I have looked in the proper threads , but not finding anyone that has done the bootloader unlock manually in a long time.
Had some odd complications with the one click casual , I know user error right.
I feel I can do this manually if I knew the proper sequence of what to push and install to the phone .
Im pretty confident in my skills with ADB, Fastboot, and Odin.
I also am aware of the dangers . So if anyone would like to chime in Id be grateful.
I have already downloaded the lastest nightly CASUAL jar and extracted it. Just need to know what needs to go where and so forth.
Thanks in advance!
icem237 said:
I have looked in the proper threads , but not finding anyone that has done the bootloader unlock manually in a long time.
Had some odd complications with the one click casual , I know user error right.
I feel I can do this manually if I knew the proper sequence of what to push and install to the phone .
Im pretty confident in my skills with ADB, Fastboot, and Odin.
I also am aware of the dangers . So if anyone would like to chime in Id be grateful.
I have already downloaded the lastest nightly CASUAL jar and extracted it. Just need to know what needs to go where and so forth.
Thanks in advance!
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Uhhh.. I had problems with it too cause I run a weird distro that was angering it with paths and versions of various things.
I would up unpacking it, and repacking it and running it that way. It took several attempts to get all the paths right and so fourth. Can you post some straces or logs here and we can see what's horking up?
IIRC, there's a master script in there that does most of the heavy lifting and a lot of dynamically compiled progs and a few statics once you extract it all by hand.
SOB
Thanks SamsungSOB. There is another interesting twist add well. If my Internet connection is active. It will not go further than the start text. Click "do it" and nothing. I have to disconnect internet then it will goto download mode and fail trying to push the pit file.
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Been trying on Linux Mint 15 today and same issues. Have to disable internet, then when you click "do it" it will try to load the pit but it fails.
Linux and Windows both have the same issue. I don't know what Casual tries to look for on the Web but there is something to this.
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icem237 said:
Been trying on Linux Mint 15 today and same issues. Have to disable internet, then when you click "do it" it will try to load the pit but it fails.
Linux and Windows both have the same issue. I don't know what Casual tries to look for on the Web but there is something to this.
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You may want to post in the CASUAL thread and see if Adam or any of the other guys/gals on there can help you out, they'll no doubt know more seeing as how they deal with this all the time.
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You may want to post in the CASUAL thread and see if Adam or any of the other guys/gals on there can help you out, they'll no doubt know more seeing as how they deal with this all the time.
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Your right. Just my posts are not high enough yet to do that. Almost there though!
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icem237 said:
Your right. Just my posts are not high enough yet to do that. Almost there though!
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Gotcha, I figured that was part of it.
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Gotcha, I figured that was part of it.
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Thanks! I've read read till I'm blue in the face trying to find someone that has had the same symptoms but not found it yet.
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Thanks! I've read read till I'm blue in the face trying to find someone that has had the same symptoms but not found it yet.
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Well there was a case similar to yours where they had flashed stock using the Note 2 Toolkit and it was a pre-release version and AFAIK it had to be JTAGed. Mainly because one user tried doing a lot of stuff and I think the guy who got it back just didn't want to or have the time to fool with it anymore.
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shangrila500 said:
Well there was a case similar to yours where they had flashed stock using the Note 2 Toolkit and it was a pre-release version and AFAIK it had to be JTAGed. Mainly because one user tried doing a lot of stuff and I think the guy who got it back just didn't want to or have the time to fool with it anymore.
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Oh boy. I'm familiar with jtag but not with phones. Sounds like a learning experience.
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Oh boy. I'm familiar with jtag but not with phones. Sounds like a learning experience.
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Well you would have to send it off to MobileTechVideos to do it.
And just in case you are wondering the JTAG they use for our phones is called a Riff Box, you can find them on eBay for $50-$200 depending on how lucky you are.
The way it works, just in case you don't know how it works with phones, is they pull the MoBo and solder the Riffs little interface wires (they're just individual pieces of ribbon cable) to the phones JTAG contacts. You can actually build an interface for your phones MoBo for the JTAG with breadboard that way you don't have to solder directly to it, AdamOutler has a video in which he uses a Riff box and uses the custom breadboard piece to JTAG the phone (I think it was the VZW S3) back to life.
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shangrila500 said:
Well you would have to send it off to MobileTechVideos to do it.
And just in case you are wondering the JTAG they use for our phones is called a Riff Box, you can find them on eBay for $50-$200 depending on how lucky you are.
The way it works, just in case you don't know how it works with phones, is they pull the MoBo and solder the Riffs little interface wires (they're just individual pieces of ribbon cable) to the phones JTAG contacts. You can actually build an interface for your phones MoBo for the JTAG with breadboard that way you don't have to solder directly to it, AdamOutler has a video in which he uses a Riff box and uses the custom breadboard piece to JTAG the phone (I think it was the VZW S3) back to life.
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Checking into it now. Thanks!
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I think my phone is okay. As adb works flawlessly and download mode will work perfect with Odin.
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I think my phone is okay. As adb works flawlessly and download mode will work perfect with Odin.
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Yeah but from what the other person experienced there was no way to get off that version therefore there was no way to unlock or accept updates. What exactly is your version number?
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exactly! Avoid that prerelease firmware like its the plague!! Whever it came from, go back and tell them to pull it asap!!!!
droidstyle said:
exactly! Avoid that prerelease firmware like its the plague!! Whever it came from, go back and tell them to pull it asap!!!!
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I know in the other thread it cane from the Toolkit. Its probably where this came from as well, that is the only source of it I have been able to find.
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Related
how do we get this done?
By searching and or reading
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Try the app Directory Bind. You'll find it on the forums.
I believe the latest Rom toolbox can do it. Apps2sd can't do it right now
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ks2332 said:
By searching and or reading
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i actually did. each search would give me results on other phones and if it was this phone it was the IS9xxx or some ****.
thanks everyone else that actually had some good useful info for me. back onto my search.
any way to do this unrooted?
eyecon82 said:
any way to do this unrooted?
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Nope dye to MTP you just can't
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what's the point of putting apps to sd card nowadays? this was only relevant during the G1 days.
i play a lot of games on my phone. gameloft especially have them big files that is needed to play.
And 16GB is not enough?
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kennyglass123 said:
And 16GB is not enough?
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Not if you have a bunch if games.
There's only 12GB usable and that's like 9 big games plus abit so you can run out if your a heavy gamer
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oreo said:
There's only 12GB usable and that's like 9 big games plus abit so you can run out if your a heavy gamer
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Yep. Really don't know why Samsung has done this. Directory Bind is a good workaround, though.
lol, i thought it would be too!
turns out its this lucky patcher i am using that is telling lies that i ran out of space.
Lucky patcher = always bad news
so don't ever use it anymore?
i noticed my phone is running on edge instead of a 3/4g data network. the only thing i ever did to my phone was root it, i didn't use any roms from here. i was able to put the original back thru odin, and my phone no longer says modified. but my data is still the same and my imei info is still gone.
anybody else experience this? oh and i did do a nandroid backup after i had rooted it. i restored it but it still wouldn't change my data or imei issue. i also checked my counter and it says custom binary (1 counts)...does that mean i am screwed? everything else in that line reads samsung or official tho. and at the very top is odin in red.
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i play a lot of games on my phone. gameloft especially have them big files that is needed to play.
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Look for "GL to SD" on the play store. It moves most of the content of gameloft games to SD.
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About 2 weeks ago my GPS would connect really slow. Today when i tried to use it wouldn't even connect. I tried wiping the caches and the SD card. I use Waze for my GPS. Anyone else experience this?
AT&T Galaxy Note- BlackStar X
Even after going into the FJ tools in black star and downloading the AT&T GPS option its still bad
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yungskeeme said:
Even after going into the FJ tools in black star and downloading the AT&T GPS option its still bad
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there's a fix in the general section that addresses this issue. Apparently it's a hardware issue where the tabs in your phone don't seem to make the connection to the antenna. the fix points out which connectors to adjust but requires you opening your phone. I've been experiencing this issue as well. I find massaging the top back right (when looking at the phone) seems to help but it's only a temp fix. I'm debating if I want to send the phone in for an RMA for that and a weird sim issue I've been experiencing.
Theoriginalgiga said:
there's a fix in the general section that addresses this issue. Apparently it's a hardware issue where the tabs in your phone don't seem to make the connection to the antenna. the fix points out which connectors to adjust but requires you opening your phone. I've been experiencing this issue as well. I find massaging the top back right (when looking at the phone) seems to help but it's only a temp fix. I'm debating if I want to send the phone in for an RMA for that and a weird sim issue I've been experiencing.
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Heard flashing the GB radio works too. Scared to open my phone lol.
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Opening it isn't that difficult. Just follow the instructions and be gentle on the prongs when you pull them up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1973727
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mahgninnuc93 said:
Opening it isn't that difficult. Just follow the instructions and be gentle on the prongs when you pull them up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1973727
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Read over it over and over. I don't have a screwdriver small enough
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yungskeeme said:
Read over it over and over. I don't have a screwdriver small enough
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Just go to the drug store and get an eyeglasses repair kit. The screwdrivers in those are generally small enough and the whole kit costs less than $2.00 US.
Definetly have to get that tomorrow
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yungskeeme said:
Definetly have to get that tomorrow
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I bought a husky multi tip "jewlers" screwdriver from Home Depot, best $10 I spent. Got the philips/standard one and the torques one. I use those to tear everything down. I say invest a little and keep em for years. But that's just me, I tear lots of things apart. If you want I can get you the husky product numbers off them.
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I bought a husky multi tip "jewlers" screwdriver from Home Depot, best $10 I spent. Got the philips/standard one and the torques one. I use those to tear everything down. I say invest a little and keep em for years. But that's just me, I tear lots of things apart. If you want I can get you the husky product numbers off them.
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I don't break stuff down like that. Think I'll just get there tiny screwdriver
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mahgninnuc93 said:
Just go to the drug store and get an eyeglasses repair kit. The screwdrivers in those are generally small enough and the whole kit costs less than $2.00 US.
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Bought one and when I left realized it was a flathead
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yungskeeme said:
Bought one and when I left realized it was a flathead
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I lol'd
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Theoriginalgiga said:
I lol'd
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Bought another one with 6 bits. I fixed it!!! Removing the housing was a *****. Before I fixed it I tried Google navigation and it worked but waze didn't. Did the fix and waze works now. Thanks all!!!!
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yungskeeme said:
Bought another one with 6 bits. I fixed it!!! Removing the housing was a *****. Before I fixed it I tried Google navigation and it worked but waze didn't. Did the fix and waze works now. Thanks all!!!!
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Rock on mang! I just did an rma swap on mine due to the sim card issue. I guess I took the easy way out
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Theoriginalgiga said:
Rock on mang! I just did an rma swap on mine due to the sim card issue. I guess I took the easy way out
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Very easy lol. Hopefully all iswell with your replacement
yungskeeme said:
Very easy lol. Hopefully all iswell with your replacement
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2 sec GPS lock and no more sim issues plus 3 month warranty extended onto my phone. I'm fairly content, couldn't get anyone to give me any sorts of discounts on a Note 2 but I still love this phone.
Had this same problem - flashed a GB radio - everything is now working perfectly.
Just an FYI.
Jamie
yungskeeme said:
Heard flashing the GB radio works too. Scared to open my phone lol.
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Try this!
Pried the tabs up and everything back in working order
Mods please close this thread.
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Re: Bad news.
Who cares there are other ways
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Not for those who wish for Jellybean and would rather not unlock their bootloader.
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Get a good case and take care of the device. Then unlocking the bootloader won't be so scary.
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Att reps know nothing.
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whiteguypl said:
Att reps know nothing.
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This is true. One of my family members works for att and had told me that they absolutely know nothing about phone updates until the day it is released. Att reps have no clue about what is going on.
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tmease1 said:
This is true. One of my family members works for att and had told me that they absolutely know nothing about phone updates until the day it is released. Att reps have no clue about what is going on.
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I have never once had an AT&T rep know a single thing more than I do about any of their phones. I usually end up correcting them.
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chrisphoenix7 said:
Not for those who wish for Jellybean and would rather not unlock their bootloader.
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Why even come here if you dont want to alter your phone?
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whycali said:
Why even come here if you dont want to alter your phone?
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I've often wondered that myself. It seems like torture. Here are all the cool things that you're never going to have. Read all about it!
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Yep, call them back tomorrow, you will get a different answer. Heck, call them back now and you will get a different answer.
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whycali said:
Why even come here if you dont want to alter your phone?
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Technical Support.
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johnbyebye said:
Technical Support.
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What technical support do they need? Take it out of the box... turn it on...use it.
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Generally tech support has no additional info in relation to firmware/ software updates than anyone else. It could began rolling out tomorrow for all we know.
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Jank4AU said:
What technical support do they need? Take it out of the box... turn it on...use it.
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Well, I'm stock and I've had the issue of mobile data not working. Oh, and let's not forget the terrible awake times that drain the battery. It seems unfair that these forums would only be for those who unlock their bootloaders and install custom roms. Maybe you're right though and maybe I'll just go elsewhere if I need help.
Why call AT&T for regards to an update anyway. You will have much better luck calling the manufacture. Sometimes you can get them to throw the carrier under the bus. Sometimes they say the update has already been submitted to the carrier for testing. Of course they could be lying. My point is, you won't get a right answer for AT&T but you may get a plausible answer from LG.
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Why call AT&T for regards to an update anyway. You will have much better luck calling the manufacture. Sometimes you can get them to throw the carrier under the bus. Sometimes they say the update has already been submitted to the carrier for testing. Of course they could be lying. My point is, you won't get a right answer for AT&T but you may get a plausible answer from LG.
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I was talking to at&t on the phone today and she called lg 3 way and lg said they had not giving at&t the source code for the optimus g jellybean update nor do they know when. So we hung up and the woman said she's sorry and could credit my bill $40.00
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johnbyebye said:
Well, I'm stock and I've had the issue of mobile data not working. Oh, and let's not forget the terrible awake times that drain the battery. It seems unfair that these forums would only be for those who unlock their bootloaders and install custom roms. Maybe you're right though and maybe I'll just go elsewhere if I need help.
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I'm just bustin your chops, bro. You've as much right to these forums as anyone else. It just seems counterproductive as most of the fixes you would need involve root at a minimum.
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Jank4AU said:
I'm just bustin your chops, bro. You've as much right to these forums as anyone else. It just seems counterproductive as most of the fixes you would need involve root at a minimum.
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LOL. I apologize then. I'm used to seeing people say "then why are you on here?" but actually mean it so I get kind of annoyed and defensive.
I am rooted but that's usually as far as I go.
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johnbyebye said:
LOL. I apologize then. I'm used to seeing people say "then why are you on here?" but actually mean it so I get kind of annoyed and defensive.
I am rooted but that's usually as far as I go.
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No worries dude, it's all good. May i ask...if you've rooted why not go the extra mile and try Slick ROM? Or, one of the others, you can always go back? Being rooted, do you remove the AT&T/LG bloatware?
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Hey, guys. I bought a Droid DNA to use on AT&T. Everything is working fine, but it came with the older software version (1.5) and I'm not planning to root, so I wanted to update it to 2.04.
The problem is, it's not an option. It seems like it will only let me update if I have a CDMA signal. Anyone know a way around this? I already took out my SIM card and set it to CDMA mode. That actually lights up the "check for updates" button, but it still doesn't find anything. There has to be a way to update this phone without Verizon service.
You could root then flash the ota
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Honestly, root it then flash an rom that's based on 2.04. You'll be happier.
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Kind of defeats the purpose of mentioning that I "don't plan to root" don't you think?
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greyhulk said:
Kind of defeats the purpose of mentioning that I "don't plan to root" don't you think?
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Then have fun on 1.15.
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Bigandrewgold said:
Then have fun on 1.15.
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Or, I could pop in a friend's Verizon SIM card and get the OTA. See? Root isn't the only solution to every problem.
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Or, I could pop in a friend's Verizon SIM card and get the OTA. See? Root isn't the only solution to every problem.
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Then do that.
You specifically asked if there was any way to update without Verizon service, and I told you the only way to do that, which is to root.
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Or, I could pop in a friend's Verizon SIM card and get the OTA. See? Root isn't the only solution to every problem.
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You are REALLY missing out man. It's a pretty stupid choice to purposely lock you out. Do someone a favor and trade your phone for their updated one so at least someone can get a rooted device.
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123421342 said:
You are REALLY missing out man. It's a pretty stupid choice to purposely lock you out. Do someone a favor and trade your phone for their updated one so at least someone can get a rooted device.
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+1
Exactly my thoughts.
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greyhulk said:
Or, I could pop in a friend's Verizon SIM card and get the OTA. See? Root isn't the only solution to every problem.
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You just answered your own question
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Or, I could pop in a friend's Verizon SIM card and get the OTA. See? Root isn't the only solution to every problem.
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Then why be a smartass when someone tries to help you if you already know how to fix it? Idiot.
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Then why be a smartass when someone tries to help you if you already know how to fix it? Idiot.
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It probably had something to do with the fact that I specifically said "without rooting" and that was the immediate response...IDIOT.
Example:
Question: "Can anyone recommend an action movie that doesn't star Bruce Willis".
Answer: "I recommend Die Hard".
Duh?
It's not helpful to suggest the one thing that someone says they don't want to do. That's what I would classify as smartass. I was trying to see if anyone else knew of another method. The friend sim card came up as an option later. I suggest you check yourself.
For those crying "root" because the phone was on a software version that allows it, I flip my phones pretty quickly and I don't want to permanently unlock a phone that I will probably be selling or trading sometime in the near future.
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It probably had something to do with the fact that I specifically said "without rooting" and that was the immediate response...IDIOT.
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Well the only way to do it on gsm is to root...
Idiot
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Apparently not. And even if it was, I never stipulated in my original post that it had to stay on GSM, idiot.
Feel free to keep trolling. I could care less if the thread gets closed. I have my answer and it didn't involve root, which seems to be the default reply to every question here. /unsubscribe
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Apparently not. And even if it was, I never stipulated in my original post that it had to stay on GSM, idiot.
Feel free to keep trolling. I could care less if the thread gets closed. I have my answer and it didn't involve root, which seems to be the default reply to every question here. /unsubscribe
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Well considering the title said how to update the phone on gsm and you specifically said "There has to be a way to update this phone without Verizon service."
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I was reading in the forum about a company out of Texas that can take your phone back to stock with unlocked bootloader. I even emailed them for answers to a couple of questions that I had and they answered me back with what I needed. I am now ready to send my phone out to be fixed. Now I lost the email and for the life of me can not find that post again. If anybody knows where this imformation is, please post it here for me or give me the link.
Thank you.
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http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-note-2-bootloader-sboot-downgrade-service/
Thank you very much. I'm going to send it out on Monday. I Can't wait to get my old phone back.
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I sent my phone in today for the downgrade service. I will either post here or start a new thread when I get my phone back and let you all know how it turned out.
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Been wanting to do this, but might just wait till its time to upgrade and move away from Samsung... Looking forward to seeing how it turns out for you.
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Any results yet?
Why would you pay to go back to stock if you rooted it, why not just reload the stock ROM?
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morbeious said:
Why would you pay to go back to stock if you rooted it, why not just reload the stock ROM?
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Because they will go back to 4.1.1 which is an unlocked bootloader...THEN you can install ANY compatible rom without using safestrap
Seems kinda lazy to me.. Why even been in this type of forum if you aren't up to doing it yourself. Might as well get that other phone which we won't utter its name lol
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morbeious said:
Seems kinda lazy to me.. Why even been in this type of forum if you aren't up to doing it yourself. Might as well get that other phone which we won't utter its name lol
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Because if you took the 4.3 or higher Ota or have a phone pre-installed with it, then you can't revert back to an older version of Android where the bootloader can be unlocked. This service is supposed to be able to do that with the hardware they have.
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morbeious said:
Seems kinda lazy to me.. Why even been in this type of forum if you aren't up to doing it yourself. Might as well get that other phone which we won't utter its name lol
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Seems kind of crazy that if you ARE on a forum like this AND own this phone you don't know this...it is ALL over the forum about Knox & 4.3. I heard the "other" phone is on sale if you decide to get one!
Well I have my phone back and as advertised, they took my phone back to 4.1.2 with the VRAMC3 bootloader which is as we all know, unlocked. I'll tell you that it was worth every penny. And it wasn't the "lazy way out". It was the only way out. There is no way to unlock the updated bootloader, which you would know by reading the threads for this phone. And by the way, here, or XDA forums, is where I found the information to even do this. I have my unlocked phone back and am happily flashing again.
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glockman4519 said:
Well I have my phone back and as advertised, they took my phone back to 4.1.2 with the VRAMC3 bootloader which is as we all know, unlocked. I'll tell you that it was worth every penny. And it wasn't the "lazy way out". It was the only way out. There is no way to unlock the updated bootloader, which you would know by reading the threads for this phone. And by the way, here, or XDA forums, is where I found the information to even do this. I have my unlocked phone back and am happily flashing again.
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Senate Committee Approves Bill To Make Cellphone Unlocking Legal Again
http://consumerist.com/2014/07/10/s...bill-to-make-cellphone-unlocking-legal-again/
glockman4519 said:
Well I have my phone back and as advertised, they took my phone back to 4.1.2 with the VRAMC3 bootloader which is as we all know, unlocked. I'll tell you that it was worth every penny. And it wasn't the "lazy way out". It was the only way out. There is no way to unlock the updated bootloader, which you would know by reading the threads for this phone. And by the way, here, or XDA forums, is where I found the information to even do this. I have my unlocked phone back and am happily flashing again.
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NICE!
Might have to send mine off...I might be getting the Verizon LG G3 soon though...
I am very pleased with the way my phone turned out. I am now running Alliance build 26 for the first time without safestrap. Hell, I even had Carbon room on it for a bit the first day I got it back. It is awesome to have my unlocked bootloader back again. I highly recommend their services.
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Pleased that YOU had a good experience!
I'm surprised to see that someone else had a good experience with this company. So far dealing with this company has been a huge disappointment; not the impression I was under, considering all of the good reviews. I guess "service" just like products are like everything else...sometimes you get a lemon. I'm about to dispute the charge based on suspected fraud.
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I'm surprised to see that someone else had a good experience with this company. So far dealing with this company has been a huge disappointment; not the impression I was under, considering all of the good reviews. I guess "service" just like products are like everything else...sometimes you get a lemon. I'm about to dispute the charge based on suspected fraud.
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What happened?
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What happened?
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Ditto.
How long did it take and do you have a contact # sent a note 2 out a few weeks back still no update.
xFLiP227x said:
I'm surprised to see that someone else had a good experience with this company. So far dealing with this company has been a huge disappointment; not the impression I was under, considering all of the good reviews. I guess "service" just like products are like everything else...sometimes you get a lemon. I'm about to dispute the charge based on suspected fraud.
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How long did it take and do you have a contact # sent a note 2 out a few weeks back still no update.
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I can vouch for Josh. He does get busy. Just think about all the phone he gets sent. I will tell you that he is good for his work, will be fair, and if you have an issue, he will work something out with you (this is from my personal experience) He had my phone for over a month. But apologized for it and did not charge me the fee. (not saying he will do this for you) But I know it's hard but be patient and he will get back to you.