Ok guys I'm I total noob in this android world and I think it's amazing. So I purchased the SGS2 and have been using for three months now. I wanted more so I started studying about root and custom roms.
I started the procedure but I need your advice/ thumbs up for what I'm gonna do.
Here it is:
When I purchased the phone I upgraded the firmware with Kies to
PDA: I9100UHKH1
PHONE: I9100UHKG4
CSC: I9100COBH1
It's from Movistar Colombia and so far it's the only update we've received from kies.
I wanted to download a copy of this firmware from Intratechs thread but the Fbeye spoiled it, but I got a prevoius version PDA:UHKE5| PHONE:UHKE3| CSC:COBKE2 (just in case)
* So I rooted using CF-ROOT with ODIN file CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_KH1-v4.1-CWM4.tar from Chainfire's thread.
So far so good. I don't mind about the yellow triangle.
*Installed HC-ktool to make a backup of EFS.. done
I'm at this point right now and I plan to make the next steps....I want to upgrade to 2.3.6 maybe use XILA2 (Frankestein firmware).
*Make a backup using CWM
*purchase and download Mobile Odin PRO
*Download PDA: XILA2| Modem/phone: XXKL1| CSC: XEUKH2
*Use mobile Odin to flash XILA2 (it should keep root right)
Is this version compatible?
If something goes wrong can I go back to where I am now using cwm with the backup previously made?
Should I wipe the device? before flashing? after flashing?
I've read somewhere that the battery needed calibration after flashing.. do i have to do this?
Should I worry about the CSC file not being for my country?
When I flash the firmware, will the APN settings change?
If I ever want to return to stock, can I simply flash with odin the original firmware? or with a different method?
thanks in advance...
Hi,
my sister is having a problem trying to downgrade to stock rom after she put a cusom rom (I9100XXPL6) on her phone and is having some issies with it. she didnt take note of some vital information before she flashed it and i think she didnt follow steps properly and she did not backup her phone.
currently her phone says the following when doing *#1234#
Phone bought in UK
PDA: I9100XXLP6
Phone: I9100XXLP6
CSC: Unknown
Build: January 17 2012
she has tried going to stock but it soft bricked her phone so she reflashed her phone with I9100XXLP6 and got it working again, i asked her where she got the rom from and she does not know, the phone was flashed when not rooted etc, as the guide she used said that it didnt have to be done, also she cannot remember what guide she followed.
all i know is that she had 2.3.6 and that her phone was from phones4u in the UK (guessing unbranded) and flashed it though odin (she cannot remember what she done, i guess she had Kies running maybe, i read alot of other posts). i have checked the thread for stock roms but all the links are multiupload which is not longer valid as we know.
i have never flashed a galaxy S2 I9100 and i have never used the phone at all. if anyone knows what stock rom to use and if they can mirror the relevant files it would be appreciated
have looked at [GUIDE] Fix an unflashable or soft bricked GSII but the kernal and bootloader links are multiupload and can only get the recovery package
i have experiance flashing phones and tablets just not the galaxy S2, any help would be apreciated
this is the correct thread for unbranded firmwares
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
find your UK unbranded FW and flash through ODIN
Search Sammobile to find stock firmware to flash via Odin.
sammobile firmwares all have the correspondent new firmwares bootloaders. so if you flash a FW from sammobile you won't be able to reset the custom binary counter via a Jig. download from Intratech's thread.
oh, and you do not have to follow the soft bricked thread if your phone is working.
just download a FW, put phone in download mode and flash using Odin.
Do what the others have said but make sure you read all the instructions! There are a few howto videos here http://galaxys2root.com/category/galaxy-s2-root/. Just remember your UK phone is the International i9100 model. Good luck.
Thanks for the help, I git the phone back to stock rom
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e
Hello,
I'm attempting to return my I9100 to stock so I can update via KIES as I wish to sell it, after rooting, flashing ICS, playing around for a month etc...
It was originally a T-mobile handset, I used checkfus to find the original stock ROM, and I've downloaded it, however, I cannot get hold of the stock kernel for love nor money! (I've googled it, found one apparent alternative source, but for some reason it wont boot using this and just keeps looping through the T-mobile branded load-up screen)
The kernel I'm after is the following:
UK
BOKE3:http://www.multiupload.com/GY05UJM6DQ
Firmware info: PDA:BOKE3|PHONE:BOKD1|CSC:TMUKE3
BOKE3 Stock Kernel: http://www.multiupload.com/I41CAJ2BLS
Password: [email protected]
From this thread:
[ROMS]Official i9100 carrier branded firmware download for Odin Flash
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113928
I've read the thread and checked both Sammobile and Samsung-update and neither has the BOKE3 Kernel.
If anyone has this, please, please could you upload it so I can return my handset to stock, I would really appreciate it.
Also, if I'm doing anything obviously wrong, please point me in the right direction, I am a n00b at this. (I've successfully reset my counter using triangle away, and flashed the ROM from checkfus, but KIES still says NO!)
Many thanks!
Luke
ps. I realise now I should have backed up my stock kernel and ROM before tweaking, stupid stupid stupid...
I stopped reading somewhere when you say you downloaded using checkfuS and now after a stock kernel.........
Buddy ROM package like you get from checkfus is whole thing including kernel.
Just flash the ROM using Odin.
But be sure its for i9100 if you have that.
andjusticeforall said:
Hello,
I'm attempting to return my I9100 to stock so I can update via KIES as I wish to sell it, after rooting, flashing ICS, playing around for a month etc...
It was originally a T-mobile handset, I used checkfus to find the original stock ROM, and I've downloaded it, however, I cannot get hold of the stock kernel for love nor money! (I've googled it, found one apparent alternative source, but for some reason it wont boot using this and just keeps looping through the T-mobile branded load-up screen)
The kernel I'm after is the following:
UK
BOKE3:http://www.multiupload.com/GY05UJM6DQ
Firmware info: PDA:BOKE3|PHONE:BOKD1|CSC:TMUKE3
BOKE3 Stock Kernel: http://www.multiupload.com/I41CAJ2BLS
Password: [email protected]
From this thread:
[ROMS]Official i9100 carrier branded firmware download for Odin Flash
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113928
I've read the thread and checked both Sammobile and Samsung-update and neither has the BOKE3 Kernel.
If anyone has this, please, please could you upload it so I can return my handset to stock, I would really appreciate it.
Also, if I'm doing anything obviously wrong, please point me in the right direction, I am a n00b at this. (I've successfully reset my counter using triangle away, and flashed the ROM from checkfus, but KIES still says NO!)
Many thanks!
Luke
ps. I realise now I should have backed up my stock kernel and ROM before tweaking, stupid stupid stupid...
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Why don't you just download and flash latest ICS ROM with UK support?
Do you really need the branded version?
Just have a look at Intratech's other thread => http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
I recommend XWLPD, as this has best balance between performance and battery life on my phone.
If you want to go bak to GB, then flash XWLA4, which was best GB ROM IMO.
Thank you so much atifsh!
I did wonder whether the firmware download from CheckFus included the kernel, but couldn't figure it out (I'm stupid, I know! I'm new at this stuff...)
It's definitely the i9100 (checked under battery), it's definitely a T-mobile UK handset (bought it from a T-mobile customer who provided the contract paperwork).
Last night I tried flashing the latest T-mobile firmware, but KIES didn't like it, so tried flashing the BOKE3 firmware (oldest T-mobile branded firmware) and it didn't like that either.
Someone mentioned that when flashing you need to add the firmware file to the CSC section of odin to reset the CSC code, is this correct? I normally only include it in the PDA section.
This may be the problem I'm having as when I check my CSC using *#272*IMEI# it only lists CPW (carphone warehouse) and not TMU (T-mobile). Does this make sense as to why KIES wouldn't recognise the firmware?
I really appreciate your input and help here. Many thanks!
Luke
Hi It_ler,
Thanks for the advice, I was running the latest ICS firmware from the official thread, however I've decided to sell the device and would like to restore it to stock so that whomever I sell it to can update it through the official methods if they so wish.
Hope that makes sense!
Luke
Remove Sim, remove external sdcard.
Put the firmware.md5 in pda
Put your phone in download mode
after flash and boot dial *2767*3855#
It will wipe your phone and hopefully fix your csc.
Atifsh,
Thank you SO much! You saved my bacon. It worked when I did the *2767*3855# reset, this fixed the CSC and then the phone could update via KIES.
I really appreciate you help,
Many thanks,
Luke
I have got a I9100 S2 which i brought from a friend. When ever i try to update it in kies it says its not supported for upgrading? I know he's put some random firmware on it but i don't know what kind.
Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers Owen
Check www.sammobile.com they will have your stock firmware and guides how to upload using odin.
plz send me official stock firmware for samsung salaxy s2 model no..i9100.... i tried in samsung live update but everytime i got a error ....downloading isnt completed .........plz hlp me.....
Nobody's going to send you stock firmware. Go to Samfirmware, download it yourself & flash it with Odin. If you don't know how, search. If you can't be bothered searching, leave your phone as it is.
Here is the site for your problem.
http://www.sammobile.com/