Hi,
I'm fairly new with this phone, and I had rooted it without unlocking the bootloader. (downgrade to GB, root, then upgrade to ICS)
I just found out that a newer version of ICS is released the other day and was wondering that if there is anyway I can update my device while keeping the root ? Say, if I use flashtool to flash the new version, will I lose the root? Or should I use the pc companion software? Or cwm recovery?
I am a total noob here, and I have no idea what I'm doing... Kind of want to figure everything out before I accidentally bricked my phone.
you could try the thread about it on the development section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1857736
or you can try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856287
And btw, use the search button first, or at least read the thread titles in the first page ¬¬
Thanks !!
I must have phrased the keywords wrong or something last night since neither of the posts you provided was in the search result.
Thanks for sharing the posts though. I had just successfully upgraded my phone with PCC while preserving the root !!
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Hi there,
I'm rather new (so sorry if these are dumb questions) to all this flashing / rooting / de branding and had a few questions about it..
Well i bought the x10 on mobile network 3 (three uk) and tbh they are ****. First phone i had i debranded using the SEUS copy file method over, but since then i have had them replace the phone. i tried the same method but as SE have updated SEUS i can't get it to work... :|
So looking around i started reading up on rooting.
Firstly if i follow this guide forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=711907 will that debrand the phone to the generic firmware?
If that is the case will i then be able to get future updates through SEUS or not?
If i rooted the phone, would there be anyway to go back to the so called unrooted version?
And lastly, what are the other pro's and con's of rooting?
Thanks, and sorry if these are silly questions!
Spud
Hi.
They aren't silly if you don't know the answer, but considering a search of the forum and browse of the guide (which you could have posted this question on) would have given you the answers it's an annoying post.
Read the rules and browse THIS section.
i had been researching the topic for 2 days before i posted here, i understand the majority of it just not the questions posted above.
i followed the link you posted but it did not answer my main question
will that debrand the phone to the generic firmware?
If that is the case will i then be able to get future updates through SEUS or not?
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maybe im mis understanding what they say but it would be very helpful if some could tell me if it allows me to get future updates through seus
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maybe im mis understanding what they say but it would be very helpful if some could tell me if it allows me to get future updates through seus
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After searching google with can I run seus after rooting, I found this thread - [Q] Questions about rooting my X10i
Total time, 30 seconds.
thankyou
sorry, just seen so many posts about it didn't know what to properly search for
pardon my ignorance
No worries, but it is frustrating to see new threads asking questions that have been answered a million times already. In future just post on an existing thread instead of starting new ones.
To answer one of your other questions - What is rooting and why should I do it?
yes i can understand that entirely being a member of other forums myself.
In future Existing Posts it is!
Thanks for that link as well, definatly explains things in more detail!
Spud
Hi folks!
I'm just a newbie... I searched in the forums but I didn't find any clear answers.
I bought an Xperia x10a (it's an At&t world phone) And as you already know, I'm so frustrated waiting for the 2.1 update for At&t phones that I'm considering to debrand my phone, so at this point I have two questions:
1-If I debrand my world phone, Will I be able to update to the next software version using SEUS, or it is mandatory to debrand and then use the firmwares posted in the forums to flash it and finally get 2.1+Dual touch?
2-In case that I have to flash my phone, does these roms come with Timescape, mediascape and moxier mail(this one is replaced by at&t for an app called "work email" that I don't like at all) but I'd like to preserve timescape and mediascape.
I'll keep waiting for your answers and sorry if this question is already answered in another thread, as I mentioned before, I'm very very newbie not only in android but xda-developers forum.
Best regards
Sent from my X10a using XDA App
u dont need to debrand anything.
just download flashtool. pick the firmware you want.
in your case you probably want 2.1, build .435 right ? its all over the forums look around. and flash it using flashtool.
from there you can root, jit, and install xrecovery as well.
there is a guide how to use flashtool on youtube if u cannot get it from the thread about how to use flashtool.
and yes it comes with those things.
push thanks if i helped.
edit: here i'll just point you to it since i ended up looking at it anyway.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=920746
again. no debrand needed. just youtube for a tutorial on how to use the flashtool if u cant figure it out.
Hello. I came here from the Xperia X10 mini forum, because i just got a S2
Thing is i don't know what to do with it. With the SE it was different, I was a SE user my whole life, so I was up to date with how to do things on SE droids (root, flash with flashtool, etc.). But i have 0 experience with samsung.
I have:
PDA: I91000XWKE2
BASEBAND: I9100XXKDJ
KERNEL: 2.6.35.7-i9100xwke2-cl187606 [email protected] #2
It's running droid 2.3.3 and I cant update with KIES because it gives me windows encountered a problem etc etc... the old send dont send but on windows 7 (x64).
So I would like to flash it to a 2.3.5 rom and root it. Can anyone explain how do I do this? I don't know what and where to search because I'm new to samsung.
So far i have downloaded ODIN 1.85 and a found this "GT-I9100_OXA_I9100XXKI3_I9100XXKI3_I9100OXAKI3" file. What do i do with it? (also explain steps plz).
I never had a smartphone in my life before I got my SGS2, and I managed to flash all the ROMs without creating threads with questions that are answered in stickies. But maybe I'm a genius, not anyone can be one.
So, try here for starters.. or just search around.
install this kernel and read all the texts.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
You should now be root and have cmw recovery, and you can flash pretty much any rom you want.
Not to familiar with teh sony's but i assume you had clockwock mod recovery?
Odin to flash, cf root to flash as kernel to allow root and get cwm, cwm to flash a custom rom as a quick guide on what to search. Generally reading around will help.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk
Ty for the reply guys. Really apreciate the help and am reading everything you posted.
But 1 thing: witha ll respect, stop acting like I'm using up your personal space, I opened this thread for a reason, because i dont understand sh!t, and reading wont help unless i start to read the very beginning.
When i was at the Xperia thread, i used a program called Flashtool to flash a new generic rom to my X10 mini pro. It also updated the baseband (and basebands where important when i flashed a custom ROM, you needed to have latest baseband and kernel to flash X,Y,and Z custom roms).
I just want to update to the original samsung 2.3.5 ROM with odin (as kies sucks and wont work) and the rest will be easy. Don't want CWM and root yet, just a plain stock 2.3.5 rom. I just wanted to know if i can flash THAT file (first post, long text) to my phone with ODIN.
Again, thank you very much for the support, and will continue to read everything you guys post here.
It's easy to say search for this and search for that when you know exactly what to search for. In my case, I dont even know where to begin. And i would like to finish this "job" in the next 2 hours, as after that its time to sleep :/
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Ty for the reply guys. Really apreciate the help and am reading everything you posted.
But 1 thing: witha ll respect, stop acting like I'm using up your personal space, I opened this thread for a reason, because i dont understand sh!t, and reading wont help unless i start to read the very beginning.
When i was at the Xperia thread, i used a program called Flashtool to flash a new generic rom to my X10 mini pro. It also updated the baseband (and basebands where important when i flashed a custom ROM, you needed to have latest baseband and kernel to flash X,Y,and Z custom roms).
I just want to update to the original samsung 2.3.5 ROM with odin (as kies sucks and wont work) and the rest will be easy. Don't want CWM and root yet, just a plain stock 2.3.5 rom. I just wanted to know if i can flash THAT file (first post, long text) to my phone with ODIN.
Again, thank you very much for the support, and will continue to read everything you guys post here.
It's easy to say search for this and search for that when you know exactly what to search for. In my case, I dont even know where to begin. And i would like to finish this "job" in the next 2 hours, as after that its time to sleep :/
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No offence mate but when I moved from an HTC to a Samsung based device I was a newb then to, coming from another phone to different methods to another new method I got to grips with everything just reading around.
To answer your questions, yes you can flash a stock rom using odin, all you need is to check out intratechs thread in original development section, as of now KJ3 is the latest 2.3.5 firmware, download a frankenstein version and read his thread which had a guide on what to put where.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13712988
[ROM+Guide]Official i9100 Firmwares KG, KH1/2/3/4, KI1/2/3/4/8, KJ1/2/3 Download
Your original post mentioned you wanted to root it hence I gave you the easiest way of doing so is to flash cf root, searching cf root would have given you that thread plus instructions within that thread.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk
well i flashed that rom i pasted there and it worked. Was simple once i knew i need to put that in PDA and start it.
Yes i know about CF root and will be my next move. Thank you so much for everythingyou posted (again). And will REread every post again for extra knowledge. Need to forget everything i know about SE and learn new stuff.
Hello guys!
First thing I wanna say is that I'm a complete noob when it comes to rooting, flashing, installing new roms. I have read alot of threads in the past two weeks but I still don't feel comfortable doing it cause this is my first smartphone and I'm really scared that I can completelly hard-break my phone. In order to avoid this I decided to make this thread even tho I knew you will say "read the forum" etc.
So first I wanna ask what should I never, NEVER DO that can hardbreak my phone. I read that I shoudn't use SBF files which are installed on my phone true RSD Lite, but then this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182871 "cool stuff" (I don't know how you call it) uses RSD Lite to unlock my phone, should I use it on my phone and is it safe?
Second, if I wanna go back to stock I read that I must use fruitcakes, but I'm not sure how to create one..:/ And if I use someother's fruitcake I'm not sure if my warenty will still be OK.
Third and last thing I wanted to ask is: Is it safe to use programs for Atrix 4G on EU Atrix, cause my atrix is European one. Model MB860, Android Version: 2.3.4, Baseband N_01.100.0R, Kernal 2.6.32.9, Build nuber 4.5.2A-74_OLE-27
Hope this info helps.
And if there is some guy from Europe who has device similar to mine can he please post links to programs he used in order to root and unlock his device.
I will really appriciate an answer! Thanks for all the good work you did here!
Same here mate. I'm not sure what program to use to root and unlock my bootloader. I have the exact same version of Motorola.
Would love help here!
Cheers!
t1ber1umwrs said:
Hello guys!
First thing I wanna say is that I'm a complete noob when it comes to rooting, flashing, installing new roms. I have read alot of threads in the past two weeks but I still don't feel comfortable doing it cause this is my first smartphone and I'm really scared that I can completelly hard-break my phone. In order to avoid this I decided to make this thread even tho I knew you will say "read the forum" etc.
So first I wanna ask what should I never, NEVER DO that can hardbreak my phone. I read that I shoudn't use SBF files which are installed on my phone true RSD Lite, but then this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182871 "cool stuff" (I don't know how you call it) uses RSD Lite to unlock my phone, should I use it on my phone and is it safe?
Second, if I wanna go back to stock I read that I must use fruitcakes, but I'm not sure how to create one..:/ And if I use someother's fruitcake I'm not sure if my warenty will still be OK.
Third and last thing I wanted to ask is: Is it safe to use programs for Atrix 4G on EU Atrix, cause my atrix is European one. Model MB860, Android Version: 2.3.4, Baseband N_01.100.0R, Kernal 2.6.32.9, Build nuber 4.5.2A-74_OLE-27
Hope this info helps.
And if there is some guy from Europe who has device similar to mine can he please post links to programs he used in order to root and unlock his device.
I will really appriciate an answer! Thanks for all the good work you did here!
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Hi, the app link you posted only applies to AT&T Motorola, I am not sure it will work with your european model. I recommend PMing the developer.
I'm a noob, I don't understand what is kernel, custom rom, flashing, firmware, odin etc but I want to root my Samsung Galaxy S2 i9100 (running official 4.0.4) and update it to lastest android os (Jelly Bean?) in safest and easiest way, can any professional teach me? and explain what are kernel, custom room, flashing, firmware, odin etc...? Your help would be appreciated! And I'm new to forum, hi everyone hehe
Read a lot of the guides.Itll take about a week but well worth it.
4forum444 said:
I'm a noob, I don't understand what is kernel, custom rom, flashing, firmware, odin etc but I want to root my Samsung Galaxy S2 i9100 (running official 4.0.4) and update it to lastest android os (Jelly Bean?) in safest and easiest way, can any professional teach me? and explain what are kernel, custom room, flashing, firmware, odin etc...? Your help would be appreciated! And I'm new to forum, hi everyone hehe
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No intention to immediatly burn you down when you're new here, but since you are new you should read the forum rules and the stickies first. Everything you ask is already explained hundreds of times, so don't start thinking about rooting yet if you don't know what you're doing.
As said above, first start reading and learning. It's the best way.
Sent from the Matrix
Welcome to forum!
You don't need to search so much to find how to root your device.. Well, i'll recommend you cyanogen mod, it's a very famous rom i've got installed and i love it. It works very well, it's JB, increases A LOT battery life.. and automatically adds rooot to your phone. http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/index.php?title=Install_CM_for_i9100
You should read guides and stuff, for learning more for your device. In the top of this web, there is a text box to search posts, threads.. If you type in "Custom ROM" you will find a lot of useful information, do the same with all that words you don't understand.
In the bottom of every post, there is a button called "Thanks", if this post was useful to you, click it (just information ). You should do it with every post useful to you, but there is a limit. You should read this post for learning the rules and other forum stuff: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1699450
EDIT: I forgot, please read about root, don't root the phone without knowing what is it. Check en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_rooting