Database Info

[GUIDE] How to get v21y over the air on G2x

UPDATE 6-15-2012: i just wanted to update the beginning of this post to make it a little clearer, the original text is below
to get the v21y base band on your phone over the air, you have to go back to stock
to do this you need a stock rom, either your own backup or the one from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248644 (the first and second link is a stock 2.3.3 nandroid which is a zip you extract on your pc and run flash.bat from inside that folder)
if you need the drivers, download the third link.
follow the steps in that thread, it works
if you have your own stock nandroid, just boot into ClockworkMod Recovery and restore it (after you backup whats on your phone now)
then reboot your phone
after restoring either your stock nandroid or the one from the post above, shut your phone off and remove the battery and use NVFlash to restore the stock recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
reboot your phone
now that you have your phone like it was from the beginning you can go to System Settings/About Phone and click on Software Update. this should pull down the updated Gingerbread version 2.3.4 and the new baseband v21y. IT WILL OVERWRITE YOUR PHONE AND WILL BE PLAIN STOCK
it takes a few minutes so be patient
once it is done and it rebooted your phone you will have to put ClockworkMod Recovery back on it using NVFlash. then you can flash other roms to your phone
please keep in mind that there is a bluetooth issue with both GB and ICS roms on this baseband and that only a few roms actually support v21y. Owain has written an update file that you flash to get support on any rom with v21y, supposedly it does work on any rom (GB or ICS) but i have not tested it, so read up and test if you want.
as of CM7 RC3 all CM7 builds support v21y
please thank the owners of the threads linked above, their methods worked flawlessly for me and i hope they work for you as well. this was a very easy way for me to get the new baseband. good luck!
original post------------------------------------------------------------------------
i was having a heck of a time trying to get the new baseband installed on my phone. i had all the stuff downloaded and all the instructions ready, had the KDZ file, the LG tool, everything...but i could not get anything to work
so what did work?
well using CWM Recovery i restored my stock backup i had made when i first got the phone (best to save this off the phone as well in a safe place) and then using NVFlash i put the stock recovery back on it
once that was done and i was booted back into stock you can go into the About Phone and choose Software Update (or whatever its called) and check for an update. it found one and proceeded to download a 30meg file. asked if i wanted to apply the update, installed it, and rebooted into a nice shiny new 2.3.4 GB setup with v21y and the new baseband installed!
the CM7 nightly build (June 3) is working great. getting ready to try a couple of others (Buru, EB, Genesis (although i was having a problem there, see that thread))
so its only been one day on it but so far calls are good, gps lock is fast, overall loving my phone even more than before!!

Great that the OTA worked for you, I left my phone stock the whole week it was mentioned about sending it and I checked the software update and it always told me the software update check failed/timed out lol
Sent from my LG-P999

I am extremely pleased with the update.
I had been running a rooted stock ROM + CWM Recovery. I had been dismissing the update notice for weeks now. Finally, earlier this week I flashed back the stock recovery and let the OTA proceed.
Current uptime: 67:59:06
I haven't gone a full day without either a random reboot or a sleep of death in a LONG time.

Did mine the other way not over the air. Then did the sound update. Also running CM7 and all has been fine.
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium

edekalil said:
Did mine the other way not over the air. Then did the sound update. Also running CM7 and all has been fine.
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
which cm7 are you using? i had the last nightly june 3 and could not get mass storage to work

I just did this method too and its a lot easier
---------- Post added at 08:56 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:51 AM ----------
edekalil said:
Did mine the other way not over the air. Then did the sound update. Also running CM7 and all has been fine.
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What is the sound update? I thought it was included in the new baseband and is it in the ota update? Thanks

lamdaman said:
I just did this method too and its a lot easier
---------- Post added at 08:56 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:51 AM ----------
What is the sound update? I thought it was included in the new baseband and is it in the ota update? Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
there were a few people that got a bad motorbooting sound when making calls and lg released an update to the new bb but it was only for people who had the sound issue

its was hard
i swear it was hard trying get it to work but once i found me a stock rom i was all good from there

Can you test if the 6.3.12 nightly has working in call bluetooth?

Joe333x said:
Can you test if the 6.3.12 nightly has working in call bluetooth?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i dont believe it was, i just had that installed on my phone and coming to work today i tried to connect it to my car bluetooth and it would not connect. i have an ICS rom on my phone now, hope it works with that...i know it did on EB ICS

updated the first post

Reverted back to stock this morning and installed the OTA update...now i'm back on cm7 with no issues. Great suggestion on an easy way to get the March baseband.
Thanks!
Sent from my LG-P999 using Tapatalk 2

im trying to do this but when i check for updates it says connection failed ive been trying for 30 mins on and off wifi

adame09 said:
im trying to do this but when i check for updates it says connection failed ive been trying for 30 mins on and off wifi
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Use the LG update tool
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA

adame09 said:
im trying to do this but when i check for updates it says connection failed ive been trying for 30 mins on and off wifi
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you are on stock rom AND stock recovery? data connections good otherwise?

A little clarification, if I may...
Could I just flash the stock 2.3.3 nandroid from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048274 to bring myself back to "stock" then, using NVFlash that's already on my computer from when I first rooted my phone, flash it back to stock recovery? After that, try the OTA to get myself to 2.3.4 or, if that doesn't work, use the LG Updater tool? Then just root my phone again and go back to enjoying custom ROMs?
Seems like it would be easier and one step less if I get the nandroid from that thread rather than following the link in the OP and having to extract something on my computer.

partylikeaninjastar said:
A little clarification, if I may...
Could I just flash the stock 2.3.3 nandroid from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048274 to bring myself back to "stock" then, using NVFlash that's already on my computer from when I first rooted my phone, flash it back to stock recovery? After that, try the OTA to get myself to 2.3.4 or, if that doesn't work, use the LG Updater tool? Then just root my phone again and go back to enjoying custom ROMs?
Seems like it would be easier and one step less if I get the nandroid from that thread rather than following the link in the OP and having to extract something on my computer.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yes that will work as well and whether you get a stock rom from the link i posted or the one you posted makes no difference this was just how i did it

Hey, thanks! I've been wanting to update my BB ever since it became compatible with the new ROMs, just haven't been able to set aside the time to be able to do that. Just wanted to make sure I had it right before I attempted.
Your steps sounded easy and straight forward; it just never hurts makes sure!
Thanks again, bro.

partylikeaninjastar said:
Hey, thanks! I've been wanting to update my BB ever since it became compatible with the new ROMs, just haven't been able to set aside the time to be able to do that. Just wanted to make sure I had it right before I attempted.
Your steps sounded easy and straight forward; it just never hurts makes sure!
Thanks again, bro.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you're welcome
there is a bluetooth issue with all roms and the new BB so if you use BT you might want to stick with the stock 2.3.4 that you will get with the upgrade. lots of devs are working on that issue so hopefully it wont be long

suggestions?
I followed the instructions in the first post, and now am back on the stock rom (21e, july 15 2011). However, when I go to try the software update, I get the following message: "current version is the latest version." Is there another way to get the new 21y baseband?

Stuck on "Warning Triangle" screen after Jelly Bean update instlals

Hi all,
I've got a euro GSM nexus s and I recently erased and re-flashed the official stock ICS over, as expected after a few minutes it decided it wanted to install the jelly bean update so I let it download, verify and then reboot the phone to install.
It showed the "unpacking" screen with the box with the arrow coming out of it and the progress bar. When the progress bar got to the end it changed to the warning screen with a triangle with an exclamation mark inside it and a little android below the triangle. It has been stuck on this screen for about 25 minutes now and I'm too scared to pull the battery because I don't want to kill the phone mid-update.
Does anyone know what this screen means or what it means for the update? Has anyone had a similar problem? Is there any way to get around this? Should I just pull the battery and see what happens?
Thanks for your time,
carkey
P.S. Here is a photo of the phone with that "warning triangle" screen:
dropbox dot com /s/6uoyyqslox6s74w/IMG_20120829_233306.jpg
EDIT: I can't post outside links yet so just go to dropbox and then the "/s/..." etc.
Thanks.
EDIT 2: I eventually breathed deeply and pulled the battery, after doing so it booted back on but into ICS and now says "Your system is currently up to date" so it seems the progress bar part of the update didn't actually do the whole update and then the warning triangle bit was what was making the whole updating process stuck.
Anyone know what the warning triangle screen is for or a way around this? Is there a jelly bean rom I can flash so I can actually have a working copy of JB?
Thanks again.

CarKey said:
Hi all,
I've got a euro GSM nexus s and I recently erased and re-flashed the official stock ICS over, as expected after a few minutes it decided it wanted to install the jelly bean update so I let it download, verify and then reboot the phone to install.
It showed the "unpacking" screen with the box with the arrow coming out of it and the progress bar. When the progress bar got to the end it changed to the warning screen with a triangle with an exclamation mark inside it and a little android below the triangle. It has been stuck on this screen for about 25 minutes now and I'm too scared to pull the battery because I don't want to kill the phone mid-update.
Does anyone know what this screen means or what it means for the update? Has anyone had a similar problem? Is there any way to get around this? Should I just pull the battery and see what happens?
Thanks for your time,
carkey
P.S. Here is a photo of the phone with that "warning triangle" screen:
dropbox dot com /s/6uoyyqslox6s74w/IMG_20120829_233306.jpg
EDIT: I can't post outside links yet so just go to dropbox and then the "/s/..." etc.
Thanks.
EDIT 2: I eventually breathed deeply and pulled the battery, after doing so it booted back on but into ICS and now says "Your system is currently up to date" so it seems the progress bar part of the update didn't actually do the whole update and then the warning triangle bit was what was making the whole updating process stuck.
Anyone know what the warning triangle screen is for or a way around this? Is there a jelly bean rom I can flash so I can actually have a working copy of JB?
Thanks again.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Don't touch system partition, use stock recovery, and bootloader, radio.
Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk 2

Articudos said:
Don't touch system partition, use stock recovery, and bootloader, radio.
Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hey, thanks for the reply but I'm not sure what you mean? Do you mean I should flash the stock recovery, bootloader and radio over and then flash the stock ICS system?
I have the stock ICS radio and bootloader the only difference is I have clockworkmod recovery on there.
Thanks,
Carkey

CarKey said:
Hey, thanks for the reply but I'm not sure what you mean? Do you mean I should flash the stock recovery, bootloader and radio over and then flash the stock ICS system?
I have the stock ICS radio and bootloader the only difference is I have clockworkmod recovery on there.
Thanks,
Carkey
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Why don't you flash custom rom? The stock rom is a bit slow to be honest.
Sent from my Nexus S using xda app-developers app

The main reason is because it is my girlfriend's phone and she pretty much wants stock. If there is a pretty much stock-looking JB custom rom then I'd definitely go for that but I don't know enough about customs, the only one I know is cyanogenmod and that definitely doesn't look like stock.
Can you recommend a stock-looking JB custom rom? Or even a way of getting stock JB on without putting ICS on and then doing the update?
Thanks again for all the replies,
Carkey

CarKey said:
The main reason is because it is my girlfriend's phone and she pretty much wants stock. If there is a pretty much stock-looking JB custom rom then I'd definitely go for that but I don't know enough about customs, the only one I know is cyanogenmod and that definitely doesn't look like stock.
Can you recommend a stock-looking JB custom rom? Or even a way of getting stock JB on without putting ICS on and then doing the update?
Thanks again for all the replies,
Carkey
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What zip file did i flashed for stock ROM??
If you flashed real, pure stock(odexed), plz follow this..:
If euro version is i9023,(I don't know exact version..)
http://www.randomphantasmagoria.com/firmware/nexus-s/i9023/
This site might help you.
Download JRO03E from IMM76D(if you are stock rom and version is IMM76D)
Do wipe cache/dalvik cache and flash it via cwm6.0.1.0
(If you didn't modified system partition!!Just adding more system apps is ok, e.g Rooting)
Just hitting thanks button will be great
Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk 2

Articudos said:
What zip file did i flashed for stock ROM??
If you flashed real, pure stock(odexed), plz follow this..:
If euro version is i9023,(I don't know exact version..)
http://www.randomphantasmagoria.com/firmware/nexus-s/i9023/
This site might help you.
Download JRO03E from IMM76D(if you are stock rom and version is IMM76D)
Do wipe cache/dalvik cache and flash it via cwm6.0.1.0
(If you didn't modified system partition!!Just adding more system apps is ok, e.g Rooting)
Just hitting thanks button will be great
Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Cool thanks for the information!
I'm going to try this tonight, is there a chance she'll lost personal data? As in, will she have to go through the setup process again like it's a new phone? We had to do this for flashing ICS?
Also, is this much different than doing the update from inside Android as in when it comes up with "New firmware/software availavble [whatever it says]"? Is there any chance it will get stuck on the warning triangle again?
Thanks,
carkey

[Q] What's wrong with the OTA?

I flashed a couple roms on my Nexus S but didn't like them so wanted to go back to stock. So to make sure I get the original update I flashed 4.0.4 on it. I set my phone up and everything and got the notification that there's an OTA. Of course I let it install. Phone shuts down, starts installing, CWM asks me if I want to run the untrusted file, I select yes and get a Status 7 error. What could cause that? Is there a way I still can get 4.1.1 as an OTA or do I have to flash a 4.1.1 ROM?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1572307
Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium

Thanks.

Anyone still on VRALF2?

Since I got the phone, I've been stock rooted/unlocked the entire time, and managed to disable OTA updates in fear of losing root and etc. Is anyone still on the original firmware and is there any good reason for me to upgrade?
I think the next OTA I'd probably take is if Jelly Bean comes out, and even then I'd most likely simply Odin-flash a stock rooted image whenever the time comes. Any advice on how to go about a possible Jelly Bean OTA from Verizon?
Thanks

dunderball said:
Since I got the phone, I've been stock rooted/unlocked the entire time, and managed to disable OTA updates in fear of losing root and etc. Is anyone still on the original firmware and is there any good reason for me to upgrade?
I think the next OTA I'd probably take is if Jelly Bean comes out, and even then I'd most likely simply Odin-flash a stock rooted image whenever the time comes. Any advice on how to go about a possible Jelly Bean OTA from Verizon?
Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I still use LF2 and have seen zero good reasons to switch. I have a custom kernel and several customizations to things such as framework.res and such so I'm not exactly stock rooted.

dunderball said:
Since I got the phone, I've been stock rooted/unlocked the entire time, and managed to disable OTA updates in fear of losing root and etc. Is anyone still on the original firmware and is there any good reason for me to upgrade?
I think the next OTA I'd probably take is if Jelly Bean comes out, and even then I'd most likely simply Odin-flash a stock rooted image whenever the time comes. Any advice on how to go about a possible Jelly Bean OTA from Verizon?
Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Why not take the OTA then reroot/unlock? There are some minor changes in the menus and such and also the radio is a good reason to update. Much faster switching between 3g/4g and such, better signal strength. Or if you are running custom recovery you can just flash a updated radio. Also there is a thread floating around here with a customized updater that will keep root and your bootloader unlocked. As for the OTA to jelly bean you can just flash a jelly bean rom ontop of your F2 baseband.

crabapples said:
I still use LF2 and have seen zero good reasons to switch. I have a custom kernel and several customizations to things such as framework.res and such so I'm not exactly stock rooted.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Same, stock rooted since day one to change kernal, add wif tether and to use things like titanium back up. I use apex and SwiftKey. Everything works. No reason to break something...
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app

[Q] SERIOUS HELP freezing

I flashed JB on my gt-n8013, and then i wanted to return back to ICS as Kno doesn't want to run. So i downloaded the GT-N8013 from Sammobile and flashed it in.
But when it's rebooting it's kept hanging on Samsung logo and doesnt want to run. what can i do. Help please

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2080366
try re-flashing.. or re-downloading the file... it might be corrupted

Well you need to boot into recovery and do a comple wipe unfortuantely you will lose all data

I would suggest to you that if you redownload the rom and it still does not work then you should try out a different rom, because it seems like you may have downloaded a rom for a similar tablet and now find yourself running into issues.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium

I Reflashed again JB UK 4.1.1 and it's working fine, but i can't switch back to ICS GT-N8013. I'm in exams' period and some of my studies on Kno :S and i can't get it working, i contacted them and told me they're still working on a JB version :S
Thanks all

Boot to recovery Factory reset .
Flash stock ICS rom via Odin .
jje

You will loose ALL data on internal card so back up before doing this...

AbdallahSaied said:
I Reflashed again JB UK 4.1.1 and it's working fine, but i can't switch back to ICS GT-N8013. I'm in exams' period and some of my studies on Kno :S and i can't get it working, i contacted them and told me they're still working on a JB version :S
Thanks all
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm having the exact same problem could you please post a direct link to the package that finally worked, what flags did you check in odin?

What he did was went from JB to JB for 8010 when JB to ICS did not work so he did not get it to work
Unfortunately there is no workaround when you go from JB to ICS you need to do a complete wipe to make it work