I just bought a bell galaxy note. It is unlocked and I am using it with a Mobilicity sim. Can someone tell me what would be the best way of upgrading to ICS?
Thanks.
There is a sticky right at the top of this section that will help get you started.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1586223
My sig is what I used, look it all up and see if its what you want to do (stock ROM or modded) and PM me for help. I'm a noob to rooting but I can get you started.
Is there any way to get OTA bell ICS update now that I am with Mobilicity?
Is your phone rooted? If not you should receive the update by OTA also. Or if the update is available by using Kies, you can get it that way.
Not sure if you got your answers ...
but I have my Note with ICS and with Jelly Bean OTA ................ and steps seems pretty easy if u READ and PAY ATTENTION and follow them...
here are few things that I did ...
1) download Samsung KIES ( if you have already - make SURE ITS UPDATED)
http://www.samsung.com/us/kies/
2) Download and install CWM ( i used the GUI version ... yes am lazy about doing three fingure boot etc ,,,)
3) Download and keep ICS rom of choice (( search and read here , lots and lots of them ..... like kid in candy jar!!)
one I suggest =
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1765316&highlight=cwm+gui
The above ( 3) link will show you most resources and things to do
and sit back and ENJOY !! note = Pure amazin in RAW form , and let loose with some of the fancy ROMS
you can spend hours and hours << ah remember the days of Andriod 1.6 and 3am morning still flashing ROMS !!LOL))
Hope this helps
say thanks if it did
I did all of the above. I rooted the phone and then flashed CWM followed by super user. I then chose FJ ICS rom and flashed it as well. However, although everything went well and I was able to boot the phone to ICS 4, I have lost contact with my service provider (mobilicity).
Just so that you know, I bought this unlocked phone which came with Gingerbread and everything was working fine.
I have restored the phone back to the stock ROM but I still cannot see the Mobilicity network.
Can someone tell me what I need to do to get the phone back to its original state?
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Im new to all this flashing and messing with mobiles and am a little lost so i need some help. I have a SGS2 running Checkrom V4 which im very happy with i have CWM installed and my rom backed up but i would like to upgrade to ICS. My issue is after doing loads of reading im not sure that its done through recovery and when you do have ICS on your device you don't have CWM so no easy way as far as i can tell to go back to gingerbread. I have odin on my PC that's setup and mobile Odin on the phone i just need someone to give some idiots instructions, what worrys me the most is no recovery. Is it worth waiting for a official ICS to come out that's stable with CWM or some other easy way to change roms, as i understand it some country is due it officially today.
Does someone have a idiot guide they can do for me of a decent stable Rom and how to install it and how the recovery works, i would really appreciate it, as all the threads have multiple parts that need flashing not just a simple rom there's add this and that. That doesn't worry me but i worry about becoming stuck on a ICS rom that's a load of ****, ideally i would like just a standard stock official UK rom that updates itself OTA or is stock with root and CWM but iknow we could be waiting a while for that.
thanks
Stickies...
Those are about the only thing i hdnt read.
cheers
Thanks for reading - I'm a noob.
I came here to learn about rooting devices over 6 months ago and decided to have a go at rooting my SGS 2 to remove the bloatware and speed it up a bit.
Performance has been great - I left the stock firmware because the OS/ROM was not a concern to me. I simply flashed the kernel with CF Root: CF-Root-SGS2_ZS_OZS_KF4-v4.0-CWM4.tar
Now I am led to understand I would need to flash back to my stock kernel to allow the OTA update for ICS - the only issue is I cannot find any available downloads for I9100TDVKF4 - Telstra's stock kernel.
Now I read somewhere a reply to a similar question was "just flash it with a new rom, I dont know why you want to go to stock" - Well I want to update to the official ICS. I was under the impression that would be available a long time ago and never was. I just want to....
Please can anyone help me to point out where I can find that kernel? perhaps there is a different kernel i could use?!
Is there any ICS firmware I would be able to download and flash to the ROM using Odin whilst keeping my phone rooted?
I found this place really helpful in how to root and now I just hope someone can help me get onto ICS!
Cheers
Is there any ICS firmware I would be able to download and flash to the ROM using Odin whilst keeping my phone rooted?
No only custom rooted firmware .
Try Checkfus for your stock firmware download and flash via Odin .
Dont confuse yourself with kernels without understanding .
ICS on Checkfus or Kies for your phone install otherwise wait until your provider releases .
or flash your original saved firmware that will overwrite root .
jje
Thanks for taking the time to reply mate....
Dont confuse yourself with kernels without understanding - dont worry ive been trying not to but it seems thats the only thing i changed on my phone when i rooted it so i was lead to believe i needed to change that back...
My provider has just released new version of ICS but i cant actually install it once ive downloaded it over the air it only gets to 8% then reboots itself and i believe thats because the phone is rooted...
or flash your original saved firmware that will overwrite root - I dont know if i backed it up correctly on the guide i was using!!! The only thing i backed up was the apps using titanium backup so now i feel im stuck!
Use check fus down loader and get the official ics ROM.
It's under i9100t Australia/telestra
Problem solved.
Hi there guys I really need educating. I come from a Samsung Galaxy S to a Samsung Galaxy S 3. I know all about firmware flashing, kernels n stuff on the original Sammy G, but haven't a clue on the Samsung Galaxy S 3.
I have managed to root the bad boy (go me!) but am unsure how to carrier unlock and to flash the latest firmware. The Sammy G was carrier unlocked but my Sammy G S3 is locked to Vodafone
Can anyone point me to the files and maybe some guides so that I can procede? Also what is this business about a flash counter? I want to be able to return to original firmware if it all goes belly up! How do I backup my original firmware?
Many Thanks In Advance
Doozy,
P.S.
Who is the best Dev to follow for A) Rom and B) Kernel? I followed CyanogenMod on the Sammy G but the CM9 nightlies fpr the Samsung Galaxy S 3 seem a little immature for me at the moment.
Cheers once again
I think you don't have to backup your original firmware because you can download the stock firmwares again later, but you can do a nandroid backup (i never did this^^)
If something goes wrong, follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671969
About unlocking i don't know, but i think the lock will be gone if you flash any rom (but can't give you warranty, since my phone was unlocked)
You can reset the flash counter, it's called triangle away : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
Im not able to say, whick rom / kernel is best, but why don't you check this thread and try some roms? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1674286
The first CM9 releases had many bugs, but they seem to be ready for all day use now (but i missed the Sammy Camera App, which is very nice )
Thank You very much for taking the time to respond I will take a look at those links.
Thanks Very Much,
Doozy
Hi,I rooted my phone then I installed new ROM but then, I installed Galaxy S2 I9100 JB ROM Which was I9100XXLSJ ROM
when I have Galaxy S2 SGH-i777. I know I'm stupid I didn't read it clearly it just said Galaxy S2 Jellybean
I have factory reset it but it is still the i9100 JB ROM not my old AT&T version
I used Odin3 v1.85 to do all this. I have downloaded several ROMs to see if it worked but when I opened them up it dont work with Odin and they said something about installing with SD card and stuff. I tried and i cant find the program and such.
At this moment I I just want my phone to work again. It don't matter if I use stock version of ICS as long it works again with ATT. because right now. my Back/Search doesn't work and Calling.
Please help, and give good explanations because I'm not very strong in electronics
If your phone will still enter download mode you can still fix it. Look through the stickies(important threads which have been given special status due to their importance and relevance) there are several that explain how to return to stock firmware. You should probably flash a full version of stock including the bootloaders as what you flashed may have contained I9100 bootloaders. But better safe than sorry. I've given you enough information to get started, let us know how it turns out.
Phalanx7621 said:
If your phone will still enter download mode you can still fix it. Look through the stickies(important threads which have been given special status due to their importance and relevance) there are several that explain how to return to stock firmware. You should probably flash a full version of stock including the bootloaders as what you flashed may have contained I9100 bootloaders. But better safe than sorry. I've given you enough information to get started, let us know how it turns out.
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Thank you! I'll get started as soon as possible and let you know how it goes.
Why did you start another thread for this same issue?
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Hi guys,
Long story short had a gs2 around 2 years back loved it rooted unlocked and custom romed it etc great, ended up selling and now got a nexus 4 which to me is growing on me slowly!!.
Anyways bought a new gs2 for my wife in white as she fancied it, arrived today its branded to orange and its the i9100p version.
Now I cant remember how I went about doing all mine, and before I get hammered I have done some searching and reading but can't find much to do with the p version?, I don't know how significant that is.
I basically want to:
1. Root - Easiest method
2. Free Unlock - hopefully unlock on play will work but any suggestions welcome
3. Install latest recovery, don't know if CWM or TWRP is best
4. Finally install best battery/performance kernel and rom
I've already downloaded Doomlord's script version 4 for rooting but don't know if a it will work or b if it will mess up the phone as its P version.
I've also downloaded RR_JB V3.1.3 rom as that seems very customisable, installs with aroma which I like and also seems v popular, again don't know if this compatible, I may be making a big deal of the p version issue and everything may work but would like some help from the more experienced guys before I get to work BTW its also running 4.0.4 ICS.
Any help or pointing in the right direction would be great.
Thanks
Mav
1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050297
2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1846451
3 once rooted u can install any ICS custom kernel through mobile odin eg siyah (just make sure its the right version)
and i guess i dont need to since u have been using an S2 but il mention it anyways DONT WIPE UR PHONE 4.0.4 kernels have a major bug which may brick ur device and i mean unrecoverable brickhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756242
hope i helped and good luck