This is my first post and am completely new to smart phones, and have got out of my depth. I bought a new Samsung S2 i9100 from China about 6 months ago. The GPS stopped working (something I discover from another thread here, is not uncommon), and I tried to update the firmware using Odin.
This failed and the phone is now soft bricked as I understand it, as I learnt from another thread here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/help/how-to-replace-chinese-firmware-t1192575 ) that Chinese Samsung phones cannot be flashed with European firmware.
I have looked on samsung.com and Sammobile and the original firmware is not listed anywhere (I9100ZCKG4). I have tried installing, using Odin, CWM Recovery and the stock firmware listed on samsung.com for China, but both fail.
I have read the thread on this site on this issue and following suggestions from here this takes via Chinese sites http://bbs.gfan.com/android-2099143-1-1.html and then I eventually end up at http://bbs.gfan.com/android-4920184-1-1.html where I think there is a link to the firmware I9100ZCKG4. The link takes me to http://115.com/5lb/ and Google translate is unable to make any sense of this page, and I cannot get any further.
The other problem is that I think I enabled USB debugging before starting ,but now cannot be sure.
Maybe I have learnt and expensive lesson, but any help would be most welcome, especially if expressed in terms a beginner is likely to understand.
Thanks
Ian
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I recently Bought my S5830. It Originally came from a carrier named IMMEX, which is a small startup wireless provider in Pennsylvania, USA.
It was unlocked, and worked well with my At&t SIM card. It originally had 2.2.1 on it, and unfortunately that is all I remember.
I wanted to overclock it and long story short, I flashed as many roms as I could in a 24 hour period without backing up my original Firmware.
I am currently using gingerreal, and it works better than any other firmware I have found., I get a quadrant score of 1950 and I'm happy with that, except there are a lot of bugs. Wifi barely works, I can't install any apps without the phone rebooting, and I can't connect to HDSPA.
I checked at Samfirmware, but they have no usa region firmwares that I could find. I can only assume that this phone never had a major release in the USA.
Does this mean that I am screwed, or is there a firmware that is similar enough to my region that i can restore full functionality to my device?
Also; I am sorry if this is in the wrong forum. The general Forum description says for Q&A, but the tick box below this text frame tells me I am breaking forum rules by posting this here.
i think why don't you flash European or asian firmwares ?? if you want stock then you can use them there is really no difference ... just some are more stable
Well, that is a simple fix. Thank you VERY much. Downloading now, as soon as hotfile will let me, I'll update the thread with the results.
Hey, I tried several different firmwares from asia and europe, and I still have connectivity issues, with both Wifi and 3g. With any of these, I can't make outgoing calls either.
Any new Ideas?
try flash different modem and see any of them solve ur problem. see thread in development subforum
Hello I am UK user in Singapore for a couple of months.
I soft bricked my phone and need urgent assistance from someone in Singapore with odin. I only need to be able to flash kernel tar. Download mode is working,but that's it.
Samsung service centre offered to flash with Singapore firmware but only if I sign a waiver, oh, and I'll lose root until I return to UK in two months.
Anyone who has this and doesn't mind sparing an hour to do this, can you help please?
Thank you
Chris
crypticc said:
Hello I am UK user in Singapore for a couple of months.
I soft bricked my phone and need urgent assistance from someone in Singapore with odin. I only need to be able to flash kernel tar. Download mode is working,but that's it.
Samsung service centre offered to flash with Singapore firmware but only if I sign a waiver, oh, and I'll lose root until I return to UK in two months.
Anyone who has this and doesn't mind sparing an hour to do this, can you help please?
Thank you
Chris
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Hope you're liking sg so far. Why dont you do it yourself. Just install it on your own computer. Easy
Heres odin. (taken fron intratch's thread)
"Instructions: Just extract Odin folder and keep the odin3.ini file in it."
Cheers
No PC my friend. Company laptop tighter than a mosquito's arsehole so that won't work. Have the Odin exe and cfroot tar all on a USB stick, just about to trawl Starbucks for anyone with a PC and a Samsung phone, not hopeful otherwise. Kies for the drivers is a big download for anyone to sit through .
Edit : Just seen androidfirmwares link has stand alone driver pack. That's a bit more palatable.
Singapore is great. It's like Asia in delicious bite-sized chunks
Hi there,
Have tried asking in hardwarezone forum?
http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/s...its-finally-here-3749376-48.html#post67384044
I am sure you will find someone who is close to your location and is willing to help.
ruffruff said:
Hi there,
Have tried asking in hardwarezone forum?
http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/s...its-finally-here-3749376-48.html#post67384044
I am sure you will find someone who is close to your location and is willing to help.
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I went to both Samsung zone and smaller repair centre mentioned in that forum. Neither actually even knew what Odin was and would just run a script that would wipe phone and install generic Samsung Singapore firmware.
actually - what do you know it, my hotel's (Park Royal - just opposite Arab district) PC's for-hire are unlocked enough to allow installation of USB drivers and Odin.
Thanks for nanujra for causing me to look again at the androidfirmwares.net pages for standalone non-Kies drivers.
Job done.
Topic closed. Thanks both
HI guys I lost my original Samsung gs3 stock rom, when I flashed a new Rom "checkrom evo v6" I'm a novice in operating android phones, I didn't have a clue about backing up and my warranty being void by customizing my phone. I have searched every website with the hope of downloading stock rom related to my phone to no avail.I'm in desperate need of having my phone unrooted and going back to the way it was. Pls respond in layman terms
chucky17ng said:
HI guys I lost my original Samsung gs3 stock rom, when I flashed a new Rom "checkrom evo v6" I'm a novice in operating android phones, I didn't have a clue about backing up and my warranty being void by customizing my phone. I have searched every website with the hope of downloading stock rom related to my phone to no avail.I'm in desperate need of having my phone unrooted and going back to the way it was. Pls respond in layman terms
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Depending on your carrier/country, you may find what you are looking for here: at sammobile.
Sorry, I am newly registered here so cannot yet post links, so here is the butchered version wwwDOTsammobileDOTcomSLASHfirmwareSLASH
Red Hal said:
Depending on your carrier/country, you may find what you are looking for here: at sammobile.
Sorry, I am newly registered here so cannot yet post links, so here is the butchered version wwwDOTsammobileDOTcomSLASHfirmwareSLASH
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Thanks for your response, first my region is ireland, and I did check Sammobile, the firmware link on the website seem to be for registered members only. Tried registering several times but for some strange reason it keeps failing. I would like to know if I could do same download through Samsung kiers and the difference between a stock Rom and a stock firmware? Thanks
chucky17ng said:
Thanks for your response, first my region is ireland, and I did check Sammobile, the firmware link on the website seem to be for registered members only. Tried registering several times but for some strange reason it keeps failing. I would like to know if I could do same download through Samsung kiers and the difference between a stock Rom and a stock firmware? Thanks
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What is the name of your Irish provider?
gee2012 said:
What is the name of your Irish provider?
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I'm on the 3IE network, and running the jellybean 4.1.1, I've it unlocked all these before I rooted my device.
Both 4.1.2 and 4.1.1 (and everything before that) are available on SamMobile for your phone.
I still can't post links so you'll have to de-butcher this, but that'll take you to a listing of firmwares for your country/carrier. Choose the one you want!
wwwDOTsammobileDOTcom/firmware/?page=3&model=GT-I9300&pcode=3IE&os=1&type=1#firmware
Sorry chucky17ng, I didn't read your post properly. For your purposes there is no practical difference between "firmware" and "ROM". And no, if you have rooted then Kies will bomb out saying your device has been modified.
Your best bet is to grab the firmware once your registration goes through (or source it somewhere else), drop the file onto your phone, then flash it with mobile Odin.
There are other ways, but I know that one works.
chucky17ng said:
I'm on the 3IE network, and running the jellybean 4.1.1, I've it unlocked all these before I rooted my device.
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brother download here and flash via odin, be happy.
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/188225509/ea568b6/I9300XXELL4_I93003IEELL1_3IE.zip.html
Hello, lovly xda-Members and Supporters,
I'll start so my mother and I use the same smartphone - Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100 ...
When she came back home from work and she told me that there is an update for this, I was blown away,
I was looking through the manual setting on the phone for an update, but it said: No update available ...
So, all well and good, then I tried to update via Samsung Kies, Samsung Kies now says to me: Software update via Samsung Kies is not supported by your device ...
I Did something really silly the other day as i flashed a rom to my Galaxy S2 i9100 and i stupidly forgot to back up my stock firmware.
Is there a possibility to get my old firmware again?
I live in Germany.
& I'd love to have this update on my phone.
Each answer is helpful and I thank you once in advance!
Stress Syndrom
StressSyndrom said:
Hello, lovly xda-Members and Supporters,
I'll start so my mother and I use the same smartphone - Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100 ...
When she came back home from work and she told me that there is an update for this, I was blown away,
I was looking through the manual setting on the phone for an update, but it said: No update available ...
So, all well and good, then I tried to update via Samsung Kies, Samsung Kies now says to me: Software update via Samsung Kies is not supported by your device ...
I Did something really silly the other day as i flashed a rom to my Galaxy S2 i9100 and i stupidly forgot to back up my stock firmware.
Is there a possibility to get my old firmware again?
I live in Germany.
& I'd love to have this update on my phone.
Each answer is helpful and I thank you once in advance!
Stress Syndrom
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You most definitely can return to stock, but if you didn't back up whatever data you had before flashing the new ROM, then they're gone (assuming you wiped before flashing). You'll find all the firmwares you want here:
http://www.sammobile.com/
I'm assuming that you had ICS before flashing the custom ROM, because you said you didn't receive an update, so you can most definitely do that OR, you can manually flash the update you didn't receive yet, which is 4.1.2 JB Anyway, all firmwares are there
Viel Glück
oshmoun said:
You most definitely can return to stock, but if you didn't back up whatever data you had before flashing the new ROM, then they're gone (assuming you wiped before flashing). You'll find all the firmwares you want here:
http://www.sammobile.com/
I'm assuming that you had ICS before flashing the custom ROM, because you said you didn't receive an update, so you can most definitely do that OR, you can manually flash the update you didn't receive yet, which is 4.1.2 JB Anyway, all firmwares are there
Viel Glück
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it was for 4.1.2 JB ? my phone is actually 4.0.4, it was allways 4.0.4, so it isn't for my phone anyway ? where can i find stock everything for my phone ? on Sammobile it shows me Taiwan 4.1.2 ...
PS ; Your German ?
In case you still need ICS, Then I'd suggest you google for that. Just search for samsung galaxy S2 4.0.4 firmware. you should find it. It's also helpful if you add your service providor (O2, T-Mobile or any other) just to make sure the phone will work with that network. It's just safer that way
I don't know if we're allowed to post links to outside sources here, but it's enough to say that many German android forums have what you want you just need to search really well
Not German, but I live in Germany :silly:
oshmoun said:
In case you still need ICS, Then I'd suggest you google for that. Just search for samsung galaxy S2 4.0.4 firmware. you should find it. It's also helpful if you add your service providor (O2, T-Mobile or any other) just to make sure the phone will work with that network. It's just safer that way
I don't know if we're allowed to post links to outside sources here, but it's enough to say that many German android forums have what you want you just need to search really well
Not German, but I live in Germany :silly:
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im so confused, found nothing ... heeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp
Hi,
I bought a G850EMW from China to work in the UK. It has Android 10 and works perfectly. However I would like to update to Android 12. I have seen guides for this involving downloading a Rom from LGRom.com.
My current phone is running "V20a-LAO-COM". LAO seems to be hard to find information about, and there are no LAO roms on the site. I saw on one forum a reference to "Latin Amercian Region".
My question is can I go ahead and flash my phone with a Rom from say Germany (DEU) or will this cause a problem (is this a "cross-flash") as I'm supposed to find a compatible "LAO" region firmware? I don't want to brick my phone, but I would like the latest security updates, battery improvements, etc.
Thank you.