I am new to posting in this forum. Usually I read a lot in order to find solutions to my problems but this time I am completely STUCK!! It started when I tried to update my firmware usingKies. Well, Kies ended up stuck at 1% and nothing I tried (reinstalling, different usb ports/ cables, etc.) helped.
One-click unbrick for Samsung phones. But what we see is one more barrier torn down between being a hardware user and becoming a hardware hacker. Once I get my Galaxy S2 Jigged. Apr 29, 2013 - How to Unbrick Samsung Android Phones with One-Click UnBrick. This small utility uses Odin to repair our Samsung phones. My galaxy s2 showing a screen of phone and Computer with a warning in the middle.
So I ended up with the phone being stuck on a message that said 'Firmware upgrade encountered a problem', and to try to recover it with Kies. It too got stuck and wouldn't finish. So at this point I can only get into Odin download mode and a froze boot screen. So I decided to give Odin a shot and see if I could flash a kernel and rom on the phone. That hasn't worked either. With Odin I tried the one click stock EL29 rom that was on the phone originally.
That wouldn't get pass 'setup connection' before it got stuck. So I tried the rom that Kies was trying to update to one click F127 and it got stuck at the DATAFS part of it and I was forced to reboot. I then tried the one click f127 (no data) and it passed but still wouldn't boot. I then tried rolling back to one click EL26 and putting CM9 on there. Once again it 'passed' in Odin but wouldn't boot.
So at this point I am now able to get into download mode and cwm5 recovery mode. So I try a handful of different kernels and roms using recovery from my external sd instead of using a usb port and cable. All of them flash fine (I can tell when recovery mode changes per flash) but none of them boot up. So as a last resort I tried Heimdall one click unbrick. It popped up a message that my drivers needed to be installed and would pop up a window in order to do so.
I was supposed to pick 'Samsung usb composite' out of a list and install from there but there was nothing named that. So that came to a dead end as well.
Sorry for the long description, I just figure the more info you guys have is the better chance of getting the correct solution without all the fluff. Thanks in advance!
Yeah I see now, I'm totally sorry, That's what I thought, but I got confused by 'So as a last resort I tried Heimdall one click unbrick. Huawei b683 port forward. It popped up a message that my drivers needed to be installed and would pop up a window in order to do so.
I was supposed to pick 'Samsung usb composite' out of a list and install from there but there was nothing named that. So that came to a dead end as well.' I thought he finally got the phone to boot.There is no bootloader menu (download mode) on the phone? I'd try that, (having the phone connected by usb cable to computer) then may be the computer can pick it up and load the proper drivers for the phone.
It's suppose to be enabled by holding vol up and power together from a cold boot (off). I guess the last resort would be Jtag, some info here: •.
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