Phone died, Want to Sell. Personal files?

[buyslake]

Hello,

I have a Samsung Galaxy S II AT&T. It is unlocked, rooted and custom rom flashed. I used it for a few months then it starting just shutting off. It rebooted the first time or two it happened but then it refused the boot the 3rd time it turned off. I have tried numerous new batteries, soft/hard reboots. I tried holding in the up/down volume with power button to try to get into recovery but now nothing works.

I would like to sell the phone on Ebay for parts but I had personal information file and photos on the phone.

Any suggestions on how to remove personal files on this phone? I am concerned that if I sell it and a technician buys it and gets it running that they will find my credit info. etc. .

Or do I just break it further and through it away? I am undecided on what to do with this phone.

I purchased another phone for a girlfriend and now she claims that phone will not boot up either so I may have two phones with the same problem.

Please advise.

 

[122ninjas]

Take out battery hold both volume plug usb into phone and computer and see if download mode works

Sent from my GS4 running CM11 Kandy Kane

 

[4-2ndtwin]

^
What he said.

And if u get another phone...don't let the girlfriend touch it. :beer:

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using xda premium

 

[buyslake]

It tried to start, it is stuck on the Samsung Galaxy S II screen

 

[Eternalty]

I tried that, the phone refuses to do anything.

Tried a jig? If it doesn't even go to download mode that's not a good sign

 

[buyslake]

When I hold down the both volume up/down and the power button it goes to a screen called.

Warning!!

A custom OS can cause critical problems in phone and installed applications.
If you want to download a custom OS, press the volume up key.
Otherwise, press the volume down key to cancel.

Nether option starts the phone.

Before I had a problem with the phone it would go to clockwork recovery.

I would like to go to clock work recovery and try flashing a new rom.

but I can't get there.

Any ideas to get this phone fixed?

 

[122ninjas]

When I hold down the both volume up/down and the power button it goes to a screen called.

Warning!!

A custom OS can cause critical problems in phone and installed applications.
If you want to download a custom OS, press the volume up key.
Otherwise, press the volume down key to cancel.

Nether option starts the phone.

Before I had a problem with the phone it would go to clockwork recovery.

I would like to go to clock work recovery and try flashing a new rom.

but I can't get there.

Any ideas to get this phone fixed?

That is download mode. That is exactly what you want. Go to the stickies and read the back to stock thread and follow the directions. Then you can boot the phone and finally get your data off and erased or you can keep the phone.

 

[buyslake]

It went to download mode. What do I do from there?

 

[122ninjas]

it went to download mode. What do i do from there?

read the stickies

 

[j510]

It went to download mode. What do I do from there?

Like everyone said read stickies. But im sure your phone should be ok.

 

[Phalanx7621]

Also you could try adb to get into recovery.

 

[wildiin]

It went to download mode. What do I do from there?

read stickies

 

[poooolbachhan]

When I hold down the both volume up/down and the power button it goes to a screen called.

Warning!!

A custom OS can cause critical problems in phone and installed applications.
If you want to download a custom OS, press the volume up key.
Otherwise, press the volume down key to cancel.

Nether option starts the phone.

Before I had a problem with the phone it would go to clockwork recovery.

I would like to go to clock work recovery and try flashing a new rom.

but I can't get there.

Any ideas to get this phone fixed?

u can still get into download mode, thats a good sign. that means its not bricked YET.
remember, as somebody said before "a brick is a brick" . no sign of life what so ever. try this webpage and follow the directions for getting "back to stock". http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1511838
from my understanding, u have just landed on xda. i would suggest u get somebody's help who knows stuff better than u before u brick ur phone. remember every random thing u flash would take you closer to brick. i had been through this hell.....and somehow managed to get out...lol
good luck
by the way, i tried a lot of things to get it going including flashing a stock rom. nothing worked when i flashed a kernel "for i777 "(ics/jb depending on the rom before u went into trouble) and it was back to life.....as simple as that