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Odin one click question

Can I use odin one click to revert to stock even though I have 1101 build cappy? It seems oc only works for 1010 and below. Should I use odin 3 and flash stock jf6 instead? Currently on cog 4.4.
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some people have trouble with odin one click with newer models. some dont.
you can flash anything with the odin 3 flasher.
avoid stocks with bootloaders. or "3 button fix" versions.
if you dont flash bootloaders you should never hard brick.

Once back to stock, do you know if I can use kies to flash official froyo upgrade, or will that be a prob after flashing custom rom? Is there an odin flash that will get me stock 2.2 without using any bootloaders? I've searched, but seems like everything takes you back to eclair.
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Cdub3 said:
Once back to stock, do you know if I can use kies to flash official froyo upgrade, or will that be a prob after flashing custom rom? Is there an odin flash that will get me stock 2.2 without using any bootloaders? I've searched, but seems like everything takes you back to eclair.
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You could use the one Trusselo made.. In his sig right above your post

thats for rogers... is he rogers...?

I'm at&t. same thing right? I got one completely dead, bricked, cappy in the hands of samsung right now. Hoping they'll replace or fix me. Got one cappy in my hand that's being "borrowed" for the 30 day window till I find out what's up with the one samsung has. Hoping I can get functioning cappy back from samsung, and talk the wife into letting me keep the "borrowed" one. That way I have a stable one, and one to mess around with. Planning on taking on gingerbread, only once I've covered all my bases.....I think. Just wanted to know best way back to stock, just in case I needed to bring back the phone. Like I said, it's a 1101 build, and I'm currently running Cog4.4, so I didn't want to brick it with one click. Dumb noob question, but are boot animations same/diff from bootloaders. I opened archive on cog 4 and in system/bin their are boot animations. I flashed cog via rom manager. Did i just get lucky or are these not bootloaders, just animations? Is there a thread that shows which roms come with bootloaders and which don't?

read this it explains the boot process and what a bootloader is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1049294
bootloaders are not the same as a boot animation.
animations are found in /system/media/bootanimation.zip
you didnt get lucky with cognition flashing a bootloader that will only **** **** up if you have gingerbread bootloaders which you didnt, so flashing a froyo secondary bootloader was fine (thats why its in there)
The bootloaders would be in the updates folder of the zip.

Thanks studacris. Seems the more I learn about all this, the more ii find stuff I didn't know. Constantly on forum trying to learn so I don't have to bother guys like you. Since I got ur attention, flashing to i9000 rom would require bootloaders correct? Looking to do that next. Currently im US, att, i896. Sorry to bother ya.
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Sorry I meant i897
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nope new bootloaders are only needed if you are jumping to gingerbread

only flashing the i9000 2.3.3 roms requires bootloaders. all the 2.2.1 roms will work without danger of bricking.
if all you did on the borrowed cappy is root and flash a kernel you can flash the backed up kernel and then unroot. (did you use sgs kernel flasher to flash the kernel like when we talked about it? did you back up the kernel?)
you might want to look at getting a jig just to have one around. samsung keeps releasing new builds of the phone and there are unknowns. there are mixed reports from the 1010 build and up. you should be able to use odin 1.7 and flash the jf6 from icezar1 and you still have stock bootloaders so there "should" be no need for odin one click.
all the problems last time must have been do to the gingerbread bootloaders in combination with your 1010 build phone, i should have told you to use odin one click, infact you should have had a jig before i encouraged you to try gingerbread, my fault, but i didnt have problems when i did the same thing.

Should I flash a i9000 kernel before a i9000 rom? Then after all is said and done, find a compatible modem? Only reason I want to go to i9000 rom is because there seems to be more available. Can I do all this via sgs kernel flasher and rom manager/cwm or does it have to be done odin for the first switch to i9000? I'm assuming I can go back between sgh I897 and i9000 no prob since no ginger boots are involved? Just to be clear, even if I flash a rom with bootloaders, it shouldn't be a prob as long as it's 2.2 rom? Are 2.2 boots backwards compatible if i want to flash back to stock? I ask cuz prob can't use oneclick cuz my build is to new. again, don't mean to be a pest. cut me off whenever you feel like it.

Roms are all in one package kernel and modems are included.

[Q] Has anyone still not gotten the OTA?

Am I the only one who has still not gotten the OTA? I called a service rep and he said the rollout doesn't end until August 31, so they can't do anything until it officially ends. Has anyone had any luck getting them to push to update out to them?

This is a cluster @?!#. TMobile nor LG has any clue as to what's going on. Before I updated I talked a Rep. They said use LG updater...I believe they pulled the ota due to it bricking devices. Look in the dev section. There is some posts that cover some of this. Imo the only thing good out of the update was the baseband.
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According to T-Mobile support website the OTA is completed as of August 10 and you have to use the LG updater. I used it with no issues.
https://t-mobile.jive-mobile.com:443/#jive-document?content=/api/core/v1/documents/2362

Thanks. I've been weary of using the lg updater because of all the phone-bricking horror stories, but I guess I'll have to give it a shot.

Thank you Ph. I was fishing for that link to post.
I did the updater on 3 phones no issues. If your rooted you will lose it. Don't remember about cwm. But nvflash will work. Look for xboarders stock total and flash it if you need root. Folow the instructions...any questions please ask.
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Yea just make sure to follow the instructions on LG's site for updating. Especially make sure you download and install the drivers they have posted. And while the updater is running don't get impatient and unplug anything. Just let it do it's thing until its done.

alias503 said:
Thank you Ph. I was fishing for that link to post.
I did the updater on 3 phones no issues. If your rooted you will lose it. Don't remember about cwm. But nvflash will work. Look for xboarders stock total and flash it if you need root. Folow the instructions...any questions please ask.
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Yea the update overwrites cwm recovery and you lose root. After the update just reflash cwm and then flash your rom of choice.

coocookuhchoo said:
Am I the only one who has still not gotten the OTA? I called a service rep and he said the rollout doesn't end until August 31, so they can't do anything until it officially ends. Has anyone had any luck getting them to push to update out to them?
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I talked to a Tmo rep on August 12th, as soon as I found out they ended the roll out. The rep told me to use the LG updater also (which I did without a hitch), but he told me that if I wanted it OTA he would put my IMEI on a list which consisted of phones that will eventually get the roll out. He told me it was up to Google to send them out from here on out and that it could take months for them to send it out. I don't know if he was talking out of his ass, or just pushing me towards the LG updater, I'm just sayin'..

Google has no part in our update process.
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I am starting to think that tmo is getting a "short timer" attitude. The hold time is getting longer, reps seem to not really care any more. And all of the post that have filled this forum about call made to customer service. The hole pointing fingers at LG and Google about who is responsible for up dates. I use to love tmo but I really believe it is turnning into at&t.
Any how coocoo how did your update turn out? Any one else have questions?

I also used the LG updater with no problem. Like Ph said, be patient and don't unplug anything until it's done doing its thing.
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I still havent updated because im very happy with how my froyo rom is set up. I would like the new baseband though. If i use the lg updater and then re-root and restore my rom will the baseband stick? I know that doing a nandroid also backs up the baseband or it did with the G1 atleast. Also is the new baseband worth it?

Joe333x said:
I still havent updated because im very happy with how my froyo rom is set up. I would like the new baseband though. If i use the lg updater and then re-root and restore my rom will the baseband stick? I know that doing a nandroid also backs up the baseband or it did with the G1 atleast. Also is the new baseband worth it?
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Flashing and backing up and restoring roms won't touch your baseband so nothing to worry about there. As for updating and "re-rooting" the update will restore stock recovery so after updating you need to reflash clockworkmod recovery using the nvflash tool. Then you either restore one of your backups or flash a rom, even flash back to froyo. The baseband will stay updated. If you want stock 2.3.3 but rooted then there is a rooted version in the dev section. The stock 2.3.3 update can't be rooted with superoneclick.

Yea man its simple u could do what Ph said, if u like ur froyo rom that much just back it up, then flash stock recovery back on, I didn't unroot the update will overrite that, then update, so like I said make a nandroid, then flash stock recovery with tgagunmans one click flasher (super easy) don't worry about unrooting its how I did it basically u really just need the stock recovery image people weren't doing that and getting bricks, now Ph said he did it without touching recovery but just to be safe flash back to stock, so after that just update then after the update restore ur froyo backup and bamm!!! U will have new baseband and root again just like that whole process takes 15 minutes, the baseband stays on ur phone it cannot be erased nor flashed unless using lg update so once u have it ur golden

sarni84 said:
Yea man its simple u could do what Ph said, if u like ur froyo rom that much just back it up, then flash stock recovery back on, I didn't unroot the update will overrite that, then update, so like I said make a nandroid, then flash stock recovery with tgagunmans one click flasher (super easy) don't worry about unrooting its how I did it basically u really just need the stock recovery image people weren't doing that and getting bricks, now Ph said he did it without touching recovery but just to be safe flash back to stock, so after that just update then after the update restore ur froyo backup and bamm!!! U will have new baseband and root again just like that whole process takes 15 minutes, the baseband stays on ur phone it cannot be erased nor flashed unless using lg update so once u have it ur golden
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dude you are one the most helpful ppl on this forum and i really appreciate it. i hate the phillies but i may make an exception for you. thanks again for that help right there, will be doing this tonight

The ota update being stopped is a lie. My friend bought his 4 days ago from radio shack. It was on 2.2 over night he got the 2.3 ota.
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Did a factory data reset with cwm then restored stock recovery. Updated with lg updater, flashed cwm recovery restored my nandroid of my froyo rom and booted up. Now i have my same rom with the new baseband. Thanks guys. The last phone i had rooted was a G1 and flashing nandroids could also restore the radio so i figured the same would happen with the G2x.

stock to send in infuse under warranty ?

so what is the best way to make the phone look completely stock to send it in under warranty ?
use gtg unbrick then update through uckh1 ota?
also heard that att can see if youve flashed roms because of how many times download mode is accessed
any news or ideas about that?

Use gtg ultimate fix to get to stock.
Format internal SD card.
Format external SD card, if supplied.
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The_Zodiac said:
so what is the best way to make the phone look completely stock to send it in under warranty ?
use gtg unbrick then update through uckh1 ota?
also heard that att can see if youve flashed roms because of how many times download mode is accessed
any news or ideas about that?
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no the bootloaders have a counter but it seems to only be sensitive to the kernel being flashed to one built from sources (maybe it is detecting that it is a rogers kernel, maybe it is detecting something else). it will see the rom as samsung official even if it is modded and wont count it. this is only if you updated to the gb bootloader or maybe the kh1 bootloader and the counter doesnt start till after the bootloader is flashed.
the best way to check if this is a problem for you is to flash to samsung official firmware and enter download mode passing the screen that warns you about 3rd party firmware and see if there is a custom firmware count at the top left of the screen. if it says 0 you are good to go. again it doesn't count flashes, only flashes of non att infuse firmware/kernels and i dont know if it only counts download mode flashes or if it can detect cwm flashes as they go.

[Q] Stock AT&T or scuttle?

Hi All
My infuse4g has developed a hardware fault where the usb is not recognized. I'm getting a replacement from AT&T but I can't obviously restore to stock via Odin... I was wondering
a) will AT&T uphold the warranty with CM7 on the phone?
b) Can I flash the stock rom using clockworkMod? If so where do I get that
c) Failing the above - I can try and scuttle the sdcard - format all partitions etc.
d) Any other suggestions?
Thoughts much appreciated.
R

you can infact cwm the stock rom but no package exists. I "could" make one but my ISP has ****ty upload and that would mean no browsing for like 2-3hours. hope you find help with that. plus I'm at work till 1:30 am tonight.

Att and Samsung have been known to overlook software mod but there is still risk that they could enforce it as written
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I tried to backup the stock at&T using CWM and then restore on the old phone - No luck - It just says "cannot flash boot"
Crap....
R

Prepping for warranty

I need to send my Blaze in for warranty work. This is what I've done so far.
Reset the flash counter http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1955273
Used Odin to return to stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591601
Reset to delete data
Right now my Blaze is back to running 2.3.6. I have already told the warranty department that I updated to 4.0 using KIES. Samsung is obviously expecting me to do a reset before sending it in, but I assume that if I was running 4.0 and did a reset it would still be on 4.0.
Should I update to 4.0 before sending the phone to Samsung or should I leave it at 2.3.6? If so, how? Right now I'm getting a message from KIES which says Your device's current firmware version is not supported to update firmware via KIES
Should I use Odin to update to a different version that I can download from Sammobile.com? If so, does anyone know which version I should use?
Any help that anyone can offer would be great. I don't want to raise any red flags when I sent it in to Samsung. Thanks.

d73805 said:
I need to send my Blaze in for warranty work. This is what I've done so far.
Reset the flash counter http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1955273
Used Odin to return to stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591601
Reset to delete data
Right now my Blaze is back to running 2.3.6. I have already told the warranty department that I updated to 4.0 using KIES. Samsung is obviously expecting me to do a reset before sending it in, but I assume that if I was running 4.0 and did a reset it would still be on 4.0.
Should I update to 4.0 before sending the phone to Samsung or should I leave it at 2.3.6? If so, how? Right now I'm getting a message from KIES which says Your device's current firmware version is not supported to update firmware via KIES
Should I use Odin to update to a different version that I can download from Sammobile.com? If so, does anyone know which version I should use?
Any help that anyone can offer would be great. I don't want to raise any red flags when I sent it in to Samsung. Thanks.
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Do whatever you want... All they do is a root check and boot it once. If even that. They are looking for cracks and other things you may have left out.
I've sent back 4 phones now, all were rooted and customized. Only 1 did I do what you did. The rest I said F it. They didn't care because nothing was wrong with it hardware wise. ||
they just Re-flash their stock on it and go from there. Keep in mind they can always check. Just is super rare. You are good. They don't care what version it is as long as it's stock.
(also that count reseter doesn't reset the custom binary, they still will know you installed a custom recovery)

That's good to hear. I ended up using the August 2012 from sammobile.com then used KIES to update to 4.0. Hopefully everything works out.
chjema said:
Do whatever you want... All they do is a root check and boot it once. If even that. They are looking for cracks and other things you may have left out.
I've sent back 4 phones now, all were rooted and customized. Only 1 did I do what you did. The rest I said F it. They didn't care because nothing was wrong with it hardware wise. ||
they just Re-flash their stock on it and go from there. Keep in mind they can always check. Just is super rare. You are good. They don't care what version it is as long as it's stock.
(also that count reseter doesn't reset the custom binary, they still will know you installed a custom recovery)
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(also that count reseter doesn't reset the custom binary, they still will know you installed a custom recovery)
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Reset counter doesn't reset the custom binary, but Odin flashing a stock firmware will.
Also this belongs in General.
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I have reset flash counter and I have gotten it to say IM running Samsung official but I still have a custom recovery...will they care?
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Jserrano56 said:
I have reset flash counter and I have gotten it to say IM running Samsung official but I still have a custom recovery...will they care?
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from what I've heard (and take that with a grain of salt, because I have no personal experience, dont hit me if I'm wrong), they dont care if you have a customer recovery, as long as you have Samsung Official binary with 0 flash count (and often times the flash count is ignored).

Well IM also running a stock ROM... You can't tell the difference only way I could get it to ICS to use triangle away since kies wouldn't recognize my device
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