Straight Talk SGS2- SGH-S959G

cssr

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My old phone when it was stock would randomly reboot into download mode about once a month. Shut it down remove the battery for a little bit, reboot and it would boot normally. That's part of why I went to a custom ROM I expected it to stop working.
 
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woodsninja

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Hey guys, I caught a virus that gives you an "about:blank" when going to browser and now seems to have messed with my data connection causing my data speeds to be in single digit kps. All anti virus and malware apps I have downloaded fail to find problem. Any ideas? Please.

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mr-cook

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Hey guys, I caught a virus that gives you an "about:blank" when going to browser and now seems to have messed with my data connection causing my data speeds to be in single digit kps. All anti virus and malware apps I have downloaded fail to find problem. Any ideas? Please.

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Wipe. Clean install/ or restore a backup from before the issue started.

I would bet it's an app. Have you installed any apps that weren't from the play store? Or any new apps, just because there in the play store doesn't mean they're clean.
 

woodsninja

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Probably from a non market app. Cant restore from back up. No recovery for this device. Wasnt even rooted before I caught this. Tried factory data reset both thru the settings menu and the stock 3e recovery. Didnt fix the issue.
The reason im asking this question here is because you guys are the ones im used to talking to when I had the S2 and you all have always been very helpful and havent steered me wrong yet. Mad Props guys.

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razen_kain

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Hey guys, I caught a virus that gives you an "about:blank" when going to browser and now seems to have messed with my data connection causing my data speeds to be in single digit kps. All anti virus and malware apps I have downloaded fail to find problem. Any ideas? Please.

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Sounds like you've been throttled
 

woodsninja

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I have a recovery that was built for me but it is untested and im not sure if I have a locked boot loader or not. If I push the recovey thru adb and my device bricks is there a way to recover?

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TheGeekyNimrod

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I have a recovery that was built for me but it is untested and im not sure if I have a locked boot loader or not. If I push the recovey thru adb and my device bricks is there a way to recover?

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I would suggest getting it in a tar.md5 type file and pushing it through Odin.

As long as you can get into download mode, then 99% of the time the phone can be recovered through Odin.

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woodsninja

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I dont think I can use Odin. I have an Alcatel device w/ a qualcomm Snapdragon dual processor. Stated that way because some Alcatels are MTK devices. Any one know the proper flashing tool for (Alcatel A851L Sonic LTE-StraightTalk)?
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TheGeekyNimrod

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I dont think I can use Odin. I have an Alcatel device w/ a qualcomm Snapdragon dual processor. Stated that way because some Alcatels are MTK devices. Any one know the proper flashing tool for (Alcatel A851L Sonic LTE-StraightTalk)?
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I don't know how I didn't catch that earlier lol. My blunder.

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Phreshlatinstyle

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please help

i have this device for some time now.
i think it is bricked. i can get into download mode and have the files for odin
but i do not have the drivers for this. samsung support does not have it and ive searched the threads and online.
does anyone have the usb drivers for this device on hand that they can send me?
please
 

rogersb11

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i have this device for some time now.
i think it is bricked. i can get into download mode and have the files for odin
but i do not have the drivers for this. samsung support does not have it and ive searched the threads and online.
does anyone have the usb drivers for this device on hand that they can send me?
please
Samsung universal mobile drivers will do. If it still isn't working then your charging port may be half bad. Mine used to charge but couldn't connect to pc and was because my port went bad
 

david72262

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i have this device for some time now.
i think it is bricked. i can get into download mode and have the files for odin
but i do not have the drivers for this. samsung support does not have it and ive searched the threads and online.
does anyone have the usb drivers for this device on hand that they can send me?
please
I got them on one of my backup hard drives somewhere I'll dig them up in the am if you haven't got them sooner. You could still download them from samsung 6 months ago or so.
Edit
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SGH-I777ZKAATT these will work
 
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Phreshlatinstyle

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I downloaded the universal one from the s3 thread.
I am stuck on the connect to recovery through kies screen
I can still get into download mode and I have decided to try and bring this back from the dead
Hopefully I can thanks
Also if you do happen to have the driver exe filei would appreciate it so much

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david72262

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I downloaded the universal one from the s3 thread.
I am stuck on the connect to recovery through kies screen
I can still get into download mode and I have decided to try and bring this back from the dead
Hopefully I can thanks
Also if you do happen to have the driver exe filei would appreciate it so much

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Forget kies follow instructions in op (1st post of this thread)for Odin return to stock. I edited my last post for driver link.
 
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