Not sure what I did... - Samsung Infuse 4G

Ok so a week or so ago I decided I was going to buy the Infuse, Ive wanted it forever and I got it. used. Which is fine, im ok with used its gorgeous.
But it was running 2.3.6 UCKJ2. Was running fine. My only issue was I couldnt tether and I really HAVE to for the next month or so.
After spending my entire 1 day off reading and researching I managed to use GTGs Ultimate Unbrick and restore it back to factory. Ok....good. Then I used Super One click to root.
Well now I can tether. But my gmail cant sync and some of my apps dont work unless I uninstall then reinstall repeatedly everytime I use them. If I turn on sync the phone freezes and I have to pull the battery. Then the time is 4 hours off.
Im not sure what I should do and im afraid to do anything because Im going to make it worse lol. I cant afford to brick my phone, so any advice is great.
Firmware 2.2.1
Baseband I997UCKD5
Kernal 2.6.32.9
Build Froyo.UCKD5
Im not running through AT&T I am using H2O Wireless.
Thank you, and sorry if this has already been specifically addressed. I couldnt find anything this specific and Ive been searching for hours.

HLA3D said:
Ok so a week or so ago I decided I was going to buy the Infuse, Ive wanted it forever and I got it. used. Which is fine, im ok with used its gorgeous.
But it was running 2.3.6 UCKJ2. Was running fine. My only issue was I couldnt tether and I really HAVE to for the next month or so.
After spending my entire 1 day off reading and researching I managed to use GTGs Ultimate Unbrick and restore it back to factory. Ok....good. Then I used Super One click to root.
Well now I can tether. But my gmail cant sync and some of my apps dont work unless I uninstall then reinstall repeatedly everytime I use them. If I turn on sync the phone freezes and I have to pull the battery. Then the time is 4 hours off.
Im not sure what I should do and im afraid to do anything because Im going to make it worse lol. I cant afford to brick my phone, so any advice is great.
Firmware 2.2.1
Baseband I997UCKD5
Kernal 2.6.32.9
Build Froyo.UCKD5
Im not running through AT&T I am using H2O Wireless.
Thank you, and sorry if this has already been specifically addressed. I couldnt find anything this specific and Ive been searching for hours.
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get off froyo. not saying thats your issue.....but if you were on 2.3.6 i would return to something close. gtg also has a rom called infused on here that is probably the most stable rom here. get that on your phone, see if you still have all that freezing and having to pull battery issues. if so i would lean toward the phone its self......again thats a very stable rom and not to many people have any of the issues you are describing.
flash away man.....its hard to brick this phone. and since you used the ultimate unbrick you can always do that if you dont like it or wont to return it to stock and send it back

If you're gonna flash a current ROM (which you should) may I recommend one. I rocked the Infused 2.3.3 for a long time, awesome and very stable but...I have found a better one the doctorz v8 ROM ported by dman.
Stable and awesome with everything working, except Swype, but if you uninstall it, then google Swype, download and install their beta version and it's fixed. I've heard that all the phone companies are crackin down on tethering sooooo, Good luck.
X
Sent from my favorite new rom
"Doctorz" by Da'Man3285 and iStatiK.

You forgot to factory reset after using ultimate unbrick. Its a must if your going to stay on stock.
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I agree about getting off Froyo. The phone worked like a dream before I used Ultimate Unbrick and rooted it. Honestly I love Android and have never had to root one before. But I need to tether for the time being and it seemed the only way. I think I goofed lol.
Im worried about mucking it up more or losing my root by trying to install a new rom. But at this rate...im about to smash my phone (even though its my fault) so Ill try anything!!
Optimus I must have not read that part! I will try that and hopefully that helps a little until I work out this how to put a ROM on. I really appreciate the help. I use my phone for work, and it has 6 gmail accounts on it that currently I cant sync. God forbid I want to waste some time playing words with friends. It works for 5 minutes then I have to uninstall and reinstall.
I really appreciate you all taking the time to help. If I dont smash my phone or blow it up installing a new rom ill let you know how i make out. Thank you so much.

OK so when I did the factory reset I lost root. Tried to root again SEEMS to have worked only the tethering app now says not allowed by your carrier! First off I don't have at&t I use H2O secondly it worked before! If there was anyone in my area who did this sort of thing I wouldn't be making you poor people crazy with all these questions LOL thank you again for your help.

I have done it! Rooted and running serendipity! Thank you all so much! I can't even express how helpful you've been!
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[Q] Q time!

Alright try not to flame the piss outta me; i've been a member here for years and i know how to SEARCH. (and i did)
there's alot of reading between the lines that goes on here. lots of things are not explicit.
my needs are:
1. to be able to tether via bluetooth/wifi/usb/MIFI/hotspot my phone to a windows laptop
2. to delete the bloatware
3. maaaybe save the apps to the SD but that's not necessary
but i must remain with stock ROM. i had a cingular 8125 (wizard) and an AT&T Fuze (diamond) that i hacked and cracked and unlocked and every other thing you could do to them.. and it was always a mess; emailin the dev late at night cause this don't work or that don't work, data don't work, GPS don't work, radios don't work, the phone don't work, it needs to be rebooted everyday cause the other thing's from a different phone. hell i even blew the speaker on the fuze with some speaker mod i downloaded cause it was too quiet and so it didn't ring half the time. i don't need sweet fuzeberry pictures for the menu button and all of this.
so unless there's some perfect rom out there that doesn't have not one damn error, i'd like to stay with a stock rom.
so can bullets 1 and 2 and maybe 3 be solved without going with a non-stock rom? do i have to root to get #'s 1 and 2?
thanks for not flamin me
There is a stock rooted Rom on here which you can use that will let you do what you want.
As for the roms, I know everyone has their preference but gtg's inspired saga gingerbread Rom is pretty much flawless. Even have it on my wife's inspire and she never complains about anything not working. I am sure others are very good as well.
wdkingery said:
Alright try not to flame the piss outta me; i've been a member here for years and i know how to SEARCH. (and i did)
there's alot of reading between the lines that goes on here. lots of things are not explicit.
my needs are:
1. to be able to tether via bluetooth/wifi/usb/MIFI/hotspot my phone to a windows laptop
2. to delete the bloatware
3. maaaybe save the apps to the SD but that's not necessary
but i must remain with stock ROM. i had a cingular 8125 (wizard) and an AT&T Fuze (diamond) that i hacked and cracked and unlocked and every other thing you could do to them.. and it was always a mess; emailin the dev late at night cause this don't work or that don't work, data don't work, GPS don't work, radios don't work, the phone don't work, it needs to be rebooted everyday cause the other thing's from a different phone. hell i even blew the speaker on the fuze with some speaker mod i downloaded cause it was too quiet and so it didn't ring half the time. i don't need sweet fuzeberry pictures for the menu button and all of this.
so unless there's some perfect rom out there that doesn't have not one damn error, i'd like to stay with a stock rom.
so can bullets 1 and 2 and maybe 3 be solved without going with a non-stock rom? do i have to root to get #'s 1 and 2?
thanks for not flamin me
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All of that will require root access. At the very least, your gonna need to do that.
Once you do, if you want a kick-ass fast, stable and dependable tweaked custom stock ROM...try the one in my signature.
Nickovtyme said:
All of that will require root access. At the very least, your gonna need to do that.
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With the exception of maybe App2sd.
But indeed, rooting is pretty much a must-do activity.
Inspire 4G ¦ XDA Premium
Nickovtyme said:
All of that will require root access. At the very least, your gonna need to do that.
Once you do, if you want a kick-ass fast, stable and dependable tweaked custom stock ROM...try the one in my signature.
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sadly i cannot even find the one in your sig
wdkingery said:
sadly i cannot even find the one in your sig
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Let me remedy that for ya.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1015206
I think there's only a handful of us around here that use this ROM as their day to day ROM...and mostly its because it's so close to stock. Not many bells or whistles with this one.
oh puke it appears i'm gonna end up crackin this phone into pieces as well.. bleh. there's sooo much i don't know right now. apn? what was it before i did this? what should it be? a million trillion new things with a new operating system, new phone.. not one thing is the same it seems. on the the [GUIDE] i go..
can this all be undone on this phone if i crush it and need to return it to AT&steal for insurance?
Take a breath. You will catch on and yes it can be reversed if you need to send in for insurance though if the phone is split in half you may have trouble running the stock ruu and getting s-on.
Check the thread in dev section on data speed to see apn settings I believe they are listed in there.
i have yet to even plug this phone into my laptop for the first time.
any activesync type programs i need?
wdkingery said:
oh puke it appears i'm gonna end up crackin this phone into pieces as well.. bleh. there's sooo much i don't know right now. apn? what was it before i did this? what should it be? a million trillion new things with a new operating system, new phone.. not one thing is the same it seems. on the the [GUIDE] i go..
can this all be undone on this phone if i crush it and need to return it to AT&steal for insurance?
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I meant to tell ya that with the Ingersoll ROM, well with most of the ROM's in the dev section, wifi hotspot is enabled by default. I have used it and can verify that it works perfectly..just enable wifi hotspot in the settings. Oh and AT&T won't ever know either...though there is some debate about that.
Or like Newter555 says, do the research and you can add the APN's yourself.
wdkingery said:
i have yet to even plug this phone into my laptop for the first time.
any activesync type programs i need?
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Follow the sticky guide at the top of this forum and you should breeze right through it.
i believe i rooted, but rom manager cannot find superuser, i downloaded superuser from market and it is not doing anything special; no errors ...
i'm now stuck with a rom that has no sound. please help
wdkingery said:
i believe i rooted, but rom manager cannot find superuser, i downloaded superuser from market and it is not doing anything special; no errors ...
i'm now stuck with a rom that has no sound. please help
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If you used the attn1 method he mentions that you have to flash a ROM to get sound back. Do you have rom manager installed? It can install recovery for you and download roms for you.
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He has recovery installed. All he has to do is select a rom, put it on the hd and start recovery to flash it. The process is well.documented. ROM manager is not the answer.
lil fyi i got it all worked out thanks to attn1
wdkingery said:
lil fyi i got it all worked out thanks to attn1
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Awsome! Good for you.
Welcome aboard...you're life is changed forever.

going to retry

after being bricked for 6 hours i got my phone to work again...........
and i have decided to go for it again.lol
we learn as we go.....
no harm in trying right?
lets c how it goes.
Good luck. I have screwed up several times. Thats the fun of it to see if you can make your phone best it can be tweaked and learn along the way. And as always if you need help just ask.
you have bigger balls than i do after i recovered from a brick it took me like 2 weeks for me to gain the courage to flash odin again.... 2 weeks if a eterenity for me not having a rooted device lol.. just ask my wife i normallly don't go 2 days of having my new phone..
If at first you don't succeed, ODIN and try again, lol
I screwed my phone up last night as well. Used Tegrak and OC'd to 1.3 ghz and it ran fine for a few hours then rebooted. It would lock up at the boot animation. I reflashed 5.0 and all was well again.
Sent from my SCH-I510 using XDA App
Kryptonian_Knight said:
after being bricked for 6 hours i got my phone to work again...........
and i have decided to go for it again.lol
we learn as we go.....
no harm in trying right?
lets c how it goes.
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Good luck to you. It really is no big deal once you get use to it. And bricked usually means gone for good. Most people just erase everything from the phone and then just fail to load the replacement operating which means the phone is just brand new again.
Here are some videos I have made to help people who need visuals like me...
Let me know if you need some help along the way.
www.youtube.com/kraisydave
www.kdtech.org
Dave
Everyone deserves to get the most out of their phone!
kraisydave said:
Good luck to you. It really is no big deal once you get use to it. And bricked usually means gone for good. Most people just erase everything from the phone and then just fail to load the replacement operating which means the phone is just brand new again.
Here are some videos I have made to help people who need visuals like me...
Let me know if you need some help along the way.
www.youtube.com/kraisydave
www.kdtech.org
Dave
Everyone deserves to get the most out of their phone!
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Lol its your video i was using thanks for that man
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so my wife went in to labor a few hours after i fixed my phone and now im just sitting at the hospital with my baby girl(getting her started early lol) trying to flash the GB leak(rooted)n but just like before it stops at lte modem been 25 min on this and nothing happens.... any ideas y? the only thing i can think of is that my actual phone is jacked up, cause when i do try to go back to stock it take about 8 to 9 trys before flashing back.
Hmm I dont know but congrats. Did you try re downloading the file? I know it works part of the way but maybe it got screwed somehow. It work for stock so phone cant be to screwed up.
LOL yeah I just did something and stuck. Wont do anything. Have to re install Humble RC2. Oh well.

[Q] help - Odin rom update and soft bricked galaxy s2

Hi and please help me!
I stupidly tried to update my firmware using Odin with a really bad flu and am just not thinking clearly today... I accidentally used one of my d/l for future reference ICS roms...
now I have a soft bricked phone, I feel like death and can't seem to work my way back to fixing it, I need help being a super n00b!
I am in Australia, using the optus pre-paid network, I was using Gingerbread 2.3.4 I think? and would like to get back to that, flashed with this CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXX_LPB-v5.2-CWM5.tar using Odin - um.. yeah I don't know why I did it either.. blonde jokes welcomed.
ask me anything related and I'll try to answer it... please and thankyou in advance for holding my hand to fix this up!!!
cat
If you can get into recovery then flash a new rom or reflash what you were running
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Thank you so much for your reply,
so sorry for the delay getting back to you - didn't get notification that there were any replies to my thread then didn't have internet for a bit...
I flashed this rom:
http://stockroms.net/file/GalaxyS2/GT-i9100/ICS
and that is what got me out of soft brick land, but it's unstable and I can't use the internet via google app or follow any hyperlinks from anywhere without it crashing, although facebook kind of works, sometimes, gmail works and my other email accounts work, google play works and I can d/l apps...
not sure if mem leaks or what the issue is but I need to constantly reboot it too.
I would have liked to try another rom, but I'm feeling very cautious now!! and whenI posted this, the hosting for all the XDA linked roms were down for some reason, so I couldn't d/l any others..
would love some guidance to make sure I get it right this time and pick a good rom to flash...
I was thinking of this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436817
any thoughts? would love any help please and thank you
i reads the first and last 100 pages of a Rom in forums..
usually gives u a good idea not or to use it.. sometimes i get to page 2 and just move on..
but nearly all roms i have used are Great, And some have tools to Great for me to use,
Im in Brisbane if u need a Hand i can help out , But best thing i find to do on This Huge site is to keep reading and learning as u go..
Thanks very much,:-D
I kind of lost my bottle after two hours staring at that exclamation mark in the yellow triangle and nothing booting!
The stock rom I used is getting worse by the day, so I have to do something,
I just need to know exactly what to do and regain my confidence, so some mentoring would help me immensely, and more reading would be great, however, I can't get online much atm due to work and study, and my internet being all but inaccessable on my phone boo.
thank you!!

[Q] Need help rooting VZW S3 after new jelly bean update 4.1.1 12/14/12 on a MAC

Hey everyone
I've been looking everywhere on how to root the s3 after the new ota update on a mac. Alot of the instructions seem to be geared towards pc users and i want to make sure i do it right and dont brick my phone (crucial for work). Reason i want to root it is to finally have google wallet which i also need help with on installing, i dont mind if its an old version of GW. Also i want to get rid of the wifi notification and add the wifi button to the top of the notification bar. And finally im going on vacation on 1/2/13 and would like to unlock my s3 for use overseas on an international network.
Like i said people i have the new jelly bean update and want to root the s3 on a mac, your help would be much appreciated
FingerBlastJ said:
Hey everyone
I've been looking everywhere on how to root the s3 after the new ota update on a mac. Alot of the instructions seem to be geared towards pc users and i want to make sure i do it right and dont brick my phone (crucial for work). Reason i want to root it is to finally have google wallet which i also need help with on installing, i dont mind if its an old version of GW. Also i want to get rid of the wifi notification and add the wifi button to the top of the notification bar. And finally im going on vacation on 1/2/13 and would like to unlock my s3 for use overseas on an international network.
Like i said people i have the new jelly bean update and want to root the s3 on a mac, your help would be much appreciated
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Ive been trying for a month now to get this Mac issue going but with no success. I rooted using the Casual method (only works on 4.0.4) and since then my phone has been a horror show. I stayed on Stock for a week with Root and had the worst battery and random reboots ever. I then did a clean flash of Synergy and every other day was a horror show for me. I gave it a good week to settle but was still getting major heating of the phone and bad battery. I did delete the Blobs folder as per a guide that i read and i noticed a little but of a difference. I went back to stock via the Mobile Odin method and it worked great. I now did the OTA and now have stock 4.1.1 and have been looking around to re-root and start all over. I only did the OTA because i feel its going to be some time before a Mac guide will be available. I have had great success with rooting and tinkering with every Rom that came out for my Incredible since it was first launched until 2 months ago when i finally upgraded. So no im not that much of a noob lol.. Everything is geared for PC which in a developers sight blows my mind that both platforms are not supported yet given that this phone has been out for a good amount of time. I did take someones advise and downloaded a trail version of Parallels which will allow you to use the PC method on your Mac. I do not want to pay the full $80 to be able to freely use Odin on my phone so i am also hoping that someone figures this out. There should be a guide for PC ROOT and Mac ROOT. Try Parallels 14 day trial. I was able to get it to work on my Mac and its pretty easy to install. Im going to give it a few days on Stock just to make sure that my battery wasnt the real issue that i was having. I think that maybe the Casual method did something to mess up my phone. Not sure how cause it is such an easy method. Hope this helps.
ancora76 said:
Ive been trying for a month now to get this Mac issue going but with no success. I rooted using the Casual method (only works on 4.0.4) and since then my phone has been a horror show. I stayed on Stock for a week with Root and had the worst battery and random reboots ever. I then did a clean flash of Synergy and every other day was a horror show for me. I gave it a good week to settle but was still getting major heating of the phone and bad battery. I did delete the Blobs folder as per a guide that i read and i noticed a little but of a difference. I went back to stock via the Mobile Odin method and it worked great. I now did the OTA and now have stock 4.1.1 and have been looking around to re-root and start all over. I only did the OTA because i feel its going to be some time before a Mac guide will be available. I have had great success with rooting and tinkering with every Rom that came out for my Incredible since it was first launched until 2 months ago when i finally upgraded. So no im not that much of a noob lol.. Everything is geared for PC which in a developers sight blows my mind that both platforms are not supported yet given that this phone has been out for a good amount of time. I did take someones advise and downloaded a trail version of Parallels which will allow you to use the PC method on your Mac. I do not want to pay the full $80 to be able to freely use Odin on my phone so i am also hoping that someone figures this out. There should be a guide for PC ROOT and Mac ROOT. Try Parallels 14 day trial. I was able to get it to work on my Mac and its pretty easy to install. Im going to give it a few days on Stock just to make sure that my battery wasnt the real issue that i was having. I think that maybe the Casual method did something to mess up my phone. Not sure how cause it is such an easy method. Hope this helps.
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when someone tells me how to do it and if i need to use parallels i will, thanks for the advice
Get win7 on a vm, and download a stock rooted jellybean rom(in the development section) gwallet now has a installer (themes and apps section)
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CovXX said:
Get win7 on a vm, and download a stock rooted jellybean rom(in the development section) gwallet now has a installer (themes and apps section)
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium
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i dont want to get win 7 and i dont know what vm stands for, i guess im more of a noob than i thought lol but a rooted jb rom with gw on it would be nice, i need help with mac, ppl cmon!!!
I was trying the root/unlock procedure for TWJB this week on my Macbook Pro and gave up and used my Windows 7 desktop instead. The key to the problem here is that you need to be able to flash a few things in odin mode. While there is Heimdall for the Mac and Linux, the current (binary/stable) releases don't support the SGS3 US variants, so it's a dead end. Maybe one of these years I'll get un-lazy and try compiling the 1.4 alpha from source (which purports to support our devices), but since I had a Windows machine handy anyway, I went the path of least resistance.
If someone out there has successfully used Heimdall with a Verizon SGS3, please let us know. I'd still like the ability to do this on my Mac.
FingerBlastJ said:
i dont want to get win 7 and i dont know what vm stands for, i guess im more of a noob than i thought lol but a rooted jb rom with gw on it would be nice, i need help with mac, ppl cmon!!!
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VM: virtual machine
https://www.virtualbox.org/
http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/overview.html
http://www.parallels.com/
compulov said:
I was trying the root/unlock procedure for TWJB this week on my Macbook Pro and gave up and used my Windows 7 desktop instead. The key to the problem here is that you need to be able to flash a few things in odin mode. While there is Heimdall for the Mac and Linux, the current (binary/stable) releases don't support the SGS3 US variants, so it's a dead end. Maybe one of these years I'll get un-lazy and try compiling the 1.4 alpha from source (which purports to support our devices), but since I had a Windows machine handy anyway, I went the path of least resistance.
If someone out there has successfully used Heimdall with a Verizon SGS3, please let us know. I'd still like the ability to do this on my Mac.
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it doesnt sound hopeful at all after your post lol
but there is no way im goin out and buying anything windows for any reason whatsoever
i guess stock JB it is
FingerBlastJ said:
it doesnt sound hopeful at all after your post lol
but there is no way im goin out and buying anything windows for any reason whatsoever
i guess stock JB it is
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ok ive been pretty impatient with this only pc thing so i downloaded VM 5 and got a 30 day free trial. Now im downloading windows xp 32 bit iso but only 1 problem. i dont know how to mount it on to VM and get windows up and running. this is just the first obstacle of many to come once i get help from you guys on how to run windows on my mac and then root my s3.
FingerBlastJ said:
ok ive been pretty impatient with this only pc thing so i downloaded VM 5 and got a 30 day free trial. Now im downloading windows xp 32 bit iso but only 1 problem. i dont know how to mount it on to VM and get windows up and running. this is just the first obstacle of many to come once i get help from you guys on how to run windows on my mac and then root my s3.
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ok guys, i ran VM and i think i rooted my s3 but i have no way of verifying unless you guys tell me how. But now that i am rooted and not bricked, can you guys help me on unlocking my phone as well as getting google wallet up and running and also removing that wifi reminder out of the notification section and getting the wifi icon in the notification bar
much appreciated!
FingerBlastJ said:
ok guys, i ran VM and i think i rooted my s3 but i have no way of verifying unless you guys tell me how. But now that i am rooted and not bricked, can you guys help me on unlocking my phone as well as getting google wallet up and running and also removing that wifi reminder out of the notification section and getting the wifi icon in the notification bar
much appreciated!
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ok i got gw wallet working.
But some issues to report.
when i go into more setting and into mobile networks to see if i have cdma lte and global available, it says that "unfortunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped."
now to use my phone globally i need to get into that section.
a few other bugs is that sometimes i get nfc issue notification
also i tried removing the wifi thing in my notifications my setting the value to 0 in sql editor and it didnt work.
Please help ppl!

[Q] Google problems after upgrade.

Goole Play no longer recognizes device after upgrade.
Upgraded Samsung Infuse 4G from GB 2.3.6 to JB 4.1.2 .
Any ideas on how to solve this?
dlw
What do you mean Google Play doesn't recognize device? And did you try to go from GB directly to JB without doing ICS first?
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Yes, I did. I understood there would be no problems.
So, I need to download ICS, then go to JB?
dlw
I would. You may want research more. JB is different partition format and you can't go backwards from JB to ICS or lower. Might need to Heimdall bac to stock. See this thread for proper flash guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31342159
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Thank you for replying.
I may do that.
However, Amazon works fine and I prefer A to Goodle anyway.
Thanks again.
dlw
Might be me but still not sure how you went from GB directly to JB. Did steps change?
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It clearly states in the OP that you must install ICS first. You also have to boot up with ICS at least once before installing JB. At least I did.
Thank you for replying.
I'll try to explain. First, I am a noob. This is my first smartphone -used- and any attempts to fool with it.
I've ran a Linux based OS since about 2000 but I am NOT A GEEK, I am a USER, but do understand root.
Running Ubuntu 12.10 on a PC and an old EEE Netbook. The netbook is only used as a GPS unit when I'm in the forest.
So, I wanted to root my Infuse 4g -2.2.1. Did that and all went well.
Last Thursday morning very early the electricity went out, when it came back on it flickered several times.
I usually charge it overnight but turn it off. I forgot to turn it off the night before and woke up to a bricked phone.
After 2 1/2 days of panic, I finally got it back to GB 2.3.6 by using a OneClick.jar. I must admit it was very easy once I found out how.
After reading in the 'Infuse' forum that it was possible to upgrade to 4.+, I decided to go for it.
I tried 'pa' -Paranoid Android- first and did not like it. Next I flashed
'cm' -cynagen mod ?'- and it did not turn out right. Then I flashed 'Cypher Android 4.1.2' -aokp_infuse4g_unofficial_Oct-25-12.
Cypher Android is what is on the phone now.
One problem is when I answer a phone call, the screen turns black; returns to normal once the call is over.
There may be other problems but I'm not aware of them right now.
I am downloading 'apk's' and installing via 'adb' now so not interested in using Google or Amazon.
I am considering starting from scratch but need to learm more before I try.
Any help appreciated. My apologies for the long winded reply.
dlw
dlw1146 said:
Thank you for replying.
I'll try to explain. First, I am a noob. This is my first smartphone -used- and any attempts to fool with it.
I've ran a Linux based OS since about 2000 but I am NOT A GEEK, I am a USER, but do understand root.
Running Ubuntu 12.10 on a PC and an old EEE Netbook. The netbook is only used as a GPS unit when I'm in the forest.
So, I wanted to root my Infuse 4g -2.2.1. Did that and all went well.
Last Thursday morning very early the electricity went out, when it came back on it flickered several times.
I usually charge it overnight but turn it off. I forgot to turn it off the night before and woke up to a bricked phone.
After 2 1/2 days of panic, I finally got it back to GB 2.3.6 by using a OneClick.jar. I must admit it was very easy once I found out how.
After reading in the 'Infuse' forum that it was possible to upgrade to 4.+, I decided to go for it.
I tried 'pa' -Paranoid Android- first and did not like it. Next I flashed
'cm' -cynagen mod ?'- and it did not turn out right. Then I flashed 'Cypher Android 4.1.2' -aokp_infuse4g_unofficial_Oct-25-12.
Cypher Android is what is on the phone now.
One problem is when I answer a phone call, the screen turns black; returns to normal once the call is over.
There may be other problems but I'm not aware of them right now.
I am downloading 'apk's' and installing via 'adb' now so not interested in using Google or Amazon.
I am considering starting from scratch but need to learm more before I try.
Any help appreciated. My apologies for the long winded reply.
dlw
Click to expand...
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It seems easier to pop up what seems like a simple problem without explaining where the source of the problems came from.
It takes some time to explain yourself but it's worth it in the end.
This may explain where some of us are coming from when we choose to answer a question or not:
http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
When you have encountered any problems after a flash, assume that thing have gone wrong. If you fix it with a simple solution, other problems not seen initially may surface later.
I consider it better practice to start over.
Take out your microSD card. Factory reset the phone.
To get a decent base, use the uclb3 heimdall-1-click I put together. Flash it twice with boot loaders.
Flash ICS. Factory reset. Flash JB.
Review the instructions that have been laid out. It's there for a reason.
You can also click on my profile or profile of other users that have been taking time to answer questions. You will see a history of our posts. You can pick up quite a few answers.
(Nothing against you, dlw) But most of us enjoying sharing what we have discovered but it gets kinda old answering the same question over and over again. A little reading should be a requisite. I started out with a flip phone about 1.5 yrs ago. I knew nothing about root or android. I know a little more about root now. I'm a little more familiar with android. One of the things that I've been good at is the search function. (end rant)
Start over and have fun...
Happy New Year..
Thank you for your explanation.
I thought I was replying to psal217050 only who ask how I managed to update JB
dlw
I was trying to ascertain how you went from GB to JB and bypassed I've. I defer to qkster, andros11 and Pony Express on any complicated procedures. I can eff up my own phone (and have) but refuse to try and give advice on how to eff up someone else's phone. Simple procedures and clear instructions along with searching and their help have gotten me through many a day.
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