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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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!
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............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.
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I have completely screwed my phone. I have rooted and ROM'ed at least 5 Android phones in the past.
This one is simply ridiculous.
I have used ODIN and had no problems. Now when I flashed my rom through CWM it just flashes a Samsung screen.
I have redone everything 10 times I am doing everything correctly.
I have tried different ROMs different kernels, same thing every time.
I am lost, and need help PLEASE!
Did you flash a pit file? Repartitioning usually does the trick.
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Now that I've wiped my phone, how do I disable the voodoo lagfix without being able to do anything on the phone so I can install a ROM? This doesn't make sense to me.
ilovesoad said:
Did you flash a pit file? Repartitioning usually does the trick.
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I'm sorry I don't know what that is.
mjdato said:
I'm sorry I don't know what that is.
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Check out this thread for info on (and to get) the pit file.
I did this and now my phone will not boot up at all...
This phone is a total piece...
mjdato said:
This phone is a total piece...
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No, you just do not know what your doing, simple as that. Tons of people here and elsewhere have no problems. You haven't listed what roms and kernels you are trying. My guess is either using froyo rom with GB kernel or not using odin right, it's pretty easy to use but also easy to get wrong, I suggest actually taking some time to learn what to do and what everything is. It's evident you are very impatient by your constant posts in this thread and their content which implies you didn't take the proper time to research what you are doing and how it all works. With some actual useful information like rom and kernel we could probably help
I've been researching this phone and the tools for a week now, and started this process at 1PM, so no im not impatient.
This phone is a piece. It was bad when it came out and it still is crap. I've rooted, Rom'ed and modded every Android phone I've ever had with no issue. Different carriers, different manufacturer's. Never had an issue.
Now, thanks for the lecture Dad, if you have any insight as to why my phone will not boot up after flashing the pit file it would be much appreciated, if not, troll somewheres else.
Thanks!
mjdato said:
if you have any insight as to why my phone will not boot up after flashing the pit file it would be much appreciated, if not, troll somewheres else.
Thanks!
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Are you drunk? Maybe try again when you sober up?
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What roms and kernals have you tried?
Are you making sure that you are using the PDA option in Odin instead of phone?
Are you using the PIT option with the right boxes checked/unchecked?
Give us a little more insight on what you have done and what you are trying to do and we will do our best to help you out.
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mjdato said:
I've been researching this phone and the tools for a week now, and started this process at 1PM, so no im not impatient.
This phone is a piece. It was bad when it came out and it still is crap. I've rooted, Rom'ed and modded every Android phone I've ever had with no issue. Different carriers, different manufacturer's. Never had an issue.
Now, thanks for the lecture Dad, if you have any insight as to why my phone will not boot up after flashing the pit file it would be much appreciated, if not, troll somewheres else.
Thanks!
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If you have been researching this phone for weeks wouldn't you have known if it were a piece of #### before you bought it? So far I like the phone very light and reliable. Definitely needs root though the original software is terrible.
jfl14609 said:
If you have been researching this phone for weeks wouldn't you have known if it were a piece of #### before you bought it? So far I like the phone very light and reliable. Definitely needs root though the original software is terrible.
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If I'm not mistaken when you use a pit file you have to Odin a new rom right after. It wipes everything off the partitions.but I've only used a pit one time so may be wrong . The first few times I flashed this phone I had problems but eventually I caught everything that usually causes a problem. And I was just like you, had been flashing evo, incredible and hero for a long time with no problem. But Samsung gave me a headache. But i was stuck in a bootloop and nothing would flash. I ran the pit then flashed a new tar file and she booted up fine
Didn't mean to quote that post. Oops
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
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It was given to me by my job. I didn't have a choice if I wanted my bill paid for every month.
Ok, so I have tried:
0808_charge_overclock
NAMELESS_Kernel_Cleanup_Script
ROMS i have tried:
Altered BeastAlpha 5
Eclipse_TW4_v1.1
humble50_rc2
At this point it will not charge or boot up into anything so I'm not sure if it's even recoverable right now....where should I even start?
mkarps said:
Are you drunk? Maybe try again when you sober up?
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I truly wish I was. LOL
mjdato said:
Ok, so I have tried:
0808_charge_overclock
NAMELESS_Kernel_Cleanup_Script
ROMS i have tried:
Altered BeastAlpha 5
Eclipse_TW4_v1.1
humble50_rc2
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Well since u partitioned with the pit. Ur phone is sitting there with nothing on it. No rom, no kernel,recovery etc. So i know humble 5 wont work cuz it doesn't include a kernel. Humble 4 will however work. It includes a kernel and a recovery .have u did everything in the "Hoe to fix your phone "thread on top of development section?
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At this point it will not charge or boot up into anything so I'm not sure if it's even recoverable right now....where should I even start?
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I've had problems at times getting my phone into download mode. Just gonna toss some stuff out there as I'm sure there are people that know more than me. Is there anyway you can have a charged or extra battery charged? I would hmm uninstall the samsung drivers etc..or atleast re install so your phone is recognized when you plug it in the usb. So you can get your phone into download mode and Odin doesnt see it? Have you followed the directions in the stickys on the Dev page to a T? Im sure you have tried all usb ports,different cable, hell different computer. If you still can't get it back up as many have posted they haven't seen to many totally bricked phones I would love to have something to just play around with. If you dont have insurance and cant get it exchanged let me know. Pretty sure though more people will chime in and get things working though.
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.
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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.
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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.
superoneclick
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
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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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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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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.
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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.
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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.
So I had a Galaxy S1 Captivate for about 2 year and my wife has a Fascinate and I rooted/flashed them both like it was my job for the last couple years. I never once hard bricked either and for the most part knew what I was doing. I have a couple home made jigs so DL mode or (soft bricks) were never an issue. My question to you guys is I'm trying to gauge how difficult/risky is it to root and rom the GS3 (Verizon model specifically). The reason I'm wondering this info is because I personally don't own my GS3, it is property of my company and I don't want to chance bricking or not being able to easily flash back to stock unless it has gotten easier or less risky since the original Galaxy lineup. I mean if you had 2.3 bootloaders on your GS1 and you had access to a jig, there was pretty much a 0% chance of hard bricking unless you do something really stupid. Sorry for rambling on!
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So I had a Galaxy S1 Captivate for about 2 year and my wife has a Fascinate and I rooted/flashed them both like it was my job for the last couple years. I never once hard bricked either and for the most part knew what I was doing. I have a couple home made jigs so DL mode or (soft bricks) were never an issue. My question to you guys is I'm trying to gauge how difficult/risky is it to root and rom the GS3 (Verizon model specifically). The reason I'm wondering this info is because I personally don't own my GS3, it is property of my company and I don't want to chance bricking or not being able to easily flash back to stock unless it has gotten easier or less risky since the original Galaxy lineup. I mean if you had 2.3 bootloaders on your GS1 and you had access to a jig, there was pretty much a 0% chance of hard bricking unless you do something really stupid. Sorry for rambling on!
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I came from the Fascinate and this phone is just as easy to flash. Just make sure you read the OP and only flash things made for the US versions and you'll be fine. If something gets hosed, you can always odin back. Here is a great guide to get you started.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
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Deliquified said:
I came from the Fascinate and this phone is just as easy to flash. Just make sure you read the OP and only flash things made for the US versions and you'll be fine. If something gets hosed, you can always odin back. Here is a great guide to get you started.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
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I haven't checked that link out yet but how easy is it to go back to the Verizon stock ROM if need be?
Does the ROM procedure go something like this?...
Power Off, DL mode with jig, ODIN a CWM or Kernel package with CWM, mount SD, drag and drop ROM, Flash, win?
well...
well the good news is that you don't have to flash a custom rom for root. I just rooted and unlocked my phone while still running the stock rom. =) i'd post my tutorial but I'm a new member and I have 8 more posts to do before I can post in development.
eorly420 said:
well the good news is that you don't have to flash a custom rom for root. I just rooted and unlocked my phone while still running the stock rom. =) i'd post my tutorial but I'm a new member and I have 8 more posts to do before I can post in development.
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There is already an in depth tutorial for that as well as one for those who have the recent OTA.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439
The above link is those with the jelly bean OTA.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
This above is the in depth guide I was talking about. It was posted on 7/10/12. So there is no need for another tutorial unless you found a new way to do it. If you are talking about RootDebugFS then there is a tutorial for that here as well as the SuperSU version here as well.
I also came from a fascinate which was super easy to flash. As long as you read up on your homework this phone is cake to flash.
You shouldn't have many problems. If you need help, PM me. I'm glad to help.
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So I'm wondering one last thing. I hear about a "flash counter" on the GS3... anything I need to be really careful about to not trip this "counter"? Will Verizon void the warranty if tripped?
Thanks again guys!
Also, I'm going to be using this phone a lot for work and I ported my old personal number to Google Voice so this will be my personal phone as well, so I need the phone to be pretty solid and stable, should I be looking to flash Original ROMs or from the regular development section?
jayjr1105 said:
So I'm wondering one last thing. I hear about a "flash counter" on the GS3... anything I need to be really careful about to not trip this "counter"? Will Verizon void the warranty if tripped?
Thanks again guys!
Also, I'm going to be using this phone a lot for work and I ported my old personal number to Google Voice so this will be my personal phone as well, so I need the phone to be pretty solid and stable, should I be looking to flash Original ROMs or from the regular development section?
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Once your rooted, you can download Triangle Away from the App Store and that will restore the counter to 0.
lvgdgts said:
Once your rooted, you can download Triangle Away from the App Store and that will restore the counter to 0.
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Thanks! Do you need to run the app every time you flash or just right before you would need to take it in to Verizon for warranty/service?
jayjr1105 said:
Thanks! Do you need to run the app every time you flash or just right before you would need to take it in to Verizon for warranty/service?
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If you unlock bootloader before you flash recovery you will not trip flash counter. If counter is tripped must use Triangle Away while still on stock rom. That being said flash counter does not affect anything except warranty and requires you to Odin stock root, run triangle Away then Odin full stock so best to fix as soon as you root and unlock to avoid extra work at time of return to Verizon.
prdog1 said:
If you unlock bootloader before you flash recovery you will not trip flash counter. If counter is tripped must use Triangle Away while still on stock rom. That being said flash counter does not affect anything except warranty and requires you to Odin stock root, run triangle Away then Odin full stock so best to fix as soon as you root and unlock to avoid extra work at time of return to Verizon.
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Is there a way to just see if you tripped the flash counter without Triangle Away?
thats the cuestion
Well, unless its a Samsung galaxy s 4g and its nodded for the infuse, no.
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Rockman EXE said:
thats the cuestion
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not sure why you would want to do that..you should be able to get enough from the variety that is available on the i997
each device has their own specific modem
some had reported success using modem from different galaxy device if the hardware is similar
i think the first galaxy captivate modem work but cant vouch for that. it's been almost 2yrs since i recall that topic being brought up
dig back into the older modem thread in the dev and the q/a sections
qkster said:
not sure why you would want to do that..you should be able to get enough from the variety that is available on the i997
each device has their own specific modem
some had reported success using modem from different galaxy device if the hardware is similar
i think the first galaxy captivate modem work but cant vouch for that. it's been almost 2yrs since i recall that topic being brought up
dig back into the older modem thread in the dev and the q/a sections
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I did read in another forum that the emg4 modem can fix the signal (baseband unknown and imei unknown) so, i was thinking to flash it
Rockman EXE said:
baseband unknown and imei unknown)
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this issue is a different altogether. flashing a modem from a different device over it is unlikely to fix the problem
kinda like trying to fix a accidentally pregnant girl with a baseball bat...
the baseband or imei was prolly from a bad jb flash
bring it back to complete stock may fix it
I tried that too...but doesnt work
Rockman EXE said:
I tried that too...but doesnt work
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the only time I had with a lost emei was a flash from gb to jb without going thru ics..i brought it back to stock gb and it came back.
gb uses rfs - samsung partition. jb moves the partitions around so the emei may seem lost. that's why i think when you go back to gb, it is found again. i think the same can happen to miui and cm7 flash
i've read flash jb 2 or 3 times may also work..idk..can't vouch for that
here is 2 posts in the general section that address the null emei issue...idk..it may help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895500
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1438113
you can also try flashing another device's modem you wanted and report back. the worse that can happen is you sending the phone to the repair guys for a jtag flash for bricking it if odin or heimdall wont bring it back
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the only time I had with a lost emei was a flash from gb to jb without going thru ics..i brought it back to stock gb and it came back.
gb uses rfs - samsung partition. jb moves the partitions around so the emei may seem lost. that's why i think when you go back to gb, it is found again. i think the same can happen to miui and cm7 flash
i've read flash jb 2 or 3 times may also work..idk..can't vouch for that
here is 2 posts in the general section that address the null emei issue...idk..it may help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895500
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1438113
you can also try flashing another device's modem you wanted and report back. the worse that can happen is you sending the phone to the repair guys for a jtag flash for bricking it if odin or heimdall wont bring it back
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I tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895500 but doesnt work for my cel, i try heimdall back to stock and neither, and a efs.rfs in heimdall for infuse 4g i didnt see it in forums so i dont know about that, and jtag services is difficult in my country Venezuela, so, i also have a efs backup and is the same,
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I tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895500 but doesnt work for my cel, i try heimdall back to stock and neither, and a efs.rfs in heimdall for infuse 4g i didnt see it in forums so i dont know about that, and jtag services is difficult in my country Venezuela, so, i also have a efs backup and is the same,
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You have left out a lot of details.
Your question was originally about flashing another modem.
Then it turned to missing or corrupt emei.
Is hard to tell a problem when there is not enough detail about how you got there.
Aside from making sure you have the correct apn, until you provide further detail about what happen to your phone, it is unlikely you will have further inputs..
The original answer to your question about flashing another device modem on to the infuse: is not something I would recommend or attempt myself.
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You have left out a lot of details.
Your question was originally about flashing another modem.
Then it turned to missing or corrupt emei.
Is hard to tell a problem when there is not enough detail about how you got there.
Aside from making sure you have the correct apn, until you provide further detail about what happen to your phone, it is unlikely you will have further inputs..
The original answer to your question about flashing another device modem on to the infuse: is not something I would recommend or attempt myself.
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yes you right, i change the subject a little, but I had made a post with this problem and there was no response, so, I hope these details are sufficient:
_i was using the 4.2.2 rom slim 7.8 jb for a long time, then i took a trip to a mountain, poor coverage, so, theres a friend who take my cel and she put it in a box full of moisture and strong products such as alcohol (to cure) and it was a little wet and then when i got back to my city, i pass from poor signal to no signal, baseband unknown and ime unknown, but suddenly, every 4-5 days, the signal go back for a instant, and i receive old sms and missed calls, and i get back the baseband and imei for an instant, but then, gone again
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yes you right, i change the subject a little, but I had made a post with this problem and there was no response, so, I hope these details are sufficient:
_i was using the 4.2.2 rom slim 7.8 jb for a long time, then i took a trip to a mountain, poor coverage, so, theres a friend who take my cel and she put it in a box full of moisture and strong products such as alcohol (to cure) and it was a little wet and then when i got back to my city, i pass from poor signal to no signal, baseband unknown and ime unknown, but suddenly, every 4-5 days, the signal go back for a instant, and i receive old sms and missed calls, and i get back the baseband and imei for an instant, but then, gone again
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this may be hardware issues ex: sim card reader, sim card, connection in phone, antennae etc
especially true when it was running well and then you got it wet and it would read periodically
try disassemble all the phone parts completely, clean off all parts and connection with strong cleaner, dry it in silica, rice, beans for a few days and reassemble.
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??
nawlage said:
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!"
vincom said:
" 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
vincom said:
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
vincom said:
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?