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Ok, So. I just came from the G2 forums. I thought I was very experieced but, I am a vibrant noob. Just got used to the ODIN world and rooting the vibrant and such.
The stock ROM is very boring and I want to use Asgard on my Vibrant.
I know how to ODIN back to 2.1 and such, but I don't know if its safe to ODIN to Asgard.
I really want this ROM but I have bricked my vibrant so many times and its been a miracle I got past that. I want to be ODINing to Asgard but the thing thats freaking me out is the "no bootloaders" thing and its risky. What exaclty does no bootloaders mean and how can I get to installing one? Also, whats the bad thing about not having a bootloader?
What about rainbow screens? whats the deal with that?
Please, I need someone who has ODIN'd to Asgard before and knows what they are doing... I would really like 2.3 on my phone! Thanks!
Also: I want to be using this ROM :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1141643
No bootloaders means that bootloaders are not included, which is a good thing because if you're flashing bootloaders and something goes wrong you are hard bricked, if you are just using ODIN and something goes wrong you are usually just soft bricked, and can easily recover.
You have the option of using ODIN to flash the gingerbread bootloaders to get rid of the rainbows (preventing you from seeing the recovery menu on your phone) on all our gingerbread roms except CM7 and Miui. The bootloaders are backwards compatible to all 2.1 and 2.2 roms, so once you flash them you don't have to flash back.
Make sure you backup everything before flashing Asgard, because it has been known to wipe an SD card every now and then (wiped mine clean)
bfranklin1986 said:
No bootloaders means that bootloaders are not included, which is a good thing because if you're flashing bootloaders and something goes wrong you are hard bricked, if you are just using ODIN and something goes wrong you are usually just soft bricked, and can easily recover.
You have the option of using ODIN to flash the gingerbread bootloaders to get rid of the rainbows (preventing you from seeing the recovery menu on your phone) on all our gingerbread roms except CM7 and Miui. The bootloaders are backwards compatible to all 2.1 and 2.2 roms, so once you flash them you don't have to flash back.
Make sure you backup everything before flashing Asgard, because it has been known to wipe an SD card every now and then (wiped mine clean)
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yes ._. it wiped mine clean, i was so mad. So you're saying you have done this before? can i see some pictures of asgard? or maybe a video? theres not really any videos of it and i want to see if its worth the risk! thanks so much!
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also, can i just use the phone without a bootloader? and also, if something goes wrong or if i dont like it, can i go back to stock with ODIN?
Also, also. can anything go wrong while flashing asgard? like can i hard brick it? and if it fails i will be safe because i can odin to stock right?
Brazildiogo732 said:
yes ._. it wiped mine clean, i was so mad. So you're saying you have done this before? can i see some pictures of asgard? or maybe a video? theres not really any videos of it and i want to see if its worth the risk! thanks so much!
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also, can i just use the phone without a bootloader? and also, if something goes wrong or if i dont like it, can i go back to stock with ODIN?
Also, also. can anything go wrong while flashing asgard? like can i hard brick it? and if it fails i will be safe because i can odin to stock right?
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Asgard is really no different from any of jv* roms. It was a fine rom but I didn't really see anything special about it, I've flashed 5 or 6 things since.
Your phone already have the stock bootloaders, asgard will work fine with them except you will on occasion see a screen that looks like a rainbow, I know on bootup, your recovery screen (you won't be able to see recovery to flash any themes or anything), and I think on your camera you would see rainbows but it would still take the picture.
Anytime you flash there is always a possibility of a hard brick, but if something goes wrong and you see any lights on your phone at all you can get back into download mode and flash back to stock with odin.
If youvreally wan asgard, youll greatly perferr gb bootloaders... theyre not tuff to flash as long as you flash from froyo.. rainbows means you wont see recovery and camera will be f-ed so def better with bootloaders..
Asgard is a good rom, even tho i pperfer cm7.. flash it already and stop being so paranoid its like impossiblr to brick these things
Sent from a cell tower to the XDA server to you.
thanks for the help!
so what you're saying is, i should flash the bootloaders? and another thing, can ANYONE post pictures? I want to see asgard on the phone and maybe a video showing it off? i just want to see it in all of its beauty, that'll be the last thing that can convice me! thanks!
can't link them but google edtdev and they have screenshots on their website
okay sweet, thanks for all your help. now i need help actually flashing it...
I have the Asgard.zip that i unzip and it gives me the odin packages.... and also, i have the Vibrant_GB_Mod.tar.md5, and the Additional_Asgard_Apps.zip.
so what are the steps? Im suppsed to unzip the asgard.zip and it gives me a .tar folder with a bunch of files in it, i understand that you are supposed to load that into the pda thing... but there is nothing else? thats it? then just flash the vibrant bootloader and I'm golden? im confused, can you please break it down for me?
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so all i get from the ASGARD.zip file is the PDA_Asgard_06282011.tar file...
all i need to do is to put that into "PDA" and click start?
what if i want to flash a gb bootloader? as soon as agard flashes, do i flash the bootloader in the "PDA" thing again?
SO confused. would REALLY appreciate help here for the noob. >me<
can anyone tell me how to flash the bootloader? after i flash the asgard.tar, do i just flash the bootloader?
Hello!
I've recently flashed the ICS OS onto my galaxy s2. However it seems to be a UK version as I cannot agree to the software update agreement along with the time won't update automatically. It seems to be a little glitchy on my phone as well...
Is there anyway I can revert back to the old gingerbread?
Thanks,
Yes its buggy, its an alpha and not really daily driver quality
How to get back to gingerbread: see here
Ya I've tried that link, I went to the link for files under the BELL (Canada) network. And there aren't any .tar files in the downloader. It's cache, factoryfs, and modem then zImage. When I flashed ICS there were .tars.
Any more ideas?
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Ya I've tried that link, I went to the link for files under the BELL (Canada) network. And there aren't any .tar files in the downloader. It's cache, factoryfs, and modem then zImage. When I flashed ICS there were .tars.
Any more ideas?
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*sigh* Download the bell firmware, its a .exe, after you run it, it will extract into a .tar
To quote the thread "If the package only contains one .tar archive then it will have everything, pda+phone+csc, in the one file."
Just shove it into "PDA".
Pleases read the thread.. and flash the bootloaders first, then flash the rom.
Thank you very much. <3
Gotta love noobs....
So saying though, I've reflashed the older bootloader firmware on mine and I'll be stuffed if I can get past a bootloop....
Flashed the KP8 firmware on to test but wanted to go back to older rom...
Tried my stock rom, a few other stock roms and finally went back to KP8..
It was the only one that worked...
Will play around as time permits but doing backshift can REALLY knock you about..
ultramag69 said:
Gotta love noobs....
So saying though, I've reflashed the older bootloader firmware on mine and I'll be stuffed if I can get past a bootloop....
Flashed the KP8 firmware on to test but wanted to go back to older rom...
Tried my stock rom, a few other stock roms and finally went back to KP8..
It was the only one that worked...
Will play around as time permits but doing backshift can REALLY knock you about..
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Yeh, I know right, im in a bored/good mood so I have patience!
I know that one, worked a double then a nightshift once, I was dead to the world.
I recognise your avatar, did you ever have a HTC hermies, or a blueangle?
As far as the getting back to GB, you should be fine doing;
1) Odin flash old bootloaders
2) Odin flash firmware
Can you get into CWM recovery? Maybe flash something via zip, white cache/data/etc?
Otherwises thats just weird, I have seen peoples phones do weird things after flashing the ICS leaks, like someones refusing to run CM7, even after flashing back old bootloaders and double flashing the CM7 zip.
Im staying away myself, for the time being, however tempted I am
Yep, Hermies it was.....
As I say, I'll kick this puppy hard and make it do what I want or destroy it in the process... Don't like not being able to do as I want... Got a whole heap of roms to flash using cwm and thanks to chainfire I have a kernel that is rooted and has cwm.
Good idea not to try just yet, could be a harsh learning curve..
For reference, I have a chinese made international sgsII with original firmware XWKG1, might be model specific but who knows....
Take out your exteral sd and make sure you flash your old modem back.
ultramag69 said:
Yep, Hermies it was.....
As I say, I'll kick this puppy hard and make it do what I want or destroy it in the process... Don't like not being able to do as I want... Got a whole heap of roms to flash using cwm and thanks to chainfire I have a kernel that is rooted and has cwm.
Good idea not to try just yet, could be a harsh learning curve..
For reference, I have a chinese made international sgsII with original firmware XWKG1, might be model specific but who knows....
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These uppity electronic devices, cant let them get the better of us!
I am sure there will be some combo of flashes and hand waving that will give it a good kick in the head.
As long as its a i9100 it shouldn't make a difference, still weird though.
Ok, fixed it good...
You need to flash with ODIN 6 times...
!st I flashed stock rom, I had a full screen of red error messages, ignore them. I then flashed cf-root over the top. I got into recovery by holding down up volume, home button and power until sgs logo appeared then released power. Held in other buttons until recovery menu appeared...
I then cleared cache, dalvik cache and then went into mounts and formatted everything (remove your sd card or it will be wiped too).
Flash stock with Odin a second time, the cf-root a 2nd time. Repeat above steps but also in advanced fix permissions.... Also do a full wipe of data..
Flash with ODIN a 3rd time, 1st stock then cf-root... You should be back up and running... Now flash away with whatever rom you please and leave KP8 alone until its easier to fix...
Sorry if this doesn't make a lot of sense and its possible I did a few steps more than I needed but I just got home after a lovely night at work and REALLY need sleep...
Cheers, hope this helps....
Thats just mental, glad you got it working though
veyka said:
These uppity electronic devices, cant let them get the better of us!
I am sure there will be some combo of flashes and hand waving that will give it a good kick in the head.
As long as its a i9100 it shouldn't make a difference, still weird though.
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guys i need some help .. i flashed 4.0.3 on my SGS2 ..as we know the rom is quite buggy so i tried going back to 2.3.6. Here is what happens..
I flashed stock GB using odin .. phone boots but takes me to the 'emergency dial' screen with a finger constantly telling me to touch the android... at the same time i'm getting thousands of FC messages.
I've tried restoring backups of my GB rom, the one i was using before flashing ICS but all the backups fail..saying 'system.img' file not found
I've tried flashing 2 differnet roms using odin but the same happens. .. i'm forced to only flash the laggy buggy ICS rom but i want to go back to GB
A step by step guide will be much appreciated.
Thanks
shehadl said:
guys i need some help .. i flashed 4.0.3 on my SGS2 ..as we know the rom is quite buggy so i tried going back to 2.3.6. Here is what happens..
I flashed stock GB using odin .. phone boots but takes me to the 'emergency dial' screen with a finger constantly telling me to touch the android... at the same time i'm getting thousands of FC messages.
I've tried restoring backups of my GB rom, the one i was using before flashing ICS but all the backups fail..saying 'system.img' file not found
I've tried flashing 2 differnet roms using odin but the same happens. .. i'm forced to only flash the laggy buggy ICS rom but i want to go back to GB
A step by step guide will be much appreciated.
Thanks
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See this post: clickme
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See this post: clickme
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I think my situation has worsened now.. i flashed the old bootloaders using ezodin and it got stuck at 'setting up connection' .. now any file that i flash using odin gets stuck at the same and doesnt go beyond. trying recovery says 'error encountered while upgrading firmware' try recovery mode in kies.
what do i do now?
shehadl said:
I think my situation has worsened now.. i flashed the old bootloaders using ezodin and it got stuck at 'setting up connection' .. now any file that i flash using odin gets stuck at the same and doesnt go beyond. trying recovery says 'error encountered while upgrading firmware' try recovery mode in kies.
what do i do now?
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<removed link to something you shouldnt use>
Thats for i9000, I dont know if it will work with i9100, and may have bricked your phone.
Should have just used standard odin
Can you get into download mode?
Do you have a backup of the stock or another rom that you can then revert back to stock from?
Just curious as to what the issue is, ICS is running fine for me, only issue is the video codecs which I knew about. Maybe a reflash would help if its glitchy?
veyka said:
Oh dear, did you use this: clickme?
Thats for i9000, I dont know if it will work with i9100, and may have bricked your phone.
Should have just used standard odin
Can you get into download mode?
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OMG...How could you give him that link? Now he has a serious problem...
i got myself back into ics using odin.. then i flashed old bootloaders.. and flashed stock GB again...result is still the same.. takes me into that emergency call screen with many FCs..
how do i go about it now....
I wouldnt want to change back if the battery wasnt so bad with ics and the number of times it hangs my phone was less ...
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i guess what i need is correct bootloaders for i9001. any ideas where i can find those?
Lennyz1988 said:
OMG...How could you give him that link? Now he has a serious problem...
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I didnt give him that, he said he used ezodin and that was what I found when i looked for ezodin, I was asking if he used it Thankfully he didnt.
shehadl said:
i got myself back into ics using odin.. then i flashed old bootloaders.. and flashed stock GB again...result is still the same.. takes me into that emergency call screen with many FCs..
how do i go about it now....
I wouldnt want to change back if the battery wasnt so bad with ics and the number of times it hangs my phone was less ...
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i guess what i need is correct bootloaders for i9001. any ideas where i can find those?
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Ok, so you have bootloader from gingerbread back on your phone?
If you had flashed i9000 bootloaders onto your i9100 you would have bricked, you haven't, we are all good.
Now you just need to fix the FC'ing, what stock rom are you flashing?
Hey guys
I've never modded my phone at all when it comes to custom ROM's, etc. My friend told me today that he flashed a CM9 ICS nightly build and it sparked some interest in me.
I read that to get the CM9 ROM you need to have CWM installed on your phone. Is that necessary? If so, why?
I also read that it will void my phones warranty if I install CWM...now obviously nothing is "suppose" to go wrong with the phone while doing this process and I heard that if the phone is soft bricked it can be recovered with nvflash (is this true?).
Finally, is there anything stopping me from flashing a stock bootloader (is that what CWM is?) onto the phone and then a stock ROM, allowing me to do a return on the phone without them knowing?
I'm completely new to this and this whole forum is so confusing and the only real easy instructions I found were on the CM9 site.
Thanks guys,
Elliott
EDIT: I also just saw on this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uK-k3KfY5c
He used some sort of USB dongle at the end for something...what did it do?
Everything you need and more in the relevant thread. With such basic questions and the apparent lack of ability to search, read and digest information, you would be wiser to stick to stock, official ROMs though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419102
Thanks but of course that did not answer any of my questions. I have already seen that and obviously you didn't read my post correctly. I am more interested in the warranty issues with doing this...and if it's possible to comletely revert everything to the point where they can't tell what was done with the phone...I have searched around.
What issues do you think you'll run into that will warrant you sending the phone in? Im on my second samsung phone and they've been flawless, warranty be damned, flash away.
CWM "clockworkmod" is a recovery mode replacement for the stock SGS2.
It's used to do a number of things, one of which is to flash items to the device such as full roms or kernels. I'll let you read up on the rest. Without the need to have your device connected to a pc.
Flashing anything unofficial is bound to void your warranty whether via CWM or Odin etc.
The older bootloader allows the use of a USB jig to reset the warning triangle and flash counter to conceal any warranty voiding activity. At some point (can't remember when) Samsung updated the bootloader to prevent the jig working. A simple flash of the older one fixes the issue and doesn't appear to affect the device usage.
There are some great articles on xda to read about flashing etc. Worth a look.
Hope this helps.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
peachpuff said:
What issues do you think you'll run into that will warrant you sending the phone in? Im on my second samsung phone and they've been flawless, warranty be damned, flash away.
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Hey
Well I'm not planning on the phone having any issues...but you never know what could happen...When I first got my SGS2 the home button stopped working within 24 hours and I had to go back and get another one...
I'm just saying anything could happen...ex: buttons breaking, etc.
aceofclubs said:
CWM "clockworkmod" is a recovery mode replacement for the stock SGS2.
It's used to do a number of things, one of which is to flash items to the device such as full roms or kernels. I'll let you read up on the rest. Without the need to have your device connected to a pc.
Flashing anything unofficial is bound to void your warranty whether via CWM or Odin etc.
The older bootloader allows the use of a USB jig to reset the warning triangle and flash counter to conceal any warranty voiding activity. At some point (can't remember when) Samsung updated the bootloader to prevent the jig working. A simple flash of the older one fixes the issue and doesn't appear to affect the device usage.
There are some great articles on xda to read about flashing etc. Worth a look.
Hope this helps.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
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Hey thanks for posting.
So you're saying that if I flash CWM, and then need to return the phone for whatever reason, I can install the original Samsung recovery tool that was there prior to installing CWM? Is that what you mean by "a simple flash of the older one..."?
Basically, if I ever need to return the phone, can I make it reset 100% original so that even if they knew how to check for stuff like CM9 and CWM, they wouldn't be able to find out that it was ever installed?
And when Samsung releases their official firmware and I decide I want to flash to that one, can I still use it? I'm guessing I could just flash it normally using CWM, but what if I wanted to go back to 100% original and update from there?
Starholdest said:
Thanks but of course that did not answer any of my questions. I have already seen that and obviously you didn't read my post correctly.
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Well that kind of attitude just irks me.
Unless I lack the ability to count, you asked a total of five questions, all of which are answered in that thread and countless others around this forum.
Anyway, your apparent main concern has to do with wanting to commit fraud. If you're okay with that, keep going. I guess since you're happy to break forum rules (rule #1), why not try and fudge a warranty claim?
Yes you can return your device to completely Telco/carrier stock.
If you want to do it...
Make a CWM backup.
Backup everything to pc from internal SD. A simple copy will do.
Use CWM to format internal SD.
Boot into download mode and flash Telco/carrier stock firmware via Odin.
Use jig to reset flash counter.
Use stock recovery to wipe device.
This should be as it was when you pulled it out of the box on day one.
When you get it back use cfroot kernel to root via Odin.
Copy SD card backup from pc to SD.
Restore CWM backup.
Should now be as it was before resetting to stock. Except maybe the modem if you like a different one from Telco/carrier stock.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
aceofclubs said:
Yes you can return your device to completely Telco/carrier stock.
If you want to do it...
Make a CWM backup.
Backup everything to pc from internal SD. A simple copy will do.
Use CWM to format internal SD.
Boot into download mode and flash Telco/carrier stock firmware via Odin.
Use jig to reset flash counter.
Use stock recovery to wipe device.
This should be as it was when you pulled it out of the box on day one.
When you get it back use cfroot kernel to root via Odin.
Copy SD card backup from pc to SD.
Restore CWM backup.
Should now be as it was before resetting to stock. Except maybe the modem if you like a different one from Telco/carrier stock.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
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Excellent thanks for your help!
So as soon as I boot into download mode and flash telco/carrier stock firmware via Odin, will CWM be erased? Also, what about what this gentleman said?
The older bootloader allows the use of a USB jig to reset the warning triangle and flash counter to conceal any warranty voiding activity. At some point (can't remember when) Samsung updated the bootloader to prevent the jig working.
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What if I have the updated bootloader?
Yes CWM is removed by flashing official firmware so original recovery from then.
If jig doesn't work use Odin to flash the old bootloader. It definitely will work then.
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aceofclubs said:
Yes CWM is removed by flashing official firmware so original recovery from then.
If jig doesn't work use Odin to flash the old bootloader. It definitely will work then.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
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Great thanks for all your help.
Going here to see the stock firmware (I guess bootloader is the same thing?), and scrolling down to the "Bell" section, there are two items listed there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113928
UGKG2: http://www.multiupload.com/WHKOJ8A5FG
Firmware info: PDA: UGKG2 Phone: UGKG2 CSC: BMCKG2
UGKG2 Stock Kernel:http://www.multiupload.com/43QUKBBK47
Password is: [email protected]
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What's the difference between the two?
The first link has the entire rom, the 2nd has just the kernel. However...
These links have been dead for a while now, so you'll need to head over to Samfirmware.com & search for the firmware you need. Follow whatever instructions they have for flashing firmware downloaded from their site.
Starholdest said:
Great thanks for all your help.
Going here to see the stock firmware (I guess bootloader is the same thing?), and scrolling down to the "Bell" section, there are two items listed there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113928
What's the difference between the two?
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Thanks. And what is the difference between just the kernel and the whole thing? Is kernel just another word for bootloader? I looked up the terms briefly...
Also, samfirmware.com doesn't have the one I have...is there another source or something?
The rom has stuff like themes, fonts, and other stuff (nuts & bolts) the kernel is like the engine (controls stuff like WiFi, controls everything you can do as root, etc). The package containing the whole rom also has the kernel in it.
No idea. Do a Google search. Alternatively, you can get the latest firmware available for your country/carrier (which may or may not be the same as the one you're looking for, depending on whether the carrier has updated firmware since the one you're looking for was released) with the PC version of Checkfus (do a search for it on here Google).
Edit to add - A better analogy for rom/kernel. Think of your phone as a car. The kernel is the engine, the rom is everything else/the car itself.
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Thanks. And what is the difference between just the kernel and the whole thing?
Also, samfirmware.com doesn't have the one I have...is there another source or something?
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Bootloader etc.
Starholdest said:
Excellent thanks for your help!
So as soon as I boot into download mode and flash telco/carrier stock firmware via Odin, will CWM be erased? Also, what about what this gentleman said?
What if I have the updated bootloader?
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I think everyone has cleared everything else for you, so I'll talk about the jig! Firstly you most likely have the new bootloader so your flash counter will still be on, therefore your warranty will still be void. LUCKILY there's an app called TriangleAway (made my Chainfire) which you can find with a simple search, this will let you reset your flash counter and get rid of the yellow triangle as long as you're running a rooted ICS ROM (like CM9) and you can then flash back to stock and all traces of any root will be gone. There is a warning that the app can brick your phone but through my many uses of it, it has never happened and no-one has reported any brick.
Cool thanks for your help!
In short, I got the very new S3alpha (Japan only) a couple of days ago, tried to root it, ****ed it up. I can still flash in Odin, though.
My friend just bought the same phone, on the same network. How do we go about extracting his stock ROM, so that I can flash it to my phone? If I wait for official firmware to show up online, it could be months. Seriously.
Anyone have any experience in this?
spaceindaver said:
In short, I got the very new S3alpha (Japan only) a couple of days ago, tried to root it, ****ed it up. I can still flash in Odin, though.
My friend just bought the same phone, on the same network. How do we go about extracting his stock ROM, so that I can flash it to my phone? If I wait for official firmware to show up online, it could be months. Seriously.
Anyone have any experience in this?
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That is not the GT-I9300 or 9305 if it was from here that could be why you bricked.
Now thats out of the way try checkfus downloader it allows you to download firmware from the Samsung servers, Faryaab at least knows how to dump firmware as well if you can't find one.
And finally don't Flash anything from here or you will brick the S3 alpha had different hardware the only place you will see roms and rooting is on Japanese sites.
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spaceindaver said:
In short, I got the very new S3alpha (Japan only) a couple of days ago, tried to root it, ****ed it up. I can still flash in Odin, though.
My friend just bought the same phone, on the same network. How do we go about extracting his stock ROM, so that I can flash it to my phone? If I wait for official firmware to show up online, it could be months. Seriously.
Anyone have any experience in this?
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You will have to adb your friend's mobile and pull all the files inside the system directory.. You can then extract the modem using adb or terminal emulator.. The commands are there in my guide.. I don't know about the boot.img though..
Search for it.. Once you have everything create a tar archive with it.. There are many guides for it..
Or you can get all the above files from the nandroid backup of your friend except the modem.. Extract modem separately.. Then pack it in to a tar archive.. Flash with Odin..
Most importantly your friend's device must be rooted before doing any of this
Do a proper research first..
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zoot1 said:
You will have to adb your friend's mobile and pull all the files inside the system directory.. You can then extract the modem using adb or terminal emulator.. The commands are there in my guide.. I don't know about the boot.img though..
Search for it.. Once you have everything create a tar archive with it.. There are many guides for it..
Or you can get all the above files from the nandroid backup of your friend except the modem.. Extract modem separately.. Then pack it in to a tar archive.. Flash with Odin..
Most importantly your friend's device must be rooted before doing any of this
Do a proper research first..
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It sounds like I'm screwed, then. I don't imagine there'll be a rooting solution for this phone for a good while yet (no one bothers to work on methods to root Japanese variants). That's why I'm in this situation in the first place; I was trying to root the same phone. Boo hoo.
The reason I tried using standard S3 methods was because those same methods work on the Japanese S2LTE. I was under the (false) impression that they must be fairly interchangeable.
Why asking questions in the general forums?. Thread moved.
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Okay well...I was messing around with some roms and such and found i needed to have "You must be on MJ5 bootloader or higher, or you will have reboots & freezes!!!"
Alright well I have/had no idea what that was and seen a thread that showed me a link to mj5 bL and all it said was flash it thru odin so i figured it was a good idea and I did that
Now to give some info I have a NOTE 2 for verizon
16gb
and from what I knew it was the one with I605VRAMC3 <--- this lol
cant think of the wording.. my product name WAS sch-i605
Ok now for some reason I flashed a BL in odin and now my phone says GT-N7100!!!
I have lost my imei and efs and all that =(
I cannot figure out how the hell to get back to my regular firmware i guess..I am so lost lol
I tried to flash "KIES_HOME_I605VRAMC3_I605VZWAMC3_1098177_REV0 4_us er_low_ship.tar.md5" and it doesnt work always fails at system.img
and i tried to flash
I605VRUEMJ9_I605VZWEMJ9_VZW.zip and it doesnt work fails also at system img
Please any +++++ feedback is good feedback
I know Im missing info for you to make a judgement , maybe, just ask me and I will tell. Im a nervous wreck atm xD
This is not development so you should not have posted here. You are trying to flash things when you don't know what you are doing and are not thoroughly reading things. There are several stickied guides to help you out. Read them.
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You bricked your phone. Why are so many people flashing bootloaders for other variants? Read, read, read people.
akellar said:
You bricked your phone. Why are so many people flashing bootloaders for other variants? Read, read, read people.
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Its not really bricked. I can work my way around things pretty easy.
I just need to know how can i change it from gt-n7100 to sch-i650
homeboy773 said:
Its not really bricked. I can work my way around things pretty easy.
I just need to know how can i change it from gt-n7100 to sch-i650
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Does it boot? Can you Odin back to stock? If not, its bricked. If you can you would be the first I've ever heard of being able to.
akellar said:
Does it boot? Can you Odin back to stock? If not, its bricked. If you can you would be the first I've ever heard of being able to.
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Thats whats really messing with my head. I know i fd up but I sort of understand all this.
I can flash a rom doing certain steps going back to philz recovery.
The thing is I can do anything GT-N7100 Wise... I can flash that pit and that stock... But the problem is thats not my the original firmware so basically my phone service wont work.
Its odd
I can get into download mode easily
I tried to flash my original pit file but it just fails at system.img
I also tried just flashing the "I605VRAMC3_I605VZWAMC3_VZW" in pda but it fails also.
Its confusing why it even let me flash a different firmware in the first place but it wont let me flash back?
homeboy773 said:
Thats whats really messing with my head. I know i fd up but I sort of understand all this.
I can flash a rom doing certain steps going back to philz recovery.
The thing is I can do anything GT-N7100 Wise... I can flash that pit and that stock... But the problem is thats not my the original firmware so basically my phone service wont work.
Its odd
I can get into download mode easily
I tried to flash my original pit file but it just fails at system.img
I also tried just flashing the "I605VRAMC3_I605VZWAMC3_VZW" in pda but it fails also.
Its confusing why it even let me flash a different firmware in the first place but it wont let me flash back?
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just flashed twrp and a rom, maybe the BL re locked? going to see if re rooting will help to flash a new BL IDK lol
homeboy773 said:
just flashed twrp and a rom, maybe the BL re locked? going to see if re rooting will help to flash a new BL IDK lol
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If the bootloader was locked you wouldn't be able to flash twrp.
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If the bootloader was locked you wouldn't be able to flash twrp.
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ok
akellar said:
If the bootloader was locked you wouldn't be able to flash twrp.
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this is going to sound ignorant but is I605VRAMC3_I605VZWAMC3_VZW a boot loader?
Or where can i find i605 bootloader?
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If the bootloader was locked you wouldn't be able to flash twrp.
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In a backup file from a past rom, Where, If, Would efs be located?