trying to root a friends gs2 i777 and after using odin to run the tar file, it started to reboot and has been stuck on the samsung logo for about 30 minutes now. i was just told that he is still on froyo so i think that had something to do with it but he is no longer using an at&t sim card so it wouldnt let him upgrade to 2.3 over the air. but i am stuck at the logo screen and tried to reboot back into stock recovery and it gets stuck at the logo still. please someone help
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I'm pretty sure the i777 never had froyo... Have you researched this issue?
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Yeah been using Google like a fiend. And I live no where near this guy and its his phone. We are actually at a bar right now so I'm in a big time constraint
Hold both volumes and power button to hard reset and access cwr
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Hold power down and volume down and plug it in for download mode and flash a kernel that can wipe and install.
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Or if at bar.....
Hold all three buttons till Samsung appears and dissapears then let go of all three to get into recovery menu to see if you have a kernel.... then wipe clear data and reflash.
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---------- Post added at 04:43 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:41 AM ----------
Or if at bar.....
Hold all three buttons till Samsung appears and dissapears then let go of all three to get into recovery menu to see if you have a kernel.... then wipe clear data and reflash.
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I think the moral of the story is not to flash ROMs while drinking at a bar.
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Liquors calling the shots now and doing the rooting/flashing Lol!!
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The i777 NEVER had Froyo. It was released with GB 2.3.4. When trying to root "a friends" phone it's best to have read everything and be prepared if things go wrong. Its a hard sell, when you trying to explain why their phone is borked.
Also I find Heimdall a bit easier to use than Odin.Nobody seems to be asking the obvious question: are you positive this is an I777, and not another variant of the S2, like a skyrocket, our even the 1900?
Take out the battery and look at the label under the battery. what model does it say the phone is?
Take out the battery and look at the label under the battery. what model does it say the phone is?
I agree with wgoldfarb, I very nearly did the same thing to my work phone a few months back. It was in a ballistic case, and I couldn't tell the difference until I opened it and held it side by side with my i777,but it turned out it was an older infuse. $20 says that if he's positive he had froyo, it's the same situation.
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Sure sounds like an Infuse... I had one of those...yuck
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Sorry, but drunk posting from a bar about trying to root a phone, but not being sure what phone it is (again, it never had 2.2...), has no place on this forum..
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