Superclick won't root. It goes through a bunch of stuff, does the sleep, sends the zerlings, sleeps, sends more, then the software freezes at the end with the window "not responding" and the phone isn't rooted. Trying a shell root first, it goes through the same stuff, sames something about blue flames, then goes back to letting me click buttons.
Is 2.3.6 not rootable?
Have you tried using ODIN to flash one of the rooted kernels?
I know there is that option or the option of the One-Click to install a new room, but since their is some debate if the bootloader of the Wind version is different than that of the T-Mobile that all the stock kernels are based on, I'm still searching and reading first to see.
Do I have to flash a bootloader to use the the One-Click to install stock rom so I can then have it rooted, install CWC, then flash a rom I want?
Let ask this what is your intentions with rooting?
If you want to install a custom rom Click on the purple link in my signature.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES FLASH BOOT LOADERS
Then you can flash any of the current ICS flavors, CM7, or the current stock based roms.
eollie said:
Let ask this what is your intentions with rooting?
If you want to install a custom rom Click on the purple link in my signature.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES FLASH BOOT LOADERS
Then you can flash any of the current ICS flavors, CM7, or the current stock based roms.
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Well was looking through some of the tut's and the one was how to do flash with no bootloaders via the phone, but needed root.
....So, If I use the 1 click in your link and run the jar file, that will flash me to a stock rom that is rooted with the clockwork recovery correct? I don't need to run the 1 click again and flash the bootloader for any reason to get the above?
Then from there, I can flash any cm7/cm9/acid/stripped down/whatever rom I want?
There is no way to backup my current system as is though, correct, because once I go through the 1 click, I'm flashing the stock bare bones rom to it?
I have no problem flashing and have done other phones and modded thousands of game consoles, but want to be sure this goes well. I've had the phone for a total of 30 hours and don't want to toast it.......but I like to tinker. lol.
eollie said:
Let ask this what is your intentions with rooting?
If you want to install a custom rom Click on the purple link in my signature.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES FLASH BOOT LOADERS
Then you can flash any of the current ICS flavors, CM7, or the current stock based roms.
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But you will never be able to go back to stock.
bhundven said:
But you will never be able to go back to stock.
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Meh. Already bit the bullet and did it and booting your ICS as I type this. lol. The phone is 36 hours old, that's old enough to be modded isn't it?
Thanks for all the work.
Now I did the 1 click, went to recovery, did a backup of my system at that point, installed your ICS, gapps, fixxed permissions, etc, etc. Now If I want to go back to the 2.3.6, I can restore my backup right? that is going to be as close as I could get, which I would have to run the wireless fix to get wireless working since the 1 click installer's stock rom is very basic.
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getochkn said:
Superclick won't root. It goes through a bunch of stuff, does the sleep, sends the zerlings, sleeps, sends more, then the software freezes at the end with the window "not responding" and the phone isn't rooted. Trying a shell root first, it goes through the same stuff, sames something about blue flames, then goes back to letting me click buttons.
Is 2.3.6 not rootable?
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i was in the same boat as you i try three different version of SOC and finaliy manage root it with superoneclickv2.3.1-shortfuse.the only thing i notice was when it was installing root it stalled in step 5-6 and then it did it i got root.also make sure u have OEM cable for your phone
getochkn said:
Meh. Already bit the bullet and did it and booting your ICS as I type this. lol. The phone is 36 hours old, that's old enough to be modded isn't it?
Thanks for all the work.
Now I did the 1 click, went to recovery, did a backup of my system at that point, installed your ICS, gapps, fixxed permissions, etc, etc. Now If I want to go back to the 2.3.6, I can restore my backup right? that is going to be as close as I could get, which I would have to run the wireless fix to get wireless working since the 1 click installer's stock rom is very basic.
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No you will have to flash the one click again. Just dont flash bootloaders. In your case make sure you always flash the roms for the sgh-t959v/w otherwise your liable to have a paperweight. Unless you can get a mini keis tarball for bhundven from wind mobile tech support.
If you like to tinker and think you might be able to get them to do this hop on irc before downloading the stuff. That way bhundven can walk you through getting it to him so he can perform surgery and compare the bootloaders.
eollie said:
No you will have to flash the one click again. Just dont flash bootloaders. In your case make sure you always flash the roms for the sgh-t959v/w otherwise your liable to have a paperweight. Unless you can get a mini keis tarball for bhundven from wind mobile tech support.
If you like to tinker and think you might be able to get them to do this hop on irc before downloading the stuff. That way bhundven can walk you through getting it to him so he can perform surgery and compare the bootloaders.
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thanks, and thanks for the 1 click!
Is there anyway to tell if a ROM has bootloaders or not? I've only been looking at "V" roms anyways from the list of SGS4G roms on the wiki, so think I'm safe there, just not sure about how to tell if they have a bootloader or not?
So far, the cyan/ICS/Team Acid one is working pretty good. Wifi was boinked and wouldn't authenticate any connections but a factory reset from within Android fixed that and been rock solid since.
As long as you are flashing the rom via cwm your safe. However flashing using heimdall or odin sometimes has bootloaders included. The one clicks include bootloaders but you have to check the option and then there is a secondary confirmation you have to click on. So again just flashing back to stock without touching the flash bootloaders option you are safe.
Ok, thanks. I only used odin a few times on some bricked phones customers brought me.
Wifi seems to be going wonky again with the ICS. Not connecting after a while. Better rom's to try or just a known issue or something I can try or do?
Best thing to do is get some logs for bhundven to look at. I use cm9 currently and wifi like 90% of the day. and I dont have problems with wifi.
eollie said:
Best thing to do is get some logs for bhundven to look at. I use cm9 currently and wifi like 90% of the day. and I dont have problems with wifi.
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Replaced my older router with a new one, was still having issues but reset all the ddrwrt settings to stock, re-setup the wireless step by step, testing on phone and laptop each step of the way and seems to be going good so far, full wifi bars, connected at 54mb. Now to move the N router from the basement so I can get N speeds. lol.
getochkn said:
Replaced my older router with a new one, was still having issues but reset all the ddrwrt settings to stock, re-setup the wireless step by step, testing on phone and laptop each step of the way and seems to be going good so far, full wifi bars, connected at 54mb. Now to move the N router from the basement so I can get N speeds. lol.
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The wifi on the phone only does 2.4GHz N-mode.
The only phone I've noticed 5GHz N-mode on is the galaxy note 2 (so far).
bhundven said:
The wifi on the phone only does 2.4GHz N-mode.
The only phone I've noticed 5GHz N-mode on is the galaxy note 2 (so far).
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Ok, I'll make sure to set the router for 2.4ghz mode when I set it up. Thanks for all the work on this and the help in the threads you've answered in. guess I just got freaked over the whole bootloader thing, but I have a good handle on hows it's working now somewhat anyways. Everything is going pretty good and I like being able to use Chrome now, with the desktop sync tabs and stuff. Can pickup in another room what I was doing on my PC and stuff. Pretty cool. I'll check out how the GPS works compared to the stock rom was today, but wifi seems to ok since I replaced that old crappy router. Good thing about running your own electronics repair stuff, always another router somewhere in a box. lol.
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I am thinking of rooting and installing the cyanogen mod but before I do that, I want to make sure that I can go back to stock if I need do. I have been looking around the wiki and the forums but I couldn't find anything on going back to stock on the SGH-T959W. Can I just use the method which is shown for the T959V?
Stop.
You do not want to flash these roms. Search this forum for your model there have been a lot of bricks and discussions on your model.
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vopezy said:
Stop.
You do not want to flash these roms. Search this forum for your model there have been a lot of bricks and discussions on your model.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
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I see that I should not flash bootloaders which I already know not to do. I also see that the T959V is the same as the T959W (except for the difference in preinstalled apps and also the fact that one is Verizon and the other is wind) which is why I was wondering if the going back to stock tut will work for this model.
Ok. I wanted to avoid disaster. The one click should bring you back to stock. Just be careful with everything
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aman207 said:
I see that I should not flash bootloaders which I already know not to do.
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Check.
aman207 said:
I also see that the T959V is the same as the T959W (except for the difference in preinstalled apps and also the fact that one is Verizon and the other is wind)
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T959V is t-mobile, T959W is wind. There is also T959P which is telus, and supposedly there is a T959N, but no one has come forward on that one. The telus phone is very different from T959V and T959W.
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which is why I was wondering if the going back to stock tut will work for this model.
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getochkn is working on getting the OTA update from wind and should be getting it soon.
I'm also working with him to extract the bootloader files from his phone so we can get a back to stock oneclick like we do for T959V.
I hope that helps.
Ahh thank you!!
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Yes, as of now, there is no way to go 100% back to Wind stock. You can go back to T959V stock, which for all intensive purposes is the same, +/- a few stupid bloatware installed apps, but nothing that serious. The 2 things are the bootloader, which I am trying to get from Wind, will not much success but I keep emailing and calling and hopefully someone sooner or later will get sick and tired of me and give it up. The second, is the modem, which LB6 (I think) that only appeared on our Wind phones. The T-Mobile KD4-KJ1, etc modems all work fine, so it's not an issue, but I have a second SGS4G that is stock, that when I am ready to upgrade that one, bhundven is going to help me preserve and extract the modem, so we will have the modem, so a one-click back to stock with our modem replaced in it would get you 99% stock, again the only diff being the pre-bundled app's. I only used 1 click to root+cwm mine as you have to flash again and click bootloader to actually flash that, so if you don't do that, you can then explore any of the ROM in this section only on your phone.
You seemed to have done your reading, asked your questions in a good manner, so keep it up and ask or even PM me if/when you're ready and I will help you. Sadly some people don't read and jump in and end up with a bricked phone and it's hard to want to help someone who just randomly flashes stuff to a $400 phone because they watch a youtube video.
Do you research and reading, asking polite, informative questions and you will get help.
............Now on to read the thread of the guy with the T959W phone, showing a picture of it, with the tmobile logo, meaning he flashed the bootloaders and he's stuck in a loop. lol. There is someone who didn't read, jumped in, and may have a bricked phone. We can replace stock apps, I will have the Wind modem soon, but unless Wind gives me the kies tar, we will never have the bootloader.
getochkn said:
Yes, as of now, there is no way to go 100% back to Wind stock. You can go back to T959V stock, which for all intensive purposes is the same, +/- a few stupid bloatware installed apps, but nothing that serious. The 2 things are the bootloader, which I am trying to get from Wind, will not much success but I keep emailing and calling and hopefully someone sooner or later will get sick and tired of me and give it up. The second, is the modem, which LB6 (I think) that only appeared on our Wind phones. The T-Mobile KD4-KJ1, etc modems all work fine, so it's not an issue, but I have a second SGS4G that is stock, that when I am ready to upgrade that one, bhundven is going to help me preserve and extract the modem, so we will have the modem, so a one-click back to stock with our modem replaced in it would get you 99% stock, again the only diff being the pre-bundled app's. I only used 1 click to root+cwm mine as you have to flash again and click bootloader to actually flash that, so if you don't do that, you can then explore any of the ROM in this section only on your phone.
You seemed to have done your reading, asked your questions in a good manner, so keep it up and ask or even PM me if/when you're ready and I will help you. Sadly some people don't read and jump in and end up with a bricked phone and it's hard to want to help someone who just randomly flashes stuff to a $400 phone because they watch a youtube video.
Do you research and reading, asking polite, informative questions and you will get help.
............Now on to read the thread of the guy with the T959W phone, showing a picture of it, with the tmobile logo, meaning he flashed the bootloaders and he's stuck in a loop. lol. There is someone who didn't read, jumped in, and may have a bricked phone. We can replace stock apps, I will have the Wind modem soon, but unless Wind gives me the kies tar, we will never have the bootloader.
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If you dump your bootloaders, we will have t959w bootloaders. But do what I said in both PMs I sent you. (the second one gets the PIT the right way)
Bob The Builder said:
Can we fix it?!?
Yes we can (well... I think so )
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getochkn said:
Yes, as of now, there is no way to go 100% back to Wind stock. You can go back to T959V stock, which for all intensive purposes is the same, +/- a few stupid bloatware installed apps, but nothing that serious. The 2 things are the bootloader, which I am trying to get from Wind, will not much success but I keep emailing and calling and hopefully someone sooner or later will get sick and tired of me and give it up. The second, is the modem, which LB6 (I think) that only appeared on our Wind phones. The T-Mobile KD4-KJ1, etc modems all work fine, so it's not an issue, but I have a second SGS4G that is stock, that when I am ready to upgrade that one, bhundven is going to help me preserve and extract the modem, so we will have the modem, so a one-click back to stock with our modem replaced in it would get you 99% stock, again the only diff being the pre-bundled app's. I only used 1 click to root+cwm mine as you have to flash again and click bootloader to actually flash that, so if you don't do that, you can then explore any of the ROM in this section only on your phone.
You seemed to have done your reading, asked your questions in a good manner, so keep it up and ask or even PM me if/when you're ready and I will help you. Sadly some people don't read and jump in and end up with a bricked phone and it's hard to want to help someone who just randomly flashes stuff to a $400 phone because they watch a youtube video.
Do you research and reading, asking polite, informative questions and you will get help.
............Now on to read the thread of the guy with the T959W phone, showing a picture of it, with the tmobile logo, meaning he flashed the bootloaders and he's stuck in a loop. lol. There is someone who didn't read, jumped in, and may have a bricked phone. We can replace stock apps, I will have the Wind modem soon, but unless Wind gives me the kies tar, we will never have the bootloader.
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Thanks for your help! I'll think I will wait till you get the bootloader. Don't wanna do anything major with the phone in case something goes wrong and then I can't go back to stock (when something goes wrong I mean like hardware wise where I would need to get it sent in for repair and then wind will see that it is rooted and modified). But I can wait. I have another tablet that I can play around with in the mean time.
Thanks again!
getochkn said:
............Now on to read the thread of the guy with the T959W phone, showing a picture of it, with the tmobile logo, meaning he flashed the bootloaders and he's stuck in a loop. lol. There is someone who didn't read, jumped in, and may have a bricked phone. We can replace stock apps, I will have the Wind modem soon, but unless Wind gives me the kies tar, we will never have the bootloader.
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I can just pray lol
The pic of tmobile doesnt have anything to do with bootloaders. It has everything to do with Param.lfs
airfluip1 said:
The pic of tmobile doesnt have anything to do with bootloaders. It has everything to do with Param.lfs
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Yes, I have dumped the wind params and have flashed it without problems. Upon extracting the jpgs from it, there is 1 additional jpg in my params, the Wind one we get. The weird thing is when I flashed the "V" params though, I got no boot logo as the ofsets are different.
Brian and I are trying to put together a package to get it going. I have a stock Wind phone as well still that I am going to dump the GB ROM we get instead, with our default apps, etc, so hopefully in a few days, we should have a FULL restore to stock for Wind people. Having troubles with the modem not flashing though through Heimdall. Can flash one in CWM no prob but that doesn't solve the problem of using a 1-click stock to go back to stock without root, etc.
still searching for stock rom
getochkn said:
Yes, I have dumped the wind params and have flashed it without problems. Upon extracting the jpgs from it, there is 1 additional jpg in my params, the Wind one we get. The weird thing is when I flashed the "V" params though, I got no boot logo as the ofsets are different.
Brian and I are trying to put together a package to get it going. I have a stock Wind phone as well still that I am going to dump the GB ROM we get instead, with our default apps, etc, so hopefully in a few days, we should have a FULL restore to stock for Wind people. Having troubles with the modem not flashing though through Heimdall. Can flash one in CWM no prob but that doesn't solve the problem of using a 1-click stock to go back to stock without root, etc.
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i have not seen a stock rom for the galaxy s 4g sgh-t959w anywhere and the phone was with telus also so i am not sure but want to go back to factory as now baseband or imei showing and no wifi ether ?
Slickinator said:
i have not seen a stock rom for the galaxy s 4g sgh-t959w anywhere and the phone was with telus also so i am not sure but want to go back to factory as now baseband or imei showing and no wifi ether ?
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ARe you sure you have the 959W? I thought the Telus model was the 959P. The W is the UTMS band version of the phone, which Telus doesn't use, so I don't think you have a W.
Ok so I have a rooted infuse 4G and am a complete noob when it comes to flashin roms and mods... I am still on the froyo 2.2.1and hate it lol. Which brings me to my first query, I know its possible to upgrade my android version to the GB and JB with multiple methods but I'm extremely scared that I'm going to brick my phone. It was some forums on here that helped me decide to root my phone so now I'm hoping that you guys can help me take the next step. So whats the safest, easiest way to upgrade my os.. Odin didnt work and I no longer have a computer, so heimdall is out as well. Oh not sure if this is important but I'm not registered on any network nor have I unlocked my phone's sim. Well that's a start. I really hate froyo 2.2.1 so please if anyone can help I definitely could use it.
treyserits said:
Ok so I have a rooted infuse 4G and am a complete noob when it comes to flashin roms and mods... I am still on the froyo 2.2.1and hate it lol. Which brings me to my first query, I know its possible to upgrade my android version to the GB and JB with multiple methods but I'm extremely scared that I'm going to brick my phone. It was some forums on here that helped me decide to root my phone so now I'm hoping that you guys can help me take the next step. So whats the safest, easiest way to upgrade my os.. Odin didnt work and I no longer have a computer, so heimdall is out as well. Oh not sure if this is important but I'm not registered on any network nor have I unlocked my phone's sim. Well that's a start. I really hate froyo 2.2.1 so please if anyone can help I definitely could use it.
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From Froyo 2.2.1, there is an official build GB 2.3.6 UCLB3 out for the Infuse.
You will need a computer though. Without a computer to restore your phone to stock from soft bricking, you should not be flashing anything. It may be possible for you to bring your phone to an AT&T store and have them update you if you don't have a PC. You will need a computer to root the GB UCLB3.
Where to start? Read the Q/A as much as you can. Then move into the Development section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1437548 - read it all
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qkster said:
From Froyo 2.2.1, there is an official build GB 2.3.6 UCLB3 out for the Infuse.
You will need a computer though. Without a computer to restore your phone to stock from soft bricking, you should not be flashing anything. It may be possible for you to bring your phone to an AT&T store and have them update you if you don't have a PC. You will need a computer to root the GB UCLB3.
Where to start? Read the Q/A as much as you can. Then move into the Development section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1437548 - read it all
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Thanks qkster.. I really appreciate your help. I follow alot of your threads and am so hapoy thst there are infuse users that actually are willing to take the device to the next lvl. Now for another question.
Will it be easier to flash the jellybean 4.1.1 from the froyo or the gb? Or would it be possible to just flash a higher kernel? I'm not syre if that would help me or not, I really want to speed up my infuse and stop it from rebooting so much.
treyserits said:
Thanks qkster.. I really appreciate your help. I follow alot of your threads and am so hapoy thst there are infuse users that actually are willing to take the device to the next lvl. Now for another question.
Will it be easier to flash the jellybean 4.1.1 from the froyo or the gb? Or would it be possible to just flash a higher kernel? I'm not syre if that would help me or not, I really want to speed up my infuse and stop it from rebooting so much.
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You cannot flash JB from Froyo and need to go to Gingerbread, then ICS then JB.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1878458
Kies?
psal217050 said:
You cannot flash JB from Froyo and need to go to Gingerbread, then ICS then JB.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1878458
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Would it be best to use kies to update to GB? I'm a little concerned as to what would happen to my Infuse all around.. What will need backed up?
I have titanium backup but if the app gets wiped wont i lose all my back-ups? For some reason it wont sync to my dropbox app force closes every time I try. Sorry about all the questions I'm just short on the amount of time I am able to browse threads at the moment but I do have use of a computer for awhile so that kinda helps.
I personally prefer using odin or heimdall. Don't quite trust kies and it often gives issues.
all mayor changes will occur on system partitions. Your internal sd will remain untouched, and there you will titanium backups. Just reinstall TB app later and restore apps, not data.
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Ok well here goes nothing.
andros11 said:
I personally prefer using odin or heimdall. Don't quite trust kies and it often gives issues.
all mayor changes will occur on system partitions. Your internal sd will remain untouched, and there you will titanium backups. Just reinstall TB app later and restore apps, not data.
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Well I'm going to install and give it a try with Heimdall. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks everyone for all your help. I'm sure I'll have more questions before long. XD
andros11 said:
I personally prefer using odin or heimdall. Don't quite trust kies and it often gives issues.
all mayor changes will occur on system partitions. Your internal sd will remain untouched, and there you will titanium backups. Just reinstall TB app later and restore apps, not data.
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Will this even work if i'm not registered to a network with the phone still locked? And I see that it will also unroot my phone which isnt a problem I'm just curious whether or not I can still root with super one click or if i need a different root tool?
treyserits said:
Will this even work if i'm not registered to a network with the phone still locked? And I see that it will also unroot my phone which isnt a problem I'm just curious whether or not I can still root with super one click or if i need a different root tool?
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It doesn't matter if your phone is unregistered and locked. You cannot use SuperOneClick on Gingerbread. What you should do is (this is the Heimdall version):
Flash this rooted version of stock GB:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25526643&postcount=2
You do that and you already have root.
If you want to then graduate on to Jelly Bean you must:
Flash ICS (follow directions carefully!):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24901014&postcount=1
Once you've done that, flash any of the JB ROMs you like, but make sure to read the directions carefully. I strongly recommend that you consult the Super Everything Thread for links to the ROMs and tweaks you need, particularly if you are interested in unlocking your phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1610374
I'm feeling kinda stupid..
Can somebody give me the right link for downloading Heimdall One-click w/root? For some reason I'm not able to get any to work on this computer.. I downloaded the ink provided labeled UCLB3 -DEBLOATED-ODEX - ROOTED - BUSYBOX- STOCK KERNEL on
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25526643&postcount=2
but am unsure if that actually is the one containing Heimdall or just the rom i'm flashing or both.. I'm extremely sorry about my noobishness of just posting all these already answered questions. I've gone and confused myself and have like ten tabs with different threads open please don't hate me. I have a bad habit of asking questions..
Oh and what apps do i need on my phone in order to flash? And I mean absolutely need. I've also noticed that most threads say to format my mounted sd card But i really dont want to do that if i dont need to.
It should all be bundled together. Heimdall is a java based interface so it should just open up. Sorry, it's been a long time and I'm an Odin person!
You don't need any apps on your phone. When you flash, everything on the small partition will be wiped (apps, app data, etc). Flashing will not usually wipe your pictures, videos etc. but it's always a good idea to back up. For now, don't worry about formatting anything. When you get to ICS, you'll need to format as it says in the instructions. Otherwise, if it works, don't fix it!
When you flash ICS and JB, all you need to do is to put the zip files on to your internal SD card (not the one you can take out). You can then flash from CWM (which will already be on your phone - don't download Rom Manager).
Once again thank you all. I'm running GB and loving it. My fiance is shocked at how much help I needed though usually I'm the person everyone comes to with their tech issues LOL. But I absolutely did not want to mess my infuse up. I thought I did but the issue was such a noob mistake that I had to smack myself in the face at my stupidity. Forgot to unzip the cwm ect folder I downloaded. XD not sure I'm ready to try ICS or JB yet though.
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The odd thing is you could have updated to GB through AT&T and used mini kies. But at least you are now rooted and able to go to ICS and JB.
Read the instructions on the next step before moving on.
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Kinda wish I would have done it that way... I wanted to get some practice flashing roms tho. And now my phone is bootlooping, computer says the device is incompatible I can only get into the samsung recovery even tho the rom i flashed had cwm packaged in. I tried to change my boot animation following the steps provided in my boot animation thread then again with the steps in tsqers rom thread I apologise if thats mispelled. I tried updating from sd but get a sign error Can get into download mode but same issue with it being incompatible usb device. I tried holding down the power button for 1 minute and then rebooting no luck there. I tried wiping data/fact. reset,... nothing. I tried wipe cache partition,...still looping.
The loop samsung screen two seconds, black screen 1 1/2 seconds,... over and over and over...
My battery is full. Any advice???
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Kinda wish I would have done it that way... I wanted to get some practice flashing roms tho. And now my phone is bootlooping, computer says the device is incompatible I can only get into the samsung recovery even tho the rom i flashed had cwm packaged in. I tried to change my boot animation following the steps provided in my boot animation thread then again with the steps in tsqers rom thread I apologise if thats mispelled. I tried updating from sd but get a sign error Can get into download mode but same issue with it being incompatible usb device. I tried holding down the power button for 1 minute and then rebooting no luck there. I tried wiping data/fact. reset,... nothing. I tried wipe cache partition,...still looping.
The loop samsung screen two seconds, black screen 1 1/2 seconds,... over and over and over...
My battery is full. Any advice???
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Which ROM did you flash and which CWM recovery can you see (which version)?
I used the http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...43&postcount=2 thread to get the rooted rom UCLB3 -DEBLOATED-ODEX - ROOTED - BUSYBOX- STOCK KERNEL.
Saved I think.
So I finally Got it to connect to my comp and re-flashed the rom can i get a link to an ICS heimdall one click package to flash before restoring anything and this happening again?
You should be able to find it on the ISET page.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32876425
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Soft Bricked my phone yesterday by overlooking a most likely common mistake. I flashed CLM Recovery but accidently selected the wrong model UGHHH! Now I get the T Mobile Screen and I can get into download mode, thats it. I am aware of this Vibrant AIO ToolBox but Im not sure how it works and I am aware of ODIN which I have also never used. I downloaded ODIN and it does recognize my device. It looks pretty simple to use although I may be wrong. One of my major problems is I can not download any Stock OS Roms because the range at about 200mb and I am currently staying with a relative that has dial up. I dont know if I could get something faster through email. What I would like is step by step instructions on how to get my phone back to stock or somewhat functional. Any help would be greatly appreciated as we all know how hard it can be without your phone. Thanks, J
Samsung Galaxy S 4G ((ROOTED))
SGH-T959V
GingerBread 2.3.6 (Installed Stock)
T-Mobile USA
Capablities: Download Mode
jlwarner687 said:
Soft Bricked my phone yesterday by overlooking a most likely common mistake. I flashed CLM Recovery but accidently selected the wrong model UGHHH! Now I get the T Mobile Screen and I can get into download mode, thats it. I am aware of this Vibrant AIO ToolBox but Im not sure how it works and I am aware of ODIN which I have also never used. I downloaded ODIN and it does recognize my device. It looks pretty simple to use although I may be wrong. One of my major problems is I can not download any Stock OS Roms because the range at about 200mb and I am currently staying with a relative that has dial up. I dont know if I could get something faster through email. What I would like is step by step instructions on how to get my phone back to stock or somewhat functional. Any help would be greatly appreciated as we all know how hard it can be without your phone. Thanks, J
Samsung Galaxy S 4G ((ROOTED))
SGH-T959V
GingerBread 2.3.6 (Installed Stock)
T-Mobile USA
Capablities: Download Mode
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all you rlly have to do is re-root is or do the steps you did to update it,just follow this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyKYUlnpYqI&feature=plcp
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all you rlly have to do is re-root is or do the steps you did to update it,just follow this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyKYUlnpYqI&feature=plcp
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People with bricked phones shouldn't give advice. I am supposed to help you on teamview and was going to message you when I was done eating and now I see you giving outdated advice to someone
OK, the bandwidth thing is going to be a challenge. I don't have all the answers, but one question is "Do you have a 'nandroid' backup from before you flashed?"
If so, you might be able to get away with just flashing a kernel with the same kind of recovery that made the backup (I'm guessing ClockworkMod recovery?), get into recovery, and restore your backup. Kernels are a lot "lighter" than ROMs, 5-8 MB typically. Still a long haul on a modem, but better than 150-200 MB!
I personally use Heimdall, not ODIN. I find the "one-click" collection good for getting a phone back into a usable state.
From that collection, AntonX-Basic_with_a_twist-v1.1.0-NO_OC_UV is 18.7 MB, and that includes what you need to install, assuming you have Java (~16 MB, I believe) and the Microsoft C++ executables (4.8 MB) already. You'll want to make sure I suggested the right kernel for the backup you have.
Another question is do you have a "good" ROM or kernel on your microSD? You might be able to unzip it on your PC and find boot.img and then install it with stand-alone Heimdall (9.6 MB, with the same caveats about Java and C++ libraries).
There's always the local coffee house with "FREE Wifi!" if you have laptop with a WiFi card.
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all you rlly have to do is re-root is or do the steps you did to update it,just follow this video
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People with bricked phones shouldn't give advice. I am supposed to help you on teamview and was going to message you when I was done eating and now I see you giving outdated advice to someone
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ROTFL.
The best quote ever
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People with bricked phones shouldn't give advice.
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So what have we learned today???
getochkn said:
People with bricked phones shouldn't give advice.
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Again just in case you missed it
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People with bricked phones shouldn't give advice.
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And one final time
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First download KC1 clean up HERE This will contain the pit, csc, pda and everyting you need to get you phone opperational.
To get into download .... remove the battery and usb cable. Then, WHILE holding vol + and vol- put the battery in and plug in the cable. Afterwards you should get a screen asking you if you want to enter download mode. Press vol + for yes and then you get a screen saying------> Downloading Do not turn off target
Finally upgrade to KC6(i think) which is 2.3.6 ---->Get it Here<----- It is stock....with all the tmobile bloatware
This should get your phone to work..... oh yea obvously you need odin
Root using super one click
Done!
If you want custom roms go here, it will tell you how to install a custom kernel WITH Clockwork Mod recovery installed, CREATE A NANDROID BACKUP FIRST. Then download any rom you want here and put it on your sd card...Finally install it using CMR
If anything goes wrong use the nandroid you created
STOP you only have four posts and have stated you flashed all kinds of wrong stuff on your phone...you also are telling him the hardest longest way to get fixed. No need to flash all that.
I just got a Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy SII Model SGH-S959G and their is basically nothing as far as hacks for this phone, yet.
My first question is what needs to be done to obtain root?
r00t4rd3d said:
I just got a Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy SII Model SGH-S959G and their is basically nothing as far as hacks for this phone, yet.
My first question is what needs to be done to obtain root?
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You can root this phone using Entropy's kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1289460
And you can flash it with Odin: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1738841
I wouldn't though. You can't install a customer recovery on this device right now and nobody has figured it out yet (that I know of).
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You can root this phone using Entropy's kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1289460
And you can flash it with Odin: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1738841
I wouldn't though. You can't install a customer recovery on this device right now and nobody has figured it out yet (that I know of).
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Are you sure my kernel is safe to use on this device???
There is little known about this device... Going by name alone is a VERY BAD IDEA on Galaxy S2 era devices. Flashing I9100/I777 stuff to any Qualcomm based device would guarantee a hardbrick, and I think going the other way would hardbrick you too.
Since it's 4.3" screen it might be an Exynos device, but no guarantees. Specs/features don't mention NFC at all, so it may be more similar to the I9100 than I777.
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Are you sure my kernel is safe to use on this device???
There is little known about this device... Going by name alone is a VERY BAD IDEA on Galaxy S2 era devices. Flashing I9100/I777 stuff to any Qualcomm based device would guarantee a hardbrick, and I think going the other way would hardbrick you too.
Since it's 4.3" screen it might be an Exynos device, but no guarantees. Specs/features don't mention NFC at all, so it may be more similar to the I9100 than I777.
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I've been using your kernel for over a month without any major issues. The phone boots fine, plays games. The only issue I've run across is that sometimes you have turn the wifi on and off, but I don't know if this is the device itself (you mention something about wifi deep sleep in your thread) or if it's just an issue with my router (I've experienced similar things in the past with other routers and devices, so I really don't know).
About the NFC. If you remove the battery cover and look at the factory sticker for this phone, it has the same FCC designation at the i777 and the battery says NFC everywhere. I think TracFone simply has it disabled in the firmware similar to how they've locked the device from Kies and tethering.
IndigoAK, just to make sure we are on the same page, you have the SGH-S959G model?
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I've been using your kernel for over a month without any major issues. The phone boots fine, plays games. The only issue I've run across is that sometimes you have turn the wifi on and off, but I don't know if this is the device itself (you mention something about wifi deep sleep in your thread) or if it's just an issue with my router (I've experienced similar things in the past with other routers and devices, so I really don't know).
About the NFC. If you remove the battery cover and look at the factory sticker for this phone, it has the same FCC designation at the i777 and the battery says NFC everywhere. I think TracFone simply has it disabled in the firmware similar to how they've locked the device from Kies and tethering.
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So why did you claim earlier no one had a custom recovery for this phone, if my kernel works fine?
It sounds like this device might be identical to the I777, so you *might* be able to flash anything meant for I777.
Have you tried flashing any ICS firmwares? Do you have a dump of the stock /system firmware?
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Yes. This is the model I have
@Entropy: I said that because I've not seen anyone that's been able to install custom recovery for this phone. Your kernel installs and it successfully roots the phone, and the wifi works unlike the zedomax kernel, but if you enter recovery it's just the stock recovery and if you try to install recovery through ROM manager or whatever, then you can't. I might not even be doing it right. I'm not exactly an expert on this and to be perfectly honest, I'm learning as I go here since this is my first Android device. Also, I don't have a dump of the stock firmware and nobody else does either as far as I'm aware. The source code for this device is available from Samsung's open source website, but that's apparently not the same thing.
When I say fine, I mean my phone doesn't blow up or hang or generally do anything un-phony. It boots, it makes calls, it plays games and installs apps, it mounts my sdcards, it connects to my computer through USB using Windows.
The only things is doing do are NFC, tethering and connect to Kies, which as far as I know you can't do even with the stock device, so I doubt that's your kernel.
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Yes. This is the model I have
@Entropy: I said that because I've not seen anyone that's been able to install custom recovery for this phone. Your kernel installs and it successfully roots the phone, and the wifi works unlike the zedomax kernel, but if you enter recovery it's just the stock recovery and if you try to install recovery through ROM manager or whatever, then you can't. I might not even be doing it right. I'm not exactly an expert on this and to be perfectly honest, I'm learning as I go here since this is my first Android device. Also, I don't have a dump of the stock firmware and nobody else does either as far as I'm aware. The source code for this device is available from Samsung's open source website, but that's apparently not the same thing.
When I say fine, I mean my phone doesn't blow up or hang or generally do anything un-phony. It boots, it makes calls, it plays games and installs apps, it mounts my sdcards, it connects to my computer through USB using Windows.
The only things is doing do are NFC, tethering and connect to Kies, which as far as I know you can't do even with the stock device, so I doubt that's your kernel.
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OK that's REALLY strange, because recovery is contained within the main kernel on this generation of devices... Unless this model is a MASSIVE fluke and the recovery partition actually does something. (It doesn't on any other Exynos galaxys2-family device.)
NFC and tethering is likely to be an issue with the /system contacts...
Yeah, booting into recovery in your kernel gives the basic options. Reboot, reset. Nothing about flashing or backup. I haven't tried to flash the clockwork mod kernel from your thread since I've had such bad luck with kernels in general. Trying to install clockwork recovery from inside ROM Manager gives an error on reboot, but if you reboot again everything works fine, even the normal recovery
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IndigoAK did you use Odin to flash the kernel ?
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IndigoAK did you use Odin to flash the kernel ?
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Yes. I've successfully used Odin 1.85 and Odin 3.07. Mobile Odin doesn't work (or I haven't figured out the right settings).
I'm surprised that there isn't a big hacking community for this device. I mean it's one of the best prepaid devices on the market with 45$/month fast HSPA+ service..
Hell, the Motorola Triumph was a junky PoS but had a very large dev team.. I would love for someone to get a root working on this phone, and it seems I am going to try to flash Entrophy's rom as WiFi works with him as you said..
C'mon guys, wheres all the dev teams at?
IndigoAK what one of Entropy's kernels did you use? The .tar one? Can you use the zip files in Odin?
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IndigoAK what one of Entropy's kernels did you use? The .tar one? Can you use the zip files in Odin?
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I used the latest version available in his thread. It's from March I believe. Also, Odin doesn't support zip files when flashing from a computer, tarballs only. I couldn't for the life of me manage to make a tarball in Windows that Odin would read though, so I had a friend package it for me.
Crap, I used the tar one and flashed it. With root checker it says I dont have root but busybox is installed. When it boots it shows the yellow triangle with ! but the phone boots and works okay.
Or can I get a copy of your tar?
Edit: Link to the tar of Entropy's kernel that works with this phone.
http://dev-host.org/UWm
Do you still have the yellow triangle with this kernel?
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mr-cook said:
Do you still have the yellow triangle with this kernel?
Sent from my SGH-S959G using Tapatalk 2
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Yes.
Not too sure how I can help but I if there's anything I can do to help you guys out with this phone I'm willing. I'm not very familiar with flashing and rooting and stuff, since I've never done it, but I'm a pretty quick learner so I'm sure with a little help I can. I just got a new Samsung SGH-S959G, I have turned it on and connected to my wifi but that's it, I haven't activated it or anything. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help out, and how I would go about doing it.
Hey Roxanne, welcome! The best thing you can do to help us right now is leave your phone stock so we have someone who has the original files in case we screw something up. Right now there is no real benefit in hacking this phone but hopefully soon what the few of us are doing will lead to cool new stuff for this model.
Right now the best thread for this phone seems to be at the link below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1982571
If anyone wants to chat about this model phone a few of us hang out at irc.freenode.net #SGS2
Rom Manger. Yea. Dat Apps A Killer!
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Yeah, booting into recovery in your kernel gives the basic options. Reboot, reset. Nothing about flashing or backup. I haven't tried to flash the clockwork mod kernel from your thread since I've had such bad luck with kernels in general. Trying to install clockwork recovery from inside ROM Manager gives an error on reboot, but if you reboot again everything works fine, even the normal recovery
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Yea ROM MANGER. Can Mess Up A Droid Fast if Its Not Included.. In The List of Supported Devices.. i Should Know.. i Tryed It One Time With Three Phones.. And Did Things Dat Didnt Work well With The Phones i Had Because It Was The Wrong Thing... You Have To Email The App Devp. To Add Your Device To The Supported List And Dat Its Comp. i Was Just Lucky It WaS Three Of My Own Droids.. Hard Bricked. All Three Oppsss! lmao.. But Yet ROM MANGER Whoa..! Good Luck!
So, there's this thread (( http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...do-virtual-repartition-invalid-t3305101/page1 )) which is basically what I'm trying to ask. I asked in that thread with no response.
I recently paid to have the sim tray in my skyrocket replaced and it worked at first, so I decided to try cm13/aospa with the new virtual partitions. Ever since then I've not been able to get service. I would like to revert back to rule out the sin tray malfunctioning before the warranty expires, but I would rather not have to use Odin, as it seems like overkill (as stated in the linked thread above).
Is this possible?
use odin to restore to stock jb, its not overkill and then maybe will you know if its a hw or sw problem
vincom said:
use odin to restore to stock jb, its not overkill and then maybe will you know if its a hw or sw problem
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Out of curiosity, will restoring the backup I made just prior to virtually partitioning accomplish a suitable environment (stock partitions. SlimLP i believe) in attempt to rule out hw vs sw issue? Service was fine before, during and after backup, just not after partitioning then flashing.
no it wont repartition the virtual, well 99% sure it wont iirc
just use odin, easy and painless and a good base to test all hw
vincom said:
no it wont repartition the virtual, well 99% sure it wont iirc
just use odin, easy and painless and a good base to test all hw
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6. copy ucmc1 radio onto sdcard and flash it twice w/out cable plugged in
7. then use odin to flash jb stock firmware x2.
Is that redundant? I was just going over some of your guides and since i having service/connection issues im now wondering if flashing jb's radio before flashing jb via odin will have any significance? Dont the stock firms come with their radios??
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6. copy ucmc1 radio onto sdcard and flash it twice w/out cable plugged in
7. then use odin to flash jb stock firmware x2.
Is that redundant? I was just going over some of your guides and since i having service/connection issues im now wondering if flashing jb's radio before flashing jb via odin will have any significance? Dont the stock firms come with their radios??
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when trouble shooting its best to overkill to make sure things get installed properly.
but your choice.
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when trouble shooting its best to overkill to make sure things get installed properly.
but your choice.
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Seems legit.
Fyi:
Got full service + 4g after Odin back to JB.
nawlage said:
Fyi:
Got full service + 4g after Odin back to JB.
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" I Love It When a Plan Comes Together!"
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" I Love It When a Plan Comes Together!"
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Yeah, that's great. Thanks for the guidance.
I'm beginning to realise the antiquity of this thing though (gmail not responding, amongst other, newer apps) and am curious of there is a more modern phone that could new called "the modern skyrocket", in terms of ease of rooting/installation of third party recoveries, flashing roms, innards vs price, etc.
Any suggestions about that?
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Yeah, that's great. Thanks for the guidance.
I'm beginning to realise the antiquity of this thing though (gmail not responding, amongst other, newer apps) and am curious of there is a more modern phone that could new called "the modern skyrocket", in terms of ease of rooting/installation of third party recoveries, flashing roms, innards vs price, etc.
Any suggestions about that?
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its a little slow but i cant say apps dont work, i got a ton of apps that work, gmail def works ive even updated it.
did u wipe caches/factory reset in recovery after flashing fw, odin doesnt wipe/factory reset.
i picked up a used s5(SM-G900W8) for a steal hence my sr is my backup now, almost as easy as sr but not quite. s5 forum is a mess, tons of variants w/diff processors so u better know which variant u have and/or buy b4 flashing, locked bootloaders(att's), no free sim unlock but cheap for canadian code.
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its a little slow but i cant say apps dont work, i got a ton of apps that work, gmail def works ive even updated it.
did u wipe caches/factory reset in recovery after flashing fw, odin doesnt wipe/factory reset.
i picked up a used s5(SM-G900W8) for a steal hence my sr is my backup now, almost as easy as sr but not quite. s5 forum is a mess, tons of variants w/diff processors so u better know which variant u have and/or buy b4 flashing, locked bootloaders(att's), no free sim unlock but cheap for canadian code.
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I only stayed on jb long enough to be sure I had service. That's when I wiped/reset and any to lollipop.
...so these skyrockets are pretty much the best phones ever made, eh?
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I only stayed on jb long enough to be sure I had service. That's when I wiped/reset and any to lollipop.
...so these skyrockets are pretty much the best phones ever made, eh?
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one of the easiest todo whatever u wanted to do on a phone.
idk about lollipop, but jb and maybe kk most if not all apps should work
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one of the easiest todo whatever u wanted to do on a phone.
idk about lollipop, but jb and maybe kk most if not all apps should work
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I may regress to kk for testing because now I'm losing service again for hours at a time. I'm not too sure what the issue could be other than a faulty sim tray or for some reasons cricket's provisioning being bastardy. My sim works fine in this moto g..but a friend's cricket sim seems to work better in my skyrocket than my sim does, and my sim works fine on her zte "whatever it is". I dunno.
When I put my sim in the skyrocket the apns get all wonky and even manually adding them doesn't always help.
I really hate to see my skyrocket go down hill so badly. I love it like it's my family. Any time I'd call around for parts/repairs, they'd try talking me into just getting a newer phone instead for just a little more than the price to fix my antiquated contraption. How dare they!
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I may regress to kk for testing because now I'm losing service again for hours at a time. I'm not too sure what the issue could be other than a faulty sim tray or for some reasons cricket's provisioning being bastardy. My sim works fine in this moto g..but a friend's cricket sim seems to work better in my skyrocket than my sim does, and my sim works fine on her zte "whatever it is". I dunno.
When I put my sim in the skyrocket the apns get all wonky and even manually adding them doesn't always help.
I really hate to see my skyrocket go down hill so badly. I love it like it's my family. Any time I'd call around for parts/repairs, they'd try talking me into just getting a newer phone instead for just a little more than the price to fix my antiquated contraption. How dare they!
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keep stock jb running for awhile(maybe a 3 to 7 days) to test, jb is the latest official fw and the best to get a good baseline for what works and doesn't
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keep stock jb running for awhile(maybe a 3 to 7 days) to test, jb is the latest official fw and the best to get a good baseline for what works and doesn't
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Solid copy.
Will try.
It even took a long time + apn fiddling to get service after reverting to stock jb. Once it stuck for about 30 minutes on jb, I moved on to lp.
I can just twrp flash back to stock now, yeah?
Or is it odinville again?