Hi guys,
I'm really sorry if a question like this has been answered, but I'll try my best to keep it brief.
So, I got a new blue 16GB SGS3 from Vodafone Australia today, and the stock firmware was a Vodafone branded one.
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At the moment, that particular official firmware is not available for download, so I wanted to know how I can make a backup of it so it's like the type you can flash via ODIN.
In other words, I want to save it as a tar.md5 file so I can flash it back to stock in case I have to claim warranty etc. in the future.
Can someone give me a short description as to how this is done, or if possible, just link me to a full How-To thread?
Thanks for your time!
Answer is not before root .
But you can use CHECKFUS to download the original firmware or its update if its on the Samsung Server .
That can be flashed via Odin .
Or you can look for that firmware in the stock rom thread or on sammobile.com .
jje
JJEgan said:
Answer is not before root .
But you can use CHECKFUS to download the original firmware or its update if its on the Samsung Server .
That can be flashed via Odin .
Or you can look for that firmware in the stock rom thread or on sammobile.com .
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Thanks for the reply.
As far as I know, my current Vodafone branded firmware is not available at sammobile.com or the Official Firmware thread yet, hence the initial idea of backing up my own one.
Other than doing it AFTER root with something like CWM, is there a way to backup the current kernel?
Thanks
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I recently bought a Galaxy S II here in Australia and it came with a stock Samsung firmware. Typing *#1234# gave this information:
PDA :- I9100XWKF3
Phone :- I9100XXKE7
CSC :- I9100XSAKE3
I have been flashing the phone over the weekend with custom ROMs but I didn't like any of them (some of them would not even connect to samsung's Kies software). I have been trying to find which firmware would restore my phone to its just-bought condition, but I can't seem to locate it in the SamFirmware.com firmware list.
Help please? Thanks.
Stock firmware or provider firmware in Dev section.
jje
Actually, I've already been there. My problem is that, confronted with the unexplained alphabet soup that is the firmware names, I still can't seem to find one which matches the above details. Unless there's a convention I don't know.
information can be found on the following page. the last 5 letter+number in your PDA and Phone info are what you need to match the stock roms to your phone (in this case, XWKF3 and XXKE7). instruction is at the top of that page as well. hope it helps, buddy. best of luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
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http://www.multiupload.com/NCTA5RZEMB
A big thank you to dchn2 and intratech for their pointers (and intratech, again, for his wonderful stock firmware thread). I have no idea why it didn't come up when I did my searches but it has been a great read.
I only received my S2 a few days ago and being completely new Android i decided to keep things as simple as possible flashing the latest Checkrom in order to get rid of the stock Vodafone UK bloatware.
I did this simply by flashing CF-Root via Odin and then flashing the Checkrom zip via CWM. This is the sum total of my flashing experience.
In order to be able to return my phone to out-of-the-box stock i downloaded 'GT-I9100_VOD_I9100BUKJ3_I9100VODKI2_I9100BUKI1.exe' and 'Kernel_I9100BUKJ3.exe' from the carrier branded stock firmware thread.
However, after running each .exe (a 7zip extract) i am left with GT-I9100_VOD_I9100BUKJ3_I9100VODKI2_I9100BUKI1.tar.md5 and Kernel_I9100BUKJ3.tar.md5.
Given that these are neither regular .tar files or .zip files i'm unsure of the correct procedure for flashing them. I have read a bunch of threads about flashing stock kernals and roms but i'm still not 100% about what software/tools i need to use to flash them and in what order (kernal or firmware first).
If anyone could help me out i'd really appreciate it.
Thanks
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[ROMS]Official i9100 carrier branded firmware download for Odin Flash
In an effort to keep things simple and avoid confusion I have moved all the carrier branded firmware to this thread.
The guide for flashing and rooting your device can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1075278
Its usual to follow the relevant instructions regarding whatever flash is used .
As the man says on the instruction page
I've started to package the tarball archives with the md5 hash to maintain the integrity of the packages. Just treat the tarballs in the same way as you would without the .md5 at the end. DO NOT CHANGE THE NAME OF THE ARCHIVE
jje
hello all
I would put a rom on my s2 with ics lp7
I already did root (put kernel, right?) but now, as I suggested in ITALIAN rom?
thank you
Tyler DeLarge said:
hello all
I would put a rom on my s2 with ics lp7
I already did root (put kernel, right?) but now, as I suggested in ITALIAN rom?
thank you
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Does this look like a newbie help desk to you?
This is a development forum, If you want to post crap like this do it in general or Q&A forums. This forum is for development only.
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Tyler DeLarge said:
hello all
I would put a rom on my s2 with ics lp7
I already did root (put kernel, right?) but now, as I suggested in ITALIAN rom?
thank you
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Have a look at Intratech's Official Firmware thread here => http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
There you will find stock ROMs as non-wipe versions and a description how to flash.
You don not need an Italian ROM, as all "XW" versions contain Italian language support.
Latest Italian ICS ROM is ATM XWLPF, can be found in post #3.
Latest "XW" / European version is ATM XWLPG, can be found in SamMobile or Check Fus Downloader (=> http://fus.nanzen.se/).
I recommend XWLPD, as this has best battery life on my phone and contains all major European languages (such as Italian and German ;-)
Just got a GS3 and after I configured it all I received an update msg from the system. It downloaded everything properly but when it rebooted to start installing it gave me that signature fail msg. It won´t update via kies either.
The phone is rooted and it has CWM installed on it.
Any thoughts? I don´t want to install new roms, mods, etc. I just want the phone to be able to get Samsungs´ updates, that´s all.
Here is my data:
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As per the exact same question posted hundreds of times .
Root fails OTA upgrades .
Remove root before OTA .
Or try Kies or flash stock rom via Odin .
jje
I´m going to try this: http://rootgalaxys3iii.com/unroot-galaxy-s3-2/ . It seems simple enough. I just hope it won´t root again after reboot.
It didn´t work via kies or rebooting. If I could only know what update it is I could just flash it. I just don´t want to have to flash another rom and have to reconfigure the phone all over again.
Use CHECKFUS .
jje
JJEgan said:
Use CHECKFUS .
jje
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The developer says it no longer works. I´ve tried it out and it really doesn´t.
When OTA is in progress it downloads the update somewhere, right? Is it possible to unroot using rootkeeper, then download the update and flash it without restarting the phone somehow?
Do you guys think that if I flash to stock kernel it will work? I bought it second hand and I have the feeling this is not a stock kernel.
I deleted the Samsung Galaxy A10 own ROM and loaded a different ROM. Now I want to go back to the original, but I couldn't find any rom. Can you help me?
About the phone on site only model SM-A105F
muhammet0202 said:
I deleted the Samsung Galaxy A10 own ROM and loaded a different ROM. Now I want to go back to the original, but I couldn't find any rom. Can you help me?
About the phone on site only model SM-A105F
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Please don't share your serial number or IMEI online. I have removed it from your post.
As for downloading firmware, you can use Sammobile or Frija. Just use your device model. Looks like the latest available firmware is A105FDDU8CVH4
V0latyle said:
Please don't share your serial number or IMEI online. I have removed it from your post.
As for downloading firmware, you can use Sammobile or Frija. Just use your device model. Looks like the latest available firmware is A105FDDU8CVH4
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i need legal help for this error
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i need legal help for this error
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What firmware were you trying to flash?
Why do you need legal help? XDA is not a legal forum, you won't find attorneys here.