Hi! I am new to this forum, and I searched for all the threads related to the problem I have, but they didn't solve them, so I am posting a new thread.
I live in India, and I bought a Samsung SGS2- GT i9100 from here itself back in June 2011. I updated it to 2.3.6 back in December, and rooted it in February.
Samsung hasn't released any ICS update here, so I changed my CSC code from INU to NPL, where the ICS update had been launched. After I updated my phone to ICS 4.0.3 XWLP7 through Kies, I decided to root it. After rooting, whenever I connect my phone to Kies to restore all my data, which I backed up using Kies, I get this error message "Cannot start service on the device. Please disconnect and reconnect the device." All of my data- my contacts, messages, memos, everything, is backed up via kies, but it fails to connect my device. I really want the data back.
I believe that because of the root kies fails to detect my phone.
I am considering to flash the latest stock firmware (Gingerbread 2.3.6 XWKL1) available in my country, but I read somewhere that if I flash any firmware via odin, kies will neither upgrade my device's firmware, nor detect it.
Is there any way I can unroot my phone, or flash an original firmware but still use all the features of kies like nothing happened?
An early answer will be deeply appreciated! Thanks in advance!
Do a full reset
Check galaxy s2 forum for details.
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Allanitomwesh said:
Do a full reset
Check galaxy s2 forum for details.
Hit thanks there's a button.Imetumwa kutoka U8150 kutumia XDA
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By 'full reset', do you mean a factory reset? I already tried that, didn't work.
I also tried unrooting using this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719.
It uninstalled the superuser, but when rebooted, I still get the yellow traingle and the CWM app on my app drawer.
By the way, If I flash a stock firmware on my SGS2 using Odin, will I be able to use Kies like before, that is backup and restore my phone using kies?
Still using KIES should be possible, see http://www.dialandroid.com/2012/03/how-to-gobackuse-kies-update-after.html
Generally, I would recommend to stop using KIES for backups If you want your data back you can still try to connect your phone, go to wireless settings-> usb settings and try switching between KIES and usb storage.
What also helped in some cases is to activate debugging and then deactivate it again.
After you got your data back you can still update your firmwares without KIES.
If you have still problems with KIES you can try maybe this programm here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477991
diwakarchopra said:
By 'full reset', do you mean a factory reset? I already tried that, didn't work.
I also tried unrooting using this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719.
It uninstalled the superuser, but when rebooted, I still get the yellow traingle and the CWM app on my app drawer.
By the way, If I flash a stock firmware on my SGS2 using Odin, will I be able to use Kies like before, that is backup and restore my phone using kies?
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After i tried to unroot using the above method, the superuser app was uninstalled, however i still get the yellow triangle on boot, and the CWM app is still present on my app drawer. when i open it, it say superuser app not found. when i try to download the superuser app from the play store, it is unable to update the superuser binaries.
You'll forgive me I don't have a galaxy s2. What I meant was unroot back to official ics or the process that will restore your phone back to warranty conditions... (is that what Odin is for?). KIES should behave then,also,when my friend's galaxy pop isn't recognised he turns on and off debugging and it works.
EDIT : Like so ↓
http://galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-unroot/how-to-unrootunbrick-your-galaxy-s2-i9100-ics/
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murr4y said:
Still using KIES should be possible, see http://www.dialandroid.com/2012/03/how-to-gobackuse-kies-update-after.html
Generally, I would recommend to stop using KIES for backups If you want your data back you can still try to connect your phone, go to wireless settings-> usb settings and try switching between KIES and usb storage.
What also helped in some cases is to activate debugging and then deactivate it again.
After you got your data back you can still update your firmwares without KIES.
If you have still problems with KIES you can try maybe this programm here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477991
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I first flashed the official gingerbread 2.3.6 XWKL1 on my phone using kies, the used the www.dialandroid.com link to enable using kies. then i restored my messages and contacts from the backup. then i changed csc code and updated to XWLP7 ICS 4.0.3 firmware. Now I have my contacts and messages back, and everything is working perfectly. I still haven't rooted it again yet, should I do it?
And another thing, now news started coming up that the new SGS2 gt i9100 handsets, which were imported in April 2012 have ICS 4.0.3 preloaded (links- http://bit.ly/Kih0tL , http://bit.ly/K5sQY6 and http://bit.ly/Kb96m2).
The new firmware which comes preloaded is the same build, and has same baseband version, PDA, CSC and PHONE codes, so is the firmware I am currently running, which I installed using Nepal (NPL) CSC official, and do I still have my warranty?
P.S. After updating for the second time, all my contacts and messages were there thankfully, but when I connected it back to Kies, the same error message of 'Cannot start service on device. Please disconnect and reconnect.' appears.
diwakarchopra said:
I first flashed the official gingerbread 2.3.6 XWKL1 on my phone using kies, the used the www.dialandroid.com link to enable using kies. then i restored my messages and contacts from the backup. then i changed csc code and updated to XWLP7 ICS 4.0.3 firmware. Now I have my contacts and messages back, and everything is working perfectly. I still haven't rooted it again yet, should I do it?
And another thing, now news started coming up that the new SGS2 gt i9100 handsets, which were imported in April 2012 have ICS 4.0.3 preloaded (links- http://bit.ly/Kih0tL , http://bit.ly/K5sQY6 and http://bit.ly/Kb96m2).
The new firmware which comes preloaded is the same build, and has same baseband version, PDA, CSC and PHONE codes, so is the firmware I am currently running, which I installed using Nepal (NPL) CSC official, and do I still have my warranty?
P.S. After updating for the second time, all my contacts and messages were there thankfully, but when I connected it back to Kies, the same error message of 'Cannot start service on device. Please disconnect and reconnect.' appears.
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Hi,
You could try this:
- open kies, connect phone to the computer (ignore kies for now)
- while the phone is connected power off your phone by pressing 10s on the power button, and after this power it back on without disconnecting.
- kies should now see your phone
If you have the yellow triangle displayed or the hardware counter incremented chances are your warranty is void. However you can flash a stock firmware and use a USB jig to reset your counter (you might need to flash another bootloader though, Samsung fixed the latest bootloaders to ignore the jig).
Cheers,
Stefan.
P.S.: if this helped please use thanks.
(sorry for the late reply, was out of town for some days )
thank you all for your help!
I finally cracked it, and ICS was officially launched in India!
I changed my csc code back to INU, reflashed GB 2.3.6 XWKL1, and used this (http://www.dialandroid.com/2012/03/how-to-gobackuse-kies-update-after.html) method to get kies to recognize my phone. then i updated to the official Indian one with kies, and now everything works fine! Thanks once again!
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I have a rooted i727 that I just updated from the stock 2.3.5 to the new 2.3.6 OTA update. Now after Update I get message in Kies saying it does not support my device for software Updates. See attachment.
Is this because my phone was rooted?? Never has said this before in Kies.
Yes it is because you are rooted and or have a custom recovery.
u must be COMPLETELY stock to get its updates, bloat, recovery, everything
I'm complete stock, including stock recovery. All bloatware present, though some frozen with TB. I also get the same message. Phone is rooted.
Prior to OTA, also didn't get this message. Was rooted then also.
jimhlt said:
I'm complete stock, including stock recovery. All bloatware present, though some frozen with TB. I also get the same message. Phone is rooted.
Prior to OTA, also didn't get this message. Was rooted then also.
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Nothing can be frozen.
I was completly stock as well out of the box stock running gingerbread 2.3.5 and at&t sent an ota update which updated to 2.3.6 in which i was still out of the box stock. But once i did that kies would no longer work for me either. After much research what i found is since the update come from att and not samsung kies would no longer work and this is what possibly is slowing the official ics update down cause now samsung has to update kies to work for the users who did the ota update to 2.3.6 which since it was from att approved by samsung it does not void the warranty but samsung was not counting on the kies mini problem. Now thats what i read but you know how that is too dad always said beleive little of what you hear half of what you read and even less of what you see....
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xcrazydx said:
Nothing can be frozen.
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Not sure what you mean that nothing can be frozen. Using TB, I go through the freeze process. After a reboot, the apps I froze no longer appear in my list of available applications. They do however still get market updates so are still present. Isn't that kind of the goal of freezing?
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Not sure what you mean that nothing can be frozen. Using TB, I go through the freeze process. After a reboot, the apps I froze no longer appear in my list of available applications. They do however still get market updates so are still present. Isn't that kind of the goal of freezing?
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no apps can be frozen if you want to take an OTA.
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no apps can be frozen if you want to take an OTA.
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Ok. Now I understand what you mean. I can only say that this last OTA update worked just fine for me even with apps frozen. Also before this last update Kies was happy even with my frozen apps and being rooted. After this last OTA, Kies no longer likes my phone. Not sure if it is frozen apps or being rooted. Of course it could be a problem with Kies I suppose. I don't really want to unroot and unfreeze to find out at this point.
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Ok. Now I understand what you mean. I can only say that this last OTA update worked just fine for me even with apps frozen. Also before this last update Kies was happy even with my frozen apps and being rooted. After this last OTA, Kies no longer likes my phone. Not sure if it is frozen apps or being rooted. Of course it could be a problem with Kies I suppose. I don't really want to unroot and unfreeze to find out at this point.
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The ota is the same crap anyways. No need for it, flash a custom 2.3.6 if you like ginger.
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I own a GT-P6200L and upgraded to the Samsung GT-P6200 Austrian ICS via Odin. Everything including wi-fi works well except for the occasional random reboot.
I've connected to Kies to see what would happen and it says that my unit "cannot be upgraded via Kies", so it doesn't like my upgrade via Odin.
What happens if I need to "factory reset" for any reason? How about if an "official" upgrade comes for my 6200L? Can I factory reset and then upgrade? Or should I just leave well enough alone?
If you would like to make a "factory reset"there are no problems..... Finally, in order to be able to update without problems with the tool journal Samsung there is a requirement that many neglect themselves and to which do not lend themselves never attention.
Kies allows you to install updates only if the firmware currently installed on the device coincides with the one provided for your Product Code...Another fundamental element in order to complete the procedure for updating the Galaxy is to have a firmware entirely original.
If you have on your phone a test version, root permissions enabled or a modified kernel installed (e.s. , CF-Root) will be unable to update.
Kies in fact, in these cases will not be able to recognize the correct version of the software installed on the Galaxy.
devid801 said:
If you would like to make a "factory reset"there are no problems..... Finally, in order to be able to update without problems with the tool journal Samsung there is a requirement that many neglect themselves and to which do not lend themselves never attention.
Kies allows you to install updates only if the firmware currently installed on the device coincides with the one provided for your Product Code...Another fundamental element in order to complete the procedure for updating the Galaxy is to have a firmware entirely original.
If you have on your phone a test version, root permissions enabled or a modified kernel installed (e.s. , CF-Root) will be unable to update.
Kies in fact, in these cases will not be able to recognize the correct version of the software installed on the Galaxy.
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Thanks for your response. Why do I hear about folks bricking their units on a factory reset? Is it just rooted machines only? Because I have not rooted, simply upgraded to the "incorrect" version of ICS...
I performed a factory reset and I have not bricking my tablet......ICS 4.0.4
I wonder if samsung really detects if we have control of root permissions or if it marks our firmware as "dirty“ after manual flashing any kind of zip package using recovery(as our method for rooting).
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devid801 said:
I performed a factory reset and I have not bricking my tablet......ICS 4.0.4
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So, you had Honeycomb as standard on the tab, then you upgraded to ICS via Odin, then you did a factory reset to Honeycomb? And everything went well going back to your original Honeycomb?
Is that correct?
scottb4u said:
So, you had Honeycomb as standard on the tab, then you upgraded to ICS via Odin, then you did a factory reset to Honeycomb? And everything went well going back to your original Honeycomb?
Is that correct?
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It will not reset the device back to Honeycomb. It just resets the device with ICS still installed.
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It will not reset the device back to Honeycomb. It just resets the device with ICS still installed.
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what does it reset to? when upgrading to ICS via Odin, it kept my apps, etc. So what does it reset to?
Like many others, I have installed ICS (UK), no root, or other mod,. and would like to change to stock ICS (US); however, now KIES does not recognize my 6210 (WiFi) as an "eligible" tablet. Evidently it may be necessary for me to go back to stock using a factory reset (do not like to do that but apparently must) and then use KIES to upgrade.
For those of you that have been in the same boat, and have successfully reverted to stock ICS (US); I (and I am sure others) would like your advice on the best way to revert back to stock.
In that regard I have the following questions;
If I do a "Factory Reset" will it reinstall HC (US) and not HC (UK) ?
Would a better course be to install "Cellular South" (US) with Odin, or would this still be non-stock?
The only thing that makes me hesitant about doing a "Factory Reset" is the potential for the "Brick Bug".
Your comments and advice are appreciated.
I was still on Honeycomb and installed the cellular south firmware using Odin. Everything works including IR and KIES shows my tablet has the latest firmware update. Hope this helps.
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A factory reset will reset it to ics with all data wiped. To go back to honeycomb u are going to have to use odin and flash the honeycomb firmware.
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No need to go back to HC or factory reset, just flash the US ICS over the existing UK using ODIN. Once you reboot your device you not notice the difference with the exception of being able to setup OTA and Kies with once again recognize your device.
ColMustard said:
No need to go back to HC or factory reset, just flash the US ICS over the existing UK using ODIN. Once you reboot your device you not notice the difference with the exception of being able to setup OTA and Kies with once again recognize your device.
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Thanks to those who helped
Thanks for the input guys. Based on what I am hearing it sounds like Cellular South via Odin is the best way forward. I really do not want to lose all my data if not necessary. Thanks again.
cbill702 said:
Thanks for the input guys. Based on what I am hearing it sounds like Cellular South via Odin is the best way forward. I really do not want to lose all my data if not necessary. Thanks again.
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I can confirm this is what I did...just flash it over the UK version. worked fine for me :good:
I was able to flash from UK to US ICS via mobile Odin without wiping anything and am running just fine. Just make sure that you unfreeze any apps beforehand.
Ok, I've tried connecting to my Tab 2 7.0 via Kies, and it won't ever connect. Tried uninstalling/reinstalling, etc. No luck.
Anyway, my Tab 2 is JB, with CWM installed. I'm currently downloading P3113UECMH2_P3113XARCMH2_XAR.zip via Sammobile.com now. Since I can't check via Kies - is this the correct file for Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 for USA? (My model is GT-P3113TSYXAR, with original ROM of UECLK7, so I'm assuming this is the "correct" version. Yeah, I know it doesn't really matter - but I'd like to have the "real" version for the Tab).
Can I just place the unzipped file onto the micro-SDHC card, and reflash via CWM by going into recovery mode? Or do I have to go into Odin to flash?
Does this replace the recovery area (in other words, CWM), so I have to re-install CWM?
I know it will remove my JB, and I'll have to re-JB, does it also remove the flash count? Or should i reset the flash count BEFORE flashing?
Oh, and is there a quick way to reload my apps after reflashing? Something like an app that will make a list of all the apps I have installed (and versions), and then re-install them as a batch? I've got "App Backup & Restore" loaded, and have all the .apks saved on my micro-SDHC.
When trying to use Kies make sure you disconnect the Tab from Windows down in the task bar. As long as mine is connected to Windows I can't connect with Kies.
I don't know about a manual flash but when I updated with Kies all my apps were reloaded. In any case I use Titanium Backup just in case I lose anything. I've even used TB to restore an older version of an app because I hated the update.
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I rooted my Galaxy Note 10.1 about a year ago. I want to bring it back to original unrooted factory settings. I assume that I need to remove the following apps:
SuperSu
SuperUser
Titanium Backup
Triangle Away
I ran the triangle away program and now when I hold down the power and volume down buttons until I get to an Odin screen, it appears that I have no counter problems, it all shows "official", which I guess is good.
I am not sure what steps I need to take next. Should I be uninstalling the above software in any particular order? After that, how do I go about getting the original stock software reloaded again? There is nothing critical on the device that I am worried about from a backup point of view and I know that I can have all of my apps recovered from Google Play.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
Run TA flash stock rom via Odin and factory reset is the basics .
Check custom in download mode and in settings about device Status .
What do you mean by "TA", Titanium Backup? In any event, It appears that I was successful in removing SuperSu and all of the other root related apps and I was able to get back to the stock rom. I would, however, like to understand your approach for future reference in case I decide to root again and then need another return path back to stock.
Thanks
bookbean said:
I rooted my Galaxy Note 10.1 about a year ago. I want to bring it back to original unrooted factory settings. I assume that I need to remove the following apps:
SuperSu
SuperUser
Titanium Backup
Triangle Away
I ran the triangle away program and now when I hold down the power and volume down buttons until I get to an Odin screen, it appears that I have no counter problems, it all shows "official", which I guess is good.
I am not sure what steps I need to take next. Should I be uninstalling the above software in any particular order? After that, how do I go about getting the original stock software reloaded again? There is nothing critical on the device that I am worried about from a backup point of view and I know that I can have all of my apps recovered from Google Play.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
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kkretch said:
Here is the latest factory firmware for GT-N8013 (WiFi - USA) N8013UEUCMI3_N8013XARCMI3_XAR.zip if you need it.
It maybe better to get a 10 GB free storage account on pCloud before downloading as you could then just do a transfer (much faster) and have the file on your own account.
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My tablet is rooted and currently running JZO54K N8013UEUCMA3. Can anyone tell me if I can use this firmware to flash my tablet back to stock?
Zeab said:
My tablet is rooted and currently running JZO54K N8013UEUCMA3. Can anyone tell me if I can use this firmware to flash my tablet back to stock?
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It looks like Sam Mobile has the firmware data base working again so go to this link http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/and use the firmware checker to download your file.
I believe my file is correct but as sammobile site is back up I'm deleting my link.
problem with up rom
Hiu guys,
Please help me
last time i used N8013 with revolution hd 10.1, till now i tried up new rom on xda but it's not working, its was hand up at samsung logo, and then i tried re setup CMR Download HighOnAndroid v1 ClockworkMod Recovery 6.0.1.1 and then re up rom revolution again, but it till stop at samsung logo, then i find one rom stock on samfirmware KIES_HOME_N8013UEALI3_N8013XARALI3_1081475_REV00_u ser_low_ship.tar but its has a problem ( factory mode has unabale working) and auto turn off wifi, so i dont know how to turn back my best tab before.
Please help me.
Thanks all.