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.
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I rooted my SGS2 a long time ago. Now i decided to sell it and buy a galaxy note. I got a great deal with one of my friends but he wanted it unrooted. I already flashed clockwork mod recovey on it and im scared that things might go wrong. Can anyone provide me some simple steps how to unroot sgs2........GT-I9100
rohan999 said:
I rooted my SGS2 a long time ago. Now i decided to sell it and buy a galaxy note. I got a great deal with one of my friends but he wanted it unrooted. I already flashed clockwork mod recovey on it and im scared that things might go wrong. Can anyone provide me some simple steps how to unroot sgs2........GT-I9100
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I recommend to flash a stock/official ROM to your phone.
Then root will be lost.
You can download Official ROMs from SamMobile, but you will need to register before.
Or you can have a look into Intratech's Offical Firmware thread here => http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
Please read his first post carefully.
Then decide which ROM to flash.
As you want to bring it back to "normal", you should use a ROM from the second post "Official Firmwares".
Just flash the ROM using Odin - like described by Intratech.
Nothing special.
Maybe you want to wipe everything to go back to factory settings.
Then you should do a hard reset after flashing by dialing *2767*3855# into your phone's dial pad.
But you can alternatively do a factory reset in recovery mode - also after flashing the stock ROM.
Good luck !
Hey mate thanks for the reply, i backed up my original rom using rom manager flashed back to it....but i still have root and i want to remove it. Can i just flash the insecure kernel and using super one click do the job???/.....NOTE I HAVE clock work mod recovery flashed already........
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.
okay, i tried to do some reset things but they didn't work.
I've got an s2 skyrocket from AT&T.
I rooted it several months ago with odin using a recovery file that was linked online.
last night my friend changed the font, which I've done before, and now it wont boot past the AT&T logo.
i tried reloading the recovery thru odin, but it still is frozen.
so how would i go about unbricking my phone?
can you not just wipe and re flash a clean stock ROM, but make sure you only wipe if you have 4.0.3 or 4.0.4 with a safe custom kernal, if you use stock 4.0.4 you will be permanently bricked. i suggest flashing a clean 4.0.3 stock, from here you can use kies to updat 4.0.4 and root using the guide on xda.
You're in the wrong forum. This forum is for Gt-i9100 International version. You have Skyrocket which a different device and flashing anything from this forum onto you phone will break it. Go to to Skyrocket forum and ask there. Good luck.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1399
Sent from my GT-I9100
Hi all.
The usb connector broke on my galasy s2 and had to take it to service.
All i asked them not to change my 4.04 version. But they did it anyway! Jeesh!
They put the 4.12 on it, which doesnt suit me.
Is there a way to get 4.04 back?
Can i just flash my previous 4.04 back with odin?
Or use stock recovery or CWM recovery to install the whole package?
When i had 4.04 i did a full backup with CWM recovery, but the file size is so small so it cannot contain the whole OS.
I come from Nokia world where downgrading was not possible so thats why im asking before trying things on my own and breaking it.
Please help.
Thank you.
Yes you can use Odin to go back to 4.0.4......but I'd advise you go to 4.0.3 instead.......4.0.4 stock firmwares are affected by the emmc brickbug which has turned *some* S2s into irrecoverable paperweights.
Whether your phone is one of them or not.....I don't know (you can check this)
For the firmware, go to www.sammobile.com/firmwares to find the correct firmware for your phone/carrier, download, unzip to tar and flash via Odin......simples
sent from either my Alliance powered S2 or my ArcoCM powered W via XDA Developers App
Find which variant you have first. Go to about phone in settings and see if you have I9100G or I9100, if you have I9100G we have all stock firmwares on our development forum, i advise you to go there, i don't know if our variant has emmc brickbug but you can search it.
Thank you for the replies.
I once ran the emmc brick bug check and it said i dont have the bug
My phone is I9100.
Is there anything i need to know about odin, or just connect, click PDA, choose the Firmware and hit start?
I downloaded the correct stock FW from sammobile.
Thanks again.
Nuppi said:
Thank you for the replies.
I once ran the emmc brick bug check and it said i dont have the bug
My phone is I9100.
Is there anything i need to know about odin, or just connect, click PDA, choose the Firmware and hit start?
I downloaded the correct stock FW from sammobile.
Thanks again.
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Yes, if you get bootloop wipe data from recovery.
Just to report back.
I flashed the old 4.04 stock firmware with odin.
Flashing went fine, but when rebooting the phone got stuck at the samsung logo and didnt go further.
Removed battery, put it back, booted stock recovery and wiped everything and phone worked.
So all went just great :=)
This was my first android flash and after this success i might wanna concider some custom ROM:s like cyanogen, but thats another story.
Thanks for the tips peeps.
Okay, Okay, I know, this probably has been posted a lot, and I should have read all of those threads...well, I tried, its actually a lot harder than I thought. I rooted my phone, and it was going more or less fine, except it kept saying Viber could not open/has closed, and, thinking something was wrong after the whole root, I looked online, found advice to try a Soft Reset, and then a Hard one, and I did so, now, my phone boots up, and is stuck at the Samsung Logo. My info
Model : Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100T
SSN: I9100TGSMH
Loaded with Siyah kernel, and if I am meant to update it, I cant, because it keeps failing. I am downloading the Original Stock Firmware, or the one I believe is it, and wish to ask anyone If I should do something else first. Also, if I am downloading the wrong firmware (I9100XWLSN_I9100OXXLS8_NEE.zip), and there is a very good chance of that, plz tell me and direct me to the right one, and I believe I need a PIT file, but cant find one
1) You're on the right track - Yes, you need to flash stock firmware with Odin; instructions in thread stickied near top of Q&A titled 'Flash stock firmware'.
2) Doesn't matter which stock firmware you use, as long as it's for I9100.
3) You don't need a PIT file. Do not flash PIT files unless you have a very specific reason for doing so (unless you want a busted phone) - a bootloop that will be fixed by simply flashing stock is not one of those reasons.
If you have problems with the flash, Hopper8's 'Odin troubleshooting' thread stickied in General has all the info you need in order to get a successful flash. If you find you flash stock successfully but still have bootloop (and a factory reset after the flash doesn't fix it), download the 3 part firmware linked in Hopper's thread & flash that (this will wipe your phone), then flash a stock rom for your country/carrier from there if you want to stay stock, or re-root your phone & flash custom rom/etc. Hopefully you won't need to do that & a simple flash of the stock rom you're downloading now will do the trick (which will not wipe your phone).
Okay, thanks, sry about the giant wait for the reply, my net stuffed up quite badly, anyway, trying to flash it now.