Hello XDA,
I was trying to flash CM9 on my Samsung Galaxy S2, was running Stock ICS XWLP7, successfully flashed it, proceeded to CWM and Wipe Data/Factory Reset unaware of the eMMC Brick Bug, went away during the wipe process, as I came back, I saw that the phone was completely bricked. Download/Recovery Modes don't work, Odin doesn't recognize anything, can't charge phone, the phone is cold and dead. Jig or JTAG don't work either.
btw. I can't get it replaced.
1. Is this the infamous superbrick?
2.If yes, what can I do about it? If no, what is it?
Yes, looks like you've encountered the infamous superbrick
The only way to revive a superbricked phone is to send it to Samsung service center.
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Nexcore said:
Hello XDA,
I was trying to flash CM9 on my Samsung Galaxy S2, was running Stock ICS XWLP7, successfully flashed it, proceeded to CWM and Wipe Data/Factory Reset unaware of the eMMC Brick Bug, went away during the wipe process, as I came back, I saw that the phone was completely bricked. Download/Recovery Modes don't work, Odin doesn't recognize anything, can't charge phone, the phone is cold and dead. Jig or JTAG don't work either.
btw. I can't get it replaced.
1. Is this the infamous superbrick?
2.If yes, what can I do about it? If no, what is it?
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you were on 4.0.4?
jtag service didn't brought it back to life.
hmmmm...man................cold stuff
gastonw said:
you were on 4.0.4?
jtag service didn't brought it back to life.
hmmmm...man................cold stuff
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Yes I was, the version mentioned is wrong.
Nexcore said:
Yes I was, the version mentioned is wrong.
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man, look into hard brick threads, maybe there's a way out.
gastonw said:
man, look into hard brick threads, maybe there's a way out.
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What ? If it superbricked only help is mb changing
Happy new year
Paulius
Paulius7 said:
What ? If it superbricked only help is mb changing
Happy new year
Paulius
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i'm trying to give this guy some hope.....it's saturday man.
gastonw said:
i'm trying to give this guy some hope.....it's saturday man.
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I know dude but there only fix changing mb...
Happy new year
Paulius
Actually it's not my device, it belongs to a friend of mine, he gave it to me to fix it yet I couldn't do it
He can't get it replaced because his warranty is over.
Do your friend had warranty ?
Happy new year
Paulius
Nexcore said:
Actually it's not my device, it belongs to a friend of mine, he gave it to me to fix it yet I couldn't do it
He can't get it replaced because his warranty is over.
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Then he needs to pay for a motherboard replacement, simple as that.
Also, by the way, why did you create this thread when we already have plenty of this exact topic? You could have diagnosed this easily by looking at one or more of the threads we already have without creating yet another one and waiting for same answers.
Is it insured under home insurance or bank/credit card? Otherwise it's buy a new phone or send back to Samsung for repair and pay. Good luck.
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TheATHEiST said:
Then he needs to pay for a motherboard replacement, simple as that.
Also, by the way, why did you create this thread when we already have plenty of this exact topic? You could have diagnosed this easily by looking at one or more of the threads we already have without creating yet another one and waiting for same answers.
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Because all the fixes were like, flash X from Odin, but the phone doesn't get recognized by Odin.
The phone was bought from Germany, Samsung Turkey refuses to replace it, it must be sent to Germany for replacement.(if possible)
Nexcore said:
Because all the fixes were like, flash X from Odin, but the phone doesn't get recognized by Odin.
The phone was bought from Germany, Samsung Turkey refuses to replace it, it must be sent to Germany for replacement.(if possible)
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And in those cases the devices were never actually "bricked" at all, those were just n00bs who couldn't fix their system boot problem and like to describe their device as "soft-bricked". In your case your device is actually "bricked" what the n00bs call "hard-bricked" when in reality their is only "bricked". If you can flash via odin or recovery your device is not bricked.
In your case you wiped your device with a buggy kernel (which has been discussed at length as I said) and only option is mobo replacement.
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OK, i managed to corrupt the efs folder. Now i have no efs backup, no IMEI and no baseband. I know, my bad, i should have made a backup, flame me if you want.
Basically i can't even return the phone for repair because they won't accept a phone with no IMEI. Good eh? Any suggestions? What should i do? Should i just give up and stick with this overpriced media player?
I'm very, very sad right now.
Jst give a try....
Take back to Sammy and tell them things got messed up while updating through kies....
And a few week before I saw a thread explaining how to generate fake imei.. Look on it....
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koolshubh said:
Jst give a try....
Take back to Sammy and tell them things got messed up while updating through kies....
And a few week before I saw a thread explaining how to generate fake imei.. Look on it....
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Yeah that's what i thought. Also i'm not really confident about changing the imei, i don't wanna void my warranty if i can, so i guess i'll send it in for repair, tho generally samsung has always been slow with this kind of things...we'll see.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1336635
read the above first before you go ahead and do anything and see if that helps you
Matriak31 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1336635
read the above first before you go ahead and do anything and see if that helps you
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Wow thanks a bunch. There's a lot of information there, i'll give that method a go as soon as i get home. Maybe there's still hope.
vnvman said:
Wow thanks a bunch. There's a lot of information there, i'll give that method a go as soon as i get home. Maybe there's still hope.
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No problem mate..let me know how you get on
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Yeah that's what i thought. Also i'm not really confident about changing the imei, i don't wanna void my warranty if i can, so i guess i'll send it in for repair, tho generally samsung has always been slow with this kind of things...we'll see.
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If you already flashed a custom ROM via Odin, you have also no warranty, because the custom binary counter is not 0. You have to get a JIG to reset the counter, before they will believe something happened with KIES....
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If you already flashed a custom ROM via Odin, you have also no warranty, because the custom binary counter is not 0. You have to get a JIG to reset the counter, before they will believe something happened with KIES....
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I do have a jig actually, that's why i was considering that option.
Somebody help me with my issue
I was having RR ROM with Siyah 3.3.3b Kernel and the secondary boot is port JB
I was on the secondary boot and I was restarting I found that the device is crashed
I thought it’s the kernel so I booted the phone to the download mood and flashed a kernel again and its not working also
I tried to add new software from Odin and it was giving me errors like | failed to mount emmc
I searched the internet and by mistake I flashed the device with i9100G PIT files and I re-partitioned the device and also I flashed a new boot loader not only this but also during the flashing process my pc crashed and it restarts leaving my device with no life
I can’t even turn the device on or go to download mood or anything the only thing that let me have a faith that the mobile is still a live that its getting heat while the battery is plugged in
Anyone can help with this?
Hard Brick?
As far a I know flashing a wrong bootloader hard-bricks your phone. the bootloader is what loads first, ans then in turn loads the rest of the system. if your bootloader is broken, it will neither load recovery, DL-Mode nor the system. maybe you can find a solution to this by searching for wrong bootloader or anything of the sort.
if everything fails you would need to get a new motherboard or whatever it is called in an android phone. there are guides in this forum on this, I once used this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1253969 althogh the photos only seem to work with the old xda2010 theme.
I hope it is not what it looks like and you get your phone up and ruing again.
Bootloader had nothing to do with what went wrong for him. He flashed an I9100G pit file to an I9100.
OP, unfortunately there's nothing you can do at this point short of JTag service, or visiting/sending the phone to a Samsung service center.
find a repair center that preforms jtag near you, it should cost you about 40$
Coirpre said:
As far a I know flashing a wrong bootloader hard-bricks your phone. the bootloader is what loads first, ans then in turn loads the rest of the system. if your bootloader is broken, it will neither load recovery, DL-Mode nor the system. maybe you can find a solution to this by searching for wrong bootloader or anything of the sort.
if everything fails you would need to get a new motherboard or whatever it is called in an android phone. there are guides in this forum on this, I once used this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1253969 althogh the photos only seem to work with the old xda2010 theme.
I hope it is not what it looks like and you get your phone up and ruing again.
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thanks for the reply but let me tell you that it has nothing to do with my boot loader I just flashed wrong PIT file
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Bootloader had nothing to do with what went wrong for him. He flashed an I9100G pit file to an I9100.
OP, unfortunately there's nothing you can do at this point short of JTag service, or visiting/sending the phone to a Samsung service center.
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remorema said:
find a repair center that preforms jtag near you, it should cost you about 40$
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am living in Egypt we don't have Jtag services .. i saw what they can make on you-tube and am still in warranty so i don't know what to do should i pass it by the warranty should they let me pay or it will be free ?
From what i've read on this forum its better if you try to send it to samsung for warranty your chances to get it repaired is 50/50 just play dump you have nothing to loose
thanks guys for your reply i think i made an issue with the MB BOIS firmware hence it has to be hard flashed in the warranty so am scheduling the same on next Friday i hope that they will not ask for money as it was on a custom ROM
because here in Egypt Warranty is make fool of us and they always take much money to fix noob issues so guess what they can do regarding mine.
I've got my device from the warranty , its working fine now .. i need to inform you that Warranty in Egypt confirmed that flashing custom ROMs is not voiding the Warranty its just black listing the device in their records .
They are flashing boot loaders smoothly.
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moe.nassef said:
I've got my device from the warranty , its working fine now .. i need to inform you that Warranty in Egypt confirmed that flashing custom ROMs is not voiding the Warranty its just black listing the device in their records .
They are flashing boot loaders smoothly.
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u r lucky
its not the same case as evrywhr arnd .. may got the warranty void
i know am lucky lool if any body ia facing the same he/she can ship the device to Egypt and it will get the correct treatment lol
Am proud to have this kind of Samsung store in Egypt
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moe.nassef said:
i know am lucky lool if any body ia facing the same he/she can ship the device to egypt and it will get the correct treatment lol
am proud to have this kind of samsung store in egypt
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haha i wish samsung gave international warranrty
neerajganga said:
haha i wish samsung gave international warranrty
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I'd like to thank you rele for your support in my issue from the beginning.
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moe.nassef said:
I'd like to thank you rele for your support in my issue from the beginning.
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haha
cheers mate
glad that ur warranty is not void and u got it fixed
Cheers..!!!
i have a samsung galaxy 2 I9100 and i updated to andorid 4.0.4 then yesterday i tray to wipe using ClockWorkMod Recovery Touch v5.8.1.5 [I9100].zip and when i select wipe data my mobile shutdown and never start again even i want to start with Odin mode or Recover Mode but nothing my phone remains off i need help please
sorry to say but your SII is bricked ..the official ICS roms had this bug and many users ended with the same fate as you....i guess you missed all the warning sign boards here.
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sorry to say but your SII is bricked ..the official ICS roms had this bug and many users ended with the same fate as you....i guess you missed all the warning sign boards here.
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but there is no solution to my problem?
sir_blas said:
but there is no solution to my problem?
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Yes there is, you need to send it in to service centre and have the motherboard replaced.
Didn't you see the brick bug about that rom splashed all over the threads here???
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but there is no solution to my problem?
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Samsung warranty. Or else a JTAG or whatever it is called. else board change.
drraptor said:
Samsung warranty. Or else a JTAG or whatever it is called. else board change.
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If its the infamous brick bug, which it definitely looks to be, then JTAG is useless.
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Yes there is, you need to send it in to service centre and have the motherboard replaced.
Didn't you see the brick bug about that rom splashed all over the threads here???
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no i never see it im new at this forum thanks to all for the respouses thank you very much...
Will the device brick if I do "Factory reset" from Settings option?
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Will the device brick if I do "Factory reset" from Settings option?
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Most likely if you're on stock 4.0.4.
i just test my device and its say that i have insane chip but memory test PASS without problem. Does its mean that my chip is from "damage line" but its not damage
If I have full stock firmware and kernel, and if I update phone via Kies only, Is there still brick bug possibility if I make factory reset?
Because this is scary and sick if this scenario is possible
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PINki92 said:
If I have full stock firmware and kernel, and if I update phone via Kies only, Is there still brick bug possibility if I make factory reset?
Because this is scary and sick if this scenario is possible
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Only if you have stock 4.0.4.
4.0.3. is completely safe.
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Hello
I was trying to flash jellybean when on ICS 4.0.4, and the screen suddenly turned off. Now it won't start any more.
What can I do?
Thanks..
Use some common sense and be more descriptive if you want help from us.
Which specific rom did you flash?
How did you flash it?
What point did your phone go off?
What kernel did you flash?
What model sgs2do you have?
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Use some common sense and be more descriptive if you want help from us.
Which specific rom did you flash?
How did you flash it?
What point did your phone go off?
What kernel did you flash?
What model sgs2do you have?
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1. jellybam-5.1.0_i9100.STABLE
2. Using CWM
3. Right after it finished installing
4.The one included
5. i9100
Please help me..
For me it sounds like the eMMc Brick Bug. Atleast the sympom matches the one described here
Read about it. If it the sympoms matches then i might wanna suggest a Jig or JTAG solution. If not then service may be your only option.
My phone got bricked, it's currently in repair. Let's just see how it goes for me, will probably e back this week AND they'd probably figure out that i had it rooted (and thus warranty voided)
Cheers and good luck!
ogitge Acts
WardenBerret said:
For me it sounds like the eMMc Brick Bug. Atleast the sympom matches the one described here
Read about it. If it the sympoms matches then i might wanna suggest a Jig or JTAG solution. If not then service may be your only option.
My phone got bricked, it's currently in repair. Let's just see how it goes for me, will probably e back this week AND they'd probably figure out that i had it rooted (and thus warranty voided)
Cheers and good luck!
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So you can still get it repaired?
Even if the warranty is voided?
No... If warranty's void they dont repair for free
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Omaxe said:
No... If warranty's void they dont repair for free
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How much would it about cost toget it repaired?
Jtag around £25
Mboard around £100 at least.
"noob ok...lazy noob not ok"
Hey guys i have been using my galaxy s2 fo the past one year ..recently its vibration started to act wierd so iswitched it off .. but when i restarted my mobile signal started to dissapear and there is no imei number . evrything is unknown .. i dont know what to do.. I dont know how to root . so i dont know how to fix it as said in other posts .. can any one help me? .. im nooob to android .....!!!:crying::crying:
rythu_u said:
Hey guys i have been using my galaxy s2 fo the past one year ..recently its vibration started to act wierd so iswitched it off .. but when i restarted my mobile signal started to dissapear and there is no imei number . evrything is unknown .. i dont know what to do.. I dont know how to root . so i dont know how to fix it as said in other posts .. can any one help me? .. im nooob to android .....!!!:crying::crying:
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Spoon feeding is not allowed here.
If you're a Android n00b and want to know how to root or flash custom or stock roms I suggest you do some reading/research. We have plenty of Q&A and guides that cover this.
Asking "how do I root" is a silly question to ask because its already been asked and answered so just look/read.
If you lost somehow your IMEI number(0 under *#06#), rooting the device won't help.
First, before any movement, backup your data and then restore defaults. Maybe it's some king of bug?
Settings->backup &restore -> restore defaults, erase memory.
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Spoon feeding is not allowed here.
If you're a Android n00b and want to know how to root or flash custom or stock roms I suggest you do some reading/research. We have plenty of Q&A and guides that cover this.
Asking "how do I root" is a silly question to ask because its already been asked and answered so just look/read.
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I kind of understood how to root but i cant understand this flashing rom thingy .. what should i do to just get it fixed? .. im soooo confusedddd . sorrryyy
mar10o said:
If you lost somehow your IMEI number(0 under *#06#), rooting the device won't help.
First, before any movement, backup your data and then restore defaults. Maybe it's some king of bug?
Settings->backup &restore -> restore defaults, erase memory.
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yea i did type *#06# but imei is not showing up . its empty!! its not a bug. its a corruption in the imei ... i have no idea what to do now
First, relax. Its just a phone.
If the phone is still under warrenty - get it replaced/fixed for free where you bought it from.
If not, try to recover the iemi like it's explained here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
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f-r said:
First, relax. Its just a phone.
If the phone is still under warrenty - get it replaced/fixed for free where you bought it from.
If not, try to recover the iemi like it's explained here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
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thing is its hard to relax because i dont have an altrenative phone and it costed me a lot . my warranty just got over a few days ago another problem ........
well i checked out the link . but i dont get the cmd, adb shell part .. the whole 8th point i dont get it ???.
If you don't get it, there isn't anything further anyone here can do to help you. Send it to a Samsung service centre/authorised repairer, or ask local mobile repair shops. This is not something you're going to fix yourself.
MistahBungle said:
If you don't get it, there isn't anything further anyone here can do to help you. Send it to a Samsung service centre/authorised repairer, or ask local mobile repair shops. This is not something you're going to fix yourself.
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hmmm.. well i went to them . they asked me to change the motherboard whith a total cost of 800 dhs.. which my parents wont give
CMD is command line - like MSDOS or Linux terminal. ADB is not something that you'll get by asking questions and getting answers, you need to read about it and understand it. It will take you a couple of days to figure it out.
I'd try going to several different phone shops/labs. Hopefully they will diagnose the problem without replacing the entire PCB. It's worth a shot.
If every shop says that you must replace the board, ask around. Maybe one of your friends knows someone who is able to fix this.
From what you described it seems like water damage or other hardware fault.
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CMD is command line - like MSDOS or Linux terminal. ADB is not something that you'll get by asking questions and getting answers, you need to read about it and understand it. It will take you a couple of days to figure it out.
I'd try going to several different phone shops/labs. Hopefully they will diagnose the problem without replacing the entire PCB. It's worth a shot.
If every shop says that you must replace the board, ask around. Maybe one of your friends knows someone who is able to fix this.
From what you described it seems like water damage or other hardware fault.
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hey thanx .. okay so i guess im gona root my phone now...can u post a reliable working steps on how to root ? because i read many posts and pepole say som have bricked their phone or aint working properly....
rythu_u said:
hey thanx .. okay so i guess im gona root my phone now...can u post a reliable working steps on how to root ? because i read many posts and pepole say som have bricked their phone or aint working properly....
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If you want anyone to -try to- help you get your phone back you should at least consider searching for easy questions.
Check what ROM you are on and perform a search at xda or google (or both).
Now, are you sure warranty is voided? if it was 2 years you still got time....If you root your devices, warranty will be off the table for you.
Seat back and get you sh*t together, take a long breath and then report back to see what's up.
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Finally rooted my phone using framaroot
and all problems solved:victory:
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Finally rooted my phone using framaroot
and all problems solved:victory:
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Hi all,
I have exactly the same issue on my Galaxy S2 on Vodaphone in the UK. It's out of warranty and not rooted. I did an IOS upgrade to ICS v4.0.3 and at that point it shows no signal and the IMEI no. is blank after dialing *#06#. Somehow it has lost/corrupted the IMEI no. during the upgrade.
Is the only way to recover the IMEI no. to root the phone? Or is there another method?
Thanks all!
An iOS upgrade ? No wonder you borked your IMEI
Go to Samfirmware, find the latest stock rom for your carrier/country. Flash it with Odin. How ? Search/read/learn. If you're lucky, yours is a case where the IMEI disappearing is a transient thing & doing a 'good' flash of stock (as opposed to the update that obviously barfed in some way - I presume you're talking about an OTA update as opposed to something you did manually ?) might well fix the problem. We've seen a number of similar problems on here lately.
If you're unlucky, you're SOOL & it ain't coming back. Rooting it isn't going to magically fix it unless you have an EFS backup, which you won't have if you're someone who's never rooted their phone. Take it to a local mobile repair shop, they may be able to help. A Samsung service centre/authorised repairer will also fix it for you regardless of the warranty status, they'll just charge you more than a local mobile shop who isn't an authorised Samsung repairer will, likely.
Thank you for your response! I took the S2 to a phone repair shop, the guy tried flashing it back to stock IOS but this failed. He ended up replacing the motherboard, all fine now. Would like to find out the safest way to upgrade the IOS to Jelly Bean now, it's currently running Gingerbread v2.3.3. Any advice appreciated, in the meantime will do some reading up.
Thanks all, great forum!
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Thank you for your response! I took the S2 to a phone repair shop, the guy tried flashing it back to stock IOS but this failed. He ended up replacing the motherboard, all fine now. Would like to find out the safest way to upgrade the IOS to Jelly Bean now, it's currently running Gingerbread v2.3.3. Any advice appreciated, in the meantime will do some reading up.
Thanks all, great forum!
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Okay i might be able to help you .but tell me your model number ......
if its GT-I9100 then you can update easily ,but if its gt-i9100G or smoething else,im nt sure i cn help .. u might have to do some readings ..
The model is GT-I9100, I managed to successfully upgrade the IOS to 4.1.2 using Kies. Perhaps I should've done that first time around instead of selecting Settings-About Device-Software Update over Wifi - which resulted in the phone losing it's IMEI no.
Many thanks for the replies!
okay dude .. enjoy your JB ...