I have a Galaxy s2 with BELL that's rooted, custom kernel and custom ROM and im wondering how I can put my phone EXACTLY how it was before I rooted and put my custom rom on it.
I want it exactly how it came when I got it from BELL.
If anyone can help that'd be appreciated.
Thanks,
Well you can get it back to stock, but not "bell stock." The reason being that there is no bell firmware anywhere on the internet yet, you can flash one of the generic european rom from samsung but unfortunately you cannot revert to the bell KG2 that came with the phone...
Awh man..
Whyy hasnt anyone ripped their own stock rom yet
Basically... when its available..IF its available. Would I be able to throw it on and get OTA upgrades again? I really dont see a difference between stock and rooted.. I mean I DO understand what It gives you.. but honestly the phone is already powerful enough that I really dont need to tweak it.
SGS2Pwns said:
Awh man..
Whyy hasnt anyone ripped their own stock rom yet
Basically... when its available..IF its available. Would I be able to throw it on and get OTA upgrades again? I really dont see a difference between stock and rooted.. I mean I DO understand what It gives you.. but honestly the phone is already powerful enough that I really dont need to tweak it.
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I read somewhere that bell has to actually release a FW update before we have something to go back to, i don't think anyone ripping their rom would work for us. Then again I'm not sure, but as it stands theres literally nothing on the net with bell on it for the GS2 so you are pretty much stuck with the generic european stuff.
To be honest, i think if you want oTA updates you'd be much better off going with a generic european Fw, bell always always takes forever to deliver updates because it has to go through them, i remember it took a while for bell to get froyo on the GS1 when it had been out forever for the european gs1's and it worked fine.
unleashed12 said:
I read somewhere that bell has to actually release a FW update before we have something to go back to, i don't think anyone ripping their rom would work for us. Then again I'm not sure, but as it stands theres literally nothing on the net with bell on it for the GS2 so you are pretty much stuck with the generic european stuff.
To be honest, i think if you want oTA updates you'd be much better off going with a generic european Fw, bell always always takes forever to deliver updates because it has to go through them, i remember it took a while for bell to get froyo on the GS1 when it had been out forever for the european gs1's and it worked fine.
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Ah i see.. WELL THEN.
What Kernel and ROM are YOU using?
I bought a protection plan at bestbuy so hopefully i can bring it back and they'll give me a new one.. I liked the look and stability of my bell rom kernal etc right now i got villainrom running and it keeps going from hspa+ to 3g etc and its annoying...
Edit: seems to only happen when data is not being used. Makes sense. Battery saving feature maybe? When bell comes out with an update If they ever do, will it also include a kernel update? Making my phone completely bell again. I would like to have my bell account app back lol.
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Ah i see.. WELL THEN.
What Kernel and ROM are YOU using?
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Im just using a rooted kernel off CFROOT, with stock bell KG2 Firmware. Haven't seen a reason to put any modded rom yet, the stock rom actually is perfect, good battery life too. Tempted by CM7 though, I'm constantly tempted to try it.
Hmm yeah when they release a rom you can flash using odin, it will write the kernel, modem etc and your phone will be totally "bell" again. I'm pretty sure you can download the bell account app from market?
Lol I was smart and used cwm to back up my bell rom, thanj god custom works perfectly well
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Yeaa... I didn't do much research before flashing a custom rom stupid me didn't back anything up. And no there's no bell app in the marketplace
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Yeaa... I didn't do much research before flashing a custom rom stupid me didn't back anything up. And no there's no bell app in the marketplace
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Same here, but then again i did the same with my SGS1 and i have never looked back...
cge10 said:
Lol I was smart and used cwm to back up my bell rom, thanj god custom works perfectly well
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So from your backed up bell rom, can you get the 3 files for Odin out of it? Or i guess its not that simple?
Surely if you root, you flash a non-stock kernel? So even a nandroid/CWM backup will not be COMPLETELY stock?
Why is everyone so worried about going back to stock? Just wondering, because the european versions work just as good as the stock one, if not better, because of root.
The real question we should be asking is will Bell or Samsung release the stock files? Im sure they will, and if they don't someone will find a way to extract the stock files.
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Why is everyone so worried about going back to stock? Just wondering, because the european versions work just as good as the stock one, if not better, because of root.
The real question we should be asking is will Bell or Samsung release the stock files? Im sure they will, and if they don't someone will find a way to extract the stock files.
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One word.... Warranty.
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I have the same 'problem' as you.
Did you update to KG3 modem ?
Take a look. hopefully we'll find a solution soon... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193196
Electroz said:
One word.... Warranty.
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Yeah i understand that.. All i was trying to say is relax, if your willing to take a chance and temporarily void your warranty flash away, because soon enough someone will have the stock bell files.
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I have installed the Superclean ROM into my phone and a Verizon Fascinate kernel. My phone will no longer boot into Android nor CWM red. Is there anything I can do to restore it back to its original state? Nandroid backup never wokred for me so I haven't been able to create a back up.
If/when i can get this cleaned up is there any ROMs or kernels for the Showcase on Cell South?
Phone:Samsung Showcase 2.2.1 (Froyo)
Carrier:Cell South
P.S. this is the closest forum I can get to my phone...
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I have installed the Superclean ROM into my phone and a Verizon Fascinate kernel. My phone will no longer boot into Android nor CWM red. Is there anything I can do to restore it back to its original state? Nandroid backup never wokred for me so I haven't been able to create a back up.
If/when i can get this cleaned up is there any ROMs or kernels for the Showcase on Cell South?
Phone:Samsung Showcase 2.2.1 (Froyo)
Carrier:Cell South
P.S. this is the closest forum I can get to my phone...
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Have you found any standalone radio/modem tar. files that you flash via Odin for the showcase?
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The only thing I flashed with Odin was CWM red and the rest went from there I don't know much about radios and nothing about modems. Is there any way I can get my phone back to a working state?
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPLYING!
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The only thing I flashed with Odin was CWM red and the rest went from there I don't know much about radios and nothing about modems. Is there any way I can get my phone back to a working state?
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPLYING!
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There is an all in one package for the fascinate that you could flash but it contains a fascinate modem. Therefore you would have to flash a showcase modem to your phone if the all in one works. You would need to find a standalone showcase modem. A modem is what allows your phone to make calls, transmit and receive data and work with the gps. This is all theoretical of course, I don't know if the all in one for the fascinate would work but what do you have to lose. Here is the link:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1017817 Like I said, this contains a fascinate modem so you need to flash a showcase modem via odin after doing this. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL WORK. But, this method has fixed my phone when nothing else could. I am about to be unable to communicate anymore for a little while but I will check this thread again to see how you are.
Alright I'll try this in the coming hour. Is there a way I can PM you to see tell you if it worked or not or can you check back later? Thanks
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Alright I'll try this in the coming hour. Is there a way I can PM you to see tell you if it worked or not or can you check back later? Thanks
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Yea, just hit me up. If I don't answer right away it is because I'm in church.
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Well its not like you have much to lose now but I doing think its likely anything here would work for you. I'm assuming your phone and carrier is similar but kernels for one line just isn't intended to be tried on anything different.
Really hope it works but I think your phone may need to have an accident and get replaced. When you get a replacement or if you get yours working again, try to stay clear of roms/kernels for other devices.
Well, I just got it replaced over the counter as a manufacturer defect... lol thanks everyone!
packerfans1 said:
Well, I just got it replaced over the counter as a manufacturer defect... lol thanks everyone!
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Good to hear.
For the record, the Showcase is as similar to our phones as it is to the Mesmerize.
I have a Canadian Bell Mobility GS2.
I9100MUG KG2
kernel says 2.6.35.7 I9100ZS KE7
android 2.3.3
No problems connecting to PC thru USB, bluetooth, or kies wifi.
Kies is supposed to update the firmware automatically, but has given me a message that my version of phone doesnt support firmware upgrades. Does this mean I'm stuck with my firmware, or does it mean that I'm already up to date?
It means there hasn't been an update released for the Bell phone yet.
Does anyone know if the Bell firmware can be changed to an EU firmware, so we are able to install custom ROMs?
j7almeida said:
Does anyone know if the Bell firmware can be changed to an EU firmware, so we are able to install custom ROMs?
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Yes, it works. However, there is no way to go back to stock bell firmware right now, so you're voiding your warranty by doing so.
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Yes, it works. However, there is no way to go back to stock bell firmware right now, so you're voiding your warranty by doing so.
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Thanks Electroz, your help is much appreciated.
Would I have to flash a stock EU from first so I can get CWM on the phone? I am very sorry if this sounds like a noob question, but I am very new to the SG2 and a lot of this is a bit foreign to me right now, I am used to the rooting and installing on the x10.
If there is a thread I can search to guide me in the right direction, I would really appreciate it, or what I should be searching for, it would help alot. Looking at some of the custom ROMs people are putting out, they look amazing and I would love to try them out
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Thanks Electroz, your help is much appreciated.
Would I have to flash a stock EU from first so I can get CWM on the phone? I am very sorry if this sounds like a noob question, but I am very new to the SG2 and a lot of this is a bit foreign to me right now, I am used to the rooting and installing on the x10.
If there is a thread I can search to guide me in the right direction, I would really appreciate it, or what I should be searching for, it would help alot. Looking at some of the custom ROMs people are putting out, they look amazing and I would love to try them out
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Nope, you can just flash a cwm kernel and install the custom rom from there. No need to flash an EU rom first.
Anyone happen to know, or even a guess why telus would remove the GB update from their site. I've read about people have various problems with the updating, but from what I read, those problems were PC related.
Mine worked just fine.
I also have a question... is it possible to dump a stock rom and/or radio and/or kernel without having root?
Thx
Maniac
Can anyone confirm if this is true?
That is sort of strange. Im glad I was able to get it in time. And rooted too
People were losing SD cards on telus also.
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Can anyone tell me how I can rip the rom, cause I've tried the method found on these forums for the fascinate for froyo, but when I tried to odin it back it didn't work.
So right now I'm almost afraid to shut the phone off just in case I can't boot and I have no way to get it back to stock GB.
Mainly what I want to do is make a factory image that I can put somewhere for others to download it. Cause I want to try some things but I can't until telus puts the update up again.
Maniac
fromthestars said:
That is sort of strange. Im glad I was able to get it in time. And rooted too
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I think Telus was getting all kinds of questions on when it would be available when they had no control over it - so they made a generic upgrade page.
I just tried with Kies and I got GingerBread BUT I'm also staring a long time at a galaxy S screen - lost my clockwork mod recovery as well (back to stock 3E).
Hmmmm - anyone know if this update is still available online somewhere as I have no OTA to get it and of course as the thread says... TELUS has pulled it.
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Hmmmm - anyone know if this update is still available online somewhere as I have no OTA to get it and of course as the thread says... TELUS has pulled it.
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Its back now
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Its back now
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Hmm, When I load Kies it tells me I have the most current firmware.
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Hmm, When I load Kies it tells me I have the most current firmware.
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I'm pretty sure to upgrade through the Samsung Kies software, you will have to remove any mods / hacks that you made to your phone.
Best option probably is to flash everything back to Stock, which I did. Then had no problem updating via Kies:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=923712
Alright I'll give that a shot tonight, the only 'mod' I have done would be rooting the phone - other than that it is stock at this time.
I guess the one thing I really shouldve mentioned in my first reply is I have the Fascinate 4G with TELUS, is the update specific to the 3G+?
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Alright I'll give that a shot tonight, the only 'mod' I have done would be rooting the phone - other than that it is stock at this time.
I guess the one thing I really shouldve mentioned in my first reply is I have the Fascinate 4G with TELUS, is the update specific to the 3G+?
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Oh wait! If you have the Fascinate 4G+ (T959P) then you may not want to flash everything back to 2.2.
I'm not 100% sure that it may work with 4G Fascinate.
Can anyone validate the following steps will work on his Fascinate 4G+ ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=923712
They are different phones. If you could get the 3G+ file to flash at all (which I doubt), it would almost certainly semi brick the phone. There is an update section on telus website for fascinate 4G (just below the 3G+ entry) (no update available today). When you see the update available there, you're good to go.
I have the 4g and I won't flash anything made for the 3g. Two different phones. I remember reading a thread about people bricking the 4g while trying to put 3g stuff on it.
Flashed my first rom (myth ics beta) too days ago everything worked fine at first but then I flashed to a different rom (icecreemsunday) just to see what the difference was then flashed back and now I cant send texts.
Everything else still works fine and the roms are so much faster than stock. Is there any way to fix this?
(excuse my english, its not that im foreign or anything im just **** at english and posting from my tablet with no spellchecker )
My wife had a similar issue. Flash back to stock and try again. God know what happens.
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I flashed back to a custom stock rom and it still doesn't work.
Is there anyway to get back onto the Samsung rom without kies (as it doesn't work on Linux, or i haven't managed to find a Linux build of it)?
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I flashed back to a custom stock rom and it still doesn't work.
Is there anyway to get back onto the Samsung rom without kies (as it doesn't work on Linux, or i haven't managed to find a Linux build of it)?
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Odin, should be abell to run through vitualbox or red wine.
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I tried using odin to flash to firmware version S5830XWKPN from samfirmware
and after that did a factory reset. It still refuses to work. Is that an official Samsung build?
Thanks for your help so far
Did you have Message Centre Number on Messaging setting?
yeah, the number is 447958879890 if that means anything to you.
weird..EEK!
it is weird. I can still call people and tweet and what not. I really have no idea, might go to the virgin mobile shop and ask if they know what's wrong.
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TomAnkcorn said:
it is weird. I can still call people and tweet and what not. I really have no idea, might go to the virgin mobile shop and ask if they know what's wrong.
(nice circle of friends/ubuntu avatar btw)
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just remembered i flashed my wifes back to foyo. see if that helps. shes vigin too.
I have flashed back to stock Samsung froyo and still no luck. If nobody has any ideas i will just take it to the virgin mobile shop this weekend. not that they will know what they are doing, its just they might send me a new phone that works.
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I have flashed back to stock Samsung froyo and still no luck. If nobody has any ideas i will just take it to the virgin mobile shop this weekend. not that they will know what they are doing, its just they might send me a new phone that works.
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If that's going to be your last option, make sure everything is stock and no root. Lol, wouldn't want them to find out all those changes and say no to the repair xD
TomAnkcorn said:
Flashed my first rom (myth ics beta) too days ago everything worked fine at first but then I flashed to a different rom (icecreemsunday) just to see what the difference was then flashed back and now I cant send texts.
Everything else still works fine and the roms are so much faster than stock. Is there any way to fix this?
(excuse my english, its not that im foreign or anything im just **** at english and posting from my tablet with no spellchecker )
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i have the same problem but i had ice cream sandwich first then myth rom the problem started when i flashed myth rom... i can text if i turn mobile data and wifi off!! sometimes works with wifi on
im on orange
Yeah i used to have that problem too but kinda just lived with it.
and are the roms from samfirmware stock enough for the mobile shops?
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Yeah i used to have that problem too but kinda just lived with it.
and are the roms from samfirmware stock enough for the mobile shops?
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Just look for the official rom for your country ours in the phils is I think DXKC1
hi,
i just bought a razr a couple days ago on the fido network here in canada.
its unlocked now and im using it on the rogers network.
i cant seem to find a straight answer anywhere; is there any OTA official rom from another country that will work on this phone, flawlessly?
thanks
gunness1991 said:
hi,
i just bought a razr a couple days ago on the fido network here in canada.
its unlocked now and im using it on the rogers network.
i cant seem to find a straight answer anywhere; is there any OTA official rom from another country that will work on this phone, flawlessly?
thanks
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Yes, it is. Flash brazil vivo rom. Sweet.
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gunness1991 said:
hi,
i just bought a razr a couple days ago on the fido network here in canada.
its unlocked now and im using it on the rogers network.
i cant seem to find a straight answer anywhere; is there any OTA official rom from another country that will work on this phone, flawlessly?
thanks
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there are 2 fastboot files that are guaranteed to work: Retail.BR and ViVo.BR.
u will need RSD Lite to flash.
once there, there's a few nandroid backups you can do too using CWM recovery.
Just wait for ICS. I was a rom flashing junkie with my atrix and its difficult but I am waiting this one out. Hopefully ICS is worth the wait. (Im on Fido)
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Just wait for ICS. I was a rom flashing junkie with my atrix and its difficult but I am waiting this one out. Hopefully ICS is worth the wait. (Im on Fido)
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exactly my thoughts, im coming from a nexus s (way too much time spent flashing modded roms then ota roms then modded roms .. ) and id really like to stay stock from now on, without the headache of drivers, adb, cwm, recoveries, radios, etc.
i guess i'll wait for an official one seeing as there arent many options, i dont want to run into something not working .
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exactly my thoughts, im coming from a nexus s (way too much time spent flashing modded roms then ota roms then modded roms .. ) and id really like to stay stock from now on, without the headache of drivers, adb, cwm, recoveries, radios, etc.
i guess i'll wait for an official one seeing as there arent many options, i dont want to run into something not working .
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with the brazilian ROMs, the only stuff not working are the Rogers bloatware. everything else is pretty much the same.
so really, there's not much reason to update.
i did it coz i screwed up my stock ROM after rooting it, and pretty much didnt have any stock Rogers ROM anywhere.
just wait for ICS. Moto promised us Q2 2012, but with Rogers/Fido, who knows..............