So recently my phone for whatever reason just decided to restart itself, but it got stuck on the 'samsung gt-i9300t' part and I have no idea what to do. i read some threads about flashing roms and things but i'm new to it. I was wondering how I could restore it back to the original firmware.
I bought my phone unlocked from Telstra and the model is GT-I9300T i went on sammobile to find the australian rom but there wasn't any there.
I've read tutorials that also provided links to the australian rom and they didn't work with odin it would be stuck in the 'setup connection' then fail a few minutes later
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Hey there,
I got a Bell Galaxy S2 I9100. In Canada, it's I9100M. I have the CWM Backup, the factory firmware and kernel .tar files for ODIN.
Recently, I upgraded my firmware to the new XXKI4 which installed the new bootloader. Now when I get to the Downloading screen, it will show that the product is I9100 and not I9100M which it showed before the upgrade. As well, the bootup screen will say I9100 instead of I9100M.
I tried to do a restore with the CWM backup as well as a firmware flash to the original factory firmware however, the Downloading screen and the bootup screen still shows I9100. From this, I assume that this is because the bootloader was updated to the I9100.
Is there a way for me to restore my bootloader, thus restoring what it was before? The reason I ask is because I bought this phone at Futureshop with a 3 year warranty and I want to restore the phone back to stock as possible.
I do have some friends with the same phone. Is there a way for me to get the bootloader off their phones and restore it to mine?
Thanks in advance!
Tri3Dent said:
Hey there,
I got a Bell Galaxy S2 I9100. In Canada, it's I9100M. I have the CWM Backup, the factory firmware and kernel .tar files for ODIN.
Recently, I upgraded my firmware to the new XXKI4 which installed the new bootloader. Now when I get to the Downloading screen, it will show that the product is I9100 and not I9100M which it showed before the upgrade. As well, the bootup screen will say I9100 instead of I9100M.
I tried to do a restore with the CWM backup as well as a firmware flash to the original factory firmware however, the Downloading screen and the bootup screen still shows I9100. From this, I assume that this is because the bootloader was updated to the I9100.
Is there a way for me to restore my bootloader, thus restoring what it was before? The reason I ask is because I bought this phone at Futureshop with a 3 year warranty and I want to restore the phone back to stock as possible.
I do have some friends with the same phone. Is there a way for me to get the bootloader off their phones and restore it to mine?
Thanks in advance!
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I am pretty sure its the rom and not the bootloaders that set the model number, did you make sure you flashed your carrier branded one rather than the generic one?
If you really want your boot logo to say GT-I9100M you'll have to get the stock param.lfs file. You can use Hellcat's KTool to replace your existing one with the "stock" one.
I'd extract mine for you, but it's long since gone.
Edit: even if you flash your phone back to the stock firmware I don't believe your param.lfs will be restored.
Well the reason why I think it's the bootloader is because the new firmware that I flashed, had the older bootloader replaced because I think intratech changed it so that we can reset the counter.
Also, because the "Download" screen is different. When I had the stock Bell firmware, when getting into the Download screen, it just goes directly to it. Now, when I go to it, it gives me a warning page and that I have to hit the Volume Up to continue or Volume Down to cancel.
Yes, it is the Bell UGKG2 firmware so I know it's the stock firmware and kernel. But still shows the "new" download screen with the warning.
Would replacing the param.lfs file give me back stock Download screen (without warning) and all that?
The param.lfs is just the boot logo. I haven't been on the stock firmware for quite a while so I can't even picture what it looks like now. Intratech may have access to the original Bell BL (?).
As far as I know there has only been two sets of GB bootloaders, the old ones that let you reset with the jig, and the new ones that dont.
Your best bet is to post in this thread and ask about the bell bootloaders, and if they exist.
Hi there,
I had a similar problem to OP where my bootloader would not allow a jig to reset my custom binary counter
So I flashed the old bootloader which was not specific to the "M" variant of the i9100.
Now I'm stuck at the flashing S logo and the stock ROM won't load.
I'm trying to follow the instructions found here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458) to reset my i9100m to stock and am having little luck.
I have another SGS2 which is working well, is there a way to take the bootloader from that and move it on to mine?
I can't seem to find out how people are backing up bootloaders.
I've tried checking "update bootloader" when I flash according to the instructions above and no results.
Any thoughts? Let me know if there's something I can clarify.
Hi,
Basically my friend installed an update for his Galaxy S3 on Orange. However he got a firmware of the internet and tried installing it. It was stock android but not through orange. He basically messed up his phone, he cant boot the phone but cant use phone functions and has constant freezes.
This is the video he used:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VQThuBj5O4
He sent it off to Orange. They basically said he voided the warranty.
Can he just restore it back to stock Orange S3 Firmware.
Thanks in advance.
You can flash a stock or orange branded ROM through Odin that will cure most normal problems, get them from Sammobile. But, if the efs folder has been trashed during the previous ROM install and you didn't make a backup, this won't fix the 'phone functions' and you'll have to pay Samsung for a motherboard replacement.
Your friend should search, read and learn here on XDA before flashing anything, and always backup everthing first.
I'm struggling to find the info, but it must be here.
Ready to sell wife's S3 as she's gone htc one (I'm still s3), I'm guessing I flash stock firmware through odin, but can't find a link to it, H3G UK. Would this also reset the flash counter to 0? Phone is still running one of the older 4.2 roms with the old EFS table
Go to general forum, stickies for all the guides.
No, flashing a rom will not reset the flash counter.
Hi everyone !
I need to send my galaxy S3 to the customer service for repair. So I need to reflash it to official firmware, remove root and reset counters.
Currently I've got a cyanogenmod installed, rooted.
I've followed several tutorial but here's where I'm stuck : I'm trying to flash the official firwmare with Odin 3.07. Everything works fine (I got the "pass!" status at the end), but when the phone reboots, i still have the cyanogen circle thing during boot and I end up with a fresh brand new cyanogenmod again.
Obviously I'm missing something, but I've followed several tutorials, done it several times, with no luck.
Can anyone help ?
Thanks
Follow the guide in general forum, sticky threads on returning to full stock. Make sure you read and understand each and every step, follow it exactly -as it sounds like you've missed something vital, like using the wrong .tar file.
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Ok, I found what was wrong. I've downloaded apparently an official firmware but the file was about 16Mo.
Now i've found another official firmware which is 800Mo.
I've flashed it and now it boots as a stock GS3.
I'm not sure what was in each file, but there was definately something missing in the first one, even though it would download successfully via Odin.
Hope this helps someone.
niko_37 said:
Hi everyone !
I need to send my galaxy S3 to the customer service for repair. So I need to reflash it to official firmware, remove root and reset counters.
Currently I've got a cyanogenmod installed, rooted.
I've followed several tutorial but here's where I'm stuck : I'm trying to flash the official firwmare with Odin 3.07. Everything works fine (I got the "pass!" status at the end), but when the phone reboots, i still have the cyanogen circle thing during boot and I end up with a fresh brand new cyanogenmod again.
Obviously I'm missing something, but I've followed several tutorials, done it several times, with no luck.
Can anyone help ?
Thanks
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So I am trying to repair someones Galaxy Tab 10.1, this one came from Videotron, a provider in Quebec Canada. Unfortunately I cannot for the life of me find the stock firmware for it. I've tried several others in the GT-P7500 range but I just get stuck on boot.
The complete model is P7500W4VTR (not one google result).
Does anyone have any idea what I can flash to this thing that won't result in a soft-brick?
Thanks
If you don't want to go back to stock, maybe you can flash twrp and install CM? If successful, your phone will revive as well.