I want to update my boot loader and modem to the newest version, and the easiest way I see to do it is to flash a factory ROM from sammobile, followed by flashing back to my ROM of choice, (OmniROM). Anyhow, if I do this, will it wipe and format the internal SD card? I will be using ODIN, not KIES, if it matters.
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I flashed NA7 stock with Odin, and it did wipe my internal SD, so I'm pretty sure it will. Always backup just to be sure!
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Hey All,
I had been having troubles with 4.0.3 multi-dpi, so I thought I'd flash Saurom. I flashed this, but upon reboot, I got stuck at the samsung screen. It never went past there, just sat there forever. So, I went back into cwm (holding down vol up/vol down/power), and wiped everything again, and tried to flash saurom again, but same thing happened.
I then tried to flash back to 4.0.3 multi-dpi, with same results. I can get into CWM just fine, but it seems any rom I flash hangs at the samsung boot screen.
Does anyone have any ideas? Right now I'm completely down :/
Thanks in advance for any assistance,
Sebastian
Hi sounds like a bad kernel flash.i would go into cwm, do the usually wipes, go to mounts and storage. Format data. Format system. Format cache only. Pull battery. Install any of the odin install Roms through download mode, That should fix your problem. Then you can start over and flash whatever Rom you want
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You should restore the latest good backup you created before you flashed whatever is giving you problems.
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Just a reminder, when you go to mounts and storage, do not fformat sd storage, this will wipe everything in your memory of your phone
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A backup restore should do the trick.
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Worse comes to worse you can flash stock Odin. If you one clicked for ICS, remember to flash bootloader first
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From my gathering, Saurom & ICS 4.0.3 DPI are incompatible. Meaning you can't flash one on top of the other without doing a full wipe data/factory reset. Having said that, I think the best move then would be to flash back to stock via ODIN, install cwm, redownload whatever ROM to your ex sd card, mount system & data then re-flash.
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From my gathering, Saurom & ICS 4.0.3 DPI are incompatible. Meaning you can't flash one on top of the other without doing a full wipe data/factory reset. Having said that, I think the best move then would be to flash back to stock via ODIN, install cwm, redownload whatever ROM to your ex sd card, mount system & data then re-flash.
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I "believe" all you need to flash through Odin is the GB bootloader, then you can flash GB roms, the ICS bootloader is what causes the hang up with ROM incompatibilities
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Be sure the ROM has the radio load and remember a Nandroid does not flash the radio load. That has to be done manually.
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I "believe" all you need to flash through Odin is the GB bootloader, then you can flash GB roms, the ICS bootloader is what causes the hang up with ROM incompatibilities
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I'm not very familiar with Saurom but from what I've read I think that's correct. ICS needs a clean slate to operate from is all I was saying.
Hi, i decided that i wanted to unroot my phone. I just flashed my stock kernel and CWM and Superuser are still there to my surprise, i tried doing this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719 but i do not have an external SD card to put the files onto. I'm just worried incase i need to take it into Samsung for some reason. Thanks:good:
Did you do a full wipe? And wipe dalvic cache! Then try again to flash the official ics firmware.
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Did you do a full wipe? And wipe dalvic cache! Then try again to flash the official ics firmware.
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I don't have CWM anymore and yes, i did a full wipe i also have stock 4.0.4
Hi all,
So I was trying to re-flash a friend's S3 stock firmware I9300XXBLFB via odin and 1 file ROM, everything went fine but when the device rebooted it wasn't back to factory, in fact all the data was still there as if nothing happened. So I shut down the phone, rebooted into recovery and did a wipe/cache and wipe/data factory reset, rebooted, this is when it got back to factory condition. My question is why didn't it work the first time after I flashed with Odin? Is it because I didn't tick on re-partition and had no PIT file???
That's how it should work to ensure upgrading/updating newer firmware doesn't wipe phone data. Otherwise, we will be very headache
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So ur saying that it's normal that nothing changes after flashing via odin??? Why not just skip this step then and just do a wipe cache and wipe data from recovery???
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Flashing using odin is to change phone firmware /rooting or any mods that are flashable via odin. Is not meant to wipe phone.
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Ok, So let's say I messed up my phone and the software get stuck a lot and I wanna get it back as new, do I just do a wipe data/factory reset and wipe/cache partition from recovery??
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Ok, So let's say I messed up my phone and the software get stuck a lot and I wanna get it back as new, do I just do a wipe data/factory reset and wipe/cache partition from recovery??
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hi!
to get that brand new feeling, you have to flash a stock firmware first and just basically reset to factory settings no need to wipe caches because that is already taken care of when you do a factory reset
i hope this helps!
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but the above poster Arsaw said there's no need to flash via odin to do a wipe...
Yes. First step to fix bugs is to factory reset which will wipe everything and start from scratch.
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Quick question, why does Odin show the ID:COM field in Cyan and not yellow? Is it like this in the new versions? Also will Odin do the flashing process even if USB Debugging is enabled??
Yes, newer odin should show cyan colour.
Normally is it suggested to enable the debugging when flashing with odin. Why you think it will fail?
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Nvm, I was just wondering
Thanks a lot for the help, appreciate it
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Hey guys,
I have a confusion. Currently on Slimbean rc1 official and don't like this ROM. The graphics are not as good as stock. I do have the backup of stock 4.0.4 with Siyah v5.0.1. If I restore with a wipe first will I lose my efs folder?? I don't see any reason of losing it as it must be there in the backup. And if I flash 4.0.3 or Spain Jellybean 4.1.2 using mobile Odin pro then what are the chances that I will lose efs folder?
Please guide. Thanks in advance.
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Hey guys,
I have a confusion. Currently on Slimbean rc1 official and don't like this ROM. The graphics are not as good as stock. I do have the backup of stock 4.0.4 with Siyah v5.0.1. If I restore with a wipe first will I lose my efs folder?? I don't see any reason of losing it as it must be there in the backup. And if I flash 4.0.3 or Spain Jellybean 4.1.2 using mobile Odin pro then what are the chances that I will lose efs folder?
Please guide. Thanks in advance.
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no u will not lose ur efs folder..
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You will not loose it but it is a good idea to have a backup of EFS anyway stuff happens and backups never hurt.
A Backup can save you lots of hassles later
One more thing. Does a full wipe mean format everything including precious folders like efs?
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No it does not get formated. By a full wipe do you mean factory reset? If so that is just Data and cache.
If you plan to move between roms often there is a very goos script that wipes all the things you would want to wipe just read and understand first what is does
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2100558
What I read about full wipe is:
Factory reset
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik cache
Format system under mount
I followed these steps with Siyah v5.0.1 while on rooted stock 4.0.4 and that backed up efs folder automatically now am using slimbean. But not sure if I do a full wipe again to install another custom ROM then slimbean kernel will do the backup automatically or not. I want to try cyanogenmod 10.1 now. Please guide.
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shahrozeumar said:
What I read about full wipe is:
Factory reset
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik cache
Format system under mount
I followed these steps with Siyah v5.0.1 while on rooted stock 4.0.4 and that backed up efs folder automatically now am using slimbean. But not sure if I do a full wipe again to install another custom ROM then slimbean kernel will do the backup automatically or not. I want to try cyanogenmod 10.1 now. Please guide.
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Format system will wipe your current ROM slicky clean, make a manually back up.
Not sure if it's mandatory or not.
When you change between roms it is always best to wipe that is why some people use wipe scripts as it is easier. Not all kernels or roms will do a backup of efs but it does not change so you just need one good backup every now and again.
If you use a stock based rom on JB like alliance or neat you will have to wipe preload after as well
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What if I flash Siyah kernel everytime from cwm recovery and reboot into recovery so that I can wipe fully and freely? :/
One more thing. If I use mobile Odin to flash latest 4.1.2 stock or any other ICS 4.0.3 then would it keep the efs folder intact?
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How come you are so worried about EFS? Back it up with HC kTool.
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Okay done. One more thing please. If like I have reset my counter to zero using triangle away app and I dont see the triangle anymore when my phone boots up. And now if I flash a stock official firmware like XWLS8 using PC Odin then will the counter increase?
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Okay done. One more thing please. If like I have reset my counter to zero using triangle away app and I dont see the triangle anymore when my phone boots up. And now if I flash a stock official firmware like XWLS8 using PC Odin then will the counter increase?
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No I don't think it will as you're only flashing official firmware. The counter increases when you flash an insecure kernel via odin. Not sure how counter is affected when installing via CMW
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It isn't.
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Not sure how counter is affected when installing via CMW
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Currently on Freeza's stock TAR KK and Odin Phil's CWM. If I were to go into recovery and do a factory reset plus wipe Internal storage would I be able to flash Sec's ROM w/o issue?
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Yeah I would wipe everything minus your sd card a couple times then flash Sacs, always does me good.
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Currently on Freeza's stock TAR KK and Odin Phil's CWM. If I were to go into recovery and do a factory reset plus wipe Internal storage would I be able to flash Sec's ROM w/o issue?
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I honestly don't see why you couldn't, if already on KitKat, but always check the OP for the rom you're intending to run.
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