how to install firmware downloaded from samfirmware - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hi guys
i just upgraded to 4.0.3 and now want to downgrade to 2.3.6
i tried finding firmware here in official thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278 but all links of indian firmwares are dead so i downloaded from samfirmware.com
my question is how to install file downloaded from samfirmware.com? i searched on that site but couldnt get any info regarding this
its currently in download stage
thank you

On the main page (www.samfirmware.com), the tab on the far right that says 'Flashguide'. Click on that, then smartphone, Android, GT-I9100. You'll need to register in order to download the instructions.

what is the files produced when u extract the zip file ??

ancilary said:
hi guys
i just upgraded to 4.0.3 and now want to downgrade to 2.3.6
i tried finding firmware here in official thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278 but all links of indian firmwares are dead so i downloaded from samfirmware.com
my question is how to install file downloaded from samfirmware.com? i searched on that site but couldnt get any info regarding this
its currently in download stage
thank you
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Sam says front page .FLASH GUIDE
Sam says TYPE OS sam says download PDF flash guide .
http://www.mediafire.com/?ny4op3zxjmumfbi
Sam says i have a forum why download firmware from me and go elsewhere for your instructions why not ask on my forum .
jje

Hahahahaha ;-D Gold as always JJE.

i posted here because i know i will get faster reply here
in its guide it says we need jig
i dont have it ;(
what to do now?

ancilary said:
i posted here because i know i will get faster reply here
in its guide it says we need jig
i dont have it ;(
what to do now?
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no need a JIG..
follow the ODIN flash guide on my signature...the same what you refered earlier to download the firmware

i installed as it is mentioned in that guide
installtion worked correctly but the thing is setup guide is force closing and also its showing gapps is force closing

ancilary said:
i installed as it is mentioned in that guide
installtion worked correctly but the thing is setup guide is force closing and also its showing gapps is force closing
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go to recovey and do a data factory reset.

ancilary said:
i installed as it is mentioned in that guide
installtion worked correctly but the thing is setup guide is force closing and also its showing gapps is force closing
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Thats why instructions from Ford regarding your Toyota never work out well .
jje

i can see why here asked here instead of samfirmware, you have to wait 4 months for a reply there. and the firmware for galaxy s2 has been neglected on xda firmware page, probably all links are dead, the ones i have looked at are, when i asked about then only reply i got was flash cm9, i like 4.0 but it dont like me, we never get on so i want GB back, so be a little understanding when being asked we were all new once

THIS SHOULD HELP
http://samfirmware.webs.com/Flash%20guide%20english.pdf

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HELP

Ok so Im a noob with the android os..
I recently upgraded my firmware from the gingerbread to ICS which was posted on this forum for poland. The phone is a Samsung Galaxy S-II GT-I9100 sim free. I wanted to downgrade back to the original firmware i had on the phone and i seem to have searched all over this forum and have gotten no where as to how i can do that. I've ran into dead links and other problems as well.. Please someone help me and show me how i can get gingerbread back on my phone. PLEASE HELP! Thanks
Post ur questions in Q/A section and they will be answered
EDIT:Its moved to Q/A
Help is on the way! I just called Batman on the red line and flashed the bat signal for you!
karendar said:
Help is on the way! I just called Batman on the red line and flashed the bat signal for you!
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so funny...help if you're going to..if not don't
got to sammobile.com register their and select ur region and download the 2.3.firmware for ur country and flash it from odin
nrz04 said:
so funny...help if you're going to..if not don't
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Hey, everyone needs a good laugh. don't be a sour noob.
First of all do you have Odin? Did you read Intratech's Odin thread? Did you even go to his thread? If not, read up here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278&highlight=stock+firmware
If links don't work for ROMs (I suggest downloading LA4 if you want Gingerbread, best Gingerbread ROM out there) then google the firmware name and look for a mirror. Ever since the whole download site crackdown, it's been hard to keep good mirrors, which is why you have so many dead links.
BATMAN-- OUT!
I have odin and i have looked at Intratech's thread and have read it multiple times trying to figure it out but not helping..the more i read, the more confusing it gets...sorry for being a sour noob...just frustrated
I flashed the phone using odin the gingerbread rom and then when i was following Intratech's guide on rooting the phone, the program he has listed both freeze and stop responding
nrz04 said:
I flashed the phone using odin the gingerbread rom and then when i was following Intratech's guide on rooting the phone, the program he has listed both freeze and stop responding
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That rooting software is outdated
See CF-ROOT original android dev section and flash the file for ur firmware using odin
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2 Beta-2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1556388
got it working..thanks for the help!

Please help me all the links are not working

Hey guys can someone please help me asap,
I have a SAMSUNG GALAXY S2 with VODAFONE AUSTRALIA
Like a stooge even though I didnt really know what i was doing I tried to put on ICS on my phone and replaced the PHONE, PDA, BOOTLOADER AND CSC files on my phone using odin 1.8 and i really hate my phone right now it barely works, I have been on the net and mainly this forum all day but all the links/downloads arent working, can somebody please tell me where i can download the stock firmware/kernel whatever it is called for my phone with Vodafone Australia, thank you so much in advance, thanks.
download from http://www.samfirmware.com/
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=GT-I9100&r=4#regiona
At the risk of repeating myself for the 8,921,764th time...If you want the original stock firmware that came with the phone, search Samfirmware.com & follow whatever instructions they have for firmware downloaded from their site.
If you're happy with the latest stock firmware (which might be the same as the firmware which was on the phone when you bought it), get the PC version of Checkfus (search for it on here/Google). This will enable you to download the latest firmware available for your phone model/country/carrier that you'd normally get via OTA update with Kies. If you do choose this, flash the firmware package you download following the instructions here.
MistahBungle said:
At the risk of repeating myself for the 8,921,764th time...If you want the original stock firmware that came with the phone, search Samfirmware.com & follow whatever instructions they have for firmware downloaded from their site.
If you're happy with the latest stock firmware (which might be the same as the firmware which was on the phone when you bought it), get the PC version of Checkfus (search for it on here/Google). This will enable you to download the latest firmware available for your phone model/country/carrier that you'd normally get via OTA update with Kies. If you do choose this, flash the firmware package you download following the instructions here.
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Wrong Wrong WRONG its 8,921,765 .
Seriously we need some Faqs and Guides .
jje
Hahahahaha I laughed so hard I snorted. Sorry JJE, I'll be sure to keep proper count in future.
But you know how it is; /sarcasm on/ if only we had guides & FAQ's on here as you said, maybe we wouldn't get dozens of these questions everyday /sarcasm off
JJEgan said:
Wrong Wrong WRONG its 8,921,765 .
Seriously we need some Faqs and Guides .
jje
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MistahBungle said:
Hahahahaha if only we had guides & FAQ's on here as you said, maybe we wouldn't get dozens of these questions everyday /sarcasm off
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nope never under estimate the power of asking a question than searching for 10 mins. lol
write 100 guides and one will still ask some basic question!
Very true mate (unfortunately).
atifsh said:
nope never under estimate the power of asking a question than searching for 10 mins. lol
write 100 guides and one will still ask some basic question!
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Hey guys well I'm really sorry but like i said i have been searching all day and the thinks have been broken, now please dont shoot me, but how the hell do I download it off sammobile? I click download and all it does is open another tab with the same page, sorry for being such a noob, thanks.
Search for CHECKFUS and download your firmware .
FAQ
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1065995
NEW HERE
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134290
bible
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1473577
Guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125282
MrRx7s3 said:
Hey guys well I'm really sorry but like i said i have been searching all day and the thinks have been broken, now please dont shoot me, but how the hell do I download it off sammobile? I click download and all it does is open another tab with the same page, sorry for being such a noob, thanks.
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Click firmware, choose type, then os, then model, then region. Then click download on the one you want on the list that appears.
EDIT: you DO have to be registered on the site to download... Maybe this is what is popping up?

[Q] What root to use with 4.0.3 and what will work with my verson?

Hi,
Im new to the rooting, and i have been searching google, youtube, this forum and probably everywhere to find answers to my questions, but im having a hard time to find out what will work with my verson. I have found ALOT of "how to" guides on root, but i feel they all go to quick and say install this and this and do that.. But im sitting and wondering WHAT is all this files, what do they do, and is this the correct way for my verson?
Im very confused
Info on my SGS2:
Android-verson: 4.0.3
Baseband verson: I9100XXLPQ
Kernalverson: 3.0.15-I9100XXLPQ-CL223505
What im interested to try is put a clean verson if ICS on my phone.
I also tried to follow a guide i found on galaxy2root for the ICS, but after unzipped the kernal file, i should have a .tar file but i just get a zImage.file. This will not open in Odin 1.85.
I had an iphone 4 that i got "jailbroken" and got that to work very good. So i can do things like this, but i really like to know what im doing before i start.
I hope i dont get fried for probably asking this for the 100000000 time, but as i said, i tried to search everywhere, but im just so confused, so if anyone could point me in the correct direction i would be very happy.
Regards Alpejohn86
Alpejohn86 said:
Hi,
I
Info on my SGS2:
Android-verson: 4.0.3
Baseband verson: I9100XXLPQ
Kernalverson: 3.0.15-I9100XXLPQ-CL223505
LP7 cf root should work .
Root + CWM .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
What im interested to try is put a clean verson if ICS on my phone.
I also tried to follow a guide i found on galaxy2root for the ICS, but after unzipped the kernal file, i should have a .tar file but i just get a zImage.file. This will not open in Odin 1.85.
Go back to that forum and read the instructions this is XDA or at least ask them they posted it '
I had an iphone 4 that i got "jailbroken" and got that to work very good. So i can do things like this, but i really like to know what im doing before i start.
Read the FAQS and GUIDES .
FAQ
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1065995
NEW HERE
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134290
bible
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1473577
Guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125282
jje
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search for LPQ cf-root kernel from my CF-root link below in my signature
Thanks so much!
Best Regards
Alpejohn86
Hi again,
I got the phone rooted, and working fine.
But having some problems with installing the custom rom.
I follow the guide, and do everything it says, after its finish installing (that takes ca one minute, and it should take more then five?) it says everything is good. And i restart, get the yello triangle and the screen goes black, now its supposed to boot, but it stays black.
Cant understand what i did wrong
I got the phone restored, so it works now but i really want to try the pure ics rom
Regards Alpejohn86
which is the ROM you are trying to install?
Its called "Pure ICS ROM for Rooted Galaxy S2! [i9100]"
I cant post link to it, but i followed a guide on galaxys2root com
And thats where i found the rom to.
Alpejohn86 said:
Its called "Pure ICS ROM for Rooted Galaxy S2! [i9100]"
I cant post link to it, but i followed a guide on galaxys2root com
And thats where i found the rom to.
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Why are you taking a rom from forum A but going to another forum to ask how to fix it .
That makes no sense at all who knows what stupid instructions you have been given .
Flash a rom from XDA and follow the instructions posted on XDA .
jje
Alpejohn86 said:
Its called "Pure ICS ROM for Rooted Galaxy S2! [i9100]"
I cant post link to it, but i followed a guide on galaxys2root com
And thats where i found the rom to.
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my friend you wont get support for such ROMs which are not from XDA..
there are plenty of ROM on XDA developers site : http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1204
select any of them and follow the instruction....
How can i know thats a different "place" ?
As you probably understod a long time ago, im a newbe noob.
You cant expect me to know all this, thats why im here in the first place.
I understand that it anoying when people like me come here and ask questions thats been asked before, im active in a bmw forum and know all about stupid questions, but you guys are the experts at this, im not.
I was not sure if i wanted to ask on xda at all, after seeing the video. It made it sound like its not legal to come here and ask stupid questions.
But, thanks for the info, i will check the roms on xda.
Alpejohn86
Welocome & goodluck
Thanks ZACQ8
Maybe you guys can answer a question, i have now installed a rom from the XDA forum, and its called F1-Galaxy Nexus (i think), its a clean ICS rom.
But im missing the Notes and the file manager, and i think there are som other apps thats missing to. The description said this should be exactly like the Nexus, but i would think the Nexus also have the Notes app?
Other than that, it works great!
Alpejohn86 said:
im missing the Notes and the file manager, and i think there are som other apps thats missing to. The description said this should be exactly like the Nexus, but i would think the Nexus also have the Notes app?
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Geez.
Faryaab said:
F1 GalaxyNexus is a ROM built entirely from Google's ICS source code.
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You can find apps here https://play.google.com/store
I know that, but i would like to have the Notes that comes with android so i can sync my backup from the computer.
What notes that comes with Android? There isn't one.
If you mean the notes app which comes with Samsung ROMs, you need to have a read what AOSP is.
Oh, so the Notes is something that Samsung put on there? If so, then i understand why its not there. Thanks!

[Q] Problem in upgrade OS from Ginger bread to JB

HI,
I have recently bought Samsung galaxy S2 from Ebay. It is original Samsung galaxy S2. Surprisingly i got a note from the seller that i cannot upgrade the OS.
The current version info :
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Modul No: GT-I9100
Android version : 2.3.4
Baseband version : 9100XXKG1
Kernal Version :2.6.35.7-I9100XXKG1-CL349526 [email protected]#2
Build Number : GINGERBREAD.XXKG1
I tried using Kies software to upgrade my OS. But this software does not list any new firmware for upgrade.
So i don't know how to upgrade to the latest OS.
Also if there are any problem during up-gradation will i be able to revert back to old firmware.
Sincere thanks
Hey bro! Did u try to install it via odin?
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app
Not smart posting your email address (or anything else of a personal nature) to the forum when you have the PM system. You're begging to get spammed.
MistahBungle said:
Not smart posting your email address (or anything else of a personal nature) to the forum when you have the PM system. You're begging to get spammed.
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i'm sorry! i didn't knew. i edited it.
gevamran said:
Hey bro! Did u try to install it via odin?
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app
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Hey thanks for your interest. Actually i am new to android world. If you feel this upgrade in this OS is possible then i can try using ODIN.
Do you know how to install use ODIN to upgrade. Any user guide for ODIN download and configure. Please share me the related threads so that i can see that to upgrade.
Once again thanks for your interest.
lovesamsungS2 said:
Hey thanks for your interest. Actually i am new to android world. If you feel this upgrade in this OS is possible then i can try using ODIN.
Do you know how to install use ODIN to upgrade. Any user guide for ODIN download and configure. Please share me the related threads so that i can see that to upgrade.
Once again thanks for your interest.
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go to sammobile.com and download the firmware and the odin manual , that should explain , or just google a video on youtube
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125282 ... all you need to know
lovesamsungS2 said:
Hey thanks for your interest. Actually i am new to android world. If you feel this upgrade in this OS is possible then i can try using ODIN.
Do you know how to install use ODIN to upgrade. Any user guide for ODIN download and configure. Please share me the related threads so that i can see that to upgrade.
Once again thanks for your interest.
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Check the link below for Guide on how to flash stock firmware using ODIN ma8
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13712988&postcount=2
Also u can dwnld the OS (stock firmware) from www.sammobile.com.
skarma103 said:
go to sammobile.com and download the firmware and the odin manual , that should explain , or just google a video on youtube
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125282 ... all you need to know
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Thank you. Between i have reffered the forum link which you have sent and looks useful.
I think i have to root my phone. I am starting the process. Will let you know the update.
Sun90 said:
Check the link below for Guide on how to flash stock firmware using ODIN ma8
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13712988&postcount=2
Also u can dwnld the OS (stock firmware) from www.sammobile.com.
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Hi, I actually verified sammobile link and searched for i9100.
I can see several firmware verison 4.1.2 and lesser. I am planning to download one of this one. But which country i need to select.
I purchased this phone from Ebay (honkhong seller) . I am in India. Even India FM is not playing int my phone.
I am confused which firmware to download. Can you help me
lovesamsungS2 said:
Hi, I actually verified sammobile link and searched for i9100.
I can see several firmware verison 4.1.2 and lesser. I am planning to download one of this one. But which country i need to select.
I purchased this phone from Ebay (honkhong seller) . I am in India. Even India FM is not playing int my phone.
I am confused which firmware to download. Can you help me
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Now i am in 4.1.2. I have upgraded via ODIN 1.85.
Now i have to root my phone. Any best link which i can refer for rooting ?

Stock Roms

Having trouble finding stock roms, can anyone point me in the right direction of where I can find what Im looking for?? Those that I have found are eiter hosted by hotfile, which has been taken down or on the Sammobile and Terafile which unless you are a premium memeber, the download times are horrendous. Im looking for unbranded roms. Not looking to root and install custom roms at this time. Thanks in advance guys, any help with this will be be very much appreciated
Also looking for this
I have a galaxy s3 I9300 which since I did a factory reset now sticks on the Samsung logo however I can boot into recovery and into download (the phone was rooted before I did factory reset but I am not bothered about preserving root as I just want to sell it) All I want to do it install a standard samsung stock rom. In download mode Odin 3.07 sees the device so I presume that I cold flash the stock rom from there IF I could find one - the damn us government has taken down hotfiles and like the OP I can only find premium sources. As I say I dont mind if the rom is rooted or not just as long as it returns the phone to working order - I dont have any data to worry about
TudorBlue said:
Having trouble finding stock roms, can anyone point me in the right direction of where I can find what Im looking for?? Those that I have found are eiter hosted by hotfile, which has been taken down or on the Sammobile and Terafile which unless you are a premium memeber, the download times are horrendous. Im looking for unbranded roms. Not looking to root and install custom roms at this time. Thanks in advance guys, any help with this will be be very much appreciated
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Try these >>>>> http://androidfirmwares.net/Home/sgs3 <<<<<<<
tallman43 said:
Try these >>>>> http://androidfirmwares.net/Home/sgs3 <<<<<<<
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Thanks, very much appreciated:good:
Anyway to find out which ROM is right
tallman43 said:
Try these >>>>> http://androidfirmwares.net/Home/sgs3 <<<<<<<
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The problem here is that I cannot get into the phone to check the firmware! It is an unlocked UK version of GT-i9300 and someone suggested "BTU" was the right one but this isn't listed on the site you gave - at least not with BTU in the name - there are so many listed and none with even any indication of country
I clicked download on the most likely one which is I9300XXUGMJ9_I9300OXAGMJ9_BTU.zip - I didnt see BTU until I got to the download step - is this likely to be a UK unlocked one or would I be taking a risk installing it?

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