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[Q] A Noob who needs help fixing his bricked Galaxy S2

Hi all
Im a newbie (and a noob by the looks of it)
Based in the UK and own a S2 which has 02 firmware but is unlocked
Connected to Kies last night to update to ICS
They go and brick my phone
My question?
How do I get my S2 back up and running?
At this point I dont really mind what it is running but would prefer ICS
I have ODIN Downloded but I am not sure how to get the ROMS/Firmware
Unzip/Zip the file
And how to get it on my phone
It currently goes into the boot mode when you hold Vol Down/Power & Home key
When powered on it comes up with load emergency jargon and connect to Kies which I have done numerous times to no avail
Any help would be appreciated ;-)

Rooted?
Is the phone rooted? I've never used odin. I have used Heimdall, which is pretty much the same.

Its not rooted
Just want to get it up and running asap
Any suggestions

Here's links for branded and unbranded official firmwares.
Unbranded firmware
Branded firmware
Those threads very clearly explain what you need to do to flash official firmware using Odin. Once you've done that you should be up and running again and can take it from there.

Thanks ever so much
I have a hour free now so wish me luck ;-)
Will report back and let you know how things went

OK Rather confused
All of the info is posted as you have stated but which one do I need to do?
Their are so many their and I dont get this whole root thing!?Do I need to root first?
Or do I not root as their is no need?

No root required to flash the stock firmware.
Sent from my Incredible using XDA

I've gotten my GT-I9100 bricked.
Had successfully flashed Resurrection Remix ICS v2.1 ROM along with SiyahKernel v3.3.1. Everything was working fine until some suicidal impulse gripped me to format the SD card from the settings.
The phone did so, 'said restarting device', and then only the Galaxy S2 logo would appear followed by a back screen; which would flicker now and then.
It refuses to load into recovery mode; I have yet to administer the jig.
Any suggestions on how I might be able to get the phone to boot into recovery mode would be extremely appreciated.
Thanking you for your time.

*Emergency* Bricked Boot.img

Hi i have an htc one S3 and i wanted to flash the recovery jellybean 4.2.2 Nightly Cm10.1 Rom so i followed this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbRtuE3R1ZA and the part when you flash the boot.img and wipe all the factory my phone stuck at the HTC image that says developer only.. and others words, My question is how can i get my stuck boot i couldnt find any because is hard to find for Movistar in venezuela they didnt release any firmware for this phone, i downloaded a 4.0.3 ICS and take the boot.img and flash it and it says the same thing i have no idea what to do, I ask in other forum and they say that the phone its actually bricked, i think there's something else to do but i dont know what ! Help i dont wanna be 4 months without phone 'cause a friend of mine happened the same and they took his phone for 4 months for tecnique service,Sorry for the english, i dont have any backup of the phone btw

inXavier said:
Hi i have an htc one S3 and i wanted to flash the recovery jellybean 4.2.2 Nightly Cm10.1 Rom so i followed this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbRtuE3R1ZA and the part when you flash the boot.img and wipe all the factory my phone stuck at the HTC image that says developer only.. and others words, My question is how can i get my stuck boot i couldnt find any because is hard to find for Movistar in venezuela they didnt release any firmware for this phone, i downloaded a 4.0.3 ICS and take the boot.img and flash it and it says the same thing i have no idea what to do, I ask in other forum and they say that the phone its actually bricked, i think there's something else to do but i dont know what ! Help i dont wanna be 4 months without phone 'cause a friend of mine happened the same and they took his phone for 4 months for tecnique service,Sorry for the english, i dont have any backup of the phone btw
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It looks like you tried to flash a rom designed for an S4 cpu onto your S3 One S. If this is truly the case, you very well could have bricked your phone permanently. I would look for your RUU here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2140967, and try to relock bootloader, flash stock kernel (pulled from RUU) and returning to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1717650

[Q] Tried to root now stuck in boot loop

PLEASE HELP I DID THIS THE FIRST DAY WITH MY NEW PHONE: crying:
I tried to root accidently used the wrong clockwork mod I used ics instead of jelly bean. when I realized I loaded the right recovery then tried running the SU again. it says it was successful on both recovery's but when I reboot it doesn't pass the root checker. so I thought I should do a factory reset and try again but when I did that I used the jelly bean cwm recovery to wipe all data and reset and it wiped the whole os it seems and I tried loading the stock rom through clockwork but it fails and the android guy has a red caution triangle above him. I tried running the stock rom through the ruu but says my battery isn't charged enough

I must be honest i don't really understand, what you have done...
And if you want help, you should give us information about your phone.
There are 4 different versions from One SV worldwide and we don't know which one you use.

thank you for reading my post
old.splatterhand said:
I must be honest i don't really understand, what you have done...
And if you want help, you should give us information about your phone.
There are 4 different versions from One SV worldwide and we don't know which one you use.
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I have the boost usa phone jellybean brand new please help

Ok, in this case i must give the ball to someone else, because i don't have backup files for boost.
But maybe @Modding.MyMind can help you out.

Rooted my Galaxy Grand Quattro using Kingo. Now I am stuck on bootloop. Pls help fix

I rooted my phone using Kingo. After that it said it was successful but I got stuck on bootloop. I am new to this and I don't know the procedure on fixing this. Pls help. I don't know the meaning of stock rom, flashing, odin etc so I really need help. Thanks

Sawder said:
I rooted my phone using Kingo. After that it said it was successful but I got stuck on bootloop. I am new to this and I don't know the procedure on fixing this. Pls help. I don't know the meaning of stock rom, flashing, odin etc so I really need help. Thanks
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Dude, When you stuck on Bootloop . There is only one option left to start you device again and that is flashing stock rom. Since you don't know what is Flashing ,Stock rom etc , here is short guide.
*Flashing (like wearing cloths)means that loads a software or rom again.
*Stock rom means that rom which is official made by manufacturer. Like Samsung have touchwiz rom, Htc have sense rom.
*Odin is a software which is use to flashing stock rom of Samsung Galaxy phones.
When you understand this things you're goto this link and start your phone's life again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2433941

[Completed] Galaxy S6 AT&T Custom Binary Blocked by Reactivation lock!!

GUYS!!! SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE!!!! Okay i have a Galaxy S6 version 5.0.2 running AT&T G920AUC1AOE2. i had it rooted with ping pong root and everything was working alright. so i noticed i didnt have a custom recovery and i needed one to install other root items. I decided to try TWRP and followed the instructions from Techno buzz... just google s6 custom recovery and its the first one! and everything seemed to go fine until i tried to rebooted to get into my TWRP. and when i did all i got was a reboot and the normal start up screen that says Custom Binary Blocked by Reactivation Lock on the top left hand corner in red letters!! it doesnt go past here!!! ive had some experience with rooting and things like that but this time i dont know!!! i tried downloading the Stock Rom from an XDA forum but it was the OCE version... not the one im on which is OE2. so when i tried to install it would get stuck on NAND WRITE START!!! on odin!! i also didnt have USB Debugging on but i dont think thats the problem. the drivers are properly installed...i found a stock rom that is OE2 and i will try with that..PLEASE if anyone can help me i would really love your help!!! also please try to contact me at [email protected] PLEASE THIS IS MY LAST HOPE!!!!

Update
Okay so odin isnt gonna work.. so i found out i had a galaxy s2 lying around that wasnt running smoothly and i was trying to use odin to maybe flash a stock onto it. but i remember i had kies. so i went there and went to the firmware install. asked for the model number and it worked, asked for the serial number and it worked, then it downloaded and everything worked. so then with my s6 it isnt supported so i tried smart switch. i went to firmware install. model number was good, but when i type the serial number the whole program closes and i cant do anything. i would try to use odin to mess my phone up and try A emergency recovery but i cant even write with odin. im getting close so any ideas??

Hi there,
You'd be best served asking for help from the experts who own your device here:
AT&T Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
Good luck