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Hi
Tried a quick search but got overwhelmed with the info
I've had my gs2 since launch and I rooted it and run check checkrom v6 at the moment. I want to upgrade to ics but unsure which way to go as there is a lot of conflicting info
Any advice would be appreciated
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Do you want stock ICS or a custom rom ?
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no1male said:
Hi
Tried a quick search but got overwhelmed with the info
I've had my gs2 since launch and I rooted it and run check checkrom v6 at the moment. I want to upgrade to ics but unsure which way to go as there is a lot of conflicting info
Any advice would be appreciated
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You just need to decide if you want a stock or a custom ROM.
As your running checkrom you're obviously not a stranger to flashing ROMs so just do a bit of research into some and flash.
Make a back using clockwork mod and if you want to go back to your old set up you can
A few custom ROMs to try are:
Ressurection Remix
Slim ICS
Elite Rom
Cyanogenmod 9
Will probably try cyanogenmod.
Is it pretty much just flash through cmw as before?
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I would suggest rootbox. There is an ICS version and a JB, which is actually really stable
Thanks for the reply
This is where I got confused lol so is root box the new cwm? Or do I use cmw to flash root box then use root box to flash an ics rom?
I'm getting to old for all this
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no1male said:
Thanks for the reply
This is where I got confused lol so is root box the new cwm? Or do I use cmw to flash root box then use root box to flash an ics rom?
I'm getting to old for all this
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Rootbox is an version of ICS. You use cwm to flash Rootbox (an ics rom)
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no1male said:
Hi
Tried a quick search but got overwhelmed with the info
I've had my gs2 since launch and I rooted it and run check checkrom v6 at the moment. I want to upgrade to ics but unsure which way to go as there is a lot of conflicting info
Any advice would be appreciated
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Get neatrom, you'll be happy you did
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I would recommend flashing a stock ICS ROM first and from there on flashing the ROM you actually want.
Cheers
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no1male said:
Will probably try cyanogenmod.
Is it pretty much just flash through cmw as before?
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Yes, that is all it is about. Make a nandroid backup first. Then wipe it clean, cache and data, and then flash whatever ROM you choose.
I can relate to your problem, s2 seriously has a lot of ROMs so try them and stick with that which YOU like personally. If you want you can try CM9 only first or any other. Just go to that ROM's thread and they mention how to flash in the OP.
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ata1918 said:
I would recommend flashing a stock ICS ROM first and from there on flashing the ROM you actually want.
Cheers
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Why? There's so many people like this on xda who say this, but when I asked the Devs, its not even necessary or doesn't help.
I never ever flashed an ics rom and I went straight from stock gb to custom ics without a problem.
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FromiOSToAndroid said:
Why? There's so many people like this on xda who say this, but when I asked the Devs, its not even necessary or doesn't help.
I never ever flashed an ics rom and I went straight from stock gb to custom ics without a problem.
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Mmm I've never heard this or done it. I've always completed full wipe (cache dalvik and factory) followed by format system and never had a problem
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Really appreciate the help guys, gonna go flash now. Gonna hold off in jb for now though
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HANDSY said:
Mmm I've never heard this or done it. I've always completed full wipe (cache dalvik and factory) followed by format system and never had a problem
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No, the other guy was talking about the ROM, not the wiping. But some roms like neatrom needs no wipe
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I am trying to root my recently updated Bell mobility samsung galaxy S2 I9100 running ICS 4.0.3, Baseband version I9100MUGLD3, Kernel Version 3.0.15-I9100MUGLD3-CL377577, Build Version IML74K.UGLD3. I Can't Find anything on these threads. Can someone help? Thanks in advance.
Ethanp said:
I am trying to root my recently updated Bell mobility samsung galaxy S2 I9100 running ICS 4.0.3, Baseband version I9100MUGLD3, Kernel Version 3.0.15-I9100MUGLD3-CL377577, Build Version IML74K.UGLD3. I Can't Find anything on these threads. Can someone help? Thanks in advance.
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check the link below
Universal Rooting Method for ICS
Sun90 said:
check the link below
Universal Rooting Method for ICS
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Awesome the link worked great. But it turns out my phone tested positive to the Emmc brick. So i now i don't want to flash anything lol.
Ethanp said:
Awesome the link worked great. But it turns out my phone tested positive to the Emmc brick. So i now i don't want to flash anything lol.
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You're device is fine. I have the same thing and I've flashed hundreds of times. You just have to know what you're flashing and understand the basics
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kilometers4 said:
You're device is fine. I have the same thing and I've flashed hundreds of times. You just have to know what you're flashing and understand the basics
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I am familiar with flashing. I had the LG Optimus LTE before this and flashed quite a few roms, This phone however has me awfully confused. I have been researching all day. And so far i am under the understanding that the touch cwm are not good and the use the 4.0.1.5 recovery. But what i don't understand is how do you install roms without wiping data/factory reset through cwm? don't most roms require this? and isn't that what causes the superbrick? Sorry for sounding like a noob. but can you tell me how you do your flashing?
Ethanp said:
I am familiar with flashing. I had the LG Optimus LTE before this and flashed quite a few roms, This phone however has me awfully confused. I have been researching all day. And so far i am under the understanding that the touch cwm are not good and the use the 4.0.1.5 recovery. But what i don't understand is how do you install roms without wiping data/factory reset through cwm? don't most roms require this? and isn't that what causes the superbrick? Sorry for sounding like a noob. but can you tell me how you do your flashing?
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Just use a different kernel, like siyah (www.gokhanmoral.com and make it's for the s2 not s3). Then you can wipe data. Just didn't not be on 4.0.4, and have a samsung based kernel (the kernel dev should have info in the op). Once you're on a safe kernel you can flash whatever you want and wipe data.
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kilometers4 said:
Just use a different kernel, like siyah (www.gokhanmoral.com and make it's for the s2 not s3). Then you can wipe data. Just didn't not be on 4.0.4, and have a samsung based kernel (the kernel dev should have info in the op). Once you're on a safe kernel you can flash whatever you want and wipe data.
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Ok so i flash the kernel via odin? because my phone doesn't have cmw installed. Siyah-s2-v4.0.1.tar that is the kernel i am about to flash. Is it safe for my phone? also do i need to do a backup of my stock kernel?
Ethanp said:
Ok so i flash the kernel via odin? because my phone doesn't have cmw installed. Siyah-s2-v4.0.1.tar that is the kernel i am about to flash. Is it safe for my phone? also do i need to do a backup of my stock kernel?
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Yeah, you should be able to flash through Odin. And you can flash back to stock by getting a stock firmware from www.sammobile.com and flash through Odin
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Ethanp said:
Awesome the link worked great. But it turns out my phone tested positive to the Emmc brick. So i now i don't want to flash anything lol.
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How do you test for Emmc brick?
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Spacemonkie4207 said:
How do you test for Emmc brick?
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Go to this page, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1693704 and download and install the gotbrickbug apk
kilometers4 said:
Yeah, you should be able to flash through Odin. And you can flash back to stock by getting a stock firmware from www.sammobile.com and flash through Odin
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So I did what you told me too. And went ahead and flashed a custom kernel (Siyah 4.0.1) and tried installing salman ics rom. and now i have a never ending boot loop.. any suggestions?
Ethanp said:
So I did what you told me too. And went ahead and flashed a custom kernel (Siyah 4.0.1) and tried installing salman ics rom. and now i have a never ending boot loop.. any suggestions?
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Did you wipe data when you installed it? It's usually highly recommended
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kilometers4 said:
Did you wipe data when you installed it? It's usually highly recommended
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Yes I wiped data, cache and dalvik cache. Couldn't get into recovery so i just re-flashed my firmware via odin. All is good now and successfully flashed cm9 with no issues. Must have been a bug in the rom.
If a want to upgrade to CM 10 or CM9, from my stock rom, do I really need to do a wipe data, wipe factory reset? & what would happen if I do not? Is there any chance that something bad happen to it? Thank you guys Greetings.
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TheAndroidLord said:
If a want to upgrade to CM 10 or CM9, from my stock rom, do I really need to do a wipe data, wipe factory reset? & what would happen if I do not? Is there any chance that something bad happen to it? Thank you guys Greetings.
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Yes, if coming from a GB based rom you should wipe date/factory reset.
Is there any reason why you cant? All you need to do is backup apps/app data with Titanium Backup and then restore once you have fresh rom.
TheAndroidLord said:
If a want to upgrade to CM 10 or CM9, from my stock rom, do I really need to do a wipe data, wipe factory reset? & what would happen if I do not? Is there any chance that something bad happen to it? Thank you guys Greetings.
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1. Yeah full wipe is recommended if you are downgrading or upgrading to another Android version.
2. If you don't do full wipe there are chances that your CM9 will not bee stable, freezes and lockups here and there
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What about an ICS stock rom? that's the one I'm using right now . If I install the CM rom, and if I want to downgrade to the stock rom again, could I do that? Thank you for answering.
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TheAndroidLord said:
What about an ICS stock rom? that's the one I'm using right now . If I install the CM rom, and if I want to downgrade to the stock rom again, could I do that? Thank you for answering.
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If you are moving from stock to Aosp Roms and vice versa, you have to do full wipe
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Jokesy said:
If you are moving from stock to Aosp Roms and vice versa, you have to do full wipe
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Thank you all guys, this really helped me
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TheAndroidLord said:
If I install the CM rom, and if I want to downgrade to the stock rom again, could I do that?
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Yes, you would just flash the stock ROM using Odin, and that would "unroot" your handset in the process.
If you try to switch from stock to a custom ROM, or between different custom ROMs without wiping your data, you can soft or hard-brick your handset. It's not worth the risk.
Hi sorry if i seem like a noob this is my first post.
So basically i was on stock until i decided to flash omegas rom, im now currently using 27.1 and siyah kernel 1.7b4 and no matter what i do i cannot make phone calls or send texts from my phone, it just says emergency calls only. I have rang their customer support who sent me a new sim out that didnt work and well ive basically tried everything i know in the settings and what not, i always do a full wipe coming from any rom even if it states i dont need too.
So im hoping you guys have some ideas.
Thanks.
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Might have been a bad download for either the rom or the kernel. Try and redownload both (Can get the update versions as well, Omega v28, or v29 soon, and Syiah 1.7rc1) if you like.
Try reflashing those, as well as formatting /system, wiping both cache and delvic cache, and then fixing permissions.
Does it display as if you have a signal? Have you checked your imei number?
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Hi i will try that v28 is currently downloading and i will reflash siyah to see if that helps.
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Hi yeah i have full signal and my imei is displayed correctly.
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Im not sure if this matters but when i did the *#1234# thing all the things are different. Not sure whether this could have caused it or not.
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Just 're flashed omega v28 doing a full wipe wipe cache and dalivik and still no change. I just left the original kernel that came with omega. Really don't know what's happened to my phone.
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xmrenegade7 said:
Just 're flashed omega v28 doing a full wipe wipe cache and dalivik and still no change. I just left the original kernel that came with omega. Really don't know what's happened to my phone.
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I would try a factory reset at this point. Wiping /system and /data as well.
I have done that and it still isn't working.
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Haha after about 40 phone calls I managed too talk to someone who told me my SIM needed re registering to my phone and now all is well. Thanks anyway for your help.
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Lol least you got it working again
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Hi, I need to sell my tab and want to revert back to full stock. Today it has omni 4.4.2.
Can someone write me please short steps to revert it back? What is the best official ROM ?
Thank you
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Just go to sammobile.com, download any stock ROM, and flash it with Odin. That will make your tab good as new.
Which one to flash? I remember some problems with WiFi and battery in some versions of 4.0
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All of them are the same. I don't remember any problems with WiFi tho. There is a deep sleep issue but that is only fixable by installing a custom kernel.
I just flashed this one P7500AILA1_P7500TIMKK1_TIM.zip with Odin
but it ask me password after reboot...
What is it?
angiotell said:
I just flashed this one P7500AILA1_P7500TIMKK1_TIM.zip with Odin
but it ask me password after reboot...
What is it?
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What exactly did you do?
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eushaun99 said:
What exactly did you do?
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I solved with wipe cache and dalvik i recovery.
Thank you.