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Hi all, and thanks for reading this tread,
I have some issues and I'm hoping someone here could help shed some light on.
I was on ICS 4.0.3 and avoiding 4.0.4 due to brickbug issues. but I guess I couln't resist anymore and decided to give it a try. I tried to stay far away from buggy kernel so I used mobile odin to flash I9100XWLPT plus siyah 3.5.2 on one go
the result was a failure however, kernel flashed but firmware wiped (S2 logo was appearing but nothing else / softbrick ?).
Then I said oh well its not (hard)bricked or anything so I decided to use odin to flash I9100XWLPT, than siyah. It went ok but I lost mtp connectivity, tried s3 ported ui... didn't fly as well . Maybe something wrong with siyah 3.5.2 I thought, so tried an older siyah which I did not have an issue with h4.0.3. Situation did not improve however.
Then I flashed my old 4.0.3 and wiped, all ok mtp ok, upgraded to 4.0.4, all go, mtp ok.
Flashed siyah 3.5.2, mtp fails again. Tried android's own factory reset (not the on the boot menu, one on the personalization menu). Ended up with soft brick again (no boot only charging animation and odin mode). Flashed 4.0.4 again.
But this trial and eror process is going more dangerous by the minute I guess, so I decided to ask for support.
Do I do anything wrong? I want to upgrade to 4.0.4 everything as close as possible to stock, plus root and tocuhwiz from s3. its not too much to ask I guess.
Any suggestions and any explanations are very welcome also,
I'll thank any useful comments
kind regards,
I have 4.0.4 since 4th July with its stock kernel and it works perfectly well, I upgraded from 4.0.3 but I never did any wipes just updated on top of 4.0.3 and booted the phone, rooted from chainfires CF root thread, try it that way, worked for me and still is working.
ag4751 said:
I have 4.0.4 since 4th July with its stock kernel and it works perfectly well, I upgraded from 4.0.3 but I never did any wipes just updated on top of 4.0.3 and booted the phone, rooted from chainfires CF root thread, try it that way, worked for me and still is working.
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Thanks If all else fails I'll try that, but siyah is a good kernel and it seems to be more battery efficient too.
If its a problem I failed to check with siyah I can go 4.0.4 kernel way but it makes me nervous to run a buggy kernel.
emk2z said:
Thanks If all else fails I'll try that, but siyah is a good kernel and it seems to be more battery efficient too.
If its a problem I failed to check with siyah I can go 4.0.4 kernel way but it makes me nervous to run a buggy kernel.
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Totally agree Siyah is good I used it on 4.0.3 but it seems to fail on 4.0.4 at the moment I have not actually tried the latest one so it may well be good but I am looking to upgrade to SG3 next week so just want to keep my phone going for the time being no more playing around with this one until I have my new one.
I am using LQ5 which is reported as the buggiest but I can honestly say I have not had any problems at all, battery life appears good enough to me, depends how much you use it I guess.
Try speedmod k30 kernel, completely safe, fast and battery efficient
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Hayth said:
Try speedmod k30 kernel, completely safe, fast and battery efficient
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Thanks, pardon me if I'm being paranoid but I just read a tread about nand corruption so, this isn't something like that I assume. (Odin flash failed and left me with soft brick out of the blue). Did not notice anything about siyah 3.5.2 either so the problem may be with my phone memory.
P.S Prior sentence reads as "Please prove me wrong"
I switched to speedmod kernel, and figured siyah had MTP problems with either 4.0.4 ics or 3.5.2
I asked same questions to those kernels' respective topics & thus this tread fulled it's purpose. Thanks kindly for anyone who read & replied
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Question answered, thread closed per OP's request
I am taking baby steps for the moment after having found that my S2-I9100 is vulnerable to the infamous Brick Bug (Yes, I have an insane chip).
Just wondering what benefits there would be in flashing the Siyah Kernel (v4.1.5) on my S2-I9100 running a stock Samsung ICS 4.0.4 ROM.
Other than slightly improved battery life, what else can I look forward to with the Siyah kernel with a stock Samsung ROM?
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I am taking baby steps for the moment after having found that my S2-I9100 is vulnerable to the infamous Brick Bug (Yes, I have an insane chip).
Just wondering what benefits there would be in flashing the Siyah Kernel (v4.1.5) on my S2-I9100 running a stock Samsung ICS 4.0.4 ROM.
Other than slightly improved battery life, what else can I look forward to with the Siyah kernel with a stock Samsung ROM?
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the most important benifit u have is that 'Siyah kernel' is free of the 'eMMc' bug which could potentially damage ur phone
Root, cwm touch, dual boot, etc
Sun90 said:
the most important benifit u have is that 'Siyah kernel' is free of the 'eMMc' bug which could potentially damage ur phone
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Yes, that I am already aware of!
So other than being safe from the Brick Bug, what else can I look forward to with the Siyah kernel and a stock ICS ROM?
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Yes, that I am already aware of!
So other than being safe from the Brick Bug, what else can I look forward to with the Siyah kernel and a stock ICS ROM?
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u have to install the same to see the benifts ma8
since i am using 'Siyah' with a custom JB rom,hence not aware of how it wrks with a stock samsung rom
So just to be clear (as a complete noob who has never attempted anything of this nature before) flashing Siyah v5.0i with a phone known to have the infamous brick bug chip is safe?
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So just to be clear (as a complete noob who has never attempted anything of this nature before) flashing Siyah v5.0i with a phone known to have the infamous brick bug chip is safe?
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yes, because you are not wiping anything until after you install the kernal which is brick bug free.
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yes, because you are not wiping anything until after you install the kernal which is brick bug free.
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Thanks for the quick answer Cosmic Blue. So I flashed the Siyah kernal and lo - it worked (thank god!). So now a question: If the Siyah krnal is brick bug free should I expect to see the brick bug check app to give me a negative result? it is telling me that my phone still has the brick bug.
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Thanks for the quick answer Cosmic Blue. So I flashed the Siyah kernal and lo - it worked (thank god!). So now a question: If the Siyah krnal is brick bug free should I expect to see the brick bug check app to give me a negative result? it is telling me that my phone still has the brick bug.
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Because the app is checking to see if the hardware eMMC chip your phone has is susceptible to the brick bug. If your chip still has the potential to be affected by the bug, changing the kernel won't fix that, but if you have a kernel which has MMC_CAP_ERASE disabled, then you will be safe.
So by flashing Siyah, you are safe (because it has MMC_CAP_ERASE disabled), but your phone will still report as having the bug.
Make sense?
I think its the chip thats the problem....so youve still got the same chip.
thanks for the helpful answers folks and sorry for the inane questions. My reasons for flashing to Siyah were twofold: I experience frequent lock ups and significant battery drain. I thought I'd try JB and see if that made a difference. Having the brick bug chip persuaded me to try Siyah. Now I just need to figure our how to update to JB and dual boot. I found this thread which seems helpful:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1680851
So more inane questions: I need to install a JB rom, right? CM10 M1? Are there any further risks associated with takingthis step?
Thanks again in advance for any help.
stock rom download
any one knows where to download the stock rom of s2. i have stock rom ICS 4.0.3 with siyah v5 kernel.
Tranzphormed said:
any one knows where to download the stock rom of s2. i have stock rom ICS 4.0.3 with siyah v5 kernel.
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http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/ and flash via odin.
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thanks for the helpful answers folks and sorry for the inane questions. My reasons for flashing to Siyah were twofold: I experience frequent lock ups and significant battery drain. I thought I'd try JB and see if that made a difference. Having the brick bug chip persuaded me to try Siyah. Now I just need to figure our how to update to JB and dual boot. I found this thread which seems helpful:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1680851
So more inane questions: I need to install a JB rom, right? CM10 M1? Are there any further risks associated with takingthis step?
Thanks again in advance for any help.
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You don't 'need' to, but as long as you make a nandroid backup (backup your apps with TB pro, sms with sms backup and restore etc) and follow the installation instructions, to the letter, for each rom u wanna try, you'll be fine. And if u ever fancy going back to stock, just restore your nandroid. Happy flashing
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Thanks a lot for the answer; I would also require stock kernel of it.
Hallo everyone!
So since a week ago i'm a proud owner of Samsung Galaxy S2 (yay!).
It had Android 2.3.5 at the beginning so 2 days ago i've updated it to ICS (4.0.3). I've updated it via ODIN (since it couldn't find updates via KIES or by air) with a official ROM (if that's what it's called) from samfirmware.
Since then my phone heats up a lot more compared to 2.3.5 , i don't know how's that possible but i haven't installed any new apps or used the phone differently since the update. I know it's normal to heat up when playing games but even if i'm browsing the web it heats up a lot. I haven't this problem with 2.3.5
Any suggestions?
Go back to 2.3.5 and wait for JB.Or try custom rom.
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Go back to 2.3.5 and wait for JB.Or try custom rom.
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So it's a common issue?
Hmm.. This is weird.. I'm having the same issue, but I'm having it with JellyBean ROMs.
For ICS the combination that works for me best is Cyanogenmod 9.1 and Siyah Kernel. If that still heats up, you might want to try some different modem and check out if any of them works for you. I think the stock XXKH3 modem helps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277593
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For ICS the combination that works for me best is Cyanogenmod 9.1 and Siyah Kernel. If that still heats up, you might want to try some different modem and check out if any of them works for you. I think the stock XXKH3 modem helps.
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As you might red above i'm a total newb to Android world atm , i just learned how to flash few days ago, i'm not going to mess with new modems etc. (for now). Do you guys think that if i upgrade to that leaked 4.1.2 , that might fix the problem? Also i didn't do factory reset after the upgrade to 4.0.3 because some other user from other forum told me that if i install the official 4.0.3 rom from Samsung - there's no need to do factory reset.
I would have done a factory reset,but thats just me.ICS was overheating my wifes phone,but it was the 4.0.4 thats worst.
If you are flashing modems,you should root first and backup your efs folder......and make a nand backup.
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If you are flashing modems,you should root first and backup your efs folder......and make a nand backup.
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As i mentioned i won't be flashing modems and such. What would you suggest me to do from that point (aside from downgrading)?
You can only downgrade to GB.I detest ICS(rootbox was ok),so I went back to GB.
But now I use vanilla rootbox(JB) with dorimanx kernel.
Only problem Ive seen with this so far is the bloody volumes far too loud when I press keys(had to switch it off).
Anyway,whatever you do make sure you get rooted and backup your efs folder.
So i just upgraded to JB and we'll see how's it going.
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you do make sure you get rooted ...
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Why? I don't want to...
UPDATE: So i've upgraded to 4.1.2 (JellyBean) , haven't installed any apps and for about 10 min. of browsing the web it jumped from 31°C to 37°C. What should be the average temperature of SGSII while using it (not playing games)?
psydex said:
So i just upgraded to JB and we'll see how's it going.
Why? I don't want to...
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Ok dont bother then.....its no skin off my nose.
I went to samMobile firmware site and going to download, 4.0.3 ics or the GB firmware. I currently have ics 4.0.4 and my phone keeps going into SOD and i have to remove battery to turn back on, so can I flash with oldin one of the other version of firmware to downgrade to 4.0.3 ics without hurting my phone. as a noob and i have been trying to read posts. 4.0.3 befoore the upgate was running good.
You can flash the 4.0.3 UCLE5 from SamFirmware using odin. The file contains everything, including bootloaders I'm pretty sure, and is straight stock, not rooted. You will most likely need to perform a wipe data/factory reset, and there could be some risk involved due to the possible eMMC superbrick bug in the UCLE5 kernel.
Another possible route would be to flash UCLE5 plus root from the development section of this forum. It is a bit safer since the bootloader is removed. After that you should also install a custom kernel to get away from the stock kernel.
Thank You will have alook at JB roms. Hopefully this will fix the SOD issue Att and samsung are pissing meoof, on my 3rd phone with same isssue.
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You can flash the 4.0.3 UCLE5 from SamFirmware using odin. The file contains everything, including bootloaders I'm pretty sure, and is straight stock, not rooted. You will most likely need to perform a wipe data/factory reset, and there could be some risk involved due to the possible eMMC superbrick bug in the UCLE5 kernel.
Another possible route would be to flash UCLE5 plus root from the development section of this forum. It is a bit safer since the bootloader is removed. After that you should also install a custom kernel to get away from the stock kernel.
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Thank You will have alook at JB roms. Hopefully this will fix the SOD issue Att and samsung are pissing meoof, on my 3rd phone with same isssue.
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My understanding is that the sleep of death problem is a firmware issue in the 4.0.4 distribution. If that is the case, replacing hardware will not solve the problem. Or maybe your replacements have been for another reason? Anyway, I have never had stock 4.0.4 or stock 4.0.3 on my phone, but I am running a JB rom (SHOstock) and have never had the SOD issue.
stock 4.0.4
creepyncrawly said:
Another possible route would be to flash UCLE5 plus root from the development section of this forum. It is a bit safer since the bootloader is removed. After that you should also install a custom kernel to get away from the stock kernel.
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Can anyone confirm if this process works coming from stock 4.0.4? I have a friend who asked me to root his device and I would hate for something to happen to someone else's phone. If it's my own, I would just not sleep all night until I've found a way to bring it back.
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Can anyone confirm if this process works coming from stock 4.0.4? I have a friend who asked me to root his device and I would hate for something to happen to someone else's phone. If it's my own, I would just not sleep all night until I've found a way to bring it back.
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Just like anything else , it works the way it's supposed to if directions are followed and appropriate reading is done.
My phone was rooted (very recently) and I reset the counter to 0; all was working fine - stock firmware Jelly Bean from ICS. I do not use custom firmware.
I reset my phone and since then my phone is constantly going through boot loop. I re-flashed a few times with success in odin the stock firmware however even after success the phone remains in boot loop. I cannot get access to the recovery console but the phone does enter download mode. As an idiot I re-flashed the root kernel again since flashing the firmware would have wiped the root (?) to see if I could now access the recovery console - made no difference but this has triggered the counter to 1. I have Googled (including this site) for a resolution to this problem and the only option I seem to have is to flash PIT file:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1760107
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667886
I have the international version (factory unlocked XEU S2 16GB) and and I'm not sure which PIT file to use.
I am reluctant to try this method in case I damage the phone.
I am new to all this and can somebody who is knowledgeable advise me what to do next. I would be most grateful.
Dev123i said:
My phone was rooted (very recently) and I reset the counter to 0; all was working fine - stock firmware Jelly Bean from ICS. I do not use custom firmware.
I reset my phone and since then my phone is constantly going through boot loop. I re-flashed a few times with success in odin the stock firmware however even after success the phone remains in boot loop. I cannot get access to the recovery console but the phone does enter download mode. As an idiot I re-flashed the root kernel again since flashing the firmware would have wiped the root (?) to see if I could now access the recovery console - made no difference but this has triggered the counter to 1. I have Googled (including this site) for a resolution to this problem and the only option I seem to have is to flash PIT file:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1760107
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667886
I have the international version (factory unlocked XEU S2 16GB) and and I'm not sure which PIT file to use.
I am reluctant to try this method in case I damage the phone.
I am new to all this and can somebody who is knowledgeable advise me what to do next. I would be most grateful.
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try flashing a stock kernel:thumbup:
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K0wneD said:
try flashing a stock kernel:thumbup:
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Thank you for your reply. This is what I have flashed. First JB then ICS. Stock firmware from this site. The boot screen did change however from JB to ICS when I falshed back from JB to ICS but to no avail; still boot loop.
Dev123i said:
Thank you for your reply. This is what I have flashed. First JB then ICS. Stock firmware from this site. The boot screen did change however from JB to ICS when I falshed back from JB to ICS but to no avail; still boot loop.
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i asked you to just flash the kernel not the whole firmware mate
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Dev123i said:
Thank you for your reply. This is what I have flashed. First JB then ICS. Stock firmware from this site. The boot screen did change however from JB to ICS when I falshed back from JB to ICS but to no avail; still boot loop.
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do one thing..flash a ics firmware and if the bootloop persists then flash philz kernel
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Thank you once again for your reply. I am sorry for the misunderstanding, as mentioned before I am new to this. Thank you for your patience but would it matter what stock kernel I use or can I use any stock Samsung kernel with XEU. The repair center has my phone at present and they are looking to charge me saying I rooted. Counter was 0 (even fault already occurred by this time) but when I flashed Siyah kernel successfully still no recovery console. Re flashed firmware to stock a few times (always at stock) but counter as stated before went to 1 - couldn't get rid of this. Due to this they want to charge! Many thanks
Dev123i said:
Thank you once again for your reply. I am sorry for the misunderstanding, as mentioned before I am new to this. Thank you for your patience but would it matter what stock kernel I use or can I use any stock Samsung kernel with XEU. The repair center has my phone at present and they are looking to charge me saying I rooted. Counter was 0 (even fault already occurred by this time) but when I flashed I flashed Siyah kernel successfully still no recovery console. Re flashed firmware to stock a few times (always at stock) but counter as stated before went to 1 - couldn't get rid of this. Due to this they want to charge! Many thanks
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Tell em to f*ck off, get the device back, you'll get it working, and not via pit file.
gastonw said:
Tell em to f*ck off, get the device back, you'll get it working, and not via pit file.
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Lol gastonw, You've made my day! I will do!!
But might try this 1st:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1331063
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http://www.modmymobile.co.uk/category-blog/83-rooting-and-custom-roms-does-not-void-warranty.html
I will try the above by K0wneD, what would you suggest re the files i.e kernel in question as above? Thanks (£44.90 for a fix just to flash.....joke, due to no fault of mine).
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Lol gastonw, You've made my day! I will do!!
But might try this 1st:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1331063
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http://www.modmymobile.co.uk/category-blog/83-rooting-and-custom-roms-does-not-void-warranty.html
I will try the above by K0wneD, what would you suggest re the files i.e kernel in question as above? Thanks (£44.90 for a fix just to flash.....joke, due to no fault of mine).
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It's just a bootloop, you can nuke it up and all.
I'd advice against any forum aside from xda tho, just report here and we'll get you up & runnin' in no time.
gastonw said:
It's just a bootloop, you can nuke it up and all.
I'd advice against any forum aside from xda tho, just report here and we'll get you up & runnin' in no time.
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Many thanks again. I'll keep you guys updated!
Got my phone back. After much disputing the phone has been repaired by the service center. I had to pay them but the retailer paid me for the repair - tried to cancel the repair but it was too late so I could go about fixing it myself. They have left the counter at 1. I have now got rid of this (rooted (siyah) - triangle away - re flashed back to stock ICS 4.0.4). All worked well.
However I am having difficulty finding the stock kernel for the handset just in case the above happens again when I upgrade to JB again. It has been a great (although stressful) learning curve and I am learning an enormous lot from this site amongst others. Seem to have got the bug for this...no programming experience though!!!
Details on the phone are:
Kernel Version 3.0.15 -I9100XWLPT-CL941023
Hence kernel XWLPT, so the question is, which stock kernel am I to download? Looked in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
but cannot find it.
Many thanks
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Got my phone back. After much disputing the phone has been repaired by the service center. I had to pay them but the retailer paid me for the repair - tried to cancel the repair but it was too late so I could go about fixing it myself. They have left the counter at 1. I have now got rid of this (rooted (siyah) - triangle away - re flashed back to stock ICS 4.0.4). All worked well.
However I am having difficulty finding the stock kernel for the handset just in case the above happens again when I upgrade to JB again. It has been a great (although stressful) learning curve and I am learning an enormous lot from this site amongst others. Seem to have got the bug for this...no programming experience though!!!
Details on the phone are:
Kernel Version 3.0.15 -I9100XWLPT-CL941023
Hence kernel XWLPT, so the question is, which stock kernel am I to download? Looked in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
but cannot find it.
Many thanks
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You got lucky there, they must have missed the binary count.
Here's what you need:
Mobile Odin Pro:
- Lets you go back and forth with stock ROMs.
- Roots the ROM while it flashes it (optional)
- Flashes with own kernel (GB based) so no brick bug danger.
- Easy, fast and reliable.
- 5 bucks (well spent)
LSJ:
This is JB leak, it's great ROM to get you out of trouble, no bootloops and stuff, and works as a step stone for official JB.
Flash Code, Phone & CSC only.
I9100 ROMs:
Bunch of 4.0.3, 4.0.4 & 4.1.2 ROMs.
Online Android Backup.:
Awesome tool to back your current ROM for a rainy day.
No, no. They spotted the counter at 1. Retailer refunded; disputed root. Service center were b*****ds. Will try your method in future, but is there a stock kernel for XWLPT, or which one is the closest? Thanks for your help so far!
UPDATE:
Found it thank you. Viewed that page (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487) before bust missed the kernel bit below!!!!