Okay, I had soft-bricked my phone and recovery was not working, so, after a few minutes of tech time with T-Mo they shipped me a new phone.
Even though i called them to cancel the shipment when I managed to get Odin working and get the phone back up...
Long story short - the brand spankin' new device just landed on my desk updating stock apps as I type.
KB5 stock.
Is there anyway to back this up as is before I add CWM? Can I somehow dump it with Odin? I still have not played with Odin enough to know this....
I'd like to preserve the stock rom if it all possible, for 'just in case'
You could pull ur /system/app thru adb or you could use titanium backup.
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robbbbit said:
You could pull ur /system/app thru adb or you could use titanium backup.
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That I can do, I meant something similar to a nand, the whole system backed up.
Thought it might come in handy... no worries though, grabbing the Kd1 update then I'll root/cwm and nand that... just figured since I had a virgin phone I'd back it up if I could.
Core618 said:
That I can do, I meant something similar to a nand, the whole system backed up.
Thought it might come in handy... no worries though, grabbing the Kd1 update then I'll root/cwm and nand that... just figured since I had a virgin phone I'd back it up if I could.
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DONT TOUCH A THING!!!!!
We need the a fresh SBL.BIN and BOOT.BIN
Get with drhonk for the commands.
Dont flash KC1 or KD1 just yet.
run this in linux if you have it.
http://www.drhonk.com/kernel_release/system_backup.sh
Yes, please do. This could save us all huge headaches in the near future!.
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krylon360 said:
DONT TOUCH A THING!!!!!
We need the a fresh SBL.BIN and BOOT.BIN
Get with drhonk for the commands.
Dont flash KC1 or KD1 just yet.
run this in linux if you have it.
http://www.drhonk.com/kernel_release/system_backup.sh
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Fek, sorry guys, I just got done grabbing the Kies KD1 - literally right before I rad this it finished installing.
I haven't flashed anything, this is still just the stock phone, with the T-Mo/Samsung ROM, upgaded, but not with any custom roms, on it if that will do it, I'll hold off rooting, etc until I can get the sbl and boot pulled if these will still work?
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Fek, sorry guys, I just got done grabbing the Kies KD1 - literally right before I rad this it finished installing.
I haven't flashed anything, this is still just the stock phone, with the T-Mo/Samsung ROM, upgaded, but not with any custom roms, on it if that will do it, I'll hold off rooting, etc until I can get the sbl and boot pulled if these will still work?
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if you did kies, that should be fine.
krylon360 said:
if you did kies, that should be fine.
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i'll do this once I get my new phone. just let me know what to do
krylon360 said:
if you did kies, that should be fine.
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Good - I have leagues this evening, headed out the door in a few.
I'll toss the laptop in my bag and do this at the office tomorrow morning since it needs linux for this.
Can't even remember which flavor I have installed on the lap right now... but no matter, it'll do.
chadster214 said:
i'll do this once I get my new phone. just let me know what to do
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Sorry to hear about your phone that sucks. Thanks for taking one for the team, really you saved alot of other phones by sacrificing yours. Thank you sir
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Sorry to hear about your phone that sucks. Thanks for taking one for the team, really you saved alot of other phones by sacrificing yours. Thank you sir
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someone has to do it.. so i took one for the team.
Krylon I also have a virgin phone kb5 can't get to it until I'm done with work in 4 hours. Use the same code on Mac with adb?
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chadster214 said:
someone has to do it.. so i took one for the team.
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Wish I could replace it for you
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krylon360 said:
DONT TOUCH A THING!!!!!
We need the a fresh SBL.BIN and BOOT.BIN
Get with drhonk for the commands.
Dont flash KC1 or KD1 just yet.
run this in linux if you have it.
http://www.drhonk.com/kernel_release/system_backup.sh
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PM'd Drhonk for detail, not heard back yet....
I'll give this a go on my own this morning, and hope for the best
the sooner I get this done, the sooner I can get Black Ice on this phone - kinda sick of the stock phone already.....
EDIT: Nevermind... they got it!
Related
im starting this thread so that everyone can discuss the GB rom that was released to us.
just so everyone knows if you didnt already, the GB rom we were given is not a real release by samsung and has many errors with it.
samfirmware devs made the GB rom compatible with our phone so its a dev build
as of right now we cant us CWM nor can we customize the rom at all
so in personal opinion maybe everyone should stick to froyo with all its mods and tweaks
also flashing the GB rom causes the GB bootloaders which are really i9000 bootloaders to stick even after flashing back to froyo :/ so maybe the noobs should stay away from the rom until the devs finish building it correctly
So if i flashed this am i screwed with the bootloaders even if i oden back to froyo?
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DirtyPISTOLA said:
So if i flashed this am i screwed with the bootloaders even if i oden back to froyo?
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your not screwed its just gonna be a pain in the ass SOMEWHAT to get you back the right bootloaders
You can get the bootloaders back once you flash KC1. Not the deodexed rooted version but the stock one that is with the md5 files.
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You can get the bootloaders back once you flash KC1. Not the deodexed rooted version but the stock one that is with the md5 files.
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thanks beef!
however i did try that before my brick and it said the md5 sum was incorrect??
Beefvvl said:
You can get the bootloaders back once you flash KC1. Not the deodexed rooted version but the stock one that is with the md5 files.
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Cool is that in the development section?
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dsexton702 said:
your not screwed its just gonna be a pain in the ass SOMEWHAT to get you back the right bootloaders
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Without a computer I feel trapped because of no recovery, I can't flash any new roms even though I am rooted.
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Without a computer I feel trapped because of no recovery, I can't flash any new roms even though I am rooted.
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yea your definitely going to need a computer to get your bootloaders back but if you dont have a computer how did you do anything to your phone ;D
dsexton702 said:
yea your definitely going to need a computer to get your bootloaders back but if you dont have a computer how did you do anything to your phone ;D
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Borrowed my neighbors and uncle's computer. My uncles rooted my phone, while my neighbors unbricked it.
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cnote74 said:
Borrowed my neighbors and uncle's computer. My uncles rooted my phone, while my neighbors unbricked it.
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Edit wouldn't mind gingerbread do much if I could have the touchwiz 4 launcher
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dsexton702 said:
thanks beef!
however i did try that before my brick and it said the md5 sum was incorrect??
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I used heimdall to get back without it saying md5 error. But is there a write up on how to get back to original bootloaders?
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is this the right FW to flash to get my bootloaders straight? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1038344
DirtyPISTOLA said:
is this the right FW to flash to get my bootloaders straight? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1038344
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Nope, Krylon removed sbl.bin and boot.bin from that.
Use the full kc1 in gb recooked thread by Raver
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Be careful everyone. I just want you all to be aware. There have been 3 or 4 hardbricks already. They all came to be because of flashing sbl. Chadster went down last night, so before everyone gets flash happy, please know what you are doing. Just putting it out there.
Oh ya.....and no, gb was not worth it, at least not this build.
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dsexton702 said:
im starting this thread so that everyone can discuss the GB rom that was released to us.
just so everyone knows if you didnt already, the GB rom we were given is not a real release by samsung and has many errors with it.
samfirmware devs made the GB rom compatible with our phone so its a dev build
as of right now we cant us CWM nor can we customize the rom at all
so in personal opinion maybe everyone should stick to froyo with all its mods and tweaks
also flashing the GB rom causes the GB bootloaders which are really i9000 bootloaders to stick even after flashing back to froyo :/ so maybe the noobs should stay away from the rom until the devs finish building it correctly
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Totally worth it now you gotta decide if u want a sense base GB or ASOP...I'm currently running Kings Alliance GB and it fresh to death
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alright.. unfortunately all of us who flashed the leak GB ROM will not be able to enjoy what is coming out.. and made it worst I have a nice paper weight sitting on my desk right now.
That's scary to hear! Well I like gb but with the stuff I've been reading, so far to me its not worth dipping your feet in the deep end until a more solid GB is released. I'm always happy to test but the leak GB hasn't been worth it. Just my opinion.
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chadster214 said:
alright.. unfortunately all of us who flashed the leak GB ROM will not be able to enjoy what is coming out.. and made it worst I have a nice paper weight sitting on my desk right now.
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Wow. That's pretty discouraging.
So let me get this straight...
If you flashed the leaked GB Rom at any time you will not be able to enjoy anything else coming out, say, via CWM Recovery?
There's a lot of confusion IMO about this release of GB. I know you'll say, "READ!" Because of how fragmented the information is, do you think it would be helpful to have a compilation of all the known pros and cons, risks and rewards, broken and working components in one stickied post? I would do it, but I'm not sure about everything that is working and not working (and my job could consume any time available to update the post at any moment). I'm using the deodexed version, but I'm walking as if on eggshells with my app usage so as to not break anything (I use it for half personal and half production... I know, illadvised, but could not resist GB).
EDIT: Sorry if there is such a post that I'm suggesting. I just have not seen one. I'm trying to piece together myself what works and what doesn't and the hows.
When I saw how you all were having problems at the very beginning I stayed away and just watched. I'm glad I did. I'm noob.
THANK YOU All for testing people. You saved some of us. Remember that.
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Do we have a Odin flashable STOCK KB5 FW somewhere that contains the original boot.bin and sbl.bin files? that really would be the better FW to go with as it was the original that came with the device. Anyone wanna chime in on this theory?
MOD... PLEASE DELETE... OLD NEWS NOW......
..Ok... broke my vibrant and T-Mo sent me a sgs 4g.... I held out maybe 6 hours (sleep) before rooting/kernel/bln etc. it's been 5 days now.
Today I fired up the kies mini and it says upgrade avail.... T959uvkg6 with date of 11/07/29...
So, few questions.
Is it an gingerbread???
Has anyone rooted/lagfix/debloat/voodoo sound etc with this??
Would hate to go back to slow bloated life without voodoo sound & BLN...
Should be gingerbread does it say android versoin 2.3.4? This could be great news
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Wound up trying kies to update my phone but it knows I don't have my phone stock, so it refused to upgrade. Too lazy to flash my phone right now, so I'll wait until someone else confirms this.
Pretty awesome news though!
Apparently it is only up for some people. My kies says that I have the latest version with KD1, so apparently it's not going out for everyone.
ok... I'll bite.... voodoo disabled, stock kernel swapped, made a back up of kd1, copied whole sd card to computer & hit the "I agree" button on the mini kies.... downloading binary files right now..... fingers crossed that this doesn't turn bad like the first Vibrant upgrade....
Oh, heh. I'm a moron. I may have unrooted, but I still had voodoo enabled and Bali 3.3 running. I guess I should let people who know what they are doing do this first...
grabbing it now from Samsung servers and Chainfire is decrypting.
krylon360 said:
grabbing it now from Samsung servers and Chainfire is decrypting.
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Omfg yes
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good deal!!!!
lol.... still downloading here...
champ1919 said:
good deal!!!!
lol.... still downloading here...
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Its a great time to be a galaxy s 4g owner.
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slingeronline said:
Apparently it is only up for some people. My kies says that I have the latest version with KD1, so apparently it's not going out for everyone.
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Yeah I got the same thing.
Anyone have any luck rooting???? super-one-click keeps locking up on me.
Yep it show kd1 for me also! I had a chubby going there for a moment...
elinca247 said:
Yep it show kd1 for me also! I had a chubby going there for a moment...
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Im sure one of the outstanding dev's will have something whipped up in no time
Yeap... Bloat is back.. Swipe has a new language button and recovery is different with able to choose location of update.zip...
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!!
Are you saying that you have official Gingerbread on your phone? That's awesome if so!
Omg, this is some exciting news!!! I can't wait!
2.3.4 gingerbread.jvkg3
Now, if chainfire will explain how to root... I havent had any luck so far.
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KG3??? You mean KG6 right?
yeah... Kg6. Must have fat fingered. Still no luck with root. Gingerbreak or one click.
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I flashed back to stock this morning to test something and noticed there was a 19Mb update. After updating I rebooted the phone and checked a few more times to make sure there were no more updates. When I went into 'Download' to flash a new rom this is the screen I was presented with. After I chose to enter to Download mode that was the 2nd screen I had. Just thought it was funny and would share.
+1
Wulfegang is the man. Everyone give him a kiss to remove the butterflies from his stomach!
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Wulfegang said:
I flashed back to stock this morning to test something and noticed there was a 19Mb update. After updating I rebooted the phone and checked a few more times to make sure there were no more updates. When I went into 'Download' to flash a new rom this is the screen I was presented with. After I chose to enter to Download mode that was the 2nd screen I had. Just thought it was funny and would share.
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Was that the whole point of the update lol?
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theROMinator said:
Was that the whole point of the update lol?
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Looks like it loads new bootloaders on our phone.... Making it easier to go from this update to GB soon I would think...
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SSJ_Gomike said:
Looks like it loads new bootloaders on our phone.... Making it easier to go from this update to GB soon I would think...
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We could only imagine...
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theROMinator said:
We could only imagine...
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Samsung is warning us of the power of the devs!
Successful XDA devs are successful... xP
Could someone please upload this bootloader zip ? I would like to try them with this GB leak to see if it gets rid of rainbows.
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Removing the download for the bootloaders so people won't try flashing them and brick devices left and right. They were only intended for serious devs who know what they are doing. Sorry.
Could you also upload the whole update package? Thanks for the bootloaders.
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Considering that we haven't ever been able to flash dumped BLs from the Rogers ROM, having the update package to look at would be highly beneficial to figure out how to flash the bootloaders.
This is a similar download mode screen to the SGSII - keeping count of how many custom ROMS you run/flash. Keeping in mind if you phone needs to go some where to be serviced there maybe a document of how they can check this counter. A USB JIG cleared this on the SGSII & my jig works fine on my Infuse so I can imagine it will still clear it.
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This is a similar download mode screen to the SGSII - keeping count of how many custom ROMS you run/flash. Keeping in mind if you phone needs to go some where to be serviced there maybe a document of how they can check this counter. A USB JIG cleared this on the SGSII & my jig works fine on my Infuse so I can imagine it will still clear it.
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If that's the reason, then that's a REALLY smart way to track if you flash a custom "OS", as Samsung would say.
If it's as simple as using a USB JIG to clear it, then we should be in the clear.
Well i guess this finally gives me a reason to pick one up......
Entropy512 said:
Considering that we haven't ever been able to flash dumped BLs from the Rogers ROM, having the update package to look at would be highly beneficial to figure out how to flash the bootloaders.
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It may be a bit before i could actually get a dump of the update package (considering i have n idea how to even begin to do that). i just had hernia surgery this morning and not really feeling up to doing much in the way of dev work lol. i will let everyone know when i am feeling better and maybe someone could walk me through it on IRC.
+1 got the upload prompt and uploaded something
Boot loaders flashed fine, now have the new download screen with warning. Still had rainbows and cannot access recovery when used with leaked GB. Otherwise no issues.
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Wulfegang said:
It may be a bit before i could actually get a dump of the update package (considering i have n idea how to even begin to do that). i just had hernia surgery this morning and not really feeling up to doing much in the way of dev work lol. i will let everyone know when i am feeling better and maybe someone could walk me through it on IRC.
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No problem - honestly someone like gtg might be better as far as finding that update, I'm not sure where to look myself!
cruiserbax said:
Boot loaders flashed fine, now have the new download screen with warning. Still had rainbows and cannot access recovery when used with leaked GB. Otherwise no issues.
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I was curious about this, thanks for the info!
Also in case anyone wants to know, after flashing the leaked GB with this BL the download screen still reports official Samsung Binary as the current.
This is just a short term observation: when I flashed the leaked GB with the old BL I got hard reboots when apps accessed GPS (speed test, maps, co pilot) 1 out of 10 times. With these BL's I am at 18 hours using all of those apps without any reboots. Though it could have just been reflashing that fixed it. I did not use TB or anything to restore app data usher time, both times I went back to stock first.
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I just downloaded the BLs. Do I convert file (with both BLs) to .tar to odin flash?
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Not having issue other than rainbows ... May keep current BLs
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First of all, After reading a lot here (maybe not enough) Thanks for all you have done and are doing..
As my post count shows i am a supernoob at this android phone stuff with this being my first smart phone..I would like to ask you a question in regards to your [ROM][2.3.6]SGH-I997 UCLB1 [Rooted, deodexed, busybox].
I updated my phone through kies mini with the first Samsung release of GB so it is not rooted and you say flash your ROM with CWM which needs root that I don't have.
Can i flash this ROM with ODIN since from what I have read does not require root? (Or am I wrong thinking ODIN does not need root access?)
I'll be honest some of the threads about flashing are pretty confusing when you have never done it before.
Anyhow... Thanks in advance for any reply..
P.S. I give you total permission to hit me upside the head with the stupid stick if I missed the answer to this..
No.. you cannot flash with Odin.... my suggestion is to Odin gtg unbrick.... or flash the community gb kernel to cwm, then wipe and flash my rom ... it is only cwm flashable... if u use gtg unbrick, then root with superoneclick, 3e modified recovery to get cwm, then flash my rom. You will not be able to flash it from the official update. Good luck bro
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Well look at that D, you got a thread dedicated to you
X,
Infuse 4G w/ CK(simple)
Lol
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Dale362 said:
First of all, After reading a lot here (maybe not enough) Thanks for all you have done and are doing..
As my post count shows i am a supernoob at this android phone stuff with this being my first smart phone..I would like to ask you a question in regards to your [ROM][2.3.6]SGH-I997 UCLB1 [Rooted, deodexed, busybox].
I updated my phone through kies mini with the first Samsung release of GB so it is not rooted and you say flash your ROM with CWM which needs root that I don't have.
Can i flash this ROM with ODIN since from what I have read does not require root? (Or am I wrong thinking ODIN does not need root access?)
I'll be honest some of the threads about flashing are pretty confusing when you have never done it before.
Anyhow... Thanks in advance for any reply..
P.S. I give you total permission to hit me upside the head with the stupid stick if I missed the answer to this..
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Follow links in qkster's sig.. I'm sure that he will post here eventually.. if not go look at his links in other people that have asked how to flash, or said they were stuck.. he's in almost all of them..
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EXPERIMENT said:
Well look at that D, you got a thread dedicated to you
X,
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(on the lighter side)
Poor soul! Now he is getting banged up with dedicated threads... kinda tricky situation D... its both taking pride in getting a dedicated thread, and well, associated headaches too at the same time...
dman3285 said:
No.. you cannot flash with Odin.... my suggestion is to Odin gtg unbrick.... or flash the community gb kernel to cwm, then wipe and flash my rom ... it is only cwm flashable... if u use gtg unbrick, then root with superoneclick, 3e modified recovery to get cwm, then flash my rom. You will not be able to flash it from the official update. Good luck bro
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All right .. Thanks
EXPERIMENT said:
Well look at that D, you got a thread dedicated to you
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I sure i did not make him verklempt.. LOL
Dale362 said:
All right .. Thanks
I sure i did not make him verklempt.. LOL
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lol.. i hadn't heard that word in so long i had to look it up....
i remember a movie or show with mike myers dressed as a woman..i think??
and he always used to say "i'm verklempt" lmao!!
got it ..it was a skit on SNL... coffee talk
gotta luv a new guy who posts in the right spot!
i just upped your "thanks" count by 100%
dman3285 said:
my suggestion is to Odin gtg unbrick
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I am gonna go this route.. Time for my stupid question for the day.
Since this will take my phone back to stock,Do i need to remove the sim card or anything and will this erase my contacts?
Thanks in advance
<<< Ducks to miss the stupid stick slap to the head..
Dale362 said:
I am gonna go this route.. Time for my stupid question for the day.
Since this will take my phone back to stock,Do i need to remove the sim card or anything and will this erase my contacts?
Thanks in advance
<<< Ducks to miss the stupid stick slap to the head..
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no sim removal needed.
on your phone, go to contacts, menu, sync to contacts to google.
it is 2012...we shouldn't be saving contacts to phone or sim anymore.
Hey Dman
First of all love the Zeus Rom. Have you ever thought of doing a Hades theamed Rom? I think this would be cool since i tend to lean towards the Darkside. LOL.
Bubonic78 said:
First of all love the Zeus Rom. Have you ever thought of doing a Hades theamed Rom? I think this would be cool since i tend to lean towards the Darkside. LOL.
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No, dude. That's way too hellish.
We're still waiting on Athena
Lol athena is the girly one right? Oh well it was just a thought since Hades was one of the main gods that thrived on order and efficiency.
EXPERIMENT said:
Well look at that D, you got a thread dedicated to you
X,
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Bump
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qkster said:
no sim removal needed.
on your phone, go to contacts, menu, sync to contacts to google.
it is 2012...we shouldn't be saving contacts to phone or sim anymore.
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I refuse to save my contacts on Google. I don't trust them.
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My contacts have been backed up on Google for 5 years... secure as fort Knox....point blank
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dman3285 said:
My contacts have been backed up on Google for 5 years... secure as fort Knox....point blank
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My contacts were backed up on Google before I knew they were. When I rooted my "old" phone (HTC Desire) & flashed many first rom, I wondered what kind of magic the dev worked that brought all my contacts back.
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I hope I don't get flamed on for this. I am having issues figuring out how to get gb bootloaders after I Odin. If I flash the community kernel will that give me what I need.
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kingman137 said:
I hope I don't get flamed on for this. I am having issues figuring out how to get gb bootloaders after I Odin. If I flash the community kernel will that give me what I need.
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no..use adam outler uckj4 1 click. check the dev superthread - see my signature line
Here is the zip file to apply to the 2.3.5 fxz, to make RSDlite flash the FXZ files properly, from the ICS leak. The steps are the same as they were for the 2.3.6 fix. Just unzip these files over top of the original fxz files.
+++++++++++++++++++++++NOTE++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I have pulled these files, so that no else attempts to flash the fxz and brick thier phone. DO NOT ASK FOR THE FILES, I will not give them out knowing what happens to those on ICS that try to fxz back to GB.
Damn you are so on point ..... Starting to think Jim is like 10 people.....
hankbizzo5 said:
Damn you are so on point ..... Starting to think Jim is like 10 people.....
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LOL... You forget I had to think of several ways to possibly break this before I posted it for the rest of the world, so if there were issues, I knew what to do... How do you think I was able to flash that whole process 4 times... I built this yesterday afternoon, before I even started the process of testing the OTA out. I HAD to make sure we could flash back, so we were not like the OG Atrix guys, who can't flash an SBF now.
Thank You Jim, you are awesome.
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LOL... You forget I had to think of several ways to possibly break this before I posted it for the rest of the world, so if there were issues, I knew what to do... How do you think I was able to flash that whole process 4 times... I built this yesterday afternoon, before I even started the process of testing the OTA out. I HAD to make sure we could flash back, so we were not like the OG Atrix guys, who can't flash an SBF now.
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I really hope you know how much we appreciate you being a huge asset to the atrix 2 ..... Even with the sgiii you did not leave us hanging.....Think we would be close to a chicken with his head cut off running around without you.....
There would be no way I would ever update without option to downgrade.....
Getting this added to the Noobs post as well!
Has been added along with intructions!
I'm might be using these soon. I lose data and service with the ics leak every thirty minutes, sometimes less.
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leifemagnuson said:
I'm might be using these soon. I lose data and service with the ics leak every thirty minutes, sometimes less.
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Sounds like a bad Sim card. I'm not trying to clutter, just trying to help out so he can stay on ics.
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I assume I can get away with just wiping data and cache, then flashing boot and system from 2.3.6 for a quick unbrick.
lkrasner said:
I assume I can get away with just wiping data and cache, then flashing boot and system from 2.3.6 for a quick unbrick.
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nope I tried... You might even need that recovery.img to bring you back to GB recovery first... I had to do that one time...
jimbridgman said:
nope I tried... You might even need that recovery.img to bring you back to GB recovery first... I had to do that one time...
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hmm, what didn't work about it? just won't boot. Recovery makes some sense, but what else is even flashed other than webtop, which I don't care about
lkrasner said:
hmm, what didn't work about it? just won't boot. Recovery makes some sense, but what else is even flashed other than webtop, which I don't care about
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the first time it would not boot, because the lbl file and the mbm were not loaded, and it is critical in this move back.... they have done something to the BL, to make flashing a little harder. I did a hex dump and a decompile of the new mbm file and it has a spot in it that looks like a check for correct lbl file being loaded from the fastboot flash.
The issue with the recovery is because it flashes a new recovery, and that was on the second time I had to flash the fxz, due to a bad root...
hankbizzo5 said:
I really hope you know how much we appreciate you being a huge asset to the atrix 2 ..... Even with the sgiii you did not leave us hanging.....Think we would be close to a chicken with his head cut off running around without you.....
There would be no way I would ever update without option to downgrade.....
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+1, Jim I've said it before; thank you for always being here for us!
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tmease1 said:
Sounds like a bad Sim card. I'm not trying to clutter, just trying to help out so he can stay on ics.
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Mmmm i don't think so i kinda have the same issue. But i love ics so i guess i wouldn't turn back to gb
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This fxz file is for All atrix 2 or only for the att atrix 2?
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Before attempting to fxz back make sure you upgrade RSDlite to the latest version, 5.7 or later.
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jimbridgman said:
Before attempting to fxz back make sure you upgrade RSDlite to the latest version, 5.7 or later.
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is that all the problem is? I would still like to know what you did the first 4 times you restored, whatever that crazy process was. I can risk a brick today, my replacement comes anyways, but many others have already been totally screwed.
lkrasner said:
is that all the problem is? I would still like to know what you did the first 4 times you restored, whatever that crazy process was. I can risk a brick today, my replacement comes anyways, but many others have already been totally screwed.
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Me too... I have no idea why I can do it... I am pretty sure this is the same thing that the hk leak has in it. It is what we all feared.
I wonder if I have a dev phone, but my bootloader still has the A in its revision... My last replacement It seemed esier to use kexec than on other phones...
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This is very weird, I have just redone the whole process 2.3.5 to 2.3.6 and ICS, and nothing strange happened (knock on wood).
I used the file from my signature.
shinydesert said:
This is very weird, I have just redone the whole process 2.3.5 to 2.3.6 and ICS, and nothing strange happened (knock on wood).
I used the file from my signature.
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Did you use my patch to patch the 2.3.5 fxz for the ICS leak that I posted yesterday?
I am thinking the secret is using a script and not RSDlite. That is how I always restore my phone is with my own scripts, that I was getting ready to release before all this started.
Jim