[Q] Cannot access Phiz recovery

szilagyiszabi81 · Feb 12, 2014

Hello!

I have an i9100 that was rooted but collapsed with a custom rom.

I wanted to reflash the stock rom via Odin (XXLSJ). It worked but I was stuck with a boot loop.

I flashed a matching Philz recovery cwm6-xxlsj-oxx.4.31 via Odin but I cannot access it by pressing volume up + home + power button.

As a matter of fact I tried to flash other cwm versions and non of them would start by using the buttons...

I spent a lot of time looking for answer but haven't found any. I also tried to flash other custom roms via Odin but none of these work.

I would appreciate help a lot! I rooted some phones already but a detailed instruction would be preferable.

Thanks once again!

MistahBungle · Feb 12, 2014

Find Hopper8's 'Odin troubleshooting' guide stickied in the General section. Download the 3 part stock firmware linked in the thread, flash with Odin (this will wipe your phone). If you have problems with the flash, do the stuff suggested in the thread until you get a successful one. This will give you a 'clean slate'.

From there, you can re-root your thread & flash a custom rom/whatever. How ? Search. 'How to root' has been asked/answered thousands of times here over the past two years; one hint I'm giving you: Thread stickied near top of Q&A has simple root method (others in guides/tutorials stickied near top of General section). So far as flashing a given rom is concerned, flashing instructions are always on the first page of the thread devoted to the rom, and are clear/concise 99.9% of the time.

Best bit of advice I can give you - don't do anything to your phone until you understand what you're doing. Not doing so leads to busted phones. Take your time.

szilagyiszabi81 · Feb 12, 2014

MistahBungle said:
Find Hopper8's 'Odin troubleshooting' guide stickied in the General section. Download the 3 part stock firmware linked in the thread, flash with Odin (this will wipe your phone). If you have problems with the flash, do the stuff suggested in the thread until you get a successful one. This will give you a 'clean slate'.

From there, you can re-root your thread & flash a custom rom/whatever. How ? Search. 'How to root' has been asked/answered thousands of times here over the past two years; one hint I'm giving you: Thread stickied near top of Q&A has simple root method (others in guides/tutorials stickied near top of General section). So far as flashing a given rom is concerned, flashing instructions are always on the first page of the thread devoted to the rom, and are clear/concise 99.9% of the time.

Best bit of advice I can give you - don't do anything to your phone until you understand what you're doing. Not doing so leads to busted phones. Take your time.

Thank you for the answer. However, I tried those.

I don't have any problem with the flashing of that ROM, it just wouldn't start. It is boot-looping.

I can flash the Siyah kernel via Odin, but I cannot enter CWM after that so I cannot perform that procedure.

TheImpossibleEnemy · Feb 12, 2014

Try this
Take out battery,hold vol up + home + power and put the battery back without releasing the buttons.

szilagyiszabi81 · Feb 12, 2014

TheImpossibleEnemy said:
Try this
Take out battery,hold vol up + home + power and put the battery back without releasing the buttons.

Sorry, does not work.

TheImpossibleEnemy · Feb 12, 2014

kinda silly question

did you hold them for at least 3 sec?

szilagyiszabi81 · Feb 12, 2014

TheImpossibleEnemy said:
kinda silly question

did you hold them for at least 3 sec?

Of course.

I read now that maybe I need to reflash the bootloader file.

TheImpossibleEnemy · Feb 12, 2014

just checked

latest philz for xxlsj is 4.35

szilagyiszabi81 · Feb 12, 2014

TheImpossibleEnemy said:
just checked

latest philz for xxlsj is 4.35

Flashed it via Odin but still cannot enter recovery by Vol Up + Home + Power.

Stuck with a bootloop with yellow triangle...

TheImpossibleEnemy · Feb 12, 2014

szilagyiszabi81 said:
Flashed it via Odin but still cannot enter recovery by Vol Up + Home + Power.

Stuck with a bootloop with yellow triangle...

Idk,maybe try dorimanx 8.43.Or other stock firmware like xwms3

szilagyiszabi81 · Feb 13, 2014

TheImpossibleEnemy said:
Idk,maybe try dorimanx 8.43.Or other stock firmware like xwms3

So now I am back on XXKH3. It would not start but I managed to root it like this:

http://www.theandroidsoul.com/how-to-root-xxkh3-firmware-on-galaxy-s2-i9100-guide/

Now there is CWM but it says it cannot mount cache or sd card or nothing.

What can I do?

TheImpossibleEnemy · Feb 13, 2014

what are you trying to do?

You can try to format the internal sd card with a pc while booted to cwm.Backup all files important to you before formatting!

connect to a pc,in cwm mount usb storage and format.

szilagyiszabi81 · Feb 14, 2014

TheImpossibleEnemy said:
what are you trying to do?

You can try to format the internal sd card with a pc while booted to cwm.Backup all files important to you before formatting!

connect to a pc,in cwm mount usb storage and format.

So, now I have Dorimanx recovery. I can access it occasionnally.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2058683&highlight=pit

I checked the memory but it is okay.

I tried to format the internal memory but I could not do that nor via pc, neither via CWM.

That should be the solution I guess because anytime I want to install a new custom rom via CWM, there is an error message.

Any suggestion for this?

I would want to install any custom rom and use my phone. That is the goal.

szilagyiszabi81 · Feb 14, 2014

So, I get these messages:

can't copy meta-inf/com/google/android/update-binary

I wanted to run CWM-SuperSU-v0.99 but I get the same that 'Read-only file system'.

What now?

TheImpossibleEnemy · Feb 14, 2014

copy the rom you want to flash to the external sd card and try to flash.

Also if that fails,try booting without external sd,maybe it's causing problems.

szilagyiszabi81 · Feb 15, 2014

TheImpossibleEnemy said:
copy the rom you want to flash to the external sd card and try to flash.

Also if that fails,try booting without external sd,maybe it's causing problems.

I figured I should try to reflash a stock rom, then DorimanX 8.43, then CWM-SuperSU and then flash a new rom.

I hope this will work because my inetrnal memory cannot be accessed from the mount USB storage mode in CWM

Sent from my LG-D802 using xda app-developers app

TheImpossibleEnemy · Feb 15, 2014

szilagyiszabi81 said:
I figured I should try to reflash a stock rom, then DorimanX 8.43, then CWM-SuperSU and then flash a new rom.

I hope this will work because my inetrnal memory cannot be accessed from the mount USB storage mode in CWM

Sent from my LG-D802 using xda app-developers app

You don't need to flash cwm supersu because dorimanx kernel is already pre-rooted.

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