Phone: Samsung SGH-I777, Android version 2.3.6, Baseband I777UCKK6, Kernel version 2.6.35.7, Build GINGERBREAD.UCKK6). As far as I remember, it's still the stock phone as I received it from AT&T.
I want to root it, get rid of the AT&T customizations, and upgrade it to a newer Android version. I am confused about the order in which I should do these things. Should I first upgrade OS, then root, then apply custom ROM, or should the order be different?
Thank you!
P.S. I am yet to do my research about the custom ROMs; but if anyone wants to recommend which Android version to upgrade to and/or which custom ROM to use, let me know! My main goals are to improve the GPS signal acquisition time, and maintain the overall phone stability.
Before you upgrade anything run ExynosAbuse. It is by far the easiest way to root. Just be careful and read everything before you do anything. Do not patch the exploit only root. After you run the exploit follow the guides in the stickies to flash a kernel with CWM, and flash the ROM of your choosing.
Butchr's suggestion is exactly right if you want a custom rom like for instance SHOstock3.
If you would like to remain stock on the latest version but rooted, then flash UCLL6 stock plus root from the link in my signature. This is the latest official stock ICS 4.0.4, with root which will allow you to remove the AT&T bloat.
I would recommend you reading the very first link under creepy's signature.
mmoroz said:
Phone: Samsung SGH-I777, Android version 2.3.6, Baseband I777UCKK6, Kernel version 2.6.35.7, Build GINGERBREAD.UCKK6). As far as I remember, it's still the stock phone as I received it from AT&T.
I want to root it, get rid of the AT&T customizations, and upgrade it to a newer Android version. I am confused about the order in which I should do these things. Should I first upgrade OS, then root, then apply custom ROM, or should the order be different?
Thank you!
P.S. I am yet to do my research about the custom ROMs; but if anyone wants to recommend which Android version to upgrade to and/or which custom ROM to use, let me know! My main goals are to improve the GPS signal acquisition time, and maintain the overall phone stability.
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Android 1.5 cupcake for sure...!
Sent from my CLEAN Note ll
Butchr said:
Before you upgrade anything run ExynosAbuse. It is by far the easiest way to root. Just be careful and read everything before you do anything. Do not patch the exploit only root. After you run the exploit follow the guides in the stickies to flash a kernel with CWM, and flash the ROM of your choosing.
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Hmm I installed (using APK Installer) and ran Exynos Abuse 1.40. It said: "ERROR: It seems your device or firmware is not exploitable at all (hurrah!), this app can't do anything useful for you"
I double checked my phone, and all the specs I provided earlier are still the same. What am I doing wrong?
Not sure. I used the exploit myself. The only difference I see between your phone and mind is that when I ran the exploit I was on 4.0.3. Very strange. If that isn't working for you I have seen quite a few people having success with the frameroot method though I have seen some saying that it was only a temporary root.
Butchr said:
Not sure. I used the exploit myself. The only difference I see between your phone and mind is that when I ran the exploit I was on 4.0.3. Very strange. If that isn't working for you I have seen quite a few people having success with the frameroot method though I have seen some saying that it was only a temporary root.
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Do you think I can try approach 3) (with Odin3) on this page?
Edit: it worked perfectly, except now wifi doesn't work (I turn it on, it tries to connect, in a few seconds finds no networks, and turns itself off). I assume it will get fixed later in the process. I now have Android version: 2.3.4, Baseband: I777UCKH7, Kernel 2.6.35.7, Build GINGERBREAD.UCKH7.
I believe you can get it sorted out as you continue. You seem to be doing a pretty good job of sorting out your issues. You can't go wrong following the links in Creepy's sig as long as you reed and comprehend what the instructions are telling you to do. You seem to have a pretty good grasp on things at this point. I believe you will sort your WiFi issue as you flash a kernel and then flash your rom. Happy flashing.
mmoroz said:
Edit: it worked perfectly, except now wifi doesn't work (I turn it on, it tries to connect, in a few seconds finds no networks, and turns itself off). I assume it will get fixed later in the process. I now have Android version: 2.3.4, Baseband: I777UCKH7, Kernel 2.6.35.7, Build GINGERBREAD.UCKH7.
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Flashing from 2.3.6 back to 2.3.4 always caused the wifi to fail. The fix is to perform a wipe data/factory reset in recovery. In fact, as you move forward you should know that anytime you change base, you need to perform a wipe data/factory reset, preferably before the flash.
mmoroz said:
Phone: Samsung SGH-I777, Android version 2.3.6, Baseband I777UCKK6, Kernel version 2.6.35.7, Build GINGERBREAD.UCKK6). As far as I remember, it's still the stock phone as I received it from AT&T.
I want to root it, get rid of the AT&T customizations, and upgrade it to a newer Android version. I am confused about the order in which I should do these things. Should I first upgrade OS, then root, then apply custom ROM, or should the order be different?
Thank you!
P.S. I am yet to do my research about the custom ROMs; but if anyone wants to recommend which Android version to upgrade to and/or which custom ROM to use, let me know! My main goals are to improve the GPS signal acquisition time, and maintain the overall phone stability.
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Download Odin3, Downgrade it to 2.3.4, root it, install ANY ROM you want! Even if you are on GingerBread, you can still flash ICS or JB ROMs to it as long as its compatible with the SGH-i777. You can upgrade it to 4.0.3 ICS or even 4.1.2 JB and then root it, but you will not gain anything (or lose anything) if you just stay on 2.3.4 GB.
leo9891 said:
Download Odin3, Downgrade it to 2.3.4, root it, install ANY ROM you want! Even if you are on GingerBread, you can still flash ICS or JB ROMs to it as long as its compatible with the SGH-i777. You can upgrade it to 4.0.3 ICS or even 4.1.2 JB and then root it, but you will not gain anything (or lose anything) if you just stay on 2.3.4 GB.
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leo thank you. Do I understand correctly that the following two approaches result in precisely the same state of the phone:
1) Downgrade to 2.3.4, root it, flash a custom 4.1.2 ROM
2) Upgrade to 4.1.2, root it, flash a new custom 4.1.2 ROM
And also, flashing a custom 4.1.2 ROM removes any trace of 2.3.4 that I had on my phone?
mmoroz said:
And also, flashing a custom 4.1.2 ROM removes any trace of 2.3.4 that I had on my phone?
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As long as you clear data and cache before flashing.
mmoroz said:
leo thank you. Do I understand correctly that the following two approaches result in precisely the same state of the phone:
1) Downgrade to 2.3.4, root it, flash a custom 4.1.2 ROM
2) Upgrade to 4.1.2, root it, flash a new custom 4.1.2 ROM
And also, flashing a custom 4.1.2 ROM removes any trace of 2.3.4 that I had on my phone?
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Yes, they will result in the same thing. I just figured it would be easier to downgrade to 2.3.4 instead of upgrading. Its a faster process to downgrade via Odin. Its a longer process to upgrade to 4.1.2 via Kies. If you want to try out 4.1.2 without officially being on it, I suggest the ROM SHOstock3. It looks exactly alike except for the Notification Bar, its not editable unlike in SHOstock3.
Before you flash a 4.1.2 ROM or ANY ROM for that matter, back it up in the CWM or TWRP Recovery Menu. Then you will have a backup of 2.3.4 of your phone incase something goes wrong.
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Will AT&T GNotes running stock I717UCLA1 rooted by RoloRacer's method (no tripping of flash counter) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1518962 get the official AT&T OTA ICS update when available? Or will these phones need to be unrooted to get the update?
Thank you.
generally, rooted phones do NOT get OTA updates, but since this hasn't been released yet, no one can answer your question.
let us know if you get it when the ota gets released, ok?
wase4711 said:
generally, rooted phones do NOT get OTA updates, but since this hasn't been released yet, no one can answer your question.
let us know if you get it when the ota gets released, ok?
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Certainly!
I keep checking for an update daily, hoping that it will be available sometime this month. But, if it isn't here by the end of the month, I think that I will flash one of the custom ICS ROMs that are available.
If I decide to install a custom ICS ROM, will I need to first, unroot the device and then flash this new ROM? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1664980
mountainbound said:
Certainly!
I keep checking for an update daily, hoping that it will be available sometime this month. But, if it isn't here by the end of the month, I think that I will flash one of the custom ICS ROMs that are available.
If I decide to install a custom ICS ROM, will I need to first, unroot the device and then flash this new ROM? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1664980
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No. You will need to be rooted to get into CWM and load a ROM...if You dont have CWM installed, install it via Odin. Be aware though that this will trip the flash counter, but there are ways to remove that notification
na, just root your phone, and start flashing custom roms..
the dev's here will incorporate any changes/improvements from the official release into their base roms once it ACTUALLY comes out
there won't be anything unique in the "official" release that the dev's here won't be able to use, if its an improvement over what they are doing now..
I already have the phone rooted using the mashi root method listed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1518962 Being a NOOB in the Android world, I'm not sure what needs to be done next to be able to intall the ICS ROM.
Since my Note is already rooted, can I install the ClockworkMod Recovery listed here, first: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23170524 and then install this ICS ROM? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1664980
Thank you.
I installed ClockworkMod Touch Recovery last night with success! Now I plan on flashing ICS later today. I'm going to try this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1664980
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No. You will need to be rooted to get into CWM and load a ROM...if You dont have CWM installed, install it via Odin. Be aware though that this will trip the flash counter, but there are ways to remove that notification
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You don't need root for cwm. At all.
Download mode and recovery are underneath the os, only need root while inside Android itself
studacris said:
You don't need root for cwm. At all.
Download mode and recovery are underneath the os, only need root while inside Android itself
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I feel like you've said that before...:banghead:
I have, a million times, and i will a million times more.
I installed ICS and it works GREAT!!!! Much faster than GB! Now I wish I had done it sooner.
Hello,
I updated my SGS2 to the 4.0.3 firmware from my previous 2.3.6 Gingerbread. After the update my phone lags a lot and the ICS keyboard for texting lags and just sucks.
How can I flash my ROM or whatever it is back to Gingerbread? I don't like this ICS and would rather run GB on my phone. It looked "nicer" in my opinion and ran much much smoother.
DrZoo40 said:
Hello,
I updated my SGS2 to the 4.0.3 firmware from my previous 2.3.6 Gingerbread. After the update my phone lags a lot and the ICS keyboard for texting lags and just sucks.
How can I flash my ROM or whatever it is back to Gingerbread? I don't like this ICS and would rather run GB on my phone. It looked "nicer" in my opinion and ran much much smoother.
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You can not undo the the update, per se. You can flash back to stock 2.3.4. If you want to do that, follow the guide linked in my signature to prepare the phone to return to the store.
There is no stock 2.3.6 available.
You can also flash stock plus root 2.3.4 or 2.3.6. For this, you can follow the guide linked in my signature about installing custom firmware without incrementing the flash counter. You would have to get the 2.3.6 firmware from the Download Repository.
In any event, since you will be changing firmware base, you will have to perform a wipe data/factory reset. The instructions are in the guide. You will lose all installed programs, personal settings, contacts, text messages, etc, unless you back them up.
Lol here comes the flood! Get the life boats ready! The "how do I undo this **** stock carrier updates suck wtf " revolution is here!
Sent from my SGH-I777 using Tapatalk 2
Once a person commits to dumping the stock 4.0.3 back to 2.3.4, it's a matter of time and reading before they will flash a custom rom.
ICS has too many added features to give it up. If you know that you can go back to 2.3.4 without issue, why not flash a custom ROM.
I believe you can call AT&T CSR and ask for help.
Should AT&T have provided the instruction for reversing back to GB?
creepyncrawly said:
There is no stock 2.3.6 available.
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Well, this is not entirely accurate. If you flash the stock 2.3.4, you can still do the OTA (over the air) 2.3.6 update from the phone (Settings -> Software Update, IIRC.) We just don't have it dumped and ready to flash from PC. Be aware that this will be a huge hit to your data, so you should use WIFI if possible (it's free at most McDonald's.)
creepyncrawly said:
You can not undo the the update, per se. You can flash back to stock 2.3.4. If you want to do that, follow the guide linked in my signature to prepare the phone to return to the store.
There is no stock 2.3.6 available.
You can also flash stock plus root 2.3.4 or 2.3.6. For this, you can follow the guide linked in my signature about installing custom firmware without incrementing the flash counter. You would have to get the 2.3.6 firmware from the Download Repository.
In any event, since you will be changing firmware base, you will have to perform a wipe data/factory reset. The instructions are in the guide. You will lose all installed programs, personal settings, contacts, text messages, etc, unless you back them up.
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If I flash back to stock 2.3.4 (without root), will I be able to use the OTA updates to get back to 2.3.6? Or will there be a problem since I used Odin to get back to 2.3.4?
Thanks.
Edit: Sorry, didn't see post immediately above me.
sadastronaut said:
If I flash back to stock 2.3.4 (without root), will I be able to use the OTA updates to get back to 2.3.6? Or will there be a problem since I used Odin to get back to 2.3.4?
Thanks.
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I think u should flash a custom rom.. they hav lot of feature and they hav removed the lag nd unnecessory thing which are included in stock ics.. touchwiz in stock ics is realy bad..
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sadastronaut said:
If I flash back to stock 2.3.4 (without root), will I be able to use the OTA updates to get back to 2.3.6? Or will there be a problem since I used Odin to get back to 2.3.4?
Thanks.
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yes you can.. there wont be a problem..
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JK_the_Slacker said:
Well, this is not entirely accurate. If you flash the stock 2.3.4, you can still do the OTA (over the air) 2.3.6 update from the phone (Settings -> Software Update, IIRC.) We just don't have it dumped and ready to flash from PC. Be aware that this will be a huge hit to your data, so you should use WIFI if possible (it's free at most McDonald's.)
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yes of course. wifi is better.. via kies it gives problems.. you can use connectify me software to make a wifi zone using ur computer data internet connection...
bmwchampz said:
I think u should flash a custom rom.. they hav lot of feature and they hav removed the lag nd unnecessory thing which are included in stock ics.. touchwiz in stock ics is realy bad..
Yeah, I thought about that. I don't know if I want to get in that cycle of addiction
Any you recommend? I tried various ROMs with my Galaxy S, and it seemed like there were a few that had deal-breaker issues, like sleep of death and freezing, but it could have been the phone too. It was just hard to know which one to use.
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sadastronaut said:
Yeah, I thought about that. I don't know if I want to get in that cycle of addiction
Any you recommend? I tried various ROMs with my Galaxy S, and it seemed like there were a few that had deal-breaker issues, like sleep of death and freezing, but it could have been the phone too. It was just hard to know which one to use.
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CyanogenMod 9 (ICS) stable was just released. I've been running the nightly builds for three months or so and am quite happy. None of the crap Samsung Touchwiz bits...
http://get.cm/?device=i777&type=stable
DO NOT USE ROM MANAGER OR ANYTHING FROM GALAXY2ROOT_DOT_COM. MAKE SURE YOUR DEVICE IS AN SGH-I777.
Sorry about the all caps or if that sounds pedantic but I'm starting to think that should be in the signature of all posts on this forum.
cattledog said:
Once a person commits to dumping the stock 4.0.3 back to 2.3.4, it's a matter of time and reading before they will flash a custom rom.
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+1 this is exactly what happened to me. Upgraded to at&t's ics, hated it, and it made me decide to root to get rid of it. As i was doing research on how to root I found xda, and have never looked back. I am now officially addicted and feel like a papparazi: always looking for new stuff to "flash"
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.
creepyncrawly said:
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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angeleye50 said:
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.
samusmaurie said:
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.
I have an DROID RAZR XT910 GSM/CDMA with the following stock ICS: 673.94.328.XT910.Optus.en.AU, Version 4.0.4, Build 6.7.3-94_SPI-328 and while looking at all the mods and roms out there I'm not confident in flashing this device because the version numbers are different and I don't wanna brick my phone (at close to AUD$800 I think you can understand why) so need help with getting JB onto it (impatient here in OZ, last round from GB to ICS took 6 months from advertised to actually going OTA here). Phone is rooted, have Titanium Backup and SuperSU installed but:
1: don't know how to back up the whole stock in case of failure and need to reinstall
2: not sure that any ROMs are safe to use in my phone (differing stock numbers etc)
3: what other software needed to make this happen
Can anyone please help!?! (where's that old interrobang when you need it)
SimonTWolf said:
I have an DROID RAZR XT910 GSM/CDMA with the following stock ICS: 673.94.328.XT910.Optus.en.AU, Version 4.0.4, Build 6.7.3-94_SPI-328 and while looking at all the mods and roms out there I'm not confident in flashing this device because the version numbers are different and I don't wanna brick my phone (at close to AUD$800 I think you can understand why) so need help with getting JB onto it (impatient here in OZ, last round from GB to ICS took 6 months from advertised to actually going OTA here). Phone is rooted, have Titanium Backup and SuperSU installed but:
1: don't know how to back up the whole stock in case of failure and need to reinstall
2: not sure that any ROMs are safe to use in my phone (differing stock numbers etc)
3: what other software needed to make this happen
Can anyone please help!?! (where's that old interrobang when you need it)
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Hi!
I'm an Aussie user but bought mine through Kogan (so it's a German phone). If you've already rooted the phone and have Stock ICS I'd recommend installing SS3.11 or BMM and running another JB ROM rather than try to flash stock.
There's heaps of threads with great ROMs on here and the Development thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2162827
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2028020
Personally I use SS3.11 with CM10.1 as my daily and it's fine. I can also recommend AOKP4.22 which is now officially supported on XT910.
Benefit of this setup is that I can also boot back to stock whenever I want.
Cheers and happy flashing!
:victory:
Big UPS
philharmonick said:
Hi!
I'm an Aussie user but bought mine through Kogan (so it's a German phone). If you've already rooted the phone and have Stock ICS I'd recommend installing SS3.11 or BMM and running another JB ROM rather than try to flash stock.
There's heaps of threads with great ROMs on here and the Development thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2162827
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2028020
Personally I use SS3.11 with CM10.1 as my daily and it's fine. I can also recommend AOKP4.22 which is now officially supported on XT910.
Benefit of this setup is that I can also boot back to stock whenever I want.
Cheers and happy flashing!
:victory:
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many thanks, as I don't want to touch the stock at all I'm using this method (ss3 and aokp/cm10.1 tri-boot {keeping the stock I'll have three systems})
SimonTWolf said:
many thanks, as I don't want to touch the stock at all I'm using this method (ss3 and aokp/cm10.1 tri-boot {keeping the stock I'll have three systems})
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This is a bit late to see this thread, but there is a thread for the retail.au 4.1.2 official. If you do a search of the forum with "retail" and "au" you'll find it. Stock rom that needs to flash a kernel first.
First be sure to root if you're still on ICS. There's a one-click root tool in the development section.
Requires BMM 0.3.4, from there you can install the recovery and reboot into it. It allows you to do a nandroid backup.
dabanhfreak said:
This is a bit late to see this thread, but there is a thread for the retail.au 4.1.2 official. If you do a search of the forum with "retail" and "au" you'll find it. Stock rom that needs to flash a kernel first.
First be sure to root if you're still on ICS. There's a one-click root tool in the development section.
Requires BMM 0.3.4, from there you can install the recovery and reboot into it. It allows you to do a nandroid backup.
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thx mate, not impressed with AOKP or CM10 so hopefully the 4.1.2 official will keep me happy
Had a note 3 but just switched back to my note 2. I am a super noob, but read for a little bit and had originally rooted and unlocked my note 2.
Now that I am using this phone again should I update the software to stock 4.3?
...and if yes how should I do it? can I keep root? can I just odin MJ9 or ND3?
Here are the current phone specs:
4.1.2
baseband version: I605VRAMC3
Kernel version: 3.0.31
rooted and bootloader unlocked (i think I used casual)
crm recovery 6.0.3.0
OTA updates fail because of the custom recovery, but I still have to defer verizon asking to update software once a day...which is way annoying.
Any advice is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
theomms said:
Had a note 3 but just switched back to my note 2. I am a super noob, but read for a little bit and had originally rooted and unlocked my note 2.
Now that I am using this phone again should I update the software to stock 4.3?
...and if yes how should I do it? can I keep root? can I just odin MJ9 or ND3?
Here are the current phone specs:
4.1.2
baseband version: I605VRAMC3
Kernel version: 3.0.31
rooted and bootloader unlocked (i think I used casual)
crm recovery 6.0.3.0
OTA updates fail because of the custom recovery, but I still have to defer verizon asking to update software once a day...which is way annoying.
Any advice is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2578458
Please don't take any OTA updates. You could lock your phone for life.
@theomms
It’s good that you didn’t successfully take the 4.3 stock OTA from Verizon, because it would have locked your bootloader and there's currently no method to unlock it. If you just want to stay on rooted stock 4.1.2, there are ways to stop the OTA notification. A Google search for sdm+stop+OTA+schi605 should give you some help to stop the OTA prompts. I am still on 4.1.2 running Beanstown106's JellyBeans ROM build 22 and I am really happy with it. You can still grab build 22 for 4.1.2 from the link to older downloads on the Alliance ROM's post #1 (Beanstown106 provides a link to his Android File Host where he has all of the older JellyBeans ROM builds. Build 22 was the last one he did for 4.1.2).
If you think you’d prefer to update to rooted 4.3 stock, then that link that Deeked gave you will let you do that and keep an unlocked bootloader. You’ll probably want to update your recovery to a newer version first. The install instructions tell you to ODIN flash the MJ9 firmware, then use your recovery to install the rooted MJ9 stock ROM. I’ve read where people recommend that before installing the ROM, you should go into recovery and wipe data, the dalvik cache, cache, format the system… and then finally install the stock rooted 4.3 ROM from your external SD card. Also, there’s a build prop edit that you’ll need to do to avoid problems with random reboots on stock rooted 4.3 MJ9 — see this post from Beanstown106 where he talks about it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49737536&highlight=ro+tima=0#post49737536
Good luck
Deeked said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2578458
Please don't take any OTA updates. You could lock your phone for life.
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mattnmag said:
@theomms
It’s good that you didn’t successfully take the 4.3 stock OTA from Verizon, because it would have locked your bootloader and there's currently no method to unlock it. If you just want to stay on rooted stock 4.1.2, there are ways to stop the OTA notification. A Google search for sdm+stop+OTA+schi605 should give you some help to stop the OTA prompts. I am still on 4.1.2 running Beanstown106's JellyBeans ROM build 22 and I am really happy with it. You can still grab build 22 for 4.1.2 from the link to older downloads on the Alliance ROM's post #1 (Beanstown106 provides a link to his Android File Host where he has all of the older JellyBeans ROM builds. Build 22 was the last one he did for 4.1.2).
If you think you’d prefer to update to rooted 4.3 stock, then that link that Deeked gave you will let you do that and keep an unlocked bootloader. You’ll probably want to update your recovery to a newer version first. The install instructions tell you to ODIN flash the MJ9 firmware, then use your recovery to install the rooted MJ9 stock ROM. I’ve read where people recommend that before installing the ROM, you should go into recovery and wipe data, the dalvik cache, cache, format the system… and then finally install the stock rooted 4.3 ROM from your external SD card. Also, there’s a build prop edit that you’ll need to do to avoid problems with random reboots on stock rooted 4.3 MJ9 — see this post from Beanstown106 where he talks about it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49737536&highlight=ro+tima=0#post49737536
Good luck
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Thank you both! This worked like a charm! fully updated :highfive:
theomms said:
Thank you both! This worked like a charm! fully updated :highfive:
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