Hello,
Just received my SGS2, and after boot i found a.......pretty bad surprise, the FW in my phone is a provider one, so far "nothing wrong" BUT is crappy as hell, i don't even have google apps on it. And the browser is labeled as "iPortal Mobil".
So i want to have it running Stock Samsung firmware, with no brand, no crappy apps, and no Carrier information.
The current firmware info is:
PDA I9100UHKE2
Phone: I9100UHKE2
CSC: I9100ECOKE1
The phone is a I9100, from Claro Ecuador.
I have searched in SamFirmware, and in the threads for official firmwares:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113928
And i can find, FW with the same PDA/MODEM, but not the same CSC.
I tried to find my FW in case i need to roll back for warranty purposes, but no luck so far.
I'm gonna call Claro PR, to ask them about this, but i don't expect any help..
The question is:
From the List on Samfirmware, whick FW should i use to de brand my phone, in the America Region, the FW listed are really old, and there is no info about if they are branded or not.
I have read that flashing other region firmwares can bring issues, hence i cannot flash one of those, the most common one being Wi-Fi drivers, is that true?
In a couple posts related, some people say that Claro requires that a "Claro" branded fw is flashed, otherwise the phone will have some issues, anyone who can shed some light in that?
Any help is really appreciated
Hello, my I9100 is from Claro Ecuador, yes its ugly what they made in this Rom but you can use any unbranded oficial Rom, try SamMobile. Im actually using the LP4 from Luxemburg and everithing is working fine. In order to do this you must read about flashing ROMs with ODIN.
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Ok firstly I purchased my phone from Tandomobile, so i'm assuming it's a HK handset (i'm located in Australia though).
Anyway i've had a look on both Intratech's ROM thread & also on Samfirmware.com, but cannot find a stock ROM that matches my one:
PDA: I9100XWKF3
PHONE: I9100XXKE7
CSC: I9100YOGKE1
I've found ones that match the PDA & Phone, however there is nothing remotely close to my CSC version (YOG), even google didn't turn up anything.
Which ROM would I need to use if i wanted to go back to stock?
Would using a different one cause any issues?
If i flashed with one of the Australian generic/carrier ROMS, would i then be able to send it in for a local warranty? Or can they easily tell it's not a local handset?
Thanks!
djyoshii said:
Ok firstly I purchased my phone from Tandomobile, so i'm assuming it's a HK handset (i'm located in Australia though).
Anyway i've had a look on both Intratech's ROM thread & also on Samfirmware.com, but cannot find a stock ROM that matches my one:
PDA: I9100XWKF3
PHONE: I9100XXKE7
CSC: I9100YOGKE1
I've found ones that match the PDA & Phone, however there is nothing remotely close to my CSC version (YOG), even google didn't turn up anything.
Which ROM would I need to use if i wanted to go back to stock?
Would using a different one cause any issues?
If i flashed with one of the Australian generic/carrier ROMS, would i then be able to send it in for a local warranty? Or can they easily tell it's not a local handset?
Thanks!
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make an nandroid back up and store in a safe place, so that you can flash it back to the phone later; or
make a copy of your csc.
official stock firmware is up to KG5, I believe any one of these will work.
No, using a different one will not cause any issues.
yes, you could send it in for warranty, not really as their are different handsets depending on where and from whom you bought the handset.
The only reason they may refuse service unless you reset the custom counter.
Flashing technically void the warranty unless it is done though official means of upgrading. Kies.
http://www.multiupload.com/RIE8T86BOI
Does anyone have a link to the stock firmware and kernel of UHKE2 (the Trinidad and Tobago version)? I bought this phone factory unlocked and that is the version it came with. It has worked great all around the world. I am selling it to move over to the Note and would like to put the original firmware back on it.
I can't get the links in intratech's thread to work.
Sammobile.com
The ones they have are for Chile. Claro and Telefonica carriers. I have been there already.
In that case, you're probably boned.
Ask in Intratech's thread & might have a copy (unlikely, but worth as shot). You might be able to get the latest (not the original firmware that your phone came with, unless the latest is that) firmware available for your phone/carrier/country with Checkfus (PC version). Do a search for it on here.
I used Checkfus on my phone, but will try it on the PC the next time I am near one.
I guess technically I could use any generic firmware.
The person I am selling the phone to is really not capable of maintaining a customized phone so I need to ensure that they can use Kies to restore to stock when things head south.
Hello,
I'm looking for this stock rom :
Country/Provider: Ecuador - Claro
PDA: I9100UHKG7
CSC: I9100ECOKG1
Phone: I9100UHKG4
Version: Android 2.6.35.7 Gingerbread
PCODE: GTI9100LKLECO
HIDSWVER: I9100UHKG7/I9100ECOKG1/I9100UHKG4/I9100UHKG7
kernel version [email protected] #2
I have tried in several places including samfirmware.com with no luck.
According to CheckFus downloader and http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9100 there isn't an official ROM for Ecuador at the moment.
You can try a ROM for Chile (Claro) or Brazil (Claro or unbranded). Actually, you can try any ROM for samsung-updates.com (as long as it's for GT-I9100) because they'll all work with your phone and they all contain Spanish. As for Phone versions, they European ROMs are much better than the Latin American ROMs.
I am from Brazil (Claro) and I am using an European ROM (Nordic Countries, unbranded). It works flawlessly. Using Odin you can have it up and running in less than 3 minutes.
Hi Simonetti2011,
Well, my S2 came with that firmware preinstalled so I'm guessing it is another official firmware (probably from Claro Jamaica) modified for my country and carrier.
I'm using the Australian (UNBRANDED) XWLP8 (ics 4.0.3) without issues as well.
However in the event I want to sell it, I'd hope I could go back to the originial stock firmware.
I did take the precaution of doing a Nandroid backup, but I have read problems of restoring them. The safest way would be to flash the stock rom back.
So, thanks anyway, if you or anyone else gets your hand in that stock firmware, please do share.
EDIT: After your post, I decided to give it another try and find the firmware with CheckFus, but using the Advanced tab. Well, after entering the necessary data, IT FOUND the firmware! GT-I9100_ECO_1_20111005162240.zip (302MB). I confirmed it as well at http://fus.nanzen.se/, by entering the following data:
Model: GT-I9100
Product Code: GTI9100LKLECO
HIDSWVER: I9100UHKG7/I9100ECOKG1/I9100UHKG4/I9100UHKG7
So, now I have it, the original firmware for Ecuador, Claro carrier.
Hi, I am from Australia with Optus carrier. I don't like the optus start-up logo, it looks bad. I wanna get rid of it and heard that I would need to flash a stock rom from Samsung. The question is: I am from Australia and I haven't seen any Australian Roms for Galaxy S3. I saw that there are like UK ones and Algerian, but I would wish to have the Australian debranded stock rom, if possible. Or if that's not available, the international stock rom, however I haven' found any. Do you know what I should do? Once I have the stock rom, I still can get updates and so on, right?
Also, I was wondering if I hard reset my phone I have atm, which is branded, will it turn to the unbranded? Really doubt it, tho who knows.
Cheers
If your phone is modelled as gt - i9300 its possible to flash any rom for the device for example international stock rom. Look roms from sammobile web sites.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA
More firmware available as the days pass i would wait .
jje
I actually found the Australian unbranded firmware:
Australia ......... Unbranded ......... »» XSA »» I9300XXALE8/I9300XSAALE6/I9300XXLE8/I9300XXALE8
Using Check Fus downloader 2.1, you can download it and other firmwares. Details can be found here.
The Fus downloader fails to download it tho, it crashes. Is there anyway to download it directly from the server? Or what am I doing wrong?
Hey, I have been trying to return to stock, I've downloaded ODIN, but when came the time to pick a stock rom, I saw that there were quite a few stock roms for my phone (GT-19300 international) . I live in France, there are 4 operators: Orange (where I bought my phone and where I have my contract), Bouygues, SFR and NRJ, on Sammobile I saw there was a stock rom for NRJ, and I also found stock roms for the other operators (not on sammobile though, on tha site there was only the NRJ one), then came the question, do I need an orange stock rom, or the regular international one, does it matter? If it's any help, there isn't the orange logo on my phone, and I don't recall having orange apps on my phone when I bought it, but have a vague memory of me downloading a couple, although maybe anyone with a contract there can download them, I qish I could provide more information but nothing comes to mind :/ I'll try to answer all questions as best I can, thanks for answering quickly.
P.S. I'm using this guide to unroot, if you can think of a better one or if there's a problem with this one, I'd appreciate all suggestions, thanks! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27407556
AnyI9300 rom on any I9300 phone .
Stock is just Samsung firmware usually by country basis .
Vendor roms are usually branded and may have addons from the network . Vendor roms will have the correct modem and CSC .
jje