Database Develop

[MOD] Fix for hardware locked phones / cant access recovery without adb.

NOTICE 10/18/2010:
I just captured the JI6 OTA update files from one of my phones and found that T-mobile is
updating the SBL with the same file found in this thread, I'm using the same method as T-mobile
to install the new SBL so the chances for a brick are the same but if you are completely
stock just wait for the OTA update and have the phone swapped under warranty in the
event of a brick.
WARNING:
INSTALLING THIS CAN BRICK YOUR PHONE
this is safer than the odin method, but when messing with the phones bootloader
there is always a chance that you could end up with a paper weight (I bricked
one phone messing with this stuff).
Updated 10-15-2010
this is the fix for hardware locked phones in update.zip form
install the phone drivers which can be found at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
put update.zip on the internal sd card (the 12 gb one)
turn on USB debugging in Settings-->Applications-->Development
reboot into recovery, use the RebootRecovery.bat in adb.zip if you dont know
how to do that.
when in recovery use the vol up and down buttons to navigate and power button to
select reinstall packages
install will take about 20-30 seconds and will pause at "writing secondary bootlader" don't panic
the phone will reboot you should be unlocked (or bricked).
update.zip md5=3b32fab99049530d2185014340840a47

I can vouch for this. It worked exactly as described.
Thanks!

Just to make sure after I do this I can flash any rom through odin without problem?

bobby915 said:
Just to make sure after I do this I can flash any rom through odin without problem?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have flashed JFD, JI6, JI6 unofficial, JI6 OTA after flashing this and have had
no problem's
in general these files are written to parts of the phone that are usually never
written again after manufacturing and are responsible for getting the hardware
ready to load the kernel and then loading the kernel and booting the phone and
should not have any issues loading any ROM you care to flash.

Right now I can access download mode intermittently (maybe 1/10 times) by holding vol-up-down + power with usb plugged in. I cannot access recovery mode at all. Will this flash ruin my ability to access download mode? I feel like download mode is more important than recovery in case of a brick, but I would like the ability to go to recovery without adb or rom manager.

I've tried this 5 times, ODIN says failed everytime,EDIT Apparently 3rd times the 3rd time is the charm cause the 9th time it worked, Second Edit, The 9th time it started but its been 10 minutes so I assume it froze, Dammit.

Persanity said:
I've tried this 5 times, ODIN says failed everytime, Apparently 3rd times the 3rd time is the charm cause the 9th time it worked
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So your recovery works now? Can you also get into download mode?

I'll add my Vibrant to the list of previously hardware locked phones, fixed by this.
I'd like to send out a HUGE thanks. Recovery and Download mode work every single time now. I can start playing around with roms safely.
Thank you so much

STEP BY STEP GUIDE
**UPDATE**10/14/10
STOCK RECOVERY VERSION OF HWLOCK FIX
untermensch has created a UPDATE.ZIP version of the fix
1) Download UPDATE.ZIP from OP or here http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2R2XOZ0X
2) Place UPDATE.ZIP in root of /sdcard not /sd
(If you have a previous UPDATE.ZIP file in root of /sdcard move it to another folder untill you have unlocked)
3) Use ADB to get into recovery
(use step posted below if you dont know how to use ADB)
(use command "adb reboot recovery")
4) Use vol down to navigate to reinstall packages press power to select
ODIN VERSION OF HWLOCK FIX
**NEW**
untermensch test file
(download from OP)
Everything you need minus drivers(or download individually in steps below)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=66SSG9VR
step 1) go here and get the drivers and install them
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
step 2) download this zip file
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=415810&d=1286579010
(load tar file from this zip in PDA section of odin after step 4)
step 3) go here download and follow guide to setup adb
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=502010
(use "adb reboot download" to get to download mode)
step 4) go here get odin v 1.3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790026
(run odin load tar in PDA make sure com4 or similar pops up click start)
FOR THOSE WHO NEED ADB HELP
REBOOT TO DOWNLOAD MODE WITH ADB
*must have drivers installed*
1) download androidSDK from here http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
2) extract the folder to root of your harddrive and rename it something short like ADB
3) on phone go to settings , applications , development and click USB debugging
then plug your phone into the computer
4) open windows command prompt and type this (hit enter after each line)
cd c:\
cd ADB\ (or whatever you renamed the folder in step 2)
cd tools\
adb reboot download
5) flash tar with odin
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

No, It did not work, The 9th time it actually started instead of saying failed immediately, But after 20 minutes nothing had changed and then odin cr5ashed and now my phone is soft-bricked/bricked whatever it is. All I know is im ****ing pissed. Can somebody point me in the direction of a complete restore thread? EDIT: Yeah I finally got it, Thank god I have never had a problem getting into download mode, When I say got it I mean restoring my phone to work not getting recovery to work, If I flash J14 first then J16 am I gonna lose the ability to go into recovery mode if the J14 update does actualy let my phone go into recovery?

untermensch said:
The leaked JI4 firmware contained the files needed to get the our phones unlocked
attached is an odin flashable tar with sbl.bin, boot.bin when flashed your phone wont ignore
the vol up + vol down + power buttons and you will be able to access recovery.
if you haven't used odin before follow AgentFour20's instructions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8541107&postcount=35
note:
1. the port wont be com4 for everyone as long as odin shows a com port you should be fine.
2. you might not need adb this method worked on my locked phone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqxearzXrVY
you can flash this over any ROM or firmware and will probably never have to flash it again because boot.bin, sbl.bin are rarely included in firmware.
as usual use caution when flashing your phone, I am not sure if you can get back into download mode if this flash fails, So flash at your own risk!
for more info check out the I9000 thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=785201
and the original thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=802763&page=3
Good Luck!
md5 for tar file = d18f9d23d3060260a4e7edc1b6321941
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Gonna put in my vote for one recommendation for you people who have a dickens of a time getting into download mode and are afraid of Odin3 leaving you stranded.
Try using Odin3 v1.30 instead of Odin3 v1.00 (it's linked in the Bible thread). My failure rate on flashing with v1.30 so far is zero. My failure rate when I was flashing with v1.00 was more to the tune of 50% of the time. I'm not hardware locked, so this is less scary for me than it is for you.
Just a safety tip...Best of luck!

sounds like solution is simple, but why did this occur on some vibrants in the first place?

SamsungVibrant said:
sounds like solution is simple, but why did this occur on some vibrants in the first place?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My guess would be that there are different internal JFD firmware images floating around wherever Samsung manufactures these, and one had the bugtastic sbl. We've already seen in the case of JI6 (where there were actually two versions of this firmware, with the leaked version from Kies having a nearly week older build date) that Samsung isn't necessarily consistent with their versioning.
Just a guess though..

Awesome....used odin 1.3 and this took a few seconds and worked flawlessly
if you follow the instructions in the posts above, don't see how you can go wrong
I can now access download mode and recovery...and I can sleep a lot easier knowing that if something happens I can fix it now

Yes! Masterotaku thank you so much for posting about odin3 v1.3, 1st time it work for J14 over J16, I can now boot into download and recovery mode. Sweet.

masterotaku said:
My guess would be that there are different internal JFD firmware images floating around wherever Samsung manufactures these, and one had the bugtastic sbl. We've already seen in the case of JI6 (where there were actually two versions of this firmware, with the leaked version from Kies having a nearly week older build date) that Samsung isn't necessarily consistent with their versioning.
Just a guess though..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
hmmm interesting, seems like samsung isn't consistent with their screen tints also. They need to get quality control under quality control

Wanted to add that this worked for me as well. Thanks for the info.

Worked on first try, Odin 1.3. Thank you so much for this fix! I knew holding out on replacing my vibrant would pay off =)
Now I got into recovery by both vol + power then release power, but how do you guys get into download mode? I used to be able to get there occasionally by doing that same key combo, but with usb attached.
EDIT: Wow that was easy.
RECOVERY MODE: Hold both volume buttons and power, once vibrant logo shows up, release power.
DOWNLOAD MODE: Hold both volume buttons (no power) and plug in USB. Instant!
EDIT: Honestly I can't thank you enough. This is so amazing!

Thanks so much, this really works, my 1st time ever using odin 1.3
and finally figure out what adb is. Before even pulling the battery would
not get me into download,and the only way to get into recovery was using
clockworkmod. This really works!!! thanks you thanks you.

Everything is not as good as it seems. I managed to flash the fix all right and now I have download mode. But my friend had done the same steps as myself but odin FAILED to flash the fix. It just said:
<ID:0/006> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<ID:0/006> Removed!!
And his phone is totally bricked now.
It is really dangerous to use ODIN on hardware locked phones... Too high chance of failure to flash. ((

[Q] Captivate Boot Loader Brick?

Hi Everyone,
I had previously been running the stock I9000 JK3 ROM on my Captivate with xcal's reoriented kernel. Today I decided to install the I9000 JL2 Rom from samfirmware.com.
I started ODIN, entered Download Mode, and flashed the ROM (in the PDA section) with no problem. After the flash had completed, the phone attempted to reboot, but there was nothing but a black screen. I tried every way I know to get into Download mode but nothing works. I don't even get the Phone--!--Computer image that I've gotten in the past when I've messed up a flash.
I've read that this kind of brick occurs when the boot loader is corrupted, and that the only way to fix it is to use a RIFF JTAG box. My question is: what did I do wrong? I flashed many ROMs before, all through ODIN, but was always able to get back to stock if necessary.
My research suggests that it has something to do with sbl.bin. Can someone enlighten me? How can I tell if a ROM will mess up my bootloader? Do ROMs that mess up bootloaders contain the sbl.bin file?
Any advice or information would be greatly appreciated.

If your getting the phone / computer screen you should still be able to restore.
Use the following method to get into DOWNLOAD mode and then Odin 1 click back to stock.
Take out the battery,SIM, and external SDCard
Turn on Odin JH7 1 Click Back to Stock
Plug in your USB cable
While holding down the Volume +/- Button place the batter back in.
If you get the gray battery charging signal - you need to attempt it again. Should go into DOWNLOAD mode and you can restore your phone back to stock.
The SBL.bin is bad mojo if you fubar it as it has important things like being able to use your buttons to get into the different modes (download/recovery). I don't know what else it controls as I'm not a developer.

Also read this on the General thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775911
interesting stuff about the SBL.bin - so Flashers beware!

Thank you so much for the information. Unfortunately, I do not see the Phone--!--Computer icon, and I confirmed that the ROM that was flashed did indeed contain an SBL.bin file. The boot loader is most certainly bricked.
I really think a warning about the SBL.bin file should be stickied somewhere prominent, so other people don't make the same mistake that I did.
Thanks Again

It works for me
avgjoegeek said:
If your getting the phone / computer screen you should still be able to restore.
Use the following method to get into DOWNLOAD mode and then Odin 1 click back to stock.
Take out the battery,SIM, and external SDCard
Turn on Odin JH7 1 Click Back to Stock
Plug in your USB cable
While holding down the Volume +/- Button place the batter back in.
If you get the gray battery charging signal - you need to attempt it again. Should go into DOWNLOAD mode and you can restore your phone back to stock.
The SBL.bin is bad mojo if you fubar it as it has important things like being able to use your buttons to get into the different modes (download/recovery). I don't know what else it controls as I'm not a developer.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wow it works for my captivate, after a failed odin update the captivate was death black screen at all, with these procedure I can reflash with odin. thanks a lot.

after i got a soft brick with odin, all i used since were one click .jar's made for my phone.

[Q] so close, yet so far..

ok I have a problem:
I got started on my Mums phone..
opened up odin
grabbed the wrong file - I was supposed to select 'Aries_P-SBL..yaddayadda' (I wanted to get 3 button recovery working.. I accidently selected the speedmod kernel file..
it then rebooted & never got past the first screen with the samsung name & phone model on it.
started to panic.. tried repeatedly to get into recovery.. nothing.. tried to put the Aries file on.. failed.. tried *heaps of times to get into recovery again.. nothing.. tried to put the Aries file on.. success!!! I can now get into recovery!
BUT
it still doesnt go any further than the very first screen with the samsung name & phone model.. basically, I'm quite certain that all I have to do is some how get darkys v7.0 on there & I'm set.. how do I do that seeing as I cant get the phone to boot into its OS, thus I cannot transfer the file across like I did with mine when it was connected to the pc?
cannot get phone to act as dumb storage device
CWM working, check - when I boot into recovery I can see CWM related things (& fiddle with settings RE: to it) - I can also see the speedmod things & fiddle with settings...
I grabbed an mSD card, chucked Darkys v7 on it, put it in phone... cant seem to direct it to it.. it cant 'see' the ex.sd card while in recovery.. I made an attempt to mount the ex.sd (or so I thought) but no go
the adb program sees it, so does odin..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712433
ok so followed the instructions.. a command window popped up, stayed a while, then, just before it dissappeared, text came up - dunno what it said.. the file isnt on there tho. I attempted this with the phone in recovery mode
yeah, I can get it into d/l mode..
rather not put anything stock on there atm.. I've got a bad feeling about doing that
I can have the phone in 3 diff states:
recovery mode
download mode
sitting on the very 1st screen with the samsung name & phone model displaying..
on my first attempt @ pushing the file onto the phone, I put it into recovery (is there a nice, non-confusing way to abbreviate 'recovery'?) mode - & it didnt work.. I just tried d/l mode.. the command window popped up, but only came up for a split second - too fast for it to transfer the ~190MB file.. I'll check, but I doubt it...
edit: na, didnt take
sorry for the 'copy & paste' job from another forum.. any ideas on what to do?

no one?

Umm, your post is a little unclear, but I'll try and help.
As long as you have download mode, you should be fine to flash any stock rom with odin. Why are you scared to flash a stock rom? It's very strange
You probably should select repartition in odin and flash a middle package firmware (ie. as richothen often provides, or any eclair firmware afaik).
Then if you want a custom rom, flash CWM or any kernel with CWM recovery, and flash the rom.
Pretty simple...

essentially, all I want to do is transfer darkys vs7 onto the phone, but I cant do it the usual way (which is thru windows & when the phone itself is in its os)
the phone wont boot into its os - its stuck @ the very first screen - I can only get into recovery mode & download mode
so how do I tranfer a file?

tiro_uspsss said:
essentially, all I want to do is transfer darkys vs7 onto the phone, but I cant do it the usual way (which is thru windows & when the phone itself is in its os)
the phone wont boot into its os - its stuck @ the very first screen - I can only get into recovery mode & download mode
so how do I tranfer a file?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you could flash a stock rom and then start from the begin and do everything again?

I dont think I can flash any rom - I would need to transfer the rom file onto the internal sd, which I cant do
I need to know how to transfer a rom file (preferably darkys vs7) onto the internal sd, using either recovery mode or download mode, as the phone will not boot into os (it hangs @ very first screen)

alternatively, how do I get rid of either CMW or speedmod? or both?
better yet, how do I get the phone to boot into os?

surely someone has an answer?

tiro_uspsss said:
I dont think I can flash any rom - I would need to transfer the rom file onto the internal sd, which I cant do
I need to know how to transfer a rom file (preferably darkys vs7) onto the internal sd, using either recovery mode or download mode, as the phone will not boot into os (it hangs @ very first screen)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Download a stock rom reboot into download mode then fire up odin and flash then once the phone boots up you can transfer darkys rom
EDIT: samfirmware.com and download XXJPY flash PDA no pit untick repartition
Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk

Sorry for double post something went wrong and it posted twice :s

Caskast said:
Download a stock rom reboot into download mode then fire up odin and flash then once the phone boots up you can transfer darkys rom
EDIT: samfirmware.com and download XXJPY flash PDA no pit untick repartition
Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
didnt work..
in fact.. I've made it worse.. I can no longer go into recovery mode.. & the phone no longer displays the first normal screen - it displays the phone-!-pc thingy

ok I reflashed the 3 button fix on & the speedmod.. now I'm back to where I was before
can someone please please help me with this?
its been like this for almost 3 days

Get to download mode, flash a stock rom through odin, (whatever you had before the whole mess), then start over. Make sure you have all the correct settings when flashing with odin, using the right pit file etc etc.

nwsk said:
Get to download mode, flash a stock rom through odin, (whatever you had before the whole mess), then start over. Make sure you have all the correct settings when flashing with odin, using the right pit file etc etc.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yep just did that:
mild progress..
did the flashing..
no longer hangs @ the first screen.. instead, it gets past it, plays the samsung 'S' tune & clip.. then shows the S for a while longer.. then goes to a blank screen, which is where it stays, occassionally vibrating as well... thats it, thats all it does

Thats the symptoms of a bad/incorrect flash .
Flash again with all the correct settings and files .
jje

tiro_uspsss said:
yep just did that:
mild progress..
did the flashing..
no longer hangs @ the first screen.. instead, it gets past it, plays the samsung 'S' tune & clip.. then shows the S for a while longer.. then goes to a blank screen, which is where it stays, occassionally vibrating as well... thats it, thats all it does
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try this. This is legendary unbrick me ROM from Eugene. Flash it with Odin in PDA only and Pit from the package.
http://rapidshare.com/files/439942035/EUGENE373_SamsungS_Froyo_PDA.rar

[Q] Stuck at logo screen....help

I was trying to flash a GPS fix, this one..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10389365&postcount=18622
I forgot to read the instructions and went ahead and flashed it through CWM, now its stuck at the Samsung logo screen and I cant get into recovery, it just loops, I can get into download mode, but I`ve never used it, some help.....please

mloc33 said:
I was trying to flash a GPS fix, this one..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10389365&postcount=18622
I forgot to read the instructions and went ahead and flashed it through CWM, now its stuck at the Samsung logo screen and I cant get into recovery, it just loops, I can get into download mode, but I`ve never used it, some help.....please
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This procedure will get you back to stock JPU ROM via Odin and Download Mode.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10449932&postcount=7
Then once your phone is working again you can go ahead and flash to a custom ROM which I'm guessing you know how to do. Let me know!

Ok dude I`m doing it now, fingers kriss crossed!!!
Ok this happened....
I took usb out, restarted pc, then phone went into recovery mode, I did a factory/data wipe, same with cache, was about to restart phone, now there`s a white box with an orange arrow comming out of it and a little green android man?
I pressed menu button, it brought up recovery, I restarted, went passed the white logo screen to swirling S logo screen, also played music, now at black screen....
Still in black screen but every 20 or so seconds it vibrates once then 3 quick times???

After sometimes it is required to do a factory reset to get it working.If your flash was succesfull try to factory reset it in recovery mode.

Tried Odin again and got the same error, so when I get into recovery mode I should factory reset everything?
Tried to get back into recovery from download mode and got the bricked screen!!! Its hopeless now is`nt it
I can still get into download mode.....

I dont really get what you are trying to do.
Can you get in recovery mode and do a factory reset???

I was in recovery and did that and it got to the swirling S logo screen then screen went black, vibrated once then 3 short ones every 30 or so seconds and thats it, it did`nt go any further.....
I keep getting a FAIL when I try to flash using Odin
I notice when I`m putting in the info in to PDA PHONE CSC areas, I dont see where I`m supposed to use this..
MODEM_I9000XXJPU.tar.md5
I followed it all step by step, or i dont see it in the steps

Hmm i had that screen many times but always able to flash with Odin.Are you sure you got the drivers on your pc?Make sure that you havent Kies running,on try or in backround,or any other program that is used to connect your phone.Also its always good to use a free USB port on your pc,and by saying free i also mean that it not one of the front panel USB cuz those ones sometimes are shared.

Start at the beginning .
Available
Download mode yes or no
Recovery mode yes or no
PC sees phone Odin first box is yellow yes or no
jje

mloc33 said:
I was in recovery and did that and it got to the swirling S logo screen then screen went black, vibrated once then 3 short ones every 30 or so seconds and thats it, it did`nt go any further.....
I keep getting a FAIL when I try to flash using Odin
I notice when I`m putting in the info in to PDA PHONE CSC areas, I dont see where I`m supposed to use this..
MODEM_I9000XXJPU.tar.md5
I followed it all step by step, or i dont see it in the steps
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Modem = phone

gtg2 said:
Modem = phone
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Still though,he should be able to flash even without modem file...
I m wondering if he clicked repartition or not.My guess is he didnt,so its stuck untill he does repartion.

JJEgan said:
Start at the beginning .
Available
Download mode yes or no
Recovery mode yes or no
PC sees phone Odin first box is yellow yes or no
jje
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes
No
Yes

tackygr said:
Still though,he should be able to flash even without modem file...
I m wondering if he clicked repartition or not.My guess is he didnt,so its stuck untill he does repartion.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Repartition was checked, should I put the modem one in the phone section?

2. Open Odin AS the Man said .
Download here: http://db.tt/QuA1G6s
That is a sure working Odin. The one I use. Extract that and run Odin3 v1.3.exe
3. In Odin:
check Re-Partition
Click PIT and select s1_odin_20100512.pit
Check and click PDA and select I9000XXJPU-REV03-PDA-low-CL747761.tar.md5
Check and click PHONE and select I9000XXJPU-REV03-PDA-low-CL747761.tar.md5
Check and click CSC and select GT-I9000-CSC-MULTI-OXAJPU.tar.md5
Do not touch any of the other options. Leave them the way they are.
3. Exit Kies (make sure it is not running AT ALL).
4. Put your phone into DOWNLOAD mode (volume down + power + home) and plug into your computer
5. Click START in Odin... if Odin gets stuck for a LONG time (progress bar isn't moving at all in both phone and Odin).. unplug phone, pull battery, restart computer and repeat from step 2.
6. Once Odin says it succeeded wait for phone to reboot.

I`m still getting a FAIL on it.
I download that Odin, reinstalled the Samsung drivers and disabled anything related to the phone.
I tried it even without the sim car and sd card in cause I read one post that had tried it and it worked.
From the instructions it looks like I`m using 3 of the 4 files download, remember that modem one.
I definitely have to use that same file twice for PDA and phone?

I followed these instructions to the letter...
file:///C:/Users/Colm/Desktop/xda-developers%20-%20View%20Single%20Post%20-%20[Q]%20i9000%20can%20not%20boot.htm

I`m not sure which one is the right Odin to use, but I tried the both of them and still the same results.
There both v1.30, the gt-p1000 is the one from the previous post..
I`m even trying different USB ports...

Ya fuppin BEAUTY, I did it, I put into the phone section in Odin that modem file and here`s what I got...
NoW I have fireware 2.2.1
Baseband jpu
Kernel 2.6.32.9
[email protected] #1
Build
Froyo.xxjpu
Is this the new froyo?
Will I be able to go back to Darky`s 8.0?
Would this also mean I`ve 3E instead of 2E?

Is this the new froyo?
Says Froyo
Will I be able to go back to Darky`s 8.0?
On your own head be it all i have done for a week is answer borked post all using this rom .
Would this also mean I`ve 3E instead of 2E?
Probably flash via Odin you will need to search i dont have a link .
CF-Root-XX_XEU_JPY-v1.3-BusyBox-1.17.1
Its probably on Darkys front page as is Clockwork .
Install sd card update zip CWM twice to get to 2e .
jje

Ok first of all I want to thank the 2 of ya`s for all your help, I really appreciate it!!!
Now that I`m up and going for some reason my pc does`nt see my phone even tough it says I`m connected on my phone?
I restarted my pc, reconnected phone nothing...
If its not one problem its another...

[Q] Firmware and Kernel?

I've got stock SG2, DVKF4, from Telstra and I rooted it using ODIN and XWKDD_insecure.
Last night, when I was updating the firmware on the phone, after reboot - all I got is SG2 boot screen with yellow triangle - after that blank screen/power off.
1) Did I brick the phone?
2) I 've been reading the forums and I can probably flash the original fireware, on there?
But I am not sure whethere I should do the kernel as well as it was rooted.
I've already got files from intratech but - not sure which steps to do - kernel and firmware or just firmware only.

who carez said:
I've got stock SG2, DVKF4, from Telstra and I rooted it using ODIN and XWKDD_insecure.
Last night, when I was updating the firmware on the phone, after reboot - all I got is SG2 boot screen with yellow triangle - after that blank screen/power off.
1) Did I brick the phone?
2) I 've been reading the forums and I can probably flash the original fireware, on there?
But I am not sure whethere I should do the kernel as well as it was rooted.
I've already got files from intratech but - not sure which steps to do - kernel and firmware or just firmware only.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
First: If you can get into a download mode then you have NOT bricked the phone. You can call it a soft brick max. In my opinion get an odin flashable stock firmware and flash that by putting your phone into download mode. you can find a complete guide how to do that on samfirmware.com
hope this helps

who carez said:
I've got stock SG2, DVKF4, from Telstra and I rooted it using ODIN and XWKDD_insecure.
Last night, when I was updating the firmware on the phone, after reboot - all I got is SG2 boot screen with yellow triangle - after that blank screen/power off.
1) Did I brick the phone?
2) I 've been reading the forums and I can probably flash the original fireware, on there?
But I am not sure whethere I should do the kernel as well as it was rooted.
I've already got files from intratech but - not sure which steps to do - kernel and firmware or just firmware only.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
As described above, yellow triangle normally suggests Download Mode so no you have not bricked your phone yet. If you had you would see a different and rather obvious screen where you would know you have bricked your phone. As long as you can initiate Download Mode and you have the tools on your machine, Odin, Heimdall etc than you should be able to recover from this situation quite easily. It's always best to read as much as possible when choosing a Rom / Kernel pairing if you are moving away from stock. Even though we may have the same devices it does not mean we will all have the same experience when flashing new Roms...
I would suggest Firmware first, then Kernel.
Hope you resolve your issue.

black screen on sg2
Hi I had a problem with my sg2. I was trying to remove the yellow triangle after putting ICS on it. All of a sudden it went to yellow triangle screen and then went blank. However I did not noticed the the phone came on still but no Galaxy boot up screen. If you have this sort of problem, the phone can still go into download mode.
1. Take the battery out and put it back in
2. Hold the Home(middle) button, volume down and power on button for about 10 sec. Just as you would to put in download mode
3. Open Odin and leave it open
4 While Odin is open press the volume up (Odin will indicate that it is in Download mode since the phone cannot).
5. Download the files from this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=788778&d=1321782075
6. Extract the files and click the PDA button in Odin and select the file called 1
7. The phone will start but only stays at yellow triangle and turn off.
8. Now u can easily put the phone in DL mode and Recovery mode and re-flash with an ICS version you your choice. Either using Odin or putting it on your SD.
This worked for me...Using the original Kernel did nothing at all. Enjoy...I still need to get rid of my triagle after reflashing but I think I need an original ICS kernel or something. I will experiment with my phone more...Hope this help.