So here is the story:
I have a Galaxy S3 with Rogers (AT&T). I decided to root my phone which I did successfully using OSX terminal and installed goo manager as the rom manager and recovery. I installed SU and Titanium backup to get ready to flash. Backed up all my system + app data and searched for a rom. The first rom I flashed was 747 greystone. Once I flashed the rom, I restored the backup from Titanium and I believe I selected to restore all, system backup included. I later on learned that I ****ed up by doing so. Anyways, since I flashed that rom my GPS hasnt worked at all. I restored my nandroid backup, which I did before flashing greystone and nothing. I flashed team sonic's resurrection and nothing. Now I flashed Rogers (my provider) stock rom and still I can't get my stupid GPS to go on. What else can I do? Please help me!!!!
Elaldeano said:
So here is the story:
I have a Galaxy S3 with Rogers (AT&T). I decided to root my phone which I did successfully using OSX terminal and installed goo manager as the rom manager and recovery. I installed SU and Titanium backup to get ready to flash. Backed up all my system + app data and searched for a rom. The first rom I flashed was 747 greystone. Once I flashed the rom, I restored the backup from Titanium and I believe I selected to restore all, system backup included. I later on learned that I ****ed up by doing so. Anyways, since I flashed that rom my GPS hasnt worked at all. I restored my nandroid backup, which I did before flashing greystone and nothing. I flashed team sonic's resurrection and nothing. Now I flashed Rogers (my provider) stock rom and still I can't get my stupid GPS to go on. What else can I do? Please help me!!!!
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Hi
u are here in Galaxy S2 section so please ask this question in S3 section!
But try to fix the gps with "gps fix" from market, maybe this can help u
CHEERS
Hannibal226 said:
Hi
u are here in Galaxy S2 section so please ask this question in S3 section!
But try to fix the gps with "gps fix" from market, maybe this can help u
CHEERS
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sorry, didnt realize.
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So i'm pretty noob with all this stuff but i finally decided to try flashing my phone and, in the end, ended up with a "bricked" (or the extent a vibrant can be bricked) phone. Thanks in advance for the advice.
what i did
I followed the flashing guide in the sticky post "** GUIDE - TIPS - TRICKS ** Last Update 12/03/10 ** READ BEFORE ASKING" and everything worked great. I downloaded Rom manager, made a nandroid backup of my stock rom, flashed it with bionix fusion and everything worked great. I didn't do the titanium backup and there was an app that i needed to use the next day so on the way to work, i decided to restore back to the stock thinking that i could go back for the day, use the apps that i needed and when i got home got home, back up my apps with titanium back up and restore again back to the bionix fusion. So i did that. I went to rom manager and I first backed up my bionix fusion rom and then tried to recover my stock rom. When the phone restarted, it didn't go past the vibrant/samsung screen.
The question...
what went wrong? based on some reading i think it has something to do with the kernel but i'm not really sure.
but the real question is, how do i avoid from this happening again? did i do the recovery wrong? what's the best way to unbrick my phone back to stock without losing any data on the phone. is it possible????
at this point, i can go into download mode. what should be my next move?
Thank you again if you can provide any insight.
*edit*
So looking at some posts, I looks like I need to flash the stock kernel. can anyone tell me how to flash just the kernel using odin? I've never used it and I can't seem to find anything on flashing just the kernel. Thank you.
Problem SOLVED!
ok. not completely solved T_T.
What i've done.
I've flashed back to stock vibrant firmware and that works fine. When i try to restore my nandroid backup, and it reboots, I get stuck back to the same place i was. I made two nandroid backups and tried them both but neither of them work. am i doing it wrong? I have even re-rooted my vibrant and downloaded rom manager again and tried it through there and still get the problem. have tried it about 4 times now with no luck.
Again, any help is appreciated.
Nandroid doesnt replace the kernal
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Exactly, nandroid doesn't replace the kernel. If you want to run a nandroid restore, you have to either flash the rom the nandroid was created on, then restore (safest imho), or flash a compatible kernel for the rom from which your nandroid was created, then run your nandroid restore.
Sent from my Vibrant running Macnut R13 w/JK6 Modem and Black Froyo
Pretty sure this was in the sticky too
Hi all, i am new here and my first time flashing checkrom v4. i followed the instructions and successfully flashed(i guess?) Before flashing, i made a backup with cwm and wiped the phone and i flash the new rom. when its done, i restore my apps using cwm again, however this time, i realize the apps the appear after my flash are gone e.g. kitchenpro and deluxe settings. May i know how do i get them back? Thanks.
yongjie222 said:
Hi all, i am new here and my first time flashing checkrom v4. i followed the instructions and successfully flashed(i guess?) Before flashing, i made a backup with cwm and wiped the phone and i flash the new rom. when its done, i restore my apps using cwm again, however this time, i realize the apps the appear after my flash are gone e.g. kitchenpro and deluxe settings. May i know how do i get them back? Thanks.
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Your not restoring apps with cwm that is flashing the backed up rom. CWM doesn't back up apps to restore them after a flash. Use titainium back up for that
yongjie222 said:
Hi all, i am new here and my first time flashing checkrom v4. i followed the instructions and successfully flashed(i guess?) Before flashing, i made a backup with cwm and wiped the phone and i flash the new rom. when its done, i restore my apps using cwm again, however this time, i realize the apps the appear after my flash are gone e.g. kitchenpro and deluxe settings. May i know how do i get them back? Thanks.
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As above post said you should use Titanium backup to be able to backup your apps and restore when you want. If i was you id pay for the pro version as that makes life alot easier for you...Restores everything with the push of a button and installs them for you as well. But if you go for the free version you will have to do it one by one
Hello guys.
First of all, sorry.for.this question because im a jerk.
Ive got the Galaxy Tab 10.1 3G with.Stock ics and A1 Kernel.
I have installed the MOD for enabling voice calls on my tab and I have done it over
the Stock Ics (not deoxed) and now 3g isnt running and all the services arent working.
What can I do? Could I flash the tab with ics deoxed for fixing the problem or
do i have to do sonething else?
Again, sorry for my jerkness
Ah the most valuable modding lesson. Make a back up in recovery. If you have a nandroid backup flash that. If not you can always reflash the rom and kernel with the appropriate wipes. As long as you can get to recovery your good. Then once your back up and running, make a nandroid backup.
Guys, please help. I've messed up my phone (Samsung Galaxy Y, GT-S5360) after installing the Kernel update, the merruk clockwork mod recovery, the ext4-converter without backing up my stock kernel. I just read that I need to backup my rom but I've already done the instructions. How can I retrieve my stock rom and have my phone working again because right now it isn't working. It opens but it keeps on freezing everytime I opened it, I hope someone can help me. Thank you.
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Guys, please help. I've messed up my phone (Samsung Galaxy Y, GT-S5360) after installing the Kernel update, the merruk clockwork mod recovery, the ext4-converter without backing up my stock kernel. I just read that I need to backup my rom but I've already done the instructions. How can I retrieve my stock rom and have my phone working again because right now it isn't working. It opens but it keeps on freezing everytime I opened it, I hope someone can help me. Thank you.
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First of all, where does the phone freeze? After android loads, or during the boot process?
Dear,
I installed 4.4 RC1 PA, per the instructions, however I'm stuck in bootloop. Then I tried to go back to an earlier version, of course with a suitable kernel, but still the same. Then I installed the stock rom 4.1.2, and again repeated bootloop. Finally install the stock ICS, the system is booted, but I do not have a GSM network. Once again I try to install custom, happens to bootloop. Works only stock ICS but without GSM network. Do something was wrong?
Thanks in advance!
I guess your EFS partition got all messed up while flashing.No baseband,no serial,no imei,no signal and so on.Have you made any backup of it?
This EFS thing is tricky.Search around here to get an idea about this.
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I guess your EFS partition got all messed up while flashing.No baseband,no serial,no imei,no signal and so on.Have you made any backup of it?
This EFS thing is tricky.Search around here to get an idea about this.
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What you think, is this possible way to fix? I'll try this. http://www.digitalreborn.com/fix-samsung-galaxy-unable-mount-efs/
So I assume you have a backup.There are plenty of tools for restoring it,like the EFS Professional or kTool.If your backup is in either img or tar format,easy way could be restoring it via philz kernel's advanced recovery(if you are using stock jb or ics).