Hey guys
just got my sgs2 on monday, flashed it with generic firmware before i read anything about optus not releasing the firmware. i have issues with my screen being blurry, blue hue etc and i wish to take the phone back
so im wondering if anyone made a back up of their optus firmware
if so can i please get a copy, i had ke7 on mine but any optus will do
ive ordered myself a jig to remove binary code counter
also im sure there is a guide but i cant seem to find it, on how to restore from a nandroid backup and then remove root so its completely stock again
can someone please point me in the right direction
this screen issue is really buggin me enough to return it or sell it and buy a htc sensation
supposedly optus havent heard of any screen issue with sgs2 until i called them
hope someone can help
cheers
so im wondering if anyone made a back up of their optus firmware
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7NEQO96U
Somebody was kind enough to post this on Whirlpool forums I have not had a need to use it yet, so good luck with it.
Cheers
thanks heaps mate
now... how to get it back on there
Sweet, an optus rom
Been looking for AGES for this!!!
Now, the question, am I correct in assuming this is a complete package? If so, will an odin flash, plus a hit with the USB Jig, be all that I need to get this back to stock?
i think it must be restored with cwm but im not 100% sure on that
im goin to look for a guide
got to go out now so ill check back later
unless someone can give us a link now that would be fantastic
ya this is for cwm
ravian29 said:
ya this is for cwm
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do u know how to restore to this?
then remove cwm and root?
gtda said:
do u know how to restore to this?
then remove cwm and root?
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ya you then have to unroot it using odin or 1 click root/unroot, and reset counter using usb jig
do you want to restore it ? ya i know how to restore using cwm
yeh i want to restore it now
do i copy the optusrom.zip file to my phone?
or do i extract it?
what cwm do i use, from recovery or from app?
please give instructions
gtda said:
yeh i want to restore it now
do i copy the optusrom.zip file to my phone?
or do i extract it?
what cwm do i use, from recovery or from app?
please give instructions
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1. ok first of all download and flash this kernal
http://www.filesonic.com/file/1226649534/CF-Root-SGS2_XW_OJV_KF1-v4.0-CWM4.zip
2. it will install CWM manager in your device open it and backup your device
3. connect your device to pc/ mac and goto phone memory and then
clockworkmod > backup > (extract your optus rom and )put it there
4. in CEM press restore, it will show you (your backup) and optus backup rom, press OPTUS one and it will restore and restart, now you would have optus rom
5. check optus things (is these there as they came with new phone)
6. download s1 root/ unroot from this link
http://www.inspiredgeek.com/2011/06/16/one-click-root-and-unroot-for-samsung-galaxy-s2-sii/
7. unroot your phone, (may be you will also need to restore original kernal but not sure about it - give it a try and see if there is a yellow triangle when you restart your phone then you will need to flash stock kernal, let me know if there is yellow triangle up on restart, i will then tell you to flash stock kernal if you do not know how to flash it ) now you need to reset counter
8. buy usb jig from ebay, here is a link
http://shop.ebay.com.au/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m570.l1313&_nkw=usb+jig&_sacat=See-All-Categories
9. reset it and you are on stock
if there is anything new please let me know this will help you both and many others to learn new things
just tried and it didnt work
the optus rom doesnt have boot.img
where as the back up i just made does
in recovery it starts the restore but reboots when checking for md5
anything im missing?
gtda said:
just tried and it didnt work
the optus rom doesnt have boot.img
where as the back up i just made does
in recovery it starts the restore but reboots when checking for md5
anything im missing?
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oops, thats strange.... i do not know why this is because i did not try to restore it, may be the backup is corrupt or thing like that
i also have rom manager installed, could it be coz of that?
gtda said:
i also have rom manager installed, could it be coz of that?
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not sure, you can try it by deleting or also by coping optus rom using external sd card if you have one
its because the optus rom is missing a boot.img file
(error while flashing boot image)
i just tried a manual restore from inside recovery
will the boot.img from my latest rom work?
gtda said:
its because the optus rom is missing a boot.img file
(error while flashing boot image)
i just tried a manual restore from inside recovery
will the boot.img from my latest rom work?
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optus have the different boot image, mean when you start your phone it shows optus on screen but default just show "S"
ravian29 said:
optus have the different boot image, mean when you start your phone it shows optus on screen but default just show "S"
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that sucks
one file away from getting optus back on
anyone else make an optus rom
gtda said:
that sucks
one file away from getting optus back on
anyone else make an optus rom
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i wish i had all this knowledge before, then i could provide you complete rom
all good mate, uve been a massive help so far
i at least now have instructions on how to get it back
i keep checking samfirmware site and its currently not loading on my computer
fingers crossed some new firmware fixing "colour banding, blue hue, yellow tint etc" will be released and then i might actually enjoy my phone
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Hi, I have a carrier (3UK) branded SGS2, and have been running MIUI for a little while
I decided to go back to stock, so used ODIN + files from this thread.
However, once ODIN has done it's thing, update continues on the phone. It reports that it couldn't access /system/csc/KOR/system, but that CSC has been installed.
However, there is no signal, no network available all I have is 'emergency calls only', whereas before I had pretty good signal, and I've not changed location.
I'd check what the current CSC is with *#1234#, but it seems that that rom is broken. FCs for com.android.acore, among others including google services, and as a result the dialer won't open, and others from the same list create a lovely bootloop.
Where can I get a working, stock rom, with the connectivity for my carrier?
How do I solve my issues?
P.S. - Yes I have seen a psychatrist. He got bored
1st check your imei number, is that 00499901064000 or still orignal imei??
press *#06# to know imei
Go to settings > about phone > Status
Check your IMEI/Wi-Fi MAC/etc
If its not there, your EFS it toasted and I hope you have a backup.
rahulcool said:
1st check your imei number, is that 00499901064000 or still orignal imei??
press *#06# to know imei
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That's what it says as IMEI
ozzy441 said:
That's what it says as IMEI
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Have you done a EFS backup?
Check in your internal sd card for something like efs.autobackup.img to see if its been auto backed up.
veyka said:
Have you done a EFS backup?
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And that would be what, exactly?
I always take care to back-up regularly through Titanium, MIUI's built in recovery and using CWM
ozzy441 said:
Hi, I have a carrier (3UK) branded SGS2, and have been running MIUI for a little while
I decided to go back to stock, so used ODIN + files from this thread.
However, once ODIN has done it's thing, update continues on the phone. It reports that it couldn't access /system/csc/KOR/system, but that CSC has been installed.
However, there is no signal, no network available all I have is 'emergency calls only', whereas before I had pretty good signal, and I've not changed location.
I'd check what the current CSC is with *#1234#, but it seems that that rom is broken. FCs for com.android.acore, among others including google services, and as a result the dialer won't open, and others from the same list create a lovely bootloop.
Where can I get a working, stock rom, with the connectivity for my carrier?
How do I solve my issues?
P.S. - Yes I have seen a psychatrist. He got bored
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I had the same ROM and i have the 3UK branded SGS2 too. MIUI is too buggy to be honest. I had the same issue with signal. Only got 1 bar then 'Emergency Calls Only'. 3UK works best with XXKPA modem. Currently, i have WanamLite, always get full bars
Try it
i360* said:
I had the same ROM and i have the 3UK branded SGS2 too. MIUI is too buggy to be honest. I had the same issue with signal. Only got 1 bar then 'Emergency Calls Only'. 3UK works best with XXKPA modem. Currently, i have WanamLite, always get full bars
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As i said, everything was fine under miui, it's only coming back to stock that this has reared its ugly head.
ozzy441 said:
And that would be what, exactly?
I always take care to back-up regularly through Titanium, MIUI's built in recovery and using CWM
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This thread has a section on the EFS
ozzy441 said:
As i said, everything was fine under miui, it's only coming back to stock that this has reared its ugly head.
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Has your IMEI gone then?
It happens randomly, I have had it happen to me, out of nowhere.
veyka said:
Check in your internal sd card for something like efs.autobackup.img to see if its been auto backed up.
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Can't find anything of the sort...
veyka said:
Has your IMEI gone then?
It happens randomly, I have had it happen to me, out of nowhere.
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It's not gone, but it is that IMEI posted above, 00499901064000
[ROM]{CWM}İCS REMİX ROM V6.0 XXKPA 4.0.3 ALL APPS FİXED resurrection
Hi there, i just have a quick question, pretty easy but im too dumb to get through it .. I just flashed Ultra ICS 1.2 from westcrip but it doesnt really work for me (phone and sms doesnt work, i get a message that its stopped and when i try to click on it on the homescreen it says that the app?! is not installed). Well .. the plan was before that i get the v0.5 from westcrip but i installed Ultra ics cause I just had to flash a zip .. now the main problem.
When im installing it like its said on the site ill get an error. Because: my cwm says that i cant restore tar files. But its said that i should unrar the rar and restore the stuff like a backup.. I just googled and its said that tar files need to be installed by odin. But theres no single comment in the thread that says that i need odin?! what do i have to do to get it working with the md5+img+tar files (!). (My normal cwm backup just has the md5 and img files)
Please help me
Thanx
ozzy441 said:
It's not gone, but it is that IMEI posted above, 00499901064000
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You have been reverted to the generic IMEI, which means the phone wont work properly, and as you don't have a backup of the IMEI you are a bit out of luck.
Your best bet is to flash to stock, reset flash counter, and get it fixed under warranty, say it happened during a KIES update.
mugen1922 said:
Hi there, i just have a quick question, pretty easy but im too dumb to get through it .. I just flashed Ultra ICS 1.2 from westcrip but it doesnt really work for me (phone and sms doesnt work, i get a message that its stopped and when i try to click on it on the homescreen it says that the app?! is not installed). Well .. the plan was before that i get the v0.5 from westcrip but i installed Ultra ics cause I just had to flash a zip .. now the main problem.
When im installing it like its said on the site ill get an error. Because: my cwm says that i cant restore tar files. But its said that i should unrar the rar and restore the stuff like a backup.. I just googled and its said that tar files need to be installed by odin. But theres no single comment in the thread that says that i need odin?! what do i have to do to get it working with the md5+img+tar files (!). (My normal cwm backup just has the md5 and img files)
Please help me
Thanx
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Way to hijack a thread.
To my personal knowledge, though, that is correct. Updates contained in .zips can be flashed in recovery, but tarballs (.tar, .tar.md5) need to be flashed using Odin.
However, to help you out, it would be better to know which phone you're talking about for a start (I'm taking it its SGS2) and which thread you're talking about. Post a new [Q] thread with all info and I'll try and help as I can.
veyka said:
You have been reverted to the generic IMEI, which means the phone wont work properly, and as you don't have a backup of the IMEI you are a bit out of luck.
Your best bet is to flash to stock, reset flash counter, and get it fixed under warranty, say it happened during a KIES update.
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EUGH. I feared you were going to say that. I have no idea how to do that, but I'll look it up I guess.
Thanks for all the help anyway. =]
It's about this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436854 , and ye its about the S2. Im not a total newb, got an hp touchpad and working on it since the cyano release. But im rlly not getting through it :/ and like nobody has the same problem
Cool, well like I said, Post it up as a new [Q] thread, then you title it to your specific enquiry, and maybe if it turns out I can't help, then its still open for other people to help out, as I think were probably the only 2 left monitoring this thread now.
ozzy441 said:
EUGH. I feared you were going to say that. I have no idea how to do that, but I'll look it up I guess.
Thanks for all the help anyway. =]
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1) from this thread download, your stock rom and the old bootloaders. (carrier branded roms are in another thread linked from that one)
2) flash old bootloaders
3) use USB jig to wipe the download counter
4) flash your stock rom
5) flash the new bootloaders if your stock firmware is UHKI1 or newer
That should make your phone look stock
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mugen1922 said:
Hi there, i just have a quick question, pretty easy but im too dumb to get through it .. I just flashed Ultra ICS 1.2 from westcrip but it doesnt really work for me (phone and sms doesnt work, i get a message that its stopped and when i try to click on it on the homescreen it says that the app?! is not installed). Well .. the plan was before that i get the v0.5 from westcrip but i installed Ultra ics cause I just had to flash a zip .. now the main problem.
When im installing it like its said on the site ill get an error. Because: my cwm says that i cant restore tar files. But its said that i should unrar the rar and restore the stuff like a backup.. I just googled and its said that tar files need to be installed by odin. But theres no single comment in the thread that says that i need odin?! what do i have to do to get it working with the md5+img+tar files (!). (My normal cwm backup just has the md5 and img files)
Please help me
Thanx
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mugen1922 said:
It's about this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436854 , and ye its about the S2. Im not a total newb, got an hp touchpad and working on it since the cyano release. But im rlly not getting through it :/ and like nobody has the same problem
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Make your own thread and try to be totally clear what your problem is, as I am unable to work out what is wrong/what you are trying todo, and even what rom you are on.
Use bullet points.
lets try this one:
wanna install : resurrection v6.0 based on XXKPA OFFİCİAL İCS from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436854
problem:
after extract and steps i followed :
"Download the cwm backup
Put it on your internal SD Card . example phone/internal sd/clockworkmode/backup ( NOT EXTERNAL SD CARD )
Enter Recovery
Wipe Everything
select restore and backup
Select restore from internal sd card ( NOT EXTERNAL SD CARD
After install finished
reboot the device
Enjoy!"
I get the problem that on the cwm backup are "tar" files which i cant install with my cwm.. its a cache.ext4.tar, data.ext4.tar,system.ext4.tar,nandroid.md5, boot img in the rar. my normal backups just have img files ... guess its not that hard to answer, pretty much a standard question but i dont find anything in the forums and im not able to post in the thread itself cause i have below 10 posts or stuff like that. (Posted in this thread cause tar files are normally used by odin..)
thanx
veyka said:
1) from this thread download, your stock rom and the old bootloaders. (carrier branded roms are in another thread linked from that one)
2) flash old bootloaders
3) use USB jig to wipe the download counter
4) flash your stock rom
5) flash the new bootloaders if your stock firmware is UHKI1 or newer
That should make your phone look stock
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Thanks again man, just ordered a jig. Damn Samsung, it was so easy to return to stock when I had a Desire
Hello,
I want to go back to gingerbread from resurrection v7.4 ics rom.
I made a backup before i flashed the rom, via CWM, do i just wipe everything and flash the backup? or any extra steps?
also now i cannot load files into my phone, i turned on usb debugging and can access files but when i try to copy a file into the phone it says "can not copy items" "the device either stopped working or has been disconnected"
Help please, many thanks.
To restore you dont have to wipe anything.Use CWM app or boot to recovery and restore.After that Id wipe cache pratition and dalvik cache just in case.Factory reset may be a good idea seeing as your coming back from ICS but thats your choice.After that see how mass storage is.Ive read a few threads about people having trouble getting back from ICS.Hope it all goes well.
cooza said:
To restore you dont have to wipe anything.Use CWM app or boot to recovery and restore.After that Id wipe cache pratition and dalvik cache just in case.Factory reset may be a good idea seeing as your coming back from ICS but thats your choice.After that see how mass storage is.Ive read a few threads about people having trouble getting back from ICS.Hope it all goes well.
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Thanks Cooza,
but i think i made a stupid mistake, im getting an MD5 mismatch when i try to restore, im searching for the reason, im not sure its true but i think its because i renamed the backup folder from its original date/time to a name i gave it. does that cause MD5 mismatch?
the rest of my backups are with ICS not Gingerbread . is there another way to go back to my version ( i dont mind reformatting the whole phone if i have to)
my former gingerbread Version was
Baseband: XXKI4
Kernel: JPKJ2
android 2.3.5
Flash stock rom then CF root with the exact same CWM kernel you used to backup .
jje
flash via odin the stock rom and custom kernel if you want to have root
otherwise just flash the stock rom, id suggest the original android dev subforum
Ive read that you shouldnt change the name of a nandroid backup but I dont know if that could be the problem.You could Flash the old bootloader and try the nandroid but I dought now that it would work so the best is to flash a custom ROM as the other posters have been advising although like I said ealier Ive read alot of threads with people having this problem of coming back to Gingerbread from ICS.Thats the risk of flashing a test ROM as no ICS ROM is full complete yet.Dont worry mate,theres still hope
ab.riyami said:
Thanks Cooza,
but i think i made a stupid mistake, im getting an MD5 mismatch when i try to restore, im searching for the reason, im not sure its true but i think its because i renamed the backup folder from its original date/time to a name i gave it. does that cause MD5 mismatch?
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Renaming it will cause a mismatch, if you can't recall the original name, don't worry. You can use Advanced Restore from recovery to restore the b/u.
Thanks guys,
Ill be honest, the only time i flashed my phone was when Cf-rooting then i downloaded the .zip files for resurrection ics and it was easy cuz done via CWM.
so ive never flashed a rom on my fone using odin, i fell intimidated i bit, dont know the difference in flashing a rom and a kernel (i know what they are but donno how to flash individually)
anyways i went to sammobile.com, downloading the stock firmware now.
by searching online i now think the zip file from sammobile will have some files and i gotta load the files provided in their proper places (dont know if .pit file will be provided with it, nor if i need to load .pit)
please tell me if what ive mentioned above is correct, sorry for the noob questions but i just dont wanna screw up.
after all of that ill then back up properly and try some gingerbread roms and kernels. but i just wanna get it back to the original first to be safe, dont know if i can just flash gingerbread roms and kernels with my ics phone.
ab.riyami said:
also now i cannot load files into my phone, i turned on usb debugging and can access files but when i try to copy a file into the phone it says "can not copy items" "the device either stopped working or has been disconnected"
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adb push, or Droid Explorer, or QTAdb, et al, will allow you to get those files to your phone.
mudferret said:
Renaming it will cause a mismatch, if you can't recall the original name, don't worry. You can use Advanced Restore from recovery to restore the b/u.
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Thanks mate,
Tried Advance restore option, it said "no file found"
I went back myself from ics to a stock ROM. It's really easy
What I did first was fully wipe cache, dalvik etc in cwm. Next up: put your phone in download mode (volume down, home and power)
Start odin and add the tar file or tar.md5 file with the PDA button. That should be the only file in the zip, if there are more: look at the file names, they'll say where to add them in odin.
Next up, connect your phone to your computers usb port (odin should tell you that it has added your phone) and hit the start button.
After the flashing is done your phone will reboot and it should be back to normal. Now you can flash a kernel to get root again if you like
Good luck, it will work out just fine
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Excellent, thanks guys it worked
Flashed stock via Odin, not rooted now but will do when i flash CF-root again
waiting for sam to finally release ics!
ab.riyami said:
Excellent, thanks guys it worked
Flashed stock via Odin, not rooted now but will do when i flash CF-root again
waiting for sam to finally release ics!
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Well done.Better to wait for the official release of ICS
Hi, I just followed the instructions here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32235061&postcount=1
and now i've got no signal, no baseband no imei on my phone. i didn't backup either which is my big mistake.
anyway to fix it?
i have the i9305 LTE
tauran said:
Hi, I just followed the instructions here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32235061&postcount=1
and now i've got no signal, no baseband no imei on my phone. i didn't backup either which is my big mistake.
anyway to fix it?
i have the i9305 LTE
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Have you tried flashing a stock firmware using Odin?
Nope, I wasn't sure what to do, didn't want to make it worst so i came here for help.
Should I do that?
Can i use one of these roms? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1935570
how do i know if i should use odex or de-odex?
tauran said:
Nope, I wasn't sure what to do, didn't want to make it worst so i came here for help.
Should I do that?
Can i use one of these roms? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1935570
how do i know if i should use odex or de-odex?
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With the state of your phone now, if you were to reflash a rom between the two, you would have to flash the odex version because it will have everything stock, while the other deodexed one might have one or two things taken out, I believe.
How on earth do these things happen if you followed the steps, i dont get it
btemtd said:
How on earth do these things happen if you followed the steps, i dont get it
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Could be a bug somewhere, development in this device is still very small and new.
@OP, reflash stock as suggested, might be lucky and get your details back.
i just flashed a stock rom, no luck.
still no imei. is there anything else I could do?
Not sure if this is possible but use someones efs img and inject your own imei inside it. i wonder if this would work
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I tried doing that on my old device with no luck, but it may work for him.
I had the exact same issue, unfortunately I had no success, I ended up sending my phone back to Telstra and getting a replacement
I have the i9305T from Telstra and I made the mistake of trying to install CF-Root 6.4 for the standard i9300. Once I did that I soft bricked the phone. I have been able to download the Telstra ROM from SamFirmware and install it and be able to get the ROM up and running again. I have lost the ability to connect to the mobile network. I can still use the phone to full capacity and even connect to wifi. I haven't be able to work out a way to repair the mobile network connection.
Can you suggest any ideas?
Guys I have thought about something go into the Hidden Menu *#197328640# Option 5 says EFS sync... Click on this and see what happens, there are also other options all over the place go through the whole menu and see if you can manage to do something and let us know
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Guys I have thought about something go into the Hidden Menu *#197328640# Option 5 says EFS sync... Click on this and see what happens, there are also other options all over the place go through the whole menu and see if you can manage to do something and let us know
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i can get into said menu but just see a black screen with no options available.
tauran said:
i can get into said menu but just see a black screen with no options available.
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Flash a stock rom back through Odin . Go on to Sammobile and download official rom and if it still no reception then try what I said
btemtd said:
Flash a stock rom back through Odin . Go on to Sammobile and download official rom and if it still no reception then try what I said
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cool, i'm just waiting to get hold of original Everything Everywhere UK ROM before I do that.
OK, i've triangleaway'd my flash counter.
so now my phone in download mode reads:
Odin mode
Product Name: GT-I9305
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Custom
Now, it says samsung official as i used a foreign (to me) firmware from sammobile, i still want to change this to the everything everywhere ROM.
Why does system status still say custom? is it because i still have root? how do i remove it after i install the EE ROM?
The EE rom shouldn't add to the flash counter so i'll be OK to remove root then install it.
tauran said:
OK, i've triangleaway'd my flash counter.
so now my phone in download mode reads:
Odin mode
Product Name: GT-I9305
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Custom
Now, it says samsung official as i used a foreign (to me) firmware from sammobile, i still want to change this to the everything everywhere ROM.
Why does system status still say custom? is it because i still have root? how do i remove it after i install the EE ROM?
The EE rom shouldn't add to the flash counter so i'll be OK to remove root then install it.
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I have the rooted stock rom flashed on my phone and the system status says official.
Try flashing the rom from this thread, then you can delete the super user apk.
AFuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
was pwning some angry birds and phone froze restarted and now i got no data. no imei or imei sv
but i do have my efs backed up but for the life of me i can not get adb efs pro to install :/ so i can copy it back over. is there a way to do it via CWM?
or some other method of backing up my efs to the phone.
Whattttt ??? How why what the last thing you did how does that happen by itself
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Whattttt ??? How why what the last thing you did how does that happen by itself
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i got NFI i was laughing at peeps that had the issue cause i didnt and bam playing games with the missus and it messed up. last thing i installed was my custom SystemUI.apk with minor icon changes. besides that just everyday gaming.
anyhoo im off to bed i need sleep sort this efs stuff out in the morn.
also i read there is a simler problem with a motorola phone that says ....... low battery cant develop or such its a simler issue that samsung phones face! with the IMEI affected tho.
hi guys im selling my s3 and the buyer wants it back to standard rom but rooted,i have a back up on my phone but when i try to restore it says no files found.
its an i9300 in the uk im running unnoficial cm10.1 ive tried copying it to an sd card but still wont show up....any pointers?ive looked around the forums but cant any real answers (in noob language)
Just flash latest btu firmware with Odin and factory reset, then root it, simples
see now that sounds perfectly ...but what and where is a btu?
Here you go
http://hotfile.com/dl/201680722/c1fafcf/I9300XXEMC2_I9300OXAEMC2_I9300XXEMC2_BTU.zip.html
Unzip
Place in pda on Odin
Hit start
Be patient
When it boots up fully, go into stock 3e recovery and perform factory reset
Reroot
Job done
ive got a back up on my pc of the back up,could i use that and flash the tar file?........but im downloading the file you posted for me any way slaphead20.....to be safe
hippopig said:
ive got a back up on my pc of the back up,could i use that and flash the tar file?........but im downloading the file you posted for me any way slaphead20.....to be safe
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I would just flash with Odin the one I linked you to, that is the latest unbranded UK Rom, much easier and less hassle
Or you can try this ROM which is stock and pre rooted. You need to Flash this through Odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1825272
That way you keep stock ROM and stay with root from the word go!
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
aarrrghhh im bootlooping now....well it is
edit....wiped data and booted up fine.....thanks for your help peoples
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ive thanked everyone as always an outstanding bunch of replies for a noob
hi hoping someone can help. i have a samsung galaxy s2 i was trying my hand at rooting but now the phone wont do anything but reboot. i even bout one of those jigs. i can get it into download mode i install odin then a kernal i have also an official s2 firmware but no matter what i do it will only reboot constant anyone any ideas or suggestions cheers in advance and if iv cocked up on the tread i appologise in advance
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hi hoping someone can help. i have a samsung galaxy s2 i was trying my hand at rooting but now the phone wont do anything but reboot. i even bout one of those jigs. i can get it into download mode i install odin then a kernal i have also an official s2 firmware but no matter what i do it will only reboot constant anyone any ideas or suggestions cheers in advance and if iv cocked up on the tread i appologise in advance
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Do you mean you can't even get into recovery? If it can, I would think a data wipe might get the ROM to be able to boot.
the donkey said:
hi hoping someone can help. i have a samsung galaxy s2 i was trying my hand at rooting but now the phone wont do anything but reboot. i even bout one of those jigs. i can get it into download mode i install odin then a kernal i have also an official s2 firmware but no matter what i do it will only reboot constant anyone any ideas or suggestions cheers in advance and if iv cocked up on the tread i appologise in advance
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You might want to double check if you are using the right version of recovery that kernel is fully supported with your ROM. For example, if you are trying to install a KK ROM using an old version of CWM you will end up in error 7 or end up in a boot loop screen. My words are pretty mess up but I hope you get what I mean. So make sure you have the right version that match each other (recovery, kernel, ROM).
Hope that helps.
im new to all of this. when i hold the home button the power button and the vol down button i get a screen telling me installing a custom os could be bad press up to continue i do this and install even the official software but when it reboots it keeps looping on the samsung logo
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You might want to double check if you are using the right version of recovery that kernel is fully supported with your ROM. For example, if you are trying to install a KK ROM using an old version of CWM you will end up in error 7 or end up in a boot loop screen. My words are pretty mess up but I hope you get what I mean. So make sure you have the right version that match each other (recovery, kernel, ROM).
Hope that helps.
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i cant access the phone to see what kernal was on it so i am just trying to get it back to normal
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i cant access the phone to see what kernal was on it so i am just trying to get it back to normal
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I suggest you flash a working recovery via odin first. Look for TWRP, it's the best newbie-friendly recovery or try CWM if you are looking for more advanced options. After that, flash a stock or custom ROM to get your phone back working. Make sure they are compatible with each other. Why didn't it work when you try flashing the stock firmware via odin? Make sure the zip file is downloaded properly.
Hope that helps.
cglegion said:
I suggest you flash a working recovery via odin first. Look for TWRP, it's the best newbie-friendly recovery or try CWM if you are looking for more advanced options. After that, flash a stock or custom ROM to get your phone back working. Make sure they are compatible with each other. Why didn't it work when you try flashing the stock firmware via odin? Make sure the zip file is downloaded properly.
Hope that helps.
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that sounds excellent but being new and a bit thick what is a twrp and where would i get one?
still no joy
ok so now i have tried 3 official samsung roms h3g o2 and t mobile the h3g installs but just keeps looping the boot screen the o2 failed and the t mobile installes but all i get is a blck screen but it showes the batter the clock and the usb conection i can also go into it through my computer but it wont boot up properly. is it possible to get a samsung rom thats not network based?
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ok so now i have tried 3 official samsung roms h3g o2 and t mobile the h3g installs but just keeps looping the boot screen the o2 failed and the t mobile installes but all i get is a blck screen but it showes the batter the clock and the usb conection i can also go into it through my computer but it wont boot up properly. is it possible to get a samsung rom thats not network based?
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It seems like you have broken files. Make sure those firmwares are for the right model of your phone. Are you using I9100 or I9100G? Is your phone still under warranty? What do you mean by not network based? I think it's time you head on to NeatROM JB 4.1.2 Aroma and flash that to your phone. It's way better than the stock one from Samsung. If you don't know how, read the instructions from the OP.
Hope that helps.
il give it a go
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It seems like you have broken files. Make sure those firmwares are for the right model of your phone. Are you using I9100 or I9100G? Is your phone still under warranty? What do you mean by not network based? I think it's time you head on to NeatROM JB 4.1.2 Aroma and flash that to your phone. It's way better than the stock one from Samsung. If you don't know how, read the instructions from the OP.
Hope that helps.
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il try that just now cheers
ahhh my heed
cglegion said:
It seems like you have broken files. Make sure those firmwares are for the right model of your phone. Are you using I9100 or I9100G? Is your phone still under warranty? What do you mean by not network based? I think it's time you head on to NeatROM JB 4.1.2 Aroma and flash that to your phone. It's way better than the stock one from Samsung. If you don't know how, read the instructions from the OP.
Hope that helps.
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ok so i downloaded the romnuke and the neatrom the instructions say... Boot into Recovery
- Install RomNuke (Does all clean & backup your android folder as well) - Thanks to Hawkerpaul
- Install ROM
- Reboot & Enjoy
but when i unzip the files i cant see any way of gettong romnuke to work i tried odin but it doesnt pick it up is there some other download i need??
still no joy
cglegion said:
It seems like you have broken files. Make sure those firmwares are for the right model of your phone. Are you using I9100 or I9100G? Is your phone still under warranty? What do you mean by not network based? I think it's time you head on to NeatROM JB 4.1.2 Aroma and flash that to your phone. It's way better than the stock one from Samsung. If you don't know how, read the instructions from the OP.
Hope that helps.
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ok so i put the zip files on an sd card and put it in the phone. but when i try and install them it says ignature verification failed also if i try and wipe the date and retore it says faild to mount/efs invalid argument. when i manage to get the t mobile rom to load the screen is black but i can get the swipe down screen to turn on blue tooth or wifi
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ok so i put the zip files on an sd card and put it in the phone. but when i try and install them it says ignature verification failed also if i try and wipe the date and retore it says faild to mount/efs invalid argument. when i manage to get the t mobile rom to load the screen is black but i can get the swipe down screen to turn on blue tooth or wifi
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This error is most probably because you don't have the right Rom for the right model or not compatible hence the verification error. Are you doing this in recovery mode? Make sure you follow the installation instructions properly and download the right one for your phone model. Just try cyanogenmod for starter. Installation is easy to understand.
still no joy
cglegion said:
This error is most probably because you don't have the right Rom for the right model or not compatible hence the verification error. Are you doing this in recovery mode? Make sure you follow the installation instructions properly and download the right one for your phone model. Just try cyanogenmod for starter. Installation is easy to understand.
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ok so i went to cyanogenmod downloaded the newest file for the s2 when i did unzip i get 2 folder meta-inf and system plus a boot.img file. i burned the boot file to a disc but when i check it the disk is empty even though i can see its burned. also when i go to sammobile to get firmare it says no files available...therte must be some way of getting this to work H E L PPPPPPPPPPP
Dude, you're not supposed to be burning anything to discs. The zip file is what the recovery uses to install from. It should include the custom kernal too.
Copy the zipped ROM file to your SD card, put it in your phone and boot into recovery. Assuming you've already flashed the latest custom recovery CWM or TWRP (I prefer TWRP)
From here, to be safe, do a full wipe (That's everything except sd-card: system, data, cache, dalvik-cache)
Now you install/flash the zip file via recovery. Hopefully that completes without error. After that clear cache and dalvik-cache again just to be sure (I do this out of habit)
Reboot.
Hope this helps. I saw you mention something about "efs" and that gives me a bad feeling, read something about needing to back that up before bad things happen. But anyway, good luck :good: