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Hey all my gf has the samsung galaxy s2 and she went to about phone > update settings etc, downloaded all of it for the new ICS that come out how when she enters her passcode its says app wizard isnt responding.. :S Any help
Maybe you flash a stock ics rom with odin.. make sure you select the .tar file in the right way...
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It was a stock rom?... :S I just didnt seem to boot correctly, she has the Galaxy S2 GT-19100 Nothing was installed that could possiblely cause something like that aka ROOTED, Flash Rom, ETC. it was just stock
if you don't want to bother with manually upgrading using odin but rather have the comfort like the ota update, you could also just connect the phone to the pc and let kies do the updating for you.
or if you know your way around the phone, clear the cache of the system updater app and try again, or use odin and flash it manually, but that won't spare you from installing kies as well, if you don't want to bother with rooting and stuff, you might as well use kies in the first place.
It wasnt rooted, she updated it using the OVER THE AIR updates, got one and updated it..then got one saying ICS and updated it. the update for the ics just turns on gets to the lockscreen, enter the code then that second it flashes and says "Setup wizard has failed" Then nothing just a black screen no icons nothing, it wasnt rooted it was all a offical update. Now, wouldnt Restoring it with odin void the warrenty and wouldnt it mess it up?.
rezkon said:
It wasnt rooted, she updated it using the OVER THE AIR updates, got one and updated it..then got one saying ICS and updated it. the update for the ics just turns on gets to the lockscreen, enter the code then that second it flashes and says "Setup wizard has failed" Then nothing just a black screen no icons nothing, it wasnt rooted it was all a offical update. Now, wouldnt Restoring it with odin void the warrenty and wouldnt it mess it up?.
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No... Odin flashes with official firmwares do NOT increase counter or void warranty. Counter keeps track of how many kernels (NOT firmwares) that are NOT signed by Samsung are flashed via Odin. Official firmwares from Samsung contain kernels signed by Samsung, so they do NOT increase the counter.
Im looking at Sammobile are there firmware offical?
I think its a GT-I9100 Australia On 3 or unlocked i cant remeber
Still plugs into kies but restore failed at the end..-.-"
rezkon said:
Im looking at Sammobile are there firmware offical?
I think its a GT-I9100 Australia On 3 or unlocked i cant remeber
Still plugs into kies but restore failed at the end..-.-"
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The site isn't officially Samsung affiliated, but the firmwares are downloaded from Samsung, then posted there. They're about as official as you can get without downloading it directly from Samsung yourself.
I have searched and searched and cannot find a solution. Here is my problem. I bought a note 2 weeks ago. I updated to ICS through kies. At the very end of the update my pc had a blue screen of death and reset on me. The update seemed to take though as I was on ICS when I checked my android version. So I proceeded to install cmw and root my phone. I had been noticing some issues regarding uninstalling downloaded apps. I decided to connect to kies again and lo and behold I received a message saying that the update had not completed and I needed to do an emergency firmware recovery. Well, since my phone was rooted kies wouldnt do it. So, instead I decided to try to install official ICS (I717UCLF6_I717ATTLF6_I717UCLF6_HOME.tar.md5) through odin. It fails every time. It goes all the way to the end and fails on (write).
I decided to take my note back to stock GB and see if that may help. I got it back to stock using this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506330 and on download mode it showed custom binary: yes and current binary:custom also the flash counter read 4. I am however back to GB. I tried kies and it still says that my phone cant be upgraded through kies. This is what it says under current firmware version: PDA:LA1 / PHONE:LF6 / CFC:LF6 (ATT).
Next I tried installing cmw on the stock build and resetting the flash counter in hopes that kies would then be able to upgrade. Since doing that download mode now shows custom binary: no current binary: official samsung and no flash counter. However, I am still unable to upgrade through kies (still says my device cannot be upgraded through kies) or the flashable odin tar (I717UCLF6_I717ATTLF6_I717UCLF6_HOME.tar.md5) still fails at the end when it has to write.
I just want official ics on my phone. I really hope someone can help me. I am very sorry if this has been answered, I hope you can see that I have done some searching and exhausted any options that I have found. Thank you in advance.
About 10 threads down...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1889275
Ignore.. Not sure that helps in your situation...
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Thx for your response. I did see that thread and gave the kies suggestion a go earlier, however kies kept crashing.
At this point i may just flash a custom rom. Any suggestions? Looking for something ics with touchwiz.
Just wanted to provide a little more info. I am at&t. Also, in the thread i refernced with the stock gb tar there is also a few other files underneath. Stock kernel only odin tars, one of which is for at&t. I did not install that. Also, cwm is still installed on the phone. Can that be whats causing kies to reject the device?
Looks like you have the GB rom and ICS radio and that's why Keis is not recognizing your rom. Flash the stock GB radio from the dev section and Keis should update. If not, you should be able to perform emergency firmware restore through Keis. There is a thread in the general section that details how to enter your serial number, etc.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1731654
This procedure should put you on the latest firmware regardless of root or what you currently have installed.
You could flash one of the debloated official ICS ROMs.
I'm not sure but I think Bigfau has the complete official posted. Flappjaxxx has a nice one also
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I went with bigfau. I installed the better stock ics rom. Works like a charm. Thank you to those that replied.
i am trying to update my sisters note it was on gingerbread still to jb. i am familiar with rooting using odin and flashing my galaxy nexus. i tried to use kies to update it. but it just said my firmwear was unsupported. so i came here found the stock 4.1 odin file. unziped it and flashed. it says passed and reboots the phone but after a few seconds it goes into recovery and has a error message. i have sucessfulls flashed the gingerbread odin file and the leaked ics. it boots up fine anyone know whats up
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i am trying to update my sisters note it was on gingerbread still to jb. i am familiar with rooting using odin and flashing my galaxy nexus. i tried to use kies to update it. but it just said my firmwear was unsupported. so i came here found the stock 4.1 odin file. unziped it and flashed. it says passed and reboots the phone but after a few seconds it goes into recovery and has a error message. i have sucessfulls flashed the gingerbread odin file and the leaked ics. it boots up fine anyone know whats up
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could be one of a few things wrong. from the information your giving....................
kies unsupported firmware???.......are your drivers updated? uninstall and re install updated
as far as the recovery error.....what is the error?.........status 7 says your recovery needs updating. most are using TWRP now instead of CWM
you said you are familiar with rooting, but is the Note rooted? though you don't have to be rooted to flash
maybe its just me, I play it more safe than most, but why wouldn't someone just get the upgrade officially through Samsung. you get the firmware and drivers in same place. then if something were to go wrong, its not your fault.
Ignore the firmware message and follow the instructions outlined by 440bro in this post. Easiest way to update to stock 4.1.2.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42965491
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I need some help here, I've been out of the game since ICS came out for the Droid X, the S3 is my first Samsung phone so I'm new to Odin/Kies whatever. Anyway I tried to root my S3 (Sprint version running on Ting, Android 4.3) through Odin and I soft bricked it, it went to the Kies recovery screen but neither Kies nor Kies3 recognize it. I decided to just reflash stock Sprint 4.3 via Odin, after some initial trouble finding a .tar I finally found one here on XDA that was prerooted, this one didn't work, gave an error, so I went looking for a true Sprint 4.3 .tar. I found this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565972 It failed the md5 check and the thread mentioned it was corrupted, so I tried downloading the fixed version another user had uploaded to mediafire, after 3 tries and gettting an "unknown network error" 3/4 way through I gave up.
So I've been without a phone for 2 weeks now, and I'm up against a wall. I have no idea where to go from here. Could someone give me a link to a confirmed working 4.3 .tar with instructions on how to proceed?
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I need some help here, I've been out of the game since ICS came out for the Droid X, the S3 is my first Samsung phone so I'm new to Odin/Kies whatever. Anyway I tried to root my S3 (Sprint version running on Ting, Android 4.3) through Odin and I soft bricked it, it went to the Kies recovery screen but neither Kies nor Kies3 recognize it. I decided to just reflash stock Sprint 4.3 via Odin, after some initial trouble finding a .tar I finally found one here on XDA that was prerooted, this one didn't work, gave an error, so I went looking for a true Sprint 4.3 .tar. I found this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565972 It failed the md5 check and the thread mentioned it was corrupted, so I tried downloading the fixed version another user had uploaded to mediafire, after 3 tries and gettting an "unknown network error" 3/4 way through I gave up.
So I've been without a phone for 2 weeks now, and I'm up against a wall. I have no idea where to go from here. Could someone give me a link to a confirmed working 4.3 .tar with instructions on how to proceed?
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Try downloading the ROM from here - http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
Using Odin, install it. These are official firmwares, not rooted, completely stock.
FrontierProject said:
I need some help here, I've been out of the game since ICS came out for the Droid X, the S3 is my first Samsung phone so I'm new to Odin/Kies whatever. Anyway I tried to root my S3 (Sprint version running on Ting, Android 4.3) through Odin and I soft bricked it, it went to the Kies recovery screen but neither Kies nor Kies3 recognize it. I decided to just reflash stock Sprint 4.3 via Odin, after some initial trouble finding a .tar I finally found one here on XDA that was prerooted, this one didn't work, gave an error, so I went looking for a true Sprint 4.3 .tar. I found this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565972 It failed the md5 check and the thread mentioned it was corrupted, so I tried downloading the fixed version another user had uploaded to mediafire, after 3 tries and gettting an "unknown network error" 3/4 way through I gave up.
So I've been without a phone for 2 weeks now, and I'm up against a wall. I have no idea where to go from here. Could someone give me a link to a confirmed working 4.3 .tar with instructions on how to proceed?
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I think this is the firmware your looking for. Scroll to the bottom of the page! http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SPH-L710&pcode=0#firmware
FrontierProject said:
I need some help here, I've been out of the game since ICS came out for the Droid X, the S3 is my first Samsung phone so I'm new to Odin/Kies whatever. Anyway I tried to root my S3 (Sprint version running on Ting, Android 4.3) through Odin and I soft bricked it, it went to the Kies recovery screen but neither Kies nor Kies3 recognize it. I decided to just reflash stock Sprint 4.3 via Odin, after some initial trouble finding a .tar I finally found one here on XDA that was prerooted, this one didn't work, gave an error, so I went looking for a true Sprint 4.3 .tar. I found this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565972 It failed the md5 check and the thread mentioned it was corrupted, so I tried downloading the fixed version another user had uploaded to mediafire, after 3 tries and gettting an "unknown network error" 3/4 way through I gave up.
So I've been without a phone for 2 weeks now, and I'm up against a wall. I have no idea where to go from here. Could someone give me a link to a confirmed working 4.3 .tar with instructions on how to proceed?
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This is not a sprint forum .
See sticky top of the page .
Always getting either "Not authorized by Verizon" or "Upgrade encountered an issue"
Hey guys, hoping someone can help me out with what appears to be a soft brick on my phone.
Background
Bought phone in January 2013, immediately rooted and installed custom recovery. Phone stayed this way until yesterday, when I restored with ODIN and then installed all OTA's to prepare for a replacement under a Best Buy service plan, expecting it to work like it used to where I go into the store and drop off the phone, then a new one is sent to the store. I then installed all OTA's up to 4.4.2 (I think that one is ND7 but not sure as I was using AOSP-based ROMS while rooted). The ODIN restore brought me back to saying the firmware was all official.
Currently
Replacement process changed and I am stuck with this phone for another week while a replacement gets mailed to my home, so I decided to play around with ODIN to restore to MJ9 since most root methods seemed to work for MJ9, but I accidentally chose the LJB image that I had downloaded yesterday for the PDA in ODIN. When running this, it failed on sboot.bin.
I restarted the phone and it said "Firmware Upgrade encountered an issue" and tells me to connect it to Kies, which I tried, but for some reason Kies just runs on Connecting to Device and won't do anything else. I didn't spend a whole lot of time on that though, as it also changed the "System Status" to Custom while leaving Current Binary as Official, and from what I read Kies will refuse to do a recovery if anything is Custom.
I tried to install MJ9 through ODIN and it also fails at sboot.bin, resulting in the same message as above. I downloaded the alternate MC3 from this thread and it ran through ODIN fine since it does not have an sboot.bin, but it gives the error about the firmware not being authorized by Verizon and changes both Current Binary and System Status to Custom (I think MJ9 was the first locked bootloader, so I would assume that is why, but I don't know for sure). There was no alternate for MJ9 so I tried to make my own by extracting, removing sboot.bin, and then putting the rest of the files in a new tar file, but ODIN won't run it and gives an error about the MD5 not matching.
At this point the phone working is not so much of an issue since I already have a replacement on the way to my house, but I would prefer to fix this so a) I have a phone for the next few days, and b) so I don't have to go short something inside on purpose to hard-brick it and prevent them from refusing my replacement claim.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Michael
Once you updated the phone to factory stock 4.4.2, you permanently locked the bootloader and you can't downgrade to any other pre 4.4.2 ND7 firmwares. The easiest thing to do now would be to use Odin to restore the device back to to factory 4.4.2 stock firmware. There is GhettoRoot for 4.4.2 if you're wanting to root the device again on 4.4.2... and people are reporting that safestrap works as well for flashing 4.4.2 touchwiz roms. Good luck!
Ahh, I wasn't aware that ND7 couldn't be downgraded at all; I thought anything past MJ9 would work since that was when the bootloader became locked. I don't see any ND7 ODIN images available anywhere and Kies won't allow me to restore the device. Is there another method I should be using to restore? My wife has an i605 on 4.1.1 right now (same background as mine, just not bricked and no OTAs downloaded); if we updated until ND7 was downloaded but not installed, would I be able to pull the OTA from hers and flash in ODIN, or are they not ODIN-compatible?
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Ahh, I wasn't aware that ND7 couldn't be downgraded at all; I thought anything past MJ9 would work since that was when the bootloader became locked. I don't see any ND7 ODIN images available anywhere and Kies won't allow me to restore the device. Is there another method I should be using to restore? My wife has an i605 on 4.1.1 right now (same background as mine, just not bricked and no OTAs downloaded); if we updated until ND7 was downloaded but not installed, would I be able to pull the OTA from hers and flash in ODIN, or are they not ODIN-compatible?
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Here's a link to the Verizon stock 4.4.2 firmware from Sammobile. You'll have to register, but the download should be free. You should be able to use Odin to restore the device with this firmware file and the pit file from Droidstyle's restore guide. If Odin 3.07 doesn't work, try Odin 3.09 from Sammobile... or try Odin 3.10, which I've been using lately with no problems.
Thanks for that link, I was able to download and restore my phone with the ND7 download. I wasn't aware that SamMobile keeps a firmware database, so I also appreciate that piece of info.
Thanks,
Michael