Unofficial firmware- replacement phone? - General Questions and Answers

Hey guys,
Carphone Warehouse sent me out a brand new to replace my broken one, i got it today and i tried to update it from 2.1 to 2.2 in KIES but it says it is an Unofficial Firmware, the firmware information is completely different to what it should be.
The phone is a Samsung Galaxy Europa (5) I5500- This is what it says on KIES;
PDA:JED / PHONE:JED / CSC:JF1 (H3G)
As you can see this is not right, any help? I don't really want to mess around flashing roms etc- bad experience in the past.

Help me please- I'm lost without half the features from Froyo

Anybody?
Would my only option be to Root and flash to an official stock and then update?

CurtisAndroid5 said:
Anybody?
Would my only option be to Root and flash to an official stock and then update?
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Go to http://www.samfirmware.com to download (registration required) the official stock ROM and Odin. Read the guide on how to update.

Can I safely flash my phone to stock 2.1 via Odin and update to 2.2 through KIES? I know what I'm doing but obviously it's a risky thing- Basically I download the I5500 UK firmware and the Odin+OPS file- using one package and protect ops?

CurtisAndroid5 said:
Can I safely flash my phone to stock 2.1 via Odin and update to 2.2 through KIES? I know what I'm doing but obviously it's a risky thing- Basically I download the I5500 UK firmware and the Odin+OPS file- using one package and protect ops?
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Just flash direct to 2.2. It should be the same update that KIES have.

I just flashed to Cyanogenmod 7.1 with CW Recovery, ill flash to 2.2 whenever i get bored of this, so far im loving it.

CurtisAndroid5 said:
I just flashed to Cyanogenmod 7.1 with CW Recovery, ill flash to 2.2 whenever i get bored of this, so far im loving it.
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Of course you'd love it, CM7 is gingerbread already (android 2.3.++).

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Official 2.1 with Senseui for Rogers HTC Magic +

Hey guys check it out according to Rogers Mary, Rogers would be rolling out 2.1 with Sensui for Rogers Magic today. yay!!. See her tweet:
Hello!! HTC Magic+ Customers should expect HTC to start rolling out 2.1 OS today, OTA
Go grab it.
will be good news for our staff on stock phones.
For the unlocked ones, we're on 2.2 already.
Undoubtedly these will have a locked SPL on them so it will be a while before we can get them unlocked.
We need the OTA url!
I dunno if only phones in Canada using Rogers will get the OTA otherwise?
It is already available for an hour? Or two.
GreenEnvy said:
will be good news for our staff on stock phones.
For the unlocked ones, we're on 2.2 already.
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Without Sense.
now the choice will be 2.1 + sense or 2.2 stock
Probably OTA update zip
Can someone look into this file? (Any developer?)
It looks like that OTA update, but is it so simple?
I see there is new radio, and probably the whole "system" folder.
Yes 2.2 that runs decent at best. This is made for our devices, it has to be good!
Bring it on Rogers!
Someone upload it when you guys get it
BTW, just flash the system and boot images without that SPL and whatever the fuss is about..
Can i install this update even thought i haven't a rogers 32A? and if yes, should i flash via recovery?
RUU is available here:
http://www.htc.com/ca/support/h/magic-update
MARCO310791 said:
Can i install this update even thought i haven't a rogers 32A? and if yes, should i flash via recovery?
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provaci
Is it possible to flash this while maintaining the hboot, spl and recovery? I am lazy to redo the whole root process again, which most probably will not work if I run this RUU straight away?
32A Asia here.
Through recovery it doesn't work for me. it says E:No signature (663 Files)
E:Verification failed
Aborted
any help?
?!?!?!?!
Just came home from school and saw this??
OFFICIAL 2.1 for ROGERS?!
Anyway to install this on european 32a magics?
Please tell!
i changed also radio with the new one in the archive but nothing, still instalation aborted.
MARCO310791 said:
i changed also radio with the new one in the archive but nothing, still instalation aborted.
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You NEED to have both stock latest 1.5 rogers rom installed AND stock recovery that came with that rom installed too...otherwise it won't work as for one...it will fail with verification of the recovery and two....it scans MD5 of the installed apps, so unless you have rogers 1.5 update, it will fail there too.
Martineq said:
Without Sense.
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So? This is only useful to those on the stock OS, others will no doubt be disappointed especially when they can't change their mind and go back to freedom. If Sense is that important then lock yourself in and enjoy the ride. What this might be good for is to assist the devs in improving the already better roms.
klothius said:
You NEED to have both stock latest 1.5 rogers rom installed AND stock recovery that came with that rom installed too...otherwise it won't work as for one...it will fail with verification of the recovery and two....it scans MD5 of the installed apps, so unless you have rogers 1.5 update, it will fail there too.
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You're right...I will wait for a smoki rom based on this update...in next couple of days i hope...i can't wait...i want try this official rom right now!
working on it
Thank you very much!!!!!!

Rogers Captivate 2.2 Rom

I have a I896 but I guess after reflashing it to ATnT and then trying to go back to rogers rom and several more rooting attempts, KIES doesn't recognize my device no more and says it has no firmware update X_X.. anyone upload a rogers 2.2 firmware so i can flash it with odin ?
kt_0819 said:
I have a I896 but I guess after reflashing it to ATnT and then trying to go back to rogers rom and several more rooting attempts, KIES doesn't recognize my device no more and says it has no firmware update X_X.. anyone upload a rogers 2.2 firmware so i can flash it with odin ?
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i'm in the same boat. i flashed back to roger's stock 2.1, kies recognizes my phone, but doesnt detect that there's an update available for it.
If your using Kies 2.0 check this modif http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=903347
Check your product code like I did in my post here, because I had the exact same problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10406775&postcount=221
hi there i'm having the same problem. Kies recognizes the phone but doesn't show updates so i followed your post and checked the registry and there i noticed there are 2 devices.. one is the phone when it was completely stock and the other is now after being flashed to cognition and back to stock 2.1.. the differences between the 2 are huge!! how do i get it to revert back? since i would love the official 2.2 any help would be greatly appreciated
Another vote for a Rogers 2.2 stock ROM to flash thru Odin plz!
Eschatologist said:
Another vote for a Rogers 2.2 stock ROM to flash thru Odin plz!
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Its over here in Android Development -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905042
Any solution for this guys
Ya having similar problem on 2.2 stock and everything connects but in the firmware place its blank so it wont update when 2.3 comes out!!!!!
dude check the link in my sig about the FIXED ROGERS STOCK ROM....
old news dude!

[Q] uninstalling Froyo Beta

So... I heard that AT&t will be updating phones to Froyo tomorrow Feb 24th. How would I go about removing the beta samsung rom I installed back in October? or should I just wait till the new rom hits the web and apply that?
Obviously I'm pretty new to all this.
Someone will package it into a cwm .zip for people who love bloat and such.
Sent from my Captivate.
That was not a beta. It was a leaked ROM that devs in here used as a base. You will need to Odin back to stock, but there's some confusion right now as to whether the Froyo release tomorrow will be OTA or via Kies. If it is OTA and you do an Odin you will not be able to get it. I would wait right now and start reading up on the process before you do something that might brick your phone. Start with the tutorials in the Stickies at the top of this forum.
MikeyMike01 said:
Someone will package it into a cwm .zip for people who love bloat and such.
Sent from my Captivate.
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Haha, so true. Some are so eager to use this bloat and gimped ATT rom...
iwantatransam said:
So... I heard that AT&t will be updating phones to Froyo tomorrow Feb 24th. How would I go about removing the beta samsung rom I installed back in October? or should I just wait till the new rom hits the web and apply that?
Obviously I'm pretty new to all this.
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ROMs can not be uninstalled. You have to flash a new ROM. You have two choices:
1. Use the leaked UCKB1, by all means this seems to be the official release tomorrow, and flash it using ODIN3. Make sure you do a factory reset afterwards.
2. Use the ODIN OneClick to flash back to orginal JF6 stock firmware and wait for official release to upgrade.

[Q] Samsung Update stopped by ClockworkMod

Hello Everyone,
I'm fairly new to rooting phones and ROMs so if this question dosn't make sense please destroy my inner child I have a rooted sgs3 using odin and factory verizon build but the problem I am having is with ClockwordMod I think. The samsung update restarts the phone but ClockworkMod starts up right away and won't let the update go through. Is there a setting I need to change to allow all updates to bypass ClockworkMod or is there another way for me to get the update?
Any help is much appreciated.
Justin
Sounds to me like cwm just saved you from an auto ota update.
I use twrp so i dont know the answer to your question but if you're rooted, why would you want an ota?
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maniac2k said:
Sounds to me like cwm just saved you from an auto ota update.
I use twrp so i dont know the answer to your question but if you're rooted, why would you want an ota?
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Hello and thank you for the reply. I'm not sure that I need/want it though it continues to ask me to update so it's either keep saying defer or just let it update.
Of you download and flash one of the latest and greatest roms, you wont get asked to update. There is a way you can stop the ota but i dont remember off the top of my head. Im sure google knows. I would just flash a newer rom that includes the update.
hmmmm
maniac2k said:
Of you download and flash one of the latest and greatest roms, you wont get asked to update. There is a way you can stop the ota but i dont remember off the top of my head. Im sure google knows. I would just flash a newer rom that includes the update.
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What would you say is the latest and greatest ROM and can I use odin to flash it? Also, if I flash a new ROM I lose everything that is on my phone right??
ndjustin20 said:
What would you say is the latest and greatest ROM and can I use odin to flash it? Also, if I flash a new ROM I lose everything that is on my phone right??
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Well I have beans 12 and woke up and my phone also was booted into recovery and stopped the update.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2
ndjustin20 said:
What would you say is the latest and greatest ROM and can I use odin to flash it? Also, if I flash a new ROM I lose everything that is on my phone right??
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It is going to keep rebooting into CWM if you don't tell it to until you tell it to stop rebooting to recovery, which is an option in the menu system after flashing. If the OTA update installation is being intercepted by CWM's presence on your phone, then I'm not sure if there is a way around it other than flashing a ROM. Someone with more experience will have to chime in.
With that said, should you choose to install a new ROM, there are a plethora of ROM options on XDA, at least some of which have OTA updates disabled. See the following link for a guide (I'm assuming you are on Verizon):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32079760#post32079760
You can flash the stock, rooted ROM back on with ODIN, and then download EZ-Recovery (which has CWM) and load a custom ROM that way.
I use aokp but jellywiz is a nice stock like rom. Just download a rom and flash in cwm.
ndjustin20 said:
Hello Everyone,
I'm fairly new to rooting phones and ROMs so if this question dosn't make sense please destroy my inner child I have a rooted sgs3 using odin and factory verizon build but the problem I am having is with ClockwordMod I think. The samsung update restarts the phone but ClockworkMod starts up right away and won't let the update go through. Is there a setting I need to change to allow all updates to bypass ClockworkMod or is there another way for me to get the update?
Any help is much appreciated.
Justin
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If you want the update you should flash back to stock and restore the stock recovery. You can reroot and unlock the boot loader after you update.
Im having same issue. Verizion trying to force my phone to have less features. I was able to ignore it 2 weeks ago but now it keeps trying to force the update and I can keep delaying it. Any good tools you all know of to just block ota updates all together? Pretty happy with stock rom as is no need to fix it minus the copy and paste bug.
You can use Titanium Backup to freeze SDM 1.0 and the update will quit downloading. I'm not sure if freezing apps is supported in the free version but the paid version is well worth it of you plan on switching ROMs.
You could also flash Scotts stock rooted Rom with the latest update, then your phone status will say up to date. I flashed the zip right on my phone through cwm but I'm sure you can use Odin too
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I was in the exact same situation as you. The phone will not update with Clockwork Recovery installed. I simply flashed back to the stock ROM via ODIN (stock.vzw_root66 which a quick search should locate), accepted the OTA update, and then used the beginner's guide in the Android Development forum to get back root.
I use Titanium Backup to freeze SDM 1.0. Like JBO1018 wrote, the PRO version is well worth the price, if only to freeze bloatware. Everything else it offers is gravy.
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[Q] JellyBean Leaked OTA?

Hi everyone,
I just flashed the JellyBean leaked TEST OTA India to my P3100 from SamMobile. Is my warranty void now? If yes, will I be able to get it back? Will I receive any further updates from Samsung? How will I get the official version of JB? I am really very confused. Also, my Tab isn't connecting through Kies. And what about the Flash Counter?
Please help.
Thanks a lot.
aqshyt said:
Hi everyone,
I just flashed the JellyBean leaked TEST OTA India to my P3100 from SamMobile. Is my warranty void now? If yes, will I be able to get it back? Will I receive any further updates from Samsung? How will I get the official version of JB? I am really very confused. Also, my Tab isn't connecting through Kies. And what about the Flash Counter?
Please help.
Thanks a lot.
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Yes, technically your warranty is void, and no you can't get it back. I say technically because I've seen manufacturers turn a blind eye to some things (I once sent an obviously rooted phone in without question). You won't receive further updates, because they are unlikely to make patches for a leak that isn't supposed to be public. You'll either get official JB by flashing back the latest stock firmware, or by flashing the stock OTA when its available for download.
Next time I would suggest you research these questions before flashing leaked builds.
Warranty is not void.You can reset the flash counter using triangle away. You can Odin back to any version you want to in order to take OTAs. Though if your going to root and use a custom recovery its best to wait for someone to make it custom recovery rdy rather then reverting to stock for a ota your going to root anyways. Most times hours after a ota there is a rooted flashable version posted. Should be careful flashing any leaked software least they find a way to patch our current root methods.
RomsWell said:
Should be careful flashing any leaked software least they find a way to patch our current root methods.
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The only way to do that would be to lock the bootloader, and Verizon Wireless is the only one having that done these days. Even HTC and Motorola's locked devices can be unlocked if you want now.
Thanks a lot
RomsWell said:
Warranty is not void.You can reset the flash counter using triangle away. You can Odin back to any version you want to in order to take OTAs. Though if your going to root and use a custom recovery its best to wait for someone to make it custom recovery rdy rather then reverting to stock for a ota your going to root anyways. Most times hours after a ota there is a rooted flashable version posted. Should be careful flashing any leaked software least they find a way to patch our current root methods.
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Thanks a lot RomsWell for your reply. Am happy that I can get back my warranty and make my Tab 2 just as I got from the store I hope the Samsung people will never come to know what I did?

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