I just created this video guide on how to use software update tool to update firmware
basically this one was for my device bt i think this could be more useful in general section too ... only thing makes differ is How you go to download mode else all process is same
check out my work like it if it helps you
Firmware Tool
kshitij_bhatt said:
I just created this video guide on how to use software update tool to update firmware
basically this one was for my device bt i think this could be more useful in general section too ... only thing makes differ is How you go to download mode else all process is same
check out my work like it if it helps you
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Nice work, but what about the download matter?
EskDroid said:
Nice work, but what about the download matter?
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thanx
about download matter is that every phone has its own key combination to go to download mode i am collecting information about all the phones i knw about till date to improve this thread so that i could provide info about how to go to download mode for each and eveyphone here only ..... else all process is same for all phones who are suitable with software update tool ....
if a developer creates a custom rom and repacks it as .nb0 u can use this video guide and software update tool to update it to ur phone easily ... also it might help half bricked phones to reget the software they want on the phone to submit it to service center
this guide do not support htc and sony xperia becoz for those phones u first need to look for there own seprate threads ... this is a general guide only for unlocked phones ....
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Hi every one ,
I need some one expert in both, computer and android , to help me with my very big problem .
I've ALCATEL OT-990 which run with android system .
H already have it's USB cable but I don't have any CD with or any thing to have the device of it , so I searched every were here and there even google for the solution and get nothing .
here I found some threads but didn't understand any thing .
I need some one to help But he should know that I have windows Xp 32 not 64 or 86
this device is very important so I am able to do many things by finding it as rooting sync and more
thanks ,
No one wan to answer me after all this time ?
Ok , I've find my own solution and the officially one too .
just i've downloaded the pc suite and the device in one RAR file right here .
Many thanks for those who knows the Answer and didn't answer me .
Another question about Alcatel OT-990:
Why can't I send MMS with data disabled? Is this an Android 2.2 weirdness or a weirdness of this specific device? On Android 2.3 on different device it is possible to send mms with data disabled.
ELRAKAWY said:
Hi every one ,
I need some one expert in both, computer and android , to help me with my very big problem .
I've ALCATEL OT-990 which run with android system .
H already have it's USB cable but I don't have any CD with or any thing to have the device of it , so I searched every were here and there even google for the solution and get nothing .
here I found some threads but didn't understand any thing .
I need some one to help But he should know that I have windows Xp 32 not 64 or 86
this device is very important so I am able to do many things by finding it as rooting sync and more
thanks ,
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let me know if you still wanna help
Well, since ELRAKAWY figured it out, I would like to have an answer if you could.
Mr-m07 said:
let me know if you still wanna help
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Yes I still need help >>>
I wanna to Update my android 2.2.2 to higher versions that possible .
Did you try this?
I've tried this app more than one time and it always failed to complete the misssion .
I hope you have another way to done this upgrade .
waiting for your reply.//.
Does the FOTA app on the device report that there is an update? Did you try to download it and install it over the air with the use of this app? What happened?
There is a way to install Gingerbread on OT-990 and it is explained on this forum, but, lot of providers have decided to stay on Froyo since GB on this device is known to drain baterry fast.
If You still want to experiment with upgrading Your software search forum, here is complete guide.
Let me remind You that this will void Your warranty and if you make a mistake device can be bricked.
Once You install ROM from instructions in link, Yo can install another GB custom ROM, I sugest Marina Lite.
But you must know, custom roms require new bootloader wich is included in first tutorial (first link)
And, yes, when you ask a question, try to be more specific. I didn't understand a thing from first post (or, I couldn't find question in it)
thanks for your work , but this way isn't fully and i don't get my phone rooted yet .
So, you can instruct me to root my phone first .
thanks for you time .....
i have been looking over this forum and other sites how to unlock bootloader on my sony xperia S
I think i am almost there but just cant figure out why last few staps wont work.
So i used the introctions on unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/instructions
And at step 13 it goed wrong because my computer wont let me choose a driver.
I did everything following these introctions and didnt missed anything...
Can someone please explain whats wrong ? what i need to do ?
Or is there a other easier way to unlock bootloader ?
thnaks in advance!
There is a thread in development section about how to unlock the bootloader.
And no need for drivers cause windows will install automatically if you are on win7.
jaspervoorn said:
i have been looking over this forum and other sites how to unlock bootloader on my sony xperia S
I think i am almost there but just cant figure out why last few staps wont work.
So i used the introctions on unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/instructions
And at step 13 it goed wrong because my computer wont let me choose a driver.
I did everything following these introctions and didnt missed anything...
Can someone please explain whats wrong ? what i need to do ?
Or is there a other easier way to unlock bootloader ?
thnaks in advance!
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i had the similaer issue with my Sony Xperia Sola . then i read a thread here abt using the device manager to do it . pls look for the thread its here some where .
it works like
; u have to plug in the usb with the Volume Button up , down . and then as soon as in the device manager it shows the S1 fast boot device , rite click on it and click , Update Driver, .
: unplug the device as the blue lite will go off in seconds .
: look for the usb winsub drives in the Android>SDK>Extras> Google>USB ( assuming that u have already replaced the drivers with the drivers from the Soy official unlocking page here ,
HTML:
http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/instructions
)
: and then connect phone again with the volume up button down and as soon as the blue lite comes up on the device click NEXT
You have to be very very fast in doing this . it took me 2 weeks to understand all this and get it down . i hope it works for u . this is only way u can unlock til now . Take my word for it . but i also suggest that also look for that thread here on the forums . its there some i just cat find it any more . but i am sure u can .
BEST OF LUCK MATE .
sup everybody I just got my first ever droid today and much to my delight its the international version of the Samsung Galaxy SIII.
now heres the issue. its the GT-9308 version...so my question is :
if I root my phone is there anyway to change the rom[??] from this chinese mobile one [supposedly unlocked] that is lacking google play and is still partially in mandarin [which ya boy can't even slightly comprehend] to the GT-i9300 one?
the attachment is a screenshot of the about device section.
I know this is probably impossible but if it is possible I'm not screwed and there is still hope lol. a preemptive thanks to anyone who can shed some light
The China Mobile version ???
One user posted .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1722273
A Chinese forum may be of help but it looks like I9300 = no .
jje
JJEgan said:
The China Mobile version ???
One user posted .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1722273
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ahhh thank you i searched for a similar thread but i guess it didnt show up cuz it says asian in the title instead of china
not trying to bump that other thread but the only thing that really tells me is that I'm probably SOL.
so my NEW question is. any possible way I could go about implementing the modem driver from the GT-i9308 into the GT-i9300 rom so I get the google play and full english capabilities without the bloatware in addition to the phone still working?
I'll take that as a no then?
Hollow704 said:
sup everybody I just got my first ever droid today and much to my delight its the international version of the Samsung Galaxy SIII.
now heres the issue. its the GT-9308 version...so my question is :
if I root my phone is there anyway to change the rom[??] from this chinese mobile one [supposedly unlocked] that is lacking google play and is still partially in mandarin [which ya boy can't even slightly comprehend] to the GT-i9300 one?
the attachment is a screenshot of the about device section.
I know this is probably impossible but if it is possible I'm not screwed and there is still hope lol. a preemptive thanks to anyone who can shed some light
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You can root your phone just do not change the modem otherwise your phone will not work. There are several chinese forums (use chrome to translate) that have very easy instructions for rooting which will allow google play to be installed.
Same boat
I am in China and found myself in the same boat..... i hosed my system after mucking about with it ... first android phone ... i am presently putting together all the links and things i did to get mine de china mobilized and google working .. rooted and a custom ROM or two that work... i have a newer hardware version then most people ... most have hardware version 5.0 ... i have 6.0 .... first attempt at rooting was fine... after that i added a rom... backed up and used the same modem firmware .... phone would not get past the start up screen... but thank god i could still put into recovery mode and get back to the firmware screen.. so i knew it could be saved... so i went through the Chinese forums ... no one had the latest hardware version ... but a release of the "official samsung rom" was the reason my phone was the way it was .... so i found another "Official" rom .... as it turned out it put my phone back into a working order ... the other thing is i am using OSX .... i had to muck about with different version of various pieces of software to get it all done... like i said i am throwing together all the links and everything i did to get mine going ... many of these links will require some authentication to Chinese sites .. weibo qq etc ...
I will try to re share the software i have downloaded ..but i am not maintaining them so not sure how good an idea this is...but the links will help the other "whites" as the chinese describe us foreigners in their forums "so easy a white can do it" after translation....
I just wanted to thank those on XDA with their posts ..... they did help, with information that got me going in the right direction.... this is my first Android since a Telus Fascinate .. which i gave to one of my programers/friends on my architecture team to root... other then that a iphone user ... hard to really brick one of these phones if you do the common sense back ups and such...
Once again thank you... i will have a full break down of my adventure in a day or two.... back to my work.
Cheers
some instructions feel free to contact me i will try and help
I have a i9308 and any of the newer release of the "official firmware' messed up my start up and made it loop...
I installed this using Heimdall skipped the bootloader as it seems to fail in both odin and Heimdall on hardware build 6.00
I found the newest official rom bbs dot anzhi dot com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=6344702 ... sorry not enough posts to send out side links ... i under stand.
everything else worked fine.... after this and i was able to back and do the usual install of CWM ..... which failed using Heimdall ... again on the bootloader .... so using Odin it worked ... i used virtual box and Windows 7 ... with the latest Samsung drivers ....i had to create a specific interface for the Samsung in virtual box so the i9308 would mount with out conflict in windows .... i was then able to install CF-Root-SGS3-v6.4 ...
Once rooted i started looking for a way to install google play and all the google services.
i installed this ROM anzhi_karben_samsung_i9308_V1.0 which had the google drivers i needed and was not full of to much other crap and worked well in english ... i found this here bbs dot anzhi dot com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=6198323 i used my Wiebo account to do this and was then able to download.
I got the google pack ..... well one that worked and after i checked everything did not have any malicious scripts that i could find ... bbs dot anzhi dot com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=5401203 ... the zip file was gapps-ics-20120429-signed-4.0.4
i hope this helps some people Heimdall took a little after i figured out how to do this.... it was easy ... i have wiped it out a few times i nthe last week and tried different ROMs from the various Chinese boards ...some made very odd requests for SU access here and there ...i generally removed them after trying to find the offending script .... as i said so far the ones i am using have been pretty safe with little to no issues. I did go in and remove a lot of the preloaded China Mobile wares ...so far the phone is great ... i do fid the wifi signal sucks....
My first android i rooted myself ...see what happens after a drunk night in a taxi in Beijing and you lose your iPhone.... having fun.
S2 GT-I9308 Unlock
Hello
Someone gave me an I9308
I'm trying to use it with my French Sim Card. So i need to be able to unlock it.
I've been able to root and install custom firmware as described above.
I've tried to use GalaxySim Unlock application, but it says "Device not recognized"
I've tried to use the "trick" to unlock, but , the current firmware official version on the I9308 is 4.0.4, and with this version, "Network Unlock" is not working.
In order to try the trich with proper version :
I've tried to install 4.1.1 version for I9300, but it fails with modem
I've tried to install 4.1.1 version with modem.img from 4.0.4, it works but the phone is no more booting, it locks at "samsung" logo and vibrate one time pause one seconds, vibrates three times pause one seconds and again.
So two questions :
How to install a newer versions of android when no offcial version have yet been released ?
How to unlock the I9308 with 4.0.4 in it ?
Thanks.
It is the modem drivers that are the problem. China Mobile has not released a official upgrade yet. But I left instructions for rooting in my previous post.
Sent from my iOCEAN X7 using Tapatalk
old post late reply, i know but nvm that, anyway if anyone is still interested in this, here i have the right solution. recently i have been collecting some old Samsung phones, i managed to get hold of a Chinese 9308, as u know, all i9300 roms/twrp work on 9308, but can't detect SIM card/mobile network, however i found one version of the MIUI6 roms, so far so good, everything appear to work perfectly, has all languages, Google play services & framework most importantly, 3G works fine too. i will shortly provide links to the downloads.
Would you like please send the link for this MIUI ?
hi 161ed1
161ed1 said:
Would you like please send the link for this MIUI ?
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the problem is, i still have to upload them somewhere 1st, as one of the original links is no longer working and although the other one still is (there were two of them), but it was on baidu cloud, both, u need a baidu account to be able to dl stuff, i clearly remember i couldnt download them myself, and i wasnt able to create a baidu account either, but luckily i found someone who could & did download them for me and sent those files to me afterwards, so now we have to work out a way 4 me 2 send those files from my PC to other users out there.
Hello guys,
I tried to restore my Neobox E-Fox2012 with MTK 6573 and android 2.3.4 but now it's blocked on start screen! :crying:
How i can flash a stock rom (or any other rom) to restore my phone?
There's a tutorial?
Thanks a lot for help!
PS: sorry for my bad english! :angel:
legolas7 said:
Hello guys,
I tried to restore my Neobox E-Fox2012 with MTK 6573 and android 2.3.4 but now it's blocked on start screen! :crying:
How i can flash a stock rom (or any other rom) to restore my phone?
There's a tutorial?
Thanks a lot for help!
PS: sorry for my bad english! :angel:
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I do not have Neobox myself, but I got curious about what phone that was and did search around for some info about it.
I found several hits with frustrated users like yourself have bricked their phone and was looking for help. The manufactor have no website or support for the phone, so it looks like its much up to the users themselves to help eachothers.
But I think I did find one page that I hope will help you to fix your phone. Someone hava had similar problems and have mad a blog about it to help other neobox mt6573 users.
He have also posted a link so you can download a copy of his own dumped rom, so that others can fix their phones by flashing it.
Here is the link to the blog:
<link removed due to forum rules, users below 10 posts.....>
Also check the blogpost with technical info and pictures of the phone so that you can verify that this is the same phone.
Here is a link to a guide for flashing rom (should be the same procedure as for mt6573 phones):
<link removed due to forum rules, users below 10 posts.....>
You will need some MediaTek USB VCOM drivers, but these I think you can find many places for download. (google it)
ps. I tried to download his rom dump to check the files. This is not a complete rom, because the preloader is not flashable. But I think this is normal for these kind of backups. I did do backup on my MT6575 phone and the preloaded was missing there too.
But dont worry, it should be enaugh to restore your phone.
Also you will need to use the MTK ROM Studio to create a scatter txt file and put in the same dir as the rom.
If you dont have that tool, I did create a scatter file for you:
View attachment Links_and_Scatter.rar
Note that I was not allowed to post direct links in my post, since I dont have 10 posts yet on this forum. So I have included the links in the attachment file.
Hope this helps you
amyren said:
I do not have Neobox myself, but I got curious about what phone that was and did search around for some info about it.
I found several hits with frustrated users like yourself have bricked their phone and was looking for help. The manufactor have no website or support for the phone, so it looks like its much up to the users themselves to help eachothers.
But I think I did find one page that I hope will help you to fix your phone. Someone hava had similar problems and have mad a blog about it to help other neobox mt6573 users.
He have also posted a link so you can download a copy of his own dumped rom, so that others can fix their phones by flashing it.
Here is the link to the blog:
<link removed due to forum rules, users below 10 posts.....>
Also check the blogpost with technical info and pictures of the phone so that you can verify that this is the same phone.
Here is a link to a guide for flashing rom (should be the same procedure as for mt6573 phones):
<link removed due to forum rules, users below 10 posts.....>
You will need some MediaTek USB VCOM drivers, but these I think you can find many places for download. (google it)
ps. I tried to download his rom dump to check the files. This is not a complete rom, because the preloader is not flashable. But I think this is normal for these kind of backups. I did do backup on my MT6575 phone and the preloaded was missing there too.
But dont worry, it should be enaugh to restore your phone.
Also you will need to use the MTK ROM Studio to create a scatter txt file and put in the same dir as the rom.
If you dont have that tool, I did create a scatter file for you:
View attachment 1710950
Note that I was not allowed to post direct links in my post, since I dont have 10 posts yet on this forum. So I have included the links in the attachment file.
Hope this helps you
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Thanks a lot for you help!
I had already found this blog and using the dump with SP Flash Tool i "reborn" the phone.
This isn't my phone, but the phone of my friend that doesn't understand nothing around flashing, rom etc etc.
So if someone will use this method i can say that it works!
See you soon guys.
And many thanks to amyren for his research!
Hello. I have read a lot of forums and I have not found a solution that works for my problem. I was trying to follow http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588991 this guide and made a mistake along the way. Now it will only boot into recovery mode. I have tried to do a data wipe/factory reset and it was no help at all. The tablet is a Polaroid PMID920. If anyone could help me with this I would greatly appreciate it.
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I'm still looking for help with this issue. As I said I have tried to do a datawipe/factory reset and it didn't help at all.
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Can someone please help me with this issue. I am still unable to fix it or get it to load at all. Only thing it will load is the recovery menu.
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Still looking for help with this tablet.
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ok I don't know what device it is
but you have to do the following :
1- look for android firmware for the device
2- download the correct odin software version that will be compatible with your device
3-put your device in downloading mode
4-flash the rom into your device using ODIN
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me1mon said:
ok I don't know what device it is
but you have to do the following :
1- look for android firmware for the device
2- download the correct odin software version that will be compatible with your device
3-put your device in downloading mode
4-flash the rom into your device using ODIN
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Hello, thank you for replying.
I am not sure where to look for android firmware. I have searched the tablet's website and they don't have the firmware up for it, where would I look for it? I also don't know where to look for Odin software or to know if it's the correct one. I am pretty much a noob to all of this. Where would I look for Odin software? (Google?)
Laffadin said:
Hello, thank you for replying.
I am not sure where to look for android firmware. I have searched the tablet's website and they don't have the firmware up for it, where would I look for it? I also don't know where to look for Odin software or to know if it's the correct one. I am pretty much a noob to all of this. Where would I look for Odin software? (Google?)
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I don't know about your firmware but you google it. What is your manufacture ?
here you can look for the compatible odin version for your device (mostly support Samsung devices)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...08-2013-odin-3-09-odin-1-85-versions-t2189539
here you can download the version (both are good)
http://androidcentral.us/2013/11/download-odin/
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http://odindownload.com/
Manufacture
me1mon said:
I don't know about your firmware but you google it. What is your manufacture ?
here you can look for the compatible odin version for your device (mostly support Samsung devices)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...08-2013-odin-3-09-odin-1-85-versions-t2189539
here you can download the version (both are good)
http://androidcentral.us/2013/11/download-odin/
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http://odindownload.com/
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Manufacture is in the title. "Polaroid" Model is PMID920
Hey so I'm thinking about biting the bullet to finally trying to root & update this pmid920 to google play. But I guess I'm a little worried as this fellow messed his up & couldn't put stock fw back on it. http://www.FreakTab.com/showthread.php?t=11960 or if I just wanted to keep it simple should I just root & sideload apps to it? Or what do u think this fellow did wrong to totally mess it up? I just wanna keep it simple to let kids have some games on it & me to bs on it n such. Thanks in advance Ron.