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These are Odin-flashable .tars of the stock Bell system, boot, recovery, and radios and can be used to revert to stock for he upcoming OTA update of Ice Cream Sandwich. I've been using DAGr8's ICS alpha 2 for a while now and have found that some Canadian-specific apps will not install, and although his ROM is excellent, I'd like to try the stock Bell ICS when it comes out.
Files Available
NB: All files are zipped to save space. Please extract the .tar before flashing via Odin.
pda-odin-bell-stock.zip - This .tar contains stock system.img.ext4, stock recovery.img, and stock boot.img and can be used to mostly restore your Note to stock by flashing it via Odin's pda option. However, flashing this .tar via Odin will increase your flash counter so if you're interested in resetting the counter, check out the next file.
pda-odin-bell-stock-system-boot.zip - This .tar contains the stock system.img.ext4 and stock boot.img and can be used to assist in resetting your flash counter using braway's method. Flash it via Odin's pda option. The recovery.img has been removed to preserve CWM if you've already flashed it to your phone. Once your flash counter has been reset, you can then return recovery to stock via this method using just the recovery.img file in the archive here.
phone-odin-bell-stock-radio.zip - This .tar contains the stock Bell modem/radio and is flashed via Odin's phone option. Not working correctly. Working on fix. My apologies.
Bell-Modem-CWM.zip - This .zip is made by pterry30 from the modem/radio files in my .tar and works perfectly. Just flash via Clockworkmod recovery. I'll keep working on a way to get the Odin .tar to work though.
SkyDrive Folder containing all Bell Files - All above Bell files can now be found in this SkyDrive folder. Provider changed since my public DropBox links keep being suspended to due to excessive bandwidth traffic.
The stock Bell kernel can be obtained from this thread thanks to Da_G. Flash via Odin's pda option.
Disclaimer
I am in no way responsible for any damages caused to your Note by anything you flashed. These files are provided as is to help Bell Note owners return to stock after whatever they've done to their phones.
History
These stock files were pulled from two different Bell Notes so we could get everything we were looking for unmodified. marshals pulled the system.img.ext4, boot.img, and radio files from his Note after replacing recovery with CWM. I pulled the recovery.img and flash counter data from my Note after flashing a rooted AT&T kernel. The files were then prepared in an Ubuntu Virualbox into .tar, then checked in Odin for errors by loading them into the program. No errors were reported. These files have not yet been flashed to a Note as I'm still playing with DAGr8's ICS alpha 2 and only have the one device.
Special Thanks
marshals for pulling the system.img.ext4, boot.img, and radios from his Note.
braway for taking my constant questions and providing much needed guidance in my first developer-ish project as well as for the flash counter reset.
Da_G for the stock Bell kernel, instructions on using Odin, and indirectly showing me how to use the Linux terminal.
pterry30 for packaging the stock modem/radio files into a CWM-flashable .zip.
Please post your experiences with these stock Bell files below and if you have any questions, I'll do my best to help. Enjoy!!
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The easiest way to do it for me on att note was to just flash the bootloader and flash a GB ROM in ClockWork Recovery
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thatruth132 said:
The easiest way to do it for me on att note was to just flash the bootloader and flash a GB ROM in ClockWork Recovery
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Sounds easy enough, but would that allow us Bell Note owners to get OTA updates from Bell?
Great thread!......Would like to see a thread like this for our Telus i717D Note's !
crielstar said:
Great thread!......Would like to see a thread like this for our Telus i717D Note's !
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If you know at least one person with an unmodified Telus Note, I would be more than happy to do the same for you. Two people would be better, but we can get most from one.
I can provide the telus stock recovery, stock modem and stock kernel, all cwm zips
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I have a stock rom that is rooted, I am working on removing the root to make a totally stock odin flash, Braway is helping me out with that.
Just PM me a link to these files and I'll see what I can do about making them Odin-flashable. Would love to be able to make it easier for people to revert back to stock if they want. Also, if you need any help with the stock system.img, don't hesitate to ask.
This helps a lot thanks!
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I do not know how more people have not said thanks to this!! This is amazing, thank you so much for your contributions. God bless.
Just wondering if the stock Bell radios above are the same ones as in your original thread? I carrier unlocked my phone after I rooted it. Don't know if that might have had any bearing on why I couldn't get the radios to flash with Odin. Everything else flashed back to stock and has been working fine - great work as I said before! And for all I know, I may still have the stock radios already on my Note. I can't say whether anything that I may have flashed in rooting/unrooting it would have replaced them and I'm not sure how to check. Anyone know?
Looking forward to OTA ICS soon, thanks again!
Will we need a 0 flash count,and stock recovery for the OTA update?
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So surprised
Its shocking that the stock image of the Telus Galaxy Note isn't anywhere on this site. Kinda has me worried ... Where are all the Canadian developers?
adv1sory said:
Its shocking that the stock image of the Telus Galaxy Note isn't anywhere on this site. Kinda has me worried ... Where are all the Canadian developers?
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From what I understand this gets you most of the way, with the extra steps in the thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1585440&highlight=telus+rooted+system
I understand that a thread like this just needs to be done, but I'm having trouble understanding why people would do this?
I mean, if you're switching back then you're obviously rooted and you probably like to use custom roms, why not wait till someone comes out with a solid, stable, better custom version of ics based on the official release?
Unless you're trying to resell or don't trust the rom's security integrity, why not wait?
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Afishl1 said:
I understand that a thread like this just needs to be done, but I'm having trouble understanding why people would do this?
I mean, if you're switching back then you're obviously rooted and you probably like to use custom roms, why not wait till someone comes out with a solid, stable, better custom version of ics based on the official release?
Unless you're trying to resell or don't trust the rom's security integrity, why not wait?
Sent from the Galaxy!
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I did it as a safety net for myself in case I messed something up. Additionally, the ROMs available currently are all based off AT&T software, and I wanted the option to return to Bell stock to get ICS OTA when it is released. I've been using DAGr8's ICS alpha II on my Note for a while now, but today I returned to stock because I was having too many FC's, too much lag, and problems downloading some Canadian specific apps. His ROM was excellent, but based off leaked AT&T code.
I guess I did this for my own benefit and for those who wish to return to stock at any given time. If you don't want or need it, you don't have to use it, but some people are very appreciative to have these files and I am happy to have helped them.
Afishl1 said:
Unless you're trying to resell or don't trust the rom's security integrity, why not wait?
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Because some of us don't like waiting.
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MrJoran said:
If you know at least one person with an unmodified Telus Note, I would be more than happy to do the same for you. Two people would be better, but we can get most from one.
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Damn, I just bought my TELUS Note a couple of days ago. First thing I did was root it and restore most of my apps from my Desire Z Titanium backup. I do have a CWM backup right after I rooted it, though. Would that help?
Tearrek said:
From what I understand this gets you most of the way, with the extra steps in the thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1585440&highlight=telus+rooted+system
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Still a rooted image. Not what we need in the event of returning the device or reselling.
Now look. A Rogers thread for a stock.img! Come on!
adv1sory said:
Still a rooted image. Not what we need in the event of returning the device or reselling.
Now look. A Rogers thread for a stock.img! Come on!
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Ignore this post. Thought I was replying to someone else, lol
adv1sory said:
Still a rooted image. Not what we need in the event of returning the device or reselling.
Now look. A Rogers thread for a stock.img! Come on!
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Install SuperSU;
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu
Settings > Full Unroot
adv1sory said:
Its shocking that the stock image of the Telus Galaxy Note isn't anywhere on this site. Kinda has me worried ... Where are all the Canadian developers?
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Hello stock Telus Note! Check out this thread.
I followed the unroot process in the android development section using odin3 and my question is there any other action need to make sure verizon doesn't know I rooted my phone?
I had to send mine in a few months ago. All I did is odin to stock. If you used the vramc3 file then you are good. If you used a older version, take the updates so it's current. That's all you need to do.
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BoostedB18C said:
I had to send mine in a few months ago. All I did is odin to stock. If you used the vramc3 file then you are good. If you used a older version, take the updates so it's current. That's all you need to do.
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is it normal that I can't update my phone/that I still have twrp recovery?
erisx said:
is it normal that I can't update my phone/that I still have twrp recovery?
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Did you use the files from driodstyle's guide? Do it again using the vramc3 file from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34891181
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What if the op didn't take any ota's after he rooted. If he's on vraljb, can he still use the vramc3 file? Just curious.
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What if the op didn't take any ota's after he rooted. If he's on vraljb, can he still use the vramc3 file? Just curious.
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Yes. The vramc3 is the current stock software from verizon. It will update your phone so it is just like a new out of the box phone.
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Hey Guys if you read this article you will see that in the new OTA it will unlock LTE band 4.
So here is my question... Being MDK LOKI rooted will I be able to flash the modem and get the band 4 or will there be stuff in the kernel that we will need?
My real question is.. will we be able to use the new Band 4 eventually being rooted?
+1 for this question also. Being rooted on mdk with recovery I am getting close to letting go for 4.3 cause I have a gear watch that's doing nothing. I haven't needed any ROMs since my x and RAZR, so I could settle with root only but would b nice to keep most and reap the benefits without selling out my mdk framework. I'll grab beans or cm10 at that point. I know its a tough question without a sign of the ota yet
We just have to wait till some of the devs get a hold of the OTA and tear it apart.
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loonie01 said:
We just have to wait till some of the devs get a hold of the OTA and tear it apart.
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Yes, please. Somebody grab it and save it and send it.
markwebb said:
Yes, please. Somebody grab it and save it and send it.
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For what it's worth, someone posted a link to the OTA file and I downloaded it. It looks like the modem file is done via a patch instead of the OTA including an actual flashable .bin file. I'm guessing someone will have to install the OTA and pull the modem file from the phone itself.
I came to ask this same question. For once, the stock rom has something I want that I can't get. It's usually the other way around. I'm sure the devs will have a flashable file to get LTE band 4 sometime soon. And that's why I love the android developer community!
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For what it's worth, someone posted a link to the OTA file and I downloaded it. It looks like the modem file is done via a patch instead of the OTA including an actual flashable .bin file. I'm guessing someone will have to install the OTA and pull the modem file from the phone itself.
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Exactly. We need someone who took the ota and kept root before anything can be done.
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Just flashed the zip from here in recovery and I now have MJ7. Doesn't look like AWS is enabled in the part of town I'm in, but I think it is in some parts of Atlanta. Even still being on band 13, my speeds have increased.
yellow triangle!!!!!! arrrrrrggghh
(GALAXY S 4 VERIZON) I was just testing the waters and tried to go back to VRUDMI1 firmware FROM VRUEMJ7 LATEST 4.3 UPDATE .. bad mistake dont do it!!! my grammer sucks bare with me..but im stuck at the yellow triangle screen kies isnt getting me anywhere.the phone will not connect no matter what i do.. i can get the the phone into download mode but still nothing..is there a VRUEMJ7 4.3 odin restore out that will help me i cant find it anywhere i would appreciate your help kies is useless if there is no odin file i'll just take it back to verizon thanks first post ever and possibly the first idiot to brick his phone not even ten minutes after updating it laugh at me if u will i expect it..lol
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(GALAXY S 4 VERIZON) I was just testing the waters and tried to go back to VRUDMI1 firmware FROM VRUEMJ7 LATEST 4.3 UPDATE .. bad mistake dont do it!!! my grammer sucks bare with me..but im stuck at the yellow triangle screen kies isnt getting me anywhere.the phone will not connect no matter what i do.. i can get the the phone into download mode but still nothing..is there a VRUEMJ7 4.3 odin restore out that will help me i cant find it anywhere i would appreciate your help kies is useless if there is no odin file i'll just take it back to verizon thanks first post ever and possibly the first idiot to brick his phone not even ten minutes after updating it laugh at me if u will i expect it..lol
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Sorry dude but unfortunately as of right now there is no Odin image to flash, so you're going to have to take it back to Verizon.
todd92578 said:
(GALAXY S 4 VERIZON) I was just testing the waters and tried to go back to VRUDMI1 firmware FROM VRUEMJ7 LATEST 4.3 UPDATE .. bad mistake dont do it!!! my grammer sucks bare with me..but im stuck at the yellow triangle screen kies isnt getting me anywhere.the phone will not connect no matter what i do.. i can get the the phone into download mode but still nothing..is there a VRUEMJ7 4.3 odin restore out that will help me i cant find it anywhere i would appreciate your help kies is useless if there is no odin file i'll just take it back to verizon thanks first post ever and possibly the first idiot to brick his phone not even ten minutes after updating it laugh at me if u will i expect it..lol
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If you want to test a odin restore for MJ7 let me know. Where exactly did odin fail at?
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Surge1223 said:
If you want to test a odin restore for MJ7 let me know. Where exactly did odin fail at?
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it verified vrudmi1 md5 image it passed then it started to appear to flash and failed at writing to nand or the very first step of the flashing process.and yes i'll test it as long as it dont trip the knox counter
nevermind i went and replaced my phone now i'm back on ME7.
might be an odin image
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Sorry dude but unfortunately as of right now there is no Odin image to flash, so you're going to have to take it back to Verizon.
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i plugged my phone in today verizon software updater started download an update for my phone i'm already on 4.3 rooted i downloaded MI1 already so i know this is 4.3.. and its full size image tell me what you think would this possibly be an odin image can somebody change the format for use with odin to help people like me who bricked thier device?
It's already in the development section. I think it was released last Friday.
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I'm planning on rooting regardless. I also want todo the hotspot mod if there isone for mj. Is there anything I should do before accepting the update? Coming from the s4, I know mj* is a point of no return update. I actually prefer to get the full tar.md5 and flash in odin rather than update. I was waiting for the full install to appear. Should I do the same with the n3? From the sounds of things, there isn't a full tar yet. I'm just asking now because I'll be new to this section and phone, and you people already have experienced the snafus. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
I would take the mj4 update as it fixes the call issues. Then root from there.. I used the cf auto root and it worked fine. I think there are other ways to root that don't trip Knox but personally I could care less lol. I suppose that's personal preference though .
Oh and your right there is no mj4 tar yet.. And no zip to get the new firmware yet..
Good luck
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I originally updated from MI1 to MJ7, which was a stupid move, but just wondering if there is anyway to downgrade back in order to have full root and benefits?
I want to restore my phone and if I can go back, that would be great, because I don't want to go forward because if there is a new upadte it would make it worse instead of better, in terms of rooting.
Please advise
elite-fusion said:
I originally updated from MI1 to MJ7, which was a stupid move, but just wondering if there is anyway to downgrade back in order to have full root and benefits?
I want to restore my phone and if I can go back, that would be great, because I don't want to go forward because if there is a new upadte it would make it worse instead of better, in terms of rooting.
Please advise
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you can root mj7 mine is
i heard that vroot isnt a good way to go...no?
Can I install custom roms on MJ7?
what would be the best way to restore this? with a file, or just go through the settings and do a factory reset?
elite-fusion said:
i heard that vroot isnt a good way to go...no?
Can I install custom roms on MJ7?
what would be the best way to restore this? with a file, or just go through the settings and do a factory reset?
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Just keep taking OTAs up to MK2 (The latest). From there you can root and install safestrap (and a safestrap compatible rom). You cannot flash AOSP roms; the bootloader is locked down post MDK. This thread is pretty much all you need http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
so can mk2 be rooted?
elite-fusion said:
so can mk2 be rooted?
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You should probably read the stickied thread at the top of the forum.
Its called What you need to know before, during and after modifying your verizon S4
Its probably relevant to your interests no?
This is the second time someone has linked you to it. I promise you if you READ THE WHOLE THING before asking anymore questions, you wont have questions to ask.
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so can mk2 be rooted?
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Yes. Search for "Saferoot". I can't stress enough....... RESEARCH FIRST. It will save you a lot of headaches.
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alright, one last question because it is NOT listed in that thread,
Where can i download the mk2 to load it manually because i am not a verizon customer but have a verizon s4 which i use with tmobile so it does not allow me to do OTA because it keeps telling me that Service is temporarily unavailable.
Please advise
elite-fusion said:
alright, one last question because it is NOT listed in that thread,
Where can i download the mk2 to load it manually because i am not a verizon customer but have a verizon s4 which i use with tmobile so it does not allow me to do OTA because it keeps telling me that Service is temporarily unavailable.
Please advise
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As linked to from the provided thead Customizing your Verizon Galaxy S4 - what's possible and what's not
Has links to the updates that it is possible to flash, see the recover by reflashing stock section.
Seriously, its a pretty expensive phone and you can totally ruin it. Not a bad idea to read through that info people keep trying to give you.