i really want to get pacman rom for my samsung galaxy s2 sgh i757 (bell version) but i can't find the file of the rom to download... the closest version i could find is for the i777. is it okay if i flash that onto my phone? or will it magically turn my phone to a paperweight. and also my samsung can never get into recovery mode. EVER. even if i use a app to reboot into recovery. and i'm pretty sure i did everything correct except for the fact that i think i need to update but rom manager says my device isn't supported. thanks for helping out a newb! help much appreciated.
If you flash a ROM meant for another device, you will brick your device. Never do this. Ever.
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Hey all, so I have a galaxy s2 (as you may have guessed) and had a friend root it for me a while back with lightning rom ... Not sure if anyone can help me here ...
I am giving the phone to mum, so went and did a factory reset on it, and it apparently ate the OS because it is now just stuck rebooting itself, it wont actually load into the OS at all.
I've gotten it into recovery mode, but nothing i do seems to work, it just says it can't find files, or sits on a screen with a pretty little icon.
Is there any way I can download the OS again, or somehow get it back onto the phone?
Cheers for your help in advance!
- Rhiana
Find a rom that is installed through odin, either a stock ki8 rom or a modded one, there's plenty in the dev sections.
do you have CWM installed if it is then mount usb storage from CWM menu push the ROM in your mobile from your PC. I would recommend this ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1290468
then install as the instructions given on the first page
P.S odin works good too, your choice
There is a sticky just at the start page called bootloop. Take advantage of that.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
Hello,
I have tried installing cyanogenmod. This worked, but I wasn't happy with it and tried to go back to darky's rom, by wiping to factory defaults, then wiping all data; and afterwards update to darky's rom.
But somehow, my phone isn't starting anymore. I also cannot go into Recovery mode. The only thing that is starting is Downloading mode. How can I get a decent rom installed again? :S
Pls help! I don't know what to do anymore
Can anyone help me out here?
Flash a stock rom and start from scratch
Hey, I never got it to work with cyanogenmod on my galaxy s, but since you dont tell which phone u are using its a little difficult. Take a look here, there should be a guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=814091
Ah, I have a Samsung Galaxy S I9100
Then the nice people from the appropriate device specific subforum should be able to help you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1055
Hi, I looked around but can't find a thread similar enough to mine to be helpful.
I have a Galaxy S2 i9100T with Vodafone Australia running 4.0.3 ICS
Earlier, I did a lot of research and absorbed a lot of knowledge, and attempted my first root.
Off to a bad start, as it is not working, and my phone will not boot.
My aim was to root, and root only. Not flash any custom firmware etc.
My kernal version was i9100TDULPB, so I downloaded a modded kernal version, which was CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXX_LPB-v5.2-CWM5
from Chainfire's thread > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
and Flashed it on the phone using Odin, the process went well and Odin gave me a 'success'.
However, the phone started up and showed the typical Samsung Galaxy SII boot page, with the yellow triangle down bottom, but then just turned off. I tried booting again, same thing. Vice verca, I could not get the phone to boot past that page.
I can get into Download mode and CWM recovery, I tried booting from CWM recovery to no luck.
So I downloaded another similar kernal from Chainfire, this time it was called > CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXX_LPB-v5.2-CWM5-PROPER
Which still gave me the same problem. And that is the kernal which is currently on the phone.
And that brings you up to scratch, I'm unsure of what to do now and don't want to risk screwing up my phone any further.
Please explain (Noob friendly ) On what I can do to fix this, I am still interested in having the phone rooted, is there a different kernal you can reccomend I flash? Or a quick fix from CWM recovery? I am new to this, and any advice is helpful.
Thankyou in advance
I think Cf-root is intended only for i9100, not i9100T.
Anyway, try this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458
Sent from my Galaxy S2 GT i9100
If you want just root then flash back your stock ROM and use method 1 from guide in my signature.
Hi, hoping you guys can help me out....
I have just picked up a s2 on 3 network. It is running Gingerbread. I checked for any updates but it says it's up to date...
So I thought I'd root it and install custom rom.
I followed this guide to root it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibj_DWt1Yeo
All seemed to go fine, phone started to reboot and I got the screen with the yellow triangle like it showed in his video but then it just stays at a black screen.
I can go into download mode and into ClockworkMod mode.
Any ideas why it's not rebooting properly??
I was just going to try and install a custom rom through CWM but thought I'd better ask before I try in case I brick it completely!.
I have been onto samobile to see if I can download the stick firmware that was on it but nothing is showing up for 3 network...
I have rooted and changed the rom on my Galaxy Tab 8.9 hundreds of times, and have rooted my Note 10.1 without any trouble. But think I must be doing something wrong......
Nothing wrong in what you've done here as far as i know.. Maybe try pulling the battery out and see..
And yes u can install a custom rom.. But u need to be sure that emmc brick bug is not there..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.vinagre.android.emmc_check&hl=en
Use this app to find out..
and why not try a genreic JB since you are on GB rather than custom roms?
Hi I am a noob to droids and I rooted my tab and all was well at first. I knew that I could not put a custom rom on it or get a custom recovery however I thought I would be able to install a theme on it. After I installed it it said to reboot and I did and It was getting stuck on the atnt logo. I tried going into recovery mode and doing a factory reset and still the same result. I heard that odin can restore samsung devices I just dont know how to get the firmware for my tablet I looked everywhere and what to do. If someone could please help me it would be most appreciated the device was on jellybean 4.2.1 I believe.