Ok so I just got a brand new Galaxy s2 FREE from Vodafone AU... well not exactly, after crap reception and a $500 bill direct debited from my account for excess data I never used, they gave it to me outright. Bribe 3 months before my contract expires I guess.
Firstly I'm NOT a NOOB been flashing for 18months on my old SGS1 and do know a bit.
-So I started with a stock GTi9100T phone...
NOTE: After much google action I discovered that the GTi9100T is IDENTICAL to the standard SGS2 as far as I can tell except that is has a lower SAR output. Unlike the i9100G there are NO T-specific hardware or firmware differences (except possibly the modem or trivial rom settings) and no separate sources either.
-Then I flashed a CF-rooted stock kernel (KF2 i think) matching the stock firmware via Odin.
-Next I downloaded Foxhound Batista 0.2 ICS XXLPH based rom and flashed via CWM recovery. I came in two parts and I must have missed the correct seequence because the rom bootlooped.
I decided to format every partition except sdcard and flash CF-root kernel via Odin again.
-This time Foxhound flashed sucessfully.
-Now I did forget to backup my IMEI (facepalm) easy to do when you have a FREE SGS2 in your hands. IMEI survived fine but the Serial number in setting> phone is "Unkown"
-Now my questions are:
-Does the serial number listed as unknown cause any phone-identity problems like a missing/corrupt IMEI?
-Can I fix this with .md5 backups in my EFS folder or any other way easily?
-Is it caused by still having GB bootloaders running ICS?
-will a sammy stock firmware flash (3-file low-level + pit/repartion) fix it like IMEI issues?
-Is is something to do with having GTi9100 rom running on a GTi9100T device?
Thanks in advance peoples, happy to join your area of XDA
Edit: So I finally found a discussion touching on this in the CM9 thread but it reveals very little:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419102&highlight=serial+number+unknown
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bump, I have this problem too, nobody really knows of a fix?
So if u dont hav imei how come u get signal?...if its currupt then ,if got a bck up of efs folder use it an get ur imei.or it will look more of a stollen phone
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bump, I have this problem too, nobody really knows of a fix?
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Serial problem ???
jje
You need new ics boot loader, ics stock ROM to fix that serial....
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I've never used a custom rom that does show the serial number in settings, and I only used stock for a week when I first got my phone & don't remember if it showed up using stock.
Either way, it's irrelevant. What possible issue could arise whether settings/about phone showed your serial number or not ? As long as your IMEI is good/not showing the generic '0044' one, it's all good.
People getting in a tizz about nothing on here as per usual.
Custom kernels than might lose it again
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It's the new ICS feature, it shows serial in about phone, and yes it does nothing, but it sure bug when you see unknown.... So update to latest stock and it will be fixed. Easy. As I said, custom kernels again can make it unknown.
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Serial problem ???
jje
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Yeah, just the missing serial, installed cm9
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OK, first off. I read about the 2.3.3 bug in Android. I got the phone 2 days ago and I noticed that it uses quite a lot of battery when sleeping(lost 20% this night, 10h).
Battery use shows Android OS that used ~40%, next is Fancy Widgets(my fault, I know). Mobile data was off, wifi on. Every sync thing is on. It's not rooted or anything like that. From what I understand, using the 2.3.4 firmware should fix this issue. I'm wondering if I just have to use ODIN and flash just the PDA part. Since it's official it shouldn't void the warranty right? And it also shouldn't wipe the device. And please tell me which I have to use, there just so many firmwares here.
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OK, first off. I read about the 2.3.3 bug in Android. I got the phone 2 days ago and I noticed that it uses quite a lot of battery when sleeping(lost 20% this night, 10h).
Battery use shows Android OS that used ~40%, next is Fancy Widgets(my fault, I know). Mobile data was off, wifi on. Every sync thing is on. It's not rooted or anything like that. From what I understand, using the 2.3.4 firmware should fix this issue. I'm wondering if I just have to use ODIN and flash just the PDA part.
You have to follow the instructions with the relevant stock rom and that is usually a full flash via Odin .
Since it's official
Its not official its leaked but it is stock Samsung and Samsung honour the warranty it
And please tell me which I have to use, there just so many firmwares here.
Use the firmware you want KH3 is the latest release .
jje
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JJEgan said:
freemini said:
OK, first off. I read about the 2.3.3 bug in Android. I got the phone 2 days ago and I noticed that it uses quite a lot of battery when sleeping(lost 20% this night, 10h).
Battery use shows Android OS that used ~40%, next is Fancy Widgets(my fault, I know). Mobile data was off, wifi on. Every sync thing is on. It's not rooted or anything like that. From what I understand, using the 2.3.4 firmware should fix this issue. I'm wondering if I just have to use ODIN and flash just the PDA part.
You have to follow the instructions with the relevant stock rom and that is usually a full flash via Odin .
Since it's official
Its not official its leaked but it is stock Samsung and Samsung honour the warranty it
And please tell me which I have to use, there just so many firmwares here.
Use the firmware you want KH3 is the latest release .
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uhmm, ok? I see that all of the last firmwares have 2.3.4(frankenstein). Does it matter which one I choose? And will it wipe the device? It doesn't say anything about wiping so I guess it won't.
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You pick a firmware to suit your region .
One says it will wipe your device but not sure if that applies to all Frankenstein .
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JJEgan said:
You pick a firmware to suit your region .
One says it will wipe your device but not sure if that applies to all Frankenstein .
jje
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I guess
what about XXKH3? Mine is from Norway BTW.
I have just rooted by galaxy s2 using cf root and odin 1.85.
my current firmware is XWKI4, reading through post particularly rooting methds (sroot and cf root), peopple are advised to download firmware which closes matches that of the stock rom, is this correct?
does it matter what kerner (or firmware) the custom rom comes with or does the curtom rom for me has to be xwkI4?
also, phones for my wife so list of most stable rom would be appricated.
chers
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No you are fine...You are rooted now so this is were the fun begins. Download a rom that you like and make sure you use recovery to flash it. Before you flash a rom make sure you make a backup of the current one you are on and make sure you back up your applications using Titanium backup. Then go ahead and flash a rom of your choice. Most roms always have a guide in the first page of their thread. Read it carefully and if you have to read it like ten times do so..That way you get a better understanding and at least you know what you are flashing.
Rom there are so many to choose from..Either Checkrom V4 that has a kitchen app or Foxhound. Also if you go in the Android development there are so many other roms there that you can flash...But like i said backup and do your reading first..Happy flashing
thanks for the quick response
I was thinking of trying checkrom or villianrom
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thanks for the quick response
I was thinking of trying checkrom or villianrom
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Both roms are great. Try them both my friend you are not losing anything..That is the great thing about flashing roms..Try both for a few days and take it from there.
hello,
Well your phone is rooted now, so try what ever rom you like!
Look for the rom that's Best rated (4 or 5 stars).
If you want to stay on ginger, then what you mentioned are good amongst others.
If you like the iPhone look, then Try also the Miui ginger roms, DT Miui ginger is good).
Now if you like to go ICS then I recommandé you the Wanamlite (version 7.2 now), but put in mind that ICS is in 4.0.3 LP2 beta version, therfore still facing some problemes Yet. But it is worth to try.
One big advice though : in All cases, do your backup before, then wipe every thing from the reboot recovery CWM.
I hope this helps.
Best rom for you is the one you test yourself & decide works great for you. A Rom/kernel that works well for me might not work well for you (phone components slightly different, different phone setup, different usage).
Make sure you back up your EFS as well. Best way is with k-tool
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pun the ignorance, what is EFS?
is there a thread where the rating of the rom is provided?
teracir said:
is there a thread where the rating of the rom is provided?
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top right hand corner were it says thread rating
teracir said:
is there a thread where the rating of the rom is provided?
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It's displayed alongside each thread/ROM in the Development forums. Not sure I'd set too great a store by those though. CheckROM is very reliable.
I wouldn't go anywhere near ICS for your wife - very high maintenance. (The ROM, that is, never met your wife...)
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It's displayed alongside each thread/ROM in the Development forums. Not sure I'd set too great a store by those though. CheckROM is very reliable.
I wouldn't go anywhere near ICS for your wife - very high maintenance. (The ROM, that is, never met your wife...)
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I have to agree with Gustopher here. Go for checkrom and then just install the ICS theme by Vertumus and your wife will a very happy lady.
ICS remix- resurrection, the best ics rom in the sgs2 at the moment baby
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EFS is the folder that contains your IMEI code. If this gets corrupted its very hard to get back.
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Okay so this is how it is.
6 months ago when I bought my GNex it was carrier locked. I had to wait forever for Vodafone to release updates, I was stuck on 4.0.1 even though 4.0.4 had already been rolled out. At the point I snapped. I set up fastboot, unlocked bootloader and flashed the official Google yakju build. After that I received the OTA with in seconds and was able to update to the latest firmware.
About 2 weeks ago, I upgraded to the Galaxy S 3. It is also carrier based and I'm still on the initial release firmware:
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I never receive updates and the bugs I'm facing are killing me. So my question is, would I be able to flash an unbranded STOCK Samsung Firmware in which will enable me to update via OTA or Kies without the carrier delays?
I'm on the I9300T as you can see and live in Australia.
Please make things clear..
EDIT: I have found this link.. what Di you guys think about this process?
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/restore-galaxy-s3-i9300t-install-latest-firmware-i9300tdualf2-guide/
Anyone?
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Samfirmware.com have all the stock firmwares, find the latest for oz, flash through Odin and bobs your uncle.
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There are none available for Australia..
The only one available for the I9300T is for Thailand and that's the same one that was explained in the link in my first post.
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Is there really a hardware difference between i9300T and i9300? Or "T" is just indicating a model no. tailored for some parts of the world?
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Is there really a hardware difference between i9300T and i9300? Or "T" is just indicating a model no. tailored for some parts of the world?
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I get mixed opinions on that.. I'm not sure what to do.
Typed on my Galaxy S 3 ♡
The difference with the T version is the modem I think, it is supposed to be more tuned to the 850mhz frequency.
Afaik the roms are the same but you should be using a T version modem.
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So do you recommend I flash the Thailand I9300T version or does it have to be Australian specific?
Typed on my Galaxy S 3 ♡
Well I think any firmware will do, I'm not 100% certain but I saw someone that flashed one and they were wondering if it made a difference and someone else posted that the only difference between the i9300 and the i9300T was the modem.
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Yeah I saw that too.. I just hope it works and doesn't have a drastic effect.
Typed on my Galaxy S 3 ♡
First make a nandroid backup, and then flash the latest LFB ROM of any region.
See if it works. Of not, flash the Aus modem. If it works, you're good to go. :thumbup:
If not, try flashing the Thailand ROM you mentioned. If nothing works restore Nandroid.
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I'm not rooted and don't have clockworkmod recovery :/
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I recommend flashing XXLFB I'm on Vodafone aus and flashed it few days back and it works very well. You can't flash other modems but the modem works better than vodafones. As far as I9300 +I9300T on the sgs2 the T model
We had to use T modem this phone seems different they all seem to work on my T model.
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I'm not rooted and don't have clockworkmod recovery :/
Typed on my Galaxy S 3 ♡
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I'm on Vodafone and I have a Galaxy S3 i9300T and I've flashed the European (UK) stock firmware (for the i9300) and there was no difference in performance and it worked to the same degree as before. The only slight hitch I faced was that it didn't set the time right as the time zone was set to the UK time zone. But that can be fixed easily by going into the Date & Time settings. There is no difference in hardware between the i9300 and the i9300T. The modems are different, but there's a post floating around here somewhere where you can flash different modems/radios, including the one which comes with the i9300T. See the link attached:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1740061
Also, when you flash a ROM on, it doesn't change the modem/radio firmware, you have to flash that separately.
So in conclusion, there is no danger to the phone in flashing an i9300 firmware.
And it's best if you root your phone using CFRoot as it installs ClockWorkMod Recovery.
Hi
So I was running the latest JB leak. However after few hours I was unable to send any msg or call to anyone.
So I thought it might be a ROM issue so I thought of going back to ICS stock again.
So I did this:
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, but my phone got stuck in NAND write. After a long time I disconnected it and now I can't go to Recovery MOde either.
I can only go to download more.
Can My phone be saved?
It doesn't usually say 'get pit for mapping' so maybe you need the .pit file
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Actually, it does normally say "get pit for mapping," (even without a pit file) but it goes by quickly on a normal, successful flash.
1. Try a different usb port.
2. Different usb cable.
3. Different computer.
4. With pitfile. I dont know which is correct.
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Hi
I tried to re install it, but this time I launched with Administrative rights.
It worked
Atleast my phone is now starting.
However I can't make any calls, but I can get calls and smses.
Moreover I can also use mobile data.
I don't know if it was because I flashed the latest leak or it's just a network issue.
Can my efs folder be corrupt?
You have soft bricked it
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I installed the Latest JB leak. It was all fine , but after few hours I was unable to make any calls or do any msgs.
I was initially, but then I tried to install the Note 2 Gallery and wiped cache and dalvik partition.
After that I couldn't even check balance.
However I could get incoming calls and messages.Even after that.
Could the flash have ruined something?
I have now reverted back to stock ICS and wiped the user data.
BUt I'm still unable to call .
What could be the reason?
Help!
Just a network issue or has the flashed ruined something inside my efs folder/
eggman89 said:
I installed the Latest JB leak. It was all fine , but after few hours I was unable to make any calls or do any msgs.
I was initially, but then I tried to install the Note 2 Gallery and wiped cache and dalvik partition.
After that I couldn't even check balance.
However I could get incoming calls and messages.Even after that.
Could the flash have ruined something?
I have now reverted back to stock ICS and wiped the user data.
BUt I'm still unable to call .
What could be the reason?
Help!
Just a network issue or has the flashed ruined something inside my efs folder/
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Check in settings->info->status and look for imei.. If It is still there all should be ok and It could be a modem related problem and for solving that you should try to factory reset the Phone and then flash the cwm zip of the modem You need..
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Sounds to me like you have lost your APN settings. Settings, More, Mobile, Access Point Names
Edit, Sorry, misread your post. Didn't pick up the problem is with calling out.
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It works now. It was stupid Vodafone who were doing system upgrade.
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What stuff is compatible for our At&t htc one's from the regular htc one forum, and what stuff is incompatible.
Should I treat the bootloader unlocked version of att htc one as the same as the international, or should I only install stuff from the att htc one forum?
yohaq said:
What stuff is compatible for our At&t htc one's from the regular htc one forum, and what stuff is incompatible.
Should I treat the bootloader unlocked version of att htc one as the same as the international, or should I only install stuff from the att htc one forum?
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roms and boot images work fine flash away. it doesnt touch radios or anything so your good. just do a nand backup
All the roms seem to work fine. I've not tried a radio. I see no reason to
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All the roms seem to work fine. I've not tried a radio. I see no reason to
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hows your data been on AT&T with international rom?
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Acceptable.
Display showsb2 bars. Signal strength says - 95dB. Don't recall if that is "good" or not
Is it safe to flash the firmware updates and is it necessary to say flash the latest version of arhd? Or can i just flash the rom on the current version of my att one even though i am on 1.26.503.10 and they are now at 1.29...Sorry if this is a dumb question but have never done this before and don't want to break the device
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Is it safe to flash the firmware updates and is it necessary to say flash the latest version of arhd? Or can i just flash the rom on the current version of my att one even though i am on 1.26.503.10 and they are now at 1.29...Sorry if this is a dumb question but have never done this before and don't want to break the device
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I haven't bothered to flash the firmware updates. I'm on AHRD 7 and everything is working fine without them.
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I haven't bothered to flash the firmware updates. I'm on AHRD 7 and everything is working fine without them.
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I am running ARHD 7.0 with no issues at all, however I did flash the latest radio posted in the international forum, this was prior to learning that there is really no reason to at this point. Attempted to roll back to the backup of the original radio.img that I captured prior to upgrading (just for comparison purposes), however my build number still shows 1.29.401.12. My question is, is the build number derived from the ROM and the baseband version derived from the radio.img?
Correct.
got it, thanks. that explains why my baseband is not changing, its the same radio lol
Have any of you had any issues regarding flashing a rom? I have been reading some of the rom threads and it seems some have issues with Aroma or the rom's flash, however, then they cannot get their phones to boot. I want to flash one but I do not want to have any of those issues, as I already had a problem with recovery.
I sometimes have trouble with aroma with my HTC DNA, which is similar to the One. With me it sometimes freezes if I don't hold the device straight. Why... I have no idea. However, when this does happen I return to recovery via the pwr+vol and redo the process. It doesn't hurt anything for me just takes a bit longer. I've ordered the one and I'm definitely planning on flashing all types of stuff when out gets here Wednesday God willing. Just be sure to backup. That's saved me countless times.
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Is it safe to flash the firmware updates and is it necessary to say flash the latest version of arhd? Or can i just flash the rom on the current version of my att one even though i am on 1.26.503.10 and they are now at 1.29...Sorry if this is a dumb question but have never done this before and don't want to break the device
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Wait, when you select wipe data in order to flash arhd, doesn't it wipes firmware too?
I mean when you flash arhd that has latest firmware, your baseband still says 1.26 instead of 1.29?
How is that? Confused
So we can flash all the roms and kernels in there thread ?
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