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[Q] Firmware install error

Im trying to install the latest version of ICS and i have tried several times to update the firmware from here(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1432220) I put on the sd card, turn off phone, volume down and power... it begins to update and says, model id incorrect update fail, press power to reboot.
I had alrdy installed it once from here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412618) I did the 3.06. But when i first tried the latest ICS rom with that it got stuck in HTC boot loop.
I am s-off with HBOOT-1.20.0000
Anyway what can i do to resolve this issue? Ive never had any problems until now. I have tried searching for this but not much luck. I hate to of posted this but didnt know what else to do. Figured all the geniuses here could prob help me in a split second vs the hrs ive tried to figure it out on my own.
Thanks

Mjakaz said:
Im trying to install the latest version of ICS and i have tried several times to update the firmware from here(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1432220) I put on the sd card, turn off phone, volume down and power... it begins to update and says, model id incorrect update fail, press power to reboot.
I had alrdy installed it once from here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412618) I did the 3.06. But when i first tried the latest ICS rom with that it got stuck in HTC boot loop.
I am s-off with HBOOT-1.20.0000
Anyway what can i do to resolve this issue? Ive never had any problems until now. I have tried searching for this but not much luck. I hate to of posted this but didnt know what else to do. Figured all the geniuses here could prob help me in a split second vs the hrs ive tried to figure it out on my own.
Thanks
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Sounds like you need to SuperCID
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
Follow Step 4

Thanks for the help, ill try it out! If only i had admin rights on my work pc i could do it now! Anyway around that?? lol
However if ive been installing custom roms etc and been able to update to the 3.06 firmware by putting the PG58IMG.zip on the sd card and it worked fine. Wouldnt i of alrdy been supercid? How could the phone of reverted back to non supercid?
Just wanting to be sure i understand correctly. Im currently running ARHD 3.6.11.

Mjakaz said:
Thanks for the help, ill try it out! If only i had admin rights on my work pc i could do it now! Anyway around that?? lol
However if ive been installing custom roms etc and been able to update to the 3.06 firmware by putting the PG58IMG.zip on the sd card and it worked fine. Wouldnt i of alrdy been supercid? How could the phone of reverted back to non supercid?
Just wanting to be sure i understand correctly. Im currently running ARHD 3.6.11.
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Im not sure. All iknow is i had to superCID my phone before updating firmware.
Although i have updated and flashed many roms before.

Mjakaz said:
Im trying to install the latest version of ICS and i have tried several times to update the firmware from here(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1432220) I put on the sd card, turn off phone, volume down and power... it begins to update and says, model id incorrect update fail, press power to reboot.
I had alrdy installed it once from here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412618) I did the 3.06. But when i first tried the latest ICS rom with that it got stuck in HTC boot loop.
I am s-off with HBOOT-1.20.0000
Anyway what can i do to resolve this issue? Ive never had any problems until now. I have tried searching for this but not much luck. I hate to of posted this but didnt know what else to do. Figured all the geniuses here could prob help me in a split second vs the hrs ive tried to figure it out on my own.
Thanks
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Hi,
You are trying to flash the wrong firmware.
You need the 3.12 firmware .(just below the 3.06 firmware on the thread page)
This will give you an hboot 1.23 so that you can flash a 6.x.x ROM.

Well thats y i am confused... i had alrdy installed the 3.06 firmware (figd meant i was supercid) and had attempted to do the 3.12 (from the same thread) but its giving me the update error. I just tried it again and exact same thing happens. I believe it is an 18mb firmware file just to be sure its correct?
So far in all my searches i havent read where anyone has had this issue so thats y im confused as to y it wont work!

from your cpu edit the txt file inside of the zip add your cid and mid to the list...

nccu_eagles said:
from your cpu edit the txt file inside of the zip add your cid and mid to the list...
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LOL, thanks for the help but i have NO CLUE how to do this or what to add...
would u mind giving me a step by step for dummies? id love to try it immediately!
Thank you!

Look at step 4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300

Mjakaz said:
LOL, thanks for the help but i have NO CLUE how to do this or what to add...
would u mind giving me a step by step for dummies? id love to try it immediately!
Thank you!
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Check your CID using fastboot getvar cid and MID using fastboot getvar mid.....download the file, double click it (don't unzip) then open the text file and add your cid/mid to the list, save and exit, then place file on your sdcard.... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412618

nccu_eagles said:
check your cid using fastboot getvar cid and mid using fastboot getvar mid.....download the file, double click it (don't unzip) then open the text file and add your cid/mid to the list, save and exit, then place file on your sdcard.... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412618
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thanks!! It worked!

[Q] Completely Boned - Solved: Was not SuperCID

So I can't figure out how to fix this, and have a completely useless phone at the moment, unfortunately.
I wanted to install Virtuous Inquisition. I was coming from ARHD 4.1.10 Gingerbread. This is the process I followed:
1. Downloaded Firmware and ROM from website.
2. Loaded both onto SDCard
3. Rebooted into recovery, PG58IMG did it's work.
4. Formatted / Wiped all Data
5. Installed Virtuous Inquisition
At this point I was thrown into a continuous boot loop. Read up on the forums, apparently Virtuous is only tested for CWM.
Tried installing CWM - downloaded the zip, renamed it PG58IMG.zip, tossed it onto the phone, gets stuck at "Parsing," and fails.
Tried reinstalling firmware again - Creates error "Wrong CID"
Tried installing CWM from the 1st post of the Sensation Rooting Thread, said "Wrong Version."
Completely confused as to how to fix my phone now.
Please, PLEASE help.
Thanks XDA.

Delete all pg58img.zip from SD card, try to reboot and post result.
Leaving the firmware zip in SD root after update causes boot loops.
Sent from my Pyramid-T

Unfortunately I still get the boot loops -
I get the Virtuous Boot Animation, then it just kills itself.

OK does fastboot work?
Sent from my Pyramid-T

gotpriest said:
Unfortunately I still get the boot loops -
I get the Virtuous Boot Animation, then it just kills itself.
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Try the virtuous 2.23 thread. It's a 2.3.4 Rom but it comes with its own firmware. See if that boots up before trying anything else.

stringer7 said:
OK does fastboot work?
Sent from my Pyramid-T
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Unfortunately I'm rather unfamiliar with this term - if you mean can I get into the bootloader, yes, and I can get into 4EXT.
I vaguely remember when rooting my phone that I had to connect it to the computer to do some adb things, but have not tried / done that since.
Currently I have a spare SDCard, and am trying the entire process over real quick, then going to try TC's idea.
Update: Loading the Firmware again still gave me the "CID Incorrect!" error in the bootloader.
Update 2:
tropical cactus said:
Try the virtuous 2.23 thread. It's a 2.3.4 Rom but it comes with its own firmware. See if that boots up before trying anything else.
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Going to that thread points you to the Virtuous Site - 2.2.0 Rom is Listed, but the Firmware is not bundled. Trying it anyway right now.

gotpriest said:
Unfortunately I'm rather unfamiliar with this term - if you mean can I get into the bootloader, yes, and I can get into 4EXT.
I vaguely remember when rooting my phone that I had to connect it to the computer to do some adb things, but have not tried / done that since.
Currently I have a spare SDCard, and am trying the entire process over real quick, then going to try TC's idea.
Update: Loading the Firmware again still gave me the "CID Incorrect!" error in the bootloader.
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If you can get into recovery, then all's not lost.
Edit: sounds like you haven't super cided.

gotpriest said:
1. Downloaded Firmware and ROM from website.
2. Loaded both onto SDCard
3. Rebooted into recovery, PG58IMG did it's work.
4. Formatted / Wiped all Data
5. Installed Virtuous Inquisition
Tried reinstalling firmware again - Creates error "Wrong CID"
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First and foremost, did you do a nandroid backup before you did any of this? If so just revert back.
Next, in step 3, you said you booted into recovery to flash the PG58IMG. You plain can't do that. All firmware updates are done through the bootloader not recovery.
And you also mentioned, wrong CID. Do you recall ever doing a superCID on your phone? If not, read through http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767 to get the correct firmware. IF you go there for the firmware (I suggest 3.24), you do not need superCID on your phone.
GL

Sorry, wrong wording, I did originally do the PG58IMG through Bootloader.
Quite, *quite* stupidly, I only did a Titanium backup, not a nandroid backup.
I have not done SuperCID on my phone.
Working on multiple options you guys have posted at the moment, y'all type too fast for my SDCard switching speeds!
As a side question at the moment, the Virtuous website mentioned that it has only tested through CWM. I was under the impression that 4EXT, while a different interface, behaved and functioned no differently than CWM. I may be wrong on this, but either way, I cannot get CWM to take control. It won't flash in the bootloader (gets stuck at "Parsing") and installing a Zip of it through 4EXT opens it, but does not make it the primary Recovery method

Update: The T-Mobile specific firmware is successfully installing at the moment. Will remind self to SuperCID ASAP :/
While talking earlier about nandroid backups, I was curious - I thought nandroid only backed up certain things, IE: Not the firmware. Am I incorrect?
Update 2: The Virtuous Boot animation has gotten far enough for the V to begin pulsing. It has never gotten this far. I think it may actually be going through the "initial" boot up sequence. May take a few minutes.

gotpriest said:
Sorry, wrong wording, I did originally do the PG58IMG through Bootloader.
Quite, *quite* stupidly, I only did a Titanium backup, not a nandroid backup.
I have not done SuperCID on my phone.
Working on multiple options you guys have posted at the moment, y'all type too fast for my SDCard switching speeds!
As a side question at the moment, the Virtuous website mentioned that it has only tested through CWM. I was under the impression that 4EXT, while a different interface, behaved and functioned no differently than CWM. I may be wrong on this, but either way, I cannot get CWM to take control. It won't flash in the bootloader (gets stuck at "Parsing") and installing a Zip of it through 4EXT opens it, but does not make it the primary Recovery method
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I use 4ext for my recovery and works just as well. Just use the firmware in that thread I mentioned. That thread is a great one to read up on. Especially for people who are new to CID terminologies.
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gotpriest said:
Update: The T-Mobile specific firmware is successfully installing at the moment. Will remind self to SuperCID ASAP :/
While talking earlier about nandroid backups, I was curious - I thought nandroid only backed up certain things, IE: Not the firmware. Am I incorrect?
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The only thing Nandroids do not back up are radios, SD stuff, kernels,firmware and RIL files. The RIL and Radio's are bundled in the rom itself. So essentially the nandroid backs up the ROM itself. Hope that makes sense.

Hope its working now? My thought was the problem was firmware you flashed originally not supported by your CID = boot loop.
SupwrCID def recommended!
Sent from my Pyramid-T

Jesus Joseph and Mary you guys saved my Bacon. Working Phone. Thanks to all, particularly kpjimmy for the right firmware link!
Lessons Learned:
1. Don't be an Idiot.
2. Murphy is an Asshole
3. Do nandroid backups
4. SuperCID my phone.
5. Stop trying to Flash ROMS on my phone when I haven't slept in 24 hours.
6. Don't be an Idiot.
stringer7 said:
Hope its working now? My thought was the problem was firmware you flashed originally not supported by your CID = boot loop.
SupwrCID def recommended!
Sent from my Pyramid-T
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Correct, you were on the right track. I have not done SuperCID, so when I installed the Firmware straight from Virtuous, it wasn't T-Mo specific.

gotpriest said:
Update: The T-Mobile specific firmware is successfully installing at the moment. Will remind self to SuperCID ASAP :/
While talking earlier about nandroid backups, I was curious - I thought nandroid only backed up certain things, IE: Not the firmware. Am I incorrect?
Update 2: The Virtuous Boot animation has gotten far enough for the V to begin pulsing. It has never gotten this far. I think it may actually be going through the "initial" boot up sequence. May take a few minutes.
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Happy for you. We've all been to hell and back before.

tropical cactus said:
Happy for you. We've all been to hell and back before.
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It actually scared the crap out of me. I switched back and forth between about 5 AOSP ROMS on my MyTouch back in the day, and have done countless ones on my Senny. This was my first firmware update though, so clearly that was the issue - but I should really learn to stop doing these things on weekdays when I urgently need my phone...

Glad it worked. Enjoy VI 3.5. I know I am

gotpriest said:
It actually scared the crap out of me. I switched back and forth between about 5 AOSP ROMS on my MyTouch back in the day, and have done countless ones on my Senny. This was my first firmware update though, so clearly that was the issue - but I should really learn to stop doing these things on weekdays when I urgently need my phone...
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Been there and done that. Leave the high for the weekend.

boot loop after flashing new ROM

Hi all,
I've searched many forums for a solution to my problem but to no avail
I have flashed many roms before hand without a problem (last one installed was OnceICS 1.0.4) and as i have installed the latest release of this rom ( OnceICS 1.1.1) i was given a boot loop after.
I tried multiple roms after this such as android revolution hd and insert coin as well. all of which leave me with a boot loop.
Any solutions to this problem will be greatly appreciated

try taking out your sd card from your phone then flash again. if that dont work try reformatting sd card in recovery. that always works for me when i get boot loop.

cheers mate, ill give that one a try. i'll let you know how i go.

ok well that didn't seem to work any other solutions anyone?

Did you put the new firmware on?

not sure what you mean by that mate :S would that be usually a file named PG58IMG.zip per chance?

Yep, put it on your sd card, boot into bootloader and let it do its job, then remove the file from the sd card
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710 using XDA Premium App

ok well i tried that and it just came back with "Model ID incorrect!" "update Fail!"

Check this thread and follow the guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
Install the latest 3.32 firmware.
Or if you have Super CID you can use this one - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412618

if i do try the first method there, what one would i be looking for? there is quite a few ones there to choose from on the 3.32 :S
YAY!! fixed it, just did a firmware update and all went well, thank you all for you help. Greatly appreciated

You need to get the app from the store (CID Getter) to get your MID/CID number, then match it up to the right one.

Yup, make sure you get the firmware with the right CID number or you're in for a world of hurt.
Sent from my HTC Sensation

sargent_hotdog said:
if i do try the first method there, what one would i be looking for? there is quite a few ones there to choose from on the 3.32 :S
YAY!! fixed it, just did a firmware update and all went well, thank you all for you help. Greatly appreciated
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Awesome. Enjoy ICS

[Q] Sensation no rom

Hi All, I have been a long way down trying different roms having rooted, SOFF, loading CWM recovery..... all with the help of great articles on this site, which I'm grateful for. However I slightly messed up and cant figure out how to get back to where i was. I deleted the rom software I was running in preparation for loading a different rom but I accidently pulled the battery before the replacement rom was installed. On booting the phone hung on the HTC screen. I can boot into the fastboot but when I try to load recovery the screen goes dark, I presume reboot, and hangs on the HTC screen. Is there a zip file I can load onto the micro sd that will load a rom automatically to get me back?
Many thanks
Dermot

Drmt66 said:
Hi All, I have been a long way down trying different roms having rooted, SOFF, loading CWM recovery..... all with the help of great articles on this site, which I'm grateful for. However I slightly messed up and cant figure out how to get back to where i was. I deleted the rom software I was running in preparation for loading a different rom but I accidently pulled the battery before the replacement rom was installed. On booting the phone hung on the HTC screen. I can boot into the fastboot but when I try to load recovery the screen goes dark, I presume reboot, and hangs on the HTC screen. Is there a zip file I can load onto the micro sd that will load a rom automatically to get me back?
Many thanks
Dermot
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Hi,
Everything looks good in your hboot area.
Look HERE
Step 1. Flashing 4EXT recovery touch
Get 4 EXT flashed onto your phone.
One of the 3 methods will work.
Place a ROM on your sd card
Then,format all partitions (except sd card).
And flash away.

malybru said:
Hi,
Everything looks good in your hboot area.
Look HERE
Step 1. Flashing 4EXT recovery touch
Get 4 EXT flashed onto your phone.
One of the 3 methods will work.
Place a ROM on your sd card
Then,format all partitions (except sd card).
And flash away.
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Unfortunately your link doesnt follow. I've also found this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1848846 but the link on that page http://animeondroid.host22.com/recovery.img is also going nowhere. Any other suggestions?

Drmt66 said:
Unfortunately your link doesnt follow. I've also found this thread Any other suggestions?
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Hi,
Sorry,mis-typed my link.
Look HERE
Step 1. Flashing 4EXT recovery touch

malybru said:
Hi,
Sorry,mis-typed my link.
Look HERE
Step 1. Flashing 4EXT recovery touch
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No prob, many thanks

I'm in a very similar position where I can't get a booting rom.
I've tried a number of ways to achieve S-OFF to no success.
HBOOT is 1.18.000.
CID is HTC__038 (India).
Firmware is 1.52.720.3 (I think).
It's currently unlocked using the HTC dev method, and I've got the EXT4 recovery.
I've tried adding the CID to Europe RRU updates, but that always errors in a 12: Signature failed.
I've tried reloading the stock recovery and relocking the phone.
From what I can tell, to S-OFF for 1.18 requires a bootable rom, which I just can't achieve right now.
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

You can always flash a matching RUU.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium

Raven2k said:
You can always flash a matching RUU.
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Unfortunately a matching RUU doesn't seem to exist. Google only finds about 4 search results, of which is most useful points back here where someone else is asking for it to no avail.
I've tried shipped-roms.com and a filefactory.com archive, but none suit this particular version.

mattdwen said:
Unfortunately a matching RUU doesn't seem to exist. Google only finds about 4 search results, of which is most useful points back here where someone else is asking for it to no avail.
I've tried shipped-roms.com and a filefactory.com archive, but none suit this particular version.
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Hi,
Have you tried THIS ONE

malybru said:
Hi,
Have you tried THIS ONE
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Hi malybru, yes I've tried that one, but as the mainver is older than the 1.52.720.3 that's currently on there, it won't allow it, as I'm S-ON.
I have however just found this thread from kgs1992 which will hopefully help, except I'm getting about 5kbs on the download

Malybry, many thanks for your good help, alls good again, 4ext's cool
:cyclops:

Malybru, many thanks for your good help, alls good again, 4ext's cool
:cyclops:

Drmt66 said:
Malybru, many thanks for your good help, alls good again, 4ext's cool
:cyclops:
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Hi,
Glad to hear it.

@Drmt66
Hi,
Thank you,kindly.

No Baseband

Hey all,
I flashed the Official Jelly Bean De-odex. For some reason I have no baseband. I tried flashing the official radio but no luck.
I tried flashing the radio first but it still had no baseband.
Did a clean wipe.
Any suggestions?
oh Im using CWM flashable... and also have TWRP flashable. Tried both.

pitbulldaddy said:
Hey all,
I flashed the Official Jelly Bean De-odex. For some reason I have no baseband. I tried flashing the official radio but no luck.
I tried flashing the radio first but it still had no baseband.
Did a clean wipe.
Any suggestions?
oh Im using CWM flashable... and also have TWRP flashable. Tried both.
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read the sticky READ THIS B4 POSTING | THE MOST Common Questions Answered HERE in particular q.#25

I just tried redownloading the radio. Did everything mentioned in the post, I was actually in the 1 Stop before and reading through it I just could not find a solution. I tried flashing this ROM months prior and ran into the same issue. When I couldnt figure it out I decided to update via Kies. I dont know if this matters but when I flashed the Odex version posted in the forum I had no issues.
Im currently on Embryo 7 but Ive been dealing with randomly getting stuck at the Samsung splash screen. Other than that the ROM is a dream.
Any other help?

pitbulldaddy said:
I just tried redownloading the radio. Did everything mentioned in the post, I was actually in the 1 Stop before and reading through it I just could not find a solution. I tried flashing this ROM months prior and ran into the same issue. When I couldnt figure it out I decided to update via Kies. I dont know if this matters but when I flashed the Odex version posted in the forum I had no issues.
Im currently on Embryo 7 but Ive been dealing with randomly getting stuck at the Samsung splash screen. Other than that the ROM is a dream.
Any other help?
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but did u try the hilited part, returning to stock is a last resort if you cant find a solution then try to reflash the rom
25a) Q. i tried "name of custom rom here" but a feature of the phone doesnt work , eg. camera
A. make sure you are on latest recovery, read answer #5.
check md5 sum of file you are trying to flash/install, HOWTO HERE.
follow devs rom install instructions to the "T".
make sure you are on correct radio, reflash radio just in case, howto in the radio section of the 1STOP STICKY
start from the beginning w/full wipe, CHECK THE MD5 of your rom and and other files needed for rom like the radio, then reflash radio then rom.
Read the thread for the rom to see if the dev states any issues, read users feedback if they have mentioned said feature not working, eg camera. if no one had an issue then test by returning to stock(preferably latest) to see if said function/hardware works, if said function works on stock and users of rom states that it does work then its usually user error, what error? idk, you need to troubleshoot.
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do you reccomend kies for stock or is flashing ok? Im at the splash screen now after I reverted back and reflashed. I will let you know how it went shortly. Thanks for your help Vincom. .

no luck.... unfortunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped

pitbulldaddy said:
no luck.... unfortunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped
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Bad flash. Start over
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

pitbulldaddy said:
do you reccomend kies for stock or is flashing ok? Im at the splash screen now after I reverted back and reflashed. I will let you know how it went shortly. Thanks for your help Vincom. .
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everything you need is stickied, read this NEWB GUIDES To: | RESTORE TO STOCK | USE ODIN | INSTALL CWM/TWRP | ROOT

pitbulldaddy said:
no luck.... unfortunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped
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Sounds like odin, is your best bet at this point. See vincom's stickies.

pitbulldaddy said:
no luck.... unfortunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped
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Use mohan deodexed stock...It has UCMC1 official jb radio for at&t bundled in it....