I was using CyanDelta for over months without any problem. Today (1 December 2013), I downloaded an update of about 21 MB of Cyanogenmod Nightly 10.2 for Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH I777. While trying to install it, the phone booted into recovery and installed it. However, during the process of Upgrading, i.e. when the screen says “Android is Upgrading”, “Optimizing App”, the phone got stuck at “Optimizing app 271 of 313”. I waited for about 30 minutes before I manually switched off the phone using the power button. Then I restarted the phone and saw a new boot logo of cyanogenmod; but it got into boot loop. Then I booted into recovery and manually installed the new zip (of 1 December 2013) found in CyanDelta folder. Still the phone could not boot. Now I saw “Samsung” logo only once and then the phone completely turned off. Now I could not turn my phone on, nor could I boot into recovery or download mode. Also I fully charged the battery before flashing the new Zip.
I tried all other steps to boot my phone like removing the battery and pressing power button for a minute, plugging the usb cable into PC and pressing the volume down button and also all sorts of other key combinations. Nothing could boot the phone. Please help. Is my phone completely bricked or is there any issue with my battery ?
Phone : Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH I777 (AT&T)
ROM : Cyanogenmod Nightly 10.2
Battery Condition : Poor (But it was fully charged and also charger was plugged in while flashing the Zip)
Email : [email protected]
Alright, head over here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18630030) and read this thread by creepyncrawly.
It works. Virtually everyone who's ever had this phone and flashed custom stuff has had to use his guide at some point, so I promise you it works.... IF you follow the directions!
Good luck.
SteveMurphy said:
Alright, head over here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18630030) and read this thread by creepyncrawly.
It works. Virtually everyone who's ever had this phone and flashed custom stuff has had to use his guide at some point, so I promise you it works.... IF you follow the directions!
Good luck.
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I will definitely try your suggestions and for that I need to buy a USB Jig (as I am unable to boot into download mode). I will get back to you once I get the Jig. Hope I could boot into download mode using USB Jig. Since my phone is hard bricked, will a jig put it into download mode ? As I have read in various other forums that usb jig works only if the phone is soft bricked.
digesh9870 said:
I was using CyanDelta for over months without any problem. Today (1 December 2013), I downloaded an update of about 21 MB of Cyanogenmod Nightly 10.2 for Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH I777. While trying to install it, the phone booted into recovery and installed it. However, during the process of Upgrading, i.e. when the screen says “Android is Upgrading”, “Optimizing App”, the phone got stuck at “Optimizing app 271 of 313”. I waited for about 30 minutes before I manually switched off the phone using the power button. Then I restarted the phone and saw a new boot logo of cyanogenmod; but it got into boot loop. Then I booted into recovery and manually installed the new zip (of 1 December 2013) found in CyanDelta folder. Still the phone could not boot. Now I saw “Samsung” logo only once and then the phone completely turned off. Now I could not turn my phone on, nor could I boot into recovery or download mode. Also I fully charged the battery before flashing the new Zip.
I tried all other steps to boot my phone like removing the battery and pressing power button for a minute, plugging the usb cable into PC and pressing the volume down button and also all sorts of other key combinations. Nothing could boot the phone. Please help. Is my phone completely bricked or is there any issue with my battery ?
Phone : Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH I777 (AT&T)
ROM : Cyanogenmod Nightly 10.2
Battery Condition : Poor (But it was fully charged and also charger was plugged in while flashing the Zip)
Email : [email protected]
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I will definitely try your suggestions and for that I need to buy a USB Jig (as I am unable to boot into download mode). I will get back to you once I get the Jig. Hope I could boot into download mode using USB Jig. Since my phone is hard bricked, will a jig put it into download mode ? As I have read in various other forums that usb jig works only if the phone is soft bricked.
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I have no idea what CyanDelta could have done. A firmware hard brick would usually be due to a damaged bootloader. Hard brick means no sign of life what-so-ever. If there is any sign of life, then there is hope. You need to get into download mode to proceed with recovering the phone. If you are unable to get into download mode by any means, then you probably need a jtag repair.
I can't tell from what you've written what you have tried so far to get into download mode. So, here are four ways to possibly get the phone to boot into download mode. Try each one of them before you give up. Also, remember that you must have a good working USB connection as well, especially with the battery out.
1) With the battery in, and the USB cable plugged into your pc, hold down vol+ and vol- but not power, and then plug the USB cable into the phone.
2) With the battery in, and phone connected to the pc via USB cable (plugged in at both ends,) hold down the vol- button.
3) With the battery out, and the USB cable plugged into your pc, hold down vol-, and then plug the USB cable into the phone. The USB cable will supply the power.
4) With the battery in, insert the USB jig.
Any USB jig you can buy should work. They are not phone specific. The only critical factor is that the resistance value must fall within a certain range. I don't remember the exact numbers off the top of my head, but I havn't seen anyone complain about bad jigs since Captivate days.
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I have no idea what CyanDelta could have done. A firmware hard brick would usually be due to a damaged bootloader. Hard brick means no sign of life what-so-ever. If there is any sign of life, then there is hope. You need to get into download mode to proceed with recovering the phone. If you are unable to get into download mode by any means, then you probably need a jtag repair.
I can't tell from what you've written what you have tried so far to get into download mode. So, here are four ways to possibly get the phone to boot into download mode. Try each one of them before you give up. Also, remember that you must have a good working USB connection as well, especially with the battery out.
1) With the battery in, and the USB cable plugged into your pc, hold down vol+ and vol- but not power, and then plug the USB cable into the phone.
2) With the battery in, and phone connected to the pc via USB cable (plugged in at both ends,) hold down the vol- button.
3) With the battery out, and the USB cable plugged into your pc, hold down vol-, and then plug the USB cable into the phone. The USB cable will supply the power.
4) With the battery in, insert the USB jig.
Any USB jig you can buy should work. They are not phone specific. The only critical factor is that the resistance value must fall within a certain range. I don't remember the exact numbers off the top of my head, but I havn't seen anyone complain about bad jigs since Captivate days.
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Thanks for your instant replies. I tried all the above methods except for the last one i.e. usb jig method. None of them worked. I think my phone has no sign of life. I will have to try with USB Jig and then lastly jtag repair.
Even the usb jig could not get me into download mode. The phone is hard bricked.
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Hi All,
So, I tried to flash Cyanogen mod last night using the instructions here: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Samsung_Vibrant:_Full_Update_Guide. I was coming from a BIONIX ROM that flashed fine.
Anyways, the phone went into a reboot loop in the recovery screen and I foolishly just held the power button until it stopped. When I turned it back on it was broken. That is, now all it does is display the white Vibrant logo in the middle of the screen with the smaller Samsung logo below it. If I hold the power button for about 8 seconds the screen goes black for about 2 seconds and then comes right back up to where it was. I can't seem to even turn the phone off any more. It just stays on that screen permanently unless I hold the power button, in which case the screen is off for 2 out of every 10 seconds. Yanking the battery of course turns it off, but putting it back in immediately returns it to the state I've described.
I've scoured these forums and tried every button press + battery state + cable state + SD card/SIM state combo suggested, but the phone won't go to download or recovery mode. I found one thread describing the exact same problem. The OP said he'd try a jig and then disappeared without any further updates. I'm going to try to get my friend to make a jig using one of these sets of instructions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
http://factoidz.com/how-to-unbrick-your-samsung-vibrant-galaxy-s/
but until then my questions is: does anyone have any experience with this problem (can't even turn the phone off)? If so, do you have any recommendations? Did a Jig work?
keep trying to get to download mode, pull battery, plug usb in to computer and to the phone, while holding both volume up and volume down pop in the battery. People have tried hundreds of times with it not working and then all of a sudden *bam* download mode.
So... my friend made me a jig and it works in that I can see the shoveling droid indicating download mode. However Heimdall/Odin won't recognize my phone. Heimdall's zadig utility won't locate the phone either, even with the cable plugged in. I'm, once again, stumped.
Just an update; I've tried Odin on three different computers, two Windows 7 (64 bit) and a Mac (with Heimdall). None of them seem to recognize the phone. Device manager on the Windows 7 machine does not update when I plug the phone in (in Download mode via the jig or not) and I can't find anything about Samsung in it anywhere. However I have installed the Samsung drivers; a few different sets I've found around the forums. I've also tried a couple utilities like the Vibrant toolbox and one click unbrick. Nothing seems to have any effect. I was so hopeful when the jig worked and got me to download mode, but now it's seeming I'm actually bricked. Has anyone seen a phone that could get to download mode but still be bricked? Oh, and I checked the cable using a friend's phone; her Mac recognized her phone using the cable. Haven't tried her phone on my Window's machines though.
Once again, any help is more than appreciated.
Have you tried to see if adb is working? If it does then try adb reboot recovery? If it works there is a file I can post for you later (is in my pc) that can restore your sbl.bin and fix your download mode problems.
Thanks for your help everyone, the problem was apparently resolved by a new cable; which is strange because the old one works for data transfers... just not for flashing apaprently. :S
my note froze up for 5 minutes so i took the battery out and tried to power on by button but no response have been on the charger for hours and nothing. I plugged it in to the computer and is recognized but phone wont show any life. I tried all physical button combos and took battery out for 10 minutes. Phone is and has never been rooted. please any help.
can you get it into download mode?
1. Disconnect the phone from your pc or wall socket
2. Plug a usb cable into your pc, but not into the phone yet
3. Remove and replace the phone battery
4. while holding the volume down and power buttons, connect the phone to the usb that is connected to your pc
If you're in download mode you'll see a big green android guy with the word "Downloading..." underneath.
Not sure what could've gone wrong, but if you can get into download mode, then there is still hope yet for your device.
If you can get into download mode, and you are willing to try some things, it may be possible for you to flash a stock recovery using a tool like Odin. There are guides available for this, like the one here. I would wait on some of the more experienced folks to put in their 2 cents still...like i said, that has never happened to me, so i'm not sure what could be the problem...
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can you get it into download mode?
1. Disconnect the phone from your pc or wall socket
2. Plug a usb cable into your pc, but not into the phone yet
3. Remove and replace the phone battery
4. while holding the volume down and power buttons, connect the phone to the usb that is connected to your pc
If you're in download mode you'll see a big green android guy with the word "Downloading..." underneath.
Not sure what could've gone wrong, but if you can get into download mode, then there is still hope yet for your device.
If you can get into download mode, and you are willing to try some things, it may be possible for you to flash a stock recovery using a tool like Odin. There are guides available for this, like the one here. I would wait on some of the more experienced folks to put in their 2 cents still...like i said, that has never happened to me, so i'm not sure what could be the problem...
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I just tried and the same thing happens on my computer it say new hardware found, trying to install software "QHSUSB_DLOAD" as it did before. thanks for response
derricke123 said:
I just tried and the same thing happens on my computer it say new hardware found, trying to install software "QHSUSB_DLOAD" as it did before. thanks for response
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U sure u never tried to root it or anything? Either way that's a hard brick my friend, it can't be fixed with software, you have to send it in for repair, or warranty that sucker. I suggest u just warranty
So basically, a friend of mine handed me a phone that he tried flashing a custom ROM with Stock Recovery... Cant do much at the moment with the phone. Constantly gives off " Force Close " crap and its extremely laggy. I've heard to use ODIN? I'm not too familiar with this kind of problem. Any solution?
P.S. , I cannot get into download mode. I tried factory reset. I tried getting my way through the phone by dodging all the force close pop-ups. No good.
Andrew10567 said:
So basically, a friend of mine handed me a phone that he tried flashing a custom ROM with Stock Recovery... Cant do much at the moment with the phone. Constantly gives off " Force Close " crap and its extremely laggy. I've heard to use ODIN? I'm not too familiar with this kind of problem. Any solution?
P.S. , I cannot get into download mode. I tried factory reset. I tried getting my way through the phone by dodging all the force close pop-ups. No good.
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Can't get into Download Mode? Impossible. Plug your USB cable into your computer, and while plugging it into your phone, press and hold the volume down button until you see the shoveldroid. It is actually impossible to not be able to go into download mode.
And please follow Droidstyle's excellent guide on how to restore back to stock. He has links to all the files you need. Look around for it
Also, before you do anything in Odin, look at the guide, and make sure your cable works. If the Odin reflash of the stock ROM doesn't work, try a different cable, and if that doesn't work, reinstall the Samsung drivers.
Yup. I plugged my cable into my computer(s) and held the volume down button and plugged it in. I've waited half a minute and nothing. I can still go into stock recovery.
Andrew10567 said:
Yup. I plugged my cable into my computer(s) and held the volume down button and plugged it in. I've waited half a minute and nothing. I can still go into stock recovery.
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install the samsung USB drivers first. find em on droidstyle's guide.
Andrew10567 said:
Yup. I plugged my cable into my computer(s) and held the volume down button and plugged it in. I've waited half a minute and nothing. I can still go into stock recovery.
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Are you doing this with the battery out?
It won't go into d/l mode unless it's out.
Battery out indeed. Nothing. Just simply waited another time for 1 whole minute.
Andrew10567 said:
Battery out indeed. Nothing. Just simply waited another time for 1 whole minute.
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so what is the exact recovery version that you are able to boot into
and what is the exact Rom name / version that boots up
lets at least start with the above information 1st
edit::: some other options are
adb reboot download,
or use a terminal to "reboot download"
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you may be looking at the unbrickable mod found here
or a
Jig - This is a tiny Frankensteinian device made of a small chip, a transistor, and the tip of the little micro-USB connector that you plug into your phone to charge it or attach it to your computer. When your phone will not go into download mode through normal means, putting a jig into the phone when the battery is in will make your phone go into download mode. You can make one yourself or buy one online for less than $10.
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This is the recovery i get into. :
Android system recovery <2e>
Samsung Recovery Utils
- for BML -
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
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#MANUAL MODE#
I have a jig. The I turned the phone off, plugged in the jig, and nothing.
And more. The phone doesnt charge the battery. I use a seperate accessory to charge the battery. The phone reads that it has a USB in since it says on the status bar.
So what didnt work for me were :
Jig method
Volume down ( no battery ) plugging into PC
Volume up down ( with battery ) plugging into PC
Volume Down ( plug in battery after pressing Vol. Down ) plugging into PC
so it won't go into download mode, even with a jig? sounds like your friend killed his/her fascinate. but you can make them feel better by advertising it as a coaster.
So I have had the phone for a while and have been running Task's AOKP ROM with minimal hiccups.
I had the phone charging and when I unplugged it it would not turn on.
After pulling the battery and rebooting, I noticed that the stock AOKP boot image appeared (as opposed to my custom one) and the phone got stuck in a boot loop. Booting in to CWM I could see that something had gone wrong as it kept popping up about a recovery log file not being found.
When I tried to reboot the phone it did not do so, even after charging. No sign of life at all. Buying a new battery didn't help - it still shows no signs of life at all.
Anyone any ideas? Anything I can try? I'm willing to flash back to stock if that's what it takes but I can't even get it to power on in to CWM to do so.
Would the USB JIG help?
The jig might help. If you have one on hand try that first. Otherwise, try to boot into download mode with the battery out. Do the following:
Pull the battery and leave it out.
Open Odin3 (v1.85 recommended) on the desktop.
Have USB cable plugged in to appropriate port on computer but not connected to the phone.
Hold the vol down button (or holding both volume buttons is okay) but not the power button and plug the usb cable in to the usb port on the phone. The computer will supply the power.
If you get download mode, and Odin recognizes the phone, flash the full stock package from the Download Repository. UCMD8 is the latest stock.
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The jig might help. If you have one on hand try that first. Otherwise, try to boot into download mode with the battery out. Do the following:
Pull the battery and leave it out.
Open Odin3 (v1.85 recommended) on the desktop.
Have USB cable plugged in to appropriate port on computer but not connected to the phone.
Hold the vol down button (or holding both volume buttons is okay) but not the power button and plug the USB cable in to the USB port on the phone. The computer will supply the power.
If you get download mode, and Odin recognizes the phone, flash the full stock package from the Download Repository. UCMD8 is the latest stock.
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So I tried your suggestion but plugging the phone in with the battery out does nothing. No sign of life. Do I need to have specific drivers installed?
I have the most recent SAMSUNG drivers for the S2 found here on XDA and have ODIN 1.85 installed but the phone just remains blank and nothing happens. Any other options/thoughts? I it perhaps the USB charging port? Or is it fully bricked? Any way to check?
EDIT: With the phone plugged in and the battery either out or in, the top of the phone does become warmer so it seems like the USB port IS working perhaps? This is very frustrating...
I'm far from experienced with this sort of failure. I can only make suggestions based on my collected knowledge from reading the forum every day, and my understanding of trouble shooting principles. So don't take anything I say as definitive.
Generally, if the phone shows no sign of life, that is the definition of a brick. If it shows no sign of life except getting warm when plugged in, that is a different symptom than "no sign of life."
Do you have a jig, and have you tried inserting the jig with a charged battery in the phone? That would be the third troubleshooting step to see if the phone can enter download mode. 1) standard method to enter download mode with a charged battery. 2) attempt download mode with the battery out 3) attempt download mode using a usb jig with a charged battery.
As far as the usb port, were you aware of any problem with it before this issue came up? As far as I can remember from what people have said in the forum, they know that they have a usb port issue because of wonky behavior, before complete port failure. Also, most people report that their phone still boots when they have usb port failure.
I always hate to suggest spending money, but if you are unable to get into download mode through any method, then I can't think of anything else to do but send it off for repair.
I just resurrected my S2 two days ago when I bought my laptop. Used a jig I made from a YouTube video and all went well other than some slight USB issues like the phone thinks its plugged in sometimes.
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I was using CyanDelta for over months without any problem. Today (1 December 2013), I downloaded an update of about 21 MB of Cyanogenmod Nightly 10.2 for Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH I777. While trying to install it, the phone booted into recovery and installed it. However, during the process of Upgrading, i.e. when the screen says “Android is Upgrading”, “Optimizing App”, the phone got stuck at “Optimizing app 271 of 313”. I waited for about 30 minutes before I manually switched off the phone using the power button. Then I restarted the phone and saw a new boot logo of cyanogenmod; but it got into boot loop. Then I booted into recovery and manually installed the new zip (of 1 December 2013) found in CyanDelta folder. Still the phone could not boot. Now I saw “Samsung” logo only once and then the phone completely turned off. Now I could not turn my phone on, nor could I boot into recovery or download mode. Also I fully charged the battery before flashing the new Zip.
I tried all other steps to boot my phone like removing the battery and pressing power button for a minute, plugging the usb cable into PC and pressing the volume down button and also all sorts of other key combinations. Nothing could boot the phone. Please help. Is my phone completely bricked or is there any issue with my battery ?
Phone : Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH I777 (AT&T)
ROM : Cyanogenmod Nightly 10.2
Battery Condition : Poor (But it was fully charged and also charger was plugged in while flashing the Zip)
Email : [email protected]
... and this is the 3rd time you've posted this. Please wait for your answer in the thread you created, or try the steps creepy has laid out. I guarantee you've not tried everything.
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... and this is the 3rd time you've posted this. Please wait for your answer in the thread you created, or try the steps creepy has laid out. I guarantee you've not tried everything.
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Sorry for the same post being posted thrice. And I have already tried all the methods except for the USB Jig method. I may think of buying usb jig, but is there any specific usb jig available for S2 sgh i777 ? And my phone usually gets warmed up when I put in my battery, but could not do anything with the phone.
I have a samsung galaxy s3 i9300! While i was sleeping, i was charging my phone and when i woke up the phone was stuck at the initial logo screen of samsung! Then, i tried to press the home bottom power and volume up bottom to reset while it was doing that it went back again to the logo screen before being able to choose wipe cache and stuff! I tried it several times! Then as i was searching through net i saw that odin thing custom Rom and i thought that maybe i should give it a try! So i tried to installed it by connecting my phone to the laptop but my pc did not identify my phone! Then I tried again by connecting and disconnecting the pc with my phone and while doing so i pushed the button of Repartition at Odin. My phone was not identified so i have no idea if that happened! Now my phone does not even open, or charging! Please tell me if there is a way to make it work again!
It might be of some help to mention that my charger is a new one that i bought from bol.com and its not the original one! I have no idea if that affected somehow the mobile functioning.
No, you are unlikely to fix that. You can try a usb jig, see if download mode will start, but it sounds like partial SDS followed by user panic until it was hard bricked.
If it didnt show in odin you have a driver issue and the repartition wouldn't have happened.
Remove battery, sd and sim. Make sure the battery is charged.
Insert battery and hold home+vol down while pressing power once.
If the screen lights up do not let go of home+vol down until it has entered download mode. If the phone wont light up at this point you have a bigger problem.
Once in download mode install the samsung mobile device drivers on your pc, you might need to try different versions, and plug the phone into the pc's usb on the motherboard. Try to avoid using front mounted or shared ports as they are unreliable. If your phone doesnt interact with your pc try other drivers.
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