At wits end with Galaxy SII flashing..

[ironass]

I would suggest flashing a stock Gingerbread kernel, if that was the last firmware you installed successfully, that matches the firmware. You can get this from the Intratech link you referred to earlier. I'm trying to match your kernel to your firmware.

 

[Tezcatlipoca84]

I'll try one more time after I grab the stock Gingerbread kernel. Hopefully it'll work, but if not, that cable is on the way anyway just in case it's these unofficial ones that are causing the detection problems.

 

[Tezcatlipoca84]

Nope, nothing. I've tried the kernels in this thread. Only two are available anyway on the AndroidFirmwares site and both still produce the same unsuccessful results.

I'll try this stuff again next week. For now, I'll have to reacquaint myself with Nokia and a very old iPod shuffle to replace at least some of the features! =P

 

[Logan47]

Might be worth a look here also, though you seem to have covered many steps;
[GUIDE] Fix an unflashable or soft bricked GSII (I9100G/M/P/T VERSION INCLUDED) - xda-developers

 

[Tezcatlipoca84]

That's actually one of the many guides I've used already, to no avail. =( Thank you for trying to help, though!

 

[Logan47]

Seems you've covered all the options. If you're having charging/USB cable issue then you've done the right thing buying a new cable. Hope that gets things going for you.

 

[dreadpiratedan]

Hello, just registered to guide you to this page, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1615058
Siyah kernel 3.1RC6 and BRICKED GALAXY S2 - xda-developers

There was a bug in an older siyah kernel, one which after doing a wipe on that kernel caused the emmc data to become corrupted. I was reading the thread for a while.

Check your downloads folder and see if you still have the zip file to see which version you were on.

If you read the thread, it goes on to say that several people tried getting their phones repaired via jtag flashing, yet that wouldn't even recover it. The only way to fix it was PCB/motherboard replacement.

Otherwise selling it on ebay as a bricked/broken/parts only phone should get a decent amount of cash to put towards a replacement.

I hope for your sake this isn't the case and you can fix it be other means

Also, don't worry about the cable not being an "official" one. As long as it has no damage, it would be fine. All the connections and wiring is identical, from a HTC, to motorola, samsung or even a cheap 99c ebay one straight from china.

Your best bet would be trying a completely different PC to do the flashing on. And make sure odin is run as admin.