I'm stuck with the generic IMEI (004999010640000). I've tried a number of the various workarounds (GSII_Repair, manually deleting the /efs folder, flashing stock and trying both of those from stock, re-flashing CM10 and trying from CM10 again...) with no luck. I was actually missing files in my /efs folder before flashing stock, but even with the full /efs folder I can't find my actual IMEI. So am I screwed?
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I'm stuck with the generic IMEI (004999010640000). I've tried a number of the various workarounds (GSII_Repair, manually deleting the /efs folder, flashing stock and trying both of those from stock, re-flashing CM10 and trying from CM10 again...) with no luck. I was actually missing files in my /efs folder before flashing stock, but even with the full /efs folder I can't find my actual IMEI. So am I screwed?
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how the hell did you manage to mess this up?
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how the hell did you manage to mess this up?
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Honestly? Probably stupidity. I didn't even realize it was an issue until I noticed apps were confusing me for other users (apparently some apps identify you by IMEI). I may just see about getting a warranty replacement. It's been acting a little flaky lately anyway (a couple apps have randomly completely lost their settings). The tinkerer in me (the one that probably got me in this mess in the first place, although I'm not sure when it happened) wants to try and fix it anyway.
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Honestly? Probably stupidity. I didn't even realize it was an issue until I noticed apps were confusing me for other users (apparently some apps identify you by IMEI). I may just see about getting a warranty replacement. It's been acting a little flaky lately anyway (a couple apps have randomly completely lost their settings). The tinkerer in me (the one that probably got me in this mess in the first place, although I'm not sure when it happened) wants to try and fix it anyway.
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have you tried download mode and odin yet?
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have you tried download mode and odin yet?
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No, I'm running Linux, and Odin doesn't appear to recognize my phone in Wine. What would I do in Odin exactly? I may try to track down a Windows machine today.
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No, I'm running Linux, and Odin doesn't appear to recognize my phone in Wine. What would I do in Odin exactly? I may try to track down a Windows machine today.
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Heimdall?
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Heimdall?
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I guess my question is what should I be doing related to the IMEI? I've flashed to stock with Heimdall, but I don't have a backup of my original EFS partition that I could flash on there or anything. I thought maybe you were saying ODIN had some way to poke at something Heimdall didn't.
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I guess my question is what should I be doing related to the IMEI? I've flashed to stock with Heimdall, but I don't have a backup of my original EFS partition that I could flash on there or anything. I thought maybe you were saying ODIN had some way to poke at something Heimdall didn't.
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Are you sure you don't have an efs backup on your sd card? Some roms automatically back it up without you knowing.
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Are you sure you don't have an efs backup on your sd card? Some roms automatically back it up without you knowing.
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Yep (I'm sure I don't have one). My /sdcard space was wiped on more than one occasion, back when CWM 6 decided to wipe it for me when it first started showing up in the nightlies. I ran a backup, and *poof*, there goes my /sdcard files. I tried recovering the files from the space, and was successful in recovering most of the pictures, but any large binary files (videos, archives, etc.) were corrupt. That said, I don't think there were any efs backups on there anyway, and I was having this issue before the space was wiped, I just didn't know the IMEI was the problem.
I don't know if this is any help to you but this thread seems to have helped a few. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1853478 Found that using Google. Also there were other things to try from the google search.
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I don't know if this is any help to you but this thread seems to have helped a few. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1853478 Found that using Google. Also there were other things to try from the google search.
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I was right . I lost my moms IMEI when I rooted and installed jb on her infuse. Odin flash to stock fixed it
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I don't know if this is any help to you but this thread seems to have helped a few. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1853478 Found that using Google. Also there were other things to try from the google search.
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Yeah, I tried going back to stock. I did see one (XDA?) thread somewhere that mentioned flashing over and over out of frustration magically worked for someone. Maybe I need to do that.
Does anyone here know anything about the " echo 'AT+EGMR=1,7,"your imei 1"' >/dev/pttycmd1 " command? I came across this, but it is all on international forums about international devices.
Edit: I don't see a pttycmd1 in our /dev so I'm guessing it'd just error out. Is there a similar command for the i777?
I lost mine back on my captivate. Josh over at Mobiletech videos (connexion2005 on xda) recovered it for a small fee.
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I lost mine back on my captivate. Josh over at Mobiletech videos (connexion2005 on xda) recovered it for a small fee.
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Thanks...I'm going to try warranty service before that runs out, but good to know I may have another option.
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hey guys i need to return my phone; whats the best way to format my phone? i dont have an SD card in it either. thanks
If you have not flashed any roms or kernels just do a factory reset. If you have flashed then flash back to stock then do factory reset
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i havent flashed anything or rooted.. how do you factory reset? sorry it's my first android. thanks
Settings -> Privacy -> Factory data reset
Make sure u put a check in the box ..
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My phone was rooted using zedomax's kernel, and is now running siyah. I had to reformat both my sd card and my internal storage so my backups are gone, and I'm unable to connect it to my computer to change kernels or anything of the sort. Every time I try to unroot using odin it refuses to work, and I'm just completely at a loss. I want to delete everything on my phone including the rom and basically reset everything on the phone. Is there any way at all that I can do that or am I stuck with a rooted phone that won't let me even connect it to the computer? I'm extremely frustrated right now, and just want my phone fixed.
EDIT: New update, I am unable to mount my SD card.
A search would have lead you to the 'return to stock' thread.
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My phone was rooted using zedomax's kernel, and is now running siyah. I had to reformat both my sd card and my internal storage so my backups are gone, and I'm unable to connect it to my computer to change kernels or anything of the sort. Every time I try to unroot using odin it refuses to work, and I'm just completely at a loss. I want to delete everything on my phone including the rom and basically reset everything on the phone. Is there any way at all that I can do that or am I stuck with a rooted phone that won't let me even connect it to the computer? I'm extremely frustrated right now, and just want my phone fixed.
EDIT: New update, I am unable to mount my SD card.
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I would say try mobile Odin and use dropbox to get the stock files on your device. I would be sure to read very carefully first. Maybe even try a different USB cable or a different computer. Also make sure your PC has the kies drivers installed. When you use Odin make sure Odin is running before you connect your phone to put it in download mode. Good luck
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A search would have lead you to the 'return to stock' thread.
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A search did lead me there, and I tried what it said and it didn't work
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I would say try mobile Odin and use dropbox to get the stock files on your device.
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Could you explain getting stock filed onto my device through dropbox plase?
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A search did lead me there, and I tried what it said and it didn't work
Could you explain getting stock filed onto my device through dropbox plase?
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Its pretty easy, install the dropbox app on your computer and phone. You put the stock files in your dropbox sync folder on your PC and upload them. Then download them from your mobile app
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thanks a lot man. I'm incredibly frustrated right now and your advice seems useful.
This is probably a really dumb question, but what files do I need?
If your phone charges I doubt its a USB port issue and more likely a driver on your CPU or your missing a step in the return to stock thread.
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thanks a lot man. I'm incredibly frustrated right now and your advice seems useful.
This is probably a really dumb question, but what files do I need?
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That I can not help you with. I have never had to use mobile Odin. I have always used a PC to return to stock. Are you using the Odin one click file from the return to stock thread? Also what version of windows.
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I was using the first oneclick from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18859438&postcount=199 and it refused to even begin the first step.
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I was using the first oneclick from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18859438&postcount=199 and it refused to even begin the first step.
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OK. With the one click app open and your phone disconnected and turned off you need to hold down the volume down button and connect the micro USB. Then when the warning screen comes on press volume up.When you do that does a box on Odin turn yellow and say something like com6?
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yes, and then I hit start and the factoryfs.img (i believe thats the first step) refuses to begin flashing.
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yes, and then I hit start and the factoryfs.img (i believe thats the first step) refuses to begin flashing.
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Are you running the installer as admin?
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no but I will try that now.
EDIT: YES! it appears to be working. Thanks for all the help!
Okay, I may have gotten too excited, it has barely moved, but at least the process is attempting to begin.
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no but I will try that now.
EDIT: YES! it appears to be working. Thanks for all the help!
Okay, I may have gotten too excited, it has barely moved, but at least the process is attempting to begin.
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OK keep us updated
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Haven't heard anything, so I guess as well as hope your phone was back in good shape?
Keep us update as how many percent yr phone back to stock? 100% or 99%
Was the CwMR removed also?
Ok. Im wanting to flash all the way back to stock unrooted and start from scratch on my gsii. i know my flash counter has incremented but i really dont care about that. i just want to know if i can still do the odin one click flash to stock package in development. this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432. i am currently on cm7 nightly 11. is there anything particular i need to do? thanks in advance.
On the second page of this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330588
I posted a nand backup I did through cwm. If you extract the clockworkmod folder and put it on your phone, you should be able to see it in cwm as a restore. Hopefully save you a number of steps.
It's a clean stock backup that is rooted and has entropy512's kernel. No Google account has been signed in on it.
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On the second page of this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330588
I posted a nand backup I did through cwm. If you extract the clockworkmod folder and put it on your phone, you should be able to see it in cwm as a restore. Hopefully save you a number of steps.
It's a clean stock backup that is rooted and has entropy512's kernel. No Google account has been signed in on it.
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thank you im gonna hang on to that
Indeed. Only issue might be putting on the right sdcard, either internal or external, for cwm to recognize it.
And just in case forums are still merged and skyrocket users see this, IT IS ONLY FOR AT&T SGH-I777 SGS II PHONES.
I don't want anyone messing up their phones because of me.
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Indeed. Only issue might be putting on the right sdcard, either internal or external, for cwm to recognize it.
And just in case forums are still merged and skyrocket users see this, IT IS ONLY FOR AT&T SGH-I777 SGS II PHONES.
I don't want anyone messing up their phones because of me.
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yeah should have stated that. but back to the question i asked. can i use the odin package and flash it or could something go wrong
Shouldn't be any issues as I'm pretty sure the PDA file contains the files to repartion. But I've never had to flash a phone through Odin to get off cyanogenmod. I've always run a backup of the previous rom I was on before I flashed cyanogenmod.
I've never done what you're looking at doing, so I'm cautious to tell anyone to do something I haven't done.
I wish the cyanogenmod forum had better instructions to revert to something else.
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yeah i agree. i may just flash yours and then odin
Let me know how it goes.
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i just talked to entropy and he said that all i have to do is
2a.) Flash Entropy512's Return/Unbrick to Stock, Kernel + Non-rooted System Package with Modem using Odin3 One-Click Downloader (Windows)
Download the "Odin3 One-Click Downloader Stock I-777 UCKH7 No Bootloaders" package from MultiUpload or MegaUpload. Extract the contents of the zip file to a directory on your hard disk drive. This is a One-Click version of "Entropy512's Return/Unbrick to Stock, Kernel + non-rooted system package" plus stock modem from the development forum. (Contains stock zImage, factoryfs.img and modem.bin.)
Start the Odin3 One-Click Downloader program by double clicking on "I777UCKH7 OCD No BL.exe".
Now Enter Download Mode:
With the phone powered off, plug in the usb cable while holding the vol up + vol down buttons (but not the power button).
When the warning screen appears, press Volume up to continue into download mode.
In Odin, the small edit box in the upper left corner will turn yellow, and say something like [0:COM8].
Click Start. Watch the progress bar advance in green while the message box in the lower area describes the steps. When the flash is finished, the top left larger edit box will turn green and say PASS! and your phone will automatically reboot.
Unplug the usb cable from you phone after it boots up. Success. You're Bone Stock.
and ill be good
i got this from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313659
Good deal. Entropy is pretty awesome in helping people out.
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yes he is and woot it worked perfectly
Sweet. Learn something all the time.
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ok, i know i'm a little behind with my reply, but it might be helpful to some one else who might have problems with SIM RECOGNITION
once again, it is not about receiving ATT DATA PLAN, it is about your phone NOT recognizing any sim card.
i flashed my skyrocket with ODIN once click ICS, which was very easy. however my DATA plan did not work, so i installed many different modems and no luck. i tried to change different ROMs and no luck.
so i went back to stock ROM, and no luck, then i tried to flash it again with same ODIN one click ICS that i used in the beggining, and i have my phone recognizing my SIM card just fine.
however, still no data plan, i guess it would be on att settings, but not sure which one to use.
ykolin said:
ok, i know i'm a little behind with my reply, but it might be helpful to some one else who might have problems with SIM RECOGNITION
once again, it is not about receiving ATT DATA PLAN, it is about your phone NOT recognizing any sim card.
i flashed my skyrocket with ODIN once click ICS, which was very easy. however my DATA plan did not work, so i installed many different modems and no luck. i tried to change different ROMs and no luck.
so i went back to stock ROM, and no luck, then i tried to flash it again with same ODIN one click ICS that i used in the beggining, and i have my phone recognizing my SIM card just fine.
however, still no data plan, i guess it would be on att settings, but not sure which one to use.
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You know this isn't the skyrocket section right?
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Nick281051 said:
You know this isn't the skyrocket section right?
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did the shortbus drop everyone off at the wrong stop today?
Pirateghost said:
did the shortbus drop everyone off at the wrong stop today?
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Yup.
Holy crap, I have no skill....
Pirateghost said:
did the shortbus drop everyone off at the wrong stop today?
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It seems so
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I have problem with flashing, bought sgs2 today, wanted to make flash custom rom, phone is rooted with Doomlord exploit and there is cf root kernel flashed for cwm access (flashed via odin mobile), no simlock
When I flash any custom rom, phone apk keeps crashing, there is no cellular network and no IMEI in About the Phone section. I have tried restoring IMEI with EFS pro but after reboot its the same problem. I have EFS backup and nandroid backup.
What is wrong, I have two other phones, sgs2 and note, I didn't have those problems before, what is wrong this time? Any help will be great for me, I would appreciate ideas.
Is your phone plugged in to the wall charger or a USB port.
I used a custom ROM that would not allow me to reboot plugged in. Same problems as you.
When I reboot unplugged, service returns.
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I'm aware of this problem, happend to me before, but unplugging doesn't help in that case. When I delete nv_data.bin and nv_data.bin.md5 it helps instantly but returns after reboot.
I have nv_data.bak in this folder and its some old file, like 2010 old, should I deleted it or something?
solved with wipe, which gave me random IMEI then restored right one with EFS Pro (thanks a lot for Dev Team of that app)
I keep reading about people loosing their ime after a flash but never bothered to remember if the flash was via CWM or Odin.
This might already have been investigated and I've missed it but it would be nice to know if anyone has lost their ime using Odin or if it's only through CWM.
This looks like it's happening more and more so it would be good to find out the cause.
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This happened me yesterday, glad you managed to fix it, I didn't have a backup but thankfully there is a market app called GSII-repair and it can restore imei without a backup, hope this helps someone
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This happened me yesterday, glad you managed to fix it, I didn't have a backup but thankfully there is a market app called GSII-repair and it can restore imei without a backup, hope this helps someone
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i cant find this app you talking about..what is the exact name or dev?
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i cant find this app you talking about..what is the exact name or dev?
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Google finds it
http://www.androidapps-home.com/gsii-repair-android-2555711.html
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I had to go back to stock rom because I couldn't stand the screen of death issue anymore. I used cm7 and miui and some other roms but the issue remained for them all. I have always done full wipes before flashing. I was last on cm7 and decided to play around with different kernels to see if this was the problem but issue remained for different kernels too. I even used kernel cleaner script but still no good. I was getting 3 sod's a day in the end so I went back to stock and took in an update through kies which removed root too. 3 day's now and no sod's. The issue is gone so why was it there? I have spent hours researching but have come up with nothing. Some get the issue most don't and no one has a fix is where it stands. Please reply if you have this issue too so I know your suffering like me lol.
Maybe it's an app you are using?
Thats a very very rare issue its either bad flashes or your phone if its on multiple roms .
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Lennyz1988 said:
Maybe it's an app you are using?
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You may be right but how to find the culprit?
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Thats a very very rare issue its either bad flashes or your phone if its on multiple roms .
jje
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I know I tried multiple versions of both cm7 and miui. What could cause the bad flashes? My clockworkmod or maybe the method I used to root in the first place?
If your using titanium backup to restore ur apps that could be ur problem. Not all the time but some roms read data differently and if you use backups to restore your phone you could be restoring with corrupt files.
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If your using titanium backup to restore ur apps that could be ur problem. Not all the time but some roms read data differently and if you use backups to restore your phone you could be restoring with corrupt files.
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Thanks for trying, I used to but stopped doing that and downloaded all from the market but still the problem. It's almost like my phone don't like custom roms.
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I have the XSG region (uae) model of the S3 9300 and i've had it for over a week by now, I've successfully rooted it without a problem and i love the phone. However, when i comes to installing custom roms that supposedly improve performance and battery life, it's not working out for me.
So far I've tried the Cyanogen mod and the liquidsmooth mod, using odin. With both of those i repeatedly tried installing them and i even wiped the cache and data, but they just end up sitting there at the boot screen, as if i did all this just to stare at a logo! why the hell don't they work?????????????? help please,
Peace
Not an international GT-i9300?
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Not an international GT-i9300?
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Good question man, how do i find out? (i assumed it was cuz i bought it right here in the UAE)
E007 said:
Good question man, how do i find out? (i assumed it was cuz i bought it right here in the UAE)
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Go to about phone , u'll get ur model
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Go to about phone , u'll get ur model
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it says it's GT-I9300 so i have the international version then eh. ok now what..?
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it says it's GT-I9300 so i have the international version then eh. ok now what..?
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If it is GT-I9300, indeed it is an international model (if it is not faked ).
You should be able to, for instance via CWM or Mobile Odin (to keep root), flash a custom rom. Try to do a factory reset wipe/data wipe and install the rom again. For some roms you also might do a "fix permissions" from your custom recovery after you flashed it (but before you restart the phone).
Looks like you are trying to flash zip files in Odin.
STOP NOW!
Ok note we have sorted that, and before you do anything else, take a step back, and do some reading and learning, starting with the rollup sticky at the top of the general thread.
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Looks like you are trying to flash zip files in Odin.
STOP NOW!
Ok note we have sorted that, and before you do anything else, take a step back, and do some reading and learning, starting with the rollup sticky at the top of the general thread.
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Um, i don't get it, what?
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Um, i don't get it, what?
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Precisely before flashing read the FAQS and Guides is rule one .
Rule two is backup your EFS folder before flashing instead of crying later .
BASICS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927113
jje
Tl;dr install with mobile odin or clockwork recovery to install ZIP files (most ROMs come in this, also don't extract it), use dekstop odin to install tar files
Ok fair enough, thanks all for the help so far, I'll do a bit of reading then try again. I've had an Iphone for over 2 years that I jailbroke and used from day one. This phone is so much cooler however, I look forward to exploring the improved possibilities..
Ok that's it then, seems the only way something like this MAY work is by wiping the phone clean and starting over, something very inconvenient for my to do.. If down the line I ever get another phone I will try it then, it has been a headache trying it on this one. I decided to give it one more try yesterday after backing up everything, I used titanium backup and also made a back up in recovery mode, I tried fixing permissions after installing the latest cyanogen mod but it didn't make a difference, it just sat at the stupid boot screen, making my phone warm.. I suppose it's okay if one needs a hand warmer!
My woes did not end there however, as I assumed that since I made a backup i could just restore the phone to the way it was. That did not exactly happen unfortunately, clockwork mod restored the system and image just fine, but when it was restoring data it kept stopping at one file and giving me an "error restoring data" bull****. Great, so I boot the phone and now most of the apps don't work and just crash when I try to run them, the only way to fix them is by uninstalling and then re–installing them one by one! Very inconvenient! And to top it off avast told me I have several "problems" found, I assume that is those apps.
So there it is, I shouldn't have done that to my phone yesterday, it worked beautifully until that point, and I was using nobloat to get rid of the unnecessary stuff, make a rom flash pointless, but I was curious.. And there you go, that is my story, I thank you all for trying to help, and I appreciate it really, but I'm done with this nightmare, at least on this phone i am.
Peace
Ok a quick update:
After repeatedly having an occasional issue with the phone, I decided to go for it one more time, this time I followed your advice to the letter, and I'm happy to report that it Worked! I've installed the liquidsmooth Rom and it works great, except for a few issues which I'll talk about in another more relevant thread. Just wanted to say, I apologize for my earlier posts, I was at my wits end at the time!
Since the custom Rom issue has been resolved, I shall lay this thread to rest and hope others learn from it.
Peace.
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