Phone: Samsung SGH-I777, Android version 2.3.6, Baseband I777UCKK6, Kernel version 2.6.35.7, Build GINGERBREAD.UCKK6). As far as I remember, it's still the stock phone as I received it from AT&T.
I want to root it, get rid of the AT&T customizations, and upgrade it to a newer Android version. I am confused about the order in which I should do these things. Should I first upgrade OS, then root, then apply custom ROM, or should the order be different?
Thank you!
P.S. I am yet to do my research about the custom ROMs; but if anyone wants to recommend which Android version to upgrade to and/or which custom ROM to use, let me know! My main goals are to improve the GPS signal acquisition time, and maintain the overall phone stability.
Before you upgrade anything run ExynosAbuse. It is by far the easiest way to root. Just be careful and read everything before you do anything. Do not patch the exploit only root. After you run the exploit follow the guides in the stickies to flash a kernel with CWM, and flash the ROM of your choosing.
Butchr's suggestion is exactly right if you want a custom rom like for instance SHOstock3.
If you would like to remain stock on the latest version but rooted, then flash UCLL6 stock plus root from the link in my signature. This is the latest official stock ICS 4.0.4, with root which will allow you to remove the AT&T bloat.
I would recommend you reading the very first link under creepy's signature.
mmoroz said:
Phone: Samsung SGH-I777, Android version 2.3.6, Baseband I777UCKK6, Kernel version 2.6.35.7, Build GINGERBREAD.UCKK6). As far as I remember, it's still the stock phone as I received it from AT&T.
I want to root it, get rid of the AT&T customizations, and upgrade it to a newer Android version. I am confused about the order in which I should do these things. Should I first upgrade OS, then root, then apply custom ROM, or should the order be different?
Thank you!
P.S. I am yet to do my research about the custom ROMs; but if anyone wants to recommend which Android version to upgrade to and/or which custom ROM to use, let me know! My main goals are to improve the GPS signal acquisition time, and maintain the overall phone stability.
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Android 1.5 cupcake for sure...!
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Butchr said:
Before you upgrade anything run ExynosAbuse. It is by far the easiest way to root. Just be careful and read everything before you do anything. Do not patch the exploit only root. After you run the exploit follow the guides in the stickies to flash a kernel with CWM, and flash the ROM of your choosing.
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Hmm I installed (using APK Installer) and ran Exynos Abuse 1.40. It said: "ERROR: It seems your device or firmware is not exploitable at all (hurrah!), this app can't do anything useful for you"
I double checked my phone, and all the specs I provided earlier are still the same. What am I doing wrong?
Not sure. I used the exploit myself. The only difference I see between your phone and mind is that when I ran the exploit I was on 4.0.3. Very strange. If that isn't working for you I have seen quite a few people having success with the frameroot method though I have seen some saying that it was only a temporary root.
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Not sure. I used the exploit myself. The only difference I see between your phone and mind is that when I ran the exploit I was on 4.0.3. Very strange. If that isn't working for you I have seen quite a few people having success with the frameroot method though I have seen some saying that it was only a temporary root.
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Do you think I can try approach 3) (with Odin3) on this page?
Edit: it worked perfectly, except now wifi doesn't work (I turn it on, it tries to connect, in a few seconds finds no networks, and turns itself off). I assume it will get fixed later in the process. I now have Android version: 2.3.4, Baseband: I777UCKH7, Kernel 2.6.35.7, Build GINGERBREAD.UCKH7.
I believe you can get it sorted out as you continue. You seem to be doing a pretty good job of sorting out your issues. You can't go wrong following the links in Creepy's sig as long as you reed and comprehend what the instructions are telling you to do. You seem to have a pretty good grasp on things at this point. I believe you will sort your WiFi issue as you flash a kernel and then flash your rom. Happy flashing.
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Edit: it worked perfectly, except now wifi doesn't work (I turn it on, it tries to connect, in a few seconds finds no networks, and turns itself off). I assume it will get fixed later in the process. I now have Android version: 2.3.4, Baseband: I777UCKH7, Kernel 2.6.35.7, Build GINGERBREAD.UCKH7.
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Flashing from 2.3.6 back to 2.3.4 always caused the wifi to fail. The fix is to perform a wipe data/factory reset in recovery. In fact, as you move forward you should know that anytime you change base, you need to perform a wipe data/factory reset, preferably before the flash.
mmoroz said:
Phone: Samsung SGH-I777, Android version 2.3.6, Baseband I777UCKK6, Kernel version 2.6.35.7, Build GINGERBREAD.UCKK6). As far as I remember, it's still the stock phone as I received it from AT&T.
I want to root it, get rid of the AT&T customizations, and upgrade it to a newer Android version. I am confused about the order in which I should do these things. Should I first upgrade OS, then root, then apply custom ROM, or should the order be different?
Thank you!
P.S. I am yet to do my research about the custom ROMs; but if anyone wants to recommend which Android version to upgrade to and/or which custom ROM to use, let me know! My main goals are to improve the GPS signal acquisition time, and maintain the overall phone stability.
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Download Odin3, Downgrade it to 2.3.4, root it, install ANY ROM you want! Even if you are on GingerBread, you can still flash ICS or JB ROMs to it as long as its compatible with the SGH-i777. You can upgrade it to 4.0.3 ICS or even 4.1.2 JB and then root it, but you will not gain anything (or lose anything) if you just stay on 2.3.4 GB.
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Download Odin3, Downgrade it to 2.3.4, root it, install ANY ROM you want! Even if you are on GingerBread, you can still flash ICS or JB ROMs to it as long as its compatible with the SGH-i777. You can upgrade it to 4.0.3 ICS or even 4.1.2 JB and then root it, but you will not gain anything (or lose anything) if you just stay on 2.3.4 GB.
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leo thank you. Do I understand correctly that the following two approaches result in precisely the same state of the phone:
1) Downgrade to 2.3.4, root it, flash a custom 4.1.2 ROM
2) Upgrade to 4.1.2, root it, flash a new custom 4.1.2 ROM
And also, flashing a custom 4.1.2 ROM removes any trace of 2.3.4 that I had on my phone?
mmoroz said:
And also, flashing a custom 4.1.2 ROM removes any trace of 2.3.4 that I had on my phone?
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As long as you clear data and cache before flashing.
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leo thank you. Do I understand correctly that the following two approaches result in precisely the same state of the phone:
1) Downgrade to 2.3.4, root it, flash a custom 4.1.2 ROM
2) Upgrade to 4.1.2, root it, flash a new custom 4.1.2 ROM
And also, flashing a custom 4.1.2 ROM removes any trace of 2.3.4 that I had on my phone?
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Yes, they will result in the same thing. I just figured it would be easier to downgrade to 2.3.4 instead of upgrading. Its a faster process to downgrade via Odin. Its a longer process to upgrade to 4.1.2 via Kies. If you want to try out 4.1.2 without officially being on it, I suggest the ROM SHOstock3. It looks exactly alike except for the Notification Bar, its not editable unlike in SHOstock3.
Before you flash a 4.1.2 ROM or ANY ROM for that matter, back it up in the CWM or TWRP Recovery Menu. Then you will have a backup of 2.3.4 of your phone incase something goes wrong.
Had a note 3 but just switched back to my note 2. I am a super noob, but read for a little bit and had originally rooted and unlocked my note 2.
Now that I am using this phone again should I update the software to stock 4.3?
...and if yes how should I do it? can I keep root? can I just odin MJ9 or ND3?
Here are the current phone specs:
4.1.2
baseband version: I605VRAMC3
Kernel version: 3.0.31
rooted and bootloader unlocked (i think I used casual)
crm recovery 6.0.3.0
OTA updates fail because of the custom recovery, but I still have to defer verizon asking to update software once a day...which is way annoying.
Any advice is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
theomms said:
Had a note 3 but just switched back to my note 2. I am a super noob, but read for a little bit and had originally rooted and unlocked my note 2.
Now that I am using this phone again should I update the software to stock 4.3?
...and if yes how should I do it? can I keep root? can I just odin MJ9 or ND3?
Here are the current phone specs:
4.1.2
baseband version: I605VRAMC3
Kernel version: 3.0.31
rooted and bootloader unlocked (i think I used casual)
crm recovery 6.0.3.0
OTA updates fail because of the custom recovery, but I still have to defer verizon asking to update software once a day...which is way annoying.
Any advice is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2578458
Please don't take any OTA updates. You could lock your phone for life.
@theomms
It’s good that you didn’t successfully take the 4.3 stock OTA from Verizon, because it would have locked your bootloader and there's currently no method to unlock it. If you just want to stay on rooted stock 4.1.2, there are ways to stop the OTA notification. A Google search for sdm+stop+OTA+schi605 should give you some help to stop the OTA prompts. I am still on 4.1.2 running Beanstown106's JellyBeans ROM build 22 and I am really happy with it. You can still grab build 22 for 4.1.2 from the link to older downloads on the Alliance ROM's post #1 (Beanstown106 provides a link to his Android File Host where he has all of the older JellyBeans ROM builds. Build 22 was the last one he did for 4.1.2).
If you think you’d prefer to update to rooted 4.3 stock, then that link that Deeked gave you will let you do that and keep an unlocked bootloader. You’ll probably want to update your recovery to a newer version first. The install instructions tell you to ODIN flash the MJ9 firmware, then use your recovery to install the rooted MJ9 stock ROM. I’ve read where people recommend that before installing the ROM, you should go into recovery and wipe data, the dalvik cache, cache, format the system… and then finally install the stock rooted 4.3 ROM from your external SD card. Also, there’s a build prop edit that you’ll need to do to avoid problems with random reboots on stock rooted 4.3 MJ9 — see this post from Beanstown106 where he talks about it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49737536&highlight=ro+tima=0#post49737536
Good luck
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2578458
Please don't take any OTA updates. You could lock your phone for life.
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mattnmag said:
@theomms
It’s good that you didn’t successfully take the 4.3 stock OTA from Verizon, because it would have locked your bootloader and there's currently no method to unlock it. If you just want to stay on rooted stock 4.1.2, there are ways to stop the OTA notification. A Google search for sdm+stop+OTA+schi605 should give you some help to stop the OTA prompts. I am still on 4.1.2 running Beanstown106's JellyBeans ROM build 22 and I am really happy with it. You can still grab build 22 for 4.1.2 from the link to older downloads on the Alliance ROM's post #1 (Beanstown106 provides a link to his Android File Host where he has all of the older JellyBeans ROM builds. Build 22 was the last one he did for 4.1.2).
If you think you’d prefer to update to rooted 4.3 stock, then that link that Deeked gave you will let you do that and keep an unlocked bootloader. You’ll probably want to update your recovery to a newer version first. The install instructions tell you to ODIN flash the MJ9 firmware, then use your recovery to install the rooted MJ9 stock ROM. I’ve read where people recommend that before installing the ROM, you should go into recovery and wipe data, the dalvik cache, cache, format the system… and then finally install the stock rooted 4.3 ROM from your external SD card. Also, there’s a build prop edit that you’ll need to do to avoid problems with random reboots on stock rooted 4.3 MJ9 — see this post from Beanstown106 where he talks about it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49737536&highlight=ro+tima=0#post49737536
Good luck
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Thank you both! This worked like a charm! fully updated :highfive:
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Thank you both! This worked like a charm! fully updated :highfive:
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Hi..
I just lost a phone and Asurian Insurance company just sent me a new Note 2 for Verizon (I605) with stock rom 4.3.
My question is is there a way to unlock this phone and load the custom rom ?
If there is could anyone send me a link and detail instructions how to do it?
I have heard if someone is on 4.3 they are stuck and there is no way out until someone comes up with a way.
Please let me know if there is a way to unlock and load custom on rom 4.3.
Thank you
jimcho74 said:
Hi..
I just lost a phone and Asurian Insurance company just sent me a new Note 2 for Verizon (I605) with stock rom 4.3.
My question is is there a way to unlock this phone and load the custom rom ?
If there is could anyone send me a link and detail instructions how to do it?
I have heard if someone is on 4.3 they are stuck and there is no way out until someone comes up with a way.
Please let me know if there is a way to unlock and load custom on rom 4.3.
Thank you
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Only way would be to send the phone to mobiletechvideos which cost.
There is also the option of safestrap which can be found under the development section. This doesn't unlock the bootloader, but let's you load some of the 4.3 based touchwiz roms. You have to root first before you can do that, and I have heard that saferoot works well. You also need to be on 4.3 mj9. There are 2 versions of 4.3 for this phone. If you are on the other version you can use Odin to flash the mj9 version.
BluGuy said:
Only way would be to send the phone to mobiletechvideos which cost.
There is also the option of safestrap which can be found under the development section. This doesn't unlock the bootloader, but let's you load some of the 4.3 based touchwiz roms. You have to root first before you can do that, and I have heard that saferoot works well. You also need to be on 4.3 mj9. There are 2 versions of 4.3 for this phone. If you are on the other version you can use Odin to flash the mj9 version.
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Could I get a instruction link on how to root and load safestrap ?
I do have mj9 on my note 2.
I am used to odin but safestrap is new ti me.
thaks
BluGuy said:
Only way would be to send the phone to mobiletechvideos which cost.
There is also the option of safestrap which can be found under the development section. This doesn't unlock the bootloader, but let's you load some of the 4.3 based touchwiz roms. You have to root first before you can do that, and I have heard that saferoot works well. You also need to be on 4.3 mj9. There are 2 versions of 4.3 for this phone. If you are on the other version you can use Odin to flash the mj9 version.
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I just ran saferoot and it worked really well and very easy way to root the phone. (Thx BluGuy)
Now what custome rom should I install? and I just use the Odin to load the custom rom just like before?
What about the Custom recovery?
Do I need to install safestrap as well?
I need help...
Thanks
First stay away from flashing roms in odin while on 4.3 mj9 you will brick your phone. Second you can flash any 4.3 rom over the stock rom with safestrap but!!! Make sure its a rom that can be flashed with safestrap no room for error here be sure, remember this boot loader is locked so no flashing roms in the other rom slots they still need debugging
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Hi-
I have had Hyperdrive RLS 18.1 installed on my wife's phone for several months. It is OK except it drops the 4G connection every couple days and requires a reboot to get it back. My wife is not happy so I think I want to just take the phone back to the latest stock rom available for the phone. Below is what I have right now. What is the best way to get back to to the latest stock ROM? Is there anything stock with less bloat (and rooted) that I can install with Safestrap? If not I could just go all the way back to stock, it doesn't seem like there are a lot of options for this phone (with Safestrap) anyway. I guess I could wait for Lollipop if that is going to come out soon. I am Rooted with Safestrap 3.72 installed.
Thanks,
ClockerXP
SCH-I545
HARDWARE VERION: i545.7
BASEBAND: I545VRUFNC2
KERNEL VERSION: 3.4.0
HYPERDRIVE 18.1
Android 4.4.2
AUGUST 2014
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If it were me I would just use Odin and a tar file. From there you could do the OTA updates and be just fine.
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it might be worth noting that HyperDrive is currently at version 20. Upgrading it to the latest version is always a good way to squash bugs
For some reason I thought I could not use Odin....?
Is there a list of tar files somewhere?
I may try RLS20 though.
Thanks for your help!
CXP
ClockerXP said:
For some reason I thought I could not use Odin....?
Is there a list of tar files somewhere?
I may try RLS20 though.
Thanks for your help!
CXP
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We can use Odin to flash tar files. I recommend 3.10. Here's a link if you want to go the stock way and keep root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2959613
I agree with the post above. Most of the newer builds squash bugs if you want to stay on hyperdrive
I got a used Note 2 that was already updated to the mj9 version with the locked bootloader. I rooted it using saferoot and installed safestrap.. Been trying out the mj9 roms and I like the ones I've used, but I want to know if there's a way to update this still awesome beast of a phone to nd7 or higher. I've downloaded the I605VRUFND7_I605VZWFND7_VZW.zip file from samroms, but it's still sitting untouched because I haven't seen anything definite.. I'm currently running Alliance build 26 mj9 version, but I also have build 30 nd7 version and Nephilim.STABLE.EMJ9.ROM.v8.0-FINAL-R3Ds.zip
downloaded and sitting on my sdcard with the official nd7 update from samroms..
Basically I wonder if I can just Odin the official samroms nd7? If there is a bootimg I need to delete first? Can I wipe and install the alliance build 30 for nd7?
I suppose mainly I want to get a newer Android version going and want to know the best way to go about it.. The phone isn't activated with Verizon, and I only use it on Wi-Fi, not as an actual phone..
Any tips, suggestions, or ideas are appreciated. Thanks in advance to the best community out there..
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The:Dude said:
I got a used Note 2 that was already updated to the mj9 version with the locked bootloader. I rooted it using saferoot and installed safestrap.. Been trying out the mj9 roms and I like the ones I've used, but I want to know if there's a way to update this still awesome beast of a phone to nd7 or higher. I've downloaded the I605VRUFND7_I605VZWFND7_VZW.zip file from samroms, but it's still sitting untouched because I haven't seen anything definite.. I'm currently running Alliance build 26 mj9 version, but I also have build 30 nd7 version and Nephilim.STABLE.EMJ9.ROM.v8.0-FINAL-R3Ds.zip
downloaded and sitting on my sdcard with the official nd7 update from samroms..
Basically I wonder if I can just Odin the official samroms nd7? If there is a bootimg I need to delete first? Can I wipe and install the alliance build 30 for nd7?
I suppose mainly I want to get a newer Android version going and want to know the best way to go about it.. The phone isn't activated with Verizon, and I only use it on Wi-Fi, not as an actual phone..
Any tips, suggestions, or ideas are appreciated. Thanks in advance to the best community out there..
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Since your bootloader is locked (and the bootloader is unlockable on 4.3+), the only options I can think of for you would be to.... 1). either stay on 4.3 MJ9 with Safestrap and use 4.3 stock based roms - OR - 2). upgrade the phone to stock 4.4.2 and then root it with Ghettoroot and use Safestrap to run 4.4.2 stock based ROM's. (Due to having a locked bootloader-- you are forced to use stock based ROM's that use the stock kernel when using Safestrap). So, if your phone is on a 4.3 based bootloader - you have to stay with 4.3 based stock ROM's. Once you go to 4.4.2, you have to stay with 4.4.2 stock based ROM's.
My Note 2 is still on the 4.1.2 bootloader, so I haven't personally had to use Safestrap on the Note 2.... but I've read where others say that they've successfully used Safestrap on 4.4.2 after getting the phone rooted.
Personally, I prefer 4.3 to 4.4.2 on my Note 2. I could never find a 4.4.2 based ROM that didn't have some sort of bug that drove me crazy(ier). Either the bluetooth audio would stutter, I would get a lot of lagging with the UI, or would get poor battery life. However, many others report having good success with 4.4.2, so you might be happy with upgrading. I actually decided to come back to the 4.3/MJ9 based Jett ROM v. 3.0, as it does everything that I want in a ROM, works well with my Sony SW3 smartwatch, and runs very stable with great battery life. If you haven't tried out Jett ROM yet, you might want to give it a try (you can find it in the development forum).
Since your phone isn't activated - you obviously won't be getting OTA's, so you'll have to use ODIN if you want to upgrade. If you do decide to upgrade the phone to 4.4.2, you won't be able to return to 4.3 again due to the locked bootloader issue. Also.... if you upgrade 4.4.2, you may want to restore back to total stock 4.3 first and make sure it's wiped clean with a factory reset-- just to make sure nothing is leftover that could mess up the upgrade to 4.4.2.
Good luck!
Hey mattnmag, thanks for the info! It was a good read, and I didn't realize that if I upgraded to kit kat I wouldn't be able to downgrade back to jellybean if I didn't like it.. I've still got all the files I need except for the mj9 stock firmware, so I'll have to dl that before I get too crazy with this thing..
But I did dl the Jett ROM, and I'm gonna give that a run later tonight probably.. Just gotta get my backups onto the PC first just in case.. I hate doing full wipes though.. Because I'm lazy and don't like reinstalling everything lol..
What I'd really like it's too have my cyanogenmod back.. I had that on my old Droid RAZR and loved it..
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