EDIT ** FIXED IT*** I had flashed the wrong kernel in my phone. found the right one, now Im cool.
Thanks anyway
Hi
heres the deal... Tried to root the SGS2, never did a backup, Used an Unsecured Kernel from a list on here, picked at random. I think I picked the wrong Kernel for my phone. It must have gotten Rooted, I see the yellow triangle, But I do not have any phone service anymore. Before someone finds me hanging in the shower... is there any help that can be offered to me?
Thanks,
BC
Have you tried to flash back to the stock kernel? You can probably find yours here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113928
What kernel did you use?. Try installing the stock kernel whit odin, and then install the kernel cfroot, that way you will be as root, make a nandroid backup and flash what you want.
I USED KERNEL 2.6.35.7-I9100BOKE3-CL186387
Where can I find the stock kernel? Please bare with me, real new to this .
read this, you will be a big help, plus there are the download links.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
Ive read the link you provided. I cant seem to find the correct firmware/ kernel to download. The phone is Android version 2.3.4. Im in North America, california to be more specific. . Am I supposed to be looking for a code that starts with UG for north America? Still lost
did u check ur imei no , if it matches the one on ur box , its fine if its not then ur efs is corrupted.as u told all fine no signal,it happens wen ur phone dosnt reg to ur network due to imei change........
trekrfc said:
Ive read the link you provided. I cant seem to find the correct firmware/ kernel to download. The phone is Android version 2.3.4. Im in North America, california to be more specific. . Am I supposed to be looking for a code that starts with UG for north America? Still lost
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Did you buy your phone from AT&T or T mobile? If yes you are in the wrong forum and using the kernel from a different model. Your phone isn't I9100, keep scroll down on the main page to the carrier specific subforum.
sg s2 rooting flashing for noobs
just got this phone yesterday how to do this in rooting for dumms mode would b nice. been reading for 12 hrs plus still lost....
benndick23 said:
just got this phone yesterday how to do this in rooting for dumms mode would b nice. been reading for 12 hrs plus still lost....
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First thing First.
make sure you know what version of the phone you have.
I would go to settings> about phone and write down all the info there. This way you can figure out what you have so you know what you need.
This sgs2 phone is actually my friends. he rooted without reading up first. I had to do a bunch of reading and find out how to fix it. which I did.
I rooted my htc evo back in march, this sgs2 is a different process, so im learning all over again. only this time i kinda hane an idea of what people are talking about.
good luck
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Hello i am hoping that someone will be able to help me. I tried rooting my phone and when it booted up i don't have a network. Now i can't' call/text/checkemail.
I tried resetting to factory settings and that didn't work. how do i remove the root so its back to stock?
Thank you!
Rooting phone has nothing to do with the network you did something wrong .
Remove root by flashing full stock firmware matched as close as possible to your original firmware .
INSTRUCTIONS
Stock Roms .and csc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
thanks for the quick response. how do i go about finding which on is closes to my origonal firmware? sorry for the ignorance?
you should have checked your firmware version first before rooting
well crap. does this mean i am out of luck and need to make an insurance claim as being lost? my issue is its with Sprint and the phone just came out last friday so there isn't much information on the web on it
kcclonse said:
well crap. does this mean i am out of luck and need to make an insurance claim as being lost? my issue is its with Sprint and the phone just came out last friday so there isn't much information on the web on it
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I replies as per Samsung Galaxy SGS2 i9100 model and know nothing about a Sprint phone .
It would make sense to either look for a Sprint thread here or if Sprint is in the stock rom links i gave download the latest .
If it worked before root the strong probability is that you made a mistake its usually recoverable though but no idea how you rooted .
jje
I'm in Japan and just recently got the s2 Wimax....simply awesome phone but....no root or ROM support...I have looked long and hard through these forums and no results...is there a way to get the root for this wonderful phone...
Running Gingerbread 2.3.6
Kernel 2.6.35.7-ISW11SCKDLB3-CL852258
Build number GINGERBREAD.LB3
Baseband Version ISW11SCKDLB3
That's what I got...any help would be great...I know i'm not the only one with this phone that needs help...
cezeff said:
I'm in Japan and just recently got the s2 Wimax....simply awesome phone but....no root or ROM support...I have looked long and hard through these forums and no results...is there a way to get the root for this wonderful phone...
Running Gingerbread 2.3.6
Kernel 2.6.35.7-ISW11SCKDLB3-CL852258
Build number GINGERBREAD.LB3
Baseband Version ISW11SCKDLB3
That's what I got...any help would be great...I know i'm not the only one with this phone that needs help...
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Model number?
model number is ISW11SC...
cezeff said:
model number is ISW11SC...
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That's the model number in the about phone screen? What about on the label under the battery?
EDIT: I see, after a quick google search, it is yet another variant. Most common in Japan, where you are. I was unable to find out what SoC/chipset this phone uses, so do NOT use just any Galaxy S2 root method randomly. Especially don't use any from this forum for the I9100. Chances are very good that will brick your phone. Sorry I don't have any better answers for you.
Here is the chip set on it I got from quadrant score....sooooo out looks like we can't do anything with this phone begging to be unleashed?....the info is in the pic below
Sent from my ISW11SC using XDA
Here is the quadrant score...now if I could get it rooted!.....
Sent from my ISW11SC using XDA
You could try zergRush. It reportedly doesn't work on 2.3.6 or higher, but you could try it.
Is that supported for Mac though?
Sent from my ISW11SC using XDA
I don't know. I've never used it. Look it up.
rooted.
I have had this phone for about a month. Just to say that I rooted it the day i got it.
I just used an old microSD card and rooted from this link. (The link to the .zp file is gone, but i found another way - see second link. Should also work fine)
http://satoweb.net/2012/02/galaxyswimaxisw11scroot.html
http://blog.livedoor.jp/kz_gin/archives/cat_136988.html
Anyway, its great because I managed to get rid of a lot of AU bloatware. Now trying to figure out how to replace the horrible AU mail programs (SMS/MMS - they both suck so badly) with GO SMS PRO. No idea what the MMS settings for KDDI are though. SMS works fine through GO SMS PRO.
What I would ultimately like to do is to flash this with a better optimized rom. i feel there is so much potential for this phone, but AU (like most other carriers) has filled it with junk....
sooooo...if google translate is correct ( when is ever) I'm suppose to download the recovery.zip to sd card...install it...reboot...then install the root.zip from sd card and reboot and that should give me root for this phone?? any chance of me bricking it????
screw it ill give it a try...lol....balls to the ways...by the way i'm looking into the APN/MMS settings for KDDI...you know your AU address...
THis worked outstanding...except it wouldn't read the sd card when i tried the root.zip install....but all i did was used file manager...copied it to the internal sd...reboot into recovery and installed the root.zip....i shall make a new thread with this information from you....i know there are more of the SGS2 Wimax users....let the root madness begin...
EDIT: I put together a small guide on How To Root SG2 Wimax here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1576000 ...let me know if you guys have any questions and I'll try to answer them the best I can....
I'm looking to download stock rom XXKI3. I need to return my I900 to the store and want to restore the firmware I had when I bought the phone. I am currently using MIUI v4 and don't want any hassle from the staff.
I am living in China and have only had the phone for 2 days. I noticed that the screen has screen burn/ ghosting, It's not very obvious, but after loading a pure blue image I can make out some of the display, and it looks like either a Chinese/ Korean keypad. I would assume then that the phone I got has been used before me, either by someone, or on display, which I am obviously not happy about.
I don't want to give them any reason to not give me a replacement phone.
All the links online I can find are dead, if anyone has it or knows where I can get it, I would much appreciate the help.
I have the files for Odin. Let me upload them and I'll post you a link!
SGS2
booshman said:
I'm looking to download stock rom XXKI3. I need to return my I900 to the store and want to restore the firmware I had when I bought the phone. I am currently using MIUI v4 and don't want any hassle from the staff.
I am living in China and have only had the phone for 2 days. I noticed that the screen has screen burn/ ghosting, It's not very obvious, but after loading a pure blue image I can make out some of the display, and it looks like either a Chinese/ Korean keypad. I would assume then that the phone I got has been used before me, either by someone, or on display, which I am obviously not happy about.
I don't want to give them any reason to not give me a replacement phone.
All the links online I can find are dead, if anyone has it or knows where I can get it, I would much appreciate the help.
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Try www.sammobile.com
Sent from my GT-P7510 using xda premium
Here's the download link:
http://androidfirmwares.net/PhoneFirmware/Download/20
Extract and flash in Odin.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2
booshman said:
I'm looking to download stock rom XXKI3. I need to return my I900 to the store and want to restore the firmware I had when I bought the phone. I am currently using MIUI v4 and don't want any hassle from the staff.
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This one? http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=8&view=447
Thanks for all the replies! Oh man do I feel dumb, I posted the wrong code, it's actually ZSKI3 I need.
XXKI3 doesn't have the Chinese language, which they will no doubt try to switch the phone to when I take it in.
I can't find ZSKI3 on sammobile or anywhere on google. The link on the firmwares page on this site is dead too.
Any ideas?
Found it!
http(colon)//pan(dot)baidu(dot)com/netdisk/singlepublic?fid=634651_3400984520
booshman said:
Found it!
http(colon)//pan(dot)baidu(dot)com/netdisk/singlepublic?fid=634651_3400984520
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many thanks! i need that rom too
i upgraded my phone to 4.0.3 accidentially (kies prompted me to upgrade when i connect my phone to the PC, and i clicked the button to confirm the action wrongly)
since then, my phone sucks, hangs and crashed with some apps, even after i reset to the factory setting (cleared all the data!!!!)
now, my phone is likely to hang up, while i installed apk files (but it is ok to install app directly from google play) (the apk files are ok in the previous ver of andriod and should be the same as the one if i download them from google play directly)
so i decided to revert back to 2.3.5..................and would not upgrade the firmware again..................
Trying to flash to stock HK firmware since encountering a boot loop
I wasn't sure if I was in the right thread so I originally posted on here:
[Q] How to flash the original ROM?(HK official ROM)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31073452#post31073452
Hope everyone doesn't mind me posting some questions on this thread too.
I am trying to figure out which official stock firmware for Hong Kong I should use (ZSKF1, ZSKF4, ZSKG2, ZSKI3) since I can no longer access settings on my phone due to the boot loop error. I am basically guessing since I cannot remember the exact kernel version or any other info. I am trying my best to make more educated guesses. I know I got my phone from Hong Kong in Nov 2011.
First I am trying to follow the instructions on this thread for the boot loop error. It requires me to find the stock rom I want to flash to. So I am working on finding the correct stock rom.
[READ THIS] Got a Boot Loop? Don't post a New Thread!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1108499
I was getting lost in the list of them on here. But I narrowed it the the 4 I picked out with code ZS for China, Hong Kong.
[ROM+Guide] Official i9100 Firmwares LPE/Q/7/2/F/S/4/7/G/9/W/D/F Download
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
For booshman:
The file you gave on this thread, it is for ZSKI3 but how do I know if it is right for my case? Will it restore to GT-i9100 Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread for Hong Kong stock rom? I had no custom roms and was running from the stock all the way through and I still encountered the boot loop error.
I already tried going on samfirmware but they only had Android ver 4 for Hong Kong. I want to restore my phone to exactly what I had before which is Gingerbread and start anew from there.
If anyone can give me some insights, that will be greatly appreciated!
Thank you all!!
I figured it all out! I got out of boot loop! No need for response. Sorry for spamming everyone...
Just wanted to say:
This page helped me to do it. I gave appropriate thanks!
[GUIDE] Fix an unflashable or soft bricked GSII (I9100G/M/P/T VERSION INCLUDED!)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458&page=1
Hi All,
I'm totally new to rooting and to be honest I never planned to get into it and especially not in this way.... please read on....
I bought a 2nd hand S3. The original owner told me it had been unlocked from Vodafone UK, but no further modifications.
So the phone arrives and I turn it on and the first thing I notice is UltimaROM asking to download their latest v9 ROM. I see other apps installed like SuperuserSU, Headphones shortcut for SGS3, S Note etc... so I suspect the device has indeed been modified. Seller tells me it's only been unlocked and nothing else. Also, comparing to a work colleague's stock S3, my phone has a different appearance (different battery % icon amongst others...), I see Nexus 4 wallpapers are available, JaiThemes etc... all looks a bit fishy to me.
Also phone does boot into recovery mode into CWM...
So I start reading a little bit, I've downloaded Rootchecker - says phone is not rooted.
All I ever wanted was a stock S3, no interest in rooting for now. Could someone please advise what I can do to get back to stock and have it unlocked? I know there are guides to un-root a phone, but rootchecker says my phone is not rooted, and I have no original backup, so I don't know where to go from here....
Any help or guidance is appreciated here...
Check the basics, there's a guide on flashing a stock ROM.
The seller is definitely lying to you
Glebun said:
Check the basics, there's a guide on flashing a stock ROM.
The seller is definitely lying to you
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Thanks for the reply.
If I find a Vodafone UK stock ROM, will I then lock the phone back to Vodafone?
Thanks
Don't think so, but why would you get a vodafone ROM? Just get a universal one
Glebun said:
Don't think so, but why would you get a vodafone ROM? Just get a universal one
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Thanks for that, I will look for a universal one.
I've been looking for a bit, but I can't find the 'basics' section you mention in order to flash a stock ROM.
I have searched the forums, and people have mentioned ' I flashed a stock ROM' but I need to know the steps to do this...
Also - has my warranty been affected? If yes and it is now invalid, will flashing a stock ROM solve this?
Again, any help is really appreciated here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927113
Hello XDA
I've been doing some research on my problem on dozens og forums, but I still haven't got what I'm looking for.
The problem:
I have a danish 3 (three) branded GT-I9100, which doesn't allow me to get the new android 4.1 update, as they haven't infected the update with their 3 junk yet.
I'm not using any of their applications or shortcuts, and would very much like to get rid of everything that has something to do with 3.
I need to backup the stock firmware in order to keep my warranty if something goes wrong, but I haven't been able to find out how to do it, because my phone has a very strange kernel: 3.0.15-1114882 [email protected] #3
I hope someone can help me. I'm not completely noob, i've been rooting my previously android phones without any problems, but I just can't figure out how to do it with this kernel.
Best regards
Morten
grynni said:
Hello XDA
I've been doing some research on my problem on dozens og forums, but I still haven't got what I'm looking for.
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O really?
Start here https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+install+jb+on+i9100.
Then go to the official i9100 JB thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487".
Sent from my digital submersible hovercraft.
1.just flash the nordic jellybean.
2.you dont really get a "standard backup".what you would do is just reflash the firmware your on now (remove yellow triangle etc if needed) then send your phone for warranty.
3.if your phone ever got totally bricked, it wouldnt matter what rom your on if samsung couldnt boot it either to tell.
4.so get the nordic jb rom from sammobile, flash it with odin, root with philz kernel.read about efs backup and nand backup and spockys thread about simlock...lol
grynni said:
Hello XDA
I've been doing some research on my problem on dozens og forums, but I still haven't got what I'm looking for.
The problem:
I have a danish 3 (three) branded GT-I9100, which doesn't allow me to get the new android 4.1 update, as they haven't infected the update with their 3 junk yet.
I'm not using any of their applications or shortcuts, and would very much like to get rid of everything that has something to do with 3.
I need to backup the stock firmware in order to keep my warranty if something goes wrong, but I haven't been able to find out how to do it, because my phone has a very strange kernel: 3.0.15-1114882 [email protected] #3
I hope someone can help me. I'm not completely noob, i've been rooting my previously android phones without any problems, but I just can't figure out how to do it with this kernel.
Best regards
Morten
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First you need to find out if your phone is network locked. Theres an app for that. (search xda/play store) the same app will be able to unlock it for you too but you will need to root your phone.. see my signature for your best option as its root with stock recovery. Your next step go to sammobile.com and find and download your current firmware from there. Then find a jelly bean rom I'm using nordic but search and see what sounds best to you... There are also custom roms you may wish to choose (wannam, jellybam, there are many) find one for you with the search box or browse the forum for them. there are custom kernels as well (jeboo, philz, there are many) find one for you as above or use what your rom choice is packed with.
I cant recommend enough using mobile odin (Play store) will cost you a couple of your currency but its worth every penny.
LASTLY AND VERY MUCH MOST IMPORTANTLY DO NOT FLASH ANYTHING UNLESS YOU ARE 10000000% HAPPY TO DO IT ONE SINGLE MISTAKE AND YOU'LL BE BACK HERE ASKING FOR HELP TO UNBRICK IT.
Read these before you do anything... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1826497
sammobile link....http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares
theunderling said:
1.just flash the nordic jellybean.
2.you dont really get a "standard backup".what you would do is just reflash the firmware your on now (remove yellow triangle etc if needed) then send your phone for warranty.
3.if your phone ever got totally bricked, it wouldnt matter what rom your on if samsung couldnt boot it either to tell.
4.so get the nordic jb rom from sammobile, flash it with odin, root with philz kernel.read about efs backup and nand backup and spockys thread about simlock...lol
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But how will I find the firmware I'm currently on? My warranty is spoiled if the phone isn't carrier branded,
as I have to hand it to my local 3 store to get them to send it to repair.
Perhaps my question should've been more like this:
How can I backup my branded firmware on my galaxy s2 from 3 (three)
Perhaps I'm a bit noob afterall, as I haven't seen that answer in your post or the others posts.
Best regards
Morten
grynni said:
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But how will I find the firmware I'm currently on? My warranty is spoiled if the phone isn't carrier branded,
as I have to hand it to my local 3 store to get them to send it to repair.
Perhaps my question should've been more like this:
How can I backup my branded firmware on my galaxy s2 from 3 (three)
Perhaps I'm a bit noob afterall, as I haven't seen that answer in your post or the others posts.
Best regards
Morten
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Maybe here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487 ???
grynni said:
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But how will I find the firmware I'm currently on? My warranty is spoiled if the phone isn't carrier branded,
as I have to hand it to my local 3 store to get them to send it to repair.
Perhaps my question should've been more like this:
How can I backup my branded firmware on my galaxy s2 from 3 (three)
Perhaps I'm a bit noob afterall, as I haven't seen that answer in your post or the others posts.
Best regards
Morten
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You havent seen it because it doesnt exist.I dont know how much of a noob you are, but you go to sammobile and get the stock firmware you are on now, and flash that if you are sending your phone back for warranty.
Eg.Im using spanish jb rooted because UK jb rom not out yet.My original software was I9100XWLPT (which is UK unbranded 4.0.4).
So if Im sending my phone back, I just flash the LPT rom from Sammobile; and check no traces of root are on my phone.
So, what you think a backup is/means, is the same result as just flashing the stock rom your on now.
You can check or wait to see if someone can confirm what level of, or if kies can make a backup of your stock rom, as I dont use kies or havent seen anyone using it.They just use odin.