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[Q] Samsung Galaxy S2 Problem after failed firmware update.

Problem after failed firmware update.
I tried to Update my Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100G) using Odin 1.85
the Phone shut down before finishing the update. At that point I could not start my S2 the only picture I got was a black screen with a phone a “!” in a yellow triangle and a computer. I tried to upload the firmware again with Odin but it failed every time. I tried using Kies but it could not find the phone. I googled the problem to find a solution that could work and I tried several solutions without luck. But at last i tried the following advice see link:
xda-developers - View Single Post - [Q] Firmare upgrade encountered an issue - Am i done for?
I downloaded the .tar file that was referred to:
KERNEL_XWLPO.tar
and Odin worked and this file was downloaded. The problem is that now i only get the start page with the text Samsung Galaxy S2 with a yellow triangle "!" in the bottom. I tried plugging it to the USB port on my computer but it can't see the phone anymore and Odin and Kies can't see it so I can't upload another firmware.
Please help, I am desperate

Samsung s2 firmware upgrade error [SOLUTION]
greenland samsung said:
Problem after failed firmware update.
I tried to Update my Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100G) using Odin 1.85
the Phone shut down before finishing the update. At that point I could not start my S2 the only picture I got was a black screen with a phone a “!” in a yellow triangle and a computer. I tried to upload the firmware again with Odin but it failed every time. I tried using Kies but it could not find the phone. I googled the problem to find a solution that could work and I tried several solutions without luck. But at last i tried the following advice see link:
xda-developers - View Single Post - [Q] Firmare upgrade encountered an issue - Am i done for?
I downloaded the .tar file that was referred to:
KERNEL_XWLPO.tar
and Odin worked and this file was downloaded. The problem is that now i only get the start page with the text Samsung Galaxy S2 with a yellow triangle "!" in the bottom. I tried plugging it to the USB port on my computer but it can't see the phone anymore and Odin and Kies can't see it so I can't upload another firmware.
Please help, I am desperate
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"Nothing to worry dude ,just follow these simple steps if you are using samsung s2 i9100 international version ,just download the Siyah kernel .tar file and flash it with odin ,you can just google siyah kernel to get the latest kernel and this will remove your firmware upgrade error and you can easily go into the download mode and can further upgrade the device by download jelly bean version of your related device .THANKS

I think I bricked my son's tablet!

Crap!!! I hope someone can help me. I was trying to upgrade my son's tablet using odin and a stock 4.04 rom from here :Samsung P5100 / P5110 / P5113 Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Complete Stock Firmware. The first one for the P5113.
Anyway, everything seemed to be going okay following the directions and then a failed came up in the first box in odin was red. I repeated it and it appeared to be stuck. The tablet was in download mode and the blue line had only progressed about a quarter inch. I heard the usb disconnect and reconnect sound and I tried to initiate it through odin again but the tablet wasn't responding. I stupidly on plugged the tablet and tried to power it down. Now I can't do anything. Can't get into recovery or download mode. The tablet is stuck on the screen and has this message with a picture of a tablet then a yellow triangle and a computer. Here is the message: Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. Kies won't recognize the tablet and when I click on emergency firmare recovery it just asks for PC code. I am stumped. I am not familiar with Samsung at all. Also, the message on the screen won't disappear. If I hold down power it won't turn off, the screen will go black and then the message will come right back so I'm afraid the battery will be dead soon and then I will be totally out of luck.
The tablet is a wifi only P5113 Tab 2 10.1.

http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-4484
Not your device but its should be similar. Hope it works for you.

No luck so far, is there no way to get past this screen?

Not that I know of to be honest, You need to get into download/recovery .... Hopefully someone else more knowledgeable will come up with something !
How old is the tab ?
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Will ODIN connect ... When you get that firmware error screen ?

Sean_Seany said:
Not that I know of to be honest, You need to get into download/recovery .... Hopefully someone else more knowledgeable will come up with something !
How old is the tab ?
EDIT :
Will ODIN connect ... When you get that firmware error screen ?
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No nothing, windows does recognize it and will install the driver. But Odin doesn't show anything happening and Kies just shows connecting. When you select emergency recovery in Kies it will stop trying to connect and bring up a dialog box asking for a recovery code. Apparently if the failure would have happened during a legit upgrade using Kies it would have generated an error code for recovery. Is there no way to repair this? Thought Samsung devices were suppose to be so easy to customize? Please help my son is pretty pissed.
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Update!!!
I was able to get odin to connect to tablet and I got cwm recovery installed so it no longer boots to the failed firmware screen and I can get into recovery. My question is which firmware do I install?? The tablet is a Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 P5113 wifi only. Is the P5113UEBLH3 firmware the correct one? It says it was provided by Cellular South which confuses me since the tablet is wifi only.
Update 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Success!!! Got into download mode and was able to load the stock 4.04 firmware and life is good again. Thanks to all that helped.

One thing. Always update your table with OTA or Kies. ODIN breaks the warrantie
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Sweeeet ! Well played :good::good::good::good:

Same issue, different solution...
cruise350 said:
Update!!!
I was able to get odin to connect to tablet and I got cwm recovery installed so it no longer boots to the failed firmware screen and I can get into recovery. My question is which firmware do I install?? The tablet is a Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 P5113 wifi only. Is the P5113UEBLH3 firmware the correct one? It says it was provided by Cellular South which confuses me since the tablet is wifi only.
Update 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Success!!! Got into download mode and was able to load the stock 4.04 firmware and life is good again. Thanks to all that helped.
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I bricked my device from Odin while trying to revert from a CM10.1 nightly to stock JB. Device picked up in Odin, but would not flash... unless I reboot the device after I clicked start in Odin. Dunno why, but it loaded stock firmware on the error screen... don' ask me how...

I have experienced this. Run ODIN, then connect your devices to the computer. When ODIN detect it, unplug and then replug your device. When ODIN back detect it then flash.

Recent versions of Odin work the other way around. First plug then open. Older like <1.87, first you open the program then you plug device. Glad it got solved.
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I have also hit this screen several times while playing with roms, this is a fairly common example of "softbrick". Fortunately for me, Odin had no problems connecting, and then simply flashed an oem rom. I have not been able to hard brick this thing, which is a huge surprise considering all the flashing I've done. Frankly I'm surprised it hasn't blown up like an iraqi IED yet lol!
This is a good thing! It means that Samsung built in a good failsafe. It just means you hosed your rom install all the way down to the bootloader. Easy to recover from
Glad ya learned to fix it!

Big problems with my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1
cruise350 said:
Crap!!! I hope someone can help me. I was trying to upgrade my son's tablet using odin and a stock 4.04 rom from here :Samsung P5100 / P5110 / P5113 Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Complete Stock Firmware. The first one for the P5113.
Anyway, everything seemed to be going okay following the directions and then a failed came up in the first box in odin was red. I repeated it and it appeared to be stuck. The tablet was in download mode and the blue line had only progressed about a quarter inch. I heard the usb disconnect and reconnect sound and I tried to initiate it through odin again but the tablet wasn't responding. I stupidly on plugged the tablet and tried to power it down. Now I can't do anything. Can't get into recovery or download mode. The tablet is stuck on the screen and has this message with a picture of a tablet then a yellow triangle and a computer. Here is the message: Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. Kies won't recognize the tablet and when I click on emergency firmare recovery it just asks for PC code. I am stumped. I am not familiar with Samsung at all. Also, the message on the screen won't disappear. If I hold down power it won't turn off, the screen will go black and then the message will come right back so I'm afraid the battery will be dead soon and then I will be totally out of luck.
The tablet is a wifi only P5113 Tab 2 10.1.
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Hi, my problem is identical. I have a samsung galaxy tab 2 10.1 and after a failed update with Odin the message was:Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. I try again with Odin and nothing. I used Kies, and nothing. Then i saw a reference to the md5 philz_touch_5.03.7-p5110.tar.md5 and i use it with Odin. Sucess but the message was RESET. Everithing disappeared from screen except the battery logo. The tablet is always on and with that image. The volume buttons and power don't work and it is not detected.
I'm affraid the thing is bad.
Can you help? Thank you.
Djadomor

Hey cruise, would you happen to still have the file you used on your son's box? The only page I can find won't let me in.

[Q] Galaxy Note N7000

"Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again."​
i got a Samsung Note N7000 which is bricked when upgrading to ICS..
now it wont boot and i am getting a message on screen "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again."
i am able to take it to Download mode....
so i downloaded stock rom of ICS and GB from Xda forum...
now i used Odni and i was try to Recover with ICS and GB stock roms but Odni is saying Failed after some time...
is there any other way to recover.... even Kies is not detecting my note in recovery mode
:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:

groovybluedog said:
How old is your device bro? And which country do you live in?
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mine is one year old mobile which i gotit from UK and i live in india....
i am using Odin to flash , when factoryfs.img is gets started to load on mobile odin saying faild

Problem solved
PROBLEM SOLVED
THANKS TO Dr.KETAN because of him this problem for me has been solved
Below is the step-wise description.
WHAT HAPPENED:-
01.) I was on ROOTED GT-N7000 ICS 4.0.4 PDA-DDLRB CSC(K)-ODDLR4 M-DDLR1
02.) I decided to install Alliance ROM => AllianceROM_JB_N7000XXLSZ-v3 and by mistake and just out of habit instead of using ROM Customizer, I used Mobile ODIN with WIPE (ALL of them) Selected.
03.) Although ODIN didn't came up with any errors and showed installation successful, my phone was stuck on the first screen "SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE GT-7000" screen.
04.) After waiting for about 30-40 mins. I took out battery, took out memory card and tried to reboot again but no luck.
05.) I tired to recover by re-installing/rolling back to ROM I was on i.e. GT-N7000 ICS 4.0.4 PDA-DDLRB CSC(K)-ODDLR4 M-DDLR1, but ODIN Shows an error saying "PARAMETER INCORRECT" (screen shot attached)
06.) I then tried to install
GT-N7000 ICS 4.0.4 PDA-DDLR9 CSC(K)-ODDLR3 M-DDLR1 but ODIN failed (Screen Shot Attached)
GT-N7000 GB 2.3.6 PDA-DDLB2 CSC(K)-DDLA1 M-
07.) Now my phone is stuck in two modes only i.e.
7.1.) "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again"
7.2.) Download MODE
Dr. KETAN"S HELP (WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE)
01.) Remove .MD5 from extension of ROM and keeping .TAR as extension help me got rid of the "THE PARAMETER IS INCORRECT" error.
02.) Go to Task Manager and close/disable/end process following service
02.1) KIES
02.2)FIREWALL
02.3)ANTI-VIRUS
03.) In ODIN (on PC) Select PDA do not select PHONE (this was my mistake too)
04.) In case you had/have HEIMDALL on your system , go to Device Manager (from Control Panel) and un-install the Generic Device driver
05.) Now try to install the stock ROM you have (it should get installed , at-least this happened in my case.)
WHAT IS TOTALLY USELESS ?
01.) KIES
02.) You PANICKING and FREAKING OUT
WHAT I CAN'T DO:-
01.)Visiting Samsung shop/service station
Please find the attached link to the screen shot. https://plus.google.com/photos/11509...978?banner=pwa
THANKS TO Dr. KETAN again for his HIGHLY appreiciated, respected and well needed help and guidance.

Firmware upgrade encountered an issue on GALAXY GEAR

My galaxy gear is showing the "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again" screen. Is there anyway to recover from this? Neither Kies 3 nor Kies 2.6 is recognizing my device
.

Same here Odin doesn't do anything either. Has anyone else fixed this? Thanks!

About which Gear are you talking:
Gear 1, Gear 2 or Gear 2 Neo ?

Gear 1 . . . just downloaded an older firmware 4.2.2 and it installed using Odin 3 v185 so all good now
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andrewpayne said:
Gear 1 . . . just downloaded an older firmware 4.2.2 and it installed using Odin 3 v185 so all good now
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This didn't work for me. I used Odin3.07 and 4.2.2 stock ROM to flash first - I used PHONE option because the others didn't work (no progress in the message window). This 'faulty' flash came up with a 'UI stopped working error' when the Gear rebooted but I was able to get it into download mode now. I then used Odin 3.09 and the flashed the 4.2.2 as a PIT which worked fine!
Got there after reading through a lot of XDA threads and trying many things. But in the end, the answers were here. Thanks.
PS how I got into the mess (the firmware error message with the yellow triangle)? I was on null 23 and wanted to go back to stock rom so that I could sell the Gear. Couldn't get into download mode for Odin 3.09; I can't exactly remember what I did but I disconnected the gear midway through a seemingly failed flash and it got me to the error. Googling says use Kies but nope, it wouldn't recognise the gear even for the 'emergency firmware'. I tried a lot of things, and wasted a lot of time!

chobochobo said:
This didn't work for me. I used Odin3.07 and 4.2.2 stock ROM to flash first - I used PHONE option because the others didn't work (no progress in the message window). This 'faulty' flash came up with a 'UI stopped working error' when the Gear rebooted but I was able to get it into download mode now. I then used Odin 3.09 and the flashed the 4.2.2 as a PIT which worked fine!
Got there after reading through a lot of XDA threads and trying many things. But in the end, the answers were here. Thanks.
PS how I got into the mess (the firmware error message with the yellow triangle)? I was on null 23 and wanted to go back to stock rom so that I could sell the Gear. Couldn't get into download mode for Odin 3.09; I can't exactly remember what I did but I disconnected the gear midway through a seemingly failed flash and it got me to the error. Googling says use Kies but nope, it wouldn't recognise the gear even for the 'emergency firmware'. I tried a lot of things, and wasted a lot of time!
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Worked perfectly, THANK YOU! After a few failed attempts at flashing my Gear I thought it was doomed, luckily after flashing the stock ROM back to it as you described I was successful at flashing the Tizen ROM. Thanks for your help!!

digital_carpenter said:
Worked perfectly, THANK YOU! After a few failed attempts at flashing my Gear I thought it was doomed, luckily after flashing the stock ROM back to it as you described I was successful at flashing the Tizen ROM. Thanks for your help!!
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You're welcome. Glad to be of help.

I'm also having this issue.
can you share how to get odin recognise the gear, because now it's only showing yellow triangle with error text, and i cannot perform the step to go to download or recovery mode.
when i do long press on the gear it's only go black screen for awhile then back to error with yellow triangle.
thank you for the reply.
Update:
Already found solution, i just flash Null TWRP form odin and my gear return back to android, after that go to download mode, then flash to tizen.

z3phyrantes said:
I'm also having this issue.
can you share how to get odin recognise the gear, because now it's only showing yellow triangle with error text, and i cannot perform the step to go to download or recovery mode.
when i do long press on the gear it's only go black screen for awhile then back to error with yellow triangle.
thank you for the reply.
Update:
Already found solution, i just flash Null TWRP form odin and my gear return back to android, after that go to download mode, then flash to tizen.
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but how did you flash Null TWRP i can not go to download mode and odin don not run from triangle mode.

PIT?
chobochobo said:
This didn't work for me. I used Odin3.07 and 4.2.2 stock ROM to flash first - I used PHONE option because the others didn't work (no progress in the message window). This 'faulty' flash came up with a 'UI stopped working error' when the Gear rebooted but I was able to get it into download mode now. I then used Odin 3.09 and the flashed the 4.2.2 as a PIT which worked fine!
Got there after reading through a lot of XDA threads and trying many things. But in the end, the answers were here. Thanks.
PS how I got into the mess (the firmware error message with the yellow triangle)? I was on null 23 and wanted to go back to stock rom so that I could sell the Gear. Couldn't get into download mode for Odin 3.09; I can't exactly remember what I did but I disconnected the gear midway through a seemingly failed flash and it got me to the error. Googling says use Kies but nope, it wouldn't recognise the gear even for the 'emergency firmware'. I tried a lot of things, and wasted a lot of time!
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How did you run it as a PIT? I've been trying for a day now and can't get it to work.

peteamaro86 said:
How did you run it as a PIT? I've been trying for a day now and can't get it to work.
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I just ticked the PIT box and browsed to the ROM file. Using the older Odin, that got me past the error message.
I think there are so many variables, we've probably tried many different combination of things. I'm just describing what worked for me, I can't promise it'll work for anybody else. Just wanted to put it out there so that it may help someone.

This worked for me
youtube{dot}com{slash}watch?v=fS4878klPAQ[ ( i cant post links yet so you will have to fix up the url or youtube search "How to UnBrick Galaxy Gear"
You must down load his rom to start of with after that you should be right to upgrade with Kies to tizen then to tizenmod if wanted or just load Null or what ever but this should unbrick the little [email protected]#$%^&*. Wish you luck

Samsung galaxy s2 error !
Hello, I have this error on my samsung galaxy s2 device; " firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recorvery mode in kies and try again "
I have tried on many version of Odin but nothing works and the samsung software no detect the device.
Thanks for a clear explanation because I'm don't what to do ?
I'm not expert of flash with Odin.
Thanks a lot for your help.
:fingers-crossed:

chobochobo said:
I just ticked the PIT box and browsed to the ROM file. Using the older Odin, that got me past the error message.
I think there are so many variables, we've probably tried many different combination of things. I'm just describing what worked for me, I can't promise it'll work for anybody else. Just wanted to put it out there so that it may help someone.
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That doesn't make any sense. Odin 3.09 asks for either a .pit file or an .xml file if you choose PIT.

How do you perform the null flash twrp? Could you give step by step guide. I got Odin 3 v18 too. firmware ready.

HELP! Firmware Upgrade Encountered an Issue! GT-P3100

I searched most of the web for a week now, trying to figure out how to fix my Tablet on this nightmare.
so before it all began, i left my Tablet charging in midnight, left it in stand-by mode for 12 hours (yes i slept for 12 hours). when i woke up, it was on shutdown mode. i don't know why, i tried opening it, but it was stuck on Samsung Logo for nearly 2 mins. then i tried re-restart it again, and then i was stuck on "Samsung Galaxy tab 2 7.0". I can charge my Tab and it only has 80% battery for some reason. and so i asked someone from Yahoo Ask about how to fix this problem, i couldn't go to Recovery mode or start my tab, but everytime i try, it'll only get stuck at "Samsung Galaxy tab 2 7.0". Now, this guy said i should download a custom os or firmware or smth. (Forgot). and then i downloaded Odin, and a Firmware. for my GT-P3100.
I know i made a mistake, since i wanted to already fix my problem, i went to try anything i didn't actually know of. Now i have a problem, I didn't listen to "Don't turn off target" thing, and i shutdown my tab in the middle of using Odin, since most of the tries failed, Now i got the Firmware upgrade encountered an Issue.
I Tried using Samsung Kies to fix the issue, but it'll only get stuck on Connecting... i tried reinstalling the Drivers but nothing happened, then i uninstalled Kies. and then i download firmwares that might help me with my problem. but most of them failed.
i have 2 Firmware Stock for GT-P3100 Philippines. I really want to get my tab fixed already without a technician repairing it for me. so can you guys help?
I'm about to Download and try Jellybean Firmware, I Don't know anything about this problem nor these firmware. since i couldn't connect to Kies, i only tried fixing it on Odin.
Most of the Firmwares i tried failed. and every time i want to find some thread with the same problem as mine, i couldn't find anything.
i tried everything and it still wont work.
HELP!

._. It happened to me when i deleted System using the recovery mode e.e You should call samsung or buy another tablet ~i have 1 p3100~
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Eddy_0205 said:
._. It happened to me when i deleted System using the recovery mode e.e You should call samsung or buy another tablet ~i have 1 p3100~
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if i ran out of options, i have no choice but to get it fixed by some pro. i don't really know how it happened to my tablet : (

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HELP
Can someone help me, because I have a tab same isseu
I have GT-P3100 SamsungTab 2 (7''). Due to some reason its unable to boot normal and stuck at bootup logo.I try open recovery mode but fail.
I open download mode and try update firmware by ODIN3. But fail as USB and set disconnected in middle. After that phone unable to boot in download or recovery mode and always shows "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies & try again."
I tried again with ODIN but unable to flash firmware. Tried CWM & firmware MD5 files but all fail. On ODIN3 (3.07) it shows success in tool but actually no impact on set. When try with ODIN3 (1.85) it saying fail to write NAND.
Is any way i can correct my Tablet?
Any suggestion will be welcomed.
Thanks in advance
Umamkgf