Hi, need some guidance....
I relative of mine has a UK purchased Galaxy S3 (from Vodafone) which has what I believe to be a Swiss version of 4.1.2 on it PDA: MRH, Phone: MJ1, CSC: MJ1 (BTU). The phone has never had any ROM updates.
Kies is advising that a firmware update is not possible, so I would like to put the 4.3 UK BTU ROM on there, are there any particular steps I need to follow to do this via Odin ? I've downloaded the ROM itself and Odin 3.09 but wanted to check if there are any steps I need to take before putting the new ROM on (I'm aware that this will wipe the phone, but I'm not worried about that as everything is backed up that needs to be saved).
Thanks in advance for any advice supplied.
Read the faqs and guides backup your EFS and backup any data you want saved .
Flash via Odin following the instructions should be no problem .
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Hi guys,
I just bought a Galaxy S2 and I want to flash a newer firmware.
The firmware I intend to flash (XXKG1) comes with PDA, MODEM and CSC.
Is it possible to flash just it's PDA part? Would there be any implications on that?
Why would I want that? Because the original firmware (Brazil - VIVO carrier) I could find only came with the PDA part. So if I flash CSC or MODEM, there is no way back.
The CSC is different from mine. Would that be a problem?
Thanks in advance
AFAIK the CSC is installed into the system partition, so even when you only flash the PDA part you're going to loose your current CSC setup.
However, if the FW comes as seperate .tar files you can just flash the PDA one, yes.
You can take care of a "way back" if you first install CF-Root for example and then do a backup from recovery mode.
Restoring that back gets you pretty close to "nothing ever happened" - it doesn't backup the moden though, only system and data.
Uhmm... weird, even on ODIN you have a separate button for the CSC.
What are the consequences of changing the CSC?
iury_simas said:
Uhmm... weird, even on ODIN you have a separate button for the CSC.
What are the consequences of changing the CSC?
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As the above poster mentioned It really depends how the firmware is packaged
Intratech's firmware are packed in one TAR ( Pda/phone/csc ) is just one zip, which you put in the PDA section and it flashes all three of them within
If you get three seperate files then you put them in their corressponding order of ODIN
In this instance you can choose to keep your current CSC and not flash that one.
Although I am not sure if It has any effect between 2.3.3 and 2.3.4
Just to clarify CSC subject:
I live in Kazakhstan. My present setup (from *#1234#)
PDA: I9100XEKE2
Phone: I9100XXKDJ
CSC: I9100XEKE1
believe all available official samsung firmwares are issued do exist for different region(i.e. Kazakhstan is not included)
How safe is it to flash the 2.3.4 firmware now (KG2) ?
What can I possibly loose using the KG2 firmware from Samsung ? As u understand phone language is not a problem for me.....so wonder anything else I omit ?
Thanks for help
Sorry to bump in....
Hello, I am relatively new to forums, only discovered it since I got my galaxy s2, which was a month ago.
Anyways I have similar questions, and I read a bunch of topic which only made me even more confused about what to do, and didn't want to make a new thread so I bumped in here
If inappropriate, please ignore me.
Anyways, Ive got:
PDA: I9100XWKE1
PHONE: I9100XWKE1
CSC: I9100OJVKE1
It is an stock firmware, and I guess a ROM...
I want to update to 2.3.4 but waiting seems not to be a better side of me so I decided to do it manually.
My question is with what should I update with?
As far as I understand, latest official firmwares can be found in the Intratech's post ( the XXKG2 one ).
But I am worried about the CSC part, and how will it affect my phone?
As far as I understand CSC carries localization of a sort, for some network configuration, but my provider sends config messages, and only language I use in phone is English.
Will random CSC part affect me?
Can I even update from my current firmware to the latest one? or do I need to update to other one first?
Will update wipe my data? ( it seems no as far as I understood from guide )
Will the phone be full "stock" ( basically like I bought it with that firmware), and will I be able to update on later time with KIES ?
What kinda of problems (if any) might I expect with upgrading this way? ( if presumably I do everything as I should, i.e. as per guides )
Once again, I apologize for bumping this thread, and I thank you for any help you provide.
sader0 said:
Just to clarify CSC subject:
I live in Kazakhstan. My present setup (from *#1234#)
PDA: I9100XEKE2
Phone: I9100XXKDJ
CSC: I9100XEKE1
believe all available official samsung firmwares are issued do exist for different region(i.e. Kazakhstan is not included)
How safe is it to flash the 2.3.4 firmware now (KG2) ?
Safe as flashing any firmware .
What can I possibly loose using the KG2 firmware from Samsung ? As u understand phone language is not a problem for me.....so wonder anything else I omit ?
Flash it and see.
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Ok guys I'm I total noob in this android world and I think it's amazing. So I purchased the SGS2 and have been using for three months now. I wanted more so I started studying about root and custom roms.
I started the procedure but I need your advice/ thumbs up for what I'm gonna do.
Here it is:
When I purchased the phone I upgraded the firmware with Kies to
PDA: I9100UHKH1
PHONE: I9100UHKG4
CSC: I9100COBH1
It's from Movistar Colombia and so far it's the only update we've received from kies.
I wanted to download a copy of this firmware from Intratechs thread but the Fbeye spoiled it, but I got a prevoius version PDA:UHKE5| PHONE:UHKE3| CSC:COBKE2 (just in case)
* So I rooted using CF-ROOT with ODIN file CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_KH1-v4.1-CWM4.tar from Chainfire's thread.
So far so good. I don't mind about the yellow triangle.
*Installed HC-ktool to make a backup of EFS.. done
I'm at this point right now and I plan to make the next steps....I want to upgrade to 2.3.6 maybe use XILA2 (Frankestein firmware).
*Make a backup using CWM
*purchase and download Mobile Odin PRO
*Download PDA: XILA2| Modem/phone: XXKL1| CSC: XEUKH2
*Use mobile Odin to flash XILA2 (it should keep root right)
Is this version compatible?
If something goes wrong can I go back to where I am now using cwm with the backup previously made?
Should I wipe the device? before flashing? after flashing?
I've read somewhere that the battery needed calibration after flashing.. do i have to do this?
Should I worry about the CSC file not being for my country?
When I flash the firmware, will the APN settings change?
If I ever want to return to stock, can I simply flash with odin the original firmware? or with a different method?
thanks in advance...
Hi,
my sister is having a problem trying to downgrade to stock rom after she put a cusom rom (I9100XXPL6) on her phone and is having some issies with it. she didnt take note of some vital information before she flashed it and i think she didnt follow steps properly and she did not backup her phone.
currently her phone says the following when doing *#1234#
Phone bought in UK
PDA: I9100XXLP6
Phone: I9100XXLP6
CSC: Unknown
Build: January 17 2012
she has tried going to stock but it soft bricked her phone so she reflashed her phone with I9100XXLP6 and got it working again, i asked her where she got the rom from and she does not know, the phone was flashed when not rooted etc, as the guide she used said that it didnt have to be done, also she cannot remember what guide she followed.
all i know is that she had 2.3.6 and that her phone was from phones4u in the UK (guessing unbranded) and flashed it though odin (she cannot remember what she done, i guess she had Kies running maybe, i read alot of other posts). i have checked the thread for stock roms but all the links are multiupload which is not longer valid as we know.
i have never flashed a galaxy S2 I9100 and i have never used the phone at all. if anyone knows what stock rom to use and if they can mirror the relevant files it would be appreciated
have looked at [GUIDE] Fix an unflashable or soft bricked GSII but the kernal and bootloader links are multiupload and can only get the recovery package
i have experiance flashing phones and tablets just not the galaxy S2, any help would be apreciated
this is the correct thread for unbranded firmwares
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
find your UK unbranded FW and flash through ODIN
Search Sammobile to find stock firmware to flash via Odin.
sammobile firmwares all have the correspondent new firmwares bootloaders. so if you flash a FW from sammobile you won't be able to reset the custom binary counter via a Jig. download from Intratech's thread.
oh, and you do not have to follow the soft bricked thread if your phone is working.
just download a FW, put phone in download mode and flash using Odin.
Do what the others have said but make sure you read all the instructions! There are a few howto videos here http://galaxys2root.com/category/galaxy-s2-root/. Just remember your UK phone is the International i9100 model. Good luck.
Thanks for the help, I git the phone back to stock rom
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Hi so I'm trying to get my galaxy s2 back on stock firmwares, I just changed to gingerbread XWKI4 but now it won't update via kies.
Does anyone know why that would happen? Or what the official unbranded UK version of ICS is?
1. wrong forum
2. select your csc and try again
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Hi so I'm trying to get my galaxy s2 back on stock firmwares, I just changed to gingerbread XWKI4 but now it won't update via kies.
Does anyone know why that would happen? Or what the official unbranded UK version of ICS is?
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If you know which stock firmware you want to go back to then you can just download the firmware from Intratech's thread and use odin to flash it. All the instructions and downloads can be found on this thread, read it carefully ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
If you want to flash official unbranded UK ICS release then use Faryaab's Thread and flash the I9100XWLP7 ROM using Odin, the ROM can be downloaded from the 2nd post. Again follow the insturctions in the first post carefully.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487
If you flash the unbranded UK ICS rom mentioned above and, as long as your phone is also unbranded, then Kies should detect your phone's firmware again. It stopped detecting it because you changed to a ROM that was not intended for your phone.
hi guys i want to return to all stock. i have found good tutorials in the forum and found all the firmwares. i am in the UK. i used galaxy_simunlock from the market and network unlocked the phone some time ago. i was hoping someone could tell me where to find a S2 unbranded JB stock rom.
The one i have downloaded is:
Firmware Version Info:
I9100XWLSW
(PDA: CSC: MODEM: CHANGELIST: 1211311 BUILD DATE: 16.05.2013)
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9100
can anyone tell me if this one is fine and will work in the UK and is unbranded, also will flashing stock undo my network unlock?
thanks
Yes that firmware is OK to flash.
I guess you are rooted ATM.
Get mobile Odin from play and triangle away also from play. Reset counter with triangle away and then flash the firmware through mobile Odin and untick everoot. Once done you're phone will be bk to stock carrier free. Don't forget to bk up any data you want to keep. Or use PC Odin.