galaxy s II wont turn on, and vibrates when its off?
what should i do?
its not rooted.
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You should give a more clear explanation than this to let people help you
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Donnie Sins said:
You should give a more clear explanation than this to let people help you
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I have had a similar problem on a Nokia phone. What I did was switched it off, charged it(from a company charger) , kept it off for some time with battery removed and later turned it on, and presto everything normal.
I don't know what could have caused it or your problem, but if you could give more info like whether you did something like installing an app or something we could recommend things like a factory reset from the recovery menu, or a cache/dalvik wipe and a reboot (which I would recommend to make sure it ain't software related)
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allen4077 said:
my samsung galaxy s II turns on and then it turns off and starts to vibrate while its off
and when i pull the battery and put it back in it turns on by itself and turns off again and vibrates?
what should i do?
its not rooted.
its been working fine until yesterday it started happening
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king_below_my_lord said:
I have had a similar problem on a Nokia phone. What I did was switched it off, charged it(from a company charger) , kept it off for some time with battery removed and later turned it on, and presto everything normal.
I don't know what could have caused it or your problem, but if you could give more info like whether you did something like installing an app or something we could recommend things like a factory reset from the recovery menu, or a cache/dalvik wipe and a reboot (which I would recommend to make sure it ain't software related)
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I expect the same from others.
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it starts to vibrate jus with the charger

allen4077 said:
it starts to vibrate jus with the charger
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Remove the battery and switch it on after a couple of hours, and test whether your battery is working fine with an other phone.
After which if the problem still persist :
Try to turn it on in recovery or download mode.... If it again persist its time to send it for repair. If you can access download mode flash a rom and it might correct the problem.
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I had a very similar with my Motorola Gleam which I solved by reinstalling the Motorola drivers, why don't you try that.

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[Q] Samsung Galaxy S II Wont Turn On - Please Help

Hi
Today I rebooted my Samsung Galaxy S 2 and for some reason it is not working anymore.
No idea why this has happened
I tried everything Recovery Mode - Cant get into
Download Mode I cant get into
Tried removing the battery then putting it back in still nothing at all
On the back I can feel the phone is getting warm but nothing on the screen
It was working fine yesterday and I havent done anything to the phone yesterday
Please help if you know anything?
Thanks
Sounds like a hardware fail. I hate to say it but it sounds like returning it is the option.
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Did you have any update fails recently? Update fails were the reason some Galaxy S phones would not turn on.
Hi
Thanks for the reply
No.
It has the latest software so there wasn't a need for update
It was working fine for the first hour this morning and then I rebooted my phone because it froze but now won't turn on at all.
Should of backed up my data!
The device gets warm but nothing on the screen tried everything that is available on this forum.
Do I have to pay for this if it's faulty I only had it about a month now I think?
When plugged in on the usb charger, if you toggle the volume rocker will the display turn on and show the battery level?
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I got the same problem, after rooting and trying to format my microSD maybe I 've choosen the wrong partition (mmcblk0p2). Is there a way back???
Pinkthesink said:
When plugged in on the usb charger, if you toggle the volume rocker will the display turn on and show the battery level?
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- There is nothing, no battery indication, everything is black
Any solution yet?
I ordered a JIG, however I don't know if it helps in case the bootloader is dead
fjosef871 said:
Hi
Today I rebooted my Samsung Galaxy S 2 and for some reason it is not working anymore.
No idea why this has happened
I tried everything Recovery Mode - Cant get into
Download Mode I cant get into
Tried removing the battery then putting it back in still nothing at all
On the back I can feel the phone is getting warm but nothing on the screen
It was working fine yesterday and I havent done anything to the phone yesterday
Please help if you know anything?
Thanks
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Were you overclocking?If yes,how much?Maybe you fried something.
Also,if yes,I'm reading about the state of my phone a month from now!
Not sure what's going on there. did u do any recent 3rd party software downloads? I'd return n get a replacement
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whmcal said:
Not sure what's going on there. did u do any recent 3rd party software downloads? I'd return n get a replacement
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First I'll try a JIG - if it arrives on time... (desperately need the phone in 5 days)
fjosef871: have you tried a JIG to get into download mode?

[Q] Galaxy S II doesnt shut down (gets stuck while shutting down,not rebooting)

Hi everyone,
first of all I did search forum, but havent find answer nor related thread, if I have missed it please sorry about it.
Got my SGS2 about 6-7 months ago. No issues, everything perfect. Got updated to 2.3.4 with KIES (not really fan of experimenting with phone that have price of above average monthly salary in Serbia).
Rooted device with ZergRush exploit since I wanted as close to mint backup in case I have to send it to service(dont ask, service here is pain in the butt), purchased Mobile Odin Pro (cheers to that Chainfire) and flashed Hellcat's kernel for 2.3.4 from Mobile Odin.
Everything was cool, CWM, made EFS backup with his tool too, and so on...
However, about 2 moths ago, I started experiencing random restarts of the phone. Did search, found out that it happens and actually dealt with it.
Now, recently, i switched off my phone in the evening (was on 20% and didnt wanted to leave it on charger, and didnt want it to die on me during night), and in the morning I havent been able to turn it on. Freaked out badly, only to realize that its battery was empty. Which was odd because I DID turned it off.
About few days ago, i switched the phone, and it went to full shut down, however managed to get stucked somewhere in process (LED's are on, did vibrate i think) but never shuts down itself.
After some time, when I picked it up since I saw LED's on, i realized that its very hot and that I cant switch it back on (presumably because it never got shuts down) and had to remove battery so that I can switch it back on. When I did, i found out that battery was about 15% drained in that 10 mins, and I dont know what he was computing while shutting down, but it burned the sh*t out of itself.
Tonight it did that again so I decided to ask first before I do factory reset/wipe everything (maybe update to ICS too).
So, any idea, suggestion what to do is more than appreciated.
Cheers
Polite bump?
What is the actual problem .
jje
Well assuming you have read original post, why the hell that happen, does it happen to anyone else, and how to avoid it?
this may help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1108499
Well, as I said, its not bootloop.
As I said, I shut down the phone, it starts shutting down, turn on leds, vibrate and stays turned on. After that battery drains quickly, and phone gets very hot.
When I get battery out, and back in it boots up without problems.
And I dont have any cooked rom, just Hellcats kernel for 2.3.4 stock rom.
you problem
Hi there,
Here's the best way to resolve this issue you have to re-flash a fresh new rom, meaning a full installation of the android os and here is how to do it,
First search google and download ODIN to ur computer or Pc.
Next search again google and type the following ( Sammobile.com ) and register and after that type the model number of your phone for example (i9100) in the site search bar and download rom that u need and thats it this should solve ur problem
Note : be sure to have 100% battery charged before doing the above and after installing ur new rom do a full wipe and enjoy,
I hope this was helpful,
Regards,
iMatrix
Yeah, thats probably that I will end up doing, luckily i have bought Titanium Backup so that I can backup all apps that I have and restore them after wiping everything.
I was wondering that somebody have any idea what might be going on.
Thanks for suggestions everyone.
before that try wiping cache and dalvik cache
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This seems to happen quite a bit on gb roms.. definetely time to upgrade to ICS
Actually from what I have read about ICS 4.03, Im actually glad I didnt.
Releasing it in that state(e.g. battery issues again, 3rd party sms programs sends sms twice...) is bad for both G and Samsung imho...
Kepavi said:
Actually from what I have read about ICS 4.03, Im actually glad I didnt.
Releasing it in that state(e.g. battery issues again, 3rd party sms programs sends sms twice...) is bad for both G and Samsung imho...
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Lp7 fixes these problems
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Eudemony said:
Lp7 fixes these problems
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I think I'll wait few more iterations just in case

S2 works but with black screen !!

Hello
Yesterday, I left my Galaxy S2 for 5 minute only, when I came the screen lights did not work, but I can hear sounds and I can received calls, sms, whatsapp messages ...
I tried to restart may times and replace the battery but still I cant see any thing on the screen. Just I can hear sounds. When I try to touch the black screen I found it worked.
Can any one help me :crying:
ma4ja said:
Hello
Yesterday, I left my Galaxy S2 for 5 minute only, when I came the screen lights did not work, but I can hear sounds and I can received calls, sms, whatsapp messages ...
I tried to restart may times and replace the battery but still I cant see any thing on the screen. Just I can hear sounds. When I try to touch the black screen I found it worked.
Can any one help me :crying:
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Is there any sign of life in the screen when you reboot the phone?
Do you see the Samsung logo when your phone is starting up?
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ma4ja said:
Hello
Yesterday, I left my Galaxy S2 for 5 minute only, when I came the screen lights did not work, but I can hear sounds and I can received calls, sms, whatsapp messages ...
I tried to restart may times and replace the battery but still I cant see any thing on the screen. Just I can hear sounds. When I try to touch the black screen I found it worked.
Can any one help me :crying:
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Jokesy said:
Is there any sign of life in the screen when you reboot the phone?
Do you see the Samsung logo when your phone is starting up?
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Any chance you installed Chainfire3D or any other third party GUI/GPU apps??
I've had this problem when using CF3D and just reflashed ROM...
Could try fix permissions in recovery?
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Jokesy said:
Is there any sign of life in the screen when you reboot the phone?
Do you see the Samsung logo when your phone is starting up?
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There is No samsung logo or battery charging. Just sound of the boot animation and other process sounds like calling , sms and whatsapp notification.
Orkane1989 said:
Any chance you installed Chainfire3D or any other third party GUI/GPU apps??
I've had this problem when using CF3D and just reflashed ROM...
Could try fix permissions in recovery?
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No friend, I did not install any thing for more than a week except whatsapp up date three days a go.
I re-falshed the official IC room but nothing changed.
ma4ja said:
No friend, I did not install any thing for more than a week except whatsapp up date three days a go.
I re-falshed the official IC room but nothing changed.
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Can you enter recovery? If not it may be hardware related
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ma4ja said:
There is No samsung logo or battery charging. Just sound of the boot animation and other process sounds like calling , sms and whatsapp notification.
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I think it's hardware issue. Send it to repair center if you still have a valid warranty
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Jokesy said:
I think it's hardware issue. Send it to repair center if you still have a valid warranty
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+1
If no warranty prepare to spend some moneys
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Any news on this? I have exactly the same problem. :crying:
Diggensag said:
Any news on this? I have exactly the same problem. :crying:
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can you enter download/recovery mode ? if you can, flash a stock firmware through odin and see what happens
Poroto said:
can you enter download/recovery mode ? if you can, flash a stock firmware through odin and see what happens
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I am trying this right now. I don´t think it will help, but it´s my last hope. I believe i have some hardware error.
Anyone have any luck?
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Anyone have any luck?
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I've got the same problem too. I managed to get the phone into download mode (the screen didn't show a thing, but Odin recognized it as "ADDED"). Flahsed an official ICS ROM, but the screen keeps black, but the initialization sound can be heard, and the phone still rings when receiving a call!
Dead hardware...I supose...
ov3r said:
I've got the same problem too. I managed to get the phone into download mode (the screen didn't show a thing, but Odin recognized it as "ADDED"). Flahsed an official ICS ROM, but the screen keeps black, but the initialization sound can be heard, and the phone still rings when receiving a call!
Dead hardware...I supose...
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I have the same problem as you, but this is something I found out yesterday:
If you go to a dark room, and you turn on your S2, you can see some sort of.. light black/grayish pixel spots over your screen. It is pretty hard to see, that's why you need to be in a dark room.
Did anyone else notice this, or am I the only one?
GameShine said:
I have the same problem as you, but this is something I found out yesterday:
If you go to a dark room, and you turn on your S2, you can see some sort of.. light black/grayish pixel spots over your screen. It is pretty hard to see, that's why you need to be in a dark room.
Did anyone else notice this, or am I the only one?
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Hi I noticed it too, what I also noticed is that sometimes when using the face unlock on "waking" the phone up with the power key worked, I'm hoping it is not a hardware issue because it's intermittent.
Hi all.
I have this same problem with my screen on sgs2 . Also can see screen in darkness. Sound and phone works fine.
After opening up, came up with this problem
I opened up the back of the phone, to clean off some lint between the camera lens, and the glass on the outside, after closing it, This problem occurred.
The thing is, the touch screen works fine. I can navigate through the phone (using another Galaxy S2 to guide me of course), and everything. I can turn it off and on, etc.
So, this may be a hardware issue, but can someone chime in and let us know the specific hardware issue that may be in play here?
I'm having the same problem. I'm repairing a water damaged phone, and after the cleaning, it would hang on the galaxy S2 logo. I got it into download mode, and left it that way while I was Dling the proper Odin files, but when I came back 15 minutes later, it was a black screen. I finally realized it was still working, and navigated into download mode by memory, and successfully flashed the firmware. But now the screen that was working, refuses to turn on, although the capacitive lights do, and the phone is seemingly working normally.
It seems like it has to be something simple, the LCD shouldn't just die altogether for no reason. I'll keep messing around, and if I figure anything out, I'll report back. Or maybe someone else figures it out, and I can benefit!
As an update, I plugged the non working screen into a working S2, and it showed the Samsung logo on boot up. Then it went black again, but it can still show images, and did it multiple times. So the LCD works, but something is messing it up.
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Hey guys!
I have the same problem... does anybody have an idea what's happening to our phones?
Not to beat a dead horse but I am trying to recover pictures from my sisters phone. I plugged in a working screen, get the Samsung logo on boot then a low lit black screen however the boot sound still plays, all buttons on the bottom light up and give heptic feedback and so on. I don't have any lcd lights though... Lastly when I have the phone off and plug into the wall I do get the battery charge symbol flash on the screen but then goes back to a black screen and the battery still charges. I plug the phone into a computer and can see it connected although cant get kies to work with it... Any updates from anyone else or ideas? This phone has pictures of her daughter that passed away and are irreplaceable. I am willing to try anything so she can hold onto those memories
simonbarsinistr said:
As an update, I plugged the non working screen into a working S2, and it showed the Samsung logo on boot up. Then it went black again, but it can still show images, and did it multiple times. So the LCD works, but something is messing it up.
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[Q] htc amaze bricked.

so i just flashed cm10 and after i finished the steup and everything i noticed that my external sd card was not being recognized by my phone so i did what anyone would have done.......i just went into the power options and selected reboot. now what the phone should have done was to just turn on again but it never turned on so i just tried turning it on manually but nothing would happen. i connected my phone to the charger and the led light wont even turn on and i couldn't even go into the bootloader. so i figured that this is whats you would call a bricked device. now my question is, can someone plz help me unbrick my device?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1627882
I dont know if this will help but its worth looking at, however
I have had similar problems before, please specify detailed histroy of what you have flashed, changed and removed from your device
Also, try leaving it for a bit, with the battery removed and in a while try putting it back on again, hopefully it should help
amingdev said:
so i just flashed cm10 and after i finished the steup and everything i noticed that my external sd card was not being recognized by my phone so i did what anyone would have done.......i just went into the power options and selected reboot. now what the phone should have done was to just turn on again but it never turned on so i just tried turning it on manually but nothing would happen. i connected my phone to the charger and the led light wont even turn on and i couldn't even go into the bootloader. so i figured that this is whats you would call a bricked device. now my question is, can someone plz help me unbrick my device?
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You may try this :
1) remove the battery for few minutes and after 5-10 minutes put it on charging without battery for at least 1 hour.
And then push battery back and check whether it turns on or not.
2) sometimes the devices are not bricked but they look like.
Try to change your battery, May be after changing it it'll turn on.
And let me know if it works for you or not?
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shubham211995 said:
You may try this :
1) remove the battery for few minutes and after 5-10 minutes put it on charging without battery for at least 1 hour.
And then push battery back and check whether it turns on or not.
2) sometimes the devices are not bricked but they look like.
Try to change your battery, May be after changing it it'll turn on.
And let me know if it works for you or not?
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hey thanls! i really appreciate it and i will let you know after trying it out. once again thanks mate!
amingdev said:
hey thanls! i really appreciate it and i will let you know after trying it out. once again thanks mate!
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Don't say thanks just hit that thanks button..
Lolzz
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[Q] Galaxy S3 Possible Death?

Hi there,
For a few days now I have been experiencing random reboots of my phone and I've always just thought that it was the ROM I was on (Omega) as I did not update it for a time (Not too long). Now the phone has decided to keep rebooting and I have installed a recovery of a stock ROM. It also won't turn on sometimes and when it does it just shows a picture of a battery when plugged into a charger. Sometimes it shows charge and sometimes it says there is no charge at all. It also turns itself off sometimes when plugged into a charger. I am not sure whether this is SDS? Any ideas to save my S3?
Cheers,
Jon
Jon.W said:
Hi there,
For a few days now I have been experiencing random reboots of my phone and I've always just thought that it was the ROM I was on (Omega) as I did not update it for a time (Not too long). Now the phone has decided to keep rebooting and I have installed a recovery of a stock ROM. It also won't turn on sometimes and when it does it just shows a picture of a battery when plugged into a charger. Sometimes it shows charge and sometimes it says there is no charge at all. It also turns itself off sometimes when plugged into a charger. I am not sure whether this is SDS? Any ideas to save my S3?
Cheers,
Jon
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Try changing the battery. Confirmed to be working by some users.
Questions go in the q&a forum. Report your own post and ask a moderator to move it for you.
Flash a full stock firmware with odin and factory reset, if still the same then it's hardware.
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Have you even thought about it possibly being your battery? I've had problems with my battery in the past and just replacing it has fixed most issues.
boomboomer said:
Questions go in the q&a forum. Report your own post and ask a moderator to move it for you.
Flash a full stock firmware with odin and factory reset, if still the same then it's hardware.
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doverjosh8 said:
Have you even thought about it possibly being your battery? I've had problems with my battery in the past and just replacing it has fixed most issues.
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Flashed a stock ROM, unrooted as well. Problems still occurred and now trying a factory reset. If that doesn't work then I will try a new battery. If all else fails it may have to go back to Samsung as I'm still under warranty.
You should have really tried replacing your battery before anything. It seems like that's the problem

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