Hi Everyone.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2
Kernal WXLP4 optus firmware.
I rooted the phone and stupidly let my son play with it and he has deleted important firmware apps such as Touch whiz and other things that are making my phone almost unusable.
Unfortunately there is no firmware repair on kies so i was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on what to do. I did a factory reset and it does not restore these important firmware files unfortunately.
Any help would be great.
Not sure what you have, but if you have Titanium Backup, you can restore the apps. Or if you have done a nandroid backup, you can also restore it. Last, if all things fail, I guess you will need to find the same firmware and use Odin to reflash it.
I understand your anguish, but look at the bright side. Your son took an interest in your phone.
treva23 said:
Hi Everyone.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2
Kernal WXLP4 optus firmware.
I rooted the phone and stupidly let my son play with it and he has deleted important firmware apps such as Touch whiz and other things that are making my phone almost unusable.
Unfortunately there is no firmware repair on kies so i was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on what to do. I did a factory reset and it does not restore these important firmware files unfortunately.
Any help would be great.
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Factory reset will restore will restore Touchwiz if not something else is going on that your son could not have done as its also damaged the hidden restore file .
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treva23 said:
Hi Everyone.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2
Kernal WXLP4 optus firmware.
I rooted the phone and stupidly let my son play with it and he has deleted important firmware apps such as Touch whiz and other things that are making my phone almost unusable.
Unfortunately there is no firmware repair on kies so i was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on what to do. I did a factory reset and it does not restore these important firmware files unfortunately.
Any help would be great.
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No problem. You will get it fixed in no time. Go to this thread and follow the instructions provided.
Download your firmware.
Put your phone in download mode
Flash it with Odin as PDA.
It will not increase your custom binary count and it will restore all the apps you are missing. If I were you I would just install XWLP7 on top of what you already have. It will not wipe anything and you will have the newest firmware installed.
Good luck!
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I don't have enough posts up to ask in the development section, the details out of KIES for this phone are:
Baseband version: I9100XXKDJ
Kernel version: 2.6.35.7-I9100XWKE2-CL187606
Build number: GINGERBREAD.XWKE2
Current firmware version: PDA - KE2, Phone - KDJ, CSC - KE3 (OPS)
Is there an XWKE7 with CSC we can flash without losing apn details etc?
Thanks
I am even looking for the current firmware (XKE2) to be available just as a backup.
I don't XKE7 will be coming out soon as there are carriers around the world who still havent released their XKE7 versions yet.
I have tried the above information on fusdownloader and still said no firmware information available.
I guess the update will only be available in Samsung server once XKE7 Optus version is actually released.
The firmware for opiss is not available on the server at present.
Intratech said:
The firmware for opiss is not available on the server at present.
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Is that the type of thing they are ever likely to supply? or do we need to wait for an updated optus firmware to be available to be able to flash to stock optus via ODIN?
I am flashing a mates to KE7 tonight, like I did with mine, but this time I am applying cf-root first, doing a nandroid backup of completely stock optus KE2+root and doing a backup of all optus crap .apk's just incase I want to add some of them to clean KE7 in the future.
If I had a warranty covered issue and did a nandroid restore back to optus KE2 firmware, would there be a way to remove root and cover my tracks so to speak?
Or even better, a way to back up the optus firmware without root?
Can we freeze or uninstall all the optus bloatware that came with our phone?
Alexei,
Glad that you eventually made the backup.
Ever since I made that post about nandroid backup in Whirlpool, ive been waiting for someone to make one as well as i lost my backup.
Do you mind sharing a copy of that nandroid (if it doesnt contain personal info)?
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Yes you can freeze the bloat that comes with the phone.
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This is what I did to create backups and unroot it...
Creating Optus Backup:
1. Go to Download Mode and Install CF-Root KE2 Root using Odin
This will install Clockwork Recovery for you.
2. Phone will reboot with root already (no need for SOC)
3. Run CWM Manager (from app tray)
4. Choose Backup
You will then have a nandroid backup located in the internal SD (\clockworkmod\). However, the backup will contain CWM and Root. But that's okay. Read on to find more about restoring to a clean Optus ROM.
To Restore to Clean Optus ROM:
1. Go to Download Mode and Install a stock unbranded ROM (KE7 or KE2) using Odin
2. Go to Download Mode and Install CF-Root KE7 or KE2
3. Run CWM Manager and restore Optus backup (phone will reboot)
4. Install Root Explorer (download from Market or keep a copy handy in internal SD)
5. Remove CWM Manager from \system\app
6. Go to Download Mode and install Odia KE2 Insecure
7. Run Superoneclick to ROOT (you can usually skip this step and go to step 8)
8. Run Superoneclick to Unroot (if step 8 fails, do step 7 first)
9. Install stock KE2 Kernel from XDA
You will have an unrooted Optus ROM but still contains your data.
10. Do a Factory Reset from OS or from Recovery (Power + Vol UP + Home)
You will have a clean Optus ROM but you also need to format your internal SD as well.
Also, in addition to that, you may need to use that thing-a-ma-JIG from eBay to reset the download counter. I personally haven't tried resetting it as it hasnt arrived yet.
I was going to upload a relatively clean nandroid copy of Optus ROM but... while I was factory resetting after going back to KE7 stock, I accidentally formatted the internal SD... <damn!>
So, if anyone is willing to share their nandroid backup of Optus ROM, please let us know so we can possibly upload it somewhere. This is also useful to extract Optus My Account app because its 1.2 (compared to the one in Galaxy S which was 1.0).
Please let me know if the above trick doesn't completely remove root.
Rooster19 said:
Can we freeze or uninstall all the optus bloatware that came with our phone?
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What kind of bloat is on the Optus SGS2? I got mine from mobicity a few weeks back.
aussiebum said:
What kind of bloat is on the Optus SGS2? I got mine from mobicity a few weeks back.
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Optus Zoo, Optus Now, Optus navigation, MyAccount and some other junky stuff.
I checked my battery stats and saw that Optus Now had used 30% of the battery, equal to Android OS. Unacceptable, considering I didn't even open or use it.
So i made a backup of My Account as that was the only useful Optus app and then upgraded to XWKE7 / stock kernel with root and completely debranded.
After freezing some of the samsung apps as well i'm very happy. Hopefully I have no warranty issues before we get a clean Optus rom from someone.
@4iedemon your process looks good, if i'd known i would have backed up the entire ROM instead of only MyAccount. Hopefully something pops up soon or a fellow Optus user can get a clean rom.
4iedemon said:
Alexei,
Glad that you eventually made the backup.
Do you mind sharing a copy of that nandroid (if it doesnt contain personal info)?
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I would gladly, except he started experiencing issues with his, and wants to be sure he's not going to have to do a warranty job before he roots it.. so no backup to give unfortunately.
@ mrxd
Where is the guide to unbrand the phone?
Rooster19 said:
@ mrxd
Where is the guide to unbrand the phone?
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I used this thread:
[30.05.2011][CF-Root v3.5] KE2/7 - su+bb+CWM3 to install the KE2 root, from there i installed TitaniumBackup and took a backup of MyAccount (probably should have used CWM to do a full ROM backup as 4iedemon suggested in post #8 of this thread).
Then i used this thread: [ROM + Guide]Official i9100 KDD/KE1/KE2/KE7 download for Odin Flash and Root Guide and installed the XWKE7 Generic XEU firmware & stock kernel. Then went back to the first thread and repeated the root for KE7 and restored MyAccount from Titanium Backup.
I've had a HTC Hero for 1.5 years and root/flash was a sinch, boy do Samsung make things complicated. (I've only ever needed to post to XDA once i got the SGS2).
Thanks @mrxd
The backup worked and I tried my backup to return to stock Optus nandroid (+flashing stock XKE2 kernel) and removed root access. I was so happy to finally found a way to backup my Optus rom and upgraded straight away to unbranded XKE7.
However, after upgrading, I meant to format the external SD I got from my Motorola Milestone but I actually chose format Internal SD Card instead so it deleted the \clockworkmod folder that had my backup in it haha.
Lets hope someone else read this before they flash something over their Optus ROM. But most likely those who actually visited this ROM are the ones who already lost their Optus ROM.
Btw, can you share that My Account APK? The one I got from Galaxy S was 1.0 whereas the one from S2 was 1.2.
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NEVERMIND... the old My Account apk from Galaxy S was better as it didn't have ads.
Hey guys new to the website.
been lurking for a while; just picked up a galaxy S II from optus. Now I have tried searching the forum but I haven't found an other thread and considering you guys have optus phones, interested to know whether or not you guys have the same issue as myself.
Love the phone, but basically whenever I go into an application; everything runs great but when i press the 'home' button to go back or even the back arrow, it takes the phone about 4 seconds to respond, seems quite slow. Everything else runs quite fast.
Is this due to the optus 'bloatware'? Or is this something that is just normal for the phone?
Cheers for any responses guys.
JT
4iedemon said:
NEVERMIND... the old My Account apk from Galaxy S was better as it didn't have ads
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Indeed. I haven't installed Adfree yet and doubt that will get rid of it. Seems to just be an ad for Optus Zoo.
tullyscurry said:
Everything runs great but when i press the 'home' button to go back or even the back arrow, it takes the phone about 4 seconds to respond, seems quite slow. Everything else runs quite fast.
Is this due to the optus 'bloatware'? Or is this something that is just normal for the phone?
JT
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Sounds odd, is this for all apps? menus? The only kind of delay I'd get would be due to wifi or 3g i.e. if i was in the browser and hit the back arrow and the app would have to hit the network again. Otherwise everything is super quick.
I have to admit that I got rid of TouchWiz pretty quickly and installed LauncherPro. The optus bloatware didn't seem to affect CPU / lag, it was more of a battery resource hogger for me.
tullyscurry said:
Love the phone, but basically whenever I go into an application; everything runs great but when i press the 'home' button to go back or even the back arrow, it takes the phone about 4 seconds to respond, seems quite slow. Everything else runs quite fast.
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Sounds like you have some app (or widget) installed that's constantly running in the background and generally misbehaving? I suggest getting AutoKiller (if you're rooted) to check out what processes/services are running in the background.
For example, just got rid of Big Time Gangsta off my phone after I found the stupid game was running a auto-launching battery-hogging service even when I'd quit the app.
Hi Guys,
New here and have been trying to find a way to get the original optus ROM out of my phone before I flash the rom to KE7. First time on Android for me so its all new. I can provide a clean Optus rom for everyone, but need to know how to get it out without voiding the warranty?
Read the android stuff but something about the counter changin has got me worried, does that mean they are able to track that you have flashed your rom before?
Cheers!
You can get a jig from ebay, lets you reset the counter. If your on whirlpool, send me a whirm and ill send you an ebay link. Same user name.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
Vairn said:
You can get a jig from ebay, lets you reset the counter. If your on whirlpool, send me a whirm and ill send you an ebay link. Same user name.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
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Hey Buddy, I am on whirlpool as well, same name... jeez can you believe it, i have no idea how to send a private message lol. let me try and figure that out before flashing my rom haha
Hello all XDA users,
Many apologies for the noobish questions, I am new to this forum and this is my first time posting. Although a first time smartphone owner, I decided to be brave and attempt to root and flash my phone, which worked fine under Gingerbread until I wanted to upgrade to ICS. I have a International GT-I9100 SGS2 purchased in Singapore. I rooted it by installing a custom kernel and flashed a new Lite'ning Rom V3.2 with Gingerbread.
In order to upgrade to ICS, I tried through KIES and the "Software Update" function to no avail. I then tried to do so manually but Odin would not complete the process with the original I9100XWLP3 rom I downloaded on this site. I left it running on my computer for 2 hours only to come back home with the progress incomplete.
My questions are:
1) I live in Taiwan now. My other friends who purchased their SGS2 locally here all have gotten ICS through KIES. Am I unable to do this because I purchased it from Singapore and must wait for the Singapore rom to be uploaded? Is there no way for me to flash to the local Taiwanese I9100ZSLPE rom?
2) How long does an ODIN flash take to complete? Should I be more patient and waited longer than 2 hours for it to finish?
3) Does KIES no longer recognize my phone because I rooted it? It always fails to download the driver whenever I plug in my phone. Do I need to unroot to an official ROM such as I9100XWLP3, and then download through KIES to get ICS, or is I9100XWLP3 already packed with ICS?
Again, many apologies if these questions are elementary in nature, and thanks in advance for the help. Attached you will find a picture of my phone's current firmware state.
[1) you must be on a stock rom as your friends had, since you have rooted and installed a custem rom, keis will not recognize your phone. you can flash it from ODIN also, if you really need official update from Kies, you want to flash the same stock ROM your friends had in their mobile at your region...
2) Maximum 5 minit, something wrong with your connection, it is strange finally you got installed after 2 hours waiting...
3) same answer as #1, + you dont need to unroot, mere rooting will not effect Keis update, XWLP3 is an ICS rom
Should I perform a full wipe before upgrading my rom?
Thanks for your response, all the way from Kuwait. I backed up most of my files via Titanium backup. Should I now perform a factory reset before upgrading to ICS? Wouldn't the factory reset also wipe out my Titanium backup, or is this somehow protected? Do I need to transport my backup to my pc first? I tried to backup via kies, but the driver issue prevented my phone from being recognized.
zhieeep said:
Thanks for your response, all the way from Kuwait. I backed up most of my files via Titanium backup. Should I now perform a factory reset before upgrading to ICS? Wouldn't the factory reset also wipe out my Titanium backup, or is this somehow protected? Do I need to transport my backup to my pc first? I tried to backup via kies, but the driver issue prevented my phone from being recognized.
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on which firmware are you currently?
it is always good idea to transport to PC your back-up, even wiping and factory reset will not touch your own stuffs on SD card, also while you are flashing a ROM from ODIN and CWM.
also take care when you restore your backup from tintanium, uncheck all the system data, it will mess up your phone, if you had made the backup from a GB Rom, install only user applications.
Your backed up data will be on the SD card a folder named Titanium backup, you only need to download the application titanium backup from market, after rooting your phone.
Edit : sorry I did not notice your picture uploaded, that means your attempt on ODIN did not do anythig and luckly it did not hurt phone too, I think your PC connection or driver is not proper....google more about usage of ODIN....
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[1) you must be on a stock rom as your friends had, since you have rooted and installed a custem rom, keis will not recognize your phone. you can flash it from ODIN also, if you really need official update from Kies, you want to flash the same stock ROM your friends had in their mobile at your region...
2) Maximum 5 minit, something wrong with your connection, it is strange finally you got installed after 2 hours waiting...
3) same answer as #1, + you dont need to unroot, mere rooting will not effect Keis update, XWLP3 is an ICS rom
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Thanks, this post clarifies some things for me. Where can I get stock ICS ROM?
regards
saul_rodriguez said:
Thanks, this post clarifies some things for me. Where can I get stock ICS ROM?
regards
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487
if you are already rooted, and CWM installed you can find plenty of custom ICS roms on I9100 develeopment threads
trouble upgrading from gb to ics
i am experiencing the same lack of completion at the odin step. will the ics rom provided work with a virgin mobile phone in australia also?
Hi all,
Complete noob question warning, I've searched but not found the answer. I installed the latest official firmware from Samsung using Kies and it appeared to work but the phone is now buggy. It crashes to black screen and drops service, then reconnects to the network and scans the SD card again, and has done this mid call. Is there any way of rolling back or re-installing the firmware without rooting etc? Kies just says the latest firmware is installed.
Thanks
Neil
Odin is the program you need to Flash stock samsung roms, samfirmware is the place where you get them.
Look through the post tutorial on how to use Odin for ace in this very Forum, I don't know if there is a way of flashing the desired firmware with kies.
You don't need root to do it, but its recommended because flashing with Odin WILL WIPE YOUR STUFF, so having root and a backup with Titanium backup is very handy.
Pd: root it, I don't know anyone who's sorry after rooting.
You could go into recovery Mode.
Reboot and hold the middle button.
Then wipe data factory settings (It will deleted everything) Exept SD. and its like it was installed for the first time.
Hello I am from Argentina, desperately need help.
I rooted my SGSII ICS 4.0.3 phone with CF Root LPJ everything went as expected. Odines PASS! and all but when my phone reboots it just turns off after logo screen with triangle.
I can get into recovery and download mode but that is all.
What should I do?
Might commit suicide if there is no fix.
Flash stock rom.
You can find it at sammobile.com.
elemenofi said:
Hello I am from Argentina, desperately need help.
I rooted my SGSII ICS 4.0.3 phone with CF Root LPJ everything went as expected. Odines PASS! and all but when my phone reboots it just turns off after logo screen with triangle.
I can get into recovery and download mode but that is all.
What should I do?
Might commit suicide if there is no fix.
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If you can get into recovery and download mode, you are only softbricked. It could be worse.
Please be more precise, I lack experience but I will understand.
Which stock ROM should I flash now?
Because I got a downloaded I9100UHLPS_I9100AROLP4_ARO but it is not LPJ.
I also managed to find Kernel_I9100XXLPJ at intratech. Would flashing this kernel fix it? Could it possibly mess my recovery mode and brick my phone?
Flash the same ROM again using Odin, do not flash the wrong kernel.
ARO is a good ROM, just flash it again, it will boot, then root with the cfroot for that ROM later.
What do you mean by the SAME rom? I got this problem flashing a CF-Root kernel not an entire ROM.
The ROM I had before was ICS 4.0.3 which I upgraded officially via Kies.
Should I flash ICS 4.0.3 UHLPS that is for my region? I9100UHLPS_I9100AROLP4_ARO
I'm pretty sure that's what Atifsh meant, yes.
Thank you all! Thanks given with the button for all!!!
I flashed stock ICS 4.0.3 for my country downloaded from sammobile.com and the phone recovered with no trouble! I got my soft bricked SGSII working again!
Is there anything I need to wipe now to make sure there is no crazy leftover from the CF-Root boot fail?
If it's working fine, then probably not. I mean, you could always backup your contacts, call logs, SMS, etc and your apps with Titanium, do a factory reset, and then restore contacts, call logs, sms and user apps/data only (do not restore system apps or data).
But if it's working fine now, I don't see the point.
I want you to do two things for me tho.
First, get kTool either from Google Play (it's free) or from Hellcat's thread on here. Then backup your EFS. Keep one copy on your external SD card in your phone, and keep another copy on your PC. Then I want you to do a Nandroid backup in CWRecovery.
That way if anything does ever go wrong, you should be able to recover/get up and running again easily without losing your stuff. For example, if your phone ever borked & you had to send it in for warranty service/replacement, you could restore that backup when you get your phone back/a new phone.
Do a backup at least once a week and certainly every single time before you flash a new kernel/rom or if you make major changes to your system.
I am afraid of doing anything with this phone now. First experience = soft brick.
Damn I almost die. Now I need to find a way to get out of this stock 4.0.3 ICS because it is ramming through my battery and is as slow as a potatoe.
4.0.4 is eMMC hard-brick possibly if I wipe after flashing.
Now I feel like an expert.
I also tried flashing cf root today and it softbricked my phone. Weird.... next time I try to root my phone, I wont be using cf root.
Which Kernel was yours? Leave it here logged for future brickers.
Mine was LPJ
Hello,
I'd like to downgrade my SGS3 GT-I9300 international running 4.3 (baseband v. I9300XXUGNA8) to the official 4.1.2 ROM.
I don't have an EFS backup from the days when I ran 4.1.2 previously so I'm thinking I will have to factory reset, flash the ROM up to 4.1.2, root, then restore user apps via Titanium. I don't think KNOX will be an issue; as far as I can tell it's not installed on my device.
My questions are:
Can I factory reset to avoid problems with the IMEI?
Will I be able to just restore apps installed under 4.3 into 4.1 and have them work, or will I have to reinstall each and every one from the Play store?
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Hello,
I'd like to downgrade my SGS3 GT-I9300 international running 4.3 (baseband v. I9300XXUGNA8) to the official 4.1.2 ROM.
I don't have an EFS backup from the days when I ran 4.1.2 previously so I'm thinking I will have to factory reset, flash the ROM up to 4.1.2, root, then restore user apps via Titanium. I don't think KNOX will be an issue; as far as I can tell it's not installed on my device.
My questions are:
Can I factory reset to avoid problems with the IMEI?
Will I be able to just restore apps installed under 4.3 into 4.1 and have them work, or will I have to reinstall each and every one from the Play store?
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You need a efs backup or use a mk6 or newer modem.
Why do you want to downgrade to this sds vulnerable version for?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/ref-imei-efs-stuff-i9300-including-t2393289
Also questions go in the q&a section.
Darke5tShad0w said:
You need a efs backup or use a mk6 or newer modem.
Why do you want to downgrade to this sds vulnerable version for?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/ref-imei-efs-stuff-i9300-including-t2393289
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I mainly want to downgrade because of performance issues with 4.3. When I back out of an app or hit the Home button, I frequently have to wait for several seconds before icons load. I've tried freezing as many useless bloat apps and services as I can but it hasn't helped at all.
I find it hard to believe that a factory reset will leave the device unusable as a phone... shouldn't the factory reset reset everything, including the EFS?
Try searching for just two minutes, you will find hundreds of posts where their imei was lost (permanently) by trying to downgrade -usually so they could unlock for free.
Factory reset only wipes data, nothing else. As above, flash only a firmware compatible with efs v2, EMG4 or later.
Backup your efs first, be prepared to pay for a repair if you get it wrong.
Your problem is a lack of free memory, dumping the launcher. Try one that stays resident.