I have the Galaxy s2 version 2.3.3 and trying to update to 4.03 through kies.... My daughter downloads kids apps all the time and may have a bug. Anytime I turn phone on and off the all my deleted apps and messages return from a certain date. I have done a factory reset but still everything returns with nothing deleted. I have tried everything! Even thourh kies I have backed up everything and do the filmware upgrade but immedietely returns to version 2.3.3 with all the deleted stuff. Everything does work fine with phone untill I shut phone off then back on.
Please help me or is this phone done for?????
wrong forum. Try the Galaxy S2 section. YOu'll have better luck. Don't forget to do a search too.
Reported it to the mods. Should be moved quite soon.
I was happy to do this for you
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You can update to 4.0.3 by going to sammobile and flashing a stock rom via Odin.
"noob ok...lazy noob not ok"
rowsell13 said:
I have the Galaxy s2 version 2.3.3 and trying to update to 4.03 through kies.... My daughter downloads kids apps all the time and may have a bug. Anytime I turn phone on and off the all my deleted apps and messages return from a certain date. I have done a factory reset but still everything returns with nothing deleted. I have tried everything! Even thourh kies I have backed up everything and do the filmware upgrade but immedietely returns to version 2.3.3 with all the deleted stuff. Everything does work fine with phone untill I shut phone off then back on.
Please help me or is this phone done for?????
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you can try installing latest JB 4.1.2 firmware using odin. you can find threads for insallation instructions.
sammobile, type i9100 in the search box of sammobile which will list all the available firmwares.
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When I connect my GSII to KIES to update the firmware, it is blank for the firmware section and doesn't give me an option to update.
I used to be able to before, but then I started to flash different ROM's, and trying out new beta roms, and now that I'm back to stock XWKE1, it won't show any firmware information. I even checked the about settings and it's all correct.
I also tried XWKE7 as well, and same results. Any help?
I got the same problem after flashing to 2.3.5 and then back to 2.3.4 using different methods. I had to reflash several times and repartition the phone before I was back on track. I think the main problem for me was the CSC which could be changed by entering *#272*Device IMEI# in the phone dial pad.
Since my phone at the time was wiped I didn't really care what would happen, so I don't know if this will delete stuff in it. So be careful!
Hi Everyone.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2
Kernal WXLP4 optus firmware.
I rooted the phone and stupidly let my son play with it and he has deleted important firmware apps such as Touch whiz and other things that are making my phone almost unusable.
Unfortunately there is no firmware repair on kies so i was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on what to do. I did a factory reset and it does not restore these important firmware files unfortunately.
Any help would be great.
Not sure what you have, but if you have Titanium Backup, you can restore the apps. Or if you have done a nandroid backup, you can also restore it. Last, if all things fail, I guess you will need to find the same firmware and use Odin to reflash it.
I understand your anguish, but look at the bright side. Your son took an interest in your phone.
treva23 said:
Hi Everyone.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2
Kernal WXLP4 optus firmware.
I rooted the phone and stupidly let my son play with it and he has deleted important firmware apps such as Touch whiz and other things that are making my phone almost unusable.
Unfortunately there is no firmware repair on kies so i was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on what to do. I did a factory reset and it does not restore these important firmware files unfortunately.
Any help would be great.
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Factory reset will restore will restore Touchwiz if not something else is going on that your son could not have done as its also damaged the hidden restore file .
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treva23 said:
Hi Everyone.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2
Kernal WXLP4 optus firmware.
I rooted the phone and stupidly let my son play with it and he has deleted important firmware apps such as Touch whiz and other things that are making my phone almost unusable.
Unfortunately there is no firmware repair on kies so i was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on what to do. I did a factory reset and it does not restore these important firmware files unfortunately.
Any help would be great.
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No problem. You will get it fixed in no time. Go to this thread and follow the instructions provided.
Download your firmware.
Put your phone in download mode
Flash it with Odin as PDA.
It will not increase your custom binary count and it will restore all the apps you are missing. If I were you I would just install XWLP7 on top of what you already have. It will not wipe anything and you will have the newest firmware installed.
Good luck!
Hi all,
Complete noob question warning, I've searched but not found the answer. I installed the latest official firmware from Samsung using Kies and it appeared to work but the phone is now buggy. It crashes to black screen and drops service, then reconnects to the network and scans the SD card again, and has done this mid call. Is there any way of rolling back or re-installing the firmware without rooting etc? Kies just says the latest firmware is installed.
Thanks
Neil
Odin is the program you need to Flash stock samsung roms, samfirmware is the place where you get them.
Look through the post tutorial on how to use Odin for ace in this very Forum, I don't know if there is a way of flashing the desired firmware with kies.
You don't need root to do it, but its recommended because flashing with Odin WILL WIPE YOUR STUFF, so having root and a backup with Titanium backup is very handy.
Pd: root it, I don't know anyone who's sorry after rooting.
You could go into recovery Mode.
Reboot and hold the middle button.
Then wipe data factory settings (It will deleted everything) Exept SD. and its like it was installed for the first time.
Perhaps someone can help me here.
I have an ATT galaxy s2 (i777 I think). A while back for some reason it started shutting off randomly. After that I rooted it and then a few days later it just going into a boot-loop and wouldnt start up at all.
So I read on this site that I needed to flash kernel for it. To be honest I wasn't sure what that was but I downloaded one that was like "one kernel to rule them all". So now it says SGH-I999 when I start it up and seems to work mostly normally except for a new model number and yellow triangle.
I want to update it to the new ICS that is just released, do I need to unroot or flash a different kernel to it before I try to update it???
In short. No. . Everything is OK. Just download the official update from the development section, do a full wipe, and install. Make sure to have a backup first tho.
thanks, that worked!
Hello guys please hear me out!
I'm new to android as well as this forum, but I hear it's a great community. I followed a lot of tuts on how to upgrade my S2 to jelly bean or ics none of them really worked.
OK my friend got me the phone from amazon it's a Samsung Galaxy S2 International Version 16gb Unlocked with 2.3.5 Gingerbread stock firmware. The following day I tried to upgrade the unrooted firmware via KIES, it told me there is no update available for my phone. Okay I decided to root it and flash it though odin. I read that it was wise to back-up the software first and boy was it! So I rooted it and backed it up with ClockworkMod to an sd card just in case. But I forgot to get the other information before I flashed: original Baseband version, Kernel and Build number.
The flashing went fine I got 4.1.2 on my phone but I lost the network service, the lock screen and the turn off key dialog (the phone would just turn off as soon as i hit the off button). Rooted it, installed a different 4.1.2 firmware, same thing. Then I tried ICS, it was worse - I had similar issues as well as the home key was not working when multitasking. So I went back to original backed up rom. Everything works fine now but the baseband version remains from the last "update". Everytime I try a new firmware and go back to the original rom the last baseband sticks.
My question is: Is it at all possible to upgrade my phone? My kernel (from backedup rom) is I9100XXKI3 and build number gingerbread.XXKI3 Imei is fine.
Also my binary data counter is up to 7, is that bad?
Any help I will greatly appreciated! I badly want to upgrade, it's the whole reason I got S2 because it was supposed to be "upgradeable"
Thank youuuu.
iceman8443 said:
I followed a lot of tuts on how to upgrade my S2 to jelly bean or ics none of them really worked.
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Read every word of a thread at least once before even attempting anything then make sure you have all the files you need ready to be used in their relevant places too and try again. When People claim to have read lots of tutorials and guides that have worked for the majority of People but can't get something to work then it's usually down to user error, i.e skimming through guides and missing a vital step that throws the whole thing off.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1826497
iceman8443 said:
Hello guys please hear me out!
I'm new to android as well as this forum, but I hear it's a great community. I followed a lot of tuts on how to upgrade my S2 to jelly bean or ics none of them really worked.
OK my friend got me the phone from amazon it's a Samsung Galaxy S2 International Version 16gb Unlocked with 2.3.5 Gingerbread stock firmware. The following day I tried to upgrade the unrooted firmware via KIES, it told me there is no update available for my phone. Okay I decided to root it and flash it though odin. I read that it was wise to back-up the software first and boy was it! So I rooted it and backed it up with ClockworkMod to an sd card just in case. But I forgot to get the other information before I flashed: original Baseband version, Kernel and Build number.
The flashing went fine I got 4.1.2 on my phone but I lost the network service, the lock screen and the turn off key dialog (the phone would just turn off as soon as i hit the off button). Rooted it, installed a different 4.1.2 firmware, same thing. Then I tried ICS, it was worse - I had similar issues as well as the home key was not working when multitasking. So I went back to original backed up rom. Everything works fine now but the baseband version remains from the last "update". Everytime I try a new firmware and go back to the original rom the last baseband sticks.
My question is: Is it at all possible to upgrade my phone? My kernel (from backedup rom) is I9100XXKI3 and build number gingerbread.XXKI3 Imei is fine.
Also my binary data counter is up to 7, is that bad?
Any help I will greatly appreciated! I badly want to upgrade, it's the whole reason I got S2 because it was supposed to be "upgradeable"
Thank youuuu.
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Go to sammobile.com
Click on firmware
Type in the searchbar: gt-i9100
Search for your country or the one thats the closest to ya
Download the file
Once downloaded set your s2 in download mode by pressing volume down, home en power buttons
Plug in your s2 into your comp
Open Odin
Press the PDA button
Choose the ....home....tar.md5 you downloaded
Make shure that re-partion, f reset time and auto reboot are checked
And hit the start button
If your phone rebooted check and you must be running on 4.1.2...
After that root it... And do what you wanna do
The binary counter doesn't meane something worse... Its only a counter thats counting how manny custom roms you have flashed...
You can reset it with a usb jig or triangle away app in the playstore... ( the app doesn't work always...)
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Read every word of a thread at least once before even attempting anything then make sure you have all the files you need ready to be used in their relevant places too and try again. When People claim to have read lots of tutorials and guides that have worked for the majority of People but can't get something to work then it's usually down to user error, i.e skimming through guides and missing a vital step that throws the whole thing off.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1826497
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Thank you guys for the replies however do you know anything about my weird issues, like the lockscreen not working after update, then no network service and the power off dialogue missing completely. I've tried at least 3-4 different jelly bean firmwares and always i got the same issues.
I live in Kosovo and i downloaded the Greek firmware which I'm going to try next. I'm going to go through pelpa87's thread you suggested and hopefully it will work and I will report back.
Thanks again.
Edit: thanks for the help guys, last night I installed jelly bean and it works great without any issues.