I flashed the latest 4.3 BTU from samfirmware in the excitement of hoping many fixes in 4.3 but only to be dissapointed by many issues which are all over the forum.
So i decided to go back to 4.1.2 MG4 since this was very stable and no issues. But after flashing this via Odin my phone just loops at boot - samsung logo.
I was wondering if someone can help me fix this, i dont want to clear the data etc if it can be avoided.
I am not rooted and only been using stock rooms, have flashed all the updates via odin in the past but no issues but going back to 4.1.2 has caused this problem....
Thanks...
Boot into recovery and factory reset, there is no other solution.
boomboomer said:
Boot into recovery and factory reset, there is no other solution.
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Thanks i had a feeling i would have to do that but thought id double check with the experts. I've gone back to 4.3 and will backup my stuff and then do a reset and flash.
Thanks
v1ks said:
Thanks i had a feeling i would have to do that but thought id double check with the experts. I've gone back to 4.3 and will backup my stuff and then do a reset and flash.
Thanks
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Try installing the Chinese kernel, it's removed all my issues with 4.3.
boomboomer said:
Try installing the Chinese kernel, it's removed all my issues with 4.3.
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I am not rooted though, i dont think i can install a different kernel while running stock BTU can i?
v1ks said:
I am not rooted though, i dont think i can install a different kernel while running stock BTU can i?
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It's also a stock kernel, makes no difference to the CSC code you have. Search xda for an odin version of the Chinese kernel.
boomboomer said:
It's also a stock kernel, makes no difference to the CSC code you have. Search xda for an odin version of the Chinese kernel.
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Do you mean download the chinese firmware and flash that on top of the BTU one im running...?
No. That would probably result in more problems.
Just flash the kernel, which several people have extracted from that firmware and created either a CWM or Odin file to flash.
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Hi,
I have a problem. I did a factory data reset and and phone is not booting more than Samsung Galaxy S II i9100 screen after that phone shuts off. I can get to Download Mode and from here I need further directions what to do.
Thanks.
Fox05 said:
Hi,
I have a problem. I did a factory data reset and and phone is not booting more than Samsung Galaxy S II i9100 screen after that phone shuts off. I can get to Download Mode and from here I need further directions what to do.
Thanks.
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Search the forum for the answer this is a common problem. You will need Odin. Since you have bricked your phone install a custom Rom and Kernel. You will not go back to stock!!
Originally Posted by Fox05
Hi,
I have a problem. I did a factory data reset and and phone is not booting more than Samsung Galaxy S II i9100 screen after that phone shuts off. I can get to Download Mode and from here I need further directions what to do.
Thanks.
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Search the forum for the answer this is a common problem. You will need Odin. Since you have bricked your phone install a custom Rom and Kernel. You will not go back to stock!!
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Ok, but I wanted to know if I have to flash one file ROM or 3 file ROM?
bahmonkeys said:
Search the forum for the answer this is a common problem. You will need Odin. Since you have bricked your phone install a custom Rom and Kernel. You will not go back to stock!!
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Ok, but I wanted to know if I have to flash one file ROM or 3 file from?
Fox05 said:
Ok, but I wanted to know if I have to flash one file ROM or 3 file from?
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Well im guessing your phone is not backed up!? What do you want to do stay on a stock Rom or Custom Rom?
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Ok, but I wanted to know if I have to flash one file ROM or 3 file from?
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I have attached the odin file for you
What firmware was you using when this happened. You've sounds like it's recoverable. If download mode is all you can get your probably get best results by downloading official firmware from Sam firmware and extracting it then flashing the zip file in odin via PDA section. All the best.
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HANDSY said:
What firmware was you using when this happened. You've sounds like it's recoverable. If download mode is all you can get your probably get best results by downloading official firmware from Sam firmware and extracting it then flashing the zip file in odin via PDA section. All the best.
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I don't remember exactly my firmware but it was 4.0.3 and I haven't installed 4.0.4 but I did have CM10 just before I did restore from CWM and now I did factory data reset, this happened.
I prefer stock ROM, but I don't mind custom ROM either as long as I can get back to stock ROM
Fox05 said:
I don't remember exactly my firmware but it was 4.0.3 and I haven't installed 4.0.4 but I did have CM10 just before I did restore from CWM and now I did factory data reset, this happened.
I prefer stock ROM but I don't mind custom ROM either as long as I can get back to stock ROM
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Flash a stock Rom via Odin. Wait till your phone boots up. Go back to Odin install a custom kernel (i recommend siyah kernel). Backup your stock Rom, then install a custom Rom. There is a lot of tutorials to tell you exactly how to do this process. If you need help at any point of this process just send me a message and I will give you a detailed walkthrough. You should be fine though!!
Goodluck
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Flash a stock Rom via Odin. Wait till your phone boots up. Go back to Odin install a custom kernel (i recommend siyah kernel). Backup your stock Rom, then install a custom Rom. There is a lot of tutorials to tell you exactly how to do this process. If you need help at any point of this process just send me a message and I will give you a detailed walkthrough. You should be fine though!!
Goodluck
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Before I did have Siyah Kernel, but it was older version. Do you have any suggestions which firmware I should flash?
If you want stock then take your pick from stock firmware at samfirmware. Aviod the ones with the red warning triangles, risk of brick bug!
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If you want stock then take your pick from stock firmware at samfirmware. Aviod the ones with the red warning triangles, risk of brick bug!
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How about from the intratech's thread? And is the Odin flash failing risk big with the situation I have right now?
I've used odin A LOT and never had a problem. I only ever use the PDA section and never touch anything else because I don't understand it. I can't comment on intratechs thread as I've never used his software. Any custom ROMs are normally flashed via CWM.
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I've used odin A LOT and never had a problem. I only ever use the PDA section and never touch anything else because I don't understand it. I can't comment on intratechs thread as I've never used his software. Any custom ROMs are normally flashed via CWM.
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I have used Odin too and I have only used intratech's ROMs. But nothing ever has happened like my phone's not booting up so I'm little more nervous. But thanks I'll try.
Thanks all! I got it working
Hi all,
I want to be sure here for obvious reasons, i had a rooted s3 with custom rom/firmware, which i then used triangle, went back to stock and unrooted. However the firmware i installed isnt what i wanted, i read that the firmware with xx in it was for uk use but it seems to be primarily for israil as it has jewish as its default language and a jewish calender installed as default. So i have now downloaded which i hope is a tmobile uk firmware 19300xxella_i9300t from sammy. will i need to root again then install this with odin then reset counter then unroot and will this download cover the rom and firmware as im never to sure the firmware (screen entered when holding volume up, power button and middle button is now official stock. but not sure if this will allow me to install the official?
is theis file 19300xxella_i9300t the rom or firmware im now confused
You dont have to root to flash stock rom. You might need to reset your S3 though..
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Just download the stock rom that you want (e.g. from sammobile.com) and flash it via Odin. Afterwards do a factory reset and you should be good to go. No root required.
Follow the flashing via Odin section of the guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26530736
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chrismast said:
Just download the stock rom that you want (e.g. from sammobile.com) and flash it via Odin. Afterwards do a factory reset and you should be good to go. No root required.
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that's excellent. thanks guys
One thing i dont understand though. Are the firmwares listed on sammobile.com the roms i need, because there are no roms listed just firmware and this is what keeps confusing me
fatfei said:
that's excellent. thanks guys
One thing i dont understand though. Are the firmwares listed on sammobile.com the roms i need, because there are no roms listed just firmware and this is what keeps confusing me
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Firmware means the full firmware and operating system and modem.
Rom is just a word used to describe a firmware file .
Stock rom stock firmware the same .
jje
JJEgan said:
Firmware means the full firmware and operating system and modem.
Rom is just a word used to describe a firmware file .
Stock rom stock firmware the same .
jje
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Thanks for clearing that up. I think where ive read on various websites and forums these terms used incorrectly it threw me out. Thanks for clarifying that.
I was playing with my S3 19300, installed multiple Roms from cyanogenmod to ultima v13 then v14 then I changed network from 3g to 2g then the problem started were the phone cant read the sim card I did full wipe super wipe but nothing changed, tried to get back to Samsung stock rom but same problem, I put the sim in another phone and it worked, so the problem with the phone can someone please help me !!!!!!
Did you happen to install emg4? If yes, either restore efs backup or install emg4 modem
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Now I cant even download the stock Samsung using ODIN it keeps telling me failed
You don't need to flash firmware. Just modem as suggested. All info in the imei / efs thread. Please read the stickies
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Did you happen to install emg4? If yes, either restore efs backup or install emg4 modem
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how to install emg4,i would like to highlight that even odin cant use it anymore, keeps telling me install failed
Have you still got custom recovery?
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Thanks a lot for your help everything is working properly now.
Now am facing a bit of a different problem, I flashed emg4 and worked perfect but I did that while I was rooted, now when I unrooted everything was removed including the emg4 modem and don't know how to flash it back without rooting, any help please?
darkshaft said:
Now am facing a bit of a different problem, I flashed emg4 and worked perfect but I did that while I was rooted, now when I unrooted everything was removed including the emg4 modem and don't know how to flash it back without rooting, any help please?
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Just flash an official MG4 rom via Odin.
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Just flash an official MG4 rom via Odin.
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I thought of doing that, but that way I will lose updating my phone over OTA or even kies, because it will be a rom of different country
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I thought of doing that, but that way I will lose updating my phone over OTA or even kies, because it will be a rom of different country
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When MG4 or newer comes out for your country, flash that by Odin too. I don't see you have a lot of choice tbf.
rootSU said:
When MG4 or newer comes out for your country, flash that by Odin too. I don't see you have a lot of choice tbf.
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I will wait, though its weird that I cant get the phone to work as it used to and have to download modem and stuff, actually its disappointing, anyway thank you for your help.
Its not weird really. Flashing mg4 rom changes efs so older modems cannot read it. That's why you can't get it to work
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I will wait, though its weird that I cant get the phone to work as it used to and have to download modem and stuff, actually its disappointing, anyway thank you for your help.
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No need to wait just root your device and flash some good custom roms, like omega or something. Stock roms are good anyway. You wont regret rooting or flashing if you do it right. Trust me
Guys. please hel me. I'm noob in android and I'm new in XDA.I updated my Samsung Galaxy Siii GT-I9300 to a leaked version of JB4.3(Ireland) and I regret it. It eats up my battery so fast and it has some bugs including the music player when locked. I want to restore it to the Stock JB 4.1.2. But I've read some threads that downgrading will cause errors on IMEI/EFS thing ( I badly want to downgrade it and wait for the official release of the Firmware. Please HELP ME GUYSS!
First of all, is your device rooted?
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First of all, is your device rooted?
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Nope. My GT-I9300 is not rooted. I flashed the leaked version of JB through Odin 3.09. it drains my battery. Huhu
noobdroiduser said:
Nope. My GT-I9300 is not rooted. I flashed the leaked version of JB through Odin 3.09. it drains my battery. Huhu
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Flash the stock ROM through odin
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Flash the stock ROM through odin
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Huhu. But the other threads states that downgrading will cause a problem with my Imei. And leads to no network thing. is there any other way? Or an specific ROM that wont cause that problem? Thanks for lending your time.
noobdroiduser said:
Huhu. But the other threads states that downgrading will cause a problem with my Imei. And leads to no network thing. is there any other way? Or an specific ROM that wont cause that problem? Thanks for lending your time.
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I did have a GT-9300 and i could not remember how many times i flash up and down stock roms by ODIN and there was no error at all?
4.3 sucks bad...
Yes After downgrading to 4.1.2 My S3 (GT-I9300) does not show any Network. It is just a Emergency Call Only phone now.. Though after coming back to 4.3 again it works fine. I am also pissed off with this stupid update by Samsung. Please help if any buddy can...
Is it the official one from the Samsung website?
just downgrade it to 4.1.2 and flash a 4.1.2 modem, it will surely work.
Downgrade SGS3 4.3 to 4.1.2
I had similar issue upgraded to UK Stock 4.3 from Samfirmware ad had a terrible experience. I came across this 4.1.2 stock rom for Germany that worked with no issues as this one has MG4 modem that reads EFS2 partition newly implemented by Samsung,
Product Code: MBC
PDA: I9300XXEMG4
CSC: I9300MBCEMH1
MODEM: I9300XXEMG4
simply flash it through ODIN
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/250954845/08fe425/I9300XXEMG4_I9300MBCEMH1_MBC.zip.html
If your S3 doesn't reboot on its own, enter Recovery Mode by pressing Volume Up + Power + Home button simultaneously and then performing a Data Wipe/Factory Reset and wipe any cache partition. Then select Reboot System Now and you should be good to go.
Hope your problem will also solved as mine. Click Thanks if it works
Stock UK BTU Rom Only no leaked ones or custom Roms
Ok Guys I no there is alot on here at the moment on how to Roll Back to 4.1.2 but that seems to be custom roms (pleas point me in the right direction if wroung)
Now I no a Single file Flash will not work so it needs to be a three file
But Here in the UK as you may or may not no 4.3 was rolled out and well its a mess so we need to help people roll back to stock BTU
Battery drain connection issues and others are the main problems
so we need a way to Help UK BTU users a way Back that works and does not brick there phones
I no the custom Guys Have managed this but that involves rooting and saving the EFS fold
that is all to complicated to get a Normal user to do
I no back in the days of Flashing we used three files and a pit file and re partition the phone
Back in the day we had to do this on the Galaxy S so no worries
we just need to know How and has it worked
So can you Guys Help Here ??????
Northern.dj said:
Stock UK BTU Rom Only no leaked ones or custom Roms
Ok Guys I no there is alot on here at the moment on how to Roll Back to 4.1.2 but that seems to be custom roms (pleas point me in the right direction if wroung)
Now I no a Single file Flash will not work so it needs to be a three file
But Here in the UK as you may or may not no 4.3 was rolled out and well its a mess so we need to help people roll back to stock BTU
Battery drain connection issues and others are the main problems
so we need a way to Help UK BTU users a way Back that works and does not brick there phones
I no the custom Guys Have managed this but that involves rooting and saving the EFS fold
that is all to complicated to get a Normal user to do
I no back in the days of Flashing we used three files and a pit file and re partition the phone
Back in the day we had to do this on the Galaxy S so no worries
we just need to know How and has it worked
So can you Guys Help Here ??????
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http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/?page=3&download=21565
flash this using odin on your pc
tomosh22 said:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/?page=3&download=21565
flash this using odin on your pc
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why would he do that?
he wants to go back to 4.1.2 and u give him a link for 4.3
Raulinho7 said:
why would he do that?
he wants to go back to 4.1.2 and u give him a link for 4.3
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I agree I don't want 4.3 as its a mess the clue is in the tittle !!!!
Firmware on sammobile Good as it is are single file and its well documented that as this has a partition change to go back you need to do a re partition that can not be done with a single file flash
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I agree I don't want 4.3 as its a mess the clue is in the tittle !!!!
Firmware on sammobile Good as it is are single file and its well documented that as this has a partition change to go back you need to do a re partition that can not be done with a single file flash
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Here is my exp....from 4.3 to 4.1 BTU
i did a manual flash of 4.3 from odin as my s3 is branded and i wanted the 4.3 update ..but then due to all the issue i wanted to go back to 4.1.2 BTU..
so i downloaded the MG4 BTU from sammobile and flashed it using ODIN on top of the 4.3, this of course landed me in a boot loop. I had not backed up my phone so i then re-flashed 4.3 back and that worked fine, i didnt lose any apps etc. So did my back up and the did a full wipe via the custom recovery and flashed MG4 this worked ok....
I dont know why i was in a bootloop after going back to MG4, i guess it was because i needed to wipe data etc before flashing the file?
Anyway this processed worked me...
ive been only flashing Stock rooms from day one...all of them being BTU as my phone is tmob branded and they dont seem to release any updates.
Basic Faqs and Guides its all posted .
If you want to roll back stock but do not want to backup your EFS folder then its your risk .Likewise if you fail to understand EFSv2 etc .
Anyone looking to repartition or mess with PIT on a I9300 is asking for a brick .
JJEgan said:
Basic Faqs and Guides its all posted .
If you want to roll back stock but do not want to backup your EFS folder then its your risk .Likewise if you fail to understand EFSv2 etc .
Anyone looking to repartition or mess with PIT on a I9300 is asking for a brick .
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Like I said in the original post No firmware from Sammobile will work as the Bootloader has changed hence the boot loop
Samsung has pulled this with no Fix for the users that now have this
They need a way back to 4.1.2 with out rooting involved
Northern.dj said:
Like I said in the original post No firmware from Sammobile will work as the Bootloader has changed hence the boot loop
Samsung has pulled this with no Fix for the users that now have this
They need a way back to 4.1.2 with out rooting involved
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Contact Samsung .
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Contact Samsung .
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:silly: I would of thought XDA would of taken this challenge on i hope some one can come up with a fIx for this
or has XDA given up on doing this
Raulinho7 said:
why would he do that?
he wants to go back to 4.1.2 and u give him a link for 4.3
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no thats a 4.1.2 rom, i have it as my secondary rom and in settings\about device\ it syas Android Version: 4.1.2
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No thats a 4.1.2 rom, i have it as my secondary rom and in settings\about device\ it syas Android Version: 4.1.2
EDIT: Hmm, i checked the download page again and it turns out you were right and it does say 4.3. Maybe because of were i live the phone reverted back or something. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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Stock UK BTU Rom Only no leaked ones or custom Roms
Ok Guys I no there is alot on here at the moment on how to Roll Back to 4.1.2 but that seems to be custom roms (pleas point me in the right direction if wroung)
Now I no a Single file Flash will not work so it needs to be a three file
But Here in the UK as you may or may not no 4.3 was rolled out and well its a mess so we need to help people roll back to stock BTU
Battery drain connection issues and others are the main problems
so we need a way to Help UK BTU users a way Back that works and does not brick there phones
I no the custom Guys Have managed this but that involves rooting and saving the EFS fold
that is all to complicated to get a Normal user to do
I no back in the days of Flashing we used three files and a pit file and re partition the phone
Back in the day we had to do this on the Galaxy S so no worries
we just need to know How and has it worked
So can you Guys Help Here ??????
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Man, I am now consider myself a victim to Samsung's trick- JB 4.3 leaked vodafone test files [no matter whether it xxxx.vdi/vdf/btu [thanks to faryaab] they all have same thing- change log/apps etc. too... I tested first two releases on top of my xxemh4. Both turned out during first boot "Deustchland" as primary language and felt something wrong on contrary Ireland/swisscom tags...However I kept on trying and voila...i found both as emulated version. However, i liked battety backup[w.r.t. me], camera, connecting to pc with previews of images and some other features. Then I saw this samsung's latest 4.3 Chinese version with different changelog. I tried flashing it but failed. Then I thought it might be a problem of that emulated ireland/swisscom version of 4.3. Just thought, back to original 4.1.2 may get me flashed this this Chinese 4.3. So thus did data flash/factory reset/ cache wipe etc from stock recovery mode and flashed this 4.1.2... it worked fine[downgrade method]. Then tried to get installed the Chinese 4.3. But failed still. Now, suddenly today I found that my s3 i9300 suffering from two problems with this stable rom 4.1.2 xxemh4 [upgraded through kies from previous another version of 4.1.2 which was kept on my pc for any eventuality]:
1. Bluetooth button does not get turned on
2. Phone shuts down when idle
My next method is to flash with pit, bootloader etc as given inhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2535367
Lemme see whether it helps myself
IT DIDN'T HELP! Though my network is ok, and so thus wi-fi, I just checked *#1234* and says CSC: UNKNOWN!!!
I am now trying to patched CSC with this one from " this as suggested featherknox]