Thanks for any help - just not sure which direction to take here.
I have googled and searched XDA and just can't get an answer to this:
I want to get back to Stock Telstra 2.2 on my Telstra MB860 and then ota to Telstra's Gingerbread just released.
Currently on CM7. On my internal card I have the folder /mnt/emmc/clockworkmod/backup/telstra_2.2_rom It contains 7 files:
.android_secure.vfat.tar
boot.img
cache.ext3.tar
data.ext3.tar
nandroid.md5
recovery.img
system.img
system.ext3.tar
I am wondering whether I should do:
1. Use CWM and restore that backup, or
2. Get the Telstra 2.2 sbf from the Atrix Firmwares Superthread and flash it it using RSD Lite, or
3. Flash the Telstra gingerbread sbf which is available on XDA, or
4. any other method.
Would really appreciate some help people of wisdom.
bump, interested as well
I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S II (GT-i9100). It came with Android 2.3.3, obviously, but with Arabic support. I noticed that the battery life was a bit on the low side. I found out that it was fixed in Android 2.3.4, but it hasn't been officially released! I found the leak and downloaded it, then I followed the instructions. It worked! The problem is that it doesn't have Arabic language support.
Now, I want one of the two, both isn't bad! :
1- Android 2.3.4 with Arabic support (if that's even out yet )
2- Android 2.3.3 (obviously, with Arabic), so I can install it until the official 2.3.4 Arabic comes out.
I want the full ROM, eg. 3 ".tar" files and one ".pit" file. Or else, you can teach me how to fully flash the files you give me. I don't want to do something wrong and brick my SGSII.
check this link...follow till T. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
the latest arabic firmware is 2.3.5
JPKJ2
Firmware info
PDA:JPKJ2
PHONE: XXKI4
Date: 13/10/2011
Android 2.3.5
download from the same link & enjoy...
A bit more help please.
I mentioned that I was a newbie, right?
I don't know what a Kernel is. I do know that it's in my smartphone, my current version is "[email protected] #2". That's what it says in "About Phone" in Settings.
I downloaded the file you gave me the link to: GT-I9100_XSG_I9100JPKJ2_I9100OJPKJ1_I9100XXKI4.exe
Now, what do I do with it? It's an .exe file, I know it might be an auto-unzipper, but I want to be 100% SURE before I do anything. Can you tell me exactly what to do with the above file? Treat me as a newby, but one who catches on quickly
[EDIT]: I ran it, and I was right, it was an auto-unzipper. It gave me a 502Mb .MD5 file. What do I do with that?
[EDIT2]: I just read here that you're not supposed to put a .pit file in Odin. When I flashed 2.3.4 on my SGSII, I put .pit and it worked. What's better to do?
Bump
Bump; I'm waiting for an answer, I don't want to do anything I don't know. Anyone, PLEASE reply.
dont use pit file....just in ODIN under pda select the file you extracted (502MB.md5) and hit start....thats it.
If I just put the 502mb .md5 file, won't that wipe everything (the modem and code files) and just put the CSC file leaving everything behind?
I'm guessing because we don't put the .pit file, there's no need to tick repartition?
[EDIT]: I just did what you said and it worked. Thanks so much!
Hello everyone,
I have a Galaxy Player 4.0 (YP-GB1) 16gb Korea version (much like Galaxy S without phone function only, other things equal). Few weeks ago, I tried to install a Galaxy S ROM ( both .tar and .PIT files). It was a terrible mistake since the PIT file for Galaxy S doesn't fit my player. Hence, my player became dead from then (no response to buttons, no response to Odin).
I tried to get Odin recognize my player successfully by pressing the volume down button. But, couldn't restore the player with .tar file.
So, I posted in a Korean forum and got the PIT file.
But now, even I tried with that new PIT file in Odin. Odin stuck at the SET PARTITION and never moved on.
My question is: how to flash back my phone now? I got .pit and .tar file already.
And, my PIT file is 256kb. is it weird? I mean, most of the PIT files are about 2kb only
PIT for YPGB70 korean version
Hello
Attached the 16G PIT for korean YPGB70 file.
hope it will help you.
I am in the same situation as your but i need the 32G version of the PIt because i didn't suuceed to make my device revive with what i have found by now (sadly said)
What korean forum did you register to get your data?
regards
lomonoxop25 said:
Hello everyone,
I have a Galaxy Player 4.0 (YP-GB1) 16gb Korea version (much like Galaxy S without phone function only, other things equal). Few weeks ago, I tried to install a Galaxy S ROM ( both .tar and .PIT files). It was a terrible mistake since the PIT file for Galaxy S doesn't fit my player. Hence, my player became dead from then (no response to buttons, no response to Odin).
I tried to get Odin recognize my player successfully by pressing the volume down button. But, couldn't restore the player with .tar file.
So, I posted in a Korean forum and got the PIT file.
But now, even I tried with that new PIT file in Odin. Odin stuck at the SET PARTITION and never moved on.
My question is: how to flash back my phone now? I got .pit and .tar file already.
And, my PIT file is 256kb. is it weird? I mean, most of the PIT files are about 2kb only
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256Kb PIt files are a direct dump from the device, The first 2-4Kb are real content and the rest is just zeros, so it shouldn't be a problem.
Maybe you can try to get another PIT file to see if the problem is an incorrect file. There is a thread about that in the development subforum.
So, im using my Verizon phone on AT&T - and talked a dev and he asked to gather the CSC files from a verizon rom - googled and a little confused on how to get this... can someone help? looking to make a csc.tar file so i can flash the ATT ROM and just flash my csc.tar file to make all roms work. thanks
update : I have gotten the stock rom, and extracted and got hidden.img and cache.img... was reading and found out the csc files have something to do with these .img files.
any help would b great
hi guys,
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 (i9100P), originally on orange, but since then I've moved onto T-Mobile. I have been having problems with low signal and many callers complaining that they cannot clearly hear and the sound is cutting out on both sides. T-Mobile have given me a signal booster and although the signal strength has massively improved, I still have poor call quality
Now I could be wrong here, but I think the signal issues have started since I flashed the original orange fw with NeatRom v5.6.
From searching on my pc, I've found my original orange brand fw, which was: I9100PXXLSS_I9100PBVLS2_I9100PORALS6_HOME.tar
Now I want to keep Neatrom, but I want to flash the modem and baseband which are showing as I9100XXMS4 on neatrom....I believe these could be the problem. Where can I get the correct versions that correspond to my mobile and network (EE) and how do I correctly flash these?
Thanks!
Come on guys, someone must be able to help me pls? :crying:
Just flash xxlss baseband (if it was ur original fw) in phone category in odin...
Thanks for helping me dr droid. I'll be honest mate... I don't have a clue what to do.
1. Do you have a link to a step by step guide to flash the modem fw and/or baseband? Could you show me?
2. Where do i get the correct baseband file for t-mobile network?
wowandroid said:
Thanks for helping me dr droid. I'll be honest mate... I don't have a clue what to do.
1. Do you have a link to a step by step guide to flash the modem fw and/or baseband? Could you show me?
2. Where do i get the correct baseband file for t-mobile network?
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Download the firmware (the actual one which u said was present since the beginning)
Open the fw package with winrar
U will see a modem.bin file
Extract it to a known location
Connect phone in Download mode.
Open odin
Click on phone tab and then select ur extracted modem.bin
Flash ...
doctor_droid said:
Download the firmware (the actual one which u said was present since the beginning)
Open the fw package with winrar
U will see a modem.bin file
Extract it to a known location
Connect phone in Download mode.
Open odin
Click on phone tab and then select ur extracted modem.bin
Flash ...
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Thanks very much dr droid. The problem I have is that I've only got the original nandroid backup with the following files:-
boot.img
cache.img
data.img
nandroid.md5
system.img
I extracted these using yaffey, but there is no file called modem.bin. Could you please tell me where it is located?
If this is not possible, where can I download the original orange fw with the following details:-
(MODEL: GT-I9100P
ANDROID VERSION: 2.3.4
BASEBAND VERSION: I9100PBVKI2
KERNEL: [email protected] #2
BUILD NO: GINGERBREAD.BVKI3)
Nandroid backups don't include the modem. Download the entire rom from Samfirmware, extract the modem.bin from that, flash as previously instructed.
Thanks mistah.
I've just done that, but it seems that my mobile's fw does not exist on their site anymore:-
Model: GT-I9100P
Product Code: GT-I9100LKNORA
Hidswver: I9100PBVKI3/I9100PORAKI3/I9100PBVKI2/I9100PBVKI3
Filename: I9100PBVKI3_I9100PORAKI3_ORA.zip
File not found
Find the most recent firmware for your country/carrier, download it, extract the modem.bin from it, flash that. If you get no joy from that, try another modem from another rom for your country/carrier. Modems are cross-compatible between roms & don't need to be used with a rom that's the same Android version/whatever, E.G - you can use modems that came bundled with GB roms if you're currently running ICS or JB & vice versa, etc, etc. Basically you can use any modem for the I9100, though I wouldn't recommend using modems specified as being for the I9100T unless you've tried every other modem first as these are specifically 'tuned' for the I9100T/the networks of carriers which sold it.
If you find none of the modems bundled with stock roms released by your carrier work for you, you can either:-
A) Root your phone, and start flashing any CWM flashable modem you can get your hands on (there are dozens, obviously - one for each stock rom released by each carrier around the world, there will be several for each carrier at least). This will be easier than downloading several dozen roms & extracting the modem.bin for each if you do get to this stage
and/or
B) Service centre/local mobile repair shop, though I would be doing A & trying as many modems as I could find on here (you will find dozens with an XDA or Google search) before doing that given that involves parting company with money.
MistahBungle said:
Find the most recent firmware for your country/carrier, download it, extract the modem.bin from it, flash that. If you get no joy from that, try another modem from another rom for your country/carrier. Modems are cross-compatible between roms & don't need to be used with a rom that's the same Android version/whatever, E.G - you can use modems that came bundled with GB roms if you're currently running ICS or JB & vice versa, etc, etc. Basically you can use any modem for the I9100, though I wouldn't recommend using modems specified as being for the I9100T unless you've tried every other modem first as these are specifically 'tuned' for the I9100T/the networks of carriers which sold it.
If you find none of the modems bundled with stock roms released by your carrier work for you, you can either:-
A) Root your phone, and start flashing any CWM flashable modem you can get your hands on (there are dozens, obviously - one for each stock rom released by each carrier around the world, there will be several for each carrier at least). This will be easier than downloading several dozen roms & extracting the modem.bin for each if you do get to this stage
and/or
B) Service centre/local mobile repair shop, though I would be doing A & trying as many modems as I could find on here (you will find dozens with an XDA or Google search) before doing that given that involves parting company with money.
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Thanks very much Mistah.
1. I've checked on Sammobile.com and there are new i9100P orange firmwares, but since I've now moved to t-mobile, can I still use these? Also does it matter if my phone is a "P" variant?
2. My phone is already rooted with NeatRom v5.6, so how do I:-
a. Backup the current modem incase I flash the wrong modem or mess up?
b. Flash the new modem?
OK...Some clear thinking required...
1) Basically you can use any modem for the I9100 (this includes the I9100P)
2) You can't back up a modem, or not easily at any rate. And you don't need to given how easy they are to flash. If you want to go back to a previous modem, simply re-flash it. If you don't have a copy of your current modem, you might want to find a copy of it somewhere before you go flashing something else (not sure why that would be important to you given your current modem is giving you no connectivity, but, anyways...).
3) CWM flashable modems are flashable in the same manner as any other mod/kernel/rom in CWM. You should already know how to flash stuff in CWM if you're running a custom rom, if you don't, you need to start doing some searching (and how did you get a custom rom on your phone if you didn't know how to flash with it ?).
Right. I've given you more than enough info & won't be posting further to this thread, this stuff is really very simple, and we have guides/tutorials (most of which are stickied near the top of the General section) you can read if you need further info, and everything you've asked can easily be found with a search.
Up to you now...
MistahBungle said:
OK...Some clear thinking required...
1) Basically you can use any modem for the I9100 (this includes the I9100P)
2) You can't back up a modem, or not easily at any rate. And you don't need to given how easy they are to flash. If you want to go back to a previous modem, simply re-flash it. If you don't have a copy of your current modem, you might want to find a copy of it somewhere before you go flashing something else (not sure why that would be important to you given your current modem is giving you no connectivity, but, anyways...).
3) CWM flashable modems are flashable in the same manner as any other mod/kernel/rom in CWM. You should already know how to flash stuff in CWM if you're running a custom rom, if you don't, you need to start doing some searching (and how did you get a custom rom on your phone if you didn't know how to flash with it ?).
Right. I've given you more than enough info & won't be posting further to this thread, this stuff is really very simple, and we have guides/tutorials (most of which are stickied near the top of the General section) you can read if you need further info, and everything you've asked can easily be found with a search.
Up to you now...
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No worries mate. Thanks for your help and advice.