[Q] Cyanogen Mod S2 froze

[Rich F]

I have a Galaxy S2 I777 (ATT) that I have had on Cyanogen Mod ROM (which I love) for the last 6 weeks or so. Never had a problem until tonight. I was browsing a site and all of a sudden the phone froze. Nothing would work to unfreeze it. Tried everything I know and eventually took the battery out. Just in case, I replaced it with a fully charged battery.

When I tried to turn it on---nothing. I tried to boot into recovery---nothing.

Anybody have any thoughts???

Thanx in advance Rich:crying:

 

[cyril279]

Have you tried getting into download mode? Once you can't get to recovery, Download mode is the next option, where you'll need to odin back to stock (I suggest UCMD8). There are several methods to get into download mode, I'll comb through a few of creepy's more recent posts to find them...

[...]all of a sudden the phone froze. Nothing would work to unfreeze it. Tried everything I know and eventually took the battery out. Just in case, I replaced it with a fully charged battery.

When I tried to turn it on---nothing. I tried to boot into recovery---nothing.

Anybody have any thoughts???

Thanx in advance Rich:crying:

 

[creepyncrawly]

There are several ways to put the phone into download mode. You should try all of them that you can before you give up.

Recovery mode:

With the phone off (and not connected to the computer), and battery installed, hold all three buttons, vol- vol+ pwr continuously until the initial boot screen appears the second time.

Download mode:

1. With the phone off and connected to the computer via USB cable, and battery installed, hold all three buttons, vol- vol+ pwr.

2. With the phone off and battery installed, hold vol- and vol+ (but not pwr) while plugging in the USB cable.

3. With the phone off and battery installed, hold vol- (but not vol+ or pwr) while plugging in the USB cable.

4. Attempt each of the above three options with the battery removed from the phone. The computer will supply the power to the phone.

5. Use Android Debug Bridge (adb) which will only work if USB debugging has been already turned on in Developer Options, since you can't boot into the system to turn it on. With the battery installed and the phone connected to the pc via USB cable, use the command "adb reboot download".

6. Use a USB jig. With the battery installed insert the USB jig into the USB connector of the phone. Some have reported that this method works when no other method would work.

 

[Rich F]

Thanx

I tried all of your suggestions except the USB jig. Don't have one; don't even know what one is. Unfortunately, none of them worked. But, I really appreciate your taking the time to respond

There are several ways to put the phone into download mode. You should try all of them that you can before you give up.

Recovery mode:

With the phone off (and not connected to the computer), and battery installed, hold all three buttons, vol- vol+ pwr continuously until the initial boot screen appears the second time.

Download mode:

1. With the phone off and connected to the computer via USB cable, and battery installed, hold all three buttons, vol- vol+ pwr.

2. With the phone off and battery installed, hold vol- and vol+ (but not pwr) while plugging in the USB cable.

3. With the phone off and battery installed, hold vol- (but not vol+ or pwr) while plugging in the USB cable.

4. Attempt each of the above three options with the battery removed from the phone. The computer will supply the power to the phone.

5. Use Android Debug Bridge (adb) which will only work if USB debugging has been already turned on in Developer Options, since you can't boot into the system to turn it on. With the battery installed and the phone connected to the pc via USB cable, use the command "adb reboot download".

6. Use a USB jig. With the battery installed insert the USB jig into the USB connector of the phone. Some have reported that this method works when no other method would work.

 

[ccalvet]

I tried all of your suggestions except the USB jig. Don't have one; don't even know what one is. Unfortunately, none of them worked. But, I really appreciate your taking the time to respond

This seeming problem with motherboard,